Share Purchase Agreement By and Among Glu Mobile Inc., Blammo Games Inc. and The Sellers Set Forth On the Attached Schedules A-1 through A-5 August 2, 2011
Exhibit 2.02
By and Among
Blammo Games Inc.
and
and
The Sellers Set Forth On the Attached Schedules A-1 through X-0
Xxxxxx 0, 0000
Xxxxxxxx
Exhibit A
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- | List of Key Employees | ||
Exhibit B
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- | Form of Legal Opinion to be provided by Buyer’s Counsel | ||
Exhibit C
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- | Form of Legal Opinion to be provided by Company’s Counsel | ||
Exhibit D
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- | Form of Amendment of the Existing Development Agreement | ||
Exhibit E
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- | Form of Termination Agreement of the Existing Company Option |
This Share Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective
as of August 2, 2011 (the “Agreement Date”), by and among Glu Mobile Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Buyer”), Blammo Games Inc., a company duly incorporated under the laws of Ontario, Canada (the
“Company”), and the Persons set forth on Schedules A-1 through A-5 hereto (each a “Seller”
and collectively, the “Sellers”).
Recitals
A. The Sellers are the legal and beneficial owners of all of the issued and outstanding share
capital of the Company.
B. Each Seller desires to sell to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase from each Seller, all
of the share capital of the Company currently owned by each Seller on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement (the “Share Purchase”).
C. The Company, the Sellers and Buyer desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and other agreements in connection with the Share Purchase as set forth herein.
D. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and as a material inducement to the
willingness of Buyer to enter into this Agreement, each of the persons listed on Exhibit A (the
“Key Employees”) are executing amended and restated offer letters or employment agreements with the
Company (the “Key Employment Agreements”).
E. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and as a material inducement to the
willingness of Buyer to enter into this Agreement, each of the Key Employees is executing a
non-competition agreement with Buyer (each, a “Non-Competition Agreement”).
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
other agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
The Share Purchase
1.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated below.
“Additional Shares” means up to 3,312,937 shares of Buyer Common Stock that may be issued to
the Sellers in accordance with the terms and conditions of Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines);
provided, however, the number of Additional Shares issuable hereunder (to the
extent earned in accordance with Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines)) is subject to adjustment to
reflect fully and equitably the effect of any stock split, reverse split, stock dividend, stock
combination, reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization or other like change with respect
to Buyer Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that a majority of the Buyer
Common Stock is converted into or sold in exchange for, or into the right to receive, other
securities or property (including securities or property of another entity), whether by merger,
reorganization, recapitalization, tender offer or otherwise (in a single transaction or series of
related transactions), the right to receive Additional Shares hereunder shall be
converted into the right to receive such securities or property (i.e., the right to receive an
Additional Share shall be converted into the right to receive the securities or property into which
a share of Buyer Common Stock is converted, sold or exchanged).
“Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person.
“Ancillary Agreements” means the Key Employment Agreements, the Non-Competition Agreements and
any ancillary agreements relating to the foregoing agreements.
“Benefit Plans” means plans, arrangements, agreements, programs, policies, practices or
undertakings, whether oral or written, formal or informal, funded or unfunded, insured or
uninsured, registered or unregistered to which the Company is a party or bound or in which the
Employees participate or under which the Company has, or will have, any liability or contingent
liability, or pursuant to which payments are made, or benefits are provided to, or an entitlement
to payments or benefits may arise with respect to any of its Employees or former employees,
directors or officers, individuals working on contract with the Company or other individuals
providing services to any of them of a kind normally provided by employees (or any spouses,
dependants, survivors or beneficiaries of any such persons), including without limitation (i) all
stock option, stock purchase, phantom stock, stock appreciation right, supplemental retirement,
severance, sabbatical, medical, dental, vision care, disability, employee relocation, cafeteria
benefit, dependent care, life insurance or accident insurance plans, programs or arrangements
available to Employees, (ii) all bonus, pension, profit sharing, savings, severance, retirement,
deferred compensation or incentive plans, programs or arrangements provided to Employees and (iii)
all other fringe or employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements that apply to senior
management and that do not generally apply to all Employees.
“Business Day” means a day (A) other than Saturday or Sunday and (B) on which commercial banks
are open for business in both Toronto, Ontario and San Francisco, California. For the avoidance of
doubt, if a day is a commercial bank holiday in either city, it is not a Business Day.
“Buyer Average Stock Price” means the average of the closing prices of the Buyer Common Stock
on The NASDAQ Global Market for the ten (10) trading days ending on the trading day immediately
preceding the Closing Date.
“Buyer Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Buyer.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Closing Expenses Certificate” means a certificate executed by the Representative (on behalf
of the Sellers) certifying the amount of Transaction Expenses (including an itemized list of each
Transaction Expense with a description of the nature of such expense and the Person to whom such
expense was or is owed). The Closing Expenses Certificate shall include a representation of the
Representative (on behalf of the Sellers) that such certificate includes all of the Transaction
Expenses paid or payable at any time prior to, at or following the Closing Date.
“Company Net Working Capital” means (a) the Company’s total current assets as of the Closing
Date (as defined by and determined in accordance with GAAP) less (b) the Company’s total
current liabilities as of the Closing Date (as defined by and determined in accordance with GAAP).
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For purposes of calculating Company Net Working Capital, (i) the Company’s current liabilities
(1) shall include all indebtedness of the Company and (2) shall include all liabilities for Taxes
as of the Closing Date, whether or not such liabilities for Taxes would be then due and payable,
and (ii) the Company’s current assets shall exclude accounts receivable that are outstanding for
more than 90 days or that are otherwise doubtful. With respect to Taxes, they shall be included
whether or not they would be treated as a current liability under GAAP.
“Company Net Working Capital Certificate” means a certificate executed by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company dated as of the Closing Date and certifying the amount of Company Net
Working Capital, including an itemized list of each asset and liability reflected therein, and each
other element described under the definition of Company Net Working Capital.
“Company Shares” means 1,000,000 Common Shares in the capital of the Company, representing one
hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company.
“Contract” means any written or oral legally binding contract, agreement, instrument,
commitment, concerted practice or undertaking of any nature (including leases, licenses, mortgages,
notes, guarantees, sublicenses, subcontracts, letters of intent and purchase orders) as may be in
effect as of the Agreement Date.
“Employees” means all individuals employed by the Company, including those individuals on
disability leave, workers compensation, or other leave of absence.
“Encumbrance” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest, title retention device, conditional sale or other security arrangement,
collateral assignment, claim, charge, adverse claim of title, ownership or right to use,
restriction or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset (including any restriction on
(i) the voting of any security or the transfer of any security or other asset, (ii) the receipt of
any income derived from any asset, (iii) the use of any asset, and (iv) the possession, exercise or
transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
“Escrow Shares” means an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Initial Shares.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing Company Option” means that certain option to purchase up to 25% (on a post-exercise
basis) of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company on a fully-diluted
basis, issued on May 1, 2011, held by Buyer.
“Existing Development Agreement” means that certain Development, Distribution and Investment
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2011, between Buyer and the Company.
“Form 8-K” means the Current Report on Form 8-K reporting the completion of the Share Purchase
that Buyer will be required to file with the SEC within four (4) Business Days of the Closing Date.
“Form 8-K Amendment” means the amendment to the Form 8-K that Buyer will file, if required by
SEC rules, with the SEC within seventy-five (75) days of the Closing Date in order to file certain
financial statements of the Company as an exhibit.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles for financial reporting in the United
States applied on a consistent basis, provided, however, that for purposes of the
preparation of all financial statements, the Company Net Working Capital Certificate and Tax
Returns of the Company, and as it relates to the Company’s accounting practices in any other
instance, “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as defined by the Accounting
Standards Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants for financial reporting in
Canada, applied on a consistent basis.
“Governmental Entity” means any multinational, national, federal, provincial, state,
municipal, local or foreign government, any court, tribunal, arbitrator, administrative agency,
commission or other governmental official, authority or instrumentality, in each case whether
domestic or foreign, any share exchange or similar self-regulatory organization or any
quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, Taxing or other governmental or
quasi-governmental authority.
“knowledge” means, with respect to any fact, circumstance, event or other matter in question,
the knowledge of such fact, circumstance, event or other matter after reasonable inquiry of (A) an
individual, if used in reference to an individual, (B) with respect to the Company, the Key
Employees who are Sellers and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, and (C) with respect to Buyer, Xxxxxxx xx Xxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxx or Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (the individuals specified in clauses (B) and (C) are collectively
referred to herein as the “Entity Representatives”). Any such individual or Entity Representative
will be deemed to have knowledge of a particular fact, circumstance, event or other matter if (i)
such fact, circumstance, event or other matter is reflected in one or more documents (whether
written or electronic, including electronic mails sent to or by such individual or Entity
Representative) in, or that have been in, the possession of such individual or Entity
Representative, including his or her personal files, (ii) such fact, circumstance, event or other
matter is reflected in one or more documents (whether written or electronic) contained in books and
records of the Company or Buyer (as applicable) that would reasonably be expected to be reviewed by
an individual who has the duties and responsibilities of such individual or Entity Representative
in the customary performance of such duties and responsibilities, or (iii) such knowledge could be
obtained from reasonable inquiry of the persons employed by the Company or Buyer (as applicable)
charged with administrative or operational responsibility for such matters for the Company or Buyer
(as applicable).
“Indemnifiable Transaction Expenses” means any Transaction Expenses that are in excess of
CDN$55,000. All Indemnifiable Transaction Expenses shall constitute “Indemnifiable Damages” for
purposes of Article VII without regard to the Basket (as defined in Section 7.3(a)).
“Initial Shares” means 1,000,000 shares of Buyer Common Stock.
“Legal Requirements” means any federal, provincial, state, foreign, local, municipal or other
law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree,
rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or
otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity and any orders,
writs, injunctions, awards, judgments and decrees applicable to the Company or to its assets,
properties or businesses.
“Material Adverse Effect” with respect to any entity means any change, event, violation,
inaccuracy, circumstance or effect (each, an “Effect”) that, individually or taken together with
all other Effects, and regardless of whether or not such Effect constitutes a breach of the
representations or warranties made by such entity in this Agreement, is, or could reasonably
likely, (i) be or become materially adverse in relation to the near-term or longer-term condition
(financial or otherwise), properties, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, business,
capitalization, operations or results of operations of such entity and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or (ii) materially impede or delay such
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entity’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance
with its terms and applicable Legal Requirements. Changes in the trading volume or trading prices
of Buyer Common Stock, in and of themselves, shall not be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to Buyer.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means: (A) statutory liens for taxes that are not yet due and
payable or liens for taxes being contested in good faith by any appropriate proceedings for which
adequate reserves have been established; (B) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords,
lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements; and (C) deposits or pledges made in
connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar
programs mandated by applicable law.
“Person” means any natural person, company, corporation, limited liability company, general
partnership, limited partnership, trust, proprietorship, joint venture, business organization or
Governmental Entity.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to a particular Seller, the proportional amount as set
out next to each Seller’s name on Schedules A-1 through A-5.
“Purchase Price” means (a) the Initial Shares less a number of shares equal to the quotient of
(i) the Indemnifiable Transaction Expenses plus the Company Net Working Capital Shortfall, divided
by (ii) the Buyer Average Stock Price, plus (b) to the extent required to be paid in accordance
with the terms and conditions as provided for in Schedule B, the Additional Shares.
“Representative” means Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, or such other Person as appointed following the Closing
in a writing executed by Sellers that held a majority of the Company Shares held by all Sellers
immediately prior to the Closing that is delivered to the Buyer.
“Required Cash” means Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$666,666).
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Filings” means Buyer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2010, and all other reports filed by Buyer pursuant to the Exchange Act since the filing of such
Form 10-K on or prior to the date hereof.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shares” means the Initial Shares together with the Additional Shares.
“Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) includes any taxes, duties, fees,
premiums, assessments, imposts, levies and other charges of any kind whatsoever imposed by any
Governmental Entity, including all interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or other additional
amounts imposed by any Governmental Entity in respect thereof, and including those levied on, or
measured by, or referred to as, income, gross receipts, profits, capital, transfer, land transfer,
sales, goods and services, harmonized sales, use, value-added, excise, stamp, withholding,
business, franchising, property, development, occupancy, employer health, payroll, employment,
health, social services, education and social security taxes, all surtaxes, all customs duties and
import and export taxes, countervail and anti-dumping, all license, franchise and registration fees
and all employment insurance, health insurance and Canada, Québec and other government pension plan
premiums or contributions.
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“Tax Return” includes all returns, reports, declarations, elections, notices, filings, forms,
statements and other documents (whether in tangible, electronic or other form) and including any
amendments, schedules, attachments, supplements, appendices and exhibits thereto, made, prepared,
filed or required to be made, prepared or filed by Legal Requirements in respect of Taxes.
“Transaction Expenses” means all third party fees and expenses incurred by the Company (while
the Company was controlled by the Sellers) or the Sellers in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby (including in connection with the Sellers’ review of the
registration documents under Section 5.4 and in connection with the Ancillary Agreements and the
transaction contemplated thereby) whether or not billed or accrued, to the extent paid or payable
by the Company (or Buyer subsequent to Closing).
1.2 The Share Purchase.
(a) Agreement to Purchase and Sell. On the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Agreement, each Seller agrees to sell, transfer and deliver to Buyer at the Closing, and Buyer
agrees to purchase from each Seller at the Closing, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest
in the Company Shares owned by such Seller as set forth in the applicable Schedule among
Schedules A-1 through A-5, free and clear of all Encumbrances. The amount payable by the
Buyer for all of the Company Shares, exclusive of all applicable sales and transfer taxes, shall be
(i) the Initial Shares, at the Closing, and (ii) subsequent to the Closing, all or a portion of the
Additional Shares, if any, issued by Buyer at such time and as provided for in Schedule B
(Earnout Guidelines).
(b) Allocation of the Share Purchase Price. At the Closing, each Seller holding
Company Shares that are issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing will, by
virtue of the Share Purchase and without any further action on the part of Buyer, the Sellers or
the Company, be automatically entitled to receive for such Company Shares such number of Initial
Shares that are equal to such Seller’s Pro Rata Share multiplied by the aggregate number of Initial
Shares issued to Sellers in the Share Purchase. In addition, subsequent to the Closing, each
Seller shall be eligible to receive such number of Additional Shares that are equal to such
Seller’s Pro Rata Share multiplied by the aggregate number of Additional Shares, if any, issued by
Buyer at such time, subject to the conditions set forth in and otherwise as provided for in
Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines).
(c) Aggregate Consideration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate shares of Buyer Common Stock issued by Buyer to the
Sellers hereunder and including the Escrow Shares, exceed the Purchase Price.
1.3 Closing. The closing of the Share Purchase and the other transactions
contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall take place on the Agreement Date. The Closing shall take
place at the offices of Buyer’s Canadian counsel, Osler, Xxxxxx & Harcourt LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, or at such other location as the parties hereto agree.
The date on which the Closing occurs is herein referred to as the “Closing Date.”
1.4 Closing Deliveries and Conditions to Obligations to Effect Share Purchase.
(a) Buyer Deliveries and Conditions to the Company’s and the Sellers’ Obligations to
Effect Share Purchase and other Transactions Contemplated Hereby. The obligations of the
Company and the Sellers to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to
delivery of each of the following instruments, documents or materials:
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(i) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and executed on behalf of the
Buyer by its Secretary, certifying and attaching the Buyer’s (a) Certificate of
Incorporation, or other equivalent organizational or governing documents (the “Buyer
Restated Certificate”), (b) Bylaws, or other equivalent organizational or governing
documents and (c) Board of Directors’ resolutions approving the Share Purchase, this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(ii) a written opinion from Buyer’s outside counsel, reasonably satisfactory
to the Seller’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Sellers, covering
the matters set forth on Exhibit B;
(iii) a duly executed copy of an amendment to the Existing Development
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D;
(iv) a duly executed copy of a termination agreement for the Existing Company
Option in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E;
(v) PDF copies of the stock certificates, or other evidence(s) of issuance
reasonably satisfactory to the Sellers (e.g., in case of book entry issuance), representing
the Initial Shares, less the Escrow Shares (Buyer will cause the original of any such
physical stock certificates to be delivered to the Sellers at their respective address set
forth on Schedules A-1 through A-5 hereto, or as otherwise directed by them in
writing, promptly following the Closing, as applicable); and
(vi) evidence satisfactory to the Representative that the Required Cash is in
the Company’s bank account (it being understood that such Required Cash shall be so
delivered only upon satisfaction of all of the conditions to Buyer’s obligations to effect
the Share Purchase).
(b) The Company’s and the Sellers’ Deliveries and Conditions to Buyer’s Obligations to
Effect Share Purchase and other Transactions Contemplated Hereby. The obligations of Buyer to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to delivery of each of the
following instruments, documents or materials:
(i) (A) the duly updated share ledger of the Company, (B) all share
certificates or other instruments, which immediately prior to the Closing, represented all
issued and outstanding Company Shares (such certificates, the “Certificates”) held by each
Seller, or in the event that any such Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, an
affidavit of lost certificate of such Seller and an indemnity in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, all duly executed and delivered by each such Person (or if
any such Certificate is not executed, a duly executed and delivered form of share transfer
shall accompany such Certificate) and (C) such additional documentation as may be reasonably
requested by Buyer with respect to the transactions hereunder;
(ii) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and executed on behalf of
the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, certifying the Company’s (A) Articles of
Incorporation, or other equivalent organizational or governing documents, (B) Bylaws, or
other equivalent organizational or governing documents and (C) Board of Directors’
resolutions approving the Share Purchase, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby;
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(iii) a written opinion from the Company’s counsel, reasonably satisfactory
to Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to Buyer, covering the matters set
forth on Exhibit C;
(iv) evidence satisfactory to Buyer of (A) the resignation of each of the
directors of the Company in office immediately prior to the Closing, other than Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, as directors of the Company, effective no later than immediately
prior to the Closing, together with a confirmation by such persons that such persons do not
have any claims against the Company, and (B) the appointment of new directors of the
Company designated by Buyer, which appointments are to become effective at the Closing, as
well as any amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or other
equivalent organizational or governing documents, as may be necessary to effect such
director appointments;
(v) a Key Employment Agreement and Non-Competition Agreement executed by
each of the Key Employees (provided, however that the Key Employee who is not a Seller will
only sign a Key Employment Agreement which contains non-competition covenants, as opposed to
a separate, stand-alone Non-Competition Agreement);
(vi) a duly executed copy of an amendment to the Existing Development
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D;
(vii) a duly executed copy of a termination agreement for the Existing
Company Option in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E;
(viii) the Company Net Working Capital Certificate, which certificate shall
be accompanied by supporting documentation, information and calculations; and
(ix) a certificate of status in respect of the Company issued by the Ontario
Ministry of Government Services and, if available, each other locality in which the Company
is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation.
