AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG KEY HOSPITALITY ACQUISITION CORPORATION, KEY MERGER SUB, LLC, CAY CLUBS LLC AND THE MEMBERS OF CAY CLUBS LLC DATED AS OF MARCH 22, 2007
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY
AND AMONG
KEY
HOSPITALITY ACQUISITION CORPORATION,
KEY
MERGER SUB, LLC,
CAY
CLUBS LLC
AND
THE
MEMBERS OF CAY CLUBS LLC
DATED
AS OF MARCH 22, 2007
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of March 22, 2007, by and among Key Hospitality
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
Key
Merger Sub, LLC, a Florida limited liability company and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (“Merger
Sub”),
Cay
Clubs LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “Company”),
and
each of the persons listed under the caption “Members” on the signature page
hereof, such persons being all of the members of the Company (each a
“Member”
and,
collectively, the “Members”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Boards of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub and the Board of Directors
of
the Company have each declared it to be advisable and in the best interests
of
each company and their respective stockholders and owners that Parent and the
Company combine in order to advance their long-term business interests;
and
WHEREAS,
the Boards of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub and the Board of Directors
of
the Company have each approved this Agreement and the merger of Merger Sub
with
and into the Company (the “Merger”),
in
accordance with the Florida Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 608 (the
“Florida
Act”)
and
the terms and conditions set forth herein, which Merger will result in, among
other things, the Company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and
the
Members becoming stockholders of Parent; and
WHEREAS,
for federal income tax purposes, it is intended the Members will not recognize
any gain or loss as a result of the Merger based upon Section 351 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)
and
the regulations promulgated thereunder.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
THE
MERGER
1.1 The
Merger.
At the
Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), in accordance with the Florida
Act and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Merger Sub shall be merged
with and into the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the separate
corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company, as the surviving
entity in the Merger, shall continue its existence under the Florida Act as
a
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Company as the surviving entity after
the
Merger is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving
Entity.”
1.2 Closing.
Unless
this Agreement shall have been terminated and the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement abandoned pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII, and subject
to the satisfaction or waiver, as the case may be, of the conditions set forth
in Article VI, the closing of the Merger and other transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement (the “Closing”)
shall
take place at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on a date to be mutually agreed
upon by the parties (the “Closing
Date”),
which
date shall be no later than the second Business Day (as defined below) after
all
the conditions set forth in Article VI (excluding conditions that, by their
nature, cannot be satisfied until the Closing) shall have been satisfied or
waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, unless another time
and/or date is agreed to in writing by the parties. The Closing shall take
place
at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx, P.C. in New York,
New York. For purposes of this Agreement, “Business
Day”
shall
mean any day on which banks are permitted to be open in New York, New
York.
1.3 Effective
Time.
Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date or as soon thereafter
as is practicable the parties shall cause the Merger to become effective by
executing and filing in accordance with the Florida Act a certificate of merger
with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida in substantially the form
of
Exhibit
A
attached
hereto (the “Certificate
of Merger”),
the
date and time of such filing, or such later date and time as may be agreed
upon
by the parties and specified therein, being hereinafter referred to as the
“Effective
Time.”
1.4 Effect
of the Merger.
At the
Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement
and in the Florida Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and
subject thereto, at the Effective Time all the assets, properties, rights,
privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Entity and all debts, liabilities and duties of
the
Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the
Surviving Entity.
1.5 Certificate
of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement.
From
and after the Effective Time and without further action on the part of the
parties, the Certificate of Formation of the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the Certificate of Formation of the Surviving Entity
until amended in accordance with the terms thereof. From and after the Effective
Time, the operating agreement set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto shall
be
the operating agreement of the Surviving Entity until amended in accordance
with
terms thereof.
1.6 Merger
Consideration.
(a) The
aggregate consideration (the “Merger
Consideration”)
to be
paid or reserved for issuance by Parent and Merger Sub in the Merger to the
Members shall be (1) 50,000,000 fully paid and non-assessable shares of common
stock of Parent, par value $0.001 per share (the “Parent
Common Stock”),
and
(2) 24,666,666 shares of Parent Common Stock which shall be deposited in and
subject to the Escrow created and established pursuant to Section 1.15 provided
that all the transactions contemplated by the Optioned Property Provider
Agreement (as defined in Section 2.3(a)) have been completed (in any event,
such
shares to be deposited in the Escrow shall sometimes be referred to as the
“Escrow
Shares”).
At
the Effective Time, each Company Membership Interest held by a Member
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger, and
without any action on the part of such Member, be converted automatically into
and become the aggregate of the Merger Consideration and shall be allocated
among the Members as set forth on Schedule
1.6(a)
(which
Schedule shall be amended from time to time to reflect the addition of any
new
Members to the Company and which final Schedule shall be delivered at least
one
week prior to Closing). In the event that the transactions contemplated by
the
Optioned Property Provider Agreement have not closed prior to the Closing Date,
the first 12,500,000 shares of Parent Common Stock that would have been Earned
Shares will not be issued and the balance of 12,166,666 shares of Parent Common
Stock will be issued and deposited in Escrow and constitute part of the Merger
Consideration and be subject to return to Parent in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1.19.
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(b) From
and
after the Effective Time, all membership interests of the Company, (together,
“Company
Membership Interests”)
(other
than any Company Membership Interests to be canceled and retired pursuant to
Section 1.7) shall be deemed canceled and shall cease to exist, and each
holder of a Company Membership Interest shall cease to have any rights with
respect thereto except as set forth herein or under applicable law. As soon
as
practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall furnish one or more
certificates representing the prescribed number of shares of Parent Common
Stock
to the Members in accordance with Section 1.14 hereof.
1.7 Cancellation
of Membership Interests.
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Company Membership Interest owned
by Parent or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary (as defined in
Section 2.2(a)) of Parent or the Company, shall be canceled and
extinguished without any conversion thereof or payment therefor.
1.8 No
Further Ownership Rights in Company Membership Interests.
All
shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon the surrender for exchange of Company
Membership Interests in accordance with the terms of this Article I shall be
deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to
such
Company Membership Interests under this Article I. If, after the Effective
Time,
certificates representing Company Membership Interests are presented to Parent
or Surviving Entity for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as
provided in this Article I.
1.9 Membership
Interests of Merger Sub.
Parent’s ownership interest in Merger Sub (the “Merger
Sub Membership Interest”)
shall
be converted automatically into a 100% membership interest in the Company.
1.10 Adjustments
to Merger Consideration.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Merger Consideration
shall be adjusted, at any time and from time to time, to fully reflect the
effect of any stock split, reverse split, stock dividend (including, without
limitation, any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Parent
Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with
respect to Parent Common Stock, occurring prior to the Closing.
1.11 No
Fractional Shares.
No
certificate or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock
shall
be issued as part of the Merger Consideration, and such fractional share
interests will not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights
of a
stockholder of Parent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
each holder of Company Membership Interests who would otherwise be entitled
to
receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after taking into account
all Company Membership Interests) shall receive from Parent, in lieu thereof,
the next highest number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock.
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1.12 No
Liability.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, none of the Parent,
Merger Sub or the Surviving Entity shall be liable to a Member for any shares
of
Parent Common Stock or any amount of cash properly paid to a public official
pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
1.13 Taking
of Necessary Action; Further Action.
If, at
any time and from time to time after the Effective Time, any further action
is
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest
in the Surviving Entity full right, title and possession of all assets,
properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger
Sub, the officers and directors of the Surviving Entity shall be and are fully
authorized and directed, in the name of and on behalf of the Company and Merger
Sub, to take, or cause to be taken, all such lawful and necessary action as
is
not inconsistent with this Agreement.
1.14 Letter
of Transmittal.
As
promptly as practicable before or after the Effective Time, Parent (or its
designee or exchange agent) will send to each Member as set forth on
Schedule
1.6(a)
a letter
of transmittal for use in enabling Parent to issue one or more certificates
representing the prescribed number of shares of Parent Common Stock to which
such Member may be entitled as determined in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement. Upon delivery of a duly executed letter of transmittal, such
Member will be entitled to receive the portion of the Merger Consideration
to
which such Member may be entitled (as determined in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement). It is intended that such letter of transmittal
will contain provisions requiring each executing Member thereof to (a)
acknowledge and agree to be bound by Sections 1.6 (Merger Consideration) and
1.19 (Earn-Out) of this Agreement, (b) make representations and warranties
with
respect to ownership of the Company Membership Interests owned or held by such
Member at that time, and (c) waive all appraisal or dissenter’s rights, in each
case, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and as a condition precedent
to Parent’s obligation to issue shares of Parent Common Stock to such Member. If
any certificate representing shares of Parent Common Stock are to be issued
in a
name other than that as set forth in Schedule
1.6(a),
it
shall be a condition that the person requesting such shall deliver to Parent
(or
its designee) all documents necessary to evidence and effect such transfer
and
pay to Parent (or its designee) any transfer or other taxes required by reason
of such issuance or establish to the satisfaction of Parent (or its designee)
that such tax has been paid or is not applicable.
1.15 Escrow.
(a) To
provide for the indemnity obligations set forth in Article VII and to provide
for the return of certain shares of Parent Common Stock in the event that
certain performance criteria set forth in Section 1.19 are not met, the
Escrow Shares shall be deposited in escrow (the “Escrow”).
The Escrow Shares shall be subject to the terms and conditions provided
herein and the Escrow Agreement to be entered into at the Closing between
Parent, F. Xxxx Xxxxx Irrevocable Trust under Agreement dated August 31, 2004
(the “Xxxxx Trust”), Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust
Company (“Continental”)
(or
another escrow agent acceptable to the parties), as Escrow Agent, in
substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
C
(the
“Escrow
Agreement”).
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(b) Any
Escrow Shares that become Forfeited Shares pursuant to the operation of Section
1.19 (due to the failure to satisfy certain performance targets provided
therein) shall be removed from the Escrow, shall cease to be Escrowed Shares
and
shall be returned to Parent, at such time such shares shall be retired by
Parent.
(c) Except
as
provided in subsection (d) hereof (providing for certain Earned Shares to be
set
aside to cover the indemnification obligations of the Members as set forth
in
Article VII), any Escrow Shares that become Earned Shares pursuant to the
operation of Section 1.19 (due to the satisfaction of certain performance
targets provided therein) shall be released from the Escrow and the Escrow
Agent
shall deliver the Escrow Shares to the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, pro rata
among them in accordance with the distribution of the Merger Consideration
as
set forth on Schedule 1.6(a).
(d) Until
the
date that is twelve (12) months subsequent to the Closing Date, the first
10,000,000 Earned Shares shall be retained in the Escrow and treated as
deposited into a separate account for the purpose of setting aside certain
Earned Shares for the possible satisfaction of the indemnification obligations
of the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx pursuant to Article VII (such account
shall
be referred to herein as the “Earned
Shares Indemnity Escrow Account”).
On
the date that is twelve (12) months and one day subsequent to the Closing Date,
only 5,000,000 Earned Shares, shall be retained in the Earned Shares Indemnity
Escrow Account and the excess Earned Shares shall be released from the Escrow
and the Escrow Agent shall deliver such excess Escrow Shares to the Xxxxx Trust
and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, pro rata among them in accordance with the distribution
of
the Merger Consideration as set forth on Schedule 1.6(a). On the date that
is
eighteen (18) months subsequent to the Closing Date, pursuant to Article VII,
the indemnity obligation of the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx shall terminate
under this Agreement and any shares remaining in the Earned Shares Indemnity
Escrow Account shall be released from the Escrow and the Escrow Agent shall
deliver the Escrow Shares to the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, pro rata among
them in accordance with the distribution of the Merger Consideration as set
forth on Schedule 1.6(a). Any Earned Shares that are deposited in the Earned
Shares Indemnity Escrow Account and are used to satisfy an indemnification
obligation pursuant to Article VII shall be removed from the Escrow, shall
cease
to be Escrowed Shares and shall be returned to Parent, at such time such shares
shall be retired by Parent. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section
1.15(d), the indemnification provisions of Article VII, and specifically Section
7.4, and the Escrow Agreement shall control any releases of Earned Shares from
the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account to satisfy the Article VII
indemnification obligations and the general operation and maintenance of such
Account.
(e) Escrow
Shares shall be issued and outstanding on the balance sheet of Parent and it
is
the intention of the parties hereto that such shares be legally outstanding
under Delaware law. All dividends payable on the Escrow Shares shall be
distributed to the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx pro rata among them in
accordance with the distribution of the Merger Consideration as set forth on
Schedule 1.6(a). The Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx shall be entitled to vote
the
Escrow Shares. .
1.16 Rule
145.
All
shares of Parent Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement to “affiliates”
of the Company listed on Schedule
1.16
will be
subject to
certain resale restrictions under Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities
Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”)
and
all certificates representing such shares shall bear an appropriate restrictive
legend. At the Closing, Parent and the Members shall execute and deliver a
Registration Rights Agreement in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
D
with
respect to registration of the shares of Parent Common Stock under the
Securities Act (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”).
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1.17 Member
Matters. Each
Member, for itself only, represents and warrants as follows: (i) all Parent
Common Stock to be acquired by such Member pursuant to this Agreement will
be
acquired for his, her or its account and not with a view towards distribution
thereof other than, with respect to Members that are entities, transfers to
its
stockholders, partners or members; (ii) it understands that he, she or it must
bear the economic risk of the investment in the Parent Common Stock, which
cannot be sold by he, she or it unless it is registered under the Securities
Act, or an exemption therefrom is available thereunder; (iii) he, she or it
has
had both the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the officers
and directors of Parent and all persons acting on Parent’s behalf concerning the
business and operations of Parent and to obtain any additional information
to
the extent Parent possesses or may possess such information or can acquire
it
without unreasonable effort or expense necessary to verify the accuracy of
such
information; and (iv) he, she or it has had access to the Parent SEC Reports
filed prior to the date of this Agreement. Each Member acknowledges, as to
himself, herself or itself only, that (v) he, she or it is either (A) an
“accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under
the Securities Act, or (B) a person possessing sufficient knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters to enable it to evaluate the merits
and risks of an investment in Parent; and (vi) he, she or it understands that
the certificates representing the Parent Common Stock to be received by he,
she
or it may bear legends to the effect that the Parent Common Stock may not be
transferred except upon compliance with (C) the registration requirements of
the
Securities Act (or an exemption therefrom), and (D) the provisions of this
Agreement. Each Member that is an entity, for itself, represents, warrants
and
acknowledges, with respect to each holder of its equity interests, to the same
effect as the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.17(a).
(b) Each
Member, for himself, herself or itself, represents and warrants that the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Member does not, and the
performance of his, her or its obligations hereunder will not, require any
consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification
to, any court, administrative agency, commission, governmental or regulatory
authority, domestic or foreign (a “Governmental
Entity”),
except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange
Act”),
state
securities laws (“Blue
Sky Laws”),
and
the rules and regulations thereunder, and (ii) where
the
failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to
make such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Member or
the
Company or, after the Closing, the Parent, or prevent consummation of the Merger
or otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing their obligations under
this Agreement.
1.18 Committee
for Purposes of Agreement.
Prior
to the Closing, the Board of Directors of Parent shall appoint a committee
consisting of one of its then members to act on behalf of Parent to take all
necessary actions and make all decisions pursuant to the Escrow Agreement
regarding Parent’s right to indemnification pursuant to Article VII hereof. In
the event of a vacancy in such committee, the Board of Directors of Parent
shall
appoint as a successor a Person who was a director of Parent prior to the
Closing Date or some other Person who would qualify as an “independent” director
of Parent and who has not had any relationship with the Company prior to the
Closing. Such committee is intended to be the “Committee”
referred to in Article VII hereof and the Escrow Agreement.
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1.19 Return of
Escrow Shares for Failure to Meet Performance Measures
(a) As
promptly as practicable after the end of the twelve (12) month period commencing
on January 1, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2007 and the twelve (12) month
period commencing on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2008 (each,
a
“Performance
Period”)
but in
no event later than 90 days thereafter, Parent will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx a statement for the
applicable Performance Period (the “Net
Income Statement”)
setting forth the calculation of the net income (after taxes) of the Company
for such Performance Period. The Net Income Statement shall
be prepared using the audited financial statements of Parent and shall
be final and binding on the parties. In order to facilitate the calculation
of any Escrow Shares that shall be returned to the Company pursuant to
this Section
1.19 and retired by the Company ("Forfeited
Shares"),
Parent shall account for the Company and its Subsidiaries separately from other
assets held and businesses conducted by Parent and its
Affiliates during the applicable
Performance Period.
(b) Escrow
Shares shall become Forfeited Shares, in which case such Forfeited Shares shall
be taken from the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (pro rata among them in
accordance with the distribution of the Merger Consideration as set forth on
Schedule 1.6(a)) within fifteen (15) Business Days following the delivery
of the applicable Net Income Statement, as provided in Schedule 1.19
hereto. For the 2007 Performance Period, the difference
between 12,333,333 shares less the Forfeited Shares for the 2007 Performance
Period shall become Earned Shares pursuant to this Section
1.19. For the 2008 Performance Period, difference
between 12,333,333 shares less the Forfeited Shares for the 2008 Performance
Period shall become Earned Shares pursuant to this Section
1.19.
(c) The
Net
Income targets set forth on Schedule 1.19 shall be appropriately adjusted
pro rata to reflect any stock issuances on a time-weighted basis (for example,
an issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock (excluding the Escrow Shares
and shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon exercise of options and warrants)
on January 1, 2008 representing 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of Parent on a fully-diluted basis shall increase targeted Net
Income by 5% and an issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock (excluding
the Escrow Shares and shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon exercise of
options and warrants) on July 1, 2008 representing 5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent on a fully-diluted basis shall
increase targeted Net Income by 2.5%). Similarly, the number of Escrow
Shares that become Forfeited Shares under this Section 1.19 and the
target stock prices used above shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock
splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and similar events.
1.20 Outstanding
Company Derivative Securities.
The
Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, arrange that the holders
of
all outstanding options, warrants and other derivative securities of the Company
or any Subsidiary exercise such securities prior to the Effective Time. Such
exercise may be made contingent upon the occurrence of the Closing and no Person
shall have any right to acquire any ownership or other equity interest in the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than Parent at Closing).
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ARTICLE
II
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except
as
set forth in the disclosure schedule provided by the Company to Parent on the
date hereof, which (without limiting Parent’s rights under Section 6.3(f)
hereof) may be supplemented from time to time after the date hereof should
any
fact or condition require a change thereto (the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”),
the
Company represents and warrants to Parent that the statements contained in
this
Article II are true, complete and correct as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date unless such representation or warranty is limited as to a specified
date. Unless otherwise noted, all references to the Company and its Subsidiaries
in this Article II shall mean the Company on an as reorganized basis as such
reorganization is set forth on Schedule
2.2(a)
hereto.
