ASSET CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT among INNOVATIVE CARD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“InCard”), nCRYPTONE, S.A. (the “Company”), and PROSODIE, S.A. (the “Principal Shareholder”) Dated as of June 28, 2006
Execution
Copy
among
INNOVATIVE
CARD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(“InCard”),
nCRYPTONE,
S.A.
(the
“Company”),
and
PROSODIE,
S.A.
(the
“Principal Shareholder”)
Dated
as
of June 28, 2006
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I.
CONTRIBUTION OF CONTRIBUTED ASSETS; LICENSES
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1.1.
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Transfer
of Contributed Assets
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1
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1.2.
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Assumption
of Liabilities
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2
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1.3.
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Excluded
Liabilities.
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3
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1.4.
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Termination
of the Joint Development Agreement
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3
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1.5.
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Consideration
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3
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1.6.
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Withholding
Taxes
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4
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1.7.
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Closing
Costs and Fees
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4
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ARTICLE
II.
CLOSING
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2.1.
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The
Closing
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2.2.
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Closing
Deliveries.
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ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDER
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3.1.
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Organization
of the Company
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3.2.
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Capitalization
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7
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3.3.
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Authorization.
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7
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3.4.
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Consents
and Approvals
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8
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3.5.
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Title
to Contributed Assets; Encumbrances
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8
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3.6.
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Contracts
and Commitments
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8
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3.7.
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No
Conflict or Violation
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3.8.
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Litigation
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9
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3.9.
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Compliance
with Law
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9
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3.10.
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Intellectual
Property.
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3.11.
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Tax
Matters
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3.12.
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No
Brokers
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3.13.
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No
Other Agreements to Sell the Assets or Capital Stock of the
Company
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3.14.
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Accredited
Investor Status.
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3.15.
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Material
Misstatements or Omissions
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ARTICLE
IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INCARD
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4.1.
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Organization
of InCard
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4.2.
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Capitalization
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4.3.
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Authorization
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4.4.
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Consents
and Approvals
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4.5.
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No
Conflict or Violation
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4.6.
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
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4.7.
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Issuance
of InCard Common Stock
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4.8.
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Litigation
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4.9.
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Compliance
with Law
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4.10.
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No
Brokers
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4.11.
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Due
Diligence
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ARTICLE
V.
COVENANTS
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5.1.
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Confidentiality;
Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.
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5.2.
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Further
Assurances
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5.3.
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Conduct
of Business
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5.4.
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No
Solicitation
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5.5.
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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5.6.
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Investigation
by InCard
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5.7.
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Tax
Matters.
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5.8.
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Transition
Services.
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5.9.
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Electrostatic
Patent
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5.10.
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Consents
to Assignment
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5.11.
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Right
of First Refusal.
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5.12.
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VASCO
and RSA Accounts Receivable
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5.13.
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Publicity
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ARTICLE
VI.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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6.1.
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Company
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6.2.
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Conditions
to Obligations of InCard
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ARTICLE
VII.
INDEMNIFICATION; REMEDIES
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7.1.
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Limitation
on Survival of Representations and Warranties
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7.2.
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Indemnification.
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ARTICLE
VIII.
TERMINATION
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8.1.
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Termination
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8.2.
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Effect
of Termination
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ARTICLE
IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
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9.1.
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Defined
Terms
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9.2.
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Notices.
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9.3.
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Rules
of Construction
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9.4.
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Titles
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44
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9.5.
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Entire
Agreement
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9.6.
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Assignment
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9.7.
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Amendment
or Modification
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9.8.
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Waiver
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9.9.
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Severability
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9.10.
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Burden
and Benefit
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9.11.
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Governing
Law
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9.12.
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Consent
to Jurisdiction
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9.13.
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Waiver
of Trial by Jury
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9.14.
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Legal
Fees
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9.15.
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Arbitration
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9.16.
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Specific
Performance
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9.17.
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Cumulative
Remedies
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9.18.
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Expenses
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9.19.
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Representation
by Counsel
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9.20.
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Execution
and Counterparts
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EXHIBITS
AND ANNEXES
Exhibit
A
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Assignment
of Contract Rights
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Exhibit
B
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Assignment
of Intellectual Property Rights
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Exhibit
C
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Assumption
Agreement
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Exhibit
D
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Evidence
of Contribution
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Exhibit
E
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Contribution
Agreement (“Contrat
d’Apport”)
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Exhibit
F
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License
Agreement Granting Licenses from InCard to the Company
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Exhibit
G
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License
Agreement Granting a License from the Company to InCard
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Exhibit
H
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Reseller
Agreements
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Exhibit
I
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Services
Agreement
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Annex
I-A
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Accounts
Payable
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Annex
I-B
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Assumed
Contracts
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Annex
II
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Registration
Rights
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This ASSET
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated
as
of June 28, 2006 (this “Agreement”),
is
entered into by and among: (i) Innovative Card Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“InCard”);
(ii)
nCryptone, S.A. (formerly known as AudioSmartCard, S.A.), a corporation
organized under the laws of France (the “Company”);
and
(iii) Prosodie, S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of France (the
“Principal
Shareholder”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company and InCard have jointly developed certain intellectual property related
to financial transaction and similar cards with built-in sound storage and
sound
generation capability and built-in display functions pursuant to that certain
Joint Development Agreement, dated July 25, 2005 (the “Joint
Development Agreement”),
and
the Company owns all intellectual property comprising and relating to the
product presently known as the “nC DisplayCard,” a credit card size card
containing an embedded battery, a flexible screen, a button and a
cryptoprocessor (including any future upgrades thereto or improvements thereon,
the “nC
DisplayCard”),
none
of which intellectual property is currently being exploited by or on behalf
of
the Company.
B. Since
InCard is a party to the Joint Development Agreement, InCard has knowledge
of
the technology incorporated in the nC DisplayCard, as well as the principal
participants in the market owning technology similar to the nC DisplayCard,
and,
as such, InCard understands the technological and market characteristics of,
as
well as the limitations and risks associated with, the nC
DisplayCard.
C. The
Principal Shareholder owns and controls substantially all of the outstanding
equity interests of the Company.
D. Pursuant
to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, InCard
desires to receive the Contributed Assets (as defined herein) from the Company,
and the Company desires to contribute the Contributed Assets to
InCard.
AGREEMENT
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained in this Agreement
and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
CONTRIBUTION
OF CONTRIBUTED ASSETS; LICENSES
1.1.
Transfer
of Contributed Assets.
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
at the Closing, the Company shall contribute, assign, transfer, convey and
deliver to InCard, and InCard shall, in exchange for the Equity Consideration,
receive from the Company, all of the Company’s right, title and interest in, to
and under the following assets (collectively, the “Contributed
Assets”):
(a)
all
Intellectual Property associated with, incorporated into or related to the
nC
DisplayCard, including, without limitation, all rights in and to the Beep
Patent;
(b)
all
Intellectual Property that is or was newly conceived, made or created prior
to
the Closing Date, whether solely by one party or jointly by both parties, as
a
result of performance pursuant to the Joint Development Agreement;
(c)
all
monetary deposits and work-in-process that the Company has with SmartDisplayer
Technology Co., Ltd. (“SmartDisplayer”);
(d)
all
work-in-process that the Company has with RSA Security, Inc. (“RSA”);
(e)
all
Inventory;
(f)
the
Assumed Contracts;
(g)
all
equipment and other tangible assets of the Company primarily used in connection
with designing, manufacturing, testing, distributing or marketing the nC
DisplayCard; and
(h)
all
goodwill, other intangibles and any other Intellectual Property rights relating
to the foregoing;
it
being
understood that no customers or goodwill associated with customers, or accounts
receivable, purchase orders from, or contracts with, customers of the Company
will be comprised in, or transferred or assigned with, the Contributed Assets,
and no right or benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom will be
assumed by InCard, and it being further understood that, aside from the
Contributed Assets, no other assets of the Company shall be contributed,
assigned, transferred, conveyed or delivered to InCard hereunder.
1.2.
Assumption
of Liabilities.
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, InCard
shall assume only the following Liabilities of the Company (collectively, the
“Assumed
Liabilities”):
(a)
all
Liabilities accruing, arising out of or relating to events or occurrences
happening after the Closing Date relating to the Contributed Assets (including,
among others, the Assumed Contracts), but excluding any Liabilities related
to
the Contributed Assets that accrue, arise out of or relate to periods on or
prior to the Closing Date and excluding any Liability for any Default under
any
such Assumed Contract by the Company occurring on or prior to the Closing Date;
and
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(b)
the
accounts payable relating to nC DisplayCard owed by the Company to
SmartDisplayer, RSA and VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (“VASCO”),
each
a third-party supplier of the Company, as set forth on Annex
I-A
attached
hereto.
1.3.
Excluded
Liabilities. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, InCard shall not assume or otherwise
be
responsible for (and nothing in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall
be construed as imposing on InCard) any Liabilities of the Company or any of
its
Affiliates, including, without limitation, any and all Tax Liabilities for
federal, state, local or foreign Taxes, and any Liabilities that the Company
is
responsible for pursuant to Section
1.7
hereof,
except for the Assumed Liabilities expressly specified in Section
1.2
hereof,
whether accruing, arising out of or relating to periods prior to, on or after
the Closing Date (collectively, the “Excluded
Liabilities”).
1.4.
Termination
of the Joint Development Agreement.
The
parties hereto agree and acknowledge that, effective as of the Closing Date,
the
Joint Development Agreement shall be terminated in its entirety and shall
thereafter have no further force and effect, except as otherwise provided for
in
this Section
1.4.
The
parties hereto further agree and acknowledge that (a) none of the parties shall
retain any rights or obligations under or pursuant to the Joint Development
Agreement after the Closing Date, and (b) each party shall release and discharge
the other party from all rights, obligations, duties, claims, demands and causes
of action arising or claimed as arising between the parties under the Joint
Development Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date (including payments due
to
each party from the other party), which rights, obligations, duties, claims,
demands and causes of action shall be deemed to be satisfied as of the Closing
Date (the “JDA
Termination”);
provided,
however,
that
the ownership rights created in the Intellectual Property developed pursuant
to
Section 14 of the Joint Development Agreement shall in no way be affected by
the
JDA Termination except as otherwise provided for pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
1.5.
Consideration.
In
exchange for the contribution, assignment, transfer, conveyance and delivery
from the Company to InCard of the Contributed Assets in accordance with
Section
1.1
hereof
and the other Ancillary Agreements, InCard shall, at the Closing, (i) deliver
to
the Company 4,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
InCard (the “InCard
Common Stock,”
and
such number of shares of InCard Common Stock being the “Equity
Consideration”),
representing, on the date hereof, a total value of U.S.$19,741,500 (based on
the
straight-line average per share trading price of InCard Common Stock on the
OTC
Bulletin Board during the 20 consecutive trading days immediately preceding
the
date hereof multiplied
by
4,500,000 shares of InCard Common Stock) (the “Stock
Value”)
and
(ii) assume the Assumed Liabilities in accordance with Section
1.2
hereof.
In connection herewith, the parties hereby acknowledge that the Company shall
have the registration rights set forth in Annex
II
attached
hereto, the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein, with respect
to
the Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in Annex
II
attached
hereto).
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1.6.
Withholding
Taxes.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section
5.7(c)
hereof,
InCard shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise
payable pursuant to this Agreement to the Company (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, any amounts payable under Section
1.7
hereof)
such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to
the
making of such payment under the Code, or under any provision of state, local
or
foreign Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to
the
appropriate taxing authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to such person in respect of
which such deduction and withholding was made.
1.7.
Closing
Costs and Fees.
The
Company shall be responsible for any documentary and transfer Taxes and any
sales, use or other similar Taxes (“Transfer
Taxes”)
imposed by any non-United States governmental authority by reason of the
transfers of Contributed Assets provided hereunder. InCard shall be responsible
for any Transfer Taxes imposed by any United States governmental authorities
by
reason of the transfers of Contributed Assets provided hereunder. The Company
and InCard, as the case may be, shall at their own expense file all necessary
Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to their obligation to pay
Transfer Taxes. The Company shall file the Contribution Agreement with the
Tax
authorities in France and shall be liable for and shall pay the registration
Tax
(“droits
d’enregistrement”)
with
respect to the Contribution Agreement. The Company shall pay the fees and costs
of recording or filing all applicable conveyancing instruments described in
Section
2.2
hereof
in France and InCard shall pay the fees and costs of recording or filing all
applicable conveyancing instruments described in Section
2.2
hereof
in the United States.
ARTICLE
II.
CLOSING
2.1.
The
Closing.
The
closing of the transactions contemplated herein (the “Closing”)
shall
take place at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, at 9:00 a.m. on a date mutually agreed
to by the parties hereto in writing that is not later than the second Business
Day after the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in
Sections
6.1
and
6.2
hereof,
or at such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree in writing
(the “Closing
Date”);
provided,
that,
InCard and the Company hereby agree that the signature pages to this Agreement,
the Ancillary Agreements and any other documents and instruments referenced
in
Section
2.2
hereof
may be delivered by each party to the other party electronically, with the
original signature pages to be delivered by each party to the other party
promptly after the Closing.
2.2.
Closing
Deliveries.
(a)
Deliveries
by InCard.
