ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT between HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, as the Buyer and PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD., as the Seller Dated as of June 4, 2010
EXHIBIT 10.2
NOTE: Portions of this Exhibit are the subject of a Confidential Treatment Request by the
Registrant to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Such portions have been
redacted and are marked with a “[***]” in the place of the redacted language. The redacted
information has been filed separately with the Commission.
between
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY,
as the Buyer
and
as the Seller
Dated as of June 4, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE |
11 | |||
Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets |
11 | |||
Section 2.2 Excluded Assets |
12 | |||
Section 2.3 Assumed Liabilities |
13 | |||
Section 2.4 Excluded Liabilities |
13 | |||
Section 2.5 Consents and Waivers; Further Assurances |
14 | |||
Section 2.6 Consideration |
14 | |||
Section 2.7 Closing |
15 | |||
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER |
16 | |||
Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification |
17 | |||
Section 3.2 Authority |
17 | |||
Section 3.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents |
17 | |||
Section 3.4 Title to Assets; Sufficiency of Assets |
18 | |||
Section 3.5 Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
18 | |||
Section 3.6 Compliance with Law; Permits |
18 | |||
Section 3.7 Litigation |
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Section 3.8 Employees |
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Section 3.9 Labor and Employment Matters |
20 | |||
Section 3.10 Intellectual Property |
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Section 3.11 Taxes |
25 | |||
Section 3.12 Material Contracts |
26 | |||
Section 3.13 Offered Employee Non-Competition Agreements |
27 | |||
Section 3.14 Warranties |
27 | |||
Section 3.15 Conduct of Business |
27 | |||
Section 3.16 Brokers |
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Section 3.17
[***] |
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Section 3.18 Disclosure |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER |
28 | |||
Section 4.1 Organization |
28 | |||
Section 4.2 Authority |
28 | |||
Section 4.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents |
28 |
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1 Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing |
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Section 5.2 Covenants Regarding Information |
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Section 5.3 Exclusivity |
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Section 5.4 Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation |
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Section 5.5 Notification of Certain Matters; Supplements to Disclosure Schedules |
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Section 5.6 Payment of Liabilities |
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Section 5.7 Employee Matters |
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Section 5.8 Confidentiality |
39 | |||
Section 5.9 The Trademark Opposition Settlement Agreement |
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Section 5.10 Consents and Filings |
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Section 5.11 Public Announcements |
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Section 5.12 [***] |
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Section 5.13 [***] |
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ARTICLE VI TAX MATTERS |
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Section 6.1 Transfer Taxes |
41 | |||
Section 6.2 Purchase Price Allocation |
41 | |||
Section 6.3 Prorations |
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Section 6.4 Tax Clearance Certificate |
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
42 | |||
Section 7.1 General Conditions |
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Section 7.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Seller |
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Section 7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer |
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ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION |
45 | |||
Section 8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties |
45 | |||
Section 8.2 Indemnification by the Seller |
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Section 8.3 Indemnification by the Buyer |
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Section 8.4 Limitations |
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Section 8.5 Materiality; Knowledge; No Right of Contribution |
47 | |||
Section 8.6 Knowledge of the Buyer |
48 | |||
Section 8.7 Indemnification Procedure for Third Party Claims |
48 | |||
Section 8.8 Indemnification Procedure for Non Third Party Claims |
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Section 8.9 Remedies Not Affected by Investigation, Disclosure or Knowledge |
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Section 8.10 Effect on Purchase Price |
49 | |||
Section 8.11 Escrow Fund |
49 | |||
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION |
49 | |||
Section 9.1 Termination |
49 |
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Section 9.2 Effect of Termination |
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ARTICLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 10.1 Fees and Expenses |
51 | |||
Section 10.2 Amendment and Modification |
51 | |||
Section 10.3 Waiver |
51 | |||
Section 10.4 Notices |
51 | |||
Section 10.5 Interpretation |
52 | |||
Section 10.6 Entire Agreement |
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Section 10.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 10.8 Governing Law |
53 | |||
Section 10.9 Submission to Jurisdiction |
53 | |||
Section 10.10 Assignment; Successors |
53 | |||
Section 10.11 Enforcement |
54 | |||
Section 10.12 Currency |
54 | |||
Section 10.13 Severability |
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Section 10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial |
54 | |||
Section 10.15 Counterparts |
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Section 10.16 Facsimile Signature |
54 | |||
Section 10.17 Time of Essence |
54 | |||
Section 10.18 No Presumption Against Drafting Party |
54 |
ANNEXES
Annex A
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Transferred Software | |
Annex B
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Excluded Employees | |
Annex C
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Buyer’s Technical Representatives | |
Annex D
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Optional Employees |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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Form of Xxxx of Sale | |
Exhibit B
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Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement | |
Exhibit C
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Form of Buyer License Agreement | |
Exhibit D
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Form of Seller License Agreement | |
Exhibit E
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Short Form Patent Assignment Agreement | |
Exhibit F
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Short Form Trademark Assignment Agreement | |
Exhibit G
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Form of Escrow Agreement | |
Exhibit H
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Form of InfoObjects Side Letter | |
Exhibit I
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[***] |
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 4, 2010 (this “Agreement”), between
Hewlett-Packard Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Buyer”), and Phoenix Technologies
Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”).
RECITALS
A. The Seller is engaged in certain software development, marketing, sales, maintenance and
support activities related to the Transferred Software and the provision of related services (the
“Business”).
B. The Seller wishes to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer wishes to purchase from the Seller,
the Purchased Assets and in connection therewith the Buyer is willing to assume certain liabilities
and obligations of the Seller relating thereto, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained,
and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement:
“Accounts Receivables” means all accounts and notes receivable (whether current or
noncurrent), refunds, deposits, prepayments or prepaid expenses of the Business.
“Action” means any claim, action, suit, inquiry, proceeding, audit or investigation by
or before any Governmental Authority, or any other arbitration, mediation or similar proceeding.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such first Person.
“Ancillary Agreements” means the Xxxx of Sale, the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, the Buyer License Agreement, the Seller License Agreement, the Short Form Patent
Assignment Agreement, the Short Form Trademark Assignment Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the
Employment Agreements and all other agreements, documents and instruments required to be delivered
by any party pursuant to this Agreement, and any other agreements, documents or instruments entered
into at or prior to Closing in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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“Benefit Arrangement” means any employment, consulting, severance or other similar
contract, arrangement or policy and each plan, arrangement (written or oral), program, agreement or
commitment providing for insurance coverage (including any self-insured arrangements), workers’
compensation, disability benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits, vacation benefits,
retirement benefits, life, health, disability or accident benefits (including any “voluntary
employees’ beneficiary association” as defined in Section 501(c)(9) of the Code providing for the
same or other benefits) or for deferred compensation, profit-sharing bonuses, stock options, stock
appreciation rights, stock purchases or other forms of incentive compensation or post-retirement
insurance, compensation or benefits that (i) is not a Welfare Plan, Pension Plan or Multiemployer
Plan, (ii) is entered into, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to, as the
case may be, by the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates or under which the Seller or any of its
ERISA Affiliates may incur any liability and (iii) covers or has covered any employee or former
employee of the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates (with respect to their relationship with such
entities).
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which
banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in the City of New York.
“Business Employee” means the employees of the Seller primarily engaged as of the date
of this Agreement in work relating to the Business, other than Excluded Employees.
“Business Records” means all books, records, ledgers and files or other similar
information of the Seller (in any form or medium) related to, used or held for use solely in
connection with the Business or the Purchased Assets, including all client lists, vendor lists,
correspondence, mailing lists, revenue records, invoices, advertising materials, brochures, records
of operation, standard forms of documents, manuals of operations or business procedures,
photographs, blueprints, research files and materials, data books, Intellectual Property
disclosures and information, media materials and plates, accounting records and litigation files
(but excluding the organization documents, minute and stock record books and corporate seal of the
Seller) in each case to the extent such items exist and are in the possession or control of the
Seller.
“Collateral Materials” means all collateral materials, manuals, promotional materials,
sales materials, display materials and product information materials, and all books and records,
that are, in all material respects, exclusively related to the Transferred Software and that are
listed on Schedule 2.1(a)(1) and any Copyrights in and to the Collateral Materials.
“Contract” means any contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether
written or oral and whether express or implied.
“control,” including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, as trustee or executor, as general partner or managing member, by
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Contract or otherwise, including the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having
the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of
such Person.
“Employee Plans” means all Benefit Arrangements, Multiemployer Plans, Pension Plans
and Welfare Plans.
“Encumbrance” means any charge, claim, limitation, condition, equitable interest,
mortgage, lien, option, pledge, security interest, easement, encroachment, right of first refusal,
adverse claim or restriction of any kind, including any restriction on or transfer or other
assignment, as security or otherwise, of or relating to use, quiet enjoyment, voting, transfer,
receipt of income or exercise of any other attribute of ownership. For the purposes of clarity, it
is understood that any Encumbrance in favor of the Buyer is not within the foregoing definition of
Encumbrance.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that is (or at any relevant time was) a member of a
“controlled group of corporations” with or under “common control” with the Seller as defined in
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or that is otherwise (or at any relevant time was) required to be
treated, together with the Seller, or as the case may be, as a single employer under Sections
414(m) or (o) of the Code.
“Escrow Agent” means a bank or trust company selected by the Buyer and reasonably
acceptable to the Seller to act as the escrow agent in connection with this Agreement and the
Escrow Agreement.
“Escrow Amount” means Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).
“Escrow Period” means the term of the Buyer License Agreement but in no case less than
[***] following the Closing.
“Employee Offer Letters” means, collectively, the employment offer letters to be
presented by the Buyer to the Offered Employees.
“Excluded Employees” means those employees of the Seller listed on Annex B.
“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date on
which they are applied pursuant to this Agreement, applied consistently throughout the relevant
periods.
“Governmental Authority” means any United States or non-United States federal,
national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar government, governmental, regulatory
or administrative authority, branch, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or arbitral or
judicial body (including any grand jury).
“Inbound Licenses” means all Contracts under which the Seller uses or has the
right to use any Third Party Licensed Intellectual Property, exclusive of any Retained Licenses, as
set forth on Schedule 3.12(a)(ix)(1), and exclusive of any non-exclusive
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licenses to commercially available off-the-shelf software entered into in the ordinary course.
“Intellectual Property” means any or all of the following: (i) proprietary inventions
(whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, industrial designs, improvements, trade
secrets, proprietary information, know how, technology, technical data and customer lists, and all
documentation relating to any of the foregoing; (ii) business, technical and know-how information,
non-public information, and confidential information including databases and data collections and
all rights therein; (iii) works of authorship (including computer programs, source code, object
code, whether embodied in software, firmware or otherwise), architecture, artwork, logo images,
documentation, files, records, schematics, verilog files, netlists, emulation and simulation
reports, test vectors and hardware development tools; (iv) processes, devices, prototypes,
schematics, bread boards, net lists, mask works, test methodologies and hardware development tools;
(v) logos, trade names, trade dress, trademarks, service marks, World Wide Web addresses, uniform
resource locators and domain names, tools, methods and processes; and (vii) any similar or
equivalent property of any of the foregoing (as applicable)
“Intellectual Property Rights” means 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 throughout the world (“Patents”); (ii)
copyrights, copyrights registrations and applications therefor, and all other rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world including moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however
denominated (“Copyrights”); (iii) industrial designs and any registrations and applications
therefor throughout the world; (iv) trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service marks,
trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications therefor and all goodwill associated
therewith throughout the world (“Trademarks”); (v) trade secrets (including, those trade
secrets defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and under corresponding foreign statutory and
common law), business, technical and know-how information, non-public information, and confidential
information and rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any person; including databases
and data collections and all rights therein (“Trade Secrets”); (vi) mask works, mask work
registrations and applications, and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world;
and (vii) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing (as applicable).
“Inventory” means all inventory, including raw and packing materials,
work-in-progress, finished goods, supplies, parts and similar items related to, used or held for
use in connection with the Business.
“Knowledge,” with respect to a party, means the knowledge of any officer or director
of such party and such knowledge as would be imputed to such persons after due inquiry consistent
with customary duties of similarly situated officers and directors.
“Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, executive order,
treaty, convention, standard, injunction, judgment, decree or order of any Governmental Authority.
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“Made Available” means all documents and information loaded into the data room
maintained by xXxxx.xxx, no later than three (3) days prior to the date of this Agreement.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, circumstance, occurrence, effect or
state of facts that individually or in the aggregate (i) is or could reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse to the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations of the Business, taken as a whole, (ii) has materially impaired, or could
reasonably be expected to impair, the value of the Purchased Assets, taken as a whole, or (iii)
materially impairs the ability of the Seller to consummate, or prevents or materially delays, any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or could reasonably
be expected to do so; provided, however, that in no event would any change generally affecting any
of the industries in which the Seller and its Subsidiaries operate, or the economy as a whole,
including, without limitation, any change in commodity prices, be deemed to constitute a “Material
Adverse Effect”.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA, (i) that the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains, administers, contributes to
or is required to contribute to, or, after September 25, 1980, maintained, administered,
contributed to or was required to contribute to, or under which the Seller or any of its ERISA
Affiliates may incur any liability and (ii) that covers or has covered any employee or former
employee of the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates (with respect to their relationship with such
entities) or for which the Seller may be responsible.
“Offered Optional Employees” means any employees listed on Annex D (“Optional
Employees”) that receive offers of employment from Buyer at any time during the period
beginning as of the date hereof and continuing until the Closing.