The Company Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding
to
the numbered and lettered paragraphs contained in this Article II. As used
in
this Agreement, a “Company
Material Adverse Effect”
(or
a
Material Adverse Effect relating to the Company) means any change, event or
effect that is materially adverse to the business, assets (including, without
limitation, intangible assets), financial condition, results of operations
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. A “Project
Material Adverse Effect”
shall
mean any change, event or effect that is materially adverse to the business,
assets (including without limitation intangible assets) financial condition
or
results of operations of any individual Material Project. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, “Company
Material Adverse Effect”
and
“Project
Material Adverse Effect”
shall
not include events caused by general economic conditions (but shall include
economic conditions applicable solely or principally to the hospitality or
resort industries or to locations in which the Company and its Subsidiaries
operate). The following projects shall constitute “Material
Projects”:
Orlando, Sandpiper, Bayshore, Crested Butte, Boca Chica, Clearwater, Marathon,
Las Vegas, Sarasota, Tavernier and Islemorada. “Optioned
Property Provider”
shall
mean the entities set forth on Schedule
2.15(c)
attached
hereto. The following projects shall constitute the “Optioned
Property Projects”:
(a)
Bayshore, Clearwater, Orlando, Islemorada, Marathon, Sombrero, Sarasota and
Tavernier and (b) if the Closing is consummated for an Optioned Property
Provider, the owner of an Optioned Property Provider or any affiliate thereof
to
acquire any of the following properties then: Sandpiper and/or Crested Butte.
If
an exception is adequately disclosed in any one section of the Company
Disclosure Schedules, it should be deemed disclosed for purposes of each other
section of the Company Disclosure Schedules where it is reasonably apparent
that
such exception is applicable.
2.1 Organization
and Qualification.
(a) The
Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, and is qualified to do
business in Florida and all other jurisdictions where the character of the
properties and other assets owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature
of
its activities, makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where
the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing, individually
or in
the aggregate, has not had and would not be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. The Company is in possession of all franchises, grants,
authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates, approvals
and orders (“Approvals”)
necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate
or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except
where
the failure to have such Approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The
Company has delivered to Parent true, complete and correct copies of its
Certificate of Formation and operating agreement of the Company (the
“Operating
Agreement”),
each
as amended to date. The Company is not in default under or in violation of
any
provision of its Certificate of Formation or Operating Agreement.
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(b) The
minute books of the Company contain true, complete and accurate records of
all
meetings and consents in lieu of meetings of its Board of Directors or Managers,
if applicable (and any committees thereof), similar governing bodies and Members
(“Corporate
Records”)
since
January 1, 2004. Copies of such Corporate Records of the Company have been
heretofore made available to Parent or Parent’s counsel.
(c) The
transfer and ownership records of the Company contain true, complete and
accurate records of the securities ownership as of the date of such records
and
the transfers involving the Company Membership Interests and other securities
of
the Company since January 1, 2004. Copies of such records of the Company have
been heretofore made available to Parent or Parent’s counsel.
2.2 Subsidiaries.
(a) Schedule
2.2(a)
sets
forth a complete and correct list of each Subsidiary of the Company and of
all
jurisdictions in which the Company or any such Subsidiary is qualified or
licensed to do business. Attached to Schedule
2.2(a)
is an
organizational chart of the Company and its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, any corporation or other organization, whether
incorporated or unincorporated, of which: (i) such Person (or any other
Subsidiary of such Person) is a general partner (excluding partnerships, the
general partnerships of which held by such Person or Subsidiary of such Person
do not have a majority of the voting interest of such partnership); or (ii)
at
least a majority of the securities or other equity interests having by their
terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or
others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other
organization, 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. Except for the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule
2.2(a),
the
Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity, profits
or
voting interest in any Person or have any agreement or commitment to purchase
any such interest, and has not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound
by any written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, binding
understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license,
sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any
nature, as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be in effect under which
it
may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution
to any other entity.
(b) Each
Subsidiary that is a corporation is duly incorporated, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation
(as listed on Schedule
2.2(a))
and has
the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets
and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being or currently
planned by the Company to be conducted. Each Subsidiary that is a limited
liability company is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of organization or formation (as listed
on
Schedule
2.2(a))
and has
the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted by the
Company. Each Subsidiary is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own,
lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to
carry on its business as it is now being or currently planned by the Company
to
be conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or such Subsidiary. Complete and correct copies
of
the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other comparable governing
instruments with different names) (collectively referred to herein as
“Charter
Documents”)
of
each Subsidiary, as amended and currently in effect, have been heretofore
delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s counsel. No Subsidiary is in
violation of any of the provisions of its Charter Documents.
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(c) Each
Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation
or foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated
by
it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and
in
good standing that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or such Subsidiary.
Each jurisdiction in which each Subsidiary is so qualified or licensed is listed
in Schedule
2.2(a).
(d) The
minute books of each Subsidiary contain true, complete and accurate records
of
all meetings and consents in lieu of meetings of its Board of Directors (and
any
committees thereof), similar governing bodies and stockholders since January
1,
2004. Copies of the Corporate Records of each Subsidiary have been heretofore
made available to Parent or Parent’s counsel.
2.3 Capitalization.
(a)
All of
the Company Membership Interests held by the Members of the Company are as
reflected on Schedule
1.6(a).
(b) As
of the
date hereof, there are no shares of voting or non-voting capital stock, equity
interests, percentage interests or other securities of the Company authorized,
issued, reserved for issuance or otherwise outstanding. Schedule
1.6(a)
sets
forth a true, complete and correct list of all holders of Company Membership
Interests indicating the percentage of Company Membership Interests held by
each
of them. The Company has entered into an agreement with an Optioned Property
Provider (the “Optioned
Property Agreement”).
A
true, correct and complete copy of the Optioned Property Agreement has been
provided to Parent. The Company may amend the Optioned Property Agreement
provided that the amended agreement preserves the economic substance of the
original agreement prior to the amendment.
(c) Schedule
1.6(a)
also
sets forth a true, complete and correct list of the holders of all Company
Options and Company Warrants, including: (i) the number and class of Company
Membership Interests subject to each such Company Option or Company Warrant;
(ii) the date of grant; (iii) the exercise price; (iv) the date of grant, the
vesting schedule, as applicable, and expiration date; and (v) any other material
terms, including, without limitation, any terms regarding the acceleration
of
vesting. At Closing, no such derivative securities will be
outstanding.
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(d) All
outstanding Company Membership Interests are, and all membership interests
which
may be issued pursuant to the Company Options and Company Warrants, will be,
when issued against payment therefore in accordance with the terms thereof,
duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and not subject
to,
or issued in violation of, any kind of preemptive, subscription or of similar
rights, and were or will be issued in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable federal and state securities laws.
(e) There
are
no outstanding obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of capital stock (or options to acquire any such shares),
membership interests, percentage interests or other security or equity interests
of the Company or to cause the Company or its Subsidiaries to file a
registration statement under the Securities Act, or which otherwise relate
to
the registration of any securities of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(f) Except
as
disclosed in Schedule
1.6(a),
there
are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having
the
right to vote (or convertible into securities having the right to vote) on
any
matters on which the Company’s members may vote. Except as described in
subsection (c) above, there are no outstanding securities, options, warrants,
calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any
kind
(contingent or otherwise) to which the Company is a party or bound obligating
the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or
sold,
membership interests, percentage interests or other voting securities of the
Company or obligating the Company to issue, grant, extend or enter into any
agreement to issue, grant or extend any security, option, warrant, call, right,
commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. The Company is not subject
to
any obligation or requirement to provide funds for or to make any investment
(in
the form of a loan or capital contribution) to or in any Person.
(g) There
are
no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements, arrangements, commitments or
understandings of any character to which the Company or its Subsidiaries or,
to
the Knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s members, is a party or by
which any of them is bound with respect to the issuance, holding, acquisition,
voting or disposition of any shares of capital stock, membership interests,
percentage interests or other security or equity interests of the
Company.
(h) The
authorized and outstanding capital stock or membership interests of each
Subsidiary are set forth in Schedule
2.2(a)
hereto.
Except as set forth on Schedule
2.2(a),
all of
the outstanding shares or membership interests of the Company's wholly owned,
direct or indirect, Subsidiaries (and all of the shares or membership interests
of non-wholly owned Subsidiaries owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company)
are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of any Liens,
charges, pledges, security interests, mortgages, claims, encumbrances, options
or rights of first refusal. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock
or
membership interests of each of such Subsidiaries owned by the Company have
been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free
of preemptive or similar rights. Except as contemplated by the Merger, there
are
no warrants, options, agreements, call rights, conversion rights, exchange
rights, preemptive rights or other rights or commitments or understandings
relating to the issuance, sale, delivery, pledge, transfer, redemption or other
disposition by the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any right of
conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument)
of
the capital stock or membership interests of any of the Company's Subsidiaries.
None of the Subsidiaries owns any stock or membership interests of the
Company.
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2.4 Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger). The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company (including
the approval by its Members, subject in all cases to the satisfaction of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the conditions set forth
in
Article VI), and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company
are
necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby pursuant to the Florida Act and the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement. The Merger and the adoption of this Agreement have been approved
by the affirmative vote of all of the holders of the Company Membership
Interests in accordance with the Florida Act and the Operating Agreement (the
“Requisite
Member Approval”).
This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other
parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may
be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
2.5 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by the Company shall not, (i) conflict with or
violate the Company’s Certificate of Formation or Operating Agreement, (ii)
conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements (as defined in Section 10.2(a)),
(iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially
impair the Company’s rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third
party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or
encumbrance on any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to,
any
Material Company Contracts or (iv) result in the triggering, acceleration or
increase of any payment to any Person pursuant to any Company Contract,
including any “change in control” or similar provision of any Company Contract,
except, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), for any such conflicts,
violations, breaches, defaults, triggerings, accelerations, increases or other
occurrences that would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the
performance of its obligations hereunder will not, require any consent,
approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Entity, except: (i) for the filing of any notifications required
under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(the
“HSR
Act”)
and
the expiration of the required waiting period thereunder, and (ii) where the
failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to
make such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or,
after the Closing, the Parent, or prevent consummation of the Merger or
otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing their obligations under
this Agreement.
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2.6 Compliance
with Laws.
To the
Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
in
all respects with all Legal Requirements, except for instances of possible
noncompliance that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse
Effect. No written notice, charge, claim, action or assertion has been received
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and the Company has no Knowledge
of
any such written notice delivered to any Person) and, to the Company's
Knowledge, no written notice, charge, claim, action has been filed, commenced
or
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any portion of
the
Owned Real Property or any of the Optioned Property Projects alleging any
violation of any Legal Requirements, except for instances of possible
noncompliance that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse
Effect. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Company is or may be in the
process of renovating various Owned Real Property and Optioned Property Projects
which will require compliance with respect to certain Legal Requirements and
the
Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary agree to use commercially reasonable
best efforts from and after the date hereof to be in compliance with such Legal
Requirements, it being agreed by Company and any such Subsidiary that any
possible noncompliance with respect to such Legal Requirements as of the Closing
shall not individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse
Effect.
2.7 Material
Permits.
(a) To
the
Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries as the case may
be,
have all material
federal, state, local and foreign governmental licenses, permits, franchises,
approvals and authorizations (the “Material
Permits”)
necessary for the Company, or the Subsidiaries as the case may be, to operate
its business as presently conducted as of the date of this Agreement and as
presently planned to be conducted except for
Material Permits that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably
be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse
Effect.
The
parties hereto acknowledge that the Company is or may be in the process of
renovating various Owned Real Property and Optioned Property Projects which
will
require obtaining and comply with certain Material Permits and the Company
and/or the applicable Subsidiary agree to use commercially reasonable best
efforts from and after the date hereof to obtain and complying with such
Material Permits as and when required by such Legal Requirements, it being
agreed by Company and any such Subsidiary that any failure to obtain any such
Material Permits as of the Closing shall not individually or in the aggregate
be
reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) To
the
Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries have received
any written notice from any governmental agency that they are not in compliance
in all material respects with the terms and conditions of the Material
Permits.
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(c) Each
Material Permit is in full force and effect and neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary have received written notification of any action, proceeding,
revocation proceeding, amendment procedure, writ, injunction or claim that
is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, which seeks to revoke
or limit any Material Permit.
(d) To
the
Knowledge of the Company, the rights and benefits of each Material Permit will
be available to the Company and the Subsidiaries immediately after the Closing
on terms substantially identical to those enjoyed by the Company and the
Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Closing.
2.8 Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has provided to Parent a correct and complete copy of the unaudited
combined financial statements (including any related notes thereto) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (the
“Unaudited
Financial Statements”)
and
audited consolidated financial statements (including any related notes thereto)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2005 and December 31, 2004 (the “Audited
Financial Statements”).
The
Audited Financial Statements are currently being restated and will be delivered
to the Parent prior to April 1, 2007. Upon completion of the restatement, the
Audited Financial Statements will have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles of the United States (“U.S.
GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may
be
indicated in the notes thereto), and each will fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the
respective dates thereof and the results of their respective operations and
cash
flows for the periods indicated. The Unaudited Financial Statements comply
as to
form in all material respects, and were prepared in accordance with, U.S. GAAP
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may
be
indicated in the notes thereto), and fairly present in all material respects
the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the date thereof
and
the results of their respective operations and cash flows for the period
indicated, except that such statements do not contain notes and are subject
to
normal adjustments that are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on
the Company.
(b) Since
January 1, 2004, the books of account, minute books, stock certificate books
and
stock transfer ledgers and other similar books and records
of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been maintained in accordance with
good
business practice, are complete and correct in all material respects and there
have been no material transactions that are required to be set forth therein
and
which are not so set forth.
(c) Except
as
otherwise noted in the Audited Financial Statements or the Unaudited Financial
Statements, the accounts and notes receivable of the Company and its
Subsidiaries reflected on the balance sheets included in the Audited Financial
Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements (i) arose from bona fide
transactions in the ordinary course of business and are payable on ordinary
trade terms, (ii) are legal, valid and binding obligations of the respective
debtors enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable principles,
(iii) are not subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim except to the extent
set forth in such balance sheet contained therein, and (iv) are not the subject
of any actions or proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
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2.9 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
To the
Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
any liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a nature
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to the
Unaudited Financial Statements which are, individually or in the aggregate,
material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of the
Company, except: (i) liabilities provided for in or otherwise disclosed in
the
balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements, and (ii) such
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past
practice since December 31, 2006.
2.10 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
2.10 or
otherwise set forth in this Agreement, since December 31, 2006, the Company
and
its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses only in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, and there has not been: (i)
any action, event or occurrence which has had, or to the Knowledge of the
Company could reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse
Effect; or (ii) any action, event or occurrence which has had a loss or
liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $250,000 or
where all such matters aggregate more than $1,000,000; or (iii) any other
action, event or occurrence that would have required the consent of Parent
pursuant to Section 4.1 had such action, event or occurrence taken place after
the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
2.11 Litigation.
There
are no claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of
the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, before
any
court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or
authority, or any arbitrator that seeks to restrain or enjoin the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which could reasonably
be
expected, either singularly or in the aggregate with all such claims, actions
or
proceedings, to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, have a Project
Material Adverse Effect or have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of
the
parties hereto to consummate the Merger.
2.12 Employee
Benefit Plans and Compensation.
(a) Definitions.
With the exception of the definition of “Affiliate” set forth in this Section
2.12(a) below (which definition shall apply only to this Section 2.12(a)),
for
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
“Affiliate”
shall
mean any other person or entity under common control with the Company within
the
meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code and the regulations
issued thereunder.
“Company
Employee Plan”
shall
mean any plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred
compensation, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, fringe benefits
or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether written,
unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including without limitation, each
“employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or
has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the
Company or any Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee, or with respect to
which the Company or any Affiliate has or may have any liability or obligation
and any International Employee Plan.
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“COBRA”
shall
mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended.
“DOL”
shall
mean the United States Department of Labor.
“Employee”
shall
mean any current, former or rehired employee, consultant, officer or director
of
the Company or any Affiliate.
“Employee
Agreement”
shall
mean each employment, consulting or similar agreement, each agreement providing
for severance, relocation, repatriation, expatriation or similar agreement
(including, without limitation, any offer letter) between the Company or any
Affiliate and any Employee.
“ERISA”
shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“FMLA”
shall
mean the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended.
“HIPAA”
shall
mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as
amended.
“International
Employee Plan”
shall
mean each Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement that has been adopted
or
maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, whether formally or informally
or
with respect to which the Company or any Affiliate will or may have any
liability with respect to Employees who perform services outside the United
States.
“IRS”
shall
mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“PBGC”
shall
mean the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension
Plan”
shall
mean each Company Employee Plan that is an “employee pension benefit plan,”
within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
(b) Schedule
2.12(b)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and accurate list of each
Company Employee Plan and Employee Agreement. The Company has not made any
plan
or commitment to establish any new Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement,
to modify any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except to the extent
required by law or to conform any such Company Employee Plan or Employee
Agreement to the requirements of any applicable law, or as required by this
Agreement), or to enter into any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement,
nor does it have any intention or commitment to do any of the foregoing. The
Company has previously made available to Parent a true and complete table
setting forth the name, position and salary of each employee of the
Company.
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(c) Documents.
The
Company has provided to Parent: (i) correct and complete copies of all documents
embodying each Company Employee Plan and each Employee Agreement including,
without limitation, all amendments thereto and written interpretations thereof
and all related trust documents; (ii) the three (3) most recent annual reports
(Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto),
if any, filed pursuant to ERISA or the Code in connection with each Company
Employee Plan; (iii) if the Company Employee Plan is funded, the most recent
annual and periodic accounting of Company Employee Plan assets; (iv) the most
recent summary plan description together with the summary(ies) of material
modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each Company
Employee Plan; (v) all material written agreements and contracts relating to
each Company Employee Plan, including, without limitation, administrative
service agreements and group insurance contracts; (vi) all communications from
the Company within the prior three (3) years material to any Employee or
Employees relating to any Company Employee Plan and any proposed Company
Employee Plan, in each case, relating to any amendments, terminations,
establishments, increases or decreases in benefits, acceleration of payments
or
vesting schedules or other events which would result in any liability to the
Company; (vii) all correspondence to or from any governmental agency relating
to
any Company Employee Plan within the prior three (3) years; (viii) all material
COBRA forms and related notices; (ix) all policies pertaining to fiduciary
liability insurance covering the fiduciaries for each Company Employee Plan;
(x)
all discrimination tests for each Company Employee Plan for the three (3) most
recent plan years; and (xi) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letter
issued with respect to each Company Employee Plan.
(d) Employee
Plan Compliance.
The
Company has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under,
is
not in default or violation of, and has no Knowledge of any default or violation
by any other party to, any Company Employee Plan, and each Company Employee
Plan
has been established and maintained in accordance with its material terms and
in
compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, statutes,
orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA or the Code.
Any Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the
Code and any trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code has
obtained a favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable)
as
to its qualified status under the Code or is entitled to rely on a prototype
plan sponsor’s determination letter pursuant to IRS pronouncements. No
“prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or
Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of
ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Company Employee Plan. There are no
actions, suits or claims pending which have been served on the Company or,
to
the Knowledge of the Company, otherwise pending or threatened or reasonably
anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company
Employee Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan. Each Company
Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the
Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without liability to Parent, the
Company or any Affiliate (other than accrued benefits and ordinary
administration expenses). There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any Affiliates, threatened by the IRS,
DOL, or any other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Employee
Plan.
Neither the Company nor any Affiliate is subject to any penalty or tax with
respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 402(i) of ERISA or Sections
4975 through 4980 of the Code. The Company has made all contributions and other
payments required by and due under the terms of each Company Employee
Plan.
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(e) No
Pension Plan.
Neither
the Company nor any Affiliate has ever maintained, established, sponsored,
participated in, or contributed to, any Pension Plan that is subject to Title
IV
of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.
(f) No
Self-Insured Plan.
