UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AMONG
AND
DENTAL
CONCEPTS, LLC,
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX,
COMBINED
CONSULTANTS XXXX XXXXXX XXXX,
XXXXXXX
X.X. XXXXXXXX, ISLANDIA L.P., XXXXXX X’XXXXX,
XXXX
X’XXXXX, XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXX XXXX AND XXXXXXX XXXXXX
DATED
NOVEMBER 9, 2005
1.
DEFINITIONS
2.
SALE
AND
TRANSFER OF SECURITIES; CLOSING
2.1
Securities
2.2
Purchase
Price
2.3
Closing
2.4
Closing
Deliveries
2.5
Allocation
2.6
Gross-Up
2.7
Estimates;
Adjustments
2.8
Closing
Balance Sheet
2.9
Sellers’
Agent
3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
3.1
Organization
and Good Standing
3.2
Authority;
No Conflict
3.3
Capitalization
3.4
Financial
Statements
3.5
Books
and
Records
3.6
Title
to
Properties; Encumbrances
3.7
Adequacy
of Reserve for Returns
3.8
Condition
and Sufficiency of Assets
3.9
Accounts
Receivable and Payable
3.10
[Delete.]
3.11
Inventory
3.12
No
Undisclosed Liabilities
3.13
Taxes
3.14
No
Material Adverse Effect
3.15
Employee
Benefits
3.16
Compliance
With Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations
3.17
Legal
Proceedings; Orders
3.18
Absence
of Certain Changes and Events
3.19
Contracts;
No Defaults
3.20
Insurance
3.21
Environmental
Matters
3.22
Employees
3.23
Labor
Relations
3.24
Intellectual
Property
3.25
Certain
Payments
3.26
Relationships
With Related Persons
3.27
Payout
Arrangements
3.28
Brokers
or Finders
4.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
4.1
Organization
and Good Standing
4.2
Authority;
No Conflict
4.3
Investment
Intent
4.4
Certain
Proceedings
4.5
Brokers
or Finders
4.6
Breach
by
Sellers of the Company
5.
INDEMNIFICATION;
REMEDIES; ESCROWED FUNDS
5.1
Obligation
to Indemnify
5.2
Notice
of
Asserted Liability
5.3
Opportunity
to Defend
5.4
Traditional
Escrowed Funds
5.5
Regulatory
Escrowed Funds
5.6
Damages
Net of Insurance, Etc
5.7
Collateral
Sources
5.8
Limitation
of Remedies
6.
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
6.1
Continuation
of Insurance
6.2
Access
to
Records
7.
TAX
COVENANTS
7.1
SELLERS’
LIABILITY
7.2
Buyer’s
Liability
7.3
Apportionment
of Income Taxes
7.4
Preparation
of Tax Returns
7.5
Other
Covenants
7.6
Contests
7.7
Cooperation
7.8
Payroll
Tax
7.9
Termination
of Tax Sharing Agreements
8.
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.1
No
Reliance on Other Information
8.2
Expenses
8.3
Survival
8.4
Public
Announcements
8.5
Notices
8.6
Jurisdiction;
Service of Process
8.7
Further
Assurances
8.8
Waiver
8.9
Entire
Agreement and Modification
8.10
Disclosure
Letter
8.11
Assignments,
Successors and Third-Party Rights
8.12
Severability
8.13
Section
Headings, Construction
8.14
Time
of
Essence
8.15
Governing
Law
8.16
Counterparts
This
Unit
Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
made as of November 9, 2005, by and between Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation (“Buyer”),
and
each of Dental Concepts, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Company”),
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Combined Consultants XXXX Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxxxx,
Islandia L.P., Xxxxxx X’Xxxxx, Xxxx X’Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx (collectively, “Sellers”).
RECITALS
Sellers
are all of the members of the Company. Sellers desire to sell, and Buyer desires
to purchase, all of the issued and outstanding membership interests (the
“Securities”)
of the
Company from the Sellers for the consideration and on the terms set forth in
this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
The
parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
or
referred to in this Section 1:
Accounts
Payable
- as
defined in Section 3.9.
Accounts
Receivable
- as
defined in Section 3.9.
Actual
Cash
- the
amount of Cash of the Company as of November 8, 2005 reflected on the Closing
Balance Sheet, as finally agreed to by the parties or determined by the
Independent Auditor under Section 2.8.
Actual
Indebtedness
- the
amount of Indebtedness of the Company as of November 8, 2005 reflected on the
Closing Balance Sheet, as finally agreed to by the parties or determined by
the
Independent Auditor under Section 2.8.
Actual
Net Working Capital
- the
amount of Net Working Capital of the Company as of November 8, 2005 as reflected
on the Closing Balance Sheet, as finally agreed to by the parties or determined
by the Independent Auditor under Section 2.8.
Additional
Gross-Up Amount
- as
defined in Section 2.7(e).
Additional
Payments
- as
defined in Section 3.27.
Affiliate
- with
respect to any Person, a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or
more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such Person.
Alternate
Procedure
- as
defined in Section 7.8.
Applicable
Contract
- any
Contract to which the Company is a party.
Asserted
Liability
- as
defined in Section 5.2.
Bank
-
Atlantic Bank of New York.
Basket
- as
defined in Section 5.1(a).
Benefit
Plan
- any
plan, agreement, arrangement or commitment (whether provided by insurance,
self-insurance or otherwise) with respect to which the Company has, had, or
could reasonably be expected to have, any liability, that is an employment,
consulting or deferred compensation agreement; or an executive compensation,
incentive, bonus, employee pension, profit-sharing, savings, retirement, stock
option, stock purchase, or severance pay plan; or a life, health,
post-retirement benefit, disability or accident plan; or a holiday, vacation,
leave of absence, Christmas or other bonus practice; or expense reimbursement,
automobile or other transportation allowance; or other employee benefit plan,
agreement, arrangement or commitment, including, without limitation, any
“employee
benefit plan,”
as
defined in section 3(3) of ERISA.
Breach
- a
“Breach”
of
a
representation, warranty, covenant, obligation, or other provision of this
Agreement, or any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will be
deemed to have occurred if there is any inaccuracy in or breach of, or any
failure to perform or comply with, in any respect, such representation,
warranty, covenant, obligation or other provision.
Buyer
- as
defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Buyer
Indemnified Parties
- as
defined in Section 5.1(a).
Cash
- means
all cash and cash related equivalents of the Company.
Claims
Notice
- as
defined in Section 5.2.
Ceiling
- as
defined in Section 5.1(a).
Closing
- as
defined in Section 2.3.
Closing
Balance Sheet
- as
defined in Section 2.8(a).
Closing
Date
- the
date and time as of which the Closing actually takes place.
Collateral
Source
- as
defined in Section 5.6.
Company
- as
defined in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Competing
Business
- as
defined in Section 3.26(b).
Consent
- any
approval, consent, ratification, waiver, or other authorization from any Person
other than a Governmental Body.
Contemplated
Transactions
- all of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including:
(a) the
sale
of the Securities by Sellers to Buyer;
(b) the
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents; and
(c) the
performance by Buyer and Sellers of their respective covenants and obligations
under this Agreement.
Contract
- any
agreement, contract, obligation, promise, or undertaking (whether written or
oral) that is legally binding.
Damages
- as
defined in Section 5.1(a).
Designated
Current Assets
- the
following current assets reflected on the Company’s financial statements: “net
accounts receivables,” “inventory,” and “other current assets.”
Designated
Current Liabilities
- the
following current liabilities reflected on the Company’s financial statements:
“accounts payable trade,” “accrued expenses,” “notes payable premium financing,”
and “other current liabilities.”
Disclosure
Letter
- the
disclosure letter delivered by Sellers to Buyer concurrently with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement.
Employee
Pension Benefit Plan
- as
defined in Section 3.15(a).
Employee
Welfare Benefit Plan
- as
defined in Section 3.15(a).
Encumbrance
- any
charge, claim, community property interest, condition, equitable interest,
lien,
option, pledge, security interest, right of first refusal, or restriction of
any
kind.
Environment
- soil,
land surface or subsurface strata, surface waters (including navigable waters,
streams, ponds, drainage basins, and wetlands), groundwaters, ambient air
(including indoor air) and plant and animal life.
Environmental,
Health, And Safety Liabilities
- any
cost, damages, expense, liability or legal obligation arising from or under
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law and consisting
of:
(a) fines,
penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, orders, legal or administrative
proceedings, notices, requests for information, damages, losses, claims, demands
and response, investigative, remedial, or inspection costs and expenses arising
under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
(b) responsibility
under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law for cleanup costs
or corrective action, including any investigation, cleanup, removal,
containment, or other remediation or response actions required by applicable
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law (“Cleanup”),
to
the extent such Cleanup has been required or requested, or such responsibility
has been noticed, by any Governmental Body or third party, and for any natural
resource damages;
(c) any
other
compliance, corrective, investigative, or remedial measures required under
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law; or
(d) the
presence of contamination on, under or above, or that has migrated onto any
property adjacent to, any property currently or formerly owned by Sellers or
the
Company for which Cleanup is required.
The
terms
“removal,” “remedial,” and “response action,” include the types of activities
covered by the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., as amended
(“CERCLA”).
Environmental
Law
- any
applicable Legal Requirement that relates to (i) pollution, contamination,
Cleanup or protection of the Environment; (ii) the manufacture, process,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of
Hazardous Materials or (iii) any release, discharge, disposal or threatened
release of Hazardous Materials.
ERISA
- the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or any successor law, and
regulations issued pursuant to that Act or any successor law.
Estimated
Cash
- as
defined in Section 2.7 and attached as Exhibit
1-1.
Estimated
Indebtedness
- as
defined in Section 2.7 and attached as Exhibit
1-1.
Estimated
Net Working Capital
- as
defined in Section 2.7 and attached as Exhibit
1-1.
Facilities
- any
real property leaseholds, or other real property interests currently or formerly
owned or operated by the Company and any buildings, plants or structures
currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company.
FDA
- The
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or any successor agency within the Department
of Health and Human Services or independent thereof.
Financial
Statements
- as
defined in Section 3.4.
Fixed
Asset List
- as
defined in Section 3.6(b).
GAAP
-
generally accepted United States accounting principles applied on a basis
consistent with the Company’s past practices.
Governmental
Authorization
- any
approval, consent, license, permit, registration, waiver, or other authorization
issued, granted, given, or otherwise required by or under the authority of
any
Governmental Body or pursuant to any Legal Requirement.
Governmental
Body
-
any:
(e) federal,
state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government; or
(f) governmental
authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department,
or entity and any court or other tribunal).
Gross-Up
Amount
- as
defined in Section 2.6.
Hazardous
Activity
- the
distribution, generation, handling, importing, management, manufacturing,
processing, production, refinement, Release, storage, transfer, transportation,
treatment, or use of Hazardous Materials in, on, under or from the
Facilities.
Hazardous
Materials
- any
hazardous or toxic waste or other substance that is listed, defined, designated,
or classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, or
toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental
Law, which is regulated by any Environmental Law, including any admixture or
solution thereof, and specifically including petroleum and all derivatives
thereof or synthetic substitutes therefore and asbestos or asbestos-containing
materials.
Historical
Statements
- as
defined in Section 3.4.
Income
Tax
- (i)
federal, state, local or foreign income taxes or other taxes measured by income,
together with any interest, penalties or additions to tax imposed with respect
thereto and (ii) any obligations under any agreements or arrangements with
respect to any Income Taxes described in clause (i) above.
Income
Tax Return
- any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund or information return or statement
relating to Income Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and
including any amendment thereof.
Indebtedness
- all
indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and any indebtedness for borrowed
money guaranteed by the Company.
Indemnitee
- as
defined in Section 5.2.
Indemnitor
- as
defined in Section 5.2.
Independent
Accountants
- as
defined in Section 3.4.
Independent
Auditors
- as
defined in Section 2.8.
Insurance
Source
- as
defined in Section 5.6.
Intellectual
Property Assets
- as
defined in Section 3.24.
Interim
Balance Sheet
- as
defined in Section 3.4.
Interim
Balance Sheet Date
- as
defined in Section 3.7.
Interim
Statements
- as
defined in Section 3.4.
IRC
- the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor law, and regulations
issued by the IRS pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code or any successor
law.
IRS
- the
United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency, and, to the
extent relevant, the United States Department of the Treasury.
Knowledge
-
Sellers will be deemed to have “Knowledge”
of
a
particular fact or other matter if any of the Persons listed on Exhibit
1-2
is
actually aware (as opposed to any imputed knowledge) of such fact or other
matter. Buyer will be deemed to have “Knowledge”
of
a
particular fact or matter if any of the Persons listed on Exhibit
1-3
is
actually aware (as opposed to any imputed knowledge) of such fact or
matter:
Legal
Requirement
- any
federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, or
other administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common
law, rule, regulation, statute, or treaty.
LLC
Agreement
- the
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Dental Concepts
LLC,
dated March 15, 2002, by and between the parties thereto.
Marks
- as
defined in Section 3.24(a).
Material
Adverse Effect
- any
material adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, or
condition of the Company, taken as a whole, other than (a) general economic
conditions, (b) the announcement or consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions, (c) the commencement of a proceeding in bankruptcy with respect
to
a Material Customer, (d)
any
failure by the Company to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts,
or revenue or earnings predictions for any period, (e) national or international
political or social conditions, (f) war, outbreak of hostilities or terrorist
attacks, (g) conditions affecting the financial, banking or securities markets
(including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security
or any market index), (h) changes in any laws, rules or regulations of general
application, and (i) any action taken by a party hereto in accordance with
this
Agreement.
