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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
SELFWARE ACQUISITION CORPORATION,
ITS SOLE SHAREHOLDER,
XYBERNAUT CORPORATION,
SELFWARE, INC.
AND
CERTAIN SHAREHOLDERS OF SELFWARE, INC.
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MARCH 30, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. THE MERGER....................................................................................1
1.1 The Merger...........................................................................1
1.2 Effect of the Merger.................................................................2
1.3 Consummation of the Merger...........................................................2
1.4 Charter; Bylaws; Directors and Officers..............................................2
1.5 The Closing..........................................................................2
1.6 Further Assurances...................................................................2
2. CONVERSION OF SHARES..........................................................................2
2.1 Conversion of Shares.................................................................2
2.2 Stock Options, Warrants, Treasury Shares, Etc; No Fractional Shares..................4
2.3 Surrender and Exchange of Shares; Payment of Merger Consideration....................4
2.4 Closing of Stock Transfer Books......................................................6
2.5 Escrow...............................................................................6
2.6 Affiliates...........................................................................6
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.................................................6
3.1 Organization.........................................................................6
3.2 Capitalization.......................................................................7
3.3 Authorization; Validity of Agreement.................................................7
3.4 No Violations; Consents and Approvals................................................7
3.5 Financial Statements.................................................................8
3.6 No Material Adverse Change...........................................................8
3.7 No Undisclosed Liabilities...........................................................9
3.8 Litigation; Compliance with Law; Licenses and Permits................................9
3.9 Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA........................................................9
3.10 Title to Assets.....................................................................10
3.11 Intellectual Property; Computer Software............................................11
3.12 [RESERVED]..........................................................................13
3.13 Material Contracts..................................................................13
3.14 Taxes...............................................................................14
3.15 Affiliated Party Transactions.......................................................17
3.16 Environmental Matters...............................................................17
3.17 No Brokers..........................................................................19
3.18 Receivables.........................................................................19
3.19 Sale of Real Estate.................................................................19
3.20 Product/Service Claims..............................................................19
3.21 Warranties..........................................................................20
3.22 Insurance...........................................................................20
3.23 Delivery of Documents; Corporate Records............................................20
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3.24 Customers, Suppliers and Distributors...............................................20
3.25 Labor Matters.......................................................................20
3.26 Bank Accounts.......................................................................21
3.27 Directors, Officers and Certain Employees...........................................21
3.28 Compliance with Securities Laws.....................................................21
3.29 No Misstatements or Omissions.......................................................21
3.30 Investment Undertaking..............................................................21
3.31 Accounting Matters..................................................................22
3.32 Proxy Statement.....................................................................22
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUISITION SUB AND XYBERNAUT..............................22
4.1 Organization of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut.......................................22
4.2 Authorization; Validity of Agreement................................................22
4.3 No Violations; Consents and Approvals...............................................22
4.4 Litigation..........................................................................23
4.5 Capital Structure...................................................................23
4.6 Valid Issuance of Shares, Etc.......................................................23
4.7 Financial Statements................................................................23
5. OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES..............................................................24
5.1 Conduct of Business.................................................................24
5.2 Access and Information..............................................................25
5.3 Tax Returns; Taxes..................................................................26
5.4 Notice of Developments..............................................................27
5.5 Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information..........................................27
5.6 No Solicitation of Employees, Suppliers or Customers................................28
5.7 Non-Competition.....................................................................28
5.8 Public Statements...................................................................29
5.9 Other Actions.......................................................................29
5.10 Required Consents...................................................................29
5.11 Exclusivity.........................................................................29
5.12 Amendments to Schedules.............................................................29
5.13 Repayment of Certain Obligations to the Company.....................................30
5.14 Pooling; Tax-Free Qualification.....................................................30
5.15 Preparation of Proxy Statement......................................................30
5.16 F&M Guarantees......................................................................30
6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE CLOSING..........................................................30
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Acquisition Sub's and Xybernaut's Obligations to Close......30
6.2 Conditions Precedent to the Principal Shareholders' and the Company's
Obligations to Close................................................................32
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7. DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED AT THE CLOSING.....................................................33
7.1 Deliveries of the Company...........................................................33
7.2 Deliveries of Xybernaut and Acquisition Sub.........................................35
7.3 Deliveries to the Escrow Agent......................................................35
8. TERMINATION..................................................................................36
8.1 Termination.........................................................................36
9. INDEMNIFICATION..............................................................................36
9.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties of the Company...........................36
9.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut.........36
9.3 Determination of Damages Without Regard to "Materiality" or "Knowledge"
Qualifications......................................................................37
9.4 Limited Indemnification by the Principal Shareholders...............................37
9.5 Indemnification by Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut....................................38
9.6 Indemnification Procedures..........................................................38
9.7 Limitations on Indemnification......................................................39
10. MISCELLANEOUS................................................................................40
10.1 Transaction Fees and Expenses.......................................................40
10.2 Notices.............................................................................40
10.3 Amendment...........................................................................41
10.4 Waiver..............................................................................41
10.5 Governing Law.......................................................................41
10.6 Jurisdiction........................................................................41
10.7 Remedies............................................................................42
10.8 Severability........................................................................42
10.9 Further Assurances..................................................................42
10.10 Assignment..........................................................................42
10.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries........................................................42
10.12 Entire Agreement....................................................................42
10.13 Headings............................................................................42
10.14 Appointment of Representative.......................................................42
10.15 Counterparts........................................................................44
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DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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Schedule 2.1 Company Shareholders
Schedule 2.3 Payment of Merger Consideration
Schedule 3.2(a) Rights, Agreements, Interests in connection with Company Stock
Schedule 3.2(b) Company Investments
Schedule 3.4(b) Consents and Approvals
Schedule 3.5(a) Financial Statements of the Company
Schedule 3.8(a) Litigation and Claims
Schedule 3.9(a) Employee Benefit Plans
Schedule 3.10(a) Liens
Schedule 3.10(b) Leases
Schedule 3.10(c) Real Estate Related Contracts
Schedule 3.11(b) Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.11(c) Agreements - Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.13 Material Contracts
Schedule 3.14 Taxes
Schedule 3.19 Real Estate Sale Documents
Schedule 3.20 Service and Product Liability Claims
Schedule 3.21 Warranties
Schedule 3.22 Insurance
Schedule 3.24 Customers; Suppliers and Distributors
Schedule 3.26 Bank Accounts
Schedule 3.27 Directors, Officers, Certain Employees
Schedule 4.4 Litigation
Schedule 4.5 Capital Structure
Schedule 6.1(q) Key Employees
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit 2.5 Form of Escrow Agreement
Exhibit 2.6 Form of Affiliate Agreement
Exhibit 6.1(l)(1) Certificate of Non-Foreign Status
Exhibit 6.1(l)(2) Certificate of Non-U.S. Real Property Holding Company Status
Exhibit 7.1(e) Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit 7.1(k) Form of Principal Shareholder Employment Agreement
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
DATED MARCH 30, 2000
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The parties to this Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "Agreement") are
Selfware Acquisition Corporation, a Virginia corporation ("Acquisition Sub") and
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xybernaut Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Xybernaut"), on the one hand, and Selfware, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the
"Company"), and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, each an
individual, as shareholders of the Company (the "Principal Shareholders"), on
the other hand.
RECITALS
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This Agreement contemplates a transaction in which Acquisition Sub will
merge with and into the Company with the result that the Company will continue
as the surviving corporation and the separate existence of Acquisition Sub shall
cease. As a result of the Merger, at the Effective Time (as hereinafter
defined), the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company shall be
converted into the right to receive the shares of Xybernaut common stock, par
value $.01 per share, described below.
The Board of Directors of Acquisition Sub and the Board of Directors of
the Company have each determined that the Merger is in the best interests of
their respective shareholders, and have each duly adopted resolutions approving
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. In accordance with the
foregoing, Acquisition Sub desires to merge with and into the Company and the
Company desires to merge with Acquisition Sub upon and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth below.
For federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the Merger (as
defined in Section 1.1) shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and
the regulations promulgated thereunder, and that this Agreement shall constitute
a "plan of reorganization" for purposes of the Code.
For accounting purposes, it is intended that the Merger shall be
accounted for as a pooling of interests transaction under United States
generally accepted accounting principles.
It is therefore agreed as follows:
AGREEMENTS
1. THE MERGER.
1.1 The Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act (the "VSCA"), Xybernaut and the Principal Shareholders shall
cause Acquisition Sub to be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger").
1.2 Effect of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth
in the VSCA. At the Effective Time the separate existence of Acquisition Sub
shall cease, all the assets, properties, rights, privileges, powers and
franchises of Acquisition Sub shall vest in the Company and all debts,
liabilities and duties of Acquisition Sub shall become the debts, liabilities
and duties of the Company.
1.3 Consummation of the Merger. The Merger shall become effective upon
the filing with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Virginia of
properly executed articles of merger (the "Articles of Merger") on the Closing
Date (as hereinafter defined). The Merger shall be effective when the Articles
of Merger have been filed. The date and time when the Merger is effective is
referred to as the "Effective Time."
1.4 Charter; Bylaws; Directors and Officers. The articles of
incorporation of the Company from and after the Effective Time shall be the
articles of incorporation of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
unless amended pursuant to the Articles of Merger and thereafter amended in
accordance with the provisions thereof and as provided by the VSCA. The bylaws
of the Company from and after the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of
Acquisition Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. The
initial directors and officers of the Company on and after the Effective Time
shall be the directors and officers, respectively, of Acquisition Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time, in each case until their respective
successors are duly elected and qualified.
1.5 The Closing. Subject to Section 2.3, the consummation of the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall
take place at such location as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties at
10:00 a.m., local time, within three (3) business days of the satisfaction of
all closing conditions contained herein, but in no event later than April 30,
2000. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to as the "Closing Date."
1.6 Further Assurances. On and after the Effective Time, each of the
parties to this Agreement shall from time to time, at the request of any of the
other parties, promptly execute such instruments and take such other actions as
the requesting party may reasonably request to vest, perform or confirm, of
record or otherwise, in the Company, its respective rights, title or interest
in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, properties or
assets of the Acquisition Sub, or otherwise to evidence or implement the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2. CONVERSION OF SHARES.
2.1 Conversion of Shares. By virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of the respective shareholders of the Company and Acquisition
Sub, at the Effective Time, all of the outstanding shares (the "Company Shares")
of common stock of the Company, par value $.005 per share (the "Company Common
Stock"), of which 3,074,432 Company Shares are issued and outstanding on the
date hereof and an additional 170,875 Company Shares issuable pursuant to the
exercise of outstanding options will be issued and outstanding at the Effective
Time, the ownership of which Company Shares and options is set forth opposite
the names of the persons set forth on Schedule 2.1 (the "Company Shareholders")
of the disclosure statement, of even date herewith, delivered to Xybernaut by
the Company (the "Disclosure Statement"), shall be converted into the right to
receive shares (the "Xybernaut Shares") of Xybernaut common
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stock, par value $.01 per share ("Xybernaut Common Stock"), and cash in lieu of
fractional shares of Xybernaut Common Stock, as follows:
(a) The number of Xybernaut Shares to be issued to the Company's
shareholders pursuant to the Merger shall be based upon (i) an exchange ratio
that values each Xybernaut Share at $14.139, which exchange ratio shall be
adjusted as set forth below if the Average Market Price (as defined below) of
Xybernaut Common Stock is greater than $18.3807 or less than $9.8973, and (ii) a
Company value equal to $6,265,628, or $1.93 per Company Share, representing one
hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the Company's Net Sales (as defined below)
for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, as set forth in the financial
statements of the Company audited by Robinson, Farmer, Xxx Associates for the
year then ended, annexed to Schedule 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Statement.
(b) At the Effective Time, each outstanding Company Share shall
cease to be outstanding and, subject to Section 2.2 hereof, shall be converted
into the right to receive the number of Xybernaut Shares equal to the Exchange
Ratio, together with cash in lieu of fractional shares of Xybernaut Common
Stock, as described below (the "Merger Consideration"). The Exchange Ratio
(based on 3,245,307 Company Shares, which shall be adjusted for any change in
the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding at the Effective Time) shall
be determined as follows:
(i) If the Average Market Price of the Xybernaut Common Stock
is equal to a price that is not more than $18.3807 or less than $9.8973, the
Exchange Ratio shall be equal to 0.1365.
(ii) If the Average Market Price of the Xybernaut Common Stock
is more than $18.3807, the Exchange Ratio shall be equal to (x) 0. 1365,
multiplied by (y) $18.3807, divided by (z) the Average Market Price.
(iii) If the Average Market Price of the Xybernaut Common
Stock is less than $9.8973, the Exchange Ratio shall be equal to (x) 0.1365,
multiplied by (y) $9.8973, divided by (z) the Average Market Price.
(c) "Average Market Price" shall mean the average of the closing bid
and asked prices for Xybernaut Common Stock on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market for
the trading days within the period of thirty (30) calendar days immediately
preceding the Closing Date.
(d) "Net Sales" shall mean revenues as reported in the Company's
Financial Statements (as defined in Section 3.5(a)) for the year ended December
31, 1999 in the amount of $5,012,502.
(e) From and after the Effective Time, holders of a certificate or
certificates that immediately before the Effective Time represented shares of
Company Common Stock (the "Certificates") shall have no rights in respect
thereof other than as expressly provided herein or by law. Until surrendered in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3(b), holders of unsurrendered
Certificates shall have no right to vote or consent with respect to shares of
Xybernaut Common Stock exchangeable therefor.
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2.2 Stock Options, Warrants, Treasury Shares, Etc. At the Effective
Time, each outstanding stock option, warrant or other right to purchase any
capital stock of the Company, whether or not then exercisable or vested, shall
be canceled, and no capital stock of Xybernaut, cash or other consideration
shall be paid or delivered in exchange therefor. Any shares of the Company
Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company shall be canceled and retired
and no cash, securities or other consideration shall be paid in respect of such
shares.
2.3 Surrender and Exchange of Shares; Payment of Merger Consideration.
(a) Exchange Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Xybernaut or
Acquisition Sub shall designate an exchange agent in the Merger, or designate
itself to act in such capacity (the "Exchange Agent"), to distribute the Merger
Consideration after the Effective Time. Xybernaut or Acquisition Sub shall
deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent as of the Effective
Time, for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, for
exchange in accordance with this Section 2.3, certificates of Xybernaut Common
Stock ("Xybernaut Certificates") representing the number of whole shares of
Xybernaut Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Section 2 in exchange for
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock. Such shares of Xybernaut Common
Stock, together with any cash payable in lieu of any fractional shares of
Xybernaut Common Stock, are referred to as the "Exchange Fund."
(b) Exchange Procedures. As soon as practicable after the Effective
Time, the Exchange Agent shall be instructed to mail to each record holder of a
Certificate or Certificates a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify
that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss shall pass, only upon proper
delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in
effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Merger
Consideration. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3 hereof with respect to
the issuance of Xybernaut Shares in two tranches, upon surrender to the Exchange
Agent of Certificates, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed
and completed in accordance with the instructions thereon, the holders of such
Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (1) Xybernaut
Certificates representing that number of whole shares of Xybernaut Common Stock
which such holders have the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 2, and (2) cash in lieu of any fractional share in accordance with
Section 2.3(d), and such Certificates shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest
shall be paid or accrued on the Merger Consideration. All distributions to
holders of Certificates shall be subject to any applicable federal, state, local
and foreign tax withholding, and such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Certificates in
respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
(c) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares. No dividends
or other distributions with respect to Xybernaut Common Stock with a record date
after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered
Certificate with respect to the shares of Xybernaut Common Stock represented
thereby, and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any
such holder pursuant to Section 2.3(d), and all such dividends, other
distributions and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Xybernaut Common Stock
shall be paid by Xybernaut to the Exchange Agent and shall be included in the
Exchange Fund, in each case until
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the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Section 2.3. Following
surrender of any such Certificate, the foregoing amounts shall be paid to the
holder thereof.
(d) No Fractional Shares.
(1) No certificates or scrip or shares of Xybernaut Common
Stock representing fractional shares of Xybernaut Common Stock or book-entry
credit of the same shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of
Certificates, no dividend or distribution of Xybernaut shall relate to such
fractional share interests and such fractional share interests will not entitle
the owner thereof to vote or to have any rights as a stockholder of Xybernaut or
a holder of shares of Xybernaut Common Stock.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
each holder of Company Shares exchanged pursuant to the Merger who would
otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Xybernaut
Common Stock (after taking into account all Certificates delivered by such
holder pursuant to this Section 2.3) shall receive, in lieu thereof, cash,
without interest, in an amount equal to the product of (i) such fractional part
of a share of Xybernaut Common Stock multiplied by (ii) the value of such
fractional part of a share of Xybernaut Common Stock determined in accordance
with Section 2.1 hereof.
(3) As promptly as practicable after the Second Tranche
Closing Date (as defined in Section 2.3(e)(ii) hereof), the Exchange Agent shall
forward payments to such holders of fractional interests of Xybernaut Common
Stock subject to and in accordance with the terms hereof.
(e) Issuance of Xybernaut Shares in Two Tranches. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Xybernaut Shares shall be issued
to the Company Shareholders, and payment for fractional share interests in
Xybernaut Common Stock shall be made to Company Shareholders, as follows:
(i) 60% of the Xybernaut Shares which each Company
Shareholder is entitled to receive in the Merger (the "First Tranche"), rounded
to the nearest whole share, shall be issued at the Effective Time.
(ii) The remaining 40% of the Xybernaut Shares which each
Company Shareholder is entitled to receive in the Merger (the "Second Tranche")
shall be issued on a deferred basis, with the date of issuance of such Xybernaut
Shares (the "Second Tranche Closing Date") to be the ninetieth (90th) day after
the Effective Time.
(iii) Subject to the escrow provisions set forth in Section
2.5, (1) upon the surrender for cancellation of the certificates representing
the Company Shares pursuant to this Section 2.3, the Exchange Agent shall
deliver to the Company Shareholders the certificates representing the First
Tranche of the Xybernaut Shares, rounded to the nearest whole share, in the
respective amounts and to the individuals as set forth on Schedule 2.3 of the
Disclosure Statement, and (2) on or about the Second Tranche Closing Date, the
Exchange Agent shall deliver to the Company Shareholders (A) the certificates
representing the Second Tranche of the Xybernaut Shares in the respective
amounts and to the individuals as set forth on Schedule
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2.3 of the Disclosure Statement and (B) cash in lieu of any fractional shares in
accordance with Section 2.3(d)(3) hereof.
2.4 Closing of Stock Transfer Books. On and after the date of this
Agreement there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company
of shares of capital stock of the Company that were issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the date hereof, other than any such transfers of which
Xybernaut is notified in writing not later than 24 hours prior to the Closing.
