EXHIBIT 2.1
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of February
5, 2004, by and between IA GLOBAL, INC., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "VENDOR"), AND CYBER HOLDINGS CO.,
LTD., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Japan (the
"PURCHASER") to acquire shares in FAN CLUB ENTERTAINMENT CO. LTD., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Japan (the "COMPANY"),
P R E L I M I N A R Y S T A T E M E N T S
A. The Purchaser desires to pay Thirty Seven Million Five Hundred and
Twenty Thousand Japanese Yen ((Y)37,520,000) to the Vendor (the "Payment"), and
to receive, in consideration therefor, Seventy Five Thousand and Forty (75,040)
shares of the Company, each with a face value of Five Hundred Japanese Yen
((Y)500) (the "Purchased Shares");
B. The Vendor desires to receive such Payment from the Purchaser, and,
in consideration therefor, to transfer to the Purchaser the Purchased Shares;
and
C. The Vendor and the Purchaser desire to set forth in writing their
agreements and understandings with respect to the Purchase and to matters
ancillary thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, covenants,
and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties do
covenant, agree, represent, warrant, and stipulate as follows:
A G R E E M E N T
1. INVESTMENT
1.1. INVESTMENT. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase the Shares from the Vendor in exchange
for the Investment in the amount of Thirty Seven Million Five Hundred and Twenty
Thousand Japanese Yen ((Y)37,520,000) (the "Purchase Price"), which amount shall
be paid to the Vendor by wire transfer within five business days of the date
hereof.
1.2. CERTAIN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The Vendor and the Purchaser acknowledge
that Xx. Xxx Kazunori, a Japanese National ("Ito"), owns 100% of the Purchaser,
and that Ito is also the CEO of the Company. The Company may make various
contracts and payments from time to time with Ito's other related companies in
order to carry out its services and deliver products.
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2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Vendor and Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser,
subject to the exceptions and disclosures set forth in the Disclosure Schedule
attached as Exhibit "C" hereto (the "Disclosure Schedule") as of the date hereof
as follows:
2.1. ORGANIZATION, QUALIFICATION AND CORPORATE POWER.
(a) The Company is a duly organized and validly existing corporation
under the laws of Japan and has all requisite corporate power and authority for
the ownership and operation of its properties and for the carrying on of its
business as now conducted and as now proposed to be conducted. The Company is
duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or entity and
authorized to do business in all jurisdictions wherein the character of the
property owned or leased, or the nature of the activities conducted by it, makes
such qualification or authorization necessary, except where the failure to so
qualify or be so authorized would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company's assets, business, prospects, liabilities, properties, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations taken as a whole (a "Material
Adverse Effect"). The Company has all requisite corporate power and corporate
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, and to perform all its
obligations hereunder, to issue, sell and deliver the Purchased Shares.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 2.1 to the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company has no subsidiaries and does not own of record or beneficially, directly
or indirectly, (i) any shares of capital stock or other instruments convertible
into capital stock of any other corporation, or (ii) any participating interest
in any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
non-corporate business enterprise and does not control, directly or indirectly,
any other entity.
2.2. AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENTS, ETC.
(a) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and the issuance, sale
and delivery of the Purchased Shares have been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action and will not (x) violate (i) any provision of any applicable
law, or any order of any court or other governmental agency applicable to the
Company, (ii) the charter or organic documents of the Company, or (iii) any
provision of any mortgage, lease, indenture, agreement or other instrument to
which the Company or any of its properties or assets is bound, or (y) conflict
with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or
both) a default under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of any
nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of the Company.
(b) The Purchased Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued,
sold and delivered in accordance with this Agreement, the Purchased Shares will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable with no personal liability
attaching to the ownership thereof and will be free and clear of all liens,
charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever except for any restrictions on
transfer that may exist under applicable Japanese and Unites States laws.
Neither the issuance, sale or delivery of the Purchased Shares is subject to any
preemptive
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right of stockholders of the Company, or to any right of first refusal or other
right in favor of any person.