Material
Applicable Contract
- any
Applicable Contract listed or required to be listed on Schedule
3.19(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter, including any Applicable Contract which would have been
required to be listed on Schedule
3.19(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter but for the fact that it is listed on another Schedule of
the
Disclosure Letter.
Material
Customer
- the
customers of Company listed on Schedule
3.19(a)(i)
of the
Disclosure Letter.
Multiemployer
Plan
- as
defined in Section 3.15(a).
Net
Working Capital
- means
an amount equal to the Designated Current Assets minus the Designated Current
Liabilities.
Non-Trade
Accounts Payable
- as
defined in Section 3.9(c).
Occupational
Safety and Health Law
- any
Legal Requirement designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions
and
to reduce occupational safety and health hazards.
Order
- any
injunction, judgment, order, or ruling entered, issued, made, or rendered by
any
Governmental Body or by any arbitrator against the Company that has a
prospective effect.
Organizational
Documents
- (a)
the articles or certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of a corporation;
(b) the certificate of formation and the operating agreement or like agreement
of a limited liability company, (c) the partnership agreement and any statement
of partnership of a general partnership; (d) the limited partnership agreement
and the certificate of limited partnership of a limited partnership; (e) any
charter or similar document adopted or filed in connection with the creation,
formation, or organization of a Person; and (f) any amendment to any of the
foregoing.
Patents
- as
defined in Section 3.24(a).
Pay
Out Arrangements
- the
severance obligations set forth in Schedule
3.27
of the
Disclosure Letter.
Person
- any
individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general or
limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust,
association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental
Body.
Post-Closing
Tax Period(s)
- any
taxable periods beginning after the Closing Date.
Pre-Closing
Tax Period(s)
- any
taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date.
Previous
Owners
- the
Persons who owned the NightGuard™ device prior to its purchase by the Company.
Predecessor
- as
defined in Section 7.8.
Product
Liability Claim
- any
third party claim for property damages or personal injury based on “strict
liability” theory which arises out of or is based upon any express or implied
representation, warranty, agreement or guarantee made or alleged to have been
made or which is imposed or asserted to be imposed by operation of law excluding
any standard product warranty claims.
Proceeding
- any
action, arbitration, audit, hearing, litigation, or suit (whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative) commenced, brought, conducted, or
heard by or before any Governmental Body or arbitrator.
Products
- the
therapeutic and non-therapeutic oral care products marketed and distributed
by
the Company and sold in retail outlets throughout the United States of America
and Canada in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice.
Prohibited
Transaction
- as
defined in Section 3.15(h).
Purchase
Price
- as
defined in Section 2.2.
Regulatory
Escrow Agreement
- as
defined in Section 2.4.
Regulatory
Escrow Amount
- as
defined in Section 2.3.
Regulatory
Escrowed Funds
- as
defined in Section 5.5.
Related
Person
- with
respect to a particular individual:
(g) each
other member of such individual’s Family;
(h) any
Person that is directly or indirectly controlled by such individual or one
or
more members of such individual’s Family;
(i) any
Person in which such individual or members of such individual’s Family hold
(individually or in the aggregate) a Material Interest; and
(j) any
Person with respect to which such individual or one or more members of such
individual’s Family serves as a director, officer, partner, executor, or trustee
(or in a similar capacity).
With
respect to a specified Person other than an individual:
(k) any
Person that directly or indirectly controls, is directly or indirectly
controlled by, or is directly or indirectly under common control with such
specified Person;
(l) any
Person that holds a Material Interest in such specified Person;
(m) each
Person that serves as a director, officer, partner, executor, or trustee of
such
specified Person (or in a similar capacity); and
(n) any
Person with respect to which such specified Person serves as a general partner
or a trustee (or in a similar capacity).
For
purposes of this definition, (a) the “Family”
of
an
individual includes (i) the individual, (ii) the individual’s spouse or domestic
partner, and (iii) any other natural person who is a parent or child of the
individual or the individual’s spouse that shares the same residence, and (b)
“Material
Interest”
means
direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of voting securities or other voting interests
representing at least 10% of the outstanding voting power of a Person or equity
securities or other equity interests representing at least 10% of the
outstanding equity securities or equity interests in a Person excluding any
such
ownership arising indirectly through ownership of mutual funds and similar
investment vehicles.
Release
- any
spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, depositing, escaping, leaching,
dumping, or other releasing into the Environment.
Representative
- with
respect to a particular Person, any director, officer, manager, employee, agent,
consultant, advisor, or other representative of such Person, including legal
counsel, accountants, and financial advisors.
Restricted
Securities
- as
defined in Section 4.3.
Royalty
Payments
- the
amounts owed to the Previous Owners for the right to market and sell the
NightGuard™ device pursuant to the Contingent Purchase Price provision under
section 3 of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 10, 1998,
between Dental Concepts, Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (collectively
“Shareholders”) and Lesser & Xxxxx Associates, LLC.
Securities
- as
defined in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Securities
Act
- the
Securities Act of 1933 or any successor law, and regulations and rules issued
pursuant to that Act or any successor law.
Securities
Ownership Percentage
- as
defined in Section 2.9(c).
Sellers
- as
defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Sellers’
Agent
- as
defined in Section 2.8(a).
Sellers’
Agent Reserve Fund
- as
defined in Section 2.10(g).
Sellers’
Indemnified Parties
- as
defined in Section 5.1(b).
Sellers’
Parties
- as
defined in Section 3.13.
Sellers’
Straddle Period Allocation
- as
defined in Section 7.4(b).
Straddle
Period(s)
- all
taxable periods or portions thereof beginning before and ending after the
Closing Date.
Subsidiary
- with
respect to any Person (the “Owner”),
any
corporation or other Person of which securities or other interests having the
power to elect a majority of that corporation’s or other Person’s board of
directors or similar governing body, or otherwise having the power to direct
the
business and policies of that corporation or other Person (other than securities
or other interests having such power only upon the happening of a contingency
that has not occurred) are held by the Owner or one or more of its
Subsidiaries.
Successor
Employer
- as
defined in Section 7.8.
Survival
Period
- as
defined in Section 8.3.
Taxes
- (a)
any and all Income Taxes and all other taxes, including, without limitation,
income, gross receipts, excise, tariff, value-added, net worth, duties,
property, sales, withholding, social security, occupation, use, service,
license, payroll, franchise, transfer and recording taxes, fees and charges,
windfall profits, severance, customs, import, export, employment or similar
taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments imposed by the United States,
or any state, local or foreign government or subdivision or agency thereof,
(regardless of whether they are computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary,
combined or any other basis) together with all interest, penalties, deficiencies
and additions imposed with respect to such amounts, (b) any liability for the
payment of any amount described in section (a) of this definition as a result
of
being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for
any
period and (c) any obligations under any agreements or arrangements with any
other Person with respect to amounts described in sections (a) and (b) of this
definition (including any liability for such amounts of a predecessor
entity).
Tax
Return
- any
return (including any information return), report, declaration, document,
filing, statement, schedule, notice, form, or other document or information
(whether consolidated, combined or otherwise) filed with or submitted to, or
required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection
with the determination, assessment, collection, or payment of any Tax or in
connection with the administration, implementation, or enforcement of or
compliance with any Legal Requirement relating to any Tax.
Third
Party Source
- as
defined in Section 5.6.
Threat
Of Release
- a
substantial likelihood of a Release that may require action under Environmental
Law in order to prevent or mitigate damage to the Environment that may result
from such Release.
Threatened
- a
claim, Proceeding, dispute, action, or other matter will be deemed to have
been
“Threatened”
if
any
demand or statement has been made or any written notice has been given that
such
a claim, Proceeding, dispute, action, or other matter is likely to be asserted,
commenced, taken, or otherwise pursued in the future.
Trade
Secrets
- as
defined in Section 3.24(a).
Traditional
Escrow Agreement
- as
defined in Section 2.4.
Traditional
Escrow Amount
- as
defined in Section 2.3.
Traditional
Escrowed Funds
- as
defined in Section 5.4.
Transaction
Documents
- the
agreements, documents and instruments identified in Section 2.4.
2. SALE
AND TRANSFER OF SECURITIES; CLOSING
2.1 Securities.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Sellers will
sell
and transfer the Securities to Buyer, and Buyer will purchase the Securities
from Sellers.
2.2 Purchase
Price.
Subject
to adjustment as set forth in this Article 2, the aggregate purchase price
for
the Securities shall be an amount equal to (i) $30,188,000, minus (ii) Estimated
Indebtedness (as defined below), plus (iii) the Gross-Up Amount (as defined
below), minus (iv) the amount of the Sellers’ Agent Reserve Fund. The result of
the calculation in the preceding sentence shall be increased by the amount,
if
any, by which the Estimated Cash exceeds $200,000 or decreased by the amount,
if
any, by which $200,000 exceeds the Estimated Cash (such purchase price, as
so
increased or decreased, the “Estimated
Purchase Price”).
2.3 Closing.
The
parties intend that the purchase and sale provided for in this Agreement (the
“Closing”)
will
take place simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
at
the offices of Dechert LLP, 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, on the
date hereof. Accordingly, except as otherwise provided herein, all references
herein to the Closing shall mean and include the closing of the Contemplated
Transactions on the date hereof. The Closing shall be effective as of the open
of business on the Closing Date.
2.4 Closing
Deliveries.
At the
Closing:
(a) Sellers
will deliver to Buyer instruments of transfer, duly signed by Sellers, conveying
the Securities to Buyer; and
(b) Sellers
will deliver to Buyer a consent from the landlord for a change of control
pursuant to the lease agreement between Xxxx-Xxxx Realty, L.P. and Dental
Concepts LLC dated December 6, 1999, as amended.
(c) Buyer
shall (i) deliver to Bank of New York, as escrow agent (the “Escrow
Agent”),
$1,500,000 of the Estimated Purchase Price (the “Traditional
Escrow Amount”)
pursuant to the Traditional Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Traditional
Escrow Agreement”),
between Buyer and the Sellers’ Agent, (ii) deliver to Escrow Agent $1,500,000 of
the Estimated Purchase Price (the “Regulatory
Escrow Amount”)
pursuant to the Regulatory Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Regulatory
Escrow Agreement”),
between Buyer and the Sellers’ Agent, (iii) deliver $50,000 to the Seller’s
Agent in respect of the Sellers’ Agent Reserve Fund as contemplated by Section
2.10(g), and (iv) pay the remaining portion of the Estimated Purchase Price
to
Sellers by wire transfer of immediately available funds payable to a single
account as designated by the Sellers’ Agent. In addition, Buyer will deliver to
the Bank an amount equal to the Estimated Indebtedness (as defined below) as
payment in full of all amounts owed thereunder. Delivery of all the amounts
referred to above shall be in cash by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the single account designated by the Sellers’ Agent (or, in the case of
the Traditional Escrow Amount or the Regulatory Escrow Amount, the escrow agent,
and, in the case of the payment for Estimated Indebtedness, to the account
designated by the Bank).
2.5 Allocation.
Buyer
and Sellers acknowledge that the purchase and sale of the Securities hereunder
shall be treated, in accordance with Rev. Rul. 99-6, as a purchase of assets
by
Buyer and as a sale of partnership interests by Sellers for federal income
Tax
purposes. Buyer and Sellers agree that the Estimated Purchase Price shall be
allocated for purposes of Buyer’s deemed purchase of assets among the assets of
the Company in accordance with an allocation which the parties shall cooperate
in good faith to prepare following the Closing. If the parties cannot agree
on
the allocation with in ninety (90) days of the Closing, any disputes will be
submitted to the Independent Auditor, who shall conclusively resolve such
disputes in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code within thirty (30) days
thereof. Each of the parties hereto agrees to report the transactions described
herein consistently with such allocation for all Tax purposes. Each of the
parties shall utilize such allocations for all Tax reporting purposes and shall
defend any examination or audit relating thereto in a manner consistent with
such allocation. Each party shall update such allocation to reflect any
Post-Closing adjustments to the Estimated Purchase Price.
2.6 Gross-Up.
Buyer
agrees that at the Closing, it will pay to Sellers $100,000 (the "Gross-Up
Amount")
with
the intent of causing the net proceeds received by Sellers (including the
Gross-Up Amount, after payment of all applicable Taxes, assuming for these
purposes that Sellers have no items of income or deduction other than the
Estimated Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to this Article 2, but taking
into account all recapture of “unrealized
receivables”
as
defined in Section 751 of the Code, and all similar items, as actually
incurred), to equal an amount that the Sellers would have received after the
payment of all applicable Taxes if such Taxes had only been payable at capital
gains rates.
2.7 Estimates;
Adjustments.
(a) The
Company has estimated Net Working Capital (“Estimated
Net Working Capital”),
Cash
(“Estimated
Cash”)
and
Indebtedness (“Estimated
Indebtedness”)
as of
November 8, 2005 and delivered to Buyer a statement attached as Exhibit
1-1.
(b) If
Actual
Net Working Capital, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.8(b), is
less than the Estimated Net Working Capital, then the Estimated Purchase Price
shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount of such shortfall, and Sellers
shall pay Buyer the amount of such reduction. If Actual Net Working Capital,
as
finally determined pursuant to Section 2.8(b), is greater than the
Estimated Net Working Capital, then the Estimated Purchase Price shall be
increased dollar-for-dollar by the amount of such excess, and Buyer shall pay
Sellers the amount of such increase.
(c) If
Actual
Cash, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.8(b), is less than
Estimated Cash, then the Estimated Purchase Price shall be reduced
dollar-for-dollar by the amount of such shortfall, and Sellers shall pay Buyer
the amount of such reduction. If Actual Cash, as finally determined pursuant
to
Section 2.8(b), is greater than Estimated Cash, then the Estimated Purchase
Price shall be increased dollar-for-dollar by the amount of such excess, and
Buyer shall pay Sellers the amount of such increase.
