ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and between LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., AND WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC. as Seller and LPHC ACQUISITION PARTNERS LLC as Purchaser Dated as of September 23, 2011
Exhibit 2.2
by and between
LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., AND
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC.
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., AND
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC.
as Seller
and
LPHC ACQUISITION PARTNERS LLC
as Purchaser
Dated as of September 23, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1. Recitals |
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Section 1.2. Definitions |
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Section 1.3. Other Terms |
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Section 1.4. Interpretation |
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Section 1.5. Time |
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ARTICLE II AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE |
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Section 2.1. Purchase and Sale of Assets |
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Section 2.2. Excluded Assets |
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Section 2.3. Condition of Conveyance |
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Section 2.4. Purchase Price |
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Section 2.5. Assumption of Liabilities |
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Section 2.6. Excluded Liabilities |
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Section 2.7. Procedures for Assumption of Agreements |
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Section 2.8. Purchase Price Deposit and Escrow Amount |
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Section 2.9. Purchase Price Allocation |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER |
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Section 3.1. Corporate Status |
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Section 3.2. Power and Authority |
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Section 3.3. Conflicts Under Constituent Documents or Laws |
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Section 3.4. Consents |
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Section 3.5. Included Assets |
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Section 3.6. Intellectual Property Rights |
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Section 3.7. Employee Matters |
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Section 3.8. Brokers |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER |
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Section 4.1. Corporate Status |
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Section 4.2. Validity |
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Section 4.3. Consents |
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Section 4.4. Broker Fees |
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Section 4.5. Resources |
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Section 4.6. Investigation |
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1. Closing Documents |
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Section 5.2. Matters Requiring Notice |
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Section 5.3. Supplement to Disclosure Schedules |
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Section 5.4. Access to Information/Confidentiality/Preservation of Books and Records |
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Section 5.5. Disclaimer of Additional Warranties |
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Section 5.6. Required Approvals |
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Section 5.7. Publicity |
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Section 5.8. Certain Matters Relating to Seller Employees |
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Section 5.9. Accounts Receivable |
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Section 5.10. Preservation of the Business and the Included Assets |
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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Section 6.1. Conditions for Purchaser |
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Section 6.2. Conditions for Seller |
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ARTICLE VII CLOSING |
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Section 7.1. Closing Arrangements |
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Section 7.2. Seller’s Deliveries |
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Section 7.3. Purchaser’s Deliveries |
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Section 7.4. Tax Matters |
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ARTICLE VIII BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVAL |
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Section 8.1. Sale Process |
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Section 8.2. Certain Bankruptcy Undertakings |
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT |
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Section 9.1. Termination |
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Section 9.2. Purchase Price Deposit and Escrow Amount |
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Section 9.3. Certain Effects of Termination |
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Section 9.4. Remedies |
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Section 9.5. Right to Monetary Damages |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.1. Survival |
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Section 10.2. Relationship of the Parties |
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Section 10.3. Amendment of Agreement |
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Section 10.4. Notices |
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Section 10.5. Fees and Expenses |
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Section 10.6. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process |
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Section 10.7. Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury |
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Section 10.8. Further Assurances |
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Section 10.9. Entire Agreement |
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Section 10.10. Waiver |
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Section 10.11. Assignment |
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Section 10.12. Successors and Assigns |
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Section 10.13. No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 10.14. Severability of Provisions |
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Section 10.15. Counterparts |
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Section 10.16. Specific Performance |
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This Asset Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 23, 2011 (the
“Execution Date”), is by and between LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, Employment Screening Profiles, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Worldwide Information,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Seller”), and LPHC Acquisition Partners
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”). In this Agreement, Seller and
Purchaser are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
A. Employment Screening Profiles, Inc. and Worldwide Information, Inc., are engaged in the
business of providing various types of public and private data to business and credentialed clients
throughout the United States (the “Business”).
B. On June 16, 2011, Seller commenced a case under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code by filing
a voluntary petition for relief (“Seller Chapter 11 Case”) with the Bankruptcy Court. On
July 15, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court approved the appointment of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx as Chapter 11
Trustee in the Seller Chapter 11 Case. Purchaser’s purchase of substantially all of Seller’s
assets will occur pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing Seller to consummate
this Agreement and all transactions required or contemplated hereunder.
C. On September 21 and 22, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court held an auction (the “Auction”)
where the Purchaser was Successful Bidder in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the Sale
Order and this Agreement.
D. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, Seller wishes to
sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser wishes to purchase and acquire from Seller, all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in and to certain assets pursuant to Sections 105, 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
E. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser proposed terms for a plan
of liquidation (the “Plan”) to be proposed by the Seller and co-sponsored by the Purchaser,
which Plan constitutes Purchaser’s primary offer for the acquisition of the equity of the
reorganized Seller.
F. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Seller, Purchaser and the Escrow
Holder entered into an Escrow Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G
(“Escrow Agreement”).
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are incorporated by reference and
are expressly made part of this Agreement.
Section 1.2. Definitions. The definitions set forth on Schedule 1.2 shall apply to and
constitute part of this Agreement, the Schedules and all Exhibits attached hereto.
Section 1.3. Other Terms. As used in this Agreement, any reference to any federal,
state, local, or foreign law, including any applicable Legal Requirement, will be deemed also to
refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.
The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by “without
limitation.” Pronouns in masculine, feminine, or neuter genders will be construed to include any
other gender, and words in the singular form will be construed to include the plural and vice
versa, unless the context otherwise requires. References to “this Agreement” shall include all
Exhibits, Schedules and other agreements, instruments or other documents attached hereto. The
words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. References
in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Schedules or Exhibits are to Articles or Sections of,
Schedules or Exhibits to, this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise specified herein.
References to the consent or approval of any Party mean the written consent or approval of such
Party, which may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in such Party’s sole and absolute discretion,
except to the extent otherwise specified herein. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have
the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto unless otherwise defined therein. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred
to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the
case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments
thereto and instruments incorporated therein. The headings of the sections, paragraphs and
subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement
and do not in any way limit or modify the provisions of this Agreement and shall not affect the
interpretation hereof. Unless otherwise specified herein, payments that are required to be made
under this Agreement shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated in advance by the Party entitled to receive such payment. All references to “dollars”
or “$” or “US$” in this Agreement means U.S. dollars.
Section 1.4. Interpretation. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation
and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises,
this Agreement will be construed as
if drafted jointly by the Parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof will arise
favoring or disfavoring any Party hereto because of the authorship of any provision of this
Agreement.
Section 1.5. Time. Except as expressly set out in this Agreement, the computation of
any period of time referred to in this Agreement shall exclude the first day and include the last
day of such period. If the time limited for the performance or completion of any matter under this
Agreement expires or falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the time so limited shall
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extend to
the next following Business Day. The time limited for performing or completing any matter under
this Agreement may be extended or abridged by an agreement in writing by the Parties. All
references herein to time are references to prevailing Eastern time, unless otherwise specified
herein.
ARTICLE II
AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE
Section 2.1. Purchase and Sale of Assets. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and
deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase and acquire from Seller, free and clear of
Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances and Assumed Liabilities), all right, title and
interest in, to and under (i) the corporate attributes of LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation and (ii)
all of the assets, properties, rights and claims of Employment Screening Profiles, Inc. and
Worldwide Information, Inc. (together, the “Companies”) (other than the Excluded Assets),
whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, vested or unvested, contingent or otherwise,
wherever located, and all goodwill associated therewith (the “Included Assets”), including:
(a) All Contracts identified on Schedule 2.1(a) (provided that Purchaser may, subject to
Section 2.5(c), upon notice to Seller, at any time on or before the Closing Date, add any Contract
to Schedule 2.1(a) and/or remove any Contract from Schedule 2.1(a), including all rights and
obligations arising out of or relating to any such Contract) to the extent such Contracts may be
assumed and assigned under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code (such Contracts, subject to such
addition or removal, the “Assumed Contracts”);
(b) all Systems and any other Equipment described on Schedule 2.1(b);
(c) all Software, including the Software described on Schedule 2.1(c);
(d) all Intellectual Property Rights, including all Domain Names, of Companies, including all
Domain Names set forth on Schedule 3.6 and any other Intellectual Property Rights described on
Schedule 3.6 (such Intellectual Property Rights including Software, collectively, “Business
IP”);
(e) all Books and Records (provided that Seller may, in its discretion and at its sole
expense, retain one copy of the Books and Records, for the sole purpose of the Seller Chapter 11
Case, winding down its operations and/or performing the Seller’s obligations under the Operating
Lease Agreement);
(f) all goodwill associated with the Business;
(g) all supplies, goods, materials, work in progress, properties, rights and other assets used
or held for use by Seller in connection with the Business;
(h) all customer lists, addresses, telephone numbers and fax numbers used in the Business, to
the extent such numbers may be assumed and assigned under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code or are
otherwise transferrable to Purchaser; and
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(i) all Permits to the extent transferable after giving effect to the Sale Order.
Section 2.2. Excluded Assets. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to sell,
transfer, assign, convey or deliver the Excluded Assets to Purchaser or any Affiliate of Purchaser,
and Seller or an Affiliate thereof, as applicable, shall retain all right, title and interest to,
in and under the Excluded Assets and neither Purchaser nor any Affiliate of Purchaser shall have
any Liability therefor. “Excluded Assets” shall mean the following assets, properties and
rights of Seller:
(a) any and all rights of Seller under this Agreement;
(b) any and all assets owned or used by LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation other than its
corporate attributes;
(c) all Accounts Receivable;
(d) all Avoidance Actions of Seller;
(e) all Deposits;
(f) all rights to refunds, credits, deposits or prepayments or the equivalent owing to Seller
from any taxing authority;
(g) any and all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in any litigation, claims, causes of
action whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, for any action, conduct, or omissions
arising prior to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, any setoff rights;
(h) the Excluded Contracts and any and all rights thereunder, including, without limitation,
any setoff rights;
(i) the Retained Books and Records; provided, that prior and subsequent to the Closing Date,
Purchaser shall have the right to make copies of any portions of the Retained Books and Records to
the extent that such portions relate to, are relevant to, or were used prior to the Closing Date in
connection with the operation of, the Business or any of the Included Assets;
(j) any cash or cash equivalents and all bank accounts of Seller (including, for this purpose,
all collected funds (including checks), at or prior to 12:01 a.m., prevailing Eastern time on the
Closing Date received by Seller (including in a lockbox of Seller);
(k) any and all interest, including equity interests, of Seller in LocatePLUS Holdings
Corporation, LocatePLUS Corporation, Certifion Corporation, Dataphant Inc. and Metrigenics, Inc.
and all assets owned or used by LocatePLUS Corporation, Certifion Corporation, Dataphant Inc. and
Metrigenics, Inc.;
(l) all Deposits under this Agreement, any Excluded Contract or for workers’ compensation
collateral;
(m) all assets of Seller related to or under any Employee Benefit Plans;
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(n) insurance proceeds, claims and causes of action with respect to or arising in connection
with (A) any Contract which is not included within the Included Assets, (B) any item of tangible or
intangible property not included within the Included Assets, or (C) any Excluded Liability;
(o) all claims under Seller’s insurance policies, and all proceeds from claims under such
insurance policies;
(p) all Equipment other than the Equipment set forth on Schedule 2.1(b); and
(q) the assets, properties and rights set forth on Schedule 2.2(q).
Section 2.3. Condition of Conveyance. Without limiting the provisions of this
Agreement relating to the Closing, the sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or delivery of the
Included Assets shall be affected (a) by appropriate instruments of transfer, bills of sale,
endorsements, assignments and deeds, in recordable form as appropriate and (b) free and clear of
any and all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances and Assumed Liabilities.
Section 2.4. Purchase Price.
(a) The purchase price for the Included Assets (the “Purchase Price”) shall consist of
(i) cash in an amount equal to the sum of $400,000 (such cash amount, the “Cash Purchase
Price”); (ii) assumption of the Assumed Liabilities; and (iii) satisfaction of certain claims
identified on Schedule 2.4 in connection with the Seller Chapter 11 Case (the “Satisfied
Claims”).
(b) Within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall agree on
the amount of prepaid revenue received by Seller prior to Closing for services to be rendered by
Purchaser after Closing (provided that such amount shall not include revenue paid for services
which the Seller, in the ordinary course of its business would include as Accounts Receivable for
periods prior to the Closing Date). Upon agreement of the parties as to such amount, Seller shall
immediately pay to Purchaser such amount in cash in immediately available funds. Purchaser agrees
that it shall be Purchaser’s responsibility to provide the services to customers in connection with
any prepaid amounts.
Section 2.5. Assumption of Liabilities. On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall assume and agree to pay, perform and discharge when
due, the Assumed Liabilities, but only to the extent not paid, performed or discharged by Seller on
or prior to the Closing Date. Other than the Assumed Liabilities, Purchaser is not assuming and
shall not be liable for any liabilities or obligations of Seller or any Affiliate of Seller. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Assumed Liabilities” shall mean the following Liabilities only
(to the extent not paid at or prior to the Closing):
(a) in addition to the liabilities set forth in Section 2.5(b) below, all liabilities and
obligations of Seller under the (i) Assumed Contracts and (ii) Permits that constitute Included
Assets, in each case, to the extent relating to and arising after the period commencing on or after
the Closing Date;
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(b) all cure amounts owing under any of the Assumed Contracts as of the Closing Date which the
Bankruptcy Court may order to be paid as a condition to Seller’s assignment to Purchaser of any
Assumed Contracts (collectively, the “Cure Costs”); provided, however, that Purchaser shall
have the right to amend Schedule 2.1(a) anytime prior to the Closing Date to include one or more
Contracts to the list of Assumed Contracts subject to (i) Purchaser agreeing to pay such amount(s),
if any, as agreed to between Purchaser and the non-debtor contract party to cure defaults under
Section 365(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) in the event that the Purchaser and such non-debtor
contract party cannot agree upon such cure amount, then Purchaser agreeing to pay the cure
amount(s), if any, as determined by order of the Bankruptcy Court following a hearing to address
the disputed cure claim; providing further however that, in the event that there is a dispute and
the Bankruptcy Court determines that the required cure cost is higher than Purchaser otherwise
agrees to pay as a cure cost, then such Contract shall be excluded from the list of Assumed
Contracts;
(c) all liabilities and obligations relating to and arising from the Included Assets or the
operation of the Business, but only to the extent relating to and arising after the period
commencing on or after the Closing Date and the Purchaser’s operation of the Business post-Closing;
and
(d) Taxes relating to the Business or the Included Assets to the extent relating to and
arising after the period commencing on or after the Closing Date.
Section 2.6. Excluded Liabilities(a) . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, neither Purchaser nor any Affiliate of Purchaser shall assume, and shall not be
deemed to have assumed, any Liabilities of Seller other than the Assumed Liabilities (all such
other Liabilities, the “Excluded Liabilities”).
