SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and among DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE CANADA INC., a Canadian corporation DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation, TIMESPRING SOFTWARE CORPORATION, a Canadian corporation, and THE SHAREHOLDERS OF TIMESPRING SOFTWARE...
Exhibit 2.02
by and among
DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE CANADA INC., a Canadian corporation
DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation,
TIMESPRING SOFTWARE CORPORATION, a Canadian corporation,
and
THE SHAREHOLDERS OF TIMESPRING SOFTWARE CORPORATION
for the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of
TIMESPRING SOFTWARE CORPORATION
as of December 24, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS |
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE 2 SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES |
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2.01 Sale and Delivery of Shares |
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2.02 Share Purchase Price |
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2.03 Closing Purchase Price Adjustment |
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2.04 Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment |
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2.05 Cancellation of Options; Completion of Audit |
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2.06 Non-Resident Withholding Tax |
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ARTICLE 3 CLOSING |
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3.01 Closing |
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ARTICLE 4 INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS |
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4.01 Authorization and ownership of Shares |
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4.02 Absence of Conflicts; Consents |
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4.03 Finder’sBroker’s Fees. |
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4.04 Bankruptcy |
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4.05 Full Disclosure |
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ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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5.01 Corporate Existence; Good Standing. |
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5.02 Subsidiaries |
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5.03 Absence of Conflicts; Consents |
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5.04 Ownership; Capitalization; Options |
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5.05 Absence of Certain Changes |
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5.06 Affiliate Transactions. |
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5.07 Contracts |
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5.08 Real Property |
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5.09 Personal Property; Assets Used in the Business |
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5.10 Financial Statements |
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5.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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5.12 Employee Matters |
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5.13 Pension and Benefit Plans. |
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5.14 Legal Compliance; Permits |
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5.15 Litigation; Disputes |
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5.16 Insurance |
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5.17 Customers; Vendors; Suppliers |
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5.18 Bank Accounts |
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5.19 Books and Records |
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5.20 Intellectual Property |
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5.21 Absence of Open Source Code |
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5.22 Accounts Receivable |
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5.23 Indebtedness |
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5.24 Absence of Questionable Payments |
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5.25 Scientific Research and Experimental Development |
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5.26 Competition Act Assets and Revenues |
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5.27 Environmental Matters. |
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5.28 Taxes |
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5.29 Investment Canada Act |
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ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY PURCHASER AND DOUBLE TAKE |
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6.01 Organization; Good Standing |
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6.02 Authorization |
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6.03 Absence of Conflicts |
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6.04 Financial Ability |
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6.05 Absence of Litigation; Compliance With Laws |
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6.06 No Brokers |
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6.07 Experience |
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6.08 Investment Intent |
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6.09 No Breach |
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6.10 Due Diligence |
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ARTICLE 7 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS |
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7.01 Tax Matters |
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7.02 Publicity |
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7.03 Confidentiality |
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7.04 Records |
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7.05 Employee Benefits Matters |
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7.06 Deloitte & Touche Matters |
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ARTICLE 8 SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION |
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8.01 Survival Periods |
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8.02 Indemnification By seller |
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8.03 Indemnification By The Purchaser |
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8.04 Third Party Claims |
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8.05 Exclusive Remedy |
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8.06 Calculation of Losses subject to Indemnification |
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8.07 One Recovery |
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8.08 Duty To Mitigate |
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8.09 Purchaser Cooperation |
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8.10 Continuance of Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification |
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8.11 Double-Take Joinder |
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ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS |
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9.01 Additional Actions and Documents |
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9.02 Expenses and Corrective Actions |
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9.03 Notices |
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9.04 Waiver |
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9.05 Benefit and Assignment |
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9.06 Severability |
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9.07 Governing Law |
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9.08 Language |
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9.09 Signature in Counterparts |
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9.10 Construction |
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9.11 Currency |
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9.12 Incorporation of Exhibits, Disclosure Schedule and Schedules |
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9.13 Sellers’ Representative |
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9.14 Specific Performance |
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9.15 Arbitration |
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9.16 Entire Agreement; Amendment |
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THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated as of December 24, 2007, by and among Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins, Desjardins capital de développement Montréal
metropolitain Ouest et Nord du Québec inc., BDC Capital Inc., Ventures West 8 Limited Partnership,
Capvest Equities Inc. (each a “Significant Shareholder”), Veba-Dev, Inc., 3055810 Nova Scotia
Holding Company, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (each a
“Minority Interest Shareholder” and collectively with the Significant Shareholders, the “Sellers”),
Timespring Software Corporation, Double-Take Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Double-Take”), and Double-Take Software Canada Inc., a Canadian corporation (the “Purchaser”) and
a direct subsidiary of Double-Take.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Sellers own all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the “Common Shares”)
and class A preferred shares (the “Preferred Shares”, and collectively with the Common Shares, the
"Shares”) of TimeSpring Software Corporation, a corporation incorporated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the “Company”);
WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Sellers and the Sellers desire to sell,
assign and transfer to the Purchaser the Shares, which transfer shall cause the Purchaser to be the
sole owner of the Company, all for the Purchase Price and subject to the terms, conditions and
exclusions hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Sellers have agreed that the Purchase Price (defined herein)
per Common Share is $0.0001 (the “Common Share Price”) and that the Purchase Price per Preferred
Share is $0.47713 which prices have been determined by the Sellers based on the existing
liquidation preferences in the Company’s certificate of incorporation which, based on the Purchase
Price, would result in the holders of Common Shares receiving no consideration in connection with
the sale of the Company pursuant to the terms hereof;
WHEREAS, the Significant Shareholders have exercised, to the extent necessary, their
drag-along rights to ensure that all of the Shares are sold, assigned and transferred to the
Purchaser on the Closing Date, the whole in accordance with the terms of the Existing Shareholders
Agreement (herein defined);
WHEREAS, the Company has determined that the exercise price for which the Options may be
exercised is, in each case, in excess of the Common Share Price;
WHEREAS, the Company has exercised the mandatory transfer rights necessary to ensure that all
of the Options and Shares issued under the TimeSpring Option Plan are cancelled or transferred to
the Purchaser the whole in accordance with the terms and conditions of TimeSpring Option Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Sellers agree that a portion of the Purchase Price shall be
used to repay certain loans of the Company owed to the Significant Shareholders and to Veba-Dev
Inc.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Appendix A sets forth a list of certain defined terms used in this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
2.01 Sale and Delivery of Shares
On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, each Seller agrees to sell to the Purchaser,
and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from each Seller, the Shares set forth opposite each Seller’s
name on Exhibit A hereto for the Purchase Price set forth opposite each Seller’s name on
Exhibit A hereto, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.03 and Section 2.04.
2.02 Share Purchase Price
As consideration for the purchase and sale of the Shares and payment of the Funded
Indebtedness, Purchaser shall pay Sellers by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to each
Seller into the accounts designated in writing by the Sellers as shown on Exhibit A, the
following sums (the “Purchase Price”):
(a) Closing Cash Payments. Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000 ) plus the amount of the
Net Operating Costs through Closing plus the amount of the Initial Working Capital Adjustment
Payment (if any and as provided below), less the amount of the Funded Indebtedness (the “Initial
Purchase Price”) in cash. Of this amount, One Million Two Hundred Thousand ($1,200,000) (the
“Escrow Amount”) shall be paid to the Escrow Agent and shall be held in escrow for a period of
twenty-four (24) months following the Closing Date as security for the indemnification obligations
of the Sellers set forth in Section 8.02, and Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000) (the “SR&ED Escrow
Amount”) shall be paid to the Escrow Agent and shall be held in escrow until the receipt of the
SR&ED Cheque(s) with respect to the SR&ED Credit as security for the indemnification obligations of
the Significant Shareholders with respect to the SR&ED Credit, as set forth in Section 8.02. The
Escrow Amount and the SR&ED Escrow Amount shall be governed by the terms and conditions of an Escrow Agreement by and among
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the Significant Shareholders, Purchaser, Double-Take Software Canada, Inc. and Computershare
(the “Escrow Agent”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C;
(b) Payment of Funded Indebtedness. All Funded Indebtedness shall be paid in cash by
the Purchaser to the creditors thereof, as set forth in Exhibit B, at Closing; and
(c) Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment. The amount, if any, determined pursuant
to Section 2.04 below within the time frame set forth therein.
2.03 Closing Purchase Price Adjustment
(a) At least five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, the Significant Shareholders shall
deliver to Purchaser a statement setting forth in good faith the value of the Working Capital,
estimated as of the Closing Date (the “Estimated Working Capital Statement”) in a form
substantially similar to Exhibit G.
(b) At the Closing, the Significant Shareholders shall provide Purchaser with a notice that
includes the Significant Shareholders’ determination of the “Initial Working Capital Adjustment
Payment”, which shall equal the difference, if any, between (x) the amount of the Working Capital,
as reflected on the Estimated Working Capital Statement, minus (y) the Target Working Capital. If
the Initial Working Capital Adjustment Payment is a positive amount, then the Initial Purchase
Price to be paid by the Purchaser at Closing shall be increased by the amount of the Initial
Working Capital Adjustment Payment. If the Initial Working Capital Adjustment Payment is a negative
amount, then the Initial Purchase Price to be paid by the Purchaser at Closing shall be reduced by
the amount of the Initial Working Capital Adjustment Payment.
2.04 Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment
(a) The Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to the Sellers’ Representative, as promptly as
practical, but no later than sixty (60) days after the Closing, a balance sheet of the Company at
the Closing Date (the “Closing Date Balance Sheet”), a calculation of the Closing Net Working
Capital derived from the Closing Date Balance Sheet (and in a manner consistent with Section 2.03
(a)) a notice setting forth the Purchaser’s determination of the Post-Closing Purchase Price
Adjustment (the “Closing Net Working Capital Statement”), all of which shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with the Company’s past practices (which past
practices shall include any year end adjustments made by the Company or required by the Company’s
auditors in previous years). The Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment shall be calculated in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.04.
(b) The Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment shall be equal to the difference, if any,
between (x) the amount of the Closing Net Working Capital, as reflected on the Closing Net Working
Capital Statement, minus (y) the amount of the Working Capital (positive or negative), as reflected
in the Estimated Working Capital Statement (the “Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment”). If the
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment is negative, the Significant Shareholders shall pay to the
Purchaser the amount of such difference and if the Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment is
positive, the Purchaser shall pay to the Significant Shareholders the amount of such difference in
accordance with Sections 2.04 (e) and (f).
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(c) Following receipt of the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the calculation of the
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment, the Significant Shareholders will be afforded a period of
thirty (30) days to review the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Closing Net Working Capital
Statement (the “Review Period”). The Significant Shareholders shall be deemed to have accepted the
Closing Net Working Capital Statement and the Closing Date Balance Sheet unless, prior to the
expiration of the Review Period, the Sellers’ Representative delivers to the Purchaser written
notice setting forth reasonable detail on the amount (if any) and nature of those items in the
Closing Net Working Capital Statement and the Closing Date Balance Sheet that the Significant
Shareholders dispute, in which case the Closing Net Working Capital Statement and the Closing Date
Balance Sheet to the extent not affected by the disputed items, will be deemed to be accepted, and
the items identified by the Significant Shareholders shall be deemed to be in dispute and will be
handled in accordance with Section (d) below. In order to permit the Significant Shareholders to
effectively review the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Closing Net Working Capital Statement,
the Purchaser shall promptly, upon written request of the Sellers’ Representative, provide copies
of all relevant accounting worksheets and documentation of the Purchaser used in connection with
the preparation of such documents and amounts.
(d) Within a further period of thirty (30) days from the end of the Review Period, the parties
will attempt to resolve in good faith any disputed items. Failing such resolution, the unresolved
disputed items will be referred for final binding resolution to KPMG LLP (or, if it refuses such
mandate, Ernst & Young, if it refuses such mandate BDO Dunwoody LLP, and if all three refuse, to a
nationally recognized, independent accounting firm) (the “Accounting Referee”). The Accounting
Referee shall be directed to issue a decision within forty-five (45) days of submission of the
unresolved disputed items to the Accounting Referee. The unresolved disputed items (if any)
relating to the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Closing Net Working Capital Statement, will be
deemed to be as determined by the Accounting Referee in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner
consistent with the Company’s past practices (which past practices shall include any year end
adjustments made by the Company or required by the Company’s auditors in previous years). If the
Sellers’ Representative’s calculation of the disputed item was incorrect by more than 20%, the
Significant Shareholders shall bear the full cost of the determination by the Accounting Referee,
otherwise such costs shall be equally paid by the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Significant
Shareholders on the other hand. The decision of the Accounting Referee shall be final and binding
and shall not be subject to appeal or challenge for any reason (other than gross negligence, fraud
or willful misconduct).
(e) Within five (5) business days after the determination of the Post-Closing Purchase Price
Adjustment, the Significant Shareholders shall pay to the Purchaser, or the Purchaser shall pay to
the Significant Shareholders, as the case may be, the net amount of any adjustment to the Initial
Purchase Price required pursuant to Section 2.04(b).
(f) Any payments pursuant to this Section 2.04(b) shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts designated in writing at least five (5) business days
prior to such payment by the Sellers’ Representative or the Purchaser, as the case may be.
Payments shall bear interest ninety (90) days after the Closing through the date of payment at the
rate of interest publicly announced by Bank of Montreal or any successor thereto in Montreal,
Quebec from time to time as its prime rate for Canadian dollar loans from the Closing to the date
of payment plus two percent (2%).
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2.05 Cancellation of Options; Completion of Audit
(a) The Company shall have taken all actions necessary to cancel all outstanding Stock Options
without any further liability to the Company as of the Closing Date, including without limitation,
by sending any notices required by the Employee Stock Option Plan of TimeSpring Software, Inc. (the
“TimeSpring Option Plan”).
(b) The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser the signed audit report for the year
ended December 31, 2006 as certified by Deloitte & Touche, independent public accountants, in no
event later than five (5) business days prior to the Closing Date.
2.06 Non-Resident Withholding Tax
Each Non-Resident Seller hereby represents and warrants that he shall comply with the
provisions and requirements of section 116 of the ITA, and sections 1097 and following of the QTA.
“QTA” means the Taxation Act (Quebec), R.S.Q., c.I-3, as amended, and the regulations thereunder,
including any notice or announcement by the Minister of Finance (Quebec) or Revenue Quebec which
may result in an amendment.
In respect of the Seller Price, the Purchaser shall withhold as follows:
(a) | If, prior to the date hereof, the Non-Resident Seller has not delivered to the Purchaser a certificate issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) under subsection 116(2) of the ITA (a “116(2) Certificate”) in a form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel, then the Purchaser is entitled to and shall withhold from the Seller Price an amount equal to 25% of the Seller Price; | ||
(b) | If, prior to the 30th day of the month following the month in which this Agreement is executed (subject to Section 2.06 (e) and Section 2.06 (k), the “Remittance Date”), the Non-Resident Seller delivers to the Purchaser a certificate of compliance issued by the CRA under subsection 116(4) of the ITA (a “116(4) Certificate”) in a form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel in the amount of the Seller Price, then the Purchaser shall pay forthwith to the Non-Resident Seller the amount withheld pursuant to Section 2.06 (a); | ||
(c) | If, prior to the Remittance Date, the Non-Resident Seller has delivered to the Purchaser a 116(2) Certificate in a form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel, then the Purchaser shall: |
(i) | pay to the Non-Resident Seller 25% of the amount of the certificate limit set out in the 116(2) Certificate; and | ||
(ii) | continue to withhold the balance, if any of the amount withheld pursuant to Section 2.06 (a). |
(d) | If neither a 116(4) Certificate nor a 116(2) Certificate with a certificate limit equal to the Seller Price has been delivered to the Purchaser prior to the Remittance |
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Date, then the Purchaser shall (subject to Section 2.06 (e)) remit the amount withheld in accordance with Section 2.06 (a) or Section 2.06 (c), as the case may be, to the Receiver General of Canada; | |||
(e) | If neither a 116(4) Certificate, nor a 116(2) Certificate with a certificate limit equal to the Seller Price has been delivered to the Purchaser by the Non-Resident Seller prior to the Remittance Date but the Non-Resident Seller delivers an abeyance letter issued by the CRA to the Purchaser prior to the Remittance Date in form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel, stating that no interest or penalty will be levied on the amount withheld by the Purchaser pending the issuance of the 116(4) Certificate or 116(2) Certificate, as the case may be (the “Federal Abeyance Letter”), then in such circumstances the Remittance Date shall, for the purposes of Section 2.06 (b), 2.06 (c), and 2.06 (d), mean the date that is the earlier of (i) , if any, provided for in the Federal Abeyance Letter and (ii) the date on which the CRA revokes the Letter and/or requests that the amount withheld be remitted; | ||
(f) | Forthwith following a written request from the Non-Resident Seller, the Purchaser shall pay out from an amount withheld in accordance with Section 2.06 (a) or Section 2.06 (c) above to the Receiver General of Canada the amount set out in the request; |
In respect of the Seller Price on the date hereof, the Purchaser shall also withhold as follows:
(g) | If, prior to the date hereof, the Non-Resident Seller has not delivered to the Purchaser a certificate issued by the Ministère du Revenu du Québec (the “MRQ”) under subsection 1098 of the QTA (a “1098 Certificate”) in a form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel, then the Purchaser is entitled to and shall withhold from the Seller Price an amount equal to 12% of the Seller Price; | ||
(h) | If, prior to the Remittance Date, the Non-Resident Seller delivers to the Purchaser a certificate of compliance issued by the MRQ under subsection 1100 of the QTA (a “1100 Certificate”) in a form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel, then the Purchaser shall pay forthwith to the Non-Resident Seller the amount withheld pursuant to Section 2.06 (g); | ||
(i) | If, prior to the Remittance Date, the Non-Resident Seller has delivered to the Purchaser a 1098 Certificate in a form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel, then the Purchaser shall: |
(i) | pay to the Non-Resident Seller 12% of the amount of the certificate limit set out in the 1098 Certificate; and | ||
(ii) | continue to withhold the balance, if any of the amount withheld pursuant to Section 2.06 (g). |
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(j) | If neither a 1100 Certificate nor a 1098 Certificate with a certificate limit equal to the Seller Price has been delivered to the Purchaser by the Non-Resident Seller prior to the Remittance Date, then the Purchaser shall (subject to Section 2.06 (k)) remit the amount withheld in accordance with Section 2.06 (g) or Section 2.06 (i), as the case may be, to the MRQ; | ||
(k) | If neither a 1100 Certificate nor a 1098 Certificate with a certificate limit equal to the Seller Price has been delivered to the Purchaser by the Non-Resident Seller prior to the Remittance Date but the Non-Resident Seller delivers an abeyance letter issued by the MRQ to the Purchaser prior to the Remittance Date in form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser and its counsel, stating that no interest or penalty will be levied on the amount withheld by the Purchaser pending the issuance of either a 1100 Certificate or a 1098 Certificate, as the case may be (the “Provincial Abeyance Letter”), then the Remittance Date shall, for the purposes of Sections 2.06 (h), 2.06 (i) and 2.06 (j), mean the date that is the earlier of (i), if any, provided for in the Provincial Abeyance Letter and (ii) the ate that the MRQ revokes the Letter and/or requests that the amount withheld be remitted.. | ||
(l) | Forthwith following a written request from the Non-Resident Seller, the Purchaser shall pay out from an amount withheld in accordance with Section 2.06 (g) or 2.06 (i) above to the MRQ the amount set out in the request. |
ARTICLE 3
CLOSING
3.01 Closing
(a) The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares contemplated hereby (the “Closing”)
shall be held at the Montreal, Quebec offices of Osler, Xxxxxx and Harcourt LLP at 10:00 a.m.,
Montreal time, on the date hereof. The date of the Closing is referred to herein as the “Closing
Date”. The effective time of the transfer of the Shares shall be deemed to have been as of the
close of business, Montréal time, on the Closing Date.
