MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and among GLOBAL SERVICES PARTNERS ACQUISITION CORP., SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE, LLC and THE MEMBERS OF SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE, LLC May 12, 2008
Exhibit 2.1
MEMBERSHIP
INTERESTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by
and among
SOUTHPEAK
INTERACTIVE, LLC
and
THE
MEMBERS OF SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE, LLC
May
12, 2008
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Article
I DEFINITIONS and interpretation
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1
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1.1
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Definitions
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1
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1.2
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Other
Defined Terms
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4
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1.3
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Interpretation
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5
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Article
II PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
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5
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2.1
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Purchase
of the Membership Interests from the Members
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5
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2.2
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Purchase
Price
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5
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Article
III the CLOSING
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6
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3.1
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Closing
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3.2
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Buyer
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6
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3.3
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Company and the Members
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7
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Article
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE MEMBERS AND THE
COMPANY
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9
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4.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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4.2
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Subsidiaries
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10
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4.3
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Capitalization
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10
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4.4
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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10
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4.5
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
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11
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4.6
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Compliance
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11
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4.7
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Financial
Statements
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12
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4.8
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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13
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4.9
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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13
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4.10
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Litigation.
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13
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4.11
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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14
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4.12
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Labor
and Employment Matters
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14
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4.13
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Restrictions
on Business Activities
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14
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4.14
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Title
to Property.
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15
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4.15
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Taxes
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15
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4.16
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Intellectual
Property.
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16
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4.17
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Insurance
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17
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4.18
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Governmental
Actions/Filings.
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17
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4.19
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Interested
Party Transactions.
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17
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4.20
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Manager
Approval
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18
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4.21
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Member
Approval
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18
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4.22
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Brokers;
Third Party Expenses
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18
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Article
V RePRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
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18
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5.1
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Organization
and Qualification.
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18
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5.2
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Subsidiaries
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19
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5.3
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Capitalization.
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19
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5.4
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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20
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5.5
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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21
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5.6
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Compliance
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5.7
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
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5.8
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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5.9
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Indebtedness
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22
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5.10
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Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board Quotation
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22
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5.11
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Board
Approval
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22
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5.12
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Brokers
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Article
VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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6.1
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Conduct
of Business
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6.2
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Restrictions
on Conduct of Business
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23
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6.3
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No
Claim Against Trust Account
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25
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6.4
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Access
to Information
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25
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6.5
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Confidential
Information; Non-Solicitation or Negotiation
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25
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6.6
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Public
Disclosure
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26
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6.7
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Consents;
Cooperation
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27
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6.8
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Legal
Requirements
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27
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6.9
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Blue
Sky Laws
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27
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6.10
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Employment
Agreements
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27
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6.11
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Indemnification
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27
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6.12
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Registration
of Founder Warrants.
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28
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6.13
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Further
Assurances
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28
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Article
VII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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7.1
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Termination
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7.2
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Effect
of Termination
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7.3
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Expenses
and Termination Fees
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7.4
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Amendment
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30
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7.5
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Extension;
Waiver
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30
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Article
VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS
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8.1
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Notices
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30
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8.2
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Counterparts
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31
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8.3
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Entire
Agreement; Nonassignability; Parties in Interest
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31
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8.4
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Severability
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31
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8.5
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Remedies
Cumulative; Specific Performance.
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32
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8.6
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Governing
Law
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32
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8.7
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Rules
of Construction
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A
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Executive
Chairman Agreement
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Exhibit
B
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CEO
Employment Agreement
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
I
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Members
and Share Distribution
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Schedule
II
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Buyer
Continuing Directors
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This
Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into this 12th day of May, 2008, by and among Global Services
Partners Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”),
SouthPeak Interactive, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (the
“Company”),
and
the Members of the Company set forth on Schedule
I
attached
hereto (the “Members”).
WHEREAS,
the Members own all of the membership interests of the Company (the
“Membership
Interests”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Buyer desires to acquire the Membership Interests, and the Members desire
to
exchange the Membership Interests for the consideration set forth below, subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings
set
forth below:
“Business
Entity”
means
any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other domestic
or foreign form of business association or organization.
“Buyer
Contracts”
mean
all contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds,
licenses, permits, franchises, purchase orders, sales orders, and other
understandings, commitments and obligations (including without limitation
outstanding offers and proposals) of any kind, whether written or oral, to
which
the Buyer or its Subsidiaries is a party or by or to which any of the properties
or assets of the Buyer or its Subsidiaries may be bound, subject or affected
(including without limitation notes or other instruments payable to the Buyer
or
its Subsidiaries).
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company
Contracts”
mean
all contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds,
licenses, permits, franchises, purchase orders, sales orders, and other
understandings, commitments and obligations (including without limitation
outstanding offers and proposals) of any kind, whether written or oral, to
which
the Company is a party or by or to which any of the properties or assets of
the
Company may be bound, subject or affected (including without limitation notes
or
other instruments payable to the Company).
“Company
Intellectual Property”
means
any Intellectual Property that is owned by, or exclusively licensed to, the
Company, including software and software programs developed by or exclusively
licensed to the Company (specifically excluding any off the shelf or shrink-wrap
software).
“Company
Products”
means
all current versions of products or service offerings of the
Company.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any court, administrative agency, commission, governmental or regulatory
authority, domestic or foreign.
“Governmental
Action/Filing”
means
any franchise, license, certificate of compliance, authorization, consent,
order, permit, approval, consent or other action of, or any filing, registration
or qualification with, any federal, foreign, state, provincial, municipal,
foreign or other governmental, administrative or judicial body, agency or
authority.
“Intellectual
Property”
means
any or all of the following and all worldwide common law and statutory rights
in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (a) patents and applications
therefor and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof (“Patents”);
(b) inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures,
improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know how, technology,
technical data and customer lists, and all documentation relating to any of
the
foregoing; (c) copyrights, copyrights registrations and applications
therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world
(“Copyrights”);
(iv) software and software programs; (d) domain names, uniform
resource locators and other names and locators associated with the Internet
(e) industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor;
(f) trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service marks, trademark
and service xxxx registrations and applications therefor (collectively,
“Trademarks”);
(g) all databases and data collections and all rights therein; (h) all
moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and
(i) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing (as
applicable).
“knowledge”
means
actual knowledge or awareness as to a specified fact or event of a Person that
is an individual or of an officer, director or managerial personnel of a Person
that is a corporation or of a Person in a similar capacity of an entity other
than a corporation and such knowledge as such persons reasonably should have
obtained upon diligent investigation and inquiry into the matter in
question.
“Legal
Requirements”
means
any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict,
decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted,
promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority
of any Governmental Entity and all requirements set forth in applicable Company
Contracts or Buyer Contracts.
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, restriction or
charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other
title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any sale with recourse
against the seller or any affiliate of the seller, or any agreement to give
any
security interest).
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“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect, individually
or when aggregated with other changes, events, violations, inaccuracies,
circumstances or effects, that is materially adverse to the business, assets,
revenues, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects
of an
entity; provided, however, that (a) changes in general industry or economic
conditions, (b) adverse effects arising from the announcement or consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, or (c) changes GAAP that apply generally
to the industry in which the Company operates.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
(a) liens for current Taxes and other statutory liens and trusts for Taxes
not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith,
(b) liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, such as carriers’,
warehousemen’s, landlords’ and mechanics’ liens and other similar liens arising
in the ordinary course of business, (c) liens on personal property leased
under operating leases, (d) liens, pledges or deposits incurred or made in
connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
security benefits, or securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases,
contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), statutory
obligations, progress payments, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations
of
like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(e) pledges of or liens on manufactured products as security for any drafts
or bills of exchange drawn in connection with the importation of such
manufactured products in the ordinary course of business, (f) liens under
Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are special property interests
in
goods identified as goods to which a contract refers, (g) liens under
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are purchase money security
interests, and (h) such imperfections or minor defects of title, easements,
rights-of-way and other similar restrictions (if any) as are insubstantial
in
character, amount or extent, do not materially detract from the value or
interfere with the present or proposed use of the properties or assets of the
party subject thereto or affected thereby, and do not otherwise adversely affect
or impair the business or operations of such party.
