STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT between CONIHASSET CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. and M&M SPECIALTIES September 14, 2007
between
and
M&M
SPECIALTIES
September
14, 2007
Table
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.1. Cross Reference Table
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Section
1.2. Certain Definitions
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ARTICLE
II THE ACQUISITION
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Section
2.1. Acquisition
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Section
2.2. Purchase Price and Closing.
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ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF M&M AND
SHAREHOLDER
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Section
3.1. Corporate and Shareholder Matters.
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Section
3.2. Financial Statements.
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Section
3.3. Change in Condition.
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Section
3.4. Liabilities
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Section
3.5. Debt
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Section
3.6. Assets.
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Section
3.7. Intellectual Property Rights.
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Section
3.8. Certain Contracts
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Section
3.9. Insurance.
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Section
3.10. Transactions with Affiliates.
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Section
3.11. Permits and Compliance with Laws
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Section
3.12. Tax Matters
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Section
3.13. Employee Relations and Employee Benefit Plans
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Section
3.14. Environmental Matters.
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Section
3.15. Inventory
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Section
3.16. Accounts Receivable; Accounts Payable.
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Section
3.17. No Litigation
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Section
3.18. Customers, Suppliers, Dealers and Distributors.
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Section
3.19. Product Warranty and Product Liability
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Section
3.20. Change of Control Provisions
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Section
3.21. Bank Accounts and Powers of Attorney
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Section
3.22. Unlawful Payments
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Section
3.23. Full Disclosure
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CONIHASSET BUYER
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Section
4.1. Authorization and Enforceability
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Section
4.2. Non-Contravention
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ARTICLE
V COVENANTS
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Section
5.1. Expenses of Transaction.
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Section
5.2. Books and Records and Access Thereto
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Section
5.3. Further Assurances
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Section
5.4. Reimbursement by the Parties
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Section
5.5. Nonsolicitation; Noncompetition; Confidentiality.
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ARTICLE
VI INCOME TAXES
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Section
6.1. Income Tax Indemnification.
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Section
6.2. Return Filings, Payments, Refunds and Credits.
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ARTICLE
VII INDEMNIFICATION
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Section
7.1. Indemnification by Shareholder
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Section
7.2. Indemnification by Conihasset and Buyer
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Section
7.3. Time Limitation on Indemnification for Breaches of Representations
and Warranties
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Section
7.4. Monetary Limitations on Indemnification
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Section
7.5. Third Party Claims
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Section
7.6. Direct Claims
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Section
7.7. Nature of Indemnification Payments
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Section
7.8. Remedies
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Section
7.9. Certain Matters of Construction
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Section
7.10. Setoff of Claims Against Promissory Note
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ARTICLE
VIII TERMINATION
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Section
8.1. Termination of Agreement
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Section
8.2. Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
9.1. Governing Law
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Section
9.2. Consent to Jurisdiction
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Section
9.3. Entire Agreement; Waivers
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Section
9.4. Amendment or Modification
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Section
9.5. Survival
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Section
9.6. Independence of Representations and Warranties
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Section
9.7. Severability
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Section
9.8. Successors and Assigns
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Section
9.9. Notices
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Section
9.10. No Public Announcements
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Section
9.11. Headings
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Section
9.13. Counterparts
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EXHIBIT
A
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EXHIBIT
B
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EXHIBIT
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THIS
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into on and as of September __, 2007, by and among CONIHASSET
CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”),
M&M SPECIALTIES, a California corporation (“M&M”),
and
XXXX X. XXXXXX, an individual (the “Shareholder”).
RECITALS
A. The
Shareholder owns of record and beneficially all of the shares
(the “Shares”)
of the
issued and outstanding common stock of M&M.
B. The
Shareholder desires to sell, and Buyer desires to purchase, all of the Shares,
for the consideration and on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
C. The
Shareholder has agreed, under terms of the Letter of Intent dated July 9, 2007,
to remove M&M from the market and negotiate exclusively with Buyer for the
sale of M&M, even though the Shareholder was at that time in negotiations
with at least two other potential buyers.
TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
In
consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual agreements and covenants
set forth below, which are acknowledged by each party to be fair and adequate
consideration for such party’s obligations and commitments hereunder, the
parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
Section
1.1. Cross
Reference Table.
Each of
the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term
and
shall have the meaning set forth in that Section:
Term
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Definition
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“Agreement”
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Preamble
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“Annual
Balance Sheets”
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Section
3.2.1(a)
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“Annual
Financials”
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Section
3.2.1(a)
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“Assets”
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Section
3.6.1
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“Buyer”
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Preamble
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“Closing”
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Section
2.2.2
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“Closing
Date”
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Section
2.2.2
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“COBRA”
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Section
3.13.2(b)(iii)
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“Confidential
Information”
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Section
5.5.3
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Term
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Definition
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“Disclosure
Letter”
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Article
III
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“Direct
Claim”
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Section
7.6
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“Environmental
Response”
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Section
7.5
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“Final
Determination”
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Section
6.1(a)
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“Financial
Statements”
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Section
3.2.1(a)
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“General
Survival Period”
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Section
7.3
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“Indemnifying
Party”
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Sections
7.1 and 7.2
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“Indemnitee”
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Sections
7.1 and 7.2
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“Insurance
Policies”
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Section
3.9.1
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“Interim
Balance Sheet”
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Section
3.2.1(b)
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“Interim
Balance Sheet Date”
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Section
3.2.1(b)
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“Interim
Financials”
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Section
3.2.1(b)
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“Leases”
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Section
3.6.2
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“License”
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Section
3.7.2
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“M&M”
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Preamble
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“Material
Contract”
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Section
3.8
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“Post-Closing
Tax Period”
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Section
6.1(a)
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“Pre-Closing
Tax Period”
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Section
6.1(a)
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“Purchase
Price”
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Section
2.2.1
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“Reserved
Claims”
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Section
7.3
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“Response
Period”
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Section
7.6
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“Shareholder”
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Preamble
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“Shares”
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Recital
B
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“Straddle
Period”
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Section
6.1(b)
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“Tax
Loss”
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Section
6.1(a)
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“Third
Party Intellectual Property”
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Section
3.7.2
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Section
1.2. Certain
Definitions.
In
addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1.2.1 “Action”
shall
mean any claim, action, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or
otherwise), arbitration, proceeding, hearing, charge, complaint, demand or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority (and whether brought
by
any Governmental Authority or any other Person).
1.2.2 “Affiliate”
shall
mean, as to any specified Person, each other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
that
specified Person.
1.2.3 “Ancillary
Documents”
shall
mean any document executed by any of the parties in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
1.2.4 “Benefit
Arrangement”
shall
mean each plan, arrangement, contract, policy or practice of M&M (or any
other Person in the same Controlled Group as M&M) which (i) provides any
Employee benefits, coverages or insurance, including pension, profit-sharing,
savings, bonus, stock bonus, supplemental pension, deferred compensation
(including so called “excess” or “top hat” deferred compensation), health
(including dental, vision, prescription drug and hospitalization), life
insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, severance, salary
continuation, holiday, vacation, sick leave, scholarship, tuition assistance,
dependent care spending, employee assistance, relocation, company car or
automobile allowance, stock options, stock purchase, change of control,
restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock or any other
retirement, welfare, fringe benefit or other employment or service-related
benefit (including any arrangement that facilitates the provision of such
benefits, such as a “cafeteria plan” or spending account under Section 125 of
the Code); (ii) covers or benefits one or more Employees or such Employees’
spouses or dependents or with respect to which M&M has or may have a
material Liability; and (iii) is not a Plan.
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1.2.5 “Business
Day”
shall
mean any day on which banking institutions in Los Angeles, California are
customarily open for the purpose of transacting business.
1.2.6 “Business”
shall
mean the business conducted by M&M as such business is currently being
conducted and is currently contemplated to be conducted by M&M after the
Closing.
1.2.7 “Bylaws”
shall
mean all written rules, regulations and bylaws, and all other documents (other
than the Charter), relating to the governance of a Person (other than an
individual) or interpretative of the Charter of such Person, each as from time
to time in effect.
1.2.8 “Charter”
shall
mean the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, statute,
constitution, joint venture or partnership agreement or articles or other
charter documents of any Person (other than an individual), each as from time
to
time in effect.
1.2.9 “Code”
shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations
promulgated thereunder.
1.2.10 “Compensation,”
as
applied to any Person, shall mean all salaries, compensation, remuneration
or
bonuses of any character, paid or provided directly or indirectly to or on
behalf of such Person or members of the immediate family of such
Person.
1.2.11 “Consulting
Agreements”
shall
mean the consulting agreements, each dated as of the Closing Date, between
M&M and each of the Shareholder and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, which consulting
agreements shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit
A
and
Exhibit
B.
1.2.12 “Contract”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any contract, understanding, agreement, deed,
mortgage, lease, sublease, license, indenture, Guarantee, commitment,
undertaking, arrangement or other consensual document or instrument whether
written or oral (but excluding the Charter and Bylaws of such Person) to which
or by which such Person is a party or otherwise subject or bound or to which
or
by which any property or right of such Person is subject or bound.
1.2.13 “Controlled
Group,”
with
respect to any Person, shall mean all those Persons which are members of the
same “controlled group,” or under “common control” or treated as a single
employer, within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code
or
Section 4001(b) of ERISA, with such Person.
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1.2.14 “Debt”
of
any
Person shall mean, without duplication: (i) the principal of, the premium
(if any) and accrued interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments for which such Person is responsible
or
liable to pay; (ii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property, all conditional purchase obligations of
such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention
agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued current
liabilities arising in the Ordinary Course of Business); (iii) all
obligations of such Person under capital leases; (iv) all obligations of
such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction; (v) all obligations in
the nature of Guarantees of any of the obligations described in clauses (i)
through (iv) above of any other Person; (vi) all obligations of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (v) hereof of other Persons secured by any
Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such obligation
is
assumed by such Person); and (vii) all costs, expenses, indemnities or
other Liabilities relating to any of the foregoing, provided,
that
the term “Debt”
shall
not include any obligation, the proceeds of which are held by, or on behalf
of,
the financial institution to which the obligation is owed.
1.2.15 “Distribution”
shall
mean, with respect to the Equity Securities of any Person, (i) the
declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of such Equity
Securities; (ii) the purchase, redemption or other retirement of any Equity
Securities; and (iii) any other distribution on or in respect of such Equity
Securities.
1.2.16 “Employees”
shall
mean the employees of M&M.
1.2.17 “Employment
Agreement”
shall
mean the employment agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between M&M and
Xxxx Xxxxxx, which employment agreement shall be substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
C.
1.2.18 “Enforceable”
shall
mean, with respect to any Contract, that such Contract is the legal, valid
and
binding obligation of the Person in question, enforceable against such Person
in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency
and
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and
to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or an action at law).
1.2.19 “Environmental
Laws”
shall
mean any Legal Requirement in effect on or prior to the Closing Date relating
to
(i) releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Substances; (ii) the
manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage or disposal of
Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; or (iii)
pollution of the environment or the protection of human health or the
environment.
1.2.20 “Equity
Securities”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person that is not a natural Person, all shares of
capital stock or other equity or beneficial interests issued by or created
in or
by such Person, all stock appreciation or similar rights or grants of, or any
other Contract for, any right to share in the equity, income, revenues or cash
flows of such Person, and all other securities, rights, options, warrants or
any
other Contracts to acquire any of the foregoing, whether by conversion,
exchange, exercise or otherwise.
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1.2.21 “ERISA”
shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or any successor
statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and in the case of any
referenced section of any such statute, rule or regulation, any successor
section thereto, collectively and as from time to time amended and in
effect.
1.2.22 “GAAP”
shall
mean generally accepted United States accounting principles as of the date
hereof applied on a basis consistent with the basis upon which the Financial
Statements were prepared.
1.2.23 “Governmental
Authority”
shall
mean any United States federal, state or local or any foreign government,
governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental
commission (including legislative), court, tribunal or other instrumentality
(or
any department, bureau or division thereof) or any arbitral body.
1.2.24 “Governmental
Order”
shall
mean any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination,
assessment or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
1.2.25 “Guarantee,”
with
respect to any Person, shall mean (i) any guarantee of the payment or
performance of, or any contingent obligation in respect of, any Debt or other
Liability of any other Person, (ii) any other arrangement whereby credit is
extended to any other Person on the basis of any promise or undertaking of
such
Person to (A) pay any Liability of such other Person, (B) purchase any
obligation owed by such other Person, (C) purchase or lease assets (other
than inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business) under circumstances that
would enable such other Person to discharge one or more of its obligations,
or
(D) maintain the capital, working capital, solvency or general financial
condition of such other Person, or (iii) any Liability of such Person as a
general partner of a partnership or as a venturer in a joint venture in respect
of Debt or other obligations of such partnership or joint venture.
1.2.26 “Hazardous
Substances”
shall
mean (i) substances defined in or regulated under the following federal
statutes and their state counterparts as amended on or prior to the Closing
Date, as well as these statutes’ implementing regulations as amended on or prior
to the Closing Date and as interpreted by administering Governmental
Authorities: the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the
Safe
Drinking Water Act, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, the Atomic
Energy Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; (ii) petroleum and petroleum products,
including crude oil and any fractions thereof; (iii) natural gas, synthetic
gas and any mixtures thereof; (iv) radon; (v) PCBs;
(vi) asbestos; and (vii) mold.
1.2.27 “Income
Tax”
shall
mean any Tax that is, in whole or in part, based on or measured by income or
gains.
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1.2.28 “Intellectual
Property”
shall
mean all intellectual property rights arising from or in respect of any of
the
following, whether protected, created or arising under the laws of the United
States or any other jurisdiction: (a) all inventions (whether patentable or
unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice); all improvements thereto
and all patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with
all
reissuances, continuations, continuations in part, revisions, extensions and
reexaminations thereof; (b) all trademarks (including the Marks), service
marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and corporate names, together with all
translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations thereof and including
all goodwill associated therewith, and all applications, registrations and
renewals in connection therewith; (c) all copyrightable works, all
copyrights and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection
therewith; (d) all mask works and all applications, registrations and
renewals in connection therewith; (e) all trade secrets and confidential
business information (including ideas, research and development, know how,
formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques,
technical data, designs, drawings, specifications, customer and supplier lists,
pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals);
(f) all Software and Technology; (g) all other proprietary rights; and
(h) all copies and tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing (in
whatever form or medium).