2.3. VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY. Each of this Agreement and the
Purchased Shares has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
2.4. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK. Without giving effect to the issuance to
the Purchased Shares, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
400,000 shares of Common Stock, All issued and outstanding shares of the capital
stock of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid
and nonassessable. There are no outstanding subscriptions, warrants, options,
convertible stock and/or other rights (contingent or other) to purchase or
otherwise acquire from the Company (or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
from any other person or entity) any equity stock of the Company. Except as set
forth in the attached Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no obligation to
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its equity securities or any
interest therein or to pay any dividend or make any other distribution in
respect thereof. There are no voting trusts or agreements, stockholders'
agreements, pledge agreements, buy-sell agreements, rights of first refusal,
preemptive rights (statutory or contractual) or proxies relating to any equity
stock of the Company (whether or not the Company is a party thereto). Except as
set forth in Disclosure Schedule, there are no restrictions on the transfer of
shares of capital stock of the Company, other than those that may be imposed by
relevant securities laws of the United States and Japan. The issuance of the
Purchased Shares will not result in any adjustment under the anti-dilution or
exercise rights of any holders of any outstanding shares of capital stock,
options, warrants or other rights to acquire any security of the Company. The
offer and sale of all shares of capital stock and other securities of the
Company issued before the date hereof complied with or were exempt from any
registration requirements imposed under applicable securities laws of Japan.
2.5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The financial statements of the Company
attached as Section 2.5 to the Disclosure Schedule (together the "Financial
Statements") present fairly the financial position of such Company as at the
dates thereof and its results of operations for the periods covered thereby and,
except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, the Financial Statements have
been prepared in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles as adopted and in effect within Japan ("GAAP")
consistently applied. Except as set forth in the Financial Statements or Section
2.5, (i) the Company has no material liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other
than (a) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (b)
obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of
business and not required under GAAP to be reflected in the Financial
Statements; (ii) there has been no material adverse change in the assets,
business, liabilities, properties, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise)
or results of operations of the Company; (iii) neither the business, condition
or operations of the Company nor any of its properties or assets have been
materially or adversely affected as a result of any legislative or regulatory
change, any
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revocation or change in any franchise, license or right to do business, or any
other event or occurrence, whether or not insured against; and (iv) the Company
has not entered into any material transaction outside of the ordinary course of
business or made any distribution on its capital stock or other ownership
interest.
2.6. LITIGATION; COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. Except as set forth in Section
2.6 to the Disclosure Schedule, there is no (i) action, suit, claim, proceeding
or investigation pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened
against or affecting the Company, at law or in equity, or before or by any
municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign; (ii) arbitration proceeding relating to
the Company pending under collective bargaining agreements or otherwise; or
(iii) governmental inquiry pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
threatened against or affecting the Company (including, without limitation, any
inquiry as to the qualification of the Company to hold or receive any license or
permit), and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, there is no reasonable
basis for any of the foregoing. The Company is not in default with respect to
any governmental order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree known to or served
upon the Company of any court or of any governmental department, commission,
board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign. There is no
action or suit by the Company pending or threatened against others. The Company
has complied in all respects with all laws, rules, regulations and orders
applicable to its businesses, operations, properties, assets, products and
services, and the Company has all necessary permits, licenses and other
authorizations required to conduct its business as conducted and as proposed to
be conducted, except to the extent failure to comply or obtain any such permits,
licenses or authorizations will not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no
existing law, rule, regulation or order, and the Company is not aware of any
proposed law, rule, regulation or order, which would prohibit or materially
restrict the Company from, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the
Company in, conducting its business in any jurisdiction in which it is now
conducting business or in which it proposes to conduct business.
2.7. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OF THIRD PARTIES. Except as set forth in
Section 2.7 to the Disclosure Schedule, no third party has claimed or has reason
to claim that any person employed by or affiliated with the Company has (a)
violated or may be violating to any material extent any of the terms or
conditions of his employment, non-competition or non-disclosure agreement with
such third party, (b) disclosed or may be disclosing or utilized or may be
utilizing any trade secret or proprietary information or documentation of such
third party, or (c) interfered or may be interfering in the employment
relationship between such third party and any of its present or former
employees, or has requested information from the Company that suggests that such
a claim might be contemplated. To the best of the Company's knowledge, no person
employed by or affiliated with the Company has improperly utilized or proposes
to improperly utilize any trade secret or any information or documentation
proprietary to any former employer, and to the best of the Company's knowledge,
no person employed by or affiliated with the Company has violated any
confidential relationship which such person may have had with any third party,
in connection with the development, manufacture or sale of any product or
proposed product or the development or sale of any service or proposed service
of the Company, and the Company has no reason to believe there will be any such
employment or violation. To the best of the Company's knowledge, none of the
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execution or delivery of this Agreement and the other related agreements and
documents executed in connection herewith, or the carrying on of the business of
the Company as officers, employees or agents by any officer, director or key
employee of the Company, or the conduct or proposed conduct of the business of
the Company, will materially conflict with or result in a material breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of or constitute a material default under any
contract, covenant or instrument under which any such person is obligated.