(b) At the Closing, the Sellers shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser:
(i) the share certificates representing the Shares, together with stock
powers executed in blank;
(ii) an opinion from Sellers’ legal counsel addressed to the Purchaser,
dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C;
(iii) Payoff Letters, authorization(s) to remove Encumbrance filings and any
security interests in respect of Funded Indebtedness, releases of Seller
guaranties, removal of Sellers and their agents from the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ bank accounts;
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(iv) the Escrow Agreement executed by each Seller and the Escrow Agent;
(v) the Consents; and
(vi) the agreement terminating the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement.
(c) | At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser: |
(i) certificates duly executed by the secretary or any assistant secretary
of the Company and each Subsidiary, dated as of the Closing, attaching, and
certifying on behalf of the Company and each Subsidiary as complete and
correct, copies of the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, as in effect as of the Closing;
(ii) a certificate of compliance for the Company in Canada certified as of
five (5) business days prior to the Closing Date by the Director appointed
under the CBCA or any of its Deputy Director and the corporate documents of
any Subsidiaries referred to in Section 3.01 of the Disclosure Schedule
showing that the Subsidiaries are in good standing to the satisfaction of
the Purchaser’s counsel;
(iii) a certificate of attestation and good standing for the Company in
Quebec under the Act respecting the legal publicity of sole proprietorships,
partnerships, and legal persons certified as of no later than five (5)
business days prior to the Closing Date by the Enterprise Register;
(iv) all minute books and other organizational books and records of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (including the share certificates for the
Subsidiaries) including the certificates of incorporation, the bylaws and
other organizational documents of the Company and each Subsidiary, each as
in effect as of the Closing;
(v) the written resignations, effective as of the Closing Date or such other
date as the Purchaser may designate, of the officers and directors of the
Company and each Subsidiary as are designated by the Purchaser to resign and
releases of the Company and its Subsidiaries from all liability, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser;
(vi) a certificate duly executed by the secretary or assistant secretary of
the Company, dated as of the Closing, attaching, and certifying on behalf of
the Company as complete and correct, a copy of the resolution of the board
of directors of the company approving the transfer of the Shares to the
Purchaser; and
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(vii) the engagement letter with Deloitte & Touche executed by an authorized
officer of the Company.
(d) At the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Sellers:
(i) a certificate duly executed by the secretary or any assistant secretary
of Double-Take and Purchaser, dated as of the Closing, attaching, and
certifying on behalf of Double-Take as complete and correct copies of the
resolutions of the Board of Directors of Double-Take and Board of Directors
of Purchaser authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by
Double-Take and the Purchaser of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, and certifying on behalf of Double-Take and the
Purchaser the incumbency of each officer of Double-Take and the Purchaser
executing this Agreement or any document delivered in connection with the
Closing;
(ii) the Escrow Agreement executed by the Purchaser and Double-Take;
(iii) the Initial Purchase Price paid by the Purchaser by wire transfer of
immediately available funds as follows: (A) the Escrow Amount and the SR&D
Escrow Amount shall be paid to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 2.02(a);
and (B) the balance of the Initial Purchase Price to the account or accounts
specified by the Sellers on Exhibit A; and
(iv) the Funded Indebtedness shall be repaid in full.
ARTICLE 4
INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
Each Seller, as to himself, represents and warrants to the Purchaser and Double-Take, as
follows:
4.01 Authorization and ownership of Shares
The Seller has the legal right, capacity, power and authority to enter into and perform the
terms of this Agreement, the agreements, and instruments referred to herein, and the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and of the
agreements and instruments called for hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by such agreements and instruments have been duly and validly authorized by
all necessary actions of the Seller. The Seller has complied with the terms of the Existing
Shareholders’ Agreement, including the provisions of Section 9 thereof, and has agreed to waive the
provisions of Section 9.2.2 to the extent that they conflict with this Agreement. The Drag-Along
Right (as defined in the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement) has been validly effected and no
shareholder has informed or notified the Seller that such shareholder has objected to, or
threatened to object to, the use of the such Drag Along Right. This Agreement constitutes, and upon
execution and delivery each other agreement and instrument will
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constitute, a valid and binding agreement and obligation of the Seller, enforceable in
accordance with its terms subject to any limitations imposed by Law. Except as set forth on
Section 4.01 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Seller is not a non resident person within the
meaning of the ITA.
The Shares as set forth on Exhibit A are owned beneficially and of record by the Seller, free
and clear of all Encumbrances. Upon delivery of payment for the Shares as provided herein, the
Purchaser will acquire good and valid title to the Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances,
other than Encumbrances arising from acts of the Purchaser or Double-Take.
4.02 Absence of Conflicts; Consents
(a) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, or compliance by the Seller with any of the provisions hereof or
thereof will not conflict with, or result in any (i) violation or default with respect to the
articles of incorporation and by-laws or comparable organizational documents of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, or (ii) material violation of or material default (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination or cancellation under any provision of
(a) any Material Contract or Permit to which any of the Seller is a party or by which any of the
properties or assets of the Seller are bound; (b) any Order of any Governmental Authority
applicable to the Seller, by which any of the material properties or assets of the Seller, are
bound; or (c) any applicable Law applicable to the Seller.
(b) Except as disclosed in Section 4.02(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, no consent,
waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or notification
to, any Person or Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Seller in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the compliance by the Seller with any of the
provisions hereof, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.03 Finder’s/Broker’s Fees.
Except for Strategic Advisory Services International, LLC, to whom payments constitute Company
Transaction Expenses, no Person acted, directly or indirectly, as broker, finder or financial
advisor for the Sellers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no
Person, claiming through the Sellers, is or will be entitled to any fee or commission or like
payment in respect thereof.
4.04 Bankruptcy
There has not been filed any petition or application, or any Proceeding commenced which has
not been discharged, by or against any Seller or any assets of any Seller, or, to the Seller’s
Knowledge, the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to any assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary, under any Law relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, compromise,
arrangements, insolvency, readjustment of debt or creditors’ rights, and no assignment has been
made by any Seller, or to the Seller’s Knowledge, the Company or any Subsidiary, for the benefit of
creditors.
4.05 Full Disclosure
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No representation or warranty made by such Seller in this Agreement contains any untrue
statement of a material fact and such Seller has not omitted to state any material fact necessary
to make any of the representations or warranties made by the Sellers in this Agreement not
misleading to the Purchaser.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser and Double-Take, subject to the specific
qualifications and limitations set forth herein, and, except as set forth in the Disclosure
Schedule, as follows, and the Significant Shareholders agree, as further set forth in and
subject to Article 8 hereof, to indemnify the Purchaser and Double-Take to the extent that such
representation and warranties of the Company contained herein are not true and correct:
5.01 Corporate Existence; Good Standing.
The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all necessary corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is
duly qualified to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the properties
owned or leased by it or in which the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified,
except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing, as the case may be, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Section 5.01 of the Disclosure
Schedule sets forth all jurisdictions in which the Company is qualified to do business. The
Company is not a “reporting issuer” pursuant to the Securities Act (Quebec).
5.02 Subsidiaries
(a) Except as set forth on Section 5.02(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has
no Subsidiaries and the Company does not control, directly or indirectly, or have any direct or
indirect equity interests in any Person.
(b) Section 5.02(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name of each Subsidiary,
and, with respect to each Subsidiary, the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized,
the jurisdictions, if any, in which it is qualified to do business, the number of shares of its
authorized share capital, the number and class of shares thereof issued and outstanding, the names
of all shareholders or other equity owners and the number of shares owned by each shareholder or
the amount of equity owned by each equity owner. Each Subsidiary is a duly organized and validly
existing corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and is duly qualified or
authorized to do business as a foreign corporation or entity and is in good standing under the laws
of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties
requires such qualification or authorization, except where the failure to be so qualified,
authorized or in good standing has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary has all requisite corporate or entity power and authority to own
its properties and carry on its business as presently conducted. The outstanding
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shares or equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and were not issued in violation of any purchase or call option, right of first
refusal, subscription right, preemptive right or any similar right. All equity interests of each
Subsidiary are owned, free and clear of any and all Liens. There is no existing option, warrant,
call, right or Contract to which any Subsidiary is a party requiring, and there are no convertible
securities of any Subsidiary outstanding which upon conversion would require, the issuance of any
shares or other equity interests of any Subsidiary or other securities convertible into shares or
other equity interests of any Subsidiary. There are no material restrictions, other than those
imposed by applicable corporate law, on the ability of any Subsidiary to make distributions of cash
to their respective equity holders.
5.03 Absence of Conflicts; Consents
(a) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, or compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof or
thereof will not conflict with, or result in any (i) material violation of or material default
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination or
cancellation under any provision of (a) any Material Contract or Permit to which any of the Company
or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary are bound; (b) any Order of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any
Subsidiary, by which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, are bound;
or (c) any applicable Law applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary.
(b) Except as disclosed in Section 5.03(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, no consent,
waiver, approval, Order, Permit or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or notification
to, any Person or Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Company or any Subsidiary
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the compliance by the Company with
any of the provisions hereof, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.04 Ownership; Capitalization; Options
Except as disclosed in Section 5.04 of the Disclosure Schedule:
(a) The Company’s authorized share capital consists solely of an unlimited number of Common
Shares (the “Common Shares”) and an unlimited number of Class A preferred shares (the “Preferred
Shares”), all without par value. 1,794,902 Common Shares are issued and outstanding and 6,900,261
Preferred Shares are issued or outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company
are owned by the Sellers and in the respective amounts set forth on Exhibit A and have been
duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in this
Section 5.04, there are no shares or securities or other rights convertible or exchangeable into or
exercisable for shares of the Company or such securities or other rights (which term, for purposes
of this Agreement, will be deemed to include “phantom” stock or other commitments that provide any
right to receive value or benefits similar to such shares, securities, profit participations or
other rights). There are no irrevocable proxies
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or other contracts or understandings to which the Company or any Seller is a party or is bound
with respect to the consent of any Shares or other equity interests of the Company.
(b) All Shares are not subject to any pre-emptive rights.
(c) There are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to issue, sell, or otherwise transfer to any Person, or to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire
from any Person, any shares or securities or other rights convertible or exchangeable into or
exercisable for shares of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
(d) Other than the issuance of Shares upon exercise of Stock Options, since January 1, 2007
and through the date of this Agreement, the Company has not declared or paid any dividend or
distribution in respect of any of the Company’s securities, and neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has issued, sold, repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of the Company’s
securities, and their respective boards of directors have not authorized any of the foregoing.
(e) Each Employee Plan providing for the grant of Shares or of awards denominated in, or
otherwise measured by reference to, shares of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (each, a
“Company Stock Award Plan”) is set forth (and identified as a Company Stock Award Plan) in
Section 5.04 (e) of the Disclosure Schedule. The Company has provided to Purchaser correct
and complete copies of all Company Stock Award Plans and all forms of options and other stock-based
awards (including award agreements) issued under such Company Stock Award Plans all of which have
been terminated, without further obligation owing to the holders thereof, prior to the Closing Date
in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Award Plan.
(f) The Shares are not subject to any voting trust agreement or other contract, agreement,
arrangement, commitment or understanding, including any such agreement, arrangement, commitment or
understanding restricting or otherwise relating to the voting, dividend rates or disposition of the
Shares.
5.05 Absence of Certain Changes
Since August 31 2007, no event or circumstance has occurred, that individually or in the
aggregate with another event or circumstance of a similar nature, has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Section 5.05 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each Subsidiary has conducted its business only in the
Ordinary Course of Business. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as disclosed
in Section 5.05 of the Disclosure Schedule, with specific reference to the subsections
hereof, since August 31, 2007:
(a) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has issued any shares or member interests, bonds or
other corporate securities or debt instruments, granted any options, warrants or other rights
calling for the issuance thereof, or borrowed any funds;
(b) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has declared or made payment of, or set aside for
payment, any dividends or distributions of any Assets, or purchased, redeemed or
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otherwise acquired any of its share capital, any securities convertible into shares, or any
other securities;
(c) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has increased the rate of compensation payable, or
to become payable, to any of its officers, directors or employees over the rate being paid to them
on August 31, 2007, or agreed to increase the coverage or benefits available under any Employee
Benefit Plan;
(d) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made any accrual or arrangement for or payment
of bonuses or deferred or special compensation of any kind to any director, officer or employee
other than in accordance with bonuses in effect prior to and relating solely to the period ended
December 31, 2006 and reflected on the Audited Financial Statements as a current liability;
(e) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has directly or indirectly paid any severance or
termination pay to any officer or employee;
(f) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made capital expenditures aggregating more than
$20,000, or entered into commitments therefore;
(g) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made any change in any method of accounting or
accounting practice;
(h) there has not been any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance,
with respect to the property and assets of the Company or any Subsidiary having a replacement cost
of more than $5,000 for any single loss or $15,000 for all such losses;
(i) there has not been any change by the Company or any Subsidiary in Tax reporting
principles, methods or policies;
(j) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made or rescinded any election relating to
Taxes or settled or compromised any claim relating to Taxes;
(k) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has failed to promptly pay and discharge current
liabilities except where disputed in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Companies have
established appropriate reserves therefore, consistent with past practices and in accordance with
GAAP;
(l) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made any loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any Person or paid any fees or expenses to any Seller or any
director, officer, partner, shareholder or Affiliate of any Seller;
(m) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has (i) mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated or
subjected to any Lien any of its assets, or (ii) acquired any assets or sold, assigned,
transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of any assets of either Company or any
Subsidiary, except, in the case of clause (ii), for assets acquired, sold, assigned, transferred,
conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(n) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has discharged or satisfied any Lien, or paid any
Liability, except in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(o) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has canceled or compromised any debt or claim or
amended, canceled, terminated, relinquished, waived or released any contract or right except in the
Ordinary Course of Business and which, in the aggregate, would not be material to the Companies and
the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(p) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has issued, created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed,
endorsed or otherwise become liable or responsible with respect to (whether directly, contingently,
or otherwise) any Indebtedness;
(q) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has granted any license or sublicense of any rights
under or with respect to any Intellectual Property except in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(r) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has instituted or settled any Legal Proceeding; or
(s) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made an agreement or otherwise committed to do
anything set forth in this Section 5.05
5.06 Affiliate Transactions.
Except as set forth on Section 5.06 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither any present
or former officer, employee, director or shareholder of the Company or any Subsidiary, nor any
Affiliates of the officers, employees, directors or shareholders (a) is currently a party to any
transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any agreement
providing for the employment of, furnishing of services by, rental of assets from or to, provision
of any loan guaranty or extension of credit to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to, any of
the officers, employees, directors, shareholders or Affiliates or (b) has any claim against the
Company or any Subsidiary.
5.07 Contracts
(a) Section 5.07(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all Material Contracts. The
Company and each Subsidiary has performed, in all material respects, all the obligations under each
Material Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound at the date hereof. Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of, and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the parties thereto other than the Company or such Subsidiary, is legally
enforceable against the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with its terms, provided, however,
such representation as to enforceability is subject to limitations in respect of bankruptcy and
other laws applicable to creditor’s rights and general principles of equity. The are no Contracts,
other than the Material Contracts, involving payments to or by the Company or any Subsidiary
aggregating in excess of $25,000 during the term of the Contract.
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(b) All necessary governmental approvals with respect to any Material Contract to be obtained
by the Company or any Subsidiary have been obtained, all necessary filings or registrations
therefore to be made by the Company or any Subsidiary have been made, and there are no pending or
threatened cancellations thereof, and there are no outstanding disputes thereunder other than
failures, cancellations or disputes which would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. With respect
to each such Material Contract: (i) no party is in material breach or default, and no event has
occurred that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a material breach or default, or permit
termination, modification, or acceleration, under the Contract, and (ii) no party has repudiated or
threatened to repudiate any material provision of the Contract.
(c) Except as specified on Section 5.07(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any oral or written (i) Contract for the employment,
severance or retention of or payment to, of any officer, employee, consultant or independent
contractor; (ii) Contract for any severance, bonus, executive or deferred compensation, profit
sharing, pension or retirement, stock option or stock purchase, hospitalization, insurance, medical
reimbursement or other plan, agreement or arrangement or practice providing employee or executive
benefits to any officer or employee or former officer or former employee; (iii) Contract involving
any partnership or joint venture agreement; (iv) Contract for any lease or other occupancy or use
agreements, oral or written, nor has the Company granted any options, rights of first refusal or
security or other interests other than Permitted Encumbrances in or relating to the Assets or the
business of the Company or the Subsidiaries; (v) Contract for any agreements giving any party the
right to renegotiate or require a reduction in price or refund of payments previously made in
connection with the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) distributor, dealer,
manufacturer’s representative, sales agency, advertising, property management or brokerage
Contract; (vii) Contract for the future purchase of materials, supplies, services, merchandise or
equipment involving payments of more than $10,000 over its remaining term (including, without
limitation, periods covered by any option to renew by either party); (viii) Contract for the
acquisition or sale of any real estate or other material Assets (whether by merger, purchase of
stock or Assets or otherwise); (ix) Contract for the sale of any of its material Assets or the
grant of any preferential rights to purchase any of its material Assets or rights; (x) Contract
which contains any provisions requiring the Company or any Subsidiary to guaranty or indemnify any
other party thereto other than indemnification for the use of certain licensed trademarks and
related intellectual property of customers necessary to conduct its business operations in the
Ordinary Course of Business; (xi) joint venture Contract or other Contract involving the sharing of
profits or proprietary information of the Company; (xii) any Contract (including, without
limitation, Contract not to compete and exclusivity Contract) that reasonably could be interpreted
to impose any material restriction on the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s ability to conduct its
business operations in the Ordinary Course of Business; or (xiii) Contract under which the Company
or any Subsidiary has made cash advances.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.05(c), the Company and its Subsidiaries have no Loss
Contracts and have no outstanding bids for potential customer Contracts that could result in a Loss
Contract.
(e) Schedule 5.05(d) sets forth a true, accurate and complete list as of October 31, 2007 of
all warranty, maintenance, repair, support and service obligations of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries with respect to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ products and services.
