STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and among NATIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS INC., THE PENSION GROUP, INC., PETER R. STEPHAN, individually and as Trustee of The Stephan Family Trust Dated August 2, 1993, JAMES R. NORMAN, JR., individually and as Trustee of The...
Execution
Copy
by
and among
THE
PENSION GROUP, INC.,
XXXXX
X. XXXXXXX,
individually
and as Trustee of The Xxxxxxx Family Trust Dated August 2,
1993,
XXXXX
X. XXXXXX, XX.,
individually
and as Trustee of The Xxxxxx Living Trust Dated December 7,
2005,
and
RISE
SPIEGEL,
individually
and as Trustee of The Rise Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Trust Dated November 16,
2005
Dated
as of November 21, 2008
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10.5.
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Adjustment
to the Purchase Price
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10.6.
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Set-Off
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10.7.
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Exclusive
Remedy
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XI.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1.
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Competitive
Activity; Non-Solicitation; Confidentiality
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11.2.
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Further
Assurances
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11.3.
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Press
Release and Announcements
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11.4.
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Termination
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11.5.
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Expenses
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11.6.
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No
Assignment
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11.7.
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Headings
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11.8.
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Integration,
Modification and Waiver
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11.9.
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Construction
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11.10.
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Severability
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11.11.
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Notices
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11.12.
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Governing
Law
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11.13.
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Attorney’s
Fees
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11.14.
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Counterparts
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LIST
OF EXHIBITS
Exhibits
Exhibit A
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Form
of Notes
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Exhibit B-1
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Form
of Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement
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Exhibit B-2
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Form
of Xxxxxx Employment Agreement
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Exhibit B-3
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Form
of Spiegel Employment Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Form
of Release
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Exhibit D
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Form
of Guaranty and Security Agreement
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This
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 21, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
is by
and among National Investment Managers Inc., a Florida corporation (the
“Purchaser”),
The
Pension Group, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”),
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, an individual resident of the State of California, in his individual
capacity and as Trustee of The Xxxxxxx Family Trust Dated August 2, 1993 (in
either capacity, jointly and severally with the other, “Xxxxxxx”),
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Xx., an individual resident of the State of California, in his
individual capacity and as Trustee of The Xxxxxx Living Trust Dated December
7,
2005 (in either capacity, jointly and severally with the other, “Xxxxxx”),
and
Rise Spiegel, an individual resident of the State of California, in her
individual capacity and as Trustee of The Rise Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Trust Dated
November 16, 2005 (in either capacity, jointly and severally with the other,
“Spiegel”).
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx are sometimes referred to herein collectively as
the
“Principals”
or
“Trusts”
and
individually as a “Principal”
or
“Trust”
as
the
context requires. The Purchaser, the Principals, the Trusts and the Company
are
sometimes referred to in this Agreement collectively as the “Parties”
or
individually as a “Party”.
BACKGROUND
A. The
Trusts are the registered and beneficial owners of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (the “Shares”).
B. The
Trusts desire to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase
from the Trusts, all of the Shares, subject to the terms and conditions
contemplated by this Agreement.
C. The
respective Boards of Directors of the Purchaser and the Company have each
determined that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable,
fair to and in the best interests of their respective companies and shareholders
and accordingly have approved such transactions.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
I.
DEFINITIONS
“Actions”
means
any claim, demand, charge, complaint, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, audit,
investigation, interference, opposition, re-examination, concurrent use,
cancellation or other dispute resolution or proceeding, whether judicial,
administrative or arbitrative, of any Person or Governmental
Authority.
“Adjusted
EBITDA”
for
any
period, means the net income of the Company for such period plus,
to the
extent deducted in computing such net income (without duplication), (a) income
tax expense, (b) interest expense, (c) depreciation and amortization
expense, (d) Selling Expenses, (e) Bonus Payments, if any, paid in accordance
with Section
8.2(c)(i)
below,
(f) any extraordinary nonrecurring losses or charges (including excess
compensation paid to Sellers prior to the Closing Date), (g) management charges,
overhead and the like allocated to the Company after the Closing by the
Purchaser or any Affiliate of the Purchaser, (h) with respect to goods and/or
services provided after the Closing to the Company by the Purchaser or any
Affiliate of the Purchaser, any charges for such goods and/or services to the
extent such charges exceed what the Company would otherwise be charged for
such
goods and/or services in transactions with un-Affiliated parties; and
minus,
to the
extent added in computing such net income (without duplication), (i) interest
income, and (ii) extraordinary nonrecurring gains, all determined in accordance
with GAAP. A calculation of Adjusted EBITDA as of December 31, 2007 is set
forth
in Section
1.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
“Affiliate”
means
with respect to any Person, a Person that directly or indirectly controls,
is
controlled by, or is under common control with, any such Person. The term
“control”
(including the terms “controlled
by”
or
“under
common control with”)
means,
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through
ownership of voting securities, membership interests, by contract or otherwise.
