STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG SUCAMPO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., AMBRENT INVESTMENTS S.À R.L., RYUJI UENO, AS TRUSTEE OF THE RYUJI UENO REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 20, 2002, SACHIKO KUNO, AS TRUSTEE OF THE SACHIKO KUNO...
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BY
AND AMONG
AMBRENT
INVESTMENTS S.À X.X.,
XXXXX
XXXX, AS TRUSTEE OF THE XXXXX XXXX REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER
TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 20, 2002,
TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 20, 2002,
XXXXXXX
XXXX, AS TRUSTEE OF THE XXXXXXX XXXX REVOCABLE TRUST
UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 20, 2002,
UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 20, 2002,
XX.
XXXXX XXXX,
AND
XX.
XXXXXXX XXXX
DATED
AS OF DECEMBER 23, 2010
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ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES |
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Section 1.1
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The
Shares
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2
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE PRICE AND DELIVERIES |
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Section
2.1
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Estimated
Net Asset Value
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2
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Section
2.2
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Amount
of Purchase Price
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3
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Section
2.3
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Payment
of the Closing Cash Consideration; Issuance of the Notes
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3
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Section
2.4
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Net
Asset Value Adjustment
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Section
2.5
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Additional
Purchase Payment
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4
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Section
2.6
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Withholding
Rights
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ARTICLE III CLOSING |
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Section
3.1
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Closing
Date
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Section
3.2
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Closing
Deliveries
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6
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Section
3.3
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No
Further Ownership Rights in the Shares
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8
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE SELLERS |
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Section
4.1
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Authorization
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8
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Section
4.2
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Title
to Shares
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9
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Section
4.3
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Good
Title Conveyed
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9
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Section
4.4
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No
Violation or Approval
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10
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Section
4.5
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No
Governmental Authorizations or Consents Required
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10
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Section
4.6
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Litigation
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10
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Section
4.7
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Solvency
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10
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ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARY
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Section
5.1
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Corporate
Existence of the Company
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10
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Section
5.2
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Corporate
Existence of Subsidiary; Ownership with Respect to the
Subsidiary
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11
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Section
5.3
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Power
and Authority
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12
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Section
5.4
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No
Governmental Authorization or Consents Required
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12
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Section
5.5
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No
Defaults or Conflicts
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12
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Section
5.6
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Capitalization
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12
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Section
5.7
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No
Broker
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Section
5.8
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Minutes;
Books and Records
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13
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Section
5.9
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Financial
Statements
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13
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Section
5.10
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Bank
Accounts
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14
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Section
5.11
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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14
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Section
5.12
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Title
to Properties and Assets
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Section
5.13
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Intellectual
Property.
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16
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Section 5.14
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Litigation
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18
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Section
5.15
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Compliance
with Laws; Permits
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18
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Section
5.16
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Taxes
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Section
5.17
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Employee
Matters.
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Section
5.18
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Section
5.19
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Contracts
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Section
5.20
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities; Indebtedness
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Section
5.21
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Insurance
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Section
5.22
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Related
Party Transactions
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Section
5.23
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Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act
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Section
5.24
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Investment
Company Act
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24
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Section
5.25
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OFAC
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24
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Section
5.26
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Environmental
Matters
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24
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Section 5.27
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Money
Laundering Laws
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24
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Section
5.28
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Complete
Disclosure
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24
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ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER AND PARENT
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Section
6.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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25
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Section
6.2
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Power
and Authority; Enforceability
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25
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Section
6.3
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No
Governmental Authorization or Consents Required
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Section
6.4
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No
Defaults or Conflicts
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Section
6.5
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No
Legal Proceedings
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25
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Section
6.6
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Solvency
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26
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Section
6.7
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Securities
Law Representations
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26
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Section
6.8
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No
Broker
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ARTICLE VII CERTAIN AGREEMENTS |
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Section
7.1
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Further
Assurances
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Section
7.2
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Public
Filings; Publicity
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27
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Section
7.3
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Business
Records
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27
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Section
7.4
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Tax
Matters
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28
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Section
7.5
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SELLER
RELEASE
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29
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Section
7.6
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Confidentiality
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30
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Section
7.7
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Name
Change
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30
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Section
7.8
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Parent
Guarantee
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ARTICLE VIII SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section
8.1
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Survival
of Representations
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31
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Section
8.2
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Indemnification
by the Sellers
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31
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Section
8.3
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Indemnification
by Parent and Purchaser
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32
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Section
8.4
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Limits
on Indemnification
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32
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Section
8.5
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Procedure
for Indemnification
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35
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Section
8.6
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Certain
Indemnity Matters
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35
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Section
8.7
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Set-Off
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35
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Section
8.8
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Treatment
of Indemnity Payments
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section
9.1
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Expenses
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Section
9.2
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Governing
Law
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Section
9.3
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Dispute
Resolution
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Section
9.4
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Remedies;
Specific Performance
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Section
9.5
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Notices
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Section
9.6
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Entire
Agreement; Amendment
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39
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Section
9.7
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Assignment
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39
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Section
9.8
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Interpretation
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40
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Section
9.9
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Certain
Definitions
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40
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Section
9.10
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Index
to Additional Definitions
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Section
9.11
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Third
Party Beneficiaries
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50
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Section
9.12
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Disclosure
Schedule
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50
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Section
9.13
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Reliance
on Counsel and Other Advisors
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50
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Section
9.14
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Waiver
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Section
9.15
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Severability
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Section 9.16
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Counterparts;
Delivery by Facsimile
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Shares
to be Purchased
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Exhibit
B-1
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Company
Estimated Closing Balance Sheet
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Exhibit
B-2
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Subsidiary
Estimated Closing Balance Sheet
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Exhibit
C-1
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Company
Net Asset Value Methodology
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Exhibit
C-2
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Subsidiary
Net Asset Value Methodology
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Exhibit
D-1
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Form
of Promissory Note (Ueno Trust)
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Exhibit
D-2
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Form
of Promissory Note (Kuno Trust)
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Exhibit
E
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Shareholder
Accounts
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Exhibit
F-1 and F-2
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Forms
of Deed of Assignment
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Exhibit
G
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Form
of Non-Competition Agreement
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Exhibit
H
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Form
of 2007 Covenants Termination Agreement
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Exhibit
I
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Form
of Legal Opinion
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
3.2(a)(x)
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Loans
and Deposits to be Repaid
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Schedule
3.2(b)(ii)
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Selling
Expenses
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Schedule
3.2(a)(xi)
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Compensation
Expenses Paid at Closing
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Disclosure
Schedule
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This
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of December 23, 2010, is made by and among Xx. Xxxxx Xxxx, as trustee of the
Xxxxx Xxxx Revocable Trust under Trust Agreement dated December 20, 2002 (the
“Ueno Trust”),
and Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxx as trustee of the Xxxxxxx Xxxx Revocable Trust under Trust
Agreement dated December 20, 2002 (the “Kuno Trust”) (each a
“Shareholder”
and collectively, the “Shareholders”), Xx.
Xxxxx Xxxx, an individual (“Ueno”), and Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, an individual (“Kuno” and
collectively with Ueno, the “Principals” and
together with the Shareholders, each a “Seller” and
collectively, the “Sellers”), Ambrent
Investments S.à x.x., a company organized
under the laws of Luxembourg, with registered office at 00X, Xxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxx, X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx (“Purchaser”), and Sucampo
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”). Certain
capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 9.9
hereof.
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Shareholders are the owners of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock (the “Shares”) of Sucampo
AG, a company organized under the laws of Switzerland (the “Company”).
WHEREAS,
the Company is the owner of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of Sucampo AG Japan Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Japan (the
“Subsidiary”).
WHEREAS,
Parent is the owner of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of Purchaser.
WHEREAS,
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Shareholders
desire to sell to Purchaser, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and Purchaser
desires to purchase from the Shareholders, the Shares.
WHEREAS,
the Principals as trustees and beneficiaries of the respective Shareholders are
the beneficial owners of the Shares and acknowledge that the sale and transfer
of the Shares by the Shareholders will result in an economic benefit to the
Principals, and such being the case, have agreed to enter into, and be bound by
the terms of, this Agreement on the terms provided herein.
WHEREAS,
the Shareholders have approved the sale and transfer of the Shares to
Purchaser on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, with such approval constituting all necessary action required by
the Sellers and the Company to approve such sale and transfer in accordance with
applicable Law and the Company Charter Documents (as defined
herein).
WHEREAS,
in connection with the sale and transfer of the Shares, (i) the Sellers,
Purchaser and Parent have not attempted, for purposes of this Agreement, to
value the Company’s rights with respect to the Takeda Arbitration or the likely
amount of the Company Arbitration Proceeds (as such terms are defined herein),
but have agreed, solely for purposes of this Agreement, to a ceiling on the
amount of the adjustment to the Purchase Price (as defined herein) pursuant to
Section 2.5
hereof; and (ii) the Sellers, as majority stockholders of Parent, will
indirectly benefit from Purchaser and Parent maximizing the aggregate value of
the Company Arbitration Proceeds.
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NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE
SHARES
Section
1.1 The
Shares. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, at the Closing, each Shareholder will sell, assign, transfer and deliver
to Purchaser and Purchaser will purchase, acquire and accept from each such
Shareholder, all right, title and interest in and to the Shares set forth
opposite such Shareholder’s name on Exhibit A hereto,
free and clear of all Liens.
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE PRICE AND
DELIVERIES
Section
2.1
Estimated Net Asset
Value. The Sellers have prepared and delivered to Parent prior
to the date hereof (i) a preliminary, unaudited balance sheet of the Company as
of the Closing Date, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 (the
“Company Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet”) and (ii) a preliminary, unaudited balance sheet
of the Subsidiary as of the Closing Date, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 (the
“Subsidiary Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet”). The Company Estimated Closing Balance
Sheet reflects the Sellers’ reasonable estimate of the Company’s Net Asset Value
(the “Company
Estimated Net Asset Value”) as of the Closing Date and the Subsidiary
Estimated Closing Balance Sheet reflects the Sellers’ reasonable estimate of the
Subsidiary’s Net Asset Value (the “Subsidiary Estimated Net
Asset Value” and when added to the Company Estimated Net Asset Value, the
“Total Estimated Net
Asset Value”) as of the Closing Date. The Company Estimated Closing
Balance Sheet and the Subsidiary Estimated Closing Balance Sheet have been
prepared in good faith from the books and records of the Company and on a basis
consistent with the basis on which the Company Financial Statements and the
Subsidiary Financial Statements, respectively, were prepared. The calculation of
the Company’s Net Asset Value has been prepared and presented in accordance with
the definitions and principles set forth on Exhibit
C-1 attached hereto and the calculation of the Subsidiary’s
Net Asset Value has been prepared and presented in accordance with the
definitions and principles set forth on Exhibit C-2 attached
hereto.
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Section
2.2 Amount of Purchase
Price. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, the aggregate consideration to be paid by Purchaser to the Sellers in
consideration of the Shares will be an amount equal to Eighty Million U.S.
Dollars (US$80,000,000) (the “Purchase Price”),
payable in the form of (i) cash at the Closing in an amount equal to the Closing
Cash Consideration, and (ii) the issuance by Purchaser of two subordinated
unsecured promissory notes in the form of Exhibit D-1 and D-2 attached hereto
(each a “Note”
and collectively, the “Notes”), which, in
the aggregate, are equal to the Purchase Price less the Closing Cash
Consideration (the “Principal
Amount”). The Purchase Price may be adjusted as expressly
provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5
below. Purchaser and the Sellers agree to allocate the Purchase Price
as follows: (i) Seven Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$700,000) of the Closing
Cash Consideration to the Non-Competition Agreement (which shall be unaffected
by any adjustments to the Purchase Price hereunder) and (ii) the remainder
of the Purchase Price to the Shares. Purchaser and the Sellers agree
not to take any position inconsistent with such allocation for any purpose
that relates to Taxes.
Section
2.3 Payment of the Closing Cash
Consideration; Issuance of the Notes. At the Closing, (i)
Purchaser will pay (or Parent will pay on Purchaser’s behalf) to each
Shareholder, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to their respective
account set forth on Exhibit E hereto, an
amount equal to their respective Pro Rata Share of the Closing Cash
Consideration and (ii) deliver to each Shareholder the applicable Note issued by
Purchaser in the principal amount equal to such Shareholder’s respective Pro
Rata Share of the Principal Amount.
Section
2.4
Net
Asset Value Adjustment.
(a) Within
sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Parent shall cause to be prepared and
delivered to the Sellers (i) an unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of the
Closing Date (such balance sheet, the “Preliminary Company Closing
Balance Sheet”) and (ii) an unaudited balance sheet of the Subsidiary as
of the Closing Date (such balance sheet, the “Preliminary Subsidiary
Closing Balance Sheet” and together with the Preliminary Company Closing
Balance Sheet, the “Preliminary Closing Balance
Sheets”). The Preliminary Company Closing Balance Sheet shall
(A) be prepared in good faith from the books and records of the Company, (B) set
forth Parent’s calculation of the Company’s Net Asset Value as of the Closing
and (C) be prepared and presented in the same manner and form, and applying the
same principles, as the Company Estimated Closing Balance Sheet. The
Preliminary Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet shall (A) be prepared in good faith
from the books and records of the Subsidiary, (B) set forth Parent’s calculation
of the Subsidiary’s Net Asset Value as of the Closing and (C) be prepared and
presented in the same manner and form, and applying the same principles, as the
Subsidiary Estimated Closing Balance Sheet.
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(b) Within
thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Preliminary Closing Balance Sheets,
the Sellers shall have completed a review of the Preliminary Closing Balance
Sheets. If within such thirty (30) day period the Sellers fail to
respond to Parent in writing regarding the Preliminary Closing Balance Sheets,
the Preliminary Company Closing Balance Sheet shall be deemed the “Final Company Closing
Balance Sheet” and the Preliminary Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet shall
be deemed the “Final
Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet.” If after such review the Sellers
respond to Parent in writing within such time period and Parent and the Sellers
are able to reach agreement on all items contained in the Preliminary Company
Closing Balance Sheet, such balance sheet shall be the “Final Company Closing
Balance Sheet.” If after such review the Sellers respond to Parent in
writing within such time period and Parent and the Sellers are able to reach
agreement on all items contained in the Preliminary Subsidiary Closing Balance
Sheet, such balance sheet shall be the “Final Subsidiary Closing
Balance Sheet.” If however, Parent and the Sellers are unable
to reach agreement on all items contained in the Preliminary Company Closing
Balance Sheet and/or the Preliminary Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet within
thirty (30) days after the end of the 30-day period following delivery of the
Preliminary Closing Balance Sheets, then the parties shall submit any dispute as
to any element of the Preliminary Company Closing Balance Sheet or the
Preliminary Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet (each a “Balance Sheet
Dispute”) to a mutually agreeable third-party firm of independent
certified public accountants other than an accountant that is or has been
used by Parent or the Sellers within the preceding five years (the “Expert Accountant”)
for resolution of such Balance Sheet Dispute. The Expert Accountant
shall be engaged to serve as arbitrator hereunder to settle such Balance Sheet
Dispute. In connection with the resolution of any Balance Sheet
Dispute, the Expert Accountant shall have access to all documents, records, work
papers, facilities and personnel necessary to perform its function as
arbitrator. Such resolution by the Expert Accountant shall be set
forth in a written report (the “Accountants’ Report”)
delivered by the Expert Accountant to the parties hereto within thirty (30) days
following the submission of such Balance Sheet Dispute to the Expert Accountant,
and the Preliminary Company Closing Balance Sheet as modified in accordance with
the Accountants’ Report shall be the “Final Company Closing
Balance Sheet” and the Preliminary Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet as
modified in accordance with the Accountants’ Report shall be the “Final Subsidiary Closing
Balance Sheet.” The Expert Accountants’ function shall be to
review only those items which are in dispute and to resolve the dispute with
respect to such items. In resolving any disputed item, the Expert
Accountant, acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator, shall apply the terms
of this Section
2.4(b) and may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest
value for such item claimed by Parent or the Sellers or less than the smallest
value for such item claimed by Parent or the Sellers. The Net Asset
Value of the Company as reflected on the Final Company Closing Balance Sheet
shall be the “Company
Closing Net Asset Value.” The Net Asset Value of the
Subsidiary as reflected on the Final Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet shall be
the “Subsidiary
Closing Net Asset Value.” The Expert Accountants’ award
with respect to any Balance Sheet Dispute shall be final and binding upon the
parties hereto, and judgment may be entered on the award. The fees
and expenses of the Expert Accountant shall be allocated to and borne by Parent
and the Sellers equally (i.e., 50% by the Sellers and 50% by
Parent).
