STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and between NATIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS INC., and NETWORK 1 FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Dated as of February 8, 2010
by
and between
NATIONAL
INVESTMENT MANAGERS INC.,
and
Dated
as of February 8, 2010
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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I.
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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II.
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PURCHASE
AND SALE
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8
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2.1.
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Purchase
and Sale of the Shares
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8
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2.2.
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Retained
Assets
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8
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2.3.
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Purchase
Price
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8
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2.4.
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Payment
of the Purchase Price
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8
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2.5.
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Adjustments
to the Notes
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9
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2.6.
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Certain
Commissions
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10
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III.
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CLOSING,
DELIVERIES AND OTHER ACTIONS
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10
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3.1.
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Time
and Place of Closing
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10
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3.2.
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Deliveries
by the Seller
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10
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3.3.
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Deliveries
by the Purchaser
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11
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IV.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
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11
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4.1.
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Authority,
Validity and Effect
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11
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4.2.
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Title
to Shares
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11
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4.3.
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No
Conflict
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12
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4.4.
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Consents
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12
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4.5.
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Litigation
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12
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4.6.
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Brokers
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12
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V.
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REPRESENTATION
AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANY
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12
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5.1.
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Existence
and Good Standing
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12
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5.2.
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Power
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5.3.
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Capitalization
of the Company
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13
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5.4.
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Property
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13
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5.5.
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Litigation
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14
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5.6.
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Compliance
with Laws
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14
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5.7.
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Necessary
Property
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14
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5.8.
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Conduct
of Business
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14
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5.9.
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Labor
Matters
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15
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5.10.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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16
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5.11.
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Environmental
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18
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5.12.
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Contracts
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18
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5.13.
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Permits
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19
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5.14.
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Intellectual
Property
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19
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5.15.
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Insurance
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20
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5.16.
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Financial
Statements
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20
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5.17.
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Trade
Payables
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21
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5.18.
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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21
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5.19.
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Accounts
Receivable
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21
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5.20.
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Bank
Accounts
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21
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5.21.
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Product
Liability and Warranty
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21
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5.22.
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Indebtedness
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22
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5.23.
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Taxes
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22
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5.24.
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Customers
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23
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5.25.
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Disclosure
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23
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5.26.
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Brokers
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VI.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
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23
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6.1.
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Existence
and Good Standing
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23
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6.2.
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Power
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6.3.
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Validity
and Enforceability
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23
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6.4.
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No
Conflict
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23
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6.5.
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Consents
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24
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6.6.
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Brokers
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24
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6.7.
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Business
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24
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VII.
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TAX
MATTERS
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24
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7.1.
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Returns
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24
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7.2.
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Apportionment
of Taxes
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24
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7.3.
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Cooperation;
Audits
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24
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7.4.
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Certain
Controversies
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25
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7.5.
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Tax
Sharing Agreements
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25
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VIII.
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CERTAIN
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
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25
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8.1.
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Pre-Closing
Covenants
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25
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8.2.
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Post-Closing
Covenants
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26
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IX.
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CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
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26
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9.1.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Purchaser’s Obligations
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26
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9.2.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Seller’s Obligations
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27
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X.
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REMEDIES
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10.1.
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General
Indemnification Obligation
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28
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10.2.
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Notice
and Third Party Liability
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28
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10.3.
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Survivability;
Limitations
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29
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10.4.
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Specific
Performance
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30
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10.5.
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Exclusive
Remedy
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30
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XI.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1.
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Non-Solicitation
and Confidentiality
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11.2.
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Termination
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31
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11.3.
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Expenses
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32
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11.4.
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No
Assignment
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32
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11.5.
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Headings
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32
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11.6.
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Integration,
Modification and Waiver
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32
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11.7.
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Construction
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11.8.
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Severability
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33
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11.9.
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Notices
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33
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11.10.
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Governing
Law
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33
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11.11.
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Counterparts
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LIST
OF EXHIBITS
Exhibits
Exhibit A Form
of Release
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
dated as of February 8, 2010 (this “Agreement”), is by and
between National Investment Managers Inc., a Florida corporation with its
headquarters at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx. 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000 (the “Seller”) Network 1 Financial
Group, Inc., a Texas corporation with its headquarters at 0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (the “Purchaser”) regarding
Complete Investment Management, Inc. of Philadelphia (the “Company”). The
Purchaser and the Seller are sometimes referred to in this Agreement
collectively as the “Parties” or individually as a
“Party”.
A. The
Seller is the registered and beneficial owner of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (the “Shares”).
B. The
Seller desires to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase
from the Seller, all of the Shares, subject to the terms and conditions
contemplated by this Agreement.
C. The
respective Boards of Directors of the Purchaser and the Seller have each
determined that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable,
fair to and in the best interests of their respective companies and shareholders
and accordingly have approved such transactions.
I. DEFINITIONS
“Actions”
means any claim, demand, charge, complaint, action, suit, proceeding, hearing,
audit, investigation, interference, opposition, re-examination, concurrent use,
cancellation or other dispute resolution or proceeding, whether judicial,
administrative or arbitrative, of any Person or Governmental
Authority.
“Affiliate”
means with respect to any Person, a Person that directly or indirectly controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, any such
Person. The term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” or
“under common control with”) means, the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, membership interests, by
contract or otherwise. The term “Affiliate”
also includes any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent,
spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of such
Person.
“Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Ancillary
Agreements” means each other agreement, document, instrument or
certificate contemplated by this Agreement or to be executed by the Purchaser or
the Seller in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, in each case only as applicable to the relevant party or
parties to such Ancillary Agreement, as indicated by the context in which such
term is used.