The term “Affiliate”
also
includes any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent,
spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of such
Person.
“Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Ancillary
Agreements”
means
each other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated by this
Agreement or to be executed by the Purchaser or any of the Sellers in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in
each case only as applicable to the relevant party or parties to such Ancillary
Agreement, as indicated by the context in which such term is used.
“Bonus
Amounts”
means
any and all bonus and incentive compensation amounts that have been or should
have been accrued for or are payable to the officers, directors, employees
or
consultants of the Company (including the employer portion of any employment,
payroll, social security, unemployment or similar Taxes related to such Bonus
Amounts) as of the Closing Date. The certificate referenced in Section 3.2(j)
will set
forth the entire amount of the Bonus Amounts of the Company as of the Closing
Date (indicating the amount and the Person to whom such Bonus Amount is owed).
“Bonus
Payment”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c)(i).
“Buyout
Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 8.2(j)(ii).
“Buyout
Notice”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 8.2(j)(ii).
“Buyout
Option”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 8.2(j)(ii).
“Cash
Proceeds”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(i).
“Cash
Purchase Price”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(ii).
“Claims”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.2(b).
“Claims
Notice”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Closing”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Closing
Certificate”
means
any one or more of the certificates delivered by the Sellers pursuant to
Section
3.2(h),
3.2(j)
or
9.1(e)
hereof.
“Closing
Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
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“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Company”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company’s
Knowledge”
means
the actual awareness of any Principal or of any officer or director of the
Company and the awareness that any such person could reasonably be expected
to
acquire in the course of having served in any such position with the care that
an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use.
“Consent”
means
any consent, approval, authorization, qualification, waiver, registration or
notification required to be obtained from, filed with or delivered to a
Governmental Authority or any other Person in connection with the consummation
of the transactions provided for herein.
“Contracts”
means
all written and oral contracts, agreements (including, without limitation,
employment agreements and non-competition agreements), leases (whether real
or
personal property), licenses, commitments, arrangements, instruments,
guarantees, bids, orders and proposals.
“Controlled
Group”
means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) (a) under common
control within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA with the Company
or (b) which together with the Company is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(t) of the Code.
“Conversion
Transaction”
means
a
merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other transaction to which the
Purchaser is a party that results in the Purchaser Shares being converted into
the right to receive cash and/or other securities or property.
“Customer
Advances”
means
an aggregate amount equal to any gross revenues billed or received by the
Company to the extent such gross revenues relate to services or products that,
at the time of determination, have not yet been provided by the Company, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, including, to the extent applicable, any
Retained Accounts Receivable.
“Disclosure
Schedule”
has
the
meaning set forth in Article
IV.
“EBITDA
Shortfall”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)(i).
“Election
Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 8.2(j)(ii).
“Employee
Plan”
and
“Employee
Plans”
have
the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a).
“Employment
Agreements”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Environment”
means
soil, surface waters, groundwater, land, stream sediments, surface or subsurface
strata, ambient air, or indoor air, including, without limitation, any material
or substance used in the physical structure of any building or improvement
and
any environmental medium.
“Environmental
Condition”
shall
mean any condition of the Environment with respect to the Real Property, with
respect to any property previously owned, leased or operated by the Company
to
the extent such condition of the Environment existed at the time of such
ownership, lease or operation, or with respect to any other real property at
which any Hazardous Material generated by the operation of the business of
the
Company has been handled, treated, stored or disposed of, which violates any
Environmental Law, or even though not violative of any Environmental Law,
nevertheless results in any Release, or Threat of Release, damage, loss, cost,
expense, claim, demand, order or liability.
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“Environmental
Law”
shall
mean any Law relating to health or safety or protection of the Environment,
Releases of Hazardous Materials or injury to persons relating to exposure to
any
Hazardous Materials.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Excess
EBITDA”
means
(a) Final EBITDA minus
(y) Target EBITDA, for the applicable Measurement Period, provided such
calculation results in a positive number.
“Existing
Paybridge Referrals”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
5.12.
“Expiration
Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.3(a).
“Fair
Market Value”
means
the average closing price of Purchaser Common Stock as quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board (or other exchange in which Purchaser Common Stock may then
be
quoted) over a period of five consecutive trading days, the latest of which
will
be the trading day immediately preceding the Closing Date.
“Final
EBITDA”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b)(i).
“Financial
Advisor”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
8.2(f).
“Financial
Statements”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.16(a).
“First
Cash Purchase Price”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(ii).
“First
Measurement Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
“Foreign
Plan”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.10(k).
“GAAP”
means
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as
in
effect on the Closing Date, as consistently applied during the relevant
period.