(c) In
the event that the sum of the Company Closing Net Asset Value and the Subsidiary
Closing Net Asset Value as reflected on the Final Company Closing Balance Sheet
and the Final Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet, respectively, is less than
Twenty-Four Million U.S. Dollars (US$24,000,000) (the amount of any such
shortfall is hereinafter referred to as the “Shortfall”), then
such Shortfall shall be set-off to the extent amounts remain outstanding under
the Notes (allocated 50% between the two Notes) in accordance with Section 3(c)
of each of the Notes.
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Section
2.5
Additional Purchase
Payment.
(a) Upon
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, following the Closing,
the Purchase Price shall be increased by an amount (the “Additional Purchase
Payment”) equal to fifteen percent (15%) of any cash
amount (the “Company Arbitration
Proceeds”) paid to Parent, Purchaser or any of their respective
wholly-owned subsidiaries, including, without limitation and following the
Closing Date, the Company (the “Purchaser Parties”),
in connection with the pending arbitration proceedings: International Chamber of
Commerce, International Court of Arbitration, Case No. 17006/VRO, In the Matter
of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
Limited (the “Takeda
Arbitration”). The Company Arbitration Proceeds shall be
calculated based solely on any amounts actually paid to the Purchaser Parties
and shall exclude, any amounts awarded or otherwise paid to R-Tech Ueno, Ltd. or
any other third party. In no event, however, shall the Additional
Purchase Payment exceed Forty Million U.S. Dollars (US$40,000,000) (the “Additional Purchase Payment
Cap”). It is understood and agreed by the Sellers that this
Section 2.5 and
the Additional Purchase Payment Cap are not intended, and shall not be
construed, to create or imply any obligation on the part of the Purchaser
Parties or any of their Affiliates to work toward achieving any particular
result or form of settlement, or any restriction on the way the Purchaser
Parties conduct the Takeda Arbitration. The Sellers, Purchaser and
Parent acknowledge and agree that the Additional Purchase Payment Cap is merely
an agreed ceiling for purposes of this Section 2.5 on the maximum
amount by which the Purchase Price may be increased on account of any Company
Arbitration Proceeds, and is not intended to and does not reflect any view,
expressed or implied, of any party to this Agreement with respect to the
likelihood of any particular result or settlement or value of any claim that is
the subject of the Takeda Arbitration. Purchaser and Parent undertake to keep
the Sellers regularly and promptly informed of the progress of the
arbitration (including any settlement negotiations and any other
material developments) and notify the Sellers as soon as reasonably practicable
if any order, award or judgment is made or any settlement negotiations or
settlement agreement is entered into in relation to such proceedings and provide
the Sellers with copies of any such order, award, or judgment or documentation
relating to any settlement negotiations or settlement
agreement.
(b) Purchaser
will pay (or Parent will pay on Purchaser’s behalf) to the Shareholders, within
thirty (30) Business Days of the later of (i) receipt of the Company Arbitration
Proceeds, if any, and (ii) the date that any rights to appeal such decision have
terminated, each Shareholder’s respective Pro Rata Share of the Additional
Purchase Payment (as determined in accordance with Section 2.5(a),
including, without limitation, being subject to the Additional Purchase Payment
Cap), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to their respective
account set forth on Exhibit E hereto or
to such other account as designated by such Shareholder to Parent in writing at
least ten (10) Business Days prior to such payment date.
Section
2.6 Withholding
Rights. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement,
Purchaser and Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Purchase
Price and any Additional Purchase Payment otherwise payable to any Shareholder
pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted and
withheld under the Code, or under any provision of Law relating to
Taxes. To the extent that any such amounts are so withheld and timely
paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such withheld amounts shall
be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the
respective Shareholder.
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ARTICLE
III
CLOSING
Section
3.1
Closing
Date. The closing of the Transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Closing”) will
take place on the date hereof (the “Closing Date”), at
Parent’s executive offices located at 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, at 10:00 a.m., local time, or at such other time and place
on the Closing Date as agreed by the parties.
Section
3.2
Closing
Deliveries.
(a) By the
Shareholders. At the Closing, the Shareholders will deliver to
Purchaser and Parent:
(i)
Such Deeds of Assignment, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 or F-2 hereto (the
“Deeds of
Assignment”), as applicable, duly executed by the applicable Shareholder,
necessary to transfer the Shares to Purchaser
(ii) With
respect to the Subsidiary, a recently dated certified extract from the
Commercial Register Book of Osaka Houmukyoku of Osaka, Japan, regarding the
Subsidiary and a copy of the current Articles of Incorporation of the
Subsidiary;
(iii) Written
resignations of all the members of the Board of Directors of the Company other
than Kuno, Ueno and Xxxx Xxxx and all the members of the Board of Directors of
the Subsidiary other than Kuno and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx;
(iv) All
instruments and documents reasonably necessary to release any and all Liens on
the Shares;
(v) Evidence
that all Material Consents have been obtained in a form reasonably satisfactory
to Purchaser and Parent;
(vi) The
Notes, duly executed by the Shareholders;
(vii) The
Non-Competition Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (the
“Non-Competition
Agreement”), duly executed by each of the Sellers;
(viii) A
written agreement terminating that certain agreement made in connection with
Parent’s initial public offering, between the Principals and Parent to abide by
the terms of that certain unexecuted Agreement regarding certain covenants
relating to the Company (the “2007 Covenants”),
substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto (the “2007 Covenants Termination
Agreement”), duly executed by the Principals, respectively;
(ix) A
legal opinion from Xx. Xxxx Xxxx on behalf of Xxxx Xxxxx XX, Zurich,
Switzerland, counsel to the Sellers, substantially in the form of Exhibit I
hereto;
(x)
Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and Parent that each of the loans
and deposits set forth on Schedule 3.2(a)(x)
have been repaid to the Subsidiary and the related loan agreements have been
terminated;
(xi) Evidence
reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and Parent that all Compensation Expenses
set forth on Schedule
3.2(a)(xi) have been paid by, or on behalf of, the Company or the
Subsidiary, as applicable;
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(xii) Such
agreements, each in a form reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and Parent, as
necessary to terminate as of the Closing, each other Listed Related Party
Transaction, if any, duly executed by such Persons party to such transaction(s);
and
(xiii) A
secretary’s certificate of the Company, in a form reasonably satisfactory to
Purchaser and Parent, certifying as to the Company Charter Documents (including
a copy of the current Articles of Association of the Company notarized by the
commercial register of the Canton of Zug), a recently dated extract from the
commercial register of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland, regarding the Company,
the Subsidiary Charter Documents, the resolutions of the shareholders of the
Company approving the sale and transfer of the Shares to Purchaser, and the
Company’s share register evidencing Purchaser as the owner of the Shares and as
the sole shareholder of the Company.
(b) By Purchaser and
Parent. At the Closing, Purchaser and Parent, as applicable,
will deliver to the Shareholders or such other applicable party referenced
below:
(i)
Subject to deduction of the Selling Expenses to be paid in accordance
with Section
3.2(b)(ii), payment of the Closing Cash Consideration as provided in
Section
2.3;
(ii)
Payment of all Selling Expenses representing all unpaid obligations of the
Company or the Subsidiary as of the Closing Date, if any, to be paid to such
Persons and in such amounts as set forth on Schedule 3.2(b)(ii)
(as such Schedule may be updated by the Sellers and provided to Purchaser prior
to the Closing Date);
(iii) The
Notes, duly executed by Purchaser;
(iv) The
Non-Competition Agreement, duly executed by Purchaser and Parent;
and
(v) The
2007 Covenants Termination Agreement, duly executed by Parent.
Section
3.3 No Further Ownership Rights
in the Shares. From and after the Closing, the Sellers shall
cease to have any rights with respect to the Shares except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement or applicable Law.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE SELLERS
Except as set forth in the Disclosure
Schedule, each Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser and Parent,
jointly and severally, as set forth below:
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Section
4.1
Authorization.
(a) Each
of the Principals is a natural Person and is competent and has all requisite
legal capacity, power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction
Documents to which he or she is a party and the instruments required to be
executed and delivered by him or her pursuant hereto or thereto and to perform
his/her obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
Transactions. Each of the Ueno Trust and the Kuno Trust validly
exists and has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the instruments required to be
executed and delivered by it pursuant hereto or thereto and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
Transactions. Ueno, as the sole trustee of the Ueno Trust, has the
requisite power and authority, on behalf of the Ueno Trust, to execute and
deliver the Transaction Documents to which the Ueno Trust is a party and the
instruments required to be executed and delivered by it pursuant hereto or
thereto and to consummate the Transactions on the part of the Ueno
Trust. Kuno, as the sole trustee of the Kuno Trust, has the requisite
power and authority, on behalf of the Kuno Trust, to execute and deliver the
Transaction Documents to which the Kuno Trust is a party and the instruments
required to be executed and delivered by it pursuant hereto or thereto and to
consummate the Transactions on the part of the Kuno Trust. The
Transaction Documents and the instruments required to be executed and delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto have been duly executed and delivered by the Sellers
and constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Sellers, enforceable
against each Seller in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that
enforcement may be affected by Laws relating to bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency and creditors’ rights and by the availability of injunctive relief,
specific performance and other equitable remedies.
(b) All
actions or proceedings to be taken by or on the part of such Seller (including,
in the case of the Ueno Trust, all actions or proceedings by Ueno, as the sole
trustee of the Ueno Trust and, in the case of Kuno Trust, all actions or
proceedings by Kuno, as the sole trustee of the Kuno Trust) to authorize and
permit the execution and delivery by such Seller of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party and the instruments required to be executed and delivered by
him, her or it pursuant hereto or thereto, the performance by such Seller of
his, her or its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by
such Seller of the Transactions, have been duly and properly authorized. This
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Seller is a party
has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Seller, enforceable against such Seller in
accordance with its terms.
Section
4.2 Title to
Shares.
(a) Each
Shareholder owns, beneficially and of record, the Shares listed opposite such
Seller’s name on Exhibit A hereto,
free and clear of all Liens. Except for the Shares, there are no
shares of capital stock or other securities (whether or not such securities have
voting rights) of the Company issued or outstanding, and immediately following
the Closing, Purchaser will own 100% of the issued or outstanding capital stock
of the Company. No other Person has any rights in any of the Shares
(whether by virtue of marriage or otherwise). Each Shareholder will
transfer to Purchaser at the Closing good, valid and marketable title to the
Shares, free and clear of all Liens. Such Seller is the sole record
and beneficial owner of, and has good, valid and legal title to the Shares set
forth opposite such Seller’s name on Exhibit A, free and
clear of any Lien, except for restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable
securities Laws or the Company’s Articles of Association. Such Seller
is not party to any option, warrant, purchase right, restriction on transfer, or
other contract or commitment that requires such Seller to sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any capital stock of the Company, except for this
Agreement. Such Seller has full right, power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares set forth
opposite such Seller’s name on Exhibit A
hereto. No Seller owns any securities issued by the Company which are
not listed on Exhibit
A hereto. No Shares are owned by any Person who is not a
Seller.
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(b) Without
limiting the Sellers’ right to indemnification from Purchaser as contemplated by
Article VIII or
the Sellers’ other rights under this Agreement, from and after the Closing,
Purchaser’s payment of the Purchase Price and the Additional Purchase Payment,
if any, as and when due under the terms hereof, is the only obligation Purchaser
or any of its Affiliates (including the Company) shall have with respect to the
Shareholders’ ownership or right to be issued, or otherwise in respect of, any
Shares or any other equity interests in the Company under existing agreements or
instruments to which the Company is a party.
Section
4.3 Good Title
Conveyed. The Deeds of Assignment to be executed and delivered
by the Shareholders to Purchaser at the Closing will be valid and binding
obligations of the Shareholders, enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms, and will effectively vest in Purchaser good, valid and legal title to all
the Shares to be transferred to Purchaser pursuant to and as contemplated by
this Agreement free and clear of all Liens, except restrictions on transfer
imposed by applicable securities Laws or the Company’s Articles of
Association.
Section
4.4 No Violation or
Approval. The execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents by the Sellers, the performance by the Sellers of their respective
obligations under the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
Transactions will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, or
conflict with (a) in the case of the Sellers, the trust agreements relating to
the Ueno Trust or the Kuno Trust, (b) any other Contract, obligation or
restriction to which any Seller is a party or by which any Seller or any
Seller’s Shares or other assets is bound, or (c) any Law or Governmental Order
applicable to the Sellers or by which any Seller’s Shares or other assets are
bound.
Section
4.5 No Governmental
Authorizations or Consents Required. Except as listed on
Section 4.5 of the Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Seller Consents”), no
material consent, waiver, license, Permit, authorization, order or approval of,
filing or registration with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority or
any other Person is required for or in connection with the execution and
delivery by any Seller of the Transaction Documents and the instruments required
to be executed and delivered by any Seller pursuant hereto or thereto, the
performance by the Sellers of their obligations under the Transaction Documents
and the consummation by the Sellers of the Transactions.
Section
4.6 Litigation. There
are no (i) Governmental Orders against or involving the Sellers or (ii) Actions
pending or, to the Knowledge of any Seller, threatened against, or involving,
any Seller or their properties, assets or business with respect to the Company
or the Subsidiary or that in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin,
alter or materially delay the Transactions.
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Section
4.7 Solvency. Immediately
after the consummation of the Transactions, (a) the fair value of the assets
of each Seller will exceed their respective Indebtedness and other
Liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair
saleable value of the property of each Seller will be greater than the
amount that will be required to pay their respective probable obligations of
Indebtedness and other Liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such Indebtedness and other Liabilities become absolute and matured and
(c) each Seller will be able to pay their respective Indebtedness and other
Liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such Indebtedness and
other Liabilities become absolute and matured.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARY
Except as
set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, each Seller hereby represents and warrants
to Purchaser and Parent, jointly and severally, as set forth below:
Section
5.1 Corporate Existence of the
Company.
(a) The
Company is duly incorporated, organized and validly existing under the laws of
Switzerland. The Company has the full corporate power and authority
to carry on its business as such business is now being conducted and as
currently proposed to be conducted. None of the Company or the
Sellers has ever approved or commenced any Proceeding or made any election
contemplating the dissolution, liquidation, sale or other disposition of the
Company, or the winding up or cessation of the Company's business or affairs,
and no petition has been presented or made by a Governmental Authority for the
winding-up, dissolution, composition or administration of the Company. The
Company is duly licensed or qualified to transact business and is in good
standing (where the concept of “good standing” is applicable) as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where the nature of the properties owned,
leased or operated by it and the business transacted by it requires such
licensing or qualification. Section 5.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains
true, correct and complete copies of the Articles of Association and Regulation
of Organization, as amended to date, of the Company (“Company Charter
Documents”).
(b) Since
the date immediately following the consummation of the Demerger Transaction, the
Company has not engaged in any business other than the purchasing or licensing
of, or the enforcement of rights in, Intellectual Property and related
activities.
Section
5.2 Corporate Existence of
Subsidiary; Ownership with Respect to the Subsidiary.
(a) The
Subsidiary is duly incorporated, organized and validly existing under the laws
of Japan. The Subsidiary has the full corporate power and authority
to carry on its business as such business is now being conducted and as
currently proposed to be conducted. The Subsidiary has not passed a
voluntary winding-up resolution, and no petition has been presented or made by a
Governmental Authority for the winding-up, dissolution, composition or
administration of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is duly licensed or qualified
to transact business and is in good standing (where the concept of “good
standing” is applicable) as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the
nature of the properties owned, leased or operated by it and the business
transacted by it requires such licensing or qualification. Section 5.2(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule contains true, correct and complete copies of the Articles
of Incorporation, as amended to date, of the Subsidiary (“Subsidiary Charter
Documents”).
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(b) Since
the date immediately following the consummation of the Demerger Transaction, the
Subsidiary has never engaged in any business other than the purchasing or
licensing of, or the enforcement of rights in, Intellectual Property and related
activities.