2.8. TITLE TO ASSETS. Except as set forth in Section 2.8 to the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has valid and marketable title to all of its
assets now carried on its books including those reflected in the most recent
balance sheet of the Company which forms a part of the Financial Statements, or
acquired since the date of such balance sheet (except personal property disposed
of since said date in the ordinary course of business) free of any liens charges
or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever, except such encumbrances and liens that
arise in the ordinary course of business and do not materially impair the
Company's ownership or use of such property or assets. The Company does not own
any real property. The Company is in compliance in all material respects under
all leases for property and assets under which it is operating, and all said
leases are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect.
2.9. TAXES. The Company has accurately prepared and timely filed all
tax returns required by law to be filed by it, and all taxes (including all
withholding taxes) shown to be due and all additional assessments have been paid
or provisions made therefor. The Company does not know nor does it have any
reasonable basis for knowing of any additional assessments or adjustments
pending or threatened against the Company for any period.
2.10. OTHER AGREEMENTS. Except as set forth in Section 2.11 to the
Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, the Company
is not a party to or otherwise bound by any written or oral contract or
instrument or other restriction which individually or in the aggregate is
material to the business, financial condition, operations, property or affairs
of the Company and that requires aggregate payments to or by the Company of more
than US$25,000 (a "Material Agreement"). The Company and to the best of the
Company's knowledge, each other party thereto, has in all material respects
performed all the obligations required to be performed by them to date, have
received no notice of default and are not in default (with due notice or lapse
of time or both) under any Material Agreement. The Company has no present
expectation or intention of not fully performing all its obligations under each
Material Agreement and the Company has no knowledge of any breach or anticipated
breach by the other party to any Material Agreement. The Company is in full
compliance with all of the terms and provisions of its charter documents.
2.11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS. Set forth in Section 2.11 to the
Disclosure Schedule is a list of all patents, patent rights, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service xxxx
applications, trade names and copyrights, and all applications for such which
are in the process of being prepared, owned by or registered in the name of the
Company, or of which the Company is a licensor or licensee or in which the
Company has any right. The Company owns or possesses adequate licenses or other
rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, service xxxx applications, trade names, copyrights,
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manufacturing processes, formulae, trade secrets and know how (collectively,
"Intellectual Property") necessary or material to the conduct of its business as
conducted, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others,
and as proposed to be conducted, and, except as disclosed in Section 2.11 to the
Disclosure Schedule, no claim is pending or, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, threatened to the effect that the operations of the Company infringe
upon or conflict with the asserted rights of any other person under any
Intellectual Property, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, there is no
basis for any such claim (whether or not pending or threatened). Except as
disclosed in Section 2.11 to the Disclosure Schedule, no claim is pending or, to
the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened to the effect that any such
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company, or which the Company
otherwise has the right to use, is invalid or unenforceable by the Company, and,
to the best of the Company's knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim
(whether or not pending or threatened). To the best of the Company's knowledge,
all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company
that has not been patented has been kept confidential. The Company has not
granted or assigned to any other person or entity any right to manufacture, have
manufactured or assemble the products or proposed products or to provide the
services or proposed services of the Company. The Company has no material
obligation to compensate any person for the use of any Intellectual Property nor
has the Company granted to any person any license or other rights to use in any
manner any Intellectual Property of the Company.
2.12. INVESTMENTS IN OTHER PERSONS. The Company has not made any loan
or advance to any person that is outstanding on the date of this Agreement, nor
is the Company obligated or committed to make any such loan or advance, nor does
the Company own any capital stock or assets comprising the business of,
obligations of, or any interest in, any person.
2.13. ASSUMPTIONS, GUARANTIES, ETC. OF INDEBTEDNESS OF OTHER PERSONS.
The Company has not assumed, guaranteed, endorsed or otherwise become directly
or contingently liable for any material amount of indebtedness of any other
person (including, without limitation, any liability by way of agreement,
contingent or otherwise, to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply
funds to or otherwise invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure the creditor
against loss).
2.14. GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS. Except as set forth in Section 2.14 to
the Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, no
authorization, consent, approval, license, filing or registration with any court
or governmental department, commission (including the Japan Ministry of Legal
Affairs and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission), board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, is or will be necessary
for the valid execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement or the related agreements referenced herein, and the issuance, sale
and delivery of the Purchased Shares.