“General
Enforceability Exceptions”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any government or political subdivision or regulatory authority, whether
federal, state, local or foreign, or any agency or instrumentality of any such
government or political subdivision or regulatory authority, or any federal
state, local or foreign court or arbitrator.
“Gross
Proceeds”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Guarantee”
by
any
Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly
or
indirectly guaranteeing or otherwise supporting in whole or in part the payment
of any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other
obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities
or services, to take or pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions
or
otherwise) or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligations of the payment
of
such Indebtedness or to protect such obligee against loss in respect of such
Indebtedness (in whole or in part). The term “Guarantee”
used
as
a verb has a correlative meaning.
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“Guaranty
and Security Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3.2(k).
“Hazardous
Material”
shall
mean any pollutant, toxic substance including asbestos and asbestos-containing
materials, hazardous waste, hazardous material, hazardous substance,
contaminant, petroleum or petroleum-containing materials, infectious or medical
wastes, radiation and radioactive materials, leaded paints, toxic mold and
other
harmful biological agents, and polychlorinated biphenyls as defined in, the
subject of, or which could give rise to liability under any Environmental
Law.
“Holdback
Amount”
means
$467,500.
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means: either (a) any liability of such Person (i) for borrowed
money (including the current portion thereof), (ii) under any reimbursement
obligation relating to a letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or note purchase
facility, (iii) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument
(including a purchase money obligation), (iv) for the payment of money
relating to any lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized lease
obligation in accordance with GAAP, (v) for all or any part of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, accounts
and trade payables (whether or not invoiced)), including any “earnout” or
similar payments or any non-compete payments, (vi) under interest rate
swap, hedging or similar agreements, (vii) for any deferred compensation or
accrued incentive compensation, or (viii) for any severance payable to
individuals or organizations; or (b) any liability of others described in
the preceding clause (a) that such Person has Guaranteed, that is recourse
to such Person or any of its assets or that is otherwise its legal liability
or
that is secured in whole or in part by the assets of such Person. For purposes
of this Agreement, Indebtedness of the Company includes (A) any and all
accrued interest, success fees, prepayment premiums, make whole premiums or
penalties and fees or expenses actually incurred (including attorneys’ fees)
associated with the prepayment of any Indebtedness, (B) all “cut” but
uncashed checks issued by the Company that are outstanding as of the Closing
Date to the extent the cash left in the Company’s account pursuant to
Section 2.2
is
insufficient to pay for such “cut” but uncashed checks, (C) cash, book or
bank account overdrafts and (D) any and all amounts owed by the Company to
any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation, any of the Sellers or
any
of their Affiliates. The certificate referenced in Section 3.2(j)
will set
forth, to the Sellers’ good faith best estimate based on the Company’s
Knowledge, all Indebtedness of the Company as of the Closing Date (indicating
the amount and the Person to whom such Indebtedness is owed).
“Indemnification
Cap”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
10.3(b)(ii).
“Indemnified
Party”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Indemnifying
Party”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Independent
Arbitrator”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
“Information
Systems”
means
all computer hardware, databases and data storage systems, computer, data,
database and communications networks (other than the Internet), architecture
interfaces and firewalls (whether for data, voice, video or other media access,
transmission or reception) and other apparatus used to create, store, transmit,
exchange or receive information in any form.
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“Intellectual
Property”
means
all of the following that is used in the business of the Company, along with
all
income, royalties, damages and payments due or payable on the Closing Date
or
thereafter, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past or
future infringements or misappropriations thereof, the right to xxx and recover
for past infringements or misappropriations thereof and any and all
corresponding rights that, now or hereafter, may be secured throughout the
world: (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions
(whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice) and any
reissue, continuation, continuation in part, revision, extension or
reexamination thereof; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos,
Internet domain names (including, without limitation, the URL xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx),
trade names and corporate names together with all goodwill associated therewith,
including, without limitation, the use of the current corporate name and all
translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the foregoing;
(c) copyrights and copyrightable works; (d) all registrations,
applications and renewals for any of the foregoing; (e) trade secrets and
confidential business information (including, without limitation, ideas,
formulae, compositions, know how, manufacturing and production processes and
techniques, research and development information, drawings, specifications,
designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial, business and marketing
plans, sales and promotional literature, and customer and supplier lists
and
related information); (f) computer software and websites (including,
without limitation, source code and object code and any data and related
documentation); (g) other intellectual property rights; and (h) all
copies and tangible embodiments of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium),
in each case including, without limitation, the items set forth in Section
5.14 of the Disclosure Schedule.
“IRCA”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.9(d).
“IRS”
means
the Internal Revenue Service.
“Law”
means
any law, common law, statute, code, ordinance, regulation or other requirement
of any Governmental Authority as well as foreign collective bargaining
agreements and regulations of the employers’ liability insurance
association.