(c) The
Company owns, beneficially and of record, all shares of capital stock of
Subsidiary (the “Subsidiary Shares”)
as listed on Section 5.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of all
Liens and free of any other limitation or restriction (except for restrictions
on transfer imposed by applicable securities Laws). Except for the
Subsidiary Shares, there are no shares of capital stock or other securities
(whether or not such securities have voting rights) of the Subsidiary issued or
outstanding. Other than the Subsidiary, neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary has or ever had any subsidiaries, nor do they control directly or
indirectly, or have any direct or indirect voting, equity participation or
ownership interest in, any Person.
(d) The
stock certificate books and stock transfer ledgers of the Company and the
Subsidiary are complete and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing.
Section
5.3 Power and
Authority. The Transactions and the Transaction Documents have
been duly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action, including a
shareholders meeting in accordance with Swiss Law. No action is
required by the Company’s Board of Directors in connection with the transfer or
sale of the Shares to Purchaser. The shareholders have approved the
sale and the transfer of the Shares to Purchaser in accordance with the Company
Charter Documents.
Section
5.4 No Governmental
Authorization or Consents Required. Except
as listed on Section 5.4 of the Disclosure Schedule (collectively,
with the Sellers Consents, the “Material Consents”),
no material consent, waiver, license, Permit, authorization, order or approval
of, filing or registration with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority
or other Person is required for or in connection with the continuing validity
and effectiveness immediately following the Closing of any Contract or Permit of
the Company or the Subsidiary as a result of the Transaction Documents or the
consummation of the Transactions.
Section
5.5 No Defaults or
Conflicts. The execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Sellers, the performance by the
Sellers under the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions
will not result in the creation of any Lien on the Shares nor result in a breach
or violation of, or a default under, or conflict with (a) the Company Charter
Documents or the Subsidiary Charter Documents, (b) any Contract or Permit to
which the Company or the Subsidiary is a party or by which the assets or
properties of the Company or the Subsidiary is subject (or result in the
imposition of any Lien upon any of such assets or properties), (c)
any Law or Governmental Order applicable to the Company or the Subsidiary or by
which any of the assets or properties of the Company or the Subsidiary are
bound.
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Section
5.6 Capitalization. All
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and the
Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable, and have been issued in full compliance with all applicable
securities Laws and other applicable legal requirements. The
Shareholders have, and Purchaser will acquire at the Closing, good, valid and
marketable title to all of the Shares, free and clear of all Liens. There are no
subscriptions, options, calls, warrants, convertible securities or other rights
(whether or not currently exercisable), voting trusts, proxies or other rights,
agreements, arrangements, commitments or other Contracts of any kind relating to
the Shares or obligating a Seller or the Company to issue or sell any shares of
capital stock or any other security or interest of any kind in the Company or
the Subsidiary (whether or not such security or interest has voting
rights). There is no condition or circumstance that may directly or
indirectly give rise to provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any
Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any
shares of capital stock or any other security or interest of any kind in the
Company or the Subsidiary (whether or not such security or interest has voting
rights).
Section
5.7 No
Broker. No broker, finder or similar intermediary has acted
for, or on behalf of, the Company or any Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, and no broker,
finder, agent or similar intermediary is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s or
similar fee or other commission in connection therewith based on any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Seller or any of their
respective Affiliates nor otherwise as a result of the Company’s or any Seller’s
actions.
Section
5.8 Minutes; Books and
Records. The Sellers have made available to Purchaser and
Parent true, complete and accurate copies, or the complete original, of the
minute books of the Company and the Subsidiary. The minute books of
the Company and the Subsidiary accurately reflect in all material respects all
actions taken at meetings, or by written consent in lieu of meetings, of the
shareholders, board of directors or others performing similar
functions. All actions taken by the Company and the Subsidiary have
been duly authorized, and no such actions taken by the Company or the Subsidiary
have been taken in breach or violation of the Company’s and the Subsidiary’s
respective organizational documents.
Section
5.9
Financial
Statements.
(a) Section
5.9 of the Disclosure Schedule contains true and complete copies of the
following financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiary:
(i) the
audited balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the
related income statements, notes and appropriate of available earnings for the
fiscal years ended on such dates, which have been audited by Fellmann &
Partner AG (the “Audited Company Financial
Statements”), and the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of
September 30, 2010 and the related income statement for the nine-month period
ended on such date (the “Unaudited Company Financial
Statements” and, collectively with the Audited Company Financial
Statements, the “Company Financial
Statements”); and
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(ii) the
unaudited balance sheets of the Subsidiary as of March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the
related income statements for the fiscal years ended on such dates, and the
unaudited balance sheet of the Subsidiary as of September 30, 2010 and the
related income statement for the six-month period ended on such date (the “Subsidiary Financial
Statements” and, collectively with the Company Financial Statements, the
“Financial
Statements”).
(b) The
Company Financial Statements comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of the Swiss Code of Obligations, including, but not
limited to, Articles 662a et seq. thereof. The Subsidiary Financial
Statements comply as to form in all material respects with Japan GAAP. The
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Swiss Code of
Obligations, in the case of the Company, and Japan GAAP, in the case of the
Subsidiary, each applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except as (i) may be otherwise indicated in such Financial Statements or the
notes thereto or (ii) in the case of the Unaudited Company Financial Statements
or the Subsidiary Financial Statements, subject to customary audit adjustments
which shall not be material).
(c) The
Company Financial Statements and the Subsidiary Financial Statements (i) fairly
present, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and the
Subsidiary, respectively, as of the dates thereof and the results of operations
of the Company and the Subsidiary, respectively, for the periods then ended and
(ii) were prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of
the Company and the Subsidiary, respectively. For the purposes hereof, the
audited balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2009 is referred to as
the “Company Balance
Sheet,” the unaudited balance sheet of the Subsidiary as of March 31,
2010 is referred to as the “Subsidiary Balance
Sheet,” and December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010 are referred to as the
respective “Balance
Sheet Date” with respect to the Company and the Subsidiary,
respectively.
(d) The
Company and the Subsidiary each makes and keeps books, records and accounts
which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the respective assets of the Company and the
Subsidiary. The Company and the Subsidiary each maintain systems of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
the preparation of financial statements and to maintain accountability for
assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the actual levels at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
Section
5.10 Bank
Accounts. Section 5.10 of the Disclosure Schedule contains a
true, complete and accurate list of (a) the names and locations of all
banks, trust companies, securities brokers and other financial institutions at
which either the Company or the Subsidiary has an account or safe deposit box or
maintains a banking, custodial, trading or other similar relationship,
(b) a true, complete and accurate list and description of each such
account, box and relationship and (c) the name of every Person authorized
to draw thereon or having access thereto.
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Section
5.11 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events. Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement,
since the respective Balance Sheet Date, each of the Company and the Subsidiary
has conducted its business in all material respects in the Ordinary Course of
Business and there has not been any event, change, occurrence or circumstance
that, individually or in the aggregate with any such events, changes,
occurrences or circumstances, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, since its respective Balance Sheet Date:
(i)
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has not entered into any employment,
deferred compensation, severance or similar agreement (nor amended any such
agreement) or agreed to increase the compensation payable or to become payable
by it to any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or
representatives or agreed to increase the coverage or benefits available under
any severance pay, termination pay, vacation pay, company awards, salary
continuation for disability, sick leave, deferred compensation, bonus or other
incentive compensation, insurance, pension or other employee benefit plan,
payment or arrangement made to, for or with such directors, officers, employees,
agents or representatives;
(ii) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not suffered the loss of service of any
officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents;
(iii) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not granted or acquired, or agreed to
grant or acquire, from any third party, or disputed or permitted to lapse, any
right, title or interest of the Company or the Subsidiary, respectively, in any
Company Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property of any other Person, nor
has the Company and the Subsidiary divulged, furnished or made accessible any
trade secrets to any Person who is not subject to an enforceable written
agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such trade secrets.
(iv) There
has not been any change by the Company or the Subsidiary in accounting or Tax
reporting principles, methods or policies; and the Company or the Subsidiary has
not made or rescinded any election relating to Taxes or settled or compromised
any Action, audit or controversy relating to Taxes, or except as may be required
by applicable Law, made any change to any of its methods of reporting income or
deductions for federal income Tax purposes from those employed in the
preparation of its most recently filed gross or net income Tax
Returns;
(v) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not failed to promptly pay and discharge
current Liabilities except for Liabilities not material in amount that are
disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(vi) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not made any capital investment in, any
loan to, or any acquisition of the securities or assets of, any other
Person;
(vii) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any
Lien any of its assets, or acquired any assets or sold, assigned, transferred,
conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of any of its assets, except for assets
acquired or sold in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(viii) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not discharged or satisfied any Lien, or
paid any obligation or Liability, except in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(ix) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not canceled or compromised any debt or
claim or amended, modified, canceled, terminated, relinquished, waived or
released any Contract or right except in the Ordinary Course of Business and
which, in the aggregate, would not be material to the Company;
(x) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not issued, created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed, or otherwise become liable in respect of, any Indebtedness in an
amount in excess of Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$50,000) in the
aggregate;
(xi) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not made or committed to make any capital
expenditures in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$25,000) in the
aggregate;
(xii) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not instituted or settled any material
Action;
(xiii) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not made any loan to, or entered into any
other transaction with, any of its members, the Principals, Affiliates,
officers, directors, partners or employees; and
(xiv) Neither
the Company, the Subsidiary nor the Sellers have agreed, committed, arranged or
entered into any understanding to do anything set forth in this Section
5.11.
Section
5.12 Title to Properties and
Assets.
(a) The
Company and the Subsidiary each has valid license or leasehold rights to use, or
holds outright and good and valid title to, its assets, properties and
businesses, free and clear of any and all Liens. Such assets and properties are
sufficient to operate the Company’s and the Subsidiary’s business, respectively,
as currently conducted.
(b) The
Company and the Subsidiary neither own nor hold any other ownership or leasehold
interests in any real property as of the date hereof. Section 5.12(b)
of the Disclosure Schedule lists any Contracts relating to the Company’s or the
Subsidiary’s use of any real property in connection with their respective
businesses.
Section
5.13 Intellectual
Property.
(a) The
Company’s and the Subsidiary’s ownership rights in the Company Intellectual
Property and their respective rights to use Intellectual Property under license
are valid and enforceable. The Company or the Subsidiary owns the
Company Intellectual Property. The Sellers have no rights in the
Company Intellectual Property (other than to the extent of the Shareholder’s
ownership of the Shares prior to the Closing or rights relating to Intellectual
Property developed by the Sellers on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiary to
the extent listed on Section 5.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule which rights
have been validly transferred to the Company or the Subsidiary). No Intellectual
Property owned by the Sellers is used in the business of the Company or the
Subsidiary. To Knowledge of the Sellers, no third party claims ownership of any
Company Intellectual Property.
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(b) The
Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable, may exercise, transfer, and license
the Company Intellectual Property without incurring restriction or payment to a
third party, and Purchaser will be able to exercise, transfer, and license the
Company Intellectual Property in the same manner following the Closing without
any fees, royalties, or other payments or restrictions of any kind.
(c) The
Sellers, the Company and the Subsidiary each take reasonable steps to maintain
the secrecy of Company Confidential Information that is being transferred from
which the Company or the Subsidiary derives independent economic value, actual
or potential, from such Company Confidential Information not being generally
known.
(d) Section
5.13(d) of the Disclosure Schedule (i) lists all Registered Intellectual
Property Rights and material unregistered Intellectual Property part of the
Company’s or the Subsidiary’s business or the Company Intellectual Property
(which list includes, without limitation, all patents or patent applications,
all invention disclosures and draft patent applications, data, know how,
inventions, ideas, concepts, whether patentable or not, and whether or not
reduced to practice, Domain Name Rights and Trademark Rights, registrations and
applications related to the Domain Names and Websites included in the assets of
the respective businesses) (the “Listed Company Intellectual
Property”); (ii) identifies all third parties that share rights to the
Listed Company Intellectual Property with the Company or the Subsidiary,
including without limitation joint owners and co-applicants; and (iii) lists all
actions (including all fees, taxes, maintenance fees, and relevant payments or
assessments) that must be taken by Company or the Subsidiary within 180 days of
the Closing Date to maintain the validity or enforceability of the Listed
Company Intellectual Property.
(e) To
Knowledge of the Sellers, the conduct and content of the Company’s and the
Subsidiary’s business as conducted immediately prior to the Closing does not
infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights
of a third party. The Company and the Subsidiary each have, and have
had, commercially reasonable policies, procedures and processes in place to
ensure that the Company Intellectual Property does not infringe, misappropriate,
or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of a third
party. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received notice of
a claim that the conduct of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s business
infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property
rights of a third party. Section 5.13(e) of the Disclosure Schedule
lists each obligation and each duty of the Company and the Subsidiary with
respect to the infringement, misappropriation, or violation of the Intellectual
Property rights of a third party by the Company or the Subsidiary as a result of
the conduct of the business, including all warranties, indemnities, and
agreements to defend. The Company does not know of the infringement,
misappropriation or violation of any Company Intellectual Property.
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(f) Neither
this Agreement nor the completion of the Transactions will result in any of the
following (to the extent that the following would not have occurred in the
absence of this Agreement or the completion of the Transactions) with respect to
Purchaser or Parent or the Company or the Subsidiary: (i) granting to any third
party any right to any Intellectual Property rights owned or licensed to
Purchaser or Parent; (ii) becoming bound by or made subject to any non-compete
or other restriction on the operation or scope of its businesses; or (iii) being
obligated to pay any royalties or other amounts to any third party in excess of
those payable by Purchaser or Parent prior to the Closing.
(g) Section
5.13(g) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all licenses or other Contracts with
respect to Intellectual Property to which the Company or the Subsidiary is a
party or their respective assets are bound (the “Company Licensed
Intellectual Property”), which list includes the parties, date, term and
subject matter of each such license or other Contract (each, a “License
Agreement”). The License Agreements are valid and binding
obligations of the Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, and there exists no event or condition which will
result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default by the Company or
the Subsidiary or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, the other party thereto,
under any such License Agreement. The Company and the Subsidiary have
no Contracts or arrangements with any Persons related to Company Confidential
Information or Trade Secret Rights of such Persons relating to the Company’s or
the Subsidiary’s business.
(h) All
personnel, including employees, agents, consultants and contractors, who have
contributed to or participated in the conception and development of Company
Intellectual Property, have executed nondisclosure agreements in favor of the
Company or the Subsidiary and those Persons who have significantly contributed
to the development of Company Intellectual Property either (i) have been a party
to an enforceable “work-for-hire” arrangement or Contract with the Company or
the Subsidiary in accordance with applicable Law that has accorded the Company
or the Subsidiary full, effective, exclusive and original ownership of all
tangible and intangible property thereby arising, or (ii) have executed
appropriate instruments of assignment in favor of the Company or the Subsidiary
as assignee that have conveyed to the Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable,
effective and exclusive ownership of all tangible and intangible property
thereby arising.
(i) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary is not, and, as a result of the execution or
delivery of this Agreement or performance of the obligations hereunder by the
Sellers, Purchaser or Parent, will not be, in violation of any material license,
sublicense, Contract or instrument to which either the Company or the
Subsidiary, respectively, is a party or otherwise bound, nor will execution or
delivery of this Agreement, or performance of the obligations hereunder by the
Sellers, Purchaser or Parent, cause the diminution, termination or forfeiture of
any Company Intellectual Property.
(j) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has not taken or failed to take any action
which would prejudice the obtaining of Patents, or the validity of any Patents,
based on the invention disclosures or draft patent applications listed in
Section 5.13(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, including, without limitation, a
failure to pay all necessary or required fees.
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Section
5.14 Litigation. There
are no (i) Governmental Orders against or involving the Company or the
Subsidiary, the Company Intellectual Property or a Seller or (ii) Actions
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened in writing, against the
Company or the Subsidiary (or to the Knowledge of the Sellers,
pending or threatened, against any of the officers, directors or Company
Employees with respect to their business activities on behalf of the Company) or
any of its assets, properties or businesses, including, without limitation, the
Company Intellectual Property or that otherwise relates to or might have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company Intellectual Property or the Company or
the Subsidiary (whether or not the Company or the Subsidiary are named as a
party thereto). There are no Actions pending, or, to the Knowledge of
the Sellers, threatened against the Company, the Subsidiary or a Seller, or to
which the Company, the Subsidiary or a Seller are otherwise a party relating to
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the
Transactions.
