STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY
AND AMONG
KIT
DUBAI, FZ-LLC
BENCHMARK
VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.,
AND
BENCHMARK
BROADCAST SYSTEMS (S) PTE LTD
This
Stock Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is
entered into as of May 14, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) by
and among KIT digital, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), KIT digital,
FZ-LLC, a company existing under the laws of Dubai and a Subsidiary of Buyer
(“KIT Dubai”), Benchmark Video Technologies Pte. Ltd, a Singapore limited exempt
private company with registration number 200704074C the “Seller”), and
Benchmark Broadcast Systems (S) Pte Ltd, a Singapore limited private company
with registration number 200600781N which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Seller (the “Company”).
RECITALS
A. The
Seller, headquartered in Singapore, conducts its business, directly or through
Company and its Subsidiaries, of serving as one of the leading systems
integrators business in India and South East Asia and the Seller and its
Subsidiaries owns certain assets used in the conduct and operation of the
Business of the Company.
B. Each
of the Boards of Buyer and the Seller have determined that it is in the
respective best interests of Buyer and the Seller for Buyer to purchase all of
the Company Capital Stock of Company pursuant to the terms hereof and subject to
the conditions set forth herein.
C. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in
Article I of this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants, representations,
warranties, and agreements contained in this Agreement and for other valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 “Accounting
Arbitrator” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.3(l)(ii).
1.2 “Accounting
Principles” means with respect to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries the
generally accepted accounting principles of India or Singapore, as applicable,
applied consistently with the preparation of the Company's and Subsidiaries
historical financial statements as reconciled to GAAP as envisaged hereunder.
Buyer shall cause auditors to determine what adjustments are necessary in order
that the financials of the Company and its Subsidiaries comply with GAAP within
60 days following the Closing and GAAP adopted for such Closing shall apply
consistently through First Anniversary and Second Anniversary.
1.3 “Acquirer” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.7.
1.4 “Adjusted Weighted Average
Price” means, as applicable, the Weighted Average Price (for the
applicable 30- day period), provided that if such price would be (a) below
US$10.00 per share it shall be US$10.00 per share and (b) above US$16.00 it
shall be US$16.00 (all such prices being equitably adjusted for any stock split,
reverse stock split, stock dividends or recapitalizations occurring after the
date hereof).
1.5 “Affiliate” means, as
applied to any Person, (a) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such Person (including any subsidiary), (b) any other Person that
owns or controls 10% or more of any class of equity securities (including equity
securities issuable upon the exercise of any option or convertible security) of
that Person or any of its Affiliates or (c) any director, partner, officer,
manager, agent, employee or relative of such Person. For purposes of
the definition of Affiliate, “control” (including with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling”, “controlled by”, and “under common control with”) as
applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise.
1.6 “Agreement” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble hereof.
1.7 “Available Excess to the
Buyer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
9.10(b).
1.8 “Available Excess to the
Seller” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
9.10(a).
1.9 “Basket Amount” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 9.3.
1.10 “Benchmark Beijing”
means Benchmark Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. a company existing under the
laws of the People’s Republic of China with Company Registration Number
110000410281514).
1.11 “Board” means the
board of directors or other governing committee or entity of a
Person.
1.12 “Business” means
Business of the Company and Business of the Buyer.
1.13 “Business of the
Company” shall mean the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
described in recital (A) herein, and shall include the business conducted by any
such Person during the 12 months preceding the date of this
Agreement.
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1.14 “Business of the
Buyer” means business conducted by the Buyer or its Subsidiaries during
the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement.
1.15 “Business Day” shall
mean each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday on which banking
institutions located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
1.16 “Buyer” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble hereof.
1.17 “Buyer Common Stock”
means shares of the common stock of Buyer.
1.18 “Buyer Escrow Fund”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(j).
1.19 “Charter Documents”
means that Person’s as applicable, certificate of incorporation, memorandum of
association, articles of association, bylaws and other governing documents (as
the same may have been amended and restated).
1.20 “Closing” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
1.21 “Closing Date” means
the calendar day in New York on which the Closing
occurs.
1.22 “Closing Statement”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.6(a).
1.23 “Closing Working
Capital” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.6(a).
1.24 “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.25 “Company” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble hereof.
1.26 “Company Assets” means
the properties and assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible, now owned
or now used by the Company or any Subsidiary in the operation of the Business of
the Company.
1.27 “Company Board” means
the Company’s Board.
1.28 “Company Capital
Stock” means any capital stock of Company whether designated as common
stock or preferred stock.
1.29 “Company Disclosure
Schedule” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Article
IIIA.
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1.30 “Company Revenue and Margin
Statement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.3(l).
1.31 “Company Revenues”
means (subject to Section 8.6 and 8.7 of this Agreement) revenues for Company
and its Subsidiaries for the twelve (12) month period ending, as applicable, on
the First Anniversary or the Second Anniversary; provided that if
Margin is below 7.5% then Company Revenue shall be deemed to be reduced for
purposes of this Agreement as follows: (a) if Margin is between 7.0% to 7.499%
Company Revenue is deemed to be equal to actual Company Revenue multiplied by (0.80);
(b) if Margin is between 6.0% to 6.999% Company Revenue is deemed to be equal to
actual Company Revenue multiplied by (0.60);
(c) if Margin is between 5.0% to 5.999% Company Revenue is deemed to be equal to
actual Company Revenue multiplied by
(0.40); and (d) if Margin is under 5.000% Company Revenue is deemed
to be Zero. Alternatively, if Margin for the applicable twelve (12)
month period is above fifteen (15.00%) percent Company Revenues shall be
increased to equal the result of multiplying (i)
actual Company Revenues by (ii) the
percentage obtained by dividing (A) (x) Margin for the applicable period multiplied by (y)
100, by (B)
15.00 (i.e, if Margin equals twenty (20%) percent and actual Company Revenues
are $20,000,000, Company Revenues will be deemed to equal $20,000,000 * (20/15)
or $26,666,666.67). All amounts shall be calculated in accordance
with the Accounting Principles. For avoidance of doubt, the first
$1,500,000 of revenue sourced for the Buyer in accordance with Section 8.5
shall not be included in Company Revenues. However, any such revenue in
accordance with Section 8.5 in excess of US$ 1,500,000 shall be included for the
purpose of determining the Company Revenues and Margin; provided that at such
point all additional costs in obtaining such revenue above such US$1,500,000
shall be included in determining Margin.
1.32 “Contract” means any
contract, mortgage, agreement, arrangement, bond, commitment, franchise,
indemnity, indenture, instrument, lease, license, instrument, note, guaranty,
indemnity, representation, warranty, deed, assignment, power of attorney,
certificate, purchase order, work order, statement of work, insurance policy,
commitment, covenant, in each case, whether or not in writing.
1.33 “Damages” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 9.1.
1.34 “Designated Employees”
means those employees of Company and its Subsidiaries designated by the Seller
to receive a portion of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.3; provided that the
individuals designated as Designated Employees shall be approved by Buyer and
under no circumstances shall (a) any of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx or
P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx be a Designated Employee or (b) any US person (as defined in
Regulation S under the Securities Act) be a Designated Employee.
1.35 “E-Fax” means any
system used to receive or transmit faxes electronically.
1.36 “E-Signature” means
the process of attaching to or logically associating with an Electronic
Transmission an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process
(including the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the
Electronic Transmission) with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such
Electronic Transmission.
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1.37 “Electronic
Transmission” means each document, instruction, authorization, file,
information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or
communicated by e-mail or E-Fax.
1.38 “Employee Benefit
Plan” shall mean each pension, profit sharing, retirement, bonus,
incentive, change in control, equity compensation, health, welfare, disability,
loan or loan guaranty, fringe benefit, vacation, sick pay, salary continuation,
deferred compensation, stock option, stock purchase, severance pay or other
insurance plan, arrangement or practice, whether written or otherwise, for
current or former officers, directors, or employees, which currently is, or
within the immediately preceding six years was, established, maintained,
contributed to or legally obligated to be contributed to by the Company or
Subsidiaries, or with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise
have any liability or obligation.
1.39 “Employee List” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.10.1.
1.40 “Environmental
Damages” means all claims, judgments, damages, losses, penalties, fines,
liabilities (including strict liability), encumbrances, liens, costs and
expenses of defense of a claim (whether or not such claim is ultimately
defeated), good faith settlements of judgment, and costs and expenses of
reporting, investigating, removing and/or remediating Hazardous Materials, of
whatever kind or nature, contingent or otherwise, matured or unmatured,
foreseeable or unforeseeable, including without limitation reasonable attorney's
fees and disbursements and consultants' fees, any of which are incurred at any
time arising out of, based on or resulting from (a) the presence or release of
Hazardous Materials into the environment, on or prior to the Closing, upon,
beneath, or from any Real Property, Former Real Property or other location
(whether or not owned by the Company) where the Company conducted operations or
generated, stored, sent, transported, or disposed of Hazardous Materials, (b)
any violation of Environmental Requirements by the Company on or prior to the
Closing.
1.41 “Environmental
Requirements” means all applicable statutes, regulations, rules,
ordinances, codes, policies, advisories, guidance, actions, licenses, permits,
orders, approvals, plans, authorizations, concessions, franchises and similar
items of all Governmental Authorities and all applicable judicial and
administrative and regulatory decrees, judgments and orders and all covenants
running with the land that relate to: (a) occupational health or safety; (b) the
protection of human health or the environment; (c) the treatment, storage,
disposal, handling, release or remediation of Hazardous Materials; or (d)
exposure of persons to Hazardous Materials.
1.42 “Escrow Agent” means
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York
corporation.
1.43 “Escrow Agreement” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.3(a).
1.44 “Escrow Fund”
collectively means (i) Seller Escrow Fund and (ii) Buyer Escrow
Fund.
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1.45 “Escrow Release Date”
means (a) with respect to the portion of Seller Escrow Fund deposited with the
Escrow Agent at Closing in any event not later than 3 Business Days after
Closing, the Business Day immediately preceding the First Anniversary, (b) with
respect to the portion of Seller Escrow Fund deposited into the Escrow following
the First Anniversary but before the Second Anniversary, the Business Day
immediately preceding the Second Anniversary, and (c) with respect to Buyer
Escrow Fund at the end of four months immediately following
the issuance of the Company Revenue and Margin Statement for the
period of Second Anniversary.
1.46 “Estimated Working
Capital” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.3(h).
1.47 “Estimated Working Capital
Statement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.3(h).
1.48 “Exit Event” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.7.
1.49 “Exchange Act” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
1.50 “Final Closing
Statement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.6(d).
1.51 “Financial Statements”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4.1(a).
1.52 “First Adjustment
Amount” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.3(b).
1.53 “First Anniversary”
May 15, 2011.
1.54 “Former Real Property”
means any real property in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
heretofore held but no longer holds a free, leasehold or other legal, beneficial
or equitable interest.
1.55 “GAAP” means United
States generally accepted accounting principles.
1.56 “Governmental
Authority” means in relation to a Person, any governmental agencies,
departments, commissions, boards, bureaus, instrumentalities, courts or
tribunals of competent jurisdiction or other authority with binding jurisdiction
over such Person.
1.57 “Hazardous Materials”
means any substance: (a) the presence of which requires
reporting, investigation, removal or remediation under any Environmental
Requirement; (b) that is defined as a “hazardous waste,” “hazardous
substance” or “pollutant” or “contaminate” under any Environmental Requirement;
(c) that is toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, ignitable, infectious,
radioactive, reactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise hazardous and is
regulated under any Environmental Requirement; or (d) that contains
gasoline, diesel fuel or other petroleum hydrocarbons, PCBs, asbestos or urea
formaldehyde foam insulation.
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1.58 “Indemnification
Claims” means all claims for indemnification pursuant to Article
IX.
1.59 "Indemnification Expiration
Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
1.60 “Infringement” and
related verbs mean any or all uses that violate the rights of the Intellectual
Property owner.
1.61 “Intellectual
Property” means any and all of the following as existing under the laws
of any jurisdiction throughout the world: patent disclosures, patent and design
patent rights (including any and all continuations, continuations-in-part,
divisionals, provisionals, reissues, reexaminations and extensions thereof),
inventions, discoveries and improvements, whether patentable or not; trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trade dress, and all goodwill symbolized by or
associated with any of the foregoing; copyrights, works of authorship whether or
not published and whether or not fixed in tangible form, moral rights,
neighboring rights, performer’s rights, rights arising under any law or
convention granting protection analogous to or in lieu of copyright protection
(including but not limited to for the protection of phonograms); rights relating
to trade secrets (including trade secrets as defined in both common law and
applicable statutory law), confidential business, technical and know-how
information; internet domain names, World Wide Web URLs and addresses; software
source codes and object codes, databases, database rights, and rights in data;
rights of publicity, rights regarding the use of any person’s name, likeness, or
biography, and rights regarding the use of any video or audio recording of any
person; all rights acquired by license with respect to any of the foregoing; all
registrations granted or pending with respect to any of the foregoing; and all
causes of action against any person for the Infringement of any of the
foregoing.
1.62 “Interim Balance
Sheet” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.4.1(a).
1.63 “Last Balance Sheet
Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.4.1(a).
1.64 “Law” means any
foreign, domestic, federal, state or local constitutional provision, statute or
other law, rule, regulation, or interpretation of any Governmental Authority and
any Order.
1.65 “Leased Property” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7.1(a).
1.66 “Legal Proceeding” means any litigation,
action, application, suit, investigation, hearing, claim, complaint, grievance,
civil, administrative, regulatory or criminal, arbitration proceeding or other
similar proceeding, before or by any court, tribunal or Governmental Authority,
and includes any appeal or review thereof and any application for leave for
appeal or review.
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1.67 “Lien” means, with
respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest, adverse claim, option, restriction, right of first refusal, right of
pre-emption, third party right or interest, other encumbrance or security
interest of any kind, or another type of agreement or arrangement having similar
effect in respect of such property or asset.
1.68 “Margin” means (except
as modified in accordance with Section 8.6 or 8.7 of this Agreement) with
respect to any period the (a) Company Revenues for such period minus all expenses
incurred for such period (whether or not paid) by Company and its Subsidiaries
excluding only (i) Taxes, (ii) the costs and expenses related to the negotiation
and performance of this Agreement, including Third Party Expenses (excluding
salaries and other expenses of the Company and their
Subsidiaries), (iii) additional costs and expenses incurred for
exploration or otherwise related to the Company’s reasonable efforts to obtain
revenues under Section 8.5 (i.e., excluding salaries and other expenses of the
Company and its Subsidiaries which would be incurred if Section 8.5 did not
exist) approved by Buyer and (iv) any corporate overhead allocations by Buyer
divided by (b)
Company Revenues for multiplied by 100 (i.e., if Company Revenue were
$10,000,000 and costs were $8,000,000 then Margin shall be equal to the result
of (($10,000,000-$8,000,000)/$10,000,000)*100 (i.e., 20.00%)). All
amounts shall be calculated in accordance with Company past practices reconciled
in according with the Accounting Principles. Depreciation will be included in
determining Margin in accordance with GAAP excepting those items of Intellectual
Property depreciation or amortization excluded therefrom (as pre agreed in form
of letter from Buyer). Depreciation or amortization or write off of
goodwill will be excluded from determining Margin. Similarly (i) any charge,
expense, amortization, write off of due to payment to Employees arising due to
issuance/grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights or any
other similar rights and (ii) any Damages for which indemnity is claimed under
this Agreement, shall not be regarded as expenses or loss of the Company or its
Subsidiaries while calculating Margin hereunder.
1.69 “Material Adverse
Effect” means any change, event, development, effect or circumstance (a)
that is, or is reasonably likely in the future to be, materially adverse to the
Business of the Company, operations, assets (including intangible assets),
liabilities (including contingent liabilities), capitalization, earnings or
other results of operations, or the condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company or its Subsidiaries or (b) that would reasonably be expected to prevent
or materially delay or impair the ability of the Seller or Company to consummate
the Transactions; other than (in each of case (a) or (b)), an event, change,
circumstance or effect primarily attributable to (i) general economic conditions
or events, changes, circumstances or effects arising out of or affecting the
securities or financial markets generally, (ii) changes or events arising from
or as a result of the identity of Buyer, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by, or the execution, announcement or performance of, this
Agreement, (iii) events, changes, circumstances or effects generally affecting
the Company’s industry, (iv) changes in Laws or GAAP or in the authoritative
interpretations thereof, or (v) acts of war, hostilities, sabotage or terrorism
or any escalation thereof or earthquakes, floods or other acts of
nature.
