Exhibit 2.2
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
Xxxxxxx Associates Incorporated,
a California corporation,
Microwave Data Systems Inc.,
a Delaware corporation,
and
Adaptive Broadband Corporation,
a Delaware corporation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE ASSETS............................... 1
1.1 Assets....................................................... 1
1.2 Excluded Assets.............................................. 3
1.3 Assumed Liabilities.......................................... 4
1.4 Excluded Liabilities......................................... 6
ARTICLE 2 THE CLOSING................................................... 6
2.1 Place and Date................................................ 6
2.2 Purchase Price................................................ 6
2.3 Purchase Price Adjustment..................................... 7
2.4 Allocation of Purchase Price.................................. 9
2.5 Deliveries.................................................... 9
2.6 Consent of Third Parties...................................... 10
2.7 Further Assurances............................................ 10
2.8 Insurance Proceeds............................................ 11
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER...................... 11
3.1 Organization, Standing, Etc. of Seller; Corporate
Authorization; Enforceability................................. 11
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws....................... 12
3.3 Absence of Conflicts.......................................... 12
3.4 Governmental Authorizations and Consents...................... 13
3.5 No Violations................................................. 13
3.6 Financial Statements.......................................... 13
3.7 Taxes......................................................... 14
3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.......................... 14
3.9 Title to Assets............................................... 16
3.10 Books and Records............................................. 16
3.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities.................................... 16
3.12 Legal Proceedings............................................. 17
3.13 Benefit Plans; ERISA.......................................... 17
3.14 Real Property................................................. 19
3.15 Tangible Personal Property.................................... 20
3.16 Intellectual Property Rights.................................. 20
3.17 Contracts..................................................... 24
3.18 Licenses...................................................... 25
3.19 Insurance..................................................... 25
3.20 Affiliate Transactions........................................ 26
3.21 Employees; Labor Relations.................................... 26
3.22 Environmental Matters......................................... 26
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3.23 Substantial Customers and Suppliers.......................... 28
3.24 Accounts Receivable.......................................... 28
3.25 Inventory.................................................... 28
3.26 Vehicles..................................................... 28
3.27 No Guarantees................................................ 28
3.28 Entire Business.............................................. 28
3.29 Disclosure................................................... 29
3.30 Brokers...................................................... 29
ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF XXXXXXX AND BUYER............. 29
4.1 Organization and Standing of Xxxxxxx and Buyer; Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws.................................. 29
4.2 Authorization................................................ 29
4.3 Enforceability............................................... 30
4.4 Absence of Conflicts......................................... 30
4.5 Governmental Authorizations and Consents..................... 30
4.6 Financial Statements......................................... 30
4.7 Litigation................................................... 31
4.8 Brokers...................................................... 31
4.9 Section 203.................................................. 31
ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS OF SELLER............................................. 31
5.1 Regulatory and Other Approvals............................... 31
5.2 HSR Filings.................................................. 32
5.3 Investigation by Buyer....................................... 32
5.4 No Solicitations............................................. 32
5.5 Conduct of Business.......................................... 33
5.6 Financial Statements and Reports; Filings.................... 33
5.7 Employee Matters............................................. 34
5.8 Certain Restrictions......................................... 34
5.9 Security Deposits............................................ 35
5.10 Delivery of Books and Records, etc.; Removal of Property..... 35
5.11 Noncompetition............................................... 36
5.12 Notice and Cure.............................................. 37
5.13 Fulfillment of Conditions.................................... 37
ARTICLE 6 COVENANTS OF XXXXXXX AND BUYER.................................. 37
6.1 Confidentiality.............................................. 37
6.2 Investigation................................................ 38
6.3 Employees.................................................... 38
6.4 Regulatory and Other Approvals............................... 38
6.5 HSR Filings.................................................. 39
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ARTICLE 7 COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES........................................ 39
7.1 Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances.......... 39
7.2 Certain Filings.............................................. 39
7.3 Public Announcements......................................... 39
7.4 Use of Business Names by Buyer............................... 40
7.5 Consents; Cooperation........................................ 40
7.6 Liability for Transfer Taxes................................. 41
7.7 Communications with Customers and Suppliers.................. 41
7.8 Books and Records............................................ 41
7.9 Tax Cooperation and Retention................................ 41
7.10 Employees.................................................... 42
ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF XXXXXXX AND BUYER TO CLOSE......... 42
8.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties................... 42
8.2 Performance.................................................. 43
8.3 Certificate.................................................. 43
8.4 No Injunction................................................ 43
8.5 HSR Act...................................................... 43
8.6 Consents..................................................... 43
8.7 Transfer Documents........................................... 44
8.8 Employment Agreements........................................ 44
8.9 Material Adverse Effect...................................... 44
8.10 Opinion of Counsel........................................... 44
8.11 Title Insurance.............................................. 44
8.12 Environmental Survey......................................... 44
8.13 Financing.................................................... 45
ARTICLE 9 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION OF SELLER TO CLOSE..................... 45
9.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties................... 45
9.2 Performance.................................................. 45
9.3 Certificate.................................................. 45
9.4 No Injunction................................................ 45
9.5 HSR Act...................................................... 45
9.6 Assumption Agreement......................................... 46
9.7 Opinion of Counsel........................................... 46
ARTICLE 10 TERMINATION.................................................... 46
10.1 Right to Terminate Agreement................................. 46
10.2 Effect of Termination........................................ 47
ARTICLE 11 CERTAIN REMEDIES AND LIMITATIONS............................... 48
11.1 Expiration of Representations, Warranties and Covenants...... 48
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11.2 Indemnity by Seller.......................................... 48
11.3 Indemnity by Xxxxxxx and Buyer............................... 49
11.4 Limitations on Indemnities................................... 49
11.5 Defense of Third-Party Actions............................... 49
11.6 Procedure and Dispute Resolution............................. 51
11.7 Subsequent Recoveries........................................ 51
11.8 Arbitration.................................................. 51
11.9 Adjustment to Purchase Price................................. 52
11.10 Subrogation.................................................. 52
11.11 Exclusivity.................................................. 52
11.12 Indemnity for Lemelson Claim................................. 52
ARTICLE 12 DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE............................................ 53
12.1 Supplemental Disclosure Schedule............................. 53
ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS.................................................. 53
13.1 Definition of Certain Terms.................................. 53
13.2 Material Adverse Effect...................................... 62
13.3 Memorandum; Disclaimer of Projections........................ 63
13.4 Expenses..................................................... 63
13.5 Notices...................................................... 63
13.6 Assignment................................................... 64
13.7 Entire Agreement; Amendment; Governing Law; Etc.............. 64
13.8 Counterparts................................................. 65
13.9 Venue........................................................ 65
13.10 Attorney's Fees.............................................. 65
13.11 Third-Party Rights........................................... 65
13.12 Titles and Headings.......................................... 65
13.13 Exhibits and Schedules....................................... 65
13.14 Pronouns..................................................... 65
13.15 Severability................................................. 66
13.16 Time of Essence.............................................. 66
13.17 Interpretation............................................... 66
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit Description
A General Assignment and Xxxx of Sale
B Patent and Trademark Assignment
C General Warranty Deed
D Assumption Agreement
E Form of Consent
F Form of Xxxxxx Opinion
G Form of Xxxxxxx Opinion
TABLE OF SCHEDULES
Schedule Description
1.1(a) Real Property
1.1(b)(i) Leases and Subleases of Real Property (Seller as Lessor or
Sublessor)
1.1(b)(ii) Leases and Subleases of Real Property (Seller as Lessee or
Sublessee)
1.1(e) Tangible Personal Property
1.1(f)(i) Leases and Subleases of Tangible Personal Property (Seller as
Lessor or Sublessor)
1.1(f)(ii) Leases and Subleases of Tangible Personal Property (Seller as
Lessee or Sublessee)
1.1(h) Prepaid Expenses
1.1(i) Intangible Personal Property
1.1(j) Business Licenses
1.1(k) Vehicles
1.3(d) Seller Obligations with respect to the Security Bonds, Loans and
Mortgages
1.3(e) Seller Obligations under the Surety Bonds
3.4 Consents
3.8 Absence of Certain Changes of Events
3.9 Title to Assets
3.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities
3.12 Legal Proceedings
3.13 Benefit Plans and ERISA
3.13(a) Benefits Plans
3.14 Title to Real Property
3.14(d) Improvements
3.15 Title to Tangible Personal Property
3.16 Transferred or Licensed Intangible Personal Property
3.17(a)(i) Employment Contracts
3.17(a)(ii) Non-Compete Contracts
3.17(a)(iii) Partnership Contracts
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3.17(a)(iv) Distribution Contracts
3.17(a)(v) Disposition or Acquisition Contracts
3.17(a)(vi) Collective Bargaining Contracts
3.17(a)(vii) Other Contracts
3.17(b) Violation or Breach of Contracts
3.18 Licenses
3.19 Insurance
3.20/3.20(a) Affiliate Transactions
3.21 Employees and Labor Relations
3.22 Environmental Matters
3.23 Substantial Customers and Suppliers
3.24 Accounts Receivable
3.26 Title to Vehicles
8.8 Employee Agreements
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of
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June 14, 2000 by and among Xxxxxxx Associates Incorporated, a California
corporation ("Xxxxxxx"), Microwave Data Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation and
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a wholly owned subsidiary of Xxxxxxx ("Buyer"), and Adaptive Broadband
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Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Seller").
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Recitals
A. Seller, through an unincorporated division (the "Division") called
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the MDS Data Network Product Group, is in the business of the design,
manufacture, and sale of low speed microwave data transmitters (the "Business").
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X. Xxxxxxx wishes Buyer to purchase and acquire from Seller, and
Seller wishes to sell, assign and transfer to Buyer, substantially all the
assets of the Business, and Buyer has agreed to assume certain Liabilities of
the Business as hereinafter set forth, all for the purchase price, and upon the
terms and subject to the conditions, herein set forth.
C. Capitalized terms used herein without separate definitions have
the meanings given to such terms in Section 13.1.
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Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and of the
representations, warranties and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE ASSETS
1.1 Assets. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and
deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, at the
Closing, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, all right,
title and interest of Seller in and to the properties, assets, contracts and
rights of every nature, kind and description, tangible and intangible (including
goodwill), whether real, personal or mixed, whether accrued, contingent or
otherwise and whether now existing or hereinafter acquired (other than the
Excluded Assets) that are reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet or are located
at the Real Property or any property subject to a Real Property Lease or that
primarily relate to the Business, in each case as the same shall exist on the
Closing Date (collectively, the "Assets"), including the following:
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(a) the real property described in Schedule 1.1(a), and all of the
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rights arising out of the ownership thereof or appurtenant thereto (the "Real
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Property"), together with all buildings, structures, facilities, fixtures and
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other improvements thereto (the "Improvements");
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(b) (i) the leases and subleases of real property described in
Schedule 1.1(b)(i) as to which Seller is the lessor or sublessor and (ii) the
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leases and subleases of real property described in Schedule 1.1(b)(ii) as to
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which Seller is the lessee or sublessee, together with any options to purchase
the underlying property and leasehold improvements thereon, and in each case all
other rights, subleases, licenses, permits, deposits and profits appurtenant to
or related to such leases and subleases (the leases and subleases described in
subclauses (i) and (ii), together with such options, rights, subleases,
licenses, permits, deposits and profits, the "Real Property Leases");
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(c) all inventories of raw materials, work-in-process, finished
goods, products under research and development, demonstration equipment, office
and other supplies, parts, packaging materials and other accessories related
thereto which are held at, or are in transit from or to, the locations at which
the Business is conducted, or located at customers' premises on consignment, in
each case, which are used or held for use by Seller in the conduct of the
Business, including any of the foregoing purchased subject to any conditional
sales or title retention agreement in favor of any other Person, together with
all rights of Seller against suppliers of such inventories (the "Inventory");
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(d) all trade accounts receivable and all notes, bonds and other
evidences of Indebtedness of and rights to receive payments arising out of sales
occurring in the conduct of the Business and the security arrangements and
collateral securing the repayment or other satisfaction thereof (the "Security
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Agreements"), excluding accounts receivable, notes, bonds and other Indebtedness
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of or from Seller or Affiliates of Seller and the Security Agreements related
thereto (the "Accounts Receivable");
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(e) all furniture, fixtures, equipment, machinery and other
tangible personal property (other than Inventory and Vehicles) used or held for
use in the conduct of the Business at the locations at which the Business is
conducted or at customers' premises on consignment, or otherwise used or held
for use by Seller in the conduct of the Business (including the items listed in
Schedule 1.1(e), including any of the foregoing purchased subject to any
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conditional sales or title retention agreement in favor of any other Person, and
all items owned by Seller and held at any Real Property, Improvements or
property subject to a Real Property Lease) and all rights to indemnification at
law or under contracts of sale or otherwise with respect thereto (the "Tangible
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Personal Property");
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(f) (i) the leases or subleases of Tangible Personal Property
described in Schedule 1.1(f)(i) as to which Seller is the lessor or sublessor
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and (ii) the leases of Tangible Personal Property described in Schedule
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1.1(f)(ii) as to which Seller is the lessee or sublessee, together with any
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options to purchase the underlying property and all rights to indemnification at
law or under contracts of sale or otherwise with respect thereto (the leases and
subleases described in subclauses (i) and (ii), together with such options and
rights, the "Personal Property Leases");
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(g) all Contracts (other than the Real Property Leases, the
Personal Property Leases and the Accounts Receivable) to which Seller is a party
and which are utilized in the conduct of the Business (the "Business
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Contracts"), including the Contracts listed in Schedule
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3.17, Contracts relating to suppliers, customers, service providers, sales
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representatives, distributors, purchase orders, marketing arrangements and
manufacturing arrangements and including the License and Distribution Agreement
dated as of February 19, 1999, as amended from time to time, with Kb/TEL
Telecomunicaciones S.A. de D.V. and Seller (the "Kb/TEL Agreement");
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(h) all prepaid expenses relating to the Business, including the
items listed in Schedule 1.1(h) (the "Prepaid Expenses");
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(i) all Intellectual Property used or held for use in connection
with the development, manufacture and sale of products of the Division and the
Business and all other Intellectual Property used or held for use primarily in
the conduct of the Business as conducted and all rights, privileges, claims,
causes of action and options relating or pertaining to such Intellectual
Property, including the items listed in Schedule 1.1(i) (the "Intangible
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Personal Property");
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(j) all Licenses (including applications therefor) utilized in
connection with the development, manufacture and sale of the products of the
Division and the Business and the use, operation and conduct of the Business at
Real Property and the Leased Real Property and all other Licenses primarily
utilized in the conduct of the Business, including the Licenses listed in
Schedule 1.1(j) (the "Business Licenses");
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(k) all motor vehicles owned or leased by Seller and used or held
for use in the conduct of the Business, including the vehicles listed in
Schedule 1.1(k) (the "Vehicles");
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(l) all security deposits deposited by or on behalf of Seller as
lessee or sublessee under the Real Property Leases (the "Tenant Security
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Deposits");
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(m) all rights under insurance policies maintained by Seller and
all rights of action, lawsuit, claims and demands, rights of recovery and set-
off, and proceeds, under or with respect to such insurance policies, to the
extent the coverage thereof remains available after the Closing for claims
relating to the Assets or Assumed Liabilities.
(n) all Books and Records used or held for use primarily in the
conduct of the Business or otherwise relating to the Assets, other than the
minute books (copies of the portions thereof that relate to the Business or the
Assets shall be furnished to Xxxxxxx and Buyer upon request), stock transfer
books and corporate seal of Seller (the "Business Books and Records"); and
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(o) all other Assets and Properties of Seller primarily used or
held for use in connection with the conduct of the Business, including all other
Assets and Properties set forth in the Closing Balance Sheet, except as
otherwise provided in Section 1.2 (the "Other Assets").
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1.2 Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section
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1.1 to the contrary, the Assets do not include any of the items set forth in the
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following Sections 1.2(a) through 1.2(i) (herein referred to as the "Excluded
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Assets"):
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(a) the name and xxxx "Adaptive Broadband" and any name or xxxx
derived from or including the foregoing, including, all Logos, corporate symbols
or logos incorporating, or internet sites or addresses incorporating the name,
"Adaptive Broadband," and the name and xxxx "California Microwave" and any name
or xxxx derived from or including the foregoing, including, all Logos, corporate
symbols or logos incorporating "California Microwave" (the "Excluded
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Intellectual Property");
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(b) all cash and cash equivalents and similar type investments,
such as certificates of deposit, treasury bills and other marketable securities;
(c) all Books and Records relating to or used in connection with
both the conduct of the Business and the other businesses of Seller (other than
the Business Books and Records);
(d) the Oracle computer system and the Imperative Human Resources
System used by Seller in connection with both the conduct of the Business and
the other businesses of Seller (the "Oracle Computer System");
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(e) all insurance policies maintained by Seller and all rights of
action, lawsuits, claims and demands, rights of recovery and set-off, and
proceeds, under or with respect to such insurance policies, except to the extent
the coverage thereof remains available after the Closing for claims relating to
the Assets or Assumed Liabilities;
(f) all corporate-level intercompany accounts receivable from
Seller;
(g) all rights to causes of action, lawsuits, claims and demands
of any nature available to or being pursued by Seller with respect to the
Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities;
(h) all rights, title and interest of Seller in and to prepaid
Taxes of the Business and any claims for any refund, credit, rebate or abatement
with respect to Taxes of the Business for any period or portion thereof through
the Closing Date, and any interest payable with respect thereto, except to the
extent such amounts are reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet; and
(i) all right, title and interest of Seller in and to the
properties, assets, contracts and rights of every nature, kind and description,
tangible and intangible (including goodwill), whether real, personal or mixed,
whether accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether now existing or hereinafter
acquired, other than the Assets.