1.2.29 “Inventory”
shall
mean all of M&M’s inventories of raw materials, work-in-process and finished
goods (including all such in transit, whether to or from M&M) and all spare,
service and repair parts, supplies and components held for sale together with
related packaging materials.
1.2.30 “Knowledge”
of
M&M and the Shareholder shall mean: (i) the actual knowledge, after due
inquiry, of any of the Shareholder, Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx or Xxxx Xxxxxx; and
(ii) the knowledge of any other fact or circumstance that would have or
should have come to the attention of any of the individuals listed in
clause (i) hereof in the course of discharging such individual’s duties on
behalf of M&M in a reasonable and prudent manner consistent with sound
business practices.
1.2.31 “Legal
Requirement”
shall
mean any United States federal, state or local or any foreign law (including
common law), statute, standard, ordinance, code, order, rule, regulation,
resolution or promulgation, or any Governmental Order, or any license,
franchise, consent, approval, permit or similar right granted under any of
the
foregoing, or any similar provision having the force and effect of
law.
1.2.32 “Liability”
shall
mean any liability or obligation, whether direct or indirect, accrued, fixed,
absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, determined or indeterminable,
or
otherwise.
1.2.33 “Lien”
shall
mean any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, charge, attachment, equity,
claim, option, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, voting trust,
agreement or other encumbrance or restriction on the creation of any of the
foregoing, whether relating to any property or right or the income or profits
therefrom; provided,
however,
that
the term “Lien”
shall
not include: (i) statutory liens for Taxes to the extent that the payment
thereof is not in arrears or otherwise due, provided
an
appropriate reserve is established therefor; (ii) encumbrances in the
nature of zoning restrictions, easements, rights or restrictions of record
on
the use of real property if the same do not detract from the value of the real
property encumbered thereby or impair the use of such real property in the
conduct of the Business as currently conducted and as currently contemplated
to
be conducted after the Closing; (iii) statutory or common law liens to
secure landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements confined
to the premises rented to the extent that no payment or performance under any
such lease or rental agreement is in arrears or is otherwise due;
(iv) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of,
worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pension programs mandated
under applicable Legal Requirements or other social security; (v) statutory
or common law liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and
materialmen, statutory or common law liens to secure claims for labor, materials
or supplies and other like liens, which secure obligations to the extent that
(A) payment of such obligations is not in arrears or otherwise due and
(B) such liens do not and will not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) restrictions on transfer of securities
imposed by applicable state and federal securities laws.
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1.2.34 “Losses”
shall
mean any and all losses, damages, obligations, Liabilities, claims, awards
(including, without limitation, awards of punitive or treble damages or
interest), assessments, amounts paid in settlement, judgments, orders, decrees,
fines and penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, expert witness fees and expenses and
costs and expenses of collection).
1.2.35 “M&M’s
Premises”
shall
mean M&M’s current offices and manufacturing facilities located at 0000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000.
1.2.36 “Marks”
shall
mean the tradenames and trademarks of M&M required by Section
3.6
to be
listed in the Disclosure Letter, and all variations of the
foregoing.
1.2.37 “Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
mean any adverse change in or effect on the business, condition (financial
or
otherwise), operations, performance or properties of M&M that is material to
M&M; provided,
however,
that
such term shall not include any change or effect attributable to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
1.2.38 “Ordinary
Course of Business”
shall
mean the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice
(including with respect to quantity and frequency).
1.2.39 “Person”
shall
mean any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated organization
or
other entity, and any Governmental Authority.
1.2.40 “Plan”
shall
mean each “employee benefit plan” as defined at Section 3(3) of ERISA which:
(i) is maintained, sponsored, contributed to, or participated in by
M&M, or any other Person in the same Controlled Group as M&M; and
(ii) covers or benefits one or more Employees or their spouses or
dependents or with respect to which M&M or any other Person in the same
Controlled Group as M&M has or may have a Liability.
1.2.41 “Premises
Lease”
shall
mean that certain lease, dated as of the Closing Date, in respect of the M&M
Premises between the owners of the M&M Premises, as landlord, and M&M,
as tenant, which lease shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
D.
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1.2.42 “Products/Services”
shall
mean all products and services currently or at any time previously sold by
M&M.
1.2.43 “Promissory
Note”
shall
mean that certain $700,000 non-negotiable promissory note, dated as of the
Closing Date, issued by Buyer in favor of the Shareholder, which non-negotiable
promissory note shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
E.
1.2.44 “Software”
shall
mean: (i) computer programs, including any and all software implementations
of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code;
(ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections
of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; (iii) descriptions,
flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop
any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware,
development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and (iv) all
documentation including user manuals and other training documentation related
to
any of the foregoing.
1.2.45 “Spousal
Consent”
shall
mean the Spousal Consent, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the
Shareholder’s spouse in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
F.
1.2.46 “Taxes”
shall
mean: (i) all federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts,
license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code),
customs, duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security
(or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales,
use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add on minimum, escheat
or unclaimed property, estimated or other tax, fee, levy, duty, impost or charge
of any kind whatsoever; (ii) any interest, penalty or addition thereto; and
(iii) any liability for any other Person in respect of any items described
in clauses (i) and/or (ii) payable by reason of contract, assumption, transferee
liability, operation of applicable law or regulations or otherwise, in each
case
whether disputed or not.
1.2.47 “Tax
Return”
shall
mean any return, declaration, report, claim for refund or information return
or
statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto,
and
including any amendment thereof, required to be filed with any taxing authority,
domestic or foreign.
1.2.48 “Technology”
shall
mean, collectively, all designs, formulae, algorithms, procedures, methods,
techniques, ideas, know-how, research and development, technical data, programs,
subroutines, tools, materials, specifications, processes, inventions (whether
patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), apparatus,
creations, improvements, works of authorship and other similar materials, and
all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses and other writings, and
other tangible embodiments of the foregoing, in any form whether or not
specifically listed herein, and all related technology.
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ARTICLE
II
The
Acquisition
Section
2.1. Acquisition.
Upon
the terms, subject to the conditions, and in reliance on the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement, the Shareholder agrees
to
sell and transfer to Buyer on the Closing Date, and Buyer agrees to purchase
and
accept from the Shareholder on the Closing Date, all of the Shares.
Section
2.2. Purchase
Price and Closing.
2.2.1 Purchase
Price.
In
consideration of the sale and transfer of the Shares by the Shareholder to
Buyer
and of the agreement by the Shareholder and M&M to perform each of the other
obligations and covenants to be fulfilled or complied with by them, Buyer
shall:
(a) Pay
the
Shareholder at the Closing the cash sum of $6,300,000 by means of a wire
transfer of same day funds to the Shareholder’s bank account; and
(b) Deliver
to the Shareholder the Promissory Note.
The
foregoing consideration is collectively referred to as the “Purchase
Price”.
The
Buyer and the Shareholder agree that a substantial portion of the Purchase
Price
is attributable to the “goodwill” of the Business.
2.2.2 Time
and Place of Closing.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.2.3, the closing (the “Closing”)
of the
purchase and sale of the Shares and the other transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement shall take place at the offices of Buyer’s legal counsel, Xxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxxx, located at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, at 10:00 a.m. local time, on the date (the
“Closing
Date”)
which
is no more than ten (10) Business Days after Buyer shall have successfully
consummated a private placement to accredited investors of at least $6,300,000
worth of its Equity Securities, which private placement shall have been
consummated, if at all, within no more than 60 days after the date of this
Agreement. In the event Buyer is unable to successfully consummate the private
placement of at least $6,300,000 of its Equity Securities within 60 days of
the
date of this Agreement, then the parties may agree to extend the time permitted
to accomplish the private placement or the Shareholder may terminate this
Agreement immediately. In the event Buyer fails to successfully consummate
such
private placement within such 60-day period (as such 60-day period may have
been
extended by the Shareholder) and the Shareholder is then ready, able and willing
to close the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Buyer agrees to
reimburse the Shareholder for up to $20,000 of his legal and accounting fees
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.2.3 Deliveries
at Closing.
(a) At
the
Closing, the Shareholder shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to
Buyer:
(i) The
certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares duly endorsed, or accompanied
by separate stock power(s) duly endorsed, in favor of Buyer;
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(ii) Copies
of
the Consulting Agreements executed by the Shareholder and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx;
(iii) A
copy of
the Employment Agreement executed by Xxxx Xxxxxx;
(iv) A
copy of
the Premises Lease executed by the owners of the M&M Premises.
(v) A
copy of
the Spousal Consent executed by the Shareholder’s spouse;
(vi) A
certificate, in a form reasonably acceptable to Buyer, executed by the President
of M&M and the Shareholder to the effect that all of the representations and
warranties of M&M and the Shareholder contained in this Agreement are true
and correct as of the Closing Date;
(vii) Written
resignations from each member of the Board of Directors of M&M;
(viii) Evidence
satisfactory to Buyer that all necessary filings have been made, and all other
requisite approvals, consents, waivers or other actions of any Governmental
Authority have been obtained, by M&M and the Shareholder;
(ix) Evidence
satisfactory to Buyer that all necessary consents required pursuant to any
Leases or other Contracts of M&M have been obtained;
(x) Evidence
satisfactory to Buyer that any Debt of M&M outstanding immediately prior to
the Closing has been repaid (other than Debt disclosed in the Disclosure Letter
relating to M&M's capital leases or Contracts) and that any Debt of the
Shareholder in favor of M&M outstanding immediately prior to the Closing has
been repaid;
(xi) A
copy of
the Charter of M&M certified by the California Secretary of State (or
equivalent official) as of a recent date prior to the Closing acceptable to
Buyer;
(xii) A
certificate of good standing (or equivalent) of M&M issued by the Secretary
of State (or equivalent official) of California and for each other state in
which M&M is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation (including,
but not limited to, the State of Arizona), in each case issued as of a recent
date prior to the Closing acceptable to Buyer;
(xiii) A
true
and complete copy of the Bylaws of M&M, certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of M&M;
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(xiv) The
original minute books and stock records of M&M; and
(xv) Such
other incumbency and customary closing documents as Buyer may reasonably request
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) At
the
Closing, Buyer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
Shareholder:
(i) The
cash
sum set forth in Section
2.2.1(a);
(ii) The
Promissory Note executed by Buyer in favor of the Shareholder;
(iii) Copies
of
the Consulting Agreements executed by M&M;
(iv) A
certificate, in a form reasonably acceptable to M&M and the Shareholder,
executed by Buyer to the effect that all of the representations and warranties
of Buyer contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing
Date;
(v) Evidence
satisfactory to M&M and the Shareholder that all necessary filings have been
made, and all other requisite approvals, consents, waivers or other actions
of
any Governmental Authority have been obtained, by Buyer; and
(vi) Such
officers’ certificates, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates and
other customary closing documents as M&M and the Shareholder may reasonably
request in connection with the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
Representations
and Warranties of M&M and Shareholder
Except
as
disclosed, or as qualified by information set forth, in M&M’s and the
Shareholder’s disclosure letter, dated the same date as this Agreement and
delivered to Buyer concurrently with this Agreement (the “Disclosure
Letter”),
as
the same shall be supplemented and updated, if necessary, as of the Closing
Date
(which supplemented and updated Disclosure Letter shall be acceptable to
Conihasset and Buyer in their sole and absolute discretion), M&M and the
Shareholder represent and warrant to Buyer as of the date hereof (except to
the
extent that M&M’s and the Shareholder’s representations and warranties
expressly speak as of a specified earlier date) and as of the Closing Date,
as
follows:
Section
3.1. Corporate
and Shareholder Matters.
3.1.1 Incorporation,
Authority, Power and Standing.
M&M
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the
laws of the State of California. M&M has all requisite power and authority,
corporate and otherwise, to carry on the Business as currently conducted and
to
consummate the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. M&M is duly
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation or otherwise,
and
is in good standing as such, in each jurisdiction where the nature of its
activities or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification
or license (including, but not limited to, the State of Arizona), except to
the
extent that the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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3.1.2 Authorization
and Enforceability.
M&M
and the Shareholder each has all requisite power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its or his obligations under this Agreement and each
Ancillary Document, including all requisite organizational authority and
approvals, as applicable. The execution, delivery and performance by M&M and
the Shareholder of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document, and the
consummation by M&M and the Shareholder of the transactions contemplated in
this Agreement, have been duly authorized by all necessary action of M&M and
the Shareholder. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document to be executed
and
delivered by M&M and the Shareholder have been duly executed and delivered
by M&M and the Shareholder and are Enforceable against them in accordance
with their respective terms.
3.1.3 Non-Contravention.
No
approval, consent, waiver, authorization or other order of, and no filing,
registration, qualification or recording with, any Governmental Authority or
any
other Person is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of M&M or
the Shareholder in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement and in any of the Ancillary Documents, except
for
the items listed on the Disclosure Letter, will have been obtained or made
and
will be in full force and effect as of Closing Date. Except as set forth in
the
Disclosure Letter, neither the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or any Ancillary Document nor the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement or in any of the Ancillary Documents
constitutes, results in or gives rise to: (i) a breach or violation or
default under any Legal Requirement or Governmental Order applicable to M&M
or the Shareholder to the Shareholder’s or M&M’s Knowledge; (ii) a
breach of or a default under any Charter or Bylaw provision of M&M;
(iii) the acceleration of the time for performance of any obligation under
any Contract of M&M or the Shareholder; (iv) the imposition of any Lien
upon or the forfeiture of any Assets; (v) a breach of or a default (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both) under any Contract or Lease of M&M
or of the Shareholder; or (vi) right to severance payments other than by
operation of law (including, without limitation, if such payments become due
only if employment is terminated following the Closing), termination, right
of
termination, modification of terms or change in benefits or burdens under any
Contract of M&M.