“Person”
means
any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, limited liability
company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Entity or other entity.
“Subsidiary”
means
with respect to any Person, any Business Entity of which a majority of
outstanding voting securities or other voting equity interests, or a majority
of
any other interests having the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of or otherwise exert control over such Business Entity,
are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Tax”
or
“Taxes”
refers
to any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial, local and foreign taxes,
including, without limitation, gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use,
occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll,
recapture, employment, excise and property taxes, assessments, governmental
charges and duties together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed
with respect to any such amounts and any obligations under any agreements or
arrangements with any other Person with respect to any such amounts and
including any liability of a predecessor entity for any such amounts.
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1.2 Other
Defined Terms.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings
set
forth in the section opposite each such term:
TERM
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SECTION
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Alternative
Proposal
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Section
6.5(b)
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Annual
Financial Statements
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Section
4.7(a)
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Approvals
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Section
4.1(a)
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Blue
Sky Laws
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Section
4.5(b)
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Buyer
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Preamble
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Buyer
SEC Reports
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Section
5.7(a)
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Buyer
Disclosure Schedule
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Article
V
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CEO
Employment Agreement
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Section
6.1`
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Class
B Common Stock
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Section
5.3(a)
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Closing
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Section
2.1
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Closing
Date
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Section
3.1
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Company
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Preamble
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Company
Disclosure Schedule
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Article
IV
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Convertible
Securities
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Section
5.3(a)
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Copyrights
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Section
1.1
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Exchange
Act
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Section
4.5(b)
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Executive
Chairman Agreement
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Section
6.11
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Final
Date
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Section
7.1(b)
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FINRA
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Section
5.10
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GAAP
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Section
4.7(a)
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Insider
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Section
4.17(a)
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Material
Company Contracts
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Section
4.17(a)
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Members
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Preamble
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Membership
Interests
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Recitals
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Merger
Co 1
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Section
5.2(a)
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Merger
Co 1 Common Stock
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Section
5.3(b)
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Merger
Co 1 Preferred Stock
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Section
5.3(b)
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Merger
Co 1 Stock
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Section
5.3(b)
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Merger
Co 2
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Section
5.2(a)
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Merger
Co 2 Stock
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Section
5.3(c)
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Mergers
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Section
3.2(e)
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Patents
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Section
1.1
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PDF
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Section
3.1
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Personal
Property
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Section
4.14(b)
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PIPE
Financing
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Section
3.3(g)
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Plans
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Section
4.11(a)
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Preferred
Stock
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Section
5.3(a)
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Purchase
Price
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Section
2.2
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Representatives
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Section
6.4(a)
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Returns
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Section
4.15(a)
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Securities
Act
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Section
4.5(b)
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Shares
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Section
2.2
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Stock
Options
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Section
5.3(a)
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Stub
Financial Statements
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Section
4.7(b)
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Trademarks
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Section
1.1
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Trust
Account
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Section
5.12
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Warrants
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Section
5.3(a)
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1.3 Interpretation.
In this
Agreement, unless clear contrary intention appears:
(a) A
reference herein to days shall mean calendar days unless otherwise specified,
and any day or deadline or end of a time period hereunder which falls on a
day
other than a business day shall be deemed to refer to the first business day
following such day or deadline or end of the time period, as the case may
be;
(b) A
reference in this Agreement to an article, section, exhibit or schedule shall
mean an article or section of, or exhibit or schedule attached to, this
Agreement, as the case may be;
(c) The
word
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;
the word “or” is not exclusive and is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or,”
and the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to
this Agreement as a whole;
(d) A
reference to document, instrument or agreement shall be deemed to refer as
well
to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto; and
(e) All
words
used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as
the
circumstances require.
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
2.1Purchase
of the Membership Interests from the Members.
Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”),
the
Members shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to the Buyer, and
the
Buyer shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Members, all of the Membership
Interests.
2.2Purchase
Price.
The
purchase price (the “Purchase
Price”)
to be
paid by the Buyer for the Membership Interests shall be $35,000,000 which the
parties anticipate will be comprised of 35,000,000 shares (the “Shares”)
of the
Buyer’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
issued to the Members in accordance with Schedule
I of
which
1,000,000 shares of such Common Stock has been issued to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx as
of
the date hereof. If the Closing does not occur on or before May 31, 2008, at
the
option of the Buyer such 1,000,000 shares shall immediately be cancelled with
no
further action on the part of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx.
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ARTICLE
III
THE
CLOSING
3.1 Closing(a) .
The
Closing shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time,
on
the later of (a) May 6, 2008 or (b) the second business days following the
satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions to Closing set forth in
Sections
3.2
and
3.3
(other
than the delivery of agreements , certificates or other documents which are
to
be delivered at the Closing), or at such other date and time as the Buyer and
the Members may mutually agree) (the “Closing
Date”).
The
documents to be delivered at the Closing (other than stock certificates
evidencing the Shares) may, at the election of the parties, be exchanged by
telecopier or electronic transmission in portable document format (“PDF”)
upon a
written undertaking to provide original executed copies within one business
day
following the Closing.
3.2 Conditions
to Obligations of the Buyer.
The
obligations of the Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, at or before the Closing, of the
following conditions precedent, each of which may be waived in writing in the
sole discretion of the Buyer:
(a) Continued
Truth of Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Members;
Compliance with Obligations.
(i) The
Company and the Members shall have obtained all of the waivers, permits,
consents, approvals or other authorizations, and effected all of the
registrations, filings and notices, which are necessary for the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by the Agreement;
(ii) The
representations and warranties of the Company and the Members set forth in
Article
IV
shall be
true and correct when made on the date hereof and shall be true and correct
as
of the Closing Date as if made as of the Closing Date, except for
representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which shall be true
and correct as of such date;
(iii) The
Company and the Members shall have performed or complied with all of their
respective agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with
under this Agreement as of or prior to the Closing Date; and
(iv) No
action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened in writing by or
before any Governmental Entity wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction would (A) prevent consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) cause any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation or (C)
affect adversely the right of the Buyer to own, operate or control the Company,
and no such judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction shall be in
effect.
(b) Performance
by the Company
and
the Members.
The
Company shall have delivered to the Buyer a certificate (without qualification
as to knowledge or materiality or otherwise), signed by the Managing Member
of
the Company, to the effect that each of the conditions specified in Section
3.2(a)
have
been satisfied.
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(c) Closing
Deliveries by the Company and the Members.
The
Company and the Members shall deliver to the Buyer at the Closing such
documents, instruments or certificates as the Buyer may reasonably request,
including without limitation:
(i) certificates
of the Secretary of the Company attesting to the incumbency of the Company’s
officers, the authenticity of the resolutions authorizing the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and the authenticity and continuing validity
of
the organizational documents delivered pursuant to Section
4.1;
(ii) the
original minute book of the Company to the extent one exists;
(iii) a
counterpart of the Executive Chairman Agreement executed by Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx;
(iv) a
counterpart of the CEO Employment Agreement executed by Xxxxxxx
Xxxx;
(v) all
consents, permissions, approvals, novations, authorizations or waivers, in
form
reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, required to be obtained under this
Agreement; and
(vi) a
cross
receipt executed by the Members for the Shares.
(d) No
Material Adverse Changes.
There
shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or any
change that has a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(e) Merger
with Merger Co 1 and Merger Co 2.
The
Buyer shall have filed a certificate or certificates of merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to merge with Merger Co 1 and Merger
Co 2 so that, as of the Closing, the separate existence of Merger Co 1 and
Merger Co 2 shall cease (the “Mergers”).
Pursuant to the Mergers, the Buyer shall change its name to SouthPeak
Interactive Corporation.
(f) Reasonable
Satisfaction of the Buyer.