2.5 Escrow. At the Effective Time, Xybernaut shall issue and deliver to
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, as escrow agent, or to another escrow agent mutually
acceptable to the parties (the "Escrow Agent"), certificates representing an
aggregate of five percent (5%) of the authorized but previously-unissued shares
of Xybernaut Common Stock registered in the names of the Principal Shareholders
in the respective amounts set forth on Schedule 2.5 of the Disclosure Statement
(collectively, the "Escrowed Shares"). For purposes of such escrow, the Escrowed
Shares shall be valued at the average of the closing bid and asked prices for
Xybernaut Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the Closing
Date. The Escrowed Shares shall be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent, together
with appropriate stock powers (the "Stock Powers") with respect to the Escrowed
Shares executed in blank by each of the Principal Shareholders, which Stock
Powers the Principal Shareholders shall deliver to the Escrow Agent at the
Closing, to be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with an Escrow Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.5 hereto (the "Escrow Agreement") among
the Representative (as defined in Section 10.14) on behalf of the Principal
Shareholders, Xybernaut and the Escrow Agent. The purpose of the Escrowed Shares
is to serve as a source of funds to satisfy the indemnification obligations of
each Principal Shareholder to Xybernaut under this Agreement.
2.6 Affiliates. At the Effective Time, the Company shall deliver to
Xybernaut an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.6 hereto (the
"Affiliate Agreement"), executed by each of the Company's "affiliates" (as (i)
defined for the purposes of Rule 144 of the General Rules and Regulations
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (ii) used in and for the purposes of
Accounting Series Release Nos. 130 and 135, as amended, promulgated by the SEC),
relating to the disposition of the Company Shares held by him and the Xybernaut
Shares issued to him pursuant to this Agreement.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company represents and
warrants to Xybernaut and Acquisition Sub as follows:
3.1 Organization. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and
has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The
Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary. The Company has
delivered to Xybernaut true, correct and complete copies of the Company's
articles of incorporation and bylaws, as currently in effect.
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3.2 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
5,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock. As of the date hereof, 3,074,432
shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding and options to acquire
an aggregate of 170,875 shares of Company Common Stock are outstanding. The
Company Shares are the only shares of capital stock of the Company that are
issued and outstanding, and all of the Company Shares are owned of record and
beneficially by the Company Shareholders in the amounts shown on Schedule 2.1 of
the Disclosure Statement, free and clear of all claims, liens, mortgages,
encumbrances, pledges, and other security interests of any kind (collectively
"Liens"). At the Effective Time, all of the Company Shares will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.2(a) of the Disclosure Statement and this Section 3.2(a), there are
no (i) options, warrants, calls, preemptive rights, subscriptions or other
rights, convertible securities, agreements or commitments of any character
obligating or, in the future, obligating either the Company or the Principal
Shareholders to issue, transfer, sell or register any shares of capital stock,
options, warrants, calls or other equity interests of any kind whatsoever in the
Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or equity
interests, (ii) contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any capital stock or equity interest of the Company or (iii)
voting trusts, proxies or similar agreements to which the Company or any
Principal Shareholder is a party with respect to the voting of the capital stock
of the Company.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.2(b) of the Disclosure
Statement the Company does not own any outstanding shares of capital stock (or
other equity interests of entities other than corporations) of any partnership,
joint venture, trust, corporation, limited liability company or other entity
(collectively, an "Entity").
3.3 Authorization; Validity of Agreement. Each of the Principal
Shareholders and the Company has the requisite capacity or corporate power and
authority, as the case may be, to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement
and each other agreement, instrument, document and certificate executed or to be
executed and delivered by the Company or the Principal Shareholders, as the case
may be, pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, with this Agreement, the
"Company Transaction Documents") and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. Each of this Agreement and the other Company Transaction
Documents has been, or at the Closing will be, duly executed, authorized and
delivered by the Company and each Principal Shareholder, as applicable, and is a
valid and binding obligation of each of the Company and each Principal
Shareholder, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their
respective terms.
3.4 No Violations; Consents and Approvals.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and of
the other Company Transaction Documents by the Company and each Principal
Shareholder, as applicable, do not, and the consummation by them of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not: (i) violate any provision
of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, (ii) result in a
violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of
time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination, amendment,
cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any note, bond, mortgage,
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indenture, guarantee, other evidence of indebtedness, license, lease, option,
contract, undertaking, understanding, covenant, agreement or other instrument or
document (collectively, a "Contract") to which the Company is a party or by
which any of its properties or assets may be bound or otherwise subject, except
for such items referred to as Required Consents, as hereinafter defined and set
forth on Schedule 3.4(b) of the Disclosure Statement, or (iii) violate any Law
(as defined in Section 3.8(b)) applicable to the Principal Shareholders or the
Company or any of their respective properties or assets.
(b) No filing or registration with, notification to, or
authorization, consent or approval of, any legislative or executive agency or
department or other regulatory service, authority or agency or any court,
arbitration panel or other tribunal or judicial authority of any foreign,
provincial, United States federal, state, county, municipal or other local
jurisdiction, political entity, body, organization, subdivision or branch (a
"Governmental Entity") or any other individual or other entity (a "Person") is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or any other Company Transaction Document by the Company or the
Principal Shareholders or the consummation by the Company or any Principal
Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for such
consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, notifications, notices, estoppel
certificates, releases, registrations, ratifications, declarations, filings,
waivers, exemptions or variances (individually, a "Consent" and collectively,
"Consents") with respect to any License (as defined in Section 3.8(c)) or Law as
are set forth on Schedule 3.4(b) of the Disclosure Statement (the "Required
Consents").
3.5 Financial Statements.
(a) Attached to Schedule 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Statement are the
balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 1997, 1998 and 1999, together
with the related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows
(including the related notes) for the three fiscal years then ended (all of the
foregoing referred to as the "Financial Statements").
(b) The Financial Statements have been reviewed by Robinson, Farmer,
Xxx Associates and the reports of that firm are attached as part of Schedule
3.5(a) of the Disclosure Statement. That firm is and has been the Company's only
independent accountants for the periods covered by the Financial Statements. The
Financial Statements have been derived from, and agree with, the books and
records of the Company and fairly present the financial position of the Company
as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows
of the Company for the respective periods set forth therein. The Financial
Statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles, consistently applied ("GAAP"), as of the dates
and for the periods involved.
3.6 No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 1999, (i) no event,
condition or circumstance has occurred that could, or could be reasonably likely
to, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, assets, results of operations or prospects (a "Material Adverse
Effect") of the Company; and (ii) the Company has not taken, nor have the
Principal Shareholders permitted to be taken, any action that if taken or
permitted to be taken after the date hereof would constitute a violation or
breach of or would otherwise be inconsistent with any of the provisions set
forth in Section 5.1.
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3.7 No Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) The Company does not have, and as of the Effective Time will not
have, any liabilities (whether accrued, contingent, known, or otherwise) other
than those that were incurred since December 31, 1999 in the ordinary course of
business, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the
Company's business, operations, condition or prospects.
(b) The accounts payable of the Company set forth in the Company's
December 31, 1999 balance sheet contained in the Financial Statements or arising
subsequent thereto are the result of bona fide transactions in the ordinary
course of business.
3.8 Litigation; Compliance with Law; Licenses and Permits.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8(a) of the Disclosure
Statement of the Disclosure Statement, there is no claim, suit, action,
investigation or proceeding (collectively, a "Proceeding") pending, nor is there
any Proceeding threatened, that involves or affects the Company, by or before
any Governmental Entity, court, arbitration panel or any other Person.
(b) The Company has, and on the Closing Date will have, complied
with all applicable criminal, civil or common laws, statutes, ordinances,
orders, codes, rules, regulations, policies, guidance documents, writs,
judgments, decrees, injunctions, or agreements of any Governmental Entity
(collectively, "Laws"), including, without limitation, laws relating to zoning,
building codes, antitrust, occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene,
environmental protection, water, ground or air pollution, the generation,
handling, treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances (as defined in
Section 3.16(k)), consumer product safety, product liability, hiring, wages,
hours, employee benefit plans and programs, collective bargaining and the
payment of withholding and social security taxes. Since January 1, 1997, neither
the Company nor any Principal Shareholder has received notice of any violation
of any Law by the Company.
(c) The Company has every license, permit, certification,
qualification or franchise issued by any Governmental Entity (each, a
"License"), and every Consent by or on behalf of any Person that is not a party
to this Agreement, required for it to conduct its business as presently
conducted. All such Licenses and Consents are in full force and effect and
neither the Company nor any Principal Shareholder has received notice of any
pending cancellation or suspension of any thereof nor is any cancellation or
suspension thereof threatened. The applicability and validity of each such
License and Consent will not be adversely affected by the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.9 Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA.
(a) Schedule 3.9(a) of the Disclosure Statement lists each "employee
benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA")), and all other material employee benefits
(including, without limitation, any non-qualified plans), bonus, deferred
compensation, incentive, stock option (or other equity-based), severance,
change-in-control, medical insurance and fringe benefit plans maintained for the
benefit of, or contributed to by the Company or any trade or business, whether
or not
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incorporated (an "ERISA Affiliate"), that would be deemed a "single employer"
within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA, for the benefit of any employee or
former employee of the Company (the "Plans"). The Principal Shareholders have
caused the Company to deliver to Xybernaut true, correct and complete copies of
each of the Plans, including all amendments to date.
(b) Each of the Plans that is subject to ERISA complies with ERISA
and the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code") and has been administered in accordance with ERISA and, where
applicable, the Code. Each of the Plans intended to be "qualified" within the
meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a timely determination letter
from the Internal Revenue Service that it is so qualified and neither the
Principal Shareholders nor the Company know of any facts or circumstances that
would materially adversely affect such qualification. None of the Plans is
subject to Title IV of ERISA. No "reportable event," as such term is defined in
Section 4043(b) of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Plan. There are no
pending or, to the knowledge of any Principal Shareholder or the Company,
threatened claims (other than routine claims for benefits), actions, suits or
proceedings by, on behalf of or against any of the Plans or any trusts related
thereto.
(c) No Plan provides benefits including, without limitation, death
or medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to any employees or
former employees of the Company beyond their retirement or other termination of
service (other than (i) coverage mandated by applicable law, (ii) death benefits
or retirement benefits under any "employee pension plan," as that term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, or (iii) benefits the full cost of which is
borne by the current or former employee (or his or her beneficiary).
(d) With respect to each Plan, neither the Company, the Principal
Shareholders nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a "prohibited transaction"
(as such term is defined in Section 4975 or Section 406 of ERISA) that would
subject the Company, Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut to any taxes, penalties or
other liabilities resulting from prohibited transactions under Section 4975 of
the Code or Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA.
(e) The Company has complied with the notice and continuation of
coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and the regulations
thereunder with respect to each plan that is, or was during any taxable year of
the Company for which the statute of limitations on the assessment of federal
income taxes remains open, by consent or otherwise, a group health plan within
the meaning of Section 4980B(g) of ERISA.
(f) No Plan has incurred an "Accumulated Funding Deficiency" (as
defined in Section 302(a) of ERISA or Section 412(a) of the Code), whether or
not waived.
(g) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or
would incur a "withdrawal" or "partial withdrawal," as defined in Sections 4203
and 4205 of ERISA, from any Plan that has resulted or would result in a
withdrawal liability of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate under such Plan.
3.10 Title to Assets.
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(a) Except for the Liens listed on Schedule 3.10(a) of the
Disclosure Statement, the Company has good and marketable title to all of its
assets, free and clear of any and all Liens. All of the Company's assets
consisting of fixtures, machinery, equipment and other tangible personal
property are in good operational condition and repair, normal wear and tear
excepted, and are adequate for use in the conduct of the Company's business as
previously conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.
(b) Schedule 3.10(b) of the Disclosure Statement sets forth a true,
correct and complete list, as of February 28, 2000, of all real property,
interests in real property and tangible personal property (including, but not
limited to, machinery, equipment, office equipment, vehicles, inventory and
supplies) owned or leased by the Company, indicating whether such property is
owned or leased and the location of such property. There have been no changes to
such listing since February 28, 2000, except for sales or purchases of inventory
in the ordinary course of business.
(c) The leases included in the Company's assets, real and personal,
are valid and in full force and effect; no default or event of default, or event
which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both would constitute a
default or event of default, under any of such leases has occurred and is
continuing; and none of such leases is terminable as a result of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has previously
furnished to Xybernaut true, correct and complete copies of all such leases as
of the date hereof.
(d) The assets, properties and rights owned, leased or licensed by
the Company and used in connection with the Company's business and that will be
owned, leased or licensed by the Company as of the Effective Time, and all the
agreements to which any Principal Shareholder or the Company is a party relating
to the Company's business, constitute all of the properties, assets and
agreements necessary to the Company in connection with the operation and conduct
by the Company of its business as presently and as proposed to be conducted. At
the Effective Time, the Company will have good title to all of such assets,
properties and rights, free and clear of all Liens except for the Liens set
forth in Schedule 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Statement.
3.11 Intellectual Property; Computer Software.
(a) For purposes of this Section 3.11, "Intellectual Property" shall
mean trademarks, service marks, trade names, Internet domain names, designs,
logos, slogans, uniform resource locators ("URLs") and general intangibles of
like nature, together with all goodwill, registrations and applications related
to the foregoing (collectively, "Trademarks"); patents and industrial design
registrations or applications (including any continuations, divisionals,
continuations-in-part, renewals, reissues, and applications for any of the
foregoing); copyrights (including any registrations and applications for any of
the foregoing); Software (defined below), "mask works" (as defined under 17 USC
ss. 901) and any registrations and applications for "mask works"; technology,
trade secrets and other confidential information, know-how, proprietary
processes, formulae, algorithms, models, and methodologies (collectively, "Trade
Secrets"); rights of publicity and privacy relating to the use of the names,
likenesses, voices, signatures and biographical information of real persons; all
web site content; in each case used in or necessary for the conduct of the
Company's business as currently conducted. "Software" means any and all
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(a) computer programs, including any and all software implementation of
algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code
form, (b) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections
of data, and (c) all documentation, including user manuals and training
materials, relating to any of the foregoing, in each case used in or necessary
for the conduct of the Company's business as currently conducted.
(b) Schedule 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Statement sets forth, for the
Intellectual Property owned by the Company, a complete and accurate list of all
U.S. and foreign (a) patents and patent applications, (b) trademark
registrations, trademark applications, and material unregistered trademarks, (c)
copyright registrations and mask work, copyright and mask work applications, and
material unregistered copyrights and (d) Internet domain name registrations.
Schedule 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Statement lists all Software (other than
readily available commercial software programs having an acquisition price of
less than $5,000) which are owned, licensed or leased by the Company, and
identifies which Software is owned, licensed, or leased, as the case may be.
(c) Schedule 3.11(c) of the Disclosure Statement sets forth a
complete and accurate list of all agreements to which the Company is a party or
otherwise bound (i) granting or obtaining any right to use or practice any
rights under any Intellectual Property or (ii) restricting the rights of the
Company to use any Intellectual Property, including license agreements,
development agreements, distribution agreements, settlement agreements, consent
to use agreements, and covenants not to xxx (collectively, the "License
Agreements"). The License Agreements are valid and binding obligations of all
parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, and there exists no
event or condition which will result in a violation or breach of, or constitute
(with or without due notice of lapse of time or both) a default by any party
under any such License Agreement. The Company has not licensed or sublicensed
its rights in any Intellectual Property other than pursuant to the License
Agreements. No royalties, honoraria or other fees are payable by the Company to
any third parties for the use of or right to use any Intellectual Property
except pursuant to the License Agreements.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(d) of the Disclosure
Statement:
(i) the Company owns, or has a valid right to use, free and
clear of all Liens, all of the Intellectual Property;
(ii) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company is
subsisting, in full force and effect, and has not been canceled, expired, or
abandoned;
(iii) there is no pending or threatened claim, suit,
arbitration or other adversarial proceeding before any court, agency, arbitral
tribunal, or registration authority in any jurisdiction (x) involving the
Intellectual Property owned by the Company or (y) alleging that the activities
or the conduct of the Company's business infringes upon, violates or constitutes
the unauthorized use of the intellectual property rights of any third party or
challenging the ownership, use, validity, enforceability or registrability of
any Intellectual Property owned by the Company; and
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(iv) the Company has taken reasonable measures to protect
the confidentiality of its Trade Secrets, and to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no Trade Secret has been disclosed or authorized to be disclosed to
any third party other than pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement, and to the
best of the Company's knowledge, no party to any non-disclosure agreement
relating to its Trade Secrets is in breach or default thereof.
(e) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
not result in the loss or impairment of the Company's rights to own or use any
of the Intellectual Property, nor will it require the consent of any
governmental authority or third party in respect of any such Intellectual
Property.
3.12 [RESERVED]
3.13 Material Contracts.
(a) Schedule 3.13 of the Disclosure Statement sets forth each
Contract applicable to the Company:
(i) with any Affiliate (as defined in Section 3.15);
(ii) relating to the sale, distribution or marketing of any
of the products or services of the Company and involving in excess of $10,000;
(iii) not entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) providing for any joint venture or similar
arrangement;
(v) under which the Company agrees to indemnify any party
against any liability (including but not limited to any liability for Taxes);
(vi) that cannot be canceled without liability, premium or
penalty on fewer than 30 days notice and involving in excess of $10,000;
(vii) that by its terms will require the payment by the
Company of more than $10,000;
(viii) restricting the Company from competing in any line
of business or with any Person or in any geographical area or similar covenants
with any other Person;
(ix) with respect to employment terms with employees,
consultants or independent contractors; or
(x) relating to the borrowing of money in excess of
$10,000.
The Contracts described in the preceding clauses (i) through (x) are referred to
collectively as the "Material Contracts".
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(b) There has not been claimed, with respect to any Material
Contract, any existing default, or event of default, or event that with notice
or lapse of time or both would constitute a default or event of default on the
part of the Company or on the part of the other party or parties thereto. The
Material Contracts are in full force and effect, constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company and, to the best of the Principal
Shareholders' knowledge, the other parties thereto. No other party to a Material
Contract has asserted the right, and the Principal Shareholders know of no basis
for the assertion of any right, to renegotiate the terms or conditions of any
Material Contract. No consent, approval, authorization or waiver from, or notice
to, any other party is required to maintain all of the Material Contracts in
full force and effect after the Closing, other than such consents and waivers as
have been obtained and copies of which have been delivered to Xybernaut and
which are listed in Schedule 3.13 of the Disclosure Statement.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13 of the Disclosure
Statement, all revenue recognized and to be recognized by the Company under any
Material Contracts relating to the provision of products or services over time
or in stages, with respect to which the Company remains obligated on the date
hereof to perform services and/or deliver products, has been accounted for based
on progress xxxxxxxx, percentage of completion or a similar accounting method.