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1.70 “Material Contract”
means a Contract which involves or may reasonably be expected to involve the
payment to or by the Company of more than $40,000 per annum over the term of
that Contract, a Contract or commitment relating to borrowed money, a Contract
containing a non-competition or non-solicitation covenant or other provision
that restricts the Business of the Company or any other Contract
that is otherwise material to the operation of the Business of the Company;
provided that for a customer Contract of the Company or a Subsidiary to be a
Material Contract, such Contact must provide by its terms for the
payment of at least $60,000 per annum to the Company or a Subsidiary or such
customer must have in fact paid (or incurred liability) to the Company or a
Subsidiary an amount equal to at least $60,000 in the calendar year ended March
31, 2010.
1.71 “Non-Competition
Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7.
1.72 “OFAC” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.20.
1.73 “Order” means any
decree, injunction, judgment, decision, order, ruling, assessment or
writ.
1.74 “Other Intellectual
Property” means Intellectual Property used in the Business of the Company
that is not Owned Intellectual Property.
1.75 “Owned Intellectual
Property” means Intellectual Property used in the Business of the Company
that is owned by the Company.
1.76 “Pension Plan” shall
mean each employee pension benefit plan which is established, maintained or as
to which there is an obligation to contribute by or on behalf of the Company or
any Subsidiary, or under which the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company receives any benefits.
1.77 “Permits” means the
federal, state, local and foreign licenses, permits, certificates of occupancy
or use and other governmental approvals or authorizations held by the Company or
its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or otherwise necessary in connection with
the operation of the Business of the Company by the Company, its Subsidiaries or
their respective successors.
1.78 “Permitted Liens”
means (i) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens
arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not material to
the Business of the Company, operations or financial condition of the Company
and that are not resulting from a breach, default of violation by the Company of
any Material Contract or Law, (ii) Liens for Taxes that are not due and payable
or that may thereafter be paid without penalty provided an appropriate reserve
has been established therefore accordance with GAAP; (iii) Liens that are
immaterial in character, amount, and extent and which do not detract from the
value or interfere with the present or proposed use of the properties they
affect; and (iv) the Liens set out in Schedule 1.78 or (v) as
clearly disclosed in the Interim Balance Sheet.
1.79 “Person” means an
association, a corporation, an individual, a partnership, a trust or any other
entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.
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1.80 “Pre-Closing Tax
Periods” means all periods of time prior to the Closing Date during which
a Party has incurred or accrued a tax liability to a Governmental
Authority.
1.81 “Protest Notice” means
a notice of objection to either (a) a Working Capital and Margin Statement or
(b) the Closing Statement delivered pursuant to Section 2.3(l) or 2.6, as
applicable.
1.82 “Property Leases” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7.1.2.
1.83 “Public Software” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7.2(i).
1.84 “Purchase Price” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(a).
1.85 “Real Property” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7.1(a).
1.86 “Related Agreements”
means the Escrow Agreement and the Non-Competition Agreements, Stockholder
Agreement and the employment agreements of Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx and Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx to be entered into by them at Closing with the
Company or its Subsidiaries.
1.87 “Restriction” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(k)(B).
1.88 “Revenues” has the
meaning defined and calculated in accordance with Company accounting practices
as consistently applied in the past 3 years as reconciled in accordance with the
Accounting Principles.
1.89 “SEC Reports” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
1.90 “Second Adjustment”
Amount has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(b)(i).
1.91 “Second Anniversary”
means May 15, 2012.
1.92 “Securities Act” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
1.92A “Seller Escrow Fund”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(i)(ii)
1.93 “Stockholders
Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
6.3(l).
1.94 “Subsidiary(ies)”
shall mean an entity in which a party directly or indirectly owns, beneficially
or of record, at least 50% of the outstanding equity or financial interest of
such entity. The sole Subsidiaries of the Company on Closing are
Benchmark Broadcast Systems Pvt Ltd. and India, Benchmark Micro Systems India
Pvt Ltd. India; provided that for purposes of this Agreement, including the
representations and warranties contained herein, Benchmark Beijing shall be
treated as a Subsidiary of the Company, acknowledging that the stock of such
Person shall not be transferred of record to the Company until after the Closing
and subject to approval by the Government of China.
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1.95 “Taxes” means any
federal, state, local and foreign income or gross receipts tax, alternative or
add-on minimum tax, sales and use tax, customs duty and any other tax, charge,
fee, levy or other assessment, including, without limitation, property,
transfer, occupation, service, license, payroll, franchise, excise, withholding,
ad valorem, severance, documentary stamp, gains, premium, windfall profit,
employment, rent or other tax, governmental fee or like assessment or charge of
any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, fine or penalty thereon,
addition to tax, additional amount, deficiency, assessment or governmental
charge imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority which
are payable by such Person.
1.96 “Tax Authority” means
any Governmental Authority responsible for the imposition or collection of any
Tax.
1.97 “Tax Return” includes
any material report, statement, form, return or other document or information
required to be supplied to a Tax Authority in connection with
Taxes.
1.98 “Termination Date” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 11.1.
1.99 “Third Party Expenses”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.5.
1.100 “Top Customers” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.17.
1.101 “Transfer” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(k)(B).
1.102 “Transfer Taxes” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.8.
1.103 “Weighted Average
Price” means with respect to Buyer Common Stock the average of the
closing prices for the period of time specified prior to the relevant date (or
event), with a weighting factor for trading volume, for the shares of Buyer
Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Stock Market (or, if the shares of Buyer
Common Stock are not then traded on The Nasdaq Global Stock Market but are
traded on any Internationally Recognized Stock Exchange, which shall include
without limitation the London Stock Exchange (including the London AIM), the New
York Stock Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, as
reported on the applicable website of such Internationally Recognized Stock
Exchange (or the such Internationally Recognized Stock Exchange which
is primary exchange based on the volume of shares of Buyer Common Stock, if
there are multiple such Internationally Recognized Stock Exchanges), or if such
website is unavailable, as reported on the website xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx).
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1.104 “Welfare Plan” shall
mean each employee welfare benefit plan which is established, maintained or to
which there is an obligation to contribute by or on behalf of the Company or any
Subsidiary thereof, or under which the employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary thereof receives any benefits.
1.105 “Working Capital”
shall be the working capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of 11:59 p.m
local time on March 31, 2010, local time, which amount shall be calculated as the sum,
accumulated in the normal course of business, of (i) the book value of all
current assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including all cash, cash
equivalents (including certificates of deposits, money market account balances,
bank account balances and government backed investment grade securities),
accounts receivable, unbilled receivables, prepaid expenses, prepaid
commissions, and deposits) and inventory minus (ii) the sum of
US$180,000, all liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including
accounts payable, accrued expenses, deferred Revenue, all leases then accrued
and payable, indebtedness for borrowed money and any other liabilities of the
Company or its Subsidiaries, in all cases in (i) and (ii) as incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (in terms of both
frequency and magnitude) and reflected on the balance sheet of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of the aforesaid date and time.
1.106 "$" shall mean the
currency of the United States of America.
ARTICLE
II
THE
CLOSING
2.1 Closing. The
closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall take
place at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, PLLC, 000 Xxxxx 0xx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx at 1:00 pm on May 14, 2010 or at such other
place and time or on such other date as Buyer and the Seller may
agree.
2.2 Sale of Company Capital
Stock. At the Closing, the Seller will sell to KIT Dubai and KIT
Dubai will purchase from the Seller all, but not less than all, of the
outstanding Company Capital Stock for the consideration payable by the Buyer set
forth in Section 2.3.
2.3 Purchase Price.
In
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the aggregate consideration
(“Purchase Price”) payable by the Buyer to the Seller for the entire outstanding
Company Capital Stock, shall be an amount in aggregate of not less than
US$10,630,000 and not more than US$37,680,000 (all Buyer Common Stock being
valued for this purpose at its respective issuance value as provided below)
without regard to any positive or negative adjustments arising from the Working
Capital of the Company. In furtherance thereof, Buyer shall cause to
be issued and delivered at or promptly following the Closing, subject to clauses
(d) through (l) of this Section 2.3:
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(a) (i) to
the Seller:
(A) initiate
a wire to Seller in an amount in cash equal to US$4,275,000 by remitting such
amounts to the bank account of the Seller; and
(B) issue
instructions to the Escrow Agent to issue to Seller a number of shares of Buyer
Common Stock determined by dividing (x)
US$4,775,000 by
(y) the Weighted Average Price of Buyer Common Stock for the 30 days immediately
preceding the date of this Agreement.
(ii) to the Designated
Employees: initiate wires for cash in the aggregate amount of $630,000 in
cash which shall be allocated to the Designated Employees by the Seller and
approved by Buyer prior to the Closing and paid by remitting such amounts to the
bank accounts of each of the Designated Employees as set out in Schedule
2.3(a)
(b) Payments to the Seller and
Designated Employees following the First Anniversary. Buyer
shall cause to be issued and delivered promptly within 7 days after accounts for
the period ended on the First Anniversary are available and approved by the
auditors of the Company as contemplated in Clause 2.3(l), the following, subject
to clauses (d) through (l) of this Section 2.3:
(i) to the Seller: a
number of shares of Buyer Common Stock determined by multiplying (x)
US$0.60 (60 cents) by (y) the Company Revenues for the twelve (12) months
immediately preceding the First Anniversary and dividing the result
thereof by the Adjusted Weighted Average Price of Buyer Common Stock for the 30
days immediately preceding the First Anniversary; and subtracting from such
number (I) the result of dividing (a) US$9,
950,000) by (b)
the Adjusted Weighted Average Price of Buyer Common Stock for the 30 days
immediately preceding the First Anniversary (the “First Adjustment
Amount”) and (II) the shares issuable to Designated Employees pursuant to
Section 2.3(b)(ii)(A) (Any negative number resulting from this Section 2.3(b)(i)
before giving effect to the next sentence is the “Second Adjustment
Amount”). Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the
number of Buyer Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(i) shall
not be less than Zero.
(ii) to the Designated
Employees:
(A) a
number of shares of Buyer Common Stock equal to at least ten (10%) and not more
than fifteen (15%) percent of the shares of Buyer Common Stock issuable pursuant
to Section 2.3(b)(i) before reducing such number as required by Section
2.3(b)(i)(II), the exact number of such shares will be determined by the Seller
but the allocation thereof shall be in such amounts as are designated by the
Seller and approved by Buyer;
(B) a
number of shares of Buyer Common Stock equal to five (5%) percent of the shares
of Buyer Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i) before reducing
such number as required by Section 2.3(b)(i)(II), which shares shall be
allocated by the Seller and approved by Buyer; and
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(C) a
number of shares of Buyer Common Stock determined by dividing (A) $450,000 by
(B) the Weighted Average Price of Buyer Common Stock for the 30 days immediately
preceding the date of this Agreement which shares will be allocated as
determined by the Seller and approved by Buyer prior to the Closing and issued
by delivering such Buyer Common Stock to each of the Designated Employees as set
out in Schedule 2.3(b)(ii)(C) (provided that if any Designated Employees are not
employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries on the First Anniversary such Buyer
Common Stock shall be reallocated to the remaining Designated Employees who
remained employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries on the First Anniversary as
determined by Seller and approved by Buyer).
(c)
Payment to the Seller and
Designated Employees following the Second Anniversary. Buyer
shall cause to be issued and delivered promptly within 7 days after accounts for
the period ended on the Second Anniversary are available and approved by the
auditors of the Company as contemplated in Clause 2.3(l), the following, subject
to clauses (d) through (l) of this Section 2.3:
(i) to
the Seller, a number of shares of Buyer Common Stock determined by multiplying
(A) $0.40 (40 cents) by (B) the Company Revenues for the twelve (12) months
immediately preceding the Second Anniversary and dividing the result thereof by
the Adjusted Weighted Average Price of Buyer Common Stock for the 30 days
immediately preceding the Second Anniversary and subtracting from such number
(B) the Second Adjustment Amount (treated as a positive number) multipled by the
ratio determined by dividing (x) the Adjusted Weighted Average Price of Buyer
Common Stock for the 30 days immediately preceding the First Anniversary by (y)
the Adjusted Weighted Average Price of Buyer Common Stock for the 30 days
immediately preceding the Second Anniversary and (C) the consideration payable
to Designated Employees pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(ii)(A)); provided, that the
total consideration payable pursuant to this Section 2.3(c)(i) before giving
effect to Section 2.3(c)(i)(C) shall not be less than US$500,000
minus the value
of the shares of Buyer Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to 2.3(b)(i)
(determined based on their issuance price and disregarding any cash payment made
in lieu thereof pursuant to Section 2.3(f) and any reduction pursuant to Section
2.3(b)(i)(II) thereof) shall be deducted from the consideration payable in the
previous sentence, first from the Buyer Common Stock payable hereunder and then
from the cash payable hereunder). Of the minimum payment hereunder
one half will be cash and one half will be in the form of Buyer Common Stock
with the number of shares determined based on the Adjusted Weighted Average
Price of Buyer Common Stock for the 30 days immediately preceding the Second
Anniversary. The foregoing notwithstanding, in no event shall the
number of shares issuable pursuant to this Section 2.3(c)(i) be less than
Zero.
(ii)
to the
Designated Employees
(A) a
number of shares of Buyer Common Stock equal to at least 10% and not more than
fifteen (15%) percent of the shares of Buyer Common Stock otherwise issued
pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i), before reducing such number as required by
Section 2.3(c)(i)(C), which amount will be
determined by the Seller in his sole discretion
but the allocation thereof shall be as are designated by the Seller and approved by Buyer;
and
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(B) a
number of shares of Buyer Common Stock equal to five (5%) percent of the shares
of Buyer Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) before reducing
such number as required by Section 2.3(c)(i)(C), which shares shall be allocated
by the Seller and approved by
Buyer.
(d) Rounding. Where
the aggregate number of shares of Buyer Common Stock deliverable to any Person
pursuant to this Agreement or upon any release of the Escrow Fund is less than a
whole share, then the number of shares of Buyer Common Stock issuable to such
Person shall be rounded to the nearest whole share.
(e) Compliance with Securities
Laws. Buyer shall have the right to require the Seller and
each Designated Employee as a condition to receiving any Buyer Common Stock
issued pursuant to this Agreement to certify in writing that he or she is not a
“U.S. person” and to obtain such further representations, warranties and
covenants from such Person to ensure compliance with Regulation S and Rule 144
under the Securities Act. The foregoing notwithstanding, with respect
to stock issuable to Designated Employees the Buyer shall use good faith efforts
before the issuance of any such stock to cause a Form S-8 to be filed for
registering such shares for sale pursuant to the Securities Act.
(f) Cash
Substitution.
(i) Buyer
may in lieu of delivering any or all Buyer Common Stock pursuant to any of the
preceding provisions of this Section 2.3 deliver and deposit cash in lieu
thereof by remitting such amounts to the bank account of the Seller as set out
in Schedule
2.3(a) and to the bank accounts of the Designated Employees designated in
writing by the Seller. The amount of cash will be equal to the number
of shares of Buyer Common Stock which would have been issued times the Weighted
Average Price or Adjusted Weighted Average Price used to calculate the relevant
number of shares to be issued pursuant to this Section 2.3. Also, in order to
comply with Nasdaq market rules, in no event shall Buyer be obligated to issue
such number of shares of Buyer Common Stock equal to or more than 19.9% of its
outstanding shares of Buyer Common Stock, determined before the closing of
this transaction, under the terms of this Agreement, and if Buyer cannot issue
any or part of the shares of Buyer Common Stock as a result of this sentence
Buyer shall deliver cash in lieu thereof in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Section 2.3(f).
(ii) With
respect to the Buyer Common Stock issuable pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) of
this Section 2.3, the Seller may require that Buyer deliver and deposit cash to
the Seller and Designated Employees in lieu of up to (30.0%) percent of such
Buyer Common Stock that Buyer otherwise is required to deliver and the Buyer
undertakes to pay the amount of cash to be delivered in lieu of such Buyer
Common Stock to the Seller and Designated Employees, which amount shall be equal
to eight-five (85.0%) percent of the Weighted Average Price or Adjusted Weighted
Average Price times the number of shares of Buyer Common Stock as calculated
pursuant to clauses (b) or (c) of this Section 2.3, as
applicable.