Neither
the Company nor any Affiliate has ever maintained, established sponsored,
participated in or contributed to any self-insured plan that provides
healthcare, life, disability or other welfare benefits to employees (including,
without limitation, any such plan pursuant to which a stop-loss policy or
contract applies).
(g) Collectively
Bargained, Multiemployer and Multiple-Employer Plan.
At no
time has the Company or any Affiliate contributed to or been obligated to
contribute to any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 414(f) of the Code
and Section 3(37) of ERISA. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate has at any
time ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed
to
any multiple employer plan or to any plan described in Section 413 of the
Code.
(h) No
Post-Employment Obligations.
No
Company Employee Plan or Employment Arrangement provides, or reflects or
represents any liability to provide, retiree life insurance, retiree health
or
other retiree employee welfare benefits to any person for any reason, except
as
may be required by COBRA or other applicable statute, and the Company has not
represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any
Employee (either individually or to Employees as a group) or any other person
that such Employee(s) or other person would be provided with retiree life
insurance, retiree health or other retiree employee welfare benefits, except
to
the extent required by statute.
(i) COBRA;
FMLA; HIPAA.
The
Company and each Affiliate has, prior to the Effective Time, complied, in all
material respects, with COBRA, FMLA, HIPAA, the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights
Act of 1998, the Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act of 1996, and any
similar provisions of state law applicable to its Employees. The Company does
not have unsatisfied obligations to any Employees or qualified beneficiaries
pursuant to COBRA, HIPAA or any state law governing health care coverage or
extension.
(j) Effect
of Transaction.
The
execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any
additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee
Plan, Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result in any payment
(whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of
indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to
fund
benefits or be deemed a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code with
respect to any Employee.
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(k) Employment
Matters.
The
Company: (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, it is in compliance, in all
material respects, with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws,
rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment, termination of employment, employee safety and wages
and hours, and in each case, with respect to Employees; (ii) has withheld and
reported all amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported
with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to Employees; (iii) to the
Knowledge of the Company is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance
pay
or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing;
and
(iv) to the Knowledge of the Company is not liable for any payment to any trust
or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any governmental
authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security
or other benefits or obligations for Employees (other than routine payments
to
be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice).
There are no action, suits, claims or administrative matters pending which
have
been served on the Company, or to the Company’s Knowledge, otherwise pending or
threatened or reasonably anticipated against the Company or any of its Employees
relating to any Employee, Employee Agreement or Company Employee Plan. There
are
no pending, which have been served on the Company, or to the Company’s
Knowledge, otherwise pending or threatened or reasonably anticipated claims
or
actions against Company, any Company trustee under any worker’s compensation
policy. To the Company’s Knowledge, no employee of the Company has violated any
employment contract, nondisclosure agreement, non-competition or
non-solicitation agreement by which such employee is bound due to such employee
being employed by the Company and disclosing to the Company or using trade
secrets or proprietary information of any other person or entity. The services
provided by each of the Company’s and its Affiliate’s Employees is terminable at
the will of the Company and its Affiliates and any such termination would result
in no liability to the Company or any Affiliate.
(l) No
Interference or Conflict.
To the
Knowledge of the Company, no officer, Employee or consultant of the Company
is
obligated under any contract or agreement, subject to any judgment, decree,
or
order of any court or administrative agency that would interfere with such
person’s efforts to promote the interests of the Company or that would interfere
with the Company’s business. Neither the execution nor delivery of this
Agreement, nor the carrying on of the Company’s business as presently conducted
or proposed to be conducted nor any activity of such officers, Employees or
consultants in connection with the carrying on of the Company’s business as
presently conducted or currently proposed to be conducted will, to the Knowledge
of the Company, conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions,
or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract or agreement under
which any of such officers, Employees, or consultants is now bound.
(m) International
Employee Plan.
Neither
the Company nor any Affiliate currently or has it ever had the obligation to
maintain, establish, sponsor, participate in, be bound by or contribute to
any
International Employee Plan.
2.13 Labor
Matters.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by the
Company
or any of its Subsidiaries nor does the Company have Knowledge of any activities
or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees.
2.14 Restrictions
on Business Activities.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, there is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction,
order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their
respective assets or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
which has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting
or
materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
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2.15 Real
Property.
(a) “Owned
Real Property”
shall
mean each piece of real property owned in fee simple (or with respect to real
property located outside the United States, such other similar form of title
as
may be described in the title policy for such parcel) by the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries (including all land, easements, development rights and other
rights and interests appurtenant thereto including interests in buildings,
structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon) which Owned Real Property
is described on Schedule
2.15(a)
attached
hereto and made a part hereof. The Owned Real Property constitutes all of the
real property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection
with
the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(b) “Leased
Real Property”
shall
mean each property leased, subleased, licensed, or otherwise occupied by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a lease, sublease, license,
or
other occupancy agreement and all amendments, modifications, and supplements
thereto, excluding leases for individual condominium units at any Owned Real
Property and leases of individual condominium units within the Optioned Property
Projects, all of which condominium unit leases are with Persons not affiliated
with the Company for fair market value on reasonable and customary terms, (each,
a “Lease”)
(including all rights included in any Lease for a Leased Real Property to use
or
occupy any land, buildings, including sales kiosks, and improvements thereon),
which Leased Real Property is described on Schedule
2.15(b)
attached
hereto and made a part hereof. A true, correct and complete copy of each Lease
for each Leased Real Property, except for all bay bottom/submerged land leases
entered into with the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund under
the Florida Administrative Code, is described on Schedule
2.15(b)
attached
hereto and made a part hereof, a copy of each of which has been delivered to
Parent or its representatives prior to the date hereof. The Leased Real Property
constitutes all of the real property leased, subleased, licensed, or otherwise
occupied by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Each
agreement (an “Optioned
Property Redevelopment Agreement”)
pursuant to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has an option
to purchase all or part of an Optioned Property Project, has a management
agreement and/or ground lease for an Optioned Property Project, or is
redeveloping an Optioned Property Project and each fee or other mortgage
encumbering or other financing with respect to an Optioned Property Project
(an
“Optioned
Property Mortgage”)
is
listed on said Schedule
2.15(c).
There
are no other agreements pursuant to which the Company or a Subsidiary has an
option to purchase all or part of an Optioned Property Project or is managing,
leasing or redeveloping an Optioned Property Project other than those listed
on
said Schedule
2.15(c).
To
Company’s Knowledge, no party is in material default in respect of its
respective obligations under any Optioned Property Redevelopment Agreement
or
under any Optioned Property Mortgage and no act or omission of a party, which,
with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would comprise a
default, except for such defaults as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect
or a
Project Material Adverse Effect. True, correct and complete copies of the
Optioned Property Provider Agreement and each Optioned Property Redevelopment
Agreement and Optioned Property Mortgage described on Schedule
2.15(c)
hereto
have heretofore been delivered to Parent or its representatives prior to the
date hereof.
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(d) Intentionally
Left Blank
(e) “Real
Property”
shall
mean, collectively, the Owned Real Property, the Leased Real Property, and
the
Optioned Property Projects.
(f) Each
Lease is binding, enforceable, in full force and effect and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries have received written notice or otherwise have
Knowledge that they are in default or in breach under such Lease except for
such
defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse Effect.
Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have Knowledge of any event or
omission, which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both,
would
comprise a default, except for such defaults as would not, individually or
in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect
or a Project Material Adverse Effect. To Company’s Knowledge, no landlord,
sublandlord, licensor or other Person that is a party to any Lease (other than
Company or a Subsidiary) is in default in respect of its obligations under
such
Lease and no event or omission has occurred, which, with the passage of time
or
the giving of notice or both, would cause any such Person to be in default
in a
material respect of its obligations under such Lease. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries have received written notice of any claimed abatements,
offsets, defenses or other bases for relief or adjustment under any of the
Leases. The Merger does not require the consent of any Person or party to any
Lease or any consent the absence of which would not cause a Company Material
Adverse Effect), and will not result in a breach of or default under such Lease,
or otherwise cause such Lease to cease to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable
and in full force and effect following the Closing. No security deposit or
portion thereof deposited with respect to any Lease has been applied in respect
of a breach or default under which Lease which has not been redeposited in
full
by Company or any Subsidiary. Except as may be disclosed in a Lease, the Company
and its Subsidiaries do not owe, nor will they owe in the future, any brokerage
commissions or finder’s fees with respect to such Lease which is not paid. No
party to any Lease (except where such party is the Company or a Subsidiary)
has
an economic interest in the Company or a Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor
any
Subsidiary has (i) assigned, subleased, licensed or otherwise granted any Person
(except where such Person is the Company or a Subsidiary) the right to use
or
occupy such Leased Real Property or any portion thereof, or (ii) collaterally
assigned or granted any other security interest in any Lease or any interest
therein.
(g) With
respect to the Real Property, as applicable: (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries
or the Optioned Property Provider, as the case may be, have good and marketable
fee simple interest in the Real Property and a valid leasehold interest in
the
Leased Real Property, free and clear of any use or occupancy restrictions,
Liens, encumbrances, and easements or title defects, except as set forth on
any
existing title insurance policy, deed, or survey, that have had or could have
a
Project Material Adverse Effect or a Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s,
or any of its Subsidiaries’, as the case may be, use and occupancy of the Real
Property or the Optioned Property Projects, as the case may be; and (ii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received written notice or
otherwise have Knowledge (a) of any condemnation, eminent domain or similar
proceeding affecting any portion of the Real Property or any access thereto
or
of any sale or other disposition of the Real Property or any part thereof in
lieu of condemnation or of any possible widening of streets abutting all or
any
portion of the Real Property, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such
proceedings are contemplated, (b) of the imposition of any special taxes or
assessments by a governmental authority, or payments in lieu thereof, against
all or any portion of the Real Property, or any pending improvement liens to
be
made by any governmental authority which may affect any Real Property, (c)
from
or on behalf of any existing insurance carriers indicating that the insurance
rates for all or any portion of any of the Real Property will be substantially
increased or that alterations of any Real Property are required, and (d) the
curtailment of any utility service supplied to any Real Property.
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(h) Prior
to
the date hereof, the Company has furnished or made available to Parent or its
representatives true and correct copies of all deeds, mortgages, surveys,
licenses, leases, title insurance policies and permanent certificates of
occupancy (or documents equivalent to certificates of occupancy in the
jurisdiction where the Real Property is located) with respect to the Real
Property that are in the possession of Company or its Subsidiaries.
(i) Neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received written notice of, and to the
Knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries there are no, outstanding claims
made by or against the Company or any applicable Subsidiary or Optioned Property
Provider with respect to title or ownership of the Owned Real Property or the
Optioned Property Projects.
(j) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is obligated under or a party to, and
none of the Owned Real Property or the Optioned Property Projects is subject
to,
any option, right of first refusal, right of first offer or other obligation
to
sell, transfer, dispose of, grant any interest in or lease any of the Owned
Real
Property or the Optioned Property Projects or any portion thereof or interest
therein to any Person other than (x) the Company and its Subsidiaries or (y)
such leases, subleases, licenses, concessions or other agreements entered into
by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (the
documents described in this clause (y), the “Owned
Real Property Leases”),
which
Owned Real Property Leases are described on Schedule
2.15(j)
attached
hereto and made a part hereof. The Owned Real Property Leases are in full force
and effect and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received
written notice or otherwise have Knowledge that they are in default or in breach
under any such Lease except for such defaults as would not, individually or
in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Neither Company not any Subsidiary has Knowledge of any event or omission under
any Owned Real Property Lease, which, with the passage of time or the giving
of
notice or both, would cause a default except for such defaults as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have
received written notice of, or have Knowledge of, any claimed abatements,
offsets, defenses or other bases for relief or adjustment under any Owned Real
Property Lease.
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(k) All
improvements upon or constituting a part of the Real Property (including, but
not limited to, the buildings, structures, fixtures, roofs and structural
elements thereof and the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing,
electrical, elevator mechanical, sewer, waste water, storm water, paving and
parking equipment, systems and facilities included therein) (the “Improvements”)
are
adequate for the purposes for which they are being or shall be put in the
ordinary course of business, except for such Improvements that are in the
process of being developed or constructed, which, upon substantial completion,
shall be adequate for the purposes for which they are intended to be used in
the
ordinary course of business. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no
facts
or conditions affecting any of the Improvements, except for such Improvements
that are in the process of being developed or constructed (which, upon
substantial completion, shall be adequate for the purposes for which they are
intended to be used in the ordinary course of business), which would interfere
in any material respect with the use or occupancy of the Improvements or any
portion thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries or which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) There
are
no Construction Contracts with amounts payable as of December 31, 2006 that
equal or exceed in the aggregate $1,000,000. As used herein, a “Construction
Contract”
shall
mean each development agreement, master architectural contract or general
contractor agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
with respect to any present or contemplated construction by the Company or
any
Subsidiary for which no certificate of occupancy has been obtained (each, a
“Construction
Project”).
To
the Company's Knowledge, it has not received written notice that it or any
other
party thereto, is presently in default and there are no facts or circumstances
which, with or without the passage of time or both, would result in a breach
of
any of the terms thereof by it or any such other party, except for such defaults
as would not, individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have
a
Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) Each
condominium declaration related to Real Property in which dwelling units have
been or are being sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is
required to be filed in the real estate records of the county or other local
jurisdiction in which such Owned Real Property or such Optioned Property Project
is located has been properly filed and recorded with the appropriate county
or
other local jurisdiction office in which the respective Owned Real Property
or
Optioned Property Project is located, except for any failures to be so filed
or
recorded which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse
Effect. All such condominium projects comply with Legal Requirements and all
filings and approvals required by Legal Requirements with respect to such
condominium projects have been obtained and all sales of condominium units
have
been conducted in compliance with Legal Requirements.
(n) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any direct or indirect ownership
in, or involvement with or liabilities of any type with respect to, the shopping
center known as the Richland Mall and located in Columbia, South Carolina.
(o) With
respect to the parcel of Owned Real Property described on Schedule
2.15(a)
hereto
as Island Homes (also known as Xxxx Cut Island) (“Island
Homes”),
the
Company represents that prior to the Closing (i) the Company shall transfer
ownership of Island Homes to the Xxxxx Trust and/or Xxxxx Xxxxxxx or to an
entity that Xxxx Xxxxx and/or Xxxxx Xxxxxxx directly or indirectly control
(any
of the foregoing, the “Island
Homes Owner”),
(ii)
any contract deposit posted or other expenses incurred by the Company or any
Subsidiary with respect to Island Homes shall be reimbursed/returned by the
Island Homes Owner to the Company or such Subsidiary in connection with such
transfer of ownership, and (iii) the Company shall grant to Parent a right
of
first refusal to purchase or lease any portion of Island Homes that the Island
Homes Owner intends to sell, lease or transfer directly or indirectly to any
other Person and that the Island Homes Owner does not intend to retain ownership
of in order to construct single family homes for Island Homes Owner and/or
its
immediate respective families, pursuant to a document containing mutually
agreeable terms and provisions, in recordable form, to be executed by each
of
the Island Homes Owner and Parent (or to a Parent Affiliate designated by
Parent) and recorded prior to the Closing.
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2.16 Taxes.
Definition
of Taxes.
For the
purposes of this Agreement, “Tax”
or
“Taxes”
refers
to any and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, including, without
limitation, gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use, occupation, value
added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture,
employment, excise and property taxes, assessments, governmental charges and
duties together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect
to any such amounts and any obligations under any agreements or arrangements
with any other person with respect to any such amounts and including any
liability of a predecessor entity for any such amounts.
(a) Tax
Returns and Audits.
(i) As
of the
Closing Date, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all federal,
state, local and foreign returns, estimates, information statements and reports
relating to Taxes (“Returns”)
required to be filed by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries with any Tax
authority prior to the date hereof. To the Company’s Knowledge, all such Returns
are true, correct and complete in all material respects. As of the Closing
Date,
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has paid all Taxes shown to be due
on
such Returns. The Company is not a “United States real property holding
corporation,” as defined in section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and Section 1.897-2(b) of the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(ii) As
of the
Closing Date, all material Taxes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is
required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected,
and
have been paid over to the proper governmental authorities to the extent due
and
payable.
(iii) As
of the
Closing Date, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be delinquent
in the payment of any material Tax nor is there any material Tax deficiency
outstanding, assessed or, to the Knowledge of the Company, proposed against
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor will the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have executed any unexpired waiver of any
statute of limitations extending or waiving the period for the assessment or
collection of any Tax.
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(iv) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, no audit or other examination of any Return of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries by any Tax authority is presently in progress.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been notified in writing
of
any request for such an audit or other examination.
(v) No
adjustment relating to any Returns filed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has been proposed in writing, formally or informally, by
any
Tax
authority to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the officers
and
directors thereof.
(vi) As
of the
Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability
for any material unpaid Taxes which have not been accrued for or reserved on
the
Company’s balance sheets included in the Audited Financial Statements or the
Unaudited Financial Statements, whether asserted or unasserted, contingent
or
otherwise, would constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect, other than any
liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the end of the most
recent fiscal year in connection with the operation of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
2.17 Environmental
Matters.
(a) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, no facts or circumstances exist with respect to the Real
Property which give rise to any liability based upon or related to the
Company’s, any Subsidiary’s or any other Person’s actions or omissions in the
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling, or the emission, discharge or release into the environment of any
Hazardous Substance, except where such liability would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Hazardous
Substance”
means
any substance that is: (i) listed, classified or regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law; (ii) any petroleum product or by-product, asbestos-containing
material, lead-containing paint or plumbing, polychlorinated biphenyls or
radioactive materials; or (iii) any other substance which is regulated under
any
Environmental Law.
(c) Except
for such matters that, individually or in the aggregate are not reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse Effect
to
the Company’s Knowledge: (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
complied at all times and is currently in compliance with all Environmental
Laws; (ii) there are no Hazardous Substances at, in, under or from the Real
Property; and (iii) there has been no release or threatened release of Hazardous
Substances at, in, under or from the Real Property.
(d) Except
for those items that individually or in the aggregate are not reasonably likely
to cause a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Project Material Adverse Effect:
(i) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims,
demands, actions, administrative proceedings, lawsuits or inquiries relating
to
the Real Property under Environmental Law; (ii) neither the Company nor any
of
its Subsidiaries has received any notice, demand, letter, claim or request
for
information alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be in
violation of or liable under any Environmental Law; and (iii) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any agreements, orders,
decrees, injunctions or other arrangements with any Governmental Entity or
other
Person relating to liability under any Environmental Law or relating to
Hazardous Substances.
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(e) Except
as
disclosed in Schedule
2.17(e)
hereto
and to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no underground storage tanks
at
any Real Property.
(f) As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Environmental
Law”
means
any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation, order, decree, permit,
authorization, opinion, common law or agency requirement relating to: (A) the
protection, investigation or restoration of the environment, health and safety,
or natural resources; (B) the handling, use, presence, disposal, release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Substance; or (C) noise, odor, wetlands,
pollution, contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons or
property.
(g) The
parties hereto acknowledge that the Company and its Subsidiaries may be in
various stages of obtaining Material Permits, including, without limitation,
any
Material Permits related to any Environmental Law, as of the date of this
Agreement and the Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary agree to use
commercially reasonable best efforts from and after the date hereof to obtain
and comply with such Material Permits, including, without limitation, any
Material Permit relating to Environmental Laws as and when required by any
Legal
Requirements and Environmental Laws, it being agreed that any failure to obtain
such Material Permits as of the Closing shall not individually or in the
aggregate be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect
or a
Project Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Except
for those items that have been delivered to the Parent, there are no
environmental investigations, studies or audits with respect to the Real
Property.