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5.08 Real Property
(a) Section 5.08(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all real (immovable)
property owned or leased by the Company and any Subsidiary (the “Real Property”) and indicates the
date of each lease, the parties thereto and all amendments thereto. The operation of the
properties and business of the Company in the manner in which they are now and have been operated
does not violate any zoning ordinances, municipal regulations, or other requirements of Laws,
except for any violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate with any such other
violations, be and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) To the Knowledge of the Company, except as set forth on Section 5.08(b) of the
Disclosure Schedule and for the Permitted Encumbrances, no restrictive covenants, easements,
servitudes, rights-of-way, or regulations of record materially impair the uses of the Real Property
of the Company for the purposes for which they are now operated. Except as set forth on
Section 5.08(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, all leases of Real Property by the Company or any
Subsidiary are legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and will remain
legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms immediately
following the Closing Date. Except as set forth on Section 5.08 (b) of the Disclosure
Schedule, all facilities leased by the Company or any Subsidiary have received Permits of any
Governmental Authority required in connection with the operation thereof and have been operated and
maintained in all material respects in accordance with all requirements of Laws, other than
failures to comply which would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on
Section 5.08(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and any Subsidiary have a valid
lease interest in, the Real Property purported to be leased by them free and clear of all Liens
other than those reflected in the Financial Statements and Permitted Encumbrances.
(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in material default under any lease and there
does not exist under any lease any material default of any other party or any event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default. No party to any such lease
has exercised any termination rights with respect thereto. There does not exist any actual,
threatened or contemplated condemnation that affects any Real Property or any part thereof, and
none of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Seller has received any notice, oral or written, of the
intention of any Governmental Authority or other Person to take or use all or any part thereof.
None of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Seller has received any notice from any insurance
company that has issued a policy with respect to any Real Property requiring performance of any
structural or other repairs or alterations to such Real Property. The Real Property and the
buildings, fixtures and improvements thereon are suitable for the uses for which the Company and
the Subsidiary currently uses them or currently intends to use them and do not contain any
asbestos.
5.09 Personal Property; Assets Used in the Business
(a) Except as set forth on Section 5.09 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
the Subsidiaries have good, valid and marketable title to all Assets purported to be owned by them,
free and clear of all Liens other than those referred to in the Financial Statements (or the notes
thereto) and Permitted Encumbrances. All material personal (movable) property of the Company and
the Subsidiaries used in their business is in good operating condition and repair
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(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and is suitable and adequate for the uses for which the
Company and the Subsidiaries currently use it. All leases and licensing agreements for personal
(movable) property (“Personal Property Leases”) leased or licensed by the Company and the
Subsidiaries are valid and in full force and effect, as to the Company and the Subsidiaries, and
those involving annual payments in excess of $25,000 are listed on Section 5.09 of the
Disclosure Schedule. All such leased personal (moveable) property is in good operating
condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and is suitable and adequate for the uses
for which the Company and the Subsidiaries currently use it. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under the Personal Property
Leases. The Assets are sufficient to conduct the Business in substantially the same manner as the
Business was conducted in the 6 month period preceding the Closing Date. No person or Governmental
Authority has an option to purchase, right of first refusal or other similar right with respect to
all or any part of such Assets other than in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(b) No other party is in default thereof, and no party to any Personal Property Lease has
exercised any termination rights with respect thereto.
5.10 Financial Statements
(a) The Company has provided to the Purchaser and has included in Section 5.10 of the
Disclosure Schedule:
(i) the audited balance sheet of the Company as of the end of the years ending
December 31, 2005 and 2006 and the audited combined statements of income, stockholders’
equity and cash flow for those periods, including the notes relating thereto, (the “Audited
Financial Statements”), certified by Deloitte & Touche, independent public accountants; and
(ii) the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of August 31, 2007 (the “Balance
Sheet”) and the related unaudited statement of income for the eight-month period then ended
prepared on a basis consistent, except as disclosed in Section 5.10 of the Disclosure
Schedule, with the financial statements described in clause (i) (the “Interim Financial
Statements”); except for notes to such financial statements.
(b) All such Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects, in accordance with
GAAP, (except as noted above), the financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated and
the results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company for the periods then
ended. The Financial Statements described in this Section 5.08 have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied (except to the extent set forth above and in the notes to such
financial statements). True and correct copies of all letters (or those portions thereof relating
to the Company) received from the independent chartered accountants of the Company since January 1,
2005 pertaining to the internal accounting systems or controls of the Company have been furnished
to the Purchaser or Double Take.
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5.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities
Except to the extent (a) reflected or reserved against in the Balance Sheet, or (b) incurred
in the Ordinary Course of Business after the date of the Balance Sheet and either discharged prior
to Closing or described on Section 5.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise (including without limitation as guarantor or otherwise with
respect to obligations of others) other than performance obligations with respect to the Company’s
or its Subsidiaries’ Contracts which obligations have not had, and would not reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.12 Employee Matters
Except as set forth on Section 5.12 of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company or
any Subsidiaries has made any Contract with any labor union or employee association nor made
commitments to or conducted negotiations with any labor union or employee association with respect
to any future agreements and, except as set forth on Section 5.12 of the Disclosure
Schedule, there are no current attempts to organize or establish any labor union or employee
association with respect to any employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, nor is there any
certification of any such union with regard to a bargaining unit. There are no grievances against
the Company or any Subsidiary for which the Company or any Subsidiary has received written notice
under any collective agreement. There has been no complaint, grievance, claim, work order or
investigation filed, made or commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of or
affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or its Business pursuant to any applicable employee or
employment Laws and there are no outstanding decisions or settlements or pending settlements under
any such Laws which place any obligation upon the Company or any Subsidiary to do or refrain from
doing any Act or which place a financial obligation upon the Company or any Subsidiary. The
Company and each Subsidiary has paid or accrued all current assessments under all employment Laws
in relation to the Company and such Subsidiary, the Company and each Subsidiary has not been
subject to any special or penalty assessment under any employment Laws which has not been paid and
the workers’ compensation claims experience of the company and the Subsidiaries has not given rise
to or resulted in any surcharge or additional premium being imposed on the Company or any
Subsidiary under any workers’ compensation Laws and there are not currently pending any claims or
investigations with respect to any of the foregoing. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a
party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, or citation by, any Governmental
Authority relating to employees or employment practices. Section 5.12 of the Disclosure
Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of the names of all individuals who are
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary specifying: (i) with respect to the unionized
employees, the rate of hourly pay, whether or not such employee is absent for any reason such as
lay-off, leave of absence or workers’ compensation; and (ii) with respect to salaried employees,
the length of service, age, title, rate of salary and commission or bonus structure for each such
employee. No notice has been received by the Company or any Subsidiary of any complaint filed by
any of the employees against the Company or any Subsidiary claiming that the Company or any
Subsidiary has violated any Laws applicable to employee or human rights, or of any complaints or
proceedings of any kind involving the Company or any Subsidiary or any of the employees of the
Company or any Subsidiary before any labor relations board, except as set forth on Section 5.12
of the Disclosure Schedule. All levies, assessments and penalties made against the Company or
any Subsidiary pursuant to any Laws applicable to workers’ compensation have been paid by the
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Company or any Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been assessed any
levies, assessments or penalties under any such legislation during the past three years. None of
the Company nor any Subsidiary has any outstanding obligation to re-instate any particular
employee. The Company and each Subsidiary has paid all wages, salaries, bonuses and other
remuneration to its employees and independent contractors when due and has made all deductions
required by Law to be made for wages and salaries, which deductions are consistent with past
practices and have been reflected on the books and records of the Company or Subsidiary as the case
may be, in accordance with GAAP and has either remitted same to the respective legally constituted
authorities entitled to receive payment of same or has provided for same in its accounts. The
salaries and bonuses of all employees of the Company and each Subsidiary are paid by the Company or
by such Subsidiary, as the case may be. Except as set forth on Section 5.12 of the Disclosure
Schedule, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not give
rise to any liability of the Company or any Subsidiary for severance pay or termination or
so-called “parachute” benefits.
5.13 Pension and Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 5.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each retirement, pension,
bonus, stock purchase, profit sharing, stock option, stock appreciation, deferred compensation,
retirement savings, severance or termination pay, insurance, medical, hospital, dental, vision
care, drug, sick leave, disability, salary continuation, legal benefits, unemployment benefits,
vacation, incentive or other compensation plan or arrangement or other employee benefit plan that
is maintained or otherwise contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or the
Subsidiaries for the benefit of employees or former employees of the Company or the Subsidiaries
(the “Employee Plans”). Correct and complete copies of the following documents with respect to
each of the Employee Plans have been delivered or made available to Purchaser and Double-Take to
the extent applicable: (i) any plans and related trust documents, insurance contracts or
other funding arrangements, and all amendments thereto; (iii) the most recent actuarial report, if
any; (iv) the most recent IRS determination letter; (v) all correspondence, rulings or opinions
issued by the DOL or the IRS and all material correspondence from the Company to the DOL or the IRS
other than routine reports, returns or other filings within the last three (3) years; (vi) the most
recent summary plan descriptions; and (vii) written summaries of all non-written Employee Plans
(b) Each Employee Plan has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and with the
requirements prescribed by any and all Laws that are applicable to such Employee Plan. Except as
set forth on Section 5.13(b) of the Disclosure Schedule: (a) all contributions to and
payments from each Employee Plan that may have been required to be made in accordance with the
terms of any such Employee Plan, or with the recommendation of the actuary for such Employee Plan,
and, where applicable, with the Laws that govern such Employee Plan, have been made in a timely
manner; (b) no Employee Plan will have any material “unfunded benefit liability” (c) all material
reports, returns and similar documents (including applications for approval of contributions) with
respect to any Employee Plan required to be filed with any Regulatory Authority or distributed to
any Employee Plan participant have been duly filed on a timely basis or distributed; (d) there are
no pending investigations by any Regulatory Authority involving or relating to an Employee Plan,
threatened or pending claims (except for claims for benefits payable in the normal operation of the
Employee Plans), suits or proceedings against the
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Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Employee Plan or assertions of any rights or
claims to benefits under any Employee Plan that could give rise to a liability nor are there any
facts that could give rise to any liability in the event of such investigation, claim, suit or
proceeding; (e) no notice has been received by the Company or any Subsidiary of any complaints or
other proceedings of any kind involving the Company or any Subsidiary or any of the employees of
the Company or any Subsidiary before any pension board or committee relating to any Employee Plan
or to the Company or any Subsidiary; and (f) the assets of each Employee Plan are at least equal to
the liabilities of such Employee Plans based on the actuarial assumptions utilized in the most
recent valuation performed by the actuary for such Employee Plan.
(c) No Employee Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA or is otherwise a Defined Benefit Plan as
defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA (a “Title IV Plan”) and neither the Company nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates ever sponsored, maintained or contributed to a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or that
is otherwise a Defined Benefit Plan as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA. Neither the Company nor
any of its ERISA Affiliates has or has ever had an obligation to contribute to a multiemployer plan
within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(d) The Employee Plans intended to qualify under Section 401 or other tax-favored treatment
under of Subchapter B of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code are so qualified, and any trusts
intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under the Code are so exempt. Nothing has
occurred with respect to the operation of the Employee Plans that could cause the loss of such
qualification or exemption, or the imposition of any liability, penalty or tax under ERISA or the
Code. No event has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Employee Plan subject to
the requirements of Code Section 401(a) that would subject the Company, either directly or by
reason of an ERISA Affiliate of the Company, to any tax, fine, lien, penalty or other liability
imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable Laws. Neither the Company nor any other
“disqualified person” or “party in interest,” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code and Section
3(14) of ERISA, respectively, has engaged in any “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section
4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA, with respect to any Employee Plan, nor have there been
any fiduciary violations under ERISA which could subject the Company (or any officer, director or
employee thereof) to any material penalty or tax under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4971 and
4975 of the Code.
(e) None of the Employee Plans provides for post-employment life or health coverage for any
participant or any beneficiary of a participant, except as may be required under Part 6 of the
Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code or any similar state law and at the
expense of the participant or the participant’s beneficiary.
(f) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall result in (i) any payment becoming due to any current or
former employee; (ii) the provision of any benefits or other rights to any current or former
employee; (iii) the increase, acceleration or provision of any payments, benefits or other rights
to any current or former employee, whether or not any such payment, right or benefit would
constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code; (iv) require any
contributions or payments to fund any obligations under any Company Plan; or (v) result in any
payment that would be non-deductible by virtue of Sections 280G or Sections 4999 of the Code.
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5.14 Legal Compliance; Permits
(a) Except as qualified or as stated elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company and the
Subsidiaries are, and at all times have been in compliance in all material respects with all Laws
applicable to their business, operations or Assets. Except as set forth on Section 5.14(a) of
the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of or
been charged with the violation of any Laws.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is under investigation with respect to the
violation of any Laws and there are no facts or circumstances which could form the basis for any
such violation.
(c) Except as qualified or as stated elsewhere in this Agreement (including, but not limited
to Section 5.28), section 5.12(b) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all licenses,
permits, consents, approvals, franchises and other authorizations under any Law (“Permits”) which
are required for the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as presently
conducted and as presently intended by the Company to be conducted (“Company Permits”).
(d) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default or violation, and no event has
occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or
violation, in any material respect of any term, condition or provision of any Company Permit, and
there are no facts or circumstances which could form the basis for any such default or violation.
There are no Legal Proceedings pending or threatened, relating to the suspension, revocation or
modification of any Company Permit. None of the Company Permits will be impaired or affected by
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.15 Litigation; Disputes
There are no actions, suits, Claims, arbitrations, proceedings or known investigations (“Legal
Proceedings”) pending or threatened against any of the officers, directors or employees of the
Company, with respect to their business activities on behalf of the Company, the Company or any
Subsidiary, or their business, products or Assets, or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement before or by any Governmental Authority nor have there been any such Legal Proceedings in
the past 5 years other than the Legal Proceedings listed at Section 5.15 of the Disclosure
Schedule. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is operating under, subject to or in default
with respect to any order, award, writ, injunction, decree or judgment of Governmental Authority.
5.16 Insurance
(a) Set forth on Section 5.16(a) of the Disclosure Schedule is a list of all insurance
policies and all fidelity bonds held by or applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
setting forth, in respect of each such policy, the policy name, policy number, carrier, term, type
and amount of coverage, deductible and annual premium and for the next-preceding three years
setting forth, in respect of each such policy, the policy name, the policy number, carrier and
term. Section 5.16(a) of the Disclosure Schedule also sets forth a schedule of insurable
losses incurred, claims made, and recoveries paid in the last three years.
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(b) Except as set forth on Section 5.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, no event
relating to the Company or any Subsidiary has occurred which would reasonably be expected to result
in a retroactive upward adjustment in premiums under any such insurance policies or which would
reasonably be expected to result in a prospective upward adjustment in such premiums. With respect
to each such current insurance policy: (a) the policy is legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and
in full force and effect in all material respects; (b) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any other party to the policy is in material breach or default (including with
respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notices), and no event has occurred that, with
notice or the lapse of time, would constitute a material breach or default, or permit termination,
modification, or acceleration, under the policy; and (c) no party to the policy has repudiated or
threatened to repudiate any material provision thereof or cancel the policy.
5.17 Customers; Vendors; Suppliers
Except as set forth on Section 5.17 on the Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not
know of (a) any termination or cancellation of (or any intent to terminate or cancel) the business
relationship of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with (y) any single customer or any group of
affiliated customers who represented ten percent (10%) or more of the revenues or potential
revenues of the business of the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, or (z) any
single supplier or any group of affiliated suppliers who provided ten percent (10%) or more of the
requirements of the business of the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006; or
(b) any existing condition, state of facts or circumstances that in the reasonable judgment of the
Company will cause the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its customers to terminate their
relationships. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the business or prospective business of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in any manner dependent upon the making or receipt of any
payments, discounts or other inducements to any officers, directors, employees, representatives or
agents of any customer.
5.18 Bank Accounts
Section 5.18 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the names of all banks or other
financial institutions with which the Company or its Subsidiaries have an account or safe deposit
box and identifies each such account and safe deposit box, together with the names of all persons
authorized to draw therefrom or to have access thereto.
5.19 Books and Records
Except as set forth in Section 5.19 of the Disclosure Schedule, all books and records
of the Company and the Subsidiaries are accurate and complete and are maintained in accordance with
good business practice and all applicable Laws. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain systems
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (a) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (b) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain accountability for assets; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with the actual levels at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
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5.20 Intellectual Property
(a) Except as set forth on Section 5.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
each Subsidiary either (i) owns or (ii) has the continuing right to use pursuant to license,
sublicense, agreement or permission all Intellectual Property necessary for the operation of the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, as presently conducted, free and clear of all
Encumbrances or obligations (other than Permitted Encumbrances and/or Encumbrances arising under
any license agreements relating to such Intellectual Property).
(b) Except as set forth on Section 5.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise come
into conflict with any material intellectual property rights of third parties in any material
respect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received within the past three (3) years any
written charge, complaint, claim or notice alleging any interference, infringement,
misappropriation or violation. No Person is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise coming
into conflict with any material Intellectual Property of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(c) Section 5.20(c) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each registration or
application for a Patent, Copyright or Xxxx owned by the Company or any Subsidiary. Except as
identified at Section 5.20(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, with respect to each identified
item of Intellectual Property that the Company and Subsidiaries own or use (other than third-party
software not used exclusively by the Company):
(i) the identified owner possesses all right, title and interest in and to the item;
(ii) no charge, complaint, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, claim or
demand is pending or threatened which challenges the legality, validity, enforceability, use
or ownership of the item; and
(iii) no charge, complaint, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, claim or
demand is pending or threatened which challenges the legality, validity, enforceability, use
or ownership of the item.
(d) Section 5.20(d) of the Disclosure Schedule also identifies each material item of
Intellectual Property that any third party owns and that the Company and the Subsidiaries use
pursuant to license, sublicense, agreement or permission (other than off-the-shelf commercial
software) and each Contract related thereto. Except as identified on Section 5.20(d) of the
Disclosure Schedule, with respect to such each item of licensed Intellectual Property:
(i) the license, sublicense, agreement or permission covering the item is in full force
and effect as to the Company and the Subsidiaries and is legal, valid, binding and
enforceable;
(ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in breach or default, and no event has
occurred which with notice or lapse of time would constitute a material breach or default or
permit termination, modification or acceleration under the license;
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(iii) no charge, complaint, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, claim or
demand is pending or is threatened which challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
of the underlying item of Intellectual Property; and
(iv) no party to any of the Intellectual Property licenses has exercised any
termination rights with respect thereto during the term of such licenses.
(e) Except as disclosed on Section 5.20(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all material Trade Secrets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. There
is no intellectual property developed or registered by a stockholder, director, officer,
consultant, or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries that is used in the Business of the
Company or its Subsidiaries that has not been transferred to, or is not owned free and clear of any
Encumbrance by, the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than Permitted Encumbrances and/or
Encumbrances arising under any license agreements relating to such intellectual property). All of
the Intellectual Property has been lawfully acquired or created by employees of the Company or one
of the Subsidiaries acting within the scope of their employment or by independent contractors of
the Company or one of the Subsidiaries who have executed agreements expressly assigning all right,
title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property to the Company or one of the Subsidiaries.