“Cash
Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Cash Purchase
Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Claims”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(b).
“Claims
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Closing”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Company”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company’s
Knowledge” means the knowledge obtained or obtainable after due inquiry
by either Seller or any officer or director of the Company.
“Company’s
Revenue” means
the Revenue (as defined herein) of the Company.
“Consent”
means any consent, approval, authorization, qualification, waiver, registration
or notification required to be obtained from, filed with or delivered to a
Governmental Authority or any other Person in connection with the consummation
of the transactions provided for herein.
“Contracts”
means all written and oral contracts, agreements (including, without limitation,
employment agreements and non-competition agreements), leases (whether real or
personal property), licenses, commitments, arrangements, instruments,
guarantees, bids, orders and proposals.
“Controlled
Group” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
(a) under common control within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of
ERISA with the Company or (b) which together with the Company is treated as
a single employer under Section 414(t) of the Code.
“Conversion
Transaction” means a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other
transaction to which the Purchaser is a party that results in the Purchaser
Shares being converted into the right to receive cash or other
securities.
“Employee
Plan” and “Employee
Plans” have the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a).
“Environment”
means soil, surface waters, groundwater, land, stream sediments, surface or
subsurface strata, ambient air, or indoor air, including, without limitation,
any material or substance used in the physical structure of any building or
improvement and any environmental medium.
“Environmental
Condition” shall mean any condition of the Environment with respect to
the Real Property, with respect to any property previously owned, leased or
operated by the Company to the extent such condition of the Environment existed
at the time of such ownership, lease or operation, or with respect to any other
real property at which any Hazardous Material generated by the operation of the
business of the Company has been handled, treated, stored or disposed of, which
violates any Environmental Law, or even though not violative of any
Environmental Law, nevertheless results in any Release, or Threat of Release,
damage, loss, cost, expense, claim, demand, order or liability.
“Environmental
Law” shall mean any Law relating to health or safety or protection of the
Environment, Releases of Hazardous Materials or injury to persons relating to
exposure to any Hazardous Materials.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“Expiration
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(a).
“Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16(a).
“Foreign
Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(j).
“GAAP”
means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
as in effect on the Closing Date.
“General
Enforceability Exceptions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“Governmental
Authority” means any government or political subdivision or regulatory
authority, whether federal, state, local or foreign, or any agency or
instrumentality of any such government or political subdivision or regulatory
authority, or any federal state, local or foreign court or
arbitrator.
“Guarantee”
by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
directly or indirectly guaranteeing or otherwise supporting in whole or in part
the payment of any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay
(or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or
other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities
or services, to take or pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise) or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligations of the payment of
such Indebtedness or to protect such obligee against loss in respect of such
Indebtedness (in whole or in part). The term “Guarantee”
used as a verb has a correlative meaning.
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Purchase Agreement
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“Hazardous
Material” shall mean any pollutant, toxic substance including asbestos
and asbestos-containing materials, hazardous waste, hazardous material,
hazardous substance, contaminant, petroleum or petroleum-containing materials,
infectious or medical wastes, radiation and radioactive materials, leaded
paints, toxic mold and other harmful biological agents, and polychlorinated
biphenyls as defined in, the subject of, or which could give rise to liability
under any Environmental Law.
“Indebtedness”
of any Person means: either (a) any liability of such Person
(i) for borrowed money (including the current portion thereof),
(ii) under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit,
bankers’ acceptance or note purchase facility, (iii) evidenced by a bond,
note, debenture or similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation),
(iv) for the payment of money relating to any lease that is required to be
classified as a capitalized lease obligation in accordance with GAAP,
(v) for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or
services (including, without limitation, accounts and trade payables (whether or
not invoiced)), including any “earnout” or similar payments or any non-compete
payments, (vi) under interest rate swap, hedging or similar agreements,
(vii) for income Taxes payable (other than VAT taxes incurred in the
Ordinary Course of Business), (viii) for any deferred compensation or
accrued incentive compensation, or (ix) for any severance payable to
individuals or organizations; or (b) any liability of others described in
the preceding clause (a) that such Person has Guaranteed, that is recourse
to such Person or any of its assets or that is otherwise its legal liability or
that is secured in whole or in part by the assets of such Person. For
purposes of this Agreement, Indebtedness includes (A) any and all accrued
interest, success fees, prepayment premiums, make whole premiums or penalties
and fees or expenses actually incurred (including attorneys’ fees) associated
with the prepayment of any Indebtedness, (B) all “cut” but uncashed checks
issued by the Company that are outstanding as of the Closing Date,
(C) cash, book or bank account overdrafts and (D) any and all amounts
owed by the Company to any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation, any
of the Seller.
“Indemnified
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Indemnifying
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Independent
Arbitrator” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
“Information
Systems” means all computer hardware, databases and data storage systems,
computer, data, database and communications networks (other than the Internet),
architecture interfaces and firewalls (whether for data, voice, video or other
media access, transmission or reception) and other apparatus used to create,
store, transmit, exchange or receive information in any form.
