EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT
This MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT dated September 28, 2004 (the
"AGREEMENT") is made and entered into by and among SteelCloud, Inc., a company
organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia ("STEELCLOUD"), SCLD
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
SteelCloud ("MERGECO"), and V-ONE Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("V-ONE").
SteelCloud, Mergeco, V-ONE are collectively referred to as the "PARTIES" and
each individually as a "PARTY." SteelCloud, Mergeco and their officers,
directors, security-holders, affiliates, agents and representatives are at times
collectively referred to herein as the "STEELCLOUD GROUP" and V-ONE and its
officers, directors, security-holders, affiliates, agents and representatives
are at times collectively referred to herein as the "V-ONE GROUP." All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement (as hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS, on August 11, 2004, SteelCloud, Mergeco and V-ONE entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "MERGER AGREEMENT");
WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement provided for a tax-free issuance of
securities pursuant to the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code, whereby SteelCloud was to acquire 100% of the capital stock of V-ONE
through the merger of Mergeco with and into V-ONE (the "MERGER") pursuant to
which the separate corporate existence of Mergeco was to cease and V-ONE would
continue unimpaired as the surviving corporation of such Merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of SteelCloud;
WHEREAS, in consideration of the Merger, the receipt by SteelCloud of
all of the issued and outstanding common stock of V-ONE, the conversion of all
of the issued and outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock of V-ONE, the
conversion of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Series D Preferred
Stock of V-ONE, and the conversion of all of the outstanding 7% notes due
February 27, 2009 of V-ONE in an aggregate unpaid principal and accrued interest
amount as of August 11, 2004 of $1,222,167, SteelCloud agreed to issue to the
security-holders of V-ONE that number of shares of SteelCloud common stock and
five-year warrants to purchase additional shares of SteelCloud common stock as
provided in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement provided that at the Effective Time all
of the officers and directors of V-ONE would be replaced by persons designated
by SteelCloud;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Parties and
certain related parties also entered into, or agreed to enter into, as the case
may be, the Cancellation Agreement for Series C Preferred Stock Warrants,
Cancellation Agreement for Series D Convertible Preferred Stock Warrants, the
Cancellation and Termination Agreement for 7% Subordinated Convertible Notes and
Warrants, the Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement, the Voting and Subordination
Agreements entered into by and among SteelCloud and the holders of the Series C
Preferred Stock and the Voting and Subordination Agreements entered into by and
among SteelCloud and the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock which
agreements, together with the Merger Agreement, are collectively referred to
herein as the "TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS."
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of SteelCloud and V-ONE has
determined that it is in the best interests of all Parties to terminate the
Transaction Documents and to release each other from all duties, rights, claims,
causes of action, obligations and liabilities arising from, in connection with
or relating to the Transaction Documents, all as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending
to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1. AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, the Parties agree, concurrently with the Termination Closing (as
defined herein) to terminate the Transaction Documents and the Transaction
Documents will be terminated and of no further force and effect as of the
Termination Closing pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Merger Agreement.
Additionally, on the Termination Closing Date (as defined herein), the Parties
shall take all actions that counsel to the Parties reasonably deem necessary to
render the Merger Agreement and the other Transaction Documents null and void AB
INITIO.
2. TERMINATION CLOSING. The closing ("TERMINATION CLOSING") of the
transactions contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement shall take place at the
offices of Xxxxxxx, Savage, Kaplowitz, Wolf & Marcus, LLP, 000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at 2:00 p.m. on September 28, 2004 or at
such other time and place as the Parties may agree ("TERMINATION CLOSING DATE").
3. APPROVAL. This Agreement has been approved by the board of directors
of each of SteelCloud and V-ONE.
4. NO OBLIGATION. Upon execution hereof, each of the Parties
acknowledges that no Party shall have any further obligations to any other Party
herein other than as set forth in this Agreement.
5. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by
the Party disclosing (or whose representatives disclosed) the same (a
"DISCLOSING PARTY"), each Party (a "RECEIVING PARTY") (a) will, and will cause
its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons
(such affiliates and other persons with respect to any Party being collectively
referred to as such Party's "REPRESENTATIVES") to keep all Confidential
Information (as defined herein) of the Disclosing Party in strict confidence and
not disclose or reveal any such Confidential Information to any person other
than those Representatives of the Receiving Party who participated in effecting
the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement, (b) used, and caused its
Representatives to use, such Confidential Information only in connection with
consummating the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement and enforcing
the Receiving Party's rights thereunder, and (c) did not and will not use, and
caused or will cause its Representatives not to use, Confidential Information in
any manner detrimental to the Disclosing Party. In the event that a Receiving
Party is requested pursuant to, or required by, applicable law or regulation or
by legal process to disclose any Confidential Information of the Disclosing
Party, the Receiving Party will provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice
of such request(s) to enable the Disclosing Party to seek an appropriate
protective order. A Party's obligations hereunder with respect to Confidential
Information that (a) is disclosed to a third party with the Disclosing Party's
written approval, (b) is required to be produced under order of a court of
competent jurisdiction or other similar requirements of a governmental agency,
or (c) is required to be disclosed by applicable law or regulation, will,
subject in the case of clauses (b) and (c) above to the Receiving Party's
compliance with the preceding sentence, cease to the extent of the disclosure so
consented to or required, except to the extent otherwise provided by the terms
of such consent or covered by a protective order. Each Receiving Party has
returned all Confidential Information to the Disclosing Party that delivered
such Confidential Information or has destroyed all such Confidential Information
and has destroyed summaries, analyses or extracts prepared by it or its
Representatives.
For purposes of this Section 5, "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" of a Party means all
confidential or proprietary information about such Party that is furnished by it
or its Representatives to the other Party or the other Party's Representatives,
regardless of the manner in which it is furnished. "Confidential Information"
does not include, however, information which (a) has been or in the future is
published or is now or in the future is otherwise in the public domain through
no fault of the Receiving Party or its Representatives, (b) was available to the
Receiving Party or its Representatives on a non-confidential basis prior to its
disclosure by the Disclosing Party, (c) becomes available to the Receiving Party
or its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a person other than the
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Disclosing Party or its Representatives who is not otherwise bound by a
confidentiality agreement with the Disclosing Party or its Representatives, or
is not otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information to the Receiving
Party or its Representatives, or (d) is independently developed by the Receiving
Party or its Representatives through persons who have not had, either directly
or indirectly, access to or knowledge of such information. Nothing contained in
this Section 5 shall be construed to limit a Receiving Party's right to
independently develop or acquire products without use of the Disclosing Party's
Confidential Information.
6. NO MATERIAL CHANGE. Each Party hereto represents that since the
execution of the Merger Agreement, there has been no material change in its
financial condition, financial developments or business that has not been
disclosed to the other Parties, nor is there a transaction pending the
consummation of which would be reasonable likely to cause a material change in
its financial condition, financial developments or business that has not been
disclosed to the other Parties.
7. EXPENSES. Each Party shall bear all of its own costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
8. NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES. Except as is consistent with each
Party's standard recruitment practice which may include solicitation of
employees through employment agencies, advertisements in newspapers, magazines,
trade journals or the Internet, for a period of two (2) years from the date
hereof, no Party shall, without the other Party's prior written consent, solicit
any employee of the other Party to leave the other Party's employ in order to
accept employment with the soliciting Party or any other person.
9. MUTUAL RELEASES.
(i) BY V-ONE. On the Termination Closing Date, V-ONE, for
itself and on behalf of each of the members of the V-ONE Group, does hereby
jointly and severally forever discharge and release each of the members of the
SteelCloud Group from any and all claims, damages, actions, judgments,
obligations, attorneys' fees, indemnities, subrogations, duties, demands,
controversies and liabilities of every nature at law or in equity, liquidated,
or unliquidated, known or unknown, matured or unmatured, foreseeable or
unforeseeable, which V-ONE or the members of the V-ONE Group, or any of them,
had or have arising out of any circumstance, thing, or event alleged, or arising
out of the Transaction Documents and any ancillary agreement or instrument
entered into pursuant thereto, and any and all other matters of any nature
whatsoever, including without limitation any and all past, present, pending or
threatened litigation.