“Leased
Real Property”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
“Liability
Claim”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
“Liens”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Litigation
Conditions”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.2(b).
“Loss”
and
“Losses”
means:
(a) all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, penalties, fines, judgments,
awards, settlements, Taxes, costs, fees, expenses (including but not limited
to
reasonable attorneys’ fees) and disbursements; and (b) with respect to any
Liability Claim asserted by a Purchaser Indemnified Party related to any
inaccuracy or misrepresentation regarding the Company’s pre-Closing Adjusted
EBITDA that was relied upon by the Purchaser in determining the Gross Proceeds,
diminution in value of the Company determined using the multiple of such
Adjusted EBITDA that was relied upon by the Purchaser in determining such Gross
Proceeds, exclusive of the value attributed to xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx as disclosed
in
that certain letter of intent, dated April 24, 2008, between the Purchaser
and
the Company.
“Measurement
Periods”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
“Non-Compete
Period”
means
the five-year period immediately following the Closing Date.
“Xxxxxx”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Xxxxxx
Employment Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Note”
and
“Notes”
have
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iii).
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“Order”
means
any order, judgment, injunction, award, decree, ruling, charge or writ of any
Governmental Authority.
“Ordinary
Course of Business”
means
the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice
(including with respect to quantity and frequency).
“OTC
Bulletin Board”
means
the regulated electronic quotation service offered by the National Association
of Securities Dealers that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and
volume information in over-the-counter equity securities.
“Party”
and
“Parties”
have
the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“PayBridge”
means
PayBridge, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.
“Paybridge
Contract”
means
that certain Agreement, dated as of November 26, 2007, by and among PayBridge,
PSL and the Company, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or
replaced.
“Permits”
means
any license, permit, authorization, certificate of authority, accreditation,
qualification or similar document or authority that has been issued or granted
by any Governmental Authority.
“Permitted
Exceptions”
means
(a) Liens for current Taxes, assessments, fees and other charges by
Governmental Authorities that are not due and payable as of the Closing Date
and
(b) those matters that are set forth in Section
1.1(c) of the Disclosure Schedule.
“Person”
means
any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, unincorporated society or association, trust or other entity, or any
division of such Person.
“Post-Closing
Straddle Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).
“Pre-Closing
Straddle Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).
“Pre-Closing
Tax Period”
means
any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date.
“Principal”
and
“Principals”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Privilege
Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 7.2(b)(iv).
“PSL”
means
Paybridge Solutions, LLC, a California limited liability company and Affiliate
of the Company.
“Purchase
Price”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iv).
“Purchaser”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Purchaser’s
Advisors”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).
“Purchaser
Common Stock”
means
the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Purchaser.
“Purchaser
Indemnified Party”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a).
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“Real
Property”
means
any and all real property and interests in real property of the Company,
including the Leased Real Property, any real property leaseholds and
subleaseholds, purchase options, easements, licenses, rights to access and
rights of way and any other real property otherwise owned, occupied or used
by
the Company.
“Real
Property Leases”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
“Release”
shall
mean any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, disposing or dumping
of a
Hazardous Material into the Environment (including, without limitation, the
abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Materials) and any condition that results in the
exposure of a Person to a Hazardous Material.
“Restricted
Territory”
means:
(a) the State of California and each State contiguous to the State of
California; and (b) all of the specific customer accounts of the Company,
whether within or outside of the geographic area described in clause (a)
above, with which any Principal had any contact or for which any Principal
had
any responsibility (either direct or supervisory) immediately prior to the
Closing, at any time during the two-year period prior to the Closing, or at
any
time during the Non-Compete Period.
“Retained
Accounts Receivable” means
all
accounts receivable and other receivables generated in the Ordinary Course
of
Business of the Company, including, without limitation, notes receivables of
the
Company existing as of the Closing Date. The certificate referenced in
Section 3.2(j)
will set
forth a true and complete list of the Sellers’ best estimate of all Retained
Accounts Receivable as of the Closing Date.
“Returns”
means
all returns, declarations, statements, reports, claims for refund, information
returns and forms relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment
thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“Second
Cash Purchase Price”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(ii).
“Second
Measurement Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Sellers”
means,
collectively, the Principals and the Trusts, with each being a
“Seller”.
“Selling
Expenses”
means
all (a) unpaid costs, fees and expenses of outside professionals incurred
by the Company (including expenses incurred by the Company on behalf of the
Sellers) relating to the process of selling the Company whether incurred in
connection with this Agreement or otherwise, including, without limitation,
all
legal, accounting, consulting, tax and investment banking fees and expenses,
and
(b) severance obligations, retention bonuses, “stay” bonuses and sale
bonuses owed by the Company triggered prior to or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the employer portion
of
any related employment, payroll, social security, unemployment or similar
Taxes). The certificate referenced in Section 3.2(j)
will set
forth the entire amount of the Selling Expenses of the Company as of the Closing
Date (indicating the amount and the Person to whom such Selling Expense is
owed).