Except as disclosed on Section 5.20(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, all employees or
consultants who have developed or contributed to the development of Intellectual Property on behalf
of the Company or its Subsidiaries have executed an agreement assigning all such developments and
Intellectual Property rights therein to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
5.21 Absence of Open Source Code
Except as described in Section 5.21 of the Disclosure Schedule, no open source or
public library software, including any version of any software licensed pursuant to any GNU public
license is, in whole or in part, embodied or incorporated into any software product of the Company
or any Subsidiary.
5.22 Accounts Receivable
(a) All accounts and notes receivable of the Company and the Subsidiaries have arisen from
bona fide transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practice and are
payable on ordinary trade terms. The reserves for returns or doubtful accounts shown on the
Financial Statements are reasonable and were calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied.
(b) Subject to the reserves shown on the Financial Statements, none of the accounts or the
notes receivable of the Company or any Subsidiary (i) are subject to any setoffs or counterclaims
or (ii) represent obligations for goods sold on consignment, on approval or on a sale-or-return
basis or subject to any other repurchase or return arrangement.
(c) All accounts payable of the Company and Subsidiaries reflected in the Financial Statements
are the result of bona fide transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business and have been paid or
are not yet due and payable.
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5.23 Indebtedness
Except as set forth on Section 5.23 of the Disclosure Schedule or the Financial
Statements, no Company or any Subsidiary has any Indebtedness.
5.24 Absence of Questionable Payments
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any director, officer, agent, employee of or other
Person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has used: (a) any corporate funds for
unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or entertainment, or made any unlawful expenditures
relating to political activity to government or public officials or others in any jurisdiction or
established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded funds in violation of any Law of any
jurisdiction; (b) directly or indirectly, paid or delivered any fee, commission or other sums of
money or item or property, however characterized, to any finder, agent or other party acting on
behalf of or under the auspices of a governmental official or Governmental Authority, in Canada or
any other country, which is in any manner illegal under any Law of Canada or any other country
having jurisdiction; (c) made any payment to any customer or supplier of the Company or any
Subsidiary or any officer, director, partner, employee or agent of any such customer or supplier
for an unlawful reciprocal practice, or made or received any other unlawful contribution, payment,
gift or expenditure or given any other unlawful consideration to any such customer or supplier or
to any such officer, director, partner, employee or agent, in respect of the Business. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on
behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has committed any act which constitutes a breach of the
Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act of Canada.
5.25 Scientific Research and Experimental Development
The Company’s principal research and development activities as conducted in the past and as
currently conducted qualify as “scientific research and experimental development” within the
meaning of the ITA and the Taxation Act (Quebec) (“SR&ED”). The Company has incurred expenditures
in 2007 on SR&ED as reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet.
5.26 Competition Act Assets and Revenues
For the purposes of determining the application of the pre-merger filing requirements of the
Competition Act (Canada), the aggregate value of the assets in Canada, and the gross revenues from
sales in, from or into Canada of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined in each case as
prescribed in the Competition Act (Canada), are less than $50 million and $50 million respectively.
5.27 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 5.27(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, Company and
each Subsidiary have complied and are in compliance with all material terms of all applicable
Environmental Laws.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 5.27(b) of the Disclosure Schedule: (i) neither
Company nor any Subsidiary has any Liability, under any Environmental Law whether by
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contract or by operation of law; (ii) there are no facts, circumstances, or conditions
existing, initiated or occurring prior to the Closing Date, which have or will result in Liability
to the Company under Environmental Law; and (iii) there are no pending, or to the Knowledge of
Company, threatened Environmental Claims.
(c) (i) Except as set forth on Section 5.27(c)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, Company
and the Subsidiaries have been duly issued and maintain all Environmental Permits necessary to
operate the business or Assets of Company and the Subsidiaries as currently operated. (ii) A true
and complete list of all such Environmental Permits, all of which are valid and in full force and
effect, is set out on Section 5.27(c)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule. (iii) None of the
Environmental Permits listed on Section 5.27(c)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule requires
consent, notification, or other action to remain in full force and effect following consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) To the Knowledge of the Significant Shareholders and except as set forth on Section
5.27(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the following are present at the Real Property:
(A) underground improvements, including but not limited to treatment or storage tanks, or
underground piping associated with such tanks, used currently or in the past for the management of
Hazardous Materials; (B) any dump or landfill or other unit for the treatment or disposal of
Hazardous Materials; (C) filled in land or wetlands; (D) PCBs; (E) toxic mold; (F) lead-based
paint; or (G) asbestos-containing materials. To the Knowledge of the Significant Shareholders and
except as set forth on Section 5.27(d)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, there has been no
Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, or from the Real Property, nor was there such a
Release at any real property formerly owned, operated or leased by Company or the Subsidiaries
during the period of such ownership, operation, or tenancy, in each case such that Company or the
Subsidiaries is or could be liable for Remediation with respect to such Hazardous Materials.
Company has furnished to Purchaser copies of all environmental assessments, reports, audits and
other documents in its possession or under its control that relate to Company’s or any
Subsidiaries’ compliance with Environmental Laws or the environmental condition any other real
property that Company or the Subsidiaries currently or formerly have owned, operated, or leased.
(e) Any information Company or the Subsidiaries has furnished to Purchaser concerning the
environmental condition of any real property, prior uses of the Real Property, and the operations
of Company or the Subsidiaries related to compliance with Environmental Laws is accurate and
complete.
(f) Except as set forth on Section 5.27(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
authorization, notification, recording, filing, consent, waiting period, Remediation, or approval
is required under any Environmental Law in order to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby.
5.28 Taxes
Except as set forth on Section 5.28 of the Disclosure Schedule:
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(a) The Company and each Subsidiary have filed on a timely basis all Tax Returns required to
be filed and such Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects.
(b) All Taxes due from or payable by the Company and each Subsidiary have been paid. None of
the Company or the Subsidiaries is currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which
to file any Tax Return. There are no actions, objections, appeals, suits or other proceedings or
claims in progress, pending or threatened by or against the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of
any Taxes, and in particular there are no currently outstanding assessments or written enquiries
which have been issued or raised by any Governmental Authority relating to any such Taxes. No
claim has ever been made by a Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction where the Company or any
Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is or
may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. There are no Encumbrances pending on or with
respect to any of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary that arose in connection with any
failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax.
(c) The Company and each Subsidiary have withheld, collected and paid to the proper
Governmental Authorities all Taxes required to have been withheld, collected and paid in connection
with (i) amounts paid, credited or owing to any employee, independent or dependent contractor,
creditor, shareholder, non-resident of Canada or other third party, and (ii) property and services
received from or provided to any person.
(d) The Purchaser has been provided with correct and complete copies of all Tax Returns of the
Company and each Subsidiary, together with any notices of assessment, examination reports or
statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by any of the Company or any Subsidiary,
for all taxable periods for which the statute of limitations has not yet closed and any
correspondence relating thereto.
(e) None of the Company or the Subsidiaries has waived any statute of limitations in respect
of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to an assessment or deficiency.
(f) At the Closing Time, the unpaid Taxes of the Company and each Subsidiary attributable to
all periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date will not exceed the
reserve for Tax liability set forth in the Closing Date Financial Statements.
(g) None of the Company or the Subsidiaries (i) is a party to any Tax allocation or sharing
agreement, (ii) has been a member of an affiliated, combined or unitary group filing a combined,
unitary, or other return for Canadian federal, provincial, local or foreign (i.e., non-Canadian)
Tax purposes reflecting the income, assets, or activities of affiliated companies, or (iii) has any
liability for the Taxes of any person or entity other than the Company or the Subsidiaries under
any provision of Canadian federal, provincial, state, local or foreign (i.e., non-Canadian) law, or
as a transferee or successor, or by Contract, or otherwise.
(h) None of the Company or the Subsidiaries is a party to any joint venture, partnership.
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(i) The Tax basis of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries by category, including the
classification of such assets as being depreciable or amortizable as reflected in their respective
Tax Returns and related work papers, is true and correct.
(j) There are no circumstances existing at or prior to the Closing Date which could, in
themselves, result in the application of any of Sections 80 to 80.03 of the ITA or any equivalent
provincial provisions to the Company or any Subsidiary; none of the Company or the Subsidiaries has
made (and none will, at or prior to the Closing Time, make) any election pursuant to Section 80.04
of the ITA or any equivalent provincial provision in which it is an eligible transferee; none of
the Company or the Subsidiaries has filed, or will file in respect of any Pre-Closing Tax Period an
agreement pursuant to Section 191.3 of the ITA or any equivalent provincial provision; and none of
the Company or the Subsidiaries has claimed and none will in their returns for any Pre-Closing Tax
Period claim any reserve under any of Sections 40(1)(a)(iii) or 20(1)(n) of the ITA or any
equivalent provincial provision of any amount that could be included in its income for any period
ending after the Closing Date in respect of any such reserve.
5.29 Investment Canada Act
The Company and its Subsidiary are not engaged in any of the activities described in section
14.1(5) of the Investment Canada Act (Canada).
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
BY PURCHASER AND DOUBLE-TAKE
BY PURCHASER AND DOUBLE-TAKE
Each of the Purchaser and Double-Take jointly and severally (solidarily) represents, warrants
and covenants to the Sellers as follows:
6.01 Organization; Good Standing
Each of the Purchaser and Double-Take is duly organized, validly existing under the laws of
Canada and the State of Delaware, respectively. Each of the Purchaser and Double-Take has the full
legal right, corporate power and authority to enter into and perform the terms of this Agreement,
the agreements and instruments referred to herein and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
6.02 Authorization
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and of the agreements and
instruments called for hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary actions of the Purchaser and
Double-Take. This Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery of each other agreement
and instrument will constitute, a valid and binding agreement and obligation of the Purchaser and
Double-Take, enforceable in accordance with its respective terms subject to any limitations imposed
by Law. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser and
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Double-Take of this Agreement and the agreements and instruments called for hereunder will not
require the consent, approval or authorization of any third party or Governmental Authority.
6.03 Absence of Conflicts
The Purchaser and Double-Take are not party to, bound or affected by or subject to any
material:
i. indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement, obligation or instrument;
ii. charter or by-law provision; or
iii. Laws or Governmental Authorizations;
which would be violated, breached by, or under which default would occur or an Encumbrance
would be created as a result of the execution and delivery of, or the performance of obligations
under, this Agreement or any other agreement to be entered into under the terms of this Agreement.
6.04 Financial Ability
The Purchaser has cash on hand in amounts sufficient to allow it to pay the Purchase Price
including any adjustments, and all other costs and expenses incurred by Purchaser or Double-Take in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.05 Absence of Litigation; Compliance With Laws
There is no action, suit, investigation, claim, arbitration or litigation, including appeals
and applications for review, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser and Double-Take,
threatened against or relating to the Purchaser and Double-Take, at law or in equity, or before or
by any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, which, if determined adversely to the Purchaser
or Double-Take, as the case may be, would: (i) prevent the Purchaser from paying the Purchase Price
to the Sellers; (ii) enjoin, restrict or prohibit the transfer of all or any part of the Shares as
contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) prevent the Purchaser or Double-Take from fulfilling any
of their obligations set out in this Agreement or arising from this Agreement.
6.06 No Brokers
No Person acted, directly or indirectly, as broker, finder or financial advisor for the
Purchaser or Double-Take in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no
Person, claiming through the Purchaser or Double-Take, is or will be entitled to any fee or
commission or like payment in respect thereof.
6.07 Experience
The Purchaser has specific knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such
that the Purchaser is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its purchase of the Shares
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and its investment in the Shares being acquired hereunder. The Purchaser is an “accredited
investor” within the meanings of Rule 502 under the US Securities Act and Multilateral Instrument
45-106 — Prospectus and Registrations Exemptions (“NI 45-106”). The Purchaser understands and is
able to evaluate the Shares and is able to bear any economic risks associated with such investment
(including, without limitation, the necessity of holding the securities for an indefinite period of
time, inasmuch as the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state or
provincial securities laws).
6.08 Investment Intent
The Shares are being purchased for the Purchaser’s own account and not with the view to, or
for resale in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of
the US Securities Act and other applicable laws . The Purchaser understands that the Shares have
not been, and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or under any state or provincial
securities laws, and are being offered and sold in reliance upon federal, state and provincial
exemptions for transactions not involving any public offering.
6.09 No Breach
The Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Technical Officer of Double-Take
have no actual knowledge of any fact or circumstance which would constitute a breach by the Sellers
of the Sellers’ or Company’s representations and warranties.
6.10 Due Diligence
The Purchaser and Double-Take acknowledge that they have conducted to their satisfaction an
independent investigation of the financial condition, liabilities, results of operations and
projected operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries and the nature and condition of their
respective properties and assets and, in making the determination to proceed with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, have relied solely on the results of their own independent
investigation and the representations, warranties, conditions and statements contained herein.
ARTICLE 7
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
7.01 Tax Matters
(a) Tax Returns; Payment of Taxes; SR&ED Credits
(i) The Company shall prepare and timely file all Tax Returns of the Company and any
Subsidiary that are due (taking into account timely extensions) on or before the Closing, and the
Company shall timely pay all Taxes that are due from the Company and any Subsidiary on or before
the Closing. All such Tax Returns shall be prepared using the same accounting method and elections
used for the preparation of such Tax Returns in the preceding taxable period unless otherwise
required by applicable law or approved by the Purchaser in writing.
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(ii) The Purchaser shall cause the Company to prepare the Tax Returns of the Company and any
Subsidiary for the Tax Periods of the Company and any Subsidiary ending on or before the Closing
Date but filed after the Closing Date and for any taxable period that begins on or before and ends
after the Closing Date (a “Straddle Period”). Except as otherwise required by applicable Law, such
Tax Returns of the Company and any Subsidiary shall be prepared in a manner consistent with prior
practice. The Purchaser shall cause the Company to provide such Tax Returns of the Company and any
Subsidiary to the Sellers’ Representative not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date on which
such Tax Returns are to be filed. The Sellers’ Representative shall have the right to review and
consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Tax Returns.
(iii) The Sellers’ Accountants shall prepare and file any document related to SR&ED tax
credits (the “SR&ED Documents”) for the Tax Periods of the Company and any Subsidiary ending on or
before the Closing Date but filed after the Closing Date and for any Straddle Period. The Sellers’
Accountants shall provide such SR&ED Documents of the Company and any Subsidiary to the Purchaser
and Double-Take not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which such SR&ED Documents are
to be filed for the review and consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. For greater certainty, the Sellers and the Sellers Accountants shall have access to all
of the SR&ED Documents and to all books and records as well as employees of the Company required in
order to allow and facilitate the preparation of the SR&ED Documents subject to their agreeing to
maintain the confidentiality of such SR&ED Documents.
(iv) The Company and the Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure (i)
that the Company obtains the amount of SR&ED Credit set forth in the Estimated Working Capital
Statement, and (ii) that the SR&ED Cheque(s) is promptly issued following receipt by the Company of
the notice of assessment setting forth, among other things, the MRQ’s determination of the
Company’s SR&ED Credit (the “Notice of Assessment”). The Significant Shareholders shall not be
liable under the terms of Article 8.02(a)(vi) for any difference between the amount(s) of the SR&ED
Cheque(s) and the MRQ’s initial determination of the Company’s SR&ED Credit set forth in the Notice
of Assessment unless such difference results from Pre-Closing Taxes.
(iv) Subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in Article 8 hereof, the Company
shall be responsible for all Pre-Closing Taxes. The Purchaser shall be responsible for all
Post-Closing Taxes.
(b) Straddle Periods
The Sellers’ Representative and the Purchaser will, to the extent permitted by applicable Law,
elect with the relevant taxing authorities to close all Tax Periods of the Company and any
Subsidiary as of the close of business on the Closing Date. If applicable Law does not permit a
Company and any Subsidiary to treat the Closing Date as the last day of any Straddle Period, then,
for purposes of this Agreement, the Taxes, if any, attributable to or arising in a Straddle Period
shall be allocated (i) to the Significant Shareholders for the period up to and including the close
of business on the Closing Date, and (ii) to the Purchaser for the period subsequent to the
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Closing Date. Any allocation of income or deductions required to determine any Taxes
attributable to a Straddle Period shall be made by means of a closing of the books and records of
the Company and any Subsidiary as of the close of Business on the Closing Date, provided that
exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis (including, but not
limited to, depreciation and amortization deductions) shall be allocated between the Pre-Closing
Tax Period and the period after the Closing Date in proportion to the number of days in each such
period.
(c) Contests
(i) If the Purchaser, the Company or any Subsidiary receives actual knowledge of a claim,
demand, assessment (including a notice of proposed assessment) or other assertion with respect to
Taxes of the Company and any Subsidiary (“Tax Claim”) which would give rise to a claim for
indemnification against the Sellers, the Purchaser shall, promptly after receiving such knowledge,
provide written notice to the Sellers’ Representative which written notice will set out the nature
and the amount of the Tax Claim.
(ii) The omission to so notify the Sellers’ Representative shall not relieve the Significant
Shareholders from any duty to indemnify and hold harmless which might otherwise exist with respect
to such Tax Claim unless (and only to the extent that) the omission to notify materially prejudices
the ability of the Significant Shareholders to contest the Tax Claim or otherwise materially
increases the amount of any claim for indemnification against the Significant Shareholders, in
which case the indemnification may be reduced to the extent that such delay materially prejudiced
the contestation or materially increased the amount of liability.
(iii) In respect of a notification made pursuant to Section 7.01(c)(i), the Significant
Shareholders shall be entitled to pay the Purchaser the amount claimed under an assessment or
reassessment. The Significant Shareholders shall have the right, upon giving notice to the
Purchaser within fifteen (15) Business Days of the receipt of any notice given pursuant to Section
7.01(c)(i), to challenge the Tax Claim and assume control of the negotiation, settlement and
dispute of such Tax Claim. The Sellers shall thereafter keep the Purchaser reasonably informed with
respect to the status of such Tax Claim.
(iv) If the Significant Shareholders opt to challenge the Tax Claim pursuant to Section
7.01(c)(iii), the Significant Shareholders shall diligently proceed with the negotiation,
contestation or settlement of the Tax Claim at their sole expense, including, employment of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and, in connection therewith, the Purchaser shall
cooperate fully, but at the expense of the Significant Shareholders with respect to reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred, to make available to the Significant Shareholders all pertinent
information and witnesses under the Purchaser’s control, make such assignments and take such other
steps as in the opinion of counsel to the Significant Shareholders, are reasonably necessary to
enable the Significant Shareholders to contest the Tax Claim.