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Purchase Agreement
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“Intellectual
Property” means all of the following that is used in the business of the
Company, along with all income, royalties, damages and payments due or payable
on the Closing Date or thereafter, including, without limitation, damages and
payments for past or future infringements or misappropriations thereof, the
right to xxx and recover for past infringements or misappropriations thereof and
any and all corresponding rights that, now or hereafter, may be secured
throughout the world: (a) patents, patent applications, patent
disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced
to practice) and any reissue, continuation, continuation in part, revision,
extension or reexamination thereof; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade
dress, logos, Internet domain names, trade names and corporate names together
with all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation, the use
of the current corporate name and all translations, adaptations, derivations and
combinations of the foregoing; (c) copyrights and copyrightable works;
(d) all registrations, applications and renewals for any of the foregoing;
(e) trade secrets and confidential business information (including, without
limitation, ideas, formulae, compositions, know how, manufacturing and
production processes and techniques, research and development information,
drawings, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial,
business and marketing plans, sales and promotional literature, and customer and
supplier lists and
related information); (f) computer software and websites (including,
without limitation, source code and object code and any data and related
documentation); (g) other intellectual property rights; and (h) all
copies and tangible embodiments of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium),
in each case including, without limitation, the items set forth on Schedule 5.14.
“Investment”
means any equity interest, directly or indirectly, in any Person.
“IRCA” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(d).
“IRS” means
the Internal Revenue Service.
“Law” means
any law, common law, statute, code, ordinance, regulation or other requirement
of any Governmental Authority as well as foreign collective bargaining
agreements and regulations of the employers’ liability insurance
association.
“Leased Real
Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
“Liability
Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Liens” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Litigation
Conditions” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(b).
“Loss” and
“Losses”
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a).
“Measurement
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
“Non-Solicitation
Period” means the 1-year period immediately following the Closing
Date.
“Note” had
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Objections
Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
“Order”
means any order, judgment, injunction, award, decree, ruling, charge or writ of
any Governmental Authority.
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Purchase Agreement
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“Ordinary Course
of Business” means the ordinary course of business consistent with past
custom and practice (including with respect to quantity and
frequency).
“Party” and
“Parties”
have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Permits”
means any license, permit, authorization, certificate of authority,
accreditation, qualification or similar document or authority that has been
issued or granted by any Governmental Authority.
“Permitted
Exceptions” means (a) Liens for current Taxes, assessments, fees and
other charges by Governmental Authorities that are not due and payable as of the
Closing Date and (b) those matters that are set forth on Schedule 1.1(b).
“Person”
means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, unincorporated society or association, trust or other entity,
or any division of such Person.
“Purchase
Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Purchaser”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Purchaser’s
Advisors” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).
“Purchaser
Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a).
“Purchaser
Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Real
Property” means any and all real property and interests in real property
of the Company, including the Leased Real Property, any real property leaseholds
and subleaseholds, purchase options, easements, licenses, rights to access and
rights of way and any other real property otherwise owned, occupied or used by
the Company.
“Real Property
Leases” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
“Release”
shall mean any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, disposing or
dumping of a Hazardous Material into the Environment (including, without
limitation, the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other
closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Materials) and any condition that
results in the exposure of a Person to a Hazardous Material.
“Returns”
means all returns, declarations, statements, reports, claims for refund,
information returns and forms relating to Taxes, including any schedule or
attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“Revenue” means gross revenue of the
Company, including but not limited to the income stream generated by: (i)
commissions, including trail commissions from securities transactions executed
by the individuals listed in Exhibit ;
and (ii) advisory fees from assets under management and any other advisory
service or services rendered by individuals listed in Exhibit .
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Purchase Agreement
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“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Seller
Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b).
“Seller”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Shares”
has the meaning set forth in Background Paragraph A.
“Special
Representations” means the representations and warranties listed in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 10.3(a).
“Statement of
Operations” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
“Subsidiary”
or “Subsidiaries”
means any Person of which at least 20% of the outstanding shares or other equity
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
comparable managers of such Person are at the time owned by the Company, by one
or more directly or indirectly wholly or partially owned subsidiaries of the
Company or by the Company and one or more such subsidiaries, whether or not at
the time the shares of any other class or classes or other equity interests of
such Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency.
“Tangible Personal
Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(c).
“Target
Revenue” means
the 2009 Revenue (as defined herein) of the Company.
“Tax” means
any (a) foreign, United States federal, state, or local net income,
alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad
valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding,
payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property,
environmental or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or other tax, governmental
fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any
interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any Law or
Taxing Authority, whether disputed or not, (b) any liability for the
payment of any amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of being a
member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or being a
party to any agreement or arrangement whereby liability for payment of such
amounts was determined or taken into account with reference to the liability of
any other Person and (c) any liability for the payment of any amounts of
any of the foregoing types as a result of being a party to any agreements or
arrangements (whether or not written) or with respect to the payment of any
amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of any express or implied
obligation to indemnify any other Person.
“Tax
Matter” means any inquiries, claims, assessments, audits or similar
events with respect to Taxes of the Company.
“Tax
Period” means any Tax period ending on or before January 1,
2010.
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Purchase Agreement
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“Taxing
Authority” means any Governmental Authority responsible for the
administration or imposition of any Tax.
“Third Party
Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(b).
“Threat of
Release” shall mean a substantial likelihood of a Release that requires
action to prevent or mitigate damage or injury to health, safety or the
Environment that might result from such Release.
“Transfer
Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
(a) In
full consideration for the transfer of the Shares, at the Closing, the Purchaser
shall pay (or cause to be paid) to the Seller an aggregate amount equal to
$1,950,000 (or such lesser amount resulting from deductions, if any, pursuant to
this Section 2.3(a))
consisting of: (i) $1,400,000 in cash (the “Cash
Proceeds”) minus any and all
outstanding Indebtedness of the Company as of the Closing Date, which
is referred to herein as the “Cash Purchase
Price”; and (ii) $550,000 payable under a promissory note,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(a “Note”)
(the Note together with the Cash Purchase Price, the “Purchase
Price”)
(b) At
the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay (or cause to be paid) (i) to the
Persons entitled thereto, all of the Indebtedness of the Company to the extent
it is to be repaid in connection therewith as determined by the
Purchaser.