Section
5.15 Compliance with Laws;
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiary, respectively, each is
in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to it and its
operations and business. The Company and the Subsidiary is not under
investigation with respect to the violation of any Laws and there are no facts
and circumstances which could form the basis for any such
violation. Section 5.15 of the Disclosure Schedule lists all Permits
held by the Company and the Subsidiary which constitute all Permits required for
the operation of the Company’s and the Subsidiary’s business, respectively, as
presently conducted and as presently intended to be conducted (“Company Permits”),
other than those the failure of which to possess would be
immaterial. The Company and the Subsidiary each is not in default or
violation, and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default or violation, in any material respect of any
term, condition or provision of any Company Permit and there are no facts or
circumstances which could form the basis for any such default or
violation. There are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Sellers, threatened, relating to the suspension, revocation or modification of
any of the Company Permits. None of the Company Permits will be
impaired or in any way affected by the consummation of the
Transactions.
Section
5.16 Taxes.
(a) The
Company and the Subsidiary each has at all times since formation been classified
as a corporation for United States federal income Tax purposes.
(b) Neither
the Company nor the Subsidiary is or has been engaged in a trade or business
within the United States.
(c) Neither
Company nor the Subsidiary has or has had an office or other fixed place of
business within the United States.
(d) Neither
Company nor the Subsidiary has or has had an agent (other than an agent of
independent status) in the United States.
(e) The
Company and the Subsidiary are “controlled foreign corporations” for United
States federal income Tax purposes.
(f)
No Shareholder was a United States citizen or resident alien
for U.S. federal income Tax purposes prior to January 1, 1998.
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(g) The
Company and the Subsidiary have timely filed all income and other required
material Tax Returns and have paid all Taxes due for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods
as shown on those Tax Returns. All income and required material Tax Returns have
been prepared in good faith without negligence or misrepresentation and are
complete and accurate in all respects.
(h) Adequate
reserves or accruals have been provided in the books of the Company and the
Subsidiary and in their financial statements for all Taxes with respect to any
period for which Tax Returns have not been filed, or for which Taxes are not yet
due and owing.
(i)
Section 5.16 of the Disclosure Schedule lists the
date or dates through which the income Tax Returns and other material Tax
Returns of the Company and the Subsidiary have been examined, including the
related Governmental Authority who conducted such examination.
(j)
Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has been a
member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated Tax Return (other than a
group the parent of which was the Company).
(k) Neither
the Company nor the Subsidiary has any liability for Taxes of any Person by Law,
as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(l)
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has withheld and
paid, or will withhold and pay, all Taxes required to have been withheld and
paid on or before the Closing Date.
(m) There
is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened action or
proceeding with any Governmental Authority for the assessment or collection of
any Taxes, against either the Company or the Subsidiary, nor are there any
audits or investigations by any taxing authority or proceedings in progress, nor
has the Company or the Subsidiary received any written notice from any taxing
authority that it intends to conduct such an audit or
investigation.
(n) Neither
the Company nor the Subsidiary has waived any statute of limitations in respect
of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency which waiver or agreement is currently in effect.
(o) No
power of attorney that is currently in force has been granted by the Company or
the Subsidiary with respect to any tax matter.
(p) There
are no tax sharing, allocation, indemnification or similar agreements or
arrangements in effect between the Company or the Subsidiary, or any predecessor
or Affiliate thereof, and any other party under which the Company or the
Subsidiary could be liable for any Taxes or other claims of any
party.
(q) The
Company and the Subsidiary are adequately capitalized for purposes of any
applicable Laws regarding “thin capitalization.”
(r) There
are no Liens for Taxes upon any property or asset of any of the Company or the
Subsidiary.
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(s) The
Demerger Transaction qualified as a tax-free spin-off pursuant to Code Sections
368(a)(1)(D) and 355.
(t) Section
5.16 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s earnings and profits,
as determined for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, as of December 31,
2009.
Section
5.17 Employee
Matters.
(a) Section
5.17(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of (i)
the names, titles, annual salaries and other compensation of all current Company
Employees and (ii) a summary of all Contracts or commitments of the Company or
the Subsidiary currently in effect relating to current or former officers,
directors, employees, independent contractors, consultants and agents, under
which the Company or the Subsidiary has a past, current or unpaid future
liability.
(b) Section
5.17(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to the Company and
the Subsidiary, a true and complete list organized by Person of: (i) all accrued
but unpaid direct or indirect compensation (including, without limitation,
wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, directors’ fees or similar amounts) and
(ii) all change of control payments or similar contingent compensation that is
payable or shall become payable as a result of the Transactions (collectively,
“Compensation
Expenses”).
(c) The
Company and the Subsidiary has, in all material respects, complied with all
applicable Laws relating to the terms and conditions of employment.
(d) There
is no action or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers,
threatened against or involving the Company or the Subsidiary alleging any claim
relating to any current or former officers, directors, employees, independent
contractors, consultants or agents or otherwise arising under any alleged
employment or other service provider relationship.
Section
5.18 Employee Benefit
Plans. Neither the Company nor
the Subsidiary nor any respective ERISA Affiliate nor any similar person under
any applicable non-U.S. Law similar to ERISA sponsors, maintains or contributes
to (and neither the Company nor the Subsidiary nor any respective ERISA
Affiliate nor any similar person under any applicable non-U.S. Law similar to
ERISA has ever sponsored, maintained or contributed to and none of them has any
future or contingent obligation to sponsor, maintain or contribute to) any
Company Benefit Plan (whether U.S. or non-U.S.), including, without limitation,
any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and
any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA for which the
Company or the Subsidiary has a past, current, or unpaid future
liability.
Section
5.19 Contracts.
(a) Section
5.19 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all
Contracts in effect as of the Closing Date (i) (A) to which the Company or the
Subsidiary is a party, (B) by which the Company or the Subsidiary or any of its
respective assets or properties are or may become bound or under which the
Company or the Subsidiary has, or may become subject to, any obligations or (C)
under which the Company or the Subsidiary has or may acquire any right or
interest and (ii) fall within any of the following categories (the “Material
Contracts”):
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(i)
Contracts involving the annual payment or
receipt of more than One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars
(US$100,000);
(ii)
Contracts not terminable by the Company or the Subsidiary, as
applicable, without penalty upon thirty (30) days or less prior
notice;
(iii) Contracts
providing for the employment, retention, bonus, severance, consulting or other
service relationship with any Company Employee or any current or former officer,
director, consultant or other Person requiring compensation by the Company or
the Subsidiary;
(iv) Contracts
governing Indebtedness or any guarantee thereof, or the imposition of a Lien on
any assets of the Company or the Subsidiary;
(v) All
material licensing agreements with third parties pursuant to which the Company
or the Subsidiary grants or obtains the right to use or exploit Intellectual
Property (other than agreements granting rights to use readily available
commercial Software);
(vi) All
real property leases or similar agreements (including, without limitation,
domicile agreements) of the Company or the Subsidiary or relating to their
respective businesses;
(vii) Contracts
establishing joint ventures or partnerships constituting a portion of the
Company’s or the Subsidiary’s business;
(viii) Research
and development contracts;
(ix) Contracts
between the Company or the Subsidiary and any Related Person;
(x)
Contracts relating to consulting services or information
technology.
(xi) All
powers of attorney or similar Contracts involving the Company or the Subsidiary
(other than powers of attorney entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business
with the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s patent agents and law firms and their
lawyers);
(xii) All
Contracts under which the Company or the Subsidiary agrees to indemnify any
Person; and
(xiii) Contracts
that purport (whether as of the Closing Date or on a contingent basis) to
(A) limit, curtail or restrict the ability of the Company or the Subsidiary
to compete in any geographic area or line of business, (B) restrict the
Persons to whom the Company or the Subsidiary may sell products or deliver
services or require exclusive dealings, or (C) restrict the Persons with
whom the Company or the Subsidiary may solicit or hire for
employment.
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(b) Each
Material Contract is legal, valid and binding and enforceable against the
Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable, and to the Knowledge of the Sellers,
against each party thereto, in each case, in accordance with the express terms
thereof. There does not exist under any Material Contract any
violation, breach or event of default, or alleged violation, breach or event of
default, or event or condition that, after notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a violation, breach or event of default thereunder on the part
of the Company or the Subsidiary or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers any other
party thereto. No party to any of the Material Contracts has
exercised any termination rights with respect thereto, and no such party has
given notice of any significant dispute with respect to any Material
Contract. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has waived any of
its respective material rights under any Material Contract. Sellers
have delivered to Purchaser and Parent true, correct and complete copies of all
of the Material Contracts.
(c) Except
as expressly contemplated under this Agreement, neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary is contemplating any modification, waiver or termination of any
Material Contract. No Material Contract is terminable or cancelable
as a result of the Transactions.
(d) There
are no non-competition or non-solicitation agreements or any similar agreements
or arrangements that could restrict or hinder the operations or conduct of the
business of the Company or the Subsidiary or the use of its properties or assets
or any “earn-out” agreements or arrangements (or any similar agreements or
arrangements) to which any of the Sellers or the Company or the Subsidiary is a
party or may be subject or bound (other than pursuant to the Transaction
Documents).
Section
5.20 No Undisclosed Liabilities;
Indebtedness. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has any
Liabilities (whether or not required under the Swiss Code of Obligations or
Japan GAAP, respectively, to be reflected on a balance sheet or the notes
thereto), other than those (i) specifically reflected in, fully reserved against
or otherwise described in the Company Balance Sheet or the Subsidiary Balance
Sheet, respectively, or the notes thereto, (ii) incurred in the Ordinary Course
of Business since the Balance Sheet Date, or (iii) that are immaterial to the
Company and the Subsidiary. Section 5.20 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a complete and accurate list of the amounts and types of all of the
Company’s and the Subsidiary’s outstanding Indebtedness as of the date
hereof.
Section
5.21 Insurance. The
Company has insurance policies in full force and effect (i) for such amounts as
are sufficient for all requirements of Law and all Contracts to which the
Company and the Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound and (ii) which are
in such amounts, with such deductibles and against such risks and losses, as is
reasonable for the business, assets and properties of the Company and the
Subsidiary. Set forth in Section 5.21 of the Disclosure Schedule is a
list of all insurance policies and all fidelity bonds held by or applicable to
the Company or the Subsidiary setting forth, in respect of each such policy, the
policy name, policy number, carrier, term, type and amount of coverage and
annual premium, whether the policies may be terminated upon consummation of the
Transactions and if and to what extent events being notified to the insurer
after the Closing Date are generally excluded from the scope of the respective
policy. Excluding insurance policies that have expired and been
replaced in the Ordinary Course of Business, no insurance policy has been
cancelled within the last two (2) years and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no
threat has been made to cancel any insurance policy of the Company during such
period. No event has occurred, including the failure by the Company
to give any notice or information, or the Company giving any inaccurate or
erroneous notice or information, which limits or impairs the rights of the
Company or the Subsidiary under any such insurance policies.
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Section
5.22 Related Party
Transactions. Except as listed in Section 5.22 of the
Disclosure Schedule (the “Listed Related Party
Transactions”), no Employee, officer, director, consultant or shareholder
of the Company or the Subsidiary, any Family Member of a Seller or any of their
respective Affiliates (excluding solely for purposes of this Section 5.22,
Purchaser or Parent or any wholly-owned subsidiaries thereof prior to the
Closing) (collectively, “Related Persons”):
(i) owes any amount to the Company or the Subsidiary nor does the Company or the
Subsidiary owe any amount to, or has the Company or the Subsidiary committed to
make any loan or extend or guarantee credit to or for the benefit of, any
Related Person, (ii) is involved in any Contracts, other continuing
transactions, business arrangements or other relationships with the Company or
the Subsidiary (whether written or oral), (iii) owns any property or right,
tangible or intangible, that is used by the Company or the Subsidiary,
including, without limitation, any Company Intellectual Property, (iv) has any
claim or cause of action against the Company or the Subsidiary, (v) has any
right of contribution against the Company or the Subsidiary with respect to any
breach by the Sellers of any of their respective representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements contained in the Transaction Documents, or (vi) owns any
direct or indirect interest of any kind in, or controls or is a director,
officer, employee or partner of, or consultant to, or lender to or borrower from
or has the right to participate in the profits of, any Person which is a
competitor, supplier, customer, landlord, tenant, creditor or debtor of the
Company or the Subsidiary.
Section
5.23 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act.
(a) Neither
the Sellers nor any officer, director, employee, agent (including patent agents
and law firms and their lawyers acting on behalf of the Company or the
Subsidiary) or representative of the Company or the Subsidiary, nor any of their
respective Family Members are Foreign Officials.
(b) The
Sellers, the Company, the Subsidiary, and any of their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents (including patent agents and law firms
and their lawyers acting on behalf of the Sellers, the Company or the
Subsidiary) or representatives, and any Family Members of such Persons, have not
directly or indirectly offered or paid, or authorized such offer or payment, any
money or anything of value to improperly seek to influence any Foreign
Official or foreign Governmental Authority decision-making or to gain a
commercial or other advantage for the Company or the Subsidiary, including,
but not limited to, the approval or registration of a drug or
patent.
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Section
5.24 Investment Company
Act. The Company and the Subsidiary is not an “investment
company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated
person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” of, an “investment
company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
Section
5.25 OFAC. Neither
the Company, the Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company or
the Subsidiary, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the
Sellers will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the
Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to a joint
venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales or operations in
Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for
the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
Section
5.26 Environmental
Matters. The Company and the Subsidiary is in compliance with
all Environmental Laws, except for such noncompliance as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no action
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against the Company or
the Subsidiary in respect of (1) noncompliance with any Environmental Laws, (2)
the release of any Hazardous Substance, or (3) the handling, storage, use,
transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Substance; and neither the Company
nor the Subsidiary has received notice of any past or continuing release of any
Hazardous Substance into the environment at any real property currently or
previously leased or owned by the Company or the Subsidiary or any of their
respective predecessors.
Section
5.27 Money Laundering
Laws. The operations of the Company and the Subsidiary have
been conducted at all times in compliance with the money laundering requirements
of all Governmental Authorities and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority
(collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
Governmental Authority or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to
the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
Section
5.28 Complete
Disclosure. Each Seller has not failed to disclose to
Purchaser and Parent any facts material to the business, results of operations,
assets, Liabilities, financial condition or prospects of the Company or the
Subsidiary. No representation or warranty by Sellers contained in the
Transaction Documents, and no statement contained in any document (including
financial statements and the Disclosure Schedule), certificate, or other writing
furnished or to be furnished by the Sellers or the Company to Purchaser or
Parent or any of its representatives pursuant to the provisions hereof or in
connection with the Transaction Documents or the Transactions, contains or will
contain any untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to state any
material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under which it was made,
in order to make the statements herein or therein not misleading, except where
such untrue statement or omission would not be reasonably expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER AND PARENT
Purchaser
and Parent hereby represent and warrant to the Sellers, jointly and severally,
as set forth below:
Section
6.1 Organization and Good
Standing. Parent has been duly organized and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. Purchaser is duly incorporated, organized and validly
existing under the laws of Luxembourg. Each of Purchaser and
Parent has all necessary corporate power and authority to carry on its business
as such business is now being conducted. Each of Purchaser and Parent
is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign entity and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its assets and
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of Purchaser and
Parent to consummate the Transactions.
Section
6.2 Power and Authority;
Enforceability. Each of Purchaser and Parent has full
corporate power and authority to execute and perform the Transaction
Documents. The Transaction Documents have been duly executed and
delivered by Purchaser and Parent and constitute a legal, valid and binding
agreement of Purchaser and Parent, respectively, enforceable against Purchaser
and Parent in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement
may be affected by laws relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and
creditors’ rights and by the availability of injunctive relief, specific
performance and other equitable remedies.
Section
6.3 No Governmental
Authorization or Consents Required. No material consent,
authorization, order or approval of, or filing or registration with, any
Governmental Authority or other Person is required for or in connection with the
execution and delivery by Purchaser of the Transaction Documents and the
consummation by Purchaser or Parent of the Transactions.
Section
6.4 No Defaults or
Conflicts. The execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents by Purchaser and Parent, the performance
by Purchaser and Parent under the Transaction Documents and the consummation of
the Transactions will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default
under, or conflict with Purchaser’s Articles of Association, as amended, or
Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or Bylaws, as
amended.
Section
6.5 No Legal
Proceedings. There are no (i)
Governmental Orders against or involving Purchaser or Parent or any respective
wholly-owned subsidiary or (ii) Actions pending or, to the knowledge of
Purchaser or Parent, threatened in writing, against or involving Purchaser or
Parent that in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or materially
delay the Transactions.