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, in reliance
on the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the
Principal Shareholder contained herein, in consideration of the contribution,
conveyance, transfer, assignment and delivery of the Contributed Assets and
the
Company’s entry into the JDA Termination, at the Closing, InCard shall deliver
each of the following (in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and
its
legal counsel) to the Company:
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(i) an
electronic copy of the stock certificate(s) representing the shares of InCard
Common Stock constituting the Equity Consideration (it being understood that
InCard shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to its legal counsel’s Los
Angeles office the original stock certificate(s) representing such shares to
be
held in escrow until its legal counsel’s receipt of InCard’s original signature
pages to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreement and any other documents and
instruments referenced in this Section
2.2,
at
which time, InCard shall direct its legal counsel to promptly deliver such
original stock certificate(s) to the Company);
(ii) the
Assumption Agreement;
(iii) the
Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights;
(iv) a
certificate executed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of InCard
certifying as of the Closing Date (A) a true and complete copy of the
Organizational Documents of InCard certified as of a recent date by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (B) a true and complete copy of
the
resolutions of the board of directors of InCard authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and (C) incumbency matters;
(v) a
certificate of good standing and/or subsistence of InCard, dated as of a recent
date prior to the Closing, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
(vi) a
certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer of InCard certifying as
to
the matters set forth in Section
6.1(a)
hereof
as of the Closing Date;
(vii) the
Reseller Agreements;
(viii) the
License Agreements;
(ix) the
Services Agreement;
(x) a
letter
from NagraID Corp.-Kudelski Group (“NagraID”)
addressed to the Company confirming that, during the period that InCard has
exclusivity rights with NagraID pursuant to the terms of that certain
Co-Operation Agreement, dated February 1, 2005, by and between InCard and
NagraID, as amended or supplemented from time to time, InCard has granted
NagraID permission to manufacture the nC AudioCard for the Company and to deal
directly with the Company; and
(xi) the
Contribution Agreement.
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(b)
Deliveries
by the Company.
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, in reliance
upon the representations, warranties and agreements of InCard contained herein
and in consideration of InCard’s payment of the Equity Consideration to be
delivered to the Company and entry into the JDA Termination, at the Closing,
the
Company shall deliver each of the following (in form and substance satisfactory
to InCard and its legal counsel) to InCard:
(i) the
Evidence of Contribution;
(ii) the
Assignment of Contract Rights;
(iii) the
Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights;
(iv) (A)
a
true and complete copy of the by-laws (statuts)
of the
Company certified as of the Closing Date by the President of the Company
(Président
du Conseil et Directeur Général),
(B) a
true and complete copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of the
Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party, and the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified as of the Closing Date
by the President of the Company (Président
du Conseil et Directeur Général),
(C) an
original copy of the K-bis
extract
of the Company and état
des inscriptions relating
to the Company, in each case issued by the Commercial Court of Nanterre, dated
as of a recent date prior to the Closing;
(v) a
certificate of non-bankruptcy (certificat
de non faillite)
of the
Company as of the Closing Date, and similar certificate, dated as of a recent
date prior to the Closing;
(vi) a
certificate executed by the President of the Company (Président
du Conseil et Directeur Général)
certifying as to the matters set forth in Section
6.2(a)
hereof
as of the Closing Date;
(vii) all
Source Code, object code and executable code for any software included in the
Contributed Assets in electronic form, and all related documentation;
(viii) the
Reseller Agreements;
(ix) the
License Agreements;
(x) the
Services Agreement;
(xi) the
Contribution Agreement; and
(xii) such
other documents and instruments as in the opinion of counsel for InCard may
be
reasonably required to effectuate the terms of this Agreement and to comply
with
the terms hereof.
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ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY AND THE PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER
The
Company hereby represents and warrants, and, with respect to the representations
and warranties concerning the Principal Shareholder set forth in Sections
3.2,
3.3(b),
3.4
and
3.14,
the
Company and the Principal Shareholder jointly and severally represent and
warrant, to InCard as follows, except as otherwise set forth on the Disclosure
Schedules, which representations and warranties are, as of the date hereof,
and
will be, as of the Closing Date, true and correct:
3.1.
Organization
of the Company.
The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of France with full corporate power and authority to conduct
its
business as it is presently being conducted and to own and/or use the properties
and assets that it purports to own and/or use. Copies of the Organizational
Documents of the Company, and all amendments thereto, heretofore delivered
to
InCard are true, accurate and complete as of the date hereof. The Company is
not
insolvent (en
état de cessation de paiements)
or
subject to any safeguard, bankruptcy or insolvency Actions under any applicable
Regulations, nor to any Actions in view of the prevention or resolution of
business difficulties (or any similar actions) nor in a situation likely to
result in such Actions.
3.2.
Capitalization.
The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 10,148,060 Actions
Ordinaires all of which are issued and outstanding. The Principal
Shareholder owns 10,148,057 shares and three other shareholders of the Company
each hold one share pursuant to a share loan, in each case, of the issued and
outstanding Actions Ordinaires.
The
Principal Shareholder and such other shareholders collectively own all of the
issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company and have the sole power
and authority to any voting rights with respect to their respective equity
interests in the Company.
3.3.
Authorization.
(a)
The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority, and has taken all
corporate action necessary, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to be executed and delivered by the Company pursuant
hereto, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery
by
the Company of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a
party, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly approved by the board of directors and/or
shareholders (or other analogous bodies) of the Company, and InCard has been
provided with documentation of such approvals. No other corporate proceedings
on
the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the
Company and is, and upon execution and delivery of the Ancillary Agreements
to
which it is a party, each of such Ancillary Agreements will be, legal, valid
and
binding obligations of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with
their terms, in each case, except as such enforceability may be limited by
(i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the general principles of equity,
regardless of whether asserted in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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(b)
The
Principal Shareholder has all requisite power and authority, and has taken
all
action necessary, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder.
The
execution and delivery by the Principal Shareholder of this Agreement, and
the
consummation by the Principal Shareholder of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly approved by the board of directors and/or shareholders
(or
other analogous bodies) of the Principal Shareholder, and InCard has been
provided with documentation of such approvals. No other corporate proceedings
on
the part of the Principal Shareholder are necessary to authorize this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by the Principal Shareholder and is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Principal Shareholder enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the general principles of equity,
regardless of whether asserted in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
3.4.
Consents
and Approvals.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.4
of the
Disclosure Schedules, no notice to, declaration, filing or registration with,
or
authorization, consent or approval of, or Permit from, any Person, is required
to be made or obtained by the Company or the Principal Shareholder or any
Affiliate of the Company or the Principal Shareholder in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
3.5.
Title
to Contributed Assets; Encumbrances.
The
Company has and at the Closing will transfer to InCard, good and marketable
title to, the Contributed Assets, and upon the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein InCard will acquire good and marketable title to all of
the
Contributed Assets, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances. The items
of Tangible Property of the Company that are part of the Contributed Assets
are
in good operating condition and repair (normal wear and tear excepted), are
free
from material defects, have been maintained in accordance with normal industry
practice, are fit for use in the ordinary course of business and conform in
all
material respects to all Regulations relating to their construction, use and
operation.
3.6.
Contracts
and Commitments.
Schedule
3.6
of the
Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Contracts
(including oral agreements) by which the Contributed Assets are bound or
affected, including, without limitation, the Assumed Contracts. The Company
has
delivered to InCard true, correct and complete copies of all of the Contracts
listed on Schedule
3.6
of the
Disclosure Schedules, including all amendments and supplements thereto. All
of
such Contracts are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their
terms. The Company has fulfilled, or taken all action necessary to enable it
to
fulfill when due, all of its material obligations under each such Contract.
All
parties to such Contracts have complied in all material respects with the
provisions thereof, no party is in Default thereunder and no written notice
of
any claim of Default has been given to the Company. No event has occurred or
circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) may
contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of, or give the
Company or any other Person the right to default or exercise any remedy under,
or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel, terminate, or
modify, any such Contract.
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3.7.
No
Conflict or Violation.
Neither
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, nor compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof or
thereof, will (a) violate or conflict with any provision of the Organizational
Documents of the Company, (b) violate, conflict with, or result in or constitute
a Default under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance
required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, any
of
the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract (including, without
limitation, any Assumed Contracts) or Permit, to which the Company is a party
and which could impair the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, or by which any
Contributed Asset is bound or subject, (c) violate any Regulation or Court
Order
or (d) impose any Encumbrance on the Contributed Assets.
3.8.
Litigation.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.8
of the
Disclosure Schedules, there are no Actions pending, or to the Knowledge of
the
Company, threatened or anticipated (a) against, related to or affecting any
of
the Contributed Assets (including, without limitation, any Actions pertaining
to
or alleging that the Contributed Assets infringe upon, misappropriate or violate
the Intellectual Property rights of other Persons) or (b) seeking to delay,
limit or enjoin the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements. The Company is not in Default with respect to or subject to any
Court Order, and there are no unsatisfied judgments against the Company, in
each
case relating in any way to any of the Contributed Assets.
3.9.
Compliance
with Law.
The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with all, Regulations, Court
Orders and arbitration decisions relating to the Company to the extent related
in any respect to any of the Contributed Assets or which have any impact on
the
ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. The Company has not received any written
notice to the effect that, or otherwise been advised that, it is not in
compliance with any such Regulations, Court Orders or arbitration decisions,
which non-compliance could adversely affect the Contributed Assets or the
ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, and the Company has no reason to
anticipate that any existing circumstances are likely to result in violations
of
any of the foregoing which violations could adversely affect the Contributed
Assets or the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
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3.10.
Intellectual
Property. (a)
Intellectual
Property Assets.
Schedule 3.10(a)
of the
Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of all of the Company
Registered Intellectual Property including, without limitation: (i) for
each patent, the number, normal expiration date and subject matter of such
patent and the jurisdiction in which such patent has been issued, or, if a
patent application, the application number, date of filing and subject matter
of
such patent and the jurisdiction in which such patent application has been
filed, (ii) for each registered trademark, service xxxx, logo, and trade name
(each a “Xxxx”),
the
registration number and expiration date of and the class of goods or services
(as applicable) covered by such Xxxx and the jurisdiction in which such Xxxx
has
been registered or, if an application therefor, the application/serial number
and date of filing of such application, the jurisdiction in which such
application has been filed and the class of goods covered by such application,
and (iii) for each copyright, the registration number and expiration date
of such copyright and the jurisdiction in which such copyright has been
registered, or, if a copyright application, the application number and date
of
filing of such application and the jurisdiction in which such application has
been filed. Schedule 3.10(a)
of the
Disclosure Schedules also sets forth all unregistered trademarks, service
marks, logos and trade names owned by the Company with respect to the
Contributed Assets. True and correct copies of all Company Registered
Intellectual Property have been provided to InCard. The Intellectual Property
included in the Contributed Assets is sufficient to allow InCard to fully
exploit the nC DisplayCard and the Buzzer Patents in the manner currently
exploited.
(b)
Ownership,
Validity and Enforceability of Intellectual Property.
The
Company Registered Intellectual Property has not expired or been cancelled
or
abandoned, and is not subject to any pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened opposition, cancellation, interference, reexamination,
litigation, arbitration or similar proceeding. All necessary registration,
maintenance and renewal fees currently due in connection with the Company
Registered Intellectual Property have been paid, and all necessary documents,
recordations and certificates in connection with the Company Registered
Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant patent, copyright,
trademark or other authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions,
as
the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Company Registered
Intellectual Property. The Company has obtained any and all Permits and/or
authorizations required by applicable Regulations relating to encryption means
and/or services. The Company owns all right, title, and interest (including
the
sole right to enforce), free and clear of all Encumbrances, in and to all
Company Intellectual Property, and with respect to Company Registered
Intellectual Property is listed in the records of the appropriate United States,
state and/or foreign authorities as the sole owner for each item thereof. Except
for those licenses listed in Schedule
3.10(c)
of the
Disclosure Schedules, the Company has not (i) transferred ownership of, or
granted any license of or right to use, or authorized the retention of any
rights to use or joint ownership of, any Company Intellectual Property, to
any
other Person, (ii) entered into any agreement whereby the Company has agreed to
indemnify any Person for or against any interference, infringement,
misappropriation or other conflict with respect to the Company Intellectual
Property or (iii) permitted the Company’s rights in such Company
Intellectual Property to enter into the public domain. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and except as set forth on Schedule
3.10(b)
of the
Disclosure Schedules, no current or former employee of or independent contractor
to the Company has any claim, right (whether or not currently exercisable)
or
interest to or in any Company Intellectual Property, and any such claim, right
or interest that any current or former employee of or independent contractor
to
the Company might have had, has been validly and irrevocably transferred to
the
Company. All Company Intellectual Property that is registered with any
Governmental Authority is valid, subsisting and enforceable.
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(c)
Licensing
Agreements.
Schedule
3.10(c)
of the
Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of all Contracts
containing either (i) a license of (or covenant not to xxx related to) Company
Intellectual Property by the Company to a third party, or (ii) a license of
Company Intellectual Property by a third party to the Company (in each case
that
have not, prior to the date hereof, expired or been terminated pursuant to
their
terms or operation of law). A true and correct copy of each such Contract has
been provided to InCard. Such Contracts are legal, valid, binding, enforceable
and in full force and effect, and the underlying Intellectual Property of each
such Contract is not subject to any outstanding injunction, judgment, order,
decree or ruling. No action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation or
complaint is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor has
any claim or demand been made, which challenges the legality, validity,
enforceability or ownership of the underlying Intellectual Property of each
such
Contract. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements will not result in a breach, modification,
cancellation, termination, suspension of, or acceleration of any payments with
respect to such Contracts. All parties to such Contracts are in material
compliance with, and have not materially breached any term of, any such
Contracts, and have not performed any act or omitted to perform any act which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, will become a material breach or default
thereunder. No party to any such Contract has given notice of termination or
repudiation of any provision thereof. Following the Closing Date, InCard will
be
permitted to exercise all of the Company’s rights under such Contracts on terms
identical to those in effect as of the date of this Agreement and to the same
extent the Company would have been able to had the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements not occurred and without the payment
of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties
or
payments which the Company would otherwise have been required to pay.