1.3 Assumed Liabilities. In connection with the sale, transfer,
conveyance, assignment and delivery of the Assets pursuant to this Agreement, on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the
Closing, Buyer will assume and agree to pay, perform and discharge when due the
obligations of Seller arising in connection with the operation of the Business
set forth in the following Sections 1.3(a) through 1.3(l), as the same shall
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exist on the Closing Date (the "Assumed Liabilities"), and no others:
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(a) all obligations of Seller with respect to accounts payable,
other than accounts payable to Seller or an Affiliate of Seller, incurred for
the purchase of materials and services rendered and invoiced in the ordinary
course of and primarily in connection with Business (the "Accounts Payable");
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(b) all obligations of Seller under the Personal Property Leases
arising and to be performed on or after the Closing Date, and excluding any such
obligations arising or to be performed prior to the Closing Date;
(c) all obligations of Seller under the Business Contracts and
Business Licenses arising and to be performed on or after the Closing Date, and
excluding any such obligations arising or to be performed prior to the Closing
Date;
(d) obligations of Seller with respect to the security bonds,
loans and/or mortgages set out in Schedule 1.3(d) that were incurred by the
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Seller in connection with the purchase of the Real Property located at 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, provided, however, that Buyer shall only
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assume the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such bonds, loans and/or
mortgages to the extent such amount is no greater than five hundred thirty-two
thousand thirty-six dollars ($532,036) and interest on such principal amount of
bonds accruing after the Closing Date;
(e) obligations of Seller under surety bonds as set out in
Schedule 1.3(e) to secure claims against the Business, provided that Buyer shall
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only assume an obligation for claims made under such surety bonds to the extent
that the basis and circumstance that gave rise to such claims occurred after the
Closing Date;
(f) all obligations of Seller for replacement of, or refund for,
damaged, defective or returned goods;
(g) all obligations of Seller under the Personal Property Leases
set out in Schedule 1.1(f)(ii);
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(h) accrued and current liabilities incurred primarily in
connection with the Business, as reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet;
(i) the claims asserted by Kb/TEL against Seller under the Kb/TEL
Agreement, as described in Schedule 3.12;
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(j) the claims asserted by the Lemelson Medical, Education &
Research Foundation Limited Partnership which are described in Schedule 3.12,
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but only to the extent such claims relate to the Assets (the "Lemelson Claim");
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and
(k) obligations of Seller with respect to the accrued vacation
payable to Transferred Employees and accrued sick leave payable to Transferred
Employees to the extent accrued as of the Closing Date.
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1.4 Excluded Liabilities. Except for the Assumed Liabilities, Buyer
shall not assume by virtue of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby, and shall have no liability for, any Liabilities of Seller (including,
those related to the Business) of any kind, character or description whatsoever
(the "Excluded Liabilities"). Seller shall discharge in a timely manner or shall
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make adequate provision for all of the Excluded Liabilities, provided that
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Seller shall have the ability to contest, in good faith, any such claim of
Liability asserted in respect thereof. The Excluded Liabilities shall include
the following:
(a) Tax liabilities, including penalties and interest for all
taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) Liabilities arising out of the Excluded Assets; and
(c) Liabilities arising out of any Benefit Plan, other than the
obligations set forth in Section 1.3(k) above.
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ARTICLE 2
THE CLOSING
2.1 Place and Date. The closing of the sale and purchase of the
Assets (the "Closing") and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities shall take
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place at 10 a.m. local time on the later of (a) June 30, 2000 or (b) the second
Business Day after the day on which the last of the conditions to Closing set
forth in Articles 8 and 9 shall have been satisfied or waived (the "Closing
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Date") at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Two Embarcadero Place,
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2200 Geng Road, Palo Alto, California, or such other time and place upon which
the parties may agree. The parties hereto will use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Closing to occur on June 30, 2000.
2.2 Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Assets and
for the covenant of Seller contained in Section 5.11 is forty-two million
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dollars ($42,000,000) (the "Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment as provided
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in Section 2.3 below, payable by Xxxxxxx and Buyer by wire transfer to the
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account notified in writing by Seller to Xxxxxxx and Buyer at least two Business
Days prior to the Closing Date in immediately available United States funds at
the Closing in the manner provided below. A portion of the Purchase Price shall
be allocated to, and deemed to be in consideration of, the covenant of Seller
contained in Section 5.11 and the remainder of which will be allocated to, and
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deemed to be in consideration of, the Assets, as agreed by Seller, Xxxxxxx and
Buyer.
2.3 Purchase Price Adjustment. For purposes of this Section 2.3: (x)
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"Net Assets" as at any date shall mean, as at such date the sum of the following
items related or incurred primarily in connection with the Business: (i)
accounts receivable of the Division, other than accounts receivable from Seller
or Affiliates of Seller, less the reserve for doubtful accounts; plus (ii) gross
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inventory (excluding any amounts in the DOC/WIP account) less an inventory
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reserve equal to thirty percent (30%) of such gross inventory amount; plus (iii)
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property, plant and equipment (excluding the Oracle Computer System) less
accumulated depreciation; plus (iv) Prepaid Expenses, Tenant Security Deposits
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and Other Assets; less (v)
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the liabilities on the balance sheet that are Assumed Liabilities; less (vi)
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amounts paid in advance by the customers of the Division for products that have
not been shipped; less (vii) an accrued liability in an amount equal to three
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hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000) relating to the Kb/TEL
Agreement to the extent not reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet; less (viii)
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any amount of goodwill reflected in any of the foregoing items; and less (ix)
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three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for LEDR II additional warranty
claims; and (y) "Peg Amount" means the Purchase Price less the Reduction Amount,
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if any, plus the Additional Amount, if any.
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(a) Closing Balance Sheet.
(i) Estimated Closing Balance Sheet. At least five (5)
Business Days prior to the Closing, Seller shall prepare and deliver to
Xxxxxxx and Buyer an unaudited estimated balance sheet of the Business as
of the close of business on the Closing Date (the "Estimated Closing
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Balance Sheet"), which shall include reasonable good faith estimates of the
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amount of Assets and Assumed Liabilities and other assets and liabilities
of the Business that will be on the balance sheet of the Business as of the
close of business on the Closing Date, and a computation of the Net Assets
as of the close of business on the Closing Date based on the Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet (the "Estimated Closing Net Assets"); provided, that
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if Seller, on the one hand, and Xxxxxxx and Buyer, on the other hand,
cannot agree upon the amounts to be included in the Estimated Closing
Balance Sheet (including the amount of Estimated Closing Net Assets), the
amounts in dispute shall be based upon the balances reflected in the Books
and Records of Seller with respect to the Business as of calendar month end
immediately preceding the Closing Date. The Estimated Closing Balance Sheet
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP in a manner consistent with the
accounting policies used in the preparation of the June Balance Sheet.
(ii) Closing Balance Sheet. As soon as practicable but in
no event later than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall
deliver to Xxxxxxx and Buyer an audited balance sheet of the Business as of
the close of business on the Closing Date (the "Closing Balance Sheet"),
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which Closing Balance Sheet shall include the Assets and Assumed
Liabilities and other assets and liabilities of the Business as of the
close of business on the Closing Date, and a computation of the Net Assets
as of the close of the business on the Closing Date based on the Closing
Balance Sheet (the "Closing Net Assets"). The Closing Balance Sheet shall
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be audited by Ernst & Young LLP, and shall be prepared in accordance with
GAAP in a manner consistent with the accounting policies used in the
preparation of the June Balance Sheet and the related statements of
operations, stockholders equity and cash flows for the period then ended.
(iii) Adjustments at the Closing. At the Closing, (x) if
the amount of Estimated Closing Net Assets is less than fifteen million
eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($15,850,000) (the "Required Net
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Assets"), then the Purchase Price payable at the Closing shall be reduced
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by the total amount of such shortfall (such shortfall being the "Reduction
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Amount"), and (y) if the amount of Estimated Closing Net Assets is greater
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than Required Net Assets, then the Purchase Price payable at Closing shall
be increased by the amount of such excess (such excess being the
"Additional Amount").
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(b) Post-Closing Adjustment. Promptly following the
determination of the Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing Net Assets, the
Purchase Price shall be adjusted as follows and payment, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds shall be made by Xxxxxxx or Buyer or by Seller, as
the case may be, not later than five (5) Business Days following such
determination:
(i) if the amount of Closing Net Assets is less than the
Peg Amount, (x) then the Purchase Price shall be reduced, and (y) Seller
shall pay to Xxxxxxx and Buyer the aggregate amount of such shortfall;
(ii) if the amount of Closing Net Assets is greater than
the Peg Amount, then (x) the Purchase Price shall be increased, and (y)
Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall pay to Seller the amount of such excess; and
(iii) in each case, the payments provided by Sections
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2.3(b)(i) and (ii) shall include interest from the Closing Date to the date
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of such payment at the prime rate per annum as reported in the Wall Street
Journal on the Business Day immediately preceding the date such payment is
made in accordance with this Section 2.3.
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(c) Resolution of Disputes. The Closing Balance Sheet
(including the amount of Closing Net Assets) shall become final and binding on
Xxxxxxx and Buyer unless Xxxxxxx and Buyer give written notice of their
disagreement (a "Notice of Disagreement") to Seller within thirty (30) days
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following receipt by Xxxxxxx and Buyer of the Closing Balance Sheet. Any such
Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any
disagreement so asserted. Seller shall have twenty-five (25) days following its
receipt of the Notice of Disagreement to review the Notice of Disagreement and
to give notice of any disagreement therewith (the "Counter-Notice of
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Disagreement") to Xxxxxxx and Buyer. If Seller does not give a Counter-Notice of
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Disagreement within such period, the Closing Balance Sheet (including the amount
of Closing Net Assets) shall be adjusted as set forth in the Notice of
Disagreement and, as so adjusted, shall be final and binding upon all parties.
If Seller gives timely Counter-Notice of Disagreement, Seller, Xxxxxxx and Buyer
shall attempt in good faith to resolve their disagreements. If Seller, Xxxxxxx
and Buyer are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with respect to the
Closing Balance Sheet or the amount of Closing Net Assets within twenty (20)
days following Seller's delivery to Xxxxxxx and Buyer of a Counter-Notice of
Disagreement, they shall refer their remaining differences to the U.S. national
office of an internationally recognized firm of independent accountants as to
which Seller, Xxxxxxx and Buyer mutually agree (the "CPA Firm"), which shall,
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acting as experts and not as arbitrators, determine, and only with respect to
the remaining differences so submitted, whether, and to what extent, if any, the
Closing Balance Sheet or the amount of Closing Net Assets requires adjustment.
Seller, Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall direct the CPA Firm to use its commercially
reasonable efforts to render its determination within forty-five (45) days after
the submission of any such dispute to the CPA Firm. The CPA Firm's determination
of the Closing Balance Sheet (including the amount of Closing Net Assets) shall
be conclusive and binding upon Xxxxxxx, Buyer and Seller. The fees and
disbursements of the CPA Firm shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by Xxxxxxx and
Buyer, on the one hand, and fifty percent (50%) by Seller, on the other.
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(d) Physical Inventory. Seller has taken and completed a 100%
physical inventory of the Business as of May 29, 2000, which inventory shall be
observed by Ernst & Young LLP and shall be the basis of the inventory for
purposes of the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet and Closing Balance Sheet.
2.4 Allocation of Purchase Price. The parties agree to allocate the
aggregate of the Purchase Price and the Assumed Liabilities (collectively, the
"Aggregate Purchase Price") among the Assets in accordance with Section 1060 of
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the Code as mutually agreed to by the parties within one-hundred eighty (180)
days following the Closing. All such mutually agreed to allocations shall be
used by each party in preparing any filings required pursuant to Section 1060 of
the Code or any similar provisions of state or local law and all relevant income
and franchise tax returns. The parties shall complete jointly and each shall
file separately Form 8594 with its Federal Income Tax Return consistent with
such allocation for the tax year in which the Closing occurs. None of Xxxxxxx,
Buyer or Seller will take any position before any taxing authority or in any
judicial proceeding that is inconsistent with such mutually agreed to
allocations without the prior consent of the other party. The parties shall in
good faith exercise reasonable efforts to support such reported allocations in
any audit proceedings initiated by any taxing authority.
2.5 Deliveries. At the Closing: (a) Seller will assign and transfer
to Buyer good and valid title in and to the Assets (free and clear of all Liens,
other than Permitted Liens) by delivery of (i) a General Assignment and Xxxx of
Sale substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "General Assignment"),
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duly executed by Seller, (ii) an assignment of the patents and trademarks
included in the Personal Intangible Property substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto (the "IP Assignment"), (iii) general warranty deeds in proper
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statutory form for recording substantially in the form of Exhibit C and hereto
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(the "General Warranty Deed") conveying title to the Real Property, and (iv)
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such other good and sufficient instruments of conveyance, assignment and
transfer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Xxxxxxx'x counsel, as
shall be effective to vest in Buyer good title to the Assets (the General
Assignment and the other instruments referred to in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv)
being collectively referred to herein as the "Assignment Instruments"), and,
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simultaneously therewith, (b) Xxxxxxx and Buyer will pay to Seller in the manner
provided in Section 2.2 the amount required thereby and Buyer will assume from
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Seller the due payment, performance and discharge of the Assumed Liabilities by
delivery of (i) an Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D
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hereto (the "Assumption Agreement"), duly executed by Buyer, and (ii) such other
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good and sufficient instruments of assumption, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Seller's counsel, as shall be effective to cause Buyer to assume
the Assumed Liabilities as and to the extent provided in Section 1.3 (the
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Assumption Agreement and such other instruments referred to in clause (ii) being
collectively referred to herein as the "Assumption Instruments"). At the
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Closing, there shall also be delivered to Seller, Xxxxxxx and Buyer the
opinions, certificates and other contracts, documents and instruments required
to be delivered under Articles 8 and 9.
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2.6 Consent of Third Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to
assign or transfer any Governmental Approval, instrument, contract, lease,
permit or other agreement or arrangement or any claim, right or benefit arising
thereunder or resulting therefrom if any assignment or transfer or an attempt to
make such an assignment or transfer without the consent of a third party
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would constitute a breach or violation thereof or affect adversely the rights of
Xxxxxxx, Buyer or Seller thereunder; and any transfer or assignment to Xxxxxxx
or Buyer by Seller of any interest under any such Governmental Approval,
instrument, contract, lease, permit or other agreement or arrangement that
requires the consent of a third party shall be made subject to such consent or
approval being obtained. In the event any such consent or approval is not
obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall (a) continue to use all
reasonable efforts to obtain any such approval or consent after the Closing Date
until such time as such consent or approval has been obtained without any third-
party cost to Xxxxxxx or Buyer, (b) hold such Governmental Approval, instrument,
contract, lease, permit or other agreement or arrangement on behalf of Buyer,
(c) cooperate with Xxxxxxx and Buyer in any lawful arrangement to provide that
Buyer shall receive the benefits under any such Governmental Approval,
instrument, contract, lease or permit or other agreement or arrangement,
including performance by Seller, as agent, and (d) enforce and perform for the
account of Xxxxxxx and Buyer any rights of Seller arising from such Governmental
Approval, instrument, contract, lease, permit or other agreement or arrangement,
provided that Buyer shall undertake to pay, perform, discharge or satisfy the
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corresponding liabilities and obligations for the enjoyment of such benefit to
the extent Buyer would have been responsible therefor if such consent or
approval had been obtained. If and to the extent that such arrangement cannot be
made with respect to a Business Contract or Business License, Xxxxxxx and Buyer
shall have no obligation pursuant to Section 2.2 or otherwise with respect to
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any such Business Contract or Business License. The provisions of this Section
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2.6 shall not affect the right of Xxxxxxx and Buyer not to consummate the
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement if the conditions to its obligations
hereunder contained in Sections 8.5 and 8.6 have not been fulfilled.
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2.7 Further Assurances.
(a) Each party agrees, at any time and from time to time after the
Closing Date, upon reasonable request from the other party, to do, execute,
acknowledge and deliver, as appropriate, such further acts, deeds, assignments,
transfers, conveyances and powers of attorney as may reasonably be required for
the better assigning, transferring, granting, conveying, assuring and confirming
to such other party, or its successors and assigns, of any of the assets,
properties or Liabilities to be assigned to it or retained by such party as
provided herein.
(b) Effective on the Closing Date, Seller hereby constitutes and
appoints Xxxxxxx and Buyer the true and lawful attorney of Seller, with full
power of substitution, in the name of Seller, Xxxxxxx or Buyer, but on behalf of
and for the benefit of Xxxxxxx and Buyer: (i) to demand and receive from time to
time any and all the Assets and to make endorsements and give receipts and
releases for and in respect of the same and any part thereof; (ii) to institute,
prosecute, compromise and settle any and all Actions or Proceedings that Xxxxxxx
and Buyer may deem proper in order to collect, assert or enforce any claim,
right or title of any kind in or to the Assets; (iii) to defend or compromise
any or all Actions or Proceedings in respect of any of the Assets; and (iv) to
do all such acts and things in relation to the matters set forth in the
preceding clauses (i) through (iii) as Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall deem desirable.
Seller hereby acknowledges that the appointment hereby made and the powers
hereby granted are coupled with an interest and are not and shall not be
revocable by it in any manner or for any reason. Seller shall deliver to Xxxxxxx
and Buyer at Closing an acknowledged power of attorney to the
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foregoing effect executed by Seller. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall indemnify and hold
harmless Seller from any and all Losses caused by or arising out of any breach
of Law by Xxxxxxx and Buyer in their exercise of such power of attorney.
2.8 Insurance Proceeds. If any of the Assets are destroyed or
damaged or taken in condemnation, the insurance proceeds or condemnation award
with respect thereto shall be an Asset to the extent that the Purchase Price is
not adjusted to reflect the condemnation, destruction of, or damage to, such
Asset. At the Closing, Seller shall pay or credit to Xxxxxxx and Buyer any such
insurance proceeds or condemnation awards received by it on or prior to the
Closing and shall assign to or assert for the benefit of Xxxxxxx and Buyer all
of its rights against any insurance companies, Governmental Authorities and
others with respect to such damage, destruction or condemnation. As and to the
extent that there is available insurance under policies maintained by Seller and
its Affiliates, predecessors and successors in respect of any Assumed Liability,
except for any such insurance proceeds with respect to which the insured is
directly or indirectly self-insured or has agreed to indemnify the insurer,
Seller shall cause such insurance to be applied toward the payment of such
Assumed Liability. The provisions of this Section 2.8 shall not affect the right
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of Xxxxxxx and Buyer not to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement if the condition to its obligations hereunder contained in Section 8.1
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has not been fulfilled.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that, as set forth in this Article
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3, except as required by this Agreement:
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3.1 Organization, Standing, Etc. of Seller; Corporate
Authorization; Enforceability.
(a) Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
corporate power and authority to carry on the Business as currently conducted
and to own or lease and to operate the properties of the Business. Seller is
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each state of the United
States in which the Business is conducted that requires such qualification.
(b) Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby to which it
is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, to sell
and transfer (pursuant to this Agreement) the Assets. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and all other agreements, documents and instruments
executed or to be executed pursuant to this Agreement (the "Ancillary
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Agreements") by Seller, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
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hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and
other action on the part of Seller. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
of Seller have been, or will have been, at the time of their respective
executions and deliveries, duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of Seller.
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(c) This Agreement constitutes and each Ancillary Agreement of
Seller will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Seller,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by equitable principles and by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting
the rights of creditors generally.
3.2 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Copies of the
certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other organizational documents of
Seller have been made available to Buyer, and each such copy is true, correct,
current and complete.