3.14 Taxes
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.14 of the Disclosure
Statement:
(1) the Company has (A) duly and timely filed or caused to be
filed with the proper Tax Authority each Tax Return that is required to be filed
by or on behalf of the Company or that includes or relates to the Company, its
income, sales, assets or business, which Tax Return is true, correct and
complete, (B) duly and timely paid in full, or caused to be paid in full, all
Taxes due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, and (C) has properly
accrued on the books and records of the Company in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles a provision for the payment of all Taxes due or
claimed to be due or for which the Company otherwise is or may be liable;
(2) the Company has not requested an extension of time within
which to file any Tax Return in respect of any Tax period which has not since
been filed;
(3) the Company has complied in all respects with all
applicable laws relating to the payment, collection or withholding of any Tax,
and the remittance thereof to any and all Tax Authorities, including, but not
limited to, Code Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 3402;
(4) there is no lien for Taxes upon any asset or property of
the Company (except for any statutory lien for any Tax not yet due);
(5) the Company does not have, and is not expected to have,
any liability in respect of any Tax as a transferee or successor of any Person
(including, but not limited to, any liability arising under Treas. Reg.
ss.1.1502-6), and the Company is not, and never has been, a party to any Tax
allocation, Tax indemnification or Tax sharing contract or agreement;
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(6) no Tax Proceeding is pending, proposed, or threatened with
respect to any Tax, the payment, collection or withholding of any Tax or any Tax
Return filed by or on behalf of the Company;
(7) the statute of limitations for any Tax Proceeding or the
assessment or collection of any Tax for which the Company is or may be liable or
with respect to the Company's income, sales, assets or business has never been
extended or waived;
(8) there is no outstanding subpoena or request for
information or documents from any Tax Authority with respect to any Tax for
which the Company is or may be liable or with respect to the Company's income,
sales, assets or business;
(9) the Company has never entered into any agreement with any
Tax Authority (including, but not limited to, any closing agreement within the
meaning of Code Section 7121 or any analogous provision of applicable law or any
agreement relating to transfer or intercompany pricing) or requested or received
a private letter or other ruling from any Tax Authority relating to any Tax for
which the Company is or may be liable or with respect to the Company's income,
sales, assets or business;
(10) the Company is not a party to any contract, agreement or
other arrangement that could result, alone or in conjunction with any other
contract, agreement or other arrangement, in the payment of any amount that
would not be deductible by reason of Code Sections 162, 279, 280G or 404 or any
similar provision of applicable law;
(11) the Company is not a "consenting corporation" within the
meaning of Code Section 341(f) or any similar provision of applicable law and
has not agreed to have Code Section 341(f)(2) apply to any disposition of a
subsection (f) asset (as such term is defined in Code Section 341(f)(4)) owned
by the Company;
(12) the Company does not have any "tax-exempt use property"
within the meaning of Code Section 168(g) or Code Section 168(h) or any similar
provision of applicable law with respect to the Company, its income, sales,
assets or business;
(13) none of the assets of the Company is required to be
treated as being owned by any other person pursuant to any provision of
applicable law, including, but not limited to, the "safe harbor" leasing
provisions of Code Section 168(f)(8) as in effect prior to the repeal of those
"safe harbor" leasing provisions;
(14) the Company is not, nor has it been, a "United States
real property holding corporation" within the meaning of Code Section 897(c)(2)
at any time during the applicable period referred to in Code Section
897(c)(1)(A)(ii);
(15) no election under Code Section 338 or any similar
provision of applicable law has been made or required to be made by or with
respect to the Company (or a subsidiary, if any, the Company);
(16) the Company (i) has not adjusted or changed or received
any request, demand, or proposal from a Tax Authority to adjust or change any
accounting method,
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(ii) is not required to include in income any adjustment pursuant to Code
Section 481(a) (or any similar provision of applicable law) by reason of a
change in accounting method, and (iii) has neither deferred any income to a
period after the Closing Date that has economically accrued or is otherwise
attributable to a period prior to the Closing Date nor accelerated any
deductions into a period ending on or before the Closing Date that will or may
economically accrue after the Closing Date;
(17) there is no power of attorney in effect relating to any
Tax for which the Company is or may be liable or with respect to the Company's
income, sales, assets or business;
(18) the Company is, and for the Tax periods since its
incorporation has been, an "C" corporation for federal income tax purposes and
the equivalent thereof for all other federal, state, local and other tax
purposes;
(19) no jurisdiction where the Company does not file a Tax
Return has made or threatened to make a claim that the Company is required to
file a Tax Return for such jurisdiction;
(20) Schedule 3.14 of the Disclosure Statement sets forth a
list of all elections currently in effect (or made within the five most recent
Tax periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date) with respect to any Tax or
Tax Return; and
(21) Schedule 3.14 of the Disclosure Statement sets forth a
list of all jurisdictions in which any Tax Returns have been filed by or on
behalf of the Company, or with respect to the Company's income, sales, assets or
business since the close of third full preceding calendar year and a description
of each such Tax Return and the period for which it was filed. The Company has
provided to Xybernaut (i) a true, correct and complete copy of each Tax Return
filed prior to the Closing, and (ii) all audit reports, closing agreements,
rulings, or technical advice memoranda relating to any tax for which the Company
is or may be liable with respect to the Company's income, sales, assets or
business.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement,
(1) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(2) "Tax" shall mean any tax, charge, fee, levy, deficiency or
other assessment of whatever kind or nature including, without limitation, any
net income, gross income, profits, gross receipts, excise, real or personal
property, sales, ad valorem, withholding, social security, retirement, excise,
employment, unemployment, minimum, estimated, severance, stamp, property,
occupation, environmental, windfall profits, use, service, net worth, payroll,
franchise, license, gains, customs, transfer, recording and other tax, duty,
fee, assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, imposed by any Tax Authority,
including any liability therefor as a transferee (including without limitation
under Code Section 6901 or any similar provision of applicable law), as a result
of Treas. Reg. ss.1.1502-6 or any similar provision of applicable law, or as a
result of any tax sharing or similar agreement, together with any interest,
penalties or additions to tax relating thereto.
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(3) "Tax Authority" shall mean any branch, office, department,
agency, instrumentality, court, tribunal, officer, employee, designee,
representative, or other Person that is acting for, on behalf or as a part of
any foreign or domestic government (or any political subdivision thereof) that
is engaged in or has any power, duty, responsibility or obligation relating to
the legislation, promulgation, interpretation, enforcement, regulation,
monitoring, supervision or collection of or any other activity relating to any
Tax or Tax Return.
(4) "Tax Proceeding" shall mean any audit, examination,
review, reassessment, litigation or other administrative or judicial proceeding
relating to any Tax for which the Company is (or is asserted to be) or may be
liable, the collection, payment or withholding of any Tax, or any Tax Return
filed by or on behalf of the Company.
(5) "Tax Return" shall mean any return, election, declaration,
report, schedule, information return, document, information, opinion, statement,
or any amendment to any of the foregoing (including without limitation any
consolidated, combined or unitary return) submitted or required to be submitted
to any Tax Authority.
(6) "Treas. Reg." shall mean any temporary, proposed or final
regulation promulgated under the Code.
3.15 Affiliated Party Transactions. Except for obligations arising
under this Agreement and the F&M Guarantees (as defined in Section 5.16), as of
the Closing Date no Affiliates of the Company will have, directly or indirectly,
any obligation to or cause of action or claim against the Company. With respect
to any Person, an "Affiliate" of that Person shall mean an entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with that Person. No material assets owned
by any Company Shareholder are used by the Company in the operation of its
business. At the Effective Time, no Company Shareholder shall have any
outstanding indebtedness or other monetary obligation to the Company, and the
Company shall have no outstanding indebtedness or other monetary obligation to
or cause of action or claim against any Company Shareholder.
3.16 Environmental Matters.
(a) The Company is in compliance with, and its business has been
conducted in material compliance with, all Environmental Laws (as defined below)
and Environmental Permits (as defined below);
(b) no Site (as defined below) is a treatment, storage or disposal
facility, as defined in and regulated under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.ss.6901 et seq., is on or ever was listed or is proposed
for listing on the National Priorities List pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 X.X.X.xx. 601 et
seq., or on any similar state list of sites requiring investigation or cleanup;
(c) the Company has not received any notice that remains pending or
outstanding with respect to its business or any Site from any Governmental
Entity or Person alleging that the Company is not in material compliance with
any Environmental Law;
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(d) there has been no Release (as defined below) of a Hazardous
Substance (as defined below) at, from, in, to, on or under any Site and no
Hazardous Substances are present in, on, about or migrating to or from any Site
that could give rise to an Environmental Claim (as defined below) against the
Company;
(e) there are no pending or outstanding corrective actions
requested, required or being conducted by any Governmental Entity for the
investigation, remediation or cleanup of any Site, and there have been no such
corrective actions, whether still pending or otherwise;
(f) the Company has obtained and holds all necessary Environmental
Permits, and those Environmental Permits will remain in full force and effect
after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(g) there are no past or pending or threatened, Environmental Claims
against the Company, and neither the Company nor any Principal Shareholders is
aware of any facts or circumstances that could be expected to form the basis for
any Environmental Claim against the Company;
(h) neither the Company, any entity previously owned by the Company,
nor any predecessor of the Company, has transported or arranged for the
treatment, storage, handling, disposal, or transportation of any Hazardous
Substance to any off-Site location that could result in an Environmental Claim
against the Company;
(i) there are no (i) underground storage tanks, active or abandoned,
(ii) polychlorinated biphenyl containing equipment, or (iii) asbestos containing
material at any Site; and
(j) there have been no environmental investigations, studies,
audits, tests, reviews or other analyses (which have been reduced to writing)
conducted by, on behalf of, or that are in the possession of the Company with
respect to any Site or any transportation, handling or disposal of any Hazardous
Substance that has not been delivered to Xybernaut prior to execution of this
Agreement.
(k) As used herein, (i) "Environment" means all air, surface water,
groundwater, or land, including land surface or subsurface, including all fish,
wildlife, biota and all other natural resources; (ii) "Environmental Claim"
means any and all administrative or judicial actions, suits, orders, claims,
liens, notices, notices of violations, investigations, complaints, requests for
information, proceedings or other communications (written or oral), whether
criminal or civil, (collectively, "Claims") pursuant to or relating to any
applicable Environmental Law by any person (including, but not limited to, any
Governmental Entity, Person and citizens' group) based upon, alleging,
asserting, or claiming any actual or potential: (A) violation of or liability
under any Environmental Law, (B) violation of any Environmental Permit, or (C)
liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, removal costs, remedial costs,
response costs, natural resource damages, property damage, personal injury,
fines, or penalties arising out of, based on, resulting from, or related to the
presence, Release, or threatened Release into the Environment, of any Hazardous
Substances at any location, including, but not limited to, any off-Site location
to which Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous
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Substances were sent for handling, storage, treatment, or disposal; (iii)
"Environmental Law" means any and all Laws relating to the protection of health
and the Environment, worker health and safety, and/or governing the handling,
use, generation, treatment, storage, transportation, disposal, manufacture,
distribution, formulation, packaging, labeling, or Release of Hazardous
Substances, whether now existing or subsequently amended or enacted, and the
state analogies thereto, all as amended or superseded from time to time; and any
common law doctrine, including, but not limited to, negligence, nuisance,
trespass, personal injury, or property damage related to or arising out of the
presence, Release, or exposure to a Hazardous Substance; (iv) "Environmental
Permit" means any Licenses or Consents required by any Governmental Entity under
or in connection with any Environmental Law; (v) "Hazardous Substance" means
petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons or petroleum products, petroleum by-products,
radioactive materials, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, gasoline,
diesel fuel, pesticides, radon, urea formaldehyde, lead or lead-containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls; and any other chemicals, materials,
substances or wastes in any amount or concentration which are now included in
the definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous materials," "hazardous
wastes," "extremely hazardous wastes," "restricted hazardous wastes," "toxic
substances," "toxic pollutants," "pollutants," "regulated substances," "solid
wastes," or "contaminants" or words of similar import, under any Environmental
Law; (vi) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of a
Hazardous Substance into the Environment; and (vii) "Site" means any of the real
properties currently or previously owned, leased, used or operated by the
Company, any predecessors of the Company or any entities previously owned by the
Principal Shareholders or the Company, including all soil, subsoil, surface
waters and groundwater thereat.
3.17 No Brokers. Neither the Company nor any Principal Shareholder has
employed, or otherwise engaged, any broker or finder or incurred any liability
for any brokerage or investment banking fees, commissions, finders' fees or
other similar fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.18 Receivables. All accounts receivable of the Company have arisen,
and as of the Closing Date will have arisen, from bona fide transactions in the
ordinary course of the Company's business consistent with past practice and
established in the ordinary course of such Company's business consistent with
past practice. Each of the accounts receivable of the Company either has been or
will be collected in full within a variance of 1%, without any set-off, in the
ordinary course of business.
3.19 Sale of Real Estate. All of the Company's right, title and
interest in and to the real estate consisting of the buildings located at 6734
and 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx (the "Real Estate") was transferred to
Xxxxxx Street LLC effective as of May 12, 1999 (the "Real Estate Transfer").
Annexed to Schedule 3.19 of the Disclosure Statement are true, correct and
complete copies of the sale documentation evidencing the Real Estate Transfer,
including, among other things, the parties' respective indemnification rights
and obligations with respect thereto.
3.20 Product/Service Claims. No service or product liability claim is
pending or threatened against the Company or against any other party with
respect to the services or products of the Company's business. Schedule 3.20 of
the Disclosure Statement lists all service and product liability claims seeking
damages in excess of $1,000 asserted against the Company
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(or in respect of which the Company has received notice) with respect to the
services or products of the Company's business or the Company during the last
five years. Claims not listed on Schedule 3.20 of the Disclosure Statement do
not aggregate more than $20,000.
3.21 Warranties. Schedule 3.21 of the Disclosure Statement sets forth a
summary of the practices and policies followed by the Business with respect to
warranties and returns of any products sold by it or with respect to any
services provided by it, whether such practices are oral or in writing or are
deemed to be legally enforceable. There is not presently, nor has there been
since January 1, 1998, any failure or defect in any product or service sold or
provided by the Company that has required, or that may require, a general recall
or replacement campaign or similar action with respect to such product or
service in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate for all such transactions with
respect to products or services sold or otherwise provided by it since January
1, 1998.
3.22 Insurance. Schedule 3.22 of the Disclosure Statement contains a
complete and correct list of all policies of insurance of any kind or nature
covering the Company, including policies of life, fire, theft, casualty, product
liability, workmen's compensation, business interruption, employee fidelity and
other casualty and liability insurance, indicating the type of coverage, name of
insured, the insurer, the expiration date of each policy, the amount of coverage
and whether on an "occurrence" or "claims made" basis. All such policies (i) are
with insurance companies that are financially sound and reputable and are in
full force and effect; (ii) are sufficient for compliance with all material
requirements of law and of all applicable material agreements; and (iii) are
valid, outstanding and enforceable policies. Complete and correct copies of such
policies have been furnished to Xybernaut. All such insurance policies or
comparable coverage shall be continued in full force and effect through the
Closing Date. Since January 1, 1997, the Company has not been denied any
insurance coverage which it has requested.
3.23 Delivery of Documents; Corporate Records. The Principal
Shareholders have heretofore caused the Company to deliver to Xybernaut true,
correct and complete copies of all documents, instruments, agreements and
records referred to in this Article 3 or in the Schedules to this Agreement and
copies of the minute and stock record books of the Company. The minute and stock
record books of the Company contain true, correct and complete copies of the
records of all meetings and consents in lieu of a meeting of the Board of
Directors (and all committees thereof) and the shareholders of the Company since
the date of its incorporation.
3.24 Customers, Suppliers and Distributors. Schedule 3.24 of the
Disclosure Statement sets forth (i) the sales of the Company for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999, (ii) the five customers with the highest dollar volume
of purchases from the Company during each of those periods indicating the
approximate total sales to each of those customers; and (iii) the five largest
suppliers and the five largest distributors of the Company during each of those
periods. There has not been any adverse change in the business relationship of
the Company with any such customer, supplier or distributor, and neither the
Principal Shareholders nor the Company are aware of any threatened loss of any
such customer, supplier or distributor.
3.25 Labor Matters. There are no labor strikes, slow-downs or stoppages
or other labor troubles pending or threatened with respect to the employees of
the Company; no representation questions exist; there is no collective
bargaining agreement binding on the Company and there is no agreement which
restricts the Company from relocating or closing any or all of its businesses
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or operations; there are no grievances asserted that might have an adverse
effect upon the Company's business, or the financial condition or prospects of
the Company, nor is there pending any arbitration proceeding arising out of or
under any labor union agreement; the Company has not experienced any work
stoppage during the last five (5) years.
3.26 Bank Accounts. Schedule 3.26 of the Disclosure Statement sets
forth the names and locations of all banks, depositories and other financial
institutions in which the Company has an account or safe deposit box and the
names of all persons authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.
3.27 Directors, Officers and Certain Employees. Schedule 3.27 of the
Disclosure Statement sets forth a complete and correct list of the names,
current annual salary, bonus compensation and title, for each director and
officer and each other employee of the Company who is a party to an employment
agreement with the Company or who received annual compensation during the
Company's most recently ended fiscal year, or who is entitled to receive
compensation, on an annualized basis, whether or not paid to date, in excess of
$125,000. Neither the Company nor any Principal Shareholder is aware of any
employee in the Company's senior management who intends to terminate his or her
employment relationship with the Company, either as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby or otherwise. The persons identified as key employees on
Schedule 3.27 of the Disclosure Statement are the Company's only key employees.
3.28 Compliance with Securities Laws. No outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company have been offered for sale, issued or sold by the Company
in violation of federal and applicable state securities laws.
3.29 No Misstatements or Omissions. No representation or warranty by
any Principal Shareholder or the Company contained in this Agreement and no
statement contained in any certificate, list, Schedule, Exhibit or other
instrument specified or referred to in this Agreement, whether heretofore
furnished to Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut or hereafter furnished to Acquisition
Sub or Xybernaut pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits or will omit any material fact necessary
to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
3.30 Investment Undertaking. The Principal Shareholders confirm that
the Xybernaut Shares to be issued to them pursuant to this Agreement will be
"restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144"). The Principal
Shareholders are acquiring such shares for their own account and not with a view
to their distribution within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act
of 1933. The Principal Shareholders understand that, until registered as
described below, such shares issued hereunder may not be disposed of for a
period of at least one year (and possibly two years) pursuant to Rule 144. The
Principal Shareholders understand that each must bear the economic risk of the
investment indefinitely because, other than pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement (as defined in Section 7.1(e)), such shares may not be sold,
hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from
registration is available. Each Principal Shareholder is a sophisticated
investor who either (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters such that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
this
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investment in the securities being acquired hereunder, or (ii) has obtained
independent professional financial advice sufficient to enable him to evaluate
the merits and risks of this investment in the securities being acquired
hereunder.