2.18 Brokers;
Third Party Expenses.
The
Company has not incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any
liability for brokerage, finders’ fees, agent’s commissions or any similar
charges in connection with this Agreement or any transactions contemplated
hereby. Except pursuant to Sections 1.6 and 1.19, no shares of common stock,
options, warrants or other securities of either Company or Parent are payable
to
any third party by Company as a result of the Merger.
2.19 Intellectual
Property.
For the
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following
definitions:
“Intellectual
Property”
shall
mean any or all of the following and all worldwide common law and statutory
rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (i) patents and applications
therefor and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof (“Patents”);
(ii)
inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, improvements,
trade secrets, proprietary information, know how, technology, technical data
and
customer lists, and all documentation relating to any of the foregoing; (iii)
copyrights, copyrights registrations and applications therefor, and all other
rights corresponding thereto throughout the world; (iv) software and software
programs; (v) domain names, uniform resource locators and other names and
locators associated with the Internet; (vi) industrial designs and any
registrations and applications therefor; (vii) trade names, logos, common law
trademarks and service marks, trademark and service xxxx registrations and
applications therefor (collectively, “Trademarks”);
(viii) all databases and data collections and all rights therein; (ix) all
moral
and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and (x)
any
similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing (as
applicable).
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“Company
Intellectual Property”
shall
mean any Intellectual Property that is owned by, or exclusively licensed to,
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including software and software
programs developed by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (specifically excluding any off the shelf or shrink-wrap
software).
“Registered
Intellectual Property”
means
all Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application, certificate,
filing, registration or other document
issued, filed with, or recorded by any private, state, government or other
legal
authority.
“Company
Registered Intellectual Property”
means
all of the Registered Intellectual Property owned by, or filed in the name
of,
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(a) No
Company Intellectual Property is subject to any material proceeding or
outstanding decree, order, judgment, contract, license, agreement or stipulation
restricting in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or which may affect the validity, use or
enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property, which in any such case
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(b) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be:
own
and
has good and exclusive title to, or in the case of exclusive licenses, has
the
right to use, each material item of Company Intellectual Property, owned by,
or
exclusively licensed to, either the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may
be,
free and clear of any liens and encumbrances (excluding non-exclusive licenses
and related restrictions granted by it in the ordinary course of business);
and
the Company or its Subsidiaries is the exclusive owner of all material
registered Trademarks used in connection with the operation or conduct of its
business as currently conducted including the sale of any products or the
provision of any services by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
2.20 Infringement
on Intellectual Property.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, the operation of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as such business currently is conducted has not and does not
infringe or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party or
constitute unfair competition or trade practices under the laws of any
jurisdiction. No written notice, charge, claim, action or assertion of
infringement, unfair competition, unfair trade practices or misappropriation
has
been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Company’s
Knowledge, no written notice, charge, claim, action has been filed, commenced
or
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging any such
violation that could be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
2.21 Agreements,
Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Except
for any items that are included in another schedule attached hereto or excluded
by virtue of another representation included in this Article II, Schedule
2.21
hereto
sets forth a complete and accurate list of all
Material Company Contracts (as hereinafter defined), specifying the parties
thereto. For
purposes of this Agreement the term “Company
Contracts”
shall
mean all contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds,
Optioned Property Redevelopment Agreements, licenses, permits, franchises,
purchase orders, sales orders, and other understandings, commitments and
obligations of any kind, whether written or oral, to which the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by or to which any of the properties or assets
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound, subject or affected
(including without limitation notes or other instruments payable to the Company
or its Subsidiaries). For purposes of this Agreement the term “Routine
Operating Contracts”
shall
mean contracts entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
a
Person that is not an Affiliate in the ordinary course of business on terms
and
conditions and at rates that are reasonable and customary based on the then
applicable market conditions including the following contracts (to the extent
they meet the immediately foregoing condition):
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(i) contracts
related to the sale of individual residential condominium units to unaffiliated
purchasers who, together with their affiliates, are not purchasing more than
an
aggregate of ten units in any individual project;
(ii) brokerage
commission agreements;
(iii) contracts
pursuant to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has deposited
funds which will be returned in full to the Company or such Subsidiary in the
event the Company or such Subsidiary terminates such contract pursuant to a
contingency or termination provision contained in such contract; and
(iv) any
contract that by its terms can be terminated by the Company or any Subsidiary
on
not more than 30 days of notice with resulting liability that is less than
$100,000.
(b) For
purposes of this Agreement the term “Material
Company Contracts”
shall
mean:
(i)
each
Company Contract that is not a Routine Operating Contract and (I) which provides
for payments (present or future) to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in
excess of $500,000 in the aggregate or (II) under which or in respect of which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries presently has any liability or obligation
of any nature whatsoever (absolute, contingent or otherwise) in excess of
$1,500,000,
(ii) each
Company Contract that is not a Routine Operating Contract and that otherwise
is
or may be material to the businesses, operations, assets or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
(iii) without
limitation of subclause (i) or subclause (ii), each of the following Company
Contracts, the relevant terms of which remain executory:
1) any
mortgage, indenture, note, installment obligation or other instrument, agreement
or arrangement for or relating to any borrowing of money by or from the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any officer, director, stockholder or Member
(“Insider”)
of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
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2) any
guaranty, direct or indirect, by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
Insider of any obligation for borrowings, or otherwise, excluding endorsements
made for collection in the ordinary course of business and guarantees by
Subsidiaries of Company obligations;
3) any
Company Contract of employment;
4) any
Company Contract made other than in the ordinary course of business or (x)
providing for the grant of any preferential rights to
purchase or lease any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y)
providing for any right (exclusive or non-exclusive) to sell or distribute,
or
otherwise relating to the sale or distribution of, any product or service of
the
Company and its Subsidiaries;
5) any
obligation to register any shares of the capital stock or other securities
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any Governmental
Entity;
6) any
obligation to make payments, contingent or otherwise, arising out of the prior
acquisition of the business, assets or stock of
other
Persons;
7) any
collective bargaining agreement with any labor union;
8) any
lease
or similar arrangement for the use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of
personal property (other than leases of vehicles, office equipment or operating
equipment where the annual lease payments are less than $100,000 in the
aggregate); and
9) any
Company Contract to which any Insider is a
party.
(c) To
the
Knowledge of the Company, each Company Contract was entered into at arms’ length
and in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect and is valid and binding
upon and
enforceable against each of the parties thereto. True, correct and complete
copies of all Material Company Contracts (or written summaries in the case
of
oral Material Company Contracts) have been heretofore made available to Parent
or Parent’s counsel.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of Company’s Knowledge,
any other party thereto, has received written notice that it is in breach of
or
in default under, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time
or both would become a breach of or default under, any Material Company
Contract. No party to any Company Contract has given any written notice of
any
claim of any breach, default or event, which, individually or in the aggregate,
are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries or a Project Material Adverse Effect. Each Material Company
Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
it is bound that has not expired by its terms is in full force and
effect.
2.22 Employees.
(a) Schedule 2.22(a)
sets
forth a true, complete and correct list of all directors and executive officers
of the Company and its Subsidiaries along with their position and actual annual
rate of compensation. To the Knowledge of the Company, no key employee or group
of employees has threatened to terminate employment with the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has plans to terminate
such employment.
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(b) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any union
or
collective bargaining agreement, nor has any of them experienced any strikes,
grievances, claims of unfair labor practices or other collective bargaining
disputes.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any written or oral:
(i)
agreement with any current or former employee the benefits of which are
contingent upon, or the terms of which will be materially altered by, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) agreement
with any current or former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee extending for a
period longer than one year from the date hereof or for the payment of
compensation in excess of $100,000 per annum; or (iii) agreement or plan the
benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which
will be accelerated, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement.
2.23 Insurance.
Schedule
2.23
sets
forth a list of all material insurance policies covering the properties and
activities of the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
All
such policies are in full force and effect and shall be kept in full force
and
effect in the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company have received any written notice of cancellation
or
non-renewal with respect to such policies. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company have received written notice, nor does the Company
have Knowledge that it is in default with respect to its obligations under
such
insurance policies. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.23,
neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has been refused any insurance
coverage obtained for the purpose of protecting and insuring against any
material loss or exposure, nor has any such coverage been limited or cancelled
by any insurance carrier to which the Company or any such Subsidiary has applied
for any such insurance or with which the Company or any such Subsidiary has
carried insurance, nor has there been any significant increase in the premiums
paid under any such policy during the past five (5) years. All such insurance
policies provide adequate coverage for all normal risks incident to the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective properties and assets,
including construction projects. Schedule
2.23
identifies those pending (or threatened) Actions with respect to which an
insurance carrier has denied coverage or has advised the Company or the relevant
Subsidiary that it is defending such claim under reservation of rights and
which, if determined or resolved adversely to the Company or its Subsidiaries,
could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect to the Company and its Subsidiaries or a Project
Material Adverse Effect.
2.24 Interested
Party Transactions.
As of
the Closing Date, except for compensation and benefits arrangements in the
ordinary course of business or any matter pursuant to this Agreement, and to
the
Company’s Knowledge, no holder of more than five percent (5%) of the Company
Membership Interests, officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Company, or any affiliate of any of the foregoing (other than the Company
and its Subsidiaries) (i) has borrowed or loaned money or other property to
the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in an amount exceeding $50,000, which
has not been repaid or returned; (ii) has any direct or indirect material
interest in any Person which is a customer of goods or services provided by
or
supplier of goods or services provided to the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company, which Person's purchases or sales of such goods and services in any
of
the past two (2) fiscal years exceeded or whose business in fiscal 2007 is
expected to exceed $120,000 per year; or (iii) is party to any other agreement,
transaction or business relationship with the Company (other than this
Agreement) or any of its Subsidiaries.
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2.25 Board
Approval; Required Vote.
(a) The
Board
of Directors of the Company has, as of the date of this Agreement, determined
(i) that the Merger is fair to, and in the best interests of the Company and
its
Members, and (ii) to, subject to Section 5.16, recommend that the Members of
the
Company approve this Agreement.
(b) The
Requisite Member Approval is the only vote of the holders of any class or series
of the Company Membership Interests necessary to approve and adopt this
Agreement or the other transactions contemplated hereby.
2.26 Proxy
Statement.
The
information to be supplied by the Company for inclusion in Parent’s proxy
statement (such proxy statement as amended or supplemented is referred to herein
as the “Proxy
Statement”)
shall
not at the time the Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC and at the time it
becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of
a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The
information to be supplied by the Company for inclusion in the proxy statement
to be sent in connection with the meeting of Parent’s stockholders to consider
the approval of this Agreement (the “Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting”)
shall
not, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to Parent’s stockholders,
and at the time of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of
the circumstances under which they are made, not false or misleading; or omit
to
state any material fact necessary to correct any statement provided by the
Company in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies
for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting which has become false or misleading. If at
any time prior to the Effective Time, any event relating to the Company or
any
of its affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by the Company
which should be set forth in a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company
shall promptly inform Parent; provided, however, that if Parents fails to timely
file such supplement or fails to adequately disclose such additional
information, that the Company shall have no liability whatsoever to Parent,
Merger Sub or any of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s shareholders, Members, directors
or officers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation
or warranty with respect to any information supplied by Parent or any Person
other than the Company which is contained in any of the foregoing
documents.
2.27 Representations
and Warranties Complete.
The
representations and warranties of the Company included in this Agreement, as
modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule, are true and complete in all
material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make
the statements contained therein not misleading, under the circumstance under
which they were made. Except for the representations and warranties made by
the
Company in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any other Person makes any
representation or warranty with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries
or
their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial
or otherwise) or prospects, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to Parent
or any of its Affiliates or representatives of any documentation, forecasts,
projections or other information with respect to any one or more of the
foregoing.
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2.28 Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall
survive the Closing for a period of 12 months from the Closing Date.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
Parent,
on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, represents and warrants to the Company
that the statements contained in this Article III are true, complete and
correct. As used in this Agreement, a “Parent
Material Adverse Effect”
means
any change, event or effect that is materially adverse to the business, assets
(including, without limitation, intangible assets), financial condition, results
of operations or reasonably foreseeable prospects of Parent and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
3.1 Organization
and Qualification.
(a) Parent
is
a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the
laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry
on
its business as it is now being or currently planned by Parent to be conducted.
Parent is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate
the
properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business
as
it is now being or currently planned by Parent to be conducted, except where
the
failure to have such Approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Parent
is
not in violation of any of the provisions of the Parent’s Charter
Documents.
(b) Parent
is
duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned,
leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly
qualified or licensed and in good standing that could not, individually or
in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent.
(c) Merger
Sub is a limited liability company, duly formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Florida and has the requisite corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and
to
carry on its business as it is now being or currently planned by Parent to
be
conducted. Merger Sub is not in violation of any of the provisions of the Merger
Sub’s Charter Documents.
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3.2 Subsidiaries.
Except
for Merger Sub, Parent has no Subsidiaries and does not own, directly or
indirectly, any ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person
or
has any agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest, and Parent has
not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound by any written, oral or
other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, binding understanding,
instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense,
insurance
policy, benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any nature, as of the date
hereof or as may hereafter be in effect under which it may become obligated
to
make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other
entity.
3.3 Capitalization.
(a) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of
50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Parent Common
Stock”) and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share
(“Parent Preferred Stock”), of which 7,949,995 shares of Parent Common Stock and
no shares of Parent Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which
are
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in
Schedule
3.3(a),
(i) no
shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock are reserved for
issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Parent Common
Stock or Parent Preferred Stock granted to employees of Parent or other parties
(“Parent Stock Options”) and there are no outstanding Parent Stock Options; (ii)
no shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock are reserved for
issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Parent Common
Stock or Parent Preferred Stock (“Parent Warrants”) and there are no outstanding
Parent Warrants; and (iii) no shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred
Stock are reserved for issuance upon the conversion of the Parent Preferred
Stock or any outstanding convertible notes, debentures or securities (“Parent
Convertible Securities”). All shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred
Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and
conditions specified in the instrument pursuant to which they are issuable,
will
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All
outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock and all outstanding Parent Warrants
have been issued and granted in compliance with (x) all applicable federal
and
state securities laws and (in all material respects) other applicable laws
and
regulations, and (y) all requirements set forth in any applicable Parent
Contracts (as defined in Section 3.14(a)). Parent has heretofore delivered
to
the Company true, complete and accurate copies of the Parent Warrants, including
any and all documents and agreements relating thereto.
(b) The
shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued by Parent in connection with the
Merger, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued and such shares of Parent
Common Stock will be fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.3(c)
or as
contemplated by this Agreement or the Parent SEC Reports (as defined in Section
3.7), there are no registrations rights, and there is no voting trust,
proxy,
rights plan, antitakeover plan or other agreements or understandings to which
the Parent is a party or by which the Parent is bound with respect to any equity
security of any class of the Parent.
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3.4 Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
Each of
Parent and Merger Sub have full corporate power and authority to: (i) execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement, and each ancillary document which Parent
or
Merger Sub have executed or delivered or is to execute or deliver pursuant
to
this Agreement, and (ii) carry out Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations
hereunder and thereunder and, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Merger). The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Merger) have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub (including the approval
by
its Board of Directors), and no other corporate proceedings on the part of
Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the Parent Stockholder Approval
(as defined in Section 5.1(a)). This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto,
constitutes the legal and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub,
enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except
as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
3.5 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and
the performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub shall not: (i)
conflict with or violate Parent’s or Merger Sub’s Charter Documents, (ii)
conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements, or (iii) result in any breach
of or constitute a default (or any event that with notice or lapse of time
or
both would become a default) under, or materially impair Parent’s rights or
alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others
any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result
in
the creation of a lien or encumbrance on any of the properties or assets of
Parent pursuant to, any Parent Contracts, except, with respect to clauses (ii)
or (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other
occurrences that would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and
the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will not, require
any
consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification
to, any Governmental Entity, except (i) as set forth in this Agreement, (ii)
for
applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, Blue
Sky Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents
with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which Parent is
qualified to do business, (iii) for the filing of any notifications required
under the HSR Act and the expiration of the required waiting period thereunder,
(iv) the qualification of Parent as a foreign corporation in those jurisdictions
in which the business of the Company makes such qualification necessary, and
(v)
where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits,
or to make such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent,
or prevent consummation of the Merger or otherwise prevent the parties hereto
from performing their obligations under this Agreement.
3.6 Compliance.
Parent
has complied with, is not in violation of, any Legal Requirements with respect
to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation
of its business, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually
or in the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect on Parent. The business and activities of Parent have
not been and are not being conducted in violation of any Legal Requirements.
Parent is not in default or violation of any term, condition or provision of
its
Charter Documents. No written notice of non-compliance with any Legal
Requirements has been received by Parent.
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3.7 SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) Parent
has made available to the Company and the Members a correct and complete copy
of
each report, registration statement and definitive proxy statement filed by
Parent with the SEC (the “Parent
SEC Reports”),
which
are all the forms, reports and documents required to be filed by Parent with
the
SEC prior to the date of this Agreement and which were filed on a timely basis.
As of their respective dates the Parent SEC Reports: (i) were prepared in
accordance and complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Reports, and
(ii) did not at the time they were filed (and if amended or superseded by a
filing prior to the date of this Agreement then on the date of such filing
and
as so amended or superseded) contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. Except to the extent set forth in the preceding
sentence, Parent makes no representation or warranty whatsoever concerning
the
Parent SEC Reports as of any time other than the time they were
filed.
(b) Each
set
of financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto)
contained in Parent SEC Reports, including each Parent SEC Report filed after
the date hereof until the Closing, complied or will comply as to form in all
material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto, was or will be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied
on
a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated
in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, do not contain
footnotes as permitted by Form 10-QSB of the Exchange Act) and each fairly
presents or will fairly present in all material respects the financial position
of Parent at the respective dates thereof and the results of its operations
and
cash flows for the periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim
financial statements were, are or will be subject to normal adjustments which
were not or are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent taken
as a whole.
3.8 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Parent
has no liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a nature
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to the
financial statements included in Parent SEC Reports which are, individually
or
in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial
condition of Parent, except (i) liabilities provided for in or otherwise
disclosed in Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, and (ii)
liabilities incurred since September 30, 2006 in the ordinary course of
business, none of which would have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Merger
Sub has no assets or properties of any kind, does not now conduct and has never
conducted any business, and has and will have at the Closing no obligations
or
liabilities of any nature whatsoever except such obligations and liabilities
as
are imposed under this Agreement.
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3.9 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Except
as set forth in Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement,
and except as contemplated by this Agreement, since September 30, 2006, there
has not been: (a) any Material Adverse Effect on Parent, (b) any declaration,
setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether
in
cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of Parent’s capital stock, or any
purchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any of Parent’s capital
stock or any other securities of Parent or any options, warrants, calls or
rights to acquire any such shares or other securities, (c) any split,
combination or reclassification of any of Parent’s capital stock, (d) any
granting by Parent of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits, except
for normal increases of cash compensation in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, or any payment by Parent of any bonus, except
for
bonuses made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
or any granting by Parent of any increase in severance or termination pay or
any
entry by Parent into any currently effective employment, severance, termination
or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are
contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence
of a
transaction involving Parent of the nature contemplated hereby, (e) entry by
Parent into any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition
or
disposition of any Intellectual Property other than licenses in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice or any amendment or consent
with respect to any licensing agreement filed or required to be filed by Parent
with respect to any Governmental Entity, (f) any material change by Parent
in
its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by
concurrent changes in U.S. GAAP, (g) any change in the auditors of Parent,
(h)
any issuance of capital stock of Parent, or (i) any revaluation by Parent of
any
of its assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of
capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale
of
assets of Parent other than in the ordinary course of business.