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Purchase Agreement
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(a) Statement of Operations
Calculation. Within 45 days after the period beginning on
the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the month 12 months thereafter
(the ”Measurement
Period”), the Purchaser shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the
Seller a statement of operations of the Company (the “Statement of
Operations”) for the Measurement Period, determined in accordance with
GAAP. The Statement of Operations shall include a
(A) calculation of the Company’s revenue for the Measurement Period (“Company’s
Revenue”), and (B) written determination of whether the Company
achieved the Target Revenue for the Measurement Period. If the Seller
has any objections to the Statement of Operations for the Measurement Period,
the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a statement setting forth its
objections thereto, including supporting calculations and documentation (an
“Objections
Statement”). If an Objections Statement is not delivered to
the Purchaser within 30 days after delivery of the Statement of Operations
for such Measurement Period, the Statement of Operations shall be final, binding
and non-appealable by the Parties. The Seller, on the one hand, and
the Purchaser, on the other hand, shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any
such objections, but if they do not reach a final resolution within 30 days
after the delivery of an Objections Statement, then the Seller and the Purchaser
shall submit such dispute for resolution to an independent accounting firm (the
“Independent
Arbitrator”) mutually appointed by the Seller, on the one hand, and the
Purchaser, on the other hand. If the Seller, on the one hand, and the
Purchaser, on the other hand, cannot agree on the identity of the Independent
Arbitrator, then they shall select the Independent Arbitrator from a list of
regional accounting firms that maintain offices in the New York City, New York;
provided, however, no firm
selected shall have (or have had) a material relationship with the Seller, the
Purchaser or their respective Affiliates. If either the Seller, on
the one hand, or the Purchaser, on the other hand, fail to cooperate in
selecting the Independent Arbitrator, the cooperating Party may apply to the
American Arbitration Association office located in Columbus, Ohio, which office
shall have the power to designate the Independent Arbitrator. The
Seller and the Purchaser shall use their commercially reasonably efforts to
cause the Independent Arbitrator to resolve all disagreements as soon as
practicable. The resolution of the dispute by the Independent
Arbitrator, or any written agreement of the Seller and the Purchaser as to the
resolution of such dispute, shall be final and binding on, and non-appealable
by, the Parties. The costs and expenses of the Independent Arbitrator
shall be allocated between the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Seller, on
the other hand, based upon the percentage that the portion of the contested
amount not awarded to each Party bears to the amount actually contested by such
Party. For example, if the Seller claims Company’s Revenue for the
Measurement Period is $1,000 greater than the amount determined by the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser contests only $500 of the amount claimed by the
Seller, and if the Independent Arbitrator ultimately resolves the dispute by
awarding the Seller $300 of the $500 contested, then the costs and expenses of
arbitration will be allocated 60% (i.e., 300 ÷ 500) to the Purchaser and 40%
(i.e., 200 ÷ 500) to the Seller.
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(a) (i) stock
certificates representing all of the Shares with duly executed stock powers
attached in proper form for transfer to the Purchaser and (ii) any other
documents that are necessary to transfer to the Purchaser good and valid title
to the Shares free and clear of any Liens, with any necessary transfer tax
stamps affixed or accompanied by evidence that all stock transfer taxes have
been paid;
(b) a
receipt, duly executed by the Seller, evidencing receipt by the Seller of the
Purchase Price;
(c) release,
in the form of Exhibit D,
duly executed by the Seller;
(d) copies
of the Certificate of Incorporation (or equivalent document) of the Company,
certified by the secretary of state of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and
copies of the Bylaws (or equivalent document) of the Company, certified by an
officer of the Company;
(e) the
original corporate record books and stock record books of the Company, and all
books and records (including data stored on discs, tapes or other media) related
to the Company’s business, including, to the extent available, all current and
historical financial, accounting and Tax records);
(f) all
of the Consents listed on Schedules 4.4
and 5.4(b);
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(g) certificates
of the Seller required pursuant to Sections 9.1(c)
and (f);
(h) a
certificate of the Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, setting forth in
sufficient detail (i) all Indebtedness of the Company (other than accounts
and trade payables not yet invoiced as of the Closing Date, which accounts and
trade payables shall remain a liability of the Seller, as of the Closing
Date;
(i)
a certificate of the Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying in
sufficient detail the Revenue of the Company for the 12 months ending on the
last day of the month immediately preceding the Closing Date, which Revenue must
equal or exceed $_________;
(j)
written resignations of each director and officer of the Company;
and
(k) such
other documents and instruments as the Purchaser reasonably requests to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(a) the
Purchase Price payable as set forth in Section 2.5.
(b) a
certificate of the Purchaser required pursuant to Sections
9.2(c); and
(c) such
other documents and instruments as the Seller reasonably request to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.
The
Seller hereby severally represents and warrants to the Purchaser as
follows:
4.2.