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(g) Withholding Taxes.
Buyer and its respective agents shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from
the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Person,
such amounts as Buyer or its agents may reasonably determine it is required to
deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any
applicable provision of Law. With respect to Buyer Common Stock
issuable to Designated Employees, the Buyer may deduct any such Taxes from any
cash otherwise to be received by such Designated Employees pursuant to Section
2.3(f) (if elected by Seller on behalf of such Designated Employees) or to pay
such Taxes reduce the number of shares issuable to such Designated Employees
based on the Adjusted Weighted Average Price used to determine the number of
shares of Buyer Common Stock issuable to the Designated Employees; provided that
in neither event shall the 15% discount described in Section 2.3(f) be applied
to cash allocated to cover withholding Taxes. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes
hereof as having been paid to such Person in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made. In addition, the Buyer covenants to ensure that all Taxes
required to be withheld with respect to any cash or Buyer Common Stock delivered
to Designated Employees shall be duly withheld and delivered to the appropriate
Governmental Authority.
(h) Increase or Reduction for
Working Capital. At least two (2) Business Days prior to
Closing, the Seller shall provide Buyer with a calculation (the “Estimated Working
Capital”) of the Working Capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
of March 31, 2010 (such statement, the “Estimated Working Capital
Statement”), prepared from the books and records of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and calculated in accordance with Company’s and its Subsidiaries
accounting principles applied consistently with the preparation of the Company's
and Subsidiaries historical financial statements. The Estimated
Working Capital Statement shall be subject to Buyer’s approval, which approval
is not to be unreasonably withheld. At least once a month beginning
60 days following the Closing, the Buyer shall review along with the Seller the
portion of the Working Capital which is realised and to the extent that the
amount realised exceeds all liabilities reflected on the Estimated Working
Capital Statement or Final Working Capital Statement, as applicable, the Buyer
shall allocate and deliver to the Seller such excess.
(i) Reduction for Seller Escrow
Fund. The Buyer shall deposit the part of the Purchase Price
payable / deliverable pursuant to Section 2.3 as follows:
(i)
At
Closing: fifteen percent (15%) of the consideration
deliverable pursuant to Section 2.3(a) shall be deposited (in form of Buyer
Common Stock only) with the Escrow Agent (excluding the portion of the Purchase
Price which is attributable to the Company’s Working Capital);
(ii) After the First
Anniversary: fifteen percent (15%) of the consideration payable /
deliverable to pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i) shall be deposited (in form of
Buyer Common Stock only) with the Escrow Agent.
(Section
2.3(i)(i) and 2.3(i)(ii) shall collectively be referred to as the “Seller Escrow
Fund”).
In giving
effect to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3(i), none of the Buyer
Common Stock shall be withheld from the Buyer Common Stock issuable directly to
the Designated Employees pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section
2.3, but in lieu thereof the amount issuable to the Seller shall reduced to
fully fund the Seller Escrow Fund.
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The value
of the Buyer Common Stock used for determining the number of shares of Buyer
Common Stock to be deposited into the Escrow Fund shall be the same as is used
to determine the number of shares issuable upon the Closing and First
Anniversary, as applicable (ie., Sections 2.3(a) and 2.3(b). Such withheld stock
shall be deposited by Buyer with the Escrow Agent as provided herein as part of
the Escrow Fund, whereupon each Person's rights and obligations with respect
thereto shall be governed by the terms of the Escrow Agreement and this
Agreement.
(j) Buyer Escrow
Fund. Further, Buyer shall within three (3) business days
following the Closing initiate a wire to deposit with the Escrow Agent US
$2,000,000 (Two Million United States Dollars) to fund its cash payment
obligations pursuant to Section 2.3(f) and Section 8.7 of this
Agreement. Such cash shall be deposited by Buyer with the Escrow
Agent as provided herein as part of the Escrow Fund, whereupon each Person's
rights and obligations with respect thereto shall be governed by the terms of
the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement (the “Buyer Escrow
Fund”). In connection with any cash payments to be made to the
Seller or any Designated Employee in accordance with Section 2.3(f), the cash in
the Buyer Escrow Fund shall be utilized prior to the Buyer providing any further
cash to Seller or any Designated Employees.
(k) Restricted Securities; and
Lock-Up.
(A) The
Buyer represents, warrants and covenants that Buyer Common Stock issuable
pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute “restricted securities” under the
Securities Act and may only be sold or transferred in accordance with Rule 144
thereunder, when, if and to the extent that such exemption from registration is
available to the holder of such securities and in accordance with the provisions
of Regulation S, if applicable. Buyer is not undertaking to register
any Buyer Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement and before permitting
any transfer of Buyer Common Stock issued hereunder may require an opinion in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer, which acceptability should
not be unreasonably withheld, that such transfer is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
(B) The
Buyer Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement in connection with the
Closing (i.e., not those issued following the First Anniversary and the Second
Anniversary) shall be subject to the restriction that holder and owner of such
shares of Buyer Common Stock may not make (i) any sale, any short sale of, loan,
grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise assign, pledge, hypothecate
or dispose of (collectively, “Transfer”) any such
shares for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance of such
Buyer Common Stock (the “Restriction”), except
as otherwise expressly consented to by Buyer. It is clarified that lock-in under
this Agreement shall be applicable only with regard to Buyer Common Stock issued
pursuant to 2.3(a). For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Transfer” shall also include the entering into by a holder of Buyer Common
Stock of any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership
of Buyer Common Stock, whether any such swap transaction is to be settled by
delivery of Buyer Common Stock or other securities, in cash or
otherwise.
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(C) Each
certificate representing Buyer Common Stock shall bear the following legends to
the extent applicable to the holder of such Buyer Common Stock:
“THE
SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933
ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SUCH OFFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE,
HYPOTHECATION, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION OR IS
OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND SUCH LAWS.
THE
SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
UNDER THE 1933 ACT AND ALL TRANSFERS OF SUCH SHARES MUST BE MADE STRICTLY IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SAID REGULATION.”
(D) Each
certificate representing Buyer Common Stock issued pursuant to 2.3(a) only shall
bear the following additional legend:
“THE
SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER
AND OTHER CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, AS MAY BE SPECIFIED IN THE STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE PARTIES THERETO DATED AS OF MAY14, 2010, COPIES OF
WHICH ARE ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF KIT DIGITAL, INC. AND WILL BE FURNISHED
WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE STOCKHOLDER OF SUCH SHARES UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST.”
(E) Buyer
shall have the absolute right to give instructions to any transfer agent for its
capital stock to give effect to the provisions of this Section 2.3(k) and
neither such transfer agent nor Buyer shall have any liability to any Person for
any reasonable action taken (or not taken) in furtherance thereof so long as
Buyer or transfer agent acts in good faith. Buyer shall instruct the
transfer agent to not transfer any Buyer Common Stock issued pursuant to this
Agreement if such transfer is not in compliance with the Securities Act,
including, without limitation, Regulation S thereunder. Subject to compliance
with applicable Law, after the end of lock-in-period, Buyer agrees to delete the
legend and issue a replacement stock certificate to Seller without legend if and
when required by Seller.
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(l) Not
later than the end of the first quarter after the First Anniversary and the
Second Anniversary, the Buyer shall deliver a statement (the “Company Revenue and Margin
Statement”) setting forth its calculation of the Company Revenue and
Margin for First Anniversary and Margin and Company Revenues for Second
Anniversary as certified by its auditors. Buyer and Company shall
make the working papers, backup materials, and books and records used in
preparing the Company Revenue and Margin Statement available to the Seller, its
accountants and legal counsel at reasonable times and upon prior notice
following the delivery of the Company Revenue and Margin Statement by Buyer to
the Seller.
(i) If
the Seller disagrees with the determination of the Company Revenue and Margin as
shown on the applicable Company Revenue and Margin Statement, the Seller shall
issue and deliver to Buyer a Protest Notice within thirty (30) Business Days
after delivery of the applicable Company Revenue and Margin Statement, which
Protest Notice shall describe the nature of any such disagreement in reasonable
detail, identify the specific items involved and the dollar amount of each such
disagreement, and provide, to the extent available to the Seller, supporting
documentation for each such disagreement; provided, however, that failure to so provide,
or the partial provision of supporting documentation shall, in no way, have any
effect on the validity of the Protest Notice; provided, further, that
any material delay taken by the Buyer in providing the information, documents,
papers, etc. as reasonably required by the Seller under this clause shall not be
included while computing the 30-day period for the purpose of this
clause. However, notwithstanding anything contained herein,
Buyer and Company and its Subsidiaries shall be under an obligation to provide
for all the information, documents, papers, etc. that the Seller may reasonably
demand, to enable it to effectively lodge the Protest Notice. Failure
of the Seller to deliver a timely Protest Notice shall result in the Seller
being deemed to have approved the applicable Company Revenue and Margin
Statement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Buyer shall within 7
days after the accounts for the period ended on the First Anniversary or the
Second Anniversary, as the case may be, are available (as provided above),
deposit and deliver to the Seller the amounts payable to the Seller as per the
Company Revenue and Margin Statement, provided by the Company (i.e., the
undisputed amounts owed based on such statement and payment of consideration
i.e. undisputed amount will not be treated as settlement of purchase
consideration but be a interim payment towards purchase consideration pending
final determination of purchase consideration.).
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(ii) If
the Seller timely delivers a Protest Notice to Buyer, Buyer and the Seller shall
attempt to resolve any such objections within fifteen (15) days after delivery
by the Seller of the Protest Notice. If the parties are unable to
resolve all disagreements identified by the Seller within fifteen (15) days
after delivery to Buyer of the Protest Notice, then Buyer and the Seller shall
each submit the name of an accounting firm that is nationally recognized in
Singapore and India, as the case may be and has not in the prior two years
provided services to either Buyer, the Seller, the Company or their respective
Affiliates, and one firm shall be selected by lot (i.e., at random) from these
two firms (the firm selected, the “Accounting
Arbitrator”) provided that the Buyer shall pay to the Seller forthwith
the amount payable as per the Company Revenue and Margin Statement, regarding
which there is no dispute. Each of the parties to this Agreement
shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates and representatives to,
provide full cooperation to the Accounting Arbitrator. The Accounting
Arbitrator shall (i) act in its capacity as expert and not as an arbitrator,
(ii) for purposes of this Section 2.3(l), review only those items and amounts
set forth in the applicable Company Revenue and Margin Statement as to which
there is a dispute between the Seller and Buyer, (iii) for purposes of this
Section 2.3(l), be instructed that the scope of the disputes to be resolved by
the Accounting Arbitrator shall be limited to whether the calculation of the
Company Revenue and Margin for the period set forth in the applicable Company
Revenue and Margin Statement was done in accordance with the Accounting
Principles applied in a manner consistent with the definition of Margin or
whether there were any mathematical errors in the calculation of the Company
Revenue and Margin Statement, and that the Accounting Arbitrator is not to make
any other determination, and (iv) be instructed to reach its conclusions
regarding any such dispute between the Seller and Buyer within thirty (30) days
after its appointment and to provide a reasonably detailed written explanation
of its decision with respect to each disputed item. In the event that Buyer or
the Seller submits any dispute under the process set forth in this Section
2.3(l), each such party may submit materials to the Accounting Arbitrator, with
a copy to the non-submitting party, setting forth the position of such
submitting party with respect to such dispute, to be considered by such
Accounting Arbitrator as it deems fit; provided, however, that the
Accounting Arbitrator shall not delay or extend the thirty-day period for it to
reach its conclusions and to provide a written report of its
decision. The determination of the Accounting Arbitrator shall be
final and binding on the parties and shall be deemed a final arbitration award.
Any expenses relating to the engagement of the Accounting Arbitrator shall be
borne as determined by the Accounting Arbitrator based on the relative fault of
Seller and Buyer; provided that any amount due from Seller shall be paid for by
reducing the amount payable pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or (c), as
applicable.
2.5 Delivery of Purchase
Price. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section
2.6, at the Closing,
Buyer shall (i) initiate a wire to Seller and the Designated Employees in the
amount of the cash deliverable pursuant to Section 2.3(a) and (ii) issue
instructions to the Escrow Agent to issue and deliver the Buyer Common Stock
deliverable at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.3(a) as reduced by the part of
Seller Escrow Fund to be deposited by Buyer within three (3) Business Days
following the Closing )). Simultaneously with the Closing, the Buyer
shall (a) initiate a wire to the Escrow Agent for the cash portion of the Buyer
Escrow Fund and (b) issue instructions to the Escrow Agent to issue and hold as
part of the Seller Escrow Fund, the shares of Buyer Common Stock constituting
the stock portion of the Seller Escrow Fund to be funded at the
Closing.
2.6 Working Capital
Adjustment:
(a)
Not later than the sixty (60th) day immediately following the Closing Date,
Buyer shall prepare and deliver to the Seller a calculation (the “Closing Working
Capital”) of the Working Capital of the Company as of March 31, 2010
(such statement, the “Closing Statement”),
prepared from the books and records of the Company and calculated in accordance
with the Accounting Principles, including those set forth in Schedule
2.6(a). Buyer shall make the working papers, backup materials,
and books and records used in preparing the Closing Statement available to the
Seller, its accountants and legal counsel at reasonable times and upon prior
notice following the delivery of the Closing Statement by Buyer to the
Seller.
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(b) If
the Seller disagrees with the determination of the Working Capital as shown on
the Closing Statement, the Seller shall deliver a Protest Notice regarding such
disagreement within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Closing Statement,
which Protest Notice shall describe the nature of any such disagreement in
reasonable detail, identify the specific items involved and the dollar amount of
each such disagreement, and provide, to the extent available to the Seller,
supporting documentation for each such disagreement; provided, however, that failure to so provide,
or the partial provision of, supporting documentation shall, in no way, have any
effect on the validity of the Protest Notice.
(c) If
the Seller timely delivers a Protest Notice to Buyer, Buyer and the Seller shall
attempt to resolve any such objections within fifteen (15) days after delivery
by the Seller of the Protest Notice. If the parties are unable to
resolve all disagreements identified by the Seller within fifteen (15) days
after delivery to Buyer of the Protest Notice, then Buyer and the Seller shall
select an Accounting Arbitrator pursuant to the mechanism set forth in Section
2.3(l). Each of the parties to this Agreement shall, and shall cause
their respective Affiliates and representatives to, provide full cooperation to
the Accounting Arbitrator. The Accounting Arbitrator shall (i) act in
its capacity as expert and not as an arbitrator, (ii) for purposes of this
Section 2.6, review only those items and amounts set forth in the Closing
Statement as to which there is a dispute between the Seller and Buyer, (iii) for
purposes of this Section 2.6, be instructed that the scope of the disputes to be
resolved by the Accounting Arbitrator shall be limited to whether the
calculation of the Closing Working Capital was done in accordance with the
Accounting Principles or whether there were any mathematical errors in the
calculation of the Closing Working Capital, and that the Accounting Arbitrator
is not to make any other determination, and (iv) be instructed to reach its
conclusions regarding any such dispute between the Seller and Buyer within
thirty (30) days after its appointment and to provide a reasonably detailed
written explanation of its decision with respect to each disputed
item. In the event that Buyer or the Seller submits any dispute under
the process set forth in this Section 2.6, each such party may submit materials
to the Accounting Arbitrator, with a copy to the non-submitting party, setting
forth the position of such submitting party with respect to such dispute, to be
considered by such Accounting Arbitrator as it deems fit; provided, however, that the
Accounting Arbitrator shall not delay or extend the thirty-day period for it to
reach its conclusions and to provide a written explanation of its
decision. The determination of the Accounting Arbitrator shall be
final and binding on the parties and the Buyer shall forthwith but not later
than 7 days from the date of such determination issue and deliver and/ or pay
the consideration or the part thereof, to the extent not already paid or issued
and delivered, to the Seller as determined by the Accounting
Arbitrator. Any expenses relating to the engagement of the Accounting
Arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Seller and Buyer and, with respect to
the portion to be paid by Seller, shall be paid for out of the Escrow
Fund.