All
actions to be taken by the Company and the Members in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and all certificates,
instruments and other documents required to effect the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement,
and otherwise shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Buyer.
3.3 Conditions
to Obligations of the Company
and
the Members.
The
obligations of the Company and the Members to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, at or before
the
Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent, each of which may be waived
in writing in the sole discretion of the Company and the Members: Continued
Truth of Representations and Warranties of the Buyer; Compliance with
Obligations.
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(i) The
Buyer
shall have obtained all of the waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other
authorizations, and effected all of the registrations, filings and notices,
which are necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the
Agreement;
(ii) The
representations and warranties of the Buyer set forth in Article
V
shall be
true and correct when made on the date hereof and shall be true and correct
as
of the Closing Date as if made as of the Closing Date, except for
representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which shall be true
and correct as of such date;
(iii) The
Buyer
shall have performed or complied with all of their respective agreements and
covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement as
of
or prior to the Closing Date; and
(iv) No
action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened in writing by or
before any Governmental Entity wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction would (A) prevent consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) cause any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following
consummation.
(v) The
Buyer
shall be closing a financing contemporaneously with the Closing hereunder in
an
amount and upon such terms that are acceptable to the Members.
(b) Performance
by the Buyer.
The
Buyer
shall have delivered to the Company a certificate (without qualification as
to
knowledge or materiality or otherwise), signed by
an
officer of the Buyer, to the effect that each of the conditions specified in
Section
3.3(a)
have
been satisfied.
(c) Closing
Deliveries.
The
Buyer shall deliver to the Members at the Closing such documents, instruments
or
certificates as the Members may reasonably request, including without
limitation:
(i) share
certificates evidencing the Shares (less the certificate evidencing the
Contingent Shares);
(ii) a
resignation, effective as of the Closing, of each officer and director of the
Buyer from each such position (except for any director of the Buyer who is
named
in Schedule
II
hereto),
executed by such person;
(iii) a
counterpart of the Executive Chairman Agreement executed by the Buyer;
and
(iv) a
counterpart of the CEO Employment Agreements executed by the Buyer.
(d) No
Material Adverse Changes.
There
shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect on the Buyer, or any change
that has a Material Adverse Effect on the Buyer.
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(e) Stock
Quotation.
The
Buyer at Closing shall be quoted on the OTCBB, and there will be no action
or
proceeding pending or threatened against the Buyer by FINRA to prohibit or
terminate the quotation of the Common Stock on the OTCBB.
(f) SEC
Compliance.
Immediately prior to the Closing, the Buyer shall be in compliance with the
reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, and shall have timely filed
all
Exchange Act reports for the 12 month period preceding the Closing.
(g) Reasonable
Satisfaction of the Company and the Members.
All
actions to be taken by the Buyer in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and all certificates, instruments and other
documents required to effect the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company and the
Members.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE MEMBERS AND THE COMPANY
Except
as
set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company and the Members
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”),
which
shall identify exceptions by specific section references, each of the Company
and the Members severally and jointly represent and warrant to the Buyer, as
set
forth below in this Article
IV.
4.1 Organization
and Qualification.
(a) The
Company is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and has the
requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and
operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being or currently planned by the Company to be conducted. The Company is in
possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,
easements, consents, certificates, approvals and orders (“Approvals”)
necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate
or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being or currently planned
by
the Company to be conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Complete and correct copies of the
articles of organization and operating agreement of the Company, as amended
and
currently in effect, have been heretofore delivered to Buyer or Buyer’s counsel.
The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its articles of
organization or operating agreement.
(b) The
Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign limited
liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of
its
activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such
failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing that could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Each jurisdiction in which the Company is so
qualified or licensed is listed in Schedule
4.1(b).
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4.2 Subsidiaries.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
4.2,
The
Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest
in,
or any interest convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity
or
similar interest in, any Subsidiary.
4.3 Capitalization.
(a) The
capitalization of the Company consists of the Membership Interests set forth
on
Schedule
4.3(a).
All of
the Membership Interests are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
All
of the Membership Interests are owned by the Members free and clear of any
Liens
and each Member has all right to sell and transfer their respective Membership
Interests as contemplated by this Agreement and upon such sale and transfer,
such Membership Interests shall be acquired by the Buyer as contemplated by
Section
2.1
of this
Agreement free and clear of any Liens.
(b) Except
for a convertible note convertible into equity of the Company at the lesser
of a
$31,600,000 pre-money valuation or the price paid in an equity financing to
the
Company that occurs before June 30, 2009, there are no subscriptions, options,
warrants, equity securities, partnership interests or similar ownership
interests, calls, rights (including preemptive rights), commitments or
agreements of any character to which the Company is a party or by which it
is
bound obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued,
delivered or sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or cause the
repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any Membership Interests or similar
equity security of the Company or obligating the Company to grant, extend,
accelerate the vesting of or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant,
equity security, call, right, commitment or agreement.
(c) All
Membership Interests have been issued in compliance with all applicable
securities laws and other applicable laws and regulations.
(d) Except
as
contemplated by this Agreement, there are no registration rights, and there
is
no voting trust, proxy, rights plan, antitakeover plan or other agreement or
understanding to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound
with respect to any equity security of any class of the Company.
(e) No
Membership Interests are unvested or are subject to a repurchase option, risk
of
forfeiture or other condition under any applicable agreement with the
Company.
4.4 Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
(a) The
Company and each of the Members has all necessary power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company
of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized
by
all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Company and
no
other limited liability company proceedings on the part of the Company or the
Members are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to the applicable law and the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
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(c) This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of the
Members, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by
the other parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of each
Member, enforceable against each Member in accordance with its terms, except
as
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
4.5 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Members
does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Persons shall not,
(i) conflict with or violate the Company’s articles of organization or
operating agreement, (ii) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements,
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially
impair the Company’s rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third
party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or
encumbrance on any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to,
any
Company Contracts, or (iv) result in the triggering, acceleration or
increase of any payment to any Person pursuant to any Company Contract,
including any “change in control” or similar provision of any Company Contract,
except, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), for any such
conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, triggerings, accelerations, increases
or other occurrences that would not, individually and in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Members
does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Persons shall not,
require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Entity or other third party (including,
without limitation, lenders and lessors, except (i) for applicable
requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, amended (the “Securities
Act”),
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)
or
state securities laws (“Blue
Sky Laws”),
and
the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents received from
or
filed with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which the Company
is licensed or qualified to do business, (ii) the consents, approvals,
authorizations and permits described in Schedule
4.5(b)
hereto,
and (iii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would
not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or prevent consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing
their obligations under this Agreement.
4.6 Compliance.
The
Company has complied with and is not in violation of any Legal Requirements
with
respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its
business, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or
in
the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as set forth in Schedule
4.6,
no
written notice of non-compliance with any Legal Requirements has been received
by the Company. The Company is not in violation of any term of any Company
Contract, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or
in
the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
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4.7 Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has provided to the Buyer audited financial statements (including any
related notes thereto) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(the “Annual
Financial Statements”).
The
Annual Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with the published
rules
and regulations of any applicable Governmental Entity and with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may
be
indicated in the notes thereto) and each fairly presents in all material
respects the financial position of the Company at the respective dates thereof
and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
indicated.
(b) The
Company has provided to the Buyer a correct and complete copy of the unaudited
financial statements of the Company for the six-month period ended December
31,
2007, (collectively, the “Stub
Financial Statements”).
The
Stub Financial Statements comply as to form in all material respects, and were
prepared in accordance, with the published rules and regulations of any
applicable Governmental Entity and with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto), are consistent with the Annual Financial Statements and fairly present
in all material respects the financial position of the Company at the date
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the period
indicated, except that such statements do not contain notes and are subject
to
normal audit adjustments.
(c) The
books
of account and other books and records pertaining to the membership interests
in
the Company have been maintained in accordance with good business practice,
are
complete and correct in all material respects and there have been no material
transactions that are required to be set forth therein and which have not been
so set forth.