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Section
6.6 Solvency. Assuming
the accuracy of the Sellers’ representations and warranties under this Agreement
(without giving effect to any materiality, Material Adverse Effect, knowledge,
Ordinary Course of Business or monetary qualification), immediately after the
consummation of the Transactions (it being understood that this representation
and warranty is not being made with respect to periods prior to or following the
Closing Date), (a) the aggregate fair value of the assets of Purchaser and
Parent will exceed their aggregate Indebtedness and other Liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise (as determined on a consolidated basis),
(b) the aggregate present fair saleable value of the property of Purchaser
and Parent will be greater than the aggregate amount that will be required to
pay their probable obligations of Indebtedness and other Liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such Indebtedness and other
Liabilities become absolute and matured (as determined on a consolidated basis),
and (c) Purchaser and Parent will be able to pay their respective
Indebtedness and other Liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such Indebtedness and other Liabilities become absolute and
matured.
Section
6.7 Securities Law
Representations.
(a) Purchaser
is acquiring the Shares in good faith solely for its own account with the
present intention of holding the Shares for purposes of investment, and
Purchaser is not acquiring the Shares with a view to, or for sale in connection
with, any distribution thereof, in whole or in part, or as an underwriter or
conduit to other beneficial owners or subsequent purchasers.
(b) Purchaser
acknowledges and understands that the Shares have not been registered under the
Securities Act or qualified under the securities or “blue sky” Laws of
applicable states in reliance upon exemptions from registration or qualification
thereunder and the Shares may not be sold, offered, transferred, assigned,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or encumbered, except in
compliance with the Securities Act and such Laws and the Company’s Articles of
Association.
Section
6.8 No
Broker. No broker, finder or similar intermediary has acted
for, or on behalf of, Purchaser or Parent in connection with this Agreement or
the Transactions, and no broker, finder, agent or similar intermediary is
entitled to any broker’s, finder’s or similar fee or other commission in
connection therewith based on any agreement, arrangement or understanding with
Purchaser or Parent with the exception of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, the fees of which
shall be paid by Parent.
ARTICLE
VII
CERTAIN
AGREEMENTS
Section
7.1 Further
Assurances. Upon the reasonable request of Purchaser or
Parent, the Sellers will on and after the Closing Date execute and deliver to
Purchaser or Parent, as applicable, such other documents, releases, assignments
and other instruments as may be required to effectuate completely the transfer
and assignment to Purchaser of, and to vest fully in Purchaser title to, the
Shares transferred on the Closing Date, and to otherwise carry out the purposes
of this Agreement. Similarly, each party agrees to take all further actions,
execute all further documents and make all such payments reasonably necessary to
effectuate the terms and intent of this Agreement. Without limiting
the foregoing, the Sellers and Purchaser and Parent shall cooperate with one
another (i) in determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing
with or notification to, any Governmental Authority is required in connection
with the consummation of the Transactions, (ii) in taking such actions or making
any such filings, furnishing information required in connection therewith and
seeking timely to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers, and
(iii) at Purchaser’s or Parent’s request, to execute documents and provide
information as is reasonably necessary to obtain and perfect the Company
Intellectual Property, and rights related thereto, including but not
limited to continuing patent applications, assignments, extensions,
oppositions, reissues, reexaminations, trademark applications or oppositions,
and assignments of rights.
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Section
7.2 Public Filings;
Publicity.
(a) The
Sellers consent to and authorize the publication and disclosure by Purchaser and
Parent of the Sellers’ identity and the nature of the Sellers’ commitments,
arrangements and understandings under the Transaction Documents (including, for
the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of this Agreement) and any other
information, in each case, that Purchaser or Parent reasonably determines is
required to be disclosed by Law in any press release, any Current Report on Form
8-K, any filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any filings
with or notices to any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transaction
Documents. The Sellers agree to promptly notify Purchaser and Parent
of any required corrections with respect to any information supplied by a Seller
specifically for use in any such disclosure document, if and to the extent that
any such information shall have become false or misleading in any material
respect.
(b) None
of the parties hereto will issue any press release or make any other public
statement not otherwise contemplated in this Section 7.2, in each
case relating to or connected with or arising out of this Agreement or the
matters contained herein, without obtaining the prior approval of the other
parties, except as may be required by Law.
Section
7.3 Business
Records. After the Closing, Purchaser will afford the Sellers
and their attorneys, accountants, officers and other representatives upon
reasonable prior notice, reasonable access, during normal business hours, to the
books and records of the Company as the same existed prior to Closing (and will
permit such Persons to examine and copy such books and records to the extent
reasonably requested by such Person); provided, however, that,
subject to Section
7.4 with respect to certain Tax matters, the Sellers shall only be
entitled to access such books and records in connection with:
(i)
the performance of the Sellers’ covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement;
(ii)
legal proceedings, interrogatories, subpoenas, civil investigative demands or
similar processes relating to the Company prior to the Closing
Date;
(iii) the
preparation of the Final Company Closing Balance Sheet and the Final Subsidiary
Closing Balance Sheet; or
(iv) any
other purpose for which the Sellers have obtained prior written consent of
Purchaser.
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Section
7.4 Tax
Matters.
(a) Each
party to this Agreement shall provide the other parties with such assistance as
may be reasonably requested by such party in connection with the preparation of
any Tax Return, any audit or other examination by any taxing authority, or any
judicial or administrative proceedings relating to Liability for Taxes, and
shall retain and provide the other parties with any records or information which
may be relevant to such Tax Return, audit, examination, proceedings or
determination (but only to the extent he, she or it had possession of such
records or other information immediately after the Closing). Such
assistance shall include the Sellers being available and the parties making
employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional
information and explanation of any material provided hereunder and shall include
providing copies of any relevant Tax Return and supporting work
schedules. The party requesting assistance hereunder shall reimburse
the other parties for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing
such assistance. Without limiting the provision of this Section 7.4 Purchaser
agrees that it shall retain, until the seventh (7th)
anniversary of the Closing Date, copies of all Tax Returns, work schedules and
other records or information which Purchaser, the Company or the Subsidiary
possess and which may be relevant to such Tax Returns of the Company and the
Subsidiary for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods.
(b) Promptly
after receipt by Purchaser, Parent, the Company or the Subsidiary of
written notice of the assertion or commencement of any claim, audit, examination
or other proposed change or adjustment relating to Taxes of the Company or the
Subsidiary by any Governmental Authority, Purchaser will promptly
notify the Sellers in writing of the receipt of such notice. Such
notice from Purchaser will contain factual information describing the
assertion by such Governmental Authority in reasonable detail and will
include copies of the notice received from such Governmental
Authority. Purchaser or Parent will control any audit, administrative
or court proceeding relating to any Taxes of the Company or the Subsidiary,
provided that if such audit or other proceeding relates to an issue as to which
the Sellers might be obligated to indemnify the Company, the Subsidiary or
any other Purchaser Indemnified Party, the Sellers shall be permitted,
at their expense, to be present at any meetings regarding such audit
or other proceeding and to provide input and advice to Purchaser, Parent,
the Company, the Subsidiary and their counsel regarding such audit or
proceeding. Purchaser and Parent will not be able to settle, either
administratively or after the commencement of litigation, any claim for Taxes
that would adversely affect the liability for Taxes of the Sellers without
the written consent of the Sellers, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, unless the Seller makes adequate provision to the satisfaction of
Purchaser and Parent to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties against the
effects of any such settlement.
(c) Purchaser
and Parent agrees, without the prior written consent of the Shareholders in each
case, (i) not to make a Section 338(g) election with respect to the Transactions
and (ii) not to cause the Company to distribute a dividend until after December
31, 2010.
(d) Within
thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, the Sellers shall deliver to Purchaser and
Parent a supplement to Section 5.16 of the Disclosure Schedule that sets
forth (i) the Subsidiary’s earnings and profits, as determined for
U.S. federal income Tax purposes, as of December 31, 2009 and (ii) the Company’s
and the Subsidiary’s earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income
Tax purposes, as of September 30, 2010.
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Section
7.5 SELLER
RELEASE. EFFECTIVE AS OF THE CLOSING, EACH SELLER DOES FOR
ITSELF, HIMSELF OR HERSELF, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, HEIRS,
BENEFICIARIES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IF ANY (EACH, A “RELEASING PARTY”),
RELEASE AND ABSOLUTELY FOREVER DISCHARGE THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARY AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES AND
AGENTS (EACH, A “RELEASED PARTY”) FROM
AND AGAINST ALL RELEASED MATTERS. “RELEASED MATTERS”
MEANS ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, DAMAGES, DEBTS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS,
COSTS, EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ AND ACCOUNTANTS’ FEES AND EXPENSES),
ACTIONS AND CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, ARISING ON OR PRIOR TO
THE CLOSING DATE, WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, THAT
SUCH SELLER NOW HAS, OR AT ANY TIME PREVIOUSLY HAD, OR SHALL OR MAY HAVE IN THE
FUTURE, (A) WITH RESPECT TO ANY CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE COMPANY OR THE SUBSIDIARY,
ON THE ONE HAND, AND A RELEASING PARTY, ON THE OTHER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE PATENT ACCESS AGREEMENT, THE TAL AGREEMENT, AND THE 2007
COVENANTS AGREEMENT AND (B) AS A SHAREHOLDER OFFICER, DIRECTOR, CONTRACTOR,
CONSULTANT OR EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY OR THE SUBSIDIARY, ARISING BY VIRTUE OF OR
IN ANY MATTER RELATED TO ANY ACTIONS OR INACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPANY OR
THE SUBSIDIARY OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFAIRS ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE; PROVIDED THAT
RELEASED MATTERS SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY RIGHT PURSUANT TO THE TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS, ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY DIRECTOR AND OFFICER
FIDUCIARY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES, ANY RIGHTS
UNDER EARNED BUT UNPAID COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER ANY
COMPANY BENEFIT PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TERMS OR ANY RIGHTS OF KUNO UNDER
THE KUNO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE SELLERS IN
EXECUTING THIS RELEASE, AND IN GIVING AND RECEIVING THE CONSIDERATION CALLED FOR
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THAT THE RELEASE CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 7.5
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS A FULL AND FINAL ACCORD AND SATISFACTION AND GENERAL
RELEASE OF AND FROM ALL RELEASED MATTERS AND THE FINAL RESOLUTION BY SUCH SELLER
AND THE RELEASED PARTIES OF ALL RELEASED MATTERS. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING HEREIN OR OTHERWISE TO THE CONTRARY, THE RELEASE CONTAINED IN THIS
SECTION 7.5 WILL
NOT BE EFFECTIVE SO AS TO BENEFIT A PARTICULAR RELEASED PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY MATTER OR EVENT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE CONSTITUTE A RELEASED MATTER, BUT
INVOLVED FRAUD OR THE BREACH OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW ON THE PART OF SUCH RELEASED
PARTY. THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PART OF THIS SECTION 7.5
SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE REMAINDER OF THIS SECTION 7.5,
WHICH SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. EACH SELLING PARTY
HEREBY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT HE HAS NOT KNOWINGLY ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED
OR PURPORTED TO ASSIGN OR TRANSFER TO ANY PERSON ANY RELEASED
MATTERS.
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Section
7.6 Confidentiality. The
Sellers acknowledge and agree that from and after the Closing Date each Seller
shall keep confidential any and all information (whether in oral or written
form, electronically stored or otherwise) (i) that is related in any way to the
Company, the Subsidiary, Purchaser or Parent (or any of Parent’s Affiliates) or
(ii) received from another party that is related to this Agreement or any
of the other Transaction Documents or the Transactions (collectively, “Confidential
Information”); provided that any
Confidential Information that (i) was or becomes generally available to the
public other than as a result of a disclosure by the party receiving such
Confidential Information in violation of this Agreement, (ii) was or
becomes available to a party on a non-confidential basis from a source other
than the party disclosing such Confidential Information or its representatives;
provided, further, that such
source was not known to such Seller to be bound by any agreement or obligation
to keep such information confidential, or (iii) was independently developed
by the party receiving such Confidential Information or its representatives
without reference to any Confidential Information, shall not be subject to the
restrictions contained in this Section 7.6. In
the event that a Seller is required by Law to disclose any Confidential
Information, such Seller shall provide Purchaser and Parent with prompt written
notice, unless notice is prohibited by Law, of any such request or requirement
so that Purchaser and Parent may seek a protective order or other appropriate
remedy. If, failing the entry of a protective order (which the party
required to disclose will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain),
the Seller required to disclose the Confidential Information is, upon the advice
of its counsel, compelled to disclose such Confidential Information, such Seller
may disclose that portion of the Confidential Information that counsel advises
that such Seller is compelled to disclose and will exercise commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain assurance to the extent possible that confidential
treatment will be accorded to that portion of the Confidential Information that
is being disclosed. In any event, any Seller required to disclose the
Confidential Information will use its commercially reasonable efforts to, and
will not oppose action by Purchaser or Parent to, obtain an appropriate
protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be
accorded the Confidential Information.
Section
7.7 Name
Change. The Sellers shall, within ninety (90) days of the
Closing Date, cause Sucampo AG USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation wholly-owned by
Ueno, to change its name to a name that does not use “Sucampo” or any variation
thereof.
Section
7.8 Parent
Guarantee. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement,
Parent hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to and for
the benefit of the Sellers the full and faithful performance of Purchaser’s
obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; provided, however,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sellers hereby agree that the Sellers shall
only make demand upon and/or seek payment by Parent after having provided
Purchaser and Parent with written notice of Purchaser’s default in
performance. For the avoidance of any doubt, any disputes under this
Section 7.8
shall be subject to the dispute resolution provisions in Section
9.3 and also Section
9.2.
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ARTICLE
VIII
SURVIVAL AND
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
8.1 Survival of
Representations. The representations and warranties made in
this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall
survive the Closing through and including the two (2) year anniversary of the
Closing Date; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties (a) set forth in Sections 4.1 (Authorization), 4.2 (Title to Shares), 4.3 (Good Title Conveyed), 5.1 (Corporate Existence of the
Company), 5.2 (Corporate Existence of the
Subsidiary; Ownership with Respect to the Subsidiary), 5.3 (Power and Authority), 5.6 (Capitalization), 5.7 (No Broker), 5.22 (Related Party Transactions),
6.1 (Organizational and Good
Standing), 6.2 (Power and Authority) and
6.8 (No Broker), shall survive
the Closing indefinitely, and (b) set forth in Sections 5.13 (Intellectual Property),
5.16
(Taxes), 5.18 (Employee Benefit Plans) and
5.26 (Environmental Matters
(collectively, (a) and (b), the “Specified
Representations”) shall survive the
Closing until ninety (90) days following the expiration of the applicable
statute of limitations (including extensions thereof) with respect to the
particular matter that is the subject matter thereof (in each case, the “Survival Period”);
provided, however, that any
claims of a breach of any such surviving representation or warranty made in good
faith in writing and received by an Indemnifying Party prior to such termination
date will survive such date to the extent of the facts alleged in such
claim. The parties hereto specifically intend that the statutory
statutes of limitations applicable to the respective representations and
warranties be superseded and replaced by the Survival Period contained
herein. The covenants and agreements contained in the Transaction
Documents to be performed or complied with on or after the Closing Date (other
than the covenant and agreement to indemnify against breaches of certain
representations and warranties, which will survive only until the expiration of
the underlying representation and warranty) will survive indefinitely the
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the Closing and the
consummation of the Transactions.