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(d) If
the Seller does not deliver the Protest Notice within the thirty (30) day period
specified in Section 2.6(b) above, the Closing Statement, together with Buyer's
calculation of the Closing Working Capital reflected thereon, shall be deemed to
have been accepted by all of the parties to this Agreement and the Seller and
shall become the “Final Closing
Statement.” In the event that the Seller delivers a Protest
Notice in accordance with the provisions above and Buyer and the Seller are able
to resolve such dispute by mutual agreement, the Closing Statement, together
with Buyer's calculation of Closing Working Capital reflected thereon, to the
extent modified by mutual agreement of such parties, shall be deemed to have
been accepted by all of the parties to this Agreement and the Seller and shall
become the “Final
Closing Statement.” In the event that the Seller delivers a
Protest Notice in accordance with the provisions above and Buyer and the Seller
are unable to resolve such dispute by mutual agreement, the determination of the
Accounting Arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and the Closing
Statement, together with Buyer's calculation of Closing Working Capital reflected thereon, in
each case to the extent modified by the Accounting Arbitrator, shall be deemed
to have been accepted by all of the parties to this Agreement and the Seller and
shall become the “Final Closing
Statement.” The calculation of Closing Working Capital
reflected on any such Final Closing Statement shall be conclusive and binding on
all of the parties to this Agreement and the Seller and no further adjustments
shall be made thereto.
(e) (i)
In the event that the amount of the Closing Working Capital as reflected on the
Final Closing Statement is less than the Estimated Working Capital, then Buyer
shall direct the Escrow Agent in writing to release to Buyer from the Seller
Escrow Fund (without regard to the Basket Amount) such portion of the Seller
Escrow Fund with an aggregate Buyer Common Stock Price equal to the amount of
the shortfall.
(ii) If the Closing Working Capital as
reflected on the Final Closing Statement is greater than the Estimated Working
Capital, Buyer shall cause to be delivered to the Seller the amount by which the
Closing Working Capital as reflected on the Final Closing Statement exceeds the
Estimated Working Capital in cash in accordance with the provisions of
2.3(h).
(iii) No
interest shall be paid in respect of any adjustment to the Purchase Price as a
result of the payment of sums in respect of Closing Working Capital as provided
in this Section 2.6(e) subsequent to the Closing Date.
(iv) Subject to
the foregoing, all releases of shares of Buyer Common Stock under this Section
2.6 from the Seller Escrow Fund shall be made based on the value of Buyer Common
Stock determined by Weighted Average Price contained therein for the 30 days
immediately preceding the date of this Agreement.
2.7 Taking of Necessary Action;
Further Action. If, at any time after the Closing, any further
action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and
to vest KIT Dubai with full right, title and possession to all outstanding
Company Capital Stock and thereby control of the assets, property, rights,
privileges and powers of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the officers and
directors of the Seller are fully authorized in the name of their respective
corporations or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary
action and Seller covenants to take all such actions as are reasonable requested
of them by Buyer from time to time. Similarly, at every issuance of Buyer Common
Stock, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of
this Agreement and to vest the Seller and the Designated Employees with full
right, title and possession to the issued Buyer Common Stock (subject to
restrictions imposed herein or by law), the officers and directors of the Buyer
are fully authorized in the name of the Buyer or otherwise to take, and shall
take, all such lawful and necessary action and the Buyer covenants to take all
such actions as are reasonably requested of them by the Seller from time to
time.
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2.8 Transfer
Taxes. All transfer,
documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other substantially similar
Taxes in connection with this Agreement (collectively, “Transfer Taxes”), if
any, shall be borne by and paid by Buyer when due. The Seller and the
Designated Employees, as applicable, will pay or cause the Seller to pay their
respective taxes on income, capital gain and / or corporate taxes (of the
Seller) (“Direct Taxes”) and at its own expense, file all necessary Tax Returns
and other documentation with respect to all such Direct Taxes, in Singapore,
India and USA, as applicable. Upon Buyer’s request, Seller shall provide Buyer
with evidence satisfactory to Buyer that such Direct Taxes have been paid by the
responsible party required under the applicable Law by the Seller.
ARTICLE
IIIA
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT
TO THE COMPANY
The
Seller represents and warrants to Buyer and KIT Dubai that the statements
contained in this Article IIIA are true and correct, except as disclosed in a
document to be delivered by the Company to Buyer or KIT Dubai prior to the
Closing referring to the representations and warranties in this Agreement (the
“Company Disclosure
Schedule”). The description or listing of a matter, event or thing within
any section of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed an admission
or acknowledgement that such matter, event or thing is “material” for the
purposes of this Agreement. Matters reflected on the Company
Disclosure Schedule are not necessarily limited to matters required by this
Agreement to be reflected therein, and the inclusion of such matters shall not
be deemed an admission that such matters were required to be reflected on such
Company Disclosure Schedule. Such additional matters are set forth
for informational purposes only and do not necessarily include other matters of
a similar nature.
3.1 Subsidiaries; Organization
and Related Matters.
(a) Schedule 3.1(a) lists
each Subsidiary of the Company, the jurisdiction of its Subsidiaries and the
Company’s and any other Person’s equity interest therein. Each of the
Company’s Subsidiaries is wholly owned by the Company (directly or
indirectly). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
agreed, is obligated to make or is bound by any Contract under which it may be
obligated to make any future investment in or capital contribution to any other
Person. Other than the Subsidiaries, the Company does not own and,
directly or indirectly, any capital stock of or any other equity interest in, or
control, directly or indirectly, any other Person, and the Company is not
otherwise been, directly or indirectly, a party to, member of or participant in
any partnership, joint venture or similar business entity. The
Company has never conducted operations under any other
name.
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(b) The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of Singapore, and each Subsidiary is an entity duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it was organized. The Company has all necessary corporate power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Related
Agreements to which it is a party and to own its properties and assets and to
carry on the Business of the. The Company and each Subsidiary is (A)
duly organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation
and (B) duly qualified or licensed to do business and in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which it conducts business, except for those jurisdictions where
failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably
be expected to have individually, or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company and its Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.1(b)
lists (i) the jurisdiction in which the Company was organized and each
jurisdiction in which the Company is and is required to be qualified or licensed
to do business, (ii) the jurisdiction in which each of its Subsidiaries was
organized and each jurisdiction in which same is required to be qualified or
licensed to do business, and (iii) the current directors of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries. The Company has provided Buyer true,
correct and complete copies of its Charter Documents of the Company and the
respective organizational documents of each of its Subsidiaries as in effect on
the date hereof. The Company Board has not approved or proposed any
amendment to any such Charter Documents and the Board of each of its
Subsidiaries have not approved or proposed any amendments to any of its Charter
Documents.
3.2 Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized Company Capital Stock consists of 40,001 shares of SGD 1/-each of
which 40,001 shares are issued and outstanding. Company does not have
any other shares of capital stock authorized, issued or
outstanding. All outstanding Company Capital Stock is held of record
and beneficially by the Seller All outstanding Company Capital Stock (I) have
been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and
are not subject to preemptive rights created by statute, the Charter Documents
or any Contract to which Company is a party or by which it is bound, and (II)
have been offered, sold and delivered by Company in compliance in all respects
with all applicable Laws. There are no declared or accrued but unpaid
dividends with respect to any Company Capital Stock. The Seller owns
and has good and marketable title to all of Company Capital Stock to be sold by
pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of all Liens.
(b) Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever adopted, sponsored or maintained
any stock option plan or any other plan or Contract providing for equity
compensation to any Person.
(c) There
are no subscriptions, options, calls, warrants, Contracts or any other rights,
whether or not currently exercisable, (i) to acquire any Company Capital Stock
or shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary of Company, or that are or may
become convertible into or exchangeable for any Company Capital Stock or shares
of capital stock of any Subsidiary of the Company or another right to acquire
such securities and (ii) to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party,
or by which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, obligating Company or
any Subsidiary to issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be
issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any Company Capital Stock or
any capital stock or equity or other ownership interest of any Subsidiary or
obligating Company or any of its Subsidiaries to grant, extend, accelerate the
vesting of, change the price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such
subscriptions, options, calls, warrants, Contracts or any other rights.
There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit
participation, or other similar rights with respect to Company or any of its
Subsidiaries
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(d) There
are no (i) voting trusts, proxies, or other Contracts or understandings with
respect to the voting stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, by which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is bound, or of which the Company has knowledge, or (ii)
Contracts or understandings to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party, by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, or of which the
Company has knowledge relating to the voting, registration, sale or transfer
(including Contracts relating to rights of first refusal, “co-sale” rights or
“drag-along” rights) of any Company Capital Stock.
3.3 Authority. The
Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement
and all other agreements to be executed in connection herewith by the Company
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and the Seller, have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Company (including,
without limitation, any required authorization by the Board and stockholders of
the Company) and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
and the Seller enforceable in accordance with their respective terms subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, marshaling,
fraudulent conveyance and other laws affecting rights of creditors, debtors or
equity holders generally. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or any of the Related Agreements nor compliance with the terms and
provisions hereof or thereof will (a) violate any provision of the Charter
Documents of the Company, (b) violate any law, statute, regulation,
judgment, injunction, order or decree of any Governmental Authority to which the
Company, Seller is subject except, in all cases, such violations that would not
have a Material Adverse Effect under this Agreement or (c) result in any
breach of, or constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or
lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under any of the Material
Contracts, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of any of the Material Contracts, or result in the creation of
any Lien on the any of the Material Contracts or (d) prohibit or
materially impair the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any of the Related Agreements.
3.4 Financial
Condition.
3.4.1 Financial
Statements.
(a) Set
forth on Schedule
3.4.1 are copies of the following (collectively, the “Financial
Statements”): (i) the audited financial statements of the
Company and each of the Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009
and March 31, 2008, including their respective balance sheets as at March 31,
2008 and March 31, 2009 (the March 31, 2009 balance sheets being hereinafter,
the “Last Balance
Sheet Date”); (ii) the related statements of income and of changes
in financial position for the fiscal years then ended; (iii) the unaudited
interim financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the twelve
month period ended March 31, 2010, including their respective balance sheets as
at March 31, 2010 (collectively, the “Interim Balance
Sheet”); and (iv) the related statements of income and of changes in
financial position for the twelve month period then ended.
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(b) The
Financial Statements (i) are audited by the auditors of the
respective jurisdiction are correct and complete in all material respects and
have been prepared in accordance with the books and records of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as per the auditors’ report(s); (ii) reflect and provide
reserves in respect of all known liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
which in the opinion of the Company are adequate, including all known contingent
liabilities for which GAAP would require a reserve, as of their respective
dates; and (iv) present fairly the financial condition of the Company and
its Subsidiaries at such date and the results of its operations for the fiscal
period then ended.
(c) The
Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) keeps books, records and accounts
that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of assets of such Person. None of the Company or its
Subsidiaries have any liability with respect to any payment, receipt or
retention of funds by any Person in violation of any applicable
Law.
3.4.2 Absence of Certain
Changes. Since March 31, 2010, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their
respective business organizations intact, to keep available to the Company and
its Subsidiaries, as applicable, the services of all current officers and
employees necessary to the Business of the Company and to preserve the goodwill
of the customers and employees having business relations with the Company or its
Subsidiaries. Since March 31, 2010, none of the Company or its
Subsidiaries has:
(a) conducted
the Business of the Company in any manner except in the ordinary course
consistent with past practices, except as otherwise required by the terms of
this Agreement or any Related Agreement; or
(b) except
as required by their terms, amended, terminated, renewed/failed to renew or
renegotiated any Material Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party or by which it is bound, or defaulted (or taken or omitted to take any
action that, with or without the giving of notice or passage of time, would
constitute a default) in any of its obligations under any Material Contract or
entered into any new Material Contract or taken any action that would reasonably
be expected to result in the discontinuance of its material customer
relationships; or
(c) terminated,
amended or failed to renew any existing insurance coverage outside of the
ordinary course of business; or
(d) suffered
any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, affecting
the Company Assets or the Business of the Company over $100,000;
or
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(e) terminated
or failed to renew or preserve any material Permits material to the Business or
which would result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(f) incurred
or agreed to incur any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent) that
individually calls for payment by the Company or its Subsidiaries of more than
$10,000 in any specific case or $25,000 in the aggregate outside of the ordinary
course of business; or
(g) made
any loan, guaranty or other extension of credit, or entered into any commitment
to make any loan, guaranty or other extension of credit, to or for the benefit
of any Person, excepting the provision of customers with credit in the ordinary
course of business; or
(h) incurred
any indebtedness, guaranteed any indebtedness of any Person or guaranteed any
debt securities of any person or entity outside of the ordinary course of
business or in excess of $100,000 in aggregate; or
(i) issued,
sold, redeemed or acquired for value, or agreed to do so, any debt obligations
or equity securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or
(j) sold,
leased, licensed, transferred, mortgaged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of
any assets or any liabilities, except (i) for dispositions of property not
greater than $20,000 in any specific case or $50,000 in the aggregate, or
(ii) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
or
(k) declared,
issued, made or paid any dividend or other distribution of assets, whether
consisting of money, other personal property, real property or other thing of
value, to its stockholders, or split, combined, divided, distributed or
reclassified any shares of its equity securities; or
(l) amended
its certificate of incorporation, memorandum of association, articles of
association, bylaws or other governing documents (as the case may be);
or
(m) made
special, accelerated or extraordinary payments to any Person in excess of
$20,000 in the aggregate; or
(n)
made any material investment, by purchase,
contributions to capital, property transfers, or otherwise, in any other Person,
except as contemplated by this Agreement; or
(o)
compromised, contested or otherwise
settled any claims or threatened, commenced or settled any Legal Proceeding
against or otherwise involving the Company or its Subsidiaries;
or
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(p) made
or changed any Tax election, made any change in any method or period of
accounting or in any accounting policy, practice or procedure, filed any amended
Tax Return, entered into any closing agreement or similar agreement or
arrangement with respect to Taxes, settled or contested any Tax claim, taken any
action to surrender any right to claim a refund or credit of Taxes, or consented
to any waiver or extension of the limitation period applicable to any claim for
Taxes; or
(q) disposed
of or permitted to lapse any rights with respect to Intellectual Property or its
use; or
(r) other
than as contemplated by this Agreement or Related Agreements, made any
declaration, payment or commitment or obligation of any kind for the payment
(whether in cash or otherwise) of a severance payment or other, termination
payment, bonus, special remuneration or other additional salary or compensation
to any director, officer, or other current employee of the Company;
or
(s) outside
of the ordinary course of business made any capital expenditures or commitments
with respect thereto in excess of $20,000 individually or $50,000 in the
aggregate; or
(t) made
any material change in the manner that the Company or any Subsidiary maintains
its books and records;
(u) adopted
or changed accounting methods or practices (including any change in depreciation
or amortization policies or rates) other than as required by GAAP;
or
(v) made
any expenditures or entered into any commitment or transaction exceeding $20,000
individually or $50,000 in the aggregate outside of the ordinary course of
business; or
(w) revalued
any of its assets (whether tangible or intangible), including without limitation
writing down the value of inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable;
or
(x) acquired
or agreed to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any
assets or equity securities of, or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division
thereof, or otherwise acquired or agreed to acquire any assets which are
material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Business of the Company;
or
(y) adopted
or amended any Employee Benefit Plan, entered into any employment Contract, paid
or agreed to pay any bonus or special remuneration to any director or employee
of the Company or any Subsidiary, or increase or modify the salaries, wage
rates, or other compensation (including, without limitation, any equity-based
compensation) of its employees; or
(z) entered
into any material strategic alliance, affiliate agreement or joint marketing
arrangement or agreement; or
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(aa) hired,
promoted, demoted or terminated or otherwise changed the employment status or
titles of any other employees, or encouraged any employees to resign from the
Company or any Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business;
or
(bb) entered
into any lease of, or commitment to acquire or lease, any realty or any
substantial item of machinery or equipment outside of the ordinary course of
business; or
(cc) entered
into any mortgage, pledge or permitted any Lien to be placed upon any of the
Company Assets; or
(dd)
entered into any arrangement or performed any action that resulted in or is
reasonable likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
or
(ee) agreed
to or made any commitment to take any actions prohibited by this
Section 3.3.2 or any other action that would (i) prevent the Company
from performing, or cause the Company not to perform, the respective covenants
or agreements hereunder, or (ii) result in any of its respective
representations and warranties contained herein being untrue or
incorrect.