(d) If
Actual
Indebtedness, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.8(b), is greater
than the Estimated Indebtedness, then the Estimated Purchase Price shall be
reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount of such shortfall, and Sellers shall
pay
Buyer the amount of such reduction. If Actual Indebtedness, as finally
determined pursuant to Section 2.8(b), is less than the Estimated
Indebtedness, then the Estimated Purchase Price shall be increased
dollar-for-dollar by the amount of such excess, and Buyer shall pay Sellers
the
amount of such increase.
(e) If,
after
finalization of the allocation of the Estimated Purchase Price contemplated
by
Section 2.5 hereof, the Gross-Up Amount is not sufficient to cause the net
proceeds received by Sellers (including the Gross-Up Amount, after payment
of
all applicable
(f) Taxes,
assuming for these purposes that Sellers have no items of income or deduction
other than the Estimated Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to this Article
2,
but taking into account all recapture of “unrealized
receivables”
as
defined in Section 751 of the Code, and all similar items, as actually
incurred), to equal an amount that the Sellers would have received after the
payment of all applicable Taxes if such Taxes had only been payable at capital
gains rates, then the Estimated Purchase Price shall be increased by such amount
(the “Additional
Gross-Up Amount”)
as is
sufficient to cause the net proceeds received by Sellers (including the Gross-Up
Amount and such Additional Gross-Up Amount, after payment of all applicable
Taxes, assuming for these purposes that Sellers have no items of income or
deduction other than the Estimated Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to
this
Article 2, but taking into account all recapture of “unrealized
receivables”
as
defined in Section 751 of the Code, and all similar items, as actually
incurred), to equal an amount that the Sellers would have received after the
payment of all applicable Taxes if such Taxes had only been payable at capital
gains rates, and Buyer shall pay Sellers the amount of such
increase.
(g) Any
payment required to be made under this Section 2.7 shall be made no later
than two (2) Business Days after the final determination of Actual Net Working
Capital, Actual Cash and Actual Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.8;
provided,
however,
that if
the purchase price allocation contemplated by Section 2.5 has not been finalized
as of such time, the payment required by Section 2.7(e) shall be made at such
time as such allocation is finalized.
2.8 Closing
Balance Sheet.
(a) No
later
than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall (i) prepare or cause
to be prepared a balance sheet of the Company as of the close of business on
November 8, 2005 (the “Closing
Balance Sheet”)
as
well as a calculation, based on the Closing Balance Sheet, of Actual Net Working
Capital, Actual Indebtedness and Actual Cash, and (ii) deliver to Sellers’ Agent
the Closing Balance Sheet, as well as the calculation of Actual Net Working
Capital, Actual Indebtedness, Actual Cash and the adjustments, if any, required
to be made to the Estimated Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.7 (the
“Schedule
of Adjustments”).
The
Closing Balance Sheet shall be prepared in conformity with, and using the same
accounting principles and methodologies as the Historical
Statements.
(b) Sellers’
Agent will have a period of thirty (30) days following the delivery of the
Closing Balance Sheet and the Schedule of Adjustments to notify Buyer of any
disagreements with the Closing Balance Sheet or the Schedule of Adjustments,
it
being understood that Sellers’ Agent may object to the calculations reflected
therein, but only on the basis that such calculations were not made in
accordance with this Agreement. Any such notice shall be accompanied by
supporting documentation containing reasonable detail. Failure to notify Buyer
within such 30-day period shall be deemed acceptance of the Closing Balance
Sheet and the Schedule of Adjustments. In the event Sellers’ Agent timely notify
Buyer of any disagreement, Buyer and Sellers’ Agent will attempt in good faith
to resolve such disagreement.
If
within
thirty (30) days after delivery to Buyer of the notification by Sellers’ Agent
of a disagreement, they are unable to resolve such disagreement, either Buyer,
on the one hand, or Sellers’ Agent, on the other hand, shall have the right to
submit the determination of such matter to an independent accountant of national
standing reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Sellers’ Agent (the “Independent
Auditor”),
whose
decision shall be binding on the parties. The Independent Accountant shall
be
acting as an arbitrator and not as an auditor and shall decide only those issues
as to which the parties are not in agreement on the grounds that the Closing
Date Balance Sheet and/or the Schedule of Adjustment delivered by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.8(a) was not prepared conformity with principles used
in
the preparation of the Historical Statements or contained computational errors.
The cost of the Independent Auditor shall be paid by the party whose aggregate
estimate of the disputed amount or amounts, as the case may be, differs most
greatly from the determination of the Independent Auditor. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the dispute resolution mechanism contained
in
this Section 2.8 shall be the exclusive mechanism for resolving disputes
regarding all adjustments, if any, pursuant to Section 2.8.
(c) Buyer
shall provide Sellers’ Agent and its accountants with reasonable access to all
books and records and working papers and to personnel of Buyer and the Company
to the extent necessary to enable Sellers’ Agent and its accountants to review
the preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet and the Schedule of Adjustments,
subject to Sellers’ Agent and its accountants executing standard confidentiality
agreements.
2.9 Sellers’
Agent.
(a) By
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Seller irrevocably appoints
and
authorizes Xxxxxxxx Investment Partners, LLC, to act as such Seller’s agent,
representative and attorney-in-fact hereunder (in such capacity and not in
its
personal capacity as a Seller, the “Sellers’
Agent”).
Each
Seller irrevocably authorizes the Sellers’ Agent to take such action on behalf
of such Seller and to exercise all such powers as are expressly delegated to
the
Sellers’ Agent hereunder, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto, including the execution and delivery of the Traditional
Escrow Agreement and Regulatory Escrow Agreement, certificates, statements,
notices, approvals, extensions, waivers, undertakings and amendments to this
Agreement or the Traditional and Regulatory Escrow Agreements required or
permitted to be made, given or determined hereunder or in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, and including the right to contest and settle
any claims for indemnification, adjustments to purchase price or other claims
made hereunder and to resolve any other disputes arising under this Agreement
or
the Traditional and Regulatory Escrow Agreements. The Sellers’ Agent shall have
the right and authority to engage and employ agents and representatives and
to
incur expenses as the Sellers’ Agent reasonably deems necessary or prudent in
connection with the foregoing. The Sellers’ Agent shall have the sole and
exclusive right on behalf of any Seller to take any action, or receive any
notice of any claims for indemnification under Article 5 hereof and to settle
any claim or controversy arising with respect thereto; provided,
however,
the
Sellers’ Agent shall not settle any claim against a
single
Seller without the consent of such Seller. Any actions taken or omitted,
exercises of rights, power or authority, and any decision or determination
made
by the Sellers’ Agent shall be absolutely and irrevocably binding on each Seller
as if such Seller had personally taken such action or omitted to take such
action, exercised such rights, power or authority or made such decision or
determination in such Seller’s individual capacity, and no Seller shall have the
right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. Buyer’s rights
and remedies against the Sellers shall in no way be diminished because the
right
or remedy was due to the acts or omissions of the Sellers’ Agent.
(b) The
appointment of the Sellers’ Agent as each Seller’s attorney-in-fact revokes any
power of attorney heretofore granted that authorized any other person or persons
to represent such Seller with regard to this Agreement or the Traditional and
Regulatory Escrow Agreements. The appointment of the Sellers’ Agent as
attorney-in-fact pursuant hereto is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
The obligations of each Seller pursuant to this Agreement (i) will not be
terminated by operation of law, death, mental or physical incapacity,
liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event with respect
to such Seller or any proceeding in connection therewith, or in the case of
a
trust, by the death of any trustee or trustees or the termination of such trust,
or any other event, and (ii) shall survive the delivery of an assignment by
any
Seller of the whole or any fraction of its interest in any payment due to it
under this Agreement.
(c) The
Sellers’ Agent hereby accepts the foregoing appointment and agrees to serve as
Sellers’ Agent, subject to the provisions hereof, for the period of time from
and after the date hereof without compensation; provided that the Sellers (on
the basis of their respective number of Units owned (the “Securities
Ownership Percentage”))
shall
reimburse the Sellers’ Agent for expenses incurred by Sellers’ Agent in its
capacity as such. Each of the Sellers hereby acknowledges and agrees, that
in
appointing Sellers’ Agent as its representative pursuant to the terms and
provisions of this Section 2.9, and as specified herein, the Sellers’ Agent
shall not, in the absence of bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence,
have any liability to the Sellers whatsoever with respect to its actions,
decisions and determinations, and the Sellers’ Agent and the Buyer shall be
entitled to assume that all actions, decisions and determinations are fully
authorized by each and every one of the Sellers. Each Seller shall indemnify
the
Sellers’ Agent against all damages, liabilities, claims, obligations, costs and
expenses arising out of or in connection with any claim relating to the acts
or
omissions of the Sellers’ Agent hereunder, other than those that arise from the
Sellers’ Agent’s bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(d) The
Sellers’ Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any order, judgment,
certification, demand, notice, instrument or other writing delivered to it
by a
Seller hereunder without being required to determine the authenticity or the
correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity of the
service thereof. The Sellers’ Agent may act in reliance upon any instrument or
signature of any Seller believed by it to be genuine and may assume that the
Seller or representative thereof purporting to give receipt or advice or make
any statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions hereof
has been duly authorized to do
so.
The
Sellers’ Agent may conclusively presume that the undersigned representative of
any party hereto which is not a natural person has full power and authority
to
instruct the Sellers’ Agent on behalf of that party unless written notice to the
contrary is delivered to the Sellers’ Agent.
(e) The
Sellers’ Agent may act pursuant to the advice of counsel with respect to any
matter relating to this Agreement and shall not be liable to the Sellers for
any
action taken or omitted by it in good faith in accordance with such
advice.
(f) The
Buyer
hereby agrees that the Sellers’ Agent shall not, in its capacity as such, have
any liability or obligation under this Agreement to the Buyer whatsoever with
respect to its actions, decisions or determinations, but rather Buyer shall
have
redress directly against Sellers for any actions, decisions, or determinations
made by Sellers’ Agent; provided,
however,
nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a release of the Sellers’ Agent with
respect to any tortious act committed by the Sellers’ Agent against the Buyer;
provided,
further,
however,
that
nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or restrict the Sellers’
Agent from exercising its rights or remedies under this Agreement.
(g) The
Sellers authorize the Sellers’ Agent to receive and hold back from the proceeds
otherwise payable to the Sellers hereunder an amount equal to $50,000 (the
“Sellers’
Agent Reserve Fund”).
The
Sellers’ Agent Reserve Fund may be used by the Sellers’ Agent to pay transaction
expenses, attorneys fees relating to disputes or negotiations arising out of
this Agreement, year-end K-1 preparation accounting fees and other expenses
relating to performance of its duties hereunder, including expenses associated
with preparation of taxes. If upon the date two years after the date hereof,
there remains any unused portion of the Seller’ Agent Reserve Fund, Sellers’
Agent shall pay such remaining amount to the Sellers in accordance with the
ownership percentages set forth opposite each Seller’s name on Schedule
3.1(a)
attached
hereto.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except
as
set forth in this Agreement or in the Disclosure Letter, the Company represents
and warrants to Buyer as follows as of the effective time of the Closing. The
following representations and warranties are qualified by the information set
forth in this Agreement to the extent it is reasonably clear from such
information that it qualifies the particular representation and warranty.
Information in each Schedule of the Disclosure Letter qualifies the
representations and warranties to which such Schedule relates (or makes
cross-reference), as well as other representations and warranties in this
Agreement to the extent it is reasonably clear from such information that it
qualifies such other representations and warranties. Certain information
reflected in the Disclosure Letter may not be matters required by this Agreement
to be disclosed and such disclosure does not imply that such information is
material (or set any standard of materiality) or that such information is
responsive to the representations or warranties.
3.1 Organization
and Good Standing.
(a) Schedule
3.1(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate list for the Company of
its
jurisdiction of formation, other jurisdictions in which it is authorized to
do
business, and the identity of each equity holder and the number of securities
held by each. The Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization, with requisite power and authority to conduct its business as
it
is now being conducted, to own or use the properties and assets that it purports
to own or use, and to perform all its obligations under Applicable Contracts.
The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign business entity and
is
in good standing under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which
either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by it, or the nature
of the activities conducted by it, requires such qualification, except where
the
failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Sellers
have delivered, or have caused to be delivered, to Buyer copies of the
Organizational Documents of the Company, as currently in effect.
3.2 Authority;
No Conflict.
(a) This
Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions have been duly authorized by
Sellers, including all necessary actions by the Company’s managers and each of
the members of the Company. Assuming the due execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Buyer, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid, and binding
obligation of Sellers, enforceable against Sellers in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors’ rights in general and subject to general principles of equity and the
discretion of courts in granting equitable remedies. Upon the execution and
delivery by Sellers of the Transaction Documents to which Sellers are a party,
and assuming the due execution and delivery of such Transaction Documents by
the
other parties thereto, such Transaction Documents will constitute the legal,
valid, and binding obligations of Sellers, enforceable against Sellers in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent enforceability
may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and
subject to general principles of equity and the discretion of courts in granting
equitable remedies. Any Seller that is not an individual has the requisite
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
to
which it will be a party and to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and
the Transaction Documents to which it will be a party. Any Seller that is an
individual has the legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and
the
Transaction Documents to which it will be a party and to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it will be a
party.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.2(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the
consummation or performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions will (with
or without notice or lapse of time):
(i) contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of any provision of the Organizational
Documents of the Company or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any resolution adopted
by the Company’s members and managers; or
(ii) contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements
of,
or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel,
terminate, or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by the
Company.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.2(c)
of the
Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the
consummation or performance of the transaction described in clause (a) of the
definition of Contemplated Transactions will (with or without notice or lapse
of
time) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of, any Legal
Requirement or any Order to which the Company or any Seller is a party, or
to
which any of the assets owned or used by the Company is subject.