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“Special
Representations”
means
the representations and warranties listed in clauses (i) and (ii) of
Section 10.3(a),
excluding the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.17
(Undisclosed Liabilities).
“Spiegel”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Spiegel
Employment Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Statement
of Operations”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
“Xxxxxxx”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Xxxxxxx
Employment Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Straddle
Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).
“Subsidiary”
or
“Subsidiaries”
means
any Person of which at least 20% of the outstanding shares or other equity
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
comparable managers of such Person are at the time owned by the Company, by
one
or more directly or indirectly wholly or partially owned subsidiaries of the
Company or by the Company and one or more such subsidiaries, whether or not
at
the time the shares of any other class or classes or other equity interests
of
such Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening
of
any contingency.
“Tangible
Personal Property”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.4(c).
“Target
EBITDA”
means
(a) with respect to the First Measurement Period, $995,775, and
(b) with respect to the Second Measurement Period, $1,060,500.
“Tax”
means
any (a) foreign, United States federal, state, or local net income,
alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use,
ad
valorem, value added, 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, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any Law
or
Taxing Authority, whether disputed or not, (b) any liability for the
payment of any amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of being a
member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or being
a
party to any agreement or arrangement whereby liability for payment of such
amounts was determined or taken into account with reference to the liability
of
any other Person and (c) any liability for the payment of any amounts of
any of the foregoing types as a result of being a party to any agreements or
arrangements (whether or not written) or with respect to the payment of any
amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of any express or implied
obligation to indemnify any other Person.
“Tax
Matter”
means
any inquiries, claims, assessments, audits or similar events with respect to
Taxes of the Company.
Taxing
Authority”
means
any Governmental Authority responsible for the administration or imposition
of
any Tax.
“Third
Party Claim”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 10.2(b).
“Threat
of Release”
shall
mean a substantial likelihood of a Release that requires action to prevent
or
mitigate damage or injury to health, safety or the Environment that might result
from such Release.
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“Tier
1 Payment”
means
all amounts paid or otherwise owing to PSL under the Paybridge Contract with
respect to revenues generated as fees and/or float, after sales commissions,
for
clients referred to PayBridge by PSL.
“Tier
2 Payment”
means
all amounts paid or otherwise owing to PSL under the Paybridge Contract with
respect to revenues generated as fees and/or float for clients referred to
PayBridge by other service providers that were introduced to PayBridge by
PSL.
“Transfer
Taxes”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 7.2(e).
“Triggering
Event”
means
the occurrence of any of the following: (a) Stephan’s employment with the
Company ends
after the Closing due to a Termination Without Cause or a Resignation For Good
Reason (each as defined in the Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement), (b) Norman’s
employment with the Company ends
after the Closing due to a Termination Without Cause or a Resignation For Good
Reason (each as defined in the Xxxxxx Employment Agreement), or (c) Spiegel’s
employment with the Company ends
after the Closing due to a Termination Without Cause or a Resignation For Good
Reason (each as defined in the Spiegel Employment Agreement).
“Trust”
or
“Trusts”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1. Purchase
and Sale of the Shares.
At the
Closing, the Purchaser shall purchase (or cause to be purchased) from the
Trusts, and the Trusts shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver to
the
Purchaser, all of the Shares, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, rights of others, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title
defect, title retention agreement, voting trust agreement, interest, option,
lien, charge or similar restrictions or limitations (collectively, “Liens”).
2.2. Retained
Assets.
The
Parties agree that the Company shall have the right, at or prior to the Closing,
to distribute to the Sellers pro rata based on their percentage ownership of
the
Shares (a) all of the cash and cash equivalents of the Company other than
an amount of cash sufficient to pay for all “cut” but uncashed checks issued by
the Company that are outstanding as of the Closing Date and (b) the
Retained Accounts Receivable, without adjustment to the Purchase
Price.
2.3. Purchase
Price.