(d) The
accounts and notes receivable of the Company reflected on the balance sheets
included in the Annual Financial Statements and the Stub Financial Statements
(i) arose from bona fide sales transactions in the ordinary course of
business and are payable on ordinary trade terms, (ii) are legal, valid and
binding obligations of the respective debtors enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and
by general equitable principles, (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, are not
subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim except to the extent set forth
in
such balance sheet contained therein, (iv) to the Company’s knowledge, are
collectible in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
in
the aggregate recorded amounts thereof, net of any applicable reserve reflected
in such balance sheet referenced above, and (v) are not the subject of any
actions or proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Company.
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4.8 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
The
Company has no liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of
a
nature required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes
to
financial statements that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to
the
business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company, except:
(a) liabilities provided for in or otherwise disclosed in the interim
balance sheet included in the Stub Financial Statements or in the notes to
the
Annual Financial Statements, and (b) liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of the Company’s business since December 31, 2007, none of which would
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, additional advances against
the
Company’s line of credit and a $2,000,000 secured loan from FI Investment Group,
LLC.
4.9 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
4.9
hereto
or in the Stub Financial Statements, since December 31, 2007, there has not
been: (a) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (b) except for
approximately $1,000,000 to cover the income tax obligations of the Members
resulting from the prior taxable income which the Company has generated, any
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of the Membership
Interests, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company
of
any of the Membership Interests or any other equity securities of the Company
or
any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire Membership Interests or any
other equity securities of the Company, (c) any split, combination or
reclassification of any of the Company’s equity securities, (d) any
granting by the Company of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits,
except for normal increases of cash compensation in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, or any payment by the Company of any
bonus, except for bonuses made in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, or any granting by the Company of any increase in severance
or termination pay or any entry by the Company into any currently effective
employment, severance, termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement
the benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially
altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company of the nature
contemplated hereby, (e) entry by the Company into any licensing or other
agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of any Intellectual
Property other than licenses in the ordinary course of business consistent
with
past practice or any amendment or consent with respect to any licensing
agreement filed or required to be filed by the Company with respect to any
Governmental Entity, (f) any material change by the Company in its
accounting methods, principles or practices, (g) any change in the auditors
of the Company, (h) any revaluation by the Company of any of its assets,
including, without limitation, writing down the value of capitalized inventory
or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets of the Company
other than in the ordinary course of business, or (i) any agreement,
whether written or oral, to do any of the foregoing.
4.10 Litigation.
(a) There
are
no claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company and the Members, threatened against the Company or any manager or
officer thereof before any court, government department, commission, agency,
instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator.
(b) There
are
no claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company and the Members, threatened against the Company or the Members before
any court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or
authority, or any arbitrator that seeks to restrain or enjoin the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which could reasonably
be
expected, either singularly or in the aggregate with all such claims, actions
or
proceedings, to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or have a Material
Adverse Effect on the ability of the parties hereto to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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4.11 Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) Schedule
4.11(a)
lists
all employee compensation, incentive, fringe or benefit plans, programs,
policies, commitments or other arrangements (whether or not set forth in a
written document) covering any active or former manager, officer, employee
or
consultant of the Company, or any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which is under common control with the Company, with respect
to
which the Company has liability (individually, a “Plan”
and,
collectively, the “Plans”).
All
Plans have been maintained and administered in all material respects in
compliance with their respective terms and with the requirements prescribed
by
any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations which are applicable to
such
Plans, and all liabilities with respect to the Plans have been properly
reflected in the financial statements and records of the Company. The Company
does not have any plan or commitment to establish any new Plan, to modify any
Plan (except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Plan to the
requirements of any applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to
the
Buyer in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to enter into any new
Plan.
(b) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including
severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise)
becoming due to any Member, manager, officer or employee of the Company under
any Plan or otherwise, (ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise
payable under any Plan, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of
payment or vesting of any such benefits.
4.12 Labor
and Employment Matters.
The
Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor
union contract applicable to persons employed by the Company and the Company
does not know of any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize
any such employees. Any action, complaint or investigation brought against
the
Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any other federal, foreign,
state, provincial or local government or agency or administrative body since
inception of the Company is listed on Schedule
4.12
hereto.
There are no claims, suits, actions, or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Members, threatened in writing between the Company or its Subsidiaries,
on the one hand, and any of their respective employees or former employees,
on
the other hand.
4.13 Restrictions
on Business Activities.
To the
knowledge of the Company and the Members, there is no agreement, commitment,
judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or its assets
or
to which the Company is a party which has or could reasonably be expected to
have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice
of
the Company, any acquisition of property by the Company or the conduct of
business by the Company as currently conducted other than such effects,
individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
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4.14 Title
to Property.
(a) The
Company does not own any real property or any options or other contracts under
which the Company has a right to acquire any interest in real
property.
(b) All
leases of real property held by the Company, and all personal property and
other
property and assets of the Company owned, used or held for use in connection
with the business of the Company (the “Personal
Property”)
are
shown or reflected on the balance sheet included in the Annual Financial
Statements, other than those entered into or acquired on or after July 1,
2007 in the ordinary course of business. The Company has good and marketable
title to the Personal Property owned by it, and all such Personal Property
is in
each case held free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens or Liens
disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements, none of which liens or
encumbrances has or will have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on such property or on the present or contemplated use of such
property in the businesses of the Company.
4.15 Taxes.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
4.15
hereto:
(a) The
Company has timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign returns,
estimates, information statements and reports relating to Taxes (“Returns”)
required to be filed by the with any Tax authority prior to the date hereof,
except such Returns which are not material to the Company. All such Returns
are
true, correct and complete in all material respects. The Company has paid all
Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Returns.
(b) All
Taxes
that the Company is required by law to withhold or collect have been duly
withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper governmental
authorities to the extent due and payable.
(c) The
Company has not been delinquent in the payment of any material Tax nor is there
any material Tax deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against the
Company, nor has the Company executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of
limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of
any
Tax.
(d) To
the
knowledge of the Company and the Members, no audit or other examination of
any
Return of the Company by any Tax authority is presently in progress, nor has
the
Company been notified of any request for such an audit or other
examination.
(e) No
adjustment relating to any Returns filed by the Company has been proposed in
writing, formally or informally, by any Tax authority to the Company or any
representative thereof.
(f) The
Company has no liability for any material unpaid Taxes which have not been
accrued for or reserved on the Company’s balance sheets included in the Annual
Financial Statements or the Stub Financial Statements, whether asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise, which is material to the Company, other
than any liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the end of
the
most recent fiscal year in connection with the operation of the business of
the
Company in the ordinary course of business, none of which is material to the
business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company.
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4.16 Intellectual
Property.
(a) No
Company Intellectual Property or Company Product is subject to any material
proceeding or outstanding decree, order, judgment, contract, license or
stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof
by
the Company, or which may affect the validity, use or enforceability of such
Company Intellectual Property or Company Product, which in any such case could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(b) The
Company owns or has enforceable rights to use all material Intellectual Property
required for the conduct of its business as presently conducted or to be
conducted. Except as disclosed in Schedule
4.16(b)
hereto,
the Company owns and has good and exclusive title to each material item of
Company Intellectual Property owned by it free and clear of any Liens (excluding
non-exclusive licenses and related restrictions granted by it in the ordinary
course of business); and the Company is the exclusive owner of all material
Trademarks and Copyrights used in connection with the operation or conduct
of
the business of the Company including the sale of any products or the provision
of any services by the Company.