3.3 Absence of Conflicts. The execution and delivery by Seller
of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party do not,
and the performance by Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not: (a) conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or
other similar charter documents of Seller; (b) conflict with or result in a
violation or breach of any law or order applicable to (i) Seller or any of its
assets and properties; (c) except as set forth in Schedule 3.4 with respect to
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the consents required in connection with the proposed transaction (i) conflict
with or result in a violation or breach of, (ii) constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, (iii) require Seller to obtain
any consent or approval of any person as a result or under the terms of, (iv)
result in or give to any person any right of termination, cancellation,
acceleration or modification in or with respect to, (v) result in or give any
person any additional rights or entitlements to increased, additional,
accelerated or guaranteed payments under, or (vi) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien other than Permitted Liens upon Seller or any of its
assets or properties under, any agreement included in the Assets or by which any
of the Assets are bound; or (d) conflict with or result in a violation or breach
of, (A) any other agreement to which Seller is a party where the violation or
breach of such agreement or the absence of such consent or approval could
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of Seller
to consummate the transaction contemplated hereunder or require Seller to obtain
the consent or approval of any person hereunder or (B) to Seller's knowledge,
any other agreement to which Seller is a party, other than, in the case of
clauses (b) and (c), such conflicts, violations, breaches and other consequences
within the scope of clauses (b) and (c) which, or such consents and approvals
within the scope of clauses (b) and (c) the failure to obtain which, would occur
solely as a result of the legal or regulatory status of Buyer or any of its
Affiliates. Notwithstanding any provision in the Agreement or any schedule or
exhibit to the Agreement to the contrary, Seller's obligations to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement shall not be conditioned upon the
waiver or amendment of any instrument governing any Indebtedness for borrowed
money or any Lien granted in connection therewith. In furtherance of the
foregoing, on or prior to the Closing Date, Seller hereby covenants and agrees
to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the release of any Lien (other
than Permitted Liens) on any of the Assets including any such Lien listed in the
Disclosure Schedule.
3.4 Governmental Authorizations and Consents. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.4, no consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or
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registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority, agency, bureau
or commission, or any third
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party, are required to be obtained or made by Seller in connection with the
execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of this Agreement,
other than a filing with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of
Justice under the HSR Act which Seller submitted on May 31, 2000.
3.5 No Violations. Seller is not in violation of or in default
under any term of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other charter
documents or any mortgage, indenture, instrument or agreement relating to
indebtedness for borrowed money or of any judgment, decree or order which names
Seller, or of any material term of any other agreement that is among the Assets.
Seller is not in material violation of any law, ordinance, rule or governmental
regulation applicable to Seller, the Business or any of the Assets.
3.6 Financial Statements.
(a) Seller has delivered to Buyer (i) the audited balance sheet
(the "June Balance Sheet") and the related audited statement of operations of
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the Business as of and for the year ended June 30, 1999, (ii) the unaudited
balance sheet (the "March Balance Sheet") and the related unaudited statement of
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operations of the Business as of and for the nine-month period ended March 31,
2000 (the "March Financial Statements") and (iii) the unaudited balance sheet
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(the "April Balance Sheet") and the related unaudited statement of operations of
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the Business as of April 30, 2000 and for the ten-month period ended April 30,
2000 (the "Financial Statement Date") (the "April Financial Statements") (such
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financial statements, including the notes thereto, if any, hereinafter being
referred to as the "Financial Statements"). The Financial Statements present
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fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Business as of the
dates thereof and the results of its operations for the periods then ended,
except that, the March Financial Statements and the April Financial Statements
were prepared on an interim basis, are subject to normal year-end adjustments.
The Financial Statements (i) were prepared from the Books and Records of Seller
in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) were compiled from Business Books and Records
regularly maintained by management and used to prepare the financial statements
of Seller in accordance with the principles stated therein except, in the case
of both clauses (i) and (ii) above, that certain components of Seller's sales,
marketing and administrative expenses were allocated to the Business based on
its size and operations. Seller has maintained the Business Books and Records
in a manner sufficient to permit the preparation of financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, the Business Books and Records fairly reflect, in all
material respects, the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of the Business
and the Business Books and Records provided a fair and accurate basis for the
preparation of the Financial Statements delivered to Buyer in accordance with
this Section 3.6.
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(b) Except as set forth on the Financial Statements and Closing
Balance Sheet, the Business is not subject to any Liability other than trade
payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
Business.
(c) Since the Financial Statement Date, Seller has not taken any
action described in clause (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.8 of this
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Agreement.
3.7 Taxes. Seller and each of its subsidiaries, and any
consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for Tax (as defined below)
purposes of which Seller or its
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subsidiaries is or has been a member, have properly completed and timely filed
all Tax Returns required to be filed by them and have paid all Taxes shown
thereon to be due. The Financial Statements, as of April 30, 2000, reflect any
unpaid Taxes of Seller and its subsidiaries for periods (or portions of periods)
through such date. Neither Seller nor its subsidiaries has any material
liability for unpaid Taxes accruing after April 30, 2000, except for Taxes
incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to April 30, 2000. There
is (i) no material claim for Taxes that is a Lien against the property of Seller
or is being asserted against Seller other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and
payable, (ii) no audit of any Tax Return of Seller being conducted by a Tax
Authority and (iii) no extension of any statute of limitations on the assessment
of any Taxes granted by Seller and currently in effect. Seller is not a party to
any Tax sharing or Tax allocation agreement nor does Seller have any liability
or potential liability to another party under any such agreement. Seller has not
filed any disclosures to prevent the imposition of penalties with respect to any
Tax reporting position taken on any Tax Return. Neither Seller nor its
subsidiaries has ever been a member of consolidated, combined, unitary or
aggregate group of which Seller was not the ultimate parent corporation. Seller
and its subsidiaries have in their possession receipts for any Taxes paid to
foreign Tax Authorities. The Assets are not subject to any liens for Taxes,
except Permitted Liens.
3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8, since the Financial
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Statement Date, (i) Seller has not, with respect to the Business, entered into
any transaction that is not in the usual and ordinary course of business and
(ii) there has been no Material Adverse Effect on the Business and, to the
knowledge of Seller, no circumstances or event that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8, between Financial
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Statement Date and the date of this Agreement, Seller has conducted its
operations related to the Business in the ordinary course of business, has used
commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Business, Assets, financial
position and operations of the Business, its relations with employees,
suppliers, licenses and operations related to the Business as an ongoing
business in a prudent manner and in accordance with past custom and practice.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there has not occurred,
between the Financial Statement Date and the date of this Agreement, in each
case as related to the Business, any of the following:
(i) (x) any increase in the salary, wages or other
compensation of any Employee whose annual salary is, or after giving effect
to such change would be, $50,000 or more; (y) any establishment or
modification of (A) targets, goals, pools or similar provisions in respect
of any fiscal year under any Benefit Plan or any employment-related
Contract or other compensation arrangement with or for Employees or (B)
salary ranges, increase guidelines or similar provisions in respect of any
Benefit Plan or any employment-related Contract or other compensation
arrangement with or for Employees; or (z) any adoption, entering into or
becoming bound by any Benefit Plan, employment-related Contract or
collective bargaining agreement, or amendment, modification or termination
(partial or complete) of any Benefit Plan, employment-related Contract or
collective bargaining agreement, except to the extent required by
applicable Law and, in
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the event compliance with legal requirements presented options, only to the
extent the option which Seller reasonably believed to be the least costly
was chosen;
(ii) (A) incurrences by Seller of Indebtedness with
respect primarily to the conduct of the Business in an aggregate principal
amount exceeding $50,000 (net of any amounts discharged during such
period), or (B) any voluntary purchase, cancellation, prepayment or
complete or partial discharge in advance of a scheduled payment date with
respect to, or waiver of any right of Seller under, any Indebtedness of or
owing to Seller with respect to the conduct of the Business;
(iii) any physical damage, destruction or other casualty
loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting any of the plant, real
or personal property or equipment of Seller used or held for use in the
conduct of the Business in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000;
(iv) any material change in (A) any pricing, investment,
accounting, financial reporting, inventory, credit, allowance or Tax
practice or policy of the Business or (B) any method of calculating any bad
debt, contingency or other reserve of the Business for accounting,
financial reporting or Tax purposes;
(v) (A) any acquisition or disposition of any Assets
used or held for use in the conduct of the Business, other than Inventory
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and other
acquisitions or dispositions not exceeding $25,000 in the aggregate; or (B)
any creation or incurrence of a Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any
Assets used or held in the conduct of the Business;
(vi) any entering into, any material amendment,
modification, termination (partial or complete) or granting of a waiver
under or giving any consent with respect to (A) any Contract which is
required (or had it been in effect on the date hereof would have been
required) to be disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section
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3.17 or (B) any License disclosed in Schedule 1.1(j);
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(vii) capital expenditures or commitments for additions to
property, plant or equipment used or held for use in the conduct of the
Business constituting capital assets in an aggregate amount exceeding
$50,000;
(viii) any transaction with any officer, director,
Affiliate or associate of Seller or any associate of any such officer,
director or Affiliate (A) outside the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice or (B) other than on an arm's-length basis;
(ix) any entering into of a Contract to do or engage in
any of the foregoing after the date hereof;
(x) any other transaction involving the Business or the
Assets outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice; or
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(xi) Seller has not encountered any labor union
organizing activity or has any actual or overtly threatened employee
strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns or lockouts.
3.9 Title to Assets. Except for personal property subject to
valid leases as set out in Schedule 3.9, Seller has good title to all tangible
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personal property of the Business included in the Assets. Except for personal
property subject to valid leases as set out in Schedule 3.9, all tangible
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personal property of the Business included in the Assets are owned free and
clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
3.10 Books and Records. None of the Business Books and Records
is recorded, stored, maintained, operated or otherwise wholly or partly
dependent upon or held by any means (including any electronic, mechanical or
photographic process, whether computerized or not) which (including all means of
access thereto and therefrom) are not under the exclusive ownership and direct
control of one or more Transferred Employees.
3.11 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as reflected or reserved
against in the April Balance Sheet or in the notes thereto or as disclosed in
Schedule 3.11, there are no Liabilities against, relating to or affecting the
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Business or any of the Assets, other than Liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice which in the aggregate are not
material to the Condition of the Business.
3.12 Legal Proceedings. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.12:
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(a) there are no Actions or Proceedings pending or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened against, relating to or affecting Seller with
respect to the Business or any of its Assets that (i) could reasonably be
expected to result in the issuance of an Order restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements,
or (ii) if determined adversely to Seller (taking into account the probable
nature and scope of the remedies available), could reasonably be expected to
result in (x) any injunction or other equitable relief that would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Business or (y) Losses by Seller, individually or
in the aggregate with Losses in respect of other such Actions or Proceedings,
exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);
(b) there are no facts or circumstances Known to Seller that
could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Action or Proceeding that would
be required to be disclosed pursuant to clause (a) above; and
(c) there are no Orders outstanding against Seller with respect
to the Business.
Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Seller has delivered to Buyer all
responses of counsel to auditors' requests for information delivered in
connection with Financial Statements (together with any updates provided by such
counsel) regarding Actions or Proceedings pending or threatened against,
relating to or affecting the Business.
3.13 Benefit Plans; ERISA.
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(a) Schedule 3.13 (i) contains a true and complete list and
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description of each of the Benefit Plans, (ii) identifies each of the Benefit
Plans that is a Qualified Plan, (iii) identifies each Benefit Plan which at any
time during the five-year period preceding the date of this Agreement was a
Defined Benefit Plan and (iv) lists, describes and identifies each other Plan
maintained, established, sponsored or contributed to by an ERISA Affiliate, or
any predecessor thereof, which, during the five-year period preceding the date
of this Agreement, was at any time a Defined Benefit Plan. Seller has not
scheduled or agreed upon future increases of benefit levels (or creations of new
benefits) with respect to any Benefit Plan, and no such increases or creation of
benefits have been proposed, made the subject of representations to Employees or
requested or demanded by Employees under circumstances which make it reasonable
to expect that such increases will be granted. Except as disclosed in Schedule
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3.13(a), no loan is outstanding between Seller and any Employee.
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(b) No transaction contemplated by this Agreement will require a
spin-off of assets and liabilities or other division or transfer of rights with
respect to any Benefit Plan.
(c) Neither Seller, any ERISA Affiliate nor any other
corporation or organization controlled by or under common control with any of
the foregoing within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA has at any time
contributed to, on behalf of any Employee, any "multiemployer plan", as that
term is defined in Section 4001 of ERISA.
(d) All contributions and other payments required to be made by
Seller to any Benefit Plan for or on behalf of any Employee of the Business with
respect to any period ending before or at or including the Closing Date have
been made or reserves have been or will be reflected in Financial Statements in
accordance with GAAP. There are no material outstanding liabilities of any
Benefit Plan other than liabilities for benefits to be paid to participants in
such Benefit Plan and their beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of such
Benefit Plan.
(e) No event has occurred, and there exists no condition or set
of circumstances in connection with any Benefit Plan, under which Seller,
directly or indirectly (through any indemnification agreement or otherwise),
could reasonably be expected to be subject to any risk of material liability
under Section 409 of ERISA, Section 502(i) of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code.
(f) No transaction contemplated by this Agreement will result in
liability to the PBGC under Section 302(c)(ii), 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of
ERISA, or otherwise, with respect to the Buyer or any corporation or
organization controlled by or under common control with Buyer within the meaning
of Section 4001 of ERISA, and no event or condition exists or has existed which
could reasonably be expected to result in any such liability with respect to
Buyer or any such corporation or organization. No "reportable event" within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA has occurred with respect to any Defined
Benefit Plans. No termination re-establishment or spin-off re-establishment
transaction has occurred with respect to any Defined Benefit Plan. No Defined
Benefit Plan has incurred any accumulated funding deficiency whether or not
waived. No filing has been made and no proceeding has been commenced for the
complete or partial termination of, or withdrawal from, any Benefit Plan which
is a Defined Benefit Plan.
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(g) The fair market value of the assets of each Defined Benefit
Plan, as determined as of the last day of the plan year of such plan which
coincides with or first precedes the date of this Agreement, was not less than
the present value of the projected benefit obligations under such plan at such
date as established on the basis of the actuarial assumptions applicable under
such Defined Benefit Plan at said date and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there
have been no material changes in such values since said date.
(h) Complete and correct copies of the following documents have
been furnished to Buyer prior to the execution of this Agreement:
(i) the Benefit Plans and any predecessor plans referred
to therein, any related trust agreements, and service provider agreements,
insurance contracts or agreements with investment managers, including, all
amendments thereto;
(ii) current summary Plan descriptions of each Benefit
Plan subject to ERISA, and any similar descriptions of all other Benefit
Plans;
(iii) the most recent Form 5500 and Schedules thereto for
each Benefit Plan subject to ERISA reporting requirements;
(iv) the most recent determination of the IRS with respect
to the qualified status of each Qualified Plan;
(v) the most recent accountings with respect to any
Benefit Plan funded through a trust;
(vi) the most recent actuarial report of the qualified
actuary of any Defined Benefit Plan or any other Benefit Plan with respect
to which actuarial valuations are conducted; and
(vii) all qualified domestic relations orders or other
orders governing payments from any Benefit Plan.
(i) Seller will comply with the requirements of the applicable
health care continuation and notice provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and the regulations (including
proposed regulations) thereunder, and the applicable requirements of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended and the
regulations thereunder, with respect to each Transferred Employee.
3.14 Real Property.
(a) Schedule 1.1(a) contains a true and correct list of each
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parcel of real property owned by Seller and used or held for use in connection
with the Business. Seller has no leased real property used or held for use in
connection with the Business.
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.14, Seller has good and
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marketable fee simple title to the Real Property, free and clear of all Liens
other than Permitted Liens. Seller is in possession of the Real Property.
Seller has adequate rights of ingress and egress with respect
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to the Real Property and the Improvements. None of the Real Property or the
Improvements, or the use thereof, contravenes or violates any building, zoning,
administrative, occupational safety and health or other applicable Law in any
material respect (whether or not permitted on the basis of prior nonconforming
use, waiver or variance).
(c) Seller has delivered to Buyer prior to the execution of this
Agreement true and complete copies of all deeds, leases, mortgages, deeds of
trust, certificates of occupancy, title insurance policies, title reports,
surveys and similar documents, and all amendments thereof, with respect to the
Real Property.
(d) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.14(d), the Improvements
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are in good operating condition and in a state of good maintenance and repair,
ordinary wear and tear excepted, are adequate and suitable for the purposes for
which they are presently being used and there are no condemnation or
appropriation proceedings pending or threatened against any of the Real Property
or the Improvements.
3.15 Tangible Personal Property. Seller is in possession of and
has good title to, or has valid leasehold interests in or valid rights under
Contract to use, all the Tangible Personal Property, which includes all tangible
personal property reflected on the balance sheet included in the March Balance
Sheet and tangible personal property acquired since March 31, 2000 other than
tangible personal property disposed of since such date in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice. All the Tangible Personal Property is
free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens and Liens disclosed in
Schedule 3.15, and is in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and
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tear excepted, and its use complies in all material respects with all applicable
Laws.
3.16 Intellectual Property Rights.
(a) Seller owns, or is licensed or otherwise possesses valid and
legally enforceable rights to use all Intangible Personal Property. Intangible
Personal Property constitutes all the Intellectual Property used in the conduct
of the Business as currently is conducted and all Intellectual Property required
for products of the Business under development by Seller as of the date hereof
or including, the design, development, distribution, marketing, manufacture,
use, import, license, and sale of the products, technology and services of the
Business (including products, technology, or services currently under
development). Seller has not (i) licensed any Intangible Personal Property in
source code form to any third party or (ii) entered into any exclusive
agreements relating to any Intangible Personal Property with any third party.
Except for Intellectual Property licensed to Seller, Seller owns exclusively
each item of Intangible Personal Property, including all registered Intellectual
Property of Seller listed in Schedule 1.1(i), and owns exclusively, and has good
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title to, all copyrighted works that are Seller products or other works of
authorship that Seller otherwise purports to own; provided, however, that such
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works may incorporate copyrighted works or works of authorship, trademarks or
trade names of third parties which are licensed to Seller or are in the public
domain. Each item of Intangible Personal Property, owned by Seller and, to the
Knowledge of Seller, each other item of Intangible Personal Property, including
all registered Intellectual Property of Seller listed in Schedule 1.1(i), is
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free and clear of any liens, and has not been developed or created in
conjunction with any third party or entity. Except as disclosed in Schedule
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3.16, Seller has not
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transferred ownership of or granted to any other person or entity any license of
or other right to use or authorized the retention of any rights to use any
Intellectual Property that is or was Intangible Personal Property. To the extent
that any Intangible Personal Property (other than commercially available "shrink
wrap" software, "shareware" and "freeware") has been developed or created by any
person or entity other than Seller (including any founder or employee of or
consultant to Seller), Seller has (or is an express licensee or beneficiary
under) a written agreement with such person or entity with respect thereto and
Seller has obtained ownership of, and is the exclusive owner of, all such
Intellectual Property by operation of law or by valid assignment of any such
rights. No person or entity other than Seller has ownership rights to
improvements made by Seller in Intangible Personal Property that has been
licensed to Seller in connection with the conduct of the Business.