3.1.4 Capitalization.
The
Shares constitute all of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of
M&M, all of which are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. There is no Contract or Charter or Bylaw provision that obligates
M&M to issue, purchase or redeem, or make any payment in respect of, any of
its Equity Securities. There is no Contract or Charter or Bylaw provision
currently in effect relating to the voting of any Equity Securities of M&M.
Except for this Agreement and except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter,
there is no Contract pursuant to which M&M or the Shareholder have, directly
or indirectly, granted or issued any Equity Security in M&M to any Person or
any right to acquire any, or any interest in any, Asset material to the
Business. Upon delivery of the certificates representing the Shares and the
Spousal Consent, and delivery of the consideration for the Shares as
contemplated in this Agreement, Buyer will receive good and marketable title
to
the Shares, free and clear of any Liens except for community property, marital
or similar rights and subject to no rescission rights or similar rights or
equities of any kind.
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3.1.5 No
Subsidiaries.
M&M
does not own, directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities in any other
Person.
Section
3.2. Financial
Statements.
3.2.1 Financial
Information.
Attached to the Disclosure Letter are true and complete copies of each of the
following:
(a) The
[unaudited] balance sheets of M&M as of December 31, 2004, December 31, 2005
and December 31, 2006 (the “Annual
Balance Sheets”)
and
the related [unaudited] statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows of M&M for such fiscal years (the “Annual
Financials”
and,
together with the Interim Financials, the “Financial
Statements”).
(b) The
unaudited balance sheet (the “Interim
Balance Sheet”)
of
M&M as of August 31, 2007 (the “Interim
Balance Sheet Date”)
and
the related unaudited statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows
for the eight-month fiscal period ended August 31, 2007 (collectively the
“Interim
Financials”).
3.2.2 Character
of Financial Information.
(a) The
Annual Financials and the Interim Financials, including in each case, any notes
thereto, were prepared in accordance with GAAP on a basis consistent with prior
periods and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
and
results of operations of M&M at the respective dates and for the periods
specified therein, subject, in the case of the Interim Financials, to normal
audit adjustments which are not material in the aggregate. No financial
statements of any Person other than M&M are included in the Financial
Statements.
(b) M&M
makes and keeps books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and disposition of its Assets
and
Liabilities. M&M maintains systems of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for Assets
and
Liabilities; (iii) access to Assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) 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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Section
3.3. Change
in Condition.
Except
for the matters set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(a) Since
August 31, 2007, the Business has been conducted only in the Ordinary Course
of
Business (except as may be otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement)
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, M&M has only made
capital expenditures in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) Since
August 31, 2007, M&M has not:
(i) incurred
or otherwise become liable in respect of any Debt or become liable in respect
of
any Guarantee;
(ii) mortgaged
or pledged any Asset or subjected any Asset to any Lien;
(iii) sold,
leased to others or otherwise disposed of any material Asset;
(iv) purchased
any Equity Security of any Person, or any assets material in amount or
constituting a business, or been party to any merger, consolidation or other
business combination or entered into any Contract (or non-binding letter of
intent) relating to any such purchase, merger, consolidation or business
combination;
(v) made
any
loan, advance or capital contribution to or investment in any other Person
other
than loans or advances made in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not
material either singly or in the aggregate;
(vi) canceled
or compromised any Debt or claim other than in the Ordinary Course of Business,
excluding any Debt which may be retired or satisfied according to the terms
of
this Agreement;
(vii) sold,
transferred, licensed or otherwise disposed of any Intellectual Property other
than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(viii) made
or
agreed to make any material change in its customary accounting methods or
practices (including Tax accounting methods and practices);
(ix) engaged
in or become obligated in respect of any transaction with any Affiliate of
M&M or of the Shareholder;
(x) waived
or
released or permitted to lapse any right of material value except in the
Ordinary Course of Business or suffered any material damage to or material
destruction or loss of any material Asset, whether or not covered by
insurance;
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(xi) instituted,
settled or agreed to settle any material Action; or
(xii) amended
its Charter or Bylaws;
(c) Since
August 31, 2007, M&M has not:
(i) had,
to
the Knowledge of M&M or the Shareholder, any change in its relationships
with its Employees, agents, independent contractors, customers, referral sources
or suppliers materially adverse to the Business;
(ii) made
any
changes in the rate of Compensation payable (or paid or agreed in writing to
pay
any extra Compensation) to any director, officer, manager, Employee, consultant
or agent (other than increases granted in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(iii) adopted,
amended, modified or terminated any Plan or Benefit Arrangement or entered
into
any plan, program or arrangement that, if in effect as of the date hereof,
would
be a Plan or Benefit Arrangement;
(iv) adopted,
approved, ratified or entered into any collective bargaining agreement, side
letter, memorandum of understanding or similar agreement with any labor union
covering the Employees; or
(v) entered
into any employment agreement on other than an “at will” basis or made any
material change in employment terms for any Employee;
(d) Since
August 31, 2007, there has been no amendment of any material provision of any
Equity Security of M&M;
(e) Since
August 31, 2007, M&M has not entered into any Contract to do any of the
things referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above with respect to it or the
Business;
(f) Since
August 31, 2007, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred in respect of M&M;
and
(g) Since
August 31, 2007, M&M has not:
(i) made
any
capital expenditure greater than $10,000 except for expenditures for repairs
and
maintenance in the Ordinary Course of Business or to retire or satisfy any
Debt
as required in this Agreement; or
(ii) made
any
change in its authorized or issued Equity Securities or granted or issued any
Equity Security or registration right, purchased, redeemed or retired any of
its
Equity Securities, or declared or made any Distribution.
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Section
3.4. Liabilities.
M&M
has no material Liabilities other than those:
(a) reflected
on the Interim Balance Sheet;
(b) incurred
since the date of the Interim Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business
and immaterial to M&M; or
(c) incurred
in respect of Leases and Contracts set forth in the Disclosure
Letter.
Solely
for the purpose of this Section
3.4,
Liabilities that equal or exceed $10,000, individually or in the aggregate,
shall be conclusively deemed to be material.
Section
3.5. Debt.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, M&M does not have any Debt
outstanding.
Section
3.6. Assets.
3.6.1 Title
to Assets; No Owned Real Estate.
M&M
has good and marketable title to, or, in the case of property held under lease
or other Contract, a valid and Enforceable right to use under an Enforceable
lease or license, all of its properties and assets, whether real property or
personal or Intellectual Property and whether tangible or intangible, reflected
in the Interim Balance Sheet or acquired after the Interim Balance Sheet (except
as sold or otherwise disposed of since the Interim Balance Sheet Date in the
Ordinary Course of Business or as otherwise permitted by this Agreement to
be
disposed of since the Interim Balance Sheet Date) (collectively the
“Assets”).
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, M&M does not own, nor has it
ever owned, any real property and buildings in fee. No Asset is subject to
any
Lien except as described in the Disclosure Letter. The Assets (including,
without limitation, the Intellectual Property and the Leases, as well as any
Contracts to which M&M is a party), constitute all of the properties, rights
and assets held for or used in, or necessary for the continued conduct of,
the
Business as currently conducted.
3.6.2 Real
Property Leases.
The
Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each facility
or location (including the M&M Premises) which is currently leased or
subleased, or which has been agreed to be leased or subleased, as lessee or
sublessee by M&M (all of the leases, subleases or other Contracts pursuant
to which such facilities or locations are held or are to be held being referred
to herein collectively as the “Leases”).
The
Disclosure Letter also specifically identifies those Leases scheduled to expire
within one year of the Closing Date.
Except
as
set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(a) each
Lease is an Enforceable agreement of M&M and, to the Knowledge of M&M
and the Shareholder, the other parties thereto;
(b) M&M,
to its Knowledge, has fulfilled all material obligations required to have been
performed by it under each Lease to which it is a party;
(c) M&M,
to its Knowledge, is in not in breach of, or in default under, any Lease, and
no
event has occurred that, with the passage of time or giving of notice or both,
would constitute such a breach or default, result in a loss of rights or result
in the creation of any Lien thereunder or pursuant thereto;
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(d) To
the
Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder: (i) there is no existing breach
or default by any other party to any Lease; and (ii) no event has occurred
which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute
such
a breach or default by such other party, result in a loss of rights or result
in
the creation of any Lien thereunder or pursuant thereto;
(e) M&M
is not obligated to pay any leasing or lease brokerage commission as a result
of
the transactions contemplated hereby;
(f) There
is
not pending or, to the Knowledge of M&M or the Shareholder, threatened, any
eminent domain taking affecting any of the real properties which are the subject
of the Leases; and
(g) M&M
has provided Buyer with true and correct copies of all Leases, including any
amendments thereto.
3.6.3 Condition
and Sufficiency of Assets.
The
buildings and equipment of M&M are: (a) in good operating condition and
repair, normal wear and tear excepted; and (b) adequate for the uses to
which they are being put. None of such buildings or equipment is in need of
maintenance or repairs except for ordinary maintenance and repairs that are
not
material in nature or cost. The buildings and equipment of M&M are
sufficient for the continued conduct of the Business as it is currently
conducted.
Section
3.7. Intellectual
Property Rights.
3.7.1 Intellectual
Property
(a) The
Disclosure Letter lists and identifies all Intellectual Property that is
directly or indirectly owned by M&M and specifically identifies the owner
and each license, agreement or other permission that M&M has granted to any
third party with respect to any of the Intellectual Property.
(b) The
Disclosure Letter identifies each patent or registration that has been issued
to
M&M with respect to any of the Intellectual Property and lists and
identifies each pending patent application or application for registration
that
M&M has made with respect to any of the Intellectual Property.
(c) M&M
has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of all patents, Marks,
copyrights, registrations, applications, licenses, agreements and permissions
(as any of the foregoing has been amended to date) and correct and complete
copies of all other written documentation evidencing ownership and prosecution
(if applicable) of each item of Intellectual Property.
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(d) Except
as
otherwise indicated in the Disclosure Letter, and to M&M’s
Knowledge:
(i) M&M
possesses all right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property,
free and clear of any Lien, license or other restriction and such Intellectual
Property is not subject to any outstanding injunction, judgment, order, decree,
ruling or charge;
(ii) No
Action
is pending and, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, no Action is
threatened that challenges the legality, validity, enforceability, use or
ownership of any of the Intellectual Property; and
(iii) M&M
has never agreed to indemnify any Person for or against any interference,
infringement, misappropriation or other conflict with respect to any of the
Intellectual Property.
3.7.2 Third
Party Intellectual Property.
The
Disclosure Letter lists and identifies any Intellectual Property licensed to
M&M by a third party (the “Third
Party Intellectual Property”)
pursuant to a license, sublicense, agreement or permission (each a “License”)
and
identifies the owner or licensor of the Third Party Intellectual Property.
M&M has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of each License. With
respect to each item of Third Party Intellectual Property:
(a) Each
License covering one or more items of Third Party Intellectual Property is,
as
to M&M, in full force and effect and Enforceable and, to the Knowledge of
M&M and the Shareholder, is in full force and effect and Enforceable as to
any other party to such License;
(b) Each
License covering one or more items of Third Party Intellectual Property will
continue to be in full force and effect and Enforceable on identical terms
following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(c) To
the
Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, no party to a License covering one or
more items of Third Party Intellectual Property is in breach or default, and
no
event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach
or default, or permit termination, modification or acceleration
thereunder;
(d) No
other
party to a License covering one or more items of Third Party Intellectual
Property has notified M&M that it has repudiated any provision
thereof;
(e) With
respect to any sublicense covering one or more items of Third Party Intellectual
Property, the representations and warranties set forth in subsections
(a) through (d) above are true and correct with respect to the underlying
License;
(f) No
Action, injunction, judgment, order, decree or ruling is pending or, to the
Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, is threatened that challenges the
legality, validity or enforceability of the underlying item of Third Party
Intellectual Property; and
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(g) M&M
has not granted any sublicense or similar right with respect to any Third Party
Intellectual Property.
3.7.3 No
Infringement.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, and to the Knowledge of M&M and the
Shareholder, the use or sale by M&M of any products or services in the
Business and use by M&M of the Intellectual Property used in the Business do
not interfere with, infringe on, misappropriate or otherwise come into conflict
with any Intellectual Property rights of any other Person and have not
interfered with, infringed on, misappropriated or otherwise come into conflict
with, any Intellectual Property rights of any other Person and, to the Knowledge
of M&M and the Shareholder, no activity of any other Person infringes upon
the rights of M&M with respect to any of its Intellectual Property. Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, no Action alleging or relating to any
such infringement against the rights of M&M or any other Persons is
currently pending or, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder,
threatened. To the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, no other Person has
interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise come into conflict
with any rights of M&M in its Intellectual Property.
3.7.4 Use
of
Intellectual Property by Buyer.
Each
item of Intellectual Property owned or licensed by M&M immediately prior to
the Closing will be owned or available for use by M&M on identical terms and
conditions immediately subsequent to the Closing except as may be disclosed
in
the Disclosure Letter. M&M has taken all necessary action to maintain and
protect each item of Intellectual Property that it owns or
licenses.
3.7.5 Nondisclosure.
No
trade secret or any other non-public, proprietary information material to the
Business has been authorized to be disclosed or, to the Knowledge of M&M and
the Shareholder, has been actually disclosed to any Employee or any other Person
other than pursuant to a nondisclosure agreement restricting the disclosure
and
use of such trade secret or information.
Section
3.8. Certain
Contracts.