3.4.3
Indebtedness
(a) None
of the Company or its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any
nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by the
applicable Accounting Principles to be set forth on any balance sheet of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries except:
(i) as
disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Interim Balance
Sheet;
(i) for
items set forth on Schedule 3.4.3;
or
(ii) for
liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since
the date of the Interim Balance Sheet.
(b) Except
as disclosed on Schedule 3.4.3 all
indebtedness of the Company may be paid in whole or in part at any time or from
time to time without any prepayment penalty, interest or other charge, excepting
accrued but unpaid interest.
3.5 Tax
Matters.
3.5.1 Tax Returns;
Disputes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed, within
the time and in the manner prescribed by law, Tax Returns and all material state
and local Tax Returns required to be filed by them and have paid all Taxes shown
to be due thereon. All such Tax Returns were correct in all material
respects. There are no outstanding Tax assessments or Taxes otherwise
due that if not paid on a timely basis would result, on or after the Closing
Date, in any Liens for Taxes on any of the Company Assets. There is,
to the knowledge of the Company, no pending or threatened federal, state or
local audit involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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3.6 Legal
Proceedings.
3.6.1 Legal Proceedings Pending or
Threatened. There is no Legal Proceeding pending or to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing before any Governmental
Authority in which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party. Schedule 3.6.1
sets forth all Legal Proceedings to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
party, or has been a party since January 1, 2006.
3.6.2 Business
Enjoined. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any
employee, manager or agent of the Company or its Subsidiaries is permanently or
temporarily enjoined by any order, judgment or decree of any court or tribunal
or any other agency from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in
connection with the Business of the Company.
3.6.3 Violation of Law;
Permits. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries is in
violation of any provision of any law, decree, order or regulation applicable to
the Company or its Business of the Company, properties or assets, including,
without limitation, those relating to antitrust or other anticompetitive
practices, or employment practices (such as discrimination, health and safety),
except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6.3, the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has all Permits required with respect to
the Company Assets or in the conduct of the Business of the Company and the
operation of the Real Property, all of which Permits are set forth on Schedule 3.6.3,
and has satisfied all bonding requirements pertaining to its operations under
federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations. No
pending law or use regulation, restriction or compliance requirement materially
and adversely affect the Company Assets or the Business of the
Company.
3.7 Properties and Assets of the
Company. The Company and its Subsidiaries owns or otherwise
has the right to use all of the Company Assets. Upon consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, will have good and marketable title to the Company
Assets, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. The Company
Assets are sufficient in all material respects to permit the Company and its
Subsidiaries following the Closing to carry on the Business of the Company as
presently conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date
hereof.
3.7.1
Title to Real
Property.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or has any legal or equitable title
in any real property and Schedule 3.7.1
is a true, correct and complete list and description of each lease of real
property under which the Company or any Subsidiary is a lessee, lessor,
sub-lessee or sub-lessor (the “Leased
Property”). The Leased Property and the real property subject
to the Leases sometimes collectively are referred to as the “Real
Property.”
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(b) The
Company (or its Subsidiaries) has good and marketable leasehold title to the
Leased Property and to all improvements free and clear in each case of all
Liens, except Permitted Liens, which either individually or in the aggregate
would have a Material Adverse Effect on the present use, operation, value or
enjoyment of any of the Leased Property.
(c) The
Leased Property currently is being used only as offices of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
3.7.1.1 Assessments. To
the knowledge of the Company there is no special proceeding pending or
threatened in writing, in which any Tax Authority having jurisdiction over any
of the Real Property is seeking to increase the assessed value
thereof.
3.7.1.2 Property
Leases. True and complete copies of all leases to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party respecting any Real Property and all other
instruments granting such leasehold interests, rights, options or other
interests (including all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto) have
been delivered to Buyer and are listed on Schedule 3.7.1 and
the Buyer hereby acknowledges the receipt thereof (the “Property
Leases”).
3.7.1.3 No Breach or Event of
Default; Property Leases. With respect to the Property Leases,
no breach or event of default on the part of any party to the Property Leases
and no event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute such breach or event of default, has occurred and is
continuing. All of the Property Leases are in full force and effect
and are valid and enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with
their terms. All rental and other payments due under each of the Property Leases
have been duly paid in accordance with the terms of such Property
Leases. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not require the consent of any party to and will not constitute
an event of default under or permit any party to terminate or change the
existing terms of any Property Lease.
3.7.1.4 Violation of
Law. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the
Real Property or any condition or activity thereon, any plants, buildings,
fixtures, or improvements located thereon, or the current use, operation or
maintenance thereof is in violation of any Law or is in violation of the terms
of any restrictive covenant or other Lien which either individually or in the
aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.7.1.5 Location. The
Company does not in the ordinary course of business (itself or through any
Subsidiary) maintain any assets at any location other than those listed on Schedule
3.7.1.
3.7.2 Intellectual
Property.
(a) (i) Schedule 3.7.2-1
contains a complete and correct list of all Material Contracts between the
Company and any third party pursuant to which the Company is required to pay
royalties to any third party in respect of Owned Intellectual Property. Schedule 3.7.2-1
contains a complete and correct list of all Material Contracts between the
Company and the owners of Other Intellectual Property
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(ii) Schedule 3.7.2-2
contains a complete and correct list of all existing and pending registrations
of patents, trademarks, service marks, and trade dress rights of the Company and
any Subsidiary.
(iii) All
registrations listed on Schedule 3.7.2-2 are valid,
enforceable and subsisting. The Company has taken
all reasonable actions necessary with respect to the registration,
maintenance and renewal fees in connection with such items have been paid, and
all necessary documents and certificates in connection therewith have been filed
with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark, or other authorities in the
United States or any other jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purpose of
maintaining such items. There are no actions that must be taken by
the Company and any Subsidiary within one hundred twenty (120) days after the
Closing Date for the purpose of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting, preserving
or renewing such items. Schedule 3.7.2-3
contains a complete and correct list of all existing Material Contracts pursuant
to which the Company has granted any rights in any Intellectual Property to any
third party.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a “cease and desist letter” or any
other written or oral communication from any third party challenging the
Company's ownership or rights in any Owned Intellectual Property or in any Other
Intellectual Property exclusively licensed by the Company, and to the knowledge
of the Company, there is no action pending or threatened against the Company or
relating to the Business of the Company claiming that the Company or the
Business of the Company has infringed or is infringing any Intellectual Property
of any third party. To the knowledge of the Company, there neither
has been nor currently exists any Infringement of (i) any Owned Intellectual
Property or (ii) any exclusive license owned by the Company or any Subsidiary in
any Other Intellectual Property, in each case by any third party including,
without limitation, any employee or former employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
(c) The
Company owns or, to the Company’s knowledge, otherwise has a valid right or
license to all Intellectual Property used in the Business of the
Company. The Company will retain all right, title and interest in and
to the Owned Intellectual Property free and clear of any and all Liens, other
than Permitted Liens, on the Closing Date upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except to the extent
waived in writing by Buyer in its sole discretion, the Company will prior the
Closing have received permissions to assign all licenses by owners of Other
Intellectual Property to the extent that such consents are needed to assign such
licenses.
(d)
True and complete copies of all Contracts
indentified on Schedules 3.7.2-1 and 3.7.2-3 have been
delivered or made available to Buyer.
(e) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have, consistent with reasonable business judgment,
taken appropriate steps to protect, preserve and maintain the secrecy and
confidentiality of the Company's confidential information and to preserve and
maintain all of its interests and proprietary rights in the Owned Intellectual
Property used in the Business of the Company. All officers, employees
and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries having access to
confidential information of the Company or its customers or business partners
have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement regarding the protection
of such proprietary information (in the case of proprietary information of the
Company's customer and business partners, to the extent required by such
customers and business partners) and true and complete copies of all such
agreements have been delivered or made available to Buyer
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(f) All
Persons who worked on the creation, development or improvement of the Owned
Intellectual Property have executed written agreements assigning to Company all right, license, claim or interest
whatsoever in or with respect to any such Intellectual
Property. Without the limitation of the foregoing, all Owned
Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 3.7.2-1 were
or have been created entirely by employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries
within the scope of their employment, by third parties pursuant to valid and
binding agreements designating their work product as work made for hire, and/or
by third parties under such circumstances that their work product is work made
for hire of which the Company is the author and owner as a matter of
law.
(g) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby will not: (i) constitute a breach or default
under any instrument, contract, license or other agreement governing any
Intellectual Property used in the Business of the Company as presently
conducted; (ii) cause the forfeiture or termination, or give rise to a right of
forfeiture or termination, of any Intellectual Property used in the Business of
the Company as presently conducted; or (iii) in any way impair the right of
the Company or its Subsidiaries to use (including distribute, manufacture,
market, license, sell or dispose of in any way) any Intellectual Property used
in the Business of the Company as presently conducted.
(h) The
use, development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, license, sale, or
furnishing of any product or service currently utilized by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company does not violate any license or agreement between the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and any third party or, to the
knowledge of the Company, infringe any Intellectual Property of any other
Person.
(i) No
Public Software (as defined below) (i) was or is used in connection with the
development of any Owned Intellectual Property, or (ii) was or is incorporated
in whole or in part, or has been distributed, in whole or in part, in
conjunction with any Owned Intellectual Property. “Public Software”
means any software that contains, or is derived (in whole or in part) from, any
software that is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g.,
Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models, including, but not limited
to, software licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or
distribution models, or licenses or distribution models similar to any of the
following: (A) GNU's General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL);
(B) the Artistic License (e.g., PERL); (C) the Mozilla Public License; (D) the
Netscape Public License; (E) the Sun Community Source License (SCSL); (F) the
Sun Industry Standards License (SISL); (G) the BSD License; and (H) the Apache
License.
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3.8. Insurance. Schedule 3.8
sets forth a true and complete list and description of all insurance policies of
any nature whatsoever currently maintained by the Company and any Subsidiary of
the Company, together with the annual premiums currently payable under each such
policy, the period of coverage and loss records for the last three insurance
years. There are no outstanding requirements or recommendations by
any insurance company that issued any such policy or by any Governmental
Authority exercising similar functions which requires or recommends any repairs
or other work to be done on or with respect to any of the property or assets of
the Company insured in any of said policies. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary of the Company has received any notice or other communication
from any such insurance company within three years preceding the date hereof
canceling or materially amending any of said insurance policies and to the
knowledge of the Company, no such cancellation or amendment is
threatened. All such policies of insurance are on an occurrence basis
and will be in full force and effect on the Closing Date and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not cause a cancellation or reduction
in the coverage of such policies.
3.9 Labor and Employment
Matters.
3.9.1
Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Schedule 3.9.1(a)
lists each Employee Benefit Plan and clearly identifies each as a Pension Plan,
Welfare Plan, or other type of Employee Benefit Plan. Each Employee
Benefit Plan materially complies with, and has been established, maintained, and
operated in all material respects in accordance with, all applicable Laws, and
no event has occurred in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan which has,
will or may result in any fine, penalty, assessment or other liability for which
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or a transferee of assets from the
Company may be responsible, whether by reason of operation of law or
contract.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary maintains or contributes to or has an obligation
to contribute to any Pension Plan nor have any of them maintained or contributed
to any such plan during the six years preceding the Closing Date.
(c) The
Company has delivered to Buyer true and correct copies of the
following:
(i) each
Employee Benefit Plan listed on Schedule 3.9.1(a)
and all amendments thereto;
(ii) each
trust agreement pertaining to any of the Employee Benefit Plans, including all
amendments to such documents; and
(iii) each
current summary plan description relating to each Employee Benefit
Plan.
(d) There
is no action, suit or claim pending (other than routine claims for benefits) or
that reasonably could be expected to be asserted against any Employee Benefit
Plan or the assets of any Employee Benefit Plan.
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(e) All
of the Employee Benefit Plans currently comply, and have complied in the past,
both as to form and operation, with their terms and with the applicable
provisions of all applicable Laws. All necessary governmental
approvals for the Employee Benefit Plans have been obtained. There
has not occurred any event, and no condition exists, which would adversely
affect such qualification or exemption.
(f) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, including without limitation, all
other agreements to be executed in connection herewith, by the Company nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will (i) result in the
acceleration or creation of any rights of any person entitled to any benefits
under any Employee Benefit Plan, (ii) entitle any current or former employee or
director of the Company or any Subsidiary to severance pay, unemployment
compensation or any other payment or give rise to any such payment (regardless
of when such payment is made or payable), (iii) accelerate the time of
payment or vesting, result in deemed satisfaction of goals or conditions, or
increase the amount of any compensation due to any such employee or former
employee or director, or (iv) result in the forgiveness, modification or
guaranty of any loan benefiting any current or former employee or director of
the Company or any Subsidiary.
(g) With
respect to each Employee Benefit Plan and any other similar arrangement or plan
either currently or previously terminated, maintained, or contributed to by any
entity which either is currently or was previously under common control with the
Company or any Subsidiary, no event has occurred and no condition exists that
after the Closing Date could subject the Company or any Subsidiary directly or
indirectly, to any liability.
(h) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to provide health benefits or
other non-pension benefits to any retired or other former director, employee or
their dependents.
3.9.2 Benefit
Obligations. All accrued material obligations for payments to
any entity, plan or person with respect to any benefits for current or former
employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries have been timely paid or adequate
accruals therefore have been made in the Financial Statements.
3.9.3 Performance. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have withheld and paid to the appropriate
Governmental Authorities or is withholding for payment not yet due to such
Governmental Authorities all amounts required to be withheld from the employees
of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries is liable for any arrears of such amounts or penalties thereon for
failure to comply with any of the foregoing. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all applicable laws,
rules and regulations relating to the employment of labor, including those
relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining and the payment and withholding
of Taxes and other sums as required by appropriate Governmental
Authorities.
3.9.4 Compensation. All
reasonably material obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for
salaries, bonuses and other forms of compensation payable to the employees and
directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of the services
rendered by any of them have been paid or adequate accruals therefore have been
made in the Financial Statements for obligations accrued through the date of the
applicable Financial Statements.
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3.9.5 Resignations. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.9.5, no
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, to the knowledge of
the Company, plans to retire or resign during the 12-month period following the
Closing Date or otherwise be unavailable as an employee of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, at compensation substantially similar to such
employee's present rate of compensation and benefits and assuming no relocation
of such employee.
3.9.6 Collective Bargaining
Agreements
(a)
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is, or ever has been, a
party to a collective bargaining agreement with any labor
organization. No organization effort, demand for recognition,
petition seeking a representation proceeding or representation question
involving any union association or collective bargaining representative is
pending respecting the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, and no such question has been raised with respect to the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) There
is no controversy pending between the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
and any of their respective employees. To the knowledge of the
Company, there is no basis for any Legal Proceeding of or by any employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and no complaint is pending against
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company before any Governmental
Authority. The Company and its Subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the
Company, have complied, in respect of their employees, in all material respects
with all applicable Laws.
(c) The
Company has furnished Buyer with copies of all claims, complaints, reports or
other documents concerning the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or their
employees made by or against the Company or its Subsidiaries during the past
five years pursuant to workers' compensation laws or any other Laws relating to
employment of labor.
3.9.7 Obligation to
Employ. Nothing in the representations or warranties contained
herein shall be construed as an obligation or commitment of Buyer, The Company
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of either corporation to employ or continue to
employ any employee, officer or director of the Company or otherwise assume any
liability, including liabilities for salary, benefits, pension, stock options,
severance or other benefit plans of any employee, officer or director of the
Company.
3.10 Compensation of and
Indebtedness to and from Employees.
3.10.1 Employee
Compensation. Schedule 3.10.1
is a true and complete list of the names and annual compensation (whether in the
form of salary, bonus, commission, pension or profit-sharing contributions or
other supplemental compensation now or hereafter payable) of the ten (10)
highest compensated full-time salaried employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (the “Employee
List”). Such list also identifies each employee for whom the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides a vehicle, showing the nature of
such arrangement and the annual cost to the Company and its
Subsidiaries. Since the Last Balance Sheet Date there has been no
material change in the rate of total compensation for services rendered,
including, without limitation, bonuses and deferred compensation, for any of the
employees listed on the Employee List.
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3.10.2
Severance
Obligations. Schedule 3.10.2 is a
true and complete list of each individual employed by the Company on the Interim
Balance Sheet Date and each individual hired by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company following the Interim Balance Sheet Date. Schedule 3.10.2 sets
forth the maximum severance or termination payment obligation that the Company
or its Subsidiary would be contractually obligated to pay for each such
individual if they were terminated the day immediately following the Closing
Date.