3.3 Capitalization.
(a) Sellers
are the record and beneficial owners and holders of all the issued and
outstanding limited liability company membership interests of the Company,
which
constitute the Securities, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than
restrictions on disposition contained in any applicable federal or state
securities laws and other than any restriction or Encumbrances arising under
the
Company’s LLC Agreement. No legend or other reference to any purported
Encumbrance appears upon any certificate representing equity securities of
the
Company. All of the outstanding equity securities of the Company have been
duly
authorized and validly issued. There are no Contracts relating to the issuance,
sale, or transfer of any equity securities or other securities of the Company.
None of the outstanding equity securities or other securities of the Company
was
issued in violation of the Securities Act or any other Legal
Requirement.
(b) Other
than as set forth in the LLC Agreement, the Company does not own, or have any
Contract to acquire, any equity securities or other securities of any Person
or
any direct or indirect equity or ownership interest in any other
business.
3.4 Financial
Statements.
Sellers
have delivered to Buyer: (a) audited balance sheet of the Company as of December
31 in each of the years 2002 through 2004, and the related audited statements
of
income, changes in members’ deficiency, and cash flow for each of the fiscal
years then ended, including in each case the notes thereto (collectively, the
“Historical
Statements”),
together with the report thereon of Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP, independent
certified public accountants (the “Independent
Accountants”),
and
(b) an unaudited balance sheet of the Company as at June 30, 2005 (the
“Interim
Balance Sheet”)
and
the
related unaudited statement of income (collectively with the Interim Balance
Sheet, the “Interim
Statements”).
The
Historical Statements, together with the notes thereto, and the Interim
Statements (collectively, the “Financial
Statements”)
fairly
present, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results
of
operations, changes in members’ deficiency, and cash flow of the Company as at
the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such Financial
Statements, all in accordance with GAAP, subject, in the case of the Interim
Statements, to recurring quarter-end and year-end adjustments, the absence
of
notes (that, if presented, would not differ materially in methodology from
that
applied in developing those included in the balance sheets referred to in clause
(a) above); and, except as set forth in Schedule
3.4
of the
Disclosure Letter, the Historical Financial Statements reflect the consistent
application of such accounting principles throughout the periods
involved.
3.5 Books
and Records.
The
books of account of the Company, all of which have been made available to Buyer,
have been maintained in the ordinary course of business. At the Closing, all
of
those books and records will be in the possession of the Company.
3.6 Title
to Properties; Encumbrances.
(a) The
Company does not own any real property. Schedule
3.6(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate list of all leaseholds or
other interests in real property owned by the Company.
(b) At
or
prior to the Closing, Sellers shall provide to Buyer a complete and accurate
written list of the Company’s material Fixed Assets (the “Fixed
Asset List”).
Except as set forth on Schedule
3.6(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter, the Company owns (i) all of the Fixed Assets reflected on
the
Fixed Asset List other than tangible property sold, disposed of or consumed
since the date of the Fixed Asset List, in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practice, and (ii) all of the Fixed Assets purchased or
otherwise acquired by the Company since the date of the Fixed Asset List (except
for tangible property acquired and sold, disposed of or consumed since the
date
of the Fixed Asset List in the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past
practice), which subsequently purchased or acquired Fixed Assets (other than
inventory, supplies, disposables, consumables and other properties and assets
purchased or otherwise acquired in the ordinary course of business) are listed
in Schedule
3.6(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter. All properties and assets reflected in the Fixed Asset List
or in Schedule
3.6(b)
are free
and clear of all Encumbrances other than, with respect to all such properties
and assets, (A) security interests shown on the Interim Balance Sheet as
securing specified liabilities or obligations, with respect to which no default
(or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default) exists, (B) security interests incurred in connection with the purchase
of property or assets after the date of the Interim Balance Sheet (security
interests being limited to the property or assets so acquired), with respect
to
which no default (or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) exists, (C) statutory liens for current taxes or
assessments not yet due or payable, (D) Encumbrances in
favor
of
lessors of equipment, (E) mechanic’s liens or other Encumbrances arising in the
ordinary course of business which are immaterial to the value, financial
condition or operations of the Company, and (F) Encumbrances identified on
Schedule
3.6(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter.
3.7 Adequacy
of Reserve for Returns.
The
reserve for returns of Products distributed by the Company prior to the Closing
Date on the Interim Balance Sheet was materially adequate to account for the
actual returns of such Products which were returnable as of the date of the
Interim Balance Sheet (the “Interim
Balance Sheet Date”)
other
than any abnormal returns attributable to the occurrence of either of the
following: (a) a customer ceasing to doing business with the Company after
the
Interim Balance Sheet Date so long as the Company had no Knowledge prior to
the
Interim Balance Sheet Date that such customer intended to cease doing business
with the Company after the Interim Balance Sheet Date, or (b) the commencement
of a proceeding in bankruptcy more than 45 days following the Interim Balance
Sheet Date with respect to a customer.
3.8 Condition
and Sufficiency of Assets.
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
3.8,
the
equipment of the Company is sufficient for the operation of the business of
the
Company as it is currently conducted by the Company. The Company’s distribution
centers were operating in the ordinary course of business as of the last date
prior to the Closing Date that such distribution centers conducted
operations.
3.9 Accounts
Receivable and Payable.
(a) All
accounts receivable of the Company that reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet
(collectively, the “Accounts
Receivable”)
represented valid obligations arising from sales actually made or services
actually performed in the ordinary course of business. Subject
to the reserves shown on the Closing Balance Sheet (which reserves will be
calculated consistent with past practice), each of the Accounts Receivable
not
heretofore collected or written off will be collected, in cash or by credit
during the Survival Period except for (i) Accounts Receivable of a customer
that
following the Closing Date ceases doing business with the Company, so long
as
the Company had no Knowledge prior to the Closing Date that such customer
intended to cease doing business with the Company after the Closing Date, and
(ii) Accounts Receivable payable by a customer that is the subject of a
bankruptcy proceeding commenced more than 90 days following the Closing Date.
There will be no contest, claim, or right of set-off, other than returns,
shortages and other claims made in the ordinary course of business, under any
Applicable Contract with any obligor of an Accounts Receivable relating to
the
amount or validity of such Accounts Receivable, except to the extent of the
reserves shown on the Closing Balance Sheet or as disclosed in Schedule
3.9(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter. Schedule
3.9(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate list, in all material
respects, of all accounts receivable of the Company as of September 30, 2005,
which list sets forth the aging of such accounts receivable.
(b) Schedule
3.9(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of all outstanding
trade accounts payable of the Company as of September 30, 2005, other
than
individual accounts payable of not more than $50,000 (“Trade
Accounts Payable”).
Schedule
3.9(b)
also
identifies all trade payables of the Company the payment of which is overdue
(based on a due date consistent with the Company’s past practice for that
creditor) by more than 120 days as of September 30, 2005, and all trade payables
of the Company as to which, to the Company’s Knowledge, the applicable trade
creditor has taken collection action at any time since June 30,
2005.
(c) Schedule
3.9(c)
of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of all material
outstanding non-trade accounts payable of the Company as of September 30, 2005
(“Non-Trade
Accounts Payable”
and,
together with Trade Accounts Payable, “Accounts
Payable”).
Schedule
3.9(c)
also
identifies all non-trade accounts payable of the Company the payment of which
is
overdue (based on a due date consistent with the Company’s past practice for
that creditor) by more than 120 days as of September 30, 2005, and all non-trade
payables of the Company as to which, to the Company’s Knowledge, the applicable
non-trade creditor has taken collection action at any time since June 30,
2005.
3.10 [Delete.]
3.11 Inventory.
(a) The
value
of the inventory consisting of the NightGuard™ device and the Brushpick device
reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet (determined in accordance with the
valuation methodologies described in Section 3.11(b)) will not be more than
$50,000 less than the amount of such inventory shown on the Interim Balance
Sheet.
(b) All
inventory of the Company reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet will consist
of
a quality and quantity usable and salable or returnable in the ordinary course
of business, except for obsolete items and items of below-standard quality,
all
of which will be written off or written down to net realizable value in the
Interim Balance Sheet. All such inventories not written off which is not
returnable will be priced at the lower of cost or net realizable value on a
first in, first out basis.
3.12 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.12
of the
Disclosure Letter, the Company has no material liabilities or obligations of
any
nature (whether known or unknown and whether absolute, accrued, contingent,
or
otherwise) except for (a) liabilities or obligations (i) reflected or reserved
against in the Interim Balance Sheet, or (ii) of a type (and not materially
greater in amount) than those set forth in the notes to the Historical
Statements as at December 31, 2004, (b) liabilities under the executory portion
of Applicable Contracts, (c) liabilities disclosed, or not required to be
disclosed, in this Agreement or the Disclosure Letter, (d) liabilities resulting
from the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, (e) liabilities which
are not required under GAAP to be reflected or reserved against in the Interim
Balance Sheet or Closing Balance Sheet which, in the aggregate, would not
3.13 have
a
Material Adverse Effect, and (f) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course
of
business after the date of the Interim Balance Sheet.
3.14 Taxes.
Except
as described on Schedule
3.13
of the
Disclosure Letter:
(a) The
Company has properly filed, in a timely manner, all Tax Returns required by
Legal Requirements to be filed by it, and such Tax Returns and reports are
true,
complete and accurate in all material respects. The Company has paid all Taxes
shown to be due on all of their respective Tax Returns or claimed to be due
by
any Governmental Body. The reserves and provisions for Taxes on the Interim
Balance Sheet are adequate for all open years of the Company and for the
Company’s current fiscal period. There are no outstanding liens for unpaid Taxes
of the Company other than liens for real property and personal property Taxes
not yet due and payable. All Taxes that the Company is required to withhold,
deduct and/or collect from any Person have been properly withheld, deducted
and
collected and have been paid over to the appropriate Tax authority or other
Governmental Body.
(b) The
Company has no Knowledge of any proposed assessment of any additional Taxes
by
any Governmental Body. The Company is not currently being audited by any
Governmental Body, and no such audit is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
Threatened in writing.
(c) There
are
no agreements, waivers, or other arrangements providing for the extension of
time with respect to the assessment or collection of any Tax against the Company
that are outstanding. Neither the Sellers nor the Company (collectively, the
"Sellers' Parties") has filed any Tax form with any Governmental Body to
intentionally make a Tax election whereby the Company is not treated as either
a
disregarded tax entity or a partnership for federal or state Income Tax purposes
which (i) was in effect for any past year for which the time for audit has
not
expired; (ii) is currently in effect; or (iii) will be in effect at any future
time. Neither of the Sellers’ Parties has given any waiver or extension of any
period of limitation governing the time of assessment or collection of any
Tax
relating to the Company which is still currently in effect.
(d) There
do
not exist any past due unpaid federal, state or local Tax deficiencies assessed
against the Company. All Taxes owed by the Company which are due and payable
on
or before the Closing Date pursuant to any Legal Requirements have been fully
paid except to the extent reflected or reserved against in the Interim Balance
Sheet. All of the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Tax Returns for the
Company have been made available to the Buyer.
(e) The
Company is treated as a partnership for federal Income Tax purposes. Neither
the
Sellers nor any of their Affiliates are considered to be “foreign
persons”
as
defined in IRC Section 1445. Schedule
3.13
sets
forth the states in which the Company filed Income Tax Returns for the taxable
year ended December 31, 2004.
(f) The
Company has not (i) applied for any Tax ruling, or (ii) entered into a closing
agreement as described in IRC Section 7121 or otherwise (or any corresponding
or
similar provision of state, municipal, county, local, foreign or other tax
law)
or any other agreement with any Tax authority that will have a continuing effect
on the Company with respect to taxable periods following the
Closing.
3.15 No
Material Adverse Effect.
Since
the date of the Interim Balance Sheet, except as set forth in Schedule
3.14
of the
Disclosure Letter, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect, and no event
has occurred or circumstance exists, other than the announcement or consummation
of the Contemplated Transactions, that would reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect.
3.16 Employee
Benefits.
(a) Schedule
13.15(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all Benefit
Plans.
(b) The
only
Benefit Plans with respect to which the Company has any liability other than
the
employment agreements listed on Schedule
3.15(a)
are
“employee welfare benefit plans”, as defined in ERISA Section 3(1). All
contributions to, and premium payments in respect of, those Benefit Plans have
been duly and timely paid. Neither the Company nor Sellers know or have reason
to know of any uninsured benefit payable under any such welfare benefit plan
disregarding the effect of copays, deductibles and stated plan
limits.
(c) No
Benefit Plan is, or at any point for which any relevant statute of limitations
remains open was, an “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in ERISA
Section 3(2) including but not limited to a “multiemployer plan” within the
meaning of ERISA Section 3(37) (a “Multiemployer Plan”). The Company is not
subject to any withdrawal liability with respect to any Multiemployer
Plan.
(d) Sellers
have provided to Buyer true and complete copies of: (i) all currently effective
plan texts and agreements relating to each Benefit Plan; (ii) the most recent
summary plan descriptions (whether or not required to be furnished pursuant
to
ERISA), and the most recent annual report on Form 5500, if any, (including
all
schedules thereto). There are no Benefit Plans which are required to be written
which are not written. There are no unwritten modifications to any Benefit
Plan
that could reasonably be expected to be enforced by a court of competent
jurisdiction or enforced by any federal regulatory agency or
instrumentality.