(c) To
the
Company’ knowledge, the operation of the business of the Company as such
business currently is conducted, including the Company’s use of any product,
device or process, has not and does not infringe or misappropriate the
Intellectual Property of any third party or constitute unfair competition or
trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction and the Company has not
received any claims or threats from third parties alleging any such
infringement, misappropriation or unfair competition or trade practices. Except
as disclosed in Schedule
4.16(d),
or as
otherwise set forth in any electronic game development agreements, the Company
is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to
all
of the Intellectual Property, and has the exclusive right to use and license
the
same, free and clear of any claim or conflict with the Intellectual Property
of
others; (b) no royalties, honorariums or fees are payable by it to any
person by reason of the ownership or use of any of the Intellectual Property;
(c) there have been no claims made against the Company asserting the
invalidity, abuse, misuse, or unenforceability of any of the Intellectual
Property and no grounds for any such claims exist; (d) the Company has not
made any claim of any violation or infringement by others of any of its
Intellectual Property or interests therein and, no grounds for any such claims
exist; (e) the Company has not received any notice that it is in conflict
with or infringing upon the asserted intellectual property rights of others
in
connection with the Intellectual Property, and neither the use of the
Intellectual Property nor the operation of its business is infringing or has
infringed upon any intellectual property rights of others; (f) the
Intellectual Property is sufficient and includes all intellectual property
rights necessary for the Company to lawfully conduct its business as presently
being conducted; (g) no interest in the Company’s Intellectual Property has
been assigned, transferred, licensed or sublicensed by any Company to any
person; (h) to the extent that any item constituting part of the
Intellectual Property has been registered with, filed in or issued by, any
Governmental Authority, such registrations, filings or issuances are listed
on
Schedule
4.16
and were
duly made and remain in full force and effect; (i) there has not been any
act or failure to act by the Company or any of its directors, officers,
employees, attorneys or agents during the prosecution or registration of, or
any
other proceeding relating to, any of the Intellectual Property or of any other
fact which could render invalid or unenforceable, or negate the right to
issuance of any of the Intellectual Property; (j) to the extent any of the
Intellectual Property constitutes proprietary or confidential information,
the
Company has adequately safeguarded such information from disclosure; and
(k) the Company’s current Intellectual Property will remain in full force
and effect following the Closing without alteration or
impairment.
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4.17 Insurance.
The
insurance policies which the Company maintains are, to the Company’s knowledge,
adequate in amount and scope for the Company’s business and operations,
including any insurance required to be maintained by Company Contracts.
4.18 Governmental
Actions/Filings.
(a) The
Company has been granted and holds, and has made, all Governmental
Actions/Filings necessary to the conduct by the Company of its business or
used
or held for use by the Company, and true, complete and correct copies of which
have heretofore been delivered to the Buyer. Each such Governmental
Action/Filing is in full force and effect, and the Company is in compliance
with
all of its obligations with respect thereto.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
4.18(b),
no
Governmental Action/Filing is necessary to be obtained, secured or made by
the
Company to enable it to continue to conduct its businesses and operations and
use its properties after the Closing in a manner which is consistent with
current practice.
4.19 Interested
Party Transactions.
(a) Except
as
set forth in the Schedule
4.19
hereto,
no Member, employee, officer or manager of the Company or a member of his or
her
immediate family:
(i) is
indebted to the Company, nor is the Company indebted (or committed to make
loans
or extend or guarantee credit) to any of such Persons, other than (A) for
payment of salary for services rendered, (B) reimbursement for reasonable
expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (C) for other employee
benefits made generally available to all employees.
(ii) to
the
knowledge of the Company and the Members, has any direct or indirect ownership
interest in any Person with whom the Company is affiliated or with whom the
Company has a contractual relationship, or in any Person that competes with
the
Company, except that each Member, employee, officer or manager of the Company
and members of their respective immediate families may own less than 5% of
the
outstanding stock in publicly traded companies that may compete with the
Company.
(b) is
directly, or to the knowledge of the Company and the Members, indirectly
interested in any Material Company Contract with the Company (other than such
contracts as relate to any such Person’s ownership of capital stock or other
securities of the Company or such Person’s employment with the
Company).
(c) The
Company is not a guarantor to the debt or other obligations of any of its
Members, employees, officers, managers or affiliates (“Company
Guarantees”).
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4.20 Manager
Approval.
The
managers of the Company have, as of the date of this Agreement, duly approved
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.21 Member
Approval.
The
Membership Interests owned by the Members constitute, in the aggregate, all
of
the outstanding equity interest in the Company, and therefore represent the
requisite approval necessary for the adoption of this Agreement and the approval
of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Members of the Company in
accordance with the Company’s articles of organization and operating agreement
and applicable law.
4.22 Brokers;
Third Party Expenses.
Except
as to HCFP/Xxxxxxx Securities LLC which is to be compensated for advisory and
fund raising services, neither the Company nor any Member has incurred, or
will
it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage, finders’ fees,
agent’s commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or
any transactions contemplated hereby. No Membership Interests or other equity
securities, options, warrants or other securities of any of the Company or
the
Buyer are payable by the Company or any Member to any third party by the Company
as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
Except
as
set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Buyer concurrently with
the execution of this Agreement (the “Buyer
Disclosure Schedule”),
which
shall identify exceptions by specific section references, the Buyer represents
and warrants to the Company and the Members as set forth below in this
Article
V.
5.1 Organization
and Qualification.
(a) The
Buyer
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry
on
its business as it is now being or currently planned by the Buyer to be
conducted. The Buyer is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease
and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry
on
its business as it is now being or currently planned by the Buyer to be
conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Buyer. Complete and correct copies of the certificate
of
incorporation and bylaws of the Buyer, as amended and currently in effect,
have
been heretofore delivered to the Company. The Buyer is not in violation of
any
of the provisions of the Buyer’s certificate of incorporation and
bylaws.
(b) The
Buyer
is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is
in
good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned,
leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly
qualified or licensed and in good standing that could not, individually or
in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the
Buyer.
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5.2 Subsidiaries.
(a) Except
for SouthPeak Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Buyer (“Merger
Co 1”),
and
GSPAC Merger Company, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Merger Co 1 (“Merger
Co 2”),
the
Buyer has no Subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, any
ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person or have any
agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest, and the Buyer has not
agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound by any written, oral or other
agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, binding understanding, instrument,
note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy,
benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any nature, as of the date hereof
or
as may hereafter be in effect under which it may become obligated to make,
any
future investment in or capital contribution to any other entity.
(b) Merger
Co
1 and Merger Co 2 are corporations duly incorporated, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and have the requisite
power and authority to own, lease and operate their assets and properties and
to
carry on their business as it is now being or currently planned by the Buyer
to
be conducted. Complete and correct copies of the certificates of incorporation
and bylaws of Merger Co 1 and Merger Co 2, as amended and currently in effect,
have been heretofore delivered to the Company. Neither Merger Co 1 nor Merger
Co
2 are in violation of any of the provisions of their certificates of
incorporation or bylaws.
(c) Merger
Co
1 and Merger Co 2 do not have any assets or properties of any kind, do not
now
conduct and have never conducted any business, and have and will have at the
Closing no obligations or liabilities of any nature whatsoever except such
obligations and liabilities as are imposed under this Agreement.
5.3 Capitalization.
(a) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Buyer consists
of
24,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 7,000,000 shares of Class B common stock,
par
value $.0001 per share (“Class
B Common Stock”)and
5,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Preferred
Stock”),
of
which 1,920,100 shares of Common Stock, no shares of Class B Common Stock and
no
shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Schedule
5.3(a),
(i) no
shares of Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock are reserved
for
issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Common Stock,
Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock granted to employees of Buyer or other
parties (“Stock
Options”)
and
there are no outstanding Stock Options; (ii) no shares of Common Stock,
Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the
exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Common Stock, Class B Common Stock
or Preferred Stock (“Warrants”)
and
there are no outstanding Warrants; and (iii) no shares of Common Stock,
Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the
conversion of the Preferred Stock or any outstanding convertible notes,
debentures or securities (“Convertible
Securities”).
All
shares of Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock subject to
issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified
in
the instrument pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All outstanding shares of Common
Stock and all outstanding Warrants have been issued and granted in compliance
with (x) all applicable securities laws and (in all material respects)
other applicable laws and regulations, and (y) all requirements set forth
in any applicable Buyer Contracts.