“Outbound Licenses” means all Contracts under which the Seller has licensed to others
the right to use or agreed to transfer to others any of the Seller Owned Intellectual Property,
exclusive of any Retained Licenses, as set forth on Schedule 3.12(a)(ix)(2).
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) (i) that the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates
maintains, administers, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or, within the five years
prior to the Closing Date, maintained, administered, contributed to or was required to contribute
to, or under which any such entity may incur any liability and (ii) that covers or has covered any
employee or former employee of the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates (with respect to their
relationship with such entities) or for which the Seller may be responsible.
“Permits” means all permits, licenses, franchises, approvals, certificates, consents,
waivers, concessions, exemptions, orders, registrations, notices or other authorizations issued to,
or required to be obtained or maintained by, the Seller by a
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Governmental Authority with respect to the conduct or operation of the Business as currently
conducted or the ownership or use of the Purchased Assets, and all pending applications therefor
and amendments, modifications and renewals thereof.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
limited liability partnership, syndicate, person, trust, association, organization or other entity,
including any Governmental Authority, and including any successor, by merger or otherwise, of any
of the foregoing.
“Plan Sponsor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(16)(B) of ERISA.
“Policy” means each insurance policy and fidelity bond which covers the Business or
the Seller with respect to the Business.
“Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date and
that portion of any Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date.
“Related Party,” with respect to any specified Person, means: (i) any Affiliate of
such specified Person, or any director, executive officer, general partner or managing member of
such Affiliate; (ii) any Person who serves as a director, executive officer, partner, member or in
a similar capacity of such specified Person; (iii) any immediate family member of a Person
described in clause (ii); or (iv) any other Person who holds, individually or together with any
Affiliate of such other Person and any member(s) of such Person’s immediate family, more than 5% of
the outstanding equity or ownership interests of such specified Person.
“Return” means any return, declaration, report, statement, information statement and
other document required to be filed with respect to Taxes.
“Rights” means all rights under or in respect of any Seller Owned Intellectual
Property, including all rights to xxx and recover damages for past, present and future
infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation, unlawful imitation or breach thereof, and all
rights of priority and protection of interests therein under the laws of any jurisdiction.
“Seller Contract” means any Contract primarily related to the Business or the
Purchased Assets to which the Seller is a party, under which the Seller may have any rights or by
which the Seller, the Business or any of the Purchased Assets may be bound.
“Seller Licensed Intellectual Property” means the Intellectual Property and
Intellectual Property Rights licensed by the Seller to the Buyer under the Seller License
Agreement.
“Seller Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property and Intellectual
Property Rights that are owned by the Seller and which, primarily, relates to, or is used or held
for use in connection with the Seller Products or the Business as presently conducted or as
presently contemplated to be conducted by the Seller, exclusive of any Retained Intellectual
Property.
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“Seller Source Code” means source code for which the Intellectual Property and
Intellectual Property Rights therein are part of the Seller Owned Intellectual Property.
“Straddle Period” means any Tax period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing
Date.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlled by such
first Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries.
“Tax Arbitrator” means (i) a nationally recognized accounting firm jointly retained by
the Buyer and the Seller or (ii) if no nationally recognized accounting firm will agree to resolve
the dispute, a Person with expertise in the issues related to the dispute jointly retained by the
Buyer and the Seller.
“Taxes” means: (i) all federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross
income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, registration,
license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments
or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax
or additional amounts with respect thereto; (ii) any liability for payment of amounts described in
clause (i) whether as a result of transferee liability, of being a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period or otherwise through operation of law; and
(iii) any liability for the payment of amounts described in clauses (i) or (ii) as a result of any
tax sharing, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement or any other express or implied agreement to
indemnify any other Person.
“Third Party Licensed Intellectual Property” shall mean all Intellectual Property and
Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Seller by third parties which relates to, or is used
or held for use in connection with the Seller Products or the Business as presently conducted or as
presently contemplated to be conducted by the Seller.
“Transferred Software” means the software product developed and marketed by the
Seller, as more fully described on Annex A, including the object code and source code form thereof,
and including any existing alpha or beta versions of any upgrade, updates or new releases thereof
and all technical and customer documentation exclusively relating thereto in all material respects.
“Welfare Plan” means any “employee welfare benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(1)
of ERISA, (i) that the Seller or any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains, administers, contributes to
or is required to contribute to, or under which any such entity may incur any liability and (ii)
that covers or has covered any employee or former employee of any such entity (with respect to
their relationship with such entities) or for which any such entity may be responsible.
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TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
Cross Reference | ||||||
Term | in Agreement | Page | ||||
Accounts Receivables |
Section 1.1 | 1 | ||||
Action |
Section 1.1 | 1 | ||||
Affiliate |
Section 1.1 | 1 | ||||
Agreement |
Preamble | 1 | ||||
Allocation Statement |
Section 6.2 | 41 | ||||
Ancillary Agreements |
Section 1.1 | 1 | ||||
Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
Section 2.7(b)(ii) | 15 | ||||
Assumed Contracts |
Section 2.1(b) | 11 | ||||
Assumed Liabilities |
Section 2.3 | 13 | ||||
Benefit Arrangement |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
Xxxx of Sale |
Section 2.7(b)(i) | 15 | ||||
Business Day |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
Business Employee |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
Business |
Recitals | 1 | ||||
Business Records |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
Buyer 401(k) Plan |
Section 5.7(g) | 38 | ||||
Buyer License Agreement |
Section 2.7(b)(iii) | 15 | ||||
Buyer |
Preamble | 1 | ||||
Buyer Prohibited Employee |
Section 5.4(e)(vii) | 34 | ||||
Buyer Welfare Plans |
Section 5.7(e) | 37 | ||||
Closing Date |
Section 2.7(a) | 15 | ||||
Closing |
Section 2.7(a) | 15 | ||||
COBRA |
Section 5.7(d) | 37 | ||||
Collateral Materials |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
Competing Business |
Section 5.4(a)(i) | 32 | ||||
Confidential Information |
Section 5.8(b) | 39 | ||||
Confidentiality Agreement |
Section 5.8(a) | 39 | ||||
Contract |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
control |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
controlled by |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
Copyrights |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Core Representations |
Section 8.1(a) | 45 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.4(e)(x) | 34 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.4(e)(xi) | 34 | ||||
Customer |
Section 5.4(a)(iv) | 33 | ||||
[***] |
Section 3.7 | 19 | ||||
Disclosure Schedules |
Article III | 16 | ||||
dollars, or $, or US$ |
Section 10.12 | 54 | ||||
Employee Offer Letters |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Employee Plans |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Encumbrance |
Section 1.1 | 3 |
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TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
Cross Reference | ||||||
Term | in Agreement | Page | ||||
Enhance |
Section 5.4(e)(iv) | 34 | ||||
ERISA Affiliate |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Escrow Agent |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Escrow Agreement |
Section 2.7(b)(viii) | 15 | ||||
Escrow Amount |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Escrow Fund |
Section 8.11 | 49 | ||||
Escrow Period |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Excluded Assets |
Section 2.2 | 12 | ||||
Excluded Contracts |
Section 2.2(d) | 12 | ||||
Excluded Employees |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Excluded Liabilities |
Section 2.4 | 13 | ||||
GAAP |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Governmental Authority |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Group Health Plan |
Section 5.7(d) | 37 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.4(e)(v) | 34 | ||||
Inbound Licenses |
Section 1.1 | 3 | ||||
Indemnification Cap |
Section 8.4(b) | 47 | ||||
Indemnitee |
Section 8.7(a) | 48 | ||||
Indemnitor |
Section 8.7(a) | 48 | ||||
Intellectual Property Rights |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Intellectual Property |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Inventory |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Knowledge |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Law |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Losses |
Section 8.2 | 46 | ||||
Made Available |
Section 1.1 | 5 | ||||
Material Adverse Effect |
Section 1.1 | 5 | ||||
Material Contracts |
Section 3.12(a) | 26 | ||||
Multiemployer Plan |
Section 1.1 | 5 | ||||
Non-Compete Period |
Section 5.4(a) | 32 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.4(e)(i) | 34 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.4(e)(ix) | 34 | ||||
Notice of Claim |
Section 8.7(a) | 48 | ||||
Offered Employees |
Section 5.7(b) | 37 | ||||
Open Source Materials |
Section 3.10(j) | 23 | ||||
Outbound Licenses |
Section 1.1 | 5 | ||||
Patents |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
PC Client Device |
Section 5.4(e)(iii) | 34 | ||||
Pension Plan |
Section 1.1 | 5 | ||||
Permits |
Section 1.1 | 5 | ||||
Permits |
Section 3.6(b) | 19 | ||||
Permitted Encumbrances |
Section 3.4(a) | 18 |
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TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
Cross Reference | ||||||
Term | in Agreement | Page | ||||
Person |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Plan Sponsor |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Policy |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Pre-Closing Tax Period |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Purchase Price |
Section 2.6 | 14 | ||||
Purchased Assets |
Section 2.1 | 11 | ||||
Related Party |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Representatives |
Section 5.2(a) | 30 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.4(e)(viii) | 34 | ||||
Retained Intellectual Property |
Section 2.2(b) | 12 | ||||
Retained Licenses |
Section 2.2(c) | 12 | ||||
Return |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Rights |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Schedule |
Article III | 16 | ||||
Seller 401(k) Plan |
Section 5.7(g) | 38 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.4(e)(ii) | 34 | ||||
Seller Contract |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Seller Indemnified Parties |
Section 8.3 | 46 | ||||
Seller Indemnified Party |
Section 8.3 | 46 | ||||
Seller License Agreement |
Section 2.7(b)(iv) | 15 | ||||
Seller Licensed Intellectual Property |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Seller Owned Intellectual Property |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Seller |
Preamble | 1 | ||||
Seller Products |
Section 3.10(a) | 22 | ||||
Seller Prohibited Employee |
Section 5.4(e)(vi) | 34 | ||||
Seller Registered Intellectual Property |
Section 3.10(b) | 22 | ||||
Seller Source Code |
Section 1.1 | 6 | ||||
Short Form Patent Assignment Agreement |
Section 2.7(b)(v) | 15 | ||||
Short Form Trademark Assignment Agreement |
Section 2.7(b)(vi) | 15 | ||||
Straddle Period |
Section 1.1 | 7 | ||||
Subsidiary |
Section 1.1 | 7 | ||||
Tax Arbitrator |
Section 1.1 | 7 | ||||
Tax Clearance Certificate |
Section 6.4 | 42 | ||||
Taxes |
Section 1.1 | 7 | ||||
Third Party Claim |
Section 8.7(a) | 48 | ||||
Third Party Licensed Intellectual Property |
Section 1.1 | 7 | ||||
Tier 1 Development Team |
Section 5.7(b) | 37 | ||||
Tier 2 Development Team |
Section 5.7(b) | 37 | ||||
Trade Secrets |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Trademarks |
Section 1.1 | 4 | ||||
Transfer Tax |
Section 6.1 | 41 | ||||
Transferred Software |
Section 1.1 | 7 |
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TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
Cross Reference | ||||||
Term | in Agreement | Page | ||||
Transferring Employees |
Section 5.7(b) | 37 | ||||
under common control with |
Section 1.1 | 2 | ||||
[***] |
Section 3.17 | 27 | ||||
[***] |
Section 5.13 | 41 | ||||
WARN Act |
Section 3.9(e) | 21 | ||||
Warranty Losses |
Section 8.4(a) | 47 | ||||
Welfare Plan |
Section 1.1 | 7 |
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
PURCHASE AND SALE
Section 2.1
Purchase and Sale of Assets. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Seller shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and
deliver to the Buyer, and the Buyer, in reliance on the representations, warranties and covenants
of the Seller contained herein, shall purchase from the Seller, all of the Seller’s right, title
and interest in and to all assets, properties and rights of every nature, kind and description,
whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, accrued or contingent (including
goodwill), wherever located and whether now existing or hereafter acquired prior to the Closing
Date, exclusively related to, used or held for use in connection with the Business, including all
assets related to the Phoenix ‘Hyperspace’ product, in each case as they shall exist on the Closing
Date, whether or not reflected on or specifically referred to in the Schedules attached hereto,
other than the Excluded Assets (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), in each case free
and clear of any Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances, including, without limitation:
(a) the
Seller Owned Intellectual Property, Inbound Licenses, Transferred Software, any
Collateral Materials listed on Schedule 2.1(a)(1), domain names listed on Schedule
2.1(a)(2), Seller Products and any other assets listed on Schedule 2.1(a)(3);
(b) the Contracts listed on Schedule 2.1(b) (the “Assumed Contracts”);
(c) all Permits used in the Business and not otherwise required or used by the Seller outside
of the Business and transferable to the Buyer;
(d) all lists of current customers, suppliers, resellers and material vendors of the Business
and all maintenance, service and support records for such current customers;
(e) all Rights;
(f) all confidentiality, nondisclosure and assignment of invention agreements entered into by
the Seller with any Person other than current or former
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employees of the Business and exclusively
relating to the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities;
(g) all marketing documents, business records, customer maintenance, service and support
records, programmer logs and correspondence, in whatever form (electronic, written or otherwise)
related exclusively to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities; provided that
such books and records shall expressly not include documents, materials or information which are
subject to attorney-client, work product or similar privilege or which were prepared in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the sale of the Business, the Purchased
Assets or the Assumed Liabilities;
(h) all of the Seller’s goodwill in, and going concern value of, the Business and the
Purchased Assets.