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2.15. DISCLOSURE. The Company's representations and warranties in this
Agreement and in the schedules and exhibits to this Agreement, do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to
make the statements contained herein or therein, taken as a whole, not
misleading.
2.16. NO BROKERS OR FINDERS. No person has or will have, as a result of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any right, interest or valid
claim against or upon the Company for any commission, fee or other compensation
as a finder or broker arising out of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.17. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except as set forth in Section 2.17
to the Disclosure Schedule, there are no loans, leases, royalty agreements or
other continuing transactions between the Company and (i) any person owning five
percent (5%) or more of any class of capital stock or other entity controlled by
any such person or a member of any such person's family or (ii) any officer or
director of the Company.
2.18. LABOR RELATIONS. To the best of the knowledge of the Company,
there are no collective bargaining agreements in effect covering the Company's
employees and no labor union or any representative thereof has made any attempt
to organize or represent employees of the Company.
2.19. BOOKS AND RECORDS. The books of account, ledgers, order books,
records and documents of the Company accurately reflect all material information
relating to the business of the Company that is appropriate to be reflected
therein in all material respects.
2.20. NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. Since the respective dates as of
which information was given in this Agreement or the Disclosure Schedule, except
as otherwise stated therein: (i) there has been no material adverse change in
the financial condition, or in the results of operations, affairs or prospects
of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; and
(ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company, other than
those in the ordinary course of business, which are material to the Company.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
3.1. CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION. The Purchaser is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Japan. This
Agreement has been duly authorized by the Purchaser and duly executed and
delivered by the authorized officers of the Purchaser and is the valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of the Purchaser.
3.2. CORPORATE CAPACITY. The Purchaser is duly authorized under all
applicable provisions of law to make and to perform this Agreement and the
Indemnification Agreement and to acquire the Purchased Shares. This Agreement
and the Indemnification Agreement constitute the valid and binding obligations
of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
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Indemnification Agreement nor compliance with the terms, conditions and
provisions of either or both thereof, conflicts with or results in a material
breach of any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of the Purchaser's
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, or any material agreement or instrument
to which the Purchaser is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitutes a
default under any of the foregoing, or results in the creation or imposition of
any lien, encumbrance or charge of any nature whatsoever upon any of the
material properties or assets of the Purchaser under the terms of any such
document, agreement or instrument; or requires the consent or approval of any
third party. The Purchaser does not know of any lawsuit, claim, arbitration,
pending or threatened, that is likely to preclude or impair the performance of
its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to the payment of the
Investment.
3.3. INVESTMENT. The Purchaser is acquiring the Purchased Shares for
its own account, for investment purposes, and with no present view toward, or
for resale in connection with, any public distribution within the meaning of the
United States Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable international securities
laws.
4. DELIVERIES
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
each of the parties hereto, the following documents and instruments are being
executed and delivered:
4.1. COMPANY DELIVERIES. The Company is herewith delivering to the
Purchaser:
(a) certificates for the Purchased Shares;
(b) a certificate of the principal officers of the Company affirming
that all representations and warranties of the Company made herein are true and
correct as of the date hereof, to the best knowledge of such officers; and
(c) copies of all corporate proceedings taken by the Company
authorizing or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, certified as of the date hereof by an appropriate officer of the
Company.
4.2 PURCHASER DELIVERIES. The Purchaser is herewith delivering to the
Company copies of all corporate proceedings taken by the Purchaser authorizing
or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, certified
as of the date hereof by the President of the Purchaser.
5. CONTINUING COVENANTS.
From and after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Purchased Shares hereof, the parties agree as follows:
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5.1 GENERAL. Each of the parties will use its best efforts to take all
action and to do all things necessary, proper, or advisable in order to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.2. NOTICES AND CONSENTS. The parties will give any required notices
to third parties, and the parties will use their respective best efforts to
obtain any third party consents, that may reasonably be required in order to
secure any required approval of the transactions described herein. Each of the
parties will give any notices to, make any filings with, and use its best
efforts to obtain any authorizations, consents, and approvals of governments,
governmental agencies, quasi-regulatory agencies and self-regulatory
organizations that may reasonably be required in order to consummate the
transactions described herein.
5.3. FULL ACCESS. The Company will permit representatives of the
Purchaser to have full access to all premises, properties, personnel, books,
records, contracts, and documents of or pertaining to each of the Company.