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(b) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Merger Co 1 consists
of
31,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Merger
Co 1 Common Stock”),
and
5,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Merger
Co 1 Preferred Stock,”
and
together with Merger Co 1 Common Stock, “Merger
Co 1 Stock”),
of
which one share of Merger Co 1 Common Stock and no shares of Merger Co 1
Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, which share is validly issued,
fully
paid and nonassessable. There are no outstanding options to purchase shares
of
Merger Co 1 Stock and no shares of Merger Co 1 Stock are reserved for issuance
upon the exercise of outstanding options. There are no outstanding warrants
to
purchase shares of Merger Co 1 Stock and no shares of Merger Co 1 Stock are
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants.
(c) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Merger Co 2 consists
of
1,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Merger
Co 2 Stock”),
of
which one share of Merger Co 2 Stock is issued and outstanding, which share
is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There are no outstanding options
to purchase shares of Merger Co 2 Stock and no shares of Merger Co 2 Stock
are
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options. There are no
outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Merger Co 2 Stock and no shares
of
Merger Co 2 Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding
warrants.
(d) The
shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Buyer at the Closing in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued
and
such shares of Common Stock will be fully paid and nonassessable.
(e) Except
as
contemplated by this Agreement or as expressly set forth in the Buyer SEC
Reports, there are no registrations rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy,
rights plan, antitakeover plan or other agreements or understandings to which
the Buyer is a party or by which Buyer is bound with respect to any equity
security of any class of Buyer.
(f) Except
as
provided for in this Agreement, as a result of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, no shares of capital stock, warrants, options
or other securities of the Buyer are issuable and no rights in connection with
any shares, warrants, options or other securities of the Buyer accelerate or
otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting, exercisability,
convertibility or otherwise).
5.4 Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
The
Buyer has full corporate power and authority to: (a) execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement, and each ancillary document that the Buyer has executed
or delivered or is to execute or deliver pursuant to this Agreement, and
(b) carry out the Buyer’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery
of
this Agreement and the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Buyer (including the approval by its boards
of directors), and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Buyer
are
necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, other than the approval of the stockholders of the Buyer
of
the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Buyer and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes the
legal and binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by general principles of equity.
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5.5 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Buyer do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by the Buyer shall not: (i) conflict with or
violate the Buyer’s certificate or incorporation or bylaws, (ii) conflict
with or violate any Legal Requirements, or (iii) result in any breach of or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, or materially impair the Buyer’s rights or alter
the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights
of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the
creation of a Lien on any of the properties or assets of the Buyer pursuant
to,
any Buyer Contracts, except, with respect to clauses (ii) or (iii), for any
such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would
not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Buyer.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Buyer do not, and the
performance of its obligations hereunder will not, require any consent,
approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Entity, except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, Blue Sky Laws, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other
jurisdictions in which the Buyer is qualified to do business, and
(ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations
or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not, individually
or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on
the Buyer, or prevent consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby or
otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing their obligations under
this Agreement.
5.6 Compliance.
The
Buyer has complied with, and is not in violation of, any Legal Requirements
with
respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its
business, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or
in
the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Buyer. The business and activities of the Buyer have
not
been and are not being conducted in violation of any Legal Requirements. The
Buyer is not in default or violation of any term, condition or provision of
its
certificate of incorporation or bylaws. No written notice of non-compliance
with
any Legal Requirements has been received by the Buyer.
5.7 SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) The
Buyer
has made available to the Members a correct and complete copy of each report
and
registration statement filed by the Buyer with the SEC (the “Buyer
SEC Reports”),
which
are all the forms, reports and documents required to be filed by the Buyer
with
the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement. All Buyer SEC Reports required
to
be filed by the Buyer in the 12 month period prior to the date of this Agreement
were filed in a timely manner. As of their respective dates the Buyer SEC
Reports: (i) were prepared in accordance and complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
the
case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable
to
such Buyer SEC Reports, and (ii) did not at the time they were filed (and
if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement then
on
the date of such filing and as so amended or superseded) contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(b) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
5.7(b),
each
set of financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto)
contained in Buyer SEC Reports, including each Buyer SEC Report filed after
the
date hereof until the Closing, complied or will comply as to form in all
material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto, was or will be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on
a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated
in
the notes thereto) and each fairly presents or will fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Buyer at the respective dates
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were, are
or
will be subject to normal adjustments which were not or are not expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Buyer taken as a whole.
5.8 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
The
Buyer has no liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a
nature required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes
to
the financial statements included in Buyer SEC Reports that are, individually
or
in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial
condition of the Buyer, except (a) liabilities provided for in or otherwise
disclosed in Buyer SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, (b)
liabilities resulting from the failure of the Buyer’s stockholders to approve
the business combination as described in the Company’s definitive proxy
statement dated April 11, 2008, including the return of the trust fund assets
due the former holders of the Company’s Class B common stock and (c) amounts set
forth on Schedule
5.8.
5.9 Indebtedness.
The
Buyer has no indebtedness for borrowed money.
5.10 Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board Quotation.
The
Common Stock and warrants to purchase the Common Stock are quoted on the OTCBB.
There is no action or proceeding pending or, to the Buyer’s knowledge,
threatened against the Buyer by Nasdaq or Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”)
with
respect to any intention by such entity to prohibit or terminate the quotation
of such securities thereon.
5.11 Board
Approval.
The
board of directors of the Buyer (including any required committee or subgroup
of
the board of directors of the Buyer) has, as of the date of this Agreement,
unanimously (a) declared the advisability of the transactions contemplated
hereby and (b) determined that the transactions contemplated hereby are in
the best interests of the stockholders of the Buyer.
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5.12 Brokers.
The
Buyer has not incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability
for brokerage or finders’ fees or agent’s commissions or any similar charges in
connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
VI
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
6.1 Conduct
of Business.
During
the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier
of
the termination of this Agreement or the Closing, each of the Buyer and the
Company agrees (except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement
or
as consented to in writing by the other party), to carry on its business in
the
ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted, to
pay
debts and Taxes when due subject to good faith disputes over such debts or
taxes, to pay or perform other obligations when due, and to use all reasonable
efforts consistent with past practice and policies to preserve intact its
present business organization, use its reasonable best efforts consistent with
past practice to keep available the services of its officers and key employees
and use its reasonable best efforts consistent with past practice to preserve
its relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees,
and others having business dealings with it. Each of the Buyer and the Company
agrees to promptly notify the other of any material event or occurrence not
in
the ordinary course of its business and of any event that would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Buyer or the Company.
6.2 Restrictions
on Conduct of Business.
During
the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier
of
the termination of this Agreement or the Closing, except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Buyer nor the Company shall do,
cause or permit any of the following, without the prior written consent of
the
other:
(a) Charter
Documents.
Cause
or permit any amendments to its certificate of incorporation, articles of
organization, bylaws, operating agreement or other equivalent organizational
documents;
(b) Dividends;
Changes in Capital Stock.
Except
for payment on behalf of the Buyer of amounts owed to the former holders of
the
Class B Common Stock from the Trust Account, declare or pay any dividends on
or
make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect
of
any of its capital stock, or split, combine or reclassify any of its capital
stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect
of,
in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock, or repurchase
or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital
stock;
(c) Material
Contracts.
Other
than in the case of the Company in the ordinary course of business, enter into
any new material contract, or violate, amend or otherwise modify or waive any
of
the terms of any existing material contract or Material Company Contract, other
than upon prior consultation with, and prior written consent (which shall not
be
unreasonably withheld) of the other parties to this Agreement.
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(d) Issuance
of Securities.
Except
as contemplated hereby, issue, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the
issuance, delivery or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any
equity securities or securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights,
warrants or options to acquire, or other agreements or commitments of any
character obligating it to issue any such equity securities or other convertible
securities;
(e) Intellectual
Property.