Authority,
Validity and Effect. The Seller has
all requisite authority and full legal capacity to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement to which such
Seller is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and
therein. This Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements have been duly
executed and delivered the Seller pursuant to all necessary authorization and
are the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against
Seller in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance and
other similar Laws and principles of equity affecting creditors’ rights and
remedies generally (the “General
Enforceability Exceptions”). No further action on the part of
Seller is or will be required in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
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Seller
hereby, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Purchaser as
follows:
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(i) Fixed
Assets; Personal Property Leases. Schedule 5.4 of the Disclosure
Statement contains a true, complete and correct list and brief description
of the fixed assets of the Company including equipment, computers,
furniture, leasehold improvements, vehicles and other items of personal property
owned, used or leased by the Company and all interests therein which are part of
the Company’s assets (“Fixed Assets”). The Company has good, valid
and marketable title to its Fixed Assets, free and clear of any and all Liens,
except for those Liens set forth on Schedule (i)(i) of the Disclosure Statement.
All of the Fixed Assets are in good operating condition, state of maintenance
and repair and working order, subject to normal wear and tear.
(b) Schedule (a)(i)(b) of
the Disclosure Statement sets forth a list (including, without limitation, all
amendments) of all leases relating to personal property (the “Personal Property
Leases”), including, without limitation, the dates of the Personal Property
Leases, the personal property leased thereunder, the name of the lessees and
lessors, the commencement date and expiration date of such Personal Property
Leases, the annual rent payable by the lessee under such Personal Property
Leases, the security deposited with the lessor or sublessor under any such
Personal Property Lease and the amount of the purchase option under any such
Personal Property Lease. Attached to Schedule (a)(i)(b) of
the Disclosure Statement are true, correct and complete copies of the Personal
Property Leases. The Personal Property Leases are in full force and
effect and to the best knowledge of the Shareholders are enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms with respect to the counterparties
thereto. Except as set forth in Schedule (a)(i)(b) of
the Disclosure Statement, the Personal Property Leases have not been amended or
modified. The Company has not assigned, pledged or otherwise
transferred, or subjected, by consent or sufferance, to any Lien, any of its
rights under any Personal Property Lease and the Company has not granted any
rights to sublet any Personal Property Lease. The Company is in
possession of all the personal property that is subject to the Personal Property
Leases. No event has occurred or failed to occur which (with the
giving of notice or the passage of time or both) would constitute a default
under any Personal Property Lease, and to the knowledge of the Shareholders no
such default is threatened. No lessor or lessee under any Personal
Property Lease has notified the Company or the Shareholders of the exercise of
any option or right to: (i) cancel or terminate such Personal
Property Lease or shorten the term thereof; (ii) lease additional personal
property; or reduce or relocate the personal property leased under such Personal
Property Lease; (iii) purchase any personal property subject to a Personal
Property Lease; or (iv) renew or extend such Personal Property
Lease. The Company’s equipment and other personal property (whether
leased or owned) are in good operating condition and repair, subject to ordinary
wear and tear.
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(a) Union and Employee
Contracts. (i) The Company is not a party to or bound by
any union contract, collective bargaining agreement or other similar type of
contract; (ii) the Company has not agreed to recognize any union or other
collective bargaining representative; and (iii) no union or collective
bargaining representative has been certified as representing any employees of
the Company and no organizational attempt has been made or threatened by or on
behalf of any labor union or collective bargaining representative with respect
to any employees of the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its
predecessors has experienced any labor strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage or
any other material labor difficulty during the past five years and to the
Company’s Knowledge there are no facts or circumstances that might lead to any
such labor dispute.
(b) List of Employees,
Etc. Schedule 5.9(b)
sets forth a list of all officers, directors, employees (which term shall
include any managing director), consultants and independent contractors of the
Company, the rate of all regular and special compensation payable to each such
Person in any and all capacities and any regular or special compensation that
will be payable to each such Person in any and all capacities other than the
then current accrual of regular payroll compensation, and any potentially
existing change-in-control clause. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9(b),
the Company does not employ any employee who cannot be dismissed immediately,
whether currently or immediately after the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, without notice or cause and without
further liability to the Company. To the Company’s Knowledge, no
employee of the Company intends to terminate his or her employment relationship
with the Company.
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(b) True
and complete copies of the following materials have been delivered or made
available to the Purchaser: (i) all current and prior plan
documents for each Employee Plan or, in the case of an unwritten Employee Plan,
a written description thereof, (ii) all determination letters from the IRS
with respect to any of the Employee Plans, (iii) all current and prior
summary plan descriptions, summaries of material modifications, annual reports,
and summary annual reports with respect to the Employee Plans, (iv) all
current and prior trust agreements, insurance contracts, and other documents
relating to the funding or payment of benefits under any Employee Plan, and
(v) any other documents, forms or other instruments relating to any
Employee Plan reasonably requested by the Purchaser.
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(c) Each
Employee Plan has been maintained, operated, and administered in compliance with
its terms and any related documents or agreements and in compliance with all
applicable Laws. There have been no prohibited transactions or
breaches of any of the duties imposed on “fiduciaries” (within the meaning of
Section 3(21) of ERISA) by ERISA with respect to the Employee Plans that
could result in any liability or excise Tax under ERISA or the Code being
imposed on the Company. All contributions, transfers and payments in
respect of any Employee Plan, other than transfers incident to an incentive
stock option plan within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, have been
or are fully deductible under the Code. There is no pending or
threatened assessment, Action, complaint, proceeding, or investigation of any
kind before any Governmental Authority with respect to any Employee Plan (other
than routine claims for benefits), nor is there any basis for
one. The Company has reserved all rights necessary to amend or
terminate each of the Employee Plans without the consent of any other
Person.
(d) Each
Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is
so qualified and has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each
trust created under any Employee Plan has been determined by the IRS to be
exempt from Tax under the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Code, and
nothing has occurred since the date of any such determination that could
reasonably be expected to give the IRS grounds to revoke such
determination.