Section 2.2 Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 2.1 to the
contrary, the Seller is not selling, and the Buyer is not purchasing, any of the following assets
of the Seller related to the Business, all of which shall be retained by the Seller (collectively,
the “Excluded Assets”):
(a) all of the Seller’s cash and cash equivalents;
(b) the Intellectual Property and software set forth on Schedule 2.2(b) (“Retained
Intellectual Property”);
(c) the inbound license agreements set forth on Schedule 2.2(c) hereto (“Retained
Licenses”);
(d) all Contracts, other than the Assumed Contracts, including, but not limited to, the
Contracts set forth on Schedule 2.2(d) (“Excluded Contracts”);
(e) all rights of the Seller under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements;
(f) Accounts Receivables;
(g) the corporate seals, certificate of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock books, Tax
Returns, books of account or other records having to do with the corporate organization of the
Seller;
(h) all Policies and all rights and benefits thereunder;
(i) any refund or credit of the Seller’s and its Affiliates’ Taxes attributable to any
Pre-Closing Tax Period, Excluded Liability or to any other Excluded Asset;
(j) any and all records prepared in connection with the sale of the Business to the Buyer;
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(k) any and all Tax records to the extent related to Taxes that constitute Excluded
Liabilities; and
(l) all other properties, assets, goodwill and rights of the Seller of whatever kind and
nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, other than Purchased Assets.
Section 2.3 Assumed Liabilities. In connection with purchase and sale of the
Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement, at the Closing, the Buyer shall assume all liabilities
of the Seller under the Assumed Contracts that are required to be performed on
or after the Closing Date, other than any such liabilities expressly delineated as Excluded
Liabilities in Section 2.4 (the “Assumed Liabilities”).
Section 2.4 Excluded Liabilities. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.3 or
any other provision of this Agreement, any Schedule or Exhibit hereto or any Ancillary Agreement to
the contrary, and regardless of any disclosure to the Buyer, the Buyer shall not assume or be
obligated to pay, perform or otherwise discharge (and the Seller shall retain, pay, perform or
otherwise discharge without recourse to the Buyer) any liabilities or obligations of the Seller of
any kind, character or description whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, known or unknown,
absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, and currently existing or hereinafter arising other
than the Assumed Liabilities expressly assumed under Section 2.3 (the “Excluded
Liabilities”), including the following:
(a) all Taxes arising from or with respect to the Purchased Assets or the operation of the
Business that are incurred in or attributable to any period, or any portion of any period, ending
on or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantees thereof outstanding as of the Closing
Date;
(c) any liability arising from or related to any breach, failure to perform, torts related to
the performance of, violations of Law, infringements or indemnities under, guaranties pursuant to
and overcharges or underpayments under, any Seller Contract prior to the Closing Date;
(d) any liability arising from or related to any compliance or noncompliance prior to the
Closing Date with any Law applicable to the Seller, the Business or the Purchased Assets;
(e) any liability arising from or related to any Action against the Seller, the Business or
the Purchased Assets pending as of the Closing Date or based upon any action, event, circumstance
or condition arising prior to the Closing Date;
(f) any liability incurred by the Seller or any Person other than the Buyer arising out of or
relating to the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
(including fees and expenses payable to all attorneys and accountants, other professional fees and
expenses and bankers’, brokers’ or finders’ fees for persons not engaged by the Buyer);
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(g) any liability or obligation arising from or relating to the Excluded Contracts; and
(h) any liability or obligation relating to an Excluded Asset.
Section 2.5 Consents and Waivers; Further Assurances.
(a) Nothing in this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements shall be construed as an agreement
to assign any Assumed Contract, Permit, Right or other
Purchased Asset that by its terms or pursuant to applicable Law is not capable of being sold,
assigned, transferred or delivered without the consent or waiver of a third party or Governmental
Authority unless and until such consent or waiver shall be given. The Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts, and the Buyer shall cooperate reasonably with the Seller, to
obtain such consents and waivers and to resolve the impediments to the sale, assignment, transfer
or delivery contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements and to obtain any other
consents and waivers necessary to convey to the Buyer all of the Purchased Assets. In the event
any such consents or waivers are not obtained prior to the Closing Date, (i) the Seller shall
continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the relevant consents or waivers until
such consents or waivers are obtained, and the Seller will cooperate with the Buyer to provide that
the Buyer shall receive the interest of the Seller in the benefits under any such Assumed Contract,
Permit, Right or other Purchased Asset, including performance by the Seller, if economically
feasible, as agent. Nothing in this Section 2.5(a) shall affect the Buyer’s right to terminate
this Agreement under Section 9.1 in the event that any consent or waiver as described herein is not
obtained.
(b) From time to time, whether before, at or following the Closing, the Seller and the Buyer
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver all such further conveyances, notices, assumptions and
releases and such other instruments, and shall take such further actions, as may be necessary or
appropriate to assure fully to the Buyer all of the properties, rights, titles, interests, estates,
remedies, powers and privileges intended to be conveyed to the Buyer under this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements and to assure fully to the Seller the assumption of the liabilities and
obligations intended to be assumed by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, and to otherwise make effective as promptly as practicable the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
Section 2.6 Consideration. In full consideration for the sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance and delivery of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer, at the Closing, or as soon as
reasonably practical following the Closing but in no event later than two Business Days, the Buyer
shall (a) pay to the Seller, by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by the Seller
to the Buyer at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, an amount equal to Twelve
Million Dollars ($12,000,000) (the “Purchase Price”), less the Escrow Amount, in
immediately available funds in United States dollars, (b) deposit the Escrow Amount by wire
transfer of immediately available funds in United States dollar with the Escrow Agent, to be
managed and paid out by the Escrow Agent
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pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement and (c) assume the Assumed Liabilities.
Section 2.7 Closing.
(a) The sale and purchase of the Purchased Assets and the assumption of the Assumed
Liabilities contemplated by this Agreement shall take place at a closing (the “Closing”) to
be held at the offices of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 1800 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on the tenth Business Day following the satisfaction or,
to the extent permitted by applicable Law,
waiver of all conditions to the obligations of the parties set forth in Article VII (other
than such conditions as may, by their terms, only be satisfied at the Closing or on the Closing
Date), or at such other place or at such other time or on such other date as the Seller and the
Buyer mutually may agree in writing. The day on which the Closing takes place is referred to as
the “Closing Date.”
(b) At the Closing, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Buyer the
following documents:
(i) a xxxx of sale for the Purchased Assets, in the form of Exhibit A (the “Xxxx
of Sale”), duly executed by the Seller;
(ii) a counterpart of the Assumption Agreement, in the form of Exhibit B (the
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), duly executed by the Seller;
(iii) a counterpart of the license agreement, in the form of Exhibit C (the “Buyer
License Agreement”), duly executed by the Seller;
(iv) a counterpart of the license agreement, in the form of Exhibit D (the “Seller
License Agreement”), duly executed by the Seller;
(v) a short form patent assignment agreement, in the form of Exhibit E (the “Short
Form Patent Assignment Agreement”), duly executed by the Seller;
(vi) a short form trademark assignment agreement, in the form of Exhibit F (the
“Short Form Trademark Assignment Agreement”), duly executed by the Seller;
(vii) a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement, in the form of Exhibit G (the “Escrow
Agreement”), duly executed by the Seller and the Escrow Agent;
(viii) a duly executed certificate of an executive officer of the Seller certifying the
fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a) and (h);
(ix) a certificate of non-foreign status described in Treasury Regulations section 1.1445
2(b)(2) for the Seller;
(x) side letter executed by InfoObjects, in the form of Exhibit H;
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(xi) A copy of the Seller letter [***].
(xii) A copy of the Certificate of Destruction of Source Code by Samsung, pursuant to Section
E-3 of the Amendment dated October 14, 2009 to the Technology License and Services Agreement
between the Seller and Samsung dated December 1, 2004; and
(xiii) such other bills of sale, assignments and other instruments of assignment, transfer or
conveyance, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Buyer, as the Buyer may reasonably request or as may be otherwise necessary or desirable to
evidence and effect the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance and delivery of the Purchased Assets
to the Buyer and to put the Buyer in actual possession or control of the Purchased Assets, duly
executed by the Seller.
(c) At the Closing, the Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller the
following documents:
(i) a counterpart of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, duly executed by the Buyer;
(ii) a counterpart of the Buyer License Agreement, duly executed by the Buyer;
(iii) a counterpart of the Seller License Agreement, duly executed by the Buyer;
(iv) a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Buyer; and
(v) such other documents and instruments, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Seller, as the Seller may reasonably request or as may be otherwise necessary or desirable to
evidence and effect the assumption by the Buyer of the Assumed Liabilities, duly executed by the
Buyer.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE SELLER
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE SELLER
Except as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the Disclosure
Schedules attached hereto (individually, a “Schedule,” and, collectively, the
“Disclosure Schedules”) (each of which shall be arranged in Sections and subsections
corresponding to the specifically identified Sections or subsections hereof to which such
Disclosure Schedule relates and shall not qualify any other provision of this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement), provided that any information disclosed in one Schedule shall be considered
to be made for purposes of another section of the Disclosure Schedules to the extent that the
relevance or applicability of the disclosure is clearly apparent on the face of such disclosure,
the Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer as follows:
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Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification. The Seller is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has full corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate the Purchased Assets and to carry on the Business as
it is now being conducted. The Seller is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do
business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of the
Purchased Assets or the conduct of the Business makes such qualification or licensing necessary,
except where the failure to be so qualified or so licensed or to be in good standing would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.2 Authority. The Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it will be a party, to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and
each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it will be a party and the consummation by the Seller of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action. This Agreement has been, and upon their execution each of the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Seller will be a party will have been, duly executed and
delivered by the Seller. This Agreement constitutes, and upon their execution each of the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Seller will be a party will constitute, the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their
respective terms except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws and equitable principles related to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
Section 3.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and each of the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Seller will be a party, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not:
(i) conflict with or violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or equivalent
organizational documents of the Seller;
(ii) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Seller, the Business or any of the
Purchased Assets or by which the Seller, the Business or any of the Purchased Assets are bound or
affected; or
(iii) result in any breach of, constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would become a default) under, require any consent of or notice to any Person
pursuant to, give to others any right of termination, amendment, modification, acceleration or
cancellation of, allow the imposition of any fees or penalties, require the offering or making of
any payment or redemption, give rise to any increased, guaranteed, accelerated or additional rights
or entitlements of any Person or otherwise adversely affect any rights of the Seller or the
Business under, or result in the creation of
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any Encumbrance on any of the Purchased Assets
pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise,
instrument, obligation or other Contract to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller, the
Business or the Purchased Assets are bound or affected.
(b) The Seller is not required to file, seek or obtain any notice, authorization, approval,
order, permit or consent of or with any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to
which it will be a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or
in order to prevent the termination of
any right, privilege, license or qualification of or affecting the Business or the Purchased
Assets.
Section 3.4 Title to Assets; Sufficiency of Assets.
(a) The Seller has good and valid title to or a valid license in all of the Purchased Assets,
free and clear of any Encumbrance, other than (i) liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, (ii)
assessments or governmental charges or landlords’, workers’, carriers’ and mechanics’ or other like
liens with respect to which payment is not due and that do not impair the conduct of the Business
or the present use of the affected property and (iii) liens that are immaterial in character,
amount, and extent and which do not detract from the value or interfere with the present or
proposed use of the properties they affect (collectively, “Permitted Encumbrances”). The
delivery to the Buyer of the Xxxx of Sale and other instruments of assignment, conveyance and
transfer pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will transfer to the Buyer good
and valid title to or a valid leasehold interest in all of the Purchased Assets, free and clear of
any Encumbrance other than Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) The Purchased Assets, together with the Seller Licensed Intellectual Property, constitute
all of the assets, properties and rights necessary and sufficient for the conduct and operation of
the Business as currently conducted or as presently contemplated to be conducted.
Section 3.5 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since December 31, 2009, (a) the
Seller has conducted the Business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; (b)
there has not been any change, event or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) neither the Business nor
the Purchased Assets have suffered any loss, damage, destruction or other casualty affecting any
material properties or assets thereof or included therein, whether or not covered by insurance.
Since March 31, 2010, the Seller has not taken any action that, if taken after the date of this
Agreement, would constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1.
Section 3.6 Compliance with Law; Permits.
(a) To the Knowledge of the Seller, the Seller is and has been since January 1, 2007, in
compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the
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Seller in connection with the
conduct or operation of the Business and the ownership or use of the Purchased Assets. Neither the
Seller nor any of its executive officers has received, nor to the Knowledge of the Seller is there
any basis for, any notice, order, complaint or other communication from any Governmental Authority
or any other Person that the Seller is not in compliance with any such Laws.
(b) Schedule 3.6 sets forth a true and complete list of all Permits necessary for the
Seller to own, lease and operate the Purchased Assets and to carry on the Business as currently
conducted (the “Permits”). The Seller is and has been since January 1, 2007, in compliance
in all material respects with all such Permits. No suspension,
cancellation, modification, revocation or nonrenewal of any Permit is pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Seller, threatened.
Section 3.7 Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no Action (except for any
Actions commenced by Persons other than Governmental Authorities that would not reasonably be
expected to result in a liability or loss in respect of the Business or the Purchased Assets of
more than [***] individually or in the aggregate) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller,
threatened in connection with the Business or the Purchased Assets or the Seller’s ownership or
operation thereof, nor is there any basis for any such Action. There is no Action pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened seeking to prevent, hinder, modify, delay or challenge the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements. There is no outstanding
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of, or pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Seller, threatened investigation by, any Governmental Authority relating to the
Business, the Purchased Assets, the Seller’s ownership or operation thereof or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements. There is no Action by the Seller
pending, or which the Seller has commenced preparations to initiate, against any other Person in
connection with the Business or the Purchased Assets. [***]
Section 3.8 Employees.