Set
forth in the Disclosure Letter is a true and complete list of each of the
following Contracts of M&M;
(a) All
collective bargaining agreements and other labor agreements, all material
employment or consulting agreements and all other written plans, agreements,
arrangements or practices which provide for Compensation or benefits to any
of
the directors, officers or Employees of M&M, except to the extent any of the
foregoing provide for a Plan or Benefit Arrangement;
(b) All
Contracts under which M&M is or may become obligated to pay any brokerage,
finder’s or similar fees or expenses in connection with, or incur any severance
pay or special Compensation obligations which would become payable by reason
of,
this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(c) All
Contracts under which M&M is, or will after the Closing be, restricted from
carrying on any business or other activities anywhere in the world;
(d) All
Contracts of M&M (including, without limitation, options) to: (i) sell or
otherwise dispose of any material Asset or (ii) purchase or otherwise acquire
any property or properties or other assets except for purchase orders in the
Ordinary Course of Business or less than $10,000 in amount;
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(e) All
Contracts under which M&M has any Liability for Debt or constituting or
giving rise to a Guarantee of any Liability of any other Person, or under which
any other Person has any Liability constituting or giving rise to a Guarantee
of
any Liability of M&M (including, without limitation, partnership and joint
venture agreements) or under which any default could arise or penalty or payment
could be required in the event of any action or inaction of
M&M;
(f) Any
Contract under which any tangible personal property having a cost or capital
lease obligation in excess of $10,000 is held or used by M&M;
(g) Any
Contract under which M&M may become obligated to pay any amount in excess of
$10,000 in respect of indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment
provisions, including in connection with any: (i) acquisition or
disposition of assets; securities or real property; (ii) other acquisition
or disposition of assets; (iii) assumption of liabilities or warranty;
(iv) settlement of claims; (v) merger, consolidation or other business
combination; or (vi) a series or group of related transactions or events of
a type specified in subclauses (i) through (v) hereof; and, if with respect
to
any Contract there exists any pending or, to the Knowledge of M&M and the
Shareholder, threatened Action that could reasonably be expected to result
in
M&M being liable to pay an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000 or there
currently exist circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise
to
such an Action, such Action or circumstances are described in the Disclosure
Letter;
(h) All
Contracts with any director, officer, Employee or Affiliate of
M&M;
(i) All
Contracts for the employment of Employees or retention of any Person as a
consultant by M&M;
(j) Any
Contract granting a power of attorney;
(k) Any
Contract under which M&M has made advances or loans to any
Person;
(l) Any
partnerships, joint ventures, strategic alliances or other similar
Contracts;
(m) Any
Contract providing for severance, retention, change in control or other similar
payments;
(n) All
Contracts relating to commission arrangements with others (other than those
listed under subsection (o) below) pursuant to which $10,000 or more is expected
to be paid by M&M during its fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 or
thereafter;
(o) Any
other
Contract of a type not specifically covered in clauses (a) through (n)
above entered into other than in the Ordinary Course of Business which involves
payments by or on behalf of or to M&M in excess of $10,000 during its fiscal
year ending December 31, 2007 or $10,000 over the remaining term of such
Contract or the termination of which may reasonably be expected to require
payments by M&M exceeding $10,000; and
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(p) Any
other
Contract of a type not specifically covered in clauses (a) through (o)
hereof that are otherwise material to M&M, or are otherwise necessary to
conduct the Business as currently conducted consistent with past practice and
as
currently contemplated to be conducted after the Closing.
M&M
has previously delivered to Buyer a true and complete copy of each Contract
listed in the Disclosure Letter, including, without limitation, all amendments
to such Contracts (such Contracts required to be listed in the Disclosure
Letter, together with the Licenses and Insurance Policies being referred to
herein collectively as the “Material
Contracts”).
Each
Material Contract is in full force and effect and is Enforceable by M&M
against each other Person party thereto. To M&M’s and the Shareholder’s
Knowledge, no breach or default by M&M under any of the Material Contracts
has occurred and is continuing, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists
which with notice or lapse of time would constitute a material breach or default
or permit termination, modification or acceleration by any other Person under
any of the Material Contracts or would result in creation of any Lien thereunder
or pursuant thereto. To the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, no breach
or default by any other Person under any of the Material Contracts has occurred
and is continuing, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists that, with
notice or lapse of time, would constitute a breach or default or permit
termination, modification or acceleration by M&M under any of the Material
Contracts or would result in creation of any Lien thereunder or pursuant
thereto.
The
Liabilities accrued on the Financial Statements accurately reflect all of the
Contracts of M&M under any deferred compensation arrangements between
M&M and any Employees.
Section
3.9. Insurance.
3.9.1 The
Disclosure Letter lists all: (i) fire, theft, casualty, general liability,
workers compensation, fidelity, errors and omissions, business interruption,
environmental, product liability, automobile and other insurance policies
maintained at any time in the two years preceding the date hereof by M&M
relating to M&M or the Business, (ii) life insurance policies
maintained by M&M on the life of any of its Employees, officers or directors
(the policies referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) hereof being collectively
referred to as the “Insurance
Policies”),
specifying, in the case of non-group life insurance policies covering specific
individuals, the type of coverage, the amount of coverage, the premium, the
insurer, each covered insured, the policy owner, the expiration date of each
such policy and a description of any retroactive premium adjustments or other
loss-sharing arrangements, (iii) self-insurance arrangements by or
affecting M&M, any sharing of risk contracts or arrangements affecting
M&M and any obligations of M&M to any third party with respect to
insurance, and (iv) excess loss or catastrophic loss reinsurance
arrangements maintained by M&M or to which M&M is a party. True, correct
and complete copies of all Insurance Policies have been previously delivered
by
M&M to Buyer.
3.9.2 Each
of
the Insurance Policies is in full force and effect and is Enforceable against
the applicable insurance provider and will continue to be so Enforceable
immediately after the Closing in accordance with its terms as in effect
immediately before the Closing. All premiums due and payable on any of the
Insurance Policies or renewals thereof have been paid or will be paid timely
through the Closing Date, and there is no default (including with respect to
the
payment of premiums or the giving of notices) by M&M under the Insurance
Policies nor any default by any other party to the Insurance Policies that
is
known by M&M or the Shareholder, and, to the Knowledge of M&M and the
Shareholder, no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time,
would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification
or
acceleration under any of the Insurance Policies. M&M has not received any
written notice from the insurer denying coverage or reserving rights with
respect to a particular claim currently pending under any Insurance Policy
or
with respect to any Insurance Policy in general except as specified. Since
the
Interim Balance Sheet Date, M&M has not incurred any loss, damage, expense
or liability that was or would be covered by any Insurance Policy for which
it
has not properly asserted a claim under any Insurance Policy. M&M is covered
by types of insurance customary for the industry in which it is engaged and
in
coverage amounts reasonable for companies of its size.
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3.9.3 Set
forth
in the Disclosure Letter is a list of all insured losses in excess of $10,000
suffered by M&M in the last two years, the amount of all claims for recovery
with respect thereto, the amount recovered and, for any claim denied, the reason
for such denial. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, no Insurance
Policy has been cancelled within the last two years and, to the Knowledge of
M&M and the Shareholder, no threat has been made to cancel any Insurance
Policy during such period.
Section
3.10. Transactions
with Affiliates.
3.10.1 Except
for the matters specified in the Disclosure Letter, none of the officers,
directors or Employees of M&M or the Shareholder or any of their Affiliates
is an officer, director, employee, consultant or has any interest in any
business which is a competitor, distributor, supplier, landlord, tenant,
creditor, debtor or vendor of, or which is party to any Contract with, M&M
and, after the Closing, M&M will not have any liability or obligation to or
for the benefit of the Shareholder or any of his Affiliates. Except for the
matters specified in the Disclosure Letter: (a) there are no Assets owned
by any Affiliate of M&M (other than Assets owned by M&M) that M&M
leases, licenses or otherwise has the right to use which are used in, or
necessary to, the conduct of the Business; and (b) there are no services or
staffing being provided to the Business by any Affiliate of M&M (other than
services or staffing provided by M&M) except pursuant to written Contracts
set forth in the Disclosure Letter.
3.10.2 Each
Contract, agreement or arrangement between M&M, on the one hand, and any
Affiliate of M&M or the Shareholder, or any director, officer or Employee of
M&M or the Shareholder, on the other hand, is on commercially reasonable
terms no more favorable to such Affiliate, director, officer or Employee than
what any third party negotiating on an arms-length basis would
expect.
Section
3.11. Permits
and Compliance with Laws.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter and without regard to environmental
matters which are covered in Section
3.14
of this
Agreement, M&M has all licenses, permits and qualifications necessary to
conduct the Business in the jurisdictions listed in the Disclosure Letter,
which
is each jurisdiction in which M&M does business or owns property, or in
which such license, permit or qualification is otherwise required. Set forth
in
the Disclosure Letter is a list of all such licenses, permits and
qualifications. During the two years prior to the date hereof, (a) M&M
has not had any material license or qualification to conduct business in any
jurisdiction revoked or suspended or been involved in a proceeding to revoke
or
suspend such license or qualification, nor, to the Knowledge of M&M and the
Shareholder, has any investigation been conducted, or is pending, in any such
jurisdiction with a view to revocation or suspension of any such license,
(b) to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, M&M has complied
in all material respects with all laws, regulations and orders applicable to
the
Business and the present use by such Person of its properties, and the Business
conducted by M&M does not violate in any material respect any such laws,
regulations or orders, and (c) M&M has timely filed all material
reports and returns required by any Legal Requirement or policy of any
Governmental Authority, and, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder,
all such returns and reports are true and correct, and there are no deficiencies
with respect to such filings or submissions.
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Section
3.12. Tax
Matters.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter or the Interim Balance Sheet:
(a) (i) All
Tax Returns required to be filed on or before the Closing Date by, or with
respect to, M&M have been or will be timely filed (taking into account
permitted extensions) with the appropriate taxing authorities; (ii) the Tax
Returns have accurately reflected and will accurately reflect all material
liability for Taxes of M&M required to be shown thereon for the periods
covered thereby; (iii) M&M has timely paid or withheld all Taxes due
and payable; (iv) with respect to any period for which Tax Returns have not
yet been filed or for which Taxes are not yet due or owing (including contingent
and deferred Tax liabilities), M&M has made accruals for the full amount of
such Taxes on the Interim Financials (whether or not it has or may have a right
of reimbursement against another Person); (v) no recorded Liens for Taxes
upon the Assets exist (nor, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, are
there any contemplated Liens for Taxes upon the Assets); (vi) M&M is
not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file
any
Tax Return; (vii) no written claim has ever been made by an authority in a
jurisdiction where M&M does not file Tax Returns that M&M is or may be
subject to taxation by that jurisdiction; (viii) all required estimated Tax
payments sufficient to avoid any underpayment penalties have been made by or
on
behalf of M&M; and (ix) M&M has disclosed on its Tax Returns all
positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement
of
federal income tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code (or any
corresponding local law).
(b) M&M
has not been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated Tax Return
(other than a group the parent of which was M&M). M&M does not have any
Liability for Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6
(or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), as a transferee
or
successor, by contract or otherwise.
(c) M&M
has withheld and paid all material Taxes required to have been withheld and
paid
on or before the date hereof in connection with amounts paid or owing to any
Employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder, foreign person or
other
Person.
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(d) There
is
no dispute or claim with or audit by any Governmental Authority concerning
any
material Tax liability of M&M. Neither M&M nor the Shareholder has
received any written notice to the effect that, and neither of them has any
Knowledge that, any Governmental Authority intends to conduct such an audit
or
investigation or assert such an assessment, claim or deficiency. No issue has
been raised by a Governmental Authority in any prior examination of M&M
which, by application of the same or similar principles, could reasonably be
expected to result in a material proposed deficiency for any subsequent taxable
period. The Disclosure Letter lists all federal, state, local and foreign
original or amended Tax Returns relating to Income Taxes filed with respect
to
M&M during the last five years, indicates those Tax Returns relating to
Income Taxes that have been audited and indicate those Tax Returns relating
to
Income Taxes that currently are the subject of audit. M&M has delivered to
Buyer correct and complete copies of all portions of federal income Tax Returns
and examination reports which pertain to M&M, and statements of deficiencies
assessed against or agreed to by M&M during the last five
years.
(e) M&M
has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to
any
extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(f) No
power
of attorney has been granted by M&M with respect to any Tax matter that is
currently in force.
(g) M&M:
(i) has not made any payments; (ii) is not obligated to make any
payments; or (iii) is not a party to any agreement that under certain
circumstances could (individually or collectively) obligate it to make any
payments that will not be deductible under Code Section 280G.
(h) There
are
no Tax sharing, allocation, indemnification or similar agreements or
arrangements in effect between M&M, and any other Person under which M&M
could be liable for any Taxes or other claims of any other Person.
(i) M&M
has not applied for, been granted or agreed in writing to any accounting method
change for which it will be required to take into account any adjustment under
Section 481 of the Code or any similar provision of the Code or the
corresponding tax laws of any nation, state or locality.
(j) No
indebtedness of M&M consists of “corporate acquisition indebtedness” within
the meaning of Section 279 of the Code.
(k) M&M
has not distributed stock or Equity Securities of another Person, or had its
stock or Equity Securities distributed by another Person, in a transaction
that
was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in party by Section 355
or
361 of the Code.
(l) M&M
has delivered to Buyer true and complete copies of all material Tax Returns
of
M&M for all taxable periods ending on or after December 31,
2004.
(m) During
the last five years, M&M has not: (i) inconsistent with past practice,
made or changed any election concerning any material Taxes, changed an annual
accounting period or adopted or changed any accounting method; or
(ii) amended any Tax Return, settled any material Tax action, suit,
investigation, audit or claim or surrendered any right to claim a refund of
any
material Taxes.
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(n) M&M
has maintained, in all material respects, with respect to transfer pricing,
proper intercompany agreements and concurrent and supporting documentation
as
required under OECD guidelines and all applicable Tax laws, such that no
transfer pricing amounts will be denied as deductions in any jurisdiction either
by reason of a lack of proper agreements or supporting documentation or by
reason of a non-compliance with the “arm’s length” principle as defined under
OECD transfer pricing guidelines. The terms of the transfer pricing agreements
involving M&M satisfy the requirements set by the applicable Tax law and by
the respective Governmental Authority such that no transfer pricing amount
will
be denied as deductions or will be considered to have created income to M&M
of a type other than that specified in the transfer pricing
agreement.