Section 2.7. Procedures for Assumption of Agreements. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the entry of the Sale Order, at the Closing and pursuant to
Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, Seller shall assume and assign to Purchaser the Assumed
Contracts, subject to provision of adequate assurance as may be required under Section 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement
shall not constitute an agreement to assign or transfer and shall not effect the assignment or
transfer of any Included Asset if (a) an attempted assignment thereof, without the approval,
authorization or consent of, or granting or issuance of any license or permit by, any third party
thereto (each such action, a “Necessary Consent”), would constitute a breach thereof or in
any way adversely affect the rights of Purchaser thereunder and (b) the Bankruptcy Court shall not
have entered an Order providing that such Necessary Consent is not required under applicable Law.
In such event, Seller will use their best efforts to obtain the Necessary Consents, at their cost
and expense, with respect to any such Included Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising
thereunder for the assignment thereof to Purchaser as Purchaser may reasonably request. To the
extent that Seller cannot obtain such Necessary Consent prior to Closing, Purchaser shall have the
right, but not the obligation, to designate such Included Asset as an “Excluded Asset” hereunder,
with a corresponding reduction in Cash Purchase Price as mutually agreed upon by the Parties, in
which event (and only in which event) such Consent
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shall not be deemed a Necessary Consent for
purposes of the condition set forth in Section 6.1(e). Once Consent for the sale, transfer,
assignment, conveyance or delivery of any such asset not sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed or
delivered at the Closing is obtained, Seller shall promptly transfer, assign, convey and deliver
such asset to Purchaser at no additional cost, other than remittance of an amount equal to the
reduction in Cash Purchase Price applicable to such asset. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this Section 2.7(a), the condition set forth in Section 6.1(e) shall apply to all Necessary
Consents.
(b) At the Closing, Seller shall assume and assign to Purchaser the Assumed Contracts pursuant
to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Sale Order, subject to provision of adequate
assurance as may be required under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and payment of the Cure Costs
in respect of the Assumed Contracts. All Cure Costs in respect of Assumed Contracts shall be borne
by Purchaser.
(c) If following the Closing, Seller receives or becomes aware that it holds any asset,
property or right which constitutes an Included Asset, then Seller shall transfer such asset,
property or right to Purchaser as promptly as practicable for no additional consideration.
(d) If following the Closing, Purchaser receives or becomes aware that it holds any asset,
property or right which constitutes an Excluded Asset, then Purchaser shall transfer such asset,
property or right to Seller as promptly as practicable for no additional consideration.
Section 2.8. Purchase Price Deposit and Escrow Amount.
(a) Seller and Purchaser have on the date hereof entered into the Escrow Agreement, and
Purchaser has deposited with the Escrow Holder, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, as
an xxxxxxx good-faith money deposit and security for the performance of Purchaser’s obligations
under this Agreement, an amount equal to $100,000 (the “Purchase Price Deposit”). As
additional security for the performance of Purchaser’s obligations under this Agreement, the
Purchaser shall deposit with the Escrow Holder, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, on
or before November 30, 2011, an amount equal to $300,000 as follows: $100,000 on or before
September 30, 2011, $100,000 on or before October 31, 2011 and $100,000 on or before November 30,
2011 (the “Escrow Amount”). The Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow
Amount shall be held by the Escrow Holder in a segregated escrow account in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement. The parties shall bear
equally the fees and costs of the Escrow Holder.
(b) At the Closing, the Purchase Price Deposit (and interest thereon accrued, if any) and the
Escrow Amount shall be credited and applied toward the Cash Purchase Price.
Section 2.9. Purchase Price Allocation. The Purchase Price (and all other
capitalizable costs) will be allocated for Tax purposes (the “Allocation”) among the
Included Assets in accordance with Schedule 2.9 and with IRC Section 1060 as mutually agreed upon
by Purchaser and Seller. Purchaser shall submit a proposed allocation to Seller not more than
thirty (30) days after the Closing and such proposed allocation shall be subject to consent from
Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as such allocation is in
accordance with the specifications set forth on Schedule 2.9. Seller shall have thirty (30) days
from notice of such
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proposed allocation to object thereto. Any such objection shall be made by
notice and shall specify, in reasonable detail, the specific areas of Seller’s disagreement with
Purchaser’s proposed allocation and the reasons therefor. Any items of Purchaser’s proposed
allocation that Seller does not timely object to in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be
deemed final and shall be binding upon the Parties. The Parties shall report, act and file Tax
Returns (including, but not limited to Internal Revenue Service Form 8594) in all respects and for
all purposes consistent with the agreed upon Allocation. No Party hereto shall take any position
(whether in audits, Tax Returns or otherwise) that is inconsistent with the Allocation unless
required to do so by applicable Law.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
Seller makes no representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, with respect to any
matter relating to the Included Assets. As of the date hereof and as of September 30, 2011 (the
“Bring-Down Date”), Seller represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
Section 3.1. Corporate Status. Seller is duly organized and validly existing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Seller has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease, develop and operate the Included Assets and to carry on its business as
now being conducted (subject to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and Orders of the Bankruptcy
Court).
Section 3.2. Power and Authority. Subject, in the case of the obligation to carry out
the Transaction, to the entry of the Sale Order, Seller has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. Subject
to the entry of the Sale Order, the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement
and the consummation of the Transaction have been duly and validly authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of
Seller and no other proceeding on the part of Seller is necessary to authorize this Agreement
and to consummate the Transaction.
Section 3.3. Conflicts Under Constituent Documents or Laws. Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by Seller, nor the consummation by Seller of the transactions
contemplated hereby, will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of Seller’s certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws, or of any statute or
administrative regulation, or of any Order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or
Governmental Authority or of any arbitration award to which Seller is a party or by which Seller is
bound, in each case, subject to the effect of applicable bankruptcy Law and the Sale Order.
Section 3.4. Consents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4, the execution, delivery
and performance by Seller of this Agreement does not, and the consummation by Seller of the
Transaction will not require Seller to make any filing with or give notice to, or obtain any
Consent from, any Governmental Authority or other third party, other than the Sale Order.
Section 3.5. Included Assets. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.5, Seller has good,
valid and marketable title to the Included Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for
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Permitted Encumbrances and those Encumbrances that will be removed, released or otherwise rendered
unenforceable at or prior to the Bring-Down Date. Upon the sale of the Included Assets on the
Closing Date, Purchaser, or its assignee, pursuant to the Sale Order, shall be the owner thereof
and hold good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than
Permitted Encumbrances), to the maximum extent permitted under Sections 105 and 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code and other applicable Law. The Included Assets, collectively, constitute all of the
assets, property, rights and systems of Seller used or held for use in, necessary for or otherwise
relating to the conduct or operation of the Business, and are sufficient for the continued conduct
of the Business after the Bring-Down Date in the same manner as the Business has been conducted in
the Ordinary Course.
Section 3.6. Intellectual Property Rights. Schedule 3.6 sets forth a complete and
accurate list of all of Seller’s Marks, Patents and Copyrights, Internet domain name registrations
and licenses of rights in computer software (other than “off the shelf” shrink wrap software),
Marks, Patents and Copyrights, whether to or by Seller, Seller is the exclusive owner of the
Intellectual Property Rights free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than Permitted
Encumbrances).
Section 3.7. Employee Matters. Schedule 3.7 sets forth a complete and accurate list
of the names and current annual base compensation rates of all permanent salaried and hourly
employees currently employed in connection with the operation of the Business as of September 16,
2011 (the “Seller Employees”).
Section 3.8. Brokers. No person has acted as a broker on behalf of Seller in
connection with the consummation of the Transaction, and Seller has not incurred or become liable
for any broker’s commission or finder’s fee which would or may become payable by Purchaser relating
to or in connection with the Transaction, and Seller shall indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless
from and against any liability with respect to any and all such commissions and fees.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
As of the date hereof and as of the Bring-Down Date, Purchaser represents and warrants to
Seller as follows:
Section 4.1. Corporate Status. Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being
conducted.
Section 4.2. Validity. Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder (subject, in the case
of the obligation to carry out the Transaction, to the entry of the Sale Order). The execution,
delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transaction
have been duly and validly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Purchaser,
and no other corporate proceeding on the part of Purchaser is necessary to authorize
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this Agreement
and to consummate the Transaction. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered
by Purchaser and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties hereto and
thereto other than Purchaser) constitutes (or will constitute) valid and binding obligations of
Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms (subject, in the case of the
obligation to carry out the Transaction, to the entry of the Sale Order).
Section 4.3. Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this
Agreement does not, and the consummation by Purchaser of the Transaction will not require Purchaser
to make any filing with or give notice to, or obtain any Consent from, any Governmental Authority,
other than the Sale Order.
Section 4.4. Broker Fees. Purchaser has not incurred any Liability for brokerage or
finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or other similar payment in connection with the Transaction
that would be payable by Seller.
Section 4.5. Resources. Purchaser has, and at the Closing, Purchaser will have, the
resources and capabilities (financial or otherwise) to perform its obligations hereunder,
including, without limitation, sufficient funds available to pay the Cash Purchase Price.
Purchaser has not incurred any obligation, commitment, restriction or Liability of any kind that
would materially impair Purchaser’s ability to use such funds to satisfy its payment and funding
obligations under this Agreement.
Section 4.6. Investigation. Purchaser acknowledges and affirms that it has completed
its own independent investigation, analysis and evaluation of the Included Assets, that it has made
such reviews and inspections of the Included Assets as it deems commercially reasonable, necessary
and appropriate, and that in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and consummate the
Transaction, it has relied on its own investigation, analysis, and evaluation with respect to all
matters without reliance upon any express or implied representations or warranties other than those
expressly set forth in this Agreement, upon which it has relied.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
COVENANTS
Section 5.1. Closing Documents. The Parties shall proceed diligently and in good
faith to attempt to settle, on or before the Closing Date or such earlier date as may be expressly
set forth herein, the contents of all Closing Documents to be executed and delivered by Seller and
Purchaser.
Section 5.2. Matters Requiring Notice.
(a) Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, shall:
(i) promptly notify the other of any written notice or other written communication received by
Seller, in the case of Seller, or Purchaser, in the case of Purchaser, from any Person alleging
that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Transaction;
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(ii) promptly, and in no event later than the Closing, notify the other of any inaccuracy of
any representation or warranty of such Party contained in this Agreement at any time that would
make such representation or warranty false in any material respect; and
(iii) promptly, and in no event later than the Closing, notify the other of any breach of any
covenant or agreement of such Party contained in this Agreement at any time.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, delivery of any notice
pursuant to Section 5.2(a) and any access to or provision of information (including
pursuant to Section 5.4) shall not modify any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements of the Parties (or rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the conditions to the
obligations of the Parties under this Agreement.
Section 5.3. Supplement to Disclosure Schedules. From time to time prior to the
Bring-Down Date, Seller shall have the right (but not the obligation) to propose to Purchaser any
supplement or amendment to the Disclosure Schedules hereto with respect to any matter hereafter
arising or of which it becomes aware after the date hereof (each a “Schedule Supplement”),
and, upon receipt by Seller of written approval by Purchaser of such Schedule Supplement, each such
Schedule Supplement shall be deemed to be incorporated into and to supplement and amend the
Disclosure Schedules as of the Bring-Down Date; provided, however, that in the event such event,
development or occurrence which is the subject of the Schedule Supplement constitutes or relates to
something that has had a Material Adverse Effect, then Purchaser shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(e); provided, further, that if Purchaser has the right to,
but does not elect to terminate this Agreement within two (2) Business Days of its receipt of such
Schedule Supplement, then Purchaser shall be deemed to have irrevocably waived any right to
terminate this Agreement with respect to such matter under any of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.1.
Section 5.4. Access to Information/Confidentiality/Preservation of Books and Records.
(a) From the Execution Date until the earlier of (i) termination of this Agreement and (ii)
the Closing, Purchaser shall be entitled, through its Representatives (including their legal
advisors and accountants), to make such investigation of Seller, the Included Assets and the
Assumed Liabilities and such examination of the Books and Records as it reasonably requests and to
make extracts and copies of such Books and Records. Any such investigation and examination shall be
conducted during regular business hours upon reasonable advance notice in a manner that minimizes
disruption to the business, operations and activities of Seller. Seller shall use their reasonable
best efforts to cause their Representatives to cooperate with Purchaser and its Representatives in
connection with such investigation and examination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, Purchaser shall not be entitled to access or examine any information which Seller
reasonably determines (i) is protected by attorney-client privilege, work-product or any other
similar privilege or doctrine or (ii) the disclosure of which is prohibited pursuant to any
Contract or applicable Law.
(b) From and after the Closing and for so long as the Seller Chapter 11 Case is pending or
twelve (12) months after Closing, whichever period is shorter, Purchaser agrees to provide Seller
with reasonable access to Books and Records (and allow Seller to make extracts
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and copies of such
Books and Records during such access) solely in connection with the wind down of the Seller Chapter
11 Case or any other proceeding or action relating thereto or with respect to the Seller’s
confirmation that Purchaser has not collected any accounts receivable that arose prior to September
30, 2011 at Seller’s sole cost and expense. Any such access shall be during regular business hours
upon reasonable advance notice and in a manner that minimizes disruption to the business,
operations and activities of Purchaser, including Purchaser’s operation
of the Business. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Seller shall not
be entitled to access or examine any information which Purchaser reasonably determines (i) includes
trade secrets or other proprietary information, (ii) is protected by attorney-client privilege,
work-product or any other similar privilege or doctrine, (iii) the disclosure of which is
prohibited pursuant to any Contract or applicable Law, or (iv) includes customer names or pricing
information.
Section 5.5. Disclaimer of Additional Warranties. Purchaser hereby acknowledges and
agrees that, except as set forth in Article III, Seller makes no representations or warranties
whatsoever, express or implied, with respect to any matter relating to the Included Assets
(including, without limitation, income to be derived or expenses to be incurred in connection with
the Included Assets, the physical condition of any personal property comprising a part of the
Included Assets or which is the subject of any Assumed Contract, the environmental condition or
other matter relating to the physical condition of any real property or improvements which are the
subject of any Lease to be assumed by Purchaser at the Closing or any other real property or
improvements comprising a part of the Included Assets, the zoning of any such real property or
improvements, the value of the Included Assets (or any portion thereof), the transferability of
Included Assets, the terms, amount, validity, collectability or enforceability of any Claim,
Assumed Contract, the title to the Included Assets (or any portion thereof), or any other matter or
thing relating to the Included Assets or any portion thereof). Without in any way limiting the
foregoing, except as set forth in Article III Seller hereby disclaims any warranty (express or
implied) of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose as to any portion of the Included
Assets. Purchaser further acknowledges that Purchaser has conducted an independent inspection and
investigation of the physical condition of all portions the property and all such other matters
relating to or affecting the Included Assets as Purchaser deemed commercially reasonable, necessary
and appropriate and that in proceeding with its acquisition of the Included Assets, Purchaser is
doing so based solely upon such independent inspections and investigations. Accordingly, except
only for the representations and warranties set forth in Article III (which do not survive the
Bring-Down Date), Purchaser will accept the Included Assets at the Closing “AS IS, “WHERE IS,” and
“WITH ALL FAULTS.” Without limiting the generality of the immediately foregoing, except for the
representations and warranties specifically contained in Article III, Seller hereby expressly
disclaims and negates any representation or warranty, express or implied, at common law, by
statute, or otherwise, relating to the condition of the assets of Seller; it being the intention of
the Parties that the Included Assets are to be accepted by Purchaser in their present condition and
state of repair.