(a) Schedule 3.8(a) sets forth a complete and accurate list of the names of all
current Business Employees, specifying their position and description of the areas of
responsibility with respect to the Business, and their salary, date of hire, business location,
commission, bonus and incentive entitlements and identifying which Business Employees are currently
receiving long-term or short-term disability benefits or are absent from active employment on
pregnancy, parental adoption or other leave and their anticipated dates of return to active
employment.
(b) Schedule 3.8(b) sets forth a true and complete list of all Employee Plans that
cover any Business Employee. True and complete copies of each of the following documents have been
delivered or Made Available by the Seller to the Buyer:
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(i) each Welfare Plan, Pension Plan and Multiemployer Plan that covers any Business
Employee (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written
summary plan descriptions and summaries of material modifications, as those terms are defined by
ERISA Section 102 which have been distributed to any Business Employee or his or her beneficiaries
in such plan and all annuity contracts or other funding instruments;
(ii) each Benefit Arrangement that covers any Business Employee, including material written
descriptions thereof and written descriptions thereof which have been distributed to any Business
Employee or his or her beneficiaries in such
Benefit Arrangement and a complete description of any such Benefit Arrangement that is not in
writing; and
(iii) the most recent determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect
to each Pension Plan that covers any Business Employee.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8(c):
(i) none of the Pension Plans that covers any Business Employee who is a resident of the
United States is a Multiemployer Plan or a Pension Plan that is subject to either Title IV of ERISA
or Section 412 of the Code;
(ii) each Pension Plan that covers any Business Employee who is a resident of the United
States and each related trust agreement, annuity contract or other funding instrument is qualified
and tax exempt under the provisions of Code Sections 401(a) (or 403(a), as appropriate) and 501(a)
and has been so qualified during the period from its adoption to date;
(iii) each Welfare Plan that covers any Business Employee who is a resident of the United
States and which is a “group health plan,” as defined in Section 607(1) of ERISA, has been operated
in compliance with the provisions of Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and Sections 162(k) and 4980B of
the Code at all times; and
(iv) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will result in
the acceleration or creation of any rights of any Business Employee under any Employee Plan
(including the acceleration of the vesting or exercisability of any stock options, the acceleration
of the vesting of any restricted stock, the acceleration of the accrual or vesting of any benefits
under any Pension Plan or the acceleration or creation of any rights under any severance, parachute
or change in control agreement).
Section 3.9 Labor and Employment Matters.
(a) The Seller is not a party to any labor or collective bargaining Contract that pertains to
any Business Employees. There are no organizing activities or collective bargaining arrangements
that could affect the Business pending or under discussion with any Business Employees or any labor
organization. There is, and has
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been, no labor dispute, strike, controversy, slowdown, work
stoppage or lockout pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against or affecting the
Business or the Seller in connection with the Business, nor is there any basis for any of the
foregoing. The Seller has not breached or otherwise failed to comply with the provisions of any
collective bargaining or union Contract affecting any Business Employees. There are no pending or,
to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened union grievances or union representation questions
involving any Business Employees.
(b) The Seller has not engaged and is not engaging in any unfair labor practice in connection
with the Business. No unfair labor practice or labor charge or
complaint is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened with respect to the
Business or the Seller in connection with the Business before the National Labor Relations Board,
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other Governmental Authority.
(c) The Seller has withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority or is holding
for payment not yet due to such Governmental Authority all amounts required to be withheld from
Business Employees and is not liable for any arrears of wages, Taxes, penalties or other sums for
failure to comply with any applicable Laws relating to the employment of labor in connection with
the Business. The Seller has paid in full to all Business Employees or adequately accrued in
accordance with GAAP for all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation
due to or on behalf thereof.
(d) The Seller is not a party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, or citation
by, any Governmental Authority relating to or affecting Business Employees or employment practices
in connection with the Business. Neither the Seller nor any of its executive officers has received
any notice of intent by any Governmental Authority responsible for the enforcement of labor or
employment laws to conduct an investigation relating to the Business and, to the Knowledge of the
Seller, no such investigation is in progress.
(e) Since the enactment of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the
“WARN Act”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101 et seq., the Seller has not effectuated (i) a “plant
closing” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or
operating units within any site of employment or facility of the Seller related to the Business, or
(ii) a “mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or facility of
the Seller related to the Business, nor has the Seller been affected by any transaction or engaged
in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of any similar
state or local law. No Business Employee has suffered an “employment loss” (as defined in the WARN
Act) in the past three years.
Section 3.10 Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 3.10(a)(i) and Schedule 3.10(a)(ii) contain, respectively, a
complete and accurate list of (i) all products and services, primarily relating to the
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Business,
marketed by the Seller and (ii) all products and service offerings, primarily relating to the
Business, that are in development as of the date hereof (other than updates or upgrades to existing
products) and that the Seller expected or intended to make available commercially in the future in
connection with the Business (such products described in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the
“Seller Products”).
(b) Schedule 3.10(b) contains a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of
the following Seller Owned Intellectual Property: (i) all registered Trademarks and material
unregistered Trademarks; (ii) all Patents and (iii) all registered Copyrights and applications
therefor, in each case listing, as applicable, (A) the name of the
applicant/registrant and current owner, (B) the jurisdiction where the
application/registration is located and (C) the application or registration number (“Seller
Registered Intellectual Property”). No Seller Registered Intellectual Property has been deemed
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, and to the Seller’s Knowledge all Seller Registered
Intellectual Property is valid and subsisting. All necessary documents and certificates in
connection with any Seller Registered Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant
patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the United States or elsewhere in the world,
as the case may be, for the purposes of perfecting, prosecuting and maintaining any Seller
Registered Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(b), there are no
actions that must be taken by the Seller within 150 days of the date of this Agreement, including
the payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any responses to
Governmental Entity office actions, documents, applications or certificates for the purposes of
obtaining, maintaining, perfecting or preserving or renewing any Seller Registered Intellectual
Property. The Seller has not claimed “small business status,” in the application for or
registration of any Seller Registered Intellectual Property.
(c) Schedule 3.10(c) contains a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of
the domain name registrations of the Seller that relate to the Business.
(d) The Seller owns all right, title and interest in the Seller Owned Intellectual Property,
free and clear of all Encumbrances. The Seller has not granted any exclusive license under any
Seller Owned Intellectual Property or any licenses to use any Seller Source Code. All Seller Owned
Intellectual Property was written and created solely by either (i) employees of the Seller acting
within the scope of their employment or (ii) by third parties who have validly and irrevocably
assigned all of their rights therein to the Seller.
(e) The Seller has taken reasonable and appropriate steps to protect and preserve the
confidentiality of the Trade Secrets that comprise any part of the Seller Owned Intellectual
Property, and to the Knowledge of the Seller, there have not occurred any unauthorized uses,
disclosures or infringements of any such Trade Secrets by any Person. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Seller has a valid confidentiality and assignment agreement, substantially in the
Seller’s standard form previously delivered to
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the Buyer, in place with each employee and
contractor who has ever created Seller Owned Intellectual Property.
(f) Each of the Seller Owned Intellectual Property and Seller Products has not infringed upon
or otherwise violated, or is not infringing upon or otherwise violating, in any respect the
Intellectual Property Rights of any third party. To the Knowledge of the Seller as of the date
hereof, no person or any of such person’s products or services or other operation of such person’s
business is infringing upon or otherwise violating any Seller Owned Intellectual Property.
(g) There is no suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding made, conducted or brought by
a third party that has been served upon or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, filed or threatened
with respect to, and the Seller have not been notified in writing of, any alleged infringement or
other violation by the Seller or any of its current products or services or other operation of the
Business of the Intellectual Property Rights of such third party. There is no pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Seller, threatened claim challenging the validity or enforceability of, or
contesting the Seller’s rights with respect to, any of the Seller Owned Intellectual Property. The
Seller has not received any opinion of counsel regarding (i) any potential allegation of
infringement, (ii) the application of any Patent to the Seller Products, or (iii) the operation of
the Business with respect to the foregoing. The Seller is not subject to any order of any
Governmental Entity that restricts or impairs the use, transfer or licensing of any Seller Owned
Intellectual Property.
(h) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not result in (i) the Seller granting to any third party any rights or
licenses to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights, (ii) any right of
termination or cancellation under any Inbound Licenses, (iii) the imposition of any Encumbrance on
any Seller Owned Intellectual Property, or (iv) the requirement to pay any royalties or other
amounts in excess of those that would have, in any event, been payable by the Seller had the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred.
(i) As of the date hereof, there are no design or other errors in the Seller Products that
permit unauthorized access to computers or systems of users through those Seller Products. The
Seller has implemented procedures consistent with standard industry practices to ensure that the
Seller Products are free from viruses, disabling codes or other malicious code.
(j) Schedule 3.10(j) contains a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of
all software that is distributed as “open source software” or under a similar licensing or
distribution model (including, but not limited to, the GNU General Public License) (collectively,
“Open Source Materials”) used by the Seller in connection with the Business or incorporated
in or used in connection with any Seller Product, including a description of the manner in which
such Open Source Materials are used, including
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whether (and, if so, how) the Open Source Materials
were modified and/or distributed by the Seller. Except as described and set forth in Schedule
3.10(j), the Seller has not (i) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open
Source Materials with, any Seller Product, (ii) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction
with any Seller Product, or (iii) used Open Source Materials in a manner that creates obligations
for the Seller or any Subsidiary with respect to Seller Owned Intellectual Property to grant to any
third party, any right or immunity with respect to any Seller Owned Intellectual Property
(including, but not limited to, using any requirement that other software incorporated into,
derived from or distributed with such Open Source Materials be (A) disclosed or distributed in
source code form, (B) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works or (C) redistributable at
no charge).
(k) The Seller has not experienced any defects in the software and hardware used in relation
to the Business as it is currently conducted that have not been fully resolved, including any error
or omission in the processing of any data.
(l) None of the Seller Source Code for the Seller Products or Trade Secrets have been
published or disclosed by the Seller, except to its employees or consultants under a non-disclosure
agreement, a form of which has been provided to the Buyer. Schedule 3.10(l) identifies each
Contract pursuant to which the Seller has deposited, or is or may be required to deposit, with an
escrow agent or any other person or entity, any Seller Source Code. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not constitute a condition sufficient to entitle the
beneficiary under any escrow arrangement under which the Seller has deposited any Seller Source
Code for any Seller Product or Trade Secret to require release of such Seller Source Code or Trade
Secret.
(m) The Seller’s collection processing, use, storage, transfer and dissemination of personally
identifiable information of customers, employees, suppliers and other third parties in connection
with their business has been conducted in accordance with applicable privacy policies published or
otherwise adopted by the Seller and any applicable Law.
(n) No government funding, facilities of a university, college, other educational institution
or research center or funding from third parties was used in the development of any Seller Owned
Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Seller, no employee of the Business who was
involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Seller Owned Intellectual
Property, has performed services for the government, university, college, or other educational
institution or research center with respect to technology or inventions that have been or may be
incorporated into a Seller Product or related to Seller Owned Intellectual Property during a period
of time during which such employee of the Business was also performing services for the Seller.
(o) The Seller has no commitment to any standards body to license any Seller Owned
Intellectual Property, to any person or entity by virtue of that person or entity being a member of
a standards body, or to any person or entity by virtue of that
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person or entity having implemented
a standard administered or promulgated by a standards body. The Seller Products are not required
to be compliant with any standards promulgated or administered by, or with any operating systems
offered by, any third party.
(p) If the Seller has exported the Seller Products, or any technical information or other
technology within its control, it has done so in all respects in compliance with the U.S. export
Laws promulgated and enforced by the Bureau of Export Administration and any other applicable
export/import control Law.
(q) No Trademark identified on Schedule 3.10(b) has been or is now involved in any
opposition or cancellation proceeding and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, no such proceeding is or
has been threatened with respect to any of such Trademarks. No
Patent identified on Schedule 3.10(b) has been or is now involved in any interference,
reissue or reexamination proceeding and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, no such proceeding is or
has been threatened with respect thereto any of such Patents.
(r) The Seller has not taken any action or failed to take any action that could reasonably be
expected to result in the abandonment, cancellation, forfeiture, relinquishment, invalidation or
unenforceability of any of the Seller Registered Intellectual Property (including the failure to
pay any filing, examination, issuance, post registration and maintenance fees, annuities and the
like and the failure to disclose any known material prior art in connection with the prosecution of
patent applications).
(s) Upon the consummation of the Closing, the Buyer shall (i) succeed to all of the Seller’s
rights and interest in or under all Seller Owned Intellectual Property, and all of the Seller’s
rights under all Seller Owned Intellectual Property shall be exercisable by the Buyer to the same
extent as by the Seller prior to the Closing and (ii) have the right to use all software
development tools, library functions or compilers that the Seller used to create, modify, compile,
or support any Seller Product. No loss or expiration of any of the material Seller Owned
Intellectual Property or any other material Intellectual Property used or held for use by the
Seller in connection with the conduct of the Business is threatened, pending or reasonably
foreseeable. The Seller Owned Intellectual Property along with the Seller Licensed Intellectual
Property constitutes all the material Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Seller that
is necessary to conduct the Business as it is currently conducted and presently contemplated to be
conducted by the Seller.