(v) The Significant Shareholders shall not enter into any settlement or discontinuance of
proceedings or make any final decision regarding appeal rights in respect of a Tax Claim for which
the Significant Shareholders have given a notice pursuant to Section
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7.01(c)(iii) without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(vi) The Purchaser shall not grant or agree to any waiver of any limitation period in respect
of a Tax Claim referred to in Section 7.01(c)(i) unless the Sellers’ Representative has been given
a notice by the Purchaser in accordance with Section 7.01(c)(i) and the Significant Shareholders
have failed to give the notice contemplated by Section 7.01(c)(iii) to the Purchaser before the
earlier of the date on which the deadline for providing the waiver expires (which date shall be
specified in the notice given to the Sellers’ Representative in accordance with Section 7.01(c)(i))
and the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following receipt by the Sellers’ Representative
of the notice contemplated by Section 7.01(c)(i).
(vii) The Purchaser will be entitled to participate in the contestation of such Tax Claim and
to employ counsel of its choice for such purpose, provided that the fees and expenses of
such separate counsel will be borne by the Purchaser (other than any fees and expenses of such
separate counsel that are incurred prior to the date the Significant Shareholders effectively
assume control of such contestation and that are reasonably necessary in order to protect its
rights vis-à-vis the Governmental Authority responsible for such Tax Claim which, notwithstanding
the foregoing, will be borne by the Significant Shareholders).
(viii) If the Significant Shareholders fail to give notice to the Purchaser that the
Significant Shareholders wish to challenge a Tax Claim within fifteen (15) Business Days after the
Sellers’ Representative has been notified of such Tax Claim pursuant to Section 7.01(c)(i), the
Sellers shall be deemed to have accepted the validity of such Tax Claim.
(ix) In the case of a Tax Claim for which the Purchaser is required by applicable Law to make
a payment to any Governmental Authority with respect to such Tax Claim before the completion of
settlement negotiations or related legal proceedings, the Significant Shareholders shall pay such
Tax (or part thereof) to the Purchaser at the time such Tax is required by Law to be paid.
(x) The Purchaser shall reimburse to the Significant Shareholders the amount paid in respect
of the Tax Claim by the Sellers to the Purchaser finally determined not to be due and in respect of
which all appeal procedures have been exhausted or discontinued or settled.
(xi) Subject to Section 7.01(c)(ix), amounts payable by an Significant Shareholders in respect
of a Tax Claim shall be paid within the time provided for by applicable Law or in accordance with
the terms of any settlement with a Governmental Authority or assessment or reassessment issued
pursuant to a final judgment.
(d) Cooperation on Tax Matters
The Purchaser and the Sellers agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to each other, upon
request, as promptly as practicable, such information (including access to books and records) and
assistance relating to Tax Periods or portions of Tax Periods of the Company and any Subsidiary
ending on or before the Closing Date or Taxes arising before the Closing Date as is reasonably
necessary for the filing of any Tax Return, for the preparation of any audit and for
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the prosecution or defense of any claim, suit or proceeding relating to any proposed
adjustment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Purchaser and the
Sellers agree to retain or cause to be retained all books and records relating to Tax matters for
Tax Periods or portions of Tax Periods of the Company and any Subsidiary ending on or before the
Closing Date or Taxes arising before the Closing Date until thirty (30) days after the expiration
of any applicable limitation period under any applicable Law with respect to Taxes, and to abide by
or cause the abidance with all record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority.
The Purchaser and the Sellers shall cooperate fully with each other in the conduct of any audit or
proceeding involving the Company and any Subsidiary for any Tax purposes and each shall execute and
deliver such powers of attorney and other documents as are necessary to carry out the intent of
this subsection.
(e) Competent Authority Proceedings:
If, pursuant to the provisions of a tax treaty entered into by two countries, the Significant
Shareholders wish that a submission be made to the competent authority of any one of such countries
with respect to an issue that relates to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, the Purchaser shall reasonably
collaborate with the Significant Shareholders and shall cause the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries to reasonably collaborate with the Significant Shareholders at the expense of the
Significant Shareholders with respect to reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
(f) Refunds
If the Sellers, the Purchaser or the Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of them
receives a refund of Taxes with respect to which another Party to this Agreement is responsible and
has paid pursuant to this Agreement, such entity or person shall promptly (no later than fifteen
(15) days following the receipt of such refund) remit such amount to the entity or persons entitled
to such refund hereunder.
(f) Transfer Taxes
All sales and transfer taxes, if any, which may be payable with respect to the consummation of
the Transactions, shall be borne equally by the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Significant
Shareholders, on the other hand, and, to the extent any exemptions from such taxes are available,
Purchaser and the Significant Shareholders shall cooperate to prepare any certificates or other
documents necessary to claim such exemptions.
7.02 Publicity
No Purchaser, Seller or Company shall issue any press release or make any public disclosure or
disclosure to any third party (other than its attorneys, advisors, agents, lenders and investors)
regarding the transaction contemplated hereby unless the press release or public or third party
disclosure is approved by Purchaser and Sellers’ Representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any party may make statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby that are
required by Law and the Purchaser and its Affiliates may, in a manner consistent with the past
disclosure practices of the stockholder of the Purchaser, disclose the terms of this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated herein and disseminate any press release or other announcement
concerning this Agreement without the prior written agreement of any Seller.
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7.03 Confidentiality
(a) Except as required by applicable Law, each Seller shall, and shall cause Persons directly
or indirectly controlled by such Seller to, for a period of three (3) years from the date hereof,
hold in confidence all confidential information with respect to the business of the Company and
shall not disclose, publish or make use of the same without the consent of the Purchaser, except
(i) to the extent that such information shall have become public knowledge other than by breach of
this Agreement by the Sellers; (ii) in the event any of the Sellers is requested in a legal
proceeding (by deposition, interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal
proceedings, subpoena, civil investigative demand or other similar process) to disclose any of the
knowledge and information, the Seller shall give the Purchaser prompt notice of such request so
that the Purchaser may seek a protective order or other similar relief with respect to such
disclosure so as to maintain the confidential nature of the information and (iii) in the event any
of the Sellers is otherwise required by law to disclose any of his knowledge or information
regarding the Purchaser, said Seller shall give the Purchaser notice of the information to be
disclosed and such opportunity as is reasonably practicable to review the proposed disclosure and
comment thereon.
(b) Each Seller agrees that the remedy at law for any breach of this Section 7.03 would be
inadequate and that the Purchaser shall be entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any other
remedy it may have upon breach of any provision of this Section.
7.04 Records
Subject to Section 7.02, with respect to the financial books and records of the Company, for a
period of seven (7) years after the Closing Date, neither any Seller nor the Purchaser shall cause
or permit their destruction or disposal without first offering to surrender them to the Purchaser
or the Sellers as appropriate, and the Sellers and the Purchaser shall allow the Purchaser and the
Sellers and their representatives, as appropriate, access to such books and records during regular
business hours.
7.05 Employee Benefits Matters.
Purchaser shall have no obligation to continue after the Closing any Employee Plan (except as
otherwise required by applicable law) and shall have the discretion to continue or terminate any
of such plans, or to merge any of them into existing or new plans or arrangements of Purchaser.
7.06 Miscellaneous Matters.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx agrees to execute or to cause the appropriate former officer of the Company to
execute, on behalf of the Company, the representation letter addressed to Deloitte & Touche,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, at such time as requested by the Purchaser
following the Closing. The Significant Shareholders, solidarily (jointly and severally), agree to
reimburse the Company in the event that the note payable to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx in the principal amount
of $22,500 (USD) becomes due and payable.
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ARTICLE 8
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION
8.01 Survival Periods
(a) All representations and warranties of the parties contained in this Agreement shall
survive for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the Closing Date except that the
representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 6.01 and 6.02 and the
covenants herein shall survive indefinitely.
(b) In the event notice of any claim for indemnification for breach of a representation,
warranty, or covenant is given within the applicable survival period set forth herein and no later
than 30 Business Days of the Purchaser’s or Double-Take’s determination, as the case may be, that
it has such claim, the cause of action that is the subject of such indemnification claim shall
survive until such time as such claim is finally resolved.
8.02 Indemnification by Seller
(a) Subject to Sections 8.02(c) and 8.02(f), each Significant Shareholder, solidarily (jointly
and severally) but only to the extent of the funds in the Escrow Account (and no more) and
severally (and not jointly or solidarily) for sums in excess of the funds in the Escrow Account,
hereby agrees from and after the Closing Date to indemnify, defend and hold harmless from and
against and pay to the Purchaser, the Company (post Closing), their Affiliates (including
Double-Take), and, if applicable, their respective directors, officers, shareholders, members and
employees and their heirs, successors and assigns (the “Purchaser Indemnified Parties” and,
collectively with the Seller Indemnified Parties, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against all
demands, claims, obligations, complaints, actions or causes of action, suits, proceedings,
investigations, arbitrations, assessments, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses,
including, but not limited to, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements
(collectively, “Losses”), imposed on, sustained, incurred or suffered by or asserted against any of
the Purchaser Indemnified Parties, arising out of (i) the breach or inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty of such Significant Shareholder contained in Articles 4, (ii) the breach
or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty of the Company contained in Article 5 and, without
duplication, any claims or liability relating to (a) the remedial resolutions adopted by the Board
of Directors of the Company on November 5, 2007 and its shareholders on November 14, 2007 with
respect to the maintenance of the Company’s corporate records and documentation of prior actions,
(b) the amendment agreement to the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement dated December 10, 2007, and
(c) Claims made by Nathalie D’Amours relating to her employment by the Company or the termination
thereof, (iii) any breach, non fulfillment or violation of any covenant of such Significant
Shareholder or of the Company in this Agreement, (iv) any liability arising from the termination,
prior to the Closing, of any employee or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the
extent that the facts giving rise to the cause of action are not disclosed in the Disclosure
Schedules hereto, (v) any claims or liability relating to the use of the drag-along provisions of
the Existing Shareholders’ Agreement, any claims or liability relating to the termination thereof,
any claims or liability relating to the termination of the TimeSpring Option Plan and any Losses
which the Purchaser Indemnified Parties at any time shall or may sustain or
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incur as a result of the issuance and transfer of replacement stock certificates for those
original certificates listed on Schedule 8.02(a)(v) hereto (each a “Lost Certificate”) or the
failure to surrender for cancellation, or by reason of any payment, transfer, exchange or other act
of the Company with respect to a Lost Certificate, or by reason of any refusal to issue a new
certificate to any person offering to surrender a Lost Certificate, (vi) any decrease of the
Company’s SR&ED Credits for periods prior to the Closing Date as a result of review of such credits
by the relevant tax authorities, including any finding or determination by any Governmental
Authority that the Company’s SR&ED Credit is less than the amount set out in the Estimated Working
Capital Statement, and (vii), without duplication of any amounts claimed under Sections 8.02(a)(ii)
and 8.02(a)(iii), any liability for Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing
Tax Period and any and all Taxes of any Person (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries)
imposed on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a transferee or successor, by contract or
pursuant to any law, rule, or regulation, which Taxes relate to an event or transaction occurring
before the Closing.
(b) Subject to Section 8.02(c) and 8.02(f), each Minority Interest Shareholder, severally (and
not jointly or solidarily) and in any event, hereby agrees from and after the Closing Date to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless from and against and pay to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties
from and against all Losses, imposed on, sustained, incurred or suffered by or asserted against any
of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties, arising out of (i) the breach or inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty of such Minority Interest Shareholder contained in Article 4 and (ii)
any breach, non fulfillment or violation of any covenant of such Minority Interest Shareholder
under this Agreement.
(c) Except for claims under Section 8.02(a)(v) and 8.02(a)(vii), the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties shall not be entitled to assert rights of indemnification under this Article 8 for Losses
that do not exceed $10,000 (the “Threshold Amount”) (it being understood that like claims may be
aggregated for purposes of reaching the Threshold Amount). Furthermore, no Purchaser Indemnified
Party shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Sections 8.02(a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii),
(a)(iv) and a(vi) except to the extent (and then only to the extent) the Losses therefrom exceed an
aggregate amount equal to Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000) (the “Indemnity Basket”), in which
event the entire aggregate amount of Losses shall be indemnifiable pursuant to Section 8.02;
provided, that for purposes of calculating the Indemnity Basket, any qualifier as to
materiality or Material Adverse Effect to the representations and warranties of any Seller, as the
case may be, shall be disregarded and, provided further, that any and all Losses of any
Purchaser Indemnified Party indemnified pursuant to: (i) Section 8.02(a) relating to or arising out
of any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty set forth in Article 4 shall be
recoverable without regard to the Indemnity Basket, and (ii) Section 8.02(a)(vi) shall be
recoverable without regard to the Indemnity Basket and Threshold Amount once the SR&ED Escrow
Amount has been released; provided, however, that, for purposes of calculating the
Indemnity Basket, any qualifier as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect to the representations
and warranties of any Seller, as the case may be, contained in Article 4 shall not be disregarded.
(d) Subject to Section 8.02(f), any payment that the Sellers are obligated to make to any
Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Article 8 shall be paid out of the Escrow Funds, if
any, and in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement for the twenty-four
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(24) month period following the Closing Date. On the date that is twenty-four (24) months
following the Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall release the Escrow Funds plus accrued interest
thereon (to the extent not used to pay the Purchaser for any indemnification claim hereunder) to
the Significant Shareholders, except that the Escrow Agent shall retain an amount equal to the
amount of claims for indemnification under this Article 8 asserted in writing prior to such date
but not yet resolved (the “Unresolved Claims”). The Escrow Amount retained for Unresolved Claims
shall be released by the Escrow Agent (to the extent not used to pay the Purchaser for any such
claims resolved in favor of the Purchaser) upon their resolution in accordance with this Article 8
and the Escrow Agreement.
(e) Any payment that the Significant Shareholders are obligated to make pursuant to Section
8.02(a)(vi) shall be paid first out of the SR&ED Escrow Funds for so long as such funds are under
escrow and in an amount sufficient to cover such payment, if any, and in accordance with the terms
of the Escrow Agreement. Upon the receipt by the Company of the SR&ED Cheque(s), the Escrow Agent
shall release the SR&ED Escrow Amount plus accrued interest thereon (to the extent not used to pay
the Purchaser for any indemnification claim) to the Significant Shareholders, except that the
Escrow Agent shall retain an amount equal to the amount of any claims for indemnification under
Section 8.02(a)(vi) asserted in writing prior to such date but not yet resolved (the “SR&ED
Unresolved Claims”). The Escrow Amount retained for SR&ED Unresolved Claims shall be released by
the Escrow Agent (to the extent not used to pay the Purchaser for any such claims resolved in favor
of the Purchaser) upon their resolution in accordance with this Article 8 and the Escrow Agreement.
Any remaining Losses pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(vi) following the release of the SR&ED Escrow
Amount or in excess of the funds in the SR&ED Escrow Account, shall be covered next from the Escrow
Amount in accordance with the terms of 8.02(d) and the Escrow Agreement.
(f) Except in the case of fraud, intentional misrepresentation or gross negligence of a
Seller:
(i) the maximum aggregate liability of each Seller for Indemnification under
Sections 8.02(a)(i), (a)(v) and (b)(i) shall be limited to the portion of the
Purchase Price actually received by such Seller and any payment that the Significant
Shareholders are obligated to make pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(v) shall be made
promptly by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated
in writing by the Purchaser; provided, however, that the Purchaser may, but is not
required to, have such payments made from the Escrow Account; and provided, further,
that the Significant Shareholders shall be solidarily (jointly and severally) liable
to the extent of the funds in the Escrow Account for any Losses under Section
8.02(a)(v), and severally thereafter but only up to the portion of the Purchase
Price received by each. For greater certainty, no Significant Shareholder shall be
liable hereunder for an amount in excess of the portion of the Puchaser Price it
received.
(ii) the maximum aggregate liability of all Sellers for indemnification under
Sections 8.02(a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), (a)(vi), a(vii) and (b)(ii) shall be
limited to the Escrow Amount being the funds therein. For greater certainty, the
funds in the Escrow Account (if any) are the Purchaser Indemnified Parties’ sole
recourse
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against the Sellers for indemnification under Sections 8.02(a)(ii), (a)(iii),
(a)(iv), (a)(vi), (a)(vii) and (b)(ii).
(iii) In addition, the funds in SR&ED Escrow Account may only be used for a
claim made pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(vi) and not for, or to satisfy, any other
claim or Loss whatsoever; provided, however, that the funds in the Escrow Account
(if any) can be used to satisfy any claim made pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(vi) in
the event that the SR&ED Escrow Account is insufficient to cover the full amount of
the Loss under Section 8.02(a)(vi).
8.03 Indemnification by the Purchaser
The Purchaser hereby agrees from and after the Closing Date to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Sellers, their Affiliates and, if applicable, their respective directors, officers,
shareholders and employees and their heirs, successors and assigns (the “Seller Indemnified
Parties”) from and against all Losses asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the Seller
Indemnified Parties, directly or indirectly, relating to or arising out of the breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Purchaser contained in this Agreement
and the Closing Documents for the period during which claims and causes of action with respect
thereto survive. Except with respect to the payment of the Initial Purchase Price and the release
of the Escrow Amount, the Seller Indemnified Parties shall not be entitled to assert rights of
indemnification under this Article 8 for Losses that do not exceed the Threshold Amount (it being
understood that like claims may be aggregated for purposes of reaching the Threshold Amount), in
which event the entire aggregate amount of Losses shall be indemnifiable pursuant to Section 8.03.
8.04 Third Party Claims
Promptly after the receipt by either Seller Indemnified Party or Purchaser Indemnified Party
(in either case an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action against such
Indemnified Party by a third party, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim with respect thereto
is to be made pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03, give the Seller or Purchaser, as the case
may be (in either case an “Indemnifying Party”) written notice thereof in reasonable detail in
light of the circumstances then known to such Indemnified Party along with a copy of the claim.
The failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation under
this Article 8 except where, and then solely to the extent that, such failure actually and
materially prejudices the rights of the Indemnifying Party. If the claim relates to Losses for
which the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article 8, the
Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend such claim, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense
and with counsel of its choice reasonably satisfactory to Indemnified Party, provided that with
respect to any Losses covered by the Escrow Amount the Indemnifying Party conducts the defense of
such claim actively and diligently. If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of such claim,
the Indemnified Party shall reasonably cooperate in such defense so long as the Indemnified Party
is not materially prejudiced thereby. The Indemnified Party may retain separate co-counsel at its
sole cost and expense and may participate in the defense of such claim. Neither the Indemnifying
Party nor any Indemnified Party will consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement with respect to such claim without the prior written
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consent of the other, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided
that such consent shall be granted in connection with any settlement (A) containing a full release
of the party from whom such consent is so requested and (B) in the case of a consent from a
Indemnified Party, involving only monetary damages not fully paid by the Indemnifying Party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate with separate
counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party if (i) so requested by the Indemnifying Party or,
(ii) in the reasonable written opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, a conflict or potential
conflict exists between either the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party which would
materially prejudice the Indemnified Party. Regardless of which party shall assume the defense of
such claim, each party shall provide to the other parties on request all information and
documentation reasonably necessary to support and verify any Losses which give rise to such claim
for indemnification and shall provide reasonable access to all books, records and personnel in
their possession or under their control which would have a bearing on such claim. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 8.04 shall not apply to Tax matters governed by Section 7.01.