Section 5.6. Required Approvals.
(a) Prior to the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate and take, or cause to be
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taken, all actions,
and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable (subject to any
applicable Legal Requirement) to consummate the Closing and the Transaction as promptly as
practicable including, but not limited to the preparation and filing of all forms,
registrations and notices required pursuant to any applicable Legal Requirement to be filed to
consummate the Closing and the Transaction and the taking of such actions as are necessary to
obtain any requisite approvals, authorizations, Consents, releases, Orders, licenses, Permits,
qualifications, exemptions or waivers by any third party or Governmental Authority.
(b) The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to take all reasonable steps as may be
necessary to obtain an approval from, or to resolve any Legal Proceeding by, any Governmental
Authority, whether by judicial or administrative action, challenging this Agreement or the
consummation of the Transaction or the performance of obligations hereunder under any antitrust
law.
Section 5.7. Publicity. Except as required by applicable Legal Requirement, including
any Order by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with any filings by Seller in any proceedings
before the Bankruptcy Court or in connection with the Auction, Seller shall not (and shall cause
its Representatives not to) issue any press release or make any public announcement concerning this
Agreement or the Transaction without having (i) provided Purchaser at least two (2) Business Days
to review and comment on such release or announcement and (ii) received Purchaser’s written consent
to issue such press release or make such announcement which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed.
Section 5.8. Certain Matters Relating to Seller Employees.
(a) Prior to the Bring-Down Date, Purchaser will provide Seller with a list of employees to
whom Purchaser will offer employment on such terms and conditions as Purchaser will determine. Any
Seller Employee who accepts an offer of employment with the Purchaser and actually commences
employment with the Purchaser on the Bring-Down Date is referred to herein as a “Seller
Transferred Employee.” Seller shall be responsible for the provision and administration of any
group health plan continuation coverage to which any employee or former employee (or spouse or
dependent of any employee or former employee) of Seller is entitled (including, but not limited to,
by reason of the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) under Section 4980B of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder or any
applicable state law providing for group health plan continuation coverage.
(b) As of the Bring-Down Date, all Seller Transferred Employees will be deemed to have
resigned their employment with Seller and will cease active participation in Seller’s or Seller’s
Affiliate’s Employee Benefit Plans.
(c) Neither Purchaser nor any Affiliate of Purchaser shall have any Liability whatsoever for
any compensation or other obligations purported to be owing to Seller Employees by Seller,
including any severance, separation pay, change of control payments or benefits, retention payments
or any other payments or benefits arising in connection with the termination of such Seller
Employee’s employment by Seller before, on or after the Bring-Down Date. Effective upon the
Bring-Down Date, Seller hereby waives, for the benefit of Purchaser and its
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Affiliates, any and all
restrictions in any Employee Benefit Plan or Contract relating to (i) non-competition
with Seller or (ii) maintenance of confidentiality of any information for the
benefit of Seller, in each case, with or covering any Seller Transferred Employee.
(d) Following the Bring-Down Date, Seller and Purchaser shall cooperate reasonably with each
other to provide all necessary or appropriate documents, records, materials, accounting files and
Tax information with respect to any Seller Transferred Employee.
Section 5.9. Accounts Receivable. If Purchaser collects any Accounts Receivable,
Purchaser shall remit such collected amounts to Seller upon receipt. Pursuant to this Agreement
and the Operating Lease Agreement, Seller shall have rights to inspect the Books and Records of
Purchaser for the purpose of auditing the remittance of Accounts Receivable.
Section 5.10. Preservation of the Business and the Included Assets. Unless Purchaser
otherwise consents, during the period prior to the Bring-Down Date, subject to the Orders and
direction of the Bankruptcy Court, Seller shall, taking into account Seller’s financial situation
and the current operating status of the Included Assets, use commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain and preserve the Included Assets, except as otherwise may be appropriate in the operation
of the Business.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Section 6.1. Conditions for Purchaser. The obligation of Purchaser to consummate the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing by Purchaser, at or before the Closing,
of each of the following conditions:
(a) All of the covenants and agreements in Articles II, V, VI, VII and VIII of this Agreement
to be complied with or performed by Seller on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied
with and performed in all material respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to
materiality set forth therein).
(b) The representations and warranties of Seller shall be true and correct except as would not
individually or in the aggregate constitute, or be reasonably likely to result in, a Material
Adverse Effect (without giving effect to any limitation as to materiality set forth therein) as of
the date of this Agreement and as of the Bring-Down Date as if made on the Bring-Down Date (except
for any representation or warranty made as of a specified date prior to or as of the Bring-Down
Date, which shall be true and correct in all respects except as would not individually or in the
aggregate constitute, or be reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse Effect (without
giving effect to any limitation as to materiality set forth therein) as of such specified date).
(c) No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered any applicable Legal Requirement (including any Order) which
is in effect and has the effect of making the Transaction illegal or otherwise restraining or
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prohibiting consummation of the Transaction and which is not satisfied or resolved or preempted by
the Sale Order.
(d) The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Sale Order.
(e) All Necessary Consents shall have been obtained in form and substance satisfactory to
Purchaser, and copies of all such Consents shall have been delivered by Seller to Purchaser.
(f) Seller shall have assumed and assigned to Purchaser the Assumed Contracts for which
Purchaser has provided adequate assurance of future performance under such Contracts pursuant to
Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Sale Order.
(g) During the period commencing on July 15, 2011 and ending on the Bring-Down Date, there
shall not have been any theft, damage or destruction of a material portion of the Included Assets.
(h) During the period commencing on July 15, 2011 and ending on the Bring-Down Date, there
shall have been no change that has had a Material Adverse Effect on the Included Assets or the
Business each considered as a whole, and Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser a certificate,
dated as of the Bring-Down Date, executed on behalf of the Seller, by an authorized executive
officer thereof, certifying in such detail as Purchaser may reasonably request that the conditions
specified above have been fulfilled.
(i) The Closing shall occur no later than the Outside Date.
(j) The deliveries described in Section 7.2 shall have been made.
(k) The Escrow Holder shall have released the Seller Escrowed Closing Documents in accordance
with the Escrow Agreement.
Section 6.2. Conditions for Seller. The obligations of Seller to consummate the
Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing by Seller, at or before the Closing,
of each of the following conditions:
(a) All of the covenants and agreements in this Agreement to be complied with or performed by
Purchaser on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with and performed in all material
respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to materiality set forth therein).
(b) The representations and warranties of Purchaser set forth in Article IV shall be true and
correct in all material respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to materiality set
forth therein), in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Bring-Down Date as if
made on the Bring-Down Date (except for any representation or warranty made as of a specified date
prior to or as of the Bring-Down Date, which shall be true and correct in all
material respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to materiality set forth
therein) as of such specified date).
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(c) No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered any applicable Legal Requirement (including any Order) which is in
effect and has the effect of making the Transaction illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting
consummation of the Transaction and which is not satisfied or resolved or preempted by the Sale
Order.
(d) The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Sale Order.
(e) All requisite clearances or Consents by any Governmental Authority under any antitrust or
trade regulation laws shall have been obtained.
(f) The Closing shall occur no later than the Outside Date.
(g) The deliveries described in Section 7.3 shall have been made.
(h) The Escrow Holder shall have released the Purchase Price Deposit, the Escrow Amount and
the Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents in accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
CLOSING
CLOSING
Section 7.1. Closing Arrangements. The consummation of the Transaction (the
“Closing”) shall take place at 10:00 a.m. within two (2) Business Days following the date
on which all of the conditions set forth in Article VI have been satisfied or waived (other than
any conditions that can only be satisfied as of the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of such conditions); provided, however, that in the event all such conditions have been
satisfied or waived (other than any conditions that can only be satisfied as of the Closing), the
Closing shall take place no earlier than the date mutually agreed in writing by Seller and
Purchaser and no later than two (2) Business Days following the Outside Date (the “Closing
Date”), at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, at Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX, or at such
other time or place as may be mutually agreed to by the Parties.
Section 7.2. Seller’s Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to the Bring-Down Date, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
following items and documents to the Escrow Holder:
(i) a certificate, undated, representing and certifying that the conditions set forth in
Section 6.2 have been fulfilled, duly executed by Seller;
(ii) the Xxxx of Sale, undated, duly executed by Seller;
(iii) the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, undated, duly executed by Seller (collectively
with the items described in Section 7.2(a)(i)-(iv), the “Seller Escrowed Closing
Documents”); and
(iv) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Seller.
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(b) On or prior to the Bring-Down Date, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
following items and documents to Purchaser:
(i) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Seller; and
(ii) the Operating Lease Agreement, duly executed by Seller.
(c) On or prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
following items and documents to Purchaser:
(i) a certified copy of the Sale Order;
(ii) right to possession of Included Assets including keys, locks, safe combinations,
passwords, access codes and any items otherwise required to obtain immediate control of the
Included Assets; and
(iii) if required by the Escrow Agreement, escrow instructions, instructing disbursement at
the Closing of the Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount, and the insertion of the Closing
Date by the Escrow Holder on the Seller Escrowed Closing Documents.
Section 7.3. Purchaser’s Deliveries.
(a) On or before the Bring-Down Date, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
Purchase Price and the following items and documents to the Escrow Holder:
(i) in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, the Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount,
by wire transfer of immediately available funds;
(ii) a certificate, undated, representing and certifying that the conditions set forth in
Section 6.1 have been fulfilled, duly executed by Purchaser;
(iii) the Xxxx of Sale, undated, duly executed by Purchaser;
(iv) the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, undated, duly executed by Purchaser;
(v) an incumbency and specimen signature certificate with respect to the officers of Purchaser
executing this Agreement and the other documents to be executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (collectively with the items
described in Section 7.3(a)(ii)-(vi), the “Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents” and,
along with the Seller Escrowed Closing Documents, the “Escrowed Closing Documents”); and
(vi) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Purchaser.
(b) On or prior to the Bring-Down Date, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
following items and documents to Seller:
(i) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Purchaser; and
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(ii) the Operating Lease Agreement, duly executed by Purchaser.
(c) On or prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
following items and documents to Seller:
(i) the Cash Purchase Price, less the Escrow Amount and the Purchase Price Deposit; and
(ii) if required by the Escrow Agreement, escrow instructions, instructing disbursement at the
Closing of the Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount, and the insertion of the Closing Date
by the Escrow Holder on the Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents.
Section 7.4. Tax Matters.
(a) In accordance with Section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the making or delivery of any
instrument or transfer, including the filing of any deed or other document of transfer to evidence,
effectuate or perfect the right, title and interest contemplated by this Agreement, shall be in
contemplation of a plan of reorganization to be confirmed in the Seller Chapter 11 Case, and such
shall be free and clear of any and all transfer tax, stamp tax or similar taxes (collectively, the
“Transfer Taxes”). Such instrument, order and agreement transferring the Included Assets
to the Purchaser, shall contain the following endorsement:
“Because this instrument has been authorized pursuant to an order of
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Massachusetts, in contemplation of a plan of reorganization of the
Debtor, it is exempt from transfer taxes, stamp taxes or similar
taxes pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §1146(a).”
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any Transfer Tax or similar taxes are payable hereunder
to a U.S. Governmental Authority, such Transfer Taxes shall be borne by Purchaser.
(b) Purchaser and Seller shall furnish or cause to be furnished to each other, as promptly as
reasonably practicable, such information in their possession and assistance relating to the
Included Assets and the Assumed Liabilities as is reasonably necessary for the preparation
and filing of any Tax Return, Claim for refund or other filings relating to Tax matters, or in
connection with any Tax audit or other Tax proceeding.
ARTICLE VIII
BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVAL
BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVAL
Section 8.1. Sale Process. On or before the Bring-Down Date, Seller shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Sale Order authorizing
Closing on or prior to two (2) days after the Outside Date.
Section 8.2. Certain Bankruptcy Undertakings. Without limiting the other obligations
of the parties hereunder, each of Seller and Purchaser agrees to use reasonable best efforts to do
such further acts and things and to execute and deliver such additional agreements and
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instruments
as may reasonably be required to consummate, evidence, confirm or obtain Bankruptcy Court approval
of the sale of the Included Assets or any other agreement contemplated hereby and to consummate the
Transaction. Purchaser shall provide reasonable adequate assurances as required under the
Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Assumed Contracts along with payment of all Cure Costs due
thereunder. In the event the Sale Order is appealed, Seller and Purchaser shall use their
respective reasonable efforts to defend such appeal.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
Section 9.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the
Closing:
(a) by mutual written Consent of Seller and Purchaser;
(b) by Seller or Purchaser, if a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have
issued an Order or taken any other action, in each case, having the effect of permanently making
the Transaction illegal or otherwise permanently restraining or prohibiting consummation of the
Transaction;
(c) by either Party, if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to two (2) Business Days
following the Outside Date, provided that the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to the
Outside Date is not a result of such Party’s failure to satisfy the conditions to the Closing
contained in this Agreement on or before the Outside Date or the failure of the Purchase Price
Deposit, the Escrow Amount or Escrowed Closing Documents to be released by the Escrow Holder in
accordance with the Escrow Agreement;
(d) by Seller, in the event of any inaccuracy in any of Purchaser’s representations or
warranties contained in this Agreement or any breach of any of Purchaser’s covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement which, individually or in the aggregate with all other such
inaccuracies and breaches, (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2,
and (ii) is either incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured, is not cured in all
material respects within ten (10) calendar days after written notice thereof;
(e) by Purchaser, in the event of any inaccuracy in any of Seller’s representations or
warranties contained in this Agreement or any breach of any of Seller’s covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement which, individually or in the aggregate with all other such
inaccuracies and breaches, (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.1,
and (ii) is either incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured, is not cured in all
material respects within ten (10) calendar days after written notice thereof;
(f) by Seller or Purchaser, if the Sale Order shall not have been entered by 5:00 p.m.
prevailing Eastern time on September 30, 2011; or
(g) by Seller or Purchaser, if the Seller Chapter 11 Case shall be converted into a case under
Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code or dismissed.
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Section 9.2. Purchase Price Deposit and Escrow Amount. (a) If this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 and Purchaser is not in material breach of this Agreement at the
time of termination, then the Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount shall be returned to
Purchaser within two (2) Business Days of such termination.
(a) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 and Purchaser is in material
breach of this Agreement at the time of termination, then the Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow
Amount shall be disbursed to Seller (it being understood and agreed that disbursement of the
Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount to Seller shall not be liquidated damages and Seller
shall have all other rights and remedies contained herein and available to them at law or in
equity).
(b) Purchaser and Seller hereby acknowledge that the terms of this Agreement pertaining to the
Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.3. Certain Effects of Termination. In the event of the termination of this
Agreement by either Seller or Purchaser as provided in Section 9.1: (a) a Party, if so requested by
the other Party, will return promptly every document furnished to it by the requesting Party or its
Representatives in connection with the Transaction, whether so obtained before or after the
execution of this Agreement, and any copies thereof (except for copies of documents publicly
available) which may have been made, and will cause its Representatives and any representatives of
financial institutions and investors and others to whom such documents were furnished promptly to
return such documents and any
copies thereof any of them may have made; and (b) the Confidentiality Agreement shall remain
in effect.