Section 3.11 Taxes.
(a) To the extent a breach or inaccuracy of any of the following could result in a liability
of the Buyer to any Person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the Ancillary Agreements, whether as a result of applicable Law, Contract or otherwise: (i) the
Seller has timely paid and will continue to pay all material Taxes when the same have become due,
(ii) the Seller has not received written notice of any outstanding claim, audit or other
examination or proceeding with respect to Taxes, (iii) the Seller knows of no basis for a claim by
any governmental
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authority for Taxes and (iv) the Seller has timely filed all material Returns it
is required to have filed and will continue to file such Returns as they become due and all Returns
filed, or to be filed, by the Seller have been and will be true, correct, and complete in all
material respects. There are no Taxes of the Seller that form or could form the basis for Lien on
any of the Purchased Assets.
(b) The Seller is not a party to any Contract or plan that has resulted or would result,
individually or in the aggregate, in connection with this Agreement or any change of control of the
Seller, in the payment of any “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the
Code.
Section 3.12 Material Contracts.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12(a), there are no Contracts relating to the
Business or the Purchased Assets of the following nature (such Contracts as are required to be set
forth in Schedule 3.12(a) are, collectively, the “Material Contracts”):
(i) all Seller Contracts other than the Employee Plans;
(ii) any broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise, agency, sales
promotion, market research, marketing, consulting or advertising Contract;
(iii) any Contract relating to or evidencing indebtedness of the Seller in connection with
Business, including, but not limited to, mortgages, other grants of security interests, guarantees
or notes with respect to the Purchased Assets;
(iv) any Contract with any Governmental Authority;
(v) any Contract with any Related Party of the Seller;
(vi) any Contract that limits, or purports to limit, the ability of the Seller or the Business
to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area or during any
period of time, or that restricts the right of the Seller or the Business to sell to or purchase
from any Person or to hire any Person, or that grants the other party or any third person “most
favored nation” status or any type of special discount rights;
(vii) any Contract that requires a consent to or otherwise contains a provision relating to an
“assignment” or “deemed assignment,” or that would prohibit or delay the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;
(viii) any Contract providing for indemnification to or from any Person with respect to
liabilities relating to the Seller, the Business or the Purchased Assets;
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(ix) any (1) Inbound Licenses or (2) Outbound Licenses, in each case specifying the parties to
the agreement, the relevant Intellectual Property and any ongoing royalty payments.
(x) any Contract relating to settlement of any administrative or judicial proceedings within
the past five years; and
(xi) any other Contract, whether or not made in the ordinary course of business that (A)
involves a future or potential liability or receivable, as the case may be, in excess of [***] on
an annual basis or in excess of [***] over the current Contract term, (B) has a term greater than
one year and cannot be cancelled by the Seller
without penalty or further payment and without more than 30 days’ notice or (C) is material to
the assets of the Business, taken as a whole.
(b) Each Material Contract that is an Assumed Contract is a legal, valid, binding and
enforceable agreement and is in full force and effect. Neither the Seller nor, to the Knowledge of
the Seller, any other party is in breach or violation of, or (with or without notice or lapse of
time or both) default under, any Material Contract, nor has the Seller received any claim of any
such breach, violation or default. The Seller has delivered or Made Available to the Buyer true
and complete copies of all Material Contracts, including any amendments thereto.
Section 3.13 Offered Employee Non-Competition Agreements. There are no non-competition or
other similar agreements or arrangements or any non-competition or similar provisions of any
Contract between each Offered Employee and the Seller.
Section 3.14 Warranties. The Seller has heretofore delivered to the Buyer true and
correct copies of all written warranties currently in effect covering the respective products and
services of the Business. During the past three years, there were no expenses experienced by the
Seller with respect to such warranties, and the Seller does not have Knowledge or any defect in any
products of the Business that might give rise to a product warranty claim after the Closing Date.
Section 3.15 Conduct of Business. The Seller has conducted and operated the Business
only through itself, and not through any other entity or organization.
Section 3.16 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any
brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Seller.
Section 3.17 [***] The Seller has obtained a [***] all unpublished [***] that relate to the
[***].
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Section 3.18 Disclosure. The Seller does not make nor has made any
representations or warranties relating to the Purchased Assets, the Business or otherwise in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby other than those expressly set out in this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or schedule or certificates pursuant hereto or thereto. None
of the representations or warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement or schedule or certificates pursuant hereto or thereto contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein
not misleading.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
The Buyer hereby represents and warrants to the Seller as follows:
Section 4.1 Organization. The Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has full corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.
Section 4.2 Authority. The Buyer has full corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it will be a party, to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and
each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it will be a party and the consummation by the Buyer of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action. This Agreement has been, and upon their execution each of the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Buyer will be a party will have been, duly and validly executed
and delivered by the Buyer. This Agreement constitutes, and upon their execution each of the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Buyer will be a party will constitute, the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Buyer, enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with their respective
terms.
Section 4.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and each of the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Buyer will be a party, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not:
(i) conflict with or violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Buyer;
(ii) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Buyer; or
(iii) result in any breach of, constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would become a default) under or require any consent
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of any Person pursuant to, any
note, bond, mortgage, indenture, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise, instrument,
obligation or other Contract to which the Buyer is a party,
except for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences that do not,
individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of the Buyer to consummate, or
prevent or materially delay, any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements or would reasonably be expected to do so.
(b) The Buyer is not required to file, seek or obtain any notice, authorization, approval,
order, permit or consent of or with any Governmental Authority in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and
each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it will be party or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
COVENANTS
Section 5.1 Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. Between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date, unless the Buyer shall otherwise agree in writing, which agreement
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, the Seller shall cause the Business to be conducted
only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to preserve substantially intact the operations of the Business, keep available the
services of the current Business Employees of the Business and preserve the current relationships
of the Business with customers, suppliers and other persons with which the Business has business
relations. By way of amplification and not limitation, between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing Date, the Seller shall not do or propose to do, directly or indirectly, any of the
following in connection with the Business or the Purchased Assets without the prior written consent
of the Buyer:
(a) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or otherwise subject to any Encumbrance, other than
Permitted Encumbrances, any Purchased Assets;
(b) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume,
guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for, the obligations of any Person, or make
any loans or advances, in each case affecting the Business or the Purchased Assets, except in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(c) amend, waive, modify or consent to the termination of any Assumed Contract, except in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or amend, waive, modify or consent to
the termination of the Seller’s rights thereunder, or enter into any Material Contract;
(d) enter into any Contract with any Related Party of the Seller in connection with or
affecting the Business or the Purchased Assets;
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(e) pay, discharge or satisfy any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted
or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets, except in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(f) cancel, compromise, waive or release any right or claim relating to the Business or the
Purchased Assets, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(g) permit the lapse of any right relating to Seller Owned Intellectual Property or any other
intangible asset used or held for use in connection with the Business;
(h) use any assets of the Business to pay any costs or expenses arising out of or relating to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;
(i) grant or announce any increase in the salaries, compensation, bonuses or other benefits
payable to any Business Employees, other than (i) as required by Applicable Law;
(j) commence or settle any Action relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the
Assumed Liabilities; provided, however, [***] in accordance with the terms [***];
(k) take any action, or intentionally fail to take any action, that would cause any
representation or warranty made by the Seller in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be
untrue or result in a breach of any covenant made by the Seller in this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement, or that has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) announce an intention, enter into any formal or informal agreement, or otherwise make a
commitment to do any of the foregoing; or
(m) terminate the employment of any Business Employees or take any action that might induce
the termination of any Business Employee, and with respect to any Transferring Employee who is a
foreign national employed in the United States, Seller shall not terminate the employment of any
such employee until the earlier of (1) the date that such employee has clearance to become an
employee of Buyer and (2) the date that is 30 days following the Closing Date.
Section 5.2 Covenants Regarding Information.
(a) Subject to the Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement dated February 1, 2010 between the Buyer
and the Seller, and as amended on March 31, 2010 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), from
the date hereof until the Closing Date, the Seller shall afford the Buyer and its officers,
directors, principals, employees, advisors, auditors, agents, bankers and other representatives
(collectively, “Representatives”) complete access (including for inspection and copying)
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request and notice to the Purchased Assets and the Seller’s, properties, offices, plants and other
facilities, and books and records relating to the Business and the Purchased Assets and shall
permit them to consult with Seller’s Representatives in the manner mutually agreed by the Buyer and
the Seller, and shall furnish the Buyer with such financial, operating and other data and
information in connection with the Business and the Purchased Assets as the Buyer may reasonably
request.
(b) On the Closing Date, the Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Buyer all
original agreements (or, copies thereof, to the extent such items are not in the possession or
control of the Seller), documents, books and records and files stored on
computer disks or tapes or any other storage medium in the possession of the Seller
exclusively relating to the Purchased Assets.
(c) In order to facilitate the resolution of any claims made by or against or incurred by the
Buyer after the Closing or for any other reasonable purpose, for a period of 5 years following the
Closing, the Seller shall: (i) retain all books, documents, information, data, files and other
records of the Seller that relate to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities
for periods prior to the Closing and which shall not otherwise have been delivered to the Buyer;
(ii) upon reasonable notice, afford the Buyer and its Representatives reasonable access (including
for inspection and copying, at the Buyer’s expense), during normal business hours, to such books,
documents, information, data, files and other records, including in connection with claims,
proceedings, actions, investigations, audits and other regulatory or legal proceedings involving or
relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities; and (iii) furnish the
Buyer and its Representatives reasonable assistance (at the Buyer’s expense), including access to
personnel, in connection with any such claims and other proceedings; provided, that such
access shall be granted until the later of 5 years following the Closing and the expiration date of
the applicable statute of limitations with respect to tax matters. The Seller shall permit,
promptly upon reasonable request, the Buyer and its Representatives to use original copies of any
such records for purposes of litigation; provided, further, that such records shall
promptly be returned to the Seller following such use. The Seller shall not destroy any such books
and records without providing the Buyer with written notice detailing the contents of such books
and records, and providing the Buyer with the opportunity to obtain such books and records, at
least 90 days prior to the destruction thereof.
Section 5.3 Exclusivity. The Seller agrees that between the date of this Agreement
and the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, the Seller shall not, and
shall take all action necessary to ensure that none of its Affiliates or any of their respective
Representatives shall, in any way that would materially affect the Purchased Assets or the
contemplated transaction:
(a) solicit, initiate, consider, encourage or accept any other proposals or offers from any
Person relating to any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of all or any portion of the
Business or the Purchased Assets, whether effected by sale of assets, sale of stock, merger or
otherwise; or
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(b) participate in any discussions, conversations, negotiations or other communications
regarding, or furnish to any other Person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate
in any way, assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other
Person to seek to do any of the foregoing. The Seller immediately shall cease and cause to be
terminated all existing discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications with any
Persons conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing.
The Seller shall notify the Buyer promptly, but in any event within twenty-four hours, orally
and in writing if any such proposal or offer, or any inquiry or other contact
with any Person with respect thereto, is made. Any such notice to the Buyer shall indicate in
reasonable detail the identity of the Person making such proposal, offer, inquiry or other contact
and the terms and conditions of such proposal, offer, inquiry or other contact. The Seller shall
not release any Person from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement
to which the Seller is a party, without the prior written consent of the Buyer.
Section 5.4 Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.
(a) For the term of the Buyer License Agreement, but in no event for a period less than [***]
following the Closing Date (the “Non-Compete Period”), the Seller will not, and will cause
its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly through any Person or contractual arrangement, other
than the activities explicitly permitted pursuant to the Buyer License Agreement or other services
requested by and provided directly to the Buyer:
(i) whether on its own behalf or on behalf of or for the benefit of a third party (subject to
Section 5.4(b) below) (A) engage in any activities related to the [***] (1) [***] (2) technology
that enables an environment where [***], or (3) any [***] or (B) [***] technology described in (1),
(2) or (3) above, or any component thereof into the [***] (each of 5.4(a)(i)(A) and (B), a
“Competing Business”);
(ii) have a financial interest in any Competing Business, except as expressly permitted in
Section 5.4(d) below;
(iii) solicit, recruit or hire (or with regards to Offered Employees, retain) any person who
is a Seller Prohibited Employee (as defined below); provided, that the foregoing shall not
prohibit (A) a general solicitation to the public of general advertising or similar methods of
solicitation by search firms not specifically directed at Seller Prohibited Employees or (B) the
Seller or any of its Affiliates from soliciting, recruiting or hiring any Seller Prohibited
Employee who has ceased to be employed or retained by the Seller, the Buyer or any of their
respective Affiliates for at least 12 months;
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provided further that as the restrictions in this Section 5.4(a)(iii) relates to the retention
of Offered Employees, the Buyer may waive, in writing, such restrictions at any time.
(iv) approach or seek Competing Business from any Customer (as hereinafter defined), refer
Competing Business from any Customer to any Person or be paid commissions based on Competing
Business sales received from any Customer by any Person. For purposes of this Section 5.4,
the term “Customer” means any Person to which the Seller, the Buyer or any of their
respective Affiliates provided products or services during the twelve-month period prior to the
time at which any determination shall be made
that any such Person is a Customer; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit
any referral of business by the Seller to the Buyer; or
(v) disparage the Buyer or any of its Affiliates in any way that could adversely affect the
goodwill, reputation or business relationships of the Business, the Buyer or any of its Affiliates
with the public generally, or with any of their customers, suppliers or employees.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.4(a)(i), during the Non-Compete
Period, solely in connection with a [***], Seller may:
(i) (A) optimize [***] (as defined below), and (B) [***]; and
(ii) [***] following the Closing Date, [***].