(o) M&M
has not executed or entered into any written agreement with, or obtained or
applied for any written consent or written clearance or any other Tax ruling
from, nor has there been any written agreement executed or entered into on
behalf of it with any Governmental Authority, relating to material Taxes,
including any IRS private letter rulings or comparable rulings of any
Governmental Authority and closing agreements pursuant to Section 7121 of the
Code or any predecessor provision thereof or any similar provision of any
law.
(p) No
property owned by M&M is: (i) property required to be treated as being
owned by another Person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended and in effect immediately prior to
the
enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986; (ii) “tax-exempt use property” within
the meaning of Section 168(h)(1) of the Code; (iii) “tax-exempt bond financed
property” within the meaning of Section 168(g)(5) of the Code; (iv) “limited use
property” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 2001-28; (v) subject to Section
168(g)(1)(A) of the Code; (vi) subject to a “section 467 rental agreement” as
defined in Section 467 of the Code; (vii) subject to any provision of any law
comparable to any of the provisions listed above; or (viii) an interest (other
than indebtedness within the meaning of Section 163 of the Code) in an entity
treated for United States federal income tax purposes as a corporation,
partnership, trust, REMIC or a disregarded entity.
(q) None
of
the Assets or Liabilities of M&M is a debt obligation that: (i) was
issued with “original issue discount” as that term is defined in Section 1273(a)
of the Code; (ii) is a “registration-required obligation” as defined in
Section 163(f)(2) of the Code; (iii) is an “applicable high yield discount
obligation” as defined in Section 163(i)(1) of the Code; or (iv) is a
“disqualified debt instrument” as defined in Section 163(l)(2) of the
Code.
(r) M&M
has no elections in effect for federal Income Tax purposes under Sections 108,
168, 441, 472, 1017, 1033 or 4977 of the Code or under any similar provisions
of
state, local or foreign law.
(s) M&M
has not, within the scope of Section 999 of the Code, participated in or
cooperated with any international boycott or has been requested to do so in
connection with any transaction or proposed transaction.
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(t) None
of
the transactions to be consummated pursuant to this Agreement will give rise
to
withholding obligations under any provision of law (including Section 1445
of
the Code).
(u) M&M
has not taken any measures or entered into any transaction which is a
constructive dividend or made any material payment that can be qualified as
a
deemed dividend under any United States or foreign Legal
Requirement.
(v) M&M
is not thinly capitalized and all material interest expense is deductible for
corporate Income Tax purposes.
(w) M&M
has not directly or indirectly entered into any transactions likely to be
disqualified or recharacterized by any Governmental Authority on the grounds
that they are designed to circumvent Tax obligations.
(x) M&M
has not been a party to or entered into any transactions, schemes or
arrangements that were entered into solely, wholly or mainly with a view to
avoiding, reducing, postponing or extinguishing any actual liability for Tax
or
which contain steps inserted without any commercial or business
purpose.
(y) M&M
has never been a passive foreign investment company with the meaning of Section
1297 of the Code, a foreign investment company within the meaning of Section
1246 of the Code or a foreign personal holding company within the meaning of
Section 552 of the Code.
(z) For
purposes of this Section
3.12
and
Article
VI,
any
reference to M&M shall include any Person that merged with or was liquidated
into M&M.
Section
3.13. Employee
Relations and Employee Benefit Plans
3.13.1 Employee
Relations.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(a) To
its
Knowledge, M&M is in material compliance with all federal, state or other
applicable laws, domestic or foreign, respecting employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours of
employment;
(b) No
legal
claim in respect of application for employment, employment or termination of
employment of any Person has been asserted or, to the Knowledge of M&M and
the Shareholder, threatened, against M&M;
(c) To
its
Knowledge, M&M has not engaged, nor is it currently engaged, in any unfair
labor practice;
(d) No
unfair
labor practice complaint against M&M is pending before the National Labor
Relations Board;
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(e) There
is
no labor strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage actually pending or, to the
Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, threatened against or involving
M&M;
(f) M&M
is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement and no collective
bargaining agreement is currently being negotiated by M&M;
(g) None
of
the Employees is represented by a labor union;
(h) To
the
Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, no petition has been filed or
proceedings instituted by any Employee or group of Employees with any labor
relations board seeking recognition of a bargaining representative;
(i) To
the
Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, there is no organizational effort
currently being made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor union to
organize any Employees;
(j) There
are
no other controversies or disputes pending between M&M and any of its
Employees, except for such controversies and disputes with individual Employees
arising in the Ordinary Course of Business that have not had and may not
reasonably be expected to result in a material Liability of M&M;
(k) M&M
has taken any and all actions necessary to comply with the Worker Adjustment
and
Retraining Notification Act with respect to any event or occurrence since
M&M’s inception; and
(l) None
of
the Employees has terminated his or her employment with M&M in the last
three (3) months or notified M&M or the Shareholder of any intention to
terminate his or her employment.
3.13.2 Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) List
of Plans; Documents.
Set
forth in the Disclosure Letter is an accurate and complete list of all Plans
and
Benefit Arrangements maintained by M&M. M&M has, with respect to each
such Plan and Benefit Arrangement, delivered to Buyer true and complete copies
of: (i) all current Plan texts and agreements and related trust agreements
or annuity contracts and any amendments thereto; (ii) all summary plan
descriptions and material employee communications; (iii) all Forms 5500
filed (including all schedules thereto and the opinions of independent
accountants) in respect of such Plans and Benefits; (iv) the most recent
actuarial valuation; (v) the most recent annual and periodic accounting of
Plan assets; (vi) if the Plan or Benefit Arrangement is intended to qualify
under Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, the most recent determination letter
received from the Internal Revenue Service; and (vii) all material
communications with any governmental entity or agency (including, without
limitation, the Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service and the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation).
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(b) Status
of Plans.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(i) No
Plan
is a defined benefit pension plan, and M&M has not ever maintained a defined
benefit pension plan;
(ii) M&M
has not incurred any liability under Section 4201 of ERISA for a complete or
partial withdrawal from, or agreed to participate in, any multiemployer plan
as
such term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA;
(iii) All
Plans
and Benefit Arrangements have been administered in accordance with their
respective terms and comply in all material respects with any applicable Legal
Requirements, including applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, including
Section 4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Subtitle B of title I of ERISA and
any
regulations thereunder (“COBRA”),
the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and any applicable
similar state law;
(iv) No
prohibited transaction (which shall mean any transaction prohibited by Section
406 of ERISA and not exempt under Section 408 of ERISA or by Section 4975 of
the
Code) has occurred with respect to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement
(i) which would result in the imposition, directly or indirectly, of a
material excise tax under Section 4975 of the Code or a material civil penalty
under Section 502(i) of ERISA, or (ii) the correction of which would result
in a material Liability to M&M; and no actions have occurred which could
result in the imposition of a penalty or excise tax under any section or
provision of ERISA or the Code;
(v) No
Plan
or Benefit Arrangement is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 414(f)
of
the Code or Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(31) of ERISA, and M&M has not ever been
a party to or participant in a multiemployer plan;
(vi) No
Plan
or Benefit Arrangement is a multiple employer plan within the meaning of Section
413(c) of the Code or Section 4063, 4064 or 4066 of ERISA, and no employee
benefit plan is a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in Section
3(40) of ERISA;
(vii) Each
employee pension benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, that is
not
qualified under Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code is exempt from Part 2,
3
and 4 of Title I of ERISA as an unfunded plan that is maintained primarily
for
the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management
or highly compensated employees, pursuant to Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and
401(a)(1) of ERISA; no assets of M&M are allocated to or held in a “rabbi
trust” or similar funding vehicle;
(viii) No
complete or partial termination of any Plan or Benefit Arrangement has occurred
or is expected to occur as a result of this Agreement and the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby;
(ix) M&M
does not have any commitment or understanding to create, modify or terminate
any
Plan or Benefit Arrangement;
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(x) Except
as
required by applicable law, to M&M’s Knowledge no condition or circumstance
exists that would prevent the subsequent unrestricted amendment or termination
of any Plan or Benefit Arrangement; and
(xi) No
event
has occurred and no condition or circumstance has existed that will, or could,
result in any increase in the benefits under, or the expense of maintaining,
any
Plan or Benefit Arrangement from the level of benefits or expense incurred
for
M&M’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (other than increases in the
expense of maintaining such Plans and Benefit Arrangements incurred in the
Ordinary Course of Business).
(c) Liabilities.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(i) No
Plan
or Benefit Arrangement provides benefits to any current or former Employee
beyond retirement or other termination of service (other than coverage mandated
by COBRA, the cost of which is fully paid by the current or former Employee
or
his or her dependents);
(ii) M&M
does not maintain any Plan which is an “employee welfare benefit plan” (as such
term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that has provided any “disqualified
benefit” (as such term is defined in Section 4976(b) of the Code) with respect
to which any excise Tax could be imposed;
(iii) No
person
is entitled to, with respect to employment with M&M: (A) any pension
benefit that is unfunded or (B) any pension or other benefit to be paid
after termination of employment (other than pursuant to a Plan that is
Tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code); and, no other benefits
whatsoever are payable to any Employee after termination of
employment;
(iv) M&M
has not incurred any liability for any Tax or excise Tax arising under Section
4977, 4979, 4980, 4980B or 4980D of the Code, and no event has occurred and
no
condition or circumstance has existed that could give rise to any such
liability;
(v) No
Actions are pending, or, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder,
threatened, anticipated or expected to be asserted against any Plan or Benefit
Arrangement or the assets of any such Plan or Benefit Arrangement (other than
routine claims for benefits and appeals of denied routine claims);
(vi) No
Plan
or Benefit Arrangement or any fiduciary thereof, is or has been the direct
or
indirect subject of an audit, investigation or examination by any governmental
or quasi-governmental agency or has entered into a settlement with such agency;
and
(vii) M&M
does not have any material liability under any such Plan or Benefit Arrangement
that is not reflected in the Financial Statements.
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(d) Contributions.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(i) Full
payment has been made of all material amounts which M&M is required, under
applicable law, under any Plan or Benefit Arrangement or under any agreement
relating to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement to which M&M is a party, to have
paid as contributions thereto as of the last day of the most recent fiscal
year
of such Plan or Benefit Arrangement ended prior to Closing;
(ii) All
contributions by M&M to a Plan or a Benefit Arrangement have been deducted,
or can be deducted, in the taxable year for which such contributions are made
and no such contribution deduction has been challenged or
disallowed;
(iii) M&M
has made adequate provision for reserves to make Plan or Benefit Arrangement
contributions that have accrued or will have accrued through Closing, but that
have not been made because they are not yet due under the terms of any Plan
or
Benefit Arrangement or related agreements; and
(iv) Benefits
under all Plans or Benefit Arrangements are materially as represented in this
Agreement and have not been increased subsequent to the date as of which Plan
documents were provided or made available to Buyer.
(e) Tax
Qualification.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(i) Each
Plan
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined
to
be so qualified, as to design, by the Internal Revenue Service;
(ii) Each
trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt
from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code continues to
be
exempt; and
(iii) Since
the
date of each most recent determination referred to in this subsection (e),
to
M&M’s Knowledge no event has occurred and no condition or circumstance has
existed that resulted or is likely to result in the revocation of any such
determination or that could adversely affect the qualified status of any Plan
or
the exempt status of any such related trust.
(f) Triggering
Events.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter:
(i) The
execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby do not constitute a triggering event under any Plan or
Benefit Arrangement, policy, arrangement, statement, commitment or agreement,
whether or not legally Enforceable, which (either alone or upon the occurrence
of any additional or subsequent event) will or may result in any payment
(whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, vesting or increase
in
benefits to any Employee or former Employee or director of M&M; and
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(ii) No
Plan
or Benefit Arrangement provides for the payment of severance benefits upon
the
termination of employment of any Employee.
3.13.3 Compensation
of Employees.
Set
forth in the Disclosure Letter is an accurate and complete list showing the
names of all Employees who are expected to be employed by M&M on the Closing
Date. Such list sets forth the present salary or hourly wage, annual bonus
opportunity and the total cash Compensation from January 1, 2007 through August
31, 2007 for such Employees.
Section
3.14. Environmental
Matters.
(a) As
to
Leases and any real property previously leased, operated, managed or otherwise
used by M&M, except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, M&M is, and
has at all times been, in compliance in all respects with Environmental Laws.
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, M&M has not received written
notice of any Action pending against it nor, to the Knowledge of M&M and the
Shareholder, is there any reasonable basis for any Action or is any Action
threatened against M&M, in each case in respect of (i) noncompliance by
M&M with any Environmental Laws, or (ii) the presence or release or
threatened release into the environment of any Hazardous Substance whether
or
not generated by M&M or located at or about or emanating from or to any
facility, location, building or site currently or heretofore leased, operated,
managed or otherwise used by M&M or any predecessor entity of
it.
(b) As
to
Leases and any real property previously leased, operated, managed or otherwise
used by M&M, except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter and except for any
other matters that would not result in any material Liability to M&M, to
M&M’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or condition exists or operating
practice is being engaged in that could give rise to any Liability or Losses
on
the part of M&M or Buyer either at the present or at any future time
(including, without limitation, any obligation to conduct any remedial or
monitoring work) under any Environmental Laws or otherwise resulting from or
relating to the handling, storage, use, transportation or disposal of any
Hazardous Substance by or on behalf of M&M or any of their respective
predecessors or otherwise.
Section
3.15. Inventory.
All
Inventory reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet: (a) had a commercial value
at
least equal to the value shown on the face of the Interim Balance Sheet; (b)
is
valued in accordance with GAAP at the lower of cost (on a [FIFO, LIFO or other]
basis) or market; and (c) consists of a quality and quantity usable and salable
in the Ordinary Course of Business, except for slow-moving, damaged or obsolete
items (all of which have been written down to net realizable value or for which
adequate reserves have been provided and all xxxx-up has been eliminated).