3.31 Accounting Matters. To the knowledge of the Principal Shareholders
and the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has taken or
agreed to take any action, and no fact or circumstance is known to the Principal
Shareholders and the Company, that would prevent Xybernaut from accounting for
the Merger as a "pooling of interests".
3.32 Proxy Statement. The Proxy Statement (as defined in Section 5.15)
shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUISITION SUB AND XYBERNAUT. Acquisition
Sub and Xybernaut, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company,
for whose benefit the representations and warranties shall survive only until
the Effective Time, and to the Principal Shareholders as follows:
4.1 Organization of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut. Xybernaut is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the state of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to
carry on its business as now being conducted, except for those jurisdictions
where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good standing individually
or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Xybernaut.
Acquisition Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of Virginia and has the requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted, except, for
those jurisdictions where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good
standing individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on Acquisition Sub. Each of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut is duly
qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for those jurisdictions where the
failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing individually or
in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Xybernaut and
Acquisition Sub, taken as a whole.
4.2 Authorization; Validity of Agreement. Each of Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform this Agreement and each other agreement, instrument, document and
certificate executed or to be executed pursuant to this Agreement (collectively,
with this Agreement, the "Xybernaut Transaction Documents") and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Each of this Agreement and the
other Xybernaut Transaction Documents has been, or at the Closing will be, duly
executed, authorized and delivered by each of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut, as
applicable, and is, or at the Closing will be, a valid and binding obligation of
each of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with their respective terms.
4.3 No Violations; Consents and Approvals.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the other Xybernaut Transaction Documents do not, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (i) violate any provision
of the certificate or articles of
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incorporation, as applicable, or bylaws of Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, (ii)
result in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or
lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any material Contract to which Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut is a party or by
which Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut or any of their respective properties or
assets may be bound or otherwise subject or (iii) violate any order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to
Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut or any of their respective properties or assets.
(b) No filing or registration with, notification to, or
authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity is required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Xybernaut
Transaction Documents by Acquisition Sub or by Xybernaut or the consummation by
Acquisition Sub or by Xybernaut of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, except for those required under or in relation to (i) state securities
or "blue sky" laws; (ii) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (iii) the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (iv) the VSCA with respect to the
filing of the Articles of Merger; (v) Xybernaut's listing requirements with the
NASDAQ Small Cap Market, and (vi) such consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, notifications, notices, estoppel certificates, releases,
registrations, ratifications, declarations, filings, waivers, exemptions or
variances, the failure of which to make or obtain would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut,
taken as a whole.
4.4 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4 or as disclosed in
reports filed by Xybernaut with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement
("SEC Reports"), there is no Proceeding pending nor, to the knowledge of
Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, is there any investigation or Proceeding
threatened in writing, that involves or affects Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, by
or before any Governmental Entity or any other Person that if adversely
determined would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut, taken as a whole.
4.5 Capital Structure. Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 4.5,
the authorized and outstanding capital stock of Xybernaut is as set forth in
Xybernaut's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1999
(the "Form 10-KSB").
4.6 Valid Issuance of Shares, Etc. Each of the Xybernaut Shares to be
issued in the Merger will, upon such issuance, be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and owned of record by each respective
Company Shareholder free and clear of all Liens other than Liens that may result
from acts of the Company Shareholders.
4.7 Financial Statements.
(a) The consolidated balance sheets of Xybernaut as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, together with the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and cash flows (including the related notes) for the
twelve-month periods then ended (all of the foregoing, the "Xybernaut Financial
Statements"), are set forth in the Form 10-KSB.
(b) The Xybernaut Financial Statements have been derived from, and
agree with, the books and records of Xybernaut and fairly present the financial
position of Xybernaut as of the respective dates thereof and the results of
operations Xybernaut for the respective
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periods set forth therein. The Xybernaut Financial Statements have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP as of the dates and for the periods involved, except as
described in the footnotes thereto.
5. OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
5.1 Conduct of Business. During the period from the date hereof (or
earlier, as set forth below) through the Closing Date, the Company shall, and
the Principal Shareholders shall cause the Company to, conduct its business in
the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and in such a manner that
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Without limiting
the generality of and in addition to the foregoing, prior to the Closing Date,
neither the Principal Shareholders nor the Company shall, except as Xybernaut
may otherwise consent to in writing, permit the Company to:
(a) amend its articles of organization or bylaws;
(b) authorize for issuance, issue, sell, deliver or agree or commit
to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options,
warrants, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any stock
of any class or any other securities, other than pursuant to options duly
authorized and granted prior to the date hereof of which Xybernaut is promptly
notified in writing;
(c) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock,
declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
stock or property or any combination thereof) to any shareholder or otherwise in
respect of its capital stock or redeem or otherwise acquire any of its
securities, or make any payments or distributions to any Person (other than
institutional bank lenders) to which the Company has any liability, other than
trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, subject to
the other provisions of this Article 5, or make any payments to any officer,
director or employee of the Company, except compensation at the applicable
annual rates currently in effect in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice;
(d) (i) incur or assume any indebtedness other than trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of business; (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or
otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly contingently or
otherwise) for any obligations of any other Person; or (iii) make any loans,
advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (other
than loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business in
accordance with past practices);
(e) enter into, adopt or amend any bonus, profit sharing,
compensation, severance, termination, stock option, stock appreciation right,
restricted stock, performance unit, pension, retirement, deferred compensation,
employment, severance or other employee benefit agreements, trusts, plans, funds
or other arrangements of or for the benefit or welfare of any employee, or
increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any employee or
pay any benefit not required by any existing plan and arrangement (including,
without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights,
shares of restricted stock or performance units);
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(f) acquire, sell, lease, transfer or dispose of any of its
properties or assets except in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice or enter into any material commitment or transaction;
(g) except as may be required by law, take any action to terminate
or materially amend any of its employee benefit plans with respect to or for the
benefit of employees;
(h) modify any policy or procedure with respect to credit to
customers or collection of receivables;
(i) pay, discharge or satisfy before it is due any claim or
liability of the Company or fail to pay any such item in a timely manner, in
each case given the Company's prior practices;
(j) cancel any debts or waive any claims or rights of substantial
value;
(k) except to the extent required by applicable law, change any
accounting principle or method or make any election for purposes of foreign,
federal, state or local income Taxes;
(l) take or suffer any action that would result in the creation, or
consent to the imposition, of any Lien on any of the properties or assets of the
Company;
(m) make or incur any capital expenditure, lease or commitment for
additions to property, plant, equipment or other capital assets in excess of
$25,000;
(n) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, amend, waive, surrender or terminate or agree to the amendment,
waiver, surrender or termination of any Material Contract, License or Consent.
(o) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, exercise any right or option under or extend or renew any Material
Contract; or
(p) enter into any Contract to do, or take, or agree in writing or
otherwise to take or consent to, any of the foregoing actions.
5.2 Access and Information.
(a) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, each of the
Company's officers, directors, employees, agents, accountants and counsel shall,
upon reasonable notice, (i) afford the officers, employees and authorized
agents, accountants, counsel and representatives of Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut reasonable access, during normal business hours, to (A) the offices,
properties, plants, other facilities, books, Contracts and records of the
Company and any records concerning the Company maintained and accumulated by its
representatives, and (B) those officers, directors, employees, agents,
accountants and counsel of the Company who have any knowledge relating to the
Company or the Company's business, and (ii) furnish to the officers, employees
and authorized agents, accountants, counsel and representatives of
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Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut such additional financial and operating data and
other information regarding the Company or the Company's business (including,
without limitation, any Contracts, licenses and patents in effect as of the date
hereof and any Contracts or licenses being negotiated or entered into between
the date hereof and the Closing Date), properties and goodwill as Acquisition
Sub and Xybernaut may from time to time reasonably request.
(b) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Xybernaut shall,
and shall cause each of its officers, directors, employees, agents, accountants
and counsel to, upon reasonable notice, (i) afford the officers, employees and
authorized agents, accountants, counsel and representatives of the Company
reasonable access, during normal business hours, to (A) the offices, properties,
plants, other facilities, books, Contracts and records of Xybernaut and any
records concerning the Xybernaut maintained and accumulated by its
representatives, and (B) those officers, directors, employees, agents,
accountants and counsel of Xybernaut who have any knowledge relating to
Xybernaut or Xybernaut's business, and (ii) furnish to the officers, employees
and authorized agents, accountants, counsel and representatives of the Company
such additional financial and operating data and other information regarding
Xybernaut or Xybernaut's business (including, without limitation, any Contracts,
licenses and patents in effect as of the date hereof and any Contracts or
licenses being negotiated or entered into between the date hereof and the
Closing Date), properties and goodwill as the Company may from time to time
reasonably request.
5.3 Tax Returns; Taxes.
(a) The Company shall:
(1) close each tax period that begins before the Closing Date
for each Tax as of the close of the day immediately preceding or on the Closing
Date to the extent permitted by Law;
(2) duly and timely file, at the Company's expense, each Tax
Return required to be filed by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date or
that include or relate to the Company's income, assets or business that are
required to be filed on or prior to the Closing Date (including valid extensions
of time to file); and
(3) duly and timely pay in full, all Taxes for which the
Company is or may be liable on each such Tax Return.
A Tax Return caused to be filed under this Section 5.3(a) shall be prepared on a
basis consistent with past practice.
(b) After the Closing Date, the Company, Xybernaut and the Principal
Shareholders shall each make available to the other, upon reasonable request,
all information, records or other documents relating to any Tax and shall
preserve all such information, records or other documents until the date that is
six (6) months after the expiration of the statute of limitations applicable to
the Tax. In addition, Xybernaut, the Company and the Principal Shareholders
shall cooperate with the other upon request in connection with all matters
relating to the preparation of any Tax Returns and in connection with any
Proceeding referred to in this provision. Any investigation, review, comment or
discussion by Xybernaut related to or in
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connection with the payment of Taxes, the preparation of Tax Returns or drafts
of Tax Returns, the filing of Tax Returns, any Tax Proceeding or any provision
of this Section 5.3 shall not affect the indemnity provisions of Article 9 or
limit the scope of such provisions (including but not limited to Section 9.1) in
any way, or affect any other representations, warranties or obligations of the
Principal Shareholders or the Company. Each Principal Shareholder shall bear his
own costs and expenses in complying with the provisions of this Section 5.3(b).
(c) The Principal Shareholders and the Company shall: (A) duly and
timely file with the applicable Taxing Authority all Tax Returns required to be
filed by the Principal Shareholders or the Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including without limitation, all
Tax Returns relating to any real property or stock transfer Tax, mortgage
recording Tax, or any documentary stamp Tax), and (B) duly and timely pay in
full all Taxes required to be paid in connection therewith.
5.4 Notice of Developments. Prior to the Closing Date, the Principal
Shareholders and the Company shall promptly notify Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut, and vice versa, in writing of: (i) all events, circumstances, facts
and occurrences arising subsequent to the date of this Agreement that could
result in any material breach of a representation or warranty or covenant of the
Principal Shareholders, the Company, Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, as the case
may be, in this Agreement or which could have the effect of making any
representation or warranty of the Principal Shareholders, the Company,
Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, as the case may be, in this Agreement untrue or
incorrect in any material respect, and (ii) all other material developments
affecting the business, financial condition, operations, results of operations,
customer or supplier relations, employee relations, projections or prospects of
the Company or Xybernaut, as the case may be.
5.5 Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information.
(a) From and after the date hereof, neither the Company nor the
Principal Shareholders shall divulge, communicate, use to the detriment of
Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut or for the benefit of any other Person, or misuse
in any way, any confidential information or trade secrets relating to the
Company, including, without limitation, financial information, personnel
information, secret processes, know-how, customer lists or other technical data.
(b) All non-public information, data and material furnished to
Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut by the Principal Shareholders and the Company prior
to the date of this Agreement or hereafter furnished which is expressly marked
"confidential" shall be deemed confidential for purposes of this Section 5.5.
Except for disclosures which may be necessary to satisfy conditions of this
Agreement or which may be required by applicable Law, Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut agree not to disclose or otherwise make available, at any time, any
such information, data or material to any other person whomsoever who does not
have a confidential relationship with Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, and that if,
for any reason, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not
consummated, all confidential information, data and material concerning the
Company obtained by Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut and their representatives, and
all copies thereof, will either be delivered to the Company or destroyed.
Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut agree that, except in connection with enforcement
of their rights under this Agreement, neither Acquisition Sub nor Xybernaut will
use any of the information, data or material in any manner that may be adverse
to the interests of the Company. The Principal
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Shareholders and the Company agree that, except in connection with enforcement
of their respective rights under this Agreement, neither the Principal
Shareholders nor the Company will use any of such information, data or material
in any manner that may be adverse to the interests of Xybernaut. The covenants
of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut in this Section 5.5(b) shall expire at the
Closing.
5.6 No Solicitation of Employees, Suppliers or Customers. No Principal
Shareholder shall, from and after the Closing Date, and for a period of three
(3) years thereafter, directly or indirectly, for himself or on behalf of any
other Person either (a) solicit to employ for himself for others any employee of
Xybernaut or any Affiliate of Xybernaut who was an employee of Xybernaut or any
Affiliate of Xybernaut at any time during the preceding 12-month period, or
solicit any such employee to leave such employee's employment or join the employ
of another, then or at a later time; or (b) contact any supplier, customer or
employee of Xybernaut or any Affiliate of Xybernaut for the purpose of
soliciting or diverting any such supplier, customer or employee from Xybernaut
or any Affiliate of Xybernaut.
5.7 Non-Competition.
(a) Until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Principal
Shareholders shall not, anywhere in the United States, directly or indirectly,
alone or in association with any other Person, firm, corporation or other
business organization, manage, operate or control, or participate in the
ownership, management, operation or control of, or otherwise become interested
in (whether as an owner, stockholder, partner, lender (excluding any financial
institution with which a Principal Shareholder is affiliated solely in his
capacity as a director or officer of such institution), consultant, executive,
agent, supplier, distributor or otherwise) any Competing Business (defined
below) or, directly or indirectly, induce or influence any customer or other
Person that has a business relationship with Xybernaut, or any Affiliate of
Xybernaut, to discontinue or reduce the extent of such relationship. For
purposes of this Agreement, a Principal Shareholder shall be deemed to be
directly or indirectly interested in a business if he is engaged or interested
in that business as a stockholder, director, officer, executive, agent, partner,
individual proprietor, consultant, advisor or otherwise, but not if the
Principal Shareholder's interest is limited solely to the ownership of not more
than 1% of the securities of a corporation or other Person whose shares are
listed or admitted to trade on a national securities exchange or are quoted on
NASDAQ or a similar means if NASDAQ is no longer providing such information.
"Competing Business" shall mean any business, enterprise or other
Person that, as one of its businesses or activities, is engaged in the business
of manufacturing, selling, marketing, licensing or distributing wearable
computers or the solutions associated therewith that are provided by the Company
specifically designed for wearable computer applications.
(b) Each Principal Shareholder acknowledges that the provisions of
this Section 5.7, and the period of time, geographic area and scope and type of
restrictions on its activities set forth herein, are reasonable and necessary
for the protection of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut and are an essential
inducement to Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut entering into the Transaction
Documents.
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5.8 Public Statements. From and after the date hereof and until the
Closing Date, neither Acquisition Sub, Xybernaut, the Company nor the Principal
Shareholders shall, or permit any Affiliate thereof to, either make, issue or
release any press release or any oral or written public announcement or
statement concerning or with respect to, or acknowledgment of the existence of,
or reveal the terms, conditions and status of, the Transaction Documents or the
transactions contemplated thereby, without the prior written consent of each of
the other parties hereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), unless such announcement is required by Law (including the Proxy
Statement, as defined in Section 5.15) or a Governmental Entity, in which case
the other parties shall be given notice of such requirement prior to such
announcement and the parties shall consult with each other as to the scope and
substance of such disclosure.
5.9 Other Actions. Each of the parties hereto shall use all reasonable
efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all actions, (ii) do, or cause to be
done, all things, and (iii) execute and deliver all such documents, instruments
and other papers, as in each case may be necessary, proper or advisable under
applicable Laws, or reasonably required in order to carry out the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated hereby.
5.10 Required Consents. The Principal Shareholders shall cause the
Company to receive all Required Consents as promptly as practicable but in any
event on or prior to the Closing Date, each of which Required Consents are set
forth on Schedule 3.4(b) of the Disclosure Statement. The Principal Shareholders
and/or the Company shall promptly provide Xybernaut with (i) copies of all
filings made with any Governmental Entity or other Person or any other
information supplied in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and (ii) all consents obtained from any party to any
Contract or any Lease and any Approval with respect to the Real Property.
5.11 Exclusivity. From and after the date hereof and unless and until
this Agreement is terminated as provided in Article 8, no Principal Shareholder
shall, and the Principal Shareholders shall cause the Company and each Affiliate
of the Company not to, directly or indirectly, encourage, solicit, initiate or
participate in discussions or negotiations with, provide any information to,
receive any proposals or offers from, or enter into any agreement with, any
third party, in each case other than Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut, that
involves the sale, joint venture or the other disposition of all or any portion
of the Company, its business or any merger, consolidation, recapitalization or
other business combination of any kind involving the Company. If a Principal
Shareholder or the Company receives or becomes aware of any such offer or
proposed offer, such Principal Shareholder and/or the Company shall promptly
notify Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut.
5.12 Amendments to Schedules. If either party should amend their
respective schedules to this Agreement or the Disclosure Statement, as the case
may be (the "Schedules"), after the date hereof, then such amended Schedules
shall be in form and substance acceptable to the other party. Any material
adverse impact on the transactions contemplated hereby reflected in any Schedule
shall be grounds for termination of this Agreement by the recipient of such
amended Schedule. A party's final acceptance of any amended Schedule shall be
evidenced by its delivery to the other party of written notice to such effect.
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5.13 Repayment of Certain Obligations to the Company. At or prior to
the Effective Time, the Principal Shareholders shall pay in full, and the
Principal Shareholders shall cause their respective Affiliates and other Persons
affiliated with them to pay in full, to the Company the outstanding amount of
all obligations, if any, of the Principal Shareholders and such Persons
(including, without limitation, an amount equal to all outstanding principal and
interest on all indebtedness of the Principal Shareholders or such Persons) to
the Company and all claims, if any, of the Company against the Principal
Shareholders and Affiliates, in full satisfaction thereof.
5.14 Pooling; Tax-Free Qualification. Each party shall use its
reasonable best efforts not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts not to
permit any of its Affiliates to, take any action that would prevent or impede
the Merger from qualifying as a "pooling of interests" for accounting purposes
or as a "reorganization" under Section 368 of the Code.