For the avoidance of doubt, the activities in Section 5.4(b)(i) and (ii) are for the sole benefit
of the [***] to 5.4(b)(i) and (ii), and except in connection with 5.4(b)(i) and (ii), [***].
(c) If during the Non-Compete Period there is a [***] and as a result [***], Seller may
request a [***].
(d) Nothing contained herein shall limit Seller (i) from acquiring (including through a
merger) or investing in any Person whose business activities do not constitute a Competing Business
in substantial part; or (ii) from, directly or indirectly, holding or making investments in
securities of any business listed on a national securities exchange, admitted to trading in an
automated quotations market, or traded generally on
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the over-the-counter market, so long as Seller’s direct or indirect holdings do not exceed 10%
of the outstanding equity securities thereof.
(e) For purposes of this Section 5.4, the following definitions shall apply:
(i) [***] means technology that is [***].
(ii) [***] means Seller’s [***].
(iii) “PC Client Device” means notebook, laptop, netbook, smartbook, tablet, slate, desktop,
all-in-one, thin client, nettop, handheld, or smartphone.
(iv) “Enhance” means any addition of features or functionality to a software product or any
improvement upon features or functionality of said software product.
(v) [***] means any technology which [***].
(vi) “Seller Prohibited Employee” means any employee, other than Excluded Employees, who works
or is engaged in connection with the Business that (A) was employed by the Seller at any time
during the period beginning thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof and continues until the
Closing, or (B) is or becomes an employee of the Buyer on or after the Closing Date.
(vii) “Buyer Prohibited Employee” means any employee of the Seller, other than those listed on
Schedules 5.7(b)(i) and (ii), who works or is engaged in connection with the Business on or after
the date hereof.
(viii) [***] means a [***] vendor customer of the Seller that is [***], and is not in a [***].
(ix) [***] means a request in writing, initiated by a [***], that is not the result of [***].
(x) [***] means the source code or object code of the [***] directly related [***] that is not
and has not been [***].
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(xi) [***] means the source code or object code of [***] directly related to [***] that
is not and has not been [***].
(f) For a period of [***] following the Closing, the Buyer’s Technical Representatives (whose
names are set forth on Annex C) shall not, during their employment with the Buyer, directly or
indirectly through any Person or contractual arrangement, solicit or recruit any person who is a
Buyer Prohibited Employee; provided,
that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) a general solicitation to the public of general
advertising or similar methods of solicitation by search firms not specifically directed at
Business Group Employees or (ii) soliciting, recruiting or hiring any Buyer Prohibited Employee who
has ceased to be employed or retained by the Buyer, the Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates for at least 12 months.
(g) The Seller and the Buyer acknowledge that the covenants of the Seller and the Buyer, as
applicable, set forth in this Section 5.4 are an essential element of this Agreement and
that any breach by the Seller or the Buyer, of any applicable provision of this Section 5.4
will result in irreparable injury to the other party. The Seller and the Buyer acknowledges that
in the event of such a breach, in addition to all other remedies available at law, the
non-breaching party shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief, and an
equitable accounting of all earnings, profits or other benefits arising therefrom, as well as such
other damages as may be appropriate. The Seller and the Buyer have each independently consulted
with its counsel and after such consultation agree that the covenants set forth in this Section
5.4 are reasonable and proper to protect the legitimate interest of the Buyer and the Seller.
(h) If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the character, duration or
geographical scope of the provisions of this Section 5.4 are unreasonable, it is the
intention and the agreement of the parties that these provisions shall be construed by the court in
such a manner as to impose only those restrictions on the Seller’s conduct that are reasonable in
light of the circumstances and as are necessary to assure to the Buyer the benefits of this
Agreement. If, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce all of the separate
covenants of this Section 5.4 because taken together they are more extensive than necessary
to assure to the Buyer the intended benefits of this Agreement, it is expressly understood and
agreed by the parties that the provisions hereof that, if eliminated, would permit the remaining
separate provisions to be enforced in such proceeding, shall be deemed eliminated, for the purposes
of such proceeding, from this Agreement.
Section 5.5 Notification of Certain Matters; Supplements to Disclosure Schedules.
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall give prompt written notice to the Buyer of
(i) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any change, condition or event, to the Knowledge of the
Seller, the occurrence or non-occurrence of which would render any representation or warranty of
the Seller contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary
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Agreement, if made on or immediately
following the date of such event, untrue or inaccurate, (ii) the occurrence of any change,
condition or event that has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii)
any failure of the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller to comply with or satisfy any covenant or
agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder or any event or condition that would
otherwise result in the nonfulfillment of any of the conditions to the Buyer’s obligations
hereunder, (iv) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such
Person is or may be required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or (v) any Action pending or, to the
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened against a party or the parties relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall supplement the information set forth on the
Disclosure Schedules with respect to any matter now existing or hereafter arising that, if existing
or occurring at or prior to the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or
described in the Disclosure Schedules or that is necessary to correct any information in the
Disclosure Schedules or in any representation or warranty of the Seller which has been rendered
inaccurate thereby promptly following discovery thereof. No such supplement shall be deemed to
cure any breach of any representation or warranty made in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
or have any effect for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 7.3, the compliance by the Seller with any covenant set forth herein or the Buyer’s rights
to indemnification pursuant to Section 8.2.
Section 5.6 Payment of Liabilities. The Seller shall pay or otherwise satisfy in the
ordinary course of business, prior to the Closing, all of the liabilities and obligations incurred
in connection with the Business and, after the Closing, the Excluded Liabilities.
Section 5.7 Employee Matters.
(a) Except as specifically provided in this Section 5.7: (i) the Buyer shall not, and shall
cause its Affiliates to not, adopt, become a sponsoring employer of, or have any obligations under
or with respect to the Employee Plans, and the Seller shall be solely responsible for any and all
liabilities and obligations that have been incurred or may be incurred under or in connection with
any Employee Plan; (ii) the Seller shall be solely responsible for any and all liabilities arising
out of or relating to the employment of Business Employees who do not become Transferring Employees
(as defined below), whether such liabilities arise before, on or after the Closing Date; and (iii)
the Seller shall be solely responsible for any and all liabilities arising out of or relating to
the employment of any Transferring Employee by the Seller before the date such employee actually
commences work with the Buyer pursuant to Section 5.7(b). For purposes hereof, with respect to the
Welfare Plans, claims under any medical, dental, vision, or prescription drug plan generally will
be deemed to be incurred on the date that the service giving rise to such claim is performed and
not when such claim in made; provided, however, that with respect to claims
relating to hospitalization, the claim will be deemed to be incurred on the first day of such
hospitalization and not on the date that such services are performed. Claims for disability under
any long or short term disability plan will be incurred on the date the
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Business Employee is first
absent from work because of the condition giving rise to such disability and not when the Business
Employee is determined to be eligible for benefits under the applicable Welfare Plan. On or
immediately after the Closing Date, the Seller shall pay to each Transferred Employee, as of the
Closing Date, (i) all accrued but unpaid wages, (ii) a lump sum representing all accrued vacation
benefits and (iii) to the extent applicable, a lump sum equal to the pro-rata portion of each
Transferred Employee’s target bonus for the portion of the most recent bonus period ending on the
Closing Date. In addition, to the extent this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement causes the acceleration of the vesting of any equity securities of the Seller held by any
Transferred Employee, with the Seller shall take such corporate action as is required to
comply with any such acceleration provision. With respect to any stock options held by any
Transferred Employee, the Seller shall provide for at least a 30-day post-termination exercise
period with respect to each such option.
(b) The Buyer shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to, extend offers of employment to
each of the Business Employees listed on Schedule 5.7(b)(1) (the “Tier 1 Development
Team”) and to each of the Business Employees listed on Schedule 5.7(b)(2) (the
“Tier 2 Development Team,” together with the Tier 1 Development Team, and the Offered
Optional Employees, the “Offered Employees”; all such employees who accept the offer of
employment of the Buyer or its Affiliate are referred to as the “Transferring Employees”).
Subject to Section 5.1(m), the Seller shall have received resignations of the Transferred Employees
or shall terminate the employment of all Transferring Employees immediately prior to the Closing
and shall cooperate with and use its reasonable best efforts to assist the Buyer in its efforts to
secure satisfactory employment arrangements with the Offered Employees.
(c) The Seller shall comply with the requirements of the WARN Act or any similar state,
provincial or local law with respect to any “plant closing” or “mass layoff,” as those terms are
defined in the WARN Act or such other applicable law, which may result from the Seller’s
termination of the employment of any of its employees in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby through the Closing Date.
(d) The Seller and its ERISA Affiliates shall comply with the provisions of the Consolidated
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), as set forth in Section
4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Title I of ERISA, with respect to any employee, former employee or
beneficiary of any such Business Employee or former Business Employee who is not a Transferred
Employee and is covered under any group health plan, as defined in Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code
(a “Group Health Plan”), maintained by the Seller and its ERISA Affiliates as of the
Closing Date or whose “qualifying event” within the meaning of Section 4980B(f) of the Code occurs
on or prior to the Closing Date, whether pursuant to the provisions of COBRA or otherwise. The
Buyer shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to, comply with the provisions of COBRA with
respect to Transferring Employees who are covered under any Group Health Plan maintained by the
Buyer after the Closing Date.
(e) Following the Closing Date, the Buyer shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to,
pursuant to plans and arrangements established or maintained by the Buyer
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(the “Buyer Welfare
Plans”), provide the Transferring Employees with health and welfare benefits that are
reasonably comparable, on an aggregate basis, to the health and welfare benefits provided to other,
similarly situated employees of the Buyer in that jurisdiction, or otherwise as required by local
law. To the extent permitted by the applicable contract, the Buyer shall, or shall cause one of
its Affiliates to, (i) waive all limitations as to pre-existing conditions, exclusions and waiting
periods with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to Transferring
Employees under the Buyer Welfare Plans, other than limitations or waiting periods that are already
in effect with respect to such employees and that have not been satisfied as of the Closing Date
under the corresponding Employee
Plan and (ii) provide each Transferring Employee with credit under the Buyer Welfare Plans for
any co-payments and deductibles paid under the corresponding Employee Plans prior to the Closing
Date in satisfying any applicable deductible or out-of-pocket requirements for the year in which
the Closing Date occurs.
(f) The Buyer shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to, recognize the continuous service
of Transferred Employees with the Seller through the Closing Date for purposes of determining the
level of vacation accrual and service awards, but for no other Buyer plan or policy purpose.
(g) Effective as of the Closing Date, the Buyer shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates
to, establish or designate a defined contribution retirement plan eligible for qualification under
Section 401(a) of the Code (the “Buyer 401(k) Plan”). Each Transferring Employee who
satisfies the eligibility requirements of the Buyer 401(k) Plan shall become eligible to
participate in the Buyer 401(k) Plan on the date he or she is hired by the Buyer; each Transferring
Employee shall be credited with vesting service and eligibility service, including service for any
serviced-based employer contributions for all periods of service with the Seller or any other
entity if the Seller has consistently made matching contributions to its defined contribution
retirement plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code (the “Seller 401(k) Plan”) in
which any of the Transferring Employees have participated. The Buyer shall, or shall cause one of
its Affiliates to, cause the Buyer 401(k) Plan to accept direct rollovers of distributions
(including loans) to Transferring Employees from the Seller 401(k) Plan. The Seller shall take all
appropriate actions to make distributions under the Seller 401(k) Plan to such Transferred
Employees in accordance with the terms of the Seller 401(k) Plan and the applicable provisions of
the Code.
(h) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any third party beneficiary rights in any
Transferring Employee, any beneficiary or dependents thereof, or any collective bargaining
representative thereof, with respect to the compensation, terms and conditions of employment and
benefits that may be provided to any Transferring Employee by the Buyer or under any benefit plan
that the Buyer may maintain.
(i) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon any Transferring Employee any right
with respect to continued employment by the Buyer, nor shall anything herein interfere with the
right of the Buyer to terminate the employment of any Transferring Employee at any time, with or
without cause, following the effective date of his or her employment with the Buyer, or restrict
the Buyer in the exercise of its
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independent business judgment in modifying any of the terms and
conditions of the employment of the Transferring Employees.
Section 5.8 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the parties shall hold, and shall cause its Representatives to hold, in confidence
all documents and information furnished to it by or on behalf of the other party in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, which
shall continue in full force and effect until the
Closing Date, at which time such Confidentiality Agreement and the obligations of the parties
under this Section 5.8(a) shall terminate. If for any reason this Agreement is terminated prior to
the Closing Date, the Confidentiality Agreement shall nonetheless continue in full force and effect
in accordance with its terms.