All
Inventory manufactured or purchased since the Interim Balance Sheet Date
consists of a quality and quantity usable and saleable in the Ordinary Course
of
Business. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, all Inventory is located
at, or is in transit to or from the M&M Premises. Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Letter, all work-in-process contained in the Inventory constitutes
items in process of production pursuant to Contracts to which such
work-in-process relates and will require no rework with respect to services
performed prior to the Closing except to the extent labor attributable to such
rework has been reasonably taken into consideration in valuing such
work-in-process.
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Section
3.16. Accounts
Receivable; Accounts Payable.
3.16.1 Accounts
Receivable.
All
accounts receivable of M&M have arisen from bona fide transactions in the
Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practice and are payable on
ordinary trade terms. All accounts receivable of M&M reflected on the
Interim Balance Sheet are, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, good
and collectible at the aggregate recorded amounts thereof, net of any applicable
reserve for returns or doubtful accounts reflected thereon, which reserves
were
calculated in a manner consistent with past practice and in accordance with
GAAP
consistently applied. All accounts receivable arising after the Interim Balance
Sheet Date are, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, good and
collectible at the aggregate recorded amounts thereof, net of any applicable
reserve for returns or doubtful accounts, which reserves were calculated in
a
manner consistent with past practice and in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied. None of the accounts receivable of M&M: (i) is subject to any
known or threatened setoffs or counterclaims; or (ii) represents
obligations for goods or services sold on consignment, on approval or on a
sale-or-return basis or subject to any other repurchase or return
arrangement.
3.16.2 Accounts
Payable.
All
accounts payable of M&M reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet are the
result of bona fide transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business and have
been paid or are not yet due and payable.
Section
3.17. No
Litigation.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter and without regard to environmental
matters which are covered in Section
3.14
of this
Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of M&M and the
Shareholder, threatened with respect to which M&M is or would be a party.
There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder,
threatened, that seeks rescission of, seeks to enjoin the consummation of or
otherwise relates to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, no Governmental Order
related to the Business and directed at M&M has been issued. Except as set
forth in the Disclosure Letter, M&M is not engaged in any Action to recover
monies due it for damages sustained by it.
Section
3.18. Customers,
Suppliers, Dealers and Distributors.
3.18.1 Material
Customers.
Set
forth in the Disclosure Letter is a list of the 10 largest customers of M&M,
as measured by the dollar amount of purchases thereby, during M&M’s fiscal
year ended December 31, 2006 and for M&M’s fiscal period from January 1,
2007 through August 31, 2007, showing the total sales by M&M to each such
customer during each such period. Since the Interim Balance Sheet Date:
(i) no customer of M&M listed in the Disclosure Letter has terminated
its relationship with M&M or has materially reduced its business with
M&M; (ii) to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, no customer
of M&M listed in the Disclosure Letter has notified M&M that it intends
to terminate or materially reduce its business with M&M; and (iii) neither
M&M nor the Shareholder has Knowledge of any facts that provide a reasonable
basis to conclude that any such customer of M&M intends to do any of the
foregoing.
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3.18.2 Major
Suppliers.
Set
forth in the Disclosure Letter is a list of the 10 largest suppliers of M&M,
as measured by the dollar amount of purchases therefrom, during M&M’s fiscal
year ended December 31, 2006 and for M&M’s fiscal period from January 1,
2007 through August 31, 2007 showing the total purchases by M&M from each
such supplier during each such period. Neither M&M nor the Shareholder has
Knowledge of any facts that provide a reasonable basis to conclude that any
such
supplier of M&M will not continue to be a supplier to the Business (as owned
by Buyer) after the Closing and will not continue to supply the Business (as
owned by Buyer) after the Closing with substantially the same quantity and
quality of goods and services at competitive prices.
3.18.3 Dealers
and Distributors.
Set
forth in the Disclosure Letter is a list of all sales representatives, dealers
and distributors of M&M and other third parties performing similar functions
for M&M. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, M&M has no
Contract with any such sales representative, dealer, distributor or other third
party that is not cancellable by M&M on notice not longer than 30 days
without liability, penalty or premium of any nature or kind whatsoever. Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, M&M has not terminated its engagement
or other relationship with any such sales representative, dealer, distributor
or
other third party in the previous two (2) years.
Section
3.19. Product
Warranty and Product Liability.
The
Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete copy of M&M’s
standard warranty or warranties for sales of its Products/Services and, except
as expressly set forth therein, to the Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder
there are no warranties, deviations from standard warranties or commitments
or
obligations with respect to the return, repair, replacement or re-performance
of
M&M’s Products/Services under which M&M could have any material
Liability. The Disclosure Letter further contains a true, correct and complete
description of all pending warranty claims with respect to M&M’s
Products/Services. Since January 1, 2006, Seller has not made any voluntary
concessions, or payments not charged to warranty expense, in an amount exceeding
$5,000 as an accommodation to customers that have claimed that M&M’s
Products/Services are defective or nonconforming. None of M&M’s
Products/Services have been the subject of any replacement, field fix, retrofit,
modification or recall campaign, and to M&M’s Knowledge, no facts or
conditions exist that could reasonably be expected to result in such a recall
campaign. All of M&M’s Products/Services have been designed, manufactured,
labeled and performed so as to meet and comply with all standards and
specifications of all applicable Governmental Authorities and all applicable
Legal Requirements currently in effect, and have received all approvals of
all
applicable Governmental Authorities necessary to allow their sale and use.
Products/Services that M&M produces or performs under Contracts in which
M&M commits to deliver products and/or perform services that are designed,
manufactured, labeled and/or performed so as to meet and comply with any
standards and specifications or Legal Requirements currently in effect have
been
designed, manufactured, labeled and/or performed in a manner that complies
with
such contractual requirements.
Section
3.20. Change
of Control Provisions.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, M&M is not a party to any material
agreement that contains a change of control provision that would be triggered
by
the transactions contemplated herein.
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Section
3.21. Bank
Accounts and Powers of Attorney.
Set
forth in the Disclosure Letter is a complete and correct list of the names
and
locations of all banks in which M&M has accounts or safe deposit boxes and
the names of all Persons authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, no Person holds a power of
attorney to act on behalf of M&M.
Section
3.22. Unlawful
Payments.
To the
Knowledge of M&M and the Shareholder, neither M&M nor any director,
officer, Employee, agent or representative of M&M has made, directly or
indirectly, whether in the United States or in any other jurisdiction, any:
(i) illegal political contribution; (ii) payment from corporate funds
which was improperly recorded on the books and records of M&M;
(iii) unlawful payment (including, without limitation, any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment of any kind) from corporate
funds to any Person, including governmental officials; or (iv) unlawful
payment from corporate funds to obtain or retain any business.
Section
3.23. Full
Disclosure.
To
M&M’s and the Shareholder’s Knowledge, this Agreement, the Ancillary
Documents and their respective schedules and exhibits delivered by or on behalf
of M&M and the Shareholder hereunder and thereunder are true, correct and
complete in all material respects. No representation or warranty of M&M and
the Shareholder contained in this Agreement or in any of the Ancillary Documents
and no written statement made by or on behalf of M&M and the Shareholder to
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Documents contains
an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. There is
no
fact which M&M and the Shareholder have not disclosed to Buyer in writing
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
ARTICLE
IV
Representations
and Warranties of Buyer
Except
as
disclosed, or as qualified by information set forth herein, Buyer represents
and
warrants to M&M and the Shareholder as of the date hereof (except to the
extent that the representations and warranties of Buyer expressly speak as
of a
specified earlier date) and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
Section
4.1. Authorization
and Enforceability.
This
Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which Buyer is a party have been
executed and delivered by Buyer and are Enforceable against Buyer.
Section
4.2. Non-Contravention.
No
approval, consent, waiver, authorization or other order of, and no filing,
registration, qualification or recording with, any Governmental Authority or
any
other Person is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of Buyer or
any
of its Affiliates in connection with the execution, delivery or performance
of
this Agreement and any Ancillary Document to which Buyer is a party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Neither the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any Ancillary Document
to which Buyer is a party nor the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby do or will constitute, result in or give rise
to:
(i) a breach or violation or default under any Legal Requirement applicable
to Buyer or any of its Affiliates (assuming the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of M&M and the Shareholder); or (ii) a breach of or a
default under any Charter, Bylaws or Contract of Buyer or any of its
Affiliates.
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Section
4.3. Authorization
for Private Placement. Buyer
has
full authority and has all governmental approvals necessary to conduct the
private placement of its Equity Securities as contemplated in Article II,
including any filings with any regulatory governmental agencies. Buyer has
full
approval and authority from Buyer’s Board of Directors, shareholders or any
other party necessary to issue and sell such Equity Securities in such private
placement.
Section
4.4. Tax
Liabilities.
Buyer
shall be responsible and liable for any Taxes, fees or other costs owed or
assessed as a result of the private placement of its Equity Securities as
contemplated in Article II. In no event shall M&M or the Shareholder incur
any liabilities for any Taxes, fees or costs owed by Buyer due to the sale
or
private placement of Buyer’s Equity Securities.
ARTICLE
V
Covenants
Section
5.1. Expenses
of Transaction.
5.1.1 Transaction
Costs of M&M and Shareholder.
The
Shareholder shall bear all financial advisory, legal, accounting and other
fees
and expenses (including the fees and expenses of Xxxxxxx Business Sales)
incurred by the Shareholder, M&M or any of their respective Affiliates in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To the extent
M&M has paid any amount in satisfaction of such fees or expenses prior to,
at or subsequent to the Closing, the Shareholder shall reimburse Buyer for
same.
5.1.2 Transaction
Costs of Buyer.
Buyer
shall bear all financial advisory, legal, accounting and other fees and expenses
incurred by Buyer or any of its Affiliates in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
5.2. Books
and Records and Access Thereto.
The
Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the Closing Date,
Buyer
will be entitled to own and possess all documents, books, records, agreements
and financial data of any sort relating to M&M and the Business. Buyer and
M&M agree to preserve for a period of not less than four (4) years after the
Closing Date and provide the Shareholder with reasonable access (at reasonable
times and with reasonable prior notice) to all books and records of M&M and
the Business in existence on the Closing Date for the purpose of concluding
the
Shareholder’s involvement in the Business prior to the Closing Date and for
complying with his obligations under applicable securities, Tax, environmental,
employment or other laws or regulations. During such period, Buyer and M&M
shall allow the Shareholder to make copies of such books and records at the
Shareholder’s expense.
Section
5.3. Further
Assurances.
Each
party, upon the request from time to time of any other party or parties hereto
after the Closing, and without further consideration, will do each and every
act
and thing as may be necessary or reasonably requested to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby in an orderly fashion.
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Section
5.4. Reimbursement
by the Parties.
To the
extent that the Shareholder or Buyer receives any payment after the Closing
that
belongs to the other party or parties, it or they shall promptly pay over such
payment to the other party or parties.
Section
5.5. Nonsolicitation;
Noncompetition; Confidentiality.
5.5.1 Nonsolicitation.
For a
period five (5) years from and after the Closing Date, the Shareholder shall
not, and shall cause his Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly:
(i) cause, solicit, induce or encourage any Employees (other than himself
or his spouse) to leave their employment with M&M or hire, employ or
otherwise engage any such Employee; or (ii) cause, induce or encourage any
material actual or prospective client, customer, supplier or licensor of M&M
(including any existing or former customer of M&M) or any other Person who
has a material business relationship with M&M to terminate or modify any
such actual or prospective relationship.
5.5.2 Noncompetition.
The
Shareholder agrees that, without the prior written consent of Buyer, he shall
not, for a period of five (5) years from and after the Closing Date, directly
or
indirectly, individually or through a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or any other form of business entity, in any capacity anywhere
in the world, own, manage, engage in, operate, control, work for, consult with,
render services for, do business with, maintain any interest in (proprietary,
financial or otherwise) or participate in the ownership, management, operation
or control of, a business which is competitive with the Business.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section
5.5.2
shall
not prohibit the Shareholder from owning up to one percent (1%) of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of a publicly-held corporation which operates
a
business, trade or activity which is the same as, similar to or otherwise
competitive with the Business, so long as the Shareholder does not, directly
or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, participate in the control
thereof, take an active part in the management or direction thereof, act as
a
consultant or advisor thereto or in any other way render services
thereto.
5.5.3 Confidentiality.
From
and after the Closing Date, the Shareholder shall not, and shall cause his
Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or
communicate to any Person other than authorized officers, directors and
employees of Buyer or M&M or use or otherwise exploit for their own benefit
or for the benefit of anyone other than Buyer or M&M, any Confidential
Information. The Shareholder shall not have any obligation to keep confidential
(or cause his Affiliates to keep confidential) any Confidential Information
if
and to the extent disclosure thereof is specifically required by any applicable
Legal Requirement; provided,
however,
that in
the event disclosure is required by any applicable Legal Requirement, the
Shareholder shall, to the extent reasonably possible, provide Buyer with prompt
notice of such requirement prior to making any disclosure so that Buyer may
seek
an appropriate protective order. For purposes of this Section
5.5.3,
“Confidential
Information”
shall
mean any confidential information with respect to M&M including methods of
operation, customers, customer lists, products, prices, fees, costs,
Intellectual Property, Technology, inventions, trade secrets, know-how,
Software, marketing methods, plans, personnel, suppliers, competitors, markets
or other specialized information or proprietary matters; however “Confidential
Information”
does
not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to,
information that: (i) is generally available to the public on the date of
this Agreement; (ii) becomes generally available to the public other than
as a result of a disclosure not otherwise permissible thereunder; or (iii) the
Shareholder is obligated to disclose the Confidential Information by order
or
regulation of any governmental entity, provided however, the Shareholder gives
timely notification to the Buyer prior to the date of disclosure.
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5.5.4 Specific
Performance.