1.5 Net Working Capital Adjustment.
(a) The Company shall deliver the Company Net Working Capital Certificate to Buyer not less
than one (1) day prior to the Closing Date. In the event that the Company Net Working Capital as
reflected on the Company Net Working Capital Certificate is greater than the Company Net Working
Capital as of the Closing Date as derived from the Company’s audited balance sheet included in an
exhibit to the Form 8-K Amendment by more than CDN$25,000 (the difference between the Company Net
Working Capital as of the Closing Date as reflected on the Company Net Working Capital Certificate
and the Company Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date as reflected on the Company’s audited
balance sheet without reference to the CDN$25,000 threshold is referred to as the “Company Net
Working Capital Shortfall”), the Sellers will, subject to the terms set forth below, surrender,
each in accordance with their Pro Rata Share, such number of Initial Shares that are equal to such
Company Net Working Capital Shortfall based on the Buyer Average Stock Price (such post-Closing
adjustment will not be made from the Escrow Shares).
(b) In the event of a Company Net Working Capital Shortfall, the Representative may object to
the calculation of such Company Net Working Capital Shortfall by providing written notice of such
objection to Buyer within ten (10) Business Days after Buyer’s delivery of written notice to the
Sellers of a Company Net Working Capital Shortfall and its demand for the
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Sellers’ surrender of the appropriate number of Initial Shares as determined in accordance
with Section 1.5(a) above (the “Notice of Objection”).
(c) If the Representative provides the Notice of Objection within the time frame set out in
Section 1.5(b) above, then the parties shall confer in good faith for a period of up to ten (10)
Business Days following Buyer’s timely receipt of the Notice of Objection in an attempt to resolve
any disagreement and any resolution by them shall be in writing and shall be final and binding.
(d) If, after such ten (10) Business Day period, the Representative and Buyer cannot resolve
any such disagreement, then the parties shall engage an auditing firm acceptable to both parties
(the “Reviewing Accountant”) to review the calculation of such Company Net Working Capital
Shortfall. After review of the calculation of such Company Net Working Capital Shortfall and the
Company’s books and records, the Reviewing Accountant shall promptly determine the Company Net
Working Capital as at the Closing Date and such determination shall be final and binding on the
parties and, if required pursuant to the determination of the Reviewing Accountant, Sellers will
promptly surrender the appropriate number of Initial Shares as determined in accordance with
Section 1.5(a) above.
1.6 No Further Ownership Rights in the Company Shares. All consideration paid or
payable by Buyer to the Sellers in accordance with the terms hereof shall be so paid or payable in
full satisfaction of all rights, title and interest of the Sellers in and to the Company Shares and
there shall be no further registration of transfers (other than the transfer to Buyer contemplated
herein) on the records of the Company of Company Shares which were issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing without the consent of Buyer.
1.7 No Interest. No interest shall accumulate on any Buyer Common Stock payable in
connection with the Share Purchase and the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.8 Tax Consequences. Buyer makes no representations or warranties to the Sellers
regarding the Tax treatment of the transactions or agreements contemplated hereby. Each Seller
acknowledges that he, she or it is relying solely on his, her or its own Tax advisors in connection
with this Agreement and the other transactions and agreements contemplated hereby.
1.9 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Closing,
any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to
vest Buyer with full right, title and interest in, to and under, and/or possession of, the Company
Shares being transferred hereunder to Buyer, the Sellers shall, and the officers and directors of
the Company are fully authorized in the name and on behalf of the Company or otherwise to, take all
lawful action necessary or reasonably desirable to accomplish such purpose or acts. If, at any
time after the Closing, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of
this Agreement and to vest any Seller with full right, title and interest in, to and under, and/or
possession of, any Shares being issued or to be issued hereunder to any Seller, the Buyer shall
take all lawful action necessary or reasonably desirable to accomplish such purpose or acts.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject to the disclosures set forth in the disclosure letter delivered to Buyer concurrently
with the parties’ execution of this Agreement and attached to this Agreement (the “Disclosure
Letter”) (each of which disclosures, in order to be effective, shall indicate the Section and, if
applicable, the Subsection of this Article II to which it relates (unless and only to the
extent the relevance to other
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representations and warranties is reasonably apparent from the actual text of the disclosures), and each of
which disclosures shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties made by the Company
under this Article II, the Company represents and warrants to the Buyer the matters set out
below.
2.1 Organization, Standing and Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. The
Company has the corporate power to own its properties and to conduct its business and is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate with any such other failures,
would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company. The Company is not in violation of any
of the provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or other
equivalent organizational or governing documents of the Company. Other than the Existing Company
Option, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, “put” or “call” rights,
exchangeable or convertible securities or other Contracts of any character relating to the issued
or unissued capital shares or other securities of the Company, or otherwise obligating the Company
to issue, transfer, sell, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or sell any such securities. The
Company has no subsidiaries and does not otherwise directly or indirectly own any equity or similar
interest in, or any interest convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar
interest in, any Person.
2.2 Capital Structure.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists solely of 1,000,000 common shares of
Company Shares. The issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company consists solely of the
Company Shares, all of which are owned by the Sellers. The Company holds no treasury shares.
(b) All issued and outstanding Company Shares were duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and are free of any Encumbrances, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal,
repurchase rights, redemption rights or “put” or “call” rights created by statute, the Certificate
of Incorporation, Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or other equivalent organizational or
governing documents, or any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is
bound. All issued and outstanding Company Shares were issued in material compliance with all
applicable Legal Requirements and all material requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.
There is no liability for dividends accrued and unpaid by the Company. The Company is not under
any obligation to register under the Securities Act, or qualify under the equivalent securities
laws of any of the provinces or territories of Canada or other jurisdictions, any Company Shares.
(c) Other than the Existing Company Option, there are no warrants, options, calls, rights or
Contracts of any character to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the
Company to issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold,
repurchased or redeemed, any Company Shares, options, warrants or other rights to purchase Company
Shares or other securities of the Company, or obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate
the vesting and/or repurchase rights of, change the price of, or otherwise amend or enter into any
such option, warrant, call, right or Contract.
(d) To the knowledge of the Company, none of the Company’s securityholders has granted any
option or other right or Encumbrance in any of the outstanding share capital of the Company.
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(e) There are no Contracts relating to voting, purchase or sale of any Company Shares (i)
between or among the Company and any of its securityholders and (ii) to the knowledge of the
Company, between or among any of the Company’s securityholders.
2.3 Authority; Noncontravention.
(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements (if required) and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by the
Company’s Board of Directors. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company
and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy and
other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law governing
specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. The Board of Directors of
the Company, by resolutions duly adopted (and not thereafter modified or rescinded) by the
unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of the Company, has approved and adopted this Agreement
and has approved the Share Purchase.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, (i) result in the creation of any Encumbrance on
any of the material properties or assets of the Company or to the knowledge of the Company, any of
the Company Shares, or (ii) conflict with, or result in any violation of or default under (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefit under, or require any consent, approval or
waiver from any Person pursuant to, (A) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Articles
of Incorporation, or Bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents of the
Company, as amended to date, (B) any Contract of the Company or any Contract applicable to any of
its material properties or assets, or (C) any Legal Requirements applicable to the Company or its
material properties or assets.
(c) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing
with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to the Company or, to the Company’s
knowledge, any Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
2.4 Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has delivered to Buyer its financial statements for each monthly period since
inception (including, in each case, balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash
flows) (collectively, the “Financial Statements”), which are included as Schedule 2.4(a) of
the Disclosure Letter. The Financial Statements (i) are derived from and in accordance with the
books and records of the Company, (ii) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements with respect thereto as of their respective dates, (iii) have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP (except that the Financial Statements do not contain any notes) applied on
a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and consistent with each other, and (iv) fairly
present the financial condition of the Company at the dates therein indicated and the results of
operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods therein specified (subject to normal
recurring year-end adjustments, none of which individually or in the aggregate will be material in
amount). The Company has no obligations or liabilities of any nature required to be reflected on
or reserved against in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP other than (i) those
set forth or adequately provided for in the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial
Statements (the “Company
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Balance Sheet”), (ii)
those incurred in the conduct of the Company’s business since June 30, 2011 (the “Company
Balance Sheet Date”) in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, which are of the type
that do not result from any breach of Contract, tort or violation of law, and (iii) those incurred
by the Company in connection with the execution of this Agreement (including Transaction Expenses).
Except for obligations and liabilities reflected in the Financial Statements, the Company has no
off balance sheet obligation or liability of any nature (matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent)
to, or any financial interest in, any third party or entities, the purpose or effect of which is to
defer, postpone, reduce or otherwise avoid or adjust the recording of debt expenses incurred by the
Company. All reserves that are set forth in or reflected in the Company Balance Sheet have been
established in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and are adequate.
(b) Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any current or former employee,
consultant or director of the Company, has identified or been made aware of any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves the Company’s management or other current or former employees,
consultants, directors of the Company who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or
the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company, or any claim or allegation regarding any
of the foregoing. Neither the Company or any current or former employee, consultant or director of
the Company, or to the Company’s knowledge, any auditor, accountant or outside representative of
the Company, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint,
allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, in each case, regarding deficient
accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or its
internal accounting controls or any material inaccuracy in the Financial Statements. No attorney
representing the Company has reported to the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee
thereof or to any director or officer of the Company evidence of a material violation of securities
laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any of its officers or
directors. There has been no material change in the Company accounting policies, methods or
practices since the Company’s inception, except as described in the Financial Statements.
(c) Schedule 2.4(c) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth the names and locations of all
banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and other financial institutions at which the
Company maintains accounts of any nature and the names of all persons authorized to draw thereon or
make withdrawals therefrom.
(d) The Company has no indebtedness for money borrowed outstanding as of the Closing.
2.5 Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Company Balance Sheet Date, the Company has
conducted its business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and (a) there has
not occurred a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (b) except with respect to this Agreement,
the Company has not made or entered into any Contract or letter of intent with respect to any
acquisition, sale or transfer of any asset of the Company, (c) there has not occurred any
declaration, setting aside, or payment of a dividend or other distribution with respect to any
securities of the Company, (d) the Company has not entered into, amended or terminated any
Material Contract (other than any termination of a Material Contract with Buyer contemplated
herein), (e) there has not occurred any amendment or change to the Certificate of Incorporation,
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents of
the Company, (f) there has not occurred any increase in or modification of the compensation or
benefits payable or to become payable by the Company to any of its directors, officers, Employees
or consultants (other than increases in the base salaries of Employees who are not officers in an
amount that does not exceed 10% of such base salaries), (g) there has not occurred the execution of
any employment agreements, change of control agreements, or service Contracts or the extension of
the term of any existing employment agreement, change of control agreement, or service
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Contract with any Employee, (h) there has not occurred any material reduction in the
responsibilities of, or change in identity with respect to the management, supervisory or other key
personnel of the Company, any termination of employment of any such Employees, or any labor dispute
or claim of unfair labor practices involving the Company, (i) the Company has not paid or
discharged any Encumbrance or liability which was not shown on the Company Balance Sheet or
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the Company Balance
Sheet Date, (j) the Company has not incurred any liability to its directors, officers or
shareholders (other than liabilities to pay compensation or benefits in connection with services
rendered in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice), (k) the Company has
not made any deferral of the payment of any accounts payable other than in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice, or given any discount, accommodation or other concession
other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, in order to
accelerate or induce the collection of any receivable, (l) the Company has not made any material
change in the manner in which it extends discounts, credits or warranties to customers or otherwise
deals with its customers, (m) there has been no material damage, destruction or loss, whether or
not covered by insurance, affecting the assets, properties or business of the Company, (n) the
Company has not sold, disposed of, transferred or licensed to any Person any rights to any Company
IP Rights (as defined in Section 2.10(a)(i)) and (o) there has not occurred any announcement of,
any negotiation by or any entry into any Contract by the Company to do any of the things described
in the preceding clauses (a) through (n) (other than negotiations and agreements with Buyer and its
representatives regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement).
2.6 Litigation. There is no private or governmental action, suit, proceeding, claim,
mediation, arbitration or investigation pending before any Governmental Entity, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its assets or properties or any
of its directors, officers or employees (in their capacities as such or relating to their
employment, services or relationship with the Company). There is no judgment, decree, injunction
or order against the Company, any of its assets or properties, or, to the knowledge of the Company,
any of its directors, officers or employees (in their capacities as such or relating to their
employment, services or relationship with the Company). The Company has no action, suit,
proceeding, claim, mediation, arbitration or investigation pending against any other Person.
2.7 Restrictions on Business Activities. There is no Contract or, to the knowledge of
the Company, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company which has or would
reasonably be expected to have, whether before or after consummation of the Share Purchase, the
effect of prohibiting or impairing any current or presently proposed business practice of the
Company, any acquisition of property by the Company or the conduct of business by the Company as
currently conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted by the Company.
2.8 Compliance with Laws; Governmental Permits.
(a) The Company has complied in all material respects with, is not in material violation of,
and has not received any notices of violation with respect to, any Legal Requirement with respect
to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business. The Company, nor to
the knowledge of the Company any of its directors, officers, Affiliates or employees (in their
capacities as such or relating to their employment, services or relationship with the Company), has
given, offered, paid, promised to pay or authorized payment of any money, any gift or anything of
value, with the purpose of influencing any act or decision of the recipient in his or her official
capacity or inducing the recipient to use his or her influence to affect an act or decision of a
government official or employee, to any (i) governmental official or employee, (ii) political party
or candidate thereof, or (iii) Person while knowing that all or a portion of such money or thing of
value would be given or offered to a governmental official or employee or political party or
candidate thereof.
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(b) The Company has obtained each governmental consent, license, permit, grant, or other
authorization of a Governmental Entity (i) pursuant to which the Company currently operates or
holds any interest in any of its assets or properties or (ii) that is required for the operation of
the Company’s business or the holding of any such interest in each case except for such consents,
licenses, permits, grants and other authorizations of which the failure to obtain would not be
material to the business of the Company (all of the foregoing consents, licenses, permits, grants,
and other authorizations, collectively, the “Company Authorizations”). All of the Company
Authorizations are in full force and effect. The Company has not received any notice or other
communication from any Governmental Entity regarding (i) any actual or possible violation of law or
Company Authorization, or any failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Company
Authorization, or (ii) any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation,
termination or modification of any Company Authorization. None of the Company Authorizations will
be terminated or impaired, or will become terminable, in whole or in part, as a result of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(c) The Company is not engaged in any of the activities described in the definition of
“cultural business” as that term is defined in the Investment Canada Act (Canada).
2.9 Title to Property and Assets. The Company has good and valid title to all of its
properties, and interests in properties and assets, real and personal, reflected on the Company
Balance Sheet or acquired after the Company Balance Sheet Date (except properties and assets, or
interests in properties and assets, sold or otherwise disposed of since the Company Balance Sheet
Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or, with respect to leased
properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in such properties and assets which afford the
Company valid leasehold possession of the properties and assets that are the subject of such
leases, in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances. The plant, property and equipment of the
Company that are used in the operations of its business are in good operating condition and repair,
subject to normal wear and tear. All properties used in the operations of the Company are
reflected on the Company Balance Sheet to the extent required under GAAP to be so reflected.
Schedule 2.9 of the Disclosure Letter identifies each parcel of real property leased by the
Company. The Company has adequate rights of ingress and egress into any real property used in the
operation of its business. The Company has heretofore provided to Buyer’s counsel true, correct
and complete copies of all leases, subleases and other agreements under which the Company uses or
occupies or has the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any real property or facility,
including all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto. The Company does not own any real
property.
2.10 Intellectual Property.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
(i) “Intellectual Property” means any and all worldwide industrial and intellectual
property rights and all rights associated therewith, including all patents and applications
therefor and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and
continuations-in-part thereof, all inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures,
improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know how, technology, technical data,
proprietary processes and formulae, algorithms, specifications, customer lists and supplier lists,
all industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor, all trade names, logos,
common law trademarks and service marks, trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications
therefor, Internet domain names, Internet and World Wide Web URLs or addresses, all copyrights,
copyright registrations and applications therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto, all
mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor,
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and any equivalent or similar rights in semiconductor masks, layouts, architectures or
topology, all computer software, including all source code, object code, firmware, development
tools, files, records and data, all schematics, netlists, test methodologies, test vectors,
emulation and simulation tools and reports, hardware development tools, and all rights in
prototypes, breadboards and other devices, all databases and data collections and all rights
therein, all moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and any
similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing, and all tangible embodiments of the
foregoing.
(ii) “Company IP Rights” means (A) any and all Intellectual Property used in the
conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be
conducted by the Company; and (B) any and all other Intellectual Property owned by the Company.
(iii) “Company-Owned IP Rights” means (A) Company IP Rights that are owned or are
purportedly owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company; and (B) Company IP Rights that were
developed for the Company by full or part time employees or consultants of the Company.
(iv) “Company Products” means all products or services produced, marketed, licensed,
sold, distributed or performed by or on behalf of the Company and all products or services
currently under development by the Company.
(v) “Company Registered Intellectual Property” means all United States,
international and foreign: (A) patents and patent applications (including provisional
applications); (B) registered trademarks, applications to register trademarks, intent-to-use
applications, or other registrations or applications related to trademarks; (C) registered Internet
domain names; (D) registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration; and (E) any
other Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application, certificate, filing,
registration or other document issued, filed with, or recorded by any governmental authority owned
by, registered or filed in the name of, the Company.
(vi) “Company Source Code” means, collectively, any software source code or
confidential manufacturing specifications or designs, any material portion or aspect of software
source code or confidential manufacturing specifications or designs, or any material proprietary
information or algorithm contained in or relating to any software source code or confidential
manufacturing specifications or designs, of any Company-Owned IP Rights or Company Products.
(vii) “Third Party Intellectual Property Rights” means any Intellectual Property
owned by a third party.
(b) The Company (i) owns and has independently developed or acquired, or (ii) has the valid
right or license to all Company IP Rights. The Company IP Rights are sufficient for the conduct of
the business of the Company as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted by the
Company.
(c) The Company has not transferred ownership of any Intellectual Property that is or was
Company-Owned IP Rights, to any third party, or knowingly permitted the Company’s rights in any
Intellectual Property that is or was Company-Owned IP Rights to enter the public domain or, with
respect to any Intellectual Property for which the Company has submitted an application or obtained
a registration, lapse (other than through the expiration of registered Intellectual Property at the
end of its maximum statutory term).