5.15 Preparation of Proxy Statement. As soon as is reasonably
practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Principal
Shareholders and the Company shall begin the preparation of a proxy statement
for a special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "Proxy Statement") to
approve the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the
Merger, and to select Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx to act as the agent of the stockholders
for consent to jurisdiction and as the representative of the Company's
stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The
drafting of the Proxy Statement shall be the responsibility of the Company's
legal counsel. The Company shall submit the Proxy Statement to Xybernaut for
review by Xybernaut and Xybernaut's legal counsel. Each of the Principal
Shareholders shall use his best efforts to cause a sufficient number of Company
Shareholders to approve the Merger.
5.16 F&M Guarantees. The Principal Shareholders shall maintain their
respective personal guarantees (the "F&M Guarantees") under the F&M Credit
Facility (as defined in Section 6.1(k)) for a period of ninety (90) days
following the Closing.
6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE CLOSING.
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Acquisition Sub's and Xybernaut 's
Obligations to Close. The obligation of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut to enter
into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby is
subject to the satisfaction prior to or on the Closing Date of each of the
following conditions; provided, however, that Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut
shall have the right to waive all or any part of each such condition and to
close the transactions contemplated hereby without, however, releasing the
Principal Shareholders or the Company from any covenant, obligation, agreement
or condition contained herein or from any liability for any loss or damage
sustained by Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut by reason of the breach by any
Principal Shareholder or the Company of any covenant, obligation, agreement or
condition contained herein or by reason of any misrepresentation made by any
Principal Shareholder or the Company; and provided further, however, that the
participation of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut in the Closing shall not in any
way be deemed to be a waiver of any claim they may have hereunder for any breach
of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement shall have been true and correct when made and shall be true and
correct in all
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material respects as of the Closing Date (except that any representation and
warranty that by its terms is expressly modified by "materiality," "in all
material respects" or words of similar import shall be true in all respects as
so modified), with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date,
except for such representations and warranties as are made as of a specific
date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date.
(b) The covenants and agreements of the Principal Shareholders and
the Company contained in this agreement and required to be complied with or
performed on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been complied with or
performed in all material respects.
(c) Xybernaut shall have received, each in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Xybernaut, all Required Consents and any other
Consent from any Governmental Entity or other Person that is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) No event or events shall have occurred between the date hereof
and the Closing Date which, individually or in the aggregate, have, or are
reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(e) The form and substance of all certificates, opinions, consents,
instruments, and other documents delivered to Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut
under this Agreement shall be satisfactory in all reasonable respects to
Acquisition Sub, Xybernaut and their counsel.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to Xybernaut each of the items
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1.
(g) The Company shall have delivered to Xybernaut letter agreements
executed by holders of not less than ninety percent (90%) of the Company Shares
containing the investment undertakings set forth in Section 3.30 hereof.
(h) Xybernaut shall have completed its legal and financial due
diligence of the Company, the results of which shall be satisfactory in the
judgment of Xybernaut.
(i) No Law shall be in effect that prohibits any party hereto from
consummating the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) There shall be no order, decree or injunction of a court of
competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity that prevents the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Proceeding
that threatens to prevent such transactions.
(k) Xybernaut shall have been provided with documentation in form
and substance acceptable to Xybernaut and its accountants confirming that, as of
the Closing, (1) the Company's outstanding obligations to F&M Bank ("F&M") under
the Company's existing credit facility with F&M (the "F&M Credit Facility")
shall not be in excess of $500,000 and (2) the Company's eligible accounts
receivable under the F&M Credit Facility shall not be less than $666,667.
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(l) At the Closing, each Company Shareholder shall deliver to
Xybernaut a certificate of non-foreign status, in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit 6.1(l)(1), together with a Form W-8 or Form W-9, as the case may be. At
the Closing, the Principal Shareholders shall deliver to Xybernaut a certificate
of non-United States real property holding company status, in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit 6.1(l)(2). The Principal Shareholders and the Company
understand that such certificates will be retained by Xybernaut and will be made
available to applicable Taxing authorities upon request.
(m) Xybernaut shall have received and delivered to the Company a
letter from Xybernaut's independent public accountants, and Xybernaut shall have
received a letter from the Company's independent public accountants, each dated
the Closing Date, stating that accounting for the Merger as a pooling of
interests under Opinion 16 of the Accounting Principles Board and applicable
Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations is appropriate if the
Merger is consummated as contemplated by this Agreement.
(n) Xybernaut shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxxx Lynch,
Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, dated on or about March 30, 2000, to the
effect that, as of such date, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point
of view, to Xybernaut and its stockholders.
(o) Xybernaut shall have received an opinion from Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx,
Esq. with respect to the due authorization by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and such other matters as shall be mutually agreed upon by
the parties.
(p) Xybernaut shall have received documentation, in form and
substance satisfactory to Xybernaut and its counsel, confirming that the Merger
has been approved by the Company Shareholders and that holders of not more than
three percent (3%) of the Company's capital stock entitled to vote on the Merger
exercised dissenters' rights by objecting to the Merger.
(q) The employees of the Company listed in Schedule 6.1(q) of the
Disclosure Schedule shall have entered into employment agreements or consulting
agreements with Xybernaut or the Company, effective as of the Closing Date, in
form and substance acceptable to Xybernaut.
6.2 Conditions Precedent to the Principal Shareholders' and the
Company's Obligations to Close. The obligations of the Principal Shareholders
and the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to
the satisfaction prior to or on the Closing Date of each of the following
conditions; provided, however, that the Principal Shareholders and the Company
shall have the right to waive all or any part of each such condition, and to
close the transactions contemplated hereby without, however, releasing
Acquisition Sub from any covenant, obligation, agreement or condition contained
herein or from any liability for any loss or damage sustained by the Principal
Shareholders or the Company by reason of the breach by Acquisition Sub or
Xybernaut of any covenant, obligation, agreement or condition contained herein,
or by reason of any misrepresentation made by Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut; and
provided further, however, that the participation of the Principal Shareholders
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and the Company in the Closing shall not in any way be deemed to be a waiver of
any claim they may have hereunder for any breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement:
(a) The representations and warranties of Acquisition Sub and of
Xybernaut contained in this Agreement shall have been true and correct when made
and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date,
with the same force and effect as if made as of the Closing Date (except that
any representation and warranty that by its terms is expressly modified by
"materiality," "in all material respects" or words of similar import shall be
true in all respects as so modified), other than such representations and
warranties as are made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of such date.
(b) The covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be
complied with by Acquisition Sub and by Xybernaut on or before the Closing Date
shall have been complied with in all material respects.
(c) The form and substance of all certificates, opinions, consents,
instruments and other documents delivered to the Principal Shareholders under
this Agreement shall be satisfactory in all reasonable respects to the Principal
Shareholders and their counsel.
(d) Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut shall have delivered to the
Principal Shareholders each of the items required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 7.2.
(e) No Law shall be in effect that prohibits any party hereto from
consummating the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) There shall be no order, decree or injunction of a court of
competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity that prevents the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Proceeding
that threatens to prevent such transactions.
(g) The Company shall have received an opinion from Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
LLP with respect to the due authorization by Xybernaut and Acquisition Sub of
the transactions contemplated hereby and such other matters as shall be mutually
agreed upon by the parties.
7. DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED AT THE CLOSING.
7.1 Deliveries of the Company. At the Closing, the Company shall
deliver or cause to be delivered the following items to Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut:
(a) a certificate dated the Closing Date and executed by the
President of the Company certifying the satisfaction of the conditions referred
to in Sections 6.1(a) and (b);
(b) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company certifying the
resolutions duly and validly adopted by the Company's Board of Directors
evidencing the authorization of their execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the other Company Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the names and signatures of
the officers of the Company authorized to sign this Agreement and the other
Company Transaction Documents;
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(c) the opinion of Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq., counsel to the Company,
with respect to the matters set forth in Section 6.1(o);
(d) a tax, lien and judgment search of the Company in the
Commonwealth of Virginia showing no items not disclosed in the Schedules to this
Agreement;
(e) the registration rights agreement in the form of Exhibit 7.1(e)
(the "Registration Rights Agreement"), providing for, among other things,
Xybernaut's undertaking to use its best efforts after the Closing to file with
the SEC, within ninety (90) days after the Effective Time, a registration
statement on Form S-3 for the registration by Xybernaut of twenty-five percent
(25%) the Xybernaut Shares issued pursuant to the Merger, the expenses of which
registration shall be borne by the parties in the manner set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(f) the certificates referred to in Section 6.1(l);
(g) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
(h) a certificate duly executed by the President of the Company,
attesting, with respect to the Company, the resolutions duly and validly adopted
by the Company evidencing the authorization of its execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Company Transaction Documents to which the Company
is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, as to its articles of incorporation and bylaws, and as to the
incumbency of each of its executive officers;
(i) a certificate with respect to the Company from the jurisdiction
of its incorporation attesting as to its valid existence as of a date recent to
the Closing Date;
(j) the Required Consents;
(k) the employment agreement between Xybernaut and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 7.1 (k), together with such
other provisions as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties thereto (the
"Rebibo Employment Agreement), duly executed by Xx. Xxxxxx;
(l) the employment agreement between Xybernaut and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 7.1 (k), together with such
other provisions as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties thereto (the
"Miskowich Employment Agreement"), duly executed by Xx. Xxxxxxxxx;
(m) the employment agreement between Xybernaut and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx in
substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 7.1(k), together with such
other provisions as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties thereto (the
"Xxxxxx Employment Agreement"), duly executed by Xx. Xxxxxx;
(n) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Representative (as
defined in Section 10.14) on behalf of the Principal Shareholders;
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(o) the Affiliate Agreements;
(p) resignations, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by each
officer and direct of the Company;
(q) the investment undertakings required by Section 6.1(g);
(r) the certificates and forms required by Section 6.1(l);
(s) the documentation required by Section 6.1(k) with respect to the
Company's financial condition; and
(t) the documentation required by Section 6.1(p) with respect to
approval of the Merger by the Company Shareholders.
7.2 Deliveries of Xybernaut and Acquisition Sub. At the Closing,
Xybernaut and/or Acquisition Sub, as applicable, shall deliver or cause to be
delivered the following items to the Company:
(a) a certificate dated the Closing Date and executed by Acquisition
Sub and Xybernaut certifying the satisfaction of the conditions referred to in
Sections 6.2(a) and (b);
(b) a certificate of the Secretary of each of Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut certifying the resolutions duly and validly adopted by each of
Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut evidencing the authorization of their execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the other Xybernaut Transaction Documents and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the
names and signatures of the officers of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut authorized
to sign this Agreement and the other Xybernaut Transaction Documents.
(c) the opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, counsel to Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut, with respect to the matters set forth in Section 6.2(g);
(d) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
(e) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by Xybernaut;
(f) the Rebibo Employment Agreement, duly executed by Xybernaut;
(g) the Miskowich Employment Agreement, duly executed by Xybernaut;
(h) the Xxxxxx Employment Agreement, duly executed by Xybernaut; and
(i) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Xybernaut.
7.3 Deliveries to the Escrow Agent. At the Closing, Xybernaut shall
deliver the Escrowed Shares to the Escrow Agent, the Principal Shareholders
shall deliver the Stock Powers to the Escrow Agent, and each party to the Escrow
Agreement shall deliver the Escrow Agreement to the other parties thereto, duly
executed by such party.
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8. TERMINATION.
8.1 Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the
Closing:
(1) by the mutual agreement of Acquisition Sub, Xybernaut, and
the Company;
(2) by Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, on the one hand, or the
Company, on the other hand (if such party is not in breach of or default under
this agreement), giving written notice to such effect to the other party if the
Closing shall not have occurred on or before the Last Date for Closing (as
defined in Section 8.1(c) below), or such later date as the parties shall have
agreed upon in writing prior to the giving of such notice; or
(3) by either Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut, on the one hand,
or by the Company, on the other hand, in the event of a material breach by or
default of the other party hereto.
(b) Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a), all
obligations of the parties shall terminate except those under Sections 5.5 and
9; provided, however, that no such termination shall relieve the Company of any
liability to Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut, or Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut of
any liability to the Company, by reason of any breach of or default under this
Agreement.
(c) The "Last Date for Closing" shall be April 30, 2000 unless the
parties hereto agree on a later date in writing.
9. INDEMNIFICATION.
9.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties of the Company.
Notwithstanding any right of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut to fully to
investigate the affairs of the Company and notwithstanding any knowledge of
facts determined or determinable by Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut pursuant to
such investigation or right of investigation, Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut have
the right to rely fully upon the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document. All such
representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Closing hereunder and shall thereafter continue in full force
and effect until the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and the Company's
and the Principal Shareholders' liability in respect of any breach of any such
representation or warranty shall terminate on the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, except for liability with respect to which notice shall have been
given on or prior to such date to the party against which such claim is asserted
pursuant to Section 9.6, which liability shall remain an obligation of the party
against whom such claim is asserted.
9.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties of Acquisition Sub and
Xybernaut. The Company has the right to rely fully upon the representations and
warranties of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut contained in this Agreement or in
any other Transaction Document. All such representations and warranties shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
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Closing hereunder and shall thereafter continue in full force and effect until
the first anniversary of the Closing Date and the liability of Acquisition Sub
and of Xybernaut in respect of any breach of any such representation or warranty
shall terminate on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, except for
liability with respect to which notice shall have been given on or prior to such
date to the party against which such claim is asserted pursuant to Section 9.6,
which liability shall remain an obligation of the party against whom such claim
is asserted.
9.3 Determination of Damages Without Regard to "Materiality" or
"Knowledge" Qualifications.
(a) Certain representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement and in certain Agreements, documents and instruments executed and
delivered in connection with this agreement include either (or both) a
Materiality Qualification (as defined below) or a Knowledge Qualification (as
defined below). Notwithstanding any such qualification, it is the intention of
the parties that the only purpose of the Materiality Qualifications and the
Knowledge Qualifications is to determine whether the representations and
warranties of Article 3 are true and correct for purposes of Acquisition Sub 's
and Xybernaut's condition to consummate the transactions contemplated at the
Closing. Accordingly, Damages recoverable under this Section 9 shall be
determined as though no Materiality Qualification and no Knowledge Qualification
was contained in or applied with respect to any representation or warranty of
Article 3.
(b) As used herein:
(1) the term "Materiality Qualification" means any term,
expression, word or combination thereof that qualifies a representation,
warranty or other statement made with respect to "materiality," "in all material
respects," or insofar as any misstatement of such representation, warranty or
other statement would result in or reflect a "Material Adverse Effect," or words
or terms of similar import, and
(2) the term "Knowledge Qualification" means any term,
expression, word or combination thereof that qualifies a representation,
warranty or other statement made with respect to the "knowledge" of the party
making the representation, warranty or other statement.
9.4 Limited Indemnification by the Principal Shareholders. The
Principal Shareholders shall indemnify and defend Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut
and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders,
agents, advisors or representatives (each, a "Xybernaut Indemnitee") against,
and hold each Xybernaut Indemnitee harmless from, any loss, liability,
obligation, deficiency, damage, Tax or expense including, without limitation,
interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys' and consultants' fees and
disbursements (collectively, "Damages"), that any Xybernaut Indemnitee may
suffer or incur based upon, arising out of, relating to or in connection with
any of the following (whether or not in connection with any third party claim):
(a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company
contained in this Agreement or in any other Company Transaction Document or in
respect of any claim made based upon facts that would constitute any such
breach;
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(b) the Principal Shareholders' or the Company's failure to perform
or to comply with any covenant or condition required to be performed or complied
with by the Principal Shareholders or the Company contained in this Agreement or
in any other Company Transaction Document; or
(c) any claim arising out of the Real Estate Transfer.
9.5 Indemnification by Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut. Acquisition Sub
and Xybernaut shall indemnify and defend the Principal Shareholders and their
agents, advisors or representatives (each, a "Shareholder Indemnitee") against,
and hold each Shareholder Indemnitee harmless from, any Damages that the
Shareholder Indemnitee may suffer or incur arising from, related to or in
connection with any of the following:
(a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by Acquisition
Sub or Xybernaut contained in this Agreement or in any other Xybernaut
Transaction Document or in respect of any claim made based upon facts alleged
that would constitute any such breach; or
(b) the failure of Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut to perform or to
comply with any covenant or condition required to be performed or complied with
by Acquisition Sub or Xybernaut contained in this Agreement or in any other
Xybernaut Transaction Document.
9.6 Indemnification Procedures.
(a) Promptly after notice to an indemnified party of any claim or
the commencement of any Proceeding, including any Proceeding by a third party,
involving any Damages, such indemnified party shall, if a claim for
indemnification in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
pursuant to this Article 9, give written notice to the indemnifying party of the
commencement of such claim or Proceeding, setting forth in reasonable detail the
nature thereof and the basis upon which such party seeks indemnification
hereunder; provided, however, that the failure of any indemnified party to give
such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under
such section, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually
prejudiced by the failure to give such notice.
(b) (i) In the case of any such Proceeding by a third party against
an indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall, upon notice as provided
above, assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party, and, after notice from the indemnifying party to the
indemnified party of its assumption of the defense thereof, the indemnifying
party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof (but the indemnified party shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to participate at its own cost and expense in such defense by
counsel of its own choice) or for any amounts paid or foregone by the
indemnified party as a result of the settlement or compromise thereof (without
the written consent of the indemnifying party).
(ii) Anything in Section 9.6(b)(i) notwithstanding, if both
the indemnifying party and the indemnified party are named as parties or subject
to such Proceeding and either such party determines with advice of counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it that are different from
or additional to those available to the other party
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or that a material conflict of interest between such parties may exist in
respect of such Proceeding, then the indemnifying party may decline to assume
the defense on behalf of the indemnified party or the indemnified party may
retain the defense on its own behalf, and, in either such case, after notice to
such effect is duly given hereunder to the other party, the indemnifying party
shall be relieved of its obligation to assume the defense on behalf of the
indemnified party, but shall be required to pay any legal or other expenses
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements,
incurred by the indemnified party in such defense.
(c) If the indemnifying party assumes the defense of any such
Proceeding, the indemnified party shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying
party and shall appear and give testimony, produce documents and other tangible
evidence, allow the indemnifying party access to the books and records of the
indemnified party and otherwise assist the indemnifying party in conducting such
defense. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified
party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or
compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all
liability in respect of such claim or Proceeding. Provided that proper notice is
duly given, if the indemnifying party shall fail promptly and diligently to
assume the defense thereof, then the indemnified party may respond to, contest
and defend against such Proceeding (but the indemnifying party shall have the
right to participate at its own cost and expense in such defense by counsel of
its own choice) and may make in good faith any compromise or settlement with
respect thereto, and recover from the indemnifying party the entire cost and
expense thereof including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements and all amounts paid or foregone as a result of such Proceeding,
or the settlement or compromise thereof. The indemnification required hereunder
shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of
the investigation or defense, as and when bills or invoices are received or
loss, liability, obligation, damage or expense is actually suffered or incurred.