Section 9.4. Remedies. Notwithstanding any termination right granted in Section 9.1,
in the event of the non-fulfillment of any condition to a Party’s closing obligations such Party
may elect to do one of the following:
(a) proceed to close despite the non-fulfillment of any closing condition (to the extent
legally permissible), it being understood that consummation of the Closing by such party shall be
deemed a waiver of each breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of the other party and
of such party’s rights and remedies with respect thereto;
(b) decline to close, terminate this Agreement as permitted by Section 9.1 above, receive the
Purchase Price Deposit,and the Escrow Amount (to the extent set forth in Section 9.2) and
thereafter seek monetary damages to the extent permitted in Section 9.5; or
(c) seek specific performance by the other Party hereto of such other Party’s obligations
hereunder which it has failed to perform so that Closing may proceed (it being acknowledged and
agreed that the non-breaching Party would be damaged irreparably, the remedies available at law to
the non-breaching Party would be inadequate, and the performance of such other Party’s obligations
under this Agreement may be specifically enforced).
Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1, the Seller shall have the right to
immediately terminate the Operating Lease Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Operating
Lease Agreement.
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Section 9.5. Right to Monetary Damages.
(a) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, neither Party hereto shall have
any claim for monetary damages against the other, except (a) if the circumstances giving rise to
such termination were caused by the other Party’s material breach of this Agreement, in which event
a termination pursuant to Section 9.1 shall not be deemed or construed as limiting or denying any
legal or equitable right or remedy of said Party, and said Party shall also be entitled to recover
its costs and expenses which are incurred in pursuing its rights and remedies (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) and (b) for the payment of the Purchase Price Deposit,and the Escrow Amount (as
provided in Section 9.2). NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THE AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, IN NO EVENT
SHALL EITHER PARTY BE OBLIGATED TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
BREACH OR TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES OR LOSSES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS AND REVENUE.
(b) If the Closing does not occur on or prior to the Outside Date due to a material breach of
this Agreement by the Purchaser, including but not limited to Purchaser’s obligation to
pay the portion of the Cash Purchase Price due at Closing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
or due to a delay of the release by the Escrow Holder of the Purchase Price Deposit, Escrow Amount
or any Escrowed Closing Documents, which delay was caused solely by the Purchaser in breach of this
Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, in addition to all other remedies to Seller hereunder, Purchaser
shall pay to Seller as liquidated damages an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the Cash Purchase
Price. The Parties acknowledge and agree that actual damages, costs or expenses of any such delay
would be difficult to ascertain and that the liquidated damages provided for pursuant to this
Section 9.5(b) are a fair and equitable amount to reimburse Seller for damages sustained due to the
Purchaser’s material breach of its obligations hereunder and are not a penalty.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Survival. The representations and warranties of the Parties in this
Agreement shall not survive the Closing. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
the agreements and covenants of the Parties shall survive the Closing and remain in full force and
effect without time limit in accordance with the terms thereof.
Accordingly, for clarification purposes, it is acknowledged, understood and agreed by the
Parties that Seller shall not have any liability or other obligation following the Closing with
respect to any breach by Seller or claimed breach by Seller of (a) any representations or
warranties contained in this Agreement or any of the documents or instruments delivered or entered
into by Seller in connection with this Agreement or (b) any of Seller’s covenants and agreements
contained in this Agreement or any of the documents or instruments delivered or entered into by
Seller in connection with this Agreement that do not by their terms extend beyond the Closing.
Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied herein to the contrary, the parties acknowledge and
agree that (1) Purchaser shall be solely responsible for the ownership of
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the Included Assets from
and after the Closing Date, the operation of the Business from and after the Closing Date, and acts
or omissions of Purchaser with respect thereto, and (2) Seller shall have no responsibility or
obligation with respect to, or arising out of, any of the foregoing.
Section 10.2. Relationship of the Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed so as to make Purchaser or any Affiliate of Purchaser a partner of Seller.
Section 10.3. Amendment of Agreement. This Agreement may not be supplemented,
modified or amended except by a written agreement executed by each Party.
Section 10.4. Notices. Any Notice shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given or made when personally delivered, sent by facsimile or when mailed by registered
or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed or directed as follows, or as may be
furnished hereafter by notice, in writing, to the other Party on at least three (3) Business Days’
prior notice, to the following Parties:
(a) | If to Purchaser, to: | ||
LPHC Acquisition Partners LLC X.X. Xxx 000 Xxxxxx, XX 00000 E-Mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) given in like manner to: | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Wilchins LLP 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx III, Esq. Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 E-Mail: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx |
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(b) | If to Seller, to: | ||
CRG Partners Group LLC Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 E-Mail: xxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) given in like manner to: | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. |
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Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 E-Mail: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Any Notice which is delivered or is sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been validly and
effectively given and received on the date it is delivered or sent, unless it is delivered or sent
after 5:00 p.m. on any given day or on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be
deemed to have been validly and effectively given and received on the Business Day next following
the day it was delivered or sent, provided that, in the case of a Notice sent by facsimile, it
shall not be deemed to have been sent unless there has been confirmation of transmission.
Section 10.5. Fees and Expenses. The Parties agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each
Party shall bear and pay all costs, fees and expenses that it incurs, or which may be incurred on
its behalf, in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction.
Section 10.6. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process. This Agreement shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with federal bankruptcy law, to the extent applicable,
and, where state law is implicated, the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without
giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Without limiting any Party’s right to appeal
any Order of the Bankruptcy Court, the Parties agree that if any dispute arises out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the documents executed hereunder or in connection
herewith, the Bankruptcy Court shall have exclusive personal and subject matter jurisdiction and
shall be the exclusive venue to resolve any and all disputes relating to the Transaction. Such
court shall have sole jurisdiction over such matters and the Parties affected thereby and Purchaser
and Seller each hereby Consent and submit to such jurisdiction; provided, however, that if the
Seller Chapter 11 Case has closed and cannot be reopened, the Parties agree to unconditionally and
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the
district in which the Bankruptcy Court is located and any appellate court thereof, for the
resolution of any such Claim or dispute. The Parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the
laying of venue of any such dispute brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for
the maintenance of such dispute. Each of the Parties hereto agrees that a judgment in any such
dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. In the event any such action, suit or proceeding is commenced, the Parties hereby
agree and Consent that service of process may be made, and personal jurisdiction over any Party
hereto in any such action, suit or proceeding may be obtained, by service of a copy of the summons,
complaint and other pleadings required to commence such action, suit or proceeding upon the Party
at the address of such Party set forth in Section 10.4 hereof, unless another address has been
designated by such Party in a Notice given to the other Parties in accordance with the provisions
of Section 10.4 hereof.
Section 10.7. Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE) RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
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AGREEMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR ANY OF THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
Section 10.8. Further Assurances. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement
and to applicable Law, each of the Parties hereto agrees to execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and
record such further certificates, amendments, instruments and documents, and to do all such other
acts and things, as may be
reasonably requested by any other Party in order to carry out the intent and purpose of this
Agreement, without additional consideration.
Section 10.9. Entire Agreement. Except as set forth herein, this Agreement, the
Operating Lease Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the
full and entire agreement between the Parties hereto pertaining to the Transaction and supersedes
all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, with
respect thereto made by any Party.
Section 10.10. Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar) nor shall any
waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressed or provided. All waivers hereunder
must be in writing to be effective.
Section 10.11. Assignment. Neither the rights nor the obligations of either Party may
be assigned or delegated, whether by operation of Law or otherwise, without the prior written
Consent of the other Party.
Section 10.12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the
benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 10.13. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement is intended
to, or shall, confer any third party beneficiary or other rights or remedies upon any Person other
than the Parties hereto.
Section 10.14. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement which is
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability
without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting
the validity or enforceability of any of the provisions of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction, and if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be so broad as to be
unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable, provided
in all cases that neither the economic nor legal substance of this Agreement is affected by the
operation of this sentence in any manner materially adverse to any Parties. Upon any such
determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties shall
negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to
affect the original intent of the Parties.
Section 10.15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original hereof, and all of which shall constitute a single
agreement effective as of the Execution Date. Any delivery of an executed counterpart of this
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Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 10.16. Specific Performance. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein,
the Parties hereto agree that if any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached, irreparable damage would occur, no
adequate remedy at law would exist and damages would be difficult to determine, and that the
parties hereto shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof (without the posting
of any bond), in addition to any other remedy at law or equity.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Asset Purchase Agreement to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.
SELLER: | ||||||
LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., | ||||||
a Florida corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
PURCHASER: | ||||||
LPHC ACQUISITION PARTNERS LLC, | ||||||
a Delaware limited liability company | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A — Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit B — [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
Exhibit C — Xxxx of Sale
Exhibit D — Operating Lease Agreement
Exhibit E — [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
Exhibit F — [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
Exhibit G — Escrow Agreement
Exhibit B — [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
Exhibit C — Xxxx of Sale
Exhibit D — Operating Lease Agreement
Exhibit E — [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
Exhibit F — [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
Exhibit G — Escrow Agreement
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.2 — Definitions
Schedule 2.1(a) — Assumed Contracts
Schedule 2.1(b) — Equipment
Schedule 2.1(c) — Software
Schedule 2.2(q) — Additional Excluded Assets
Schedule 2.4 — Satisfied Claims
Schedule 2.9 — Purchase Price Allocation
Schedule A — Permitted Encumbrances
Schedule 2.1(a) — Assumed Contracts
Schedule 2.1(b) — Equipment
Schedule 2.1(c) — Software
Schedule 2.2(q) — Additional Excluded Assets
Schedule 2.4 — Satisfied Claims
Schedule 2.9 — Purchase Price Allocation
Schedule A — Permitted Encumbrances
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES
Schedule 3.4 — Consents
Schedule 3.5 — Title to Included Assets
Schedule 3.6 — Marks, Patents and Copyrights
Schedule 3.7 — Seller Employees
Schedule 3.5 — Title to Included Assets
Schedule 3.6 — Marks, Patents and Copyrights
Schedule 3.7 — Seller Employees
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EXHIBIT A
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT is made, executed and delivered as of September 30,
2011 by and between LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Employment Screening
Profiles, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Worldwide Information, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Seller”), and LPHC Acquisition Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Purchaser”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”),
by and between Seller and Purchaser, Seller has agreed to sell, convey, assign, transfer and
deliver all of its right, title and interest in the Included Assets (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement) to Purchaser, and Purchaser has agreed to purchase and acquire such Included Assets from
Seller, in accordance with Sections 105, 363, and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, and all as more fully
described in the Purchase Agreement.
WHEREAS, the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement were approved by an Order
authorizing the sale of assets entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Massachusetts on __________, 2011 (the “Sale Order”). Among other things, the Sale Order
authorized, subject to the Assignment Procedures approved in the Bidding Procedures Order, Seller
to assign, and Purchaser to assume, all of the Assumed Contracts pursuant to Sections 365(b), (c),
and (f) of the Bankruptcy Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Assignment
and Assumption Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
2. Assignment. Except as set forth in Section 3 below and subject to the terms and
conditions of the Purchase Agreement, Seller does hereby sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver
to Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the Included Assets,
free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances and Assumed Liabilities)
pursuant to Sections 105, 363, and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
3. Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Excluded
Assets are specifically excluded from the Included Assets and shall be retained by Seller at and
following the Closing Date.
4. Assumption. Purchaser hereby assumes and agrees to pay when due, perform and
discharge, in due course, the Assumed Liabilities, as and only to the extent expressly provided in
the Purchase Agreement.
5. Excluded Liabilities. Purchaser shall not assume or be obligated to pay, perform
or otherwise discharge any Excluded Liabilities, which shall remain the sole obligation and
responsibility of Seller.
6. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement,
express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or Persons any rights,
benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement.
7. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of Purchaser and Seller and their respective
successors (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) and permitted assigns. For the avoidance of
doubt, Purchaser may assign all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder to one or
more Affiliates of Purchaser.
8. Governing Law. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be construed and
interpreted, and the rights of the parties shall be determined, in accordance with the substantive
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any provision thereof that
would require the application of the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction, except to the
extent that such laws are superseded by the Bankruptcy Code.
9. Construction. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement is delivered pursuant to
and is subject to the Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the
Purchase Agreement and the terms of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the terms of the
Purchase Agreement shall prevail.
10. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be made in
accordance with Section 10.4 of the Purchase Agreement.
11. Counterparts. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by facsimile (or by other electronic means), each of which will be
deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. A
facsimile copy shall be a sufficient proof of signature, without it being necessary to produce the
original copy.
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of Purchaser and Seller as of the date first above written.
SELLER: | ||||||
LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., | ||||||
a Florida corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
PURCHASER: | ||||||
LPHC ACQUISITION PARTNERS LLC | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT B
INTENTIONALLY BLANK
EXHIBIT C
XXXX OF SALE
XXXX OF SALE
THIS XXXX OF SALE is made, executed and delivered as of September 30, 2011, by and between
LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Employment Screening Profiles, Inc., a
Florida corporation, and Worldwide Information, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”),
and LPHC Acquisition Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Purchaser”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”),
by and between Seller and Purchaser, Seller has agreed to sell, convey, assign, transfer and
deliver all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Included Assets (as defined in
the Purchase Agreement) to Purchaser, and Purchaser has agreed to purchase and acquire such
Included Assets from Seller, all as more fully described in the Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Xxxx of
Sale shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
2. Conveyance. Seller hereby sells, conveys, assigns, transfers and delivers to
Purchaser all of its right, title and interest in and to all of the Included Assets, free and clear
of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances and Assumed Liabilities), to have and to
hold such Included Assets to and for Purchaser’s use forever.
3. Appointment. Seller hereby constitutes and appoints Purchaser, and its successors
and assigns, as Seller’s true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, in Seller’s
name and stead, by, on behalf of and for the benefit of Purchaser, and its successors and assigns,
to demand and receive any and all of the Included Assets transferred hereunder and to give receipts
and releases for and in respect of the same, and any part thereof, and from time to time to
institute and prosecute, at the expense and for the benefit of Purchaser, and its successors and
assigns, any and all proceedings at law, in equity or otherwise, which Purchaser, and its
successors or assigns, may deem proper for the collection or reduction to possession of any of the
Included Assets transferred hereunder or for the collection and enforcement of any claim or right
of any kind hereby sold, assigned, conveyed, transferred and delivered, and to do all acts and
things in relation to the Included Assets transferred hereunder that Purchaser, and its successors
or assigns, shall deem desirable.
4. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Xxxx of Sale, express or implied, is
intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or Persons any rights, benefits or remedies of
any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Xxxx of Sale.
5. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Xxxx of Sale shall be binding upon and inure
solely to the benefit of Purchaser and Seller and their respective successors (whether by
operation of Law or otherwise) and permitted assigns. For the avoidance of doubt, Purchaser
may assign all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder to one or more Affiliates of
Purchaser.
6. Governing Law. This Xxxx of Sale shall be construed and interpreted, and the
rights of the parties shall be determined, in accordance with the substantive laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any provision thereof that would require
the application of the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction, except to the extent that such
laws are superseded by the Bankruptcy Code.