Transfer or license to any person or entity any rights to any Intellectual
Property other than the license of non-exclusive rights to Intellectual Property
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(f) Dispositions.
Sell,
lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of its properties or
assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business,
except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(g) Indebtedness.
Except
in its ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money
or
guarantee any such indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities or
guarantee any debt securities;
(h) Payment
of Obligations.
Pay,
discharge or satisfy in an amount in excess of $1,000 any claim, liability
or
obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise)
arising, other than as to the Company, in the ordinary course of
business;
(i) Capital
Expenditures.
Make
any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements except
in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice that do not
exceed $100,000 individually or in the aggregate;
(j) Acquisitions.
Except
as contemplated by this Agreement, acquire by merging or consolidating with,
or
by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner,
any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire any assets which are
material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business, or acquire any
equity securities of any corporation, partnership, association or business
organization;
(k) Taxes.
In the
case of the Company, make or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt
or
change any accounting method in respect of Taxes, file any Tax Return or any
amendment to a Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement, settle any claim
or
assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the
limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of
Taxes;
(l) Accounting
Policies and Procedures.
Make
any change to its financial accounting methods, principles, policies, procedures
or practices, except as may be required by GAAP, Regulation S-X promulgated
by
the SEC or applicable statutory accounting principles;
(m) Other.
Take or
agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described in
Sections
6.2(a)
through
(l)
above,
or any action which would make any of its representations or warranties
contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect or prevent it from performing
or
cause it not to perform its covenants hereunder.
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6.3 No
Claim Against Trust Account.
The
Company and the Members hereby waive all rights against the Buyer to collect
from the Trust Account any moneys that may be owed to the Company or the Members
by the Buyer for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to a breach
of
this Agreement by the Buyer or any negotiations, agreements or understandings
with the Buyer, and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any
reason whatsoever.
6.4 Access
to Information.
(a) Except
as
prohibited by applicable law, each of the Buyer and the Company shall afford
the
other and its accountants, counsel and other representatives (the “Representatives”),
reasonable access during normal business hours during the period prior to the
Closing to (i) all of such party’s properties, books, contracts, commitments and
records, and (ii) all other information concerning the business, properties
and
personnel of such party as the other party may reasonably request. Each of
the
Buyer and the Company agrees to provide to the other and its accountants,
counsel and other representatives copies of internal financial statements
promptly upon request.
(b) Subject
to compliance with applicable law, from the date hereof until the Closing,
each
of the Buyer and the Company shall confer on a regular and frequent basis with
one or more representatives of the other party to report operational matters
of
materiality and the general status of ongoing operations.
(c) No
information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to this
Section
6.4
shall
affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty contained herein
or
the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(d) Each
of
the Buyer and the Company shall provide the other and its Representatives
reasonable access, during normal business hours during the period prior to
the
Closing, to all of such party’s Tax Returns and other records and workpapers
relating to Taxes, and shall also provide the following information upon the
request of the other party: (i) a schedule of the types of Tax Returns filed
by
the Buyer or Company, as applicable, in each taxing jurisdiction, (ii) a
schedule of the year of the commencement of the filing of each such type of
Tax
Return, (iii) a schedule of all closed years with respect to each such type
of
Tax Return filed in each jurisdiction, (iv) a schedule of all Tax elections
filed in each jurisdiction by the Buyer or Company, as applicable, and (v)
receipts for any Taxes paid to foreign Tax authorities.
6.5 Confidential
Information; Non-Solicitation or Negotiation.
(a) Confidential
Information.
Except
in connection with any dispute between the parties and subject to any obligation
to comply with (i) any applicable law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any
Governmental Entity or securities exchange, or (iii) any subpoena or other
legal
process to make information available to the persons entitled thereto, whether
or not the transactions contemplated herein shall be concluded, all information
obtained by any party about any other, and all of the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement, shall be kept in confidence by each party, and each party shall
cause its Members, stockholders, directors, officers, managers, employees,
agents and attorneys to hold such information confidential. Such confidentiality
shall be maintained to the same degree as such party maintains its own
confidential information and shall be maintained until such time, if any, as
any
such data or information either is, or becomes, published or a matter of public
knowledge; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any
information obtained by a party through its own independent investigations
of
the other party or received by a party from a source not known by such party
to
be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or
fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, the other party, nor to any
information obtained by a party which is generally known to others engaged
in
the trade or business of such party. In the event a party to this Agreement
becomes legally compelled to disclose any such information, it shall promptly
provide the others with written notice of such requirement so that the other
parties to this Agreement may seek a protective order or other remedy. If this
Agreement shall be terminated for any reason, the parties shall return or cause
to be returned to the others all written data, information, files, records
and
copies of documents, worksheets and other materials obtained by such parties
in
connection with this Agreement.
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(b) No
Solicitation or Negotiation.
Unless
and until this Agreement is terminated or consummated, none of the Company,
the
Members or the Buyer shall, and the Buyer shall ensure that Merger Co 1 and
Merger Co 2 shall not, suffer or permit their respective directors, officers,
stockholders, employees, representatives, agents, investment bankers, advisors,
accountants or attorneys, to initiate or solicit, directly or indirectly, any
inquiries or the making of any offer or proposal that constitutes or would
be
reasonably expected to lead to a proposal or offer (other than as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement) for a stock purchase, asset acquisition, merger,
consolidation or other business combination involving any of the Company, the
Buyer, Merger Co 1 or Merger Co 2 or any proposal to acquire in any manner
a
direct or indirect substantial equity interest in, or all or any substantial
part of the assets of, Company, the Buyer, Merger Co 1 or Merger Co 2 (an
“Alternative
Proposal”)
from
any person and/or entity, or engage in negotiations or discussions relating
thereto or accept any Alternative Proposal, or make or authorize any statement,
recommendation or solicitation in support of any Alternative Proposal. The
Company and the Members on the one hand, and the Buyer on the other hand, shall
notify the other orally and in writing of the receipt of any such inquiries,
offers or proposals (including the terms and conditions of any such offer or
proposal, the identity of the person and/or entity making it and a copy of
any
written Alternative Proposal), as promptly as practicable and in any event
within 48 hours after the receipt thereof, and shall keep the other parties
informed of the status and details of any such inquiry, offer or proposal.
The
Company, Members and the Buyer shall immediately terminate any existing
solicitation, activity, discussion or negotiation with any person and/or entity
hereafter conducted by them or by any officer, employee, director, stockholder
or other representative thereof with respect to the foregoing.
6.6 Public
Disclosure.
Unless
otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the Buyer and Company shall consult
with
each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public
statement or making any other public (or non-confidential) disclosure (whether
or not in response to an inquiry) regarding the terms of this Agreement and
the
transactions contemplated hereby, and neither shall issue any such press release
or make any such statement or disclosure without the prior approval of the
other
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as may be required
by law, in which case the party proposing to issue such press release or make
such public statement or disclosure shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to consult with the other party before issuing such press release or
making such public statement or disclosure.
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6.7 Consents;
Cooperation.
(a) The
Buyer
shall promptly apply for or otherwise seek, and use its reasonable best efforts
to obtain, all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Each
of
the Buyer and the Members shall promptly apply for or otherwise seek, and use
its reasonable best efforts to obtain, all consents and approvals required
to be
obtained by it for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary consents,
waivers and approvals under any of its Material Company Contracts in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section
6.7(b),
the
Company shall not be required to divest any of its businesses, product lines
or
assets, or to take or agree to take any other action or agree to any limitation
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
6.8 Legal
Requirements.
Each of
the parties hereto shall take all reasonable actions necessary to comply
promptly with all legal requirements which may be imposed on them with respect
to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
will
promptly cooperate with and furnish information to any party hereto necessary
in
connection with any such requirements imposed upon such other party in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and will take all reasonable actions necessary to obtain (and will
cooperate with the other parties hereto in obtaining) any consent, approval,
order or authorization of, or any registration, declaration or filing with,
any
Governmental Entity or other person, required to be obtained or made in
connection with the taking of any action contemplated by this
Agreement.