Schedule
3.10(c)
of the
Disclosure Schedules also sets forth a true and complete list of all royalties,
fees, and similar payments that the Company is obligated to pay to any third
party under such Contracts, and except as set forth therein, the Company is
not
obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of
royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner or licensee of, or other claimant
to,
any Company Intellectual Property.
(d)
Protection
of Intellectual Property.
The
Company has taken all reasonable steps to obtain, maintain and protect the
Company Intellectual Property. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company
has
taken all reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality
and value of all of its trade secrets and confidential information, and any
trade secrets and confidential information of third parties provided thereto,
according to the laws of the applicable jurisdictions where such trade secrets
and confidential information are developed, practiced or disclosed. Without
limiting the foregoing, and except as set forth on Schedule
3.10(d)
of the
Disclosure Schedules, the Company has and enforces, and has had and enforced,
a
policy consistent with industry practice, requiring each employee, consultant
and contractor to execute work-for-hire, invention assignment, proprietary
information, and confidentiality agreements (as applicable) to protect the
Company Intellectual Property.
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(e)
No
Infringement.
The
Company has no basis to believe that the Company Intellectual Property
infringes, conflicts with, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any rights
of
any Person in or to any Intellectual Property, violates any right to privacy
or
publicity, or constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under the laws
of any jurisdiction to which the Company is subject. Except as set forth in
Schedule
3.10(e)
of the
Disclosure Schedules, the Company has not received notice from any Person
claiming that the Company Intellectual Property infringes, conflicts with,
misappropriates or otherwise violates the rights of any Person in or to any
Intellectual Property, violates any rights to privacy or publicity, or
constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under the laws of any
jurisdiction.
(f)
No
Third Party Infringers.
The
Company has taken all reasonable and prudent steps consistent with industry
practice to protect the Company Intellectual Property from infringement by
any
other Person. No other Person (i) has, to the Knowledge of the Company, the
right to use any of the Company’s trademarks or service marks on the goods
and/or services in connection with which they are now being used either in
identical form or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely, when applied
to the goods or services of any such Person, to cause confusion with such
trademarks or to cause a mistake or to deceive or (ii) has notified the Company
that such Person is claiming any ownership of or right to use any of the Company
Intellectual Property. The Company has no basis to believe that any other Person
is infringing upon, violating or misappropriating any of the Company
Intellectual Property in any way.
(g)
No
Third Party Rights Required.
Except
as expressly disclosed herein, to the Knowledge of the Company, no rights or
licenses from any other Person are required for InCard to use the Contributed
Assets for their intended purposes including, but not limited to, making, having
made, importing, using, selling and offering for sale the nC
DisplayCard.
(h)
No
Court Orders.
There
are no forbearances to xxx, consents, settlement agreements, judgments, orders
or similar litigation-related, inter partes or adversarial-related, or
government-imposed obligations to which the Company is a party or are otherwise
bound that (i) restrict the rights of the Company to use, transfer, license
or enforce any Company Intellectual Property or (ii) grant any third party
any
right with respect to any Company Intellectual Property.
(i)
Open
Source.
To the
Knowledge of the Company, no software included in the Contributed Assets is
subject to any “copyleft” or other obligation or condition (including any
obligation or condition under any “open source” license such as the GNU Public
License, Lesser GNU Public License or Mozilla Public License) that: (i) could
or
does require, or could or does condition the use or distribution of such
software on, the disclosure, licensing or distribution of any Source Code for
any portion of such software; or (ii) could or does otherwise impose any
limitation, restriction or condition on the right or ability of the Company
to
use or distribute any software.
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(j)
Defects.
None of
the software included in the Contributed Assets (i) contains any material bug,
defect or error (including any bug, defect or error relating to or resulting
from the display, manipulation, processing, storage, transmission or use of
date
data) preventing or inhibiting the full use of such software or (ii) fails
to
comply with any applicable warranty or other contractual commitment relating
to
the use, functionality or performance of such software or any product, system
or
service containing or used in conjunction with such software. To
the
Knowledge of the Company, no such software contains any “back door,” “drop dead
device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are
commonly understood in the software industry) or any other code designed or
intended to have, or capable of performing, any of the following functions:
(A)
disrupting, disabling, harming or otherwise impeding in any material respect
the
operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network
or other device on which such code is stored or installed; or (B) damaging
or
destroying any data or file without the user’s consent.
(k)
Source
Codes.
No
Source Code for any software included in the Contributed Assets has been
delivered, licensed or made available to any escrow agent or other Person who
is
not, as of the date of this Agreement, an employee of the Company. The Company
has no duty or obligation (whether present, contingent or otherwise) to deliver,
license or make available the Source Code for any such software to any escrow
agent or other Person who is not, as of the date of this Agreement, an employee
of the Company.
(l)
Transaction.
The
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will
not result in: (i) the granting to any third party any incremental right to
or
with respect to any Company Intellectual Property owned by, or licensed to,
any
of them, (ii) InCard being bound by, or subject to, any incremental non-compete
or other incremental material restriction on the operation or scope of their
respective businesses, or (iii) InCard being obligated to pay any incremental
royalties or other material amounts, or offer any incremental discounts, to
any
third party. As used in this paragraph, an “incremental” right, non-compete,
restriction, royalty or discount refers to a right, non-compete, restriction,
royalty or discount, as applicable, in excess of the rights, non-competes,
restrictions, royalties or discounts payable that would have been required
to be
offered or granted, as applicable, had the parties not entered into this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or consummated the transactions
contemplated hereby.
3.11.
Tax
Matters.
(a)
There
are
no Encumbrances for Taxes (other than for current Taxes not yet due and payable)
upon the Contributed Assets.
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(b)
There
are
no Tax indemnity arrangements, other than as provided for in this Agreement,
with respect to or involving the Contributed Assets.
3.12.
No
Brokers.
Neither
the Company nor any of its officers, directors, employees, shareholders or
Affiliates has employed or made any agreement with any broker, finder or similar
agent or any person or firm which will result in the obligation of the InCard
or
any of its Affiliates to pay any finder’s fee, brokerage fees or commission or
similar payment in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
3.13.
No
Other Agreements to Sell the Assets or Capital Stock of the
Company.
Neither
the Company nor any of its officers, directors, shareholders or Affiliates
has
any commitment or legal obligation, absolute or contingent, to any other person
or firm other than InCard (a) to sell, assign, transfer or effect a sale of
any
of the Contributed Assets, (b) to sell or effect a sale of any capital stock
of
the Company, to effect any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution
or
other reorganization of the Company, in each case, which results in a change
of
control of the Company, or (c) to enter into any agreement or cause the entering
into of an agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. The Company is not
now engaged in discussions or negotiations with any party other than InCard
with
respect to any of the foregoing. For purposes of clarity, the foregoing shall
in
no way restrict the actions of the Company, or its officers, directors,
shareholders and Affiliates after the Closing Date.
3.14.
Accredited
Investor Status.
(a)
The
Company acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk of its investment in
the
InCard Common Stock. The Company has the capacity to protect its own interests
in connection with the InCard Common Stock. The Company has the financial
capacity to bear the risk of its investment in the InCard Common Stock. The
Company is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Securities and
Exchange Commission Rule 501 of Regulation D, as presently in effect, under
the
Securities Act.
(b)
The
InCard Common Stock to be acquired by the Company will be acquired for
investment for the Company’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not
with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and neither
the
Company nor the Principal Shareholder has any present intention of selling,
granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. Neither
the
Company nor the Principal Shareholder presently has any contract, undertaking,
agreement or arrangement with any person or entity to sell, transfer or grant
participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of
the
InCard Common Stock.
(c)
The
Company has received and reviewed information about InCard and has had an
opportunity to discuss InCard’s business, management and financial affairs with
its management. The Company understands and acknowledges that such discussions,
as well as any written information issued by InCard (i) were intended to
describe the aspects of InCard’s business and prospects which InCard believes to
be material, but were not necessarily an exhaustive description, and
(ii) may have contained forward-looking statements involving known
and
unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause InCard’s actual results in
future periods or plans for future periods to differ materially from what was
anticipated and that no representations or warranties were or are being made
with respect to any such forward-looking statements or the probability of
achieving any of the results projected in any of such forward-looking
statements.
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(d)
The
Company understands that the shares of InCard Common Stock are, unless and
until
registered as contemplated in Annex
II
attached
hereto or otherwise, “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and
state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Company must hold
the InCard Common Stock indefinitely
until registered and qualified by state authorities, or until an exemption
from
applicable registration and qualification requirements is
available.
3.15.
Material
Misstatements or Omissions.
No
representations or warranties by the Company or the Principal Shareholder in
this Agreement, nor any document, exhibit, statement, certificate or schedule
heretofore or hereinafter furnished to InCard pursuant hereto, or in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the
Disclosure Schedules, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements or facts contained therein not misleading. Each of the
Company and the Principal Shareholder has disclosed all events, conditions
and
facts materially affecting the Contributed Assets.
ARTICLE
IV.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF INCARD
InCard
hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Principal Shareholder
as
follows, which representations and warranties are, as of the date hereof, and
will be, as of the Closing Date, true and correct:
4.1.
Organization
of InCard.
InCard
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the
laws of Delaware with full power and authority to own and lease its properties
and assets and conduct its businesses as such businesses are presently being
conducted. InCard is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing
in
each jurisdiction in which its rights, titles and interests in or to any of
the
assets held by it, or the conduct of its business, require such qualification
except where failure to be so qualified or in good standing, would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities, operations or results of
operations of InCard.
4.2.
Capitalization.
The
authorized capital stock of InCard consists of (a) 50,000,000 shares of InCard
Common Stock and (b) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001
per
share, of InCard (“InCard
Preferred Stock”).
As of
the date of this Agreement, there are (i) 22,014,566 shares of InCard Common
Stock issued and outstanding, (ii) no shares of InCard Preferred Stock issued
and outstanding; (iii) 2,215,000 shares of InCard Common Stock reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Innovative Card Technologies, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive
Plan and (iv) 6,932,198 shares of InCard Common Stock reserved for issuance
upon
conversion of warrants. The shares of InCard Common Stock to be issued pursuant
to Section
1.5
hereof,
when issued as contemplated herein, will be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, will be free of restrictions on transfer, other
than restrictions set forth herein and under applicable U.S. federal and state
securities laws, and will not be issued in violation of any preemptive
rights.
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4.3.
Authorization.
InCard
has all requisite power and authority, and has taken all action necessary,
to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it
is a
party, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery
by
InCard of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party
and
the consummation by InCard of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly approved by the board of directors of InCard. No other corporate
proceedings on the part of InCard are necessary to authorize this Agreement
and
the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by InCard and is, and upon execution and delivery the Ancillary
Agreements to which it is a party, will be, legal, valid and binding obligations
of InCard, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, except as
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to creditor’s rights generally or by equitable principles (whether
considered in an action at law or in equity).
4.4.
Consents
and Approvals.
Except
for the approval of Incard’s board of directors as described in Section
4.3
hereof
and except for filings, declarations, registrations, Permits, authorizations,
consents, notice and approvals as may be required under, and other applicable
requirements of, any U.S.
federal and state securities law (including any blue-sky law),
no
notice to, declaration, filing or registration with, or authorization, consent
or approval of, or Permit from, any Person, is required to be made or obtained
by InCard or any of its Affiliates in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
4.5.
No
Conflict or Violation.
Neither
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, nor compliance by InCard with any of the provisions hereof, will (a)
violate or conflict with any provision of the Organizational Documents of
InCard, (b) violate, conflict with, or result in or constitute a Default under,
or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by,
or
result in a right of termination or acceleration under, or result in the
creation of any Encumbrance upon any of InCard’s assets under, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any contract, indebtedness, note, bond, indenture,
security or pledge agreement, commitment, license, lease, franchise, permit,
agreement, authorization, concession, or other instrument or obligation to
which
InCard is a party or (c) violate any Regulation or Court Order.
4.6.
SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
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(a)
InCard
has timely filed all registration statements, prospectuses, forms, reports
and
documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, as the case may be, since January 1, 2005 (collectively, the
“InCard
SEC Filings”).
Each
InCard SEC Filing (A) as of its date complied in all material respects with
the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be,
and
(B) did not, at the time they were filed, 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 made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Chief
Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of InCard have signed, and
InCard has furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission,
all
certifications required by Section 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, such
certifications contain no qualifications or exceptions to the matters certified
therein and have not been modified or withdrawn and neither InCard nor any
of
its officers has received notice from any applicable governmental or regulatory
authority questioning or challenging the accuracy, completeness, form or manner
filing or submission of such certifications.
(b)
Each
of
the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any notes
thereto) contained in the InCard SEC Filings was prepared in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principals applied (except as may be
indicated in the notes thereto and, in the case of unaudited quarterly financial
statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act) on a consistent
basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto), and each presented fairly the consolidated financial position of
InCard as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods
indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal
and
recurring year-end adjustments). Except
(i) as set forth or reserved for in the consolidated interim balance sheets
of
InCard at March 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
May 11, 2006 on Form 10-QSB or (ii) for Liabilities incurred in
the
ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice since March 31, 2006, InCard does not have any
Liabilities that would be required by United States generally accepted
accounting principles to be disclosed on a consolidated balance sheet of InCard
or in the notes thereto and which has had or is reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on InCard.