7. Construction. This Xxxx of Sale is delivered pursuant to and is subject to the
Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and
the terms of this Xxxx of Sale, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall prevail.
8. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be made in
accordance with Section 10.4 of the Purchase Agreement.
9. Counterparts. This Xxxx of Sale may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by facsimile (or other electronic means), each of which will be deemed an original, but all of
which together will constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile copy shall be a sufficient
proof of signature, without it being necessary to produce the original copy.
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Xxxx of Sale has been duly executed and delivered by the duly
authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first above written.
SELLER: | ||||||
LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., | ||||||
a Florida corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
PURCHASER: | ||||||
LPHC ACQUISITION PARTNERS LLC | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT D
OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENT
OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENT
This Operating Lease Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of September 30, 2011 (the
“Effective Date”) by and between LPHC Acquisition Partners LLC (“LPHC”), and
Employment Screening Profiles, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Worldwide Information, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (collectively, “Seller”).
WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the business of providing various types of public and private
data to business and credentialed clients throughout the United States (the “Business”);
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2011, Seller commenced a case under title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11
U.S.C. §§ 101-1330 (the “Bankruptcy Code”), by filing a voluntary petition for relief in
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts (the “Bankruptcy
Court”), Case No. 11-15791(JNF);
WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to the terms of (a) a proposed plan (the “Plan”) of
reorganization to be co-sponsored by LPHC and Seller, and (b) a contingent asset purchase agreement
(the “LPHC APA”) with LPHC pursuant to which LPHC would purchase the Included Assets (as
defined in the LPHC APA) of Seller; and
WHEREAS, the Plan contemplates that Seller and LPHC shall enter into an agreement relating to
the operation, maintenance, risk of loss, injury and cost of Seller’s Business.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and in the Plan and
contingent LPHC APA and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
same meanings given to them in the Plan or LPHC APA.
2. Title; Risk of Loss; Revenues.
Seller shall retain title to the Included Assets during the Term (as defined below). Except
as otherwise provided herein, LPHC shall assume the expense and risk of loss and injury that relate
exclusively to the operation by LPHC of the Included Assets and that arise exclusively as a result
of actions or omissions occurring during the Term. LPHC shall be entitled to all accounts
receivable and all income and revenue attributable to the Business and the Included Assets that
arise during Term. If LPHC collects any accounts receivable that arose prior to September 30, 2011,
LPHC shall remit such collected amounts to Seller within thirty (30) days of receipt of such
amounts.
3. Control.
Seller hereby grants LPHC complete control over, and authority to operate and direct, all
aspects of the Business, including the Included Assets and the right to relocate any Included
Assets during the Term. During the Term, unless directed by LPHC, Seller shall cooperate with LPHC
(a) to maintain all tangible and intangible assets used in the operation of the Business as of
immediately prior to the Effective Date and to continue to operate the Business and the Included
Assets at least at the levels of operation of the Business as of immediately prior to the Effective
Date, and (b) to relocate and integrate the Included Assets and the Business to and with existing
LPHC facilities and operations.
4. Term.
Subject to Bankruptcy Court approval, the term of this Agreement shall commence at 12:00 a.m.
Eastern time on September 30, 2011 and end on the earliest of (a) the date on which the Plan has
been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and all conditions to its effectiveness have been satisfied
or waived, (b) the termination of this Agreement, (c) the Closing Date (as defined in the LPHC
APA), and (d) January 31, 2012, which date may be extended to February 29, 2012 in accordance with
the LPHC APA (the “Term”).
5. Services.
All actual costs and expenses incurred by Seller at LPHC’s direction and in accordance with
this Agreement that relate to the operation of the Business during the Term, shall be reimbursed by
LPHC.
5.1 Services. During the Term, Seller agrees to provide LPHC use of those services described
on Schedule A hereto (the “Services” and each service listed, a “Service”)
on the terms specified in Schedule A and herein. LPHC may, upon five (5) days written
notice to Seller, terminate the provision of any Service.
5.2 Cooperation. The parties shall cooperate with each other and provide such assistance as
is reasonably required for Seller to provide the Services. Such cooperation shall include, but not
be limited to, the timely provision of any information reasonably required in connection with the
provision of the Services.
6. Use of Premises and Facilities; Operation of the Business.
6.1 Premises. Seller agrees to grant to LPHC the use of (a) a portion of the existing
physical space and facilities used by Seller in connection with the Business (the
“Premises”) within the buildings located on such Premises (the “Building”). LPHC
shall have the right to reasonably identify the specific Premises to be used in the Buildings from
time to time. The parties recognize that the use of certain portions of the Premises are needed by
LPHC to operate the Business and Seller to administer its bankruptcy estate during the Term and
agree to work cooperatively in respect of use of this shared space. Either Seller or LPHC may
terminate its use of any Premises upon five (5) days written notice to the other party.
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6.2 Telecommunications, Internet and Utility Services. Seller shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide/continue to provide to each of the Premises, as applicable,
telecommunications services, internet services, electricity, water and heating, ventilating and air
conditioning at the levels provided immediately prior to the Effective Date and at levels
reasonably sufficient to allow LPHC to conduct the Business as the Business was conducted prior to
the Effective Date. Seller shall not, however, be liable for the interruption of any services or
utilities; provided however that Seller shall reasonably cooperate with LPHC to remediate as
promptly as reasonably practicable any such interruption of services. LPHC shall be responsible
for any additional security and/or reserve deposit required by the providers of the services
described in this Section 6.2, provided that Seller shall turn over, or cause to be turned
over, to LPHC any such deposit, net of wire transfer fees and/or any other fees or offsets, if any,
to the extent related to the Services, no later than two (2) Business Days after such deposit is
returned from a provider, as applicable, to Seller. Any such additional security and/or reserve
deposit posted by LPHC shall not constitute property of Seller’s bankruptcy estate but shall be and
at all times shall remain LPHC’s property.
6.3 Use; Compliance with Laws; Rules. LPHC may use the Premises consistent with the operation
of the Business prior to the Effective Date and only for the specific, allowed purposes set forth
in the respective lease agreements governing such Premises. LPHC shall observe and comply with all
laws with respect to LPHC’s use of each of the Premises. LPHC shall not do or permit anything to
be done in, about or with respect to either of the Premises which would (a) injure the Included
Assets, the Premises or the Building or (b) vibrate, shake, overload, or impair the efficient
operation of the Premises or the Building or any of the building systems located therein. LPHC
shall comply with all reasonable rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by Seller,
including, without limitation, rules relating to security and access within the Buildings, as
applicable. With respect to all of the foregoing, Seller shall promptly notify LPHC if its actions
fail to comply in order to permit LPHC to cure or otherwise remedy such failure.
6.4 Insurance. LPHC shall obtain and keep in full force and effect, at LPHC’s sole cost,
insurance substantially similar to insurance which Seller has in place for the Business as of the
date hereof, including, but not limited to commercial general liability policy of insurance
protecting LPHC against claims for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage based upon,
involving or arising out of LPHC’s use or occupancy of each of the Included Assets, Premises and
all areas appurtenant thereto. Such insurance shall be on an occurrence basis providing single
limit coverage in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. The policy shall include
coverage for liability assumed under this Agreement as an “insured contract” for the performance of
LPHC’s indemnity obligations under this Agreement, and shall name Seller as an additional insured.
In addition, LPHC shall obtain and keep in full force and effect, at LPHC’s sole cost, a policy of
“all risk” property insurance insuring the Included Assets and all personal property associated
with the operation of the Business in each of the Premises. LPHC shall deliver certificates
evidencing such insurance to Seller upon request. Each such insurance policy shall be in a form
and from an insurance company reasonably acceptable to Seller.
6.5 Hazardous Materials. LPHC shall not, without the prior written consent of Seller, which
consent may be withheld in Seller’s sole discretion, use, store, transport or dispose of any
Hazardous Material in or about the Premises. LPHC, at its sole cost, shall comply with
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all laws relating to its use of Hazardous Materials. If Hazardous Materials stored, used,
disposed of, emitted, or released on or about the Premises by LPHC or its agents, employees or
contractors result in contamination of the Premises or the water or soil thereunder, then LPHC
shall promptly take any and all action necessary to clean up such contamination as required by law.
LPHC shall indemnify, defend, protect and hold Seller and its officers, directors, employees,
successors and assign harmless from and against, all actual losses, damages, claims, costs and
liabilities, including attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of LPHC’s use, discharge, disposal,
storage, transport, release or emission of Hazardous Materials on or about the Premises during the
Term in violation of applicable law. Seller shall indemnify, defend, protect and hold LPHC and its
officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns harmless from and against, all actual
losses, damages, claims, costs and liabilities, including attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of
Seller’s use, discharge, disposal, storage, transport, release or emission of Hazardous Materials
on or about the Premises during the Term in violation of applicable law. “Hazardous Materials”
shall mean any material or substance that is now or hereafter designated by any applicable
governmental authority to be, or regulated by any applicable governmental authority as,
radioactive, toxic, hazardous or otherwise a danger to health, reproduction or the environment.
6.6 Repairs. LPHC accepts each of the Premises in “as is” condition. During its use of the
Premises, LPHC shall maintain each of the Premises in neat, orderly condition and shall repair any
damage to any of the Buildings caused by LPHC or its agents, employees, contractors or invitees;
provided however that LPHC shall not be responsible for the actions of Seller or its agents,
employees, contractors or invitees.
6.7 Alterations. Except as otherwise provided herein, no alterations or improvements shall be
made to any Premises without the prior written consent of Seller, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld and which consent shall be subject to the respective lease agreements
governing such Premises.
6.8 Condemnation. If all or any part of any Premises is taken by any Governmental Authority
by the exercise of the power of eminent domain or by a voluntary transfer in lieu thereof (a
“Condemnation”), this Agreement shall terminate as to the part of the applicable Premises
taken. All Condemnation proceeds shall be the property of Seller.
6.9 Seller’s Right to Enter. Provided Seller complies with all of LPHC’s reasonable security
measures, Seller and/or its agents may, upon reasonable advance notice (except in the case of
emergency directly affecting the Premises), enter the Premises at any reasonable time for the
purpose of inspecting the same, supplying any service to be provided by Seller to LPHC, making
necessary alterations or repairs or for any other purpose permitted under this Agreement.
6.10 Confidentiality. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Premises is not separately
demised, and each party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its agents, employees
or contractors from discovering or otherwise coming into contact with confidential information of
the other party. If, despite such efforts, any such confidential information is discovered by a
party, such party shall immediately inform the other party of such discovery, and shall hold, and
cause its employees, agents, contractors, invitees and LPHC to hold, such information confidential.
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6.11 Vacating Premises. Unless, pursuant to the LPHC APA, LPHC has assumed the lease of any
of the Premises, upon or before expiration of the Term, LPHC shall vacate and surrender the
Premises to Seller in the same condition as received from Seller, excepting ordinary wear and tear,
and all of LPHC’s personal property shall be removed from the Premises in compliance with all
applicable laws. Once all the personal property of LPHC has been removed, Seller will supply a
checklist of any remaining items required to be removed by LPHC hereunder or damages to the
Premises or Included Assets for which LPHC is responsible hereunder within three (3) Business Days,
and LPHC will have three (3) Business Days to contest any item on the list. After this period,
LPHC agrees to make commercially reasonable efforts to remove any such remaining assets or repair
any such damage within fifteen (15) Business Days. If any of the Premises are not so surrendered,
LPHC shall be liable to Seller for all reasonable costs actually incurred by Seller in returning
the Premises to the required condition. If LPHC does not surrender the Premises upon the
expiration of the Term of this Agreement or its earlier termination, as required above, LPHC shall
indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless Seller from and against all actual and reasonable
costs and/or losses incurred and paid by Seller to the extent resulting from LPHC’s delay in
surrendering the Premises, and pay Seller a holdover fee of $5,000 a month (prorated for any
partial month). LPHC shall not be responsible for any damages caused by Seller, including any of
Seller’s employees or agents hereunder, and shall not be responsible for removing any assets
retained by the Seller estate under the Plan or LPHC APA or otherwise constituting Seller’s
property.
6.12 Operation of the Business; Budget. On or prior to September 30, 2011, LPHC and Seller
shall agree on a budget for the operation of the Business during the Term (the “Budget”),
which Budget shall be in substantially similar form as the budget attached as Exhibit A to the
Final Order Regarding Motion for Authorization of (1) the Interim and Permanent Use of Cash
Collateral, (2) the Granting of Replacement Liens, (3) Entry of Scheduling Order Regarding
Continued Use of Cash Collateral and (4) Additional Relief entered on July 26, 2011 by the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts in Case No. 11-15791 [Docket No. 122].
During the Term, LPHC agrees that it shall conduct the Business in accordance with the Budget (with
such reasonable variances as may be mutually agreed by the parties) and in the ordinary course,
including, but not limited to paying, discharging or satisfying all liabilities of the Business,
including, but not limited to, operating expenses, taxes, insurance, payroll and other
employee-related obligations, and amounts due under this Agreement in the ordinary course of
business or in accordance with the terms of such liabilities. LPHC shall provide a certificate on
the first (1st) of each month certifying the payment of all such amounts to Seller and
shall provide Seller with evidence of the working capital funding required to fund cash
requirements pursuant to the Budget.
6.13 Changes or Amendments to Included Assets; Execution of Documents Related to Included
Assets. LPHC shall not, without the prior written consent of Seller, which consent may be withheld
in Seller’s sole discretion, amend, change or modify the Included Assets. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Included Assets includes Seller’s contracts. LPHC shall not execute any certificate,
report, notice, consent, opinion, statement or other document on behalf of Seller.
6.14 Storage and Delivery of Included Assets. Seller and LPHC agree that during the Term, the
machinery, equipment and other personal property included in the Included Assets and located at the
Premises may, at the sole discretion of LPHC, remain at the Premises, as
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applicable. During the Term, LPHC shall have the right to, at its expense and risk, create,
use, remove and transport the Included Assets or any property or goods developed, manufactured or
created with the aid of any of the Included Assets without damage to Seller’s property, provided
that Seller shall reasonably cooperate with LPHC in effecting such use and process and that LPHC
will provide reasonable notice of the removal or transportation of the Included Assets. Upon
termination of this Agreement, other than due to the occurrence of the Closing pursuant to the LPHC
APA, LPHC shall deliver the Included Assets to Seller at the Premises at the sole cost and expense
of LPHC. All Included Assets shall be delivered in the same condition as on the date hereof,
reasonable wear and tear excepted.
7. Breach. In the event of a breach by either party of any of its obligations hereunder,
the breaching party shall cure such, if curable, breach within fifteen (15) days after written
notice thereof by the non-breaching party. Upon the failure by LPHC to cure any such breach as
provided herein, upon any termination of the LPHC APA or upon any event that would have a Material
Adverse Effect (as defined in the LPHC APA), Seller may immediately terminate this Agreement and
the LPHC APA.
8. Fees.
8.1 Scheduled Services and Fees. In consideration of the provision of the Services hereunder,
from after September 30, 2011, LPHC shall pay Seller a monthly fee of $2,100 (“Fees”).