5.4. NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENTS. Each party will give prompt written notice
to the other party of any material adverse development causing a breach of any
of its own representations and warranties in this Agreement. No disclosure by
any party pursuant to this section, however, shall be deemed to amend or
supplement the Disclosure Schedule or to prevent or cure any misrepresentation,
breach of warranty, or breach of covenant.
6. MISCELLANEOUS
6.1. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; REMEDIES NOT WAIVED. No remedy herein
conferred upon the Purchaser is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and
each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
by statute or otherwise. No course of dealing between the Company and the
Purchaser or the Company, nor any delay on the part of the Purchaser in
exercising any rights hereunder, shall operate as a waiver of any of the rights
of the Purchaser.
6.2. WAIVER AND AMENDMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns, including, without limitation,
affiliates of the Purchaser who acquire the Purchased Shares in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement
and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter thereof and
merges and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements and understandings of
any and every nature among them. This Agreement shall not be changed, modified
or amended except by a writing signed by the parties hereto.
6.3. ASSIGNABILITY. The Purchaser may assign or transfer this Agreement
and the Indemnification Agreement, or Purchaser's rights hereunder and
thereunder upon prior written notice to the Company.
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6.4 SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENTS, PARTIES IN INTEREST, ETC. All agreements,
representations and warranties made by the Company herein or in any certificate
or other document delivered to the Purchaser in connection with this Agreement,
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement to the Purchaser. All
statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on
behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall constitute
representations and warranties by the Company hereunder. All of the agreements,
warranties, and representations made by the Company herein shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the successors and assigns of
the Purchaser whether so expressed or not.
6.5. NOTICES. All notices and other communications required or
permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or
certified mail (return receipt requested and postage prepaid), transmitted by
telecopier, or delivered by hand, by messenger or by a recognized overnight
delivery service, addressed as follows, or to such other address as such party
may have from time to time furnished to the other party in writing:
If to the Purchaser: Cyber Holdings Co., Ltd.
00-0 Xxxxxxxx, 0-Xxxxx
Xxxxxx-xx, Xxxxx
Xxxxx
If to the Vendor: IA Global, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx. Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Each such notice or other communication shall for all purposes of this Agreement
be treated as effective or having been given (i) if sent by registered or
certified mail, the earlier of receipt and five (5) business days after
dispatch, (ii) if transmitted by telecopier, on the business day of confirmed
receipt by the addressee thereof, and (iii) if delivered in person or by
overnight courier, on the business day delivered.
6.6. EXPENSES. Each party shall pay its expenses, including attorneys
fees, in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby. However, in any suit or proceeding arising in connection with this
Agreement or the Indemnification Agreement, the prevailing party shall have the
right to be reimbursed by the other party for reasonable costs and attorneys'
fees incurred by him in connection therewith at all levels, including appellate.
6.7. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, and each executed copy shall constitute an original instrument,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
6.8. HEADINGS; CONSTRUCTION. The headings of the several sections,
divisions or subsections of this Agreement shall not be construed to constitute
any part or to affect the
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meaning of any such sections, divisions or subsections. The parties hereto have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the
event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no
presumption of burden of proof shall arise favoring or not favoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
6.9. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or portion of any
provision, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall, to
any extent, be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement or
the remainder of such provision and the application thereof to other persons or
circumstances, other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable,
shall not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of this Agreement
shall be valid and be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
6.10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement, all exhibits and amendments
hereto, shall be governed in all respects under the internal laws of the State
of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly in the
State of Delaware (excluding any such law which may direct the application of
the laws of any other jurisdiction). The parties hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the State of Delaware and with
venue in Wilmington, Delaware for the confirmation and enforcement of any
arbitration award relating to any dispute arising from or in connection with
this Agreement, including the validity, execution, performance and enforcement
hereof, and any matter relating hereto or relating to the relationship between
the parties that was created or contemplated hereunder. The parties agree that
they will not resort to the courts or other governmental agencies of any other
jurisdiction for the resolution of any such dispute or controversy and agree to
service by mail and waives any requirements of personal service. EACH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A
JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
6.11. COMPLIANCE REQUIRED. The obligations of each of the parties
arising pursuant to this Agreement shall be expressly conditioned upon the full
compliance by the other party hereto with the terms set forth herein and in the
ancillary agreements referenced herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered by their respective corporate officers thereunto duly
authorized on the day and year first above written.
CYBER HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxx
By: ___________________________
Xxxxxxxx Xxx, CEO
IA GLOBAL, INC.
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
By: ___________________________
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, CEO
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