(e) With
respect to each group health plan benefiting any current or former employee of
the Company or any member of the Controlled Group that is subject to
Section 4980B of the Code, the Company and each member of the Controlled
Group has complied with the continuation coverage requirements of
Section 4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Subtitle B of
Title I of ERISA. No Employee Plan is or at any time was funded
through a “welfare benefit fund” as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code,
and no benefits under any Employee Plan are or at any time have been provided
through a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association (within the meaning of
subsection 501(c)(9) of the Code) or a supplemental unemployment benefit
plan (within the meaning of Section 501(c)(17) of the Code).
(f) All
(i) insurance premiums required to be paid with respect to,
(ii) benefits, expenses, and other amounts due and payable under, and
(iii) contributions, transfers, or payments required to be made to, any
Employee Plan prior to the Closing Date will have been paid, made or accrued on
or before the Closing Date. With respect to any insurance policy
providing funding for benefits under any Employee Plan, (A) there is no
liability of the Company, in the nature of a retroactive rate adjustment, loss
sharing arrangement, or other actual or contingent liability, nor would there be
any such liability if such insurance policy was terminated on the Closing Date,
and (B) no insurance company issuing any such policy is in receivership,
conservatorship, liquidation or similar proceeding and, to the Company’s
Knowledge, no such proceedings with respect to any insurer are
imminent.
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(g) No
Employee Plan provides benefits, including, without limitation, death or medical
benefits, beyond termination of service or retirement other than
(i) coverage mandated by Law, or (ii) death or retirement benefits
under any Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code.
(h) The
execution and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will
not (i) constitute a stated triggering event under any Employee Plan that
will result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due
from the Company to any current or former officer, employee, director or
consultant (or dependents of such Persons), or (ii) accelerate the time of
payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any current or
former officer, employee, director or consultant (or dependents of such Persons)
of the Company. No amount that could be received (whether in cash or
property or the vesting of property) as a result of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement by any employee, officer or director of the
Company or any of its affiliates who is a “disqualified individual” (as such
term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) under any
employment, severance or termination agreement, other compensation arrangement
or Employee Plan currently in effect would be characterized as an “excess
parachute payment” (as such term is defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the
Code).
(i) All
Employee Plans subject to Section 409A of the Code comply in both form and
operation with Section 409A of the Code and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
(j) The
term “Foreign
Plan” shall mean any Employee Plan that is maintained outside of the
United States. The Company does not currently maintain, contribute to
or is not otherwise obligated under, nor in the past has it maintained,
contributed to or was otherwise obligated under, any Foreign Plans.
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(a) Schedule 5.14
sets forth, with the application number, application date, registration/issue
number, registration/issue date, title or xxxx, country or other jurisdiction
and owner(s), as applicable, a complete and correct list of all the following
Intellectual Property: (i) Patents; (ii) registered
Trademarks and applications therefor; (ii) registered Copyrights and
applications therefor; and (iv) Internet domain names. Any and
all renewal and maintenance fees, taxes, annuities or other fees payable in
respect of the Intellectual Property and due before the Closing have been paid
in full through the Closing, and except as set forth on Schedule 5.14,
no such fees are due in the two-month period after the Closing. All
actions required to record each owner throughout the entire chain of title of
all of the Intellectual Property required to have been listed on Schedule 5.14
with each applicable Governmental Authority up through the Closing Date, have
been taken, including payment of all costs, fees, taxes and expenses associated
with such recording activities.
(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 5.14,
(i) the Company owns and possesses all right, title and interest in and to
the Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Liens; (ii) the Company
has the sole and exclusive right to use the Intellectual Property for the life
thereof; (iii) no claim by any Person contesting the validity,
enforceability or ownership of any of the Intellectual Property has been made,
is currently outstanding or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is threatened and there
are no grounds for the same; (iv) no loss or expiration of any part of the
Intellectual Property is pending or reasonably foreseeable; (v) neither the
Company nor any Seller has received any notices of, and is not aware of any
facts that indicate a likelihood of, any infringement or misappropriation by, or
conflict with, any Person with respect to the Intellectual Property; and
(vi) the Company has not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise conflicted
with any intellectual property rights or other rights of any Person and neither
the Company nor any Seller is aware of any infringement, misappropriation or
conflict that will occur as a result of the continued operation of the business
of the Company, nor has the Company or any Seller received any demand or request
that the Company license any rights from any Person.
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(c) The
Intellectual Property comprises all of the intellectual property rights used in
or necessary for the operation of the business of the Company as conducted or
proposed to be conducted. The transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will have no adverse effect on the
Company’s right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual
Property. The Company has taken all necessary action to maintain and
protect the Intellectual Property so as to not adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of the Intellectual Property. To the Company’s
Knowledge, the owners of any intellectual property licensed to the Company have
taken all necessary and desirable action to maintain and protect that portion of
the intellectual property subject to such licenses. Except pursuant
to a Contract set forth on Schedule 5.12,
the Company has not licensed or otherwise granted any right to any Person under
any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or has otherwise agreed not to
assert any such Intellectual Property against any Person.
(a) Schedule 5.16(a)
sets forth true and complete copies of the unaudited balance sheets of the
Company, as a standalone entity, as of December 2009, and the related unaudited
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for such fiscal years
then ended (collectively, the “Financial
Statements”).