(ii) BY STEELCLOUD AND MERGECO. On the Termination Closing
Date, SteelCloud, for itself and on behalf of each of the members of the
SteelCloud Group (other than Mergeco), and Mergeco, do hereby jointly and
severally forever discharge and release each of the members of the V-ONE Group
from any and all claims, damages, actions, judgments, obligations, attorneys'
fees, indemnities, subrogations, duties, demands, controversies and liabilities
of every nature at law or in equity, liquidated, or unliquidated, known or
unknown, matured or unmatured, foreseeable or unforeseeable, which SteelCloud,
the members of the SteelCloud Group (other than Mergeco), or Mergeco, or any of
them, had or have arising out of any circumstance, thing, or event alleged, or
arising out of the Transaction Documents and any ancillary agreement or
instrument entered into pursuant thereto, and any and all other matters of any
nature whatsoever, including without limitation any and all past, present,
pending or threatened litigation.
(iii) EXTENT OF RELEASES. Each of the Parties understands and
agrees that the mutual releases set forth above extend to all claims of every
kind, nature and description whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or
unsuspected.
10. PUBLICITY AND DISCLOSURE. Each of SteelCloud and V-ONE shall file a
Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission to describe the terms of
this Agreement, substantially in the forms attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1 AND
EXHIBIT 2. Immediately after the Termination Closing, SteelCloud and V-ONE shall
issue a joint press release disclosing the termination of the Transaction
Documents, substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 3. Except as
required by law, no other press releases shall be issued regarding the
termination of the Transaction Documents by any Party without the prior written
consents of the other Parties.
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11. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PARTIES. Each Party represents to the other
that it has all requisite power and authority to execute and perform its
obligations under this Agreement; that it has taken all necessary action to
authorize such execution, delivery and performance; that such execution,
delivery and performance does not violate or conflict with any law applicable to
it, any provision of its charter or bylaws, or any order or judgment or order of
any court or other agency of government applicable to it and that it has
obtained any and all consents necessary such that this Agreement, when executed,
will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parties,
enforceable in accordance with its respective terms.
12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
and understanding between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supercedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings. This
Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto
and their legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns. This
Agreement may not be assigned and, except as stated herein, may not be altered
or amended except in writing executed by all of the Parties hereto.
13. GOVERNING LAW, DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND JURISDICTION. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. All
disputes, controversies or claims (disputes arising out of or relating to this
Agreement shall in the first instance be the subject of a meeting between a
representative of each Party who has decision-making authority with respect to
the matter in question. Should the meeting either not take place or not result
in a resolution of the dispute within twenty (20) business days following notice
of the dispute to the other Party, then the dispute shall be resolved in a
binding arbitration proceeding to be held in New York, New York, in accordance
with the international rules of the American Arbitration Association. The
Parties agree that a panel of three arbitrators shall be required. Any award of
the arbitrators shall be deemed confidential information for a minimum period of
five years. The arbitrators may award attorneys' fees and other arbitration
related expense, as well as pre- and post-judgment interest on any award of
damages, to the prevailing Party, in their sole discretion.
14. NOTICES. All notices and other communications required or permitted
to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given if delivered personally (by courier service or otherwise) or
mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed
telecopier, as follows:
(a) If to SteelCloud or Mergerco:
Steelcloud, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx, Savage, Kaplowitz, Wolf & Marcus, LLP
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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(b) If to V-ONE:
V-ONE Corporation
00000-Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Berkeley
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
or to such person or address as any Party shall specify by notice in writing to
the other Party. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given (a) upon
actual delivery, if delivered by hand, (b) on the third (3rd) business day
following deposit of such notice, properly addressed with postage prepaid, with
the United States Postal Service if mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, or (c) upon sending such notice, if sent via
facsimile, with confirmation of receipt, except that any notice of change of
address shall be effective only upon actual receipt thereof.
15. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all
of which, when taken together, shall constitute the entire Agreement.
16. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable,
so that the unenforceability, validity or legality of any one provision shall
not affect the enforceability, validity or legality of the remaining provisions
thereof.
17. JOINT DRAFTING. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been drafted
jointly by the Parties hereto, and no inference or interpretation against any
Party shall be made solely by virtue of such Party allegedly having been the
draftsperson of the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have made and executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
STEELCLOUD, INC. V-ONE CORPORATION
By: By:
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
SCLD ACQUISITION CORP.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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