8.05 Exclusive Remedy
The parties acknowledge and agree that, other than with respect to claims for equitable relief
in respect of covenants and agreements of the parties herein, and other than for claims of fraud or
willful misrepresentations or pursuant to Article 2 and Article 3, their sole remedy after the
Closing for any Losses as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement shall be the indemnification provisions set forth in this
Article 8. The Parties agree that if a Claim for indemnification is made by one Party in accordance
with Section 8.02 or Section 8.03, as the case may be, and there has been a refusal by the other
Party to make payment or otherwise provide satisfaction in respect of such Claim, then arbitration,
in accordance with Section 9.15, is the appropriate means to seek a remedy for such refusal. This
Article 8 shall remain in full force and effect in all circumstances and shall not be terminated by
any breach (fundamental, negligent or otherwise) by any Party of its representations, warranties or
covenants under this Agreement or under any Closing Document or by any termination or rescission of
this Agreement by any Party. This Article 8 shall not restrict the ability of any party to seek
specific performance of this Agreement or any Closing Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
8.06 Calculation of Losses Subject to Indemnification
The amount of any Loss for which indemnification is provided under this Article 8 shall be
computed net of any third party insurance proceeds actually received by the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties in connection with such Loss and shall exclude consequential damages, lost profits, and
punitive damages except to the extent that the Loss includes consequential damages, lost profits
and punitive damages that are components of awards by claims from third parties.
8.07 One Recovery
A Party shall not be entitled to double recovery for any Claims even though they may have
resulted from the breach of more than one of the representations, warranties, agreements and
covenants made by the other Party in this Agreement.
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8.08 Duty to Mitigate
Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way restrict or limit the general obligation at law of
a Party to mitigate any loss which it may suffer or incur by reason of the breach by the other
Party of any representation, warranty or covenant of that other Party under this Agreement. If any
Claim can be reduced by any recovery, settlement or otherwise under or pursuant to any insurance
coverage, or pursuant to any claim, recovery, settlement or payment by or against any other Person,
a Party shall take all appropriate steps to enforce such recovery, settlement or payment. The cost
of such mitigation shall be indemnified Losses for purposes of this Article 8.
8.09 Purchaser Cooperation
The Purchaser shall cooperate with any request of the Sellers and make available, at the
Sellers’ sole cost and expense, all information (but excluding privileged communications) necessary
for the Sellers to pursue any indemnification or reimbursement from a third party for any Losses in
the event that the Sellers, in their sole discretion, decide to pursue such indemnification or
reimbursement.
8.10 Continuance of Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification
(a) The Purchaser shall cause the certificate and articles of incorporation, as amended or
restated heretofore (each referred to hereinafter as a “Charter”), and bylaws, as amended or
restated heretofore (each referred to hereinafter as the “Bylaws”), of the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries or their successors or assigns after the Closing Date to contain provisions no less
favorable with respect to indemnification for matters occurring prior to the Closing Date than are
set forth in each Company and Subsidiary’ Charter and Bylaws as of the date hereof, which
provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would affect
adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Closing Date, were
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company and Subsidiaries, with respect to any
matters occurring, or any cause of action, suit or Claim arising from any matters occurring prior
to the Closing Date, unless such modification shall be required by Law.
(b) The Purchaser shall arrange, or shall cause the Company, the Subsidiaries or their
successors or assigns to arrange, for “tail” coverage for six (6) years under each Company and
Subsidiary’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies with respect to matters
occurring prior to the Closing Date which policies will provide no less favorable terms or dollar
limit coverage than the existing policy.
8.11 Double-Take Joinder
Double-Take hereby joins as a primary party in the covenants of the Purchaser set forth in
Sections 2.02, 2.03(b), 3.01(d), 8.03 and 8.04 herein and in the Escrow Agreement and hereby
guarantees the performance of all such obligations by the Purchaser.
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
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9.01 Additional Actions and Documents
Each of the parties hereto agrees that he, she or it will, at any time, prior to, at or after
the Closing, take or cause to be taken such further actions, and execute, deliver and file or cause
to be executed, delivered and filed such further documents and instruments, and obtain such
consents and approvals, as may be necessary or reasonably requested in connection with the
consummation of the purchase and sale contemplated by this Agreement or in order to fully
effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this Agreement.
9.02 Expenses and Corrective Actions
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whether or not the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, all Company Transaction Expenses shall be borne (a)
by the Company, at the expense of (and reimbursement by) the Sellers, if the costs and expenses
relate to pre-Closing time periods and are incurred by or at the direction of the Sellers or the
Company or (b) by the Purchaser if the costs and expenses are incurred by or at the direction of
the Purchaser or Double-Take. For purposes of clarity, any Company Transaction Expenses (a)
incurred by or at the direction of the Sellers or the Company at or prior to Closing that become
due and payable after Closing shall be borne by the Sellers and (b) incurred by or at the direction
of the Purchaser, Double-take or the Company following the Closing shall be borne by Purchaser.
9.03 Notices
All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be
given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be hand delivered (including delivery by overnight courier), or transmitted by facsimile
addressed as follows:
(i) | If to the Purchaser or Double-Take: | |||
Double-Take Software, Inc. | ||||
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attn: S. Xxxxx Xxxx, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Fax: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||||
Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. | ||||
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attn: A. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Fax: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
(ii) | If to the Sellers: |
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Capvest Equities Inc. | ||||
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx 000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxx, XX | ||||
X0X 0X0 | ||||
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Fax: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||||
Osler, Xxxxxx & Harcourt LLP | ||||
0000 Xx Xx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, | ||||
Xxxxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxx, XX | ||||
Xxxxxx | ||||
H3B 4W5 | ||||
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Fax: 000-000-0000 |
or such other address as the addressee may indicate by written notice.
Each notice, demand, request, or communication which shall be given or made in the manner
described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all purposes at such time as it is
hand delivered to the addressee (the affidavit of the messenger or (with respect to overnight
courier) the records of the courier service (with respect to a fax) the confirmation sheet being
deemed conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as delivery is
refused by the addressee upon presentation. However, a notice delivered or transmitted after 5:00
PM local time or on day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed to have been given and received
on the next Business Day.
9.04 Waiver
Unless expressly specified in this Agreement or under any other instrument or document given
in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement, no delay or failure on the part of any party
hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or under any other
instrument or document given in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall impair any such
right, power or privilege or be construed as a waiver of any default or any acquiescence therein.
No single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege shall preclude the further
exercise of such right, power or privilege, or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
No waiver shall be valid against any party hereto unless made in writing and signed by the party
against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought and then only to the extent expressly specified
therein.
9.05 Benefit and Assignment
The Purchaser shall not assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Significant Shareholders and the
Company; provided, however, that Purchaser shall be entitled to assign this
Agreement upon
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written notice to the other parties hereto to an Affiliate of the Purchaser or in connection
with the reorganization (whether by merger, consolidation, or otherwise), sale of all or
substantially all of the assets or business of the Purchaser, provided Purchaser and Double-Take
shall remain jointly and severally liable to the Sellers for any failure on the part of said
assignee to (i) properly release the Escrow Account, (ii) pay the Post-Closing Purchase Price
Adjustment, and (iii) satisfy its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. Any purported
assignment contrary to the terms hereof shall be null, void and of no force and effect. Subject to
the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Person other than the parties
hereto or their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder shall be entitled to bring
any action to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any of the parties hereto, and the
covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall
be enforceable only by, the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns as permitted
hereunder.
9.06 Severability
If any part of any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, document or writing
given pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable under
applicable law, such part shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability
only, without in any way affecting the remaining parts of such provision or the remaining
provisions hereof or of said agreement, document or writing.
9.07 Governing Law
This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or disputes
relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed under and in accordance with the laws of the
Province of Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Québec.
9.08 Language
The parties acknowledge that they have requested and are satisfied that this Agreement and all
other documents and notices related thereto be drawn up in English. Les parties aux présentes
reconnaissent qu’elles ont exigé que cette convention et tous les documents et avis y afférents
soient rédigés en anglais et s’en déclarent satisfaites.
9.09 Signature in Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, none of which need contain the
signatures of all parties, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which taken
together constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this
Agreement to produce or account for more than the number of counterparts containing the respective
signatures of, or on behalf of, all of the parties hereto.
9.10 Construction
The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to
express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against
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any party. Any reference to any federal, state, provincial, local or foreign statute or law
shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the
context requires otherwise.
9.11 Currency
Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are expressed in
the lawful currency of the United States.
9.12 Incorporation of Exhibits, Disclosure Schedule and Schedules
The Exhibits, Disclosure Schedule and Schedules identified in this Agreement are incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof.
9.13 Sellers’ Representative
(a) Each Seller hereby irrevocably appoints Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx (the “Sellers’ Representative”)
as such Sellers’ Representative, attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to act
in the name, place and stead of the Sellers with respect to the transfer of the Sellers’ Shares to
Purchaser in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to act on behalf of the
Sellers in any amendment of or litigation or arbitration involving this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement and to do or refrain from doing all such further acts and things, and to execute all such
documents, as Sellers’ Representative shall deem necessary or appropriate in conjunction with any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the power:
(i) to take all action necessary or desirable in connection with the waiver of any
condition to the obligations of the Sellers to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;
(ii) to negotiate, execute and deliver all ancillary agreements, statements,
certificates, statements, notices, approvals, extensions, waivers, undertakings, amendments
and other documents required or permitted to be given in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (it being understood that the Sellers shall
execute and deliver any such documents which the Sellers’ Representative agrees to execute);
(iii) to give and receive all notices and communications to be given or received under
this Agreement and to receive service of process in connection with the any claims under
this Agreement, including service of process in connection with arbitration; and
(iv) to take all actions which under this Agreement may be taken by the Sellers and to
do or refrain from doing any further act or deed on behalf of the Sellers which the Sellers’
Representative deems necessary or appropriate in his sole discretion relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement as fully and completely as the Sellers could do if personally
present.
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(b) If Xx. Xxxxxx becomes unable to serve as Sellers’ Representative, the Seller with which he
is currently employed or engaged as a contractor shall be entitled to appoint his successor.
9.14 Specific Performance
Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that a breach of this Agreement would cause
irreparable damage to each other party hereto and that any such other party will not have an
adequate remedy at law. Therefore, the obligations of each party under this Agreement, including
the Sellers’ obligation to sell the Shares to Purchaser, shall be enforceable by a decree of
specific performance issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, and appropriate injunctive
relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith. Except as otherwise provided
herein, such remedies shall, however, be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to
any other remedies which any party may have under this Agreement or otherwise.
9.15 Arbitration
Any controversy or dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including, but not
limited to, its negotiation, validity, existence, breach, termination, construction or application,
or the rights, duties or obligations of any Party (other than a dispute under or relating to
Section 2.03(b) which shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(b)(c)), shall be referred
to and determined finally by arbitration before a single arbitrator in accordance with the
International Rules of the American Arbitration Association applicable to commercial arbitration
and the procedures set out in therein. The arbitrator shall be appointed by mutual agreement of
the parties hereto. If they cannot agree, then the arbitrator shall be appointed by the American
Arbitration Association. An arbitrator appointed by the American Arbitration Association shall be
impartial. The arbitration shall take place in Montreal (QC). The decision of the arbitrator
shall be conclusively binding upon the parties, final and nonappealable, and such decision shall be
enforceable as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. Each party shall pay the fees
and expenses of its counsel and its witnesses. The parties shall share equally the fees and
expenses of the arbitrator. The arbitration shall be carried out in the English language.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the parties hereto shall be
entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction for
the enforcement of for the enforcement of the provisions set forth in ARTICLE 7 and Section 9.14
herein.
9.16 Entire Agreement; Amendment
This Agreement, together with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto and all agreements, documents
and instruments delivered or required to be delivered hereto (the “Closing Documents”), constitutes
the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the
parties. No supplement, modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed
in writing by the party to be bound thereby or the Sellers’ Representative on behalf of the
Sellers.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Share Purchase Agreement, or
has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered in its name on its behalf, all as of
the day and year first above written
SELLERS:
CAPITAL REGIONAL ET COOPERATIF DESJARDINS | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Vice President | |||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: | Vice President | |||||
DESJARDINS CAPITAL DE DEVELOPPEMENT MONTREAL METROPOLITAIN, OUEST ET NORD DU QUEBEC INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
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Title: | Vice President | |||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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|||||
Title: | Vice President | |||||
BDC CAPITAL INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: | Managing Director | |||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Title: | Managing Director | |||||
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VENTURE WEST 8
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER, VENTURES WEST 8 MANAGEMENT LTD. |
||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx and /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Vice President and Senior Vice President | |||||
CAPVEST EQUITIES INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: | President | |||||
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VEBA DEV, INC. | ||||||
By: Name: |
*
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Title: | ||||||
3055810 NOVA SCOTIA HOLDING COMPANY | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxxxx Xx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||||
* | ||||||
Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
* | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
Attorney-in-fact |
TIMESPRING SOFTWARE CORPORATION | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | ||||||
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PURCHASER: | ||||||||
DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE CANADA, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||||
Title: | President | |||||||
DOUBLE-TAKE: | ||||||||
DOUBLE-TAKE CORPORATION | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||
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Appendix A
Definitions
All references to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Sections of and Exhibits and
Schedules to this Agreement.
“Accounting Referee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(d).
“Affiliate” means: (a) with respect to a person, any member of such person’s family; (b) with
respect to an entity, any officer, director, stockholder, partner or investor of or in such entity
or of or in any Affiliate of such entity; and (c) with respect to a person or entity, any person or
entity which directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled
by, or is under common Control with such person or entity.
“Assets” means assets and properties of every kind and everything that is or may be available
for the payment of liabilities (whether inchoate, tangible or intangible), including, without
limitation, real (immovable) and personal (movable) property.
“Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a)(i).
“Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a)(ii).
“Business” means the businesses and operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries engaged in,
on the date hereto, and at any time during the twelve (12) months preceding the Closing and any
other business or operation that the Company and the Subsidiaries propose to engage in prior to the
Closing.
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which Banks in Montreal (QC)
and Boston, Massachusetts are open for commercial banking business during normal banking hours;
“Cash” means cash and cash equivalents determined in accordance with GAAP as of the Closing
Date as shown on the Closing Date Balance Sheet.
“CBCA” means the Canada Business Corporations Act.
“Claims” means all demands, claims, actions, assessments, complaints, directives, citations,
information requests issued by government authority, legal proceedings, orders, notices of
potential responsibility, losses, damages (including, without limitation, diminution in value),
liabilities, sanctions, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties and
attorneys’ and experts’ fees and disbursement
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Closing Date Balance Sheet” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(a).
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“Closing Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16.
“Closing Net Working Capital” means Current Assets less Current Liabilities based upon the
Closing Date Balance Sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, for greater certainty
i) all accounts and accruals for the value or in respect of the Preferred Shares on the Financial
Statements, ii) all Funded Indebtedness, and (iii) all expenses relating to the transactions herein
contemplated.
“Company” means TimeSpring Software Corporation, incorporated under the laws of Canada.
“Company Permits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.14 (b).
“Company Stock Award Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04 (e).
“Company Transaction Expenses” means all unpaid fees, expenses and other obligations of the
Company or any Subsidiary relating to the process of selling the Company or the negotiation,
preparation or execution of this Agreement or any documents contemplated hereby, or the performance
of the Sellers or the Company obligations hereunder, or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation fees or expenses associated with
obtaining necessary or appropriate waivers, consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority or
other Person on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, all legal, accounting, tax and
investment banking fees or expenses.
“Consents” means those consents required pursuant to the agreements listed under the heading
Section 4.02(b) of the Disclosure Schedule.
“Contract” means contracts, licenses, leases, agreements, obligations, promises, undertakings,
understandings, arrangements, documents, commitments, entitlements or engagements to which the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them are bound or under which the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries has, or will have, any liability or contingent liability (in
each case, whether written or oral, express or implied), and includes any quotations, orders,
proposals or tenders which remain open for acceptance and warranties and guarantees.
“Control” means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction
of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise).
“Copyrights” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property.
“Current Assets” means total consolidated current assets of the Company determined in
accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with past practices (which past practices shall
include any year end adjustments made by the Company or required by the Company’s auditors in
previous years).
“Current Liabilities” means total consolidated current liabilities of the Company determined
in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with past practices (which
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past practices shall include any year end adjustments made by the Company or required by the
Company’s auditors in previous years).
“Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule identified as the Disclosure Schedule to
the Agreement.
“Employee Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13.
“Encumbrance” means pledges, liens, charges, security interests, leases, title retention
agreements, mortgages, hypothecs, options, adverse claims or encumbrances of any kind or character
whatsoever.
“Environmental Claims” means all Claims pursuant to Environmental Laws, including but not
limited to, those based on, arising out of or otherwise relating to: (i) the Remediation, presence
or Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials or other environmental conditions initiated,
existing or occurring prior to the Closing Date at, on, under, above, from, or about any Real
Property or any real properties formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company, the Subsidiaries
or any of their predecessors or Affiliates; (ii) the off-site Release, treatment, transportation,
storage or disposal prior to the Closing Date of Hazardous Materials originating from Company’s
and the Subsidiaries’ Assets or business; and (iii) any violations of Environmental Laws by the
Company and the Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date, including reasonable expenditures necessary
to cause the Company and the Subsidiaries to be in compliance with or resolve violations of
Environmental Laws.
“Environmental Laws” means any Laws relating to the Remediation, generation, production,
installation, use, storage, treatment, transportation, Release, threatened release, or disposal of
Hazardous Materials, or noise control, or the protection of human health, safety, natural
resources, animal health or welfare, or the environment.
“Environmental Permits” means any permits, licenses, certificates and approvals required under
any Environmental Law.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and all Laws
promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection therewith.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any other entity (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with such entity, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section
4001 of ERISA.
“Escrow Agent” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada.
“Escrow Agreement” means that certain Escrow Agreement, by and among the Significant
Shareholders, Double-Take, the Purchaser and the Escrow Agent, relating to the Escrow Amount and
SR&ED Escrow Amount.
“Escrow Account” means the account with the Escrow Agent where the Escrow Amount shall be
deposited at Closing.
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“Escrow Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).
“Escrow Funds” means the funds (if any) held in the Escrow Account in accordance with the
terms of the Escrow Agreement.
“Estimated Working Capital Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
“Exhibit” means an exhibit attached to the Agreement.
“Financial Statements” means the Company’s Audited Financial Statements and the Interim
Financial Statements.
“Funded Indebtedness” means the loan payable to certain creditors by the Company that are set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, and all interest thereon.
“GAAP” means Canadian generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time,
including those set forth in the Handbook of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants which
are applicable as at the date on which any calculation made hereunder is to be effective or as at
the date of any financial statements referred to herein, as the case may be.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any government, state, commonwealth, territory, or any
possession, county, or municipality thereof, or the government of any political subdivision of any
of the foregoing, or any entity, authority, agency, ministry or other similar body exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative authority or functions of or
pertaining to government, including any authority or other quasi-governmental entity established to
perform any such functions.