3.10 Litigation.
There
are no claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or to Parent’s Knowledge,
threatened against Parent, before any court, governmental
department, commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator
that seeks to restrain or enjoin the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or which could reasonably be expected, either
singularly or in the aggregate with all such claims, actions or proceedings,
to
have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or have a Material Adverse Effect
on
the ability of the parties hereto to consummate the Merger. There
has
not been, and to the Knowledge of the Parent, there is not pending or
contemplated, any investigation by the SEC or any state or other regulatory
body
involving the Parent or any current or former director or officer of the Parent.
The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Parent under the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
3.11 Restrictions
on Business Activities.
Except
as set forth in the Parent Charter Documents, there is no agreement, commitment,
judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon Parent or to which Parent
is
a party which has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect of
prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Parent, any
acquisition of property by Parent or the conduct of business by Parent as
currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate,
which have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.12 Taxes.
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(a) Parent
has timely filed all Returns required to be filed by Parent with any Tax
authority prior to the date hereof, except such Returns which are not material
to Parent. All such Returns are true, correct and complete in
all
material respects. All Taxes due and owing by the Parent (whether or not shown
on any Return) have been paid. The Parent is not the beneficiary of any
extension of time within which to file any Return. There are no Liens for Taxes
(other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) All
Taxes
that Parent is required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld
or
collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper
governmental authorities to the extent due and payable.
(c) Parent
has not been delinquent in the payment of any material Tax nor is there any
material Tax deficiency outstanding, assessed, or proposed by any Tax authority
based on personal contact by the Parent or any officers or directors of the
Parent with any agent of any such Authority,
nor has
Parent executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of limitations extending
or
waiving the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax.
(d) No
audit
or other examination of any Return of Parent by any Tax authority is presently
in progress, nor has Parent, including through notice to its officers and
directors, been notified of any request
or proposal for any such an audit or other examination.
(e) No
claim
dispute or adjustment relating to any Tax liability of Parent has been raised
or
proposed, formally or informally, by any Tax authority to Parent or any
director
or officer of Parent.
(f) Parent
has no liability for any material unpaid Taxes which have not been accrued
for
or reserved on Parent’s balance sheets included in the audited financial
statements for the most recent fiscal year ended, whether asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise, which would constitute a Parent Material
Adverse Effect, other than any liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued
since the end of the most recent fiscal year in connection with the operation
of
the business of Parent in the ordinary course of business.
(g) Parent,
the directors and officers of Parent, or any of its Affiliates do not have
Knowledge of any fact and have not taken or agreed to take any action, failed
to
take any action or is aware of any fact or circumstance, that could prevent
the
transactions contemplated hereby from qualifying as a tax-free contribution
governed by Section 351(a) of the Code.
(h) Parent
is
not a party or bound to any tax allocation or sharing agreement. Parent (i)
has
not been a member of an Affiliated Group filing a consolidated federal Income
Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Parent),
or
(ii) has no liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Parent or
any
of its Subsidiaries) under Treas. Reg. 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of
local, state or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or
otherwise.
(i) Parent
has not distributed stock of another Person, or has had its stock distributed
by
another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed
in whole or in part by Sections 355 or 361 of the Code.
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3.13 Brokers.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.13,
Parent
has not incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability
for
brokerage or finders’ fees or agent’s commissions or
any
similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction
contemplated hereby.
3.14 Agreements,
Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Except
as
set forth in the Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement,
there are no contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds,
liens, licenses, permits, franchises, purchase orders, sales orders or other
understandings, commitments or obligations (including without limitation
outstanding offers or proposals) of any kind, whether written or oral, to which
Parent is a party or by or to which any of the properties or assets of Parent
may be bound, subject or affected, which either (i) creates or imposes a
liability greater than $25,000, or (ii) may not be cancelled by Parent on less
than 30 days’ or less prior notice (“Parent
Contracts”).
All
Parent Contracts are set forth in Schedule
3.14
other
than those that are exhibits to the Parent SEC Reports.
(b) Each
Parent Contract was entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary course, is
in full force and effect and is valid and binding upon and
enforceable against each of the parties thereto. True, correct and complete
copies of all Parent Contracts (or written summaries in the case of oral Parent
Contracts) and of all outstanding offers or proposals of Parent have been
heretofore delivered to the Company.
(c) Neither
Parent nor, to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto is in breach
of
or in default under, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a breach of or default under, any Parent Contract,
and
no party to any Parent Contract has given any written notice of any claim of
any
such breach, default or event, which, individually or in the aggregate, are
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Each agreement,
contract or commitment to which Parent is a party or by which it is bound that
has not expired by its terms is in full force
and
effect, except where such failure to be in full force and effect is not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.15 Insurance.
Except
for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Parent does not maintain any
insurance policies.
3.16 Interested
Party Transactions.
Except
as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this
Agreement, no employee, officer, director or stockholder of Parent or a member
of his or her immediate family is indebted to Parent nor is Parent indebted
(or
committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other
than reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of Parent. To
Parent’s knowledge, none of such individuals has any direct or indirect
ownership interest in any Person with whom Parent is affiliated or with whom
Parent has a material contractual relationship, or any Person that competes
with
Parent, except that each employee, stockholder, officer or director of Parent
and members of their respective immediate families may own less than 5% of
the
outstanding stock in publicly traded companies that may compete with Parent.
To
Parent’s knowledge, no officer, director or stockholder or any member of their
immediate families is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material
contract with Parent (other than such contracts as relate to any such individual
ownership of capital stock or other securities of Parent).
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3.17 Indebtedness.
Parent
has no indebtedness for borrowed money.
3.18 Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board Quotation.
Parent
Common Stock is quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTC
BB”).
There
is no action or proceeding pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened against
Parent by NASDAQ or NASD, Inc. (“NASD”)
with
respect to any intention by such entities to prohibit or terminate the quotation
of Parent Common Stock on the OTC BB.
3.19 Board
Approval.
The
Board of Directors of Parent (including any required committee or subgroup
of
the Board of Directors of Parent) has, as of the date of this Agreement,
unanimously (i) declared the advisability of the Merger and approved this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) determined that the
Merger is in the best interests of the stockholders of Parent, and (iii)
determined that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80%
of
Parent’s net assets.
3.20 Trust
Fund.
As of
the date hereof and at the Closing Date, Parent has and will have no less than
$48,700,000 invested in United States Government securities or in money market
funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 in a trust account administered by Continental
Stock Transfer and Trust Company (the “Trust
Fund”),
less
such amounts, if any, as Parent is required to pay to stockholders who elect
to
have their shares converted to cash in accordance with the provisions of
Parent’s Charter Documents.
3.21 Governmental
Filings.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.21,
Parent
has been granted and holds, and has made, all filings necessary with
Governmental Entities to
the
conduct by Parent of its business (as presently conducted) or used or held
for
use by Parent, and true, complete and correct copies of which have heretofore
been delivered to the Company. Each such filing is in full force and effect
and
will not expire prior to December 31, 2007, and Parent is in compliance
with all of its obligations with respect thereto. No event has occurred and
is
continuing which requires or permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would require or permit, and consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement or any ancillary documents will not require or permit (with
or
without notice or lapse of time, or both), any modification or termination
of
any such filings except such events which, either individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect upon Parent.
3.22 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls.
The
Parent is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The
Parent’s
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Parent’s
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
Parent’s
most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
“Evaluation Date”). The Parent
presented
in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the
conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation
Date.
3.23 Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Members’ representations and warranties
set forth in Section 1.17, no registration under the Securities Act is required
for the offer and sale of the Parent Common Stock by the Parent to the Members
as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Parent Common Stock
hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the OTC
BB.
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3.24 Investment
Company. The Parent is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after
receipt of payment for the Parent Common Stock, will not be or be an Affiliate
of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
3.25 Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The Parent’s Common Stock is registered pursuant
to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and the Parent has taken no action
designed to, or which is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Parent
received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such
registration. The Parent has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof,
received notice from the OTC BB to the effect that the Parent is not in
compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the OTC BB. The
Parent is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable
future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements.
3.26 Application
of Takeover Protections. The Parent and its Board of Directors have taken all
necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution
under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Parent’s
Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of
its
state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Members as
a
result of the Merger, including without limitation as a result of the Parent’s
issuance of the Parent Common Stock and the Members’ ownership of the Parent
Common Stock.
3.27 No
Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Members’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 1.17, neither the Parent, nor any of its
affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers
to
buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the
Parent Common Stock to be integrated with prior offerings by the Parent for
purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions
of the OTC BB on which any of the securities of the Parent are listed or
designated.
3.28 Manipulation
of Price. The Parent has not, and to its Knowledge no one acting on its
behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause
or
to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security
of
the Parent to facilitate the sale or resale of any of its Common Stock, (ii)
sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases
of,
any of the securities of the Parent, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any
person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities
of the Parent.
3.29 Representations
and Warranties Complete.
The
representations and warranties of Parent included in this Agreement, as modified
by the Parent Schedules, are true and complete in all material respects and
do
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained
therein not misleading, under the circumstance under which they were made.
Except for the representations and warranties made by the Parent and the Merger
Sub in this Agreement, neither the Parent nor any other Person makes any
representation or warranty with respect to the Parent or the Merger Sub or
their
respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial
or
otherwise) or prospects, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the
Company or any of its Affiliates or representatives of any documentation,
forecasts, projections or other information with respect to any one or more
of
the foregoing.
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3.30 Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of Parent set forth in this Agreement shall
not
survive the Closing.
ARTICLE
IV
CONDUCT
PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
4.1 Conduct
of Business by Company and Parent.
During
the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier
of
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, each
of
the Company (including its Subsidiaries), Parent and Merger Sub shall, except
to
the extent that the other party (either the Company or Parent, as applicable)
shall otherwise consent in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course
consistent with past practices, in substantially the same manner as heretofore
conducted and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (except
where noncompliance would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a
Project Material Adverse Effect), pay its debts and taxes when due subject
to
good faith disputes over such debts or taxes, pay or perform other material
obligations when due, and use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent
with past practices and policies to (A) preserve substantially intact its
present business organization, (B) keep available the services of its present
officers and employees and (C) preserve its relationships with customers,
suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others with which it has
significant business dealings. Unless otherwise noted, all references to the
Company and its Subsidiaries in this Article IV shall mean the Company on an
as
reorganized basis as such reorganization is set forth on Schedule
2.2(a)
hereto.
In addition, except as required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement
or
set forth in Schedule
4.1
hereto,
without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld, during the period from the date of this Agreement and
continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant
to
its terms or the Closing, each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall
not
do any of the following:
(a) Waive
any
stock repurchase or similar rights, accelerate, amend or (except as specifically
provided for herein) change the period of exercisability of options
or restricted stock, or reprice options granted under any employee, consultant,
director or other stock (or similar) plans or authorize cash payments in
exchange for any options granted under any of such plans;
(b) Grant
any
severance or termination pay to any officer or employee except pursuant to
applicable law, written agreements outstanding, or policies
existing on the date hereof and as previously or concurrently disclosed in
writing or made available to the other party, or adopt any new severance plan,
or amend or modify or alter in any manner any severance plan, agreement or
arrangement existing on the date hereof;
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(c) Transfer
or license to any person or otherwise extend, amend or modify any material
rights to any Intellectual Property of the Company (or its Subsidiaries) or
Parent,
as applicable, or enter into grants to transfer or license to any person future
patent rights, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practices provided that in no event shall the Company or Parent license
on
an exclusive basis or sell any Intellectual Property of the Company (or
its
Subsidiaries),
or
Parent as applicable;
(d) Declare,
set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether
in
cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of any capital stock
or
split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution
for any capital stock except, after notice to Parent, for: (i) distributions
made to the Members for payment of taxes with respect to income of the Company
(or its Subsidiaries), which shall include reserves for the payment of taxes
due
after Closing with respect to income of the Company earned prior to Closing
subject to post-Closing adjustments based on actual tax liability incurred;
and
(ii) distributions of $20,000,000 to pay back loans from Members;
(e) Purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital
stock
or membership interests, as applicable, of the Company (or its Subsidiaries)
and
Parent, as applicable, including repurchases
of unvested shares or membership interests, as applicable, at cost in connection
with the termination of the relationship with any employee or consultant
pursuant to stock or purchase agreements in effect on the date
hereof;
(f) Issue,
deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber, or agree to any of
the
foregoing with respect to, any shares of capital stock or
membership interests, as applicable, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock or membership interests, as applicable,
or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital
stock or membership interests, as applicable, or any securities convertible
into
or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or membership interests, as
applicable, or enter into other agreements or commitments of any character
obligating it to issue any such shares or convertible or exchangeable
securities. In the event that the Company issues any membership or similar
ownership interests prior to Closing, the transferee will agree to be bound
by
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, such agreement to be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent;
(g) Amend
its
charter documents unless required to do so hereunder;
(h) Acquire
or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any
equity interest in or a portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any
business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire
any
assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business
of
Parent or the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) as applicable, or enter
into
any joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances or other arrangements
that provide for exclusivity of territory or otherwise restrict such party’s
ability to compete or to offer or sell any products or services except as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
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(i) Sell,
lease, license, encumber or otherwise dispose of any properties or assets,
except (A) sales of individual condominium units in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice at fair market value to unaffiliated
purchasers who, together with their affiliates, are not purchasing more than
an
aggregate of ten units in any individual project; and (B) and the sale, lease
or
disposition (other than through licensing) of property or assets that are not
material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of such
party;
(j) Incur
any
indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate (other
than purchase money debt in connection with the acquisition by the Company
of
vehicles, office equipment and operating equipment not exceeding $1,000,000
in
the aggregate) or in connection with the purchase of real property (including
any personal property directly or indirectly related to such real property)
or
guarantee any such indebtedness of another person, issue or sell any debt
securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt
securities of Parent or the Company (or its Subsidiaries), as applicable, enter
into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement
condition or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of
the
foregoing; provided that notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may without Parent’s consent
(i)
obtain a line of credit of up to $100,000,000 with a commercial bank on
customary terms, and (ii) enter into the Bridge Loan as described on
Schedule
6.2(n)
hereto;
(k) Adopt
or
amend any employee compensation or benefit plan, policy or arrangement, any
employee stock or membership interest purchase or employee stock or membership
interest option plan, or enter into any employment contract or collective
bargaining agreement (other than offer letters and letter agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with
employees who are terminable “at will”), grant or pay any special bonus or
special remuneration to any director or employee, or increase the salaries
or
wage rates or fringe benefits (including rights to severance or indemnification)
of its directors, officers, employees or consultants, except in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices and as otherwise contemplated
by this Agreement;
(l) Except
in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, pay, discharge,
settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued,
asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), or litigation (whether or
not
commenced prior to the date of this Agreement) other than the payment,
discharge, settlement or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices or in accordance with their terms, or liabilities
recognized or disclosed in the Unaudited Financial Statements or in the most
recent financial statements included in the Parent SEC Reports filed prior
to
the date of this Agreement, as applicable, or incurred since the date of such
financial statements, or waive the benefits of, agree to modify in any manner,
terminate, release any person from or knowingly fail to enforce any
confidentiality or similar agreement to which the Company (or its Subsidiaries)
is a party or of which the Company (or its Subsidiaries) is a beneficiary or
to
which Parent is a party or of which Parent is a beneficiary, as
applicable;
(m) Except
in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, modify, amend
or
terminate any Material Company Contract or Parent
Contract, as applicable, or waive, delay the exercise of, release or assign
any
material rights or claims thereunder;
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(n) Except
as
required by U.S. GAAP, revalue any of its assets or make any change in
accounting methods, principles or practices;
(o) Except
in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or as set forth
below in this Section 4.1(o), incur or enter into any agreement, contract or
commitment requiring
such party to pay in excess of $1,000,000 in any 12 month period, other than
the
Company under a Routine Operating Contract; provided, that, notwithstanding
the
foregoing the Company may (i) without Parent’s consent
enter
into any agreement, contract or commitment requiring
such party to pay in excess of $2,000,000 in any 12 month period if such
agreement provides for a refundable deposit in favor of the Company and the
Company provides written notice to the Parent of the material terms and
conditions of such agreement, contract or commitment within one week after
such
agreement, contract or commitment becomes effective, (ii) without Parent’s
consent
enter
into any agreement, contract or commitment requiring
such party to pay in excess of $2,000,000 in any 12 month period if such
agreement provides for a refundable deposit in favor of the Company and the
Company provides prior written notice to the Parent of the material terms and
conditions of such agreement, contract or commitment, (iii) without Parent’s
consent
enter
into any agreement, contract or commitment requiring
such party to pay up to $1,000,000 in any 12 month period if such agreement
provides for a non-refundable deposit payable by the Company and the Company
provides written notice to Parent of the material terms and conditions of such
agreement, contract or commitment within one week after such agreement, contract
or commitment becomes effective, (iv) with prior written consent of Parent
consent
enter
into any agreement, contract or commitment requiring
such party to pay in excess of $1,000,000 in any 12 month period if such
agreement provides for a non-refundable deposit payable by the Company, or
(v)
without Parent’s consent, enter into an agreement with an Optioned Property
Provider that does not create any liability to the Company in excess of
$1,000,000 provided that the Company notifies Parent of such agreement within
five business days of the date of entering into such agreement.
(p) Take
any
action that (without regard to any action taken, or agreed to be taken, by
Parent or any of its Affiliates) could prevent the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement from qualifying as a tax-free contribution within the meaning
of
Section 351(a) of the Code;
(q) Make
or
rescind any Tax elections that, individually or in the aggregate, could be
reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect the Tax liability
or Tax attributes of such party, settle or compromise any material income tax
liability or, except as required by applicable law, materially change any method
of accounting for Tax purposes or prepare or file any Return in a manner
inconsistent with past practice;
(r) Form,
establish or acquire any Subsidiary except as contemplated by this Agreement;
(s) Permit
any Person to exercise any of its discretionary rights under any Plan to provide
for the automatic acceleration of any outstanding options,
the termination of any outstanding repurchase rights or the termination of
any
cancellation rights issued pursuant to such plans;
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(t) Make
capital expenditures except in accordance with prudent business and operational
practices consistent with prior practice;
(u) Take
or
omit to take any action, the taking or omission of which would be reasonably
anticipated to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) Enter
into any transaction with or distribute or advance any assets or property to
any
of its officers, directors, partners, stockholders or other affiliates (other
than payment of salary and benefits in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice);
(w) Amend,
modify, waive, terminate or otherwise change any of the terms or conditions
of
the Optioned Property Provider Agreement; or
(x) Agree
in
writing or otherwise agree, commit or resolve to take any of the actions
described in Section 4.1 (a) through (w) above.
In
the
event that Parent does not consent to any action proposed to be taken by the
Company pursuant to this Section 4.1, nothing shall prevent the Members from
taking such action by the way of another entity or individually.
ARTICLE
V
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
5.1 Proxy
Statement; Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.