(e) Sellers,
the Company and each of the Benefit Plans comply, in all material respects
with
the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, other applicable law and all
binding regulatory guidance issued thereunder, each such Benefit Plan has been
administered, in all material respects, in accordance with its terms. No
fiduciary with respect to any Benefit Plan has
acted
or
failed to act in any manner, nor has any prohibited transaction (as such term
is
defined in IRC Section 4975 or ERISA Section 406) occurred which may subject
the
Company or the Buyers to any liability under any applicable law.
(f) There
are
no pending or to Sellers’ knowledge threatened claims, lawsuits or arbitrations
(other than routine claims for benefits) that have been asserted or instituted
against or with respect to any such Benefit Plan or the assets of any such
Benefit Plan.
(g) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) entitle any
current or former employee of the Company to severance pay, unemployment
compensation or any similar payment, or (ii) accelerate the time of payment
or
vesting, or increase the amount of any compensation due to any such employee
or
former employee.
(h) No
Benefit Plan provides medical or death benefits (whether or not insured) with
respect to current or former employees of the Company beyond their retirement
or
other termination of service other than coverage, if any, mandated by law.
The
Company and any entity with which is required to be aggregated for purposes
of
ERISA have a total of 10 employees and therefore are not subject to the “COBRA
continuation requirements” set out in Code section 4980B.
3.17 Compliance
With Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations.
(a) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.16
of the
Disclosure Letter:
(i) the
Company is, and at all times since January 1, 2005 has been, in compliance
with
each material Legal Requirement that is or was applicable to it or to the
conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its
assets, except where the failure so to comply would not have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) the
Company has not received, at any time since January 1, 2005, any written notice
or other written communication or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any oral notice
or communication, from any Governmental Body regarding (A) any actual, alleged
or to the Company’s Knowledge Threatened violation of, or failure to comply
with, any material Legal Requirement, or (B) any actual, alleged or to the
Company’s Knowledge Threatened obligation on the part of the Company to
undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action
of
any nature; and
(iii) the
Company has obtained and is in possession of all Governmental Authorizations
required for the operation of the Company’s business, except where such failure
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.18 Legal
Proceedings; Orders.
(a) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.17(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter, there is no pending Proceeding to which the Company is a
party that would have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) that
relates to or affects the business of, or any of the assets owned or used by,
the Company; or
(ii) that
challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal,
or otherwise interfering with, any of the Contemplated
Transactions.
To
the
Company’s Knowledge, except as set forth in Schedule
3.17(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter, no such Proceeding has been Threatened. Sellers have made
available for inspection by Buyer, to the extent requested by Buyer, copies
of
all pleadings, correspondence, and other documents, if any, in Sellers’
possession or control relating to each pending or Threatened Proceeding listed
in Schedule
3.17(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.17(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter:
(i) Neither
Sellers, the Company nor any of their respective Affiliates is a party to any
Order that affects the business of, or any of the assets owned or used by,
the
Company; and
(ii) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, no officer, director, or employee, of the Company is
subject to any Order that prohibits such officer, director, agent, or employee
from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity, or practice relating
to
the business of the Company.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.17(c):
(i) the
Company is, and at all times since December 31, 2004 has been, in material
compliance with all of the terms and requirements of each Order to which it
is a
party, or to which any of the assets owned or used by it, is or has been
subject;
and
(ii) the
Company has not received, at any time since December 31, 2004, any written
notice or other written communication or, to the Knowledge of Sellers, oral
notice or communication from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding
any actual, alleged or Threatened violation of, or failure to comply with,
any
term or requirement of any Order to which the Company is a party, or to which
any of the assets owned or used by the Company, is subject.
3.19 Absence
of Certain Changes and Events.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.18
of the
Disclosure Letter, since the date of the Interim Balance Sheet, the Company
has
conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business, consistent
with
past practice, and there has not been any Material Adverse Effect. In addition,
since such date, except as set forth in Schedule
3.18,
there
has not been any:
(a) change
in
the Company’s authorized or issued membership interests; grant of any stock
option or right to purchase Securities or capital stock of the Company; issuance
of any security convertible into such capital stock; grant of any registration
rights; purchase, redemption, retirement, or other acquisition by the Company
of
any Securities or any such capital stock; or declaration or payment of any
dividend or other distribution or payment in respect of Securities or capital
stock;
(b) amendment
to the Organizational Documents of the Company;
(c) payment
or increase by the Company of any bonuses, salaries, or other compensation
to
any member, manager, director, officer, or (except in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice) employee or entry into any written
employment, severance, or similar Contract with any director, officer, or
employee;
(d) adoption
of, or increase in the payments to or benefits under, any Benefit Plan for
or
with any Employees of the Company;
(e) damage
to
or destruction or loss of any material asset or property of the Company, whether
or not covered by insurance, materially and adversely affecting the properties,
assets, business, financial condition, or prospects of the Company, taken as
a
whole;
(f) entry
into, termination of, or receipt of notice of termination of (i) any license,
distributorship, sales representative, joint venture, bank credit, or similar
agreement, or (ii) any Contract involving a total remaining commitment by or
to
the Company of at least $100,000;
(g) sale,
lease, or other disposition of any material asset or property of the Company
(other than sales of inventory, consumption of disposables and collections
of
receivables in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice)
or mortgage, pledge, or imposition of any Encumbrance on any material asset
or
property of the Company, including the sale, lease, or other disposition of
any
material Intellectual Property Assets of the Company;
(h) (h)cancellation
or waiver of any claims or rights with a value to the Company in excess of
$100,000;
(i) material
change in the accounting methods used by the Company; or
(j) agreement,
whether oral or written, by the Company to do any of the foregoing.
3.20 Contracts;
No Defaults.
(a) Schedule
3.19(a)
of the
Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate list, and Sellers have
delivered to Buyer true and complete copies, of each written:
(i) Applicable
Contract with each Material Customer;
(ii) Applicable
Contract that involves performance of services or delivery of goods or materials
to the Company of an amount or value in excess of $100,000
annually;
(iii) Applicable
Contract that was not entered into in the ordinary course of business and that
involves expenditures or receipts of the Company in excess of $100,000 annually
and which cannot be terminated on 60 days notice without penalty;
(iv) Applicable
Contract with a wholesale distributor of the Products in the United States
or
Canada who entered into such Applicable Contract with the Company in such
wholesaler’s capacity as a wholesale distributor of the Products
that;
(v) lease,
rental or occupancy agreement, license, installment and conditional sale
agreement, and other written Applicable Contract affecting the ownership of,
leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or other interest in, any real
or
personal property (except personal property leases and installment and
conditional sales agreements having a value per item or aggregate payments
of
less than $50,000 annually);
(vi) collective
bargaining agreement and other written Applicable Contract to or with any labor
union or other employee representative of a group of employees;
(vii) joint
venture, partnership, and other Applicable Contract (however named) involving
a
sharing of profits, losses, costs, or liabilities by the Company with any other
Person;
(viii) Applicable
Contract containing covenants that in any way purport to restrict the business
activity of the Company or limit the freedom of the Company to engage in any
line of business or to compete with any Person;
(ix) Applicable
Contract providing for payments in excess of $50,000 annually to or by any
Person based on sales, purchases, or profits, other than direct payments for
goods;
(x) power
of
attorney that is currently effective and outstanding;
(xi) Applicable
Contract for capital expenditures in excess of $50,000 annually, other than
any
Applicable Contracts with customers providing for the installation of display
fixtures;
(xii) guaranty
with respect to contractual performance of a third party extended by the Company
other than in the ordinary course of business; and
(xiii) amendment,
supplement, and modification (whether oral or written) in respect of any of
the
foregoing.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.19(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter or as contemplated by the Transaction Documents:
(i) No
Material Applicable Contract that relates to the business of, or any of the
assets owned or used by, the Company (A) provides Sellers (or any Related Person
of Sellers other than the Company) with any rights, or the ability to acquire
any rights, thereunder, or (B) subjects Sellers (or any Related Person of
Sellers) to any obligation or liability thereunder; and
(ii) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, no officer, director, agent, Employee, consultant, or
contractor of the Company, is bound by any Contract that purports to limit
the
ability of such officer, director, agent, employee, consultant, or contractor
to
(A) engage in or continue any conduct, activity, or practice relating to the
business of the Company, or (B) assign to the Company or to any other Person
any
rights to any invention, improvement, or discovery.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.19(c)
of the
Disclosure Letter, since January 1, 2005, the Company has not received from
any
Person, any written notice or other written communication that any Material
Customer has determined to cease doing business with the Company or materially
reduce the volume of Products purchased from the Company.
(d) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
3.19(d)
of the
Disclosure Letter, since January 1, 2005 there have not been any written or
electronic mail demands to renegotiate any material amounts paid or payable
to
the Company under any Material Applicable Contracts.
(e) The
Material Customers in the aggregate accounted for not less than 70% of the
Company’s net revenues in the Company’s last fiscal year.
3.21 Insurance.
(a) Sellers
have delivered to Buyer:
(i) true
and
complete copies of all policies of insurance to which the Company is a party
or
under which the Company, or any director of the Company, is
covered;
(ii) true
and
complete copies of all pending applications for policies of insurance;
and
(iii) any
statement by the auditor of the Company’s financial statements with regard to
the adequacy of such entity’s coverage or of the reserves for
claims.
(b) Schedule
3.20(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter describes, as of June 30, 2005,
(i) any
self-insurance arrangement by or affecting the Company, including any reserves
established thereunder; and
(ii) other
than disclosed in the Material Applicable Contracts, any contract, other than
a
policy of insurance, for the transfer or sharing of the risk by the
Company.
(c) Schedule
3.20(c)
of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of June 30, 2005, by year, for the current
policy year and each of the two preceding policy years, (i) a summary of the
loss experience under each policy, (ii) a statement describing each open claim
under an insurance policy for an amount in excess of $100,000, and (iii) a
statement describing the loss experience for all claims that were self-insured,
including the number and aggregate cost of such claims.
3.22 Environmental
Matters.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.21
of the
Disclosure Letter and to the Company’s Knowledge:
(a) The
Company is in material compliance with, is not in material violation of, any
Environmental Law. Neither Sellers nor the Company received, since January
1,
2004, any actual or Threatened order, notice, or other communication from (i)
any Governmental Body or third party, or (ii) the current or prior owner or
operator of any Facilities, of any actual or potential violation or failure
to
comply with any Environmental Law, or of any actual or potential Environmental
Health and Safety Liabilities of the Company.
(b) There
are
no pending or Threatened claims, Encumbrances, environmental land use or other
similar restrictions, resulting from any Environmental, Health, and Safety
Liabilities or arising under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, with respect
to or affecting any of the Facilities.
(c) Neither
Sellers nor the Company has received, since January 1, 2004, any written
citation, directive, inquiry, notice, Order, summons, warning, request for
information, or other communication that relates to any alleged, actual, or
potential violation or failure to comply with any Environmental Law, or of
any
alleged, actual, or potential Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities
with
respect to any of the Facilities or any other properties which the Company
owned, leased or operated, or with respect to any property or facility to which
Hazardous Materials generated, manufactured, refined, transferred, imported,
used, or processed by the Company, have been transported, treated, stored,
handled, transferred, disposed, recycled, or received.
(d) The
Company has no pending unresolved Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities
with respect to the Facilities or with respect to any other properties which
the
Company has owned, leased or operated, which would in any one instance have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(e) There
are
no Hazardous Materials present at levels greater than applicable action,
trigger, reporting or risk-based Cleanup levels under Environmental Laws used
in
the operation of the Facilities by the Company on or released by the Company
to
the Environment at the Facilities, including without limitation any Hazardous
Materials contained in barrels, above or underground storage tanks, landfills,
dumps, equipment (whether moveable or fixed) or other containers, and deposited
or located in land, water, sumps, or any other part of the Facilities. Since
January 1, 2004, the Company has not permitted or conducted, and the Company
has
no Knowledge of, any Hazardous Activity conducted with respect to the Facilities
or any other properties owned, operated or leased by the Company except in
material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.
(f) Since
January 1, 2004, there has been no Release or Threat of Release, of any
Hazardous Materials caused by the Company at or from the Facilities or from
or
by any other properties in which the Company has or had an interest whereby
the
cost of Cleanup would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Sellers
have delivered to or made available for review by Buyer copies and results
of
any reports, studies, analyses, tests, or monitoring possessed or initiated
by
Sellers or the Company pertaining to Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Activities
in, on, or under the Facilities, or concerning compliance by the Company with
Environmental Laws, or otherwise concerning the Company’s or Sellers’
Environmental, Health and Safety Liabilities, in each case since January 1,
2004.
(h) No
underground storage tanks owned, operated or used by the Company are located
or
were formerly located on any of the Facilities of the Company or Sellers except
in material compliance with Environmental Laws.
(i) No
event
has occurred and no condition exits with respect to the Company or the Company’s
operation of the Facilities which has resulted in, or is likely to result in,
any material liability, cost or expense to Sellers with respect to the Company
or any other Person who owns or operates the Facilities, under any applicable
Environmental Laws.
(j) Section
3.21 sets forth the exclusive representation and warranties with respect to
Environmental matters, including with out limitation, Hazardous Materials,
Hazardous Activities, Environmental, Health and Safety Liabilities,
Environmental Laws and Occupational and Health and Safety Laws.
3.23 Employees.
Schedule
3.22
of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of the names of all employees of the Company
currently employed (the “Employees”)
and
indicates the current salary or wage rate of each Employee. Schedule
3.22
of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Employees whose employment with
the
Company terminated since the date ninety (90) days prior to the date of this
Agreement.