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(d) The Company owns and has good and exclusive title (or exclusive rights to use pursuant to
Contracts listed on Schedule 2.10(d)) to each item of Company-Owned IP Rights and each item
of Company Registered Intellectual Property, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than
Permitted Encumbrances). The right, license and interest of the Company in and to all Third Party
Intellectual Property Rights licensed by the Company from a third party are free and clear of all
Encumbrances (excluding restrictions contained in the applicable license agreements with such third
parties and Permitted Encumbrances).
(e) Neither the execution and delivery or effectiveness of this Agreement, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, nor the performance of the Company’s obligations
under this Agreement will cause the forfeiture or termination of, or give rise to a right of
forfeiture or termination of any Company-Owned IP Right, or impair the right of the Company or
Buyer to use, possess, sell or license any Company-Owned IP Right or portion thereof. After the
Closing, all Company-Owned IP Rights will be fully transferable, alienable or licensable by Buyer
without restriction and without payment of any kind to any third party.
(f) Schedule 2.10(f) of the Disclosure Letter lists all Company Registered
Intellectual Property including the jurisdictions in which each such item of Intellectual Property
has been issued or registered or in which any application for such issuance and registration has
been filed, or in which any other filing or recordation has been made. There are no actions
required to be taken by the Company, including, without limitation, payment of applicable
registration, maintenance and/or renewal fees, following the Closing Date, with respect to any of
the Company Registered Intellectual Property in order to avoid prejudice to, impairment or
abandonment of such Company Registered Intellectual Property.
(g) Each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property is valid and subsisting (or in the
case of applications, applied for), all registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in
connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been paid and all documents,
recordations and certificates in connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property
currently required to be filed have been filed with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark or
other authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the
purposes of prosecuting, maintaining and perfecting such Company Registered Intellectual Property
and recording the Company’s ownership interests therein.
(h) The Company is not or shall not be as a result of the execution and delivery or
effectiveness of this Agreement or the performance of the Company’s obligations under this
Agreement, in breach of any Contract governing any Company IP Rights (the “Company IP Rights
Agreements”) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not
result in the modification, cancellation, termination, suspension of, or acceleration of any
payments with respect to the Company IP Rights Agreements, or give any non-Company party to any
Company IP Rights Agreement the right to do any of the foregoing. The parties acknowledge and
agree that the Existing Development Agreement shall not be considered a Company IP Rights
Agreement. Following the Closing, Buyer will be permitted to exercise all of the Company’s rights
under the Company IP Rights Agreements to the same extent the Company would have been able to had
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred and without the payment of any
additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the
Company would otherwise be required to pay.
(i) None of the Company IP Rights Agreements grants any third party exclusive rights to or
under any Company IP Rights or grants any third party the right to sublicense any Company IP
Rights.
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(j) There are no royalties, honoraria, fees or other payments payable by the Company to any
Person (other than salaries payable to employees, consultants and independent contractors not
contingent on or related to use of their work product) as a result of the ownership, use,
possession, license-in, license-out, sale, marketing, advertising or disposition of any
Company-Owned IP Rights by the Company.
(k) To the knowledge of the Company, there is no unauthorized use, unauthorized disclosure,
infringement or misappropriation of any Company-Owned IP Rights, by any third party, including any
employee or former employee of the Company. The Company has not brought any action, suit or
proceeding for infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property or breach of any
Company IP Rights Agreement.
(l) The Company has not received any written communication that involves an offer to license
or grant any other rights or immunities under any Third Party Intellectual Property Right.
(m) The operation of the business of the Company as such business is currently conducted and
as currently proposed to be conducted by the Company, including the Company’s use of any product,
device or process used in the business of the Company as currently conducted and as currently
proposed to be conducted by the Company, does not and will not infringe or misappropriate the
Intellectual Property of any third party and does not constitute unfair competition or unfair trade
practices under the laws of any jurisdiction and there is no substantial basis for a claim that the
design, development, manufacturing, reproduction, marketing, licensing, sale, offer for sale,
importation, distribution, provision and/or use of any Company Product or the operation of the
business of the Company is infringing or has infringed on or misappropriated any Intellectual
Property of a third party.
(n) None of the Company-Owned IP Rights, the Company Products or the Company is subject to any
proceeding or outstanding order, Contract (other than the Existing Development Agreement) or
stipulation (A) restricting in any manner the use, transfer, or licensing by the Company of any
Company-Owned IP Right or any Company Product, or which may affect the validity, use or
enforceability of any such Company-Owned IP Right or Company Product, or (B) restricting the
conduct of the business of the Company in order to accommodate third party Intellectual Property
rights.
(o) The Company has not received any opinion of counsel that any Company Product or the
operation of the business of the Company, as previously or currently conducted, or as currently
proposed to be conducted by the Company, infringes or misappropriates any Third Party Intellectual
Property Rights.
(p) The Company has secured from all of its consultants, employees and independent contractors
who independently or jointly contributed to the conception, reduction to practice, creation or
development of any Company-Owned IP Rights unencumbered and unrestricted exclusive ownership of,
all such third party’s Intellectual Property in such contribution that the Company does not already
own by operation of law and such third party has not retained any rights or licenses with respect
thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company has obtained proprietary information and
invention disclosure and assignment agreements (including waivers of all moral rights) from all
current and former employees and consultants of the Company.
(q) No current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company: (i)
is in violation of any term or covenant of any Contract relating to employment, invention
disclosure, invention assignment, non-disclosure or non-competition or any other Contract with any
other party by virtue of such employee’s, consultant’s or independent contractor’s being employed
by, or performing services for, the Company or using trade secrets or proprietary information of
others without
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permission; or (ii) has developed any technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable
or otherwise proprietary work for the Company that is subject to any agreement under which such
employee, consultant or independent contractor has assigned or otherwise granted to any third party
any rights (including Intellectual Property rights) in or to such technology, software or other
copyrightable, patentable or otherwise proprietary work.
(r) The employment of any employee of the Company or the use by the Company of the services of
any consultant or independent contractor does not subject the Company to any liability to any third
party for improperly soliciting such employee, consultant or independent contractor to work for the
Company, whether such liability is based on contractual or other legal obligations to such third
party.
(s) No current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company has any
right, license, claim or interest whatsoever in or with respect to any Company-Owned IP Rights.
(t) To the extent that any Intellectual Property that is or was Third Party Intellectual
Property Right is incorporated into, integrated or bundled with, or used by the Company in the
development, manufacture or compilation of any of the Company Products, the Company has a written
agreement with such third party with respect thereto pursuant to which the Company either (A) has
obtained complete, unencumbered and unrestricted ownership of, and is the exclusive owner of such
Intellectual Property by operation of law or by valid assignment, or (B) has obtained perpetual,
non terminable (other than for breach) licenses (sufficient for the conduct of its business as
currently conducted by the Company and as currently proposed to be conducted by the Company) to all
such Third Party Intellectual Property Rights.
(u) The Company has taken all commercially reasonable steps to protect and preserve the
confidentiality of all confidential or non-public information included in the Company IP Rights
(“Confidential Information”). All use, disclosure or appropriation of Confidential Information
owned by the Company by or to a third party has been pursuant to the terms of a written Contract
between the Company and such third party. All use, disclosure or appropriation of Confidential
Information by the Company not owned by the Company has been pursuant to the terms of a written
agreement between the Company and the owner of such Confidential Information, or is otherwise
lawful. All current and former employees and consultants of the Company having access to
Confidential Information or proprietary information of any of the Company’s customers or business
partners have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement regarding the protection of such
Confidential Information or proprietary information (in the case of proprietary information of the
Company’s customers and business partners, to the extent required by such customers and business
partners).
(v) Schedule 2.10(v) of the Disclosure Letter lists all software or other material
that is distributed as “free software,” “open source software” or under a similar licensing or
distribution terms (including but not limited to the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser
General Public License (LGPL), Mozilla Public License (MPL), BSD licenses, the Artistic License,
the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL) the Sun Industry Standards
License (SISL) and the Apache License) (“Open Source Materials”) used by the Company in any way,
and describes the manner in which such Open Source Materials were used (such description shall
include whether (and, if so, how) the Open Source Materials were modified and/or distributed by the
Company). The Company is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all licenses for the Open
Source Materials.
(w) The Company has not (i) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open Source
Materials with, the Company IP Rights or Company Products; (ii) distributed
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Open Source Materials in conjunction with any Company IP Rights or Company Products; or (iii)
used Open Source Materials, in such a way that, with respect to (i), (ii), or (iii), creates, or
purports to create obligations for the Company with respect to any Company IP Rights or grant, or
purport to grant, to any third party, any rights or immunities under any Company IP Rights
(including using any Open Source Materials that require, as a condition of use, modification and/or
distribution of such Open Source Materials that other software incorporated into, derived from or
distributed with such Open Source Materials be (A) disclosed or distributed in source code form,
(B) be licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, or (C) be redistributable at no
charge).
(x) No (i) government funding; (ii) facilities of a university, college, other educational
institution or research center; or (iii) funding from any Person (other than funds received in
consideration for the Company Shares and funds received from Buyer under the Existing Development
Agreement) was used in the development of the Company-Owned IP Rights. No current or former
employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company who was involved in, or who
contributed to, the creation or development of any Company-Owned IP Rights, has performed services
for any government, university, college or other educational institution or research center during
a period of time during which such employee, consultant or independent contractor was also
performing services for the Company.
(y) Neither the Company nor any other Person then acting on its behalf has disclosed,
delivered or licensed to any Person, agreed to disclose, deliver or license to any Person, or
permitted the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other Person of, any Company Source
Code. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice
or lapse of time, or both) will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the disclosure,
delivery or license by the Company or any Person then acting on their behalf to any Person of any
Company Source Code. The Company is not a party to any Contract pursuant to which the Company has
deposited, or is or may be required to deposit, with an escrowholder or any other Person, any of
the Company Source Code, and describes whether the execution of this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in and of itself, would reasonably be expected to
result in the release from escrow of any Company Source Code.
(z) The Company is not now nor has it ever been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to,
any industry standards body or any similar organization that could reasonably be expected to
require or obligate the Company to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any
Company-Owned IP Rights. In addition, if any Company-Owned IP Rights were acquired from a Person
other than an employee of or contractor to the Company, then, such Person is not now nor has ever
been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or any similar
organization that could reasonably be expected to have required or obligated such Person to grant
or offer to any other Person any license or right to such Intellectual Property. The Company does
not have a present obligation (and there is no substantial basis to expect that there will be a
future obligation) to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any Company-Owned
IP Rights by virtue of Company’s or any other Person’s membership in, promotion of, or
contributions to any industry standards body or any similar organization.
(aa) The Company has complied with all applicable Legal Requirements relating to the use,
collection, storage, disclosure and transfer of any personally identifiable information collected
by the Company or by third parties having authorized access to the records of the Company including
that the Company’s information processing in this regard has been carried out in accordance with
applicable law, and, as and when required by applicable law and regulations, the Company has
notified the relevant public authorities of its information processing. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, will comply with all applicable Legal Requirements relating to
privacy
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and with the Company’s privacy policies. The Company has not received a complaint regarding
the Company’s collection, use or disclosure of personally identifiable information.
(bb) The Company has not experienced any breach of security or otherwise unauthorized access
by third parties to the Confidential Information, including personally identifiable information in
the Company’s possession, custody or control. The Company’s computer systems, including external
communication systems, are configured in accordance with and perform in compliance with nationally
and internationally accepted security standards. The computer systems hardware and software and
all programs available on and run by the computer systems, perform to their optimal capacity and no
errors or defects, which have not been fully remedied have been discovered therein. The computer
systems contain no virus or potentially harmful program codes.
2.11 Environmental Matters. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company (i) is not
in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body
or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to
hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) does not own or operate
any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, (iii)
is not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or
(iv) is not subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company; there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
investigation that might lead to such a claim.
2.12 Taxes.
(a) The Company has duly and timely made or prepared all Tax Returns required to be made or
prepared by it, has duly and timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by it with the
appropriate Governmental Entity and has duly, completely and correctly reported all income and all
other amounts and information required to be reported thereon.
(b) The Company has duly and timely paid all Taxes, including all installments on account of
Taxes for the current year, that are due and payable by it whether or not assessed by the
appropriate Governmental Entity. Provision has been made on the Company Balance Sheet for amounts
at least equal to the amount of all Taxes owing by the Company that were not yet due and payable by
the date of the Company Balance Sheet and that relate to periods ending on or prior to the date of
the Company Balance Sheet.
(c) The Company has not requested, offered to enter into or entered into any agreement or
other arrangement, or executed any waiver, providing for any extension of time within which (i) to
file any Tax Return covering any Taxes for which the Company is or may be liable; (ii) to file any
elections, designations or similar filings relating to Taxes for which the Company is or may be
liable; (iii) the Company is required to pay or remit any Taxes or amounts on account of Taxes; or
(iv) any Governmental Entity may assess or collect Taxes for which the Company is or may be liable.
(d) Other than those agreements and arrangements described in Section 2.12(c), the Company has
not made, prepared and/or filed any elections, designations or similar filings relating to Taxes or
entered into any agreement or other arrangement in respect of Taxes or Tax Returns that has effect
for any period ending after the Closing Date.
(e) All income, sales (including goods and services, harmonized sales and provincial or
territorial sales) and capital tax liabilities of the Company have been assessed by the relevant
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Governmental Authorities and notices of assessment have been issued to the Company by the
relevant Governmental Authorities for all taxation years or periods since the Company’s inception .
(f) There are no proceedings, investigations, audits or claims now pending or threatened
against the Company in respect of any Taxes and there are no matters under discussion, audit or
appeal with any Governmental Entity relating to Taxes.
(g) The Company has duly and timely withheld all Taxes and other amounts required by
applicable law to be withheld by it (including Taxes and other amounts required to be withheld by
it in respect of any amount paid or credited or deemed to be paid or credited by it to or for the
account or benefit of any Person, including any Employee, officer or director and any non-resident
Person), and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity such Taxes and
other amounts required by applicable law to be remitted by it.
(h) The Company has duly and timely collected all amounts on account of any sales or transfer
taxes, including goods and services, harmonized sales and provincial or territorial sales taxes,
required by applicable law to be collected by it and has duly and timely remitted to the
appropriate Governmental Entity any such amounts required by applicable law to be remitted by it.
(i) Except pursuant to this Agreement or as specifically disclosed in writing to the Buyer,
for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any other applicable Tax statute, no Person or group
of Persons has ever acquired or had the right to acquire control of the Company.
(j) None of sections 78, 80, 80.01, 80.02, 80.03 or 80.04 of the Income Tax Act (Canada), or
any equivalent provision of the Tax legislation of any province or any other jurisdiction, have
applied or will apply to the Company at any time up to and including the Closing Date.
(k) The Company has not acquired property from a non-arm’s length Person, within the meaning
of the Income Tax Act (Canada), for consideration, the value of which is less than the fair market
value of the property acquired in circumstances which could subject it to a liability under section
160 of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
(l) For all transactions between the Company and any non-resident Person with whom the Company
was not dealing at arm’s length during a taxation year ending on or before the Closing Date, the
Company has made or obtained records or documents that meet the requirements of paragraphs
247(4)(a) to (c) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
(m) The Company is duly registered under subdivision (d) of Division V of Part IX of the
Excise Tax Act (Canada) with respect to the goods and services tax and harmonized sales tax and the
Company’s registration number is: 823 986 203 RT0001.
(n) The only reserves under the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any equivalent provincial or
territorial statute to be claimed by the Company for the taxation year ended immediately prior to
the acquisition of control by the Buyer are disclosed in Schedule 2.12(n) of the Disclosure
Letter.
(o) The Buyer has been provided with copies of all Tax Returns and all communications to or
from any Governmental Entity relating to the Taxes of the Company, to the extent relating to
periods or events in respect of which any Governmental Entity may by Law assess or otherwise impose
any such Tax on the Company.
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2.13 Employee Benefit Plans and Employee Matters.
(a) Schedule 2.13(a) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete list of all
Company Employees, together with their titles, service dates and material terms of employment,
including current wages, salaries or hourly rate of pay, benefits, vacation entitlement,
commissions and bonus (whether monetary or otherwise) or other material compensation paid since the
beginning of the most recently completed fiscal year or payable to each such Employee.
Schedule 2.13(a) of the Disclosure Letter also lists, if applicable, all Employees on
inactive status, including lay-off, short-term disability leave, long-term disability leave,
pregnancy and parental leave or other extended absences, or receiving benefits pursuant to workers’
compensation legislation, and specifies the last date of active employment, the reason for the
absence and the expected date of return of each such Employee.
(b) Schedule 2.13(b) of the Disclosure Letter lists, if applicable, with respect to
the Company (i) all Benefit Plans; (ii) each loan to an Employee or former employee; and (iii) all
employment or executive compensation or severance agreements, written or otherwise, as to which
unsatisfied obligations of the Company remain for the benefit of, or relating to, any Employee or
former employee. Current and complete copies of all written Benefit Plans as amended to date or,
where oral, written summaries of the terms thereof, and all booklets and communications concerning
the Benefit Plans which have been provided to persons entitled to benefits under the Benefit Plans
have been delivered or made available to the Buyer together with copies of all material documents
relating to the Benefit Plans.
(c) Except for those written employment contracts listed in Schedule 2.13(c) of the
Disclosure Letter, there are no employment contracts which are not terminable on the giving of
reasonable notice in accordance with Legal Requirements.
(d) There are no claims, pending claims nor, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
claims pursuant to any Legal Requirements relating to any Employee or former employee, including
employment standards, human rights, labor relations, occupational health and safety, workers’
compensation, and pay equity.
(e) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all currently applicable Legal
Requirements respecting employment, human rights in employment, pay equity, terms and conditions of
employment, employment standards (including wages, hours, vacation and overtime), labour relations,
worker classification (including the proper classification of workers as independent contractors
and consultants, and as employees and managers), occupational health and safety, workplace safety
and insurance, and employment practices and policies. The Company is not liable for any arrears of
wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing
Legal Requirements. The Company is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund
or to any Governmental Entity with respect to employment insurance, workplace safety and insurance,
employment standards or other benefits or obligations for any of its Employees (other than routine
payments to be made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with its past practice). All
current assessments under workers’ compensation legislation in relation to the Company’s business
have been paid or accrued by the Company. The Company has not been and is not subject to any
additional or penalty assessment under such legislation which has not been paid and has not been
given notice of any audit. Moreover, the Company’s accident cost experience is such that there are
no pending nor, to the knowledge of the Company, potential assessments, experience rating charges
or claims which could adversely affect the Company’s premium payments or accident cost experience
or result in any additional payments in connection with the Company’s business. No labour
organization, union or group of Employees has made a pending demand for recognition or
certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a
representation proceeding presently pending or threatened
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to be brought or filed with any labor relations tribunal or authority. There are no
organizing activities, strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, arbitrations or material
grievances, or other labor disputes pending or threatened against or involving the Company
involving or affecting any of its Employees. No union has bargaining rights in respect of the
Company or its Employees. The Company is not a party to or bound by, either directly or
indirectly, voluntarily or by operation of law, any collective agreement.