The
Shareholder acknowledges that Buyer and its Affiliates will be irrevocably
damaged if all of the provisions of this Section
5.5
are not
specifically enforced. Accordingly, the Shareholder agrees that, in addition
to
any other relief to which Buyer and its Affiliates may be entitled, Buyer and
its Affiliates shall be entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief from
a
court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of restraining the Shareholder
from any actual or threatened breach of this Section
5.5
without
a requirement for the posting of a bond or a showing of irreparable harm. The
Shareholder agrees that all of the covenants contained in this Section
5.5
are
reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate interests of Buyer, are
reasonable with respect to time and territory and that he has read and
understand the descriptions of the covenants contained in this Section
5.5.
The
Shareholder agrees that the consideration to be received by him hereunder,
upon
receipt of such consideration at or after the Closing, will be full, fair and
adequate to support his obligations hereunder.
5.5.5 Consulting
Agreements.
Concurrently with the Closing, each of the Shareholder and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
shall enter into the Consulting Agreements with M&M.
5.5.6 Employment
Agreement.
Concurrently with the Closing, the Shareholder agrees to encourage Xxxx Xxxxxx
to enter into the Employment Agreement with M&M.
5.5.7 Premises
Leases.
On or
prior to the Closing, M&M and the Shareholder shall cause M&M’s existing
lease with respect to the M&M Premises to be terminated. Concurrently with
the Closing, the Shareholder agrees to cause the owners of the M&M Premises
to enter into the Premises Lease with M&M.
ARTICLE
VI
Income
Taxes
Section
6.1. Income
Tax Indemnification.
(a) The
Shareholder shall be liable for and shall pay (and shall indemnify and hold
Buyer and its Affiliates harmless from and against) all Income Taxes with
respect to M&M for any Pre-Closing Tax Period (a “Tax
Loss”);
provided,
however,
the
Shareholder shall be liable only to the extent such Income Taxes exceed the
amount, if any, reserved for Income Taxes on the Interim Balance Sheet;
provided further
that the
Shareholder shall also be responsible for Tax Losses attributable to any
increase in Income Taxes payable by M&M that is attributable to:
(i) any deduction, credit or transaction that is shifted as a result of any
Final Determination from a taxable year beginning after the Closing Date to
a
taxable year ending on or before the Closing Date; or (ii) any income or
transaction that is shifted as a result of any Final Determination from a
taxable year ending on or before the Closing Date to a taxable year ending
after
the Closing Date. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Final
Determination”
shall
have the meaning given to the term “determination” by Code Section 1313 and the
Treasury Regulations thereunder with respect to United States federal Income
Tax
matters; and, with respect to foreign, state and local Income Tax matters,
Final
Determination shall mean any final settlement with a relevant Governmental
Authority that does not provide a right to appeal or any final decision by
a
court with respect to which no timely appeal is pending and as to which the
time
for filing such appeal has expired. For the avoidance of doubt, a Final
Determination with respect to United States federal Income Tax matters shall
include any formal or informal settlement entered with the Internal Revenue
Service with respect to which the taxpayer has no right to appeal. Buyer and
its
Affiliates shall be liable for and shall pay (and shall indemnify and hold
the
Shareholder and his Affiliates, successors and assigns harmless from and
against) all Income Taxes with respect to M&M for any Post-Closing Tax
Period. The term “Pre-Closing
Tax Period”
shall
mean all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date and the portion
ending on the Closing Date of any taxable period that includes (but does not
end
on) the Closing Date. The term “Post-Closing
Tax Period”
shall
mean all taxable periods that begin after the Closing Date and the portion
beginning after the Closing Date of any taxable period that includes (but does
not end on) the Closing Date.
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(b) In
the
case of any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing
Date
(a “Straddle
Period”),
the
amount of any Income Taxes of M&M for the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be
determined based on an interim closing of the books as of the close of business
on the Closing Date and the amount of other Income Taxes of M&M for a
Straddle Period which relate to the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be deemed
to be
the amount of such Income Tax for the entire taxable period in which the
Straddle Period occurs multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days in the taxable period ending on the Closing Date and the
denominator of which is the total number of days in the Straddle
Period.
(c) Subject
to subsection (e) below, any payment by the Shareholder pursuant to this
Section
6.1
shall be
made (x) if reflected on a Tax Return, contemporaneously with the filing of
such Tax Return and (y) in all other cases, not later than 30 days after
receipt by the Shareholder of written notice from Buyer stating that any Tax
Loss has been paid by Buyer and its Affiliates or, effective upon the Closing,
M&M and the amount thereof and the indemnity payment requested.
(d) Any
payment made pursuant to this Section
6.1
shall be
increased by any Income Tax detriment arising from receipt of the indemnity
payment (if required by applicable Legal Requirements) and shall be reduced
by
any Income Tax benefit realized by the recipient thereof resulting from payment
of the Tax Loss in each case to the extent realized no later than the end of
the
taxable year in which the payment is received.
(e) If
any
claim or demand for Income Taxes in respect of which indemnity may be sought
pursuant to this Section
6.1
is
asserted in writing against M&M, Buyer or any of Buyer’s other Affiliates
after the Closing Date, Buyer shall promptly notify the Shareholder of such
claim or demand within sufficient time that would allow the Shareholder to
timely respond to such claim or demand, and shall give the Shareholder such
information with respect thereto as the Shareholder may reasonably request;
provided,
however,
that
the failure of Buyer to provide such notice or information to the Shareholder
shall not affect the indemnification rights of M&M, Buyer or any of Buyer’s
other Affiliates pursuant to this Section
6.1,
except
if, and to the extent that, the Shareholder is prejudiced by Buyer’s failure to
deliver such notice or information. The Shareholder may discharge, at any time,
his indemnification obligations under this Section
6.1
by
paying to Buyer the amount of the applicable Tax Loss, calculated on the date
of
such payment. The Shareholder may, at his expense, participate in and, upon
notice to Buyer, assume the defense of any such claim, suit, action, litigation
or proceeding (including any Income Tax audit) (except to the extent that such
Income Tax audit or other proceeding involves an issue that recurs in taxable
periods of M&M ending after the Closing Date or relates to a period other
than a Pre-Closing Tax Period, and except to the extent that the Shareholder
would have no indemnification obligations pursuant to this Section
6.1).
If the
Shareholder assumes such defense, Buyer shall have the right (but not the duty)
to participate in the defense thereof and to employ legal counsel, at its own
expense, separate from the legal counsel employed by the Shareholder. The
Shareholder shall have the right to compromise or settle any such Income Tax
audit or other proceeding the defense of which Shareholder has assumed subject
to Buyer’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the
Shareholder fails within a reasonable time after notice to defend any such
claim
or the resulting Income Tax audit or proceeding as provided herein, the
Shareholder shall be bound by the results obtained by Buyer in connection
therewith. The Shareholder shall pay to Buyer the amount of any Tax Loss
incurred by Buyer within 30 days after a Final Determination of such Tax Loss.
Whether or not the Shareholder chooses to defend or prosecute any claim, all
of
the parties hereto shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution thereof. The
Shareholder shall not be liable under this Section
6.1
for any
Income Tax claimed or demanded by any taxing authority, the payment of which
was
made without the Shareholder’s prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
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Section
6.2. Return
Filings, Payments, Refunds and Credits.
(a) Subject
to the right of indemnification of Buyer and its Affiliates under Section
6.1,
Buyer
shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed on a timely
basis all Tax Returns for M&M due after the Closing Date (taking into
account extensions) and shall be responsible for remitting all Income Taxes
or
other Taxes, if any, reflected as being due from M&M on such Tax
Returns.
(b) The
Shareholder and Buyer shall reasonably cooperate, and shall cause their
respective Affiliates, agents, auditors, representatives, officers, trustees
and
employees reasonably to cooperate, in preparing and filing all Tax Returns
(including amended returns and claims for refund), including maintaining and
making available to each other all records necessary in connection with Income
Taxes and in resolving all disputes and audits with respect to all taxable
periods relating to Income Taxes. Buyer, the Shareholder and M&M agree to
retain or cause to be retained all books and records pertinent to M&M until
the applicable period for assessment under applicable law (giving effect to
any
and all extensions or waivers) has expired, to abide by or cause the abidance
with all record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority,
and
to give reasonable written notice to the other party prior to transferring,
destroying or discarding any such information, returns, books, records or
documents and, if the other party so requests, allow the other party to take
possession of such information, returns, books, records or documents. Buyer
and
the Shareholder shall cooperate with each other in the conduct of any audit
or
other proceedings involving M&M for any Income 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.
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(c) Any
Tax
Return prepared or caused to be prepared by Buyer pursuant to Section
6.2(a)
for
which Buyer intends to seek indemnification from the Shareholder for any portion
of the Income Taxes reflected on such Tax Return shall be prepared, except
if
inconsistent with any Legal Requirement, in a manner consistent with past
practice and without a change of any election or any accounting method and
shall
be submitted to the Shareholder in sufficient time to permit a reasonable review
prior to the due date (including extensions) of such Tax Return. Buyer shall
refrain from changing any accounting method or election which may result in
material adverse tax liabilities to the Shareholder. The Shareholder shall
have
the right to review all work papers and procedures used to prepare any such
Tax
Return. If the Shareholder, within 10 days after delivery of any such Tax
Return, notifies Buyer in writing that he objects to any items in such Tax
Return, the parties shall proceed in good faith to resolve the disputed items
and, if they are unable to do so within five (5) days, the disputed items shall
be resolved (within a reasonable time, taking into account the deadline for
filing such Tax Return) by the Accountant. Upon resolution of all disputed
items, the relevant Tax Return shall be adjusted to reflect such resolution
and
shall be binding upon the parties without further adjustment. The costs, fees
and expense of the Accountant shall be borne equally by Buyer and the
Shareholder. The Shareholder’s failure to notify Buyer of any such disagreement
prior to the end of the 10-day period shall indicate his concurrence with such
Tax Return.
(d) With
respect to Income Tax refunds pertaining to M&M for any Pre-Closing Tax
Period: (i) if and to the extent such refund is less than or equal to the
corresponding asset reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet, Buyer and M&M
shall be entitled to retain the entire amount; and (ii) if and to the
extent such refund exceeds the asset so reflected, the Shareholder shall be
entitled to such excess amount.
(e) If
and to
the extent any Liability reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet for Income
Taxes
proves to have been overstated, Buyer or M&M shall apply any excess against
any Tax Losses.
ARTICLE
VII
Indemnification
Section
7.1. Indemnification
by Shareholder.
In
addition to the Shareholder’s indemnification or other obligations under
Section
2.2.3(a),
Article
V and Article VI, the Shareholder (in his capacity as an indemnifying party,
the
“Indemnifying
Party”),
hereby agrees to indemnify Buyer and its Affiliates (each, in its capacity
as an
indemnified party, an “Indemnitee”),
regardless of any investigation conducted by or knowledge obtained by any of
them, and hold Buyer and such Affiliates, successors and assigns harmless,
from,
against and in respect of any and all Losses arising from or related to any
of
the following:
(i) any
breach of, untruth of or inaccuracy in (or any allegation by any third party
of
facts which, if true as alleged, would constitute such a breach or inaccuracy
in) any representation or warranty (without giving effect to materiality and/or
Material Adverse Effect or words of similar import where such representations
and warranties are qualified by such terms) made by or on behalf of M&M or
the Shareholder in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Disclosure
Letter); or
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(ii) any
breach, non-fulfillment or violation of any covenant or agreement made by the
Shareholder in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Disclosure
Letter); or
(iii) any
brokerage, finder’s or other similar fees, Compensation or reimbursement of
expenses payable by any of M&M or the Shareholder to any broker, finder,
investment bank or similar agent (including the fees and expenses of Xxxxxxx
Business Sales) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section
7.2. Indemnification
by Buyer.
In
addition to the indemnification or other obligations of Buyer under Section
2.2.3(b),
Article
V and Article VI, Buyer (in its capacity as an indemnifying party, the
“Indemnifying
Party”)
hereby
agrees to indemnify the Shareholder (in the Shareholder’s capacity as an
indemnified party, the “Indemnitee”),
regardless of any investigation conducted by or knowledge obtained by him,
and
hold the Shareholder harmless from, against and in respect to any and all Losses
arising from or related to any of the following:
(i) any
breach of untruth of or inaccuracy in (or any allegation by any third party
of
facts which, if true as alleged, would constitute such a breach or inaccuracy
in) any representation or warranty (without giving effect to materiality and/or
Material Adverse Effect or words of similar import where such representations
and warranties are qualified by such terms) made by or on behalf of Buyer in
this Agreement; or
(ii) any
breach, non-fulfillment or violation of any covenant or agreement made by Buyer
in this Agreement; or
(iii) any
brokerage, finder’s or other similar fees, Compensation or reimbursement of
expenses payable by Buyer to any broker, finder, investment bank or similar
agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section
7.3. Time
Limitation on Indemnification for Breaches of Representations and
Warranties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except for Reserved Claims, no claim may
be
made or suit instituted pursuant to Section
7.1(i)
or
Section
7.2(i),
as the
case may be, after the expiration of the period (the “General
Survival Period”)
which
is four (4) years after the Closing Date. The term “Reserved
Claims”
shall
mean (a) all claims as to which any Indemnitee has given any Indemnifying
Party written notice on or prior to the end of the General Survival Period,
and
(b) all claims by any Indemnitee based upon an alleged or actual breach of
or inaccuracy in the representations or warranties contained in Section
3.1.2,
Section
3.1.4,
Section
3.12
or
Section
3.13.2.
No
Reserved Claim may be made or suit instituted under any provision of this
Article VII after the expiration of the applicable statute of
limitations.
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Section
7.4. Monetary
Limitations on Indemnification.