4.7.
Issuance
of InCard Common Stock.
Subject
to the bona
fide
nature
of the Company’s investment intent and the truth and accuracy of the Company’s
representations set forth in Section
3.14
hereof,
to the
Knowledge of InCard, the issuance of shares of InCard Common Stock pursuant
to
Section
1.5
hereof
is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act. Neither InCard
nor any authorized agent acting on its behalf has taken any action that would
cause the loss of such exemptions.
4.8.
Litigation.
There
are
no Actions pending, or to the Knowledge of InCard, threatened or anticipated
against InCard or any of its Affiliates seeking to delay, limit or enjoin the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements.
4.9.
Compliance
with Law.
InCard
is
in compliance in all material respects with all, Regulations, Court Orders
and
arbitration decisions applicable to InCard which could impact the ability of
InCard to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements. InCard has not received any written notice to the effect
that, or otherwise been advised that, it is not in compliance with any such
Regulations, Court Orders or arbitration decisions, which
non-compliance could adversely affect InCard or the ability of InCard to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements,
and
InCard has no reason to anticipate that any existing circumstances are likely
to
result in violations of any of the foregoing, which
violations could adversely affect InCard or the ability of InCard to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements.
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4.10.
No
Brokers.
Neither
InCard nor any of its Representatives or Affiliates has employed or made any
agreement with any broker, finder or similar agent or any person or firm which
will result in the obligation of the Company or the Principal Shareholder or
any
of their respective Affiliates to pay any finder’s fee, brokerage fees or
commission or similar payment in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.11.
Due
Diligence.
InCard
has knowledge of the technology incorporated in the nC DisplayCard, as well
as
the principal participants in the market owning technology similar to the nC
DisplayCard (and the fact that said participants have filed patent applications
relating to technology similar to the technology used in the nC DisplayCard,
and, as such, InCard understands the technological and market characteristics
of, as well as the limitations and risks associated with, the nC DisplayCard.
In
addition, InCard has performed a due diligence on the Contributed Assets, as
well as on the costs associated with development and technical aspects related
thereto at the Company’s headquarters in France.
ARTICLE
V.
COVENANTS
The
Principal Shareholder, the Company and InCard each covenant and agree with
the
other as follows:
5.1.
Confidentiality;
Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.
(a)
By
the
Company and the Principal Shareholder.
(i) Each
of
the Company and the Principal Shareholder acknowledges that it has knowledge
of
certain confidential and proprietary information included in the Contributed
Assets (the “Contributed
Assets Confidential Information”)
and
that the Contributed Assets Confidential Information is confidential and
proprietary to the Company and constitutes valuable trade secrets of the Company
and affects, among other things, the successful development and protection
of
the Contributed Assets and related goodwill. Each of the Company and the
Principal Shareholder acknowledges that the unauthorized use or disclosure
of
the Contributed Assets Confidential Information is likely to be highly
prejudicial to the interests of InCard or its customers, advertisers, clients
and patrons, or an improper disclosure or misappropriation of trade secrets.
Each of the Company and the Principal Shareholder agrees that a substantial
portion of the consideration to be paid pursuant to Section
1.5
hereof
is being paid for the Contributed Assets Confidential Information and that
the
Contributed Assets Confidential Information represents a substantial investment
having great economic and commercial value to InCard. Each of the Principal
Shareholder and the Company further acknowledges that InCard would be
irreparably damaged if any of the Contributed Assets Confidential Information
were disclosed to, used or exploited on behalf of, or misappropriated by any
Person other than InCard or any of its Affiliates. Accordingly, each of the
Company and the Principal Shareholder covenants and agrees that it shall not,
directly or indirectly, and shall require that its agents, Representatives,
Affiliates and any other Persons acting on the Company’s or the Principal
Shareholder’s behalf (the Company, the Principal Shareholder and such agents,
Representatives, Affiliates and other Persons acting on the Company’s or the
Principal Shareholder’s behalf being collectively referred to as the
“Company
Restricted Persons”)
do
not, without the prior written consent of InCard, disclose, use, exploit,
furnish or make accessible to anyone or any other entity, the Contributed Assets
Confidential Information at any time for so long as the Contributed Assets
Confidential Information shall remain secret or confidential or otherwise remain
wholly or partially protectable.
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(ii) As
partial consideration for InCard’s
investment of time, money and resources in acquiring the Contributed Assets,
each
of
the Company and the Principal Shareholder agrees that, during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the three year anniversary of the
Closing Date (the “Restricted
Period”),
subject to the proviso set forth at the end of this Section
5.1(a)(ii),
neither
the Company nor the Principal Shareholder shall in any capacity, or in
association with others, directly or indirectly, as advisor, agent, owner,
partner, stockholder, beneficial owner or in any other capacity, and shall
use
its best efforts to ensure that the other Company Restricted Persons do not,
directly or indirectly:
(A)
to
sell
or manufacture, or to license the technology to any other Person allowing such
Person to sell or manufacture, a credit card size card containing an embedded
battery, a flexible screen, a button and a cryptoprocessor anywhere in the
world
(the “Company
Competitive Activities”);
(B)
own
any
interest in, manage, operate, advise, participate in or control any business
or
organization that engages in a Company Competitive Activity;
(C)
solicit
for employment or engagement any person or entity who is or becomes employed
or
engaged by, or as an officer or director of, InCard or any of its Affiliates;
or
(D)
solicit
or entice customers or suppliers of InCard or its Affiliates to cease doing
business with or reduce its relationship with InCard or its
Affiliates;
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provided,
that
the ownership of less than 5% of the outstanding equity interest in a publicly
traded entity shall not constitute a violation of this Section
5.1(a)(ii)
so long
as none of the Company, the Principal Shareholder and any other Company
Restricted Person has any active participation in the business of such
entity.
(iii) Each
of
the Company and the Principal Shareholder hereby expressly acknowledges that
the
covenants contained in this Section
5.1(a)
and in
Section
5.11
hereof
are integral to the issuance and delivery of the Equity Consideration in
exchange for the contribution of the Contributed Assets by InCard and that
without the protection of such covenants, InCard would not have entered into
this Agreement. Each of the Company and the Principal Shareholder hereby further
acknowledges that money damages will be impossible to calculate and may not
adequately compensate InCard in connection with an actual or threatened breach
by a Company Restricted Person of the provisions of this Section
5.1(a)
and
Section
5.11
hereof.
Accordingly, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the other Company
Restricted Persons, each of the Company and the Principal Shareholder hereby
expressly waives all rights to raise the adequacy of InCard’s remedies at law as
a defense if InCard seeks to enforce by injunction or other equitable relief
the
due and proper performance and observance of the provisions of this Section
5.1(a)
or
Section
5.11
hereof.
In addition, InCard shall be entitled to pursue any other available remedies
at
law or equity, including the recovery of money damages, in respect of the actual
or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section
5.1(a)
or
Section
5.11
hereof.
Each of the Company and the Principal Shareholder hereby expressly waives any
right to assert inadequacy of consideration as a defense to enforcement of
the
covenants in this Section
5.1(a)
or
Section
5.11
hereof
should such enforcement ever become necessary.
(b)
By
InCard.
(i) InCard
acknowledges that it has knowledge of certain confidential and proprietary
information associated with the nC AudioCard (such information solely associated
with the nC AudioCard and not otherwise included in the Contributed Assets
being, the “nC
AudioCard Confidential Information”)
and
that the nC AudioCard Confidential Information is confidential and proprietary
to the Company and constitutes valuable trade secrets of the Company and
affects, among other things, the successful development and protection of the
nC
AudioCard and related goodwill. InCard acknowledges that the unauthorized use
or
disclosure of the nC AudioCard Confidential Information is likely to be highly
prejudicial to the interests of the Company or its customers, advertisers,
clients and patrons, or an improper disclosure or misappropriation of trade
secrets. InCard further acknowledges that the Company would be irreparably
damaged if any of the nC AudioCard Confidential Information were disclosed
to,
used or exploited on behalf of, or misappropriated by any Person other than
the
Company or any of its Affiliates. Accordingly, InCard covenants and agrees
that
it shall not, directly or indirectly, and shall require that its agents,
Representatives, Affiliates and any other Persons acting on InCard’s behalf
(InCard and such agents, Representatives, Affiliates and other Persons acting
on
InCard’s behalf being collectively referred to as the “InCard
Restricted Persons”)
do
not, without the prior written consent of the Company, disclose, use, exploit,
furnish or make accessible to anyone or any other entity, the nC AudioCard
Confidential Information at any time for so long as the nC AudioCard
Confidential Information shall remain secret or confidential or otherwise remain
wholly or partially protectable.
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(ii) As
partial consideration for the Company’s
investment of time, money and resources in selling the Contributed Assets to
InCard, InCard
agrees
that, during the Restricted Period, subject to the proviso set forth at the
end
of this Section
5.1(b)(ii),
InCard
shall not in any capacity, or in association with others, directly or
indirectly, as advisor, agent, owner, partner, stockholder, beneficial owner
or
in any other capacity, and shall use its best efforts to ensure that the other
InCard Restricted Persons do not, directly or indirectly:
(A)
without
entering into separate agreements with the Company upon terms and conditions
mutually acceptable to the Company and InCard (the negotiation of which InCard
will initiate promptly following the Closing), manufacture (1) a credit card
size card containing an embedded battery, flexible screen, a button and a
cryptoprocessor which also emits an encrypted sound signal representing a
dynamic password or (2) a credit card size card that emits an encrypted sound
signal (collectively, the “InCard
Competitive Activities”);
(B)
own
any
interest in, manage, operate, join, be employed by, advise, participate in
or
control any business or organization that engages in a InCard Competitive
Activity;
(C)
subject
to Section
5.8
hereof,
solicit for employment or engagement any person or entity who is or becomes
employed or engaged by, or as an officer or director of, the Company or any
of
its Affiliates; or
(D)
solicit
or entice customers or suppliers of the Company or its Affiliates to cease
doing
business with or reduce its relationship with the Company or its
Affiliates;
provided,
that
the ownership of less than 5% of the outstanding equity interest in a publicly
traded entity shall not constitute a violation of this Section
5.1(b)(ii)
so long
as none of InCard and any other InCard Restricted Person has any active
participation in the business of such entity.
(iii) InCard
hereby expressly acknowledges that the covenants contained in this Section
5.1(b)
are
integral to the contribution of the Contributed Assets to InCard in exchange
for
the Equity Consideration and that without the protection of such covenants,
the
Company would not have entered into this Agreement. InCard hereby further
acknowledges that money damages will be impossible to calculate and may not
adequately compensate the Company in connection with an actual or threatened
breach by a InCard Restricted Person of the provisions of this Section
5.1.
Accordingly, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the other InCard
Restricted Persons, InCard hereby expressly waives all rights to raise the
adequacy of the Company’s remedies at law as a defense if the Company seeks to
enforce by injunction or other equitable relief the due and proper performance
and observance of the provisions of this Section
5.1(b).
In
addition, the Company shall be entitled to pursue any other available remedies
at law or equity, including the recovery of money damages, in respect of the
actual or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section
5.1(b).
InCard
hereby expressly waives any right to assert inadequacy of consideration as
a
defense to enforcement of the covenants in this Section
5.1(b)
should
such enforcement ever become necessary.
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5.2.
Further
Assurances.
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the parties agree,
both before and after the Closing, (a) to use all commercially reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be
done, all things necessary to consummate and make effective the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, (b) to execute
any
documents, instruments or conveyances of any kind which may be reasonably
necessary to carry out any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or
thereunder, and (c) to cooperate with each other in connection with the
foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties agree to use their
respective commercially reasonable efforts (i) to obtain all necessary waivers,
consents and approvals necessary or desirable for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements from
other parties to any Assumed Contract; (ii) to obtain all necessary Permits
as
are required to be obtained under any Regulations applicable to the Contributed
Assets or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements; (iii) to defend all Actions challenging this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements; (iv) to lift or rescind any injunction or restraining
order or other Court Order adversely affecting the ability of the parties to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (v) to give all notices to,
and
make all registrations and filings with third parties, including, without
limitation, submissions of information requested by Governmental Authorities;
and (vi) to fulfill all conditions to this Agreement. The Company shall provide
InCard with a reasonable opportunity to review, comment on and approve any
waivers, consents, approvals, notices, orders, registrations and filings to
be
made, given or used by the Company and shall promptly deliver to InCard a copy
of each such registration or filing made, each such notice given and each such
waiver, consent, approval or order obtained by the Company prior to the Closing
Date.
5.3.
Conduct
of Business.
Except
as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date, the Company shall conduct the portion of the
Company’s business related to the Contributed Assets in the ordinary course of
business. The Company shall not, without the prior consent of InCard, take
any
affirmative action, or fail to take any reasonable action within its control,
that would in any way adversely impact the value of the Contributed Assets
to
InCard. InCard, the Company and the Principal Shareholder shall not, without
the
prior consent of the others, take any affirmative action, or fail to take any
reasonable action within its control, that would in any way adversely impact
their respective ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
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5.4.
No
Solicitation.