(f) The Company does not currently maintain nor has ever maintained a “multi-employer pension
plan.”
(g) Each Benefit Plan is now and always has been established, registered, amended, funded,
operated and invested in all material respects in accordance with its terms and is current with the
requirements of all applicable Legal Requirements. The Company has no pension plans. Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.13(g) of the Disclosure Letter, the Company has no formal plan and has
made no promise or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to create any additional Benefit
Plan or to improve or change the benefits provided under any Benefit Plan. All employer and
employee payments, contributions and premiums required to be remitted, paid in respect of each
Benefit Plan have been paid or remitted in a timely fashion in accordance with its terms and all
Legal Requirements.
(h) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will, individually or together with the occurrence of some other
event, (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute,
bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any Person, (ii) materially increase or otherwise enhance any
benefits otherwise payable by the Company, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment
or vesting of any such benefits, or (iv) result in the forgiveness in whole or in part of any
outstanding loans made by the Company to any Person.
2.14 Interested Party Transactions. None of the officers and directors of the Company
and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the Employees or shareholders of the Company, nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, any immediate family member or other closely related person of an
officer, director or Employee or shareholder of the Company, has any direct or indirect ownership,
participation, royalty or other interest in, or is an officer, director, employee of or consultant
or contractor for any firm, partnership, entity or corporation that competes with, or does business
with, or has any contractual arrangement with, the Company (except with respect to any interest in
less than five percent (5%) of the shares of any corporation whose shares are publicly traded).
None of the Company’s officers, directors, Employees or shareholders, or any members of their
immediate families or other closely related Persons, is a party to, or to the knowledge of the
Company, otherwise directly or indirectly interested in, any Contract to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company or any of its assets or properties may be bound or affected, except
for normal compensation for services as an officer, director or Employee thereof. To the knowledge
of the Company, none of said officers, directors, Employees, shareholders, or immediate family
members or other closely related Persons has any interest in any property, real or personal,
tangible or intangible (including any Intellectual Property) that is used in, or that relates to,
the business of the Company, except for the rights of shareholders under applicable Legal
Requirements.
2.15 Insurance. The Company maintains the policies of insurance and bonds set forth
in Schedule 2.15 of the Disclosure Letter, including all legally required labor, errors and
omissions, casualty, fire and general liability insurance. Schedule 2.15 of the Disclosure
Letter sets forth the name of the insurer under each such policy and bond, the type of policy or
bond, and the coverage amount and any applicable deductible, as well all material claims made under
such policies and bonds since January 1, 2005. The Company has provided or made available to Buyer
true, correct and complete copies of all such policies of insurance and bonds issued at the request
or for the benefit of the Company. There is no
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claim pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which, to the knowledge of the
Company, coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or
bonds. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid and
the Company is otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such policies and
bonds. All such policies and bonds remain in full force and effect, and the Company has no
knowledge of any threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of
such policies. The Company has complied in all material respects with all conditions for coverage
under such policies and bonds.
2.16 Books and Records. The Company has provided to Buyer or its counsel true,
correct and complete copies of each document that has been requested by Buyer or its counsel in
writing in connection with their legal and accounting review of the Company (other than any such
document that does not exist or is not in the Company’s possession or subject to its control).
Without limiting the foregoing, the Company has provided or made available to Buyer or its counsel
complete and correct copies of (a) all documents identified on the Disclosure Letter, (b) the
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents of
the Company, each as currently in effect, (c) the minute books containing records of all
proceedings, consents, actions and meetings of the Board of Directors, committees of the Board of
Directors and shareholders of the Company, (d) the register of shareholders and other records
reflecting all share issuances and transfers and all share option and warrant grants and agreements
of the Company, and (e) all permits, orders and consents issued by any regulatory agency with
respect to the Company, or any securities of the Company, and all applications for such permits,
orders and consents. The books, records and accounts of the Company (i) are true, correct and
complete in all material respects, (ii) have been maintained in accordance with reasonable business
practices on a basis consistent with prior years, (iii) are stated in reasonable detail and
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets and properties of the
Company, and (iv) accurately and fairly reflect the basis for the Financial Statements.
2.17 Transaction Fees and Expenses. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the
Company is obligated for the payment of any fees or expenses of any investment banker, broker,
advisor, finder or similar party in connection with the origin, negotiation or execution of this
Agreement or in connection with the Share Purchase or any other transaction contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.18 Material Contracts.
(a) Except for this Agreement, the Existing Development Agreement, the Existing Company Option
and the Contracts specifically identified in Schedule 2.18 of the Disclosure Letter, the
Company is not a party to or bound by any of the following Contracts (each a “Material Contract”):
(i) any Contract pursuant to which any Person has a right to market, resell or
distribute any Company Product;
(ii) any continuing Contract for the purchase, sale or license of materials,
supplies, equipment, services, software, Intellectual Property or other assets involving in the
case of any such Contract more than US$10,000 over the life of the Contract;
(iii) any Contract that expires or may be renewed at the option of any Person other
than the Company so as to expire more than one year after the date of this Agreement, other than a
Contract which is terminable for any reason by the Company within one year after the date of this
Agreement;
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(iv) any trust indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement or other
Contract for the borrowing of money, any currency exchange, commodities or other hedging
arrangement or any leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with
GAAP;
(v) any Contract for capital expenditures in excess of US$10,000 in the aggregate;
(vi) any Contract limiting the freedom of the Company to engage or participate, or
compete with any other Person, in any line of business, market or geographic area, or to make use
of any Intellectual Property, or any Contract granting most favored nation pricing, exclusive
sales, distribution, marketing or other exclusive rights, rights of refusal, rights of first
negotiation or similar rights and/or terms to any Person, or any Contract otherwise limiting the
right of the Company to sell, distribute or manufacture any products or services or to purchase or
otherwise obtain any products or services;
(vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company is a lessor or lessee of any real
property or any machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, office furniture, fixtures or other personal
property involving in excess of US$10,000 per annum;
(viii) other than employment agreements already disclosed in Schedules 2.13(a),
2.13(c), 2.18 and 2.18(b) of the Disclosure Letter, any Contract (A) with any of its officers,
directors, Employees or shareholders or any member of their immediate families or other closely
related Persons (B) with any Person with whom the Company does not deal at arm’s length;
(ix) any Contract of guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement
of, or any similar commitment with respect to and/or statements regarding, the obligations,
liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or indebtedness of any other
Person;
(x) all licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts as to which the Company is a party
and pursuant to which any Person is authorized to use any Company IP Rights or pursuant to which
the Company has agreed to any restriction on the right of the Company to use or enforce any
Company-Owned IP Rights or pursuant to which the Company agrees to encumber, transfer or sell
rights in or with respect to any Company-Owned IP Rights;
(xi) other than “shrink wrap” and similar generally available commercial end-user
licenses to software that is not redistributed with or used in the development or provision of the
Company Products that have an individual acquisition cost of US$5,000 or less, all licenses,
sublicenses and other Contracts to which the Company is a party and pursuant to which the Company
acquired or is authorized to use any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights;
(xii) any Contract providing for the development of any software, content,
technology or Intellectual Property, independently or jointly, by or for the Company;
(xiii) any Contracts relating to the membership of, or participation by, the Company
in, or the affiliation of the Company with, any industry standards group or association;
(xiv) any Contract to license or authorize any third party to manufacture or
reproduce any of the products, services, technology or Intellectual Property of the Company;
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(xv) (A) any joint venture Contract, (B) any Contract that involves a sharing of
revenues, profits, cash flows, expenses or losses with other Persons or (C) any Contract that
involves the payment of royalties to any other Person in excess of US$5,000 per annum;
(xvi) other than Contracts with Employees already disclosed in Schedules
2.13(a), 2.13(c), 2.18 and 2.18(b) of the Disclosure Letter, any Contract for the employment
of any director, officer, Employee or consultant of the Company or any other type of Contract with
any officer, Employee or consultant of the Company that is not immediately terminable by the
Company without cost or liability (except as required by applicable law), including any Contract
requiring it to make a payment to any director, officer, Employee or consultant on account of the
Share Purchase, any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any Contract that is entered into
in connection with this Agreement;
(xvii) any Contract or plan (including any share option, merger and/or share bonus
plan) relating to the sale, issuance, grant, exercise, award, purchase, repurchase or redemption of
any Company Shares or any other securities of the Company or any options, warrants, convertible
notes or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares, other securities or
options, warrants or other rights therefor;
(xviii) any Contract under which the Company provides any advice or services to any
third party, including any consulting Contract, professional Contract or software implementation,
deployment or development services Contract, or support services Contract (including, for each such
contract, a description of the percentage of completion and expected additional hours, resources
and costs necessary to complete such services);
(xix) any Contract with any labor union or any collective bargaining agreement or
similar contract with its Employees;
(xx) any Contract pursuant to which the Company has acquired a business or entity,
or assets of a business or entity, whether by way of merger, consolidation, purchase of shares,
purchase of assets, license or otherwise, or any contract pursuant to which it has any material
ownership interest in any other Person (other than its subsidiaries);
(xxi) any Contract with any Governmental Entity or any Company Authorization;
(xxii) any confidentiality, secrecy or non-disclosure Contract other than any such
Contract entered into by the Company in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past
practice or entered into with Buyer;
(xxiii) any settlement agreement;
(xxiv) any Contract pursuant to which rights of any third party are triggered or
become exercisable, or under which any other consequence, result or effect arises, in connection
with or as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Share Purchase or
other transactions contemplated hereunder, either alone or in combination with any other event; or
(xxv) any other oral or written Contract or obligation not listed in clauses (i)
through (xxiv) that individually had or has a value or payment obligation in excess of
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US$10,000 over the life of the Contract or is otherwise material to the Company or its
businesses, operations, financial condition, properties or assets.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.18(b), all Material Contracts are in written
form and have been entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. Each of the
Material Contracts is in full force and effect, subject only to the effect, if any, of applicable
bankruptcy and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and rules of law
governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. There exists no
material default nor any event of default or event, occurrence, condition or act, with respect to
the Company or to the Company’s knowledge, with respect to any other contracting party, which, with
the giving of notice, the lapse of time or the happening of any other event or condition, would
reasonably be expected to (i) become a material default or an event of default under any Material
Contract or (ii) give any third party (A) the right to declare a default or exercise any material
remedy under any Material Contract, (B) the right to a rebate, chargeback, refund, credit, penalty
or change in delivery schedule under any Material Contract, (C) the right to accelerate the
maturity or performance of any material obligation of the Company under any Material Contract, or
(D) the right to cancel, terminate or modify any Material Contract. The Company has not received
any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible material breach of, or material
default under, or intention to cancel or modify any Material Contract. True, correct and complete
copies of all Material Contracts have been provided to Buyer prior to the Closing Date.
2.19 Export Control Laws. The Company has conducted its export transactions in
accordance in all respects with applicable provisions of all export control laws and regulations
that apply to the Company. Without limiting the foregoing: (a) the Company has obtained all export
licenses and other approvals required for its exports of products, software, expert assistance and
technologies; (b) the Company is in compliance with the terms of all applicable export licenses or
other approvals; (c) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or
threatening claims against the Company with respect to such export licenses or other approvals; (d)
there are no actions, conditions or circumstances pertaining to the Company’s export transactions
that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any future claims; and (e) no consents or
approvals for the transfer of export licenses to Buyer are required, except for such consents and
approvals that can be obtained expeditiously without material cost.
2.20 Customers and Suppliers. The Company does not have any outstanding material
disputes with any customer or supplier, and the Company has no knowledge of any material
dissatisfaction on the part of any customer or supplier. The Company has not received any
information from any customer or supplier that such customer or supplier shall not continue as a
customer or supplier of the Company (or the Buyer) after the Closing or that such customer intends
to terminate or materially modify existing Contracts with the Company (or the Buyer).
2.21 Transaction Fees. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company is
obligated for the payment of any fees or expenses of any investment banker, broker, advisor, finder
or similar party in connection with the origin, negotiation or execution of this Agreement or in
connection with the Share Purchase or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Set
forth in Schedule 2.21 to the Company Disclosure Letter is the Company’s good faith
estimate of all Transaction Expenses (including Transaction Expenses reasonably anticipated to be
incurred in the future, other than in connection with review of the Registration Statement).
2.22 Anti-Bribery Compliance. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the
Company, any employee, or other Person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company has,
directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment
or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, made any unlawful payment to foreign or
domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns
from corporate
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funds, violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the
Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), the UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 or any other similar
laws, statute, rule or regulation of any country including any regarding unlawful influence of any
Person for business advantage, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence, payment, kickback or
other similar unlawful payment to any Person.
2.23 Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by the
Company herein or in any exhibit or schedule hereto, including the Disclosure Letter, or in any
certificate furnished by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, when all such documents are read
together in their entirety, contains or will contain at the Closing any untrue statement of a
material fact, or omits or will omit at the Closing to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
made, not misleading.
ARTICLE III
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SELLERS
Each of the Sellers, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to Buyer as follows:
3.1 Ownership; Authority; Noncontravention.
(a) Such Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of, and hold good and marketable title to
that number of Company Shares set forth opposite such Seller’s name on the applicable Schedule
A-1 through A-5. Such Company Shares constitute such Seller’s entire interest in all the
outstanding Company Shares or other securities of the Company. No person not a signatory to this
Agreement has a beneficial interest in or a right to acquire or vote any of the Company Shares held
by such Seller. The Company Shares held by such Seller are free and clear of any and all
Encumbrances, other than restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws.
(b) Such Seller is a natural person. Such Seller has all requisite legal capacity and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller and constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of such Seller, enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its
terms, subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy and other similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
(d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the provisions hereof will not, conflict with,
result in a breach or violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
under, or require notice to or the consent of any person under any Contract, law, rule, regulation,
judgment, decree or order by which such Seller is bound.
3.2 Purchase for Own Account. The Shares to be received by Seller hereunder will be
acquired for investment for Seller’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to
the public resale or distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, and Seller has
no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same.
3.3 Disclosure of Information. At no time was Seller presented with or solicited by
any publicly issued or circulated newspaper, mail, radio, television or other form of general
advertising or
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solicitation in connection with the Shares received hereunder. Seller has received or has had
full access to all the information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed
investment decision with respect to the Shares to be received by Seller under this Agreement.
Seller further has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers regarding the terms and
conditions of the Shares and to obtain additional information necessary to verify any information
furnished to Seller or to which Seller had access.
3.4 Investment Experience. Seller understands that an investment in the Shares
involves substantial risk. Seller acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk of its receipt
of the Shares pursuant to the terms hereof. Such Seller is not a non-resident of Canada for
purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the office in which such Seller’s investment decision
was made is located in Canada.
3.5 Restriction on Resales. Seller acknowledges that the Shares to be issued pursuant
to this Agreement are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities
laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Shares, (i) may not be sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from registration
is available, (ii) must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities
Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available, and (iii) shall bear appropriate
legends indicating such restrictions on resale, transfer and/or disposition. Seller understands
that the Shares are not registered under the Securities Act on the ground that the exchange
provided for in this Agreement and the issuance hereunder is exempt from registration under the
Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S, and that the Buyer’s reliance on such exemption is
predicated on the Seller’s representations set forth herein. In the absence of an effective
registration statement covering such Shares (as contemplated by Section 5.4), Seller will sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of such Shares only in a transaction for which an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act is available. Seller further understands that when
available, there is no guarantee that any such exemptions will allow Seller to dispose of or
otherwise transfer any or all of the Shares under the circumstances, in the amounts or at the times
Seller might propose. Seller also acknowledges that the Shares may be subject to resale
restrictions under Canadian provincial securities laws.
3.6 Non-United States Resident Sellers. Each Seller represents and warrants that: (a)
such Seller is resident outside the United States; (b) such Seller certifies that such seller is
not a U.S. Person (a “Non-U.S. Person”) as defined under Rule 902 of Regulation S promulgated under
the Securities Act and is not acquiring the Shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person;
and (c) at the time of the Closing, such Seller will be outside the United States.
3.7 Regulation S Requirements. Each Seller has been advised and acknowledges that:
(a) the Shares have not been, and when issued, will not be registered under the Securities
Act, the securities laws of any state of the United States or the securities laws of any other
country;
(b) in issuing the Shares pursuant hereto, Buyer is relying upon the exemption from
registration provided by Regulation S under the Securities Act and the conditions required therein;
(c) it is a condition to the availability of the Regulation S safe harbor that the Shares not
be offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. Person until the expiration of a period of one
year following the date of the Closing (the “Distribution Compliance Period”);
(d) prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Shares may be offered
and sold by the Seller only if such offer and sale is made in compliance with the terms of
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this Agreement and either: (1) the offer or sale is within the United States or to or for the
account of a U.S. Person and pursuant to an effective registration statement, Rule 144 or an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; or (2) the offer and sale is
outside the United States and to other than a U.S. Person;
(e) the foregoing restrictions are binding upon subsequent transferees of the Shares except
for transferees pursuant to an effective registration statement, Rule 144 or an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act;
(f) after the Distribution Compliance Period, the Shares may be offered or sold within the
United States or to or for the account of a U.S. Person only in accordance with this Agreement and
pursuant to applicable securities laws;
(g) at the time of offering to such Seller and communicating to the Seller the offer to
purchase his Company Shares, for his Pro Rata Share of the Shares, and at the time of Seller’s
execution of this Agreement, such Seller was outside the United States; and
(h) such Seller is not a “distributor” (as defined in Regulation S) or a “dealer” (as defined
in the Securities Act).
3.8 Non-U.S. Person Covenants. Each Seller hereby covenants that:
(a) with respect to the Shares, until the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period,
such Seller and its agents or representatives have not and will not solicit offers to buy, offer
for sale or sell any of the Shares or any beneficial interest therein in the United States or to or
for the account of a U.S. Person unless such offer and sale is made pursuant to an effective
registration statement, Rule 144 or another applicable exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act;
(b) such Seller has not engaged and will not engage or cause any third party to engage in any
directed selling efforts (as such term is defined in Regulation S) in the United States with
respect to the Shares; and
(c) the Seller will not engage in hedging transactions (within the meaning of Rule
903(b)(3)(iii)(B)(2) of Regulation S) with regard to the Shares unless in compliance with the
Securities Act.