(b) Schedule 1.1(i) lists (i) patents, patent applications
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(including provisional applications); (ii) registered trademarks and
servicemarks, applications to register trademarks and servicemarks, intent-to-
use applications, other registrations or applications to register trademarks or
servicemarks, or trademarks or servicemarks in which common law rights are owned
or otherwise controlled; (iii) registered copyrights and applications for
copyright registration (collectively with the items described in clauses (i) and
(ii)); (iv) any mask work registrations and applications to register mask works;
(v) any other Intangible Personal Property that is the subject of an
application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued by,
filed with, or recorded by, any U.S., foreign, international or supranational
governmental authority or other public legal authority; (vi) all licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements as to which Seller is a party and pursuant to
which any other person or entity is authorized to use any Intangible Personal
Property; (vii) all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements as to which
Seller is a party and pursuant to which Seller is authorized to use any third-
party Intellectual Property ("Third Party Intellectual Property Rights") which
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are incorporated in, are, or form a part of any product of Seller or which are
otherwise used (or currently proposed to be used) by Seller in the conduct of
the Business, other than off-the-shelf software programs licensed under standard
"shrink wrap" license agreements; and (viii) lists any proceedings or actions in
which Seller is a named party that are pending as of the date hereof before any
court, tribunal (including the PTO or equivalent authority anywhere in the
world) related to any of the registered Intellectual Property of Seller used or
currently proposed to be used in the conduct of the Business and other such
proceedings or actions that Seller has knowledge of (regardless of whether
Seller is a party thereto).
(c) To the knowledge of Seller, no person or entity (including
each employee and former employee of Seller) is infringing, misappropriating or
otherwise making any unauthorized use or disclosure of any Intangible Personal
Property or any Intellectual Property right of any third party to the extent
licensed by or through Seller in connection with the conduct of the Business.
Seller has not entered into any agreement to indemnify any other person or
entity (other than to customers of the Business who purchase the products of the
Business and receive incidental to the purchase of such products an indemnity
from Seller for any infringement by Seller in the design, manufacture and sale
of such products) against any charge of infringement of any Intangible Personal
Property.
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(d) Seller is not or will not be, as a result of the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, in breach of any license, sublicense or other agreement relating to
any of the Intangible Personal Property or Third Party Intellectual Property
Rights. Neither this Agreement nor any transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will result in Buyer's granting any rights or licenses with respect to
the Intellectual Property of Buyer or the Intangible Personal Property to any
person pursuant to any contract to which Seller is a party or by which any of
the assets and properties of the Division are bound.
(e) All Personal Intangible Property is valid and subsisting,
and the manufacturing, marketing, licensing and sale of the products of the
Division do not infringe any patent, trademark, service xxxx, copyright, trade
secret or other proprietary right of any third party. Seller (i) except in
connection to the Lemelson Claim, has not been sued in any suit, action or
proceeding which involves a claim of infringement of any patents, trademarks,
service marks, copyrights or violation of any trade secret or other proprietary
right of any third party; and (ii) has not brought any action, suit or
proceeding for infringement of Intangible Personal Property or breach of any
license or agreement involving Intangible Personal Property against any third
party. All necessary registration, maintenance, renewal fees, annuity fees and
taxes in connection with the registered Personal Intangible Property has been
paid and all necessary documents and certificates in connection with such
registered Intellectual Property of Seller have been filed with the relevant
patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the United States or
foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such
registered Intellectual Property.
(f) Seller has secured valid written assignments from all
consultants and employees who contributed to the creation or development of
Intangible Personal Property of the rights to such contributions that Seller
does not already own by operation of law.
(g) Seller has taken all commercially reasonable steps to
protect and preserve the confidentiality of all Intangible Personal Property not
otherwise protected by patents, patent applications or copyright ("Confidential
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Information"). All disclosure by Seller to a third party of Confidential
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Information believed by Seller to be material to the Business has been pursuant
to the terms of a written agreement between Seller and such third party. Seller
has taken all requisite commercially reasonable steps to protect its rights in
confidential information and trade secrets and to protect the confidentiality of
confidential information provided to Seller by any other person or entity
subject to a duty of confidentiality. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Seller has a policy requiring each employee, consultant and
independent contractor to execute proprietary information, confidentiality and
invention and copyright assignment agreements substantially in the form attached
to (or described in) Schedule 1.1(i). Seller has taken all commercially
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reasonable steps to protect and preserve ownership of Intangible Personal
Property.
(h) There has been no Material Adverse Effect on the Business or
the electronic systems of Seller used by Seller in the conduct of the Business
and no material interruption in the delivery of the products and services of
Seller used by Seller in the conduct of the Business by reason of the advent of
the year 2000, and all of the products of Seller used by Seller in the conduct
of the Business (including products currently under development)
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consistently, predictably and accurately, without interruption or manual
intervention, record, store, process, calculate and present calendar dates
falling on and after (and if applicable, spans of time including) January 1,
2000, and will consistently, predictably and accurately calculate any
information dependent on or relating to such dates in substantially the same
manner, and with the same functionality, data integrity and performance, as such
products record, store, process, calculate and present calendar dates on or
before December 31, 1999 or calculate any information dependent on or relating
to such dates. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) Seller has
taken all commercially reasonable actions to ensure that the information
technology systems and non-information technology systems used by Seller in the
internal operations of the Division and the conduct of the Business will
function properly beyond 1999 (and Seller has no knowledge of any material
issues that have arisen in connection therewith) and (ii) to the knowledge of
Seller, its key third-party vendors and suppliers to the Business have not
experienced Year 2000 problems that could materially disrupt or harm the day-to-
day functioning of the businesses and operations of the Division or the
Business.
(i) To the knowledge of Seller, its software programs and other
Intellectual Property contain no "viruses." For the purposes of this Agreement,
"virus" means any computer code designed to disrupt, disable or harm in any
manner the operation of any software or hardware including worms, bombs,
backdoors, clocks, timers, or other disabling device code, designs or routines
which causes the software to be erased, inoperable, or otherwise incapable of
being used, either automatically or with passage of time or upon command by any
person.
(j) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16(j), Seller has not
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agreed to, or assumed, any obligation or duty to warrant, indemnify, reimburse,
hold harmless, guaranty or otherwise assume or incur any obligation or liability
or provide a right of rescission with respect to the infringement or
misappropriation by Seller or such other person or entity of the Personal
Intangible Property of any person or entity other than Seller.
(k) The operation of the Business as currently conducted,
including the design, development, use, import, manufacture and sale of the
products, technology or services (including products, technology or services
currently under development) of the Business, does not infringe or
misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party, violate the rights
of any third party (including rights to privacy or publicity), or constitute
unfair competition or an unfair trade practice under any law. Except as set
forth in Schedule 3.16, Seller has not received notice from any person or entity
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claiming that such operation or any act, product, technology or service
(including products, technology or services currently under development) of
Seller used or currently proposed to be used in the conduct of the Business
infringes or misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any person or entity
or constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under any law, including
notice of any third party patent rights or other Intellectual Property rights
from a potential licensor of such rights.
(l) No Intangible Personal Property and no product, technology
or service of Seller is subject to any order or action or proceeding that
restricts, or that is reasonably expected to restrict in any manner, the use,
transfer or licensing of any Intangible Personal Property product technology or
service by Seller or that could reasonably be expected to affect the validity,
use or enforceability of such Intangible Personal Property. There is no order
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outstanding and no action or proceeding pending finding or alleging, and Seller
has no reason to believe, that any (i) product, technology, service or
publication of Seller regarding or relating to the Business, (ii) material
published or distributed by Seller regarding or relating to the Business or
(iii) conduct or statement of Seller regarding or relating to the Business
constitutes material, false advertising or otherwise violates any law. Other
than the Kb/TEL Agreement, there is no contract or license between Seller and
third party with respect any to Intangible Personal Property under which there
is any dispute Known to Seller, used in the conduct of the Business, regarding
the scope of such contract or license, or performance under such contract or
license, including with respect to any payments to be made or received by Seller
thereunder.
(m) Schedule 1.1(i) sets forth a list of (i) all software which
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Seller has licensed from any third party which is used by Seller in the products
or otherwise in the Business and (ii) all "freeware" and "shareware"
incorporated into any product now or heretofore shipped by Seller in connection
with the conduct of the Business. Seller has all rights necessary to the use of
such software, "freeware" and "shareware".
(n) All product performance comparisons heretofore furnished by
Seller to customers of the Business or Buyer are accurate in all material
respects as of the dates so furnished (except that, in the case of product
performance comparisons made as of a specified earlier date, such comparisons
shall be accurate as of such specified earlier date, and, in the case or product
performance comparisons superseded by a subsequent product performance
comparison furnished to the customer before the customer's acquisition of a
license on the product covered by the superseded comparison, the superseding
comparison shall be accurate in all material respects and the superseded
comparison shall be disregarded).
3.17 Contracts. (a) Schedule 3.17 (with paragraph references
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corresponding to those set forth below) contains, as of the date hereof, a true
and complete list of each of the following Contracts or other arrangements (true
and complete copies or, if none, reasonably complete and accurate written
descriptions of such material Contracts and arrangements which, together with
all amendments and supplements thereto and all waivers (and, in the event such
waivers were provided orally, all material waivers) of any terms thereof, have
been made available and, in the case of material Contracts and arrangements,
delivered to Buyer prior to the execution of this Agreement) to which Seller is
a party or by which any of the Assets is bound:
(i) (A) all Contracts (excluding Benefit Plans) providing
for a commitment of employment or consultation services for a specified or
unspecified term to, or otherwise relating to employment or the termination
of employment of, any Employee, the name, position and rate of compensation
of each Employee party to such a Contract and the expiration date of each
such Contract; and (B) any written or unwritten representations,
commitments, promises, communications or courses of conduct (excluding
Benefit Plans and any such Contracts referred to in clause (A)) involving
an obligation of Seller to make payments in any year, other than with
respect to salary or incentive compensation payments in the ordinary course
of business, to any Employee exceeding $10,000 or any group of Employees
exceeding $50,000 in the aggregate;
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(ii) all Contracts with any Person containing any
provision or covenant prohibiting or limiting the ability of Seller to
engage in any business activity or compete with any Person in connection
with the Business or prohibiting or limiting the ability of any Person to
compete with Seller in connection with the Business;
(iii) all partnership, joint venture, shareholders' or
other similar Contracts with any Person in connection with the Business;
(iv) all Contracts with distributors, dealers,
manufacturer's representatives, sales agencies or franchises with whom
Seller deals in connection with the Business;
(v) all Contracts relating to the future disposition or
acquisition of any Assets, other than dispositions or acquisitions of
Inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(vi) all collective bargaining or similar labor Contracts
covering any Employee; and
(vii) all other Contracts (other than Benefit Plans and
insurance policies listed in Schedule 3.13) with respect to the Business
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that (A) involve the payment or potential payment, pursuant to the terms of
any such Contract, by or to Seller of more than $50,000 annually and (B)
cannot be terminated within thirty (30) days after giving notice of
termination without resulting in any material cost or penalty to Seller.
(b) Each Contract required to be disclosed in Schedule 3.17(a)
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is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms, of each party thereto; and
except as disclosed in Schedule 3.17(b) neither Seller nor, to the Knowledge of
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Seller, any other party to such Contract is, or has received notice that it is,
in violation or breach of or default under any such Contract (or with notice or
lapse of time or both, would be in violation or breach of or default under any
such Contract) in any material respect.
3.18 Licenses. Schedule 1.1(j) contains, as of the date hereof,
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a true and complete list of all material Licenses used or held for use in the
Business (and all pending applications for any such Licenses), setting forth the
grantor, the grantee, the function and the expiration and renewal date of each.
Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Seller has delivered to Buyer true and
complete copies of all such Licenses. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.18:
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(i) (i) Seller owns or validly holds all Licenses that are
material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Business;
(ii) each Business License is valid, binding and in full
force and effect; and
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(iii) Seller is not, nor has it received any notice that it
is, in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both,
would be in default) under any Business License.
3.19 Insurance. Schedule 3.19 contains a true and complete list
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(including the names and addresses of the insurers, the names of the Persons to
whom such Policies have been issued, the expiration dates thereof, the annual
premiums and payment terms thereof, whether it is a "claims made" or an
"occurrence" policy and a brief description of the interests insured thereby) of
all liability, property, workers' compensation and other insurance policies
currently in effect that insure the Business, the Employees or the Assets. Each
such insurance policy is valid and binding and in full force and effect, no
premiums due thereunder have not been paid and Seller has not received any
notice of cancellation or termination in respect of any such policy or is in
default thereunder. Such insurance policies are placed with financially sound
and reputable insurers and, in light of the nature of the Business and the
Assets, are in amounts and have coverages that are reasonable and customary for
Persons engaged in such business and having such Assets and Properties. Neither
the Seller nor, to the Seller's knowledge, the Person to whom such policy has
been issued has received notice that any insurer under any policy referred to in
this Section 3.19 is denying liability with respect to a claim thereunder or
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defending under a reservation of rights clause.
3.20 Affiliate Transactions. Except as disclosed in Schedule
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3.20, (i) no officer, director, Affiliate or Associate of Seller or any
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Associate of any such officer, director or Affiliate provides or causes to be
provided any assets, services or facilities used or held for use in connection
with the Business, and (ii) the Business does not provide or cause to be
provided any assets, services or facilities to any such officer, director,
Affiliate or Associate. Each of the transactions listed in Schedule 3.20(a) is
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engaged in on an arm's-length basis.
3.21 Employees; Labor Relations.
(a) Schedule 3.21 contains a list of the name of each Employee
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at the date hereof, together with such Employee's position or function, annual
base salary or wages and any incentive or bonus arrangement with respect to such
Employee in effect on such date. Seller has not received any information that
would lead it to believe that a material number of such Employees will or may
cease to be Employees, or will refuse offers of employment from Buyer, because
of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.21, (i) no Employee is
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presently a member of a collective bargaining unit and, to the Knowledge of
Seller, there are no threatened or contemplated attempts to organize for
collective bargaining purposes any of the Employees, and (ii) no unfair labor
practice complaint or sex, age, race or other discrimination claim has been
brought during the last five (5) years against Seller with respect to the
conduct of the Business before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission or any other Governmental Authority. Since
June 30, 1997, there has been no work stoppage, strike or other concerted action
by employees of Seller engaged in the Business. During that period, Seller has
complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to the
employment of labor, including, those relating to wages, hours and collective
bargaining.
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3.22 Environmental Matters. Seller has obtained all Licenses
which are required under applicable Environmental Laws in connection with the
conduct of the Business or the Assets. Each of such Licenses is in full force
and effect. Seller has conducted the Business in compliance in all material
respects with the terms and conditions of all such Licenses and with any
applicable Environmental Law. In addition, except as set forth in Schedule 3.22
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(with paragraph references corresponding to those set forth below):
(a) No Order has been issued, no Environmental Claim has been
filed, no penalty has been assessed and no investigation or review is pending
or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened by any Governmental Authority with
respect to any alleged failure by Seller to have any License required under
applicable Environmental Laws in connection with the conduct of the Business or
with respect to any generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation,
discharge, disposal or Release of any Hazardous Material in connection with the
Business, and to the Knowledge of Seller there are no facts or circumstances in
existence which could reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such
Order, Environmental Claim, penalty or investigation.
(b) Seller does not own, operate or lease a treatment, storage
or disposal facility on any of the Real Property requiring a permit under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, or under any other
comparable state or local Law; and, without limiting the foregoing, (i) no
polychlorinated biphenyl is or has been present, (ii) no asbestos or asbestos-
containing material is or has been present, (iii) there are no underground
storage tanks or surface impoundments for Hazardous Materials, active or
abandoned, and (iv) no Hazardous Material has been Released in a quantity
reportable under, or in violation of, any Environmental Law or otherwise
Released, in the cases of clauses (i) through (iv), at, on or under any such
site or facility during any period that Seller owned, operated or leased such
property.
(c) Seller has not transported or arranged for the
transportation of any Hazardous Material in connection with the operation of the
Business to any location that is (i) listed on the NPL under CERCLA, (ii) listed
for possible inclusion on the NPL by the Environmental Protection Agency in
CERCLIS or on any similar state or local list or (iii) the subject of
enforcement actions by federal, state or local Governmental or Regulatory
Authorities that may lead to Environmental Claims against Seller or the
Business.
(d) No Hazardous Material generated in connection with the
operation of the Business has been recycled, treated, stored, disposed of or
Released by Seller at or from the Real Property or any property that is subject
to any Real Property Lease in violation of, or in a manner that is reasonably
likely to give rise to any liability under, or in a manner inconsistent with
applicable Environmental Laws.
(e) No oral or written notification of a Release of a Hazardous
Material in connection with the operation of the Business has been filed by or
on behalf of Seller, and no site or facility now or previously owned, operated
or leased by Seller on any of the Real Property is listed or proposed for
listing on the NPL, CERCLIS or any similar state or local list of sites
requiring investigation or clean-up.
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(f) No Liens have arisen under or pursuant to any Environmental
Law on any site or facility owned, operated or leased by Seller on any of the
Real Property, and no federal, state or local Governmental Authority action has
been taken or, to the Knowledge of Seller, is in process that could subject any
such site or facility to such Liens, and Seller would not be required to place
any notice or restriction relating to the presence of Hazardous Materials at any
such site or facility in any deed to the Real Property on which such site or
facility is located.
(g) There have been no environmental investigations, studies,
audits, tests, reviews or other analyses conducted by, or that are in the
possession of, Seller in relation to any site or facility now or previously
owned, operated or leased by Seller on any of the Real Property which have not
been delivered to Buyer prior to the execution of this Agreement.
3.23 Substantial Customers and Suppliers. Schedule 3.23 lists the
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ten (10) largest customers of the Business, on the basis of revenues for goods
sold or services provided for the most recently completed fiscal year. Schedule
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3.23 lists the ten (10) largest suppliers of the Business, on the basis of cost
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of goods or services purchased for the most recently completed fiscal year.
Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.23, no such customer or supplier has ceased or
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materially reduced its purchases from, use of the services of, sales to or
provision of services to the Business since, with respect to any customer, the
Financial Statement Date, and with respect to any supplier, June 30, 1999, or to
the Knowledge of Seller, has threatened to cease or materially reduce such
purchases, use, sales or provision of services after the date hereof. Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.23, to the Knowledge of Seller, no such customer or
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supplier is threatened with bankruptcy or insolvency.
3.24 Accounts Receivable. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.24,
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the Accounts Receivable (i) arose from bona fide sales transactions, (ii) to
Seller's knowledge, are not subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim, (iii)
do not represent obligations for goods sold on consignment, on approval or on a
sale-or-return basis or subject to any other repurchase or return arrangement,
and (iv) are not the subject of any Actions or Proceedings brought by or on
behalf of Seller.
3.25 Inventory. All items included in the Inventory are the
property of Seller, free and clear of any Lien other than Permitted Liens, have
not been pledged as collateral, are not held by Seller on consignment from
others and conform in all material respects to all standards applicable to such
inventory or its use or sale imposed by Governmental Authorities.