(a) As
soon as practicable after receipt by Parent from the Company of all financial
and other information relating to the Company as Parent may reasonably request
for its preparation, the execution of this Agreement, Parent shall prepare
and
file with the SEC under the Exchange Act, and with all other applicable
regulatory bodies, proxy materials for the purpose of soliciting proxies from
holders of Parent Common Stock to vote in favor of: (i) the adoption of this
Agreement and the approval of the Merger (“Parent
Stockholder Approval”);
(ii)
the change of the name of Parent to a name selected by the Company (the
“Name
Change Amendment”);
(iii)
an increase in the number of authorized shares of Parent Common Stock to
150,000,000 (the “Capitalization
Amendment”);
(iv)
an amendment to remove the preamble and Sections A through D, inclusive, of
Article Sixth from Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation from and after the
Closing and to redesignate section E of Article Sixth as Article Sixth; and
(vi)
the adoption of a Stock Incentive Plan in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent
and the Company (the “Parent
Plan”),
at a
meeting of holders of Parent Common Stock to be called and held for such purpose
(the “Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting”).
The
Parent Plan shall provide that an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Parent Common
Stock shall be reserved for issuance pursuant to the Parent Plan. Such proxy
materials shall be in the form of the Proxy Statement to be used for the purpose
of soliciting such proxies from holders of Parent Common Stock and the Proxy
Statement shall comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements
of law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company shall
furnish to Parent all information concerning the Company as Parent may
reasonably request in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement.
Each of Parent and the Company will notify the other promptly upon the receipt
of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or
its
staff or any other governmental officials for amendments or supplements to
the
Proxy Statement and it will supply the other with copies of all correspondence
between the SEC or its staff or other governmental officials with respect to the
Proxy Statement or the Merger. The Company and its counsel shall be given an
opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement prior to its filing
with the SEC. Parent, with the assistance of the Company, shall promptly respond
to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement and shall otherwise use reasonable
best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be approved for issuance by the
SEC
as promptly as practicable. Parent shall also take any and all such actions
to
satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Prior
to
the Closing Date, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger to be
registered or qualified under all applicable Blue Sky Laws of each of the states
and territories of the United States in which it is believed, based on
information furnished by the Company, holders of the Company membership
interests reside and to take any other such actions that may be necessary to
enable the Parent Common Stock Interests to be issued pursuant to the Merger
in
each such jurisdiction.
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(b) As
soon
as practicable following its approval by the SEC, Parent shall distribute the
Proxy Statement to the holders of Parent Common Stock and, pursuant thereto,
shall call the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with the Delaware
General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) and, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, solicit proxies from such holders to vote in favor of the adoption
of
this Agreement and the approval of the Merger and the other matters presented
to
the stockholders of Parent for approval or adoption at the Parent Stockholders’
Meeting, including, without limitation, the matters described in Section
5.1(a).
(c) Parent
shall comply with all applicable provisions of and rules under the Exchange
Act
and all applicable provisions of the DGCL in the preparation, filing and
distribution of the Proxy Statement, the solicitation of proxies thereunder,
and
the calling and holding of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Without limiting
the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Proxy Statement does not, as of
the
date on which it is distributed to the holders of Parent Common Stock, and
as of
the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not
misleading (provided that Parent shall not be responsible for the accuracy
or
completeness of any information relating to the Company or any other information
furnished by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement). The Company
represents and warrants that the information relating to the Company supplied
by
the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will not as of the date of
its
distribution to the holders of Parent Common Stock (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or at the time of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting contain
any statement which, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which
it is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omits
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statement therein not false or misleading.
(d) Parent,
acting through its board of directors, shall include in the Proxy Statement
the
recommendation of its board of directors that the holders
of Parent Common Stock vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and
the
approval of the Merger, and shall otherwise use reasonable best efforts to
obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval.
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5.2 Directors
and Officers of Parent and the Surviving Entity.
Parent
and the Company shall take all necessary action so that the board of directors
of the Parent shall consist of two members designated by Parent, two members
designated by the Company and between one and five independent members
designated by the Members, and that the persons listed on Schedule
5.2
are
appointed to the positions of officers of Parent and the Surviving Entity,
as
set forth therein, to serve in such positions effective immediately after the
Closing. The Members, on one hand, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxxxx of
Parent, on the other hand, shall enter into a voting agreement pursuant to
which
(i) they agree to vote for the other’s designees to the board of directors of
Parent through the annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held
in
2010 and (ii) they agree to vote for one designee of Parent, to be determined
by
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxxxx, to the board of directors of Parent through
the annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held in
2012.
5.3 HSR
Act.
If
required pursuant to the HSR Act, as promptly as practicable after the date
of
this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall each prepare and file the
notification required of it thereunder in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and shall promptly and in good faith respond
to
all information requested of it by the Federal Trade Commission and Department
of Justice in connection with such notification and otherwise cooperate in
good
faith with each other and such Governmental Entities. Parent and the Company
shall (a) promptly inform the other of any communication to or from the Federal
Trade Commission, the Department of Justice or any other Governmental Entity
regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) give the other
prompt notice of the commencement of any action, suit, litigation, arbitration,
proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity with respect
to
such transactions, and (c) keep the other reasonably informed as to the status
of any such action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding or investigation.
Filing fees with respect to the notifications required under the HSR Act shall
be shared equally by Parent and the Company.
5.4 Other
Actions.
(a)
Parent shall continue to file all reports required to be filed by the SEC in
a
timely manner which (i) will be prepared in accordance and comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder
applicable to such Parent SEC Reports, and (ii) will not at the time they are
filed (and if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this
Agreement then on the date of such filing or as so amended or superseded)
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Except to the extent set forth in the preceding sentence, Parent
makes no representation or warranty whatsoever concerning the Parent SEC Reports
as of any time other than the time they were filed. At least five (5) days
prior
to Closing, Parent shall prepare a draft Form 8-K announcing the Closing,
together with, or incorporating by reference, the financial statements prepared
by the Company and its accountant, and such other information that may be
required to be disclosed with respect to the Merger in any report or form to
be
filed with the SEC (“Merger
Form 8-K”),
which
shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and in a format
acceptable for XXXXX filing. Prior to Closing, Parent and the Company shall
prepare the press release announcing the consummation of the Merger hereunder
(“Press
Release”).
Simultaneously with the Closing, Parent shall file the Merger Form 8-K with
the
SEC and distribute the Press Release.
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(b) The
Company and Parent shall further cooperate with each other and use their
respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all
actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable
on its part under this Agreement and applicable laws to consummate the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable, including
preparing and filing as soon as practicable all documentation to effect all
necessary notices, reports and other filings and to obtain as soon as
practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations
necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party (including the
respective independent accountants of the Company and Parent) and/or any
Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated hereby. This obligation shall include, on the part
of
Parent, sending a termination letter to Continental in substantially the form
of
Exhibit
A
attached
to the Investment Management Trust Agreement by and between Parent and
Continental. Subject to applicable laws relating to the exchange of information
and the preservation of any applicable attorney-client privilege, work-product
doctrine, self-audit privilege or other similar privilege, each of the Company
and Parent shall have the right to review and comment on in advance, and to
the
extent practicable each will consult the other on, all the information relating
to such party that appears in any filing made with, or written materials
submitted to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection
with
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. In exercising the
foregoing right, each of the Company and Parent shall act reasonably and as
promptly as practicable.
5.5 Required
Information.
In
connection with the preparation of the Merger Form 8-K and Press Release, and
for such other reasonable purposes, the Company and
Parent each shall, upon request by the other, furnish the other with all
information concerning themselves, their respective directors, officers
and stockholders
(including the directors of Parent and the Company to be elected effective
as of
the Closing pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof) and such other matters as may be
reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Merger, or any other
statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of the Company
and
Parent to any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with
the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each party warrants
and
represents to the other party that all such information shall be true and
correct in all material respects and will not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or
necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
5.6 Confidentiality;
Access to Information.
(a) Confidentiality.
Any
confidentiality agreement previously executed by the parties shall be superseded
in its entirety by the provisions of this Agreement. Each party agrees to
maintain in confidence any non-public information received from the other party,
and to use such non-public information only for purposes of consummating the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such confidentiality obligations
will not apply to (i) information which was known to the one party or their
respective agents prior to receipt from the other party; (ii) information which
is or becomes generally known; (iii) information acquired by a party or their
respective agents from a third party who was not bound to an obligation of
confidentiality; and (iv) disclosure required by law. In the event this
Agreement is terminated as provided in Article VIII hereof, each party (x)
will
return or cause to be returned to the other all documents and other material
obtained from the other in connection with the Merger contemplated hereby,
and
(y) will use its reasonable best efforts to delete from its computer systems
all
documents and other material obtained from the other in connection with the
Merger contemplated hereby.
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(b) Access
to Information.
(i)
Company will afford Parent and its financial advisors, accountants, counsel
and
other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, upon
reasonable notice, to the properties, books, records and personnel of the
Company during the period
prior to the Closing to obtain all information concerning the business,
including the status of product development efforts, properties, results of
operations and personnel of the Company, as Parent may reasonably request.
No
information or knowledge obtained by Parent in any investigation pursuant to
this Section 5.6 will affect or be deemed to modify any representation or
warranty contained herein or the conditions to the obligations of the parties
to
consummate the Merger.
(ii) Parent
will afford the Company and its financial advisors, underwriters, accountants,
counsel and other representatives reasonable access during normal business
hours, upon reasonable notice, to the properties, books, records and personnel
of Parent during the period prior to the Closing to obtain all information
concerning the business, including the status of product development efforts,
properties, results of operations and personnel of Parent, as the Company may
reasonably request.
No
information or knowledge obtained by Parent in any investigation pursuant to
this Section 5.6 will affect or be deemed to modify any representation or
warranty contained herein or the conditions to the obligations of the parties
to
consummate the Merger.
(iii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, each party (“Subject
Party”)
hereby
agrees that by proceeding with the Closing,
it shall be conclusively deemed to have waived for all purposes hereunder any
inaccuracy of representation or breach of warranty by another party which is
actually known by the Subject Party prior to the Closing.
5.7 Charter
Protections; Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance.
(a) All
rights to indemnification for acts or omissions occurring through the Closing
Date now existing in favor of the current directors and officers
of Parent as provided in the Charter Documents of Parent or in any
indemnification agreements shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full
force and effect in accordance with their terms.
(b) For
a
period of six (6) years after the Closing Date, Parent shall cause to be
maintained in effect the current policies of directors’ and officers’
liability insurance maintained by Parent (or policies of at least the same
coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less
advantageous) with respect to claims arising from facts and events that occurred
prior to the Closing Date.
(c) If
Parent
or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any
other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving
entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each
such
case, to the extent necessary, proper provisions shall be made so that the
successors and assigns of Parent assume the obligations set forth in this
Section 5.7.
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(d) The
provisions of this Section 5.7 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall
be enforceable by, each Person who will have been a director
or officer of Parent for all periods ending on or before the Closing Date and
may not be changed without the consent of Committee referred to in Section
1.18.
5.8 Public
Disclosure.
From
the date of this Agreement until Closing or termination, the parties shall
cooperate in good faith to jointly prepare all press
releases and public announcements pertaining to this Agreement and the
transactions governed by it, and no party shall issue or otherwise make any
public announcement or communication pertaining to this Agreement or the
transaction without the prior consent of Parent
(in the case of the Company and the Members) or the Company (in the case of
Parent), except as required by any legal requirement or by the rules and
regulations of, or pursuant to any agreement of a stock exchange or trading
system. Each party will not unreasonably withhold approval from the others
with
respect to any press release or public announcement. If any party determines
with the advice of counsel that it is required to make this Agreement and the
terms of the transaction public or otherwise issue a press release or make
public disclosure with respect thereto, it shall, at a reasonable time before
making any public disclosure, consult with the other party regarding such
disclosure, seek such confidential treatment for such terms or portions of
this
Agreement or the transaction as may be reasonably requested by the other party
and disclose only such information as is legally compelled to be disclosed.
This
provision will not apply to communications by any party to its counsel,
accountants and other professional advisors. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the
parties hereto agree that promptly as practicable after the execution of this
Agreement, Parent will file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant
to the Exchange Act to report the execution of this Agreement, with respect to
which Parent shall consult with the Company. Parent shall provide to Company
for
review and comment a draft of the Current Report on Form 8-K prior to filing
with the SEC; provided that unless objected to by the Company by written notice
given to Parent within two (2) days after delivery to the Company specifying
the
language to which reasonable objection is taken, any language included in such
Current Report shall be deemed to have been approved by the Company and may
be
filed with the SEC and used in other filings made by Parent with the
SEC.
5.9 Reasonable
Efforts.
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of
the
parties agrees to use its commercially reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to
be
done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things
necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most
expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including using commercially reasonable efforts
to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary
to
cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii)
the
obtaining of all necessary actions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and
authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary
registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations
and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable
steps as may be necessary to avoid any suit, claim, action, investigation or
proceeding by any Governmental Entity, (iii) the obtaining of all consents,
approvals or waivers from third parties required as a result of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement, (iv) the defending of any suits, claims,
actions, investigations or proceedings, whether judicial or administrative,
challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order
entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (v)
the execution or delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary
to
consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes
of, this Agreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing,
Parent and its board of directors and the Company and its board of directors
shall, if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or
becomes applicable to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to
enable the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
to
be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent or the Company to agree to any
divestiture by itself or any of its affiliates of shares of capital stock or
of
any business, assets or property, or the imposition of any material limitation
on the ability of any of them to conduct their business or to own or exercise
control of such assets, properties and stock.
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5.10 Treatment
as a Reorganization.
(a) The
Company shall not take, and shall use its best efforts not to permit any
Affiliate of the Company to take, any actions that could impact the Members
to
fail to qualify for nonrecognition of gain or loss under Section 351(a) of
the
Code.
(b) Parent
shall not take, and shall use its best efforts not to permit any Affiliate,
including any employee, officer or director of Parent to take, any actions
that
could impact the Members to fail to qualify for nonrecognition of gain or loss
under Section 351(a) of the Code.
(c) Parent
shall use its best efforts, and shall cause its Affiliates to use their best
efforts, to cause the Members to qualify for nonrecognition of gain or loss
with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to Section
351(a) of the Code.
(d) The
Company shall use its best efforts, and shall cause its Affiliates to use their
best efforts, to cause the Members to qualify for nonrecognition of gain or
loss
with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to
Section 351(a) of the Code.
5.11 No
Parent Common Stock Transactions.
Each of
(a) Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (and
their
affiliates) shall agree that he, she or it shall not, prior to January 1, 2009,
and (b) all other Members of the Company (and their affiliates) shall agree
that
he, she or it shall not, prior to the day that is six (6) months after the
Closing, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of an interest in any of the shares
of Parent Common Stock he, she or it receives as a result of the Merger other
than as permitted pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement in substantially the form
of
Exhibit
F
hereto
executed by such Person prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Xxxx Xxxxx (and the Xxxxx Trust) and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx may pledge (or
engage in any hedging, straddling or other strategies with respect to) up to
a
maximum of 15,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock to a financial institution
as collateral for personal loans and such exception to restrictions on transfer
will be set forth in their individual Lock-Up Agreements.
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5.12 Certain
Claims.
As
additional consideration for the issuance of Parent Common Stock pursuant to
this Agreement, each of the Members hereby releases and forever discharges,
effective as of the Closing Date, the Company and its directors, officers,
employees and agents, from any and all rights, claims, demands, judgments,
obligations, liabilities and damages, whether accrued or unaccrued, asserted
or
unasserted, and whether known or unknown arising out of or resulting from such
Member’s (i) status as a holder of an equity interest in the Company; and (ii)
employment, service, consulting or other similar agreement entered into with
the
Company prior to Closing, to the extent that the bases for claims under any
such
agreement that survives the Closing arise prior to the Closing, provided,
however, the foregoing shall not release any obligations of Parent set forth
in
this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement.
5.13 No
Securities Transactions.
Neither
the Company nor any Member or any of their affiliates, directly or indirectly,
shall engage in any transactions involving the securities of Parent prior to
the
time of the making of a public announcement of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement. The Company shall use its best efforts to require each of its
officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives to comply with the
foregoing requirement. Neither the Parent nor its officers or directors, nor
any
of their respective affiliates, directly or indirectly, shall take any action
described in Section 3.28 prior to the Closing Date.
5.14 No
Claim Against Trust Fund.
The
Company and the Members acknowledge that, if the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement are not consummated by Parent by October 20, 2007, Parent will
be
obligated to return to its stockholders the amounts being held in the Trust
Fund. Accordingly, the Company and the Members hereby waive all rights against
Parent to collect from the Trust Fund any monies that may be owed to them by
Parent for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to a breach of
this
Agreement by Parent or any negotiations, agreements or understandings with
Parent (other than as a result of the Merger, pursuant to which the Company
would have the right to collect the monies in the Trust Fund), and will not
seek
recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever.
5.15 Disclosure
of Certain Matters.
Each of
Parent and the Company will provide the other with prompt written notice of
any
event, development or condition that (a) would cause any of such party’s
representations and warranties to become untrue or misleading or which may
affect its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, (b) had it existed or been known on the date hereof would have been
required to be disclosed under this Agreement, (c) gives such party any reason
to believe that any of the conditions set forth in Article VI will not be
satisfied, (d) is of a nature that is or may be materially adverse to the
operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of Parent or the
Company, or (e) would require any amendment or supplement to the Proxy
Statement. The parties shall have the obligation to supplement or amend the
Company Schedules and Parent Schedules (the “Disclosure
Schedules”)
being
delivered concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and annexed hereto
with respect to any matter hereafter arising or discovered after delivery hereof
which, if existing or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been
required to be set forth or described in the Disclosure Schedules. The
obligations of the parties to amend or supplement the Disclosure Schedules
being
delivered herewith shall terminate on the Closing Date. Notwithstanding any
such
amendment or supplementation, for purposes of Sections 6.2(a), 6.3(a),
7.1(a)(i), 8.1(d) and 8.1(e), the representations and warranties of the parties
shall be made with reference to the Disclosure Schedules as they exist at the
time of execution of this Agreement, subject to such anticipated changes as
are
set forth in Schedule
4.1
or
otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement or which are set forth in
the
Disclosure Schedules as they exist on the date of this Agreement.
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5.16 No
Solicitation.
(a) Until
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, the Company will not,
and
will cause its Affiliates, employees, agents and representatives not to,
directly or indirectly, solicit or enter into discussions or transactions with,
or encourage, or provide any information to, any corporation, partnership or
other entity or group (other than Parent and its designees) concerning any
merger, sale of ownership interests and/or assets of the Company,
recapitalization or similar transaction.
(b) Parent
will not, and will cause its employees, agents and representatives not to,
directly or indirectly, solicit or enter into discussions or transactions with,
or encourage, or provide any information to, any corporation, partnership or
other entity or group (other than the Company and its designees) concerning
any
merger, purchase of ownership interests and/or assets, recapitalization or
similar transaction.
(c) The
Company shall promptly advise Parent of the nature of any written offer,
proposal or indication of interest that is submitted to the Company and the
identity of the Person making such written offer, proposal or indication of
interest.
5.17 Company
Actions.
(a) The
Company shall use its best efforts to take such actions as are necessary to
fulfill its obligations under this Agreement and to enable
Parent and Merger Sub to fulfill its obligations hereunder.
(b) The
Parent and the Merger Sub shall use their best efforts to take such actions
as
are necessary to fulfill their obligations under this Agreement and to
enable
the Company to fulfill its obligations hereunder.