3.9 Legends. It is understood that the certificates evidencing the Shares will bear
the following legends similar to those set forth below.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT
BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS OF OTHER STATES AND JURISDICTIONS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS
INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT
THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER
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OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION. PRIOR TO ONE YEAR FROM AUGUST 2, 2011 (THE “CLOSING DATE”), THE SHARES MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD (INCLUDING OPENING A SHORT POSITION IN SUCH SECURITIES) IN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS AS DEFINED BY RULE 902(k) OF REGULATION S ADOPTED UNDER
THE ACT, OTHER THAN TO DISTRIBUTORS, UNLESS THE SHARES ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT, OR
AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT IS AVAILABLE. PURCHASERS OF
SHARES PRIOR TO ONE YEAR FROM THE CLOSING DATE MAY RESELL SUCH SECURITIES ONLY PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OR OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S OF THE ACT, OR IN TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES PROVIDED THEY DO NOT SOLICIT (AND NO ONE ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF SOLICITS)
PURCHASERS IN THE UNITED STATES OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE(S) IN SELLING EFFORTS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND PROVIDED THAT HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE
CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT. A HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES WHO IS A
DISTRIBUTOR, DEALER, SUB-UNDERWRITER OR OTHER SECURITIES PROFESSIONAL, IN ADDITION,
CANNOT PRIOR TO ONE YEAR FROM THE CLOSING DATE RESELL THE SECURITIES TO A U.S. PERSON AS
DEFINED BY RULE 902(k) OF REGULATION S UNLESS THE SECURITIES ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE
ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT IS AVAILABLE.
3.10 Key Employee Representations. Each of the Sellers who is a Key Employee
represents as follows:
(a) Each such Seller has not violated or breached, and will not violate or breach, any of its
obligations or duties, if any, owed to any of its other former employers, including, but not
limited to, its obligations or duties regarding (a) misappropriation or misuse of a former
employer’s Intellectual Property or other confidential information, (b) non-solicitation of a
former employer’s employees, consultants, customers or other business associates, or (c)
non-competition. Each such Seller represents that he or she will not utilize a former employer’s
Intellectual Property or other confidential or proprietary information in connection with his or
her duties with the Company subsequent to the Closing.
(b) There is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, complaint, claim, charge or,
to such Seller’s knowledge, investigation before any court, arbitrator, mediator or governmental
body, pending, or currently threatened against such Seller arising out of his or her prior
employment or consultancy, nor, to such Seller’s knowledge, do any reasonable grounds exist for a
third party to initiate such an action.
(c) Other than payment of wages and benefits due under the Company’s current pay cycle, and
any accrued vacation, such Seller has no claim or basis for a claim against the Company. Such
Seller has no current intention of terminating employment with the Company, including following the
Share Purchase.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
Buyer represents and warrants to the Company and the Sellers as follows:
4.1 Organization and Standing. Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Buyer has the
corporate power to own its properties and to conduct its business and is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified and in
good standing, individually or in the aggregate with any such other failures, would reasonably be
expected to be material to Buyer. Buyer is not in violation of any of the provisions of its
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, each as amended as of the Agreement Date.
4.2 Authority; Noncontravention.
(a) Buyer has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of Buyer. This Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which the Buyer is a
party has been duly executed and delivered by Buyer and each constitutes the valid and binding
obligation of Buyer enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, subject only to the
effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy and other similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and
other equitable remedies. The Board of Directors of Buyer, by resolutions duly passed (and not
thereafter modified or rescinded), has approved and adopted this Agreement and has approved the
Share Purchase.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreement by the
Buyer do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not,
conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default under (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any
obligation or loss of a benefit under, or require any consent, approval or waiver from any Person
pursuant to, (i) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, each as amended as of
the Agreement Date, or (ii) any Contract or applicable Legal Requirement, except where such
conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation or acceleration, individually or in the
aggregate, would not be material to Buyer’s ability to consummate the Share Purchase or to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
(c) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing
with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Buyer in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) any filings which may need to be made
under applicable state and federal securities laws and the securities laws of any foreign country,
(ii) such filings and notifications as may be required to be made by Buyer in connection with the
Share Purchase under applicable antitrust laws and the expiration or early termination of
applicable waiting periods under applicable antitrust laws, (iii) the filing of the Form 8-K and
the Form 8-K Amendment with the SEC, (iv) the filing of the Registration Statement (as such term is
defined in Section 5.4 below) and (v) such other consents, authorizations, filings, approvals,
notices and registrations which, if not obtained or made, would not be material to the Company or
Buyer and would not prevent, materially alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
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4.3 Buyer Shares. The Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued
pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free
and clear of all Encumbrances and restrictions, except for restrictions on transfer imposed by the
provisions of Section 5.5 of this Agreement and applicable securities laws.
4.4 Offering. Assuming the accuracy of each Seller’s representations set forth in
Article III of this Agreement, the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated
by this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
4.5 Capitalization. Buyer has the duly and validly authorized capital stock as set
forth in the SEC Filings. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Buyer’s capital stock have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of pre-emptive
rights and were issued in full compliance with applicable state and federal securities law and any
rights of third parties. No Person is entitled to pre-emptive or similar statutory or contractual
rights with respect to any securities of Buyer. Except as described in the SEC Filings, there are
no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or
arrangements of any character under which Buyer is or may be obligated to issue any equity
securities of any kind. Except as described in the SEC Filings, there are no voting agreements,
buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other agreements of any kind
among Buyer and any of the securityholders of Buyer relating to the securities of Buyer held by
them.
4.6 SEC Filings; Business. The SEC Filings are the only filings required of Buyer
pursuant to the Exchange Act since the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Buyer is engaged in all material respects only in the
business described in the SEC Filings, and the SEC Filings contain an accurate description in all
material respects of the business of Buyer.
4.7 Absence of Certain Changes. Since March 31, 2011, except as identified and
described in the SEC Filings, there has not been:
(a) any change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating
results of Buyer from that reflected in Buyer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2011, except for changes in the ordinary course of business which would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer;
(b) any declaration or payment of any dividend, or any authorization or payment of any
distribution, on any of the capital stock of Buyer, or any redemption or repurchase of any
securities of Buyer;
(c) any material damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance to any
assets or properties of Buyer or its subsidiaries;
(d) any waiver, not in the ordinary course of business, by Buyer or any of its subsidiaries
of a material right or of a material debt owed to it, other than inter-company debt;
(e) any satisfaction or discharge of any Encumbrance or payment of any obligation by Buyer or
its subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business and which is not material to the
assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of Buyer;
(f) any change or amendment to Buyer’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, each as
amended as of the Agreement Date;
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(g) the loss of the services of any executive officer (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) of Buyer; or
(h) the loss of any customer or supplier which would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on Buyer.
4.8 SEC Filings; S-3 Eligibility.
(a) As of their respective dates of filing with the SEC, the SEC Filings complied as to form
in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and did not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Buyer is eligible to use Form S-3 to register the resale of the Initial Shares as
contemplated by Section 5.4 of this Agreement.
4.9 Tax Matters. Buyer has properly completed and timely filed (or filed applicable
extensions therefore) all material Tax Returns required to have been filed by Buyer and paid all
Taxes shown thereon, other than any such Taxes which Buyer is contesting in good faith and for
which adequate reserves have been provided and reflected in Buyer’s financial statements included
in the SEC Filings. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of Buyer in respect of Taxes
for all fiscal periods are adequate in all material respects, and there are no material unpaid
assessments against Buyer nor, to Buyer’s knowledge, any basis for the assessment of any additional
Taxes, penalties or interest for any fiscal period or audits by any federal, state or local taxing
authority except for any assessment which is not material to Buyer. All Taxes and other
assessments and levies that Buyer is required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly
withheld and collected and timely paid, other than any such Taxes which Buyer is contesting in good
faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided and reflected in Buyer’s financial
statements included in the SEC Filings. There are no Tax liens or claims pending or, to Buyer’s
knowledge, threatened against Buyer or its assets or property.
4.10 Title to Properties. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, Buyer and each of
its subsidiaries holds any leased real or material personal property under valid and enforceable
leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to
be made thereof by them.
4.11 Certificates, Authorities and Permits. Buyer possesses adequate certificates,
authorities or permits issued by appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the
business now operated by it, except to the extent failure to possess such certificates, authorities
or permits would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer, and Buyer
has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to Buyer, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer.
4.12 Labor Matters.
(a) Buyer is in compliance in all material respects with all currently applicable Legal
Requirements respecting employment, discrimination in employment, terms and conditions of
employment, worker classification (including the proper classification of workers as independent
contractors and consultants), wages, hours and occupational safety and health and employment
practices,
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including the Immigration Reform and Control Act, and is not engaged in any unfair labor
practice, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Buyer.
(b) There is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against Buyer pending or, to the
knowledge of Buyer, threatened which would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with the
business activities of Buyer. Neither Buyer, nor to the knowledge of Buyer, any of its
representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practice in connection with the
operation of the business of Buyer, and there is no charge or complaint against Buyer by the
National Labor Relations Board or any comparable Governmental Entity pending or, to the knowledge
of Buyer, threatened.
4.13 Financial Statements. The financial statements included in each SEC Filing
comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent
corrected by a subsequent restatement) and present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of Buyer as of the dates shown and its consolidated results of
operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared
in conformity with GAAP (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and, in the
case of quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act). Except
as set forth in the financial statements of Buyer included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the
date hereof, neither Buyer nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, contingent or
otherwise, except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent (as to amount and
nature) with past practices since the date of such financial statements, none of which,
individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Buyer.
4.14 Compliance with NASDAQ Continued Listing Requirements. Buyer is in compliance
with applicable continued listing requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market. There are no
proceedings pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against Buyer relating to the continued
listing of the Buyer Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Market and Buyer has not received any
currently pending notice of the delisting of Buyer Common Stock from The NASDAQ Global Market.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1 Public Disclosure. None of Buyer, the Company or any Seller will make or permit
any person or entity controlled by it to make any public disclosure of, or otherwise disclose to
any person (other than its officers, employees, investment bankers, accountants, attorneys and
agents whose duties require them to have access to such information), the existence or terms of
this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer, on the one hand, and Representative, on
the other hand on behalf of all Sellers, unless such disclosure is required by law (including
securities laws and regulations) or the rules of any securities exchange on which the securities of
Buyer are traded, in which case Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide the
Representative with a reasonable opportunity to review and provide input with respect to any such
required disclosure. Subject to the foregoing, the Representative and the Buyer will consult with
each other prior to making any public announcement regarding the Share Purchase and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.2 Reasonable Efforts. Each of the parties hereto agrees to use its commercially
reasonable efforts, and to cooperate with each other party hereto, to take, or cause to be taken,
all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, appropriate or desirable to
consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Share Purchase and
the other transactions contemplated hereby, including to execute and deliver such other instruments
and do and perform such
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other acts and things as may be necessary or reasonably desirable for effecting completely the
consummation of the Share Purchase and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
5.3 Consent and Waiver; Termination of Existing Agreements. By their execution of
this Agreement, the Sellers unanimously approve the transfer of the Company Shares to Buyer, and
each Seller hereby gives any consents or waivers that are reasonably required for the consummation
of the Share Purchase under the terms of any agreement or instrument to which such Seller is a
party or subject to or in respect of any rights such Seller may have in connection with the Share
Purchase or the other transactions provided for pursuant to this Agreement (whether such rights
exist under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing
documents of the Company, any Contract with the Company, under statutory or common law or
otherwise). From and after the Closing, each Seller’s right to receive any consideration pursuant
to Article I of this Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, including Schedule B with respect to the Additional Shares, shall constitute
such Seller’s sole and exclusive right against the Company and/or Buyer in respect of such Seller’s
ownership of, or right to acquire ownership of, Company Shares or status as a shareholder of the
Company or any agreement or instrument with the Company pertaining to Company Shares or such
Seller’s status as a shareholder of the Company.
5.4 Form S-3 Registration Statement.
(a) No later than twenty (20) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and file with
the SEC a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available to the
Buyer, on such form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for
resale of the Shares), covering the resale of the Initial Shares (the “Registration Statement”).
Each Seller agrees to cooperate with Buyer as reasonably requested by Buyer in connection with the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement. Buyer shall provide copies to and permit one
counsel for the Sellers to review the Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements
thereto at least two (2) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC. Buyer covenants and agrees
for the benefit of all the Sellers that Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable following the Closing Date.
Buyer shall notify each Seller as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement is
declared effective by the SEC and shall provide each Seller with such number of copies of any
related prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto as each Seller may reasonably request
to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the Shares.
(b) For not more than forty-five (45) consecutive days or for a total of not more than sixty
(60) days in any twelve (12) month period, Buyer may suspend the use of any prospectus included in
the Registration Statement in the event that Buyer’s Board of Directors determines in good faith
that such suspension is necessary to (a) delay the disclosure of material non-public information
concerning Buyer, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of Buyer’s
Board of Directors, in the best interests of Buyer and its stockholders, or (b) amend or supplement
any such Registration Statement or the related prospectus so that such Registration Statement or
prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the
prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (an “Allowed
Delay”). Buyer shall promptly notify each Seller upon such determination of an Allowed Delay and
shall also promptly notify each Seller upon expiration or termination of an Allowed Delay.
(c) Buyer will pay all expenses associated with the Registration Statement, including filing
and printing fees, Buyer’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, but excluding the Sellers’
expenses in connection with their counsel’s review of the Registration Statement. Each Seller
shall be (and Buyer, the Company and each other Seller shall not be) responsible for his own
expenses
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(including broker’s fees and, if applicable, fees of underwriters (including any discounts,
commissions or other selling concessions), selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities
industry professionals) with respect to the Initial Shares being sold.
(d) Buyer shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement until the earliest to
occur of: (i) the first anniversary of the date the Registration Statement is first declared
effective by the SEC, (ii) the date that all of the Initial Shares may be sold under Rule 144 under
the Securities Act or (iii) the date that all of the Shares have actually been sold (the
“Registration Expiration Date”).
(e) Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Initial Shares
in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto (and without limitation) Buyer shall:
(i) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to the Registration Statement and any related prospectus as may be necessary to
keep the Registration Statement effective until the Expiration Date and to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the distribution of
all of the Initial Shares covered thereby.
(ii) use reasonable best efforts to (a) prevent the issuance of any stop
order or other suspension of effectiveness and (b) if such order is issued, obtain the
prompt withdrawal of any such order.
(iii) use reasonable best efforts to cause the Initial Shares to be listed on
each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar
securities issued by Buyer are then listed.
(iv) promptly notify the Sellers, at any time prior to the Expiration Date,
upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus
contained in the Registration Statement includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly
prepare, file with the SEC and furnish to each Seller a supplement to or an amendment of
such prospectus as may be necessary so that such prospectus shall not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances
then existing.
(v) promptly notify the Sellers of any request by the SEC (a) to review the
Registration Statement and any of Buyer’s other filings with the SEC prior to declaring the
Registration Statement effective, (b) for the amending or supplementing of the Registration
Statement, or (c) for additional information related to the Registration Statement.
(f) Obligations of the Sellers.
(i) Each Seller shall furnish in writing to Buyer such information regarding
itself and the intended method of disposition of the Initial Shares held by such Seller, as
shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Initial Shares and shall
execute such documents in connection with such registration as Buyer may reasonably request.
At least three (3) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the
Registration Statement, Buyer shall notify each Seller of the information Buyer requires
from such Seller. A Seller shall provide
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such information to Buyer at least one (1) Business Day prior to the first anticipated
filing date of such Registration Statement if such Seller elects to have any of the Initial
Shares held by such Seller included in the Registration Statement. Upon Buyer’s request,
such Seller shall update the information previously provided by such Seller to Buyer for
inclusion in the Registration Statement.
(ii) Each Seller agrees that, upon receipt of a written notice from Buyer of
the commencement of an Allowed Delay, such Seller will immediately discontinue disposition
of Initial Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement until the Seller is advised by
Buyer that such dispositions may again be made.
(g) Indemnification.
(i) Indemnification by Buyer. Buyer will indemnify and hold harmless
each Seller against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Seller may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, any prospectus or final prospectus contained in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereof; (ii) any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation by Buyer of the Securities Act or
any rule, regulation, law, order, ruling or decree promulgated thereunder applicable to the
Buyer and relating to action or inaction required of Buyer in connection with such
registration; and will reimburse each Seller for any legal (but only with respect to one law
firm on behalf of all Sellers) or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that Buyer will not be liable in any such case if and to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in
conformity with information furnished by a Seller in writing for use in such Registration
Statement or prospectus. The indemnification provided for under this Section 5.4(g)(i)
shall survive the transfer of Shares by the Sellers.
(ii) Indemnification by Sellers. Each Seller will, severally and not
jointly, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its officers, directors, and each other
person, if any, who controls Buyer within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which it may become subject
under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, any prospectus or final prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or
any amendment or supplement thereof; and (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and will reimburse Buyer, and each such officer, director, stockholder and or
person who controls Buyer within the meaning of the Securities Act for any legal (but only
with respect to one law firm on behalf of all such indemnified parties) or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action, but only if and to the extent that the applicable untrue
statement or omission or the alleged untrue statement or omission is contained in any
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the applicable Seller to Buyer for
inclusion in such Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto.
The indemnification provided for under this Section 5.4(g)(ii) shall survive the transfer of
Shares by the Sellers.
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(iii) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person entitled to
indemnification under this Section 5.4(g) shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying
party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification under this Section 5.4(g),
and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any Person entitled
to indemnification under this Section 5.4(g) shall have the right to employ separate counsel
and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such Person; and provided, further, that the
failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to
give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any
such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in
connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time. No indemnifying party will, except
with the prior written consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving
by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in
respect of such claim or litigation. No indemnifying party will be liable to any
indemnified party under this Section 5.4(g) for any settlement by such indemnified party
effected without the indemnifying party’s prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(iv) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provided
for in this Section 5.4(g) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it
harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss,
claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act shall be entitled to contribution from any
person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
no event shall the contribution obligation of a Seller be greater in amount than the dollar
amount of the proceeds received by it upon the sale of the Shares giving rise to such
contribution obligation.
5.5 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Following the Closing Date, the Sellers, in the aggregate, may not in any day sell Initial
Shares exceeding 10% of the average daily volume of Buyer Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Market
for the previous ten (10) trading days. In addition, and subject to the foregoing daily volume
limitations, the Sellers, in the aggregate, may not sell more than (i) 62.5% of the Initial Shares
in the three-month period following the Closing Date, (ii) an aggregate of 75% of the Initial
Shares in the six-month period following the Closing Date, and (iii) an aggregate of 87.5% of the
Initial Shares in the nine-month period following the Closing Date, and following the nine-month
anniversary of the Closing Date shall be no further restrictions on the sale of the Initial Shares
(subject to the daily volume limitations in the first sentence above.