3.24 Labor
Relations.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.23
of the
Disclosure Letter:
(a) Since
January 1, 2004, the Company has not been and is not now a party to any
collective bargaining or other labor Contract. There is not presently pending
or
existing, and to the Company’s Knowledge there is not Threatened, (i) any
strike, slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, or employee grievance process,
(ii)
any Proceeding against or affecting the Company relating to the alleged
violation of any Legal Requirement pertaining to labor relations or employment
matters, including any charge or complaint filed by an employee or union with
the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
or any comparable Governmental Body, organizational activity, or other labor
or
employment dispute against or affecting the Company or its premises, or (iii)
any application for certification of a collective bargaining agent. To the
Company’s Knowledge no event has occurred or circumstance exists that reasonably
could be expected to provide the basis for any work stoppage or other labor
dispute. There is no lockout of any employees by the Company, and no such action
is currently contemplated by the Company. The Company is not liable for the
payment of any compensation, damages, taxes, fines, penalties, or other amounts,
however designated, for failure to comply with any of the foregoing Legal
Requirements, except where the failure so to comply would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) There
are
no pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, Threatened claims or actions against
the Company under any worker’s compensation policy or long-term disability
policy that would result in a material liability to the Company. The Company
has
no direct or indirect liability with respect to any misclassification of any
person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, or with respect
to any employee leased from another employer, except as would not result in
material liability to the Company.
3.25 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Intellectual
Property Assets - The term “Intellectual
Property Assets”
means:
(i) all
registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, and applications for
registration thereof (collectively, “Marks”)
listed
on Schedule
3.24(a)(i)
of the
Disclosure Letter;
(ii) all
patents and patent applications (collectively, “Patents”)
listed
on Schedule
3.24(a)(ii)
of the
Disclosure Letter; and
(iii) know-how,
trade secrets, confidential information, customer lists, software, technical
information, data, process technology, plans, drawings, and blue prints; owned,
used, or licensed by the Company either as licensee or licensor, which are
not
part of the public knowledge or literature (collectively, “Trade
Secrets”).
(b) Agreements.
Schedule
3.24(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate list of all Applicable
Contracts relating to Intellectual Property Assets. There are no outstanding
and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no Threatened disputes or disagreements with
respect to any such Applicable Contracts identified or required to be identified
in Schedule
3.24(b)
of the
Disclosure Letter.
(c) Intellectual
Property Assets.
Except
for license agreements described or not required to be described in Schedule
3.24(c)
of the
Disclosure Letter, the Company is not obligated to pay any third party to use
its Intellectual Property Assets.
(d) Patents
and Marks.
Schedule
3.24(d)
sets
forth a list of all United States and foreign Patents, registered and material
unregistered Marks, registered copyrights and applications therefor owned by
the
Company (the “Patent
and Trademark Rights”).
Except as set forth in Schedule
3.24(d),
and
except for agreements set forth on Schedule
3.24(b),
the
Patent
and Trademark Rights
are all
the Patent
and Trademark Rights
that are
material to the operation of the business of the Company as currently being
conducted. The Company is the owner of all title and interest in and to each
of
the Patent
and Trademark Rights,
free
and clear of all Encumbrances. There are no material claims or proceedings
pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, Threatened against the Company asserting
that its use of any of the Patent
and Trademark Rights
infringes the rights of any other person. To the Company’s Knowledge, there are
no third parties infringing upon the Company’s Patent
and Trademark Rights
in any
material respect.
(e) Trade
Secrets.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.24(e)
of the
Disclosure Letter:
(i) The
Company has taken commercially reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality, and value of its Trade Secrets.
(ii) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, the Company’s Trade Secrets have not been divulged, or
misappropriated either for the benefit of any Person (other than one or more
of
the Company, Sellers or Sellers’ Affiliates) or to the detriment of the Company.
To the Company’s Knowledge, no Trade Secret of the Company is subject to any
adverse claim.
3.26 Certain
Payments.
Since
January 1, 2004, to the Company’s Knowledge, neither the Company, nor any
director, officer, agent, or Employee of the Company, or any other Person
associated with or acting for or on behalf of the Company, has directly or
indirectly (a) made any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback, or other payment to any Person, private or public, regardless
of form, whether in money, property, or services (i) to obtain favorable
treatment in securing business, (ii) to pay for favorable treatment for business
secured, or (iii) to obtain special concessions or for special concessions
already obtained, for or in respect of the Company, in each such case in
violation of any Legal Requirement, or (b) established or maintained any fund
or
asset which should be recorded in the books and records of the Company that
has
not been so recorded in the books and records of the Company.
3.27 Relationships
With Related Persons.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.26
of the
Disclosure Letter:
(a) Neither
Sellers nor any Related Person of Sellers or of the Company has any interest
in
any material property (whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible
or
intangible), used in or pertaining to the Company’s business.
(b) Neither
Sellers nor any Related Person of Sellers or of the Company owns (of record
or
as a beneficial owner) an equity interest or any other financial or profit
interest in, a Person that (i) has business dealings or a material financial
interest in any transaction with the Company (other than business dealings
or
transactions conducted in the ordinary course of business with the Company
at
substantially prevailing market prices and on substantially prevailing market
terms), or (ii) engages in competition with the Company with respect to any
line
of the products or services of the Company (a “Competing Business”) in any
market presently served by the Company.
(c) Neither
Sellers nor any Related Person of Sellers or of the Company is a party to any
Contract with, or has any claim or right against, the Company.
3.28 Payout
Arrangements.
Sellers,
concurrently with the Closing, have fully paid all amounts due and owing on
the
Payout Arrangements and, subsequent to such payments, there will be no
outstanding obligation for any Payout Arrangement. In addition, Sellers have
paid or
reserved
such necessary amounts of money to satisfy in full all the following additional
payments: (a) a sale bonus of $300,000 to Xxxxx Xxxxxx pursuant her employment
letter dated September 13, 1999, (b) a sale fee of $750,000 (plus up to an
additional $250,000 contingent on Sellers’ receipt of all escrow amounts under
the Traditional Escrow Agreement and the Regulatory Escrow Agreement) to Xxx
Xxxxx pursuant his consulting agreement dated September 30, 1999 and (c) an
allocation of proceeds of $1,819,924 to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx pursuant to the Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Dental Concepts LLC dated
as
of March 15, 2002 (“Additional
Payments”).
Buyer
shall have no obligations or liabilities with regards to such Additional
Payments.
3.29 Supplier
Letters.
Certain
correspondence with certain of the Company’s suppliers is attached as
Schedule
3.28
to the
Disclosure Letter. The Company has no Knowledge that any of the suppliers will
fail to abide by the commitments made in such correspondence.
3.30 Brokers
or Finders.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.29
of the
Disclosure Letter, Sellers and their agents have incurred no obligation or
liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’
commissions or other similar payment in connection with this
Agreement.
4. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
Buyer
represents and warrants to Sellers as follows:
4.1 Organization
and Good Standing.
Buyer
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware.
4.2 Authority;
No Conflict.
(a) This
Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions have been duly authorized by Buyer,
including all necessary actions of Buyer’s directors. Assuming the due execution
and delivery of this Agreement by Sellers, this Agreement constitutes the legal,
valid, and binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and subject to general
principles of equity and the discretion of courts in granting equitable
remedies. Upon the execution and delivery by Buyer of the Transaction Documents
to which Buyer is a party, and assuming the due execution and delivery of such
Transaction Documents by the other parties thereto, such Transaction Documents
will constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligations of Buyer, enforceable
against Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
in general and subject to general principles of equity and the discretion of
courts in granting equitable remedies. Buyer has the absolute and unrestricted
right, power, authority, and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement
and
the Transaction Documents to which it will be a party and to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it
will
be a party.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
4.2,
neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Buyer nor the consummation
or
performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions by Buyer will give any
Person the right to prevent, delay, or otherwise interfere with any of the
Contemplated Transactions pursuant to:
(i) any
provision of Buyer’s Organizational Documents;
(ii) any
resolution adopted by the board of directors or the stockholders of
Buyer;
(iii) any
Legal
Requirement or Order to which Buyer may be subject; or
(iv) any
Contract to which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer may be bound.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
4.2,
neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation or performance
of the transaction described in clause (a) of the definition of Contemplated
Transactions will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse
of
time) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of, any Legal
Requirement or any Order to which Buyer is a party, or to which any of the
assets owned or used by Buyer is subject, and Buyer is not required to obtain
any Consent or Governmental Authorization from any Person in connection with
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation or performance
of
any of the Contemplated Transactions.
4.3 Investment
Intent.
Buyer:
(a) is acquiring the Securities for its own account, for investment only, and
not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution in
violation of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation under the Securities
Act, (b) is a sophisticated investor and has sufficient knowledge and experience
in financial and business matters to be able to evaluate the merits and risks
of
its investment in the Securities, (c) acknowledges that Sellers have made
available to Buyer (i) the opportunity to ask questions of (and to receive
answers from) the officers and directors of the Company, and (ii) the
opportunity to acquire all information about the Company as Buyer has determined
is necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of its investment in the
Securities, (d) understands that the Securities (A) have not been registered
under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws; (B) are being
sold
to Buyer in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and such state securities laws; (C) are “restricted
securities”
within
the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; and (D) may not be sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption
from
registration is then available, and (e) is able to bear the economic risk and
lack of liquidity inherent in holding the Securities.
4.4 Certain
Proceedings.
There
is no pending Proceeding that has been commenced against Buyer and that
challenges, or may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal,
or
otherwise interfering with, any of the Contemplated Transactions. To Buyer’s
Knowledge, no such Proceeding has been Threatened.
4.5 Brokers
or Finders.
Buyer
and its officers and agents have incurred no obligation or liability, contingent
or otherwise, for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or other
similar payment in connection with this Agreement.
4.6 Breach
by Sellers of the Company.
Buyer
has no knowledge of any breach or inaccuracy in any representation, warranty
or
covenant of the Company or Sellers in this Agreement, including as a result
of
any due diligence investigation undertaken by the Buyer.
5. INDEMNIFICATION;
REMEDIES; ESCROWED FUNDS
5.1 Obligation
to Indemnify.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, Sellers agree to indemnify, defend and
hold
harmless Buyer and its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, stockholders
and permitted assigns (the “Buyer’s
Indemnified Parties”)
for,
and will pay to Buyer Indemnified Parties the amount of, any loss, liability,
claim, damages, reasonable expenses (collectively, “Damages”)
resulting from or arising out of (i) any Breach of any representation or
warranty made by the Company in Article 3 of this Agreement; (ii) any Breach
of
any covenant or agreement of any Seller contained in this Agreement; (iii)
any
and all amounts of federal, state, and or local income taxes that may be
assessed against Buyer and/or the Company with respect to any Pre-Closing
Taxable Period(s) for which adequate provisions therefore have not been made
through the Closing Date, as reflected on the Company’s books of account and in
the Closing Balance Sheet and the amount(s) of any interest and/or penalties
that may be assessed with respect to said tax assessments; and (iv) to the
extent occurring prior to Closing, any violation of applicable Environmental
Laws and any licenses or permits related thereto by the Company or, the Release
or Threatened Release in, at, under, from, or on the Facilities of toxic or
hazardous substances during the ownership or occupancy thereof by the Company
which resulted in an Environmental Liability.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i) Sellers shall not have any liability under Section 5.1(a)(i),
(a)(ii) and 5.1(b) unless the aggregate of all Damages relating thereto exceeds,
on a cumulative basis, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) (the
“Basket”),
and
then only to the extent of such excess, and (ii) Sellers’ aggregate liability
under Section 5.1(a)(i) and (a)(ii) shall in no event exceed Three Million
Dollars ($3,000,000) (the “Ceiling”).
Provided,
however,
that a
breach of warranties set forth in Sections 3.27 and the covenant in Section
6.1
shall not be subject to the Basket or to the Ceiling but rather, for purposes
of
clarification, Sellers shall be liable to Buyers for the first dollar thereof
and the
Buyer
shall not be limited to $3,000,000 of damages. Provided,
further,
however,
that
any liability of the Sellers under Section 5.1(a)(i) shall be several in nature
only, so that each Seller’s proportionate share of such liability for such
Damages shall not exceed the amount determined by multiplying such aggregate
Damages indemnifiable under Section 5.1(a)(i) (in excess of the Basket and
up to
a maximum of the Ceiling, less any amounts theretofore paid under Section
5.1(a)(i) or (ii)) in respect of such claim by such Seller’s Securities
Ownership Percentage. In addition, no Seller shall have any liability under
Section 5.1(a)(ii) above except for the Seller who is in breach of the covenant
or covenants referred to in Section 5.1(a)(ii).
(b) In
addition to Sellers’ indemnification obligations under Section 5.1(a), Sellers
agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer (and its directors, officers,
employees, Affiliates, stockholders and assigns) from and against all Damages
resulting from or arising out of Damages pertaining to any Product Liability
Claim, subject to the following: (i) Sellers shall only be liable with respect
to the products that were sold by the Company prior to the Closing, (ii) Buyer
shall maintain the Company’s current insurance coverage; (iii) Sellers shall
have no liability under this Section with respect to any third-party claim
that
is first asserted more than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date;
and
(iv) Sellers’ aggregate liability with respect to product liability shall in no
event exceed $1,000,000 during any consecutive twelve (12) month
period.
(c) Buyer
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sellers and their respective
directors, officers, managers, employees, Affiliates, stockholders and assigns
(collectively, “Sellers’
Indemnified Parties”)
from
and against all Damages resulting from or arising out of (i) any Breach of
any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Buyer contained in this
Agreement; and (ii) obligations arising from the conduct of the business of
the
Company subsequent to the Closing.; (iii) except to the extent subject to
Seller’s indemnity hereof, the violation of Environmental Laws, including
permits or licenses related thereto by the Company or the Release of Threatened
of Release in, at, under, from, or on the Facilities of toxic or hazardous
substances during the occupancy thereof by the Company on or after Closing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall not have any liability under clause
(i) of this Section 5.1(c) unless the aggregate of all Damages relating thereto
exceeds, on a cumulative basis, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000), and then only to the extent of such excess.