3.10.3 Indebtedness to
Employees. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company is indebted to any employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company, or any spouse, child or other relative thereof, in any amount
whatsoever other than for compensation for services rendered since the start of
the Company's current pay period generally utilized for its employees and for
business expenses, nor is any employee or agent indebted to the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company except for advances made in the ordinary course of
business. As of the Closing there will be no amount owed to any
Person listed in Schedule 3.10.2 other
than (a) unpaid salary, bonus and paid time off, accrued in the ordinary course
of business but not yet payable and (b) reimbursement for expenses accrued in
the ordinary course of business and not yet payable.
3.11 Contracts and Other
Instruments.
3.11.1 Material
Contracts.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is a party to any Material
Contracts relating to the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Business of the Company
or the Company Assets.
(b) The
Company has furnished Buyer with a true and complete copy of all Material
Contracts.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is in material breach of or in
material default under any of the Material Contracts, nor has the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company been notified of any breach, default or potential
breach or default under any Material Contracts and no event has occurred that,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
breach or default. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11.1,
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not require the consent of any party
(other than the Company) to any Material Contract.
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3.12 Environmental
Liability.
3.12.1 Hazardous
Materials. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
of the Company has engaged in or permitted any operations or activities upon, or
any use or occupancy of, the Real Property or the Former Real Property or any
portion thereof for the purpose of or in any way involving the handling,
manufacture, treatment, storage, use, generation, release, discharge, refining,
dumping or disposal of any Hazardous Materials (whether legal or illegal,
accidental or intentional, excluding de minimis quantities of Hazardous
Materials that are commonly used in connection with the operation of the
Business of the Company and which were used and disposed of in accordance with
Environmental Requirements) on, under, in or about any such property or
transported any Hazardous Materials to, from or across any such
property. To the Company’s knowledge, no Hazardous Materials have
migrated or are threatening to migrate from other properties upon, about or
beneath any Real Property or Former Real Property.
3.12.2 Environmental
Requirements. The Company and, the Subsidiaries, comply, and
have at all times complied in all material respects, with all Environmental
Requirements, and no activity by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company on
the Real Property or Former Real Property has constituted or constitutes a
nuisance or has constituted or constitutes a tortious condition with respect to
any third party. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company is, pursuant to any existing law or regulation, required now to take any
remedial action related to any such property or make any capital improvements in
order to place such property or the improvements located thereon in compliance
with such law or regulation.
3.12.3 Notice of
Violations. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the
Company has received notice or other communication concerning, and does not have
any knowledge of (i) any violation or alleged violation of Environmental
Requirements, whether or not corrected or (ii) any alleged liability for
Environmental Damages and, to the knowledge of the Company there exists no basis
for any Legal Proceeding related to either (i) or (ii) being instituted or filed
with respect to the Real Property or Former Real Property. No writ,
injunction, decree, order or judgment related to the foregoing is
outstanding. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company
has been ordered or requested by any Governmental Authority to take any step to
remedy any condition on any such property whether or not constituting a
violation of Environmental Requirements.
3.13 Proceedings. There
is no pending or threatened in writing Legal Proceeding before or by any
Governmental Authority, to restrain or prevent the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that might affect the right of
the Company to own the Company Assets or to operate the Business of the
Company.
3.14 Regulatory
Approvals. No regulatory approval or filing with, notice to,
or waiver from any Governmental Authority is required to be made or obtained by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company: (a) in connection with the
execution and delivery of, and performance by the Company of its obligations
under, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby; or (b) to permit the Company to carry on the Business of the Company
after the Closing Date as the Business of the Company is currently carried on by
the Company and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything contained herein
above, it is acknowledged by the Buyer that to make Benchmark Beijing as
subsidiary a Company prior approval from Govt. of China would be
required.
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3.15 Brokerage. Any
fees payable to any finder or broker arising from this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby incurred by the Company or Seller shall be the
sole responsibility of the Seller and under no circumstances shall Company or
Buyer have any liability therefore. Buyer shall be solely responsible
for any investment banking or brokerage fees or any other third party expense of
any advisors that it has engaged in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.16 Bank
Accounts. Schedule 3.16
sets forth a true and complete list of the bank name, location and account
number for all bank accounts used by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company in the conduct of the Business of the Company, and the authorized
signatories and amounts for such accounts.
3.17 Customers. Set
forth on Schedule 3.17 is
a complete list of the twenty (20) largest (in terms of dollar volume) customers
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010
(the “Top
Customers”) indicating the amounts paid to the Company and its
Subsidiaries by each Top Customer for each such period and the names of the
employees (or independent sales representatives) of the Company or its
Subsidiaries who are primarily responsible for servicing each such Top Customer
as of the date hereof. No Top Customer has represented more than two percent
(2.0%) of the gross revenue of the Company in any of the three (3) years ending
March 31, 2010. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.17, none
of the Top Customers has terminated or indicated an intention or plan to
terminate all or a material part of the services performed for or orders
historically placed by such customers, and the Company has no reason to believe
that any of such customers may terminate all or a material part of such services
or orders, whether by reason of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.18 Suppliers. Set
forth on Schedule
3.18 is a complete list of the twenty (20) largest suppliers of the
Company and its Subsidiaries by expenditures made by the Company and its
Subsidiaries to such suppliers during the fiscal year ended March 31,
2010.
3.19 Certain
Payments. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director acting on behalf of any of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, has (i) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds or (ii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company or its Subsidiaries (or of which the
Company or its Subsidiaries is aware) in violation of local laws, rules and
regulations applicable in their respective jurisdictions.
3.20 OFAC. Neither the
Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any director or employee of the
Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
3.21 Compliance with Specified
Laws. To the knowledge of the Company, the operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the
money laundering statutes of applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any applicable local Governmental Authority
governing such Person in their respective jurisdictions and no Legal Proceeding
by or before any Governmental Authority or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company with respect to the money laundering laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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ARTICLE
IIIB
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER
1. Representations and
Warranties of Seller. The Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer and
KIT Dubai, as of the date hereof, as follows:
(a)
Organization. Seller
is duly organized and incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of Singapore with the corporate power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, to own its properties and carry
on its business in the manner in which such business is now being
conducted.
(b) Authority. Seller
has full corporate power to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement, all Related Agreements and
other agreements to be executed in connection herewith by Seller upon the
approval of this Agreement and the transactions described herein by the Board of
Seller will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.
(c) Title. The
Seller owns and has good and marketable title to all outstanding Company Capital
Stock, which such stock will be sold by it pursuant to this Agreement, free and
clear of all Liens. There is no outstanding Company Capital Stock
other than that which is to be sold to KIT Dubai pursuant to this
Agreement.
(d) Singapore Securities
Representations and Warranties.
(A) Seller
acknowledges that no prospectus in relation to the Buyer Common Stock has been
registered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Securities and
Futures Act, Cap. 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”) and accordingly, the Buyer Common
Stock may not be offered or sold, nor may the Buyer Common Stock be the subject
of an invitation for subscription or purchase, nor may this Agreement or any
other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation
for subscription or purchase of the Shares be circulated or distributed, whether
directly or indirectly, to any person in Singapore other than (a) to a relevant
person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1) of
the SFA, or any person pursuant to an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) of
the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the
SFA; or (b) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any
other applicable provision of the SFA.
(B) In
the event that any person in Singapore acquires the Buyer Common Stock pursuant
to Section 275 of the SFA, he agrees and represents and warrants
that:
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(i) he
will not, within the period of six (6) months from the date of acquisition of
the Buyer Common Stock, offer the same to any person in Singapore other than to:
(a) an institutional investor as defined in section 274 of the SFA; (b) a
relevant person as defined in section 275(2) of the SFA; or (c) any person
pursuant to an offer referred to in section 275(1A) of the SFA; and
(ii)
further in a case where such Seller is a corporation as defined in the Section 2
of the SFA (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the
SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share
capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an
accredited investor, he will not, within the period of six (6) months from
the date of acquisition of the Buyer Common Stock, transfer securities of such
corporation to any person in Singapore unless:
(1) such
transfer is to an institutional investor (as defined in section 274 of the SFA)
or a relevant person as defined in section 275(2) of the SFA, or any person
pursuant to an offer referred to in section 275(1A) of the SFA;
(2) no
consideration is or will be given for such transfer;
(3) the
transfer is by operation of law; or
(4) as
specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF
BUYER AND KIT
XXXXX
0. Representations and
Warranties of Buyer. The Buyer and KIT Dubai each, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to the Seller, as of the date hereof, as
follows:
4.1 Organization. Buyer
is duly organized and incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with the corporate power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, to own its
properties and carry on its business in the manner in which such business is now
being conducted. KIT Dubai is duly organized and incorporated and is
validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of Dubai with the
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, to
own its properties and carry on its business in the manner in which such
business is now being conducted.
4.2 Authority. Buyer
and KIT Dubai each has full corporate power to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement, all
Related Agreements and other agreements to be executed in connection herewith by
Buyer or KIT Dubai upon the approval of this Agreement and the transactions
described herein by the Board of Buyer and KIT Dubai, respectively, will
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Buyer and KIT Dubai,
respectively, enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms.
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4.3 Capitalization; Purchase
Price. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued
and outstanding capital stock of Buyer, and all Buyer Common Stock reserved for
issuance under Buyer’s various option and incentive plans, is specified in Schedule
4.3. The issuance of Buyer Common Stock as part of the
Purchase Price will not, immediately or with the passage of time, obligate Buyer
to issue any of its capital stock securities, rights or obligations convertible
into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or
acquire, any Buyer Common Stock to any Person and will not result in a right of
any holder of Buyer securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or
reset price under such securities.
4.4 Issuance of the
Securities. When issued in accordance with this Agreement,
Buyer Common Stock to be issued as part of the Purchase Price will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive
and similar rights. Buyer has sufficient authorized capital stock to
meet its obligations to issue Buyer Common Stock pursuant to this
Agreement.
4.5 No Violations,
Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer
and KIT Dubai, as applicable, of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (a) violate any provision
of any Charter Documents of the Buyer or KIT Dubai; (b) violate, or require any
consent, authorization or approval of, or exemption by, or filing under any
provision of any law; statute, rule or regulation to which Buyer or KIT Dubai is
subject; (c) violate any judgment, order, writ or decree of any court applicable
to the transactions contemplated herein; or (d) conflict with, result in a
breach of, constitute a default under, or accelerate or permit the acceleration
of the performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or
approval under any agreement, contract, commitment, lease or other instrument,
document or undertaking to which Buyer or KIT Dubai is a party or any of its
assets are bound. Neither Buyer nor KIT Dubai is required to
obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any United States court or other federal,
state, local or other Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the
Related Agreements, except, (i) any consents required under any Contract or
Property Lease of the Company or its Subsidiaries required as a result of the
performance of this Agreement or the Related Agreements (ii) those that have
been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement, (iii) any
qualifications to do business or permits, licenses, consents or filings under
local law where the Business of the Company is being conducted resulting from
Buyer’s acquisition of the Company and (iv) and filings, permits or consents
needed for the issuance of Buyer Common Stock to Designated Employees under
securities Laws of any jurisdiction where such Designated Employees
reside.
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4.6 SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. Buyer has filed all reports required to be filed
by it under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as Buyer, was required by law
to file such reports) (the foregoing materials being collectively referred to
herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has
timely filed a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC
Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder,
and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
financial statements of Buyer included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect thereto as in effect at
the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved,
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of
Buyer and their consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and
the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in
the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit
adjustments.
4.7 Material
Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in
the SEC Reports, (a) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has
had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
on the business, operations or prospects of Buyer individually or Buyer and its
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (b) Buyer has not incurred any liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) other than (i) trade payables, accrued expenses and
other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice and (ii) liabilities not required to be reflected in Buyer’s
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings
made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (c) Buyer has not altered its
method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (d) Buyer has not declared
or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its
stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any shares of its capital stock, and (e) Buyer has not issued any equity
securities to any company or and of Buyer’s officers, directors or Affiliates,
except pursuant to existing incentive compensation plans or as otherwise
disclosed in the SEC Reports. Buyer does not have pending before the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission any request for confidential
treatment of information.
4.8 Legal
Proceedings
There is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer or KIT Dubai,
threatened in which Buyer or KIT Dubai is a party or which might affect any of
Buyer’s of KIT Dubai’s properties, assets, operations or businesses, or prevent
or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.9 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither Buyer, nor, to the knowledge of Buyer, any agent
or other person acting on behalf of any of Buyer or its Subsidiaries, has,
directly or indirectly, (a) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (b) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by Buyer or its Subsidiaries (or made by any Person acting on
their behalf of which Buyer or its Subsidiaries) which is in violation of law,
or (c) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
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4.10 PFIC. Neither
Buyer nor any Subsidiary of Buyer is a “passive foreign investment company”
within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
4.11 OFAC. Neither Buyer
nor its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Buyer, any director, officer,
agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of any of them is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
4.12 Money Laundering
Laws. To the knowledge of Buyer, the operations of Buyer and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the
money laundering statutes of applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any applicable Governmental Authority (collectively,
the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no Legal Proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority or
any arbitrator involving Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the
Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer,
threatened.
ARTICLE
V
[Intentionally
Omitted.]
ARTICLE
VI
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS
OF
BUYER AND KIT
XXXXX
0. Closing Conditions and
Deliveries to Buyer and KIT Dubai. The obligations of Buyer
and KIT Dubai hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or before the
Closing, of the following conditions (any of which may be waived, in whole or in
part, by Buyer):
6.1 Permits, Approvals and
Authorizations. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6.3, any
and all consents, waivers, permits and approvals from any Governmental
Authority, and of any Person required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or necessary for the Company to operate the
Business of the Company substantially in the manner in which it is currently
operated shall have been duly obtained and shall be in full force and effect on
the Closing Date, unless waived by Buyer.
6.2 No Challenge or Violation of
Orders. No Legal Proceeding by any Governmental Authority and
no Legal Proceeding by any other Person shall be pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, on the Closing Date which challenges this Agreement or the closing
of the transactions contemplated hereby, or which claims damages as a result of
the transactions contemplated hereby. No preliminary or permanent
injunction or other order by any Governmental Authority, and no statute, rule,
regulation, decree or executive order promulgated or enacted by any Governmental
Authority, that declares this Agreement invalid in any respect or prevents the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be in
effect.
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6.3 Certain
Documents. Buyer or its designees shall have received
simultaneously (and as a condition to the effectiveness of) the Closing the
following documents:
(a) an
escrow agreement in the form reasonably agreed to by the parties and duly
executed by the Seller, the Buyer and Escrow Agent (the “Escrow
Agreement”);
(b)
original stock certificates and duly executed instruments of transfer in favor
of the Buyer in respect of all Company Capital Stock, a duly completed Working
Sheet C (as required by Singapore law) and any other documents required for the
stamping of the Company Capital Stock;
(c) a
copy of the written consents of the Board of Seller and the Board of Company or
minutes of the relevant Board meeting, authorizing the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and each of the other Related Agreements to which the Seller or
Company, as applicable, is a party and the performance of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and instructing the Company to register the
Buyer as the holder of Company Capital Stock and to issue a new share
certificate in respect of Company Capital Stock in the name of the Buyer,
certified by an authorized representative of Company as the case may
be;
(d)
approvals from the Seller’s and Company’s stockholders as required by the
Seller’s and Company’s respective Charter Documents and under applicable Laws,
establishing that any required stockholder approval for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been obtained, certified by the secretary of
the Company and Company, respectively;
(e) a
certificate as to the incumbency and signature of the Directors officers of the
Company and the Seller;
(f)
all other documents specifically required to be produced at the Closing under
this Agreement or as reasonably requested by Buyer prior to Closing; (j)
evidence that the Subsidiaries of the Company are wholly-owned by the Company,
provided that stock certificates reflecting the ownership of Benchmark Beijing
by the Company need not be provided;
(g) Employment
agreements of Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
with the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in form requested by
Buyer;
(h) The
Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders
Agreement”) signed by Mr. Kaleil Xxxxx Tuzman and the Seller;
and
(i)
Letters from Seller and the Company confirming that they have each
complied with their respective closing conditions hereunder.