(b) With respect to each tranche of Additional Shares, if any, issued to the Sellers, the
Sellers, in the aggregate, may not (i) sell more than 25% of such Additional Shares in the
three-month period following the issuance of such tranche, (ii) sell more than an aggregate of 50%
of such Additional Shares in the six-month period following the issuance of such tranche, (iii)
sell more than an aggregate of 75% of such Additional Shares in the nine-month period following the
issuance of such tranche, and following the nine-month anniversary of the issuance of such tranche
there shall be no further restrictions on the sale of such Additional Shares (subject to the daily
volume limitations in (iv),
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and (iv) in any day sell Additional Shares exceeding 10% of the average daily volume of Buyer
Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Market for the previous ten (10) trading days, provided that such
restriction with respect to each tranche of Additional Shares will expire on the one-year
anniversary of the issuance of such tranche of Additional Shares.
5.6 Employment Matters.
(a) Immediately following Closing, the existing Employees will remain employed by the Company
and will receive the same terms and conditions of employment under which they are currently
employed (other than as set out in this Section 5.6), including a salary which is equal to such
Employee’s existing salary, except that the two Key Employees specified on Schedule 5.6(a)
will receive an increase in their salary as specified on Schedule 5.6(a).
(b) Within thirty (30) days of Closing, Buyer will provide new stock option grants to each
current non-employee, non-shareholder director of the Company who remains as an advisory board or
board member of the Company subsequent to the Closing, as set out in further detail on Schedule
5.6(b), but will not provide option grants to the Key Employees, other than the Key Employee
specified on Schedule 5.6(b). Buyer covenants and agrees that subsequent to the Closing,
new and existing non-stockholder Employees of the Company will be granted stock options from
Buyer’s existing stock option plan in connection with their hiring, in an amount and on terms
consistent with stock options currently offered by Buyer to new hires.
5.7 Target Financials. The Key Employees will cooperate with and assist Buyer, both
prior to and subsequent to the Closing Date, in Buyer’s efforts to prepare the financial statements
of the Company that Buyer will be required to file with the SEC under Items 2.01 and 9.01 of Form
8-K (the “Target Financials”). The Company shall reimburse one-half of Buyer’s reasonable, actual
out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and review of the
Target Financials; provided, however, that the Company’s reimbursement obligation shall in no event
exceed US$25,000 in the aggregate.
5.8 Stub Period Returns. Buyer shall cause the Company to duly and timely make or
prepare all Tax Returns required to be made or prepared by them and to duly and timely file all Tax
Returns required to be filed by them for any period which ends on or before the Closing Date and
for which Tax Returns have not been filed as of such date. The Buyer may cause the Company to make
the election referred to in subsection 256(9) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and comparable
provisions of applicable provincial or territorial legislation, and to file such election(s) for
the Company’s taxation year(s) ending immediately before the Closing Time. Buyer shall also cause
the Company to duly and timely make or prepare all Tax Returns required to be made or prepared by
it and to duly and timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed by it for periods beginning
before and ending after the Closing Date. The Sellers and Buyer shall cooperate fully with each
other and make available to each other in a timely fashion such data and other information as may
reasonably be required for the preparation of any Tax Return of the Company for a period ending on,
prior to or including the Closing Date and shall preserve such data and other information until the
expiration of any applicable limitation period under any applicable law with respect to Taxes.
5.9 Rule 144 Compliance. With a view to making available to the Sellers the benefits
of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any
time permit a holder to sell securities of Buyer to the public without registration or pursuant to
an effective registration statement, Buyer shall:
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(a) use reasonable best efforts to make and keep available adequate current public information
as contemplated by Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act at all times after the Closing Date;
(b) use reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required to be filed by Buyer under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(c) furnish to any Seller so long as the Seller owns Shares, promptly upon request, a written
statement by Buyer regarding its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act.
5.10 Closing Expenses Certificate. Within thirty (30) days of Closing, the
Representative shall deliver to the Buyer the Closing Expenses Certificate, which certificate shall
be accompanied by such supporting documentation, information and calculations as are necessary for
Buyer to verify and determine the amount of Transaction Expenses.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
6.1 Amendment. The parties hereto may amend this Agreement at any time, but only
pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by all of the parties hereto. Buyer and Representative
(on behalf of the Sellers) may cause the Agreement to be amended at any time thereafter by
execution of an instrument in writing and signed by them, and any such amendment shall be binding
on all Sellers.
6.2 Extension; Waiver. At any time after the Closing, the Representative (on behalf
of the Sellers) and Buyer may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the
performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in
the representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document delivered
pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the
benefit of such Person contained herein. Any agreement on the part of the Buyer or the
Representative (on behalf of the Sellers) to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if
set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party granting the extension or waiver.
Without limiting the generality or effect of the preceding sentence, no delay in exercising any
right under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of such right, and no waiver of any breach or
default shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default of the same or any other provision
in this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
ESCROW FUND AND INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Escrow.
(a) On the Closing, Buyer will withhold the Escrow Shares from the Initial Shares issuable to
the Sellers in the Share Purchase. The Escrow Shares shall be available to compensate Buyer (on
behalf of itself or any other Buyer Indemnified Person (as such term is defined in Section 7.2
below)) for Indemnifiable Damages (as such term is defined in Section 7.2 below) pursuant to the
indemnification obligations of the Sellers until 11:59 p.m. California time on the first
anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Escrow Release Date”). No portion (nor all) of the Escrow
Shares, nor any beneficial interest therein, may be pledged, subjected to any Encumbrance, sold,
assigned or transferred, by any of
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the Sellers, or be taken or reached by any legal or equitable process in satisfaction of any
debt or other liability of any of the Sellers, in each case prior to the disbursement of the Escrow
Shares to the Sellers in accordance with Section 7.1(b) below.
(b) Within five (5) Business Days following the Escrow Release Date, Buyer will disburse to
the Sellers the Escrow Shares less (i) that portion of the Escrow Shares retained by Buyer in
satisfaction of claims for indemnification in accordance with Article VII of this
Agreement, and (ii) that portion of the Escrow Shares that is determined, in the reasonable
judgment of Buyer, to be necessary to satisfy all unsatisfied or disputed claims for
indemnification specified in any Claim Certificate (as defined in Section 7.5 below) delivered to
the Representative prior to the Escrow Release Date in accordance with Article VII of this
Agreement. Any portion of the Escrow Shares held following the Escrow Release Date with respect to
pending but unresolved claims for indemnification that is not retained by Buyer upon the resolution
of such claims shall be released to the Sellers within five (5) Business Days following resolution
of such claims. Buyer will retain Escrow Shares in satisfaction of claims for indemnification
under this Agreement based on the Buyer Average Stock Price.
7.2 Indemnification.
(a) By Sellers. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VII,
the Sellers shall severally (each in accordance with his Pro Rata Share), and not jointly,
indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its officers, directors, agents and employees, and each
person, if any, who controls or may control Buyer within the meaning of the Securities Act (each
of the foregoing being referred to individually as a “Buyer Indemnified Person” and collectively
as “Buyer Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, fees,
Tax, interest, costs and expenses, including costs of investigation and defense and reasonable
fees and expenses of lawyers, experts and other professionals, directly or indirectly, whether or
not due to a third-party claim (collectively, “Indemnifiable Damages”), arising out of, resulting
from or in connection with (i) any failure of any representation or warranty made by the Sellers
or the Company in this Agreement or the Disclosure Letter (including any exhibit or schedule to
the Disclosure Letter) to be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except in the case of
representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates,
which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date), (ii) any failure
of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Sellers or the Company in any
certificate (other than the Company Net Working Capital Certificate and the Closing Expenses
Certificate) delivered to Buyer pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and correct
as of the date such certificate is delivered to Buyer, (iii) any breach of or default in
connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by the Sellers or the Company (but in the
case of the Company, only covenants in respect of the time period prior to Closing) in this
Agreement and (iv) any Indemnifiable Transaction Expenses. Materiality standards or
qualifications, and qualifications by reference to the defined term “Material Adverse Effect” in
any representation, warranty or covenant shall only be taken into account in determining whether a
breach of or default in connection with such representation, warranty or covenant (or failure of
any representation or warranty to be true and correct) exists, and shall not be taken into account
in determining the amount of any Indemnifiable Damages with respect to such breach, default or
failure to be true and correct. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VII
and for greater certainty, any liability of the Sellers collectively for Indemnifiable Damages
under this Article VII, as between the Sellers, shall be determined by multiplying the
total amount of the Indemnifiable Damages by each Seller’s Pro Rata Share.
(b) By Buyer. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VII,
Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Sellers (each being referred to individually
as a “Seller Indemnified Person,” collectively as “Seller Indemnified Persons,” and together with
the Buyer Indemnified Persons, “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all Indemnifiable
Damages
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arising out of, resulting from or in connection with (i) any failure of any representation or
warranty made by Buyer in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except in
the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date
or dates, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date), (ii)
any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by Buyer in any certificate
delivered to the Sellers pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and correct as of
the date such certificate is delivered to the Sellers and (iii) any breach of or default in
connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by Buyer or the Company (but in the case
of the Company, only covenants in respect of the time period following Closing, unless any such
breach of covenant arises out of an action taken by Xxxxx Xxxxx or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx as officers of
the Company, or by any Key Employee who was appointed as an officer of the Company by Xxxxx Xxxxx
or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, without authorization from the Company’s Board of Directors) in this Agreement.
Materiality standards or qualifications, and qualifications by reference to the defined term
“Material Adverse Effect” in any representation, warranty or covenant shall only be taken into
account in determining whether a breach of or default in connection with such representation,
warranty or covenant (or failure of any representation or warranty to be true and correct) exists,
and shall not be taken into account in determining the amount of any Indemnifiable Damages with
respect to such breach, default or failure to be true and correct.
7.3 Indemnifiable Damage Basket; Other Limitations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Indemnified Person may make
a claim for Indemnifiable Damages in respect of any claim for indemnification that is made pursuant
to clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) (and that does
not involve fraud, willful breach or intentional misrepresentation by the Sellers or the Company on
the one hand or Buyer on the other hand, as applicable, or any inaccuracy or breach of any of the
representations and warranties in Section 2.12 (Taxes)), unless such claim (together with all such
other claims) is for Indemnifiable Damages in an aggregate amount greater than USD$50,000 (the
“Basket”), in which case the Indemnified Person may make claims for indemnification and such
Indemnified Person will be entitled to be indemnified for all Indemnifiable Damages (including the
amount of the Basket), but subject to the further limitations set out herein.
(b) Recovery from the Escrow Shares shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for the indemnity
obligations of the Sellers under this Agreement for the matters listed in clauses (i) and (ii) of
the first sentence of Section 7.2(a). Recovery from the Escrow Shares shall, to the extent
available, also be the remedy for the indemnity obligations of the Sellers under this Agreement for
the matters listed in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the first sentence of Section 7.2(a); however to
the extent Escrow Shares are unavailable at the time of such indemnification, such indemnity
obligations may be recovered through cash payments. In any event, the maximum amount recoverable
by the Buyer Indemnified Persons under this Article VII, in the aggregate, is an amount
equal to the value of the Escrow Shares (and as against each Seller, the value of the Escrow Shares
of such Seller), based on the Buyer Average Stock Price, except that (i) there shall be no
limitation in the case of fraud, willful breach or intentional misrepresentation, or in the case of
an indemnity claim under Section 7.2(a)(iv), (ii) the limitation shall be an amount equal to the
value of the Initial Shares (and as against each Seller, the value of the Initial Shares of such
Seller), based on the Buyer Average Stock Price, in the case of any failure of any of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 2.2(b) and 2.2(e) (Capital Structure), Section
2.3 (Authority; Noncontravention), Section 2.10 (Intellectual Property), Section 2.12 (Taxes),
Section 3.1(c) and 3.1(d) (Ownership; Authority; Noncontravention) or Section 3.10 (Key Employee
Representations) to be true and correct, (iii) the limitation shall be an amount equal to (A) the
value of the Initial Shares (and as against each Seller, the value of the Initial Shares of such
Seller), based on the Buyer Average Stock Price plus (B) the value of all tranches of Additional
Shares actually issued to the Sellers pursuant to Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines) (and as
against each Seller, the value of the Additional Shares actually
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issued to such Seller), based on, with respect to each tranche of Additional Shares, the
average of the closing prices of the Buyer Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Market for the ten
(10) trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the issuance date of such tranche
of Additional Shares, in the case of any failure of any of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 2.2(a) and 2.2(c) (Capital Structure) and Section 3.1(a) and 3.1(b)
(Ownership; Authority; Noncontravention) to be true and correct and (iv) the limitation shall be an
amount equal to (A) the value of the Initial Shares (and as against each Seller, the value of the
Initial Shares of such Seller), based on the Buyer Average Stock Price plus (B) 50% of the value of
all tranches of Additional Shares actually issued to the Sellers pursuant to Schedule B
(Earnout Guidelines) (and as against each Seller, 50% of the value of the Additional Shares
actually issued to such Seller), based on, with respect to each tranche of Additional Shares, the
average of the closing prices of the Buyer Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Market for the ten
(10) trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the issuance date of such tranche
of Additional Shares, in the case of any failure of any of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 2.2(d) (Capital Structure) to be true and correct, (the representations
specified in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this sentence, collectively, the “Seller Special
Representations”). The maximum amount recoverable by the Seller Indemnified Persons under this
Article VII, in the aggregate, is an amount equal to the value of the Escrow Shares, based
on the Buyer Average Stock Price, except that (i) there shall be no limitation in the case of
fraud, willful breach or intentional misrepresentation, (ii) the limitation shall be the Additional
Shares in the event that Buyer fails to issue Additional Shares as and when required to do so under
the terms of this Agreement and Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines), or Buyer commits a
material breach of any of its covenants in Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines) and fails to
cure such breach within the time frame set forth in Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines),
including, without limitation, a breach of Buyer’s obligations to fund the Company as set forth in
Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines), and (iii) the limitation shall be an amount equal to the
value of the Initial Shares, based on the Buyer Average Stock Price, in the case of any failure of
any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.2 (Authority; Noncontravention),
Section 4.3 (Buyer Shares), Section 4.4 (Offering), or Section 4.5 (Capital Structure)
(collectively, the “Buyer Special Representations,” and together with the Seller Special
Representations, collectively, the “Special Representations”) to be true and correct. The Buyer
shall satisfy its indemnification obligations hereunder by way of cash payments, unless the Seller
Indemnified Persons agree in writing to accept Buyer Common Stock in lieu thereof.
7.4 Period for Claims. Except as set forth below, the period during which claims for
Indemnifiable Damages may be made (the “Claims Period”) for Indemnifiable Damages arising from or
in connection with the matters listed in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of Section
7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) shall commence at the Closing and terminate the day after the Escrow
Release Date. The Claims Period for Indemnifiable Damages arising out of, resulting from or in
connection with all other claims, including (i) fraud, willful breach or intentional
misrepresentation, and (ii) any failure of any of the Special Representations to be true and
correct, shall commence at the Closing and terminate upon the expiration of the applicable statute
of limitations, provided that the Claims Period for Indemnifiable Damages with respect to claims
for failure of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.10 (Key Employee
Representations) to be true and correct will terminate twelve months after the Escrow Release Date.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, such portion of the Escrow Shares as at
the Escrow Release Date as in the reasonable judgment of Buyer may be necessary to satisfy any
unresolved or unsatisfied claims for Indemnifiable Damages specified in any Claim Certificate (as
defined in Section 7.5) delivered to the Representative prior to the Escrow Release Date may be
withheld by Buyer until such claims for Indemnifiable Damages have been resolved or satisfied. The
remainder of the Escrow Shares, if any, shall be issued to the Sellers promptly (and in any event
within 10 Business Days) after the Escrow Release Date.
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7.5 Claims. On or before the last day of the applicable Claims Period, Buyer or the
Representative (on behalf of one or more of the Sellers) may deliver to the other party a
certificate signed by the Representative or an officer of Buyer, as applicable (an “Claim
Certificate”):
(a) stating that an Indemnified Person has incurred, paid, reserved or accrued, or in good
faith believes that it may incur, pay, reserve or accrue, Indemnifiable Damages (or that with
respect to any Tax matters, that any Tax Authority may raise such matter in audit of Buyer or its
subsidiaries, which could give rise to Indemnifiable Damages);
(b) stating the amount of such Indemnifiable Damages (which, in the case of Indemnifiable
Damages not yet incurred, paid, reserved or accrued, may be the maximum amount believed by Buyer or
the Representative, as applicable, in good faith to be incurred, paid, reserved, accrued or
demanded by a third party); and
(c) specifying in reasonable detail (based upon the information then possessed by Buyer or the
Representative, as applicable) the individual items of such Indemnifiable Damages included in the
amount so stated and the nature of the claim to which such Indemnifiable Damages are related.
No delay in providing such Claim Certificate within the Claims Period shall affect an Indemnified
Person’s rights hereunder, unless (and then only to the extent that) the indemnifying party is
materially prejudiced thereby.
7.6 Resolution of Objections to Claims.
(a) If the recipient of the Claims Certificate does not contest, by written notice to the
deliverer of the Claims Certificate, any claim or claims made in the Claim Certificate within
twenty (20) days of receiving same, then the indemnifying parties will be deemed not to contest the
Claims Certificate and will promptly satisfy the claims made therein, as contemplated in this
Article VII.
(b) If the recipient of a Claims Certificate objects in writing (delivered to the deliverer of
the Claims Certificate) to any claim or claims made in any Claim Certificate within such 20-day
period, Buyer and the Representative shall attempt in good faith for 15 days after receipt of such
written objection to resolve such objection.
(c) If no agreement can be reached during the 15-day period for good faith negotiation, but in
any event upon the expiration of such 15-day period, the party or parties seeking indemnification
under the Claims Certificate may bring suit in the courts of the Province of Ontario located within
the City of Toronto to resolve the matter, except that in the event that Buyer fails to issue
Additional Shares as and when required to do so under the terms of this Agreement and Schedule
B (Earnout Guidelines), or Buyer commits a material breach of any of its covenants in
Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines) and fails to cure such breach within the time frame set
forth in Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines), such dispute shall be resolved by binding
arbitration in the manner set forth on Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines).
(d) Judgment upon any award rendered by the court may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction. For purposes of this Section 7.6(d), in any suit hereunder in which any claim or the
amount thereof stated in the Claim Certificate is at issue, the party seeking indemnification shall
be deemed to be the non-prevailing party unless the court awards such party more than one-half of
the amount in dispute, in which case the other party shall be deemed to be the non-prevailing
party. The
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non-prevailing party to a suit shall pay its own expenses and the expenses of the prevailing
party, including attorneys’ fees and costs, reasonably incurred in connection with such suit.