(a)
In
full consideration for the transfer of the Shares, the Purchaser shall pay
(or
cause to be paid) to the Trusts an aggregate amount equal to Four Million Six
Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($4,675,000) (the “Gross
Proceeds”)
or
such lesser amount resulting from deductions, if any, pursuant to this
Section 2.3(a))
consisting of:
(i)
an
amount in cash equal to $2,805,000 plus
an
amount in cash, if any, the Purchaser determines to pay to the Trusts pursuant
to Section
2.3(a)(iv)
below,
payable at the Closing (the “Cash
Proceeds”),
minus
(A) any and all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company as of the Closing
Date, (B) any and all Customer Advances as of the Closing Date, (C) any and
all
Selling Expenses, (D) any and all Bonus Amounts, and (E) the Holdback
Amount (such amount resulting from the deductions, if any, to the Cash Proceeds
is referred to herein as the “First
Cash Purchase Price”);
(ii)
$935,000 in cash payable within 90 days after the Closing (the “Second
Cash Purchase Price”
and
together with the First Cash Purchase Price, the “Cash
Purchase Price”);
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(iii)
$467,500 payable under two promissory notes (one payable 14 months after the
Closing and one payable 26 months after the Closing, subject to extension as
provided therein), each in the amount of $233,750 (subject to adjustment as
set
forth in Section 2.6)
and
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(each, a
“Note”
and
together, the “Notes”);
and
(iv)
$467,500 payable in (A) shares of Purchaser Common Stock, (B) cash, or (C)
any
combination of the foregoing, as determined in the sole discretion of the
Purchaser. The number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued pursuant to
this Section
2.3(a)(iv)
shall
equal (x) $467,500 less
the
amount of cash, if any, the Purchaser determines to pay to the Trusts pursuant
to this Section
2.3(a)(iv),
divided
by
(y) the
Fair Market Value of one share of Purchaser Common Stock as of the Closing
Date.
For example, if the Purchaser determines to the pay the Trusts the sum of
$100,000 in cash pursuant to this Section
2.3(a)(iv)
and the
Fair Market Value of one share of Purchaser Common Stock is $0.50, then (I)
at
the Closing, the Cash Proceeds would equal $2,905,000 (i.e., $2,805,000 +
$100,000 = $2,905,000) and (II) the Purchaser would issue the Trusts 735,000
shares of Purchaser Common Stock (i.e., ($467,500 - $100,000) / $0.50 =
735,000). The number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued pursuant to
this
Section
2.3(a)(iv)
is
referred to herein as the “Purchaser
Shares”.
Collectively, the Cash Purchase Price, the Purchaser Shares and the Notes are
referred to herein as the “Purchase
Price”.
(b)
Subject to the terms of Article X,
on the
date that is 120 days after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay or cause
to be paid to the Trusts the Holdback Amount, minus
the
amount required to satisfy any unresolved Claims made by the Purchaser or any
Purchaser Indemnified Party in accordance with the terms of Article X.
In the
event that any portion of the Holdback Amount is retained pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence, such retained portion will be paid to the Trusts
within three (3) business days following resolution of the Claim with respect
to
which it was withheld, less the amount applied to resolve such Claim.
(c)
At
the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay (or cause to be paid) on behalf of the
Company (i) to the Persons entitled thereto, all of the Indebtedness of the
Company to the extent it is to be repaid in connection therewith as determined
by the Purchaser, (ii) to the Persons entitled thereto, all of the Selling
Expenses to the extent unpaid, and (iii) to the Persons entitled thereto,
when due and payable and as reduced by applicable employment or withholding
Taxes, the Bonus Amounts.
2.4. [Intentionally
omitted.]
2.5. Payment
of the Purchase Price.
(a)
On
the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall (i) pay the First Cash Purchase Price
to the Trusts by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds and
(ii) deliver the Notes to the Trusts.
(b)
As
soon as practicable, and in any event within five (5) days, after the Closing,
the Purchaser shall instruct its transfer agent to issue the Purchaser Shares
to
the Trusts.
(c)
Within 90 days after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay the Second Cash
Purchase Price to the Trusts by bank wire transfer of immediately available
funds.
(d)
All
payments made to the Trusts hereunder (including the First Cash Purchase Price,
the Second Cash Purchase Price, all or any portion of the Holdback Amount and
the payment of principal and interest under the Notes) shall be paid to the
Trusts (i) by wire transfer to the accounts listed in Section
2.5 of the Disclosure Schedule
and (ii)
in the following percentages among the Trusts: Xxxxxxx
–
47.5%; Xxxxxx – 47.5%; and Spiegel – 5.0%. The Purchaser Shares shall be issued
among the Trusts in the same percentages.
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2.6. Adjustments
to the Notes.
(a)
Statement
of Operations Calculation.
Within
60 days after each of (i) the period beginning on the first day of the
first full calendar month following the Closing and ending on the day
immediately preceding the one-year anniversary of such date (the “First
Measurement Period”)
and
(ii) the period beginning on the day after expiration of the First
Measurement Period and ending on the day immediately preceding the one-year
anniversary of such date (the “Second
Measurement Period”,
and
together with the First Measurement Period, the “Measurement
Periods”),
the
Purchaser shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Principals a statement
of operations of the Company (the “Statement
of Operations”)
for
the applicable Measurement Period, determined in accordance with GAAP. Each
Statement of Operations shall include a (A) calculation of the Company’s
Adjusted EBITDA for the applicable Measurement Period, and (B) written
determination of whether the Company achieved the Target EBITDA for such
Measurement Period. If the Principals have any objections to the Statement
of
Operations for the applicable Measurement Period, then the Principals shall
deliver to the Purchaser a statement setting forth their objections thereto,
including supporting calculations and documentation (an “Objections
Statement”).