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6.4 Buyer Board
Approval. The Board of Buyer shall have approved this
Agreement and the transactions described herein.
6.5 Third Party
Expenses. The Company shall have delivered to Buyer complete
and correct copies of all statements of expenses of all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement including, without limitation, legal,
accounting, financial advisory consulting, and all other fees and expenses of
third parties incurred or payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries party in
connection with the negotiation and Closing of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated (“Third Party
Expenses”) (which shall be in form and substance acceptable to Buyer) and
all Third Party Expenses shall have been paid in full. Such
certificate shall be executed by an officer of the Company certifying to its
completeness and accuracy.
6.6 Approval of Estimated
Working Capital Statement. Buyer shall be satisfied in its
sole discretion that the Estimated Working Capital Statement is complete and
accurate. For avoidance of doubt, such statement shall reflect any
declared or accrued dividends with respect to the Company Capital
Stock.
6.7 Non-Competition
Agreements. Seller and each of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx and P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx shall have entered into and delivered to the
Buyer, Proprietary Information, Inventions and Non-Competition Agreements (the
“Non-Competition
Agreements”) in form and substance requested by Buyer, which agreements
shall extend until the later of three (4) years following March 31, 2010 or one
(if applicable) (1) years after their employment with Company or any Subsidiary
thereof is terminated.
6.8 Performance by the Seller
and the Company. The Company and the Seller shall have
performed and complied in all material respects with each of the covenants
contained in this Agreement which is required to be performed and complied with
by them on or prior to the Closing Date.
ARTICLE
VII
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS
OF
THE
SELLER
7. Buyer’s and KIT Dubai’s
Closing Deliveries. The obligations of the Seller hereunder
shall be subject to the satisfaction, as of the Closing Date, of the following
conditions (any of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by the
Seller):
7.1 Permits, Approvals and
Authorizations. Any and all consents, waivers, permits and
approvals from any Governmental Authority and of any Person required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall
have been duly obtained and shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date; except that a listing application for Buyer Common Stock issued in
connection with this transaction may not be effective until after the Closing
and required qualifications to issue Buyer Common Stock to Designated Employees
in the jurisdictions in which they reside may not have been
obtained.
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7.2 No Challenge or Violation of
Orders. No Legal Proceeding by any Governmental Authority, and
Legal Proceeding by any other Person shall be pending on the Closing Date which
challenges this Agreement or the closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or which claims damages as a result of the transactions contemplated
hereby. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other order by any
court or governmental or regulatory authority and no statute, rule, regulation,
decree or executive order promulgated or enacted by any Government Authority,
that declares this Agreement invalid in any respect or prevents the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be in effect.
7.3 Certain
Documents. Buyer shall have furnished the Company with the
following documents:
(a) the
Escrow Agreement duly executed by Buyer;
(b) a
copy of the resolutions of the Board of each of Buyer and KIT Dubai, authorizing
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Related
Agreements to which Buyer or KIT Dubai, as applicable, is a party and the
performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by
the Secretary of Buyer or KIT Dubai, as applicable;
(c) a
certificate to the incumbency and signature of each of the officers of Buyer
executed by an officer or director of and Buyer and by the Secretary of
Buyer;
(d) the
Stockholder Agreement executed by Kaleil Xxxxx Xxxxxx and the
Company;
(e) except
as waived by the Seller, executed originals or copies acceptable to the Seller,
acting reasonably, of all consents, waivers, approvals and authorizations
required by law, statute, rule, regulation, contract or agreement to be obtained
by Buyer in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated;
and
(f) Employment
agreements of Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
with Buyer, the Company or Subsidiaries thereof in form requested by
Buyer;
(g) Letters
from Buyer and KIT Dubai confirming that they have each complied with their
respective closing conditions hereunder.
7.4 Performance by Buyer and KIT
Dubai. Buyer and KIT Dubai shall have performed and complied
in all material respects with each of the covenants contained in this Agreement
which is required to be performed and complied with by Buyer or KIT Dubai, as
applicable, on or prior to the Closing Date.
7.5 Listing. The
application to list the shares of Buyer Common Stock to be issued pursuant to
this Agreement shall have been filed with the Nasdaq Global
Market.
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7.6 Initiation of Wires and
Issuance of Stock Instructions. Buyer shall have initiated
wires to the Seller, Designated Employees and Escrow Agent and issued
instructions to the Escrow Agent to issue shares of Buyer Common Stock in
accordance with Section 2.5.
ARTICLE
VIII
POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS
8.1 Cooperation. Subject
to any limitations that are required to preserve any applicable attorney-client
privilege, for a period of thirty-seven (37) months from and
after the Closing Date, each party agrees to furnish or cause to be furnished to
the other parties, its counsel and accountants, upon reasonable request during
normal business hours, after not less than ten (10) Business Days prior written
notice, such information and assistance relating to such party or its business
(including, without limitation, the cooperation of officers and employees and
reasonable access to books, records and other data and the right to make copies
and extracts therefrom) as is reasonably necessary to: (a) facilitate the
preparation for or the prosecution, defense or disposition of any Legal
Proceeding (other than one by or on behalf of one party to this Agreement
against another party hereto); and (b) prepare and file any other documents
required by Governmental Authorities. The party requesting such
information and assistance shall reimburse the other party for all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such party in providing such
information and assistance.
8.2 Further
Assurances. Each of the parties agrees to work
diligently, expeditiously and in good faith to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. From time to time after the Closing
Date, the Seller shall execute and deliver to Buyer and KIT Dubai such
instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, consent, assurance, power
of attorney, and other such instruments as may be reasonably requested by Buyer
or KIT Dubai in order to vest KIT Dubai in all right, title and interest in and
to the Company Capital Stock and to ensure that the Company continues to own all
right, title and interest in its Subsidiaries, the Company Assets and the
Business of the Company and the parties hereto will execute and deliver such
other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, assurance, power of
attorney and other such instruments as may be reasonably required by the other
parties hereto in order to carry out the purpose and intent of this Agreement
and all other agreements to be executed in connection herewith. From
time to time after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall execute and deliver to
Seller and the Designated Employees such instruments of sale, transfer,
conveyance, assignment, consent, assurance, power of attorney, and other such
instruments as may be reasonably to vest them in the shares of Buyer Common
Stock deliverable to them pursuant to this Agreement.
8.3 Rule
144. With a view to making available to the Seller and the
Designated Employees the benefits of SEC Rule 144 and any other rule or
regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Seller and Designated
Employees to sell securities of Buyer to the public without registration, Buyer
shall so long as it is a reporting company under the Exchange Act use
commercially reasonable efforts to:
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(a) make
and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are
understood and defined in SEC Rule 144;
(b) to
file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of
Buyer under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(c) furnish
to the Seller or Designated Employee, so long as such Person owns any shares of
Buyer Common Stock, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written
statement by Buyer that it has complied with the reporting
requirements of SEC Rule 144, the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act; (ii) a
copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of Buyer and such other
reports and documents so filed by Buyer; and (iii) such other information as may
be reasonably requested and available so as to permit such Person to sell any
such securities without registration under any rule or regulation of the SEC
that permits the selling of any such securities without
registration.
8.4 Options. Employees
of the Company and its Subsidiaries will be entitled to participate in any stock
option plan of Buyer in accordance with the standards generally applicable to
employees of Buyer and its Subsidiaries.
8.5 Minimum
Revenue. The Company will, consistent with the other
responsibilities of management of the Company, including its goal to maximize
the Company Revenue and Margin during the two year period ending on the Second
Anniversary, use its best efforts in the 12-month period immediately following
the Closing to source for Buyer from Persons that were not clients of Buyer
prior to Closing, contracts for business acceptable to Buyer involving the
Business of the Buyer (excluding the systems integration business acquired from
Seller hereunder) which results in revenue to the Buyer of at least US$1,500,000
within such 12-month period. A failure to achieve the targeted
revenue pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall not result in any Damages payable by
the Seller to Buyer or KIT Dubai or the Company pursuant to this
Agreement.
8.6 Changes to Company
Revenue. In the event that the Buyer (or the Acquirer) at any
time or from time to time prior to the Second Anniversary requires the Company
or its Subsidiaries to (a) hire any additional employees or terminate or
materially and adversely changes the terms of the employment of any Designated
Employees or any Employment Agreement of either Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx or P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, (b) engage in or not engage in any business,
or (c) conduct business or not conduct business in any territory, (c) incur or
not incur any material expenses outside of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s
normal course of
business, then for a period of thirty (30) days from receipt by the Company of
instructions (“Instructions”)
regarding any of the foregoing, the Seller may give notice in writing to Buyer
of its objection to such requirement and good faith belief that such
Instructions may be materially detrimental to the Company Revenue or Margin;
provided that if there is dispute as to whether the this provision is impairing
the ability of the Company to achieve the Company Revenues or Margin, Seller
shall be entitled to refer the matter to arbitration as envisaged in Section
12.3. In such event, the Seller and the Buyer shall negotiate in good
faith a period of ninety (90) days from the Buyer’s receipt of the notice from
the Seller whether such Instructions adversely affect Company Revenue or Margin
and the extent thereof and if the Instructions shall be modified. In
the event that the Seller and Buyer agree that any modification to Company
Revenue or Margin should be made as a result of such Instructions (or that such
Instructions should be modified) then the Company Revenue, Margin and/or
Instructions shall be adjusted in accordance with their agreement. If
no agreement is reached by the Buyer and the Seller within such ninety (90) day
period, then the Seller may demand arbitration by written notice given to Buyer
within ten (10) days following the end of such thirty (30) day period and the
parties shall submit the question of what adjustment if any should be made to
the Company Revenue and Margin in accordance with Section 12.3
hereof. If no such demand is made for arbitration, any right to
adjustment of Company Revenue or Margin as a result of such Instructions shall
be deemed waived. The foregoing notwithstanding, the parties hereto
acknowledge that the Buyer intends that the Company will be re-branded following
the Closing and no Instructions given by Buyer to effect such re-branding shall
give rise to any rights under this Section 8.6 to an adjustment of Company
Revenue or Margin.
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8.7 Change of
Control. If prior to the Second Anniversary (a) another Person
acquires control of a majority of outstanding Buyer Common Stock or (b) the
Buyer is merged with an into another Person (and is not the surviving
corporation)(each, an “Exit Event”), then
(i) the Seller and the Designated Employees will receive as of the date of such
Exit Event the Purchase Price accrued but not yet due pursuant to Section 2.3(c)
or (d), as applicable, pro-rated through the last day of the calendar month
ending immediately prior to the date of such Exit Event and (ii) Buyer shall
require that the Person acquiring a majority of its outstanding capital stock or
surviving the merger (the “Acquirer”) agree to
honor this Agreement including but not limited to the provisions hereof
governing the determination of Company Revenues, including Section
8.6. If the Acquirer is a company with annual consolidate revenues
less than that of Buyer or cash reserves lower than that of Buyer, then the
Buyer will cause the Acquirer or the Buyer itself will at or prior to the
completion of the Exit Event to deposit in cash into escrow with an
internationally recognized financial institution in cash in U.S. Dollars an
amount equal to the lesser of (a) US$10,000,000 or (b) any amount that the
Seller and Designated Employees may still reasonably earn pursuant to Section
2.3 (reduced by any cash already held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section
2). Seller will then be able to elect to receive the balance consideration in
cash rather than Buyer Common Stock.
8.8 Directors of Company and
Subsidiaries. Following the Closing, Seller shall cause as
requested from time to time by Buyer that any directors of Company and its
Subsidiaries in office at the Closing shall resign from such positions so that
Buyer may replace such directors with individuals of its choosing.
ARTICLE
IX
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Indemnification of
Buyer. Subject to the terms of Section 9.6, the Seller shall
indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and KIT Dubai in respect of any and all
claims, losses, interest, fines, penalties, damages, liabilities, whether or not
currently due, and expenses (including, without limitation, settlement costs and
any actual legal or other expenses for investigating or defending any actions or
threatened actions) (collectively, “Damages”) incurred by
Buyer or KIT Dubai in connection with each and all of the
following:
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(a) any
misrepresentation made by the Company or the Seller in this Agreement (including
in any Schedules or Exhibits hereto) or any other document contemplated by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Related Agreements) or breach of
any warranty contained herein made by the Seller; or
(b) the
breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of (i) the Seller contained in
this Agreement or any other document contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) the
Company contained in this Agreement or any other document contemplated by this
Agreement which is to be performed prior to the Closing; or
(c) any
(i) Taxes, (including Direct Taxes but excluding Transfer Taxes) arising from
the transfer of Company Capital Stock and the issuance, payment and delivery of
the Purchase Price hereunder or (ii) cost, expense or payment with respect to
Taxes relating to any Pre-Closing Tax Periods, including without limitation all
costs and expenses incurred in preparing Tax Returns which may be properly
allocated to such Pre-Closing Tax Periods, excluding any cost,
expense or payment with respect to Taxes taken into account in the calculation
of Closing Working Capital.
(d) any
Legal Proceeding to which the Company is a party at any time on or prior to the
Closing Date, or to which it becomes a party after the Closing Date arising from
facts or circumstances that existed at any time on or prior to the Closing Date
including the Legal Proceedings disclosed in Schedule 3.5.1;
and
(e) any
broker, advisory, legal or accounting fees and expenses pertaining to the
transactions contemplated herein (excepting normal accounting fees and expenses
incurred in accordance with past practice) paid or incurred by the Company or
Seller or their Affiliates prior to the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any claim under this Article IX for Damages based upon or arising
out of liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for Taxes shall be
limited to the Tax laws as are in effect as of the applicable Pre-Closing Tax
Period, as distinguished from retroactive changes in such Tax
laws. In addition, the term “Damages” is expressly agreed to not
include consequential damages or lost profits.
9.2 Indemnification of the
Seller. Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller in
respect of any and all Damages incurred by the Seller in connection with each
and all of the following:
(a) any
misrepresentation made by Buyer in this Agreement (including in any Schedules or
Exhibits hereto) or any other document contemplated by this Agreement or breach
of any warranty contained herein made by Buyer; and
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(b) the
breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of Buyer contained in this
Agreement or any other document contemplated by this Agreement.
9.3 Limitations on
Liability The parties hereto shall only be entitled to recover
under this Article IX at such time as the aggregate amount of all Damages
incurred by such party hereto exceeds $100,000 (the “Basket
Amount”), provided, that this
limitation shall not apply to (a) Third Party Expenses, (b) Damages arising from
fraud by a party hereto, (c) any failure of the Seller to deliver all the
outstanding Company Capital Stock to the Buyer or its Affiliates at the time of
Closing or thereafter at the request of the Buyer, and (d) Damages from any
breach of (or other amounts due in accordance with the terms of),
Section 9.1(c) (taxes), Section 9.1(d) (legal proceedings), or Section 9.1(e)
(brokers). The source of funds for indemnification hereunder and the
limitations thereon shall be as provided in Section 9.8.
9.4 Survival. Any
Buyer claim for indemnification shall survive the Closing for a period of twenty
four (24) months following the Closing(the "Indemnification Expiration
Date"). Any claim for indemnification shall survive the Indemnification
Expiration Date if a party, prior to such Indemnification Expiration Date, shall
have advised the other party in writing of facts that constitute or may give
rise to an alleged claim for indemnification, specifying in reasonable detail
the basis under this Agreement for such claim.