From the
date hereof through the Closing or the earlier termination of this Agreement,
neither the Company nor the Principal Shareholder shall, and each of them shall
cause each of their respective Representatives (including, without limitation,
investment bankers, attorneys and accountants), not to, directly or indirectly,
enter into, solicit, initiate or continue any discussions or negotiations with,
or encourage or respond to any inquiries or proposals by, or participate in
any
negotiations with, or provide any information to, or otherwise cooperate in
any
other way with, any corporation, partnership, person or other entity or group,
other than InCard and its Representatives, concerning any sale of all or a
portion of the Contributed Assets, or of any shares of capital stock of the
Company, other than the sale of any capital stock of the Company representing
a
minority interest in the Company that would not adversely affect the ability
of
the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the
Ancillary Agreements, or any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution
or
similar transaction involving the Company (each such transaction being referred
to herein as a “Proposed
Acquisition Transaction”).
Neither the Company nor the Principal Shareholder shall, directly or indirectly,
through any officer, director, employee, Representative, agent or otherwise,
solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of any proposal or offer from
any
Person or entity relating to any Proposed Acquisition Transaction or participate
in any negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other person any information
with respect to the Company for the purposes of, or otherwise cooperate in
any
way with, or assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage, any effort
or
attempt by any other person to seek or effect a Proposed Acquisition
Transaction. Each of the Company and the Principal Shareholder hereby represents
and warrants that it is not now engaged in discussions or negotiations with
any
party other than InCard with respect to any of the foregoing. The Company and
the Principal Shareholder shall promptly advise such prospective purchaser
or
soliciting party, by written notice (with a copy to InCard) of the terms of
this
Section
5.4
and will
promptly notify InCard (orally and in writing) if any such offer, or any inquiry
or contact with any Person with respect thereto, is made and shall provide
InCard with a copy of such offer, the terms of any proposal, including, without
limitation, the identity of the prospective purchaser or soliciting party,
and
shall keep InCard informed on the status of any negotiations regarding such
offer. Each of the Company and the Principal Shareholder agrees not to release
any third party from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality or
standstill agreement to which the Company or the Principal Shareholder is a
party.
5.5.
Notification
of Certain Matters.
From
the date hereof through the Closing, the Company and the Principal Shareholder
shall give prompt notice to InCard of (a) the occurrence, or failure to occur,
of any event which occurrence or failure would be likely to cause any
representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or in any exhibit or
schedule hereto to be untrue or inaccurate in any respect and (b) any failure
of
the Company, the Principal Shareholder or any Affiliate of the Company or the
Principal Shareholder, or of any of their respective Representatives, to comply
with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or
satisfied by such Person under this Agreement or any exhibit or schedule hereto;
provided,
however,
that
such disclosure shall not be deemed to cure any breach of a representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement or to satisfy any condition. Each of the Company
and the Principal Shareholder shall promptly notify InCard of any Default,
the
threat or commencement of any Action, or any development that occurs before
the
Closing that could in any way materially affect the Contributed Assets or the
ability of InCard and the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
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5.6.
Investigation
by InCard.
From the
date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company shall, and shall cause its
officers, directors, employees and agents to, afford the Representatives of
InCard and its Affiliates reasonable access at all reasonable times to the
Company for the purpose of inspecting the Contributed Assets, and to the
officers, employees, agents, properties, books and records and Contracts of
the
Company to the extent such access is for the purpose of inspecting the
Contributed Assets, and shall furnish InCard and its Representatives all
financial, operating, scientific, technical and other data and information
related to the Contributed Assets as InCard or its Affiliates, through their
respective Representatives, may reasonably request.
5.7.
Tax
Matters.
(a)
The
Company, the Principal Shareholder and InCard agree to use reasonable efforts
to
allocate the Equity Consideration and the Assumed Liabilities among the
Contributed Assets (the “Asset
Allocation”)
within
20 days after the Closing Date. To the extent applicable, the Company, the
Principal Shareholder and InCard hereby agree that (i) the Asset Allocation
shall be completed in the manner required by Code Section 1060 and any
counterpart under French Tax law, (ii) they shall comply with all filing, notice
and reporting requirements described in Code Section 1060 and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder, including the timely preparation and filing
of Form 8594 and any counterpart under French Tax law and (iii) they will report
the federal, state, foreign and other Tax consequences of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in a manner consistent with such Asset
Allocation. If the Company, the Principal Shareholder and InCard are unable
to
agree on an Asset Allocation, then an independent qualified valuation firm
mutually selected by the Company, the Principal Shareholder and InCard shall
resolve any remaining disagreements. Each party will submit to the mutually
selected firm such work papers and other documents and information related
to
the disputed issues as may be requested and are available to that party or
its
independent public accountants and will be afforded the opportunity to present
to the selected valuation firm any material related to the determination and
to
discuss the determination. The selected qualified valuation firm shall determine
as promptly as practicable, but in any event within 20 days of the date on
which
such dispute is referred to the firm, whether the Asset Allocation was prepared
in accordance with the standards set forth in this Section
5.7(a)
and
(only with respect to the remaining disagreements submitted to the valuation
firm) whether and to what extent (if any) the Asset Allocation requires
adjustment. The fees and expenses of the selected valuation firm shall be paid
one-half by the Company and the Principal Shareholder and one-half by InCard.
The determination of the valuation firm shall be final, conclusive and binding
on the Parties and each Party shall prepare and file the relevant governmental
forms in accordance with such determination. In any Tax proceeding related
to
the determination of any Tax, neither InCard, the Company nor the Principal
Shareholder contend or represent that such allocation determined under this
Section
5.7(a)
is not a
correct allocation. InCard, the Company and the Principal Shareholder shall
notify and provide the other parties with reasonable assistance in the event
of
an examination, audit or other proceeding regarding the agreed-upon Asset
Allocation.
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(b)
The
Company, the Principal Shareholder and InCard shall provide the other with
such
assistance as may reasonably be requested by the other parties in connection
with the preparation of any Tax Return, audit or other examination, or any
proceeding, by or before any Governmental Authority relating to liability for
Taxes, and each party shall retain and provide the requesting party with all
books and records or other information which may be relevant to such Tax Return,
audit, examination or proceeding. All books, records and information obtained
pursuant to this Section
5.7(b)
or
pursuant to any other provision in this Agreement that provides for the sharing
of books, records and information or review of any Tax Return or other
instrument relating to Taxes shall be kept confidential by the parties
hereto.
(c)
Payments
by InCard to the Company under this Agreement (but not under any License
Agreement) shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for any United
States withholding Taxes under Section 1442 of the Code.
5.8.
Transition
Services.
(a)
Following
the Closing Date, the Company shall provide certain transition services to
InCard in connection with the Contributed Assets as reasonably requested by
InCard. Such services shall be rendered by Xxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
(or,
in case of their unavailability by employees of the Company with the requisite
skills and who are as qualified to perform such transition services) (the
“Principal
Providers”),
it
being understood that the Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts
to
ensure that the transition services are provided by Xxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx. InCard shall reimburse the Company for the full-time cost and
reasonable expenses of the Company incurred with respect to each such Principal
Provider during the time in which the Principal Providers are providing such
transition services to InCard. Following the Closing Date, InCard shall be
permitted to solicit for employment each of the Principal Providers and such
other employees of the Company as identified in writing by InCard prior to
the
Closing Date.
(b)
During
the 12 month period following the Closing Date, InCard shall purchase from
the
Company 800 man-days of additional transition services at a rate of 600 Euros
per day pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement. The Company shall
ensure that such transition services are rendered by its employees who have
the
skills and experience determined by InCard to be necessary to provide such
additional services. The employees rendering such services shall be under the
sole responsibility and supervision of the Company and shall in no event receive
instructions from InCard, nor shall the employees rendering such services be
considered employees of InCard. If InCard is not satisfied with the services
rendered by such employees, InCard shall have the right to ask the Company
to
replace such employees rendering the services with different employees;
provided
that the
Company shall retain the full right to decide which of its employees will
perform such additional services so long as the Company ensures that such
employees have the skills and experience determined by InCard to be necessary
to
provide such additional services.
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(c)
Title
to
all Intellectual Property, and all interest therein, created in connection
any
transition services rendered by employees of the Company to InCard pursuant
to
this Section
5.8
shall
vest in InCard, and such Intellectual Property shall be a work made for hire
and
made in the course of providing the such transition services. The Company shall,
and shall cause such employees rendering transition services to InCard to,
assign, transfer and convey to InCard all right, title and interest in and
to
such Intellectual Property. All such Intellectual Property shall belong
exclusively to InCard, with InCard having the right to obtain, and to hold
in
its own name, copyrights, trademarks, patents, registrations or such other
protection as may be appropriate to the subject matter, and any extensions
and
renewals thereof; further, it is understood and agreed by the Parties that
the
Company shall have no obligation to register any of such intellectual property
and that the registration of such intellectual property (including the payment
of all costs and expenses related thereto) shall be the sole obligation of
InCard. The Company agrees to give InCard, and any person designated by InCard,
reasonable assistance, at InCard’s expense, required to perfect the rights
defined in this Section
5.8(c).
(d)
Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute
an agreement to assign to InCard any employees of the Company or any claim
or
right or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom.
5.9.
Electrostatic
Patent.
InCard
hereby agrees that, following the filing by InCard with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office of an application to register a patent with respect to,
and
the issuance to InCard by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of
a
patent for, the Electrostatic Technology (the “Electrostatic
Patent”),
InCard shall, in exchange for reimbursement by the Company to InCard of 50%
of
the costs related to the creation and registration of the Electrostatic Patent,
grant to the Company an irrevocable, fully paid-up, exclusive, transferable,
royalty-free right and license to make, have made, use, sell and have sold
products solely for use in a credit card size card that emits an encrypted
sound
signal which but for such license would infringe the Electrostatic
Patent.
5.10.
Consents
to Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement
shall
not constitute an agreement to assign any Contract or any claim or right or
any
benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom if an attempted assignment
thereof, without the consent of a third party thereto, would constitute a breach
or Default thereof or in any way adversely affect the rights of InCard
thereunder. If such consent is not obtained, or if an attempted assignment
thereof would be ineffective or would affect the rights thereunder so that
InCard would not receive all such rights, InCard shall have the option of (a)
excluding any such Contract or any claim or right or any benefit arising
thereunder or resulting therefrom or (b) requiring the Company to use its best
efforts to provide to InCard after the Closing Date the benefits of such
Contracts, including, without limitation, enforcement for the benefit of InCard
of any and all rights of the Company against a third party thereto arising
out
of the breach or cancellation by such third party or otherwise. Nothing in
this
Agreement shall be construed as an attempt to assign any agreement or other
instrument that by its terms is non-assignable without the consent of a third
party. Nothing in this Section
5.9
shall
affect InCard’s right to terminate this Agreement under Section
8.1
in the
event that any such consent or approval is not obtained such that the condition
to Closing set forth in Section
6.2(b)
hereof
is not reasonably capable of being satisfied.
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5.11.
Right
of First Refusal.
(a)
Notice
of Proposed Sale.
In the
event that the Company, or any of its officers, directors, shareholders,
employees or Affiliates offers for sale or receives an offer to purchase (a
“Sale
Offer”)
all or
a portion of the Intellectual Property associated with, incorporated into or
related to the nC AudioCard (the “nC
AudioCard Assets”)
by or
from any Person during the four year period following the Closing Date, whether
in writing or orally, and whether through an asset sale, a sale of a controlling
interest in the Company or a merger or consolidation or similar transaction
involving the Company, the Company shall promptly deliver written notice of
such
Sale Offer (the “ROFR
Notice”)
to
InCard. The ROFR Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the Sale Offer,
including, without limitation, the consideration to be paid for the nC AudioCard
Assets and any other material terms and conditions upon which the Sale Offer
has
been made, along with copies of all material proposed agreements relating to
such Sale Offer, including but not limited to, purchase agreements and other
agreements or documents reasonably requested by Buyer.
(b)
Right
of First Refusal.
InCard
shall have the option, exercisable upon written notice to the Company within
60
days after delivery of the ROFR Notice to purchase all or a portion of the
nC
AudioCard Assets that are subject to the Sale Offer upon the terms and
conditions substantially set forth in the ROFR Notice. In the event that InCard
declines to exercise in full its right of first refusal set forth in this
Section
5.11(b),
the
Company then shall have the right to sell any nC AudioCard Assets subject to
the
Sale Offer with respect to which InCard did not exercise its right of first
refusal set forth in this Section
5.11(b),
provided
that
such sale is on terms no more favorable to the Company than the terms specified
in the ROFR Notice.
5.12.
VASCO
and RSA Accounts Receivable.
(a)
Promptly
following the Closing Date, but in any event within 10 calendar days thereof,
the Company shall pay to InCard by check or by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by InCard 50,000 Euros which
represents all sums paid by VASCO to the Company less
all
costs and expenses paid by the Company to VASCO incurred by VASCO with respect
to the products developed and the services performed by VASCO pursuant to that
certain Letter of Intent, dated October 28, 2005, by and among VASCO, the
Company and InCard.
(b)
Promptly
following the receipt by the Company of the payment by RSA of the amounts
invoiced by the Company to RSA pursuant to that certain Development and
Evaluation Agreement, dated May 2006, by and among RSA, the Company and InCard,
but in any event within 10 calendar days thereof, the Company shall pay to
InCard by check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank
account designated by InCard 11,778 Euros which represents all amounts invoiced
less
all
costs and expenses incurred or paid by the Company with respect to the products
developed and services performed for RSA pursuant to such
agreement.
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5.13.
Publicity.
Neither
the Company, the Principal Shareholder nor InCard shall reveal publicly the
terms of this Agreement or of the Ancillary Agreements without the consent
of
the other parties, except as required by law.
ARTICLE
VI.