Section
8.2 Indemnification by the
Sellers. Each Seller will jointly and severally indemnify,
hold harmless and defend Purchaser and Parent, their subsidiaries and their
respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents excluding, for
purposes of this Article VIII only, the Sellers in any such capacity with Parent
or any of its Affiliates (the “Purchaser Indemnified
Parties”) against, and hold them harmless from, any loss, liability,
assessment, judgment, award, fine, penalty, obligation, damage, claim, Action,
cause of action, interest or expense (including reasonable costs of
investigation and defense and attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees) actually suffered or
paid (including, in the case of a Third-Party Claim, consequential, incidental,
exemplary, putative or similar damages) (“Damages”), whether or
not involving a Third-Party Claim, sustained or incurred by such Purchaser
Indemnified Parties (i) based upon, attributable to or resulting from the breach
(or solely in the case of a Third-Party Claim, alleged breach) or failure of or
inaccuracy in any of the representations or warranties made by the Sellers in
the Transaction Documents (without giving effect to any materiality or Material
Adverse Effect qualifiers contained in such representations or warranties), (ii)
based upon, attributable to or resulting from the breach (or solely in the case
of a Third-Party Claim, alleged breach) of any covenant, obligation or other
agreement on the part of any Seller or under the Transaction Documents or the
failure by a Seller to comply with any such covenant, obligation or agreement,
(iii) any Selling Expenses, (iv) arising out of, based upon or relating to
the Demerger Transaction (including, without limitation, in
connection with the ability to transfer Contracts), (v) arising out of, based
upon or relating to the Keio University Fund or any obligations relating
thereto, (vi) any Compensation Expenses, and (vii) any fraud or intentional
misrepresentation by a Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Sellers shall not be required to indemnify Parent for any U.S. federal income
Taxes solely attributable to a Final Determination by the IRS that Purchaser is
not respected as the purchaser of the Company for U.S. federal income Tax
purposes.
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Section
8.3 Indemnification by Parent
and Purchaser. Parent and Purchaser will jointly and severally
indemnify the Sellers and their respective agents (the “Seller Indemnified
Parties”), against, and hold them harmless from, any Damages sustained or
incurred by such Seller Indemnified Parties arising from (i) any breach (or
solely in the case of a Third-Party Claim, alleged breach) of a representation
of warranty of Purchaser or Parent in the Transaction Documents (without giving
effect to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifiers contained in
such representations or warranties), (ii) any breach (or solely in the case of a
Third-Party Claim, alleged breach) of covenant or agreement made or to be
performed by Purchaser or Parent in the Transaction Documents and (iii) arising
or relating to the imposition of additional U.S. Taxes on the Sellers in
connection with the sale of the Shares (which additional Taxes are solely
attributable to the fact that Purchaser is not a corporation organized under the
laws of the United States and would not be imposed if Parent was in fact the
purchaser of the Shares).
Section
8.4 Limits on
Indemnification.
(a) The
Sellers shall only be liable to a Purchaser Indemnified Party in respect of any
Damages pursuant to clause (i) of Section 8.2 of this
Agreement only when the aggregate amount of all such Damages to which all
Purchaser Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification from the Sellers
hereunder exceed Four Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($400,000) (the “Basket”) and, in such
event, the Sellers shall be required to pay the entire amount of all such
Damages; provided, however, that the
obligation of the Sellers to indemnify any Purchaser Indemnified Party in
respect of any Damages resulting from a breach of any Specified Representation
shall not be subject to the Basket. The aggregate liability of the
Sellers for Damages to which all Purchaser Indemnified Parties are entitled to
indemnification from the Sellers pursuant to clause (i) of Section 8.2 of this
Agreement (i) in respect of Damages resulting from a breach of any
representations and warranties that are not Specified Representations will be
limited to Twenty Million U.S. Dollars ($20,000,000) (the “Ceiling”) and (ii) in
respect of Damages resulting from a breach of any Specified Representations will
be limited to the Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2.4 and
2.5.
(b) Parent
and Purchaser shall only be liable to a Seller Indemnified Party in respect of
any Damages pursuant to clause (i) of Section 8.3 of this
Agreement only when the aggregate amount of all such Damages to which all Seller
Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification from Parent or Purchaser
hereunder exceed the Basket and, in such event, Parent and Purchaser shall be
required to pay the entire amount of all such Damages; provided, however, that the
obligation of Parent to indemnify any Seller Indemnified Party in respect of any
Damages resulting from a breach of any Specified Representation shall not be
subject to the Basket. The aggregate liability of Parent and
Purchaser for Damages to which all Seller Indemnified Parties are entitled to
indemnification from Parent and Purchaser pursuant to clause (i) of Section 8.3 of this
Agreement (i) in respect of Damages resulting from a breach of any
representations and warranties that are not Specified Representations will be
limited to the Ceiling and (ii) in respect of Damages resulting from a breach of
any Specified Representations will be limited to the Purchase Price, as adjusted
pursuant to Sections
2.4 and 2.5
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(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 8.4, the
rights of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties and the Seller Indemnified Parties
to seek indemnification hereunder for any Damages due to, resulting from or
arising out of any Third-Party Claims, fraud, intentional misconduct or
intentional misrepresentation by an Indemnifying Party shall not be subject to
the respective Basket and Ceiling.
(d) The
Purchaser Indemnified Parties’ right to indemnity shall in no way be limited by
(i) any inspection, survey, audit and access to the Company’s books and records
which Purchaser or Parent may directly or through its representatives have
conducted prior to the Closing Date; or (ii) knowledge that Purchaser or Parent
may have as of the Closing Date of the existence of facts, events, omissions or
documents which may be in breach of the Sellers’ representations and warranties
or in any event give rise to a Sellers’ indemnification
commitment. The Seller Indemnified Parties’ right to indemnity shall
in no way be limited by any knowledge that any of the Sellers may have as of the
Closing Date of the existence of facts, events, omissions or documents which may
be in breach of the Purchaser’s or Parent’s representations and warranties
representatives or in any event give rise to a Purchaser’s or Parent’s
indemnification commitment.
(e) In
no event shall an Indemnifying Party be liable more than once for the same
matter under different representations or warranties contained in this
Agreement. The amount of any Damages for which indemnification is
provided under this Article VIII shall be
(i) net of any insurance amounts actually recovered; provided that, no
Indemnified Party shall have any obligation to seek or pursue any insurance
recoveries (and may terminate, delay or abandon its seeking or pursuit of any
such insurance at any time in its sole discretion), and (ii) either reduced by
the amount of the net Tax benefit actually realized by the Indemnified Party by
reason of such Damages or increased by the amount of any tax detriment actually
realized by the Indemnified Party by reason of such Damages.
(f) The
waiver of any condition based on the accuracy of any representation or warranty,
or on the performance of or compliance with any such covenant or agreements,
will not affect the right to indemnification or any other remedy based on such
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements (except to the extent, if
any, otherwise expressly provided in such waiver).
Section
8.5 Procedure for
Indemnification.
(a) Any
party seeking indemnification under this Article VIII (an
“Indemnified
Party”) will give each party from whom indemnification is being sought
(or in the case of a Purchaser Indemnified Party to the Principals on behalf of
the Sellers) (each, an “Indemnifying Party”)
notice of any matter for which such Indemnified Party is seeking
indemnification, stating the amount of the Damages, if known, and method of
computation thereof, and containing a reference to the provisions of this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement in respect of which such right of
indemnification is claimed or arises.
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(b) The
obligations of an Indemnifying Party under this Article VIII with
respect to Damages arising from any claims of any third party which are subject
to the indemnification provided for in this Article VIII
(collectively, “Third-Party Claims”)
will be governed by and contingent upon the following additional terms and
conditions: if an Indemnified Party receives, after the Closing Date, initial
notice of any Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will give the
Indemnifying Party notice of such Third-Party Claim within such time frame as
necessary to allow for a timely response and in any event within 30 calendar
days of the receipt by the Indemnified Party of such notice; provided, however, that the
failure to provide such timely notice will not release the Indemnifying Party
from any of its obligations under this Article VIII except
to the extent that the rights of the Indemnifying Party are actually prejudiced
thereby. The Indemnifying Party will be entitled to assume and
control the defense of such Third-Party Claim at its expense and through counsel
of its choice if it gives notice of its intention to do so to the Indemnified
Party within 30 calendar days of the receipt of such notice from the Indemnified
Party; provided, however, that the
Indemnified Party may participate in such defense through counsel chosen by it
at the expense of the Indemnified Party; provided, further, that if the
Indemnified Party has been advised by outside counsel that the representation of
the Indemnified Party by the Indemnifying Party’s counsel is likely to present
such counsel with a conflict of interest, then the Indemnifying Party shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s
counsel. In the event the Indemnifying Party exercises the right to
undertake any such defense against any such Third-Party Claim as provided above,
the Indemnified Party will cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense
and make available to the Indemnifying Party all witnesses, pertinent records,
materials and information in the Indemnified Party’s possession or under the
Indemnified Party’s control relating thereto as is reasonably required by the
Indemnifying Party. Similarly, in the event the Indemnified Party is,
directly or indirectly, conducting the defense against any such Third-Party
Claim, the Indemnifying Party will cooperate with the Indemnified Party in such
defense and make available to the Indemnified Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s
expense, all such witnesses, records, materials and information in the
Indemnifying Party’s possession or under the Indemnifying Party’s control
relating thereto as is reasonably required by the Indemnified
Party. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8.5 to
the contrary, the Indemnifying Party may not, without the prior written consent
of the Indemnified Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), settle or compromise any Third-Party Claim or consent to
the entry of any judgment unless such settlement, compromise or judgment
(i) does not involve any finding or admission of any violation of Law or
any violation of the rights of any Person and would not have any adverse effect
on any other claims that may be made against the Indemnified Party,
(ii) does not involve any relief other than monetary damages that are paid
in full by the Indemnifying Party and (iii) completely, finally and
unconditionally releases the Indemnified Party in connection with such claim and
would not otherwise adversely affect the Indemnified Party. So long
as the Indemnifying Party is contesting any such Third-Party Claim in good
faith, the Indemnified Party shall not pay or settle any such claim without the
Indemnifying Party’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. If the Indemnifying Party is not contesting such claim in
good faith, then the Indemnified Party may conduct and control, through counsel
of its own choosing and at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the settlement
(after giving prior written notice of its intention to do so to the Indemnifying
Party and obtaining the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that such
consent shall not be required if the Indemnifying Party assumed the defense of
a Third-Party Claim but failed to contest such Third-Party Claim in good
faith) or defense thereof, and the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate with it in
connection therewith. The failure of the Indemnified Party to
participate in, conduct or control such defense shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of any obligation it may have hereunder.
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Section
8.6 Certain Indemnity
Matters. For purposes of calculating Damages hereunder with
respect to determining whether the Damages exceed the Basket for purposes of
Section 8.4, any
materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications in the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements shall be ignored.
Section
8.7 Set-Off. Without
otherwise limiting the remedies available under the Transaction Documents,
Parent and Purchaser may elect, in their sole discretion, to set-off against any
amounts owed under the Notes and/or against the Additional Purchase Payment any
amounts payable to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties for any Damages for which
the Purchaser Indemnified Parties is entitled to indemnification pursuant to
this Article
VIII in accordance with the terms of Sections 8.7(a) and
8.7(b),
respectively.
(a) If
Parent or Purchaser elects to exercise its set-off rights hereunder against the
Notes, Parent and Purchaser shall give the Principals written notice of such
election (“Set-Off
Notice”), which Set-Off Notice shall include the amount proposed to be
set-off against the Notes and shall set forth, in reasonable detail, the basis
of the Damages and the circumstances giving rise to the alleged entitlement to
such set-off. The parties shall treat any Set-Off Notice with respect
to the Notes as if it were a notice of a claim pursuant to Section 8.5(a)
hereof, subject to the further terms of this Section
8.7(a). The Principals shall have ten (10) Business Days from
the date of the related Set-Off Notice to provide a written notice to Parent and
Purchaser of any objection to the proposed set-off against the Notes outlined in
the applicable Set-Off Notice. In the event that the Principals
provide a timely written objection to the exercise of the proposed set-off in
accordance with this Section 8.7(a), such
proposed set-off shall be subject to the terms of Section 3(b) of the
Notes. In the event the Principals do not provide a timely written
objection to the proposed set-off in accordance with this Section 8.7(a), the
proposed set-off shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Principals and
shall be completed in accordance with Section 3(a) of the Notes.
(b) If
Parent or Purchaser elects to exercise its set-off rights hereunder against the
Additional Purchase Payment, Parent and Purchaser shall give the Principals a
Set-Off Notice, which Set-Off Notice shall include the amount proposed to be
set-off against the Additional Purchase Payment and shall set forth, in
reasonable detail, the basis of the Damages and the circumstances giving rise to
the alleged entitlement to such set-off. The parties shall treat any
Set-Off Notice with respect to the Additional Purchase Payment as if it were a
notice of a direct claim pursuant to Section 8.5(a)
hereof, subject to the further terms of this Section
8.7(b). The Principals shall have ten (10) Business Days from
the date of the related Set-Off Notice to provide a written notice to Parent and
Purchaser of any objection to the proposed set-off against the Additional
Purchase Payment outlined in the applicable Set-Off Notice. In the
event that the Principals provide a timely written objection to the exercise of
the proposed set-off in accordance with this Section 8.7(b), then,
until such time that Parent’s or Purchaser’s claim for indemnification has been
finally resolved in accordance with this Article VIII, the
portion of the Additional Purchase Payment subject to the proposed set-off under
the related Set-Off Notice shall be deposited by Parent or Purchaser into an
escrow account maintained at an institution mutually acceptable to the Sellers
and Parent or Purchaser pursuant to an escrow agreement in form and substance
mutually acceptable to such parties. In the event of such a dispute and Parent
or an Affiliate thereof has received the Company Arbitration Proceeds, Parent or
Purchaser shall (i) deposit the portion of the Additional Purchase Payment
subject to a proposed set-off in such escrow account no later than the date that
such amounts would otherwise be payable to the Sellers in accordance with Section 2.5(b)
hereof and (ii) pay to the Sellers any portion of the Additional Purchase
Payment not subject to a Set-Off Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(b)
hereof. Upon resolution of such dispute, the escrowed principal,
together with all interest or other earnings (if any) on such escrowed funds
shall be disbursed from escrow and paid to the Sellers and/or Parent or
Purchaser, as applicable, in accordance with the determination of such
dispute. In the event the Principals do not object to the proposed
set-off in accordance with this Section 8.7(b), the
proposed set-off shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Principals and
Purchaser’s obligation to pay the Additional Purchase Payment to the Sellers in
accordance with Section 2.5(b) hereof
shall be reduced by the amount equal to the amount proposed to be set-off in the
related Set-Off Notice.
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Section
8.8 Treatment of Indemnity
Payments. The parties agree to treat any indemnity payment
made pursuant to this Article VIII as an
adjustment to the Purchase Price for all purposes, including with respect to
income Taxes.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
9.1 Expenses. All
fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
Transactions by Purchaser and Parent shall be paid by Purchaser and Parent, and,
except as provided in Section 3.2(b)(i),
all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
Transactions by the Sellers shall be paid by the Sellers (or, prior to the
Closing, by the Company on behalf of the Sellers).
Section
9.2 Governing
Law. The interpretation and construction of this Agreement,
and all matters relating hereto, will be governed by the laws of the State of
New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within the
State of New York without giving effect to any conflict of law provisions
thereof.
Section
9.3 Dispute
Resolution.
(a) The
parties to this Agreement shall act in good faith and use commercially
reasonable efforts to resolve, within thirty (30) days after written notice
thereof, any claim, action, dispute, controversy or disagreement (each a “Dispute”) between the
parties or any of their respective successors and assigns under or related to
the Transaction Documents and the Transactions. The party bringing
any Dispute shall give to the other party a statement setting forth in
reasonable detail the nature of the claims involved in such Dispute, the amount
involved, if any, and the remedy sought. No party hereto shall seek,
nor shall be entitled to seek, binding outside resolution of the Dispute unless
and until the parties have been unable to amicably resolve the dispute as set
forth in this Section
9.3(a) and then, only in compliance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 9.3;
provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.3, nothing
herein shall limit or restrict the parties from seeking equitable or other
judicial relief to enforce the provisions under this Agreement, the
Non-Competition Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or to
preserve the status quo pending resolution of the Dispute.
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(b) If
the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute within such 30-day period, prior
to the commencement of arbitration in accordance with Section 9.3(c) the
Sellers or Purchaser and Parent may provide a written notice to such other party
(a “Mediation
Notice”) requesting the Dispute be submitted to non-binding
mediation. The parties shall promptly, following the date of such
Mediation Notice, engage in non-binding mediation of the Dispute with an
independent and neutral mediator reasonably acceptable to the Sellers and
Purchaser and Parent. Such mediation shall be conducted by the
American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in the County
of New York, State of New York and shall be initiated and conducted in
accordance with the Commercial Mediation Procedures of the AAA, as such
rules shall be in effect on the date of delivery of a Mediation Notice, except
to the extent that such rules are inconsistent with the provisions set forth
herein. The fees and expenses of the mediator shall be borne equally by the
parties (i.e., 50% the Sellers and 50% Purchaser and Parent). Each
party shall otherwise be responsible for their respective fees and expenses in
connection with such mediation. Unless otherwise mutually agreed by
the parties, if the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute through mediation
within sixty (60) days of the date of the Mediation Notice, such mediation or
rights to proceed with mediation, as applicable, with respect to such Dispute
shall terminate and such Dispute shall thereafter be subject to arbitration in
accordance with this Section
9.3.