“Hazardous Materials” means any wastes, substances, radiation, or materials (whether solids,
liquids or gases): (i) which are hazardous, toxic, infectious, explosive, radioactive,
carcinogenic, or mutagenic; (ii) which are or become defined as “pollutants,” “contaminants,”
“hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous substances,” “chemical substances,”
“radioactive materials,” “solid wastes,” or other similar designations in, or otherwise subject to
regulation under, any Environmental Laws; (iii) the presence of which on the Real Property cause or
threaten to cause a nuisance pursuant to applicable statutory or common law upon the Real Property
or to adjacent properties; (iv) which contain without limitation polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
mold, methyl-tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), asbestos or asbestos containing materials, lead-based
paints, urea-formaldehyde foam insulation, or petroleum or petroleum products (including, without
limitation, crude oil or any fraction thereof); or (v) which pose a hazard to human health, safety,
natural resources, employees, or the environment.
“ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada).
“Indebtedness” means the sum of (a) the principal amount of any indebtedness of the Company
and any Subsidiaries for borrowed money, including any debentures, bonds, shareholder loans, and
preferred stock, together with all prepayment premiums, unpaid fees or expenses, interest,
dividends, penalties and other amounts due or becoming due as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (b) all obligations under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP, (c) any payment obligations of the Company and any
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Subsidiaries in respect of outstanding letters of credit which are not evidenced by trade
payables, (d) any liability of the Company and any Subsidiaries with respect to outstanding
interest rate swaps, collars, caps and similar hedging obligations, (e) all obligations of the
Company and any Subsidiaries issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations, and all obligations under any title retention agreement (but
excluding trade accounts payable arising in the Ordinary Course of Business); (f) any outstanding
indebtedness of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above of any Person other than the
Company and the Subsidiaries which is either guaranteed by, or secured by a security interest upon
any property owned by, the Company or any Subsidiary, and (g) any unpaid interest, prepayment
premiums or penalties accrued or owing on any such indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary,
but does not include any amount owed by the Company on account of Taxes.
“Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).
“Initial Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).
“Initial Working Capital Adjustment Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property rights owned or used by the Company
and the Subsidiaries arising from or in respect of the following, whether protected, created or
arising under the laws of the United States, Canada or any other jurisdiction: (i) all patents and
applications therefor, including continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, or reissues of
patent applications and patents issuing thereon, and all similar rights arising under the Laws of
any jurisdiction (collectively, “Patents”), (ii) all trademarks, service marks, trade names,
service names, brand names, trade dress rights, logos, Internet domain names and corporate names,
together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications,
registrations and renewals thereof, (collectively, “Marks”), (iii) all copyrights and registrations
and applications therefore, works of authorship, including but not limited to computer software and
applications (object code and/or source code), and mask work rights (collectively, “Copyrights”),
and (iv) all discoveries, research and development, formulae, inventions, compositions,
manufacturing and production processes and techniques, technical data, procedures, designs,
drawings, specifications, databases, and other proprietary or confidential information, including
customer lists, supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and
proposals of the Company, in each case excluding any rights in respect of any of the foregoing that
comprise or are protected by Copyrights or Patents (collectively, “Trade Secrets”).
“Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10.
“Knowledge of the Company” means the actual awareness of a particular fact or matter by the
Company’s directors and executive officers, including Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx D’Amours,
Xxxx XxXxxxx .
“Knowledge of the Purchaser and Double-Take” means the actual awareness of a particular fact
or matter by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
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Technical Officer of Double-Take and all knowledge which could have been obtained by him upon
reasonable inquiry.
“Knowledge of the Significant Shareholders” means the actual awareness of a particular fact or
matter by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and all knowledge which could have been
obtained by them upon reasonable inquiry.
“Laws” means all currently existing applicable federal, state, provincial and local statutes,
laws (including common law), ordinances, regulations, rules, resolutions, orders, determinations,
writs, injunctions, awards (including, without limitation, awards of any arbitrator), judgments and
decrees applicable to the specified persons or entities and to the businesses and Assets thereof
(including, without limitation, Laws relating to securities registration and regulation; the sale,
leasing, ownership or management of real property; employment practices, terms and conditions, and
wages and hours; safety, health and fire prevention; and environmental protection, including
Environmental Laws).
“Legal Proceedings” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15.
“Liabilities” means any indebtedness, liability, financial obligation or financial guarantee
of any type (whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent).
“Loss Contract” means any Contract for the sale of goods and/or services which, after
allocation of costs including overhead and general and administrative expenses, would result in
less revenue than those direct and allocable costs.
“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).
“Marks” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property.
“Material Adverse Effect” as it applies to the Company and its Subsidiaries means any event,
occurrence, state of facts or development that has or would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, operations,
liabilities, profits, assets, operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, other than (i) changes in general economic conditions, interest rates
or securities markets in the U. S. or worldwide that do not disproportionately affect the Business;
(ii) any adverse change, effect or circumstance relating to conditions generally affecting the
industry in which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries operates, and not affecting them in a
disproportionate manner; (iii) war, act of terrorism, civil unrest or similar event; (iv) changes
in Law, or any judgments, orders or decrees that apply generally to similarly situated Persons that
do not disproportionately affect the Business and (vi) any change or effect arising by reason of or
relating to the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Material Contracts” means the Contracts listed at Section l of the Disclosure Schedule
.
“Minority Interest Shareholder” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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“Net Operating Costs” shall mean the lesser of $3,300 CDN per day or the Company’s actual net
operating costs per day for the period commencing on September 11, 2007 and ending on the Closing
Date.
“Non-Resident Seller” shall mean:
(i) a Seller that is not a resident of Canada for the purposes of
the ITA; and
(ii) a Seller that is a partnership that is not a “Canadian partnership” within the meaning of
the ITA
“Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary and usual course of the Company’s day to day
Business consistent with past practices and business operations.
“Patents” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property.
“Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(i) applicable municipal by-laws, development agreements, subdivision agreements, site plan
agreements, other agreements, building and other restrictions, easements, servitudes, rights of way
and licenses which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the use or value of the Real
Property affected thereby and provided the same have been complied with in all material respects to
the Closing Date including the posting of any required security for performance of obligations
thereunder;
(ii) defects or irregularities in title to the Real Property which are of a minor nature and
do not materially adversely affect the use, saleability or value of the Real Property affected
thereby and provided the same have been complied with in all material respects to the Closing Date;
(iii) rights of equipment lessors under Equipment Contracts provided the terms of such
Equipment Contracts have been fully performed to the Closing Date;
(iv) any privilege in favour of any lessor, licensor or permitter for rent to become due or
for other obligations or acts, the performance of which is required under Contracts, or Real
Property Leases, so long as the payment of or the performance of such other obligation or act is
not delinquent and provided that such liens or privileges do not materially adversely affect the
use or value of the assets affected thereby;
(v) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens arising or incurred in
the ordinary course of business; and
(vi) Encumbrances for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that are not yet due
and payable or that may thereafter be paid without penalty or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or department or agency of a government.
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“Personal Information” means information in the possession or under the control of the Sellers
about an identifiable individual.
“Personal Property Leases” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.09.
“Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Post-Closing Taxes” means all Taxes of the Company and any Subsidiary for Post-Closing Tax
Periods and all Taxes of the Company and any Subsidiary for Straddle Periods to the extent such
Taxes are allocated to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 7.01(b).
“Post-Closing Tax Period” means any taxable period beginning on or after and ending after the
Closing Date.
“Pre-Closing Taxes” means (i) all Taxes of the Company and any Subsidiary for Pre-Closing Tax
Periods and all Taxes of the Company and any Subsidiary for Straddle Periods to the extent such
Taxes are allocated to the Sellers pursuant to Section 7.01(b).
“Preferred Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any Taxable Period ending on or before the Closing Date and if
a Taxable Period begins on or prior to the Closing Date and ends after the Closing Date, then the
portion of the Taxable Period that ends on and includes the Closing Date.
“Pro Rata Percentage” shall mean each Seller’s respective percentage entitlement to the
Initial Purchase Price as set out on Schedule A.
“Proceedings” means suits, claims, actions (arbitration or legal), notice, demand, or
administrative or other proceedings or hearings or governmental investigations.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
“Purchaser Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02.
“Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06.
“Release” means any presence, emission, spill, seepage, leak, escape, leaching, discharge,
injection, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping, disposal, migration, or release of Hazardous
Materials from any source into or upon the environment, including the air, soil, improvements,
surface water, groundwater, the sewer, septic system, storm drain, publicly owned treatment works,
or waste treatment, storage, or disposal systems.
“Remediation” means any investigation, clean-up, removal action, remedial action, restoration,
repair, response action, corrective action, monitoring, sampling and analysis, installation,
reclamation, closure, or post-closure in connection with the suspected, threatened or actual
Release of Hazardous Materials.
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“Review Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(c).
“Significant Shareholder” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Section” means a Section (or a subsection) of this Agreement.
“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Seller Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03.
“Seller Price” means, in the case of a Non-Resident Seller that is not a partnership, the
Purchase Price payable to the Non-Resident Seller on the date hereof, and in the case of a
Non-Resident Seller that is a partnership, such part of the Purchase Price payable to the
Non-Resident Seller on the date hereof as is attributable to any Person that is not a resident of
Canada for the purposes of the ITA and that is either a partner of the Non-Resident Seller or a
member of another partnership that directly or through other partnerships is a partner of the
Non-Resident Seller.
“Sellers’ Accountants” means the firm of SNG Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx.
“Sellers’ Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
“Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“SR&ED” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.25.
“SR&ED Cheque(s)” means the cheque or cheques or credits issued by the CRA and/or MRQ with
respect to the SR&ED Credit.
“SR&ED Credit” means the aggregate amount payable by the CRA and/or MRQ (whether by cheque or
otherwise) and not yet received on the Closing Date with respect to the aggregate SR&ED tax credits
for Tax Periods of the Company and any Subsidiary ending on or before the Closing Date as reflected
on the Estimated Working Capital Statement.
“SR&ED Escrow Account” means the account with the Escrow Agent where the SR&ED Escrow Amount
shall be deposited at Closing.
“SR&ED Escrow Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).
“SR&ED Escrow Funds” means the funds (if any) held in the SR&ED Escrow Account in accordance
with the terms of the Escrow Agreement for the purpose of payments made resulting from the exercise
of rights set forth in Section 8.02(vi).
“Straddle Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(b).
“Subsidiaries” means a company or entity of which the majority of the outstanding capital
shares, voting securities, other equity interests or other interests having rights to vote or
otherwise exercise control are held, directly or indirectly, by the Company, which Subsidiaries
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include TimeSpring Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and TimeSpring Software (Mass),
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Target Working Capital” means zero dollars ($0).
“Tax Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c).
“Taxes” shall mean any or all Canadian federal, provincial, local or foreign (i.e.,
non-Canadian) income, gross receipts, real property gains, goods and services, license, payroll,
employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs
duties, capital stock, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), franchise, payroll,
wage, employer health, employment excise, severance, utility, compensation, workers’ compensation
plan premiums, employment insurance premiums or compensation, Canada pension plan contributions and
retirement contributions, unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use,
transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, or other taxes, levies,
governmental charges or assessments of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, any
estimated tax payments, interest, penalties or other additions thereto, whether or not disputed and
amounts as or on account of any Taxes.
“Tax Period” means any taxable year or other period with respect to which any Tax may be
imposed or is required to be paid, collected or remitted under any applicable statute, rule or
regulation.
“Tax Returns” shall mean any return, declaration, report, estimate, information return or
statement, or claim for refund relating to, or required to be filed in connection with any Taxes,
including information returns or reports with respect to withholding at source or payments to third
parties, and any schedules or attachments thereto or amendments of any of the foregoing.
“Threshold Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(c).
“Title IV Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(c).
“Trade Secrets” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property.
“Unresolved Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02 (d).
“Working Capital” means Current Assets less Current Liabilities determined in accordance with
GAAP, but excluding, for greater certainty, i) all accounts and accruals for the value or in
respect of the preferred shares on the Financial Statements, ii) all Funded Indebtedness, and iii)
all expenses relating to the transactions herein contemplated.
“401(k) Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(b).
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The Company has omitted the following schedules and similar attachments in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2):
Exhibit A — Purchase Price
Exhibit B — Funded Indebtedness
Exhibit D — Form of Legal Opinion
Exhibit E — Form of Employment Agreement
Exhibit F — Form of Deloitte and Touche Letter
Exhibit G — Estimated Working Capital Statement
Disclosure Schedule Section 4.01 — Non Resident Shareholders
Disclosure Schedule Section 4.02 (b) — Drag Along Notice
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.01 — Corporate Existence; Good Standing
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.02(a) — Subsidiaries
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.02(b) — Subsidiaries — Details
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.03(b) — Absence of Conflicts; Consents
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.04 — Ownership; Capitalization; Options
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.05 — Absence of Certain Changes
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.06 — Affiliate Transactions
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.07 — Material Contracts
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.08 — Real Property
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.09 — Personal Property
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.10 — Financial Statements
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.11 — No Undisclosed Liabilities
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.12 — Employee Matters
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.13 — Pension and Benefit Plans
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.14 — Legal Compliance Permits
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.15 — Litigation Disputes
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.16 — Insurance
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.17 — Customers; Vendors; Suppliers
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.18 — Bank Accounts
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.19 — Books and Records
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.20 (a) — 5.20 (c) — Intellectual Property
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.21 — Absence of Open Source Code
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.22 — Accounts Receivable
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.23 — Indebtedness
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.27 — Environmental
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.28 — Taxes
Disclosure Schedule Section 8.02(a)(v) — List of Original Share Certificates Not in The Possession of the Company at Closing
Exhibit B — Funded Indebtedness
Exhibit D — Form of Legal Opinion
Exhibit E — Form of Employment Agreement
Exhibit F — Form of Deloitte and Touche Letter
Exhibit G — Estimated Working Capital Statement
Disclosure Schedule Section 4.01 — Non Resident Shareholders
Disclosure Schedule Section 4.02 (b) — Drag Along Notice
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.01 — Corporate Existence; Good Standing
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.02(a) — Subsidiaries
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.02(b) — Subsidiaries — Details
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.03(b) — Absence of Conflicts; Consents
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.04 — Ownership; Capitalization; Options
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.05 — Absence of Certain Changes
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.06 — Affiliate Transactions
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.07 — Material Contracts
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.08 — Real Property
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.09 — Personal Property
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.10 — Financial Statements
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.11 — No Undisclosed Liabilities
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.12 — Employee Matters
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.13 — Pension and Benefit Plans
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.14 — Legal Compliance Permits
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.15 — Litigation Disputes
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.16 — Insurance
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.17 — Customers; Vendors; Suppliers
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.18 — Bank Accounts
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.19 — Books and Records
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.20 (a) — 5.20 (c) — Intellectual Property
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.21 — Absence of Open Source Code
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.22 — Accounts Receivable
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.23 — Indebtedness
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.27 — Environmental
Disclosure Schedule Section 5.28 — Taxes
Disclosure Schedule Section 8.02(a)(v) — List of Original Share Certificates Not in The Possession of the Company at Closing
The Company will furnish the omitted schedules and similar attachments to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission upon request.
Exhibit C
FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT
ESCROW AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
CAPITAL RÉGIONAL ET COOPÉRATIF DESJARDINS
AND
DESJARDINS CAPITAL DE DÉVELOPPEMENT MONTRÉAL
MÉTROPOLITAIN, OUEST ET NORD DU QUÉBEC INC.
MÉTROPOLITAIN, OUEST ET NORD DU QUÉBEC INC.
AND
BDC CAPITAL INC.
AND
VENTURES WEST 8 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AND
CAPVEST EQUITIES INC.
AND
AND
DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE CANADA INC.
AND
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
DECEMBER 24, 2007
ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated as of December 24, 2007, by and among Capital
régional et coopératif Desjardins, Desjardins capital de développement Montréal métropolitain,
ouest et nord du Québec Inc., BDC Capital Inc., Ventures West 8 Limited Partnership, Capvest
Equities Inc. (each a “Significant Shareholder”), Xxxxx Xxxxxx (the “Sellers’ Representative”),
Timespring Software Corporation, a corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations
Act (the “Company”), Double-Take Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Double-Take”), and
Double-Take Software Canada Inc., a Canadian corporation (the “Purchaser”) and a direct subsidiary
of Double-Take, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Escrow Agent”).
WHEREAS, the shareholders of the Company have this day sold all of the issued and outstanding
Shares of the Company to the Purchaser pursuant to the certain share purchase agreement dated as of
the date hereof (the “Share Purchase Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Purchaser has agreed to deposit the Escrow
Amount and the SR&ED Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent upon the Closing on the terms and
conditions provided for in the Share Purchase Agreement and the terms and conditions provided for
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 | All capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Share Purchase Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires. | ||
1.2 | “Escrow Amount” shall mean the total of $1,052,532 and CAD$147,468; | ||
1.3 | “SR&ED Escrow Amount” shall mean CAD$200,000; | ||
1.4 | “Escrow Funds” shall mean the funds (if any) held in escrow comprising of the Escrow Amount deposited upon Closing, together with interest and other income thereon; and | ||
1.5 | “SR&ED Escrow Funds” shall mean the funds (if any) held in escrow comprising of the SR&ED Escrow Amount deposited upon Closing, together with interest income and other income thereon. |
2. | DELIVERY AND RECEIPT OF ESCROW AMOUNT AND SR&ED ESCROW AMOUNT |
The Buyer shall deposit with the Escrow Agent, on or about the date hereof the Escrow Amount and
the SR&ED Escrow Amount and the Escrow Agent shall acknowledge receipt of such amounts by delivery
of a receipt to the Purchaser and the Significant Shareholders upon receipt of transfer of the such
amounts.