LPHC shall pay to Seller all Fees with respect to each thirty (30) day period included in the Term
on the first Business Day of such thirty (30) day period. In addition, LPHC shall pay Seller an
administrative fee in the amount of $15,000 (“Administrative Fee”), which shall be payable
to Seller on September 30, 2011.
8.2 Additional Services and Fees. LPHC may request additional services not contemplated by
Schedule A. In such event, the parties hereto shall cooperate in good faith to determine
the anticipated actual cost to Seller of providing such additional service (which actual cost
shall, in any event, be reasonable and customary), shall calculate a monthly fee with respect to
any such additional service based on such anticipated actual cost, and shall, by mutual agreement,
amend Schedule A hereto to reflect such additional service and fee. Upon such amendment to
Schedule A, such additional service shall be deemed a “Service” for all purposes hereunder,
and such additional fee shall be deemed a “Fee” for all purposes hereunder, including Section 9.
9. Personnel; Standard of Performance.
(a) Each Service to be provided hereunder shall be performed by the personnel set forth on
Schedule A, as such schedule may be updated from time to time pursuant to the mutual
agreement of the parties hereto, under the listing for such Service (each such individual, a
“Seller Agent” and, collectively, the “Seller Agents”), unless otherwise mutually
agreed by the parties. Seller shall remain responsible, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, for the performance of the Services and all other obligations of Seller hereunder.
(b) Seller shall not be liable for any failure of, or delay in the performance of, any
Services under this Agreement for the period that such failure or delay is due to acts of God,
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war, strikes or labor disputes, or any other cause beyond Seller’s reasonable control. Seller shall
notify LPHC promptly of the occurrence of any such cause and shall resume full performance of such
Services as promptly as practicable after such cause is terminated.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall grant, suggest or imply any right, agreement or authority
for Seller to use the name, trademarks, service marks, trade names or domain names of LPHC for any
purpose whatsoever. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to grant to Seller any right,
agreement or assignment of any intellectual property of LPHC.
10. Indemnity.
10.1 Indemnity by LPHC. Subject to Section 10.2 hereof, LPHC will defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless Seller and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees,
customers, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, “Seller Indemnified Parties”),
from and against any and all costs, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys fees) arising out of or directly relating to: (i) third party claims related to LPHC’s
use of the Services under this Agreement; (ii) any dispute between LPHC and LPHC’s customers or
suppliers during the Term; (iii) any services or transactions performed by LPHC using the Services,
including without limitation, any and all claims, actions, suits, or proceedings alleging fraud,
breach of security, noncompliance with laws, breach of contract, infringement, misappropriation or
negligence arising from conduct during the Term; and (iv) breach of LPHC’s obligations under this
Agreement.
10.2 Indemnity by Seller. Seller will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless LPHC and its
affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, customers, agents,
successors and assigns, from and against any and all costs, losses, liabilities and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of or relating to the bad faith, willful or
wanton misconduct, negligence or gross negligence of a Seller Indemnified Party. LPHC ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT, OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, SELLER PROVIDES THE SERVICES WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF NONINFRINGEMENT,
TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, SELLER
MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES DO NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR
TRADE SECRET OF ANY THIRD PARTY, AND ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY EXPENSES, LOSSES OR ACTION
INCURRED OR UNDERTAKEN BY LPHC OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS OR AGENTS AS A RESULT OF
LPHC’S RECEIPT OR USE OF SERVICES OTHER THAN THOSE EXPENSES, LOSSES OR ACTIONS RESULTING FROM OR
ARISING OUT OF A SELLER INDEMNIFIED PARTY’S ACTS OF BAD FAITH, WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT,
NEGLIGENCE OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE.
10.3 Limitations on Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE
OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, MULTIPLE OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS)
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REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, ARISING UNDER STATUTE
OR OTHERWISE.
11. | Notices. |
All notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be given in accordance with the
provisions contained in the contingent LPHC APA.
12. General Provisions.
12.1 Independent Contractor Status. The status of Seller shall be that of independent
contractor and nothing set forth herein shall be deemed to constitute any partnership, joint
venture, fiduciary relationship, agency, or similar relationship between the parties hereto.
Neither party hereto shall represent to any third party that any such partnership, joint venture,
fiduciary relationship or agency exists in respect of this Agreement, or that Seller is acting on
behalf of LPHC pursuant to this Agreement in any capacity other than that of independent
contractor. Nothing in this Agreement confers authority upon either party to enter into any
commitment or agreement binding on the other.
12.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of
the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements,
promises, covenants, arrangements, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any
party hereto or any officer, director, employee or representative of any party hereto. No
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be valid unless it is in writing and
signed by the party to be charged therewith.
12.3 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
12.4 Assignability. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Neither Seller nor LPHC may assign
this Agreement or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the other party hereto,
provided that LPHC may, in its sole discretion, assign all or any portion of its rights and
obligations hereunder to one or more affiliates of LPHC. To the extent LPHC assigns all or any
portion of its rights and obligations hereunder to one of its affiliates, LPHC shall guarantee such
affiliate’s obligations hereunder.
12.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including those
transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format), each of which shall be deemed in original but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
12.6 Effect of Headings. The titles of section headings herein contained has been provided
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of construction of any of the
provisions hereof.
12.7 Waivers. Compliance with any condition or covenant set forth herein may not be waived
except by writing duly executed by the party or parties to be bound. No delay on the part of any
party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
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thereto, and any waiver on the part of any party of any such right, power or privilege, or any
single or partial exercise thereof shall not preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other such right, power or privilege.
12.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
federal bankruptcy law, to the extent applicable, and, where state law is implicated, the internal
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of
law.
12.9 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF
ANY CLAIM, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE)
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY AGREEMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
12.10 Construction. The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” will be deemed to be
followed by “without limitation.” Pronouns in masculine, feminine, or neuter genders will be
construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form will be construed to include
the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. References to “this Agreement”
shall include all Exhibits, Schedules and other agreements, instruments or other documents attached
hereto. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited.
References in this Agreement to Articles, sections, Schedules or Exhibits are to Articles or
sections of, Schedules or Exhibits to, this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise specified
herein. References to the consent or approval of any party hereto mean the written consent or
approval of such party, which may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in such party’s sole and
absolute discretion, except to the extent otherwise specified herein. All terms defined in this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. Any agreement, instrument or statute
defined or referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver
or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. The headings of the
sections, paragraphs and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are
not part of this Agreement and do not in any way limit or modify the provisions of this Agreement
and shall not affect the interpretation hereof. Unless otherwise specified herein, payments that
are required to be made under this Agreement shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated in advance by the party entitled to receive such payment.
All references to “dollars” or “$” or “US$” in this Agreement means U.S. dollars.
12.11 Time Periods. Any action required hereunder to be taken within a certain number of days
shall be taken within that number of calendar days; provided, however, that if the last day for
taking action falls on a weekend or a legal holiday in the State of Massachusetts,
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the period during which such action may be taken shall be automatically extended to the next
Business Day.
12.12 No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the
language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction will be applied against either party.
12.13 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that if any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached,
irreparable damage would occur, no adequate remedy at law would exist and damages would be
difficult to determine, and that the parties hereto shall be entitled to specific performance of
the terms hereof (without the posting of any bond), in addition to any other remedy at law or
equity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in multiple
counterparts as of the date set forth above by their duly authorized representatives.
LPHC ACQUISITION PARTNERS LLC | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., | ||||||
a Florida corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee |
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ESCROW AGREEMENT
ESCROW AGREEMENT
ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “Escrow Agreement”), dated as of September 30, 2011, by and
among LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Employment Screening Profiles, Inc.,
a Florida corporation, and Worldwide Information, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”),
LPHC Acquisition Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Purchaser”), and
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Holder”). Capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined in this Escrow Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Asset Purchase Agreement referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Seller entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of
September 30, 2011 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Seller has agreed to
sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser has agreed to purchase and acquire from Seller, all of Seller’s
right, title and interest in and to certain assets pursuant to Sections 105, 363 and 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.8 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Purchaser and Seller have
agreed that Purchaser will deliver the Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount as security for
the performance of Purchaser’s obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement (together, the
“Escrowed Funds”) by certified check or wire transfer of immediately available funds into
an escrow account on the date hereof;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Purchaser will deliver the
Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents as security for the performance of Purchaser’s obligations
under the Asset Purchase Agreement into an escrow account on the date hereof;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Seller will deliver the
Seller Escrowed Closing Documents as security for the performance of Seller’s obligations under the
Asset Purchase Agreement into an escrow account on the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Seller desire to appoint the Escrow Holder to act as escrow agent
hereunder in the manner hereinafter set forth and the Escrow Holder is willing to act in such
capacity.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, Purchaser, Seller and the Escrow Holder hereby agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Escrow Holder; Establishment of Escrow Account. Purchaser and
Seller hereby appoint the Escrow Holder to act as escrow agent hereunder and the Escrow Holder
agrees to act as such. The Escrow Holder shall establish and maintain on behalf of the parties
hereto a segregated escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) to which there shall be
immediately credited and held all amounts received by the Escrow Holder from Purchaser in
accordance with Section 2 hereof. The funds credited to the Escrow Account shall be applied,
invested and disbursed only as provided herein. The Escrow Holder shall, to the extent required by
law, segregate the funds credited to the Escrow Account from its other funds held as an agent or in
trust. In addition, the Escrow Holder shall hold the Escrowed Closing Documents to be disbursed
only as provided herein.
2. Deposit to the Escrow Account; No Investment.
(a) Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Holder for deposit in the Escrow Account the
Purchase Price Deposit and the Escrow Amount.
(b) Purchaser and Seller shall deliver to the Escrow Holder all Escrowed Closing Documents as
required pursuant to Sections 7.2 and 7.3 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, which Escrowed Closing
Documents shall be executed, but undated.
(c) All amounts to be deposited with the Escrow Holder shall be transferred by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to the following account of the Escrow Holder (or to such other
account of the Escrow Holder as the Escrow Holder shall notify Seller and Purchaser in writing
prior to the transfer of funds and which account Seller and Purchaser approve):
Bank: | Citibank N.A. | |||
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx. | |||
Xxxxx 00 | ||||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
ABA # | 000000000 | |||
SWIFT Code: | XXXXXX00 | |||
Account Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP — Client Trust Fund Account (MA) | |||
Account Number: | 1255310873 |
(d) The Escrowed Funds shall remain in a non-interest bearing trust account at the Escrow
Holder.
3. Distributions.
(a) Escrowed Funds and the Escrowed Closing Documents shall be withdrawn and disbursed by the
Escrow Holder only in accordance with this Section 3.
(b) If the Escrow Holder receives joint written instructions signed by Seller and Purchaser to
the effect that a chapter 11 plan (the “Plan”) has been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court
and all conditions to its effectiveness have been satisfied or waived, the Escrow Holder shall
disburse, in accordance with such instructions (i) the Escrowed Funds to the party so directed
within two (2) Business Days of receipt of notice, (ii) the Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents to
Purchaser within two (2) Business Days of receipt of notice, and (iii) the Seller Escrowed Closing
Documents to Seller within two (2) Business Days of receipt of notice.
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(c) If the Escrow Holder receives joint written instructions signed by Seller and Purchaser to
the effect that the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement shall be consummated
on the Closing Date (which shall be specified in such notice), the Escrow Holder shall (i) disburse
the Escrowed Funds to Seller, (ii) date the Escrowed Closing Documents as of the date of such
disbursement of the Escrow Funds, and (iii) deliver the Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents to
Seller and the Seller Escrowed Closing Documents to Purchaser within two (2) Business Days of
receipt of notice.
(d) If the Escrow Holder has not received joint written instructions from Purchaser and Seller
in accordance with Sections 3(b) or 3(c) hereof on or prior to the Outside Date: upon receipt of
evidence from the Seller of entry of the Sale Order, the Escrow Holder shall automatically, without
further instruction, and within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such evidence, (i) disburse
the Escrowed Funds to Seller in accordance with instructions provided to Escrow Holder by Seller,
(ii) date the Escrowed Closing Documents as of the date of such disbursement of the Escrowed Funds,
and (iii) deliver the Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents to Seller and the Seller Escrowed
Closing Documents to Purchaser.
(e) If the Escrow Agent receives joint written instructions signed by Seller and Purchaser to
the effect that (i) the Asset Purchase Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 of the
Asset Purchase Agreement and (ii) Seller is in material breach of the Asset Purchase Agreement at
the time of termination, the Escrow Agent shall disburse the Escrowed Funds to Purchaser within two
(2) Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination (it being understood and agreed that
Purchaser shall continue to have available any rights and remedies that, pursuant to Article IX of
the Asset Purchase Agreement, survive such disbursement of the Escrowed Funds to Purchaser).
(f) If the Escrow Agent receives joint written instructions signed by Seller and Purchaser to
the effect that (i) the Asset Purchase Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 of the
Asset Purchase Agreement and (ii) Seller is not in material breach of the Asset Purchase Agreement
at the time of termination, the Escrow Agent shall disburse the Escrowed Funds to Seller within two
(2) Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination (it being understood and agreed that
Seller shall continue to have available any rights and remedies that, pursuant to Article IX of the
Asset Purchase Agreement, survive such disbursement of the Purchase Price Deposit to Seller).
(g) In the event of any dispute between the Purchaser and Seller regarding the Escrowed Funds
or Escrowed Closing Documents, the Escrow Holder shall not pay the Escrowed Funds or deliver the
Escrowed Closing Documents until the Escrow Holder receives either (i) a final order of the
Bankruptcy Court that is not stayed and no longer subject to reversal or timely appeal (a
“Final Order”), together with an opinion of counsel to the effect that such order is a
Final Order, or (ii) joint written notice signed by Purchaser and Seller indicating that the
dispute has been resolved and directing the Escrow Holder to whom to pay the Escrowed Funds and
income earned thereon (each, a “Final Resolution”). The Escrow Holder shall pay the
Escrowed Funds, together with all accrued investment income and interest thereon, and deliver the
Escrowed Closing Documents, within two (2) Business Days of its receipt of the written
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evidence of a Final Resolution as required above in this Section 3(g) in accordance with the
instructions contained in the Final Order or the Final Resolution (as applicable). The Escrow
Holder shall be entitled to rely, exclusively, on any representation jointly made by Purchaser and
Seller in writing in relation to the release of Escrowed Funds or Escrowed Closing Documents, and
shall release funds from the Escrow Account from time to time as directed in any such joint written
instruction from Purchaser and Seller or pursuant to a Final Resolution.
4. Termination of Escrow Account and Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Account shall be
deemed dissolved and this Escrow Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) written
agreement of the parties hereto, (ii) disbursement of all of the Escrowed Funds and Escrowed
Closing Documents, or (iii) transfer of all Escrowed Funds and Escrowed Closing Documents then in
the possession of the Escrow Holder to the Bankruptcy Court or such other party as the parties
hereto may jointly agree upon in writing in accordance with the terms of this Escrow Agreement.
5. Escrow Holder.
(a) No fees shall be payable to the Escrow Holder for acting as escrow agent hereunder. The
Escrow Holder, however, shall be entitled for all reasonable expenses of or reasonable
disbursements, if any, incurred by the Escrow Holder in the performance of its duties hereunder,
including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to the Escrow Holder.