Except
with respect to claims arising under Section
7.1(iii)
and
Section
7.2(iii)
and
except with respect to claims arising out of the representations or warranties
or indemnities referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Reserved Claims
in
Section
7.3,
an
Indemnifying Party shall not have any obligation to indemnify Indemnitees under
Section
7.1
or
Section
7.2,
as the
case may be, in respect of any Losses incurred by such Indemnitees unless the
aggregate cumulative total of all Losses (other than Losses arising under
Section
7.1(iii)
or
Section
7.2(iii)
or out
of claims referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Reserved Claims in
Section
7.3)
incurred by such Indemnitees exceeds $25,000 whereupon such Indemnitees shall
be
entitled to indemnification for the aggregate cumulative amount of such Losses
only in excess of such amount. With respect to claims referred to in clause
(b)
of the definition of Reserved Claims in Section
7.3,
no such
minimum dollar limitation or deductible shall apply. The provisions of this
Section
7.4
shall
also not apply to the Shareholder’s or Buyer’s obligations under Article II.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the maximum amount of the
liability of the Shareholder for any indemnification obligations under this
Article VII shall be an amount equal to $1,400,000; provided,
however,
this
limitation shall not apply to claims: (x) arising under Section
7.1(iii)
or
Section
7.2(iii);
(y) out
of representations or warranties or indemnities of M&M or the Shareholder
referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Reserved Claims in Section 7.3;
or (z)
which a court of competent jurisdiction determines is the result of fraud on
the
part of any party.
Section
7.5. Third
Party Claims.
Promptly after the receipt by any Indemnitee of notice of the commencement
of
any Action against such Indemnitee by a third party (other than any Action
relating to Income Taxes, which shall be governed by Section
6.1(a))
or of a
demand upon such Indemnitee by a third party to conduct any environmental study,
investigation, response, removal, remediation or cleanup (each an “Environmental
Response”),
such
Indemnitee shall, if a claim with respect thereto is or may be made against
any
Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article VII, give such Indemnifying Party
written notice thereof. The failure to give such notice shall not relieve any
Indemnifying Party from any obligation hereunder except where, and then solely
to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the rights
of such Indemnifying Party. Unless by means of such Action the third party
plaintiff is seeking injunctive or other equitable relief instead of or in
addition to money damages, such Indemnifying Party shall have the right to
defend such Action or conduct such Environmental Response, at such Indemnifying
Party’s expense and with counsel of its choice reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnitee, provided
that the
Indemnifying Party so notifies the Indemnitee that it will defend such Action
or
conduct such Environmental Response within 15 days after receipt of such notice
(or sooner, if the nature of the indemnification claim requires) and then
actually commences promptly the defense of such Action or the performance of
the
Environmental Response. Otherwise, the Indemnitee shall have the right to defend
such Action or to conduct such Environmental Response and the Indemnifying
Party
will reimburse the Indemnitee promptly and periodically for the costs thereof,
including reasonable attorneys’ and expert witness fees and expenses incurred.
If the Indemnifying Party is defending such Action or conducting such
Environmental Response, the Indemnitee may retain separate co-counsel,
provided,
however,
that
the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to the Indemnitee for any legal
expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense
thereof unless the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees
and
expenses or, in the reasonable judgment of the Indemnitee, a conflict of
interest between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnitee exists with respect
to
such claim. The Indemnifying Party shall perform any Environmental Response
in
accordance with all Environmental Laws and shall not unreasonably interfere
with
the business operations of the Indemnitee in the course of performing the
Environmental Response. The Indemnifying Party will not be liable for any
judgment or settlement with respect to such Action effected without its prior
written consent (unless the Indemnifying Party is not conducting the defense
of
such Action pursuant to the provisions of this Section
7.5).
If the
Indemnifying Party is conducting the defense of such Action, then Indemnifying
Party shall not, without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent, settle or
compromise such Action or consent to the entry of any judgment which does not
include as an unconditional term thereof the delivery by the claimant or
plaintiff to the Indemnitee of a written release from all Liability in respect
of such Action.
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Section
7.6. Direct
Claims.
Any
claim by an Indemnitee for indemnification other than indemnification against
a
third party pursuant to Section
7.5
(a
“Direct
Claim”)
will
be asserted by giving the Indemnifying Party written notice thereof, and the
Indemnifying Party will have a period of 30 days (the “Response
Period”)
within
which to respond in writing to such Direct Claim. If the Indemnifying Party
does
not respond (or does so respond but agrees to pay such Direct Claim in full)
within the Response Period, the Indemnifying Party will be deemed to have waived
any right to object or dispute such Direct Claim, such Losses shall be
conclusively deemed to be a Liability of the Indemnifying Party and
the
Indemnifying Party shall, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, pay the amount of such Liability to the Indemnitee on demand or,
in
the case of any notice in which the amount of the Direct Claim (or any portion
of the Direct Claim) is estimated, on such later date when the amount of such
Direct Claim (or such portion of such Direct Claim) becomes finally determined.
If the Indemnifying Party has timely disputed its liability with respect to
such
Direct Claim as provided above, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnitee shall,
as promptly as possible, establish the merits and amount of such Direct Claim
(by mutual agreement, litigation or otherwise) and, within 10 days of the final,
unappealable determination of the merits and amount of such Direct Claim, the
Indemnifying Party will, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, pay or cause to be paid the amount of such Liability to the
Indemnitee,
together with interest from the date the Indemnitee gave notice to the
Indemnifying Party of the amount of the Loss, accrued at the annual rate of
interest provided for in Section
2.2.5(f).
Section
7.7. Nature
of Indemnification Payments.
Any and
all indemnification payments pursuant to this Article
VII
shall be
deemed for all purposes to be adjustments to the Purchase Price.
Section
7.8. Remedies.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article
VII,
Section
6.1
hereof
(and not this Article VII) shall provide the exclusive remedy for any breach
of
or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty contained in Section
3.12
in
respect of Income Taxes, and no claim may be made or suit instituted under
Section
6.1
after 90
days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. Each party
acknowledges and agrees that monetary damages alone would be an inadequate
remedy for the other party or parties hereto for breaches by it of its covenants
and agreements hereunder. Therefore, each party may seek and obtain specific
performance and other appropriate equitable relief for any such breach by the
other party or parties.
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Section
7.9. Certain
Matters of Construction.
References in this Article VII to claims with respect to or based upon a
representation or warranty set forth in a particular Section shall be deemed
to
include, without limitation, claims relating to such representations or
warranties based upon the certificates to be furnished pursuant to Sections
2.2.4(a)(i)
and
2.2.4(b)(i)
hereof.
Section
7.10. Setoff
of Claims Against Promissory Note.
Buyer
and its Affiliates may recoup from any principal or accrued but unpaid interest
then due on the Promissory Note any claim for: (i) Tax Losses under
Section
6.1
and
Section
6.2;
or
(ii) Losses under this Article VII, in each case subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Buyer's right of setoff under this Section
7.10
is in
addition to any other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff
under applicable law or otherwise) which Buyer may have.
Any
setoff shall only be made after all notices and procedures contained in this
Agreement, and specifically for the sections referenced in this Section 7.10.
Any attempted setoff made without fully and completely following all
requirements of the sections referenced in this Section 7.10 shall be null
and
void.
ARTICLE
VIII
Termination
Section
8.1. Termination
of Agreement.
This
Agreement may be terminated by the parties only as provided below:
8.1.1 By
Mutual Agreement.
Buyer,
M&M and the Shareholder may terminate this Agreement by mutual written
consent at any time prior to the Closing.
8.1.2 By
Buyer.
Buyer
may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice thereof to M&M and the
Shareholder at any time prior to the Closing: (i) in the event that any
representation or warranty of M&M and the Shareholder contained in this
Agreement or in any of the Ancillary Agreements shall have been materially
inaccurate when made, the inaccuracy creates a Material Adverse Effect to
Closing, and such inaccuracy is not capable of cure, or if capable of cure,
is
not so cured within a reasonable period following notice of such inaccuracy;
(ii) in the event that M&M and the Shareholder materially breach or
violate any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or in any of
the
Ancillary Agreements to be performed by them and such material breach or
violation is not capable of cure or, if capable of cure, is not so cured within
a reasonable period following notice of such material breach of violation;
(iii) if M&M shall have incurred or suffered an event or set of
circumstances which has had, or can reasonable be anticipated to have, a
Material Adverse Effect on M&M or the Business; (iv) if the Closing
shall not have occurred on or before December 31, 2007 by reason of the failure
of any condition set forth in Section
2.2.3(a)
hereof
to be satisfied (unless the failure results primarily from the failure of any
material representation or warranty made by or on behalf of Buyer herein to
be
true and correct or from the material breach or violation by Buyer of any
covenant or agreement contained herein); or (v) if
Buyer
shall not have consummated the private placement of its Equity Securities
referred to in Section
2.2.2.
8.1.3 By
M&M and Shareholder.
M&M
and the Shareholder may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice
thereof to Buyer at any time prior to the Closing: (i) in the event that
any material representation or warranty of Buyer contained in this Agreement
or
in any of the Ancillary Agreements shall have been materially inaccurate when
made, the inaccuracy creates a Material Adverse Effect to Closing, and such
inaccuracy is not capable of cure or, if capable of cure, is not so cured within
a reasonable period following notice of such inaccuracy: (ii) in the event
that Buyer materially breaches or violates any covenant or agreement contained
in this Agreement or in any of the Ancillary Agreements to be performed by
it
and such material breach or violation is not capable of cure or, if capable
of
cure, is not so cured within a reasonable period following notice of such
material breach or violation; (iii) if the Closing shall not have occurred
on or before December 31, 2007 by reason of the failure of any condition set
forth in Section
2.2.3(b)
hereof
to be satisfied (unless the failure results primarily from the failure of any
material representation or warranty made by or on behalf of M&M and the
Shareholder herein to be true and correct or from the material breach or
violation by M&M and the Shareholder of any covenant or agreement contained
herein); or (iv) if Buyer shall not have consummated the placement of its Equity
Securities referred to in Section
2.2.2
within
60 days after the date of this Agreement.
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Section
8.2. Effect of Termination.
In the
event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.1,
all
obligations of the parties hereunder (other than the obligations under
Section
5.1)
which
shall survive such termination) shall terminate without any liability of any
party to any other party or parties.
ARTICLE
IX
Miscellaneous
Section
9.1. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic
substantive law of the State of Arizona, without giving effect to any choice
or
conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the law
of
any other jurisdiction.
Section
9.2. Consent
to Jurisdiction.
Each
party to this Agreement, by execution of this Agreement: (i) hereby
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the federal courts located in
Maricopa County, Arizona, and in the event that such federal courts shall not
have the requisite jurisdiction over the relevant proceeding, then of the state
courts located in Maricopa County, Arizona for the purpose of any Action arising
out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof
or
thereof or the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) hereby waives, and
agrees to cause each of their respective Affiliates to waive, to the extent
not
prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, and agrees not to allow
any of their respective Affiliates to assert, by way of motion, as a defense
or
otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that such party is not subject
personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that such party’s
property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such
proceeding brought in one of the above-named courts is improper, or that this
Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such
court; and (iii) hereby agrees not to commence or to permit any of their
respective Affiliates to commence any Action arising out of or based upon this
Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof other than before one of
the
above-named courts nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking
or
intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such Action to any court
other
than one of the above-named courts whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum
or otherwise. Each party hereby consents to service of process in any such
proceeding in any manner permitted by the State of Arizona and agrees that
service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
at
the address specified pursuant to Section
8.9
is
reasonably calculated to give actual notice.
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Section
9.3. Entire
Agreement; Waivers.
This
Agreement and the Ancillary Documents (including all exhibits, schedules and
attachments attached hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement among
the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and thereof and
supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations
and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties with respect to such
subject matter. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed
or
shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not
similar), shall constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly
provided nor shall be effective unless in writing and executed by the
parties.
Section
9.4. Amendment
or Modification.
The
parties hereto may not amend or modify this Agreement except in such manner
as
may be agreed upon by a written instrument executed and delivered by all of
the
adversely affected parties.
Section
9.5. Survival.
All
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by or on behalf
of
any party hereto in this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or pursuant to
any
other document, certificate or other instrument referred to herein or therein
or
delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
shall be deemed to have been material and relied upon by the parties hereto,
notwithstanding any investigation made by or on behalf of any of the parties
hereto or any opportunity therefor (including without limitation the
availability for review of any document), and, subject to the provisions of
Article
VII,
shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing. Neither
the period of survival nor the liability of any party with respect to such
party’s representations, warranties covenants and agreements shall be reduced by
any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any other party. If
written notice of a claim has been given prior to the expiration of any time
period set forth herein for any such notice by a party in whose favor such
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements have been made to any
party
that made such representations, warranties, covenants or agreements, then the
relevant representations, warranties, covenants or agreements shall survive
as
to such claim until such claims have been finally resolved.
Section
9.6. Independence
of Representations and Warranties.
The
parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty, covenant and agreement
contained herein shall have independent significance. If any party has breached
any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein in any
respect, the fact that there exists any other representation, warranty, covenant
or agreement relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative
levels of specificity) that the party has not breached shall not detract from
or
mitigate the fact that such party is in breach of the first representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement.
Section
9.7. Severability.
In the
event that any provision hereof would, under applicable law, be invalid,
unenforceable or deemed against public policy in any respect, such provision
shall (to the extent permitted under applicable law) be construed by modifying
or limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent
compatible with, and possible under, applicable law. The provisions hereof
are
severable, and in the event any provision hereof should be held invalid or
unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render unenforceable
or
otherwise affect any other provision hereof.
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Section
9.8. Successors
and Assigns.
All of
the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall
inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective transferees,
successors and permitted assigns (each of which such transferees, successors
and
permitted assigns shall be deemed to be a party hereto for all purposes hereof).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no party hereto may assign or transfer (by
operation of law or otherwise) any of its respective rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided,
however,
that
Buyer shall be entitled to assign this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the other parties hereto: (a) to an Affiliate of Buyer; or
(b) in connection with the assignment of Buyer’s rights hereunder as
collateral in connection with any financing of Buyer.
Section
9.9. Notices.
Any
notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be
sufficiently given if in writing (including telecopy or similar
teletransmission), addressed as follows:
If
to M&M or the Shareholder,
to
the Shareholder at:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx
00000
X. 000xx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxx
Law Center, LLC
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Xxxxxx,
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Attn.:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx., Esq.
Telephone:
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Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
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Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
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