If an
Objections Statement is not delivered to the Purchaser within 30 days after
delivery of the Statement of Operations for such Measurement Period, then the
Statement of Operations shall be final, binding and non-appealable by the
Parties. The Principals, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other hand,
shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any such objections, but if they do
not
reach a final resolution within 30 days after the delivery of an Objections
Statement, then the Principals and the Purchaser shall submit such dispute
for
resolution to an independent accounting firm (the “Independent
Arbitrator”)
mutually appointed by the Principals, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on
the
other hand. If the Principals, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other
hand, cannot agree on the identity of the Independent Arbitrator, then they
shall select the Independent Arbitrator from a list of regional accounting
firms
that maintain offices in Southern California; provided,
however,
no firm
selected shall have (or have had) a material relationship with the Sellers,
the
Purchaser or their respective Affiliates. If the Principals, on the one hand,
or
the Purchaser, on the other hand, fail to cooperate in selecting the Independent
Arbitrator, the cooperating Party may apply to the American Arbitration
Association office located in Southern California, which office shall have
the
power to designate the Independent Arbitrator. The Principals and the Purchaser
shall use their commercially reasonably efforts to cause the Independent
Arbitrator to resolve all disagreements as soon as practicable. The resolution
of the dispute by the Independent Arbitrator, or any written agreement of the
Sellers and the Purchaser as to the resolution of such dispute, shall be final
and binding on, and non-appealable by, the Parties. The costs and expenses
of
the Independent Arbitrator shall be allocated between the Purchaser, on the
one
hand, and the Sellers, on the other hand, based upon the percentage that the
portion of the contested amount not awarded to each Party bears to the amount
actually contested by such Party. For example, if the Principals claim Adjusted
EBITDA for the applicable Measurement Period is $1,000 greater than the amount
determined by the Purchaser, and the Purchaser contests only $500 of the amount
claimed by the Principals, and if the Independent Arbitrator ultimately resolves
the dispute by awarding the Sellers $300 of the $500 contested, then the costs
and expenses of arbitration will be allocated 60% (i.e., 300 ÷ 500) to the
Purchaser and 40% (i.e., 200 ÷ 500) to the Sellers.
(b)
Adjustments.
(i)
If
Adjusted EBITDA as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.6(a)
(“Final
EBITDA”)
for
the First Measurement Period is less than the Target EBITDA for the First
Measurement Period, then the principal amount of the Note payable 14 months
after the Closing (subject to extension as provided therein) shall decrease
in
an amount equal to the difference of (A) Target EBITDA minus
(B) Final EBITDA, for the First Measurement Period (the “EBITDA
Shortfall”).
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(ii)
If
Final EBITDA for the Second Measurement Period is less than the Target EBITDA
for the Second Measurement Period, then the principal amount of the Note payable
26 months after the Closing (subject to extension as provided therein) shall
decrease in an amount equal to the difference of (A) Target EBITDA
minus
(B) Final EBITDA, for the Second Measurement Period.
(iii)
If
a reduction is made to the Note payable 14 months after the Closing (subject
to
extension as provided therein) pursuant to Section 2.6(b)(i),
or the
EBITDA Shortfall is offset against any amount owed to the Sellers under any
Ancillary Agreement, and Final EBITDA for the Second Measurement Period is
greater than Target EBITDA for the Second Measurement Period, then the principal
amount of the Note payable 26 months after the Closing (subject to extension
as
provided therein) shall increase in an amount equal to the lesser of
(A) Excess EBITDA for the Second Measurement Period, or (B) the EBITDA
Shortfall. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Notes exceed their
aggregate value on the Closing Date (except to the extent that the EBITDA
Shortfall is offset against any amount owed to the Sellers under any Ancillary
Agreement).
(c)
Relationship
of Notes to Employment Agreements.
Upon
the occurrence of a Triggering Event or any Event of Default (as defined in
either of the Notes), the provisions of Sections
2.6(b)(i) and (ii)
shall be
of no force or effect thereafter and the original principal amount of the Notes
shall remain fixed as of the date of such Triggering Event or Event of Default,
subject to increase, however, pursuant to Section 2.6(b)(iii). For the avoidance
of doubt, (A) under no circumstances will the Notes (or any of them)
accelerate and become immediately due and payable solely as a result of a
Triggering Event (or any component thereof), and (B) nothing herein shall
affect the Purchaser’s rights of set-off set forth in Section 10.6
below.
(d)
Access.