(b) The
Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company at the
dates and for the time periods indicated and have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP (except as otherwise stated therein) consistently applied throughout
the periods indicated and reviewed by the management of the
Company. The Company’s internal controls and procedures are
sufficient to ensure that the Financial Statements are accurate in all material
respects. The Financial Statements were derived from the books and
records of the Company, which are accurate and complete and there are no
material inaccuracies or discrepancies of any kind contained or reflected
therein.
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5.19. Accounts
Receivable. All accounts and
notes receivable of the Company represent sales actually made in the Ordinary
Course of Business or valid claims as to which full performance has been
rendered by the Company. The reserve on the Financial Statements
against the accounts receivable for bad debts has been calculated in a manner
consistent with past practice. All of the accounts and notes
receivable of the Company is, in the aggregate, collectible in full, net of the
reserve therefor, in the Ordinary Course of Business. No counter
claims, defenses, offsetting claims or adjustments with respect to the accounts
or notes receivable of the Company are pending or threatened. All of
the accounts and notes receivable of the Company relate solely to sales of goods
or services to customers of the Company, none of whom are shareholders or
Affiliates of the Company or any Seller.
(a) Each
product or service sold or otherwise delivered by the Company has been in
conformity with all applicable contractual commitments and all express and
implied warranties, and the Company has no liability (and there is no basis for
any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge,
complaint, claim or demand against, or recall by, the Company) for replacement
or repair of any such products or services or other damages in connection
therewith, subject only to the reserve for product and service warranty claims
set forth in the Financial Statements. No product manufactured, sold,
leased or delivered, and no service provided, by the Company is subject to any
recall or any guaranty, warranty or other indemnity beyond the applicable
standard terms and conditions of sale, lease or service. Schedule 5.20 sets forth true and
complete copies of the standard terms and conditions of sale, lease or service
of the Company (containing applicable guaranty, warranty and indemnity
provisions). There have been no recalls of any of the products
manufactured, sold, distributed, leased, delivered or provided by the Company
and there exists no basis that could result in any such
recalls.
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(b) The
Company has no liability, and there is no basis for any present or future Action
against the Company giving rise to any liability, arising out of any injury to
Person or property as a result of the ownership, possession or use of a product
or service manufactured, sold, distributed, leased, delivered or provided by the
Company.
(a) All
Returns required to be filed with any Taxing Authority with respect to the Tax
Period by or on behalf of the Company have been filed when due in accordance
with all applicable Laws.
(b) All
Returns with respect to the Tax Periods (i) correctly and completely
reflect the facts regarding the income, business, assets, operations, activities
and status of the Company, (ii) were correct and complete in all respects
and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with all applicable
Laws. The Company is not currently a beneficiary of any extension of
time within which to file any Return.
(c) All
Taxes owed by the Company (whether or not shown as due and payable on any
Return) have been timely paid or withheld and remitted to the appropriate Taxing
Authority.
(d) No
Return of the Company with respect to any Tax Period has ever been audited by
any Taxing Authority.
(e) There
is no Action now pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or
with respect to the Company in respect of any Tax.
(f) The
Company has no Tax liabilities (whether due or to become due) with respect to
the income, property and operations of the Company that relate to any Tax
Periods, except for Tax liabilities reflected in the Financial Statements or
that have arisen after the date of the Financial Statements in the Ordinary
Course of Business.
(g) There
are no Liens for Taxes upon any of the assets or properties of the Company,
except for Permitted Exceptions.
(h) The
Company has not received notice of any claim by a Taxing Authority in a
jurisdiction where the Company does not file Returns that the Company is or may
be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction or Taxing
Authority.
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The
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Seller as follows:
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(a) The
representations and warranties of the Seller and the Purchaser contained in this
Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement will survive for a period of
24 months following the Closing (the “Expiration
Date”); provided, however,
that:
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(i) the
Expiration Date for any Claims relating to a breach of or inaccuracy in the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 5.6
(Compliance with Laws), 5.10 (Employee
Benefit Plans) and 5.11 (Environmental)
will be the longer of the 5-year anniversary of the Closing or the expiration of
the applicable statute of limitations as extended;
(ii) there
will be no Expiration Date for any Claims relating to a breach of or inaccuracy
in the representations and warranties set forth in Sections
4.1 (Authority, Validity and Effect), 4.2 (Title
to Shares), 4.3 (No
Conflict), 4.4 (Consents),
4.6 (Brokers),
4.9 (Investment
Representations), 5.1 (Existence
and Good Standing), 5.2 (Power),
5.3 (Capitalization
of the Company), 5.14(b)(i) (Intellectual
Property), 5.17 (Undisclosed
Liabilities), 5.21 (Indebtedness),
5.25 (Related
Party Transactions) and 5.26 (Brokers);
and
(iii) any
Claims pending on any Expiration Date for which notice has been given in
accordance with Section 10.2
on or before such Expiration Date may continue to be asserted and indemnified
against until finally resolved.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Article X:
(i) the
Seller will not have any liability as a result of any breach of or inaccuracy in
any of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (other
than the Special Representations), until the aggregate amount of all such Losses
sustained by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties exceeds $15,000, in which case
the Seller will be liable for all such Losses exceeding such amount;
and
(ii) the
Purchaser will not have any liability as a result of any breach of or inaccuracy
in any of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement until
the aggregate amount of all such Losses sustained by the Seller Indemnified
Parties exceeds $15,000, in which case the Purchaser will be liable for all such
Losses exceeding such amount.