3.26 Vehicles. Schedule 1.1(k) contains a true and complete list
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of all motor vehicles owned or leased by Seller and used or held for use in the
conduct of the Business. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.26, Seller has good
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and valid title to, or has valid leasehold interests in or valid rights under
Contract to use, each Vehicle, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Liens.
3.27 No Guarantees. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.27, none
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of the Liabilities of the Business or of Seller incurred in connection with the
conduct of the Business is guaranteed by or subject to a similar contingent
obligation of any other Person, nor has Seller guaranteed or become subject to a
similar contingent obligation in respect of the Liabilities of
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any customer, supplier or other Person to whom Seller sells goods or provides
services in the conduct of the Business or with whom Seller otherwise has
significant business relationships in the conduct of the Business.
3.28 Entire Business. The sale of the Assets by Seller to Buyer
pursuant to this Agreement will effectively convey to Buyer the entire Business
and all of the tangible and intangible property used by Seller (whether owned,
leased or held under license by Seller, by any of Seller's Affiliates or
Associates or by others) in connection with the conduct of the Business as
heretofore conducted by Seller (except for the Excluded Assets and assets used
by Seller in both the Business and other businesses of Seller in the corporate
administration of Seller and its businesses) including all tangible Assets and
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Properties of Seller reflected in the April Balance Sheet and Assets and
Properties acquired since the Financial Statement Date in the conduct of the
Business, other than the Excluded Assets and Assets and Properties disposed of
since such date, consistent with Section 3.8.
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3.29 Disclosure. No representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make such statements, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The information
memorandum dated February 2000 regarding the Business and the Division was
prepared in good faith by Seller.
3.30 Brokers. No agent, broker, person or firm acting on behalf
of Seller or its stockholders is, or will be, entitled to any commission or
broker's or finder's fees from any of the parties hereto, or from and person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with any of the parties
hereto, in connection with any of the transactions contemplated herein, other
than XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation, whose fees, expenses and commissions shall
be solely the responsibility of Seller.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF XXXXXXX AND BUYER
Xxxxxxx and Buyer, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Seller
that, as set forth in this Article 4, except as required by this Agreement:
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4.1 Organization and Standing of Xxxxxxx and Buyer; Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws. Xxxxxxx is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California and has
all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to
carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations
hereunder. Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry out the transactions
contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder. Copies of the
articles of incorporation and bylaws of Xxxxxxx and the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of Buyer have been made available to Seller, and each
such copy is true, correct and complete.
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4.2 Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and all other documents and instruments executed or to be executed by Xxxxxxx
and Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate and other action on the part of Xxxxxxx and Buyer, respectively. This
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which Xxxxxxx and Buyer are parties
have been, or will have been, at the time of their respective executions and
deliveries, duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Xxxxxxx
and Buyer, respectively.
4.3 Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes and each
Ancillary Agreement to which Xxxxxxx and Buyer are parties will constitute the
valid and legally binding obligation of Xxxxxxx and Buyer, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
equitable principles and by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors generally.
4.4 Absence of Conflicts. The execution and delivery by Xxxxxxx
and Buyer of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby do not,
and the performance by Xxxxxxx and Buyer of their obligations under this
Agreement, such other agreements and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (a) conflict with or result in a
violation or breach of the articles of incorporation, by-laws or other similar
charter documents of Xxxxxxx or Buyer; (b) conflict with or result in a
violation or breach of any law or order applicable to (i) Xxxxxxx or Buyer or
any of their assets and properties; (c) (i) conflict with or result in a
violation or breach of, (ii) constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time
or both) a default under, (iii) require Xxxxxxx or Buyer to obtain any consent
or approval of any person as a result or under the terms of, (iv) result in or
give to any person any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration or
modification in or with respect to, or (v) result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon Xxxxxxx or Buyer or any of their assets or properties under,
any agreement to which Xxxxxxx or Buyer is a party or by which any of their
assets or properties is bound, other than, in the case of clauses (b) and (c),
such conflicts, violations, breaches and other consequences within the scope of
clauses (b) and (c) which, or such consents and approvals within the scope of
clauses (b) and (c) the failure to obtain which, would occur solely as a result
of the legal or regulatory status of Seller or any of its Affiliates.
4.5 Governmental Authorizations and Consents. No material
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or
declarations with, any Governmental Authority, bureau, agency or commission, or
any third party, are required to be obtained or made by Buyer in connection with
the execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of this
Agreement, other than a filing with the Federal Trade Commission and the
Department of Justice under the HSR Act, which Buyer submitted on June 1, 2000.
4.6 Financial Statements. Buyer has delivered to Seller (a) the
audited balance sheet and the related audited statement of operations of Buyer
as of and for the three (3) year period ended December 31, 1999 and (b) the
unaudited balance sheet and the related unaudited statement of operations of
Buyer (the "Interim Financial Statements") as of and for the three (3) month
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period ended March 31, 2000 (such financial statements, including the notes
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thereto, hereinafter being referred to as the "Buyer Financial Statements"). The
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Buyer Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and
present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Buyer as of
the dates thereof and the results of operations for the periods then ended,
except that the Interim Financial Statements were prepared on an interim basis,
are subject to normal year end adjustments and do not contain all the footnote
disclosures required by GAAP.
4.7 Litigation. To the Knowledge of Xxxxxxx or Buyer, as of the
date of this Agreement, no action, suit, proceeding or governmental
investigation is pending against Xxxxxxx or Buyer or their properties, at law or
in equity or before any court, governmental department, commission, board,
agency, authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that seeks to
question, delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.8 Brokers. No agent, broker, person or firm acting on behalf
of Xxxxxxx or Buyer or their stockholders is, or will be, entitled to any
commission or broker's or finder's fees from any of the parties hereto, or from
and Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with any of the
parties hereto, in connection with any of the transactions contemplated herein,
other than Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, whose fees, expenses and commissions
shall be solely the responsibility of Buyer.
4.9 Section 203. Neither Xxxxxxx nor Buyer is and, for the
three preceding years, neither has been, an "interested stockholder" of Seller
within the meaning of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS OF SELLER
Seller covenants and agrees with Buyer that, at all times from and after
the date hereof until the Closing and, with respect to any covenant or agreement
by its terms to be performed in whole or in part after the Closing, for the
period specified herein or, if no period is specified herein, indefinitely,
Seller will comply with all covenants and provisions of this Article 5, except
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to the extent Buyer may otherwise consent in writing.
5.1 Regulatory and Other Approvals. Seller will (a) take all
commercially reasonable steps necessary or desirable, and proceed diligently and
in good faith and use all commercially reasonable efforts, as promptly as
practicable to obtain all consents, approvals or actions of, to make all filings
with and to give all notices to Governmental Authorities or any other Person
required of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Ancillary Agreements, including, those described in Schedule 3.4, (b) provide
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such other information and communications to such Governmental Authorities or
other Persons as Buyer or such Governmental Authorities or other Persons may
reasonably request in connection therewith and (c) cooperate with Buyer as
promptly as practicable in obtaining all consents, approvals or actions of,
making all filings with and giving all notices to Governmental Authorities or
other Persons required of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and by the Ancillary Agreements. Seller will provide prompt notification
to Buyer when any such consent,
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approval, action, filing or notice referred to in clause (a) above is obtained,
taken, made or given, as applicable, and will advise Buyer of any communications
(and, unless precluded by Law, provide copies of any such communications that
are in writing) with any Governmental Authority or other Person regarding any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Ancillary
Agreements.
5.2 HSR Filings. In addition to and not in limitation of Seller's
covenants contained in Section 5.1, Seller will (a) take promptly all actions
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necessary to make the filings required of Seller or its Affiliates under the HSR
Act, (b) comply at the earliest practicable date with any request for additional
information received by Seller or its Affiliates from the Federal Trade
Commission or the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice pursuant to
the HSR Act and (c) cooperate with Buyer in connection with Buyer's filing under
the HSR Act and in connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry
concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement commenced by either
the Federal Trade Commission or the Antitrust Division of the Department of
Justice or state attorneys general.
5.3 Investigation by Buyer. Seller will (a) provide Buyer and any
Person who is considering providing financing to Buyer to finance all or any
portion of the Purchase Price and their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents, counsel, accountants, financial advisors, consultants and
other representatives (collectively, "Representatives") with full access, upon
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reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours, to the Employees and
such other officers, employees and agents of Seller who have any responsibility
for the conduct of the Business, to Seller's accountants and to the Assets, and
(b) furnish Buyer and such other Persons with all such information and data
(including, copies of Business Contracts, Business Licenses, Benefit Plans and
other Business Books and Records) concerning the Business, the Assets and the
Assumed Liabilities as Buyer or any of such other Persons reasonably may request
in connection with such investigation.
5.4 No Solicitations. In consideration of the substantial
expenditure of time, effort and expense undertaken of Buyer and its
Representatives, Seller agrees for a period commencing on the date of the
execution of this Agreement until such earlier date as (i) the Closing or (ii)
the termination of this Agreement that the Seller will not, directly or
indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, affiliate or agent or
otherwise, take any action to solicit, encourage, or pursue any inquiry,
proposal or offer for, or furnish or cause to be furnished any information
related to, the acquisition of any or all of the Assets, including the grant of
any license to any intellectual property related to or used in connection with
the Business, other than licenses in the ordinary course of business related to
the sale of the Division's products. If Seller or any such officer, director,
agent or Affiliate of Seller (or any Person acting for or on their behalf)
receives from any member of management of the Division any offer, inquiry or
informational request referred to above, Seller will promptly advise such
Person, by written notice, of the terms of this Section 5.4 and will promptly,
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orally and in writing, advise Buyer of such offer, inquiry or request and
deliver a copy of such notice to Buyer.
5.5 Conduct of Business. Seller will operate the Business only in
the ordinary course consistent with past practice. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Seller will:
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(a) in the ordinary course and consistent with past practice (i)
preserve intact the present business organization and reputation of the
Business, (ii) keep available (subject to dismissals and retirements in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) the services of the
Employees, (iii) maintain the Assets in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted and (iv) maintain the goodwill of customers,
suppliers, lenders and other Persons to whom Seller sells goods or provides
services or with whom Seller otherwise has significant business relationships in
connection with the Business;
(b) except to the extent required by applicable Law, (i) cause the
Business Books and Records to be maintained in the usual, regular and ordinary
manner, and (ii) not permit any material change in any pricing, investment,
accounting, financial reporting, inventory, credit, allowance or Tax practice or
policy of Seller;
(c) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and
effect until the Closing substantially the same levels of coverage as the
insurance afforded under the Contracts listed in Schedule 3.19; and
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(d) comply, in all material respects, with all Laws and Orders
applicable to the Business and promptly following receipt thereof to give Buyer
copies of any notice received from any Governmental Authority or other Person
alleging any violation of any such Law or Order.
5.6 Financial Statements and Reports; Filings.
(a) As promptly as practicable and in any event no later than 45 days
after the end of each fiscal quarter ending after the date hereof and before the
Closing Date (other than the fourth quarter) or 90 days after the end of each
fiscal year ending after the date hereof and before the Closing Date, as the
case may be, Seller will deliver to Buyer true and complete copies of (in the
case of any such fiscal year) the audited and (in the case of any such fiscal
quarter) the unaudited balance sheet, and the related audited or unaudited
statement of operations, of the Business, as of and for the fiscal year then
ended or as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year
then ended, as the case may be, together with the notes, if any, relating
thereto, which financial statements shall be prepared on a basis consistent with
the Financial Statements.
(b) As promptly as practicable, Seller will deliver to Buyer true and
complete copies of such other financial statements, reports and analyses
relating to the Business as may be prepared or received by Seller or as Buyer
may otherwise reasonably request.
(c) As promptly as practicable, Seller will deliver copies of all
License applications and other filings made by Seller in connection with the
operation of the Business after the date hereof and before the Closing Date with
any Governmental Authority (other than routine, recurring filings made in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice).
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5.7 Employee Matters. Except as may be required by Law, Seller will
refrain from directly or indirectly:
(a) making any representation or promise, oral or written, to any
Employee concerning any Benefit Plan, except for statements as to the rights or
accrued benefits of any Employee under the terms of any Benefit Plan;
(b) making any increase in the salary, wages or other compensation of
any Employee, other than increases in the ordinary course that in the aggregate
do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the annual compensation of such Employee in
the immediately preceding twelve (12) month period;
(c) adopting, entering into or becoming bound by any Benefit Plan,
employment-related Contract or collective bargaining agreement with respect to
the Business or any of the Employees, or amending, modifying or terminating
(partially or completely) any such Benefit Plan, employment-related Contract or
collective bargaining agreement, except to the extent required by applicable Law
and, in the event compliance with legal requirements presents options, only to
the extent that the option which Seller reasonably believes to be the least
costly is chosen; or
(d) establishing or modifying any (i) targets, goals, pools or similar
provisions in respect of any fiscal year under any Benefit Plan or any
employment-related Contract or other compensation arrangement with or for
Employees or (ii) salary ranges, increase guidelines or similar provisions in
respect of any Benefit Plan or any employment-related Contract or other
compensation arrangement with or for Employees.
Seller will administer each Benefit Plan, or cause the same to be so
administered, in all material respects in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Code, ERISA and all other applicable Laws. Seller will
promptly notify Buyer in writing of each receipt by Seller (and furnish Buyer
with copies) of any notice of investigation or administrative proceeding by the
IRS, Department of Labor, PBGC or other Person involving any Benefit Plan.
5.8 Certain Restrictions. Seller will refrain from:
(a) acquiring or disposing of any Assets and Properties used or held
for use in the conduct of the Business, other than Inventory in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice and other acquisitions or
dispositions not exceeding $50,000 in the aggregate, or creating or incurring
any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any Assets and Properties used or held
for use in the conduct of the Business;
(b) entering into, amending, modifying, terminating (partially or
completely), granting any waiver under or giving any consent with respect to any
material Business Contract or any material Business License;
(c) violating, breaching or defaulting under in any material respect,
or taking or failing to take any action that (with or without notice or lapse of
time or both) would
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constitute a material violation or breach of, or default under, any term or
provision of any Business Contract or any Business License;
(d) incurring, purchasing, canceling, prepaying or otherwise providing
for a complete or partial discharge in advance of a scheduled payment date with
respect to, or waiving any right of Seller under, any Liability of or owing to
Seller in connection with the Business, other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice;
(e) engaging in any transaction with respect to the Business with any
officer, director, Affiliate or Associate of Seller, or any Associate of any
such officer, director or Affiliate, either outside the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or other than on an arm's-length basis;
(f) making capital expenditures or commitments for additions to
property, plant or equipment constituting capital assets on behalf of the
Business in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000; or
(g) entering into any Contract to do or engage in any of the
foregoing.
5.9 Security Deposits. Seller will take all actions necessary to
transfer to Buyer on the Closing Date all of Seller's right, title and interest
in and to the Tenant Security Deposits.
5.10 Delivery of Books and Records, etc.; Removal of Property.
(a) On the Closing Date, Seller will deliver or make available to
Buyer at the locations at which the Business is conducted all of the Business
Books and Records and such other Assets as are in Seller's possession at other
locations, and if at any time after the Closing Seller discovers in its
possession or under its control any other Business Books and Records or other
Assets, it will forthwith deliver such Business Books and Records or other
Assets to Buyer.
(b) Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall remove
all Excluded Assets from the Real Property and Improvements. Such removal shall
be at the sole cost and risk of Seller, including risk of loss and damage to
such Excluded Assets. Buyer shall have no liability to Seller with respect to
such removal and transportation. Seller shall be responsible for all repairs to
the Real Property and Improvements due to damage caused by Seller and its
employees and agents in connection with the removal of Excluded Assets.
5.11 Noncompetition.
(a) Seller will, for a period of three (3) years from and after the
Closing Date, refrain from, either alone or in conjunction with any other
Person, or directly or indirectly through its present or future Affiliates:
(i) employing, engaging or seeking to employ or engage any
Person who within the prior twelve (12) months had been an employee of
Buyer or any of its Affiliates engaged in the Business, unless such
employee (A) resigns voluntarily (without
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any solicitation from Seller or any of its Affiliates) or (B) is terminated
by Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the Closing Date;
(ii) causing or attempting to cause (A) any client, customer or
supplier of the Business to terminate or materially reduce its business
with Buyer or any of its Affiliates or (B) any officer, employee or
consultant of Buyer or any of its Affiliates engaged in the Business to
resign or sever a relationship with Buyer or any of its Affiliates except
that, in the event that Seller is acquired (whether through (i) sale of
substantial assets, or (ii) merger, sale of stock or otherwise pursuant to
which the stockholders of Seller immediately prior to such transaction hold
less than a majority of the voting securities of the surviving or acquiring
corporation after such transaction), by an independent third party with
operations that compete with the Business at the time of such transaction
(a "Pre-Existing Business"), this prohibition shall not apply to such Pre-
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Existing Business as so conducted;
(iii) disclosing (unless required by law or compelled by
judicial or administrative process) or using any confidential or secret
information relating primarily to the Business or any client, customer or
supplier of the Business; or
(iv) participating or engaging in (other than through the
ownership of 5% or less of any class of securities registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), or otherwise lending
assistance (financial or otherwise) to any Person participating or engaged
in, any of the lines of business which comprised the Business on the
Closing Date in any jurisdiction in which the Division presently conducts
the Business except that, in the event that Seller is acquired (whether
through (i) sale of substantial assets, or (ii) merger, sale of stock or
otherwise pursuant to which the stockholders of Seller immediately prior to
such transaction hold less than a majority of the voting securities of the
surviving or acquiring corporation after such transaction), by an
independent third party with operations that compete with the Business at
the time of such transaction, this prohibition shall not apply to such Pre-
Existing Business as so conducted, and except that this restriction shall
not apply to the Seller's retaining, possessing or taking ownership or
disposing of the products sold to Comlog in 1999 for approximately one-
hundred twelve thousand nine-hundred two dollars ($112,902) and which
products are being held by Seller in storage in Rochester.
(b) The parties hereto recognize that the Laws and public policies of
the various states of the United States may differ as to the validity and
enforceability of covenants similar to those set forth in this Section 5.11. It
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is the intention of the parties that the provisions of this Section be enforced
to the fullest extent permissible under the Laws and policies of each
jurisdiction in which enforcement may be sought, and that the unenforceability
(or the modification to conform to such Laws or policies) of any provisions of
this Section shall not render unenforceable, or impair, the remainder of the
provisions of this Section. Accordingly, if any provision of this Section shall
be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall be deemed to apply only with respect to the operation of
such provision in the particular jurisdiction in which such determination is
made and not with respect to any other provision or jurisdiction.
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(c) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any remedy at Law
for any breach of the provisions of this Section would be inadequate, and Seller
hereby consents to the granting by any court of an injunction or other equitable
relief, without the necessity of actual monetary loss being proved, in order
that the breach or threatened breach of such provisions may be effectively
restrained.