(c) Any
Dispute not resolved by amicable resolution in accordance with Sections 9.3(a) or
mediation in accordance with 9.3(b) shall
thereafter be governed exclusively and finally by arbitration. Such
arbitration shall be conducted by AAA in the County of New York, State of New
York and shall be initiated and conducted in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the AAA (“Commercial Rules”),
as such rules shall be in effect on the date of delivery of a demand for
arbitration (“Demand”), except to
the extent that such rules are inconsistent with the provisions set forth
herein.
(d) The
arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) to be
mutually selected by, and agreeable to, the parties. If the parties
are unable to agree on the Arbitrator within forty-five (45) days of the date of
a Demand, then the parties agree that an Arbitrator shall be designated by the
AAA. In any event, the Arbitrator shall be independent (not a party
to this Agreement, nor a lawyer of a party to this Agreement, nor a related
party of a party to this Agreement or Affiliate of a related party) without any
economic or financial interest of any kind in the outcome of the
arbitration. The Arbitrator shall have excellent academic and
professional credentials and have practiced law for at least fifteen (15) years
and shall have in-depth knowledge of corporate and commercial matters and will
be knowledgeable regarding the relevant business.
(e) Any
award by the Arbitrator shall be accompanied by a written opinion setting forth
the findings of fact and conclusions of Law relied upon in reaching the
decision. The award rendered by the Arbitrator shall be final,
binding and non-appealable, and judgment upon such award may be entered as an
order in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree to
submit to the jurisdiction of any such court for purposes of the enforcement of
any such order. The parties agree that the existence, conduct and
content of any arbitration shall be kept confidential and no party shall
disclose to any Person any information about such arbitration, except as may be
required by Law or by any Governmental Authority.
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(f) Each
party shall pay the fees of its own attorneys, expenses of witnesses and all
other expenses and costs in connection with the presentation of such party’s
case (collectively, “Attorneys’
Fees”). The remaining costs of the arbitration, including
without limitation, fees of the Arbitrator, costs of records or transcripts and
administrative fees (collectively, “Arbitration Costs”)
shall be borne equally by the parties (i.e., 50% the Sellers and 50% Purchaser
and Parent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Arbitrator may modify
the allocation of Arbitration Costs and award Attorneys’ Fees in those cases
where fairness dictates a different allocation of Arbitration Costs between the
parties and an award of Attorneys’ Fees to the prevailing party as determined by
the Arbitrator.
(g) The
Arbitrator shall not be empowered to award punitive, consequential, incidental
or exemplary damages except to the extent constituting indemnification
obligations resulting from Third-Party Claims subject to Section
8.5.
(h) The
provisions of this Agreement will be binding on the Arbitrator.
Section
9.4 Remedies; Specific
Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that money damages
would not be an adequate remedy at Law if any party fails to perform in any
material respect any of its obligations hereunder and accordingly agree that
each party, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at Law,
in equity or, after the Closing, as provided in this Agreement, shall be
entitled to seek to compel specific performance of the obligations of any other
party under this Agreement and appropriate injunctive relief may be applied for
and granted in connection therewith, in each case, without the posting of any
bond, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement in any court
of the United States or any state thereof having jurisdiction, and if any action
should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement,
none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate
remedy at Law. No remedy shall be exclusive of any other
remedy. All available remedies shall be cumulative.
Section
9.5 Notices. Any
notice or other communications required or permitted hereunder will be
sufficiently given if delivered in person, transmitted via facsimile (but only
if followed by transmittal by recognized overnight courier or hand delivery), or
sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or recognized overnight
courier service addressed as follows:
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(a) If
to Purchaser or Parent:
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0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., General
Counsel
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Tel:
(000) 000-0000
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Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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with
a copy to:
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Manatt,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, LLP
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00000
X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
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Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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(b) If
to the Shareholders:
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Xxxxx
Xxxx Revocable Trust/Xxxxxxx Xxxx Revocable
Trust
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00000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xx.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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each
with a copy to:
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Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP
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Suite
1500, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tel:
000.000.0000
Fax:
000.000.0000
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(c)
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If
to the Principals:
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Xx.
Xxxxx Xxxx/Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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with
a copy to:
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McGuireWoods
LLP
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0000 X
Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
or such
other address or number as will be furnished in writing by any such person, and
such notice or communication will be deemed to have been given (a) as of the
date so personally delivered or transmitted via facsimile, (b) on the third
Business Day after the mailing thereof or (c) on the first Business Day after
delivery by recognized overnight courier service.
Section
9.6 Entire Agreement;
Amendment. This Agreement, including the Exhibits, Schedules,
the Disclosure Schedule and other documents referred to herein which form a part
hereof, contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter contained herein and therein. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with
respect to such subject matter (including, without limitation, the Term Sheet,
dated November 18, 2010, among Parent, the Company and the
Shareholders). This Agreement may not be amended except by a written
instrument executed by the parties hereto.
Section
9.7 Assignment. This
Agreement may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated by any party
hereto (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written
consent of the other party; provided, however, that,
Purchaser and Parent may assign this Agreement and any or all rights or
obligations hereunder to any Affiliate of Parent or to successors to its
business, whether by sale of stock, sale of assets, merger, consolidation, or
otherwise. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. The covenant prohibiting assignment in the Notes shall not
be affected by this Section
9.7.
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Section
9.8 Interpretation. The
words “hereof,”
“herein” and
“herewith” and
words of similar import will, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement,
and Article, Section, Paragraph, Exhibits and Schedule references are to the
Articles, Sections, Paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless
otherwise specified. The table of contents and headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words
“include,”
“includes,”
“including” or
similar expressions are used in this Agreement, they will be understood be
followed by the words “without
limitation.” The words describing the singular will include
the plural and vice versa, and words denoting any gender will include all
genders and words denoting natural persons will include corporations and
partnerships and vice versa. The phrase “made available” in
this Agreement will mean that the information referred to has been made
available if requested by the party to whom such information is to be made
available. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation
and drafting of this Agreement. In the event of an ambiguity or
question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as
if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will
arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any
provisions of this Agreement.
Section
9.9 Certain
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) “Action” means any
lawsuit, claim, charge, suit or judicial or legal proceeding, arbitration or
investigation.
(b) “Affiliate” of any
Person means another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such first Person;
(c) “Ancillary Agreements”
means the Notes, the Deeds of Assignment, the Non-Competition Agreement, the
2007 Covenants Termination Agreement, and any other certificate or document
required to be delivered by the Sellers at the Closing.
(d) “Business Day” means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other than a day on which banks are
closed in New York, New York, USA, or Zurich, Switzerland. If any
period expires on a day which is not a Business Day or any event or condition is
required by the terms of this Agreement to occur or be fulfilled on a day which
is not a Business Day, such period shall expire or such event or condition shall
occur or be fulfilled, as the case may be, on the next succeeding Business
Day.
(e) “Closing Cash
Consideration” means an amount equal to Thirty Million U.S. Dollars
(US$30,000,000) less one-half (1/2)
of the Net Asset Value Reduction Amount.
(f) “Code” means the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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(g) “Company Benefit Plan”
means each “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and
each other plan, policy, program, practice, agreement, understanding or
arrangement, in each case, providing compensation or other benefits, including
bonuses, incentive compensation, equity or equity-based compensation, deferred
compensation, pension, welfare benefit, stock purchase, severance pay, sick
leave, vacation pay, salary continuation, disability, hospitalization, dental,
vision, medical insurance, life insurance or tuition reimbursement or
scholarship, to any current or former (U.S. or non-U.S.) officer, director,
employee, consultant or contractor of the Company or the
Subsidiary.
(h) “Company Employees”
means any employees of the Company or the Subsidiary.
(i)
“Company Intellectual
Property” means all Intellectual Property in, arising out of, or
associated with the conduct of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s business,
respectively, that is owned by the Company or the Subsidiary.
(j)
“Contracts” means all
contracts, agreements, commitments, purchase orders, leases, licenses and
arrangements, whether written or oral.
(k) “Demerger Transaction”
means the spin-off of all non-prostone-related activities from the Company into
the new Swiss AG “XXXX Intellectual Reserve AG,” by means of a “Abspaltung zur
Neugruendung” according to Art. 29 lit. b of the Swiss Federal law on Mergers,
Demergers, Transformations and Asset Transfers of October 3, 2003 (SR 221.301),
as resolved by the shareholders meeting of the Company on October 23, 2007 as
well as any according resolutions and changes in the articles of association of
the Company or XXXX Intellectual Reserve AG or their respective
directors.
(l)
“Disclosure
Schedule” means the disclosure schedule, including the Sections thereof
referenced in Articles
IV and V
hereof, delivered by the Sellers to Purchaser and Parent in connection with the
execution of this Agreement.
(m) “Domain Name” means a
unique alphanumeric identifier (e.g., a name or other string of alphanumeric
characters, whether separated by periods or not) that is associated with a
physical point (e.g., a computer server) on the Internet or other networks,
including identifiers that can be converted by the Domain Name System (DNS) to
an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
(n) “Environmental Laws”
means all applicable federal, state, foreign or local Laws relating to pollution
or protection of the environment, including laws relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants, or
hazardous or toxic materials or wastes or any other Hazardous Substance into
ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, presence, production, labeling,
testing, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of pollutants,
contaminants or hazardous or toxic materials or wastes by the Company, the
Subsidiary, or their respective subsidiaries or agents.
(o) “ERISA” means the
United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(p) “ERISA Affiliate”
means any entity or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that
together with the Company or the Subsidiary is, or ever has been, treated as a
single employer under any of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the
Code or Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
(q) “Family Member” means
an immediate family member of a Person whether by blood or adoption, including
parents, spouses, siblings, children and grandchildren.
(r) “Final Determination”
means solely with respect to Section 8.2 hereof
(A) a decision, judgment, decree or other order by a court of competent
jurisdiction, which decision, judgment, decree or other order has become final
and unappealable (i.e.,
when all allowable judicial appeals have been exhausted under applicable law),
or, in any case where judicial review shall at the time be unavailable under
applicable law for any reason, a decision, judgment, decree or other order by an
administrative agency or official of competent jurisdiction, which decision,
judgment, decree or other order has become final and unappealable (i.e., when all allowable
administrative appeals have been exhausted under applicable law), (B) a closing
agreement under Section 7121 of the Code or any other binding settlement
agreement entered into in connection with an administrative or judicial
proceeding which is not subject to further appeal or (C) the expiration of the
time for instituting a claim for refund, or if such claim is filed, the
expiration of the time for instituting suit with respect thereto.
(s) “Foreign Official”
means any officer or employee of a foreign Governmental Authority or of a public
international organization, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or
on behalf of any such Governmental Authority or any such public international
organization. The term “Foreign Official”
shall be deemed to include (a) an elected or appointed official such as a
Minister of Health, (b) an employee of a state-owned or even partially
state-owned entity such as a state-run university or hospital, (c) an
employee of a government funded entity, (d) an employee or Person acting for or
on behalf of a government official, agency, instrumentality or enterprise
performing a governmental function, (e) a person acting for or on behalf of a
foreign government, whether permanently or temporarily, (f) a foreign political
party, (g) an officer, employee, or person acting for or on behalf of a foreign
political party or candidate for foreign public office; and (h) an officer or
employee of a quasi-government organization (e.g., United Nations, World
Health Organization).
(t) “Governmental
Authority” means any (a) nation, principality, state, commonwealth,
province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any
nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (c)
governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any
governmental division, subdivision, department,
agency, bureau, branch, office, commission, council, board, instrumentality,
officer, official, representative, organization, unit or body and any court or
other tribunal); (d) multi-national organization or body; or (e) Person or body
exercising, or entitled to exercise, any executive, legislative, judicial,
administrative, regulatory, police, military or taxing
authority or power of any nature.
(u) “Governmental Order”
means any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction, award, decree, edict,
pronouncement, determination, decision, opinion, verdict, sentence that has been
issued, made, entered, rendered or otherwise put into effect by or under the
authority of any Governmental Authority.
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(v) “Hazardous Substance”
means any hazardous or toxic substance, including, without limitation, any
“hazardous substance” (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 9601(14)), and oil, gasoline
and any other petroleum-based substance.
(w) “Indebtedness” means,
with respect to any Person, at a particular time, without duplication:
(i) any obligations of such Person under any indebtedness for borrowed
money; (ii) any indebtedness of such Person evidenced by any note, bond,
debenture or other debt security; (iii) any indebtedness of such Person
pursuant to a guarantee to a creditor of another Person; (iv) any
obligations under capitalized leases or with respect to which such Person is
liable, contingently or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, or with
respect to which obligations such Person assures a lender or lessor under any
such lease against loss; (v) any borrowing of money secured by a Lien on
such Person’s assets; (vi) any obligations under factoring or similar
agreements with respect to receivables that have been factored or pledged,
(vii) any off-balance sheet obligations that by the nature of their terms
will ultimately be deemed to be, by conversion or otherwise, or treated, for Tax
purposes or otherwise, as debt; (viii) any obligation for interest,
premiums, penalties, fees, make-whole payments, expenses, indemnities, breakage
costs and bank overdrafts with respect to items described in clauses
(i) through (vii) above; (ix) any obligations of such Person for
the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services (other than trade
and other payables, accrued expenses and other current Liabilities);
(x) any unfunded pension Liabilities or commitments; and (xi) any
transaction or stay bonuses or payment.
(x) “IRS” means the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service or any successor entity.
(y) “Intellectual
Property” means (A) all intellectual property, regardless of form,
including without limitation: (a) published and unpublished works of authorship,
including without limitation audiovisual works, collective works, Software,
compilations, databases, derivative works, literary works, maskworks, and sound
recordings (“Works of
Authorship”); (b) inventions and discoveries, including without
limitation any apparatus, biological processes, cell line, chemical compound,
creation, data, design, discovery, formula, idea, improvement, innovation,
know-how, laboratory notebook, manuscript, process or technique, whether or not
patentable or protectable by copyright, articles of manufacture, business
methods, compositions of matter, improvements, machines, methods, and processes
and new uses for any of the preceding items (“Inventions”); (c)
words, names, symbols, devices, designs, and other designations, and
combinations of the preceding items, used to identify or distinguish a business,
good, group, product, or service or to indicate a form of certification,
including without limitation trademarks, service marks, logos, trade dress,
product configuration, product designs, product features, and Internet Domain
Names, together with the goodwill of the business associated therewith (“Trademarks”); and (d)
information that is not generally known or readily ascertainable through proper
means, whether tangible or intangible, including without limitation algorithms,
customer lists, ideas, designs, formulas, know-how, methods, processes,
programs, prototypes, systems, and techniques (“Company Confidential
Information”) and (B) all rights in, arising out of, or associated with
Intellectual Property in any jurisdiction throughout the world, including
without limitation: (a) rights in, arising out of, or associated with Works of
Authorship, including without limitation rights in maskworks and databases and
rights granted under the Copyright Act (“Copyrights”); (b)
rights in, arising out of, or associated with Inventions, including without
limitation rights granted under the Patent Act (“Patent Rights”); (c)
rights in, or arising out of the use or ownership of, or associated with
Trademarks, including without limitation common law rights, applications, or
registrations for the Trademarks, as well as any other proprietary rights in the
Trademarks together with the goodwill of the business associated therewith
anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, rights in the “look and
feel” of objects and rights granted under the Xxxxxx Act (“Trademark Rights”);
(d) rights in, arising out of, or associated with Company Confidential
Information, including without limitation rights granted under the Uniform Trade
Secrets Act (“Trade
Secret Rights”); (e) rights of attribution and integrity and other moral
rights of an author (“Moral Rights”); and
(f) rights in, arising out of, or associated with Domain Names, including
keyword associations in any search engine or directories (“Domain Name
Rights”).
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(z)
“Japan GAAP” means
generally accepted accounting principles in effect in Japan as of the date
hereof.