(d) The
term
“Damages” as used in this Section 5.1 is not limited to matters asserted by
third parties against Sellers or Buyer, but includes Damages incurred or
sustained by any of them in the absence of third party claims. Payments by
a
party of amounts for which such party is indemnified hereunder shall not be
a
condition precedent to recovery.
5.2 Notice
of Asserted Liability.
Promptly after Buyer or the Sellers’ Agent becomes aware of any fact, condition
or event that may give rise to Damages for which indemnification may be sought
under this Article 5, the party entitled to indemnification (“Indemnitee”)
shall
give notice thereof in the manner provided in this Section 5.2 of this Agreement
(the “Claims
Notice”)
to the
other party (i.e. the Seller’s Agent, in the case of a claim under Section
5.1(a) hereof, of the Buyer, in the case of a claim under Section 5.1(b) hereof)
(the “Indemnitor”).
The
Claims Notice shall include a description in reasonable detail of any claim
or
the commencement (or threatened commencement) of any action, proceeding or
investigation (an “Asserted
Liability”)
against Indemnitee, and shall indicate the amount (estimated, if necessary)
of
the Damages that have been or may be suffered by Indemnitee. Failure of
Indemnitee to promptly give notice hereunder shall not affect rights to
indemnification hereunder, except to the extent that Indemnitor demonstrates
actual damage caused by such failure. Upon Indemnitor’s request, Indemnitee
shall provide Indemnitor with such reasonable documentation as Indemnitor shall
request pertaining to any claim(s) made by Indemnitee.
5.3 Opportunity
to Defend.
Indemnitor may elect to compromise or defend, at its own expense and by its
own
counsel, any Asserted Liability (it being understood that the Sellers’ Agent
shall have the exclusive right to defend, compromise or settle); provided,
however,
that
Indemnitor may not compromise or settle any Asserted Liability without the
consent of Indemnitee, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, unless
such
compromise or settlement requires no more than a monetary payment for which
Indemnitee and any other indemnifiable parties hereunder are fully indemnified
or involves other matters not binding upon Indemnitee or such other
indemnifiable parties. If Indemnitor elects to compromise or defend such
Asserted Liability, it shall within 15 days (or sooner, if the nature of the
Asserted Liability so requires) notify Indemnitee of its intent to do so and
Indemnitee shall cooperate in the compromise of, or defense against, such
Asserted Liability. If Indemnitor elects not to compromise or defend any
Asserted Liability, fails to notify Indemnitee of its election as herein
provided or contests its obligation to indemnify, Indemnitee may pay, compromise
or defend such Asserted Liability without prejudice to any right it may have
hereunder. In any event, each of Buyer and Sellers may participate, at its
own
expense, in the defense of any Asserted Liability in respect of which it may
have an indemnification obligation under Section 5.2. If either party chooses
to
defend or participate in the defense of any Asserted Liability, it shall have
the right to receive from the other party any books, records or other documents
within such party’s control that are necessary or appropriate for such
defense.
5.4 Traditional
Escrowed Funds.
Pursuant to the terms of an escrow account in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
5.4
(the
“Traditional
Escrow Agreement”),
if
and to the extent the Sellers are obligated to indemnify Buyer pursuant to
Sections 5.1 or 5.2, Buyer may notify the Escrow Agent and the Sellers’ Agent of
Buyer’s claim for indemnification, including the amount thereof, as provided in
the Traditional Escrow Agreement. The provisions of the Traditional Escrow
Agreement shall then govern such claim and the disbursement of funds by the
Traditional Escrow Agreement. Any remaining Traditional Escrow Amounts shall
be
distributed to the Sellers eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date.
5.5 Regulatory
Escrowed Funds.
Pursuant to the terms of an escrow account in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
5.5
(the
“Regulatory
Escrow Agreement”),
the
Regulatory Escrow Amount shall be held for 36 months following the Closing
Date
unless one of the following events occurs; (a) publication of a §510(k)
application by the FDA that permits commercial over-the-counter distribution
of
the NightGuard™ device and/or its generic equivalent; (b) a determination that
the NightGuard™ device and/or its generic equivalent is a consumer product and
not subject to FDA regulation; (c) categorization of the device by the FDA
as
Category 1 Exempt (and thus not requiring any further sanctioning by the Agency)
or (d) any other notification by the FDA of the Sellers right to continue
marketing the product in its current distribution channels at which point the
Regulatory Escrowed Funds shall thereafter be distributed to Sellers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is specifically agreed that if the NightGuard™
device continues to be in over-the-counter distribution 36 months after the
Closing Date, the Regulatory Escrow Amount shall be distributed to Sellers.
In
the event the FDA takes action , prior to the date 36 months after the date
hereof, which results in the prohibition of the over the counter distribution
of
the NightGuard™ device the Regulatory Escrow Fund shall be paid to Buyer. Each
of Buyer and Sellers’ Agent agrees to execute instructions to the escrow agent
under the Regulatory Escrow Agreement authorizing distribution of such
Regulatory Escrow Amounts in a manner consistent with this Section
5.5.
5.6 Damages
Net of Insurance, Etc.
The
amount of any Damage for which indemnification is provided under this Article
5
shall be net of (a) in the case of Section 5.1(a), any reserves established
in
the Interim Balance Sheet or the Closing Balance Sheet, (b) subject to Section
5.7, any amounts actually recovered by the Indemnitee pursuant to any
indemnification by or indemnification agreement with any third party (a
“Third
Party Source”);
(c)
any insurance proceeds actually recovered by the Indemnitee from a third party
insurer with respect to any policy (provided that in the event of a recovery
under any such policy, the amount of the recovery shall be offset by any
increase in premiums arising as a direct result of the filing or the payment
of
such claim) under which the Company is insured immediately prior to the Closing
Date (an “Insurance
Source”),
(each
such person named in clauses (a), (b), and (c), a “Collateral
Source”),
and
(d) an amount equal to the Tax benefit actually realized by the Indemnitee
(assuming for the purposes of this Section that the person receiving such Tax
benefits is subject to a 40% marginal income tax rate), if any, attributable
to
such Loss. If the amount to be netted hereunder from any payment required under
Sections 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) is received after payment by the Indemnitor of any
amount otherwise required to be paid to an Indemnitee pursuant to this Article
5, the Indemnitee shall repay to the Indemnitor, promptly after such receipt,
any amount that the Indemnitor would not have had to pay pursuant to this
Article 5 had such determination been made at the time of such
payment.
5.7 Collateral
Sources.
Indemnification under this Article 5 shall not be available to any Buyer
Indemnified Party unless such Buyer Indemnified Party first uses all reasonable
efforts to obtain recovery from any Insurance Source for such claim before
making any claim for
indemnification
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof; provided,
however,
the
parties acknowledge and agree that during such time as any Buyer Indemnified
Party is pursuing recovery from an Insurance Source, the Buyer Indemnified
Party
may file a Claims Notice (but will not pursue such claim until the Buyer
Indemnified Party has exhausted all reasonable efforts to obtain recovery from
the Insurance Source). Any Indemnitor may, in its sole discretion, require
any
Indemnitee (i) to grant an assignment to the Indemnitor of the right of such
Indemnitee to assert a claim against any Third Party Source at the Indemnitor’s
own expense or (ii) if the right is not assignable, to permit the Indemnitor
to
pursue a claim with respect to such right against the Third Party Source in
the
name of the Indemnitee at the Indemnitor’s own expense. The Indemnitee shall
promptly remit to the Indemnitor any proceeds received by the Indemnitee from
any such claim against a Third Party Source which has been assigned to
Indemnitor or which Indemnitor is pursuing in the name of Indemnitee.
5.8 Limitation
of Remedies.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the remedies set forth in this
Article 5, the Traditional Escrow Agreement and the Regulatory Escrow Agreement
shall be the sole remedies to which any party hereto is entitled for breach
or
noncompliance with the provisions of this Agreement, or any other agreement,
instrument or document delivered in connection with the Contemplated
Transactions; provided,
however,
that
the foregoing shall not limit the right of any party to obtain injunctive
relief, specific performance or similar equitable relief. In no event shall
any
party hereto be entitled to recover, or be liable to any other party for
special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, except to
the
extent the Indemnitee has been held liable to a third-party for such damages,
in
which case the Indemnitor’s liability shall include the full amount of
Indemnitee’s Damages in respect of such third-party claim. The parties to this
Agreement shall be obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate
the amount of Damages otherwise recoverable hereunder. Buyer shall not be
entitled to indemnification in respect of any matter which was the subject
of
the adjustments to the purchase price contemplated by Sections 2.5, 2.7 and
2.8
of this Agreement.
6. ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
6.1 Xxx
Xxxxx Indemnification.
Sellers
shall indemnify Buyer for any and all claims brought by Xxx Xxxxx with regards
to any claims for compensation.
6.2 Continuation
of Insurance.
Buyer
shall maintain insurance respecting its assets and those of its subsidiaries
(including after the Closing, the Company) wherever located, covering loss
or
damage by fire, theft, explosion, and all other hazards and risks as ordinarily
are insured against by other Persons engaged in the same or similar
businesses.
6.3 Access
to Records.
Buyer
agrees that Sellers shall be entitled, for any lawful purpose, including (a)
preparing tax returns, and (b) preparing and auditing financial statements,
after Closing, upon reasonable notice and during the regular business hours
of
the Company, to have reasonable access to and to make copies of the financial
and tax business records of the Company which relate to periods prior to the
Closing. Buyer shall cause the Company to retain
such
records for a period of five years following the Closing, after which time
Buyer
may permit the Company to destroy or otherwise dispose of such business records
without Sellers’ consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Buyer or the Company
notifies Sellers in writing that it desires to dispose of such business records,
Sellers shall have a period of sixty (60) days following its receipt of such
notice to obtain possession thereof. If and to the extent Sellers do not elect
to obtain such possession, Buyer or the Company shall be entitled to dispose
of
such business records as described in such notice.
7. TAX
COVENANTS
7.1 Sellers’
Liability.
Sellers
will be solely responsible for all Income Taxes imposed upon the Company with
respect to Pre-Closing Periods, and, with respect to Straddle Periods, Income
Taxes imposed upon the Company which are allocable, pursuant to Section 7.3,
to
the portion of such taxable year or period ending on the Closing Date, except
to
the extent, in either case that such Taxes are adequately reserved in the
Closing Balance Sheet. Sellers shall receive the benefit of all Tax losses
incurred by the Company with respect to Pre-Closing Periods and, with respect
to
Straddle Periods, the benefit of all Tax losses incurred by the Company which
are allocable, pursuant to Section 7.3, to the portion of such taxable year
or
period ending on the Closing Date.
7.2 Buyer’s
Liability.
Buyer
will be solely responsible for any and all Taxes of, or payable by, the Company
which the Sellers are not responsible for pursuant to Section 7.1, including,
in
the case of Income Taxes with respect to a Straddle Period, the portion of
such
taxable year or period commencing after the Closing Date as determined pursuant
to Section 7.3. Buyer shall receive the benefit of all Tax losses incurred
by
the Company to which Sellers are not entitled pursuant to Section 7.1,
including, in the case of all Tax losses incurred by the Company with respect
to
a Straddle Period, the portion of such taxable year or period commencing after
the Closing Date as determined pursuant to Section 7.3. In addition, Buyer
will
be solely responsible for any and all Taxes (other than Income Taxes described
in Section 7.1 which shall remain the responsibility of the Sellers) applicable
to, imposed on or arising out of the Contemplated Transactions.
7.3 Apportionment
of Income Taxes.
In
order to apportion appropriately any Income Taxes relating to any taxable year
or period that includes a Straddle Period, the parties will, to the extent
permitted under applicable law, elect with the relevant Tax authority or agency
to treat for all purposes the Closing Date as the last day of the taxable year
or period of the Company. In the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of
any
Income Taxes that is allocable to the portion of the Straddle Period ending
on
the Closing Date will be deemed equal to the amount which would be payable
if
the taxable year or period ended on the Closing Date (except that, solely for
purposes of determining the marginal tax rate applicable to income during such
period in a jurisdiction in which such tax rate depends upon the level of
income, annualized income shall be taken into account, for an equitable sharing
of such Income Taxes).
7.4 Preparation
of Tax Returns.
(a) Sellers
will prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) in a timely manner
the
Income Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company (after giving effect
to
any valid extensions of the due date for filing any such Income Tax Returns)
for
any Pre-Closing Periods. Sellers will timely pay (or cause to be timely paid)
all Income Taxes shown as due and owing on all such Income Tax
Returns.
(b) Buyer
will prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) in a timely manner
the
Income Tax Returns of the Company for any Straddle Period; provided,
however,
that
Buyer shall submit such Income Tax Returns to Sellers’ Agent with a proposed
allocation of the Income Taxes in which Sellers are responsible pursuant to
Section 7.1 with respect to such Straddle Period (the “Sellers’
Straddle Period Allocation”),
for
review and approval, at least 45 days prior to the filing date (after giving
effect to any valid extensions). Buyer will be responsible to pay (or cause
to
be paid) all Income Taxes shown as due and owing by the Company on all such
Income Tax Returns. Within 15 days after receipt of the Income Tax Returns
relating to a Straddle Period, Sellers’ Agent shall deliver to Buyer written
notice of any disagreement with respect to the Income Tax Returns or the
calculation of the Sellers’ Straddle Period Allocation. Buyer and Sellers shall
attempt to resolve any disputes with respect to such Income Tax Returns or
calculations; provided that if they are unable to do so within 15 days after
delivery of notice of the disagreement, such disputed items shall be submitted
to the Independent Accountant for final determination, which determination
shall
be binding upon Buyer and Sellers. Sellers shall pay to Buyer on or before
the
date which is the later of three business days before the due date of the final
Income Tax Return for the Straddle Period (after giving effect to any valid
extensions), or five days after the final determination by the Independent
Accountant, the amount of the Income Tax liability for the Straddle Period
that
Sellers are responsible for as determined in Section 7.1 and this Section
7.4(b). Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.4, Buyer will also
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, any and all other Tax
Returns required to be filed by the Company. Buyer will be responsible to pay
(or cause to be paid) all Taxes shown as due and owing by the Company on all
such Tax Returns. All Tax Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent
with
the past practices of the Company and Sellers, unless otherwise required by
applicable law.