5.12 Notice and Cure. Seller will notify Buyer in writing of, and
contemporaneously will provide Xxxxxxx and Buyer with true and complete copies
of any and all information or documents relating to, and will use all
commercially reasonable efforts to cure before the Closing, any event,
transaction or circumstance, as soon as practicable after it becomes Known to
Seller, that causes or will cause any covenant or agreement of Seller under this
Agreement to be breached or that renders or will render untrue in any material
respect any representation or warranty of Seller contained in this Agreement as
if the same were made on or as of the date of such event, transaction or
circumstance. No notice given pursuant to this Section shall have any effect on
the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement for purposes of determining satisfaction of any condition contained
herein or shall in any way limit Buyer's right to seek indemnity under Article
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5.13 Fulfillment of Conditions. Seller will execute and deliver at the
Closing each Ancillary Agreement that Seller is required hereby to execute and
deliver as a condition to the Closing, will take all commercially reasonable
steps necessary or desirable and proceed diligently and in good faith to satisfy
each other condition to the obligations of Buyer contained in this Agreement and
will not take or fail to take any action that could reasonably be expected to
result in the nonfulfillment of any such condition.
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS OF XXXXXXX AND BUYER
6.1 Confidentiality. Xxxxxxx and, as an Affiliate of Xxxxxxx, Buyer
shall comply in all respects with the provisions of the Confidentiality
Agreement between Seller and Xxxxxxx dated February 4, 2000 (the
"Confidentiality Agreement"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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and except as required by law or pursuant to valid legal process, neither
Xxxxxxx nor Buyer shall contact any customers or employees of Seller without the
prior consent of an officer of Seller.
6.2 Investigation. In conducting its review of the Business, each of
Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall use its reasonable efforts to not interfere in any
material manner with the Business or with the performance of Seller's employees
except to the extent the review permitted by Seller necessitates such
interference.
6.3 Employees.
(a) With respect to any individual employed primarily in the conduct
of the Business by Seller immediately prior to the Closing (an "Employee") who
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is a Transferred Employee, Buyer will provide, for a period of at least one year
following the Closing Date, to the extent commercially practicable, benefits
similar to those offered by Xxxxxxx to its employees
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generally. Nothing in this Section 6.3 shall be construed as conferring on any
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Employee a continued right to employment.
(b) Buyer shall offer employment to all Employees other than those
identified by Xxxxxxx to Seller commencing as of the Closing Date at
substantially similar rate of base salary, in the same general location and for
a comparable position as each had with Seller immediately prior to the Closing,
and will assume all responsibility for compensation and any employee benefits to
be paid to Transferred Employees for services rendered to Buyer from and after
the Closing Date, such compensation and benefits to be determined by Xxxxxxx and
Buyer, subject to Buyer's obligations under Section 6.3(a). Each Transferred
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Employee shall receive credit for time served as an employee of Seller
(including any predecessor entity thereto) for purposes of eligibility for
benefits under Buyer's benefit plans. Nothing herein shall restrict Buyer in
the exercise of its independent business judgment, subject to Buyer's
obligations under Section 6.3(a), as to the terms and conditions under which
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such employment shall continue, the duration of such employment, the basis on
which such employment is terminated or the compensation or benefits provided to
Transferred Employees. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an
agreement to employ any Transferred Employee for any length of time.
6.4 Regulatory and Other Approvals. Xxxxxxx and Buyer will (a) take
all commercially reason-able steps necessary or desirable, and proceed
diligently and in good faith and use all commercially reasonable efforts, as
promptly as practicable to obtain all consents, approvals or actions of, to make
all filings with and to give all notices to Governmental Authorities or any
other Person required of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and by the Ancillary Agreements, (b) provide such other information and
communications to such Governmental Authorities or other Persons as Seller or
such Governmental Authorities or other Persons may reasonably request in
connection therewith and (c) cooperate with Seller as promptly as practicable in
obtaining all consents, approvals or actions of, making all filings with and
giving all notices to Governmental Authorities or other Persons required of
Seller to con-summate the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Ancillary
Agreements. Xxxxxxx and Buyer will provide prompt notification to Seller when
any such consent, approval, action, filing or notice referred to in clause (a)
above is obtained, taken, made or given, as applicable, and will advise Seller
of any communications (and, unless precluded by Law, provide copies of any such
communications that are in writing) with any Governmental Authority or other
Person regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
of the Ancillary Agreements.
6.5 HSR Filings. In addition to and without limiting Xxxxxxx'x
covenants contained in Section 6.4, Xxxxxxx will (a) take promptly all actions
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necessary to make the filings required of Xxxxxxx or its Affiliates under the
HSR Act, (b) comply at the earliest practicable date with any request for
additional information received by Xxxxxxx or its Affiliates from the Federal
Trade Commission or the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice pursuant
to the HSR Act and (c) cooperate with Seller in connection with Seller's filing
under the HSR Act and in connection with resolving any investigation or other
regulatory inquiry concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
commenced by either the Federal Trade Commission or the Antitrust Division of
the Department of Justice or state attorneys general.
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ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES
7.1 Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or
cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under applicable laws and
regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Xxxxxxx, Buyer and Seller each will execute and deliver such other documents,
certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other actions as
may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
7.2 Certain Filings. Xxxxxxx, Buyer and Seller shall cooperate with
one another (a) in determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing
with, any governmental body, agency, official or authority is required, or any
actions, consents, approvals or waivers are required to be obtained from parties
to any Material Contracts, in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (b) in taking such actions or
making any such filings, in furnishing such information as may be required in
connection therewith, including, filings under the HSR Act, and in seeking
timely to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers.
7.3 Public Announcements. None of Xxxxxxx, Buyer or Seller will
issue any press release or make any public statement with respect to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or disclose the existence of
this Agreement to any person or entity, prior to the Closing and, after the
Closing, will not issue any such press release or make any such public statement
without, in the case of Xxxxxxx or Buyer, the prior written consent of Seller,
and, in the case of Seller, the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx (in each case,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), subject to any
applicable disclosure obligations pursuant to law (including Seller's
requirement to issue a press release promptly after the execution of this
Agreement), provided that the party proposing to issue any press release or
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similar public announcement or communication in compliance with any such
disclosure obligations shall use commercially reasonable efforts to consult in
good faith with the other parties before doing so.
7.4 Use of Business Names by Buyer.
(a) Xxxxxxx and Buyer acknowledge that Seller has the absolute and
exclusive proprietary right to all names, marks, trade names, trademarks,
service names and service marks (collectively, "Names") incorporating "Adaptive
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Broadband" or any similar Name and to all corporate symbols or logos
(collectively, "Logos") incorporating Adaptive Broadband or any similar name.
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All rights of Seller and its Affiliates to the same and the goodwill represented
thereby and pertaining thereto are being retained by Seller. Each of Xxxxxxx and
Buyer agrees that it will not, and will cause the Business not to, use the
Adaptive Broadband Name or any Name incorporating "California Microwave" or any
similar Names or any Logo incorporating such Names or any similar Names in any
manner, including in connection with the sale of any products or services or
otherwise in the conduct of the Business, except as expressly permitted by
subsection (b) of this Section 7.4.
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(b) For a period of six (6) months from the Closing Date (the "Window
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Period"), Seller shall and hereby irrevocably grants, effective as of the
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Closing Date, on a fully-paid, royalty-free basis, to Xxxxxxx and Buyer the
right to use the Adaptive Broadband Logo and the Adaptive Broadband Name in
connection with the operation of the Business as currently conducted including,
during the Window Period, to (i) use any molds or castings included in the
equipment or machinery included in the Assets despite the appearance thereon and
on the products manufactured therewith of the Adaptive Broadband Name or the
Adaptive Broadband Logo, (ii) market and sell all such products produced by the
Business and (iii) use any other assets on hand included in the Assets,
including any catalogs, invoices, packaging material or stationery, bearing the
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Adaptive Broadband Name or Adaptive Broadband Logo (provided, however, that each
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of Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cease its
use of the Adaptive Broadband Name and the Adaptive broadband Logo within three
months). Immediately upon the expiration of the Window Period, Xxxxxxx and
Buyer shall cease to use in any manner the Adaptive Broadband Name or the
Adaptive Broadband Logo incorporating such Name and remove or obliterate such
Name or the Adaptive Broadband Logo from any molds, castings, products or other
assets and clearly and prominently xxxx the new name of the Business thereon.
At all times following the Closing, each of Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall not indicate
that Xxxxxxx or Buyer or the Business is affiliated with Seller or any of its
affiliates.
7.5 Consents; Cooperation. Seller, Xxxxxxx and Buyer will use their
commercially reasonable efforts:
(a) to obtain prior to the earlier of the date required (if so
required) or the Closing Date, all authorizations, consents, orders, permits or
approvals of, or notices to, or filings, registrations or qualifications with,
all governmental authorities or any other person or entity that are required on
their respective parts, for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;
(b) to defend, consistent with applicable principles and requirements
of law, any lawsuit or other legal proceeding, whether judicial or
administrative, whether brought derivatively or on behalf of third persons
(including governmental authorities) challenging this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as may
reasonably be requested in connection with the foregoing; and
(d) to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause
to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make
effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (excluding satisfying
the closing conditions in Articles 8 or 9 hereof insofar as they relate to the
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truth of representations and warranties but including otherwise satisfying the
closing conditions in Articles 8 or 9) and (ii) refrain from taking any action
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which reasonably could be expected to render any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect in any material respect (except
to the extent a representation or warranty or covenant is qualified by
materiality in which case Seller will refrain from taking any action that would
render such representation or warranty untrue or incorrect) as of the Closing.
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7.6 Liability for Transfer Taxes. Each of Buyer (or Xxxxxxx) and
Seller shall be responsible for and pay in a timely manner one-half of all
sales, use, value added, documentary, stamp, gross receipts, registration,
transfer, conveyance, excise, recording, license and other similar Taxes and
fees ("Transfer Taxes"), arising out of or in connection with or attributable to
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the transactions effected pursuant to this Agreement. Each party hereto shall
prepare and timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed in respect of
Transfer Taxes that are the primary responsibility of such party under
applicable law; provided, however, that such party's preparation of any such Tax
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Returns shall be subject to the other party's approval which approval shall not
be withheld or delayed unreasonably.
7.7 Communications with Customers and Suppliers. Seller, Xxxxxxx and
Buyer will mutually agree upon (and shall not unreasonably withhold consent with
respect to) all communications with suppliers and customers of the Business
relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder prior to
the Closing Date.
7.8 Books and Records. From and after the Closing and until the
sixth anniversary thereof, (a) Seller agrees to grant to Xxxxxxx and Buyer, upon
reasonable notice and during normal business hours, reasonable access to any
books and records that pertain to the Business, but which are not Books and
Records, and (b) Xxxxxxx and Buyer agree to grant to Seller, upon reasonable
notice and during normal business hours, reasonable access to any Books and
Records included in the Assets that pertain to the operations of the Business on
or prior to the Closing Date, for any reasonable business purpose of Seller.
7.9 Tax Cooperation and Retention.
(a) Each of Xxxxxxx, Buyer and Seller shall at their own expense
cooperate with each other and make available to each other such Tax data and
other information as may be reasonably required in connection with (i) the
preparation or filing of any Tax return, election, consent or certification, or
any claim for refund or the preparation of Seller's financial statements, (ii)
any determinations of liability for Taxes, or (iii) any audit, examination or
other proceeding in respect of Taxes ("Tax Data"). Such cooperation shall
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include making their respective employees and independent auditors reasonably
available on a mutually convenient basis for all reasonable purposes, including,
to provide explanations and background information and to permit the copying of
books, records, schedules, workpapers, notices, revenue agent reports,
settlement or closing agreements and other documents containing the Tax Data
("Tax Documentation"). If a third party is retained in connection with any
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review hereunder, the party retaining such third party shall be responsible for
any fees and expenses of such third party.
(b) The Tax Data and the Tax Documentation shall be retained for
seven years (plus any extensions) following the taxable year to which such Tax
Data and Tax Documentation relates; provided, however, that in the event an
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audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding has been instituted prior
to the expiration of an applicable statute of limitations the Tax Data and Tax
Documentation relating thereto shall be retained until there is a final
determination thereof (and the time for any appeal has expired).
7.10 Employees. At Closing, Seller will terminate the employment of
all Employees, excluding such Employees identified by Xxxxxxx and Buyer, and
Buyer will
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immediately extend offers to and if such offer is accepted, hire all such
terminated employees (the "Transferred Employees"). Other than obligations of
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Seller with respect to the accrued vacation payable to Transferred Employees and
accrued sick leave payable to Transferred Employees to the extent accrued as of
the Closing Date, Xxxxxxx and Buyer will have no obligations with respect to the
Transferred Employees with respect to any claim, benefit, salary, bonus,
commission or any other amount attributable to such employees' employment with
Seller and Seller will pay all such amounts on or before the Closing Date. Buyer
will assume liability for the payment of severance payments, if any, due to any
Transferred Employees as a result of the termination of such employees'
employment by Buyer after the Closing Date pursuant to any employment contract
assumed by Buyer. Neither Xxxxxxx nor Buyer will be liable for the payment of
any retention bonus to any Transferred Employee.
ARTICLE 8
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF XXXXXXX AND BUYER TO CLOSE
The obligations of Xxxxxxx and Buyer to purchase and pay for the Assets,
assume the Assumed Liabilities and otherwise consummate the transactions that
are to be consummated at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction, as of the
Closing Date, of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by Xxxxxxx
and Buyer in whole or in part):
8.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations
and warranties of Seller set forth in Article 3 shall be accurate in all
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material respects as of the Closing, as though made on and as of the Closing
Date, except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties
refers specifically to a date other than the Closing Date, in which case such
representation or warranty shall have been accurate in all material respects as
of such other date.
8.2 Performance. Seller shall have performed in all material respects
all obligations required by this Agreement to be performed by Seller on or
before the Closing Date.
8.3 Certificate. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall have received from the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Seller a certificate dated the
Closing Date confirming, to such person's knowledge, that the conditions in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 have been met.
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8.4 No Injunction. There shall not be in effect, at the Closing, any
injunction or other binding order of any court or other tribunal having
jurisdiction over Xxxxxxx or Buyer or Seller that prohibits Xxxxxxx'x and
Buyer's purchase of the Assets or Seller's sale of the Assets and no action
pending which seeks to prohibit the transactions and no threat by any
governmental agency to commence such an action.
8.5 HSR Act. All consents, approvals and actions of, filings with and
notices to any Governmental Authority necessary to permit Xxxxxxx and Buyer and
Seller to perform their obligations under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(a) shall have been duly obtained, made or given, (b) shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Xxxxxxx and Buyer, (c) shall not be
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subject to the satisfaction of any condition that has not been satisfied or
waived and (d) shall be in full force and effect, and all terminations or
expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Authority necessary
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements, including under the HSR Act, shall have occurred.
8.6 Consents. All consents (or in lieu thereof waivers) to the
performance by Xxxxxxx and Buyer and Seller of their obligations under this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby as are required under any Contract
to which Xxxxxxx, Buyer or Seller is a party or by which any of their respective
Assets and Properties are bound (a) shall have been obtained, (b) shall be
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E, (c) shall not be subject to the
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satisfaction of any condition that has not been satisfied or waived and (d)
shall be in full force and effect, except where the failure to obtain any such
consent (or in lieu thereof waiver) could not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate with other such failures, to materially
adversely affect Xxxxxxx, Buyer, the Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or the
Business.
8.7 Transfer Documents. Seller shall have delivered to Xxxxxxx
and Buyer at the Closing all documents, certificates and agreements necessary to
transfer to Buyer title to the Assets, free and clear of any and all Liens
thereon, other than Permitted Liens, including:
(a) a xxxx of sale, assignment and general conveyance,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A, dated the Closing Date, with respect to
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the Assets;
(b) assignments of all Contracts, Intellectual Property and any
other agreements and instruments constituting Assets, dated the Closing Date,
assigning to Buyer all Seller's right, title and interest therein and thereto;
(c) an assignment of lease, dated as of the Closing Date, with
respect to each Lease;
(d) certificates of title to all motor vehicles included in the
Assets to be transferred to Buyer hereunder, duly endorsed for transfer to Buyer
as of the Closing Date; and
(e) a tax clearance certificate from the State of New York
pertaining to sales and use Taxes and employment Taxes.
8.8 Employment Agreements. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall have reached
an acceptable arrangement, in the form of employment agreements or otherwise,
with the Employees identified on Schedule 8.8.
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8.9 Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred a
material adverse effect on the Assets (taken as a whole), the Assumed
Liabilities and other liabilities, operations, financial conditions, results of
operations or prospects of the Business that results in the lenders of Xxxxxxx
and Buyer that are to provide financing to Xxxxxxx and Buyer of the Purchase
Price and certain related costs (the Financing Lenders") not providing such
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financing as contemplated by Xxxxxxx and Buyer.
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8.10 Opinion of Counsel. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall have received the
opinion of Xxxxxx Godward LLP, counsel to Seller, dated the Closing Date,
substantially in the form and to the effect of Exhibit F hereto.
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8.11 Title Insurance. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall have received from a
title insurance company acceptable to Xxxxxxx, Buyer and the Financing Lenders a
title insurance policy with respect to the Real Property in form and substance
acceptable to Xxxxxxx, Buyer and the Financing Lenders. Buyer and Seller shall
each bear one-half of the cost related to the obtaining of such title insurance
policy.
8.12 Environmental Survey. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall have received an
environmental survey and assessment in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Xxxxxxx and Buyer and the Financing Lenders prepared by a firm
of licensed engineers (familiar with the identification of Hazardous Materials)
reasonably satisfactory to Xxxxxxx, Buyer and the Financing Lenders, such
environmental survey and assessment to be based upon physical on-site
inspections by such firm of each of the existing sites and facilities owned,
operated and leased by Seller used in connection with the Business, as well as a
historical review of the uses of such sites and facilities and of the Business.
8.13 Financing. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall have obtained from the
Financing Lenders financing having terms reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and in
an amount at least equal to the Purchase Price and the expenses of Buyer
incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE 9
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION OF SELLER TO CLOSE
The obligation of Seller to sell the Assets and otherwise consummate the
transactions that are to be consummated at the Closing is subject to the
satisfaction, as of the Closing Date, of the following conditions (any of which
may be waived by Seller):
9.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations
and warranties of Xxxxxxx and Buyer set forth in Article 4 shall be accurate in
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all material respects as of the Closing, as though made on and as of the Closing
Date, except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties
refers specifically to a date other than the Closing Date, in which case such
representation or warranty shall have been accurate in all material respects as
of such other date.
9.2 Performance. Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall have performed all
obligations required by this Agreement to be performed by Xxxxxxx and Buyer on
or before the Closing Date.