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
6.1.
Conditions
to Obligations of the Company.
The
obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions provided for hereby
are subject, in the discretion of the Company, to the satisfaction, on or prior
to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may
be
waived by the Company:
(a)
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
All
representations and warranties of InCard contained in this Agreement shall
be
true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date of this
Agreement and at and as of the Closing Date (in each case without giving effect
to materiality qualifications) and InCard shall have performed and satisfied
in
all material respects all agreements and covenants required hereby to be
performed by InCard prior to or on the Closing Date.
(b)
No
Actions or Court Orders.
No
suit, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding by any Governmental
Authority or other Person or legal or administrative proceeding shall have
been
instituted or threatened which seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the
consummation of or otherwise affect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or which questions the validity or
legality of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the ability
of
the Company to transfer the Contributed Assets free and clear of any
Encumbrances.
(c)
Authorization.
The
Company shall have received from InCard a copy of resolutions adopted by the
board of directors of InCard approving this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements to which InCard is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, certified by InCard’s corporate secretary.
(d)
Ancillary
Agreements.
InCard
shall have executed and delivered the Ancillary Agreements to which InCard
is a
party.
(e)
Other
Deliveries.
InCard
shall have delivered to the Company each of the items set forth in Section
2.2(a)
hereof.
6.2.
Conditions
to Obligations of InCard.
The
obligations of InCard to consummate the transactions provided for hereby are
subject, in the discretion of InCard, to the satisfaction, on or prior to the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived
by
InCard:
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(a)
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
All
representations and warranties of the Company and the Principal Shareholder
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
at and as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing Date (in
each case without giving effect to materiality qualifications) and the Company
and the Principal Shareholder shall have performed and satisfied in all material
respects all agreements and covenants required hereby to be performed by the
Company or the Principal Shareholder prior to or on the Closing
Date.
(b)
Consents;
Regulatory Compliance and Approval.
Any
third-party and governmental consents, approvals or authorizations necessary
for
the valid consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby as set forth
on
Schedule
3.4
of the
Disclosure Schedules shall have been obtained in written form evidencing such
consent.
(c)
No
Actions or Court Orders.
No
suit, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding by any Governmental
Authorities or other Person or legal or administrative proceeding shall have
been instituted or threatened which seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the
consummation of or otherwise affect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or which questions the validity or legality of the transactions
contemplated hereby or the ability of the Company to transfer the Contributed
Assets free and clear of any Encumbrances.
(d)
Authorization.
InCard
shall have received from the Company a copy of the resolutions adopted by the
board of directors and shareholders (or analogous body) of the Company approving
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party
and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the Company’s
corporate secretary.
(e)
Transfer
and Assignment.
The
documents to be delivered by the Company at the Closing to effect the transfer
and assignment to InCard of all right, title and interest in and to the
Contributed Assets shall be effective to do so.
(f)
Ancillary
Agreements.
Each of
the Company shall have executed and delivered the Ancillary Agreements
to which it is a party.
(g)
Other
Deliveries.
The
Company shall have delivered to InCard each of the items set forth in
Section
2.2(b)
hereof.
ARTICLE
VII.
INDEMNIFICATION;
REMEDIES
7.1.
Limitation
on Survival of Representations
and
Warranties.
All of
the representations and warranties made by each party in this Agreement or
in
any attachment, Exhibit, the Disclosure Schedules, certificate, document or
list
delivered by any such party pursuant hereto shall survive the Closing for a
period of (and claims based upon or arising out of such representations and
warranties may be asserted at any time before the date which shall be) one
year
following the Closing (except that the representations and warranties set forth
in Sections
3.1,
3.2,
and
3.3
hereof
shall survive indefinitely with respect to the matters addressed in such
sections and the representations and warranties set forth in Section
3.11
shall
survive until 60 days after the end of the expiration of the applicable statute
of limitations (including any extensions)). InCard shall be entitled to rely
upon the representations and warranties of the Company and the Principal
Shareholder set forth in this Agreement, and the Company and the Principal
Shareholder shall be entitled to rely upon the representations and warranties
of
InCard set forth in this Agreement. The termination of the representations and
warranties provided herein shall not affect the rights of a party in respect
of
any Claim made by such party in a writing received by the applicable party
prior
to the expiration of the applicable survival period provided
herein.
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7.2.
Indemnification.
(a)
By
the
Company.
The
Company shall indemnify, save and hold harmless InCard and its members,
Affiliates and subsidiaries, and their respective Representatives (collectively,
the “InCard
Indemnitees”),
from
and against any and all costs, losses, Taxes, Liabilities, obligations, damages,
lawsuits, deficiencies, claims, demands, expenses (whether or not arising out
of
third-party claims), reasonable attorneys’ fees and other amounts paid in
investigation, defense or settlement of any of the foregoing (herein,
“Damages”),
incurred in connection with, arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach
of
any representation or warranty or the inaccuracy of any representation made
by
the Company in or pursuant to this Agreement (in each case, without giving
effect to materiality qualifications); (ii) any breach of any covenant or
agreement made by the Company or the Principal Shareholder in or pursuant to
this Agreement or (iii) the Excluded Liabilities (including, without limitation,
any Liability for Taxes of the Company or the Principal Shareholder, including,
without limitation, as a result of being or having been a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group or by reason of any Tax
sharing or indemnification agreement).
The
term
“Damages”
as
used
in this Article
VII
(A) is
not limited to matters asserted by third parties against the Company, the
Principal Shareholder or InCard, but includes Damages incurred or sustained
by
the Company, the Principal Shareholder or InCard in the absence of third-party
claims, but (B) shall exclude Damages incurred or sustained by the Company,
the
Principal Shareholder or InCard in the absence of third-party claims to the
extent that they were not reasonably foreseeable at the time of execution
hereof.
(b)
By
InCard.
InCard
shall indemnify and save and hold harmless the Company, the Principal
Shareholder and their respective Representatives (collectively, the
“Company
Indemnitees”)
from
and against any and all Damages incurred in connection with, arising out of,
resulting from or incident to (i) any breach of any representation or warranty
or the inaccuracy of any representation, made by InCard in or pursuant to this
Agreement; (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement made by InCard in or
pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) the Assumed Liabilities or (iv) any United
States withholding Taxes under Section 1442 of the Code assessed to the Company
from payments under this Agreement (but not including payments under any License
Agreement).
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(c)
Cooperation.
The
indemnified party shall cooperate in all reasonable respects with the
indemnifying party and such attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense
of
such lawsuit or action and any appeal arising therefrom; provided,
however,
that
the indemnified party may, at its own cost, participate in the investigation,
trial and defense of such lawsuit or action and any appeal arising therefrom.
The parties shall cooperate with each other in any notifications to
insurers.
(d)
Claims
Between the Indemnifying Parties.
References in this Article
VII
to
“indemnifying party” when an InCard Indemnitee is an indemnified party shall be
deemed references to the Company.
(e)
Defense
of Third-Party Claims.
If a
claim for Damages (a “Claim”)
is to
be made by a party entitled to indemnification hereunder against the
indemnifying party, the party claiming such indemnification shall, subject
to
this Article
VII,
give
written notice (a “Claim
Notice”)
to the
indemnifying party as soon as practicable after the party entitled to
indemnification becomes aware of any fact, condition or event which may give
rise to Damages for which indemnification may be sought under this Article
VII,
provided
that the
failure of any indemnified party to give prompt notice hereunder shall not
affect rights to indemnification hereunder except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is damaged by such failure or the Damages that are the
subject of the Claim are exacerbated. If any lawsuit or enforcement action
is
filed by a third party against any party entitled to the benefit of indemnity
hereunder, written notice thereof shall be given to the indemnifying party
as
promptly as practicable, provided
that the
failure of any indemnified party to give prompt notice hereunder shall not
affect rights to indemnification hereunder except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is damaged by such failure or the Damages that are the
subject of the Claim are exacerbated. After such notice, if the indemnifying
party shall acknowledge in writing to the indemnified party that the
indemnifying party shall be obligated under the terms of its indemnity hereunder
in connection with such lawsuit or action, then the indemnifying party shall
be
entitled, if it so elects at its own cost, risk and expense, (i) to take control
of the defense and investigation of such lawsuit or action, (ii) to employ
and
engage attorneys of its own choice to handle and defend the same unless the
named parties to such action or proceeding include both the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party and the indemnified party has been advised in writing
by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such
indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available
to
the indemnifying party, in which event the indemnified party shall be entitled,
at the indemnifying party’s cost, risk and expense, to separate counsel of its
own choosing, and (iii) to compromise or settle such claim, which compromise
or
settlement shall be made only with the written consent of the indemnified party,
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however,
if the
resolution of any such Claim is reasonably expected to have an adverse effect
on
the indemnified party’s business operations, then, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnified party shall be entitled to control such resolution,
including, without limitation, to take control of the defense and investigation
of such lawsuit or action, to employ and engage attorneys of its own choice
to
handle and defend the same, at the indemnifying party’s cost, risk and expense,
and to compromise or settle such Claim.
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If
the
indemnifying party fails to assume the defense of such claim within thirty
(30)
calendar days after receipt of the Claim Notice, the indemnified party against
which such claim has been asserted will (upon delivering notice to such effect
to the indemnifying party) have the right to undertake, at the indemnifying
party’s cost and expense, the defense, compromise or settlement of such claim on
behalf of and for the account and risk of the indemnifying party; provided,
however,
that
such Claim shall not be compromised or settled without the written consent
of
the indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In
the
event the indemnified party assumes the defense of the claim, the indemnified
party will keep the indemnifying party reasonably informed of the progress
of
any such defense, compromise or settlement. The indemnifying party shall be
liable for any settlement of any action effected pursuant to and in accordance
with this Article
VII
and for
any final judgment (subject to any right of appeal), and the indemnifying party
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless an indemnified party from and against
any
Damages by reason of such settlement or judgment. The right to indemnification,
payment of Damages or other remedy based on any representations, warranties,
covenants and obligations will not be affected by any investigation conducted
with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable or being acquired) at
any
time, whether before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or
the Closing, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with,
any such representation, warranty, covenant or obligation. The waiver of any
condition based on the accuracy of any representation or warranty, or on the
performance of or compliance with any covenant or obligation, will not affect
the right to indemnification, payment of Damages, or other remedies based on
such representations, warranties, covenants and obligations.
(f)
Limitations
on Indemnity.
Claims
based upon or arising out of representations and warranties made by each party
in this Agreement or in any attachment, Exhibit, the Disclosure Schedules,
certificate, document or list delivered by any such party pursuant hereto may
be
asserted at any time before the date which shall be one year following the
Closing, after which time no such Claims may be asserted and no indemnification
shall be due therefor. Neither InCard, on the one hand, nor the Company, on
the
other hand, shall be liable to the other for Claims arising exclusively under
Sections
7.2(a)(i)
or
7.2(b)(i)
hereof
unless the aggregate amount of Damages finally determined to arise thereunder
exceeds U.S.$50,000, in which event the indemnifying party shall be required
to
pay the full amount of such Damages from the first dollar; provided,
that
neither InCard, on the one hand, nor the Company, on the other hand, shall
be
liable to the other for Claims arising exclusively under Sections 7.2(a)(i)
or
7.2(b)(i)
hereof
in excess of 30% of the Stock Value (the “Cap”);
provided,
however,
that in
no event shall the limitations set forth in this Section
7.2(g)
apply
(i) in the case of intentional misrepresentation, intentional breaches of
covenants or fraud, or (ii) to inaccuracies in or breaches of any of the
representations and warranties contained in Sections
3.1,
3.2,
3.3,
3.5
or
3.11
hereof.
(g)
Exclusive
Remedy.
The
parties agree and acknowledge that the right to cancel shares of InCard Common
Stock constituting the Equity Consideration shall be the InCard Indemnitees’
exclusive method of receiving indemnification from the Company under
Section
7.1(a)(i)
hereof,
except in the case of Damages incurred in connection with, arising out of,
resulting from or incident to any breach of any representation or warranty
or
the inaccuracy of any representation made by the Principal Shareholder in or
pursuant to this Agreement or any intentional misrepresentation, intentional
breaches of covenants or fraud, with respect to which the InCard Indemnitees
shall be entitled to pursue any other available remedies at law or equity,
including the recovery of money damages, in addition to any remedies available
to the InCard Indemnitees pursuant to this Article
VII.
Upon
the resolution of any Claim with respect to which the Buyer Indemnitees are
entitled to indemnification from the Company under Section
7.1(a)(i)
hereof,
the Company shall surrender to InCard a share certificate(s) representing such
number of shares of InCard Common Stock equal to (i) the amount of Damages
with
respect to which the InCard Indemnitees are entitled to indemnification from
the
Company pursuant to such Claim divided
by
(ii) the
last sale price per share of InCard Common Stock sold on the OTC Bulletin Board
on the date set forth on the corresponding Claim Notice. In the event that
the
share certificate(s) so surrendered by the Company represent a number of shares
of InCard Common Stock greater than the number of shares to be surrendered
by
the Company as calculated in the immediately preceding sentence, then, promptly
upon receipt of such certificate(s), InCard shall issue to the Company a new
share certificate(s) representing such number of shares of InCard Common Stock
equal to the number of shares of InCard Common Stock represented by the
certificate(s) so surrendered by the Company less
the
number of shares to be surrendered by the Company as calculated in the
immediately preceding sentence. The Company agrees that it will not contribute
or otherwise transfer to the Principal Shareholder any shares of InCard Common
Stock constituting the Equity Consideration prior to the one year anniversary
of
the Closing Date.