(aa) “Keio University Fund” means
the proposed fund established by the Subsidiary with respect to Kuno’s
projects and lectures at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
(bb) “Knowledge of the
Sellers” means (i) the actual or constructive knowledge of Ueno, Kuno,
Xxxx Xxxx, Kei Shionoiri Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Bollhalder, and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxx, and (ii) additionally, but solely for
purposes of Section 5.13(e), the actual or constructive knowledge of the
principal or responsible attorneys, lawyers or patent agents at Xxxxxxx Mion,
PLLC (Washington, D.C.) and Aoyama & Partners (Osaka, Japan) obtained in
their capacity as attorneys, lawyers or patent agents on behalf of the Company
or the Subsidiary.
(cc) “Kuno Employment
Agreement” means that certain Executive Employment Agreement, effective
August 1, 2000, between Sucampo AG and Xxxxxxx Xxxx.
(dd) “Law” means any law,
statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, writ, injunction, judgment, order,
award, resolution, edict, decree, rule of common or civil law or treaty of any
Governmental Authority.
(ee) “Liabilities” means
any debt, loss, damage, adverse claim, fines, penalties, liability or obligation
(whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute
or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured, determined or
determinable, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated, due or to
become due, and whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise), and
including all costs and expenses relating thereto (including all fees,
disbursements and expenses of legal counsel, experts, engineers and consultants
and costs of investigation).
(ff) “Liens” means any
liens, charges, security interests, mortgages, pledges, easements, encumbrances,
conditions, covenants and restrictions of record.
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(gg) “Material Adverse
Effect” means with respect to any entity any change, event, circumstance,
effect or development that individually or taken together with any other change,
event, circumstance, effect or development is, or is reasonably likely to be or
become materially adverse to (a) the condition (financial or otherwise),
properties, assets (including intangible assets), Liabilities (actual of
contingent), business, operations or results of operations of such entity and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) such entity’s ability to consummate
the Transactions in accordance with the Agreement’s terms and applicable Laws;
provided, however, that any adverse change, event, circumstance or effect
arising from or related to (i) conditions affecting the industry in which such
entity or its subsidiaries operate (provided that such conditions do not affect
such entity disproportionately as compared to such entity’s competitors), (ii)
conditions affecting the Swiss or U.S. economy or securities markets or the
World economy (provided that such conditions do not affect such entity
disproportionately as compared to such entity’s competitors), (iii) compliance
by such entity with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or such entity’s
failure to take any action as a result of prohibitions or restrictions set forth
in this Agreement which such prohibitions or restrictions have not been waived,
or actions consented to, by Purchaser or Parent, or (iv) the announcement or
pendency of the Transactions, in each case, shall not be taken into account in
determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect: has occurred or is reasonably
likely occur with respect to such entity.
(hh) “Net Asset Value”
means (i) with respect to the Company, the Company’s “Net Asset Value” as
defined on and prepared in accordance with Exhibit C-1 hereto,
and (ii) with respect to the Subsidiary, the Subsidiary’s “Net Asset Value” as
defined on and prepared in accordance with Exhibit C-2
hereto.
(ii)
“Net Asset Value Reduction
Amount” means an amount equal to Thirty Million U.S. Dollars
(US$30,000,000) less the Total
Estimated Net Asset Value; provided that for purposes of calculating the Net
Asset Reduction Amount, if the Total Estimated Net Asset Value is less than
Twenty-Four Million U.S. Dollars (US$24,000,000), then the Total Estimated Net
Asset Value shall be deemed to be Twenty-Four Million U.S. Dollars
(US$24,000,000).
(jj) “Ordinary Course of
Business” means the ordinary and usual course of normal day-to-day
operations of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s business, as applicable, as
conducted by the Company or the Subsidiary, respectively, through the date
hereof, consistent with past practice.
(kk) “Patent Access
Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Patent Access Agreement, dated
June 30, 2006, among Sucampo AG, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sucampo Pharma
Europe, Ltd. and Sucampo Pharma, Ltd.
(ll) “Permits” means
licenses, permits, approvals, certificates of occupancy, authorizations,
operating permits, certifications and registrations regarding the conduct of the
Company’s business.
(mm) “Permitted Liens”
means (a) any lien for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet
due and payable; or (b) landlord’s, mechanic’s, materialman’s, supplier’s,
vendor’s or similar statutory liens arising in the Ordinary Course of
Business.
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(nn) “Person” means any
individual, trustee, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, bank, Governmental Authority or other organization or
entity.
(oo) “Pre-Closing Tax
Period” means all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date
and the portion ending on or before the Closing Date of any taxable period that
includes (but does not begin or end on) the Closing Date.
(pp) “Pro Rata Share” means
each Shareholder’s pro rata share of the equity ownership of the Company
immediately prior to the Closing, as set forth on Exhibit A
hereto.
(qq) “Registered Intellectual
Property Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are the
subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration, or other document
issued by, filed with, or recorded by, any state, government, or other public
legal authority at any time in any jurisdiction, including without limitation
all applications, reissues, divisions, re-examinations, renewals, extensions,
provisionals, continuations, and continuations-in-part associated with Patent
Rights.
(rr) “SAG” means the
Company
(ss) “SAGJ” means the
Subsidiary.
(tt) “Securities Act” means
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(uu) “Selling Expenses”
means all expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiary on
or prior to the Closing in connection with the Transaction Documents and the
Transactions to the extent such expenses represent an obligation of the Company
or the Subsidiary.
(vv) “Software” means
computer programs of any type or form (including source code and object code),
and any portion thereof, including code, scripts, applets, engines, generators,
and macros, and related programmers’ comments, data files and structures, header
and include files, macros, object libraries, programming tools not commercially
available, technical specifications, flowcharts, and logic diagrams, schematics,
annotations, and documentation.
(ww) “subsidiary” or “subsidiaries” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person or Persons, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, of which (i) such Person or any other subsidiary of such Person
is a general partner (excluding such partnerships where such Person or any
subsidiary of such Person does not have a majority of the voting interest in
such partnership) or (ii) holds fifty percent (50%) or more of the securities or
other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the board of directors, managers or others performing similar functions with
respect to such Person is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person or by any one or more of its subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or
more of its subsidiaries.
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(xx) “Swiss Code of
Obligations” means the Swiss Federal Law of March 30, 1911 regarding the
amendment of the Swiss Civil Code (Fifth Part: Code of Obligations) as amended
(SR 220).
(yy) “TAL Agreement” means
the Technology Assignment and Licensing Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2009,
by and among Sucampo AG, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sucampo Pharma Americas,
Inc., Sucampo Pharma, Ltd., Sucampo Pharma Europe, Ltd. and R-Tech Ueno,
Ltd.
(zz) “Tax” or “Taxes” means taxes,
fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts and governmental impositions or charges
of any kind imposed by any federal, state, local, national, cantonal, provincial
or regional Governmental Authority, including (i) income, franchise, profits,
gross receipts, ad valorem, net worth, value added, sales, use, service, real or
personal property, special assessments, capital stock, license, payroll,
withholding, employment, estimated, social security, workers’ compensation,
unemployment compensation or insurance contributions, utility, severance,
production, excise, stamp, occupation, premiums, windfall profits, transfer,
gains, business and occupation, disability, quality assurance fee, bed tax,
provider tax or other tax, duty or charge of any kind whatsoever, however
denominated, and (ii) interest, penalties (civil or criminal), additional taxes
and additions to tax imposed by a Governmental Authority with respect
thereto.
(aaa) “Tax Returns” means
any and all returns, reports, information statements and certifications with
respect to any and all Taxes that are required to be filed with the IRS or any
other federal, state or local Governmental Authority, including consolidated,
combined and unitary tax returns, and any and all returns, reports, and
information statements required to be so filed in connection with any benefit
plan, including any Company Benefit Plan.
(bbb) “Transactions” means
all of the transactions contemplated by the respective Transaction Documents,
including, without limitation, the sale and transfer of the Shares by the
Shareholders to Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement, and the performance
by Sellers and Purchaser of their respective obligations under the Transaction
Documents and the exercise by Sellers and Purchaser and Parent of their
respective rights under the Transaction Documents.
(ccc) “Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
(ddd) “United States” or
“U.S.” means
the United State of America.
(eee) “Webpage” means a
page, document, or file viewable within a Website (i.e., that is presented as
part of the Website and not as a link to another Website).
(fff) “Website” means a
collection, compilation, or other organization of Webpages at a single Domain
Name.
Section
9.10 Index to Additional
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the meanings gives to them in the Sections set
forth below:
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Term
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Section
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“2007
Covenants Agreement”
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3.2(a)(ix)
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“2007
Covenants Termination Agreement”
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3.2(a)(ix)
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“AAA”
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9.3(b)
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“Accountants’
Report”
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2.4(b)
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“Additional
Purchase Payment”
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2.5(a)
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“Additional
Purchase Payment Cap”
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2.5(a)
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“Agreement”
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Preamble
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“Arbitration
Costs”
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9.3(f)
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“Arbitrator”
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9.3(d)
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“Attorneys’
Fees”
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9.3(f)
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“Audited
Company Financial Statements”
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5.9(a)(i)
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“Balance
Sheet Date”
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5.9(c)
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“Balance
Sheet Dispute”
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2.4(b)
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“Basket”
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8.4(a)
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“Ceiling”
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8.4(a)
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“Closing”
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3.1
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“Closing
Date”
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3.1
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“Commercial
Rules”
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9.3(c)
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“Company”
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Preamble
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“Company
Balance Sheet”
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5.9(c)
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“Company
Charter Documents”
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5.1(a)
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“Company
Closing Net Asset Value”
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2.4(b)
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“Company
Confidential Information”
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9.9(y)
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“Company
Estimated Closing Balance Sheet”
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2.1
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“Company
Estimated Net Asset Value”
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2.1
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“Company
Financial Statements
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5.9(a)(i)
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“Company
Licensed Intellectual Property”
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5.13(g)
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“Company
Permits”
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5.15
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“Company
Arbitration Proceeds”
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2.5(a)
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“Compensation
Expenses”
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5.17(b)
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“Confidential
Information”
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7.6
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“Copyrights”
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9.9(y)
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“Damages”
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8.2
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“Deeds
of Assignment”
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3.2(a)(i)
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“Demand”
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9.3(c)
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“Dispute”
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9.3(a)
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“Domain
Name Rights”
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9.9(y)
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“Expert
Accountant”
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2.4(b)
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“Final
Company Closing Balance Sheet”
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2.4(b)
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“Final
Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet”
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2.4(b)
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“Financial
Statements”
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5.9(a)(ii)
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“Indemnified
Party”
|
8.5(a)
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“Indemnifying
Party”
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8.5(a)
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“Inventions”
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9.9(y)
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“Kuno”
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Preamble
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“Kuno
Trust”
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Preamble
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“License
Agreement”
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5.13(g)
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“Listed
Company Intellectual Property”
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5.13(d)
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“Listed
Related Party Transactions”
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5.22
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“Material
Consents”
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5.4
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“Material
Contracts”
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5.19(a)
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“Mediation
Notice”
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9.3(b)
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“Money
Laundering Laws”
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5.27
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“Moral
Rights”
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9.9(y)
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“Non-Competition
Agreement”
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3.2(a)(vii)
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“Note”
and “Notes”
|
2.2
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“OFAC”
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5.25
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“Parent”
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Premable
|
“Patent
Rights”
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9.9(y)
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“Preliminary
Closing Balance Sheets”
|
2.4(a)
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“Preliminary
Company Closing Balance Sheet”
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2.4(a)
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“Preliminary
Subsidiary Closing Balance Sheet”
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2.4(a)
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“Principals”
|
Preamble
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“Principal
Amount”
|
2.2
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“Purchase
Price”
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2.2
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“Purchaser”
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Preamble
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“Purchaser
Indemnified Parties”
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8.2
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“Purchaser
Parties”
|
2.5(a)
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“Related
Persons”
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5.22
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“Released
Matters”
|
7.5
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“Released
Party”
|
7.5
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“Releasing
Party”
|
7.5
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“Seller”
and “Sellers”
|
Preamble
|
“Seller
Consents”
|
4.5
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“Seller
Indemnified Parties”
|
8.3
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“Set-Off
Notice”
|
8.7(a)
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“Shareholder”
and “Shareholders”
|
Preamble
|
“Shares”
|
Recitals
|
“Shortfall”
|
2.4(c)
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“Specified
Representations”
|
8.1
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“Subsidiary”
|
Recitals
|
“Subsidiary
Balance Sheet”
|
5.9(c)
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“Subsidiary
Charter Documents”
|
5.2(a)
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“Subsidiary
Closing Net Asset Value”
|
2.4(b)
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“Subsidiary
Estimated Closing Balance Sheet”
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2.1
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“Subsidiary
Estimated Net Asset Value”
|
2.1
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“Subsidiary
Financial Statements”
|
5.9(a)(ii)
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“Subsidiary
Shares”
|
5.2(c)
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“Survival
Period”
|
8.1
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“Takeda
Arbitration”
|
2.5(a)
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“Third-Party
Claims”
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8.5(b)
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“Total
Estimated Net Asset Value”
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2.1
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“Trademark
Rights”
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9.9(y)
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“Trademarks”
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9.9(y)
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“Trade
Secret Rights”
|
9.9(y)
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“Ueno”
|
Preamble
|
“Ueno
Trust”
|
Preamble
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“Unaudited
Company Financial Statements”
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5.9(a)(i)
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“Unrecovered
Shortfall”
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2.4(c)
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“Works
of Authorship”
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9.9(y)
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Section
9.11 Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Article VIII, none of
the provisions of this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall
provide any rights, benefits, remedies or cause of action in or on behalf of any
Person other than the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors
and assigns (if any). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) no
creditor of any Seller, the Company or the Subsidiary shall have any
rights under the Transaction Documents, and (ii)
no stockholder of Parent shall have any rights under the
Transaction Documents. The representations and warranties set forth
in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties and are for
the sole benefit of the parties. In some instances, the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement may represent an
allocation among the parties of risks associated with particular matters
regardless of the knowledge of any of the parties. Consequently,
Persons (other than the parties) may not rely upon the representation and
warranties set forth in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or
circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other
date.
Section
9.12 Disclosure
Schedule. Unless otherwise defined therein, all capitalized
terms used in the Disclosure Schedule will have the meanings ascribed to them
herein, and all section references in the schedules refer to the corresponding
section hereof. The attachments to the schedules form an integral
part of the schedules and are incorporated by reference for all purposes as if
set forth fully therein. The headings contained in the schedules are
for convenience of reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or the schedules.
Section
9.13 Reliance on Counsel and
Other Advisors. Each party has consulted such legal,
financial, tax, technical or other expert as it deems necessary or desirable
before entering into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Each
party represents and warrants that it has read, know, understands and agrees
with the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents.
Section
9.14 Waiver. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any failure of either of the parties to
comply with any obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein may be
waived by the party entitled to the benefits thereof only by a written
instrument signed by the party granting such waiver, but such waiver or failure
to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or
condition will not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any
subsequent or other failure.
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Section
9.15 Severability. To
the extent that any provision of this Agreement may be deemed or determined to
be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability
will not impair or affect any other provision of this Agreement so long as the
economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in a manner
materially adverse to a party hereto. Upon such determination that
any provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties
shall negotiate in good faith to modify the Agreement to effect the original
intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by
Law to the end that the Transactions are fulfilled to the greatest extent
possible.
Section
9.16 Counterparts; Delivery by
Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which taken together will constitute one instrument, and
will become effective when one or more such counterparts have been signed by
each of the parties and delivered to the other party. Executed
signature pages delivered by facsimile or by electronic delivery in PDF or
similar format will be sufficient to bind the parties hereto and will be treated
in all respects as original signatures.
* * *
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be duly
executed, all as of the date first above written.
“SELLERS”
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XXXXX
XXXX REVOCABLE TRUST UNDER
TRUST
AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER
20,
2002
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AMBRENT
INVESTMENTS S.À X.X., a company
organized
under the laws of Luxembourg
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By:
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
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Title:
Trustee
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Title: Authorized
Person
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“PARENT” | ||||
XXXXXXX
XXXX REVOCABLE TRUST
UNDER
TRUST AGREEMENT DATED
DECEMBER
20, 2002
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Delaware
corporation
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
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Title:
Trustee
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Title: Chief
Operating Officer
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/s/
XX. XXXXX XXXX
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XX.
XXXXX XXXX
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/s/
XX. XXXXXXX XXXX
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XX.
XXXXXXX XXXX
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