9.3 Certificate. Seller shall have received from the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of each of Xxxxxxx and Buyer a
certificate dated the Closing
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Date confirming, to such person's knowledge, that the conditions in Sections 9.1
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and 9.2 have been met.
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9.4 No Injunction. There shall not be in effect, at the Closing, any
injunction or other binding order of any court or other tribunal having
jurisdiction over Seller that prohibits the sale of the Business and the Assets
or Xxxxxxx'x or Buyer's purchase of the Assets.
9.5 HSR Act. All consents, approvals and actions of, filings with
and notices to any Governmental Authority necessary to permit Seller and Xxxxxxx
and Buyer to perform their obligations under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(a) shall have been duly obtained, made or given, (b) shall not be subject to
the satisfaction of any condition that has not been satisfied or waived and (c)
shall be in full force and effect, and all terminations or expirations of
waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Authority necessary for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements, including under the HSR Act, shall have occurred.
9.6 Assumption Agreement. Seller shall have received from Buyer an
Assumption Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, under which Buyer
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shall have assumed the Assumed Liabilities.
9.7 Opinion of Counsel. Seller shall have received the opinion of
Xxxxxxx, Phleger & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to Xxxxxxx, dated the Closing Date,
substantially in the form and to the effect of Exhibit G hereto.
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ARTICLE 10
TERMINATION
10.1 Right to Terminate Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated
prior to the Closing:
(a) by the mutual agreement of Seller, Xxxxxxx and Buyer;
(b) by written notice of Xxxxxxx or Buyer to Seller at any time
after ninety (90) days after signing, if the Closing shall not have occurred on
or prior to such date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this
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Agreement under this Section 10.1(b) shall not be available to Xxxxxxx or Buyer
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if the action of Xxxxxxx or Buyer or any of their Affiliates has been a
principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or
before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this
Agreement;
(c) by written notice of Seller to Xxxxxxx and Buyer at any time
after ninety (90) days after signing, if the Closing shall not have occurred on
or prior to such date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this
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Agreement under this Section 10.1(c) shall not be available to Seller if the
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action of Seller or any of its Affiliates has been a principal cause of or
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resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date and such
action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this Agreement;
(d) by written notice of Seller to Xxxxxxx and Buyer at any time after
July 14, 2000, if one or more of the conditions set forth in Sections 8.8, 8.9,
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8.11 or 8.12 has not been satisfied or waived on or before July 14, 2000;
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provided, however, that Seller may not exercise its right to terminate this
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Agreement under this Section 10.1(d) if the failure to satisfy such condition or
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conditions is attributable to any act or omission of Seller or any officer,
director, employee, agent or Affiliate of Seller or any Person acting for or on
their behalf;
(e) by written notice of Seller to Xxxxxxx and Buyer at any time after July
31, 2000, if the condition set forth in Section 8.6 has not been satisfied or
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waived on or before July 31, 2000; provided, however, that Seller may not
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exercise its right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(e) if the
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failure to satisfy such condition or conditions is attributable to any act or
omission of Seller or any officer, director, employee, agent or Affiliate of
Seller or any Person acting for or on their behalf;
(f) by written notice of Seller to Xxxxxxx and Buyer at any time after June
30, 2000, if Buyer has not obtained a commitment from the Financing Lenders
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Section 8.13, or has not waived the
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condition set forth in Section 8.13, on or before June 30, 2000;
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(g) at any time before the Closing, by Seller or Xxxxxxx or Buyer (for
purposes of this Section 10.1(g) only, Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall constitute a
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single party), in the event (i) of a material breach hereof by the non-
terminating party if such non-terminating party fails to cure such breach within
five (5) Business Days following notification thereof by the terminating party
or (ii) upon notification of the non-terminating party by the terminating party
that the satisfaction of any condition to the terminating party's obligations
under this Agreement becomes impossible or impracticable with the use of
commercially reasonable efforts if the failure of such condition to be satisfied
is not caused by a breach hereof by the terminating party; and
(h) at any time after Rejection but before the Closing, by written notice
of Seller to Xxxxxxx and Buyer; provided, however, that Seller may not exercise
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its right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(h) if the
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condition or conduct that gave rise to the right of termination, or the failure
to close is attributable to any act or omission of Seller or any officer,
director, employee, agent or Affiliate of Seller or any Person acting for or on
their behalf.
10.2 Effect of Termination. Upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 10.1:
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(a) Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall promptly cause to be returned to Seller or
shall destroy all documents and information obtained in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents
and information obtained in connection with Xxxxxxx'x and Buyer's investigation
of the Business, including any copies made
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by or supplied to Xxxxxxx or Buyer or any of their agents of any such documents
or information; and
(b) No party hereto shall have any obligation or liability to the
other parties hereto, except that the parties hereto shall remain bound by the
provisions of this Section 10.2 and Sections 6.1, 7.3 and 10.3 and Article 12
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and by the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement.
ARTICLE 11
CERTAIN REMEDIES AND LIMITATIONS
11.1 Expiration of Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
Notwithstanding any right of Xxxxxxx and Buyer (whether or not exercised)
to investigate the Business or any right of any party (whether or not exercised)
to investigate the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other
party contained in this Agreement, Seller, Xxxxxxx and Buyer have the right to
rely fully upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
other contained in this Agreement. The representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements of Seller and Xxxxxxx and Buyer contained in this Agreement will
survive the Closing (a) indefinitely with respect to the representations and
warranties contained in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.9, the first sentence of
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Section 3.14(b), the first sentence of Section 3.15, the first sentence of
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Section 3.16(a) and Sections 3.30, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.8 and the
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covenants and agreements contained in Sections 2.7 and 13.4, (b) until the
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expiration of all applicable statutes of limitation (including all periods of
extension, whether automatic or permissive) with respect to matters covered by
Section 3.7 and Article 12 and (insofar as they relate to ERISA or the Code),
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Section 3.13, (c) in the case of Section 3.22, for a period of ten (10) years
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from the Closing Date, (d) insofar as they relate to an Environmental Claim or
Environmental Law, Sections 3.8 and 3.11 and the other representations and
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warranties of Seller contained herein, for a period of ten years after the
Closing Date, (e) until two years from the Closing Date in the case of all other
representations and warranties and any covenant or agreement to be performed in
whole or in part on or prior to the Closing or (f) with respect to each other
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, until sixty (60) days
following the last date on which such covenant or agreement is to be performed
or, if no such date is specified, indefinitely, except that any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement that would otherwise terminate in accordance
with clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above will continue to survive if a claim
for indemnity shall have been made under Section 11.2 or 11.3 on or prior to
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such termination date, until such claim has been satisfied or otherwise
resolved.
11.2 Indemnity by Seller.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.1 hereof relating to
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the survival of representations and warranties and the other limitations
contained herein, from and after the Closing, Seller shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Xxxxxxx, Buyer and their respective Affiliates, officers,
directors, employees, and agents (collectively, the "Buyer Indemnitees")
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against any and all claims, losses, Liabilities, fines, fees, penalties,
damages, deficiencies, costs and expenses, including, losses resulting from the
defense, settlement and/or compromise of a claim and/or demand and/or
assessment, reasonable attorneys', accountants' and expert
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witnesses' fees, costs and expenses of investigation and litigation, and the
costs and expenses of enforcing the indemnification provided hereunder
(hereafter individually a "Loss" and collectively "Losses") incurred by any of
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the Buyer Indemnitees and arising out of or relating to: (i) all Excluded
Liabilities; (ii) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or
warranty made by Seller in this Agreement; and (iii) any breach of any covenant,
agreement or obligation of Seller contained in this Agreement.
(b) Seller shall not be required to indemnify Buyer Indemnitees with
respect to any claim for indemnification resulting from or arising out of
matters described above pursuant to this Section 11.2, unless and until the
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aggregate amount of all claims against Buyer Indemnitees exceeds four hundred
thousand dollars ($400,000), at which time Buyer Indemnities may claim one-half
of all of the claims made under this Section that aggregate up to four hundred
thousand dollars ($400,000) and the full amount of all other claims under this
Section, regardless of amount; provided, however, that Seller's maximum
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liability to Buyer Indemnitees under this Section 11.2 shall not exceed fifty
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percent (50%) of the Purchase Price in the aggregate; provided further that this
paragraph (b) shall not apply to a misrepresentation or breach of warranty or
covenant by Seller contained in Sections 3.1, 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 3.30, and 7.10, the
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first sentence of Section 3.14(b), the first sentence of Section 3.15, the first
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sentence of Section 3.16(a) and Article 12.
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11.3 Indemnity by Xxxxxxx and Buyer. Subject to the provisions of
Section 11.1 hereof relating to the survival of representations and warranties
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and the other limitations contained herein, from and after the Closing, Xxxxxxx
and Buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller and each of its
Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively, the
"Seller Indemnitees") against the net amount of all Losses incurred by any of
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the Seller Indemnitees and arising out of or relating to: (i) any Assumed
Liabilities; (ii) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or
warranty made by Xxxxxxx and Buyer in this Agreement; and (iii) any breach of
any covenant, agreement or obligation of Xxxxxxx and Buyer contained in this
Agreement.
11.4 Limitations on Indemnities. No party shall be required to
indemnify any other party or any of their Affiliates, officers, directors,
employees and agents:
(a) to the extent such indemnity is limited by operation of law,
provided that the parties shall use all commercially reasonable means to effect
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the terms of this Agreement, consistent with the Law; and
(b) based upon a liability that is contingent unless and until such
contingent liability becomes an actual liability or an indemnified party incurs
any Loss as a result thereof, provided, however, that a Claim Notice may be
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validly delivered with respect to such contingent liability.
11.5 Defense of Third-Party Actions.
(a) The indemnified party seeking indemnification under this Agreement
(the "Indemnified Party") shall promptly notify the indemnifying party (the
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"Indemnifying Party") of the assertion of any claim, or the commencement of any
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Party, in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder and shall give the
Indemnifying Party such information with respect thereto as the Indemnifying
Party may reasonably request, but failure to give such notice shall not relieve
the Indemnifying Party of any liability hereunder (except to the extent that the
Indemnifying Party has suffered actual prejudice by such failure). The
Indemnifying Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, exercisable by
written notice to (which notice shall contain the unconditional undertaking by
the Indemnifying Party to bear all Liabilities, obligations and Losses with
respect to such Third Party Claim, as defined below) the Indemnified Party
within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice from the Indemnified Party of the
commencement of or assertion of any claim, Action or Proceeding by a Third Party
in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder (a "Third-Party Claim") to
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assume the defense at its sole expense such Third-Party Claim that (i) involves
(and continues to involve) solely money damages or (ii) involves (and continues
to involve) claims for both money damages and equitable relief against the
Indemnified Party that cannot be severed, where the claims for money damages are
the primary claims asserted by the Third Party and the claims for equitable
relief are incidental to the claims for money damages, and where the Indemnified
Party reasonably determines (and continues to reasonably determine) that defense
of the claim by the Indemnifying Party will not have a material adverse effect
on the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense
of any such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall, in addition to any
other amounts due under this Article 11, indemnify the Indemnified Party for all
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actual expenses of the defense of such Third-Party Claim (including court costs,
reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants and other experts and other reasonable
expenses of litigation), including with respect to any Third Party Claim which,
if the facts alleged therein were proven to be true, would otherwise constitute
an indemnifiable claim.
(b) The Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party, as the case may
be, shall have the right to participate in (but not control), at its own
expense, the defense of any Third-Party Claim that the other is defending
pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The Indemnifying Party, if it has assumed the defense of any such
Third-Party Claim pursuant to this Agreement, shall not, without the Indemnified
Party's prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld), enter into any
compromise or settlement, it being agreed that no such compromise or settlement
may be entered into that (i) results in any liability to the Indemnified Party,
(ii) commits the Indemnified Party to take, or to forbear to take, any action or
(iii) does not provide for a complete release by such Third Party of the
Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the Indemnified
Party's prior written consent, enter into any compromise or settlement where the
amount of such compromise or settlement would cause the applicable cap on the
Indemnifying Party's liability, as provided herein, to be exceeded. The
Indemnified Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to settle any Third-
Party Claim, with the consent of the Indemnifying Party, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, on such terms and conditions as it deems
reasonably appropriate, to the extent such Third-Party Claim involves equitable
or other nonmonetary relief against the Indemnified Party, and shall have the
right to settle, at the Indemnifying Party's sole expense, any Third-Party Claim
involving money damages for which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the
defense pursuant to this Section 11.5 with the written consent of the
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Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to
employ separate counsel at the Indemnifying Party's expense and to
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control its own defense of any such asserted liability if (i) there are or may
be legal defenses available to such Indemnified Party that are different from or
additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party or (ii) in the
reasonable opinion of counsel to such Indemnified Party, conflict or potential
conflict exists between the Indemnifying Party and such Indemnified Party that
would make such separate representation advisable.
11.6 Procedure and Dispute Resolution.
(a) If an Indemnified Party shall have a claim of indemnification
pursuant to this Article 11 (an "Indemnity Claim"), it shall promptly give
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written notice thereof (the "Claim Notice") to the Indemnifying Party or
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parties, including therein a brief description of the facts upon which such
claim is based and the amount thereof, to the extent that it can be ascertained,
provided, however, that failure to provide such prompt notice shall not affect
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any rights or remedies of the Indemnified Party except to the extent of any
actual prejudice caused thereby.
(b) In the event that the Indemnifying Party disputes the validity or
amount of any Indemnity Claim, prior to taking any other action, the matter
shall be referred to responsible executives of the affected parties for
consideration and resolution. If the parties have not otherwise resolved the
dispute, they shall meet in person in a mutually agreeable location within
thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Claim Notice and exercise their
commercially reasonable efforts to settle the matter amicably.
(C) If any such dispute is not settled within thirty (30) days from
the delivery of the Claim Notice, such dispute shall, at the demand of either
party, be referred to and decided in accordance with the provisions of Section
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11.7 Subsequent Recoveries. Following the Closing, if any amount is
paid by an indemnifying party in discharge of any claim for indemnification
hereunder and such amount (or part thereof) is subsequently recovered (whether
by payment, discount, credit, set-off or otherwise) by the indemnified party
from the behavior of the party that gave rise to the Claim Notice in respect of
the matter in relation to which such claim was made, the indemnified party will,
to the fullest extent permitted by Law, pay to the indemnifying party a sum
corresponding to such amount recovered from such third party less all costs and
expenses (including, the attorney's fees and other fees and expenses) of such
recovery and less all taxes thereon.
11.8 Arbitration. Any dispute submitted to arbitration pursuant to
this Section 11.8 shall be finally and conclusively determined by the decision
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of a board of arbitration consisting of three (3) members (hereinafter
sometimes called the "Board of Arbitration") selected as hereinafter provided.
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Each of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall select one (1)
member and the third member shall be selected by mutual agreement of the other
members, or if the other members fail to reach agreement on a third member
within twenty (20) days after their selection, such third member shall
thereafter be selected by the American Arbitration Association upon application
made to it for such purpose by the Indemnified Party. The Board of Arbitration
shall meet in San Francisco, California or such other place as a majority of the
members of the Board of Arbitration determines more appropriate, and shall reach
and render a decision in writing (concurred in by a majority of the members of
the Board of Arbitration) with respect to the amount, if any, which the
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Party is required to pay to the Indemnified Party in respect of a claim filed by
the Indemnified Party. In connection with rendering its decisions, the Board of
Arbitration shall adopt and follow such rules and procedures as a majority of
the members of the Board of Arbitration deems necessary or appropriate. To the
extent practical, decisions of the Board of Arbitration shall be rendered no
more than thirty (30) days following commencement of proceedings with respect
thereto. The Board of Arbitration shall cause its written decision to be
delivered to the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party. Any decision made
by the Board of Arbitration (either prior to or after the expiration of such
thirty (30) day period) shall be final, binding and conclusive on the
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party and entitled to be enforced to the
fullest extent permitted by law and entered in any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each party to any arbitration shall bear its own expense in
relation thereto, including, such party's attorneys' fees, if any, and the
expenses and fees of the Board of Arbitration shall be divided between the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in the same proportion as the
portion of the related claim determined by the Board of Arbitration to be
payable to the Indemnified Party bears to the portion of such claim determined
not to be so payable.
11.9 Adjustment to Purchase Price. Amounts paid in respect of the
parties' indemnification obligations shall be paid in cash and shall be
treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price; provided, however, that any
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such adjustment to the Purchase Price shall notaffect the provisions of
Section 11.2.
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11.10 Subrogation. To the extent that the Indemnifying Party makes or
is required to make any indemnification payment to the Indemnitee, the
Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to exercise, and shall be subrogated to,
any rights and remedies (including rights of indemnity, rights of contribution
and other rights of recovery) that the Indemnitee or any of the Indemnitee's
affiliates may have against any other person with respect to any Losses,
circumstances or matter to which such indemnification payment is directly or
indirectly related. The Indemnitee shall permit the Indemnifying Party to use
the name of the Indemnitee and the names of the Indemnitee's Affiliates in any
transaction or in any proceeding or other matter involving any of such rights or
remedies; and the Indemnitee shall take such actions as the Indemnifying Party
may reasonably request at the cost of the Indemnifying Party for the purpose of
enabling the Indemnitee to perfect or exercise the Indemnifying Party's right of
subrogation hereunder.
11.11 Exclusivity. The right of each party hereto to assert
indemnification claims and receive indemnification payments pursuant to this
Article 11 shall be the sole and exclusive right and remedy exercisable by
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such party with respect to any breach by the other party hereto of any
representation, warranty or covenant or failure to pay or perform any Assumed
Liability or Excluded Liability, as applicable, except in cases of fraud or
intentional misrepresentation or willful breach.
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11.12 Indemnity for Lemelson Claim. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer
Indemnitees against Losses (less the net amount recovered by the Buyer
Indemnitees from vendors of the equipment subject to the Lemelson Claim pursuant
to indemnification obligations in connection therewith) (the "Lemelson Losses")
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incurred by any of the Buyer Indemnitees and arising out of or relating to the
Lemelson Claim, provided that (x) Buyer Indemnitees may claim from Seller only
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one-half of any such Lemelson Losses and (y) Seller's maximum liability to Buyer
Indemnitees under this Section 11.12 shall not exceed two hundred thousand
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dollars ($200,000) in the aggregate. The provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2
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ARTICLE 12
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
12.1 Supplemental Disclosure Schedule. Seller may on or after July
17, 2000 deliver to Xxxxxxx and Buyer a Supplemental Disclosure Schedule
incorporating events occurring after the date hereof, if the Closing shall not
have occurred on or before the date Seller delivers such Supplemental Disclosure
Schedule. The Supplemental Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections
numbered to correspond with the schedules previously delivered by Seller. Not
more than five (5) Business Days after receipt by Xxxxxxx and Buyer of the
Supplemental Disclosure Schedule, Xxxxxxx and Buyer may elect to notify the
Seller in writing that Xxxxxxx and Buyer accept the additional items set forth
in the Supplemental Disclosure Schedule and agree that the schedules to
Article 3 of the Agreement shall be amended and supplemented by the Supplemental
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Disclosure Schedule. In the event Xxxxxxx and Buyer do not respond to Seller
within such five (5) day period or if Xxxxxxx and Buyer, in writing, reject the
Supplemental Disclosure Schedule, Xxxxxxx and Buyer shall be deemed to have
rejected (a "Rejection") the Supplemental Disclosure Schedule (effective
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as of the earlier of the end of such five (5) day period or receipt by Seller of
such rejection notice).