9.7 Limitations on Indemnification.
(a) The Principal Shareholders shall have indemnification
obligations pursuant to Section 9.4(a) respecting Damages that result from
breaches of representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement only to
the extent set forth in Section 9.7(c).
(b) Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut shall have indemnification
obligations pursuant to Section 9.5(a) respecting Damages that result from
breaches of representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement only if
and only to the extent that the aggregate of all Damages resulting from such
breaches shall exceed $100,000.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in
the event a Xybernaut Indemnitee makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to
this Article 9, such claim shall be made solely against the Escrowed Shares
pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement; provided, however, that if a
claim is made by a Xybernaut Indemnitee on account of Damages arising out of the
fraudulent acts or fraudulent omissions of the Company or any Principal
Shareholder with respect to the matters contemplated by this Agreement, and such
claim is upheld by a court of competent jurisdiction in a non-appealable final
judgment, then the
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Principal Shareholders shall be personally liable for the
full amount of such Damages on a joint and several basis, irrespective of the
party responsible for the fraudulent acts or omissions.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
10.1 Transaction Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, each party hereto shall bear such costs, fees and expenses as
may be incurred by it in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby; provided, however, that any such expenses incurred by the
Company shall not exceed $50,000 in the aggregate.
10.2 Notices. Any notice, demand, request or other communication which
is required, called for or contemplated to be given or made hereunder to or upon
any party hereto shall be deemed to have been duly given or made for all
purposes if (a) in writing and sent by (i) messenger or a recognized national
overnight courier service for next day delivery with receipt therefor, or (ii)
certified or registered mail, postage paid, return receipt requested, or (b)
sent by facsimile transmission with a written copy thereof sent on the same day
by postage paid first-class mail or (c) by personal delivery to such party at
the following address:
if to Xybernaut, to:
Xybernaut Corporation
00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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if to the Company or the Principal Shareholders, to:
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
or such other address as either party hereto may at any time, or from time to
time, direct by notice given to the other party in accordance with this section.
The date of giving or making of any such notice or demand shall be, in the case
of clause (a)(i), the date of the receipt, in the case of clause (a)(ii), five
business days after such notice or demand is sent, and, in the case of clause
(b), the business day next following the date such notice or demand is sent.
10.3 Amendment. Except as otherwise provided herein, no amendment of
this Agreement shall be valid or effective unless in writing and signed by or on
behalf of the party against whom the same is sought to be enforced.
10.4 Waiver. No course of dealing of any party hereto, no omission,
failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in asserting or exercising any
right hereunder, and no partial or single exercise of any right hereunder by any
party hereto shall constitute or operate as a waiver of any such right or any
other right hereunder. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective
unless in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party to be charged
therewith. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be deemed or construed as a
continuing waiver, as a waiver in respect of any other or subsequent breach or
default of such provision, or as a waiver of any other provision hereof unless
expressly so stated in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party to be
charged therewith.
10.5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
interpreted and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
10.6 Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in connection with any Proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby, waives any objection to venue in such District (unless such court lacks
jurisdiction with respect to such Proceeding, in which case, each of the parties
hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
Virginia located in Fairfax County in connection with such Proceeding and waives
any objection to venue in the State of Virginia, and agrees that service of any
summons, complaint, notice or other process relating to such Proceeding may be
effected in the manner provided by clause (a) of Section 10.2.
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10.7 Remedies. In the event of any actual or prospective breach or
default by any party hereto, the other parties shall be entitled to equitable
relief, including remedies in the nature of rescission, injunction and specific
performance. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive. Nothing
contained herein and no election of any particular remedy shall be deemed to
prohibit or limit any party from pursuing, or be deemed a waiver of the right to
pursue, any other remedy or relief available now or hereafter existing at law or
in equity (whether by statute or otherwise) for such actual or prospective
breach or default, including the recovery of damages.
10.8 Severability. The provisions hereof are severable and if any
provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be legally invalid,
inoperative or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected, but
shall, subject to the discretion of such court, remain in full force and effect,
and any such invalid, inoperative or unenforceable provision shall be deemed,
without any further action on the part of the parties hereto, amended and
limited to the extent necessary to render such provision valid, operative and
enforceable.
10.9 Further Assurances. Each party hereto covenants and agrees
promptly to execute, deliver, file or record such agreements, instruments,
certificates and other documents and to perform such other and further acts as
the other party hereto may reasonably request or as may otherwise be necessary
or proper to consummate and perfect the transactions contemplated hereby.
10.10 Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assignees.
Permitted assignees of the rights of Acquisition Sub and Xybernaut hereunder
shall include any person or entity which acquires all or substantially all of
the capital stock or assets of Xybernaut or is the successor to Xybernaut by
merger, consolidation or other similar transaction and any financial institution
providing financing to Xybernaut or to the Company after the Closing. Neither
the Company nor the Principal Shareholders may assign any of their rights or
obligations hereunder without the consent of Xybernaut.
10.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this
Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended, or shall be deemed, to
create or confer any right, interest or remedy for the benefit of any Person
other than as otherwise provided in this agreement.
10.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Disclosure
Statement, Exhibits, Schedules, certificates and other documentation referred to
herein or required to be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof, contains the
terms of the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements, commitments,
understandings, discussions, negotiations or arrangements of any nature relating
thereto.
10.13 Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are included
for convenience and reference purposes only and shall be given no effect in the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
10.14 Appointment of Representative. The Principal Shareholders hereby
appoint Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx or his duly appointed representative to serve as the
Principal Shareholders' agent and attorney-in-fact (the "Representative"), with
full power and authority (including power of
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substitution), in the name of and for and on behalf of each of the Principal
Shareholders, or in its own name as Representative, to take all actions required
or permitted under the Escrow Agreement and in connection with the transactions
contemplated thereby, including the giving and receiving of all accountings,
reports, notices and consents and the signing of all certificates, notices,
instructions and other documents and making all determinations hereunder and
thereunder. The authority conferred hereby shall be an agency coupled with an
interest, and all authority conferred hereby is irrevocable and not subject to
termination by the Principal Shareholders (or any of them), or by operation of
law, whether by the death or incapacity of the Principal Shareholders, or the
occurrence of any other event. If any Principal Shareholder should die or become
incapacitated or if any other such event should occur, any action taken by the
Representative shall be as valid as if such death or incapacity, termination or
other event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Representative or
any other party hereto or to any other agreement contemplated hereby shall have
received notice of such death, incapacity, termination or other event. Any
notice given to the Representative shall constitute effective notice to each of
the Principal Shareholders, and any other party to the Escrow Agreement or any
other Person may rely on any notice, consent, election or other communication
received from the Representative as if such notice, consent, election or other
communication had been received from each of the Principal Shareholders. With
respect to all matters relating to the Principal Shareholders arising under the
Escrow Agreement, Xybernaut and the escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement
shall be required to deal only with the Representative, and the decision of the
Representative with respect to any matter shall be binding on all of the
Principal Shareholders. The Representative may rely on any notice, instruction,
certificate or other instrument which it believes to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by a proper person or persons.
The Principal Shareholders hereby agree to bear the reasonable charges
of the Representative, including reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses and
other costs, and such attorneys' fees, expenses and other costs as may be
incurred by the Representative in connection with the administration of the
provisions of the Escrow Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
The Representative shall have no duties or responsibilities except
those expressly set forth in the Escrow Agreement. The Representative shall be
held harmless by the Principal Shareholders from any liability, loss, claim,
demand or expense (including attorney's fees and expenses) arising out of or in
connection with the performance of its obligations in accordance with the Escrow
Agreement, except for any of the foregoing arising out of the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Representative. The foregoing provision shall
survive the resignation or substitution of the Representative or the termination
of this Agreement and/or the Escrow Agreement.
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10.15 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
SELFWARE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
SELFWARE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS:
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XXXXXXX XXXXXX
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XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
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XXXXXX XXXXXX
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EXHIBIT 2.5
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ESCROW AGREEMENT
ESCROW AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), made as of April __, 2000, by
and among Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, an individual, in his capacity as representative (the
"Shareholders Representative") of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx (collectively, the "Principal Shareholders"), Xybernaut Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Xybernaut"), and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, a New York limited
liability partnership, as escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to a Merger Agreement, dated March 30, 2000,
among Xybernaut, Selfware Acquisition Corporation, a Virginia corporation
("Acquisition Sub"), Selfware, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "Company") and
the Principal Shareholders (the "Merger Agreement"), Acquisition Sub has merged
(the "Merger") with and into the Company;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger the Principal Shareholders have
received shares (the "Xybernaut Shares") common stock, par value $.01 per share,
of Xybernaut, in consideration for their stock in the Company; and
WHEREAS, the parties to the Merger Agreement have agreed that the
Principal Shareholders shall deposit a portion of their respective Xybernaut
Shares in escrow to secure their indemnification obligations under Article 9 of
the Merger Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Merger
Agreement. However, no reference to the Merger Agreement or any other instrument
or document shall be deemed to incorporate any term or provision thereof into
this Agreement unless expressly so provided.
2. Escrow of Xybernaut Shares.
(a) Pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Merger Agreement, the Principal
Shareholders have contemporaneously herewith delivered to the Escrow Agent an
aggregate of ___________ Xybernaut Shares (the "Escrowed Shares"), as more
particularly set forth on Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with stock powers
executed in blank by the respective Principal Shareholders, which Schedule sets
forth the number of Xybernaut Shares deposited into escrow by each Principal
Shareholder and the stock certificate numbers of the Xybernaut Shares so
deposited. The Escrowed Shares shall not include any "Registrable Securities,"
as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement. The parties acknowledge and
agree that, for
purposes of this Agreement, the value of the Escrowed Shares is $____________ in
the aggregate, or $___________ per Share.
(b) All actions to be taken hereunder with respect to or on account of
a Principal Shareholder shall be taken exclusively by the Shareholders
Representative, who has been appointed to act on behalf of the Principal
Shareholders in accordance with Section 10.14 of the Merger Agreement. Each of
Xybernaut and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on any notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, statement, paper, document, writing or communication
provided to it by the Shareholders Representative as having been duly authorized
and approved by the relevant Principal Shareholder(s). All references herein to
a Principal Shareholder in his capacity as an indemnifying party shall be deemed
to be, solely for purposes of this Agreement, references to the Shareholders
Representative, acting on behalf of any such indemnifying party.
(c) All dividends and distributions, if any, and any proceeds thereon
paid by Xybernaut in respect of the Escrowed Shares and delivered to the Escrow
Agent shall be forwarded to the Principal Shareholders, as applicable, and all
voting rights associated with the Escrowed Shares shall remain with the
Principal Shareholders, and the Escrow Agent shall have no right to vote such
Escrowed Shares.
3. Release of Escrowed Shares.
(a) In the event that a Xybernaut Indemnitee, (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) determines that there exists a claim for which it is entitled to be
reimbursed or indemnified pursuant to the Merger Agreement, such Xybernaut
Indemnitee shall be entitled to assert a claim in writing (an "Asserted Claim")
against the Escrowed Shares in respect of each such claim and amount, as the
case may be, by notifying the Shareholders Representative (with a copy of the
notification to the Escrow Agent) in reasonable detail of the basis and amount
of such Asserted Claim. If, within twenty (20) days after the sending of such
notice by the Xybernaut Indemnitee, the Escrow Agent shall not have received
from the Shareholders Representative a written statement disputing all or any
part of such Asserted Claim, then the Escrow Agent shall deliver to a Xybernaut
Indemnitee such number of the Escrowed Shares as may be available and as may be
necessary to pay the amount of such Asserted Claim in full. If, within twenty
(20) days after the sending of such notice by the Xybernaut Indemnitee, the
Xybernaut Indemnitee and the Escrow Agent shall have received from the
Shareholders Representative a written statement disputing all or a portion of
such Asserted Claim, then the Xybernaut Indemnitee may order the Escrow Agent to
deliver to the Xybernaut Indemnitee such number of the Escrowed Shares as may be
available and as may be necessary to pay any portion of such Asserted Claim that
is not disputed, and the Escrow Agent shall promptly follow such instructions.
The Xybernaut Indemnitee shall have the right to notify the indemnifying party
of Asserted Claims at any time and from time to time, subject to the provisions
of the Merger Agreement.
(b) In the event that the Shareholders Representative disputes all or a
portion of any Asserted Claim within the time and in the manner prescribed in
Section 3(a) hereof, the Escrow Agent shall have the right to act in accordance
with Section 5 hereof and shall not release any disputed Escrowed Shares until
(i) receipt by the Escrow Agent of joint written
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instructions from the Xybernaut Indemnitee and the Shareholders Representative,
directing the manner in which payment of such amounts is to be made, or (ii) as
directed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction which is not
subject to further appeal or other appellate review, together with an opinion of
counsel to the party which successfully sought such order (or if no party sought
such order, then of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Escrow Agent) to the
effect that such order is not appealable.
(c) Subject to the foregoing and all of the other provisions hereof, as soon as
reasonably practical following the first anniversary of the Closing Date (as
defined in the Merger Agreement), the Escrow Agent shall release the Escrowed
Shares then held by it to the Shareholders Representative.
(d) In the event that a Xybernaut Indemnitee is entitled to direct the
Escrow Agent to deliver to it any Escrowed Shares deposited in Escrow hereunder
(the "Indemnity Shares") on account of an Asserted Claim, the parties hereby
authorize the Escrow Agent to complete the stock powers deposited with such
Indemnity Shares so as to effect the assignment of the Indemnity Shares to the
Xybernaut Indemnitee in accordance with the Principal Shareholders' respective
proportionate ownership of the Escrowed Shares, net of any required tax or other
withholding or deduction, whereupon the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Indemnity
Shares and related stock powers to the Company for reissuance to Xybernaut and
the Principal Shareholders in accordance with the foregoing, and Xybernaut
hereby agrees to take all actions as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect
the foregoing.
4. Further Assurances. Each of the Shareholders Representative, on the
one hand, and Xybernaut, on the other hand (collectively, the "Beneficiaries"),
agrees to do such further acts and things and to execute and deliver such
statements, assignments, agreements, instruments and other documents, and the
Shareholders Representative agrees to cause the Principal Shareholders to do
such further acts and things and to execute and deliver such statements,
assignments, agreements, instruments and other documents, as the Escrow Agent
from time to time reasonably may request in connection with the administration,
maintenance, enforcement or adjudication of this Agreement in order (a) to give
the Escrow Agent confirmation and assurance of the Escrow Agent's rights,
powers, privileges, remedies and interests under this Agreement and applicable
law, (b) to better enable the Escrow Agent to exercise any such right, power,
privilege, remedy or interest, or (c) to otherwise effectuate the purpose and
the terms and provisions of this Agreement, each in such form and substance as
may be reasonably acceptable to the Escrow Agent.
5. Conflicting Demands. If conflicting or adverse claims or demands are
made or notices served upon the Escrow Agent with respect to the escrow provided
for herein, the parties agree that the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse
to comply with any such claim or demand and to withhold and stop all further
performance of this escrow so long as such disagreement shall continue. In so
doing, the Escrow Agent shall not be or become liable for damages, losses,
costs, expenses or interest to any Beneficiary or to any Principal Shareholder
or any other person for its failure to comply with such conflicting or adverse
demands. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to continue to so refrain and refuse
to so act until such conflicting claims or demands shall have been finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or shall have
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been settled by agreement of the parties to such controversy, in which case the
Escrow Agent shall be notified thereof in a notice signed by such parties. The
Escrow Agent may also elect to commence an interpleader or other action for
declaratory judgment for the purpose of having the respective rights of the
claimants adjudicated, and may deposit with the court all funds held hereunder
pursuant to this Agreement; and if it so commences and deposits, the Escrow
Agent shall be relieved and discharged from any further duties and obligations
under this Agreement. The Shareholders Representative, on behalf of the
Principal Shareholders, on the one hand, and Xybernaut, on the other hand, agree
to pay one-half of any and all costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees
and expenses incurred by the Escrow Agent in seeking any such judgment.
6. Consent to Jurisdiction, Etc. The Shareholders Representative, on
behalf of the Principal Shareholders, and Xybernaut hereby covenant and agree
that the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York or
(in a case involving diversity of citizenship) the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York shall have personal jurisdiction and
proper venue over any dispute with the Escrow Agent; provided that the foregoing
consent to jurisdiction and venue by the other parties shall not deprive the
Escrow Agent of the right in its discretion to voluntarily commence or
participate in any action, suit or proceeding in any other court having
jurisdiction and venue over the Beneficiaries. Each Beneficiary hereby waives
personal service of any summons, complaint or other process, which may be
delivered by any of the means permitted for notices under Section 12 hereof. In
any action or proceeding involving the Escrow Agent in any jurisdiction, each
Beneficiary waives trial by jury.
7. Expenses of the Escrow Agent. Each of the Shareholders
Representative, on the one hand, and Xybernaut, on the other hand, agrees to pay
one-half of any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Escrow Agent in
connection with all waivers, releases, discharges, satisfactions, modifications
and amendments of this Agreement, the administration and holding of the Escrowed
Shares, and the enforcement, protection and adjudication of the parties' rights
hereunder by the Escrow Agent, including, without limitation, the disbursements,
expenses and fees of the Escrow Agent itself and those of other attorneys it may
retain, if any.
8. Reliance on Documents and Experts. The Escrow Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon any notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement,
paper, document, writing or communication (which to the extent permitted
hereunder may be by telecopier or telephone) reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person or persons,
and upon opinions and advice of legal counsel (including itself or counsel for
any party hereto), independent public accountants and other experts selected by
the Escrow Agent.
9. Status of the Escrow Agent, Etc. The Escrow Agent is acting under
this Agreement as a stakeholder only and shall be considered an independent
contractor with respect to each Beneficiary. No term or provision of this
Agreement is intended to create, nor shall any such term or provision be deemed
to have created, any principal-agent, trust, joint venture, partnership,
debtor-creditor or attorney-client relationship between or among the Escrow
Agent and any of the Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not be deemed to
prohibit or in any way
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restrict the Escrow Agent's representation of Xybernaut or any affiliate of
Xybernaut, who may be advised by the Escrow Agent on any and all matters
pertaining to this Agreement and the Escrowed Shares. Xybernaut, for itself and
its affiliates (collectively, "Xybernaut"), hereby waives any conflict of
interest and irrevocably authorizes and directs the Escrow Agent to carry out
the terms and provisions of this Agreement fairly as to all parties, without
regard to any such representation and irrespective of the impact upon any
Xybernaut Affiliate. The Escrow Agent's only duties are those expressly set
forth in this Agreement, and each Beneficiary authorizes the Escrow Agent to
perform those duties in accordance with its usual practices in holding funds of
its own or those of other escrows. The Escrow Agent may exercise or otherwise
enforce any of its rights, powers, privileges, remedies and interests under this
Agreement and applicable law or perform any of its duties under this Agreement
by or through its directors, officers, partners, employees, attorneys, agents or
designees.