Purchaser shall bear one hundred percent (100%) of the fees, costs and expenses of Escrow Agent
(excluding fees, costs and expenses relating to any indemnity obligation which shall be governed by
Section 6(c) hereof).
(b) The Escrow Holder may retain that portion of the Escrow Account equal to any such unpaid
reasonable costs, expenses and fees incurred by the Escrow Holder as contemplated by Section 5(a)
above and any indemnification rights under Section 6(c) below until such time as such costs,
expenses and fees and indemnity have been paid.
6. Rights, Duties and Immunities of Escrow Holder. Acceptance by the Escrow Holder of
its duties under this Escrow Agreement is subject to the following terms and conditions, which all
parties to this Escrow Agreement agree shall govern and control the rights, duties and immunities
of the Escrow Holder:
(a) The duties and obligations of the Escrow Holder shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Escrow Agreement and the Escrow Holder shall not be liable, except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set out in this Escrow Agreement.
The Escrow Holder shall not be required to inquire as to the performance or observation of any
obligation, term or condition under any agreement or arrangement by Purchaser and Seller. The
Escrow Holder is not a party to, and is not bound by, any agreement or other document out of which
this Escrow Agreement may arise. The Escrow Holder shall be under no liability to any party hereto
by reason of any failure on the part of any other party hereto or any maker, guarantor, endorser or
other signatory of any document or any other person to perform such person’s obligations under any
such document. The Escrow Holder shall not be bound by any waiver, modification, termination or
rescission of this Escrow Agreement or any of
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the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a writing delivered to the Escrow Holder signed by the
proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Escrow Holder are affected, unless it
shall give its prior written consent thereto. This Escrow Agreement shall not be deemed to create
a fiduciary relationship between the parties hereto under state or federal law.
(b) The Escrow Holder shall not be responsible in any manner for the validity or sufficiency
of this Escrow Agreement or of any property delivered hereunder, or for the value or collectability
of any note, check or other instrument, if any, so delivered, or for any representations made or
obligations assumed by any party other than the Escrow Holder. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to obligate the Escrow Holder to deliver any cash, instruments, documents or any other
property referred to herein, unless the same shall have first been received by the Escrow Holder
pursuant to this Escrow Agreement.
(c) Purchaser and Seller will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Escrow Holder
for, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, including but not limited to
reasonable counsel fees, incurred without bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence on the
part of the Escrow Holder arising out of or in conjunction with its acceptance of, or the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Escrow Agreement, as well as the reasonable
and documented costs and expenses of defending against any claim or liability arising out of or
relating to this Escrow Agreement. As between Purchaser and Seller, each shall be responsible for
fifty percent (50%) of the amount of any reimbursement and indemnification.
(d) The Escrow Holder shall be fully protected in acting on and relying upon any written
notice direction, request, waiver, consent, receipt or other paper or document which the Escrow
Holder in good faith believes to have been signed and presented by the proper party or parties.
(e) The Escrow Holder shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or
step taken or omitted by it in good faith or for any mistake in act or law, or for anything which
it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith, except its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(f) The Escrow Holder may seek the advice of legal counsel in the event of any dispute or
question as to the construction of any of the provisions of this Escrow Agreement or its duties
hereunder, and it shall incur no liability and shall be fully protected in respect of any action
taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith in accordance with the written advice or opinion of
such counsel.
(g) The parties hereto agree that should any dispute arise with respect to the payment,
ownership or right of possession of the Escrow Account, the Escrow Holder is authorized and
directed to retain in its possession, without liability to anyone, except for its bad faith,
willful misconduct or gross negligence, all or any part of the Escrow Account until such dispute
shall have been settled either by mutual agreement by the parties concerned or by the Final Order
of the Bankruptcy Court and a notice executed by the parties to the dispute or their authorized
representatives shall have been delivered to the Escrow Holder setting forth the resolution of the
dispute, which notice Purchaser and Seller hereby agree to so execute and deliver to the Escrow
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Holder in the event that such a Final Order is obtained from or issued by the Bankruptcy
Court. The Escrow Holder shall be under no duty whatsoever to institute, defend or partake in such
proceedings.
(h) The agreements set forth in this Section 6 shall survive the resignation or removal of the
Escrow Holder, the termination of this Escrow Agreement and the payment of all amounts hereunder.
7. Resignation of Escrow Holder. The Escrow Holder shall have the right to resign
upon thirty (30) days written notice to Seller and Purchaser. In the event of such resignation,
Seller and Purchaser shall mutually agree upon and appoint a successor escrow agent hereunder by
delivering to the Escrow Holder a written notice of such appointment. Upon receipt of such notice,
the Escrow Holder shall deliver to the designated successor escrow agent all money and other
property held hereunder and shall thereupon be released and discharged from any and all further
responsibilities whatsoever under this Escrow Agreement; provided, however, that the Escrow Holder
shall not be deprived of its compensation earned prior to such time, if any. If no successor
escrow agent shall have been designated by the date specified in the Escrow Holder’s notice, all
obligations of the Escrow Holder hereunder shall nevertheless cease and terminate. The Escrow
Holder may appoint a successor or petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor escrow agent. Its sole responsibility thereafter shall be to keep safely all
property then held by it and to deliver the same to a person designated by the other parties hereto
or in accordance with the direction of a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court.
8. Attorneys Fees; Liquidated Damages. In the event of any dispute relating to this
Escrow Agreement between Seller and Purchaser, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
reimbursement of all legal expenses incurred by such party in connection with such dispute.
9. Notices. All claims, notices, consents, objections and other communications under
this Escrow Agreement shall be in writing and shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be deemed
to have been duly given and received when (i) delivered by hand, (ii) sent by facsimile (with
receipt confirmed), or (iii) when received by the addressee, if sent by Express Mail, Federal
Express or other reputable overnight delivery service, in each case, at the appropriate addresses
and facsimile numbers as set forth below:
ESCROW HOLDER:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP | |
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||
PURCHASER:
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LPHC Acquisition Partners LLC | |
Facsimile: | ||
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Wilchins LLP | ||
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx III, Esq. | ||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||
SELLER:
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CRG Partners Group LLC | |
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP | ||
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. | ||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 |
(or to such other addresses and facsimile numbers as a party may designate as to itself by notice
to the other parties). Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any computation of a time period
which is to begin after receipt of a notice by the Escrow Holder shall run from the date of receipt
by it.
10. Successors. This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided that this Escrow
Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
11. Severability. If any portion or provision of this Escrow Agreement shall to any
extent be declared illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the
application of such portion or provision in circumstances other than those as to which it is so
declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each portion and provision of
this Escrow Agreement shall be construed by modifying or limiting it so as to be valid and
enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with, and possible under, applicable law. The
provisions hereof are severable, and in the event any provision hereof should be held invalid or
unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise affect any
other provision hereof.
12. Amendments. This Escrow Agreement may be amended or modified at any time or from
time to time in writing executed by the parties to this Escrow Agreement.
13. Governing Law. This Escrow Agreement shall be construed and interpreted, and the
rights of the parties shall be determined, in accordance with the substantive laws of the
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof or of
any other jurisdiction.
14. JURISDICTION. THE BANKRUPTCY COURT SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO RESOLVE
ANY AND ALL DISPUTES ARISING UNDER THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
EXPRESSLY CONSENTS TO SUCH EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE BANKRUPTCY CASE
HAS CLOSED, THE PARTIES AGREE TO UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT IS
LOCATED AND ANY APPELLATE COURT THEREOF, FOR THE RESOLUTION OF ANY SUCH CLAIM OR DISPUTE. THE
PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION
WHICH THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH DISPUTE BROUGHT IN SUCH
COURT OR ANY DEFENSE OF INCONVENIENT FORUM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH DISPUTE. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY
SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED BY ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
BY DELIVERY OF A COPY THEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.
15. Waiver. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless made in
writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of any party to require the performance of
any term or obligation of this Escrow Agreement, or the waiver by any party of any breach of this
Escrow Agreement, shall not prevent any subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation or be
deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.
16. Headings. The headings and captions in this Escrow Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Escrow
Agreement.
17. Counterparts. This Escrow Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by each of the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Asset Purchase Agreement and the
agreements referenced therein comprise the entire agreement and understanding among the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, whether written or oral, relating to such subject matter in any way.
19. Specific Duties. The Escrow Holder shall have only those duties as are
specifically provided herein, which shall be deemed purely ministerial in nature, and shall under
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no circumstance be deemed a fiduciary for any of the parties to this Agreement. The Escrow
Holder shall neither be responsible for, nor chargeable with, knowledge of the terms and conditions
of any other agreement, instrument or document between the other parties hereto, in connection
herewith, including without limitation the Asset Purchase Agreement. This Agreement sets forth all
matters pertinent to the escrow contemplated hereunder, and no additional obligations of the Escrow
Holder shall be inferred from the terms of this Agreement or any other Agreement.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ESCROW HOLDER BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY (i) DAMAGES,
LOSSES OR EXPENSES ARISING OUT OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER, OTHER THAN DAMAGES, LOSSES OR
EXPENSES WHICH HAVE BEEN FINALLY ADJUDICATED TO HAVE DIRECTLY RESULTED FROM THE ESCROW HOLDER’S
GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR (ii) SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
LOSSES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF THE ESCROW
HOLDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF
ACTION.
20. Merger. Any banking association or corporation into which the Escrow Holder may
be merged, converted or with which the Escrow Holder may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Escrow Holder shall be a party,
or any banking association or corporation to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Escrow Holder shall be transferred, shall succeed to all the Escrow Holder’s
rights, obligations and immunities hereunder without the execution or filing of any instrument or
any further act, deed or conveyance on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to
the contrary notwithstanding.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Escrow Agreement as of the first date
written above.
PURCHASER: | ||||||
LPHC ACQUISITION PARTNERS LLC | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
SELLER: | ||||||
LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING PROFILES, INC., | ||||||
a Florida corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee | |||||
Title: | Chapter 11 Trustee |
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ESCROW HOLDER: | ||||||
XXXXX XXXXXXX LLP | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE 1.2
DEFINITIONS
SCHEDULE 1.2
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
“Accounts Receivable” means any and all accounts receivable, notes receivable, checks,
similar instruments and other amounts receivable, billed or unbilled, owed to Seller for products
sold or services rendered in the operation of the Business, together with all security or other
collateral therefor and any interest for unpaid financing charges accrued thereon, in each case as
of September 30, 2011.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative
meaning, the terms “controlling” and “controlled”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Allocation” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means an agreement providing for the assignment
by Seller of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Assumed Contracts, and the assumption
by Purchaser of the Assumed Liabilities, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A.
“Assumed Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Assumed Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
“Auction” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Avoidance Actions” means all avoidance actions or Claims available to Seller under
chapter 5 of title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, including any such Claims and actions arising under
Sections 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code.
“Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Massachusetts.
“Bidding Procedures Order” means the Order (I) Approving Bidding Procedures; (II)
Establishing Certain Related Deadlines; and (III) Granting Related Relief entered by the Bankruptcy
Court on August 15, 2011.
“Xxxx of Sale” means a xxxx of sale substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
“Books and Records” means all documents used by Seller in connection with, or relating
to, the Included Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, or the operations of Seller, including all files,
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data, reports, plans, mailing lists, supplier lists, customer lists, price lists, marketing
information and procedures, advertising and promotional materials, equipment records, warranty
information, records of operations, standard forms of documents, manuals of operations or business
procedures and other similar procedures (including all discs, tapes and other media-storage data
containing such information), which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude the Retained Books
and Records.
“Bring-Down Date” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to Article
III.
“Business” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to close under applicable Legal
Requirement.
“Business IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).
“Cash Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Claim” means any claim, cause of action, chose in action, right to xxx, right of
recovery, right of set-off, right of recoupment, right of refund or reimbursement, right under
warranty, guaranty or contract (express, implied or otherwise), right to receive a credit (by
reason of prepayment, deposit, refund or otherwise), or similar right of any kind and nature, known
and unknown, matured and unmatured, accrued or contingent, regardless of whether such rights are
currently exercisable.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“Closing Documents” means any agreements, instruments and other documents to be
delivered at the Closing pursuant to Section 7.2 or Section 7.3, other than the Escrowed Closing
Documents.
“Companies” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Confidentiality Agreement between
Purchaser and Seller dated August 30, 2011.
“Consent” means any consent, approval, concession, grant, waiver, exemption, license,
entitlement, suitability determination, franchise, development right, certificate, variance,
registration, permit, order or other authorization of or notice of any Person.
“Contract” means any contract, agreement, understanding, or other arrangement (whether
oral or written), affecting or related to the Business or any of the Included Assets, real or
personal, entered into by Seller or by which Seller is bound or by which any property of Seller is
subject to an Encumbrance or under which Seller has any rights or obligations entered into by
Seller, but excluding any Lease.
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“Copyrights” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property
Rights on this Schedule 1.2.
“Cure Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
“Deposit” means any security, vendor, utility, or other similar deposits by Seller and
any prepaid expenses, advances, professional retainers, advance payments or prepayments made by
Seller.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules delivered by Seller concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
“Domain Names” means Internet domain names held or used by Seller.
“Employee Benefit Plans” means each employee or director benefit plan, arrangement or
agreement, whether or not written, including without limitation any employee welfare benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”), any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA (whether or not such plan is subject to ERISA) and any bonus, incentive, deferred
compensation, vacation, stock purchase, stock option, severance, employment, change of control or
fringe benefit plan, program or agreement that is or has been sponsored, maintained or contributed
to by Seller or by any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, all of which together with
Seller would be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA.
“Encumbrances” means all mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, debentures, trust deeds,
Claims, assignments by way of security or otherwise, security interests, conditional sales
contracts or other title retention agreements, rights of first refusal or similar interests or
instruments charging, or creating a security interest in the Included Assets or any part thereof or
interest therein, and any agreements, leases, licenses, occupancy agreements, options, easements,
rights of way, restrictions, executions or other encumbrances (including notices or other
registrations in respect of any of the foregoing) of any and every kind, nature and description
affecting title to the Included Assets or any part thereof or interest therein.
“Equipment” means all tangible personal property, including desks, chairs, tables,
cabinets, cubicles, furniture, fixtures, furnishings, work equipment, machinery, motor vehicles,
spare parts, tools, computers, servers, network and Internet- and information technology
systems-related equipment, computer hardware, photocopiers, telephone lines, facsimile machines and
other business equipment and devices (including data processing hardware and related
telecommunications equipment, media, and tools), advertising, marketing and promotional materials
and all other printed or written materials used in connection with the Business, tools, racking,
molds, forms, dies and tooling and miscellaneous items, miscellaneous office furnishings and
supplies, maintenance equipment, signs, signage, and other tangible personal property, other than
any tangible personal property subject to a Personal Property Lease unless such Personal Property
Lease is an Assumed Contract.
“ERISA” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Employee Benefit Plans” on
this Schedule 1.2.
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“Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Escrow Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a).
“Escrow Holder” means Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, in its capacity as escrow agent under the
Escrow Agreement.
“Escrowed Closing Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a)(vi).
“Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Excluded Contracts” means any Contract to which Seller is a party which is not an
Assumed Contract, including any Real Property Leases to which Seller is a party.
“Excluded Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
“Execution Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. “GAAP” means
United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means any domestic, foreign, federal, state, provincial or
local authority, legislative body, court, government, regulatory agency, self-regulatory
organization (including any securities exchange), commission, board, arbitral or other tribunal, or
any political or other subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing.
“Included Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1, excluding, for the
avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Assets.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means forms of technology and intellectual property
including any or all of the following as they exist in any jurisdictions:
(i) inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, improvements, business
methods, and processes, including patents, patent applications, and other patent rights
(including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, renewals, substitutions or
reissues thereof, whether or not patents are issued on any such applications and whether or
not any such applications are amended modified, withdrawn or refiled) (“Patents”);
(ii) words, names, symbols, designs and other designations to identify or distinguish a
business, good, group, product, or service, including trademarks, service marks, trade
dress, trade names, brand names, Domain Names, designs or logos or corporate names
(including, in each case, the goodwill associated therewith), whether registered or
unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration thereof
(“Marks”);
(iii) published and unpublished works of authorship (whether or not registered or
registrable) including audiovisual works, websites and web pages, collective works, data and
databases, documentation, compilations, literary works, sound recordings, derivative works,
moral rights, including copyrights, including all renewals and extensions thereof,
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copyright registrations and applications for registration thereof, and non-registered
copyrights (“Copyrights”);
(iv) information that is not generally known or otherwise readily ascertainable through
proper means, including trade secrets, confidential business information and other
proprietary information including, without limitation, customer information, telephone and
facsimile numbers, listings in telephone books and directories (in any media), blue prints,
drawings, designs, research and development information, technical information,
specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, methods, engineering drawings, know-how,
data, databases and other collections of data, mask works, industrial designs and other
proprietary rights (whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, mask work, or trade
secret protection) (“Trade Secrets”);
(v) Software;
(vi) all licenses, sublicenses, and other agreements or permissions related to the
property described in clauses (i) to (v) of this definition; and
(vii) claims, demands and causes of action of any kind with respect to, and any other
rights relating to the enforcement of, any of the foregoing, including any past, present or
future infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any of them.
“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Law” means all statutes, laws (including common law), regulations, rules, ordinances,
codes and other requirements of any Governmental Authority, including any Orders.
“Lease” means any lease, sublease, license or similar contract (whether oral or
written) or affecting or related to the Business or any of the Included Assets, real or personal,
entered into by Seller or by which Seller is bound or by which any property of Seller is subject to
an Encumbrance or under which Seller has any rights or obligations, including all options to renew,
purchase, expand or lease (including any leasehold improvements to any facilities or appurtenances
to such improvements (including, without limitation, buildings, structures, storage areas,
driveways, walkways and parking areas), rights of first refusal, first negotiation and first
offer), all credit for the prepaid rent associated therewith, and all Deposits made in connection
with such Leases.
“Legal Proceeding” means any action, complaint, suit, litigation, arbitration,
mediation, appeal, petition, inquiry, hearing, order, decree, legal proceeding, investigation or
other legal dispute, whether civil, criminal, administrative or otherwise, at law or in equity, by
or before any arbitral or other tribunal or any Governmental Authority.
“Legal Requirement” means federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international,
multinational or other constitution, law, statute, ordinance, principle of common law, code,
regulation, or treaty.
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“Liability” means any debt, liability, commitment or other obligation (whether direct
or indirect, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or
unliquidated, or due or not yet due) and including all costs, fees and expenses relating thereto.
“Marks” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights on
this Schedule 1.2.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event, occurrence, state of facts
or development that, individually or in the aggregate, (i) has been or would be reasonably likely
to be material and adverse to the assets, liabilities, properties, Business, financial condition or
capitalization of the Included Assets, the Assumed Liabilities; provided, however, that none of the
following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would be, a Material
Adverse Effect under this subclause (i): (A) changes in general economic or financial market
conditions, (B) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, the declaration of war, the occurrence
of any calamity or natural disaster, or acts of terrorism, (C) changes in any Law or GAAP or
interpretation thereof after the Execution Date, (D) any event as to which Purchaser has provided
its express prior written consent hereunder and/or had actual knowledge of prior to the date
hereof, (E) any announcement of this Agreement and the Transaction, (F) compliance by Seller with
the terms of this Agreement, and each other agreement or document to be executed, filed or
delivered in connection herewith and therewith, (G) changes, occurrences or developments in or
related to the general industry or industries (or portions thereof) in which the Seller or the
Business operate or are materially related thereto, or (H) the identity of, or any action taken by,
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or Representatives.
“Necessary Consent “has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
“Notice” means any notice, request, Consent, acceptance, waiver or other communication
required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement.
“Operating Lease Agreement” means an operating lease agreement substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
“Order” means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation,
determination, decision, verdict, ruling, subpoena, or award entered by or with any Governmental
Authority (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent).
“Ordinary Course” means the ordinary and usual course of normal day to day operations
of the Business consistent with practices since July 15, 2011.
“Outside Date” means January 31, 2012, which outside date may be extended to February
29, 2012 at the election of Purchaser upon the payment to Seller of an amount equal to fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000).
“Party” or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Patents” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights
on this Schedule 1.2.
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“Permits” means any and all Consents of Governmental Authorities relating to the
Included Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or the Business.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means, (x) the Encumbrances listed on Schedule A, and (y)
solely with respect to Included Assets: (a) statutory Encumbrances for current Property Taxes,
assessments and other charges by Governmental Authorities that are not yet due and payable or that,
although due and payable, are being contested in good faith; (b) mechanics’, materialmen’s,
warehouseman’s and similar Encumbrances that relate to Assumed Liabilities; (c) such covenants,
conditions, restrictions, easements, encroachments or encumbrances of record and any conditions,
restrictions, easements, encroachments and other encumbrances or other similar matters of record on
real property, leasehold estate or personalty; (d) zoning, building codes and other land use laws
regulating the use or occupancy of real property or the activities conducted thereon which are
imposed by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over real property; (e) a lessor’s
interest in, and any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or
conditional sale agreement on or affecting a lessor’s interest in, property underlying any of the
Leases; or (f) Encumbrances or matters caused by, or resulting from, the actions of Purchaser or
any of its agents, employees or Affiliates.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
trust, joint venture, association, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, Governmental
Authority or other entity, and the successors and assigns thereof or the heirs, executors,
administrators or other legal representatives of an individual.
“Personal Property Lease” means any Lease of tangible personal property.
“Plan” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Property Tax” means all real property and personal property taxes and assessments on
the Included Assets.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Purchase Price Deposit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a).
“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Purchaser Escrowed Closing Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(a)(vi). “Real Property Lease” means any Lease of real property.
“Representative” means, with respect to a particular Person, any director, officer,
manager, partner, member, employee, agent, consultant, advisor or other representative of such
Person, including legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors.
“Retained Books and Records” means (A) any documents (including books and records)
that Seller is prohibited (or reasonably believe to be prohibited) by applicable Legal Requirement
to sell and transfer, (B) corporate seals, minute books, charter documents, corporate stock record
books, original tax and financial records and such other books and records as pertain to the
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organization, existence, actions or share capitalization of Seller, (C) any books and records
or information related exclusively to any of the Excluded Assets, or Excluded Liabilities.
“Sale Order” means the Order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in connection with the
Transaction Hearing based on the record created during the Auction.
“Satisfied Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Schedule Supplement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.
“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Seller Chapter 11 Case” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Seller Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Seller Escrowed Closing Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a)(iv).
“Seller Transferred Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(a).
“Software” means any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software
implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code, (b)
databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine
readable or otherwise, (c) descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan,
organize and develop any of the foregoing, and (d) all documentation, including user manuals and
training documentation, relating to any of the foregoing, in each case developed by or for, or
licensed or made available to, Seller and related to the Business.
“Successful Bidder” has the meaning set forth in the Bidding Procedures Order.
“Systems” means all servers, systems, sites, circuits, networks and other computer
assets and computer equipment owned, licensed or used by Seller and related to the Business.
Physical assets located in Seller’s Beverly, MA, and Tampa, FL offices shall not be considered
“Systems” for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local or foreign net income, gross
income, gross receipts, windfall profit, severance, property, production, sales, use, license,
excise, franchise, employment, unemployment, payroll, withholding, alternative or add on minimum,
ad valorem, value added, transfer, stamp, or environmental tax, escheat payments or any other tax,
custom, duty, impost, levy, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge (together with any
and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional amounts imposed with respect thereto).
“Tax Return” or “Tax Returns” means all returns, declarations of estimated tax
payments, reports, estimates, information returns and statements, including any related or
supporting information with respect to any of the foregoing, filed or required to be filed with any
taxing authority.
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“Trade Secrets” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property
Rights on this Schedule 1.2.
“Transaction” means the transactions contemplated herein to be consummated at the
Closing, including the purchase and sale of the Included Assets and the assumption of the Assumed
Liabilities provided for in this Agreement.
“Transaction Hearing” has the meaning set forth in the Bidding Procedures Order.
“Transfer Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).
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SCHEDULE 2.1(a)
ASSUMED CONTRACTS
Equipment lease agreement between Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (“Lessor”) and
Employment Screening Profiles, Inc. (“Lessee”), for copier, fax, and related equipment for a period
of 60 months, dated March 19, 2007 (“Toshiba Equipment Lease”).
Maintenance agreement between Copy Concepts, Inc. and Employment Screening Profiles, Inc. for
Toshiba multi-machine copier servicing (to include parts, labor, drum, developer, and toner), last
renewed March 29, 2011 (“Toshiba Maintenance Agreement”).
Tampa Lease
SCHEDULE 2.1(b)
EQUIPMENT
WWI Equipment (Beverly, MA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Machine | Machine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
# | Name | Manuf | Model | type | Serial | OS | CPU | Memory | Power | Purpose | Notes | |||||||||||||
02-048 | Dell Computer Corporation |
OptiPlex GX270 | unknown | 9W2HJ41 | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz - 2793 x1 | 1024 | on | desktop | SCivitarese | ||||||||||||||
CD-002 | unk | unk | unk | |||||||||||||||||||||
CD-003 | unk | unk | unk | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dell | Dimension 2400 | 5D4QG41 | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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Dell | Optiplex GX240 | 4PRQP51 | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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Dell | Dimension V400 | 02Z45 | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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Dell | Dimension V400 | 02Z4D | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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Dell | Dimension V400 | 02BZS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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Dell | Dimension V400 | 02BZV | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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Dell | Dimension 4300s | 2YP8B11 | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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wwdatastore | Dell Computer Corporation |
desktop server | GM5B021 | Location — WWI office | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dell | PowerEdge 1300 | 3MGAM | Microsoft Windows 2003 Server |
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Xxx | Dell | PowerEdge 1400SC | 61B2R01 | Microsoft Windows 2003 Server |
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Dell | Dimension 340 | 8YY6611 | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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xxxx | N/A | N/A | Win 2k3 SBS | This is a VM. Needs new host. |
TruBackgrounds Equipment (Oldsmar, FL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Machine | Machine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
# | Name | Manuf | Model | Type | Serial | OS | CPU | Memory | Power | Purpose | Notes | |||||||||||||
Cisco | WS-C2948 | Net Switch | JAB04440CCR | 8.4(11)GLX | ||||||||||||||||||||
DELL | PC | CN-OU0314-42940-36T-017B | WinXP | |||||||||||||||||||||
GATEWAY | PC | 002655584B | WinXP | OLD ACCOUNTING | ||||||||||||||||||||
GATEWAY | PC | 28561622 | WinXP | XXX | XXXX | |||||||||||||||||||
GATEWAY | PC | 26901329 | WinXP | XXX | XXXX | |||||||||||||||||||
POWERSPEC | PC | 8737630505450 | NOP | |||||||||||||||||||||
DELL | PC | CN-OU0314-42940-392-019J | WinXP | XXXXX | ||||||||||||||||||||
ACER | PC | PTSAROX00182500E003002 | Win Vista | XXXXXX | ||||||||||||||||||||
DELL | PC | CN-OU0314-42940-392-019J | WinXP | NOP | ||||||||||||||||||||
(qty: 1)
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Server rack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(qty: 9)
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Assorted LCD Monitors |
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(qty: 1)
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PBX phone system | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(qty: 10)
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desks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(qty: ??)
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chairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(qty: ??)
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file cabinets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Printers (leased)... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toshiba | X-Xxxxxx 00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Xxxxxxx | X-Xxxxxx 0000X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Printers (owned)... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HP | LaserJet 4 | Old — parallel — may not work |
SCHEDULE 2.1(c)
SOFTWARE
The Seller uses off the shelf software.
SCHEDULE 2.2(q)
ADDITIONAL EXCLUDED ASSETS
None.
SCHEDULE 2.4
SATISFIED CLAIMS
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx — $581,730
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx — $19,791.67
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx — $19,791.67
SCHEDULE 2.9
PURCHASE PRICE ALLOCATION
SCHEDULE A
PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
None
SCHEDULE 3.4
CONSENTS
— | Toshiba Equipment Lease | |
— | Toshiba Maintenance Agreement | |
— | Tampa Lease |
SCHEDULE 3.5
TITLE TO INCLUDED ASSETS
Liens of Record:
LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation
1) | Xxxxxxxx Properties, LLC |
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UCC filed with Delaware Secretary of State on 1/10/01 (in lieu filed on 9/29/05 and continued on 6/4/10). | ||
2) | Gulabtech, LLC UCC filed with Delaware Secretary of State on 3/21/07 by Cornell Capital Partners, LP, amended on 12/4/09 and assigned to Gulabtech, LLC on 4/11/11. |
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3) | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx UCC filed with Delaware Secretary of State on 12/16/09 |
Employment Screening Profiles, Inc.
1) | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx UCC filed with Florida Secretary of State on 12/15/09 |
Worldwide Information, Inc.
1) | Gulabtech, LLC UCC filed with Delaware Secretary of State on 3/21/07 by Cornell Capital Partners, LP, amended on 12/4/09 and assigned to Gulabtech, LLC on 4/11/11. |
SCHEDULE 3.6
MARKS, PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS
Domains
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Web Hosts
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx — Hosted at eSolutions, Tampa
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx — Hosted on XXXX XX. Needs to be migrated to new host.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx — Hosted at eSolutions, Tampa
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx — Hosted on XXXX XX. Needs to be migrated to new host.
SCHEDULE 3.7
SELLER EMPLOYEES
Last, First | Company | State | Job Title | Annual Salary | ||||||
XXXXXXX-XXXXX, XXXXXX |
ESP TruBackgrounds | FL | CUSTOMER SERVICE | $ | 37,128.00 | |||||
XXXXXXXX, XXXX |
ESP TruBackgrounds | FL | Operations Specialist | $ | 31,200.00 | |||||
XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX |
Worldwide Information | MA | Product Manager | $ | 53,892.80 | |||||
XXXXXX, XXXXXX |
Worldwide Information | MA | Data Analyst | $ | 49,004.80 | |||||
XXXXXXX, XXXXX |
Worldwide Information | MA | Inside Sales RepresEntersectative | $ | 40,000.00 |