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3. INVESTMENT OF ESCROW FUNDS AND SR&ED ESCROW FUNDS
3.1 | Until and unless otherwise instructed pursuant to Section 3.3 herein, the SR&ED Escrow Funds shall be invested and reinvested in the Escrow Agent’s trust account earning the rate of prime less 2% of the dollar value of the SR&ED Escrow Funds (such investment option being designated as CPU Standard (Canadian funds) on the Escrow Agent’s schedule of fees). | ||
3.2 | Until and unless otherwise instructed pursuant to Section 3.3 herein, the Escrow Funds shall be invested in the Escrow Agent’s trust account, earning the rate of interest as indicated in the Escrow Agent’s schedule of fees for CPU Standard (Canadian funds) or CPU Standard (United States funds), as may be applicable. | ||
3.3 | All or part of the Escrow Funds or SR&ED Escrow Funds may be invested and reinvested from time to time by the Escrow Agent, in money market fund or government securities unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of such government, as may be directed in writing by the joint written direction of the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative, acting on behalf of the Sellers, from time to time. The Escrow Agent shall not have any liability whatsoever for any loss sustained as a result of any investment made pursuant to the foregoing or as a result of any liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity or for the failure of the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative to give the Escrow Agent any instruction to invest or reinvest the Escrow Funds or the SR&ED Escrow Funds. Any portion of the Escrow Funds or SR&ED Escrow Funds which cannot be invested shall remain in an interest-bearing account. |
4. BENEFIT OF ESCROW FUNDS AND SR&ED ESCROW FUNDS
4.1 | The Escrow Funds and the SR&ED Escrow Funds shall be held by the Escrow Agent for the benefit of the Purchaser and the Significant Shareholders. | ||
4.2 | Unless otherwise provided by a joint written direction of Double-Take, the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative, the Escrow Funds and the SR&ED Escrow Funds will only be dealt by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms and conditions provided in the Share Purchase Agreement and hereinafter. | ||
4.3 | Where the provisions of this Agreement authorize the Escrow Agent to disburse any Escrow Funds, SR&ED Escrow Funds or other amount to any of the parties hereto without any further written direction from any of the parties hereto, no such further written direction(s) need be obtained by the Escrow Agent in connection therewith. |
5. HOLDING OF ESCROW FUNDS AND SR&ED ESCROW FUNDS
5.1 | The Escrow Funds shall be held for a period ending on the two year anniversary date from the date of the Closing (the “Release Date”) unless paid out earlier in accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any portion of the Escrow Funds which is the subject of an unresolved Claim on the |
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Release Date, shall not be released by the Escrow Agent until (i) such dispute has
been resolved by the Sellers’ Representative, acting on behalf of the Sellers, the
Purchaser, and Double-Take, and (ii) the Escrow Agent has been provided notice of
such resolution.
5.2 | The SR&ED Escrow Funds shall be held for a period ending on the Release Date unless paid out earlier in accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any portion of the SR&ED Escrow Funds which is the subject of an unresolved Claim on the Release Date, shall not be released by the Escrow Agent until (i) such dispute has been resolved by the Sellers’ Representative, acting on behalf of the Sellers, the Purchaser, and Double-Take, and (ii) the Escrow Agent has been provided notice of such resolution. |
6. INDEMNIFIED PARTY CLAIMS
6.1 | The Purchaser on its own behalf, or any other Purchaser Indemnified Party, shall have the right to submit a Claim to the Escrow Agent for reimbursement out of the Escrow Funds or the SR&ED Escrow Funds, as the case may be, with respect to Claims for indemnification under Section 8.02 of the Share Purchase Agreement. | ||
6.2 | If the Purchaser wishes to submit a Claim against the Escrow Funds or the SR&ED Escrow Funds in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Share Purchase Agreement it shall give a written notice (a “Notice of Claim”) to the Sellers’ Representative, with a copy to the Escrow Agent, setting out the type, amount and details of the Claim with appropriate supporting documentation, if any. Any Notice of Claim shall specify the amount and nature of the Claim and provide all material details of the Claim. The Sellers’ Representative, acting on behalf of the Sellers, shall have the right to dispute any Claim by giving the Purchaser and the Escrow Agent a notice (a “Notice of Dispute”) setting out the basis on which it disputes the Claim with appropriate supporting documentation, if any, within 15 days of the receipt of the Notice of Claim by the Sellers’ Representative. If the Sellers’ Representative does not dispute a Claim by giving a Notice of Dispute within the allowed time, the Escrow Agent shall pay to the Purchaser, within five business days, the amount of the Claim requested by the Purchaser upon receipt of a request for payment and a sworn affidavit by the Purchaser certifying (i) as to the giving of the Notice of Claim to the Sellers’ Representative, (ii) the date the Notice of Claim was given, and (iii) that no Notice of Dispute was received by the Purchaser within the allowed time with respect to that portion of the Claim which the Escrow Agent is being requested to pay. | ||
6.3 | If the Sellers’ Representative disputes a Claim and gives a Notice of Dispute under Section 6.2 of this Agreement, the portion of the Claim not disputed shall be disbursed to the Purchaser as contemplated in Section 6.2 of this Agreement and the parties shall attempt to resolve all of the items in dispute set out in the Notice of Dispute within 10 days of receipt of the Notice of Dispute by the Purchaser. In the event that the parties agree on a resolution of the dispute set out |
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in the Notice of Dispute, the parties shall confirm this resolution in writing to
the Escrow Agent and shall thereafter be bound by such resolution. Any items in
dispute not resolved within the above mentioned 10-day period shall be resolved in
accordance with Section 9.15 of the Share Purchase Agreement.
7. INTEREST ON ESCROW FUNDS AND SR&ED ESCROW FUNDS
All interest accruing from the date of this Agreement on the Escrow Funds and the
SR&ED Escrow Funds or any part thereof held by the Escrow Agent shall accrue to the
benefit of the party to which the portion of the Escrow Funds or the SR&ED Escrow
Funds, as the case may be, to which the interest relates is paid.
8. RELEASE OF ESCROW FUNDS
The Escrow Agent shall disburse the Escrow Funds and the SR&ED Funds as follows:
8.1 | If the Significant Shareholders become entitled to a payment as a result of the receipt of the SR&ED Cheque(s) pursuant to Section 2.02(a) of the Share Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent a written direction, substantially in the form of Exhibit “A” hereto directing the Escrow Agent to pay to the Significant Shareholders such amount, in accordance with Sections 2.02(a), 7.01(a)(iv) and 8.02(e) of the Share Purchase Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled exclusively to rely on such direction, without any further inquiry or calculation by the Escrow Agent whatsoever. | ||
8.2 | Following payment of the sums contemplated at Section 8.1 of this Agreement, the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent a written direction, substantially in the form of Exhibit “A” hereto directing the Escrow Agent to disburse any remaining SR&ED Escrow Funds to the Significant Shareholders in accordance with their proportionate share of the Purchase Price as set forth in Schedule A of this Agreement, without any further inquiry or calculation by the Escrow Agent whatsoever. | ||
8.3 | The Escrow Agent shall disburse any remaining SR&ED Escrow Funds to the Significant Shareholders in accordance with their proportionate share of the Purchase Price as set forth in Schedule A of this Agreement, on the Release Date. | ||
8.4 | The Escrow Agent shall disburse any remaining Escrow Funds to the Significant Shareholders in accordance with their proportionate share of the Purchase Price as set forth in Schedule A of this Agreement, on the Release Date. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any portion of the Escrow Funds or the SR&ED Escrow Funds
which is the subject of an unresolved Claim, on the Release Date shall not be released by
the Escrow Agent until (i) such dispute has been resolved by the Purchaser
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and the Sellers’ Representative and the Escrow Agent has received notice of resolution of
such Claim, or (ii) the dispute has been finally determined in accordance with Section 9.15
of the Share Purchase Agreement.
9. COSTS AND EXPENSES
Purchaser and Double-Take jointly and severally to be responsible for (i) payment of the
Escrow Agent reasonable compensation for the services to be rendered hereunder, which shall
be as set forth in Schedule “B” of this Agreement, and (ii) payment or reimbursement to the
Escrow Agent upon request for all expenses, disbursements and advances, including reasonable
legal fees and expenses, incurred or made by it in connection with the preparation
execution, delivery, performance, modification and/or termination of this Escrow Agreement.
The Escrow Agent shall invoice Double-Take for any fees expenses or costs payable under this
Section 9. If any fees, expenses or costs incurred by, or any obligations owed to, the
Escrow Agent or its counsel hereunder are not paid when due, the Escrow Agent may reimburse
itself therefor from the Escrow Funds and may sell, liquidate, convey or otherwise dispose
of any investment in respect of the Escrow Funds for such purpose. The obligation in this
Section shall survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement or the resignation or
removal of the Escrow Agent.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
10.1 | The Escrow Agent, with respect to the matters herein dealt with, is not a party to, or is not bound by, any provisions which may be evidenced by, or arise out of, any agreement other than as herein set forth under the express provisions of this Agreement. | ||
10.2 | The Escrow Agent acts hereunder as a depositary only and is not responsible or liable in any manner whatsoever for the sufficiency, correctness, genuineness or validity of any instrument deposited with it, or for the form or execution of such instrument, or for the identity or authority or right of any party hereto executing or depositing it. The Escrow Agent’s duties are administrative in nature and the Escrow Agent shall not incur any liability whatsoever other than for its willful misconduct or negligence. | ||
10.3 | The Escrow Agent shall not be required to take notice of any default or to take any action with respect to such default involving any expense or liability, unless notice in writing of such default is formally given to the Escrow Agent. | ||
10.4 | The Escrow Agent shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, waiver, consent, receipt or other paper or document apparently signed by the proper party hereto. | ||
10.5 | The Escrow Agent may seek the advice of legal counsel in the event of any question or dispute as to the construction of any of the provisions hereof or its duties hereunder, and it shall incur no liability and shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with the opinion and instructions of such legal counsel. The |
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Escrow Agent shall not be required to institute legal proceedings of any kind. If
the Escrow Agent does elect to act, it will do so only to the extent that it is
indemnified by the other parties hereto to its satisfaction against the cost and
expense of such proceedings.
10.6 | The Escrow Agent may pay the Escrow Funds, the SR&ED Escrow Funds or any portion thereof (and any interest earned thereon, less any amounts owing under Section 9) into court for a determination by such court as to the entitlement to such Escrow Funds or SR&ED Escrow Funds (and any interest earned thereon, less any amounts owing under Section 9) at any time and the Escrow Agent shall thereupon be released from any obligation hereunder. | ||
10.7 | The Escrow Agent shall not be accountable for the default or misconduct of any agent or legal counsel employed or appointed by it if such agent or legal counsel shall have been selected with reasonable care. | ||
10.8 | The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or omitted by it in good faith, or for any mistake of fact or law, or for anything which it may do or omit from doing in connection herewith, except its own willful misconduct or negligence. | ||
10.9 | Double-Take, the Purchaser and the Significant Shareholders solidarily undertake to indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent for any claims, losses, damages, costs and expenses, including fees, disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses of any agent and legal counsel, related to the execution of its obligations, and to pay the fees, disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses of the Escrow Agent in acting as set out in this Escrow Agreement (collectively the “Obligations”). | ||
10.10 | The Escrow Agent shall be obliged to disburse only the Escrow Funds and the SR&ED Escrow Funds held pursuant to this Agreement and the interest thereon and shall have no obligation to disburse or expend its own funds or assets. | ||
10.11 | Any interest accrued on the Escrow Funds or the SR&ED Escrow Funds shall be disbursed to the same persons and at the same time on which the principal upon such interest accrued. | ||
10.12 | In the event of any disagreement under the terms of the Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Agent will be entitled, at its option, to refuse to comply with any and all demands whatsoever until the dispute is settled either by a written agreement between the parties to the applicable agreement or by a court of competent jurisdiction. | ||
10.13 | The Escrow Agent will have no responsibility with respect to the delivery or non-delivery of any securities to it unless actually received. | ||
10.14 | In the event that any funds received by the Escrow Agent are in the form of an uncertified cheque or cheques, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to delay the |
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time for release of such part of the funds until such uncertified cheque or cheques
have cleared in the ordinary course of business by the financial institution upon
which the same are drawn.
10.15 | The forwarding of a cheque by the Escrow Agent or the sending of monies by wire transfer as may be directed will satisfy and discharge the liability for any amounts due to the extent of the sum or sums represented thereby (plus the amount of any tax deduction or withheld as required by law) unless such cheque is not honored on presentation; provided that in the event of the non-receipt of such cheque by the payee, or the loss or destruction thereof, the Escrow Agent, upon being furnished with reasonable evidence of such non-receipt, loss or destruction and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, will issue to such payee a replacement cheque for the amount of such cheque drawn. | ||
10.16 | If an action is to be taken by the Escrow Agent on a day when its office is closed for business, then that action will be taken on the next succeeding business day. | ||
10.17 | The Escrow Agent shall bear no responsibility for any delay in the transfer or sale of any securities resulting from the insufficiency of transfer or supporting documents provided to it by the holder. | ||
10.18 | Each party to this Agreement hereby represents to the Escrow Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to held by, the Escrow Agent in connection with this Agreement, for or to the credit of such party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (i) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such party hereto agrees to complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Escrow Agent’s prescribed form as to the particulars of such third party. | ||
10.19 | The Escrow Agent shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Escrow Agent, in its sole judgment, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Escrow Agent, in its sole judgment, determine at any time that its acting under this Agreement has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on 10 days written notice to the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative, provided that (i) the Escrow Agent’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) if such circumstances are rectified to the Escrow Agent’s satisfaction within such 10 day period, then such resignation shall not be effective. |
11. RESIGNATION OF ESCROW AGENT
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The Escrow Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) calendar days’ prior notice in
writing to Double-Take, the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative and Double-Take, the
Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative shall jointly appoint a new escrow agent, in
writing, in the place of the Escrow Agent so resigned, prior to the effective date of
resignation of the Escrow Agent, and, in the event of their failure to do so, a new escrow
agent may be appointed by a judge of a court of the Province of Québec upon application of
any interested party. In the event that the Escrow Agent resigns in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 11, the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Escrow Funds and the SR&ED
Escrow Funds together with all accrued interest thereon and any documentation sent or
received by the Escrow Agent in connection with this Agreement, to the escrow agent
replacing it hereunder, and such new escrow agent, without further act, shall be vested and
have all rights, powers and authority granted to the Escrow Agent hereunder and be subject
in all respects to the terms, conditions and provisions hereof.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
If any property held by the Escrow Agent hereunder shall be attached, garnished or levied
upon under any order of a court, or the delivery thereof shall be stayed or enjoined by any
order of a court, or any other order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by a court
affecting such property or any part thereof or any act of the Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent
is hereby expressly authorized, in its sole discretion, to obey and comply with all writs,
orders, judgments or decrees so entered or issued, whether with or without jurisdiction, and
if the Escrow Agent obeys and complies with any such writ, order, judgment or decree, it
shall not be liable to any of the other parties hereto, their successors or assigns or to
any other person, firm or corporation, by reason of such compliance notwithstanding that
such writ, order, judgment or decree is subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside
or vacated.
13. RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS
13.1 | The parties agree that the Escrow Agent shall not be required to make any determination or decision with respect to the validity of any Claim made by any party, or of any denial thereof, but shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the terms of this Agreement and the documents tendered to it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. | ||
13.2 | The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility to inquire into the genuineness or validity of any documents delivered to it and reasonably believed by it to have been signed by a proper person or persons and shall be entitled to rely thereon and shall not be liable or responsible for any action taken or omitted in good faith in accordance with the provisions thereof and hereof. |
14. TERMINATION
This Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Agent shall be released from all its
obligations hereunder upon the final release by the Escrow Agent, or its replacement
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under Section 11 pursuant hereto, of the Escrow Funds and the SR&ED Escrow Funds in the
manner contemplated hereunder.
15. CURRENCY
Unless otherwise provided for, all amounts mentioned herein are in United States dollars.
16. NOTICE
Any notice, direction or other instrument required or permitted to be given hereunder shall
be in writing and delivered or sent by telecopier addressed to:
16.1 | If to the Purchaser or Double-Take: |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: S. Xxxxx Xxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: A. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
16.2 | If to the Sellers, a copy to: |
Capvest Equities Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Osler, Xxxxxx & Harcourt LLP
0000 Xx Xx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxx
H3B 4W5
0000 Xx Xx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxx
H3B 4W5
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Fax: 000-000-0000
16.3 | If to the Escrow Agent: |
Computershare Trust Company of Canada
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
and any notice, direction or other instrument aforesaid shall be deemed to have been
received on the day of its delivery or the day following its transmission. Any
party hereto may change its address for notices hereunder from time to time by
notice given to the other party hereto in accordance with the foregoing.
17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
For the purposes of the Escrow Agent only, this Agreement constitutes the whole and entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject hereof and cancels and supersedes
any prior agreement, offers, acceptances, undertakings, representations or declarations,
whether verbal or in writing, in respect of the subject matter of this Agreement.
18. SEVERABILITY
In the event that a provision of this Agreement is declared invalid or unenforceable by a
court having jurisdiction, the invalidity or enforceability of such provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions which shall continue in full
force and effect.
19. AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may be amended by and upon written notice to the Escrow Agent at any time
given jointly by the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative, but the duties and
responsibilities of the Escrow Agent shall not be increased and the indemnities of the
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Escrow Agent shall not be decreased without its written consent. No amendment, supplement, modification or waiver or termination of this Agreement and, unless otherwise specified, no consent or approval by any party, shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound. | ||
20. | PREMISES | |
The premises to this Agreement shall form integral part hereof. | ||
21. | TIME OF THE ESSENCE | |
Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. | ||
22. | FURTHER ASSURANCES | |
Each of the parties hereto shall from time to time execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments and do all acts and things as the other parties may, reasonably require to effectively carry out or better evidence or perfect the full intent and meaning of this Agreement. | ||
23. | ASSIGNMENT, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
23.1 | This Agreement shall not be assigned by any party hereto without the written consent of the other parties hereto. | ||
23.2 | Notwithstanding the foregoing, any entity resulting from the merger, amalgamation or continuation of the Escrow Agent or succeeding to all or substantially all of its corporate trust business (by sale of such business or otherwise), shall thereupon automatically become the Escrow Agent hereunder without further act or formality. | ||
23.3 | Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by Double-Take or Purchaser without the consent of the other parties to a wholly-owned subsidiary or an affiliate, as defined in the Canada Business Corporations Act, provided that such subsidiary or affiliate enters into a written agreement with the other parties to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement in all respects and to the same extent as Double-Take or Purchaser is bound and provided that Double-Take or Purchaser shall continue to be bound by all the obligations hereunder as if such assignment had not occurred and perform such obligations to the extent that such subsidiary or affiliate fails to do so. |
24. | GOVERNING LAW | |
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. | ||
25. | EXECUTION AND DELIVERY |
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This Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts and may be executed and delivered by facsimile and all such counterparts and facsimiles shall together constitute one and the same agreement. | ||
26. | LANGUAGE | |
The parties have requested that this Agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English. Les parties ont exigé que le présent contrat ainsi que tous les documents qui s’y rattachent soient rédigés en anglais. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have signed this Agreement on the date first hereinabove mentioned.
XXXXX XXXXXX, IN HIS CAPACITY OF SELLERS’ REPRESENTATIVE |
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VENTURES WEST 8 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER, VENTURES WEST 8 MANAGEMENT LTD. |
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DESJARDINS CAPITAL DE DÉVELOPPEMENT MONTRÉAL MÉTROPOLITAIN, OUEST ET NORD DU QUÉBEC INC. |
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CAPITAL RÉGIONAL ET COOPÉRATIF DESJARDINS |
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BDC CAPITAL INC. |
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CAPVEST EQUITIES INC. |
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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST OF COMPANY OF CANADA |
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DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE, INC. |
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DOUBLE-TAKE SOFTWARE
CANADA INC. |
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The Company has omitted the following schedules and similar attachments in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2):
Schedule “A” – Proportionate Share of Purchase Price
Schedule “B” – Schedule of Escrow Agent Fees
Exhibit A – Direction
Schedule “B” – Schedule of Escrow Agent Fees
Exhibit A – Direction
The Company will furnish the omitted schedules and similar attachments to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission upon request.