(b) Following the Closing Date, the Seller shall not, and the Seller shall cause its
Affiliates and the respective Representatives of the Seller and its Affiliates not to, use for its
or their own benefit or divulge or convey to any third party, any Confidential Information;
provided, however, that the Seller or its Affiliates may furnish such portion (and
only such portion) of the Confidential Information as the Seller or such Affiliate reasonably
determines it is legally obligated to disclose if: (i) it receives a request to disclose all or
any part of the Confidential Information under the terms of a subpoena, civil investigative demand
or order issued by a Governmental Authority; (ii) to the extent not inconsistent with such request,
it notifies the Buyer of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such request and
consults with the Buyer on the advisability of taking steps available under applicable Law to
resist or narrow such request; (iii) it exercises its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an
order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the disclosed
Confidential Information; and (iv) disclosure of such Confidential Information is required to
prevent the Seller or such Affiliate from being held in contempt or becoming subject to any other
penalty under applicable Law. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information”
consists of all information and data primarily relating to the Business (including Intellectual
Property, customer and supplier lists, pricing information, marketing plans, market studies, client
development plans, business acquisition plans and all other information or data), the Purchased
Assets (including Intellectual Property, customer and supplier lists, pricing information,
marketing plans, market studies, client development plans, business acquisition plans and all other
information or data) or the transactions contemplated hereby, except for data or information that
is or becomes available to the public other than as a result of a breach of this Section 5.8.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Confidential Information shall not
include any information that (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without fault of the
Seller; (ii) is independently developed by the Seller or its Affiliates without use of Confidential
Information; or (iii) is rightfully obtained by the Seller or its Affiliates from a third party
without any obligation of confidentiality to the Buyer.
(c) Effective as of the Closing, the Seller hereby assigns to the Buyer all of the Seller’s
right, title and interest in and to any confidentiality agreements entered into by the Seller (or
its Affiliates or Representatives) and each Person (other than the Buyer
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and its Affiliates and
Representatives) who entered into any such agreement or to whom Confidential Information was
provided in connection with any transaction involving the acquisition or purchase of all or any
portion of the Business or the Purchased Assets. From and after the Closing, the Seller will take
all actions reasonably requested by the Buyer in order to assist in enforcing the rights so
assigned. The Seller shall request that any such Person return to the Seller any documents, files,
data or other materials constituting Confidential Information that was provided to such Person in
connection with the consideration of any such transaction.
(d) Effective as of the Closing, the Seller agrees to use reasonable efforts, at the Buyer’s
sole cost, to enforce the confidentiality covenants in any retained confidentiality agreement that
relates to the Purchased Assets, if reasonably requested by the Buyer to do so in connection with
an actual or threatened breach of the confidentiality covenants by the other party to the agreement
that relates to the trade secrets or other confidential information transferred to the Buyer.
Section 5.9 The Trademark Opposition Settlement Agreement. The Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to be in full compliance with the terms of the Trademark Opposition
Settlement Agreement on the Closing Date.
Section 5.10 Consents and Filings. The Seller and the Buyer shall use all
commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action to do, or
cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law or otherwise to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements as promptly as practicable, including to (a) obtain from Governmental Authorities and
other Persons all consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders as are necessary
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, including, but not limited to, the consents from third party licensors with respect to
the Inbound Licenses and (b) have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any order, decree,
ruling, judgment, injunction or other action (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is
then in effect and that enjoins, restrains, conditions, makes illegal or otherwise restricts or
prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Seller shall permit the
Buyer reasonably to participate in the defense and settlement of any claim, suit or cause of action
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Seller shall not settle
or compromise any such claim, suit or cause of action without the Buyer’s written consent.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Buyer shall not be required by this Section
5.10 to take or agree to undertake any action, including entering into any consent decree, hold
separate order or other arrangement, that would (i) require the divestiture of any assets of the
Buyer or any of its Affiliates or any portion of the Business or the Purchased Assets or (ii) limit
the Buyer’s freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to consolidate and control, the
Business or the Purchased Assets or any of the Buyer’s or its Affiliates’ other assets or
businesses.
Section 5.11 Public Announcements. On and after the date hereof and through the
Closing Date, the parties shall consult with each other before issuing any press release
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or
otherwise making any public statements with respect to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither party shall issue any press release or make any public statement
prior to obtaining the other party’s written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, except that no such approval shall be necessary to the extent disclosure may be required
by applicable Law or any listing agreement of any party hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Seller agrees to cooperate with the Buyer and provide the Buyer reasonable time and opportunity to
review and comment on any information relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby which is
disclosed pursuant to (i) public filings requirements and (ii) any request made by the Seller
for confidential treatment of information required to be disclosed in public filings.
Section 5.12 [***] Simultaneous with the Closing, Seller shall [***].
Section 5.13 [***] Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, but completed no
later than [***], the Seller shall, [***]; provided, however, that [***].
ARTICLE VI
TAX MATTERS
TAX MATTERS
Section 6.1 Transfer Taxes. The Seller shall be liable for and shall pay all Transfer
Taxes resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. “Transfer Tax” means
any Tax imposed directly or indirectly on the transferor or transferee of property by any taxing
jurisdiction by reason of the transfer, or any Tax that becomes a lien on the property transferred
by reason of the transfer, including without limitation any stamp duty, sales, use or excise Tax,
real estate transfer Taxes or Taxes of a similar nature, including any interest, penalties or
additions to Tax that become payable with respect to such Tax.
Section 6.2 Purchase Price Allocation. The Buyer shall prepare, or cause to be
prepared, a statement (the “Allocation Statement”) allocating the consideration (including
the Purchase Price and the amount of the Assumed Liabilities) and any other items that are treated
as additional purchase price for Tax purposes, among the Purchased Assets in accordance with Code §
1060 and applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder (and any similar provision of state, local, or
non-U.S. law, as appropriate). The Buyer shall deliver the Allocation Statement to the Seller
within forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date. Within fifteen (15) days of delivery of the
Allocation Statement, the Seller shall notify the Buyer of any proposed changes to the Allocation
Statement. The parties shall attempt in good faith to agree to the Allocation Statement, but if
the parties cannot agree on the Allocation Statement within thirty (30) days after such Seller
notification, the dispute shall be resolved by a Tax Arbitrator within forty-five (45) days. The
finally determined
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Allocation Statement shall be binding upon the Seller and the Buyer. In the case of any
adjustments to the consideration, the Allocation Statement will be adjusted accordingly.
Section 6.3 Prorations. The Seller shall bear all property and ad valorem tax
liability with respect to the Purchased Assets if the lien or assessment date arises prior to the
Closing Date irrespective of the reporting and payment dates of such taxes. All other real
property taxes, personal property taxes, or ad valorem obligations and similar recurring taxes and
fees on the Purchased Assets for taxable periods beginning before, and ending after, the Closing
Date, shall be prorated between the Buyer and the Seller as of the
Closing Date. The Seller shall be responsible for all such taxes and fees on the Purchased
Assets accruing during any period up to and including the Closing Date. The Buyer shall be
responsible for all such taxes and fees on the Purchased Assets accruing during any period after
the Closing Date. With respect to Taxes described in this Section 6.3, the Seller shall timely
file all Tax Returns due before the Closing Date with respect to such Taxes and the Buyer shall
prepare and timely file all Tax Returns due after the Closing Date with respect to such Taxes. If
one party remits to the appropriate Governmental Authority payment for Taxes, which are subject to
proration under this Section 6.3 and such payment includes the other party’s share of such Taxes,
such other party shall promptly reimburse the remitting party for its share of such Taxes.
Section 6.4 Tax Clearance Certificate. At the Buyer’s request, the Seller shall
notify all of the Governmental Authorities for the jurisdictions with respect to which the Seller
has a duty to file Tax Returns of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in the form and
manner required by such Governmental Authorities, if the failure to makes such notifications or
receive any available tax clearance certificate (each, a “Tax Clearance Certificate”) could
subject the Buyer to any Taxes of the Seller. If, in respect to any application for a Tax
Clearance Certificate, and Governmental Authority asserts that the Seller is liable for any Tax,
the Seller shall promptly pay any and all such amounts and shall provide evidence to the Buyer that
such liabilities have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Section 7.1 General Conditions. The respective obligations of the Buyer and the
Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the
fulfillment, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions, any of which may, to
the extent permitted by applicable Law, be waived in writing by either party in its sole discretion
(provided, that such waiver shall only be effective as to the obligations of such party):
(a) No Injunction or Prohibition. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted,
issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that
is then in effect and that enjoins, restrains, conditions, makes illegal or otherwise prohibits the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
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Section 7.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Seller. The obligations of the Seller to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment, at
or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing
by the Seller in its sole discretion:
(a) Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The representations and warranties of
the Buyer contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or
other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby that are qualified by
materiality shall be true and correct both when made and as of the Closing Date, or in the
case of representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date, such representations
and warranties shall be true and correct as of such specified date and the representations and
warranties of the Buyer contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule,
certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby that are not so qualified shall be true and correct in
all material respects both when made and as of the Closing Date, or in the case of representations
and warranties that are made as of a specified date, such representations and warranties shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date. The Buyer shall have
materially performed all obligations and agreements and materially complied with all covenants and
conditions
required by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be performed or complied with
by it prior to or at the Closing.
(b) Deliveries. The Seller shall have received an executed copy of each of the
documents listed in Section 2.7(c).
Section 7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer. The obligations of the Buyer to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment, at
or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing
by the Buyer in its sole discretion:
(a) Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The representations and warranties of
the Seller contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or
other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct both
when made and as of the Closing Date, or in the case of representations and warranties that are
made as of a specified date, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of
such specified date and the representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
that are not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects both when made and as
of the Closing Date, or in the case of representations and warranties that are made as of a
specified date, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such specified date. The Seller shall have materially performed all obligations and
agreements and materially complied with all covenants and conditions
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required by this Agreement or
any Ancillary Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing.
(b) Consents and Approvals. All authorizations, consents, orders and approvals of all
Governmental Authorities and officials and all third party consents that are set forth on
Schedule 7.3(b) shall have been received and shall be satisfactory in form and substance to
the Buyer in its sole discretion.
(c) No Litigation. No Action shall have been commenced or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, threatened that, in the reasonable, good faith determination of the
Buyer, is reasonably likely to (i) require divestiture of any assets of the Buyer as a result
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the divestiture of any Purchased Assets, (ii)
prohibit or impose limitations on the Buyer’s ownership or operation of all or a material portion
of the Business or the Purchased Assets or any of its other businesses or assets (or those of any
of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) or (iii) impose limitations on the ability of the Buyer or its
Affiliates, or render the Buyer or its Affiliates unable, effectively to control the Business or
the Purchased Assets in any material respect.
(d) [***] The Buyer and the Seller shall have entered into a [***] upon mutually agreeable
terms whereby (i) [***] and (ii) the Seller shall provide the Buyer with [***].
(e) Trademark Opposition Settlement Agreement. The Seller shall be in full compliance
with the terms of the Trademark Opposition Settlement Agreement as of the Closing Date.
(f) Employee Matters. Employment offer letters, as well as any standard Buyer
non-competition, non-solicitation and invention assignment agreements, shall have been accepted and
executed by each individual [***] and delivered to the Buyer. Employment offer letters, as well as
any standard Buyer non-competition, non-solicitation and invention assignment agreements, shall
have been accepted and executed by not less than [***] of the individuals [***] and delivered to
the Buyer.
(g) Deliveries. The Buyer shall have received an executed copy of each of the
documents listed in Section 2.7(b).
(h) No Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred any change, event or
development or prospective change, event or development that,
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individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(i) [***] The Seller shall send [***], to the Buyer’s satisfaction, that the Seller has
[***].
(j) Offered Employee Non-Competition Agreements. To the reasonable satisfaction of
Buyer, each of the Offered Employee Non-Competition Agreements shall have been terminated by the
Seller or the relevant provisions of such agreement shall have been waived by the Seller.
(k) [***] shall be [***].
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Seller and the Buyer contained in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and
any schedule, certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall survive the Closing until the third
anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, however, that:
(a) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1 and 4.1 relating to
organization and existence, Sections 3.2 and 4.2 relating to authority, Section 3.4 relating to the
Purchased Assets (Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1 and 4.2 are collectively referred to herein as the
“Core Representations”), and any representation in the case of fraud, intentional
misrepresentation or intentional breach, shall survive indefinitely;
(b) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.11 relating to Taxes shall
survive until the close of business on the 120th day following the expiration of the applicable
statute of limitations with respect to the Tax liabilities in question (giving effect to any
waiver, mitigation or extension thereof); and
(c) the survival of the representation and warranties in the Buyer License Agreement shall be
governed by the terms of that agreement.
Neither the Seller nor the Buyer shall have any liability whatsoever with respect to any such
representations and warranties unless a claim is made hereunder prior to the expiration of the
survival period for such representation and warranty, in which case such representation and
warranty shall survive as to such claim until such claim has been finally resolved.
Section 8.2 Indemnification by the Seller. The Seller shall save, defend, indemnify
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Representatives, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing (each, a “Buyer
Indemnified Party”, and collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) from and against
any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, diminution of value, interest,
awards, judgments, penalties, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending the foregoing)
(hereinafter collectively, “Losses”), asserted against, incurred, sustained or suffered by
any of the foregoing as a result of, arising out of or relating to:
(a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by the Seller contained in this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;
(b) any breach of any covenant or agreement by the Seller contained in this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement;
(c) any of the Excluded Liabilities;
(d) any and all Taxes (including any interest, additions and penalties with respect thereto)
imposed on the Buyer in connection with the Business or the Purchased Assets, or for which the
Buyer is liable, with respect to all periods ending on or before the Closing Date or that are
imposed on the transactions pursuant to this Agreement, or a pro rata portion (based on an interim
closing of the books) of any such Taxes for any period that ends after but includes the Closing
Date, and any costs or expenses with respect to tax indemnification arising hereunder;
(e) the Seller’s failure to comply with the terms and conditions of any bulk sales or bulk
transfer or similar laws of any jurisdiction that may be applicable to the sale or transfer of any
or all of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer;
(f) each of the Contracts set forth on Schedule 2.2(d), such right to indemnification of the
Buyer pursuant to this Section 8.2(f) shall survive the Closing and shall survive until the date
two years after the date of the expiration or termination of each such Contract or amendment
thereto; and
(g) any of the matters set forth on Schedule 8.2(g); provided that no Buyer Indemnified Party
shall be entitled to make a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.2(g) following the
date thirty (30) days after the termination of the Escrow Period.