7.5 Other
Covenants.
Neither
Buyer nor any Affiliate thereof shall amend, refile or otherwise modify, or
cause or permit the Company to amend, refile or otherwise modify, any Tax
election or Tax Return with respect to any Pre-Closing Period or Straddle Period
without the prior written consent of Sellers. Sellers shall be entitled to
all
refunds, if any, attributable to Taxes for any Pre-Closing Period or the portion
of any Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date or attributable to Income
Taxes listed in Section 7.1, and Buyer shall deliver such refunds to Sellers
as
promptly as possible upon receipt. Buyer shall, if Sellers so request and at
Sellers’ expense, cause the Company to file for and use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain and expedite any claim for (and any receipt of) refund to
which Sellers are entitled to under this Section 7.5.
7.6 Contests.
(a) Notice.
Following the Closing, Buyer will immediately notify Sellers in writing of
any
proposed assessment or claim or the commencement of any audit or administrative
or judicial or other Proceeding involving Taxes which, if determined adversely,
could result in a liability to Sellers under this Agreement or which could
cause
an adjustment in the Tax liability of Sellers or their Affiliates. Following
the
Closing, Sellers will immediately notify Buyer in writing of any proposed
assessment or claim or the commencement of any audit or administrative or
judicial or other Proceeding involving Taxes which, if determined adversely,
could affect the determination of Taxes to which the Company may be subject
in
or for Post-Closing Periods, but only to the extent that Sellers are notified
thereof. In each case, such notice shall contain factual information to the
extent known describing the asserted Tax liability in reasonable detail and
shall include copies of any notice or other document received from any Tax
authority in respect of any such asserted Tax liability.
(b) Pre-Closing
Period Contests.
In the
case of an audit or administrative or judicial or other Proceeding with respect
to Taxes that relates to any Pre-Closing Period, Sellers will have the right
at
its own expense to control the conduct of such audit or Proceeding including
settling or compromising the issue or matter. If Sellers elect to direct such
audit or Proceeding, Sellers shall, within thirty (30) days following receipt
of
notice from Buyer of any such audit or Proceeding, notify Buyer of Sellers’
intent to do so, and Buyer shall cooperate and shall cause the Company to fully
cooperate, at Sellers’ expense, in each phase of the audit or Proceeding. If
Sellers elect not to direct such audit or Proceeding, Buyer or the Company,
as
applicable, may assume control of such audit or Proceeding (at Buyer’s expense);
provided,
however,
in such
case, Buyer shall provide Sellers with a timely and reasonably detailed account
of each phase of the audit or Proceeding, and neither Buyer nor the Company
may
settle or compromise any asserted liability without the prior written consent
of
Sellers. In any event, Sellers may participate, at their own expense, in any
audit or Proceeding related to any Pre-Closing Period, and Buyer may
participate, at its own expense, in any audit or Proceeding related to any
Taxes
which could affect the determination of Taxes to which the Company may be
subject in or for any Post-Closing Period.
(c) Straddle
Period Contests.
In the
case of any audit or administrative or judicial Proceeding that relates to
any
Tax for any Straddle Period, Sellers may elect to direct and control, through
counsel of its own choosing, any audit or Proceeding. If Sellers elect to direct
such audit or Proceeding, Sellers shall, within thirty (30) days following
receipt of notice from Buyer of any such audit or Proceeding, notify Buyer
of
Sellers’ intent to do so, and Buyer shall cooperate and shall cause the Company
to fully cooperate, at Sellers’ expense, in each phase of the audit or
Proceeding. If Sellers elect not to direct such audit or Proceeding, Buyer
or
the Company, as applicable, may assume control of such audit or Proceeding
(at
Buyer’s expense); provided,
however,
in such
case, Buyer shall provide Sellers with a timely and reasonably detailed account
of each phase of the audit or Proceeding, and neither Buyer nor the Company
may
settle or compromise any asserted liability without the prior written consent
of
Sellers. In any event, Sellers may participate, at their own expense, in any
audit or Proceeding
related
to a Straddle Period. Except as provided otherwise in this Section 7.6, Buyer
will control, at its own expense, any and all audit, administrative and judicial
Proceedings related to the Taxes of the Company.
7.7 Cooperation.
Sellers
and Buyer shall provide each other, at no charge, with such cooperation and
information as either of them reasonably may request of the other (and Buyer
shall cause the Company to provide such cooperation and information) in filing
any Tax Return, amended Tax Return or claim for refund, determining a liability
for Taxes or a right to a refund of Taxes or participating in or conducting
any
audit or other Proceeding with respect to Taxes. Buyer and Sellers shall
preserve and cause to be preserved all information, returns, books, records
and
documents relating to any liabilities for Taxes with respect to a taxable period
until the later of the expiration of all applicable statutes of limitation
and
extensions thereof, or the conclusion of all litigation with respect to Taxes
for such period.
7.8 Payroll
Tax.
Buyer
and Sellers shall, to the extent that the Company is disregarded for such
purposes (with respect to employees of the Company) and to the extent possible,
treat Buyer as a “successor
employer”
and
Sellers as a “predecessor,”
within
the meaning of IRC Sections 3121(a)(1) and 3306(b)(1), for purposes of Taxes
imposed under the United States Federal Unemployment Tax Act or the United
States Federal Insurance Contributions Act. Buyer and Sellers agree to take
all
reasonable actions so as to utilize the “Alternate
Procedure”
described in Section 5 of Revenue Procedure 2004-53 if applicable for wage
reporting purposes. Each of Buyer and Sellers shall cooperate in good faith
to
adopt similar procedures under applicable state, municipal, county, local,
foreign or other laws.
7.9 Termination
of Tax Sharing Agreements.
All Tax
sharing agreements, arrangements, policies and guidelines, whether formal or
informal, express or implied, oral or written, to which the Company or Sellers
are a party and all obligations of the Company thereunder shall be terminated
with respect to the Company and applicable to all Post-Closing Periods, and
on
the Closing Date the Company shall have no further liability or obligations
thereunder with respect to all Post-Closing Periods.
8. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.1 No
Reliance on Other Information.
Except
for the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, neither
Sellers nor any Representative or Affiliate or other Person acting for any
of
them makes any other representation or warranty, express or implied, with
respect to the Company, its assets, liabilities, business, financial condition
or prospects, the Securities, any forecasts or projections provided to Buyer
or
the execution, delivery or performance by Sellers of this Agreement or with
respect to the Contemplated Transactions, and Sellers hereby disclaim any such
representation or warranty, whether oral or written, whether by Sellers or
any
of their Representatives or Affiliates or any other Person. Buyer acknowledges
that none of the Sellers or any other Person has made any representation or
warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any
information regarding the Company not included in this Agreement or the
Disclosure Letter, and neither Sellers nor any other Person will have or be
subject to any liability to Buyer or any other Person resulting from the
distribution to Buyer, or Buyer’s use of, any such information (including,
without limitation, any brochures, offering memoranda or other publications
distributed in connection with the sale of the Securities or in any presentation
by the management of the Company and any estimates of anticipated performance
of
the Company).
8.2 Expenses.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each party to this Agreement
will bear its respective expenses incurred in connection with the preparation,
execution, and performance of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions,
including all fees and expenses of agents, representatives, counsel, and
accountants. Sellers will be responsible for the $500 landlord fee to consent
to
an assignment of the lease agreement between Xxxx-Xxxx Realty, L.P. and Dental
Concepts LLC dated December 6, 1999, as amended by First Amendment to Lease
Commencement Date Agreement dated May 18, 2003, as amended by Second Amendment
to Lease dated March 28th,
2003.
8.3 Survival.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of the parties hereto shall survive the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement and the Closing Date, and shall in no way be affected
by any investigation of the subject matter thereof made by or on behalf of
any
other party. The representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.13
(Taxes) and 3.15 (Employee Benefits) shall survive for the period of the
applicable statute of limitations (with extensions granted by, or with the
consent of, Sellers) with respect to the matters addressed in such sections;
and
all other representations and warranties shall expire eighteen (18) months
following the Closing Date (collectively, the “Survival
Period”).
The
termination of the representations and warranties provided herein shall not
affect the rights of a party in respect of any claim made by such party in
a
writing received by the other party prior to the expiration of the applicable
survival period provided herein.
8.4 Public
Announcements.
Any
press release with respect to this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions
will be issued, if at all, at such time and in such manner as Buyer determines.
8.5 Notices.
All
notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Agreement must
be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when (a) delivered
by
hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (b) sent by telecopier (with
written confirmation of receipt), provided that a copy is mailed by registered
mail, return receipt requested, or (c) when received or refused by the
addressee, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service
(receipt requested), in each case to the appropriate addresses and telecopier
numbers set forth below (or to such other addresses and telecopier numbers
as a
party may designate by notice to the other parties):
If
to
Sellers or Sellers’ Agent:
Xxxxxxxx
Investment Partners
000
Xxxx
Xxx., Xxx. 0000
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Managing Partner
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
If
to
Buyer:
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
with
a
copy to:
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
8.6 Jurisdiction;
Service of Process.
Any
action or Proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right
arising out of, this Agreement may be brought against any of the parties in
the
courts of the State of New York, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction,
in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and
each
of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the
appropriate appellate courts) in any such action or Proceeding and waives any
objection to venue laid therein. Process in any action or Proceeding referred
to
in the preceding sentence may be served on any party anywhere in the
world.
8.7 Further
Assurances.
The
parties agree (a) to furnish upon request to each other such further
information, (b) to execute and deliver to each other such other documents,
and
(c) to do such other acts and things, all as the other party may reasonably
request for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this Agreement and the
documents referred to in this Agreement.
8.8 Waiver.
The
rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not
alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any party in exercising any
right, power, or privilege under this Agreement or the documents referred to
in
this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege,
and
no single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or privilege will
preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power, or privilege or
the
exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. To the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, (a) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement
or the documents referred to in this Agreement can be discharged by one party,
in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless
in
writing signed by the other party; (b) no waiver that may be given by a party
will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given; and
(c) no notice to or demand on one party will be deemed to be a waiver of any
obligation of such party or of the right of the party giving such notice or
demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this
Agreement or the documents referred so in this Agreement.
8.9 Entire
Agreement and Modification.
This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between the parties with respect
to
its subject matter (including the Letter of Intent between Buyer and Sellers
dated September 14, 2005) and constitutes (along with the documents referred
to
in this Agreement) a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the
agreement between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement
may not be amended except by a written agreement executed by the party to be
charged with the amendment.
8.10 Disclosure
Letter.
In the
event of any inconsistency between the statements in the body of this Agreement
and those in the Disclosure Letter, the statements in the Disclosure Letter
will
control.
8.11 Assignments,
Successors and Third-Party Rights.
Neither
party may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the prior
consent of the other parties (in the case of Buyer, this agreement may not
be
assigned by Buyer without the prior written consent of Sellers’ Agent), except
that Buyer may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to any Subsidiary
of Buyer, provided that Buyer shall remain liable for all of its obligations
pursuant to this Agreement notwithstanding any such assignment. Subject to
the
preceding sentence, this Agreement will apply to, be binding in all respects
upon, and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the
parties. Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, (a) nothing
expressed or referred to in this Agreement will be construed to give any Person
other than the parties to this Agreement any legal or equitable right, remedy,
or claim under or with respect to this Agreement or any provision of this
Agreement, and (b) this Agreement and all of its provisions and conditions
are
for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their
successors and assigns. Anything to the contrary herein
notwithstanding,
Sellers hereby acknowledge and consent to any collateral assignment of Buyer’s
rights and interest under this Agreement and any Transaction Documents to
Buyer’s secured lenders.
8.12 Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement will remain
in
full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or
unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to
the
extent not held invalid or unenforceable.
8.13 Section
Headings, Construction.
The
headings of Sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and
will not affect its construction or interpretation. All references to “Section”
or “Sections” refer to the corresponding Section or Sections of this Agreement.
All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or
number as the circumstances require. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the
word “including” does not limit the preceding words or terms. All references to
the directors of the Company or Sellers shall be deemed also to be references
to
the managers of the Company or Sellers, as applicable.
8.14 Time
of Essence.
With
regard to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement,
time is of the essence.
8.15 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard
to conflicts of laws principles.
8.16 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken
together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement.
SIGNATURE
PAGE TO UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as
of
the date first written above.
BUYER
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By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title:
CEO
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COMPANY
DENTAL
CONCEPTS, LLC
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
CEO
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SELLERS
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
XXXXXXX
XXXXXX
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
COMBINED
CONSULTANTS DBPT
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XXXXXX
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/s/ Douglas A.P. Xxxxxxxx | |
XXXXXXX
X.X. XXXXXXXX
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/s/ Xxxxxx X'Xxxxx | |
XXXXXX
X’XXXXX
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/s/ Xxxx X'Xxxxx | |
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X’XXXXX
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
XXXXXXX
XXXXXX
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
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ISLANDIA
LP
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By:
/s/ Islandia LP
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EXHIBITS
AND SCHEDULES OMITTED