5.18 Short
Sales.
The
Parent covenants that it will not, nor will it instruct any officer or director
to, execute any Short Sales during the period commencing at the execution of
this Agreement and ending at the Closing Date. Each of Xxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx shall agree to execute a commitment not to execute any Short Sale
as
provided in this Section 5.18. “Short Sales” shall include all “short sales” as
defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.
5.19 Integration.
The Parent shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Parent Common Stock
as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement in a manner that would require the
registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Parent Common Stock
to
the Members as contemplated by this Agreement or that would be integrated with
the offer or sale of the Parent Common Stock.
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ARTICLE
VI
CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
6.1 Conditions
to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger.
The
respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger
shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the
following conditions:
(a) HSR
Act; No Order.
All
specified waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have expired and no
Governmental Entity shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered
any statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent)
which is in effect and which has the effect of making the Merger illegal or
otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger, substantially on the terms
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Stockholder
Approval.
The
Parent Stockholder Approval shall have been duly approved and adopted by the
stockholders of Parent by the requisite vote under the laws of the State of
Delaware and the Parent Charter Documents and an executed copy of an amendment
to Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation shall have been filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to be effective as of the
Closing.
(c) Parent
Common Stock.
Holders
of twenty percent (20%) or more of the shares of Parent Common Stock issued
in
Parent’s initial public offering
of securities and outstanding immediately before the Closing shall not have
exercised their rights to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the
Trust Fund in accordance with Parent’s Charter Documents.
(d) Escrow
Agreement.
Parent,
the Company, the Escrow Agent and the Members shall have executed and delivered
the Escrow Agreement.
6.2 Additional
Conditions to Obligations of Company.
The
obligations of the Company to consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject
to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following
conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the
Company:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
Each
representation and warranty of Parent contained in this Agreement that is
qualified as to materiality shall
have been true and correct (i) as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) on
and
as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing
Date. Each representation and warranty of Parent contained in this Agreement
that is not qualified as to materiality shall have been true and correct (x)
in
all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and (y) in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if
made
on the Closing Date. The Company shall have received a certificate with respect
to the foregoing signed on behalf of Parent by an authorized officer of Parent
(“Parent
Closing Certificate”).
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(b) Agreements
and Covenants.
Parent
shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements
and covenants required by this Agreement
to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date, except
to the extent that any failure to perform or comply (other than a willful
failure to perform or comply or failure to perform or comply with an agreement
or covenant reasonably within the control of Parent) does not, or will not,
constitute a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent, and the Parent
Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such effect.
(c) No
Litigation.
No
action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened before any
Governmental Entity which is reasonably likely to (i) prevent
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii)
cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded
following consummation or (iii) affect materially and adversely or otherwise
encumber the title of the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued by Parent
in connection with the Merger
and no order, judgment, decree, stipulation or injunction to any such effect
shall be in effect.
(d) Consents.
Parent
shall have obtained all consents, waivers and approvals required to be obtained
by Parent in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than consents, waivers and
approvals the absence of which, either alone or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and the
Parent Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such
effect.
(e) Material
Adverse Effect.
No
Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent shall have occurred since the
date of this Agreement.
(f) Opinion
of Counsel.
The
Company shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx,
P.C.
counsel to Parent, an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Company.
(g) Other
Deliveries.
At or
prior to Closing, Parent shall have delivered to the Company (i) copies of
resolutions and actions taken by Parent’s board of directors in connection with
the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder,
and
(ii) such other documents or certificates as shall reasonably be required by
the
Company and its counsel in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
(h) Press
Release.
Parent
shall have delivered the Press Release to the Company, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Company.
(i) Resignations.
The
persons listed on Schedule
6.2(i)
shall
have resigned from all of their positions and offices with Parent.
(j) Trust
Fund.
Parent
shall have made appropriate arrangements with Continental to have the Trust
Fund
disbursed to
Parent
immediately upon the Closing.
(k) Registration
Rights Agreement.
The
Registration Rights Agreement among Parent and the Members, in substantially
the
form of Exhibit
D,
shall
be in full force and effect.
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(l) Warrant
Lock-Up Agreements.
Those
Persons set forth on Schedule
6.2(l)
shall
have entered into lock-up agreements with Parent with respect to their warrants
and shares of Parent Common Stock underlying such warrants, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(m) Short
Sales.
Those
Persons discussed in Section 5.18 above shall have delivered a commitment not
to
engage in Short Sales.
(n) Assumption
of Bridge Loan.
Parent
shall have assumed the Company’s obligations under that certain bridge loan
described on Schedule
6.2(n)
attached
hereto (the “Bridge
Loan”).
6.3 Additional
Conditions to the Obligations of Parent.
The
obligations of Parent to consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject
to
the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following
conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by
Parent:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
Each
representation and warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement that
is
qualified as to materiality shall have been true and correct (i) as of the
date
of this Agreement and (ii) on and as of the Closing Date with the same force
and
effect as if made on the Closing Date. Each representation and warranty of
the
Company contained in this Agreement that is not qualified as to materiality
shall have been true and correct (x) in all material respects as of the date
of
this Agreement and (y) in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date
with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date. Parent shall
have
received a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of the
Company by an authorized officer of the Company (“Company
Closing Certificate”).
(b) Agreements
and Covenants.
The
Company and the Members shall have performed or complied in all material
respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date except to
the
extent that any failure to perform or comply (other than a willful failure
to
perform or comply or failure to perform or comply with an agreement or covenant
reasonably within the control of Company) does not, or will not, constitute
a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and the Company Closing Certificate
shall include a provision to such effect.
(c) No
Litigation.
No
action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened before any
Governmental Entity which is reasonably likely to (i) prevent
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii)
cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
to be rescinded following consummation or (iii) affect materially and adversely
the right of Parent to own, operate or control any of the assets and operations
of the Surviving Entity following the Merger and no order, judgment, decree,
stipulation or injunction to any such effect shall be in effect.
(d) Consents.
The
Company shall have obtained all consents, waivers, permits and approvals
required to be obtained by the Company in connection with
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than consents,
waivers and approvals the absence of which, either alone or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company and the Company Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such
effect.
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(e) Reorganization.
The
reorganization of the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth on Schedule
2.2(a)
hereto
has been completed.
(f) Material
Adverse Effect.
No
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company shall have occurred since
the date of this Agreement.
(g) Employment
Agreements.
Employment Agreements (including non-competition covenants) between the Company
and each of Xxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, substantially in the forms of
Exhibit
E,
shall
be in full force and effect.
(h) Opinion
of Counsel.
Parent
shall have received from Xxxxxxxxx Traurig, P.A., counsel to the Company, an
opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to Parent.
(i) Comfort
Letters.
Parent
shall have received “comfort” letters in the customary form from Moore,
Stephens, Xxxxxxxx, P.A., dated the date of distribution
of the Proxy Statement and the Closing Date (or such other date or dates
reasonably acceptable to Parent) with respect to certain financial statements
and other financial information included in the Proxy Statement.
(j) Lock-Up
Agreements.
Lock-Up
Agreements between Parent and each of the Persons identified in Section 5.11,
substantially in the form of Exhibit
F,
shall
be in full force and effect.
(k) Other
Deliveries.
At or
prior to Closing, the Company shall have delivered to Parent: (i) copies of
resolutions and actions taken by the Company’s
board of directors and stockholders in connection with the approval of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder, and (ii) such other
documents or certificates as shall reasonably be required by Parent and its
counsel in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
(l) Derivative
Securities.
There
shall be outstanding no options, warrants or other derivative securities
entitling the holders thereof to acquire shares of Company membership interests
or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(m) Interested
Party Transactions.
All
interested party transactions, as described in Section 2.24, including any
loans
or other advances to or between the Company and any Subsidiary and any Member,
officer or director (or any affiliate of any of the foregoing) shall have been
terminated or repaid in full as applicable.
(n) Right
of First Refusal.
The
Company (or appropriate Subsidiary) shall have been granted a right of first
refusal with respect to the commercial development of the Island Homes property
and to purchase a portion of such property commercially developed at cost (all
costs, including development costs, carrying costs and transfer costs) which
right of first refusal will be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
Parent.
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ARTICLE
VII
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification
of Parent and Company.
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article VII (including without
limitation the limitations set forth in Section 7.4), Parent and the Company
and
their respective representatives, successors and permitted assigns (the
“Parent
Indemnitees”)
shall
be indemnified, defended and held harmless, severally by the Xxxxx Trust and
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx pro rata in accordance with the distribution of the Merger
Consideration issued to them, from and against all Losses asserted against,
resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by any Parent Indemnitee by reason
of,
arising out of or resulting from:
(i) the
inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of the Company contained
in this Agreement, or
any
certificate delivered by the Company to Parent pursuant to this Agreement with
respect hereto or thereto in connection with the Closing; and
(ii) the
non-fulfillment or breach of any covenant or agreement of the Company contained
in this Agreement.
(b) As
used
in this Article VII, the term “Losses”
shall
include all losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, orders, penalties,
settlements, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, interest,
penalties, court costs and reasonable legal fees and expenses) including those
arising from any demands, claims, suits, actions, costs of investigation,
notices of violation or noncompliance, causes of action, proceedings and
assessments whether or not made by third parties or whether or not ultimately
determined to be valid. Solely for the purpose of determining the amount of
any
Losses (and not for determining any breach) for which any party may be entitled
to indemnification pursuant to Article VII, any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement that is qualified by a term or terms such as
“material,” “materially,” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be deemed made or
given without such qualification and without giving effect to such
words.
7.2 Indemnification
of Third Party Claims.
The
indemnification obligations and liabilities under this Article VII with respect
to actions, proceedings, lawsuits, investigations, demands or other claims
brought against Parent by a Person other than the Company (a “Third
Party Claim”)
shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Notice
of Claim.
Parent,
acting through the Committee, will give the Members prompt written notice after
receiving written notice of any Third Party Claim or discovering the liability,
obligation or facts giving rise to such Third Party Claim (a “Notice
of Claim”)
which
Notice of Third Party Claim shall set forth (i) a brief description of the
nature of the Third Party Claim, (ii) the total amount of the actual
out-of-pocket Loss or the anticipated potential Loss (including any costs or
expenses which have been or may be reasonably incurred in connection therewith),
and (iii) whether such Loss may be covered (in whole or in part) under any
insurance and the estimated amount of such Loss which may be covered under
such
insurance, and the Representative shall be entitled to participate in the
defense of Third Party Claim at its expense.
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(b) Defense.
The
Members shall have the right, at their option (subject to the limitations set
forth in subsection 7.2(c) below) at their own expense, by written
notice to Parent, to assume the entire control of, subject to the right of
Parent to participate (at its expense and with counsel of its choice) in, the
defense, compromise or settlement of the Third Party Claim as to which such
Notice of Claim has been given, and shall be entitled to appoint a recognized
and reputable counsel reasonably acceptable to Parent to be the lead counsel
in
connection with such defense. If the Members are permitted and elect to assume
the defense of a Third Party Claim:
(i) the
Members shall diligently and in good faith defend such Third Party Claim and
shall keep Parent reasonably informed of the status of such defense; provided,
however, that in the case of any settlement providing for remedies other than
monetary damages for which indemnification is provided, Parent shall have the
right to approve the settlement, which approval will not be unreasonably
withheld; and
(ii) Parent
shall cooperate fully in all respects with the Members in any such defense,
compromise or settlement thereof, including, without limitation, the selection
of counsel, and Parent shall make available to the Members all pertinent
information and
documents under its control.
(c) Limitations
of Right to Assume Defense.
The
Members shall not be entitled to assume control of such defense if (i) the
Third
Party Claim relates to or arises in connection with any criminal proceeding,
action, indictment, allegation or investigation; (ii) the Third Party Claim
seeks an injunction or equitable relief against Parent; or (iii) there is a
reasonable probability that a Third Party Claim may materially and adversely
affect Parent other than as a result of money damages or other money
payments.
(d) Other
Limitations.
Failure
to give prompt Notice of Claim or to provide copies of relevant available
documents or to furnish relevant available data shall not affect the
Members’
duty or
obligations under this Article VII, except to the extent (and only to the extent
that) such failure shall have adversely affected the ability of the Members
to
defend
against or reduce the Members’ liability or caused or increased such liability
or otherwise caused the damages for which the Members are obligated to be
greater than such damages would have been had Parent given the Members
prompt
notice hereunder. So long as the Members
are
defending any such action actively and in good faith, Parent shall not settle
such action. Parent shall make available to the Members
all
relevant records and other relevant materials required by them and in the
possession or under the control of Parent, for the use of the Members
in
defending any such action, and shall in other respects give reasonable
cooperation in such defense.
(e) Failure
to Defend.
If the
Members, promptly after receiving a Notice of Claim, fail to defend such Third
Party Claim actively and in good faith, Parent will (upon further written
notice) have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of
such Third Party Claim as it may determine in its reasonable discretion,
provided that the Members
shall
have the right to approve any settlement, which approval will not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(f) Parent’s
Rights.
Anything in this Section 7.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Members shall
not, without the written consent of Parent, settle or compromise any action
or
consent to the entry of any judgment which does not include as an unconditional
term thereof the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff to Parent of a full
and
unconditional release from all liability and obligation in respect of such
action without any payment by Parent.
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(g) Members
Consent.
Unless
the Members have consented to a settlement of a Third Party Claim, the amount
of
the settlement shall not be a binding determination of the amount of the Loss
and, if applicable, such amount shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of the Escrow Agreement.
7.3 Insurance
Effect.
To the
extent that any Losses that are subject to indemnification pursuant to this
Article VII are covered by insurance, Parent shall
use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the maximum recovery under such
insurance; provided that Parent shall nevertheless be entitled to bring a claim
for indemnification under this Article VII in respect of such Losses and the
time limitations set forth in Section 7.4 hereof for bringing a claim of
indemnification under this Agreement shall be tolled during the pendency of
such
insurance claim. The existence of a claim by Parent for monies from an insurer
or against a third party in respect of any Loss shall not, however, delay any
payment pursuant to the indemnification provisions contained herein and
otherwise determined to be due and owing. If Parent has received the payment
required by this Agreement from the Members in respect of any Loss and later
receives proceeds from insurance or other amounts in respect of such Loss,
then
it shall hold such proceeds or other amounts in trust for the benefit of the
Members and shall pay to the Members, as promptly as practicable after receipt,
a sum equal to the amount of such proceeds or other amount received, up to
the
aggregate amount of any payments received hereunder or from the Escrow Account,
as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Loss.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, it is the intention
of
the parties that no insurer or any other third party shall be (i) entitled
to a
benefit it would not be entitled to receive in the absence of the foregoing
indemnification provisions, or (ii) relieved of the responsibility to pay any
claims for which it is obligated.
7.4 Limitations
on Indemnification.
(a) Survival:
Time Limitation.
The
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement or
in
any writing delivered by the Company to Parent in connection with this Agreement
(including the certificate
required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 6.3(a)) shall
survive the Closing until 18 months after the Closing Date (the “Survival
Period”).
The
indemnification and other obligations under this Article VII shall survive
for
the same Survival Period and shall terminate with the expiration of such
Survival Period, except that: (i) any claims for breach of representation or
warranty made by a party hereunder by filing a demand for arbitration under
Section 10.12 shall be preserved until final resolution thereof despite the
subsequent expiration of the Survival Period and (ii) any claims set forth
in a
Notice of Claim sent prior to the expiration of such Survival Period shall
survive until final resolution thereof. Except as set forth in clause (ii)
above, no claim for indemnification under this Article VII shall be brought
after the end of the applicable Survival Period.
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(b) Deductible.
No
amount shall be payable under Article VII unless and until the aggregate amount
of all indemnifiable Losses otherwise payable exceeds $500,000 in the aggregate
(the “Deductible”),
and
no
claim shall be made pursuant to this Article VII until such time as the
aggregate of such Losses exceeds $500,000.
For the
avoidance of doubt, Losses in the amount of $500,000
shall
function as a “deductible,” and only those amounts in excess of $500,000
shall
be
recoverable pursuant to this Article VII. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Deductible will not be applicable
to claims arising from fraud, willful misrepresentation or willful misconduct.
(c) Aggregate
Amount Limitation.
(i) The
aggregate liability for Losses pursuant to Section 7.1 during the first 12
months from the Closing Date (the “First
Indemnity Period”),
shall
not in any event exceed the greater of (A) $10,000,000 in cash if 10,000,0000
shares of Parent Common Stock (the “Tranche
One Escrow Shares”)
are
not deposited by the Escrow Agent in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.15 hereof, or, (B) if applicable, the
Tranche One Escrow Shares. If at any time during the First Indemnity Period,
the
number of Tranche One Escrow Shares in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow
Account is equal to 10,000,000 shares, then the $10,000,000 cash indemnity
obligation of the
Xxxxx
Trust and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (the
“Indemnifying
Parties”)
shall
terminate and the sole liability for indemnification shall be against the
Tranche One Escrow Shares.
(ii) The
aggregate liability for Losses pursuant to Section 7.1 during the period
beginning 12 months and one day from the Closing Date until 18 months from
the
Closing Date (the “Second
Indemnity Period”),
shall
not in any event exceed the greater of (A) $10,000,000 in cash if less than
5,000,0000 shares of Parent Common Stock (the “Tranche
Two Escrow Shares”)
are in
the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account pursuant to the provisions of Section
1.15 hereof at the beginning of the Second Indemnity Period (to the extent
not
exhausted or terminated during the First Indemnity Period), or, (B) if
applicable, the Tranche Two Escrow Shares. If at any time during the Second
Indemnity Period, the number of Tranche Two Escrow Shares in the Earned Shares
Indemnity Escrow Account is equal to 5,000,000 shares, then the $10,000,000
cash
indemnity obligation of the Indemnifying Parties, if not already exhausted,
shall terminate and the sole liability for indemnification shall be against
the
Tranche Two Escrow Shares.
(iii) Notwithstanding
the terms of Section 7.4(c), in no event shall the cash portion of any liability
for Losses during the First Indemnity Period and the Second Indemnity Period,
collectively, exceed a total aggregate amount equal to $10,000,000 and in no
event shall the total aggregate liability of the Indemnified Parties ever exceed
a total value of $75,000,000.
(iv) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Aggregate Amount Limitation shall not apply in the case
of
claims arising from fraud, willful misrepresentation or willful misconduct
but
in no event shall the total liability for Losses to any Indemnifying Party
exceed the Merger Consideration received by the Xxxxx Trust and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
less any taxes paid by them.
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(v) To
the
extent that there is an indemnifiable Claim, the Claim shall be satisfied in
the
following order of priority: (A) during the First Indemnity Period, first,
from
the Tranche One Escrow Shares until such time as the Earned Shares Indemnity
Escrow Account is reduced to zero and second, if less than 10,000,000 shares
of
Parent Common Stock were in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account, from
the
$10,000,000 by the Indemnifying Members and (B) during the Second Indemnity
Period, first, from the Tranche Two Escrow Shares until such time as the Earned
Shares Indemnity Escrow Account is reduced to zero and second, if less than
5,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock were in the Earned Shares Indemnity
Escrow Account, from the $10,000,000 by the Indemnifying Members.
(vi) For
purposes of this Article VII, each share of Parent Common Stock included as
Tranche One Escrow Shares and Tranche
Two Escrow Shares shall at all times have a value equal to $7.50 notwithstanding
the market price for the Parent Common Stock as reported on the OTC BB or any
other applicable exchange or automated quotation system at the time any Claim
is
made hereunder.