10. Exculpation. The Escrow Agent and its designees, and their
respective directors, officers, partners, employees, attorneys and agents, shall
not incur any liability whatsoever for the taking of any action in accordance
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, for any mistake or error in
judgment, for compliance with any applicable law or any attachment, order or
other directive of any court or other authority (irrespective of any conflicting
term or provision of this Agreement), or for any act or omission of any other
person engaged by the Escrow Agent in connection with this Agreement (other than
for a person's own acts or omissions breaching a duty owed to the claimant and
amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined
pursuant to applicable law by a governmental authority having jurisdiction); and
each Beneficiary hereby waives any and all claims and actions whatsoever against
the Escrow Agent and its designees, and their respective directors, officers,
partners, employees, attorneys and agents, arising out of or related directly or
indirectly to any and all of the foregoing acts, omissions and circumstances.
Furthermore, the Escrow Agent and its designees, and their respective directors,
officers, partners, employees, attorneys and agents, shall not incur any
liability (other than for a person's own acts or omissions breaching a duty owed
to the claimant and amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct as
finally determined pursuant to applicable law by a governmental authority having
jurisdiction) for other acts and omissions arising out of or related directly or
indirectly to this Agreement or the Escrowed Shares; and each Beneficiary hereby
expressly waives any and all claims and actions (other than those attributable
to a person's own acts or omissions breaching a duty owed to the claimant and
amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined
pursuant to applicable law by a governmental authority having jurisdiction)
against the Escrow Agent and its designees, and their respective directors,
officers, partners, employees, attorneys and agents, arising out of or related
directly or indirectly to any and all of the foregoing acts, omissions and
circumstances.
11. Indemnification. The Escrow Agent and its designees, and their
respective directors, officers, partners, employees, attorneys and agents, shall
be indemnified, reimbursed, held harmless and, at the request of the Escrow
Agent, defended, by the Beneficiaries, jointly and severally, from and against
any and all claims, liabilities, losses and expenses (including, without
limitation, the disbursements, expenses and fees of their respective attorneys)
that may be imposed upon, incurred by, or asserted against any of them, arising
out of or related directly
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or indirectly to this Agreement or the Escrowed Shares, except such as are
occasioned by the indemnified person's own acts and omissions breaching a duty
owed to the claimant and amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct as
finally determined pursuant to applicable law by a governmental authority having
jurisdiction.
12. Notices. Any notice or demand hereunder to or upon either party
hereto required or permitted to be given or made shall be deemed to have been
duly given or made for all purposes if (a) in writing and sent by (i) messenger
or an overnight courier service against receipt, or (ii) certified or registered
mail, postage paid, return receipt requested, or (b) sent by telegram, telecopy,
telex or similar electronic means, provided that a written copy thereof is sent
on the same day by postage paid first-class mail, to such party at the following
address:
To the Shareholders
Representative: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
To Xybernaut: Xybernaut Corporation
00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
Fax: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
The Chrysler Building
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000
To the Escrow Agent: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
The Chrysler Building
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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or such other address as either party hereto may at any time, or from time to
time, direct by notice given to the other party in accordance with this Section
12. The date of giving or making of any such notice or demand shall be, in the
case of clause (a)(i), the date of the receipt; in the case of clause (a)(ii),
five (5) business days after such notice or demand is sent; and, in the case of
clause (b), the next business day following the date such notice or demand is
sent.
13. Section and Other Headings. The section and other headings
contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, shall not be deemed a part
of this Agreement and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without
regard to principles of conflicts or choice of law (or any other law that would
make the laws of any other state applicable hereto).
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
agreement.
16. Resignation of Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent may, at any time, at
its option, elect to resign its duties as Escrow Agent under this Agreement by
providing notice thereof to each of the Beneficiaries. In such event, the Escrow
Agent shall deposit the Escrowed Shares with a successor escrow agent to be
appointed by (a) all of the Beneficiaries within thirty (30) days following the
receipt of notice of resignation from the Escrow Agent, or (b) the Escrow Agent
if the Beneficiaries shall have not agreed on a successor escrow agent within
the aforesaid 30-day period, upon which appointment and delivery of the Escrowed
Shares the Escrow Agent shall be released of and from all liability under this
Agreement.
17. Successors and Assigns; Assignment. Whenever in this Agreement
reference is made to any party, such reference shall be deemed to include the
successors, assigns and legal representatives of such party, and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, all representations, warranties,
covenants and other agreements made by or on behalf of each Beneficiary in this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any successor escrow agent hereunder;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize or permit
any Beneficiary to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder to any
other person (whether or not an affiliate of the Beneficiary) without the prior
written consent of each of the other Beneficiaries nor to authorize or permit
the Escrow Agent to assign any of its duties or obligations hereunder except as
provided in Section 16 hereof.
18. No Third Party Rights. The representations, warranties and other
terms and provisions of this Agreement are for the exclusive benefit of the
parties hereto, and no other person, including creditors of any Beneficiary,
shall have any right or claim against any party by reason of any of those terms
and provisions or be entitled to enforce any of those terms and provisions
against any party.
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19. No Waiver by Action, Etc. Any waiver or consent respecting any
representation, warranty, covenant or other term or provision of this Agreement
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given and shall not be deemed, regardless of frequency given, to be a
further or continuing waiver or consent. The failure or delay of a party at any
time or times to require performance of, or to exercise its rights with respect
to, any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or provision of this
Agreement in no manner (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) shall
affect its right at a later time to enforce any such term or provision. No
notice to or demand on any Beneficiary in any case shall entitle such party to
any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances. All rights, powers, privileges, remedies and interests of the
parties under this Agreement are cumulative and not alternatives, and they are
in addition to and shall not limit (except as otherwise expressly provided
herein) any other right, power, privilege, remedy or interest of the parties
under this Agreement or applicable law.
20. Modification, Amendment, Etc. Each and every modification and
amendment of this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by all of the parties
hereto, and each and every waiver of, or consent to any departure from, any
covenant, representation, warranty or other provision of this Agreement shall be
in writing and signed by the party granting such waiver or consent.
21. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of
the parties and supersedes all prior representations, agreements and
understandings, oral or otherwise, among the parties with respect to the matters
contained herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXXXX XXXXXX, as Shareholders Representative
XXXXXX XXXXXX, LLP, as Escrow Agent
By:
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SCHEDULE 1 TO
ESCROW AGREEMENT
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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
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Number of
Name Escrowed Shares Certificate No.
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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EXHIBIT 2.6
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__________ ____, 2000
Xybernaut Corporation
00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Each of the undersigned has been advised that, as of the date of this
letter, he may be deemed to be an affiliate of Selfware, Inc. a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), as the term "affiliate" is (i) defined for the
purposes of Rule 144 of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or (ii) used in and for the purposes of Accounting Series Releases Nos.
130 and 135, as amended, promulgated by the Commission. Pursuant to the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March ___, 2000 ( the "Merger
Agreement"), among Xybernaut Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Xybernaut"),
the Company and each of the stockholders of the Company parties thereto
(collectively, the "Principal Shareholders"), the Principal Shareholders
(including the undersigned) agreed, subject to certain conditions, to exchange
their Company Shares for Xybernaut Shares (unless indicated otherwise herein,
each capitalized term used herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in
the Merger Agreement).
Each of the undersigned hereby agrees that he shall not (a) sell,
assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of in any way any
Xybernaut Shares or any other securities of Xybernaut at any time from the date
hereof until financial results covering at least thirty (30) days of
post-Closing combined operations of the Company and Xybernaut have been
published, or (b) take any action that could otherwise prevent Xybernaut from
accounting for the Merger as a "pooling of interests" for financial accounting
purposes.
Execution of this letter shall not be deemed to be an admission on the
part of any of the undersigned that he is an "affiliate" of the Company as
described in the first paragraph of this letter, other than for purposes of this
letter.
This letter may be executed in counterparts.
[SIGNATURES OF PRINCIPAL
SELFWARE STOCKHOLDERS]
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 6.1(l)(1)
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FORM OF CERTIFICATION OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS
Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that a transferee of
a U.S. real property interest must withhold tax if the transferor is a foreign
person. To inform the transferee that withholding of tax is not required upon my
disposition of a U.S. real property interest, the undersigned hereby certifies
as follows:
1. I am not a nonresident alien for purposes of U.S. income
taxation.
2. My U.S. taxpayer identification number (Social Security
number) is
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3. My home address is:
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I understand that this certification may be disclosed to the Internal
Revenue Service by the transferee and that any false statement I have made
herein could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this
certification and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct
and complete.
Name:
Date: __________ __, 2000
EXHIBIT 6.1(l)(2)
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FORM OF
U.S. REAL PROPERTY INTEREST CERTIFICATION
The undersigned is _______________ of Selfware, Inc., a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"). This certificate is delivered to Xybernaut
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Xybernaut"), and Selfware Acquisition
Corporation, a Virginia corporation ("Acquisition Sub"), pursuant to Section
6.1(l) of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March ___, 2000, among
the Company, Xybernaut, Acquisition Sub and the stockholders of the Company
parties thereto, as the same may have been amended as of the date hereof (the
"Merger Agreement"). Terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings stated
in the Merger Agreement.
To inform Xybernaut and Acquisition Sub that no withholding is required
pursuant to section 1445 of the Code with respect to Xybernaut's acquisition of
the Company, the undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of the Company that the
Company is not, and has not been at any time during the period specified in
section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a "United States real property holding
corporation" as that term is defined in section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this
certification and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and
complete, and I further declare that I have authority to sign this document on
behalf of the Company.
Date: __________ ___, 2000
SELFWARE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 7.1(E)
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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This Registration Rights Agreement is made and entered into as
of April __, 2000 (this "Agreement"), by and among Xybernaut Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and each of the shareholders of the
Company listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto (individually, a "Shareholder" and,
collectively, the "Shareholders").
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 30, 2000, by and among the Company,
Selfware Acquisition Corporation, Selfware, Inc. ("Selfware") and certain
shareholders of Selfware parties thereto (the "Merger Agreement"), the Company
has agreed to provide to the Shareholders certain registration rights under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder,
with respect to an aggregate of __________ shares (the "Shares") of the
Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), issued to the
Shareholders on the date hereof pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The number of
Shares owned by each Shareholder is set forth opposite such Shareholder's name
on Schedule 1.
The Company and the Shareholders hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
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Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings given such terms in the Merger Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Advice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(l).
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common
control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms of "affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Blackout Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(m).
"Board" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(m).
"Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any
day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other
government actions to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Filing Date" means the date the Registration Statement is
filed which date shall be on or before July __, 2000.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders, as the case
may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities, including the Shareholders
and their permitted assigns.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
"Nasdaq" shall mean the Nasdaq Small Cap Market.
"Person" means an individual or a corporation, partnership,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with
respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"Registrable Securities" means the Shares and any shares of
Common Stock issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
similar event with respect to such Shares.
"Registration Statement" means the registration statement
contemplated by Section 2, including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments
and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and
post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated
by reference in such registration statement.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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"Rule 158" means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Special Counsel" means any special counsel to the Holders as
designated in writing by the Holders to the Company.
2. Registration. The Company shall use its best efforts to prepare and
file with the Commission, on or prior to the Filing Date, a "shelf" Registration
Statement covering all Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on
Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith). The Company shall use its best
efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as practicable and to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until such date as is
the earlier of (x) the date when all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold or (y) the date on which the Registrable
Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 as determined by the counsel to the
Company pursuant to a written opinion letter, addressed to the Company's
transfer agent to such effect (the "Effectiveness Period").
3. Registration Procedures.
In connection with the Company's registration obligations
hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Use its best efforts to prepare and file with the
Commission, on or prior to the Filing Date, a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(or if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable
Securities on Form S-3 such registration shall be on another appropriate form in
accordance herewith) in accordance with the method or methods of distribution
thereof as specified by the Holders (except if otherwise directed by the
Holders), and cause the Registration Statement to become effective and remain
effective as provided herein; provided, however, that not less than three (3)
Business Days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any related
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that
would be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall furnish to the
Holders and to any Special Counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be
filed, which documents (other than those incorporated by reference) will be
subject to the review of such Holders and such Special Counsel. The Company
shall not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto to which the
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Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities or any Special Counsel shall
reasonably object in writing within two (2) Business Days of their receipt
thereof.
(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the
applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period; (ii) cause the
related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus
supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
(or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act;
(iii) respond as promptly as practicable to any comments received from the
Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto
and as promptly as practicable provide the Holders true and complete copies of
all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration
Statement; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold
and any Special Counsel as promptly as practicable (i)(A) when a Prospectus or
any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company
whether there will be a "review" of such Registration Statement and whenever the
Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement and (C) with
respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other
Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the
initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
The Company shall promptly furnish to Special Counsel, without
charge, (i) a copy of any correspondence from the Commission or the Commission's
staff to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration
Statement and (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the
Commission, a copy of any written response to the correspondence received from
the Commission.
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(d) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if
issued, obtain the withdrawal of, (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or
exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(e) Furnish to each Holder and any Special Counsel, without
charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto.
(f) Promptly deliver to each Holder and any Special Counsel,
without charge, as many copies of the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or
supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request.
(g) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities,
use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling
Holders and any Special Counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such
Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder requests in
writing, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other
acts or things necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in
any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that
would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it
is not then so subject or subject the Company to any material tax in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(h) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to
be sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free
of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in
such denominations and registered in such names as any Holder may request at
least two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities.
(i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
3(c)(v), as promptly as practicable, prepare a supplement or amendment,
including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(j) Use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities
relating to such Registration Statement to be listed on the Nasdaq and any other
securities exchange, quotation system, market or over-the-counter bulletin
board, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then
listed.
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(k) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to its security
holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of
any 12-month period (or ninety (90) days after the end of any 12-month period if
such period is a fiscal year) commencing on the first day of the first fiscal
quarter of the Company after the effective date of the Registration Statement,
which statement shall conform to the requirements of Rule 158.
(l) Require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company
information regarding such Holder and the distribution of such Registrable
Securities as is required by law to be disclosed in the Registration Statement,
and the Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of
any such Holder who fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time
prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, supplemented Prospectus
and/or amended Registration Statement.
If the Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or
otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company, then such Holder shall
have the right to require (if such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise
is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in
force) the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the
time that such reference ceases to be required.
Each Holder covenants and agrees that (i) it will not sell any
Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until it has received
copies of the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented as contemplated in
Section 3(f) and notice from the Company that such Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective as contemplated by
Section 3(c) and (ii) it and its officers, directors or Affiliates, if any, will
comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as
applicable to them in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Registration Statement.
Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable
Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of
any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(ii), 3(c)(iii), 3(c)(iv) or
3(c)(v), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the
copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement
contemplated by Section 3(i), or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice")
by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in
either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that
are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or
Registration Statement.
(m) If (i) there is material non-public information regarding
the Company which the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") reasonably
determines not to be in the Company's best interest to disclose and which the
Company is not otherwise required to disclose, or (ii) there is a significant
business opportunity (including, but not limited to, the acquisition or
disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any
merger, consolidation, tender offer or other similar transaction) available to
the Company which the Board reasonably
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determines not to be in the Company's best interest to disclose and which the
Company would be required to disclose under the Registration Statement, then the
Company may suspend effectiveness of a registration statement and suspend the
sale of Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement for a period that
the Board, in its sole discretion, determines to be reasonable under the
circumstances (a "Blackout Period").
(n) Within three (3) business days after the Registration
Statement which includes the Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the
Commission, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the
Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with
copies to the Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such
Registration Statement) confirmation that the Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the Commission substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
4. Registration Expenses
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All fees and expenses incident to the registration of the
Registrable Securities shall be borne by the Company, other than (x) fees and
expenses incurred with respect to compliance with state securities or Blue Sky
laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Holders in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities
and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions) and (y) fees and expenses of
Special Counsel or any other counsel retained by the Holders in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which fees and expenses shall
be borne exclusively by the Holders, in each case whether or not the
Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective and whether or not any
Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The fees
and expenses to be borne by the Company shall include, without limitation, the
following: (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation,
fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with the
Nasdaq and each other securities exchange or market on which Registrable
Securities are required hereunder to be listed, and (B) with respect to filings
required to be made with the Commission; (ii) printing expenses (including,
without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities
and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration
Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and (v) fees and expenses of all other
Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
Company's independent public accountants (including the expenses of any comfort
letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent public accountants
of a comfort letter or comfort letters). In addition, the Company shall be
responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees
performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, the
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable
Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.
5. Indemnification
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(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall,
notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless
each Holder, the officers, directors, agents or employees, if any, of such
Holder and each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the
officers, directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, and
the respective successors, assigns, estate and personal representatives of each
of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, judgments,
costs (including, without limitation, costs of investigation) and expenses
(including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses) (collectively,
"Losses"), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, which information was reasonably relied on by the
Company for use therein. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the
institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such
indemnity shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the
Holders.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally
and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the directors,
officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act),
and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons,
and the respective successors, assigns, estate and personal representatives of
each of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from
and against all Losses, as incurred, arising solely out of or based solely upon
any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or arising solely out of or based
solely upon any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or omission is contained in or omitted from any
information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically
for inclusion in the Registration Statement or such Prospectus and that such
information was reasonably relied upon by the Company for use in the
Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of prospectus.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be
liable under this Section 5(b) for only that amount as does not exceed the net
proceeds to such Holder as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding
shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder
(an "Indemnified Party"), such Indemnified Party promptly shall notify the
Person from whom indemnity is sought (the
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"Indemnifying Party) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the
extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
(which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such
failure shall have proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the
Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses; or (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have
failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3)
the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such
Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest
is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party
and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies
the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any
pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including
reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with
investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not
inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as
incurred, within ten (10) Business Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party, regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an
Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided that
the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to
reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially
determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification
hereunder.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section
5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party because of a failure or
refusal of a governmental authority to enforce such indemnification in
accordance with its terms (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
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Indemnifying, Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other reasonable fees or expenses
incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Holder shall be liable or required to contribute under this Section
5(d) for only that amount as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Holder as
a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have
to the Indemnified Parties
6. Rule 144.
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As long as any Holder owns Shares, the Company covenants to
use its best efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and
file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the
Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. As long as any Holder owns Shares, if the Company is not required to file
reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare
and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available in accordance with Rule
144(c) promulgated under the Securities Act annual and quarterly financial
statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements
in form and substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be
required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby, in the time
period that such filings would have been required to have been made under the
Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Person to sell Shares without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act.
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7. Miscellaneous.
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(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of any of
their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case
may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each
Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for
any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this
Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that
a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction.