6.9 Blue
Sky Laws.
The
Buyer shall use its best efforts to comply with the securities and blue sky
laws
of all jurisdictions which are applicable to the issuance of Common Stock to
the
Members in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.10 Employment
Agreements.
At the
Closing, the Buyer and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx shall enter into an employment agreement
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A
(the
“Executive
Chairman Agreement”)
to
serve as the Buyer’s Executive Chairman. At or before the Closing, the Buyer and
Xxxxxxx Xxxx shall enter into an employment agreement in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
B
(the
“CEO
Employment Agreement”)
to
serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Buyer.
6.11 Indemnification.
All
rights to indemnification for acts or omissions occurring through the Closing
Date now existing in favor of the current directors and officers of the Buyer
and the Company as provided in the organic documents of the Buyer and the
Company or in any indemnification agreements shall survive the Closing and
shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. If the Buyer,
the Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (a) consolidates
with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or
surviving entity of such consolidation or merger, or (b) transfers or conveys
all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then,
in
each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so
that
the successors and assigns of the Buyer or the Company, respectively, assume
the
obligations set forth in this Section
6.11.
The
provisions of this Section
6.11
are
intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Person
who
will have been a director or officer of the Buyer or Company for all periods
ending on or before the Closing and may not be changed without the consent
of
each consent of each person that may be adversely affected
thereby.
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6.12 Registration
of Founder Warrants. As
soon as practicable following the Closing, the Buyer shall use its best efforts
to register the warrants issued to the Buyer’s founders and will register the
shares underlying such warrants when it registers the shares underlying the
warrants which were registered in connection with the Buyer’s initial public
offering.
6.13 Further
Assurances.
Each of
the parties to this Agreement shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby and to fulfill and cause to
be
fulfilled the conditions to closing under this Agreement. Each party hereto,
at
the reasonable request of another party hereto, shall execute and deliver such
other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be
necessary or desirable for effecting completely the consummation of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.14 D&O
Insurance.
The
Company shall cause the Buyer to have obtained 12 months of directors and
officers liability insurance and 12 months of “tail” coverage for any directors
and officers of the Buyer who have resigned in anticipation of the transaction
contemplated under this Agreement.
6.15 Payment
of Liabilities.
Following the Closing, the Company shall have caused the Buyer to promptly
pay
the outstanding liabilities of the Company subject to the amount of such
liabilities not exceeding the cash Buyer possesses on the date of the Closing
by
no more than $70,000.
ARTICLE
VII
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
7.1 Termination.
At any
time prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated:
(a) by
mutual
consent of the Buyer, the Company and the Members;
(b) by
either
the Buyer or the Company, if, without fault of the terminating party, the
Closing shall not have occurred on or before May 31, 2008, or such later date
as
may be agreed upon in writing by the parties hereto (the “Final
Date”);
(c) by
the
Buyer, if the Company or the Members breach any of its or their representations,
warranties or obligations hereunder to an extent that would cause the condition
set forth in Section
3.2(a)
not to
be satisfied and such breach shall not have been cured within ten business
days
of receipt by the Company and/or the Members of written notice of such breach
(and the Buyer has not willfully breached any of its covenants hereunder, which
breach is not cured);
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(d) by
Company, if the Buyer breaches any of its representations, warranties or
obligations hereunder to an extent that would cause the condition set forth
in
Section
3.3(a)
not to
be satisfied and such breach shall not have been cured within ten business
days
of receipt by the Buyer of written notice of such breach (and the Company and/or
the Members have not willfully breached any of its or their covenants hereunder,
which breach is not cured); or
(e) by
either
the Buyer or the Company if any permanent injunction or other order of a court
or other competent authority preventing the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have become final and nonappealable.
7.2 Effect
of Termination.
In the
event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section
7.1,
this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or
obligation on the parties hereto, or their respective Members, officers,
directors, managers, stockholders or affiliates, except to the extent that
such
termination results from the breach by a party hereto of any of its
representations, warranties or covenants set forth in this Agreement; provided
that, the provisions of Section
6.5
(Confidentiality), Section
7.3
(Expenses and Termination Fees) and this Section
7.2
shall
remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement.
Nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability in connection with a
breach by such party of the representations, warranties or covenants of such
party to this Agreement.
7.3 Expenses
and Termination Fees.
(a) Subject
to Sections
7.3(b)
and
(c),
whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, all costs and
expenses (including transfer and other similar Taxes) incurred in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the fees and expenses of its advisers, accountants and legal
counsel) shall be paid by the party incurring such expense.
(b) If
the
Buyer terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
7.1(c)
then the
Company shall promptly reimburse the Buyer for all of the out-of-pocket costs
and expenses incurred on or after April 25, 2008 by the Buyer in connection
with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the fees and expenses of its advisors, accountants and legal
counsel).
(c) If
the
Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
7.1(d)
the
Buyer shall promptly reimburse the Company and/or the Members, as applicable,
for all of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred on or after April
25,
2008 by the Company and/or the Members, as applicable, in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the fees and expenses of its advisors, accountants and legal
counsel).
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7.4 Amendment.
The
parties hereto may cause this Agreement to be amended at any time by execution
of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto;
provided, however, that the Company may cause Articles
II,
III
and
VI
of this
Agreement to be amended at any time prior to the Closing to satisfy the
requirements of the investors of the PIPE Financing as set forth in the binding
letter of intent related thereto; provided further that the Company shall
provide prompt notice of the same to the Buyer.
7.5 Extension;
Waiver.
At any
time prior to the Closing Date any party hereto may, to the extent legally
allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations
or
other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any
document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any of the
agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any
agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall
be
valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such
party.
ARTICLE
VIII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.1 Notices.
All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given if delivered personally or by commercial delivery service, or
mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) or sent via
facsimile (with confirmation of receipt) to the parties at the following address
(or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
(a)if
to the Buyer to:
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx
and Xxxxxx, PLLC
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx.
(b)if
to Company to:
SouthPeak
Interactive, LLC
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Mr.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig, LLP
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
(c) if
to the
Members to address set forth below their respective name on Schedule
I
attached
hereto.
with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Members) to:
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, LLP
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
8.2 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by facsimile
and/or PDF, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and
shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each
of
the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all
parties need not sign the same counterpart.
8.3 Entire
Agreement; Nonassignability; Parties in Interest.
This
Agreement and the documents and instruments and other agreements specifically
referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto, including the Exhibits, the
Company Disclosure Schedules and the Buyer Disclosure Schedules (a) constitute
the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral,
among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, except for the
Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated July 2, 2007, by and between the Buyer and
the
Company, which shall continue in full force and effect, and shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or the Closing, in accordance with its terms;
(b)
are not intended to confer upon any other person any rights or remedies
hereunder, and (c) shall not be assigned. No representations, warranties,
inducements, promises or agreements, oral or written, by or among the parties
not contained herein shall be of any force of effect.
8.4 Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable,
the
remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances will be
interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The
parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this
Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the
extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or
unenforceable provision.
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8.5 Remedies
Cumulative; Specific Performance.
(a) Except
as
otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred
upon
a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy
conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by
a
party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
The
parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of
the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached.
(b) It
is
accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an
injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in any court of the
United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any
other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
8.6 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of Delaware, without regard to the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles of conflicts of law. Each of the parties hereto
irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or Federal
court
located within the City of Alexandria, Virginia or the County of Fairfax,
Virginia in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this
Agreement or the matters contemplated herein, agrees that process may be served
upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia
for such persons and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection
which they might otherwise have to such jurisdiction and such
process.
8.7 Rules
of Construction.
The
parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the
negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive
the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction
providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed
against the party drafting such agreement or document.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Membership Interest Purchase Agreement has been duly
executed by the parties as of and on the date first above written.
BUYER:
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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COMPANY:
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SOUTHPEAK
INTERACTIVE, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Managing
Member
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MEMBERS:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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