(vii)
If
additional shares are required to be deposited in the Earned
Shares Indemnity Escrow Account in accordance with Section 1.15 during either
the First Indemnity Period or the Second Indemnity Period, and any amount of
the
Uncovered Claim continues to be unsatisfied, then the first shares of Parent
Common Stock scheduled to be placed in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow
Account shall be applied to the unsatisfied portion of the Uncovered Claim
and
the remaining shares to be
deposited in the Earned
Shares Indemnity Escrow Account shall be reduced by the quotient of: (1) the
amount of cash paid by the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the Uncovered
Claim divided by (2) $7.50. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Uncovered
Claim” shall mean a Claim where the total value of such Claim exceeds the value
of the Parent Common Stock then contained in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow
Account during the relevant indemnity period.
For
example:
During
the First Indemnity Period, if there are 3,000,000 shares of Parent Common
Stock
in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account and an Uncovered Claim for an
amount equal to $40,000,000 is made, then, those 3,000,000 shares are applied
to
that Uncovered Claim on a $7.50 valuation. The Indemnifying Parties still have
a
$10 million cash obligation because there are less than the total Tranche One
Escrow Shares in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account. Thus, because
the
shares in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account are worth only $22,500,000
(3,000,000 x $7.50), then the Indemnifying Parties would have to pay up to
$10
million in cash during the First Indemnity Period for a total indemnification
payment of $32,500,000. If 5,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock are
subsequently scheduled to be placed in the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow
Account, then the first shares of Parent Common Stock scheduled to be placed
in
the Earned Shares Indemnity Escrow Account shall be applied to the remaining
$7,500,000 of outstanding liability from the Uncovered Claim and the remaining
shares to be
deposited in the Earned
Shares Indemnity Escrow Account shall be reduced by 1,333,000 shares of Parent
Common Stock ($10,000,000 divided by $7.50).
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7.5 Exclusive
Remedy.
Parent
hereby acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the Closing, its sole and
exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims, whether direct, third
party
or otherwise, for money damages
arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be pursuant and subject
to
the requirements of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Article
VII. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing contained in this Article
VII
shall in any way impair, modify or otherwise limit Parent’s or Company’s right
to bring any claim, demand or suit against the other party based upon such
other
party’s actual fraud or intentional or willful misrepresentation or omission, it
being understood that a mere breach of a representation and warranty, without
intentional or willful misrepresentation or omission, does not constitute
fraud.
7.6 Damages;
No Adjustment to Merger Consideration.
Amounts
paid for indemnification under Article VII shall constitute damages paid by
the
Members for breach of contract and not as an adjustment to the value of the
shares of Parent Common Stock issued by Parent as a result of the Merger.
7.7 Application
of Escrow Shares.
The
parties acknowledge that all actions to be taken by Parent pursuant to this
Article VII shall be taken on its behalf by the Committee in accordance with
the
provisions of the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agent, pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement after the Closing, may apply all or a portion of the Escrow Shares
to
satisfy any claim for indemnification pursuant to this Article VII. The Escrow
Agent will hold the remaining portion of the Escrow Shares until final
resolution of all claims for indemnification or disputes relating
thereto.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
8.1 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(a) by
mutual
written agreement of Parent and the Company at any time;
(b) by
either
Parent or the Company if the Proxy Statement shall not have been mailed to
the
record owners of Parent Common Stock on or before October
1, 2007;
(c) by
either
Parent or the Company if a Governmental Entity shall have issued an order,
decree or ruling or taken any other action, in any case
having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting
the Merger, which order, decree, ruling or other action is final and
nonappealable;
(d) by
the
Company, upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement on the part of Parent set forth in this Agreement,
or if any representation or warranty of Parent shall have become untrue, in
either case such that the conditions set forth in Article VI would not be
satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or
warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if such breach by Parent
is
curable by Parent prior to the Closing Date, then the Company may not terminate
this Agreement under this Section 8.1(d) for thirty (30) days after delivery
of
written notice from the Company to Parent of such breach, provided Parent
continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (it
being understood that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant
to
this Section 8.1(d) if it shall have materially breached this Agreement or
if
such breach by Parent is cured during such thirty (30)-day period);
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(e) by
Parent, upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement,
or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue,
in
either case such that the conditions set forth in Article VI would not be
satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation
or
warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if such breach is curable
by
the Company prior to the Closing Date, then Parent may not terminate this
Agreement under this Section 8.1(e) for thirty (30) days after delivery of
written notice from Parent to the Company of such breach, provided the Company
continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (it
being understood that Parent may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.1(e) if it shall have materially breached this Agreement or if such
breach by the Company is cured during such thirty (30)-day period);
(f) by
either
Parent or the Company, if, at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (including any
adjournments thereof), this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby shall fail to be approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the
holders of Parent Common Stock required under Parent’s certificate of
incorporation, or the holders of 20% or more of the number of shares of Parent
Common Stock issued in Parent’s initial public offering and outstanding as of
the date of the record date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting exercise their
rights to convert the shares of Parent Common Stock held by them into cash
in
accordance with Parent’s certificate of incorporation;
(g) by
either
Parent or the Company if the Closing Date shall not have occurred by October
20,
2007.
8.2 Notice
of Termination; Effect of Termination.
Any
termination of this Agreement under Section 8.1 above will be effective
immediately upon (or, if the termination is pursuant to Section 8.1(d) or
Section 8.1(e) and the proviso therein is applicable, thirty (30) days after)
the delivery of written notice of the terminating party to the other parties
hereto. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section
8.1, this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect and the Merger shall
be abandoned, except for and subject to the following: (i) Sections 5.6, 5.14,
8.2 and 8.3 and Article X (General Provisions) shall survive the termination
of
this Agreement. The sole remedy of any party hereto for breach of this Agreement
occurring prior to Closing by any other party hereto shall be limited to
termination of this Agreement, and no party shall have any claim against the
other for damages of equitable relief for breach of this Agreement occurring
prior to the Closing.
8.3 Fees
and Expenses.
Whether
or not the Merger is consummated and except as otherwise provided herein, all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger including, without
limitation, all legal, accounting, financial advisory, consulting and all other
fees and expenses of third parties incurred by a party in connection with the
negotiation and effectuation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be the obligation of the respective
party incurring such fees and expenses.
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ARTICLE
IX
DEFINED
TERMS
Terms
defined in this Agreement are organized alphabetically as follows, together
with
the Section and, where applicable, paragraph, number in which definition
of each such term is located:
“Affiliate”
Section 10.2(e)
“Agreement”
Heading
“Approvals”
Section 2.1(a)
“Audited
Financial Statements” Section 2.8 (a)
“Blue
Sky
Laws” Section 1.17(b)
“Bridge
Loan” Section 6.2(n)
“Business
Day” Section 1.2
“Capitalization
Amendment” Section 5.1(a)
“Certificate
of Merger” Section 1.3
“Charter
Documents” Section 2.2(b)
“Closing
Date” Section 1.2
“COBRA”
Section 2.12(a)
“Code”
Recital C
“Committee”
Section 1.18
“Company”
Heading
“Company
Closing Certificate” Section 6.3(a)
“Company
Contracts” Section 2.21(a)
“Company
Employee Plan” Section 2.12(a)
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“Company
Intellectual Property” Section 2.19
“Company
Registered Intellectual Property” Section 2.19
“Company
Disclosure Schedule” Article II Preamble
“Company
Material Adverse Effect” Article
II Preamble
“Company
Membership Interests” Section 1.6(b)
“Construction
Contracts” Section 2.15(l)
“Construction
Project” Section 2.15(l)
“Corporate
Records” Section 2.1(b)
“Continental”
Section 1.15
“Deductible”
Section 7.4(b)
“Disclosure
Schedules” Section 5.15
“Florida
Act” Recital B
“DOL”
Section 2.12(a)
“Earn-Out
Period” Section 1.19(a)
“Effective
Time” Section 1.3
“Employee”
Section 2.12(a)
“Employee
Agreement” Section 2.12(a)
“Environmental
Law” Section 2.17(f)
“ERISA”
Section 2.12(a)
“Escrow
Agreement” Section 1.15
“Escrow
Shares” Section 1.15
“Evaluation
Date” Section 3.22
“Exchange
Act” Section 1.17(b)
“Florida
Act” Recital B
“FMLA”
Section 2.12(a)
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“Governmental
Entity” Section 1.17(b)
“Hazardous
Substance” Section 2.17(b)
“HIPAA”
Section 2.12(a)
“HSR
Act”
Section 2.5(b)
“Insider”
Section 2.21 (b)(iiii)(1)
“Intellectual
Property” Section 2.19
“International
Employee Plan” Section 2.12(a)
“IRS”
Section 2.12(a)
“Island
Homes” Section 2.15(o)
“Island
Homes Owner” Section 2.15(o)
“Knowledge”
Section 10.2(c)
“Lease”
Section 2.15(b)
“Leased
Real Property” Section 2.15(b)
“Legal
Requirements” Section 10.2(a)
“Lien”
Section 10.2(d)
“Losses”
Section 7.1(b)
“Material
Company Contracts” Section 2.21(b)
“Material
Permits” Section 2.7(a)
“Material
Projects” Article II Preamble
“Member/Members”
Heading
“Merger”
Recital B
“Merger
Consideration” Section 1.6(a)
“Merger
Form 8-K Section 5.4(a)
“Merger
Sub” Heading
“Merger
Sub Membership Interest” Section 1.9
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“Name
Change Amendment” Section 5.1(a)
“NASD”
Section 3.18
“Net
Income Statement” Section 1.19(a)
“Notice
of Claim” Section 7.2(a)
“Operating
Agreement” Section 2.1(a)
“Optioned
Property Agreement” Section 2.3(b)
“Optioned
Property Redevelopment Agreement” Section 2.15(c)
“Optioned
Property Mortgage” Section 2.15(c)
“Optioned
Property Projects” Article II Preamble
“Optioned
Property Provider” Article II Preamble
“OTC
BB”
Section 3.18
“Owned
Real Property” Section 2.15(a)
“Owned
Real Property Leases” Section 2.15 (j)
“PBGC”
Section 2.12(a)
“Parent”
Heading
“Parent
Closing Certificate” Section 6.2(a)
“Parent
Common Stock” Section 1.6(a)
“Parent
Contracts” Section 3.14(b)
“Parent
Convertible Securities” Section 3.3(a)
“Parent
Indemnitees” Section 7.1(a)
“Parent
Material Adverse Effect” Article III Preamble
“Parent
Plan” Section 5.1(a)
“Parent
Preferred Stock” Section 3.3(a)
“Parent
SEC Reports” Section 3.7(a)
“Parent
Stockholder Approval” Section 5.1(a)
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“Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting” Section 2.26
“Parent
Stock Options” Section 3.3(a)
“Parent
Warrants” Section 3.3(a)
“Patents”
Section 2.19
“Pension
Plan” Section 2.12(a)
“Person”
Section 10.2(b)
“Press
Release” Section 5.4(a)
“Project
Material Adverse Effect” Article II Preamble
“Proxy
Statement” Section 2.26
“Real
Property” Section 2.15(e)
“Registered
Intellectual Property” Section 2.19
“Registration
Rights Agreement” Section 1.16
“Requisite
Member Approval” Section 2.4
“Returns”
Section 2.16(a)(i)
“Routine
Operating Contracts” Section 2.21(a)
“Securities
Act” Section 1.16
“Short
Sales” Section 5.18
“Subject
Party” Section 5.6(b)(iii)
“Subsidiary/Subsidiaries”
Section 2.2(a)
“Survival
Period” Section 7.4(a)
“Surviving
Entity” Section 1.1
“Tax/Taxes”
Section 2.16
“Third
Party Claim” Section 7.2
“Trademarks”
Section 2.19
“Trust
Fund” Section 3.20
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“U.S.
GAAP” Section 2.8(a)
“Unaudited
Financial Statements” Section 2.8(a)
ARTICLE
X
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
10.1 Notices.
All
notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given if delivered personally or by commercial delivery
service, or sent via telecopy (receipt confirmed) to the parties at the
following addresses or telecopy numbers (or at such other address or telecopy
numbers for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
if
to
Parent, to:
0
Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx, Esq.
Mintz
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx, P.C.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Facsimile:
212-983-3115
if
to the
Company or Members, to:
Cay
Clubs
LLC
00000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx PT Phoenix, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, P.A.
000
X.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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10.2 Interpretation.
When a
reference is made in this Agreement to an Exhibit or Schedule, such reference
shall be to an Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to
Sections or subsections, such reference shall be to a Section or subsection
of
this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated the words “include,” “includes” and
“including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the
words “without limitation.” The table of contents and headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When reference is made herein
to
“the business of” an entity, such reference shall be deemed to include the
business of all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such entity. Reference
to
the Subsidiaries of an entity shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of such entity. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) the
term
“Legal
Requirements”
means
any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law,
resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or
requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise
put
into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity and all
requirements set forth in applicable Company Contracts or Parent
Contracts;
(b) the
term
“Person”
shall
mean any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture,
estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock
company), firm
or
other enterprise, association, organization, entity or Governmental
Entity;
(c) the
term
“Knowledge”
means
(i) with respect to the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, actual knowledge,
of Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxx, (ii) with respect to the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries, actual knowledge, as to any matter
described in Sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.17 or 2.21(c), of any written notice actually
received, as evidenced by written proof of delivery, by any member of the
Company’s Legal Department, and (iii) with respect to the Parent and Merger Sub,
actual
knowledge, without any duty to investigate, of
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx.
(d) the
term
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge or encumbrance of any
kind
(including, without limitation,
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature
thereof, any sale with recourse against the seller or any Affiliate of the
seller, or any agreement to give any security interest);
(e) the
term
“Affiliate”
means,
as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”
(including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by”
and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
(f) all
monetary amounts set forth herein are referenced in United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted.
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10.3 Counterparts;
Facsimile Signatures.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or
more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to
the
other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same
counterpart. Delivery by facsimile or by email delivery of a “.pdf” format data
file to counsel for the other party of a counterpart executed by a party shall
be deemed to meet the requirements of the previous sentence.
10.4 Entire
Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement and the documents and instruments and other agreements among the
parties hereto as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Exhibits
and Schedules hereto (a) constitute the entire agreement among the parties
with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof, it being understood that the proposed summary of terms
between Parent and the Company dated February 23, 2007 is hereby terminated
in
its entirety and shall be of no further force and effect; and (b) are not
intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies hereunder
(except as specifically provided in this Agreement). The representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement and made by the parties hereto were
made
to and solely for the benefit of each other.
10.5 Severability.
In the
event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes
or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force
and
effect and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances
will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto.
The parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of
this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to
the
extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or
unenforceable provision.
10.6 Other
Remedies; Specific Performance.
Except
as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred
upon a party will be deemed
cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or
by
law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy
will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The parties hereto agree
that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions
of
this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or
were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be
entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any
court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in
addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in
equity.
10.7 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of
the
State of Delaware regardless of the law that might
otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law
thereof.
10.8 Rules
of Construction.
The
parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the
negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the
application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing
that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against
the
party drafting such agreement or document.
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10.9 Assignment.
No
party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or
obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of
the
other parties. Subject to the first sentence of this Section 10.9, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
10.10 Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time by execution of
an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties.
10.11 Extension;
Waiver.
At any
time prior to the Closing, any party hereto may, to the extent legally allowed,
(i) extend the time for the performance of any
of
the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained
herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance
with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained
herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or
waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed
on
behalf of such party. Delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall
not constitute a waiver of such right.
10.12 Jurisdiction
and Venue.
Any
civil action or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
shall be brought in the federal and state courts located in the State of
Delaware. Each party consents to the jurisdiction of such Delaware court in
any
such civil action or legal proceeding and waives any objection to the laying
of
venue of any such civil action or legal proceeding in such Delaware court.
Service of any court paper may be effected on such party by mail, as provided
in
this Agreement, or in such other manner as may be provided under applicable
laws, rules of procedure or local rules.
10.13 JURY
WAIVER. IN ANY CIVIL ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM, OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER AT LAW OR
IN
EQUITY, WHICH ARISES OUT OF, CONCERNS, OR RELATES TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY AND
ALL
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT,
OR THE RELATIONSHIP CREATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT,
TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, TRIAL SHALL BE TO A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION AND NOT TO A JURY. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY. ANY PARTY MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART
OR A
COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT, AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF
THE
PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT OF THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. NEITHER
PARTY HAS MADE OR RELIED UPON ANY ORAL REPRESENTATIONS TO OR BY ANY OTHER PARTY
REGARDING THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS PROVISION. EACH PARTY HAS READ AND
UNDERSTANDS THE EFFECT OF THIS JURY WAIVER PROVISION. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT HAS BEEN ADVISED BY ITS OWN COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTION
GOVERNED BY THIS AGREEMENT AND SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS
SECTION.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed
as of the date first written above.
KEY HOSPITALITY ACQUISITION CORPORATION | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
|
Key Merger Sub, LLC | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
|
Cay Clubs LLC | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |
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MEMBERS: | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
F. Xxxx Xxxxx Irrevocable Trust under Agreement dated August 31, 2004 | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |
F. Xxxx Xxxxx, as Trustee |
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INDEX
OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A
|
—
|
CERTIFICATE
OF MERGER
|
EXHIBIT
B
|
—
|
OPERATING
AGREEMENT OF COMPANY POST-CLOSING
|
EXHIBIT
C
|
—
|
FORM
OF ESCROW AGREEMENT
|
EXHIBIT
D
|
—
|
FORM
OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
|
EXHIBIT
E
|
—
|
FORM
OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
|
EXHIBIT
F
|
—
|
FORM
OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
|
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1.19 | — | CALCULATION OF FORFEITED SHARES |
PARENT SCHEDULES | ||
SCHEDULE 3.3 | — | CAPITALIZATION |
SCHEDULE 3.13 | — | BROKERS |
SCHEDULE 3.21 | — | GOVERNMENTAL FILINGS |
SCHEDULE 5.2 | — | OFFICERS OF PARENT AND SURVIVING ENTITY |
SCHEDULE 6.2(j) | — | RESIGNATIONS FROM PARENT |
SCHEDULE 6.2(l) | — | LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS WITH PARENT |
SCHEDULE 6.2(n) | — | BRIDGE LOAN DESCRIPTION |
COMPANY SCHEDULES | ||
SCHEDULE 1.6(a) | — | MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS AND CAPITALIZATION |
SCHEDULE 2.2(a) | — | SUBSIDIARIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHART |
SCHEDULE 2.10 | — | ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS |
SCHEDULE 2.12(b) | — | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND COMPENSATION |
SCHEDULE 2.15(a) | — | REAL PROPERTY |
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SCHEDULE 2.15(b) | — | REAL PROPERTY LEASES |
SCHEDULE 2.15(c) | — | OPTION AND LEASE AGREEMENTS |
SCHEDULE 2.15(j) | — | OWNED REAL PROPERTY LEASES |
SCHEDULE 2.17(c) | — | UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS / ENVIRONMENTAL |
SCHEDULE 2.21 | — | MATERIAL CONTRACTS |
SCHEDULE 2.22(a) | — | DIRECTORS |
SCHEDULE 2.23 | — | INSURANCE COVERAGE |
SCHEDULE 4.1 | — | PROPERTIES OF INTEREST |
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