7.7 Third-Party Claims. In the event Buyer becomes aware of a third-party claim which
Buyer in good faith believes may result in a claim for indemnification under this Article VII
by or on behalf of a Buyer Indemnified Person, Buyer shall have the right in its sole
discretion to conduct the defense of and to settle or resolve any such claim (and the reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by Buyer in connection with such defense, settlement or resolution
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees and court or
arbitration costs) shall be included in the Indemnifiable Damages for which Buyer may seek
indemnification pursuant to a claim made hereunder). The Representative shall have the right to
receive copies of all pleadings, notices and communications with respect to the third-party claim
to the extent that receipt of such documents does not affect any privilege relating to any Buyer
Indemnified Person and shall be entitled, at its expense, to participate in, but not to determine
or conduct, any defense of the third-party claim or settlement negotiations with respect to the
third-party claim. However, except with the consent of the Representative, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and which shall be deemed to have been given
unless the Representative shall have objected within twenty (20) days after a written request for
such consent by Buyer, no settlement or resolution by Buyer of any claim that gives rise to a claim
for indemnification by or on behalf of a Buyer Indemnified Person shall be determinative of the
existence of or amount of Indemnifiable Damages relating to such matter. In the event that the
Representative has consented to any such settlement or resolution, the Representative shall not
have any power or authority to object under Section 7.5 or any other provision of this Article
VII to the amount of any claim by or on behalf of any Buyer Indemnified Person against the
Escrow Shares or otherwise for indemnity with respect to such settlement or resolution.
7.8 Exclusivity. The provisions of this Article VII shall apply to any claim for
breach of any covenant, representation, warranty or other provision of this Agreement or any
agreement, certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement (other than a claim
for specific performance or injunctive relief) with the intent that all such claims shall be
subject to the limitations and other provisions contained in this Article VII.
7.9 Net Tax Benefits and Insurance Proceeds Reducing Amount of Indemnity Claims. Any
indemnification liability of an indemnifying party under this Agreement shall be reduced on a
dollar for dollar basis to the extent that the Indemnified Person actually receives, prior to or
within twelve months from when the Indemnified Person actually receives or recovers its
Indemnifiable Damages from the indemnifying party, a net tax benefit, or recovers any insurance
proceeds, in connection with the matter giving rise to the claim (it being understood that,
notwithstanding any other provision hereof or under any other legal principle, no Indemnified
Person shall be required to take any tax position or file an insurance claim or in any other way
seek recovery under any insurance policy that may be available to it in connection herewith).
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations and
warranties of the Company, the Sellers and Buyer contained in this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter
(including any exhibit or schedule to the Disclosure Letter), and the other certificates
contemplated hereby shall survive the Closing and remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any investigation or disclosure made by or on behalf of any of the parties to this Agreement, until
the date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date; provided, however, that the Special
Representations of Buyer on the
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one hand, and the Company and the Sellers on the other hand, including those contained in any
certificate delivered to the other party regarding the same subject matter as those covered by the
Special Representations pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, will remain operative and in
full force and effect, regardless of any investigation or disclosure made by or on behalf of any of
the parties to this Agreement, until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (if
later than the expiration of twelve (12) months following the Closing Date) for claims which seek
recovery of Indemnifiable Damages arising out of an inaccuracy or breach of such representations or
warranties, other than claims for failure of any of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 3.10 (Key Employee Representations) to be true and correct, in which case the Claims Period
for Indemnifiable Damages will terminate on the date that is twenty-four (24) months following the
Closing Date; provided further, no right to indemnification pursuant to Article VII in
respect of any claim that is made prior to the Escrow Release Date shall be affected by the
expiration of such representations and warranties; and provided, further, that such expiration
shall not affect the rights of any Indemnified Person under Article VII or otherwise to
seek recovery of Indemnifiable Damages arising out of any fraud, willful breach or intentional
misrepresentation by Buyer, Sellers or the Company until the expiration of the applicable statute
of limitations. All covenants of the parties (including the covenants set forth in Article
V) shall survive Closing.
8.2 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given if delivered personally, or on the 3rd Business Day following
delivery if sent by commercial delivery service or mailed by registered or certified mail (return
receipt requested), or on the Business Day following sending if sent via facsimile (with
confirmation of receipt), to the parties hereto at the following address (or at such other address
for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
(i) | If to Buyer, to: | ||
Glu Mobile Inc. 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: Fenwick & West LLP Silicon Valley Center 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
(ii) If to any Seller, at the address or facsimile number for such Seller, as
indicated on the applicable Schedule A-1 through A-5.
(iii) | If to the Company or the Representative, to: | ||
Blammo Games Inc. 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxx, XX X0X 0X0 Attn: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: Torkin Xxxxx LLP 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0 Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Facsimile No.: 0-000-000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
8.3 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits or Schedules, such reference shall be to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or
Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of
this Agreement. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed
in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The phrases “provided to,”
“furnished to,” and phrases of similar import when used herein, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall mean that a true, correct and complete paper copy of the information or material
referred to has been provided to the party to whom such information or material is to be provided.
Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires: (i) words of any gender include each other
gender; (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number,
respectively; and (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and derivative or similar words
refer to this entire Agreement.
8.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more
counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties
hereto; it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart.
Counterparts may be delivered by facsimile or by other means of electronic communication.
8.5 Entire Agreement; Nonassignability; Parties in Interest. This Agreement and the
documents and instruments and other agreements specifically referred to herein or delivered
pursuant hereto, including all the exhibits attached hereto, the Schedules, including the
Disclosure Letter, (a) constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral,
among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, (b) are not intended to confer,
and shall not be construed as conferring, upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights
or remedies hereunder (except that Article VII is intended to benefit Indemnified Persons)
and (c) shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise except as otherwise specifically
provided herein.
8.6 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of
law or otherwise by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other
parties hereto, and any such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void.
Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of,
and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
8.7 Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the
application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal,
void or unenforceable,
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the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and shall be
interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties hereto shall
use all reasonable efforts to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a
valid and enforceable provision that shall achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business
and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
8.8 Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies
herein expressly conferred upon a party hereto shall be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of
any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party
hereto of any one remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other remedy and nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed a waiver by any party of any right to specific performance or injunctive
relief. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto agree that irreparable
damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the
parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and
to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States, Canada
or any other state, province or foreign country having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any
other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity, and the parties hereby waive the
requirement of any posting of a bond in connection with the remedies described herein.
8.9 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without
reference to such jurisdiction’s principles of conflicts of law. The parties hereto hereby
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the City of Toronto,
Ontario, in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and
of the documents referred to in this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby (including resolution of disputes under Section 7.6), and hereby waive, and
agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or
enforcement hereof or thereof, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or
proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that the venue thereof may
not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such
courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to such action or
proceeding shall be heard and determined in such a Toronto, Ontario court. The parties hereby
consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and over the
subject matter of such dispute. With respect to any particular action, suit or proceeding, venue
shall lie solely in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx.
8.10 Rules of Construction. The parties hereto have been represented by counsel
during the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, hereby waive,
with respect to this Agreement, each Schedule and each Exhibit attached hereto, the application of
any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or
other document shall be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document. Without
in any way limiting the survivability of any other covenants contained in this Agreement, the
covenants of the parties set forth in Schedule B shall be deemed covenants herein and shall
survive the Closing.
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8.11 Buyer’s Due Diligence Investigation. Buyer has, for the sole purpose of
determining whether to enter into and negotiate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
conducted a review of information provided to it regarding the Company’s commercial, financial,
legal and other affairs. The parties agree and acknowledge that the representations and warranties
of the Sellers and the Company set forth in this Agreement (and in the Disclosure Letter) shall in
no way be limited, qualified, impaired or affected by Buyer’s conduct of such investigation.
8.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT,
OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN
NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer, the Company and each Seller have executed and delivered this
Agreement, all as of the date first written above.
Glu Mobile Inc. | Blammo Games Inc. | |||||||
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
Exhibit A
List of Key Employees
Exhibit B
Form of Buyer’s Counsel Legal Opinion
Exhibit C
Form of Company Counsel Legal Opinion
Exhibit D
Form of Amendment of the Existing Development Agreement
Exhibit E
Form of Termination Letter of the Existing Company Option
Schedule B
EARNOUT GUIDELINES
These Earnout Guidelines set forth the requirements and procedures governing the payment of the
Additional Shares, as more fully described in the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 2,
2011 (the “Agreement”), by and among Glu Mobile Inc., Blammo Games Inc. and the Sellers listed on
Schedules A-1 through A-5 of the Agreement. Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. Unless otherwise specified herein (or
the context clearly requires otherwise), section references shall refer to sections in these
Earnout Guidelines (rather than the Agreement). All dollar amounts are U.S. Dollars.
1. | Definitions. As used in these Earnout Guidelines, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below. |
1.1. | “Alternative Platform” means the Android operating system and any other mobile or non-mobile platform to which a Game is ported and Commercially Exploited. | ||
1.2. | “Ancillary Product” means any product based on a Property (including copyrightable works in any media, whether known or unknown, such as books, movies and merchandising) other than a Game. | ||
1.3. | “Cause” means (i) the Employee’s committing of an act of gross negligence, gross misconduct or dishonesty, or other willful act, including misappropriation, embezzlement or fraud, that materially adversely affects Buyer and/or the Company or any of Buyer’s and/or the Company’s customers, suppliers or partners, (ii) his or her personal dishonesty, willful misconduct in the performance of services for Buyer and/or the Company, or breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, (iii) his or her being convicted of, or pleading no contest to, any felony or misdemeanor involving fraud, breach of trust or misappropriation or any other act that Buyer’s and/or the Company’s Board of Directors reasonably believes in good faith has materially adversely affected, or upon disclosure will materially adversely affect, Buyer and/or the Company, including Buyer’s and/or the Company’s public reputation or relationships with business partners, (iv) any material breach of any agreement with Buyer and/or the Company by him or her that remains uncured for thirty (30) days after written notice to him or her, unless that breach is incapable of cure (in which case no cure period shall apply), or any other material unauthorized use or disclosure of Buyer’s and/or the Company’s confidential information or trade secrets involving personal benefit or material harm to Buyer or the Company or (v) material non-compliance with Buyer’s or the Company’s lawful corporate policies and procedures of general application (e.g., Buyer’s Legal Compliance Policy or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Policy). | ||
1.4. | “Commercial Exploitation” means to Sell or to use, copy, produce, publish, reproduce, make, manufacture, sell, license, rent, loan, let for hire, distribute, package, market, promote, advertise, solicit orders for, issue copies to the public, demonstrate, transmit or communicate in or to the public by telecommunication or any other means, perform, show, display and exhibit (including perform, show, display and exhibit in public), distribute, import, bundle and otherwise commercially distribute and issue copies to the public by any means now known or hereinafter developed and license other persons to do any or all of the foregoing. |
1.5. | “Earnout Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on March 31, 2015, inclusive | ||
1.6. | “Earnout Representative” means Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, or if he is no longer employed by the Company or is physically or mentally not able to act in such capacity, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, or such other person appointed from time to time in writing by Sellers holding a majority of Company Shares immediately prior to the Closing. | ||
1.7. | “End User” means any person who receives a Game, to whom a Game is distributed by means of a Sale or who plays a Game by means of or through the Platform or an Alternative Platform. | ||
1.8. | “Fiscal 2013” means the period beginning April 1, 2012 and ending March 31, 2013, inclusive. | ||
1.9. | “Fiscal 2014” means the period beginning April 1, 2013 and ending March 31, 2014, inclusive. | ||
1.10. | “Fiscal 2015” means the period beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015, inclusive. | ||
1.11. | “Games” means each social mobile game, or any other type of game approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, developed by the Company that Buyer publishes on the Platform (or a third party publishes as provided in Section 3.1.5) and may port or have ported to Alternative Platforms, and all Updates thereto. | ||
1.12. | “Hostable Gold Master” means, for any Game, the form of such Game which can be considered the final version, which received final approval from Buyer and has been tested by the Company to Buyer’s satisfaction and the satisfaction of the Platform digital storefront operator. | ||
1.13. | “Intellectual Property Rights” means any copyrights, including but not limited to, all computer code or scripts, whether compiled or not in any computer language or program and all characters, themes, names and other copyrightable content including in the Games, patents, utility models, trademarks, trade names, domain names, rights in get-up, inventions, all rights in data, databases and confidential information, trade secrets and know-how, design rights (whether registered or unregistered) and semi-conductor topographies and all intangible rights, privileges and forms of protection of a nature or having a similar effect to any of the above which may arise under the laws of the United States or Canada or any other state, country or jurisdiction, and any and all applications for the foregoing. | ||
1.14. | “Net Revenue” means all revenue received by Buyer and its Affiliates (provided that revenue received by an Affiliate acquired by Buyer after Closing shall only be included to the extent received after such acquisition) in respect of Sales of a Game, Sequels thereof and Ancillary Products or Commercial Exploitation of a Property less the following: (a) government taxes and duties (e.g., VAT, excise or sales tax, governmental withholdings and foreign tax withholdings) incurred by Buyer in connection with the sale or exploitation of the Properties; (b) any refunds paid to End Users and chargebacks relating to such Sales, (c) any revenue sharing payments made by Buyer to Platform owners, OEMs, carriers or other distributors with respect to payments received by Buyer in respect of the Sales of a Game, (d) the cost of direct cost-per-impression, cost-per-install, cost-per-action or similar marketing techniques (e.g., Tapjoy, Flurry or other similar marketing initiatives) that are mutually agreed upon by Buyer and the Company, (e) Buyer’s costs for porting, quality assurance and deployment work related to Commercially Exploiting the Games on any Alternative Platform, not to |
exceed US$100,000 per Alternative Platform, provided, however that any such deduction for porting to an Alternative Platform shall be limited to deductions from the Net Revenue generated from such Alternative Platform without any cross-collateralization between or among different Alternative Platforms and Platforms, (f) with respect to a Sequel to the extent such Sequel is not developed by the Company, either (A) Buyer’s internal costs to develop such Sequel or (B) any amounts paid by Buyer to an external developer to develop such Sequel, and (g) with respect to Ancillary Products or other Commercial Exploitation of a Property, any amounts paid by Buyer to third parties in connection with the Sale or Commercial Exploitation of Ancillary Products or a Property that are mutually agreed upon by Buyer and the Company. | |||
1.15. | “Platform” means the most recent commercially released versions of the Apple iOS for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. | ||
1.16. | “Property” means the products, concepts, materials, trademarks and Intellectual Property Rights embodied in and relating to a Game. | ||
1.17. | “Sale,” “Sell” or “Sold” means any action whereby an End User obtains directly or indirectly from Buyer or its distributors (or as otherwise provided in Section 3.1.5) a full and complete Game. For purposes of this Agreement, a Sale shall not include any transmission, performance or use of a Game that is available for preview or demonstration purposes without charge, for no consideration, or distributed without charge, for no consideration, as part of promotions. | ||
1.18. | “Sequel” means a version of a Game which is intended to be a sequel or a prequel to such Game which constitutes a new and original game in its own right and is not a conversion to an Alternative Platform. | ||
1.19. | “Update” means a post-launch software release for a Game that may include, but is not limited, to bug fixes, patches, workarounds, enhanced Game features and/or new in-Game abilities, characters, achievements, levels and/or tools. |
2. | Earnout. |
2.1. | Net Revenue Targets. The Company’s baseline and upside Net Revenue performance targets for each of Fiscal 2013, Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2015 are as follows: |
BASELINE NET | ||||||||
FISCAL YEAR | REVENUE | UPSIDE NET REVENUE | ||||||
FISCAL 2013 |
US$ | 3,500,000 | US$ | 5,000,000 | ||||
FISCAL 2014 |
US$ | 5,500,000 | US$ | 10,000,000 | ||||
FISCAL 2015 |
US$ | 8,500,000 | US$ | 15,000,000 |
2.2. | Potential Additional Shares Issuances. The Sellers shall have the opportunity to earn up to an additional 3,312,937 Additional Shares subsequent to the Closing to the extent that the Company achieves certain Net Revenue performance targets as follows: |
2.2.1. | Fiscal 2013. For Fiscal 2013, Buyer will issue to each Seller (subject to the provisions of Section 3.2.5) such Seller’s Pro Rata Share of (a) an aggregate of 227,273 Additional Shares to be issued to all Sellers collectively if, and only in the event that, the Company meets its Baseline Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2013 (as set forth in Section 2.1), and (b) an aggregate of an additional 681,818 Additional Shares to be issued to all Sellers collectively to the extent that the Company exceeds its Baseline Net Revenue goal and meets its Upside Net Revenue goal for such fiscal year (each as set forth in Section 2.1). For the avoidance of doubt, Sellers will receive no Additional Shares under this Section 2.2.1 if Company does not meet its Baseline Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2013 (as set forth in Section 2.1). | ||
2.2.2. | Fiscal 2014. For Fiscal 2014, Buyer will issue to each Seller (subject to the provisions of Section 3.2.5) such Seller’s Pro Rata Share of (a) an aggregate of 416,667 Additional Shares to be issued to all Sellers collectively if, and only in the event that, the Company meets its Baseline Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2014 (as set forth in Section 2.1), and (b) an aggregate of an additional 833,333 Additional Shares to be issued to all Sellers collectively to the extent that the Company exceeds its Baseline Net Revenue goal and meets its Upside Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2014 (each as set forth in Section 2.1). For the avoidance of doubt, Sellers will receive no Additional Shares under this Section 2.2.2. if Company does not meet its Baseline Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2014 (as set forth in Section 2.1). | ||