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ARTICLE
VIII.
TERMINATION
8.1.
Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to Closing:
(a)
By
mutual
written consent of InCard and the Company;
(b)
By
InCard
or the Company if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before August 1,
2006; provided,
however,
that
this provision shall not be available to InCard if the Company has the right
to
terminate this Agreement under clause (d) of this Section
8.1,
and
this provision shall not be available to the Company if InCard have the right
to
terminate this Agreement under clause (c) of this Section
8.1;
(c)
By
InCard
if there is a material breach of any representation or warranty set forth in
Article
III
hereof
or any covenant or agreement to be complied with or performed by the Company
or
the Principal Shareholder pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the failure
of a condition set forth in Section
6.2
hereof
to be satisfied (and such condition is not waived in writing by InCard) on
or
prior to the Closing Date, or the occurrence of any event which results or
would
result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section
6.2
hereof
to be satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date, provided
that
InCard may not terminate this Agreement prior to the Closing if the Company
and
the Principal Shareholder have not had an adequate opportunity to cure such
failure; or
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(d)
By
the
Company if there is a material breach of any representation or warranty set
forth in Article
IV
hereof
or of any covenant or agreement to be complied with or performed by InCard
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the failure of a condition set forth
in Section
6.1
hereof
to be satisfied (and such condition is not waived in writing by the Company
and
the Principal Shareholder) on or prior to the Closing Date, or the occurrence
of
any event which results or would result in the failure of a condition set forth
in Section
6.1
hereof
to be satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date; provided
that the
Company may not terminate this Agreement prior to the Closing Date if InCard
has
not had an adequate opportunity to cure such failure.
8.2.
Effect
of Termination.
In the
event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.1
hereof:
(a)
Each
party shall redeliver all documents, work papers and other material of any
other
party relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, whether so obtained
before or after the execution hereof, to the party furnishing the same;
and
(b)
No
party
hereto shall have any Liability to any other party to this Agreement, except
as
stated in this Section
8.2
and
except for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to the proper
termination of this Agreement.
The
foregoing provisions shall not limit or restrict the availability of specific
performance or other injunctive relief to the extent that specific performance
or such other relief would otherwise be available to a party
hereunder.
ARTICLE
IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1.
Defined
Terms.
As used
herein, the terms below shall have the following meanings. Any such term, unless
the context otherwise requires, may be used in the singular or plural, depending
upon the reference.
“Action”
shall
mean any action, complaint, inquiries, complaints, assessments, inspections,
claim, suit, litigation, proceeding, labor dispute, arbitral action,
governmental audit, inquiry, criminal prosecution, civil or criminal
investigation, in each case, of any nature whatsoever.
“Affiliate”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Exchange Act.
“Affiliated
Group”
shall
mean an affiliated group as defined in Section 1504 of the Code (or any
analogous combined, consolidated or unitary group defined under state, local
or
foreign income Tax law) of which the Company is
or has
been a member.
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“Ancillary
Agreements”
shall
mean the following agreements: (a) the Xxxx of Sale, (b) the Assignment of
Contract Rights, (c) the Assignment of Intellectual Property; (d) Assumption
Agreement, (e) the Reseller Agreements, (f) the License Agreements, (g) the
Services Agreement and (h) all other agreements, instruments, documents and
certificates executed, filed or otherwise prepared, exchanged or delivered
in
accordance with this Agreement.
“Assignment
of Contract Rights”
means
that certain assignment of contract rights, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
A,
to be
entered into at Closing by the Company in favor of InCard.
“Assignment
of Intellectual Property Rights”
means
that certain assignment of intellectual property and proprietary rights,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B,
to be
entered into at Closing by the Company in favor of InCard.
“Assumed
Contracts”
shall
mean the Contracts identified on Annex
I-B
attached
hereto.
“Assumption
Agreement”
means
that certain assumption agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto
as
Exhibit C,
to be
entered into at Closing by the InCard in favor of the Company.
“Beep
Patent”
shall
mean the Company’s patent relating to the technology allowing for the emission
of an encrypted sound signal representing a dynamic password from financial
transaction and similar cards (#15602 FR).
“Xxxx
of Sale”
means
that certain xxxx of sale, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D,
to be
entered into at Closing by the Company in favor of InCard.
“Business
Day”
shall
mean a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks located in
the
State of California are authorized or obligated to close.
“Buzzer
Patents”
shall
mean the Company’s patents relating to the technology allowing for the emission
of a monophonic musical tone from financial transaction and similar cards
(“Procédé
pour émettre des signaux acoustiques à partir d’une carte à mémoire ou à puce
pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé”
#EP
1
031 229, #6,748,359 and Application #519539/00 dated November 4,
1998)
“Code”
shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company
Intellectual Property”
shall
mean, with respect to the Contributed Assets, any and all Intellectual Property
that is owned by, purported to be owned by, or exclusively licensed to the
Company.
“Company
Registered Intellectual Property”
shall
mean, with respect to the Contributed Assets, the applications, registrations
and filings for Intellectual Property that have been registered, filed,
certified or otherwise perfected or recorded, with or by any Governmental
Authority, by or in the name of the Company.
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“Contract”
shall
mean any agreement, contract, note, loan, evidence of indebtedness, purchase
order, letter of credit, indenture, security or pledge agreement, franchise
agreement, undertaking, practice, covenant not to compete, company benefits
plan, license, instrument, obligation, promise or commitment (in each case,
whether written or oral and whether expressed or implied) to which the Company
is a party or is bound.
“Contribution
Agreement”
shall
mean that certain agreement, in the French language, regarding the contribution
of the Contributed Assets to InCard in exchange for the Equity Consideration,
entered into by and between InCard and the Company, to be registered with the
French tax authorities substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
“Court
Order”
shall
mean any judgment, decision, consent decree, injunction, ruling or order of
any
federal, state or local court or Governmental Authority, department or authority
that is binding on any person or its property under applicable
law.
“Default”
shall
mean (a) a breach of or default under any Contract, (b) the occurrence of an
event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would
constitute a breach of or default under any Contract, or (c) the occurrence
of
an event that with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice or
both would give rise to a right of termination, renegotiation or acceleration
under any Contract.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
shall
mean a schedule executed and delivered by the Company and the Principal
Shareholder to InCard as of the date hereof which sets forth the exceptions
to
the representations and warranties contained in Article
III
hereof
and certain other information called for by this Agreement. Unless otherwise
specified, each reference in this Agreement to any numbered schedule is a
reference to that numbered schedule which is included in the Disclosure
Schedules.
“Electrostatic
Technology”
shall
mean that certain technology developed by InCard and the Company under the
JDA,
which technology prevents the magnetic reset of displays incorporated into
credit card size cards such as the nC DisplayCard or the nC Audio
Card.
“Encumbrance”
shall
mean any claim, lien, pledge, option, charge, community property interest,
equitable interest, right of first refusal or restriction of any kind, easement,
security interest, deed of trust, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, right-of-way,
encroachment, building or use restriction, conditional sales agreement,
encumbrance or other right of third parties, whether voluntarily incurred or
arising by operation of law, and includes, without limitation, any agreement
to
give any of the foregoing in the future, and any contingent sale or other title
retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof.
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“Exchange
Act”
shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Governmental
Authority”
shall
mean any government, governmental entity, department, commission, board, agency
or instrumentality, and any court, arbitrator, tribunal or judicial body of
any
nation, state, province, municipality or other jurisdiction of any nature,
including, without limitation, the European Union, any of its member states
or
any political subdivision thereof, any entity or body exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, whether national or international, and any
governmental or judicial tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
“Intellectual
Property”
shall
mean any and all rights in or affecting intellectual or industrial property
or
other proprietary rights, existing now or in the future in the United States
or
anywhere in the universe. Intellectual Property includes, without limitation,
any and all rights in, to, or subsisting in the following:
(a) all
issued patents, reissued or reexamined patents, revivals of patents, divisions,
continuations and continuations-in-part of patents, all renewals and extensions
thereof utility models, and certificates of invention, regardless of country
or
formal name;
(b) all
published or unpublished nonprovisional and provisional patent applications,
including the right to file other or further applications, reexamination
proceedings, invention disclosures and records of invention;
(c) all
copyrights, copyrightable works, semiconductor topography and mask work rights,
including, without limitation, all rights of authorship, use, publication,
reproduction, distribution, performance, transformation, moral rights and
ownership of copyrightable works, semiconductor topography works and mask works,
the right to create derivative works, and all applications for registration,
registrations, renewals and extensions of registrations, together with all
other
interests accruing by reason of international copyright, semiconductor
topography and mask work conventions;
(d) all
trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, domain names, 1-800, 1-888,
1-877
and other “vanity” telephone numbers, together with the goodwill of the business
associated therewith, all applications for registration and registrations
thereof, renewals thereof, the right to bring opposition and cancellation
proceedings and any and all rights under the laws of trade dress;
(e) all
proprietary information and materials, whether or not patentable or
copyrightable, and whether or not reduced to practice, including without
limitation all technology, ideas, research and development, inventions, designs,
manufacturing and operating specifications and processes, know-how, formulae,
customer and supplier lists, shop rights, designs, drawings, patterns, trade
secrets, confidential information, technical data, databases, data compilations
and collections, computer programs, and all hardware, software and
processes;
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(f) all
other
intangible assets, properties and rights relating to the foregoing paragraphs
(a) through (e); and
(g) all
claims, causes of action and rights to xxx for past, present and future
infringement, misappropriation or unconsented use of any of the foregoing
intellectual and other proprietary rights set forth in the foregoing paragraphs
(a) through (f), the right to file applications and obtain registrations, and
all rights arising therefrom and pertaining thereto and all products, proceeds
and revenues arising from or relating to any and all of the
foregoing.
“Inventory”
shall
mean all inventory of components, supplies and finished product maintained
by
the Company related to the nC DisplayCard products or prototypes, including
without limitation all batteries for the nC DisplayCard held by Solicore, Inc.
on the Closing Date.
“Knowledge”
shall
mean and an individual shall be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact
or matter if:
(a)
such
individual is actually aware of such fact or other matter; or
(b)
a
prudent
individual could be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such
fact
or other matter in the course of conducting a reasonably comprehensive
investigation concerning the existence of such fact or matter.
A
Person
(other than an individual) will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular
fact or other matter if any individual who is serving, or who has at any time
served, as a director, officer, partner, executor, trustee of, or partner in,
such Person (or in any similar capacity) has, or had at any time had, Knowledge
of such fact or other matter.
“Liabilities”
shall
mean any direct or indirect liability, indebtedness, obligation, commitment,
expense, claim, deficiency, deferred income, guaranty or endorsement of or
by
any Person of any type, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured,
unmatured or other, and shall include all reserves which shall include a reserve
for Taxes.
“License
Agreements”
shall
mean the License Agreements by and between InCard and the Company to be entered
into on the Closing Date, substantially in the forms attached hereto as
Exhibits
F
and
G.
“nC
AudioCard”
shall
mean the Company’s credit card size cards containing identification
mode (recognition of the caller) and authentication technology that the Company
presently markets under the brand name “nC
AudioCard” (including any future upgrades thereto and improvements
thereon).
“ordinary
course of business”
or
“ordinary
course”
or
any
similar phrase shall describe any action taken by a Person if:
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(a)
such
action is consistent with the past practices of such Person and is taken in
the
ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person;
(b)
such
action is not required to be authorized by the board of directors of such Person
(or by any Person or group of Person exercising similar authority) and is not
required to be authorized by the parent company (if any) of such Person;
and
(c)
such
action is similar in nature and magnitude to actions customarily taken, without
any authorization by the board of directors (or by any Person or group of Person
exercising similar authority), in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day
operations of other Persons that are in the same line of business as such
Person.
“Organizational
Documents”
shall
mean (a) the articles or certificate of incorporation, all certificates of
determination and designation, and the bylaws of a corporation; (b) the
partnership agreement and any statement of partnership of a general partnership;
(c) the limited partnership agreement and the certificate or articles of limited
partnership of a limited partnership; (d) the operating agreement, limited
liability company agreement and the certificate or articles of organization
or
formation of a limited liability company; (e) any charter or similar document
adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or organization
of
any other Person; and (f) any amendment to any of the
foregoing.
“Permits”
shall
mean all licenses, permits, franchises, approvals, authorizations, consents
or
orders of, or filings with, any Governmental Authority, whether foreign,
federal, state or local, or any other person, necessary or desirable for the
past, present or anticipated conduct of, or relating to the operation of the
Company’s business (including ownership of the Agreed Domain
Names).
“Person”
shall
mean any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general
or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust,
association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental
Authority.
“Regulations”
shall
mean any laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, notice requirements,
court decisions, agency guidelines, principles of law and orders of any
Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, environmental
Regulations, energy, motor vehicle safety, public utility, zoning, building
and
health codes, occupational safety and health and laws respecting employment
practices, employee documentation, terms and conditions of employment and wages
and hours.
“Representative”
shall
mean any officer, director, principal, attorney, agent, employee or other
representative.
“Reseller
Agreements”
shall
mean the Reseller Agreements by and between InCard and the Company to be entered
into on the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
H.
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“Securities
Act”
shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Services
Agreement”
shall
mean that certain Services Agreement by and between the Company and InCard
to be
entered into on the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto
as
Exhibit
I.
“Straddle
Period”
shall
mean any period beginning before the Closing Date and ending after the Closing
Date.