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Definition of Certain Terms.
(a) As used herein, the terms defined in this Section 13.1 wherever
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used in this Agreement shall have the following respective meanings:
"Accounts Payable" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a).
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"Accounts Receivable" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(d).
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"Actions or Proceedings" means any action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or
Governmental Authority investigation or audit.
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"Additional Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iii).
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"Affiliate" with respect to any Person is a Person that directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by
Contract or otherwise and, in any event and without limitation of the previous
sentence, any Person owning ten percent (10%) or more of the voting securities
of another Person shall be deemed to control that Person.
"Aggregate Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
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"Agreement" means this Asset Purchase Agreement (including the Exhibits and
the Schedules), as the same from time to time may be amended, supplemented or
waived.
"Ancillary Agreements" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
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"Applicable Law" means all applicable provisions of all (i) constitutions,
treaties, statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations,
ordinances, codes or orders or other pronouncement having the effect of law of
any Governmental Authority, (ii) Government Approvals and (iii) orders,
decisions, injunctions, judgments, awards and decrees of or agreements with any
Governmental Authority.
"April Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
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"April Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
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"Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 hereof.
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"Assets and Properties" of any Person means all assets and properties of
every kind, nature, character and description (whether real, personal or mixed,
whether tangible or intangible, whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or
other-wise and wherever situated), including the goodwill related thereto,
operated, owned or leased by such Person, including, cash, cash equivalents,
Investment Assets, accounts and notes receivable, chattel paper, documents,
instruments, general intangibles, real estate, equipment, inventory, goods and
Intellectual Property.
"Assignment Instruments" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
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"Associate" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other
business organization of which such Person is an officer or partner or is the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of ten percent (10%) or more of any
class of equity securities, any trust or estate in which such Person has a
substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as a trustee
or in a similar capacity and any relative or spouse of such Person, or any
relative of such spouse, who has the same home as such Person.
"Assumed Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
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"Assumption Agreement" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
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"Assumption Instruments" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
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"Benefit Plan" means any Plan established by Seller, or any predecessor or
Affiliate of Seller, existing at the Closing Date or prior thereto, to which
Seller contributes or has contributed on behalf of any Employee or former
Employee of the Business, or under which any Employee or former Employee of the
Business or any beneficiary thereof is covered, is eligible for coverage or has
benefit rights.
"Board of Arbitration" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.8.
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"Books and Records" of any Person means all files, documents, instruments,
papers, books and records relating to the business and the operation, financial
condition, results of operations and assets and properties of such Person and
the business, including budgets, journals, deeds, title, policies, contracts,
licenses, manuals, price lists and guidelines, mailing lists, lists of
customers, production data, sales and promotional materials, purchasing
materials, personnel records, manufacturing and quality control records and
procedures, research and development files and accounting records, including
financial statements, Tax Returns and related work papers, letters from
accountants and ledgers, title policies, computer files and programs, retrieved
programs, operating data and plans, environmental studies and plans and other
such items (regardless of the media in which stored).
"Business" has the meaning set forth in Recital A at the head of this
Agreement.
"Business Books and Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
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"Business Contracts" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(g).
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"Business Day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which
banks located in the States of New York or California are authorized or
obligated to close.
"Business Licenses" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(j).
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"Buyer" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
"Buyer Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.
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"Buyer Indemnitees" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(a).
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"Claim Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(a).
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"Closing" has the meaning as set forth in Section 2.1.
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"Closing Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
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"Closing Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iii).
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"Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Condition of the Business" means the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, Assets and Properties of the Business.
"Confidentiality Agreement" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
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"Confidential Information" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(g).
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"Consent" shall mean any consent, approval, authorization, waiver, permit,
grant, franchise, concession, agreement, license, exemption or order of,
registration, certificate, declaration or filing with, or report or notice to,
any Person, including, any Governmental Authority.
"Contract" means any agreement, lease, license, evidence of Indebtedness,
commitments, mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other contract (whether
written or oral).
"Counter-Notice of Disagreement" has the meaning set forth in Section
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"CPA Firm" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
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"Defined Benefit Plan" means each Benefit Plan which is subject to Part 3
of Title I of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.
"Division" has the meaning set forth in Recital A at the head of this
Agreement.
"Employee" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a).
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"Environmental Claim" means, with respect to any Person, any written
notice, claim, demand or other communication (collectively, a "claim") by any
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other Person alleging or asserting such Person's liability for investigatory
costs, cleanup costs, Governmental Authority response costs, damages to natural
resources or other property, personal injuries, fines or penalties arising out
of, based on or resulting from (a) the presence, or Release into the
environment, of any Hazardous Material at any location, whether or not owned by
such Person, or (b) circumstances forming the basis of any violation, or alleged
violation, of any Environmental Law. The term "Environmental Claim" shall
include any claim by any Governmental Authority for enforcement, cleanup,
removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any
applicable Environmental Law, and any claim by any third party seeking damages,
contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief
resulting from the presence of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged
injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the environment.
"Environmental Law" means any Law or Order relating to the regulation or
protection of human health, safety or the environment or to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened
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releases of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals or industrial, toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes into the environment (including ambient air,
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soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata), or
otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals
or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any Person who is in the same controlled group of
corporations or who is under common control with Seller (within the meaning of
Section 414 of the Code).
"Estimated Closing Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section
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"Estimated Closing Net Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section
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"Excluded Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.
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"Excluded Intellectual Property" has the meaning set forth in Section
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"Excluded Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.
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"Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
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"Financial Statements Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
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"Financing Lenders" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9.
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"Fixed Assets" shall mean all machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings,
vehicles, tools, dies, molds and other tangible personal property owned by
Seller and related primarily to the Business, including the fixed assets located
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at Seller's facilities located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx.
"GAAP" shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied and consistent with past practices.
"General Assignment" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
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"General Warranty Deed" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
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"Governmental Approval" shall mean any Consent of, with or to any
Governmental Authority.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government, including any governmental authority, agency, department, board,
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commission or instrumentality of the United States, any foreign country,
domestic or foreign state, county or city or any political subdivision thereof,
any tribunal or arbitrator(s) of competent jurisdiction and any self-regulatory
organization.
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"Hazardous Materials" shall mean any substance, material or waste that is
regulated by any local Governmental Authority, the State of California, the
State of New York or the United States Government, including any material or
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substance that is (1) defined as a "hazardous waste," "hazardous material,"
"hazardous substance," "extremely hazardous waste," "restricted hazardous
waste," "toxic substance," "toxic pollutants," or words of similar import under
any provision of any Environmental Law, (2) a petroleum or petroleum based
product, flammable explosives, radioactive materials, ureaformaldehyde foam
insulation and transformers or other equipment that contain electric fluid
containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), (3) asbestos, (4)
designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. (S) 1251 et seq. (33 U.S.C. (S) 1321) or listed pursuant to
Section 307 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. (S) 1317), (5) defined as a
"hazardous waste" pursuant to Section 1004 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. (S) 6901 et seq. (42 U.S.C. (S) 6903), or (6) defined as
a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. (S) 9601 et
seq. (42 U.S.C. (S) 9601).
"HSR Act" shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended.
"Improvements" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).
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"Indebtedness" of any Person means all obligations of such Person (i) for
borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments, (iii) for the deferred purchase price of goods or services (other
than trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(iv) under capital leases and (v) in the nature of guarantees of the obligations
described in clauses (i) through (iv) above of any other Person.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5(a).
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"Indemnifying Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5(a).
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"Indemnity Claim" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(a).
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"Intangible Personal Property" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(i).
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"Intellectual Property" shall mean all trademarks and trademark rights,
trade names and trade name rights, service marks and service xxxx rights,
service names and service name rights, patents and patent rights, utility models
and utility model rights, copyrights, mask work rights, brand names, trade
dress, product designs, product packaging, business and product names, logos,
slogans, rights of publicity, trade secrets, inventions (whether patentable or
not), invention disclosures, improvements, processes, formulae, industrial
models, processes, designs, specifications, technology, methodologies, computer
software (including all source code and object code), firmware, development
tools, flow charts, annotations, all Web addresses, sites and domain names, all
data bases and data collections and all rights therein, any other confidential
and proprietary right or information, whether or not subject to statutory
registration, and all related technical information, manufacturing, engineering
and technical drawings, know-how and all pending applications for and
registrations of patents, utility models, trademarks, service
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marks and copyrights, and the right to xxx for past infringement, if any, in
connection with any of the foregoing, and all documents, disks, records, files
and other media on which any of the foregoing is stored.
"Interim Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.
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"Inventories" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(c).
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"Kb/TEL Agreement" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(g).
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"IP Assignment" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
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"June Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
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"Knowledge of Seller" or "Known to Seller" means the knowledge of any
officer, director of Seller after due inquiry.
"Laws" means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances and other
pronouncements having the effect of law of the United States, any foreign
country or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political
subdivision or of any Governmental Authority.
"Lemelson Claim" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(j).
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"Lemelson Losses" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.12.
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"Liabilities" means all Indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities of
a Person (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise, or whether
due or to become due).
"Licenses" means all licenses, permits, certificates of authority,
authorizations, approvals, registrations, franchises and similar consents
granted or issued by any Governmental Authority.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security interest,
encumbrance, assessment, levy, charge, lease, sublease, occupancy agreement,
adverse claim or interest, easement, covenant, encroachment, burden, option,
lien, right of first refusal or other similar restrictions or conditional sale
contract, title retention contract or other contract to give any of the
foregoing.
"Logos" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).
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"Loss" or "Losses" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.
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"March Balance Sheet" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
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"March Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
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"Material Adverse Effect on the Business" shall mean a material adverse
effect on the Assets (taken as a whole), the Assumed Liabilities and other
Liabilities, operations, financial conditions or results of operations of the
Business.
"Names" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).
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"Net Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
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"Notice of Disagreement" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
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"Oracle Computer System" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d).
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"Order" means any writ, judgment, decree, injunction or similar order of
any Governmental Authority (in each such case whether preliminary or final).
"Other Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(o).
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"Peg Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
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"Permitted Liens" shall mean (i) Liens for Taxes not yet due or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (ii) mechanics',
carriers' or warehouseman's Liens arising in the ordinary course of; (iii) minor
survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights
of others for, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other
similar purposes, or zoning restrictions as to the use of real properties, which
do not materially interfere with the use, occupation and enjoyment of the
property subject to the Lien by and in connection with the Business; (iv) Liens
incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security; and (v)
Liens in favor of customs authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods to the
extent accrued on the relevant Financial Statements.
"Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company, limited liability company, trust, business trust,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
"Personal Property Leases" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(f).
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"Plan" means any bonus, incentive compensation, deferred compensation,
pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option, stock
ownership, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, leave of absence, layoff,
vacation, day or dependent care, legal services, cafeteria, life, health,
accident, disability, workmen's compensation or other insurance, severance,
separation or other employee benefit plan, practice, policy or arrangement of
any kind, whether written or oral, including, any "employee benefit plan" within
the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA.
"Pre-Existing Business" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a)(ii).
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"Prepaid Expenses" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(h).
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"Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
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"Qualified Plan" means each Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify under
Section 401 of the Code.
"Real Property" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).
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"Real Property Leases" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(b).
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"Reduction Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iii).
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"Rejection" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.
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"Release" means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the indoor
or outdoor environment, including the movement of Hazardous Materials through
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ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface
strata.
"Representatives" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.
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"Required Net Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iii).
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"Security Agreements" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(d).
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"Seller" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
"Seller Indemnitees" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.
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"Supplemental Disclosure Schedule" shall mean a written schedule prepared
by Seller setting forth (ii) changes that have occurred to the Business and the
Assets after the date hereof and prior to the date of delivery of such schedule
and (ii) a description regarding how the items disclosed therein affect the
schedules to Article 3 of the Agreement delivered by Seller on the date of this
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"Tangible Personal Property". has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(e).
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"Tax" (and, with correlative meaning, "Taxes" and "Taxable") means (i) any
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net income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts,
sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding,
payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property,
environmental or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or other tax, governmental
fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any
interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
governmental, regulatory or administrative entity or agency responsible for the
imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign), (ii) any liability for the
payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) as a result of being
a member of any affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or
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other group for any Taxable period and (iii) any liability for the payment of
any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) as a result of any
express or implied obligation to indemnify any other person; provided that Tax
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shall only include such amounts as are related to the Assets or the
operations of Seller and its subsidiaries that could be assessed or collected by
any taxing authority or other person or entity against Buyer or constitute a
lien or other charge against any of the Assets.
"Tax Data" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(a).
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"Tax Documentation" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(a).
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"Tax Return" shall mean any return, report, declaration, form, claim for
refund or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any
schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
"Tenant Security Deposits" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(l).
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"Third-Party Claim" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5(a).
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"Third Party Intellectual Property Rights" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.16(b).
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"Transfer Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6.
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"Transferred Employee" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10.
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"Vehicles" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(k).
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"Window Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b).
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(b) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of
any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural
number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms
"hereof," "herein," "hereby" and derivative or similar words refer to this
entire Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision, (iv) the terms "Article" or "Section" or other subdivision refer to
the specified Article, Section or other subdivision of the body of this
Agreement, (v) the phrases "ordinary course of business" and "ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice" refer to the business and practice of
the Business, (vi) the words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation," and (vii) when a
reference is made in this Agreement to Exhibits and Schedules, such reference
shall be to an Exhibit and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP. The term "party" or "parties"
when used herein refer to Xxxxxxx and Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the
other.
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13.2 Material Adverse Effect. Any adverse change, event or effect that is
caused by conditions affecting the United States economy generally shall not be
taken into account in determining whether there has been or would be a Material
Adverse Effect on the Business (unless such conditions adversely affect the
Business in a materially disproportionate manner). Any adverse change, event or
effect that is proximately caused by any industry in which the Business competes
shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would
be a Material Adverse Effect on the Business (unless such conditions adversely
affect the Business in a materially disproportionate manner). Any adverse
change, event or effect that is proximately caused by any breach by Xxxxxxx or
Buyer of any covenant or obligation set forth in this Agreement shall not be
taken into account in determining whether there has been or would be a Material
Adverse Effect on the Business.
13.3 Memorandum; Disclaimer of Projections. Seller makes no
representation or warranty to Buyer except as specifically made in this
Agreement. In particular, Seller makes no representation or warranty to Buyer
with respect to any financial projection or forecast delivered by or on behalf
of Seller to Buyer except that such projections and forecast were prepared in
good faith by Seller.
13.4 Expenses. Seller and Buyer shall pay their own respective expenses
and costs incidental to the preparation of this Agreement, the performance and
compliance with all agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by them and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
13.5 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, waivers 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 (a) delivered
personally, (b) mailed by first-class, registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) sent by next-day or overnight mail or
delivery or (d) sent by facsimile transmission or telegram. All such notices,
requests, demands, waivers and other communication shall be deemed to have been
received (w) if by personal delivery on the day after such delivery, (x) if by
certified or registered mail, on the seventh business day after the mailing
thereof, (y) if by next-day or overnight mail or delivery, on the day delivered,
(z) if by facsimile or telegram, on the next day following the day on which such
facsimile or telegram was sent.
If to Xxxxxxx and Buyer:
Xxxxxxx Associates Incorporated
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000, Ext. 214
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
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Xxxxxxx, Phleger & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Two Embarcadero Place
0000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
If to Seller, to:
Adaptive Broadband Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Tel: 000-000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Godward llp
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00/xx/ Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or, in each case, to such other address as may be specified in writing to the
other parties.
Any party may give any notice, instruction or communication in connection
with this Agreement using any other means (including personal delivery, telecopy
or ordinary mail), but no such notice, instruction or communication shall be
deemed to have been delivered unless and until it is actually received by the
party to whom it was sent. Any party may change the address to which notices,
instructions or communications are to be delivered by giving the other parties
to this Agreement notice thereof in the manner set forth in this Section 13.5.
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13.6 Assignment. No party may assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement
or any of its rights hereunder to any person or entity, provided that Buyer may
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assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any of its rights and obligations
hereunder to a subsidiary of the Buyer. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
successors and assigns.
13.7 Entire Agreement; Amendment; Governing Law; Etc. This Agreement
(together with the Exhibits and Schedules hereto) and the Confidentiality
Agreement embody the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto
with respect to the
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subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended, modified, waived,
discharged or terminated only by (and any consent hereunder shall be effective
only if contained in) an instrument in writing signed by the party against which
enforcement of such amendment, modification, waiver, discharge, termination or
consent is sought. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of California as it applies to contracts to be
performed entirely within the State of California.
13.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which is an original, but all of which shall constitute
one instrument.
13.9 Venue. If any legal proceeding or other action relating to this
Agreement or any of the other agreements being executed and delivered in
connection herewith, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
is brought or otherwise initiated, the venue therefor shall be in San Francisco,
California, which shall be deemed to be a convenient forum. Each of the parties
hereto hereby expressly and irrevocably consents and submits to the jurisdiction
of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and
to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court in and for the County of San Francisco
of the State of California in connection with any such legal proceeding or other
action.
13.10 Attorney's Fees. In the event that either party hereto initiates any
legal action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party all reasonable
attorneys' fees, expert witness fees and expenses incurred by the prevailing
party in connection herewith.
13.11 Third-Party Rights. The parties do not intend to confer any benefit
hereunder on any person or entity other than the parties hereto and their
respective successors in interest.
13.12 Titles and Headings. Titles and headings of sections of this
Agreement and the "Table of Contents," the "Table of Exhibits," the "Table of
Schedules" and the "Index of Schedules" included herewith, are for convenience
of reference only and shall not affect the construction of any provision of this
Agreement.
13.13 Exhibits and Schedules. Each of the Exhibits and Schedules referred
to herein and attached hereto is an integral part of this Agreement and is
incorporated herein by this reference.
13.14 Pronouns. All pronouns and any variations thereof used in this
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter,
singular or plural, as appropriate.
13.15 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is
invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, as to such jurisdiction, shall be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability, without
rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this
Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
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13.16 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
13.17 Interpretation. Each party acknowledges that such party, either
directly or through such party's representatives, has participated in the
drafting of this Agreement and any applicable rule of constructions that
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party should not be applied
in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have duly caused this Agreement to
be executed as of the date first above written.
Buyer
Microwave Data Systems Inc.
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Its: President and CEO
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Associates Incorporated
a California corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Its: President and CEO
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Seller
Adaptive Broadband Corporation
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Its: VP, General Counsel and Secretary
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