2.2.3. | Fiscal 2015. For Fiscal 2015, Buyer will issue to each Seller (subject to the provisions of Section 3.2.5) such Seller’s Pro Rata Share of (a) an aggregate of zero Additional Shares if the Company does not meet its Baseline Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2015 (as set forth in Section 2.1), and (b) an aggregate of an additional 1,153,846 Additional Shares to be issued to all Sellers collectively to the extent that the Company exceeds its Baseline Net Revenue goal and meets its Upside Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2015 (each as set forth in Section 2.1). For the avoidance of doubt, Sellers will receive no Additional Shares under this Section 2.2.3 if Company |
does not meet its Baseline Net Revenue goal for Fiscal 2015 (as set forth in Section 2.1). |
2.3. | Straight-line Calculation of Additional Shares. To the extent that the Company meets its Baseline Net Revenue target for a fiscal year but does not meet its Upside Net Revenue target for such fiscal year (each as set forth in Section 2.1), Buyer will issue Additional Shares to the Sellers on a straight-line basis based on the amount by which the Company exceeded the baseline Net Revenue goal. For the avoidance of doubt, Sellers will receive no Additional Shares if Company exceeds its Upside Net Revenue goal for a fiscal year (as set forth in Section 2.1). As examples only, (i) if the Company generates Net Revenues of $4.0 million in Fiscal 2013, Buyer will issue to the Sellers (subject to the provisions of Section 3.2.5) an aggregate of 227,273 Additional Shares for achieving the Baseline Net Revenue target plus an aggregate of an additional 227,273 Additional Shares ($0.5 million/$1.5 million *681,818) for achieving 1/3 of the incremental Net Revenues between the Baseline Net Revenue goal and the Upside Net Revenue goal, and (ii) if the Company generates Net Revenues of $8.0 million in Fiscal 2013, Buyer will issue to the Sellers (subject to the provisions of Section 3.2.5) an aggregate of 227,273 Additional Shares for achieving the Baseline Net Revenue target plus an aggregate of an additional 681,818 Additional Shares for achieving the Upside Net Revenue goal. | ||
2.4. | Buyer Common Stock Reclassification, Exchange, Acquisition, etc. The parties acknowledge and agree that the number of Additional Shares issuable hereunder (to the extent earned in accordance with this Schedule B (Earnout Guidelines)) is subject to adjustment to reflect fully and equitably the effect of any stock split, reverse split, stock dividend, stock combination, reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization or other like change with respect to Buyer Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that a majority of the Buyer Common Stock is converted into or sold in exchange for, or into the right to receive, other securities or property (including securities or property of another entity), whether by merger, reorganization, recapitalization, tender offer or otherwise (in a single transaction or series of related transactions), the right to receive Additional Shares hereunder shall be converted into the right to receive such securities or property (i.e., the right to receive an Additional Share shall be converted into the right to receive the securities or property into which a share of Buyer Common Stock is converted, sold or exchanged). |
3. | Conduct of the Company’s Business Following the Closing. |
3.1. | Operational Matters. |
3.1.1. | Business Plan. The business of the Company shall be conducted following the Closing in accordance with a business plan and budget produced by management of the Company and approved by Buyer. The Company’s baseline business plan for Fiscal 2013 and Fiscal 2014 is attached as Appendix 1 to the Disclosure Letter. The Company’s baseline business plan for Fiscal 2015 will be mutually agreed upon by Buyer and Earnout Representative, acting reasonably, by no later than December 31, 2013. Buyer and Earnout Representative may mutually agree in writing to adjust the baseline business plan for any fiscal year. Earnout Representative will work to ensure that the Company’s total expenses match the baseline business plan provided to Buyer. | ||
3.1.2. | Funding of Baseline Business Plan. Buyer will, from time to time, provide the Company with such operating capital as is reasonably necessary to meet its operating |
expenses and capital spending under its baseline business plan. If the Company requires any additional cash injection due to underperformance (e.g., its revenues are less than plan), Buyer may, upon mutual agreement between Buyer and Earnout Representative, provide such cash injection; however, such amount will be deducted from the calculation of Net Revenue in respect of the calendar quarter immediately preceding such cash injection. |
3.1.3. | Potential Expansion of Company Operations. The Company will expand its studio in Toronto if requested by Buyer and provided with an additional cash injection to effect such expansion (with Buyer and Earnout Representative to mutually agree upon the parameters around how such additional cash is utilized in the Company’s business), and any revenues generated by these additional studio teams will be counted towards achievement of the Company’s Net Revenue targets. In addition, subsequent to the Closing, Buyer will review its position with regards to the employment of the candidate disclosed in Appendix 2 to the Disclosure Letter in order to facilitate a potential ramp-up of the Company’s studio beyond the baseline business model. | ||
3.1.4. | Entry into Contracts; Reimbursable Expenses. Buyer covenants and agrees that for so long during the Earnout Period as Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx remains an employee of the Company he shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and he will (a) have the authority to enter into contracts on the Company’s behalf, subject to compliance with Buyer’s policies and procedures with respect to the entry of contracts, including customary review of such contracts by Buyer’s legal and finance departments, (b) at all times have access to (i) $1,000 in xxxxx cash (subject to a reasonable replenishment period following consumption), to make purchases on the Company’s behalf without prior Buyer pre-approval, and (ii) a company credit card with a minimum of a $10,000 credit limit, to make travel, entertainment and similar expenses on the Company’s behalf without Buyer pre-approval, subject in both cases to Buyer’s travel and entertainment policies of general application, monthly reconciliation process and the requirement for Xx. Xxxxx to provide Buyer with valid receipts for expenses incurred. Charges incurred by Xx. Xxxxx on such credit card shall be reimbursed by the Company, which Buyer will not unreasonably withhold or delay when applying its travel and entertainment policies of general application, following the submission of such receipts by Xx. Xxxxx to Buyer and Buyer’s approval of such receipts. | ||
3.1.5. | Publishing of Games. In the event that subsequent to the Closing the Company delivers to Buyer a Hostable Gold Master but Buyer declines to publish such game, then the Company may self-publish such game in the sole discretion of the Earnout Representative (but not through channels managed by the competitors of Buyer listed on Appendix 3 to the Disclosure Letter, which list may be updated on a quarterly basis by Buyer) and any revenues received by the Company from such self-published game will be included in the calculation of Net Revenues for the applicable fiscal year(s). | ||
3.1.6. | Company Fiscal Year End. Buyer may elect subsequent to the Closing Date to amend the Company’s fiscal year end from March 31st to December 31st. In such an event, the Net Revenue targets and the periods pursuant to which Net Revenue will be measured (i.e., for Fiscal 2013, Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2015) will remain |
unchanged, and references herein to a fiscal year shall be deemed to be a fiscal year ending on March 31st. | |||
3.1.7. | No Transfer of Property During Earnout Period. Buyer covenants and agrees that neither Company nor Buyer shall, during the Earnout Period, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material part of the Property. The foregoing restriction shall not apply, however, in connection with a sale of Buyer or a sale of all or substantially all of Buyer’s assets, provided that, (i) in connection with such a sale of Buyer, the Additional Shares shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 2.4 above, and (ii) in connection with such a sale of Buyer or all or substantially all of Buyer’s assets, Buyer assigns, and the purchaser of Buyer or Buyer’s assets agrees to assume, all of Buyer’s obligations under this Earnout Schedule, and such assignment will not relieve Buyer from its liabilities under this Earnout Schedule. | ||
3.1.8. | No Cessation of Game Sales During Earnout Period. Buyer covenants and agrees that neither Company nor Buyer shall, during the Earnout Period, cease to Sell any Game, unless (1) otherwise mutually agreed by Buyer and the Earnout Representative or (2) with respect to a particular Game, such Game generates revenues actually received by Buyer and its Affiliates of less than $250 per day for thirty (30) consecutive days beginning more than ninety (90) days following the launch thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Buyer ceases to Sell a Game as permitted under subsection (2) of the previous sentence, but the projected revenue from the Sale of such Game (based on the immediately preceding complete calendar month) over the immediately subsequent 90-day period would have resulted in the Company achieving its Baseline Net Revenue target in respect of the applicable fiscal year, then the projected revenue for such 90-day period shall be included in the calculation of Net Revenue for the applicable fiscal year but only to the extent required for the Company to achieve its Baseline Net Revenue target and none of such projected revenue shall be counted over and above that amount. |
3.2. | Personnel Matters. |
3.2.1. | Reporting Structure. Buyer covenants and agrees that subsequent to the Closing, and so long during the Earnout Period as Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx is an employee of Company, he will remain the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and will report directly to Buyer’s Chief Executive Officer (unless Xx. Xxxxx and Buyer mutually agree to some other reporting structure). During the Earnout Period, all other reporting structure decisions with respect to Employees will be made by Xx. Xxxxx. | ||
3.2.2. | Employment Decisions. Buyer covenants and agrees that during the Earnout Period, Xx. Xxxxx will have complete control over the hiring and termination of all Employees who are not Key Employees, on such terms as determined by Xx. Xxxxx, provided the terms of any such employment or termination (including severance, etc.) fall within the overall cost structure of the Company’s business plan and that Xx. Xxxxx exercises his control in good faith and in a manner consistent with customary business practices in the industry and with Buyer’s policies of general application (e.g., Buyer’s anti-discrimination and whistleblower policies), subject to reasonable input from the Company’s board of directors; provided that Buyer may terminate any employee at any time for Cause after, to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances (and subject to applicable law), advising Xx. Xxxxx and soliciting his input in respect of such proposed termination. |
3.2.3. | Ability to Terminate Key Employees. No Key Employee’s employment may be terminated involuntarily (whether for Cause or otherwise) by Xx. Xxxxx or the Company generally without Buyer’s prior written consent. Buyer covenants and agrees that no Key Employee’s employment may be terminated without Cause prior to April 1, 2015 unless the terms of such termination are agreed upon in writing by the terminated Key Employee. | ||
3.2.4. | Continuing Management. Buyer covenants and agrees that following Closing and for the duration of the Earnout Period, unless Buyer and the Earnout Representative mutually agree otherwise, Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx shall be the executive officers of Company. Buyer covenants and agrees that during the Earnout Period, the Sellers shall have the right to appoint two board members to the Company’s board of directors, who shall initially be Xx. Xxxxx and Xx. Xxxxxx. Any change to such an appointee shall be communicated by Representative (on behalf of the Sellers) to Buyer and Company in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall at all times control Company’s board of directors and, except as set forth in the paragraph above, can compose the board in any fashion it sees fit, including changing the number of directors. | ||
3.2.5. | Effect of Termination of Key Employee With Cause or Resignation of Key Employee. If a Key Employee who is also a Seller (1) resigns from his employment with the Company (other than because of a disability that prevents him or her from performing his or her job) or (2) Buyer or the Company terminates such Key Employee’s employment for Cause, then such Key Employee/Seller will be eligible to receive Additional Shares if and when such Additional Shares are earned as described above only with respect to the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs (and all previous fiscal years to the extent applicable), but not with respect to any Additional Shares issued in any subsequent fiscal year (e.g., if a Key Employee terminates his employment on June 20, 2013, such Key Employee is eligible to receive Additional Shares to the extent the Company meets or exceeds its Net Revenue goals for the entire Fiscal 2014 (not just that portion during which the Key Employee/Seller was employed by the Company), but such Key Employee would not be eligible to receive any Additional Shares with respect to the Company’s achievement of its Net Revenue goals for Fiscal 2015). In such an event, the Additional Shares that such Key Employee/Seller would have otherwise received will be forfeited and will not be issued by Buyer or distributed to the other Sellers, but the other Key Employees/Sellers’ rights to receive Additional Shares hereunder will in no way be affected thereby. |
3.3. | Obligations of the Company and the Key Employees. |
3.3.1. | Provision of Training to Buyer. Beginning in the first quarter of 2012, the Key Employees will provide quarterly training sessions for Buyer’s employees, at Buyer’s San Francisco headquarters, with respect to mass market gaming techniques and other topics requested by Buyer’s management. Upon reasonable request following the Closing, the Key Employees will provide verbal and reasonable written information which can benefit Buyer in optimizing its operations for profitable game development. | ||
3.3.2. | Required Meeting Attendance. The Key Employees will regularly attend by telephone, if requested, certain Buyer management and Board meetings (including |
operation review meetings that occur approximately every six weeks), and will attend such meetings in person if requested (with reasonable advance notice), but no more often than an average of once per month (and in any event no more than twice per month) and no more than 5 days (excluding days on which travel takes place unless at least four hours are spent in Buyer’s offices on any such day) per calendar quarter in the aggregate. |
3.4. | Material Breach of Obligations. In the event that either Buyer or, following the Closing, the Company (unless the Company’s breach arises out of an action taken by Xxxxx Xxxxx or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx as officers of the Company, or by any Key Employee who was appointed as an officer of the Company by Xxxxx Xxxxx or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, without authorization from the Company’s Board of Directors), on the one hand, or the Sellers (as represented by the Representative) on the other hand, believes that the other party has materially breached any of its/his/their obligations set forth in these Earnout Guidelines, then the non-breaching party shall provide the breaching party with written notice setting forth in reasonable detail its basis for asserting such material breach. Following the non-breaching party’s receipt of such notice, the parties shall engage in good faith discussions for up to fifteen (15) days regarding such alleged material breach (the “Discussion Period”). Once the Discussion Period ends, and whether or not the parties are in agreement that there has been a material breach, the alleged breaching party shall have fifteen (15) days from the end of the Discussion Period to cure such alleged material breach. If the breaching party fails to cure such material breach after the expiration of such fifteen (15) day period, then the non-breaching party shall have the right to bring action to enforce its rights in accordance with Section 3.7 of these Earnout Guidelines. | ||
3.5. | Timing of Earnout Payment. Within ten (10) Business Days after Buyer files its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for Buyer’s fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, as applicable (but in no event later than May 31st of the applicable fiscal year), Buyer shall provide each Seller with a written computation of the calculation of Net Revenue for the applicable fiscal year (the “Computation”) together with such Seller’s Pro Rata Share of the Additional Shares, if any, that Buyer is obligated to issue pursuant to these Earnout Guidelines. | ||
3.6. | Dispute Resolution for Computation of Net Revenues. |
3.6.1. | Notice of Objection. The Representative, on behalf of the Sellers, may object to the Computation by delivering to Buyer within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Computation a written notice of objection (a “Notice of Objection”), which, in order to be effective, shall set forth in reasonable detail the nature of the Representative’s objections to the Computation and the aggregate amount of Additional Shares that the Representative believes should have been issued (in addition to the Additional Shares issued in accordance with Section 3.5) (such further Additional Shares, the “Claimed Further Shares”); provided, however, if Buyer believes that the Notice of Objection contains insufficient detail it shall as promptly as practicable notify the Representative to allow the Representative to provide added detail, and for greater certainty, the Notice of Objection is deemed to be delivered at the date the first Notice of Objection was delivered notwithstanding Representative’s request for additional detail. If the Representative does not object in writing within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Computation, such failure to so object shall be an irrevocable acknowledgment by the Representative, binding on all Sellers, that the Computation, for purposes of determining whether the Additional Shares have been |
earned and, if so, what portion of the Additional Shares is payable to the Sellers, is correct; provided, however, that any failure to so object will not be binding on the Sellers to the extent they subsequently conclusively demonstrate by clear and convincing proof that there was manifest and profound error with respect to the Computation delivered to the Representative. | |||
3.6.2. | Good Faith Efforts to Resolve Disputes. If the Representative delivers a Notice of Objection to Buyer within thirty (30) days, the Representative and Buyer shall attempt in good faith for ten (10) Business Days to resolve such dispute. In addition, following delivery of a Notice of Objection, no Seller may sell or otherwise transfer in any way such Seller’s Pro Rata Share of the Claimed Further Shares that are subject to such dispute until such dispute is resolved. Each Seller hereby consents to Buyer’s issuance of stock transfer instructions to Buyer’s transfer agent during the potential pendency of any objection by Representative pursuant to this Section 3.6 and with respect to any of its Pro Rata Share of the Claimed Further Shares. If the Representative and Buyer reach an agreement with respect to such dispute, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and signed by both parties, which agreement shall be binding on the Sellers as it relates to the Additional Shares (including the Claimed Further Shares) or otherwise to the subject matter of the Agreement. | ||
3.6.3. | Reviewing Accountant. If the Representative and Buyer are unable to reach an agreement with respect to such dispute after good faith negotiation during the aforementioned ten (10) Business Days period following delivery of a Notice of Objection, then the parties shall engage an auditing firm reasonably acceptable to both the Representative and Buyer (the “Reviewing Accountant”) to review the Computation. Both the Buyer and the Representative (on behalf of the Sellers) shall have the opportunity to present their side of the dispute, and any documentation relating thereto, to the Reviewing Accountant. Subject to confidentiality obligations owed to third parties, both the Buyer and the Representative will make available to one another, and to the Reviewing Accountant, all documentation, accounts, book, records, correspondence and other materials relating to the calculation of Net Revenue, reasonably requested to be provided or made available. The Reviewing Accountant shall deliver to Buyer and the Representative, as promptly as practicable (but in any case no later than 30 days from the date of engagement of the Reviewing Accountant), a report setting forth its calculations of Net Revenue that is the subject of the dispute. The calculations of the Reviewing Accountant shall be final and conclusive with respect to such determination and shall be binding on the Sellers and Buyer. Such final decision shall be written and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusions that shall set forth the final determination of the Reviewing Accountant. The cost of such review and report, including reasonable attorney’s fees, shall be borne by the party whose aggregate estimate of the disputed amount differs most greatly from the determination of the Reviewing Accountant. In the event that such Reviewing Accountant’s determination shows that Buyer issued under Section 3.5 shares of Buyer Common Stock in excess of the Additional Shares actually earned in accordance with Section 2.2, such excess Shares shall automatically be deemed forfeited and cancelled and each Seller shall promptly return to Buyer the certificate(s) representing such excess Shares for cancellation and, as applicable issuance by Buyer of a replacement certificate representing the balance of earned Additional Shares represented thereby; provided that the failure to so return the certificate for cancellation shall in no way impact the effectiveness of |
such forfeiture and cancellation. In the event that such Reviewing Accountant’s determination shows that Buyer issued under Section 3.5 Additional Shares which were less than the amount of Additional Sharers actually earned in accordance with Section 2.2, the number of Additional Shares equal to such deficiency shall promptly be issued to the Sellers (each in accordance with his Pro Rata Share). |
3.7. | Arbitration. Any controversy or dispute arising out of or relating to Section 3.4 of these Earnout Guidelines shall be referred to and determined by arbitration before a single arbitrator in accordance with the Ontario International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. I.9 (the “Act”). The seat of the arbitration shall be Ontario and hearings shall be conducted in the City of Toronto. The parties agree to utilize expedited process for the arbitration, to the extent available. A party to the arbitration (the “Appellant”) may appeal an award on a question of law or a question of mixed fact and law by delivering a written notice of appeal (“Notice of Appeal”) to the party opposite (the “Respondent”) within ten (10) days of receipt of the award. If no Notice of Appeal is delivered within such ten-day period, than the award of the single arbitrator is deemed to be final and binding on the parties. The appeal shall be heard by a panel of three (3) arbitrators (an “Appeal Arbitrator”). If the parties are unable to agree upon three (3) Appeal Arbitrators within ten (10) days of the delivery of the Notice of Appeal, each party shall appoint one Appeal Arbitrator, and the two Appeal Arbitrators thus appointed shall appoint a third Appeal Arbitrator. Where the two Appeal Arbitrators fail to agree on the third Appeal Arbitrator within ten (10) days of their appointment, either party may provide copies of the exchanged lists to ADR Xxxxxxxx which shall appoint the third Appeal Arbitrator. Where an appeal is taken, the award of the Appeal Arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties and there shall be no further right of appeal. The award of the Appeal Arbitrators shall be an arbitral award under the Act. The seat of the appeal arbitration shall be Ontario and the hearings shall be conducted in the City of Toronto. A final and binding arbitral award issued hereunder may be enforced by the parties in any jurisdiction. |