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(i) The Company and the Holders acknowledge and agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled
to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of
this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof or
thereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be
entitled by law or equity.
(ii) Each of the Company and the Holders (i) hereby
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New York
located in New York county for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees
not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holders consents
to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section shall affect or
limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and Holders of not less 51% of the Registrable Securities then owned by all
Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the
provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of
other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable
Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the
provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except
in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
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(d) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given and effective on the earlier of (i) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified for notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on a Business Day, (ii) the Business Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified for notice later than 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on such
date, (iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) actual receipt by the
party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such
communications shall be with respect to each Holder at its address set forth
under its name on Schedule 1 attached hereto, or with respect to the Company,
addressed to:
Xybernaut Corporation
00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: President
Facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address or addresses or facsimile number or numbers as any such
party may most recently have designated in writing to the other parties hereto
by such notice. Copies of notices to any Holder shall be sent to the addresses
listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto, if applicable. Copies of notices to the
Company shall be sent to Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, The Chrysler Building, 000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.,
Facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. Permitted assigns of the Company shall include any person or entity
which acquires all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of the
Company or is the successor to the Company by merger, consolidation or other
similar transaction. No Holder shall assign its rights hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Company.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with
the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to principles of conflicts of
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law thereof. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed with any
presumption against the party causing this Agreement to be drafted.
(h) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable in any respect, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants
and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto
shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such
term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared
to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(j) Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do
not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or
affect any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
persons as of the date first indicated above.
XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
SHAREHOLDER:
If Individual:
Print Name:
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Signature:
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If Corporation, Partnership, Limited Liability
Company or Other Entity:
Print Name of Entity:
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Signature: By:
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EXHIBIT A
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[TRANSFER AGENT]
[ADDRESS]
Attn: _____________
Re: Xybernaut Corporation
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Xybernaut Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain
Registration Rights Agreement (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT") among the
Company and the shareholders of the Company parties thereto (the "HOLDERS"),
dated as of March __, 2000, pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other
things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT").
In connection with the Company's obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement, on ________________, 2000, the Company filed a Registration Statement
on Form ___ (File No. ___-________) (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the resale of the
Registrable Securities which names each of the present Holders as a selling
stockholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the
SEC's staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order
declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME
OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and we have no knowledge,
after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's staff, that any stop order
suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that
purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and, accordingly, the
Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act in the manner
specified in, and pursuant to the terms of the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
By:
cc: [LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS]
SCHEDULE 1 TO THE
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
FOR XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF SHAREHOLDERS SHARE OWNERSHIP
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EXHIBIT 7.1(K)
FORM OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated as of _________, 2000 (this
"Agreement"), by and between ________________ (the "Executive") and XYBERNAUT
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
March ___, 2000, among the Company, Selfware, Inc. ("Selfware") and the other
parties thereto, the Company acquired the business of Selfware;
WHEREAS, prior to the date hereof, the Executive was employed
by, and was a principal of, Selfware, and has significant expertise in and
knowledge of the operations of Selfware;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive as
[TITLE] of the Company and the Executive desires to be employed by the Company
in the aforementioned capacity, all upon the terms and provisions, and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1:
(a) "Affiliate" of any Person means any stockholder or
person or entity controlling, controlled by under common control with such
Person, or any director, officer or key executive of such Person or any of their
respective relatives. For purposes of this definition, "control," when used with
respect to any Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings that correspond to the foregoing.
(b) "Cause" shall mean (i) the Company being subjected
to any criminal liability under any applicable law as a result of any action or
inaction on the part of the Executive; (ii) the conviction or admission of the
Executive of, or plea by the Executive of nolo contendere to, a felony or crime;
(iii) if the Executive is chronically addicted to any narcotic or other illegal
or controlled substance or repeatedly abuses any alcoholic product or any
prescription stimulants or depressant, as determined by a physician designated
by the Company; (iv) the Executive committing fraud, or stealing or
misappropriating any asset or property of the Company, including, without
limitation, any theft or embezzlement; (v) a breach of a material term or
provision of this Agreement by the Executive; or (vi) the failure of the
Executive to follow the directives of the [ ] of the Company or the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(c) "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Company, and any other class of common stock of the
Company created after the date of this Agreement in accordance with the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.
(d) "Competing Business" shall mean any business,
enterprise or other Person that as one of its businesses or activities, is
engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, marketing, licensing or
distributing wearable computers or the solutions associated therewith that are
provided by the Company specifically designed for wearable computer
applications.
(e) "Confidential and Proprietary Information" shall
mean any and all (i) confidential or proprietary information or material not in
the public domain about or relating to the business, operations, assets or
financial condition of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any of the
Company's or any such Affiliate's trade secrets, including, without limitation,
research and development plans or projects; data and reports; computer materials
such as programs, instructions and printouts; formulas; product testing
information; business improvements, processes, marketing and selling strategies;
strategic business plans (whether pursued or not); budgets; unpublished
financial statements; licenses; pricing, pricing strategy and cost data;
information regarding the skills and compensation of executives; the identities
of clients and potential clients; intellectual property strategies and any work
on any patents, trademarks and tradenames, prior to any filing or the use
thereof in commerce; pricing, timing, sales terms, service plans, methods,
practices, strategies, forecasts, know-how and other marketing techniques; and
(ii) information, documentation or material not in the public domain by virtue
of any action by or on the part of the Executive, the knowledge of which gives
or may give the Company or any Affiliate of the Company an advantage over any
Person not possessing such information. For purposes hereof, the term
Confidential and Proprietary Information shall not include any information or
material (i) that is known to the general public other than due to a breach of
this Agreement by the Executive or (ii) was disclosed to the Executive by a
Person who the Executive did not reasonably believe was bound to a
confidentiality or similar agreement with the Company.
(f) "Employment Term" shall have the meaning given to
that term in Section 2 hereof.
(g) "Incapacity" shall mean any illness or mental or
physical incapacity or disability which prevents the Executive from performing
his duties or obligations hereunder for a continuous period of seventy-five (75)
consecutive days or for shorter periods aggregating one hundred twenty (120)
days within any consecutive twelve (12) month period.
(h) "Inventions" shall mean inventions, discoveries,
concepts and ideas, whether patentable or not, patents, patent applications,
copyrights and other intellectual property, including, without limitation,
processes, methods, formulae and techniques, and improvements thereof or
know-how related thereto, concerning any business activity of the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company, with which the Executive becomes, directly or
indirectly, involved as a result in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of
the Executive's employment by the Company, or any Affiliate of the Company, and
whether conceived of solely by the Executive or jointly with the efforts of
others.
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(i) "Person" shall mean, without limitation, any
natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock
company, joint venture association, trust or other similar entity or firm.
(j) "Salary" shall have the meaning given to that term
in Section 4(a) hereof.
(k) "Without Cause" shall mean the termination of the
Executive's employment hereunder by the Company, other than termination by the
Company due to the Executive's death or Incapacity or based upon Cause.
Section 2. Employment and Term. The Company hereby employs the
Executive as [ ] of the Company and the Executive hereby accepts such employment
in that capacity, upon the terms and provisions, and subject to the conditions,
set forth in this Agreement, for a term of ______ (____) years, commencing on
_________, 2000, and terminating on ____________, 200__, unless earlier
terminated as provided in this Agreement (the "Employment Term").
Section 3. Executive's Duties. (a) The Executive shall be the
[TITLE] of the Company responsible for [DESCRIBE]. The Executive shall report
directly to the [ ] of the Company. The Executive shall perform such other
duties as may reasonably be assigned to the Executive by the Company's [ ] or
the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) The Executive shall devote all of his business
time, effort, skill and attention exclusively to the business, operations and
affairs of the Company and to the furtherance of the interests, business and
prospects of the Company. The Executive shall perform the Executive's duties and
obligations hereunder diligently, competently, faithfully and to the best of his
ability.
(c) The Executive agrees to execute policy statements
and agreements that the Company may, from time to time, reasonably require all
of its senior executive officers to execute.
Section 4. Compensation. (a) In consideration of the
performance of all of the duties and obligations to be performed by the
Executive hereunder, the Company agrees to pay, and the Executive agrees to
accept, for the Employment Term, a salary (the "Salary") at an annual rate of
$______, payable in accordance with the Company's regular payroll practices as
from time to time in effect, less all withholdings and other deductions required
to be deducted in accordance with any applicable federal, state, local or
foreign law, rule or regulation.
(b) In consideration of the Executive's execution and
delivery of this Agreement, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement
the Company shall grant to the Executive, effective as of [THE DATE HEREOF], the
right to purchase _______ shares of Common Stock at the closing price on that
date [TO BE PROVIDED - TERMS OF OPTION GRANT; CONDITIONS OF VESTING; PERFORMANCE
CRITERIA].
Section 5. Benefits, Vacation. (a) During the Employment Term,
the Executive shall be entitled to such insurance and health and medical
benefits as are generally made available to the senior executives of the
Company, as a group, pursuant to such plans as are
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from time to time maintained by the Company; provided, however, that the
Executive shall be required to comply with the conditions of coverage attendant
to such plans.
(b) During each contract year of the Employment Term,
the Executive shall be entitled to ____ (_) weeks of vacation. The Executive
shall take vacation at such time or times as the Executive desires, subject to
the concurrence of the Company based upon the then current business needs and
activities of the Company. Unused vacation shall not carry over to subsequent
periods.
(c) During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be
eligible to participate in the profit sharing and other benefit plans that the
Company from time to time makes available to the senior executives of the
Company as a group, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of such
plans, including, without limitation, any vesting periods and eligibility
criteria.
Section 6. Business Expenses. The Executive shall be entitled
to reimbursement for ordinary, necessary and reasonable business expenses
actually incurred by the Executive during the Employment Term in the performance
of the Executive's duties hereunder, if supported by such reasonable
documentation as may be required by the Company in accordance with the Company's
policies.
Section 7. Termination of Employment Term. (a) In the event of
the death of the Executive during the Employment Term, the Executive's
employment hereunder shall automatically terminate as of the date of death.
(b) In the event of the Executive's Incapacity, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, terminate the Executive's employment
hereunder upon written notice to the Executive.
(c) The Company shall have the right to terminate the
Executive's employment under this Agreement at any time for Cause upon written
notice to the Executive. In the event the Executive's employment hereunder is
terminated by the Company for Cause, the Company shall only be obligated to pay
accrued and unpaid Salary through the date of termination and the Company shall
pay any accrued and unreimbursed business expenses which are properly owing to
the Executive pursuant to Section 6 hereof through the date of termination.
(d) The Company shall have the right to terminate the
Executive's employment hereunder Without Cause at any time upon ten (10) days'
prior written notice to the Executive. If the Company terminates the Executive's
employment hereunder Without Cause, the Company shall (i) continue to pay Salary
to the Executive provided for hereunder for a period equal to the lesser of (x)
____ (_) months from the date of termination and (y) the remaining period of the
Employment Term and (ii) pay any unreimbursed business expenses which are
properly owing to the Executive pursuant to Section 6 hereof through the date of
termination.
Section 8. Inventions. Any Inventions originated or conceived
by the Executive related to the Company's business during his employment by the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company or with the use or assistance of the
facilities, materials or personnel of the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company, either solely or jointly with others, during the
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Employment Term shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The
Executive hereby irrevocably assigns and transfers to the Company and agrees to
transfer and assign to the Company all of his right, title and interest in and
to all Inventions, and to applications for patents and patents granted upon such
Inventions and to all copyrightable material related thereto developed by the
Executive or under his supervision. The Executive agrees for himself and his
heirs and personal representatives, upon the request of the Company and at the
Company's expense, to do such acts, to execute such documents and instruments
and to participate in such legal proceedings as from time to time may be
necessary or required to apply for, secure, maintain, reissue, extend or defend
the worldwide rights of the Company in the Inventions. The Executive here grants
to the Company a power of attorney, which is irrevocable and coupled with an
interest, to execute any such documents and instruments if the Executive is
unable or fails to do so, after the request by the Company as provided in the
immediately preceding sentence. The Executive shall have no right to receive any
royalties or other payments from the Company with respect to any inventions.
Section 9. Restrictions Respecting Competing Businesses,
Confidential Information, etc. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that by
virtue of the Executive's position and involvement with the business and affairs
of the Company, the Executive will develop substantial expertise and knowledge
with respect to all aspects of the Company's business, affairs and operations
and will have access to all significant aspects of the business and operations
of the Company and to Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Executive
acknowledges and agrees that the Company will be damaged if the Executive were
to breach any of the provisions of this Section 9 or if the Executive were to
disclose or make unauthorized use of any Confidential and Proprietary
Information. Accordingly, the Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that
the Executive is voluntarily entering into this Agreement and that the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Section 9 are fair and reasonable and
necessary to adequately protect the Company.
(a) The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that,
during the Employment Term and thereafter, unless otherwise authorized by the
Company in writing, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, under any
circumstance: (i) disclose to any other Person (other than in the regular course
of business of the Company) any Confidential and Proprietary Information, other
than pursuant to applicable law, regulation or subpoena or with the prior
written consent of the Company; (ii) act or fail to act so as to impair the
confidential or proprietary nature of any Confidential and Proprietary
Information; (iii) use any Confidential and Proprietary Information related to
the Company's business other than for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Company; or (iv) offer or agree to, or cause or assist in the inception or
continuation of, any such disclosure, impairment or use of any Confidential and
Proprietary Information. Following the Employment Term, the Executive shall
return all documents, records and other items containing any Confidential and
Proprietary Information to the Company (regardless of the medium in which
maintained or stored), without retaining any copies, notes or excerpts thereof,
or at the request of the Company, shall destroy such documents, records and
items (any such destruction to be certified by the Executive to the Company in
writing).
(b) The Executive covenants and agrees that, while the
Executive is employed by the Company and for _____ (_) years after the Executive
ceases to be employed by the Company for any reason, the Executive shall not,
directly or indirectly, manage, operate or control, or participate in the
ownership, management, operation or control of, or otherwise
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become interested in (whether as an owner, stockholder, partner, lender,
consultant, Executive, agent, supplier, distributor or otherwise) any Competing
Business or, directly or indirectly, induce or influence any customer or other
Person that has a business relationship with the Company, or any Affiliate of
the Company, to discontinue or reduce the extent of such relationship. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall be deemed to be directly or
indirectly interested in a business if he is engaged or interested in that
business as a stockholder, director, officer, executive, agent, partner,
individual proprietor, consultant, advisor or otherwise, but not if the
Executive's interest is limited solely to the ownership of not more than 1% of
the securities of any class of equity securities of a corporation or other
Person whose shares are listed or admitted to trade on a national securities
exchange or are quoted on NASDAQ or a similar means if NASDAQ is no longer
providing such information.
(c) While the Executive is employed by the Company and
for _______ (_) years after the Executive ceases to be an employed by the
Company, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit to employ for
himself or others any employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
who was an employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company as of the
date of the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company or during
the preceding twelve month period, or solicit any such employee to leave such
employee's employment or join the employ of another, then or at a later time.
(d) The parties agree that nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed to limit or negate the common law of torts, confidentiality,
trade secrets, fiduciary duty and obligations where such laws provide the
Company with any broader, further or other remedy or protection than those
provided herein.
(e) Because the breach of any of the provisions of this
Section 9 may result in immediate and irreparable injury to the Company for
which the Company may not have an adequate remedy at law, the Company shall be
entitled, in addition to all other rights and remedies, to a decree of specific
performance of the restrictive covenants contained in this Section 9 and to a
temporary and permanent injunction enjoining such breach, without posting a bond
or furnishing similar security.
Section 10. Severability. Each term and provision of this
Agreement is severable; the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability or
modification of any term or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity, legality and enforceability of the other terms and provisions of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. Since it is the desire
and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to
the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in
each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought, should any particular
provision of this Agreement be deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
same shall be deemed reformed and amended to delete that portion that is
adjudicated to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable and the deletion shall apply
only with respect to the operation of such provision and to the extent of such
provision and, to the extent that a provision of this Agreement would be deemed
unenforceable by virtue of its scope, but may be made enforceable by limitation
thereon, each party agrees that this Agreement shall be reformed and amended so
that the same shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permissible under the
laws and public policies applied in the jurisdiction in which enforcement is
sought.
Section 11. Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of each of
the parties hereto, the heirs, executors,
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administrators and legal representatives of the Executive and the successors and
permitted assigns of the Company. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or
benefits hereunder may be assigned by the Executive or the Company without the
prior written consent of the other party hereto, except that the Company may
assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder to any other Person which
purchases all or substantially all of the common stock or assets of the Company
or is the successor to the Company by merger, consolidation or other similar
transaction.
Section 12. Amendment; Entire Agreement. This Agreement may
not be modified, amended, altered or supplemented except by a written agreement
executed by the parties hereto. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement and supersedes all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements and
understandings of any kind and nature (whether written or oral) between the
parties with respect to such subject matter, all of which are merged herein.
Section 13. Waivers. Waiver by either party of either breach
of or failure to comply with any provision of this Agreement by the other party
shall not be construed as, or constitute, a continuing waiver of such provision,
or a waiver of any other breach of, or failure to comply with, any other
provision of this Agreement, any such waiver must be in writing to be limited to
the specific matter and instance for which it is given. No waiver of any such
breach or failure or of any term or condition of this Agreement shall be
effective unless in a written instrument and signed by the waiving party and
delivered, in the manner required for notices generally, to the affected party.
Section 14. Notices. All notices, consents, directions,
approvals, instructions, requests and other communications required or permitted
by the terms of this Agreement to be given to any person shall be in writing,
and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested (postage prepaid) or by telecopy, to the parties at the following
addresses or telecopy numbers, as applicable:
If to the Executive:
[NAME]
Xybernaut Corporation
00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier: (703) _________
If to the Company:
Xybernaut Corporation
00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Secretary
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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With a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
The Chrysler Building
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as a party may have furnished to the other parties in
writing in accordance herewith. Any notice, consent, direction, approval,
instruction, request or other communication given in accordance with this
Section 14 shall be effective after it is received by the intended recipient.
Section 15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THAT STATE,
WITHOUT REGARD OR REFERENCE TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRESUMPTION
AGAINST THE PARTY CAUSING THIS AGREEMENT TO BE DRAFTED. EACH OF THE PARTIES
UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN
DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO
CONTEST THE VENUE OF SAID COURTS OR TO CLAIM THAT SAID COURTS CONSTITUTE AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH OF THE PARTIES UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 16. Headings; Counterparts. The headings contained in
this Agreement are inserted for reference purposes only and shall not in any way
affect the meaning, construction or interpretation of this Agreement. This
Agreement may be executed in two (2) counterparts, each of which when executed
shall be deemed to be an original, but both of which, when taken together, shall
constitute one and the same document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and the Company have
executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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[EXECUTIVE]
XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