Section 8.3 Indemnification by the Buyer. The Buyer shall save, defend, indemnify and
hold harmless the Seller and its Affiliates and the respective Representatives, successors and
assigns of each of the foregoing (each, a “Seller Indemnified Party”, and collectively, the
“Seller Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Losses asserted against,
incurred, sustained or suffered by any of the foregoing as a result of, arising out of or relating
to:
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(a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by the Buyer contained in this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (without giving
effect to any limitations or qualifications as to materiality, Material Adverse Effect, knowledge
or other exception set forth therein);
(b) any of the Assumed Liabilities; and
(c) any breach of any covenant or agreement by the Buyer contained in this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 8.4 Limitations.
(a) An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any Loss or Losses pursuant to Sections
8.2(a) or 8.3(a) (“Warranty Losses”) unless and until the aggregate amount of all Losses
incurred by the party seeking indemnification exceeds [***], in which event the indemnifying party
shall be liable for all Warranty Losses [***]; except, however, that no minimum dollar amount is
required for Losses relating to or arising from a breach of the Core Representations.
(b) Neither the Seller or the Buyer shall be required to indemnify any Person under Sections
8.2(a) or 8.3(a) for an aggregate amount of Warranty Losses exceeding [***] (the
“Indemnification Cap”); provided, however, that (i) the Indemnification Cap for Seller
shall be reduced by the dollar amount equal to any amounts paid to Buyer Indemnified Parties out of
the Escrow Fund, (ii) the Indemnification Cap shall not apply to [***], and (iii) nothing contained
in this Section shall be deemed to limit or restrict in any manner any rights or remedies which an
indemnified party has, or might have, at Law, in equity or otherwise, based on fraud or intentional
misrepresentation.
(c) The indemnified parties acknowledge and agree that, should the Closing occur, the sole and
exclusive remedy with respect to any and all Losses arising out of, relating to or connected with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (other than claims of, or causes of action
arising from, fraud) shall be pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this Article
VIII; provided that nothing in this Section 8.4(c) shall limit or restrict the ability of any party
hereto to seek injunctive or other equitable relief for any breach or alleged breach of this
Agreement or any provision hereof.
(d) Buyer Indemnified Parties shall first satisfy their claims for indemnification for any
Loss or Losses arising pursuant to Section 8.2(g) in full from the Escrow Fund before seeking
indemnification under this Agreement directly from the Company.
Section 8.5 Materiality; Knowledge; No Right of Contribution. For the purpose of quantifying an indemnified party’s Warranty Losses under this
ARTICLE VIII only,
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any representation or warranty given or made by the Seller that is qualified in scope as to
materiality (including a Material Adverse Effect) or as to Knowledge shall be deemed to be made or
given without such qualification. There shall be no right of contribution from the Buyer with
respect to any Loss claimed by an indemnified party.
Section 8.6 Knowledge of the Buyer. Any due diligence review, audit or other
investigation or inquiry undertaken or performed by or on behalf of the Buyer shall not limit,
qualify, modify or amend the representations, warranties or covenants of, or indemnities by the
Seller made or undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, irrespective of the knowledge and information
received (or which should have been received) therefrom by the Buyer.
Section 8.7 Indemnification Procedure for Third Party Claims.
(a) In the event that an indemnified party (the “Indemnitee”) becomes aware of any
claim or demand, or other circumstance or state of facts which could reasonably give rise to any
claim or demand, for which a party may become obligated under Section 8.2 or 8.3, as applicable,
(such party, the “Indemnitor”) to indemnify the Indemnitee (a “Third Party Claim”),
the Indemnitee shall as soon as practicable notify the Indemnitor in writing of such Third Party
Claim (“Notice of Claim”). Delay or failure in so notifying the Indemnitor shall relieve
the Indemnitor of its obligations under this Article VIII only to the extent, if at all, that the
Indemnitor is prejudiced by reason of such delay or failure.
(b) The Indemnitor will have 20 days from the date on which the Indemnitor received the Notice
of Claim to notify the Indemnitee that the Indemnitor desires to assume the defense or prosecution
of such Third Party Claim and any litigation resulting therefrom with counsel of its choice and at
its sole cost and expense (a “Third Party Defense”). If the Indemnitor fails to assume the
defense of any such Third Party Claim within 20 days of the delivery of the Notice of Claim, the
Indemnitee may assume control of the defense of the claim. In all cases, the party without the
right to control the defense may retain separate co-counsel at its sole cost and expense and
participate in the defense of the Third Party Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, neither the Indemnitee nor the Indemnitor will file any papers or consent to the
entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to a Third Party Claim without the
prior written consent of the other party. The parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to
minimize Losses from Third Party Claims and will act in good faith in responding to, defending
against, settling or otherwise dealing with such claims. The parties will also cooperate in any
such defense and give each other reasonable access to all information relevant thereto.
Section 8.8 Indemnification Procedure for Non Third Party Claims. The Indemnitee will
notify the Indemnitor in writing promptly of its discovery of any matter that does not involve a
Third Party Claim, such notice to contain the information set forth in the following sentence. In
the event that the Indemnitor does not notify the Indemnitee that it disputes such claim within 20
days from receipt of such Notice of Claim, the claim
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specified therein shall be deemed a liability
of the Indemnitor hereunder (subject to the Indemnity Cap and the other limitations set forth in
Section 8.4, as applicable).
Section 8.9 Remedies Not Affected by Investigation, Disclosure or Knowledge. If the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Buyer expressly reserves the right to seek
indemnity or other remedy for any Losses arising out of or relating to any breach of any
representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein, notwithstanding any investigation by,
disclosure to or knowledge of such party in respect of any facts or circumstances that reveal the
occurrence of any such breach, whether before or after the execution and delivery hereof.
Section 8.10 Effect on Purchase Price. The Buyer and the Seller agree that any
indemnification payment made pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for Tax purposes as an
adjustment to the Purchase Price, unless otherwise required by Applicable Law.
Section 8.11 Escrow Fund. On the Closing Date, the Buyer, the Escrow Agent, and the
Seller shall execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement, and, as promptly as practicable thereafter,
the Buyer shall deposit the Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent to be held as a trust fund (the
“Escrow Fund”) for the purpose of securing the indemnification obligations of the Seller
set forth in Section 8.2(g) of this Agreement. The Escrow Fund shall be held by the Escrow Agent
under the Escrow Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof. The Escrow Fund shall be held as a trust
fund and shall not be subject to any lien, attachment, trustee process or any other judicial
process of any creditor of any party, and shall be held and disbursed solely for the purposes and
in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. The Buyer and the Seller shall deliver to the
Escrow Agent written notice of the final resolution of any claim for indemnification arising under
Section 8.2(g) together with instructions on the distribution of amounts payable to a Buyer
Indemnified Party, if any, in accordance with such final resolution. No portion of the Escrow Fund
shall be released without the written consent of the Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld in the event that the Buyer has not made any claim for indemnification during the Escrow
Period.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the
Closing:
(a) by mutual written consent of the Buyer and the Seller;
(b) (i) by the Seller, if the Buyer breaches or fails to perform in any respect any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and
such breach or failure to perform (A) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in
Section 7.2, (B) cannot be or has not been cured within [***] days following delivery by the Buyer
of written notice of such breach or failure to perform and (C) has not been waived by the Seller or
(ii) by the Buyer, if the Seller
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breaches or fails to perform in any respect any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and
such breach or failure to perform (A) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in
Section 7.3, (B) cannot be or has not been cured within [***] Business Days following delivery by
the Seller or written notice of such breach or failure to perform and (C) has not been waived by
the Buyer;
(c) (i) by the Seller, if any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 shall
have become incapable of fulfillment prior to August 31, 2010 or (ii) by the Buyer, if any of the
conditions set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.3 shall have become incapable of fulfillment prior
to August 31, 2010; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 9.1(c) shall not be available if the failure of the party so requesting termination to
fulfill any obligation under this Agreement shall have been the cause of, or shall have resulted
in, the failure of such condition to be satisfied on or prior to such date;
(d) by either the Seller or the Buyer if the Closing shall not have occurred by August 31,
2010; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(d) shall
not be available if the failure of the party so requesting termination to fulfill any obligation
under this Agreement shall have been the cause of, or shall have resulted in, the failure of the
Closing to occur on or prior to such date;
(e) by either the Seller or the Buyer in the event that any Governmental Authority shall have
issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise
prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such order, decree, ruling or other
action shall have become final and nonappealable; provided, that the party so requesting
termination shall have used its commercially reasonable efforts to have such order, decree, ruling
or other action vacated; or
(f) by the Buyer, if between the date hereof and the Closing, an event or condition occurs
that has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1 (other than Section
9.1(a)) shall give prompt written notice of such termination to the other party.
Section 9.2 Effect of Termination . In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.1, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of either party
except (a) for the provisions of Section 5.8 relating to confidentiality, Section 5.11 relating to
public announcements, Section 10.1 relating to fees and expenses, Section 10.4 relating to notices,
Section 10.7 relating to third-party beneficiaries, Section 10.8 relating to governing law, Section
10.9 relating to submission to jurisdiction and this Section 9.2 and (b) that nothing herein shall
relieve either party from liability for any willful breach of this Agreement or any agreement made
as of the date hereof or subsequent thereto pursuant to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with or related to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or
expenses, whether or not such transactions are consummated; provided, that no such fees and
expenses payable by the Seller shall be paid from any assets otherwise transferable to the Buyer
pursuant hereto. In the event of termination of this Agreement, the obligation of each party to
pay its own expenses will be subject to any rights of such party arising from a breach of this
Agreement by the other.
Section 10.2 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may not be amended, modified
or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument
in writing specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each party.
Section 10.3 Waiver. No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or
remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such
right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have
hereunder. Any agreement on the part of either party to any such waiver shall be valid only if set
forth in a written instrument executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on behalf of such
party.
Section 10.4 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or if
by facsimile, upon written confirmation of receipt by facsimile, (b) on the first Business Day
following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day
courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth Business Day following the date of
mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.
All notices hereunder shall be delivered to the addresses set forth below, or pursuant to such
other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:
(i) | if to the Seller, to: | ||
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxx, VP and General Counsel Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP 2 Palo Alto Square 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
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(ii) | if to the Buyer, to: | ||
Hewlett-Packard Company 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | |||
Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
Section 10.5 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section,
Article or Exhibit such reference shall be to a Section, Article or Exhibit of this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement or in
any Exhibit are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to
be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Any capitalized terms used in any
Exhibit but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. All
Exhibits annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this
Agreement as if set forth herein. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified.
Section 10.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules
hereto), the Ancillary Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire
agreement, and supersede all prior written agreements, arrangements, communications and
understandings and all prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, arrangements, communications and
understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
Notwithstanding any oral agreement or course of action of the parties or their Representatives to
the contrary, no party to this Agreement shall be under any legal obligation to enter into or
complete the transactions contemplated hereby unless and until this Agreement shall have been
executed and delivered by each of the parties.
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Section 10.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Article VIII,
nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person other
than the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns any legal or equitable
right, benefit or remedy of any nature under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 10.8 Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes or controversies arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the
laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of laws principles of
the State of Delaware.
Section 10.9 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties irrevocably agrees that
any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by the other
party or its successors or assigns shall be brought and determined in any Delaware or federal court
sitting in the state of State of Delaware, and each of the parties
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for itself
and with respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, with regard to any such action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Each of the parties agrees not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except
in the courts described above in Delaware, other than actions in any court of competent
jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Delaware as
described herein. Each of the parties further agrees that notice as provided herein shall
constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such
service is insufficient. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and
agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby,
(a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Delaware as
described herein for any reason, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction
of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of
notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of
judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (i) the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought
in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (iii)
this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.
Section 10.10 Assignment; Successors. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by
operation of law or otherwise, by either party without the prior written consent of the other
party, and any such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void;
provided, however, that the Buyer may assign this Agreement to any Affiliate of the
Buyer without the prior consent of the Seller; provided further, that no assignment
shall limit the assignor’s obligations hereunder. Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and
their respective successors and assigns.
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Section 10.11 Enforcement. The parties 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. Accordingly, each of the parties shall be entitled to
specific performance of the terms hereof, including an injunction or injunctions to prevent
breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement
in any Delaware State or federal court sitting in the State of Delaware, this being in addition to
any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereby
further waives (a) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate and (b) any requirement under any law to post security as a prerequisite to obtaining
equitable relief.
Section 10.12 Currency. All references to “dollars” or “$” or “US$” in this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement refer to United States dollars, which is the currency used for all
purposes in this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement.
Section 10.13 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any
provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable Law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed
and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion
of any provision had never been contained herein.
Section 10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 10.15 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become
effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to
the other party.
Section 10.16 Facsimile Signature. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile
signature and a facsimile signature shall constitute an original for all purposes.
Section 10.17 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with regard to all dates and
time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement.
Section 10.18 No Presumption Against Drafting Party. Each of the Buyer and the Seller
acknowledges that each party to this Agreement has been represented by counsel in connection with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Accordingly, any rule of law
or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this
Agreement against the drafting party has no application and is expressly waived.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer and the Seller have caused this Agreement to be executed as of
the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and General Manager, Note book Global Business Unit, Personal Systems Group | |||
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President and CEO | |||
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