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(i) Seller
will keep in strict confidence, and will not, directly or indirectly, at any
time, disclose, furnish, disseminate, make available or, use any trade secrets
or confidential business and technical information of the Company, or any of its
customers or vendors, except for information generally available to the public
or where such disclosure is required or requested by legal process, including
requests from regulatory authorities. Such confidential information
shall include, without limitation, the Company’s unique selling and servicing
methods and business techniques, training, service and business manuals,
promotional materials, training courses and other training and instructional
materials, vendor and product information, customer and prospective customer
lists, other customer and prospective customer information and other business
information.
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(i) by
mutual written consent of the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Seller, on the
other hand;
(ii) by
the Purchaser, if the Seller has breached or failed to perform in any material
respect any of its covenants or agreements under this Agreement required to be
performed before the Closing Date, or if any of the representations and
warranties of the Seller set forth in this Agreement shall not be true in any
material respect;
(iii) by
the Seller, if the Purchaser shall have breached or failed to perform in any
material respect any of its covenants or agreements under this Agreement
required to be performed before the Closing Date, or if any of the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement
shall not be true in any material respect;
(iv) by
either the Purchaser or the Seller if the Closing has not occurred by February
26, 2010 other than as a result of any breach of the party attempting such
termination, or such other date, if any, as the Purchaser and the Seller may
agree in writing;
(v) by
either the Purchaser or the Seller if any Governmental Authority has issued an
Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or
(vi) by
the Purchaser if it is not satisfied in its sole discretion with the results of
its due diligence investigation or if it is unable to obtain the consent of its
lenders to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
(vii) by
the Purchaser if it is not satisfied in its sole discretion that all customer
and client interests are acceptably transferred by the Seller to the Purchase at
Closing.
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If to the
Seller:
National
Investment Managers Inc.
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile
No.:
If to the
Purchaser:
Network 1
Financial Group
0 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
11.10. Governing
Law. This Agreement
will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of
law.
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NATIONAL
INVESTMENT MANAGERS INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Managing
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A
PROMISSORY
NOTE
$550,000
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Columbus,
Ohio
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January
2010
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FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, Network 1 Financial Group, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Maker”),
hereby promises to pay to National Investment Managers Inc., a Florida
corporation (the “Holder”),
the principal amount of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) or
such other amount as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.5(b) of that certain Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of _______January
2010 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), by and between Maker and the Holder. All principal and unpaid interest under
this Promissory Note shall be due on or before [_________ ___, 2012 (“Cutoff Date”). This Note shall be paid by Maker
to Holder in 4 equal installments beginning on the 6 month anniversary of the
Closing Date of the Purchase Agreement and payments continuing every 6 months
thereafter, until paid in full. Maker further promises to pay to the Holder
interest for the period beginning on the
date hereof and ending on the Cutoff Date (the
“Interest Period”) on the
unpaid principal balance from time to time outstanding, as
follows: Interest shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to 6% and
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days
the unpaid principal amount hereof is outstanding during the Interest Period. Interest
is payable in arrears commencing on [_______ ___, 2010 and
continuing on the same day of each year thereafter until this Promissory Note
has been paid in full. During the existence of any Event of Default,
a default interest rate will apply to any delinquent balances equal to the prime
rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the date of the Event of Default
plus 2%, adjusted monthly based on changes in such prime
rate. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in
no event shall the interest charged hereunder exceed the maximum permitted under
the laws of the State of Ohio.
Principal,
interest and other sums payable under this Promissory Note shall be payable in
lawful money of the United States of America at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx. 000,
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000 or such other address that the Holder may from time to
time give written notice to Maker.
The
indebtedness evidenced hereby may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time
without penalty.
At the
option of the Holder, the entire unpaid principal balance of this Promissory
Note, together with all accrued interest, shall be immediately due and payable
upon the occurrence of any of the following (each, an “Event of
Default”):
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1.
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Application
for, or consent to, the appointment of a receiver, trustee or liquidator
for Maker or of its property;
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2.
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Admission
in writing of Maker’s inability to pay its debts as they
mature;
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3.
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Maker
makes any assignment for the benefit of
creditors;
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Stock
Purchase Agreement
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4.
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Filing
by Maker of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy seeking liquidation or
reorganization;
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5.
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Entering
against Maker of a court order approving a petition filed against it under
the federal bankruptcy laws, which order shall not have been vacated, set
aside or otherwise terminated within 60 days of such entry against Maker;
or
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6.
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Maker
fails to pay any installment of interest or any other sum payable in
accordance with this Promissory Note when due, and such failure is not
cured within 30 days of the Holder notifying Maker in writing of such
failure.
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Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default, Maker will pay to the Holder reasonable
attorneys’ fees, court costs and expenses incurred by the Holder in connection
with the Holder’s efforts to collect the indebtedness evidenced
hereby.
This
Promissory Note is unsecured.
All
rights and remedies available to the Holder pursuant to the provisions of
applicable law and otherwise are cumulative, not exclusive and enforceable
alternatively, successively and/or concurrently during an Event of Default by
Maker pursuant to the provisions of this Promissory Note.
This
Promissory Note may not be changed, modified or terminated orally, but only by
an agreement in writing, signed by Maker and the Holder.
This
Promissory Note and all rights and obligations hereunder shall be governed by
and construed under the local laws of the State of Ohio without regard to any
conflicts of law doctrine and shall be binding upon the successors, endorsees or
assigns of Maker and inure to the benefit of the Holder, its successors,
endorsees and permitted assigns. If any provision hereof is or
becomes invalid or unenforceable under any law of mandatory application, it is
the intent of Maker and the Holder that such provision will be deemed severed
and omitted herefrom, the remaining portions hereof to remain in full force and
effect as written.
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Managing Director
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