“Source
Code”
shall
mean computer software and code, in form other than object code form, including
related programmer comments and annotations, help text, data and data
structures, instructions and procedures, object-oriented and other code, which
may be printed out or displayed in human readable form.
“Subsidiary”
shall
mean (a) any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with
the
Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the
unbroken chain then owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such
chain, (b) any partnership in which the Company is a general partner, or (c)
any
partnership in which the Company possesses a 50% or greater interest in the
total capital or total income of such partnership.
“Tax”
shall
mean any and all taxes, including, without limitation, any net income,
alternative or add-on minimum, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad
valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, license, registration,
recording, documentary, conveyancing, gains, withholding, payroll, employment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, environmental or
windfall profit, custom duty or other tax, governmental fee or other like
assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest,
penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any Governmental
Authority responsible for the imposition of any such tax (United States
(federal, state or local) or foreign).
“Tax
Return”
shall
mean any
return, report, information return or other document (including schedules
thereto, other attachments thereto, amendments thereof, or any related or
supporting information) filed or required to be filed with any taxing authority
in connection with the determination, assessment or collection of any Tax or
the
administration of any laws, regulations or administrative requirements relating
to any Tax.
“Tangible
Property”
shall
mean all computer equipment and other furniture, equipment and other tangible
personal property owned or used by the Company, including any such furniture,
equipment or other tangible personal property used by the Company pursuant
to a
license, lease or similar right.
“Treasury
Regulations”
shall
mean the United States Treasury regulations promulgated under the
Code.
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The
following terms shall have the meanings defined for such terms in the Sections
set forth below:
Term
|
Section
|
||
Agreement
|
Preamble
|
||
Asset
Allocation
|
5.7(a)
|
||
Assumed
Liabilities
|
1.2
|
||
Cap
|
7.2(g)
|
||
Claim
|
7.2(e)
|
||
Claim
Notice
|
7.2(e)
|
||
Closing
|
2.1
|
||
Closing
Date
|
2.1
|
||
Company
|
Preamble
|
||
Company
Competitive Activities
|
5.1(a)
|
||
Company
Indemnitees
|
7.2(b)
|
||
Company
Restricted Persons
|
5.1(a)
|
||
Contributed
Assets
|
1.1
|
||
Contributed
Assets Confidential Information
|
5.1(a)
|
||
Damages
|
7.2(a)
|
||
Dispute
Notice
|
9.15
|
||
Disputes
|
9.15
|
||
Electrostatic
Patent
|
5.9
|
||
Equity
Consideration
|
1.5
|
||
Excluded
Liabilities
|
1.3
|
||
InCard
|
Preamble
|
||
InCard
Common Stock
|
1.5
|
||
InCard
Competitive Activities
|
5.1(b)
|
||
InCard
Indemnitees
|
7.2(a)
|
||
InCard
Preferred Stock
|
4.2
|
||
InCard
Restricted Persons
|
5.1(b)
|
||
InCard
SEC Filings
|
4.6(a)
|
||
JDA
Termination
|
1.4
|
||
Joint
Development Agreement
|
Recital
A
|
||
Xxxx
|
3.10(a)
|
||
NagraID
|
2.2(a)
|
||
nC
AudioCard Assets
|
5.10(a)
|
||
nC
AudioCard Confidential Information
|
5.1(b)
|
||
nC
DisplayCard
|
Recital
A
|
||
Principal
Providers
|
5.8(a)
|
||
Principal
Shareholder
|
Preamble
|
||
Proposed
Acquisition Transaction
|
5.4
|
||
Restricted
Period
|
5.1(a)
|
||
ROFR
Notice
|
5.10(a)
|
||
RSA
|
1.1(d)
|
||
Sale
Offer
|
5.10(a)
|
||
SmartDisplayer
|
1.1(c)
|
||
Stock
Value
|
1.5
|
||
Transfer
Taxes
|
1.7
|
||
VASCO
|
1.2(b)
|
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9.2.
Notices.
All
notices, requests, demands, Claims and other communications which are required
or may be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to
have been duly given when received if personally delivered; when transmitted
if
transmitted by confirmed facsimile with a copy sent by another means specified
herein; the Business Day after it is sent if sent for next day delivery to
a
domestic address by recognized overnight delivery service (e.g. Federal
Express); and five Business Days after the date mailed by certified or
registered mail, postage prepaid, if sent by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested. In each case notice shall be sent to:
If
to the Principal Shareholder, addressed to:
|
|
Prosodie
S.A.
|
|
000,
xxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|
00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
|
Xxxxxx
|
|
Attn:
André Saint-Mleux
|
|
Telephone:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 64
|
|
Fax:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 26
|
|
With
a copy to:
|
|
Xxxxx
& XxXxxxxx
|
|
00,
xxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
XX
0000
|
|
00000
Xxxxx Cedex 16
|
|
France
|
|
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
Telephone:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 61
|
|
Fax:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 03
|
|
If
to the Company, addressed to:
|
|
nCryptone
S.A.
|
|
000,
xxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|
00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
|
Xxxxxx
|
|
Attn:
André Saint-Mleux
|
|
Telephone:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 64
|
|
Fax:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 26
|
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With
a copy to:
|
|
Xxxxx
& XxXxxxxx
|
|
00,
xxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
XX
0000
|
|
00000
Xxxxx Cedex 16
|
|
France
|
|
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
Telephone:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 61
|
|
Fax:
x00 (0) 0 00 00 00 03
|
|
If
to InCard, addressed to:
|
|
Innovative
Card Technologies, Inc.
00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 0000
|
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Bennet Tchaikovsky, CPA, Esq.
|
|
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
|
|
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
|
|
With
a copy to:
|
|
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP
|
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
|
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
|
|
Attn:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
|
|
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
|
|
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
|
or
to
such other place and with such other copies as either party may designate as
to
itself by written notice to the others.
9.3.
Rules
of Construction.
The
parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation
and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any
law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities
in
any agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting
such agreement or document.
9.4.
Titles.
The
titles, captions or headings of the Articles and Sections herein are inserted
for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
9.5.
Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement, including the Exhibits and Annexes attached hereto, the Disclosure
Schedules and the other agreements, documents and written understandings
referred to herein or otherwise entered into or delivered by the parties hereto
on the date of this Agreement (including without limitation the Ancillary
Agreements), constitute the entire agreement and understanding and supersede
all
other prior covenants, agreements, undertakings, obligations, promises,
arrangements, communications, representations and warranties, whether oral
or
written, by any party hereto or by any director, officer, employee, agent,
Affiliate or Representative of any party hereto. There are no covenants,
agreements, undertakings or obligations with respect to the subject matter
of
this Agreement other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein or
in
other agreements, documents and written understandings entered into or delivered
by the parties hereto on the date of this Agreement, and no representations
or
warranties of any kind or nature whatsoever, express or implied, including
any
implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose,
are
made or shall be deemed to be made herein by the parties hereto except those
expressly made herein.
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9.6.
Assignment.
Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned
by
the Principal Shareholder or the Company without the prior written consent
of
InCard, or assigned by InCard without the prior written consent of the Principal
Shareholder and the Company, except that InCard may, without such consent but
with prior notice to the Principal Shareholder and the Company, assign its
rights hereunder; provided
that, if
such assignment by InCard is made prior to the Closing, then such assignment
shall require the prior written consent of the Principal Shareholder and the
Company unless such assignee is an Affiliate of InCard ultimately controlled
by
substantially the same Persons who own InCard; provided,
further,
that
such assignee executes a joinder to and agrees to be bound by this Agreement.
No
such assignment shall release the assignor from any of its obligations
hereunder.
9.7.
Amendment
or Modification.
This
Agreement may not be amended except in an instrument in writing signed on behalf
of each of the parties hereto. No amendment, supplement, modification or waiver
of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party
to be
bound thereby.
9.8.
Waiver.
Except
where a specific period for action or inaction is provided herein, neither
the
failure nor any delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power
or
privilege under this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any
party
of any such right, power or privilege, nor any single or partial exercise of
any
such right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege. The failure of
a
party to exercise any right conferred herein within the time required shall
cause such right to terminate with respect to the transaction or circumstances
giving rise to such right, but not to any such right arising as a result of
any
other transactions or circumstances.
9.9.
Severability.
If any
term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of
being enforced as a result of any rule of law or public policy, all other terms
and other provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force
and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse
to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is
invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original
intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the
end
that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are fulfilled to the
greatest extent possible.
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9.10.
Burden
and Benefit.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement
and
all of its conditions and provisions are for the sole and exclusive benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and
nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any
Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies of any nature
whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement or any provision hereof;
provided,
however,
that
any Person that is not a party to this Agreement but, by the terms of
Article
VII,
is
entitled to indemnification, shall be considered a third-party beneficiary
of
this Agreement, with full rights of enforcement as though such Person was a
signatory to this Agreement.
9.11.
Governing
Law.
This
Agreement (and any claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this
Agreement) shall be governed by the law of the State of New York without regard
to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law
other than the law of the State of New York.
9.12.
Consent
to Jurisdiction.
Subject
to Section
9.15
hereof,
each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits,
for
itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State
court, or Federal court of the United States of America, sitting in New York,
and any appellate court from any thereof, (i) should emergency relief be
required, (ii) for the purposes of enforcing any judgment rendered pursuant
to
the foregoing, (iii) for the purposes of enforcing any arbitration award under
Section
9.15
hereof
or (iv) in the event a Dispute is determined to be unarbitrable pursuant to
an
arbitration decision rendered in application of Section
9.15
hereof,
and each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agrees
not to commence any such action or proceeding except in such courts,
(b) agrees that any claim in respect of any such action or proceeding may
be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted
by law, in such Federal court, (c) waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have
to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in any such New York
State or Federal court, and (d) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action
or
proceeding in any such New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties
hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall
be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or
in any other manner provided by law. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably
consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in
Section 9.2.
Nothing
in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.
9.13.
Waiver
of Trial by Jury.
EACH
PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH
MAY
ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT
ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE
AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK
TO ENFORCE EITHER OF SUCH WAIVERS, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED
THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVERS, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVERS VOLUNTARILY,
AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.13.
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9.14.
Legal
Fees.
If any
party to this Agreement brings an action to enforce its rights under this
Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and
expenses, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, incurred in
connection with such action, including any appeal of such action.
9.15.
Arbitration.
It is
understood and agreed between the parties hereto that if the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, from and after the Closing
Date,
any and all claims, grievances, demands, controversies, causes of action or
disputes of any nature whatsoever (including, but not limited to, tort and
contract claims, and claims upon any law, statute, order, or regulation)
(hereinafter “Disputes”),
arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to this Agreement or
questions of arbitrability under this Agreement, shall be resolved pursuant
to
the following procedures:
(i) Any
party
may send another party or parties written notice identifying the matter in
dispute and invoking the procedures of this Section (the “Dispute
Notice”).
Within 14 days from delivery of the Dispute Notice, each party involved in
the
dispute shall meet at a mutually agreed location in New York City, New York,
for
the purpose of determining whether they can resolve the dispute themselves
by
written agreement.
(ii) All
Disputes arising under this Agreement which are not settled amicably as
specified above shall be referred to and finally determined by arbitration
in
accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of
Commerce as in force at the time when initiating the arbitration. The
arbitration panel shall consist of three arbitrators. The Principal Shareholder
and the Company shall select one arbitrator and InCard shall select one
arbitrator. The two arbitrators selected by the parties shall mutually agree
upon the third arbitrator. The place of arbitration shall be New York, New
York.
The language to be used in the arbitration proceedings shall be English. The
arbitration decision shall be final and binding upon the parties and the parties
agree that any award granted pursuant to such decision may be entered forthwith
in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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9.16.
Specific
Performance.
Each of
the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the other parties would be
damaged irreparably, and in a manner for which monetary damages would not be
an
adequate remedy, in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not
performed in accordance with its specific terms or otherwise are breached.
Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees that the other parties shall
be
entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions
of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms
and
provisions hereof in any action instituted in any court of the United States
or
any state thereof having jurisdiction over the parties and the matter, in
addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled, at law or in
equity.
9.17.
Cumulative
Remedies.
All
rights and remedies of either party hereto are cumulative of each other and
of
every other right or remedy such party may otherwise have at law or in equity,
and the exercise of one or more rights or remedies shall not prejudice or impair
the concurrent or subsequent exercise of other rights or remedies.
9.18.
Expenses.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, whether or not the transactions
contemplated herein are consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall
be
paid by the party incurring such expenses.
9.19.
Representation
by Counsel.
Each
party hereto represents and agrees with each other that it has been represented
by or had the opportunity to be represented by, independent counsel of its
own
choosing, and that it has had the full right and opportunity to consult with
its
respective attorney(s), that to the extent, if any, that it desired, it availed
itself of this right and opportunity, that it or its authorized officers (as
the
case may be) have carefully read and fully understand this Agreement in its
entirety and have had it fully explained to them by such party’s respective
counsel, that each is fully aware of the contents thereof and its meaning,
intent and legal effect, and that it or its authorized officer (as the case
may
be) is competent to execute this Agreement and has executed this Agreement
free
from coercion, duress or undue influence.
9.20.
Execution
and Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when
executed shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument. The parties agree that this Agreement shall be
legally binding upon the electronic transmission, including by facsimile or
email, by each party of a signed signature page to this Agreement to the other
party.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed on their respective behalf, by their respective officers thereunto
duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first set forth above.
INNOVATIVE
CARD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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nCRYPTONE,
S.A.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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PROSODIE,
S.A.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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S-1