9.5 Defense by the Indemnifying
Party. In connection with any claim giving rise to indemnity
hereunder resulting from or arising out of any Legal Proceeding by a Person
other than the indemnified party, the indemnifying party at its sole cost and
expense may, upon written notice to the indemnified party received by the
indemnified party within 10 calendar days after the indemnifying parties receipt
of notice of such claim, assume the defense of any such Legal Proceeding
provided that the indemnifying party acknowledges its obligation to indemnify
the indemnified party in respect of the entire amount of the claims asserted
therein. If the indemnifying party assumes the defense of any such
Legal Proceeding, the indemnifying party shall select counsel reasonably
acceptable to the indemnified party to conduct the defense of such Legal
Proceedings and at its sole cost and expense shall take all steps necessary in
the defense or settlement thereof. The indemnifying party shall not
consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such
Legal Proceeding, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) unless the indemnifying party
admits in writing its liability and agrees to hold the indemnified party
harmless from and against any losses, damages, expenses and liabilities arising
out of such settlement and concurrently with such settlement the indemnifying
party pays into court the full amount of all losses, damages, expenses and
liabilities to be paid by the indemnifying party in connection with such
settlement. The indemnified party shall be entitled to participate in
(but not control) the defense of any such action, with its own counsel and at
its own expense and shall be entitled to any and all information and
documentation relating thereto. If the indemnifying party does not
assume (or continue to diligently and competently prosecute) the defense of any
such Legal Proceeding resulting therefrom in accordance with the terms hereof,
the indemnified party may defend against such Legal Proceeding in such manner as
it may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, settling such Legal
Proceeding, after giving notice of the same to the indemnifying party, on such
terms as the indemnified party may deem appropriate. In any action by
the indemnified party seeking indemnification from the indemnifying party in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.5, the indemnifying party shall
not be entitled to question the manner in which the indemnified party defended
such Legal Proceeding or the amount of or nature of any such settlement;
provided that such limitations shall not apply to claims of fraud, bad faith,
gross negligence or willful misconduct by the indemnified
party.
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9.6 Notice. The
parties hereto agree that in the event of any occurrence which may give rise to
a claim by an indemnified party hereunder the indemnified party will give prompt notice thereof
to the indemnifying party; provided, however that failure to timely give the
notice provided in this Section 9.6 shall not be a defense to the liability
of the indemnifying party for such claim, but the indemnifying party may recover
any actual damages arising from the indemnified party's failure to give such
timely notice.
9.7 Waiver. The
indemnified party agrees that it will not waive any statute of limitations or
defense that would increase the liability of the indemnifying party hereunder
without (except in connection with pending Legal Proceeding in which the
indemnifying party has not assumed the defense) the consent of the indemnifying
party.
9.8 Indemnification Source; Sole
and Exclusive Remedy. All Indemnification Claims shall be
satisfied solely from the Escrow Fund under the Escrow Agreement. The
right to indemnification set forth in this Article IX shall be the sole and
exclusive legal remedy following the Closing Date for any breaches of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements under this Agreement and
the Escrow Fund shall be the sole funds or shares of Buyer Common Stock
available in satisfaction thereof. Notwithstanding the immediately
preceding sentence, nothing in this Agreement shall limit the liability of any
Person resulting from (a) fraud, or (b) willful misconduct in connection with
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or (c) any failure of
Seller to sell and transfer to Buyer all Company Capital Stock, or (d) any
failure by the Buyer to pay / deliver the Purchase Price in terms of Section 2.3
and any breach of Section 8.6 or 8.7 hereof by Buyer. Any payment
made to Buyer or KIT Dubai from the Seller Escrow Fund to satisfy a claim for
indemnification pursuant to this Article IX shall be treated as an adjustment to
the Purchase Price.
9.9 Restriction on multiple
claims on the same Damages: Notwithstanding anything contained herein or
in any Related Agreement if a claim is made by the Buyer or KIT Dubai for any
Damages, as the case may be then:
(i) no
further claim for the same Damages shall be entertained from either Buyer or KIT
Dubai as the case may be;
(ii) if
adjustment to Working Capital is carried out in accordance hereto, then no
further claim shall lie for the Damages under this Article and vice versa;
and
(iii) if
any Damages for which indemnity has been claimed for, then the same shall not be
debited from the financial accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
nor adjusted for the purpose of calculation of the Company Revenue and
Margin.
(iv) if
any Damages are recovered from any of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx and / or P. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx and / or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and / or the Seller towards breach
of Non-Competition Agreement(s) then Buyer shall not be entitled to any
Indemnification Claim under this Agreement from the Seller.
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9.10 Release of Escrow
Fund.
(a) To
the extent that there (i) are no outstanding claims against the Seller Escrow
Fund, or (ii) are claims
outstanding against the Seller Escrow Fund, that, together with the reasonably
anticipatable fees and expenses of resolving such claims, are in aggregate less
than the balance of the Seller Escrow Fund on the respective Escrow Release Date
(the “Available Excess
to Seller”), then on such Escrow Release Date, the balance of the Seller
Escrow Fund (in the event of subsection (i)) or the Available Excess to Seller
(in the event of subsection (ii)) shall be promptly released and delivered to
the Seller for further distribution to the Seller. Thereafter, upon final
settlement of all claims made against the Seller Escrow Fund, any such excess
then remaining in the Seller Escrow Fund, together with any earnings thereon,
shall be promptly released to the Seller. Buyer hereby agrees that it
shall, together with the Seller, provide instructions to the Escrow Agent (x) to
release the balance of the Seller Escrow Fund or the Available Excess to Seller,
as applicable, and to (y) release any excess remaining in the Seller Escrow Fund
upon final settlement of all claims made against the Seller Escrow Fund, each in
accordance with this Section 9.10(a) and the Escrow Agreement. Any portion of
the Escrow Fund remaining, following satisfaction of all indemnity claims, shall
be distributed upon the expiration of the escrow period.
(b) To
the extent that there (i) are no outstanding claims against the Buyer Escrow
Fund, or (ii) are claims
outstanding against the Buyer Escrow Fund, that, together with the reasonably
anticipatable fees and expenses of resolving such claims, are in aggregate less
than the balance of the Buyer Escrow Fund on the Escrow Release Date (the “Available Excess to
Buyer”), then on such Escrow Release Date applicable to the Buyer Escrow
Fund, the entire balance of such fund shall be promptly released and delivered
to the Buyer or such lesser portion of such Buyer Escrow Fund that exceeds the
amount claimed by the Seller and the Designated Employees. Thereafter, upon
final settlement of all claims made against the Buyer Escrow Fund, any such
excess then remaining in the Buyer Escrow Fund, together with any earnings
thereon, shall be promptly released to the Buyer. The Seller hereby
agrees that it shall, together with the Buyer, provide instructions to the
Escrow Agent to release the balance of the Buyer Escrow Fund in accordance with
this Section 9.8(b) and the Escrow Agreement.
9.11 Valuation of Escrow
Fund. With respect to each indemnification claim, the number
of shares of Buyer Common Stock held in the Seller Escrow Fund for purposes of
satisfying the claim shall be calculated as follows: the amount of the claim
divided by the Weighted Average Stock Price for the 30 day period ending on the
day prior to the payment of any Claim.
9.12 Net of Insurance
Proceeds. The amount of any Damages with respect to any
indemnification claim hereunder shall be determined net of any insurance
proceeds and any indemnity, contribution or other similar payment actually
received by the indemnified person or any of its affiliates with respect to such
claim (such proceeds or payment to be paid over to the indemnifying person up to
the amount paid by the indemnifying person if received after payment of the
indemnification claim by the indemnifying person).
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9.13 Mitigation. The
parties agree that they shall use reasonable commercially reasonable efforts and
shall consult and cooperate with each other with a view towards mitigating any
Damages that may give rise to claims for indemnification under this Article
IX.
9.14 Binding
Authority. A decision, act, consent or instruction of the
Seller or Buyer with respect to an indemnification claim, including but not
limited to an amendment, extension or waiver of this Agreement, shall constitute
the respective decision of the Seller or the Buyer and shall be final, binding
and conclusive upon the Seller and the Designated Employees or the Buyer
respectively; and either party and the Escrow Agent may rely upon any such
decision, act, consent or instruction of the other party as being the decision,
act, consent or instruction of such other party. Each of Buyer, KIT
Dubai and the Escrow Agent is hereby relieved from any liability to any person
for any decision, act, consent or instruction of the Seller. Each of the Seller
and the Escrow Agent is hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any
decision, act, consent or instruction of the Buyer or KIT Dubai.
ARTICLE
X
[Intentionally
Omitted]
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ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
OF OBLIGATIONS
11.1 Term. This Agreement
shall come into effect from the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier in
accordance with this Article XI, if the Closing has not occurred by 15th May,
2010 (the “Termination
Date”), this Agreement and all Related Agreements shall automatically
expire on the Termination Date, unless such date has been extended by mutual
written agreement of the Parties for such period as the Parties may deem fit, in
which event such extended date shall thereafter be the “Termination Date” for
purposes of this Agreement and this Agreement and all Related Agreements shall
thereafter automatically expire on such new Termination Date. A
termination of this Agreement shall not effect any terms which by the express
provisions of this Agreement survive a termination of this
Agreement.
11.2 Termination of
Agreement. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may also be
terminated by written notice by Buyer or the Seller to the other parties hereto
after the Termination Date in accordance with terms specified in the extension
notice under 11.1 above or may otherwise be terminated at any time before the
Closing, as follows:
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(a) By
mutual written consent of Buyer and the Seller;
(b) By
Buyer or the Seller by written notice to
the other parties, if any conditions set forth in Article VI or Article VII
shall not have been satisfied or waived on or before the Closing
Date;
(c) By
Buyer by written notice to the Seller, if any event occurs or condition exists
which would render impossible the satisfaction of one or more conditions to the
obligations of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement as set forth in Article VI;
(d) By
the Seller by written notice to Buyer, if any event occurs or condition exists
which would render impossible the satisfaction of one or more conditions to the
obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement as set forth in Article VII;
(e) By
Buyer by written notice to the Seller, if there has been a material
misrepresentation or other material breach by the Company or the Seller in any
of their representations, warranties or covenants set forth herein and such
breach has not been cured within ten (10) calendar days after notice thereof to
the Seller; provided, however, that no cure period shall be required for a
breach which by its nature cannot be cured;
(f) By
the Seller by written notice to Buyer, if there has been a material
misrepresentation or other material breach by the Buyer in its representations,
warranties or covenants set forth herein and such breach has not been cured
within ten (10) calendar days after notice thereof to Buyer; provided, however,
that no cure period shall be required for a breach which by its nature cannot be
cured; and
(g) By
Buyer, if the Company or the Seller solicit, encourage, initiate or negotiate
any other sale or combination of the Company or of the Business or any
substantial part thereof.
11.3. Effect of
Termination. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to
Section 11.1 and Section 11.2, all further obligations of the parties under
this Agreement shall terminate without further liability of any party to
another, provided, however, that the
obligations of the parties contained in Section 9 shall survive any such
termination. In
addition, and for avoidance of doubt, Sections 4(c) and 6 of the Term Sheet
between Buyer and Seller shall remain in full force and effect if this Agreement
is terminated.
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ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.
Miscellaneous
Provisions.
12.1 Jurisdiction; Agent for
Service. The parties hereto irrevocably agree that any Legal
Proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought
exclusively in the Courts of Singapore. The parties hereto irrevocably and
unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and agree to take any
and all future action necessary to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.
The parties hereto irrevocably waive any objection that they now have or
hereafter may have to the laying of venue of any Legal Proceeding brought in any
such court and further irrevocably waive any claim that any such Legal
Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. Final judgment against any of the parties hereto in any such
suit shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on
the judgment, a certified or true copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of
the fact and the amount of any indebtedness or liability of such party therein
described, or by appropriate proceedings under any applicable treaty or
otherwise.
12.2 Construction. This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the
laws of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law
provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than Singapore.
12.3 Arbitration. Any
dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any
question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to
and finally resolved by arbitration in Singapore in accordance with the
Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre ("SIAC
Rules") for the time being in force, which rules are deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this clause. The foregoing notwithstanding, all
arbitration fees shall be paid in accordance with Section 12.10. The
Tribunal shall consist of three arbitrator(s), one each to be appointed by the
Buyer and the Seller and the two arbitrators so appointed shall appoint the
third arbitrator. The language of the arbitration shall be English. The place of
arbitration shall be Singapore. The arbitration award shall be final and binding
upon the parties.
12.4 Notices. All
notices, requests, demands and other communications called for or contemplated
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered to the party to whom addressed or when sent by telegram, telex or wire
(if promptly confirmed by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, prepaid and addressed) to the parties, their successors in interest,
or their assignees at the following addresses, or at such other addresses as the
parties may designate by written notice in the manner
aforesaid:
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If
to Buyer:
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0xx Xxx, Xxxxx # 000
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Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
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Facsimile
No: x0 (000) 000-0000
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Email: xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
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with
a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxxx, PLLC
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx.
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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If
to the Company:
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000
Xxx Xxxx Xxxx
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#00-00
XX Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx
000000
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Attn: Xx.Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Facsimile: x00-00000000
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Email: xxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
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With
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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X.
X. Xxxxxxx Law Associates,
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Advocates
& Solicitors
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Nirlon
House, 5th Floor,
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Xx.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Road,
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Worli,
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Mumbai
- 400 030.
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India
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Attn:
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Facsimile: x00.00.0000.0000
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Email:
xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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12.5 Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder
or by reason hereof nor any of the documents executed in connection herewith may
be assigned by any party without the consent of the other parties hereto except
that Buyer shall have the right to assign all of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement to one of its Affiliates if such transferee corporation
agrees to assume all of Buyer's obligations under this Agreement, provided that
such transfer shall not discharge the Buyer from its obligation herewith unless
the Seller consents to such discharge. Nothing contained herein, expressed or
implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than the parties
hereto and their successors in interest and permitted assignees any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Agreement unless so stated herein to the
contrary.
12.6 Amendments and
Waiver. This Agreement and all Exhibits and Schedules hereto
may be modified only by a written instrument duly executed by each
party. Except as herein expressly provided to the contrary, no breach
of any covenant, agreement, warranty or representation shall be deemed waived
unless expressly waived in writing by the party who might assert such
breach.
12.7 Survival. The
covenants, agreements, warranties and representations entered into or made
pursuant to this Agreement, irrespective of any investigation made by or on
behalf of any party, shall be continuing and shall survive the Closing Date for
a period through and including the last day upon which an indemnified party may
seek indemnification for a breach of such covenant, agreement, warranty or
representation under Article IX.
12.8 Counterparts. This
Agreement and any waiver or amendment hereto may be executed in counterparts and
by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute
one and the same document. This Agreement and any waiver or amendment
hereto may be executed and delivered by telecopier other facsimile transmission,
or E-Signature, all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully
executed and delivered original manual counterpart. Delivery of an
executed signature page of this Agreement and any waiver or amendment hereto by
facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
12.9 Headings. Headings
in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed to
have any substantive effect.
12.10 Attorneys'
Fees. In the event that any Legal Proceeding, including
arbitration, is commenced by any party hereto for the purpose of enforcing any
provision of this Agreement, each of the parties to such Legal Proceeding may
receive as part of any award, judgment, decision or other resolution of such
Legal Proceeding their costs and reasonable attorneys' fees as determined by the
person or body making such award, judgment, decision or
resolution. Should any claim hereunder be settled short of the
commencement of any such Legal Proceeding, the parties in such settlement shall
be entitled to include as part of the damages alleged to have been incurred
reasonable costs of attorneys.
12.11 Binding Nature of
Agreement. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.
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12.12 Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement which is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction will, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the
remaining provisions hereof in such jurisdiction or rendering that or any other
provision of this Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any other
jurisdiction.
12.13 Specific
Performance. The Seller acknowledges that Buyer will have no
adequate remedy at law and may suffer irreparable damage if the Seller breaches
any obligation or covenant contained in this Agreement. Accordingly,
the Seller agrees that the Buyer shall have the right, in addition to any other
rights which it may have, to specific performance and equitable injunctive
relief if the Seller shall fail or threaten to fail to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement.
12.14 Complete
Agreement. Except as contemplated by Section 11, this
Agreement, the Exhibits and Schedules hereto and the documents delivered or to
be delivered pursuant to this Agreement contain or will contain the entire
agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions
contemplated herein and shall supersede all previous oral and written and all
contemporaneous oral negotiations, commitments, and
understandings. The Schedules and Exhibits hereto are incorporated by
reference.
12.15 No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended
to or shall confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto or their
respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies or liabilities under or
by reason of this Agreement.
12.16 Drafting
Presumption. The parties hereto agree that they participated
in the drafting of this Agreement and, in the event that any dispute arises in
the interpretation or construction of this agreement, no presumption shall arise
that any one party drafted this Agreement.
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remainder of this page is left blank intentionally)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Stock Purchase Agreement
as of the date first written above.
By:
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/s/ Kaleil Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
Kaleil Xxxxx Tuzman
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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KIT
DIGITAL, FZ-LLC
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By:
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/s/ Kaleil Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
Kaleil Xxxxx Tuzman
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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BENCHMARK
VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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BENCHMARK
BROADCAST SYSTEMS (S) PTE. LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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