After
delivery of the Statement of Operations, and solely in connection therewith,
the
Purchaser shall permit the Principals and their representatives to have
reasonable access to the books, records and other documents (including work
papers) pertaining to or used in connection with preparation of the Statement
of
Operations, and shall provide the Principals with copies thereof as reasonably
requested by the Principals. The Principals and their representatives may make
inquiries of the Purchaser and the Company and their respective employees,
accountants and representatives regarding the Statement of Operations arising
in
the course of their review thereof, and the Purchaser shall use, and shall
cause
the Company to use, their commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such
employees, accountants and representatives to cooperate with and respond to
such
inquiries.
III.
CLOSING, DELIVERIES AND OTHER ACTIONS
3.1. Time
and Place of Closing.
The
closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”)
shall
take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures on the second
business day after satisfaction or waiver of the conditions (excluding
conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date
but
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions) set forth in
Article IX,
or in
such other manner and such other time as the Purchaser and the Sellers shall
agree in writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein
as
the “Closing
Date”.
3.2. Deliveries
by the Sellers.
At the
Closing, the Sellers shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Purchaser
the following items:
(a)
(i) stock certificates representing all of the Shares with duly executed
stock powers attached in proper form for transfer to the Purchaser and
(ii) any other documents that are necessary to transfer to the Purchaser
good and valid title to the Shares free and clear of any Liens, with any
necessary transfer tax stamps affixed or accompanied by evidence that all stock
transfer taxes have been paid;
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(b)
a
receipt, duly executed by the Trusts, evidencing receipt by the Trusts of the
Purchase Price (other than the Second Cash Purchase Price, the Holdback Amount
and Purchaser Shares);
(c)
(i)
an employment agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1,
by and
between the Company and Xxxxxxx (the “Xxxxxxx
Employment Agreement”),
duly
executed by Xxxxxxx; (ii) an employment agreement, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B-2,
by and
between the Company and Xxxxxx (the “Xxxxxx
Employment Agreement”),
duly
executed by Xxxxxx; and (iii) an employment agreement, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B-3,
by and
between the Company and Spiegel (the “Spiegel
Employment Agreement”,
and
collectively with the Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement and the Xxxxxx Employment
Agreement, the “Employment
Agreements”),
duly
executed by Spiegel;
(d)
releases, each in the form of Exhibit C,
duly
executed by each Seller;
(e)
reasonably current long form good standing certificates (or equivalent document)
for the Company issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority in the
Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and in each jurisdiction where the
Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation;
(f)
copies of the Certificate of Incorporation (or equivalent document) of the
Company, certified by the secretary of state of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, and copies of the Bylaws (or equivalent document) of the Company,
certified by an officer of the Company;
(g)
the
original corporate record books and stock record books of the Company, and
all
books and records (including data stored on discs, tapes or other media) related
to the Company’s business, including, to the extent available, all current and
historical financial, accounting and Tax records);
(h)
certificates of the Sellers required pursuant to Sections 9.1(c)
and
(h);
(i)
non-foreign person affidavits that comply with the requirements of
Section 1445 of the Code, duly executed by each Seller and reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser;
(j)
a
certificate of the Sellers, dated as of the Closing Date, setting forth in
sufficient detail acceptable to the Purchaser (i) to the Sellers’ good
faith best estimate based on the Company’s Knowledge, all Indebtedness of the
Company, (ii) all Customer Advances of the Company (other than Customer
Advances not yet calculated as of the Closing Date, which Customer Advances
shall remain a liability of the Sellers as Customer Advances), (iii) all Selling
Expenses, (iv) all Bonus Amounts, and (v) the Sellers’ best estimate
of all Retained Accounts Receivable, in each case, as of the Closing
Date;
(k)
a
subordinated guaranty and security agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
D
(the
“Guaranty
and Security Agreement”),
duly
executed by each of the Sellers;
(l)
appropriate termination statements under the Uniform Commercial Code and other
instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser to evidence the
release of any and all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on any of
the
assets or properties of the Company;
(m)
written resignations of each director and officer of the Company;
and
(n)
such
other documents and instruments as the Purchaser reasonably requests to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
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3.3. Deliveries
by the Purchaser.
At the
Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Sellers
(unless otherwise indicated herein) the following items:
(a)
the
First Cash Purchase Price, payable as set forth in Section 2.5;
(b)
the
Notes, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(c)
the
Employment Agreements, duly executed by the Company;
(d)
the
Guaranty and Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(e)
a
certificate of the Purchaser required pursuant to Sections
9.2(c);
and
(f)
such
other documents and instruments as the Sellers reasonably request to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.
IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE sellers
Subject
only to those exceptions and qualifications listed and described (including
an
identification by Section reference to the representations and warranties to
which such exceptions and qualifications relate) on the Disclosure Schedule
attached to this Agreement (the “Disclosure
Schedule”),
each
Seller, severally and with respect to him or herself and not with respect to
any
other Seller (except that each Principal makes the following representations
and
warranties on a joint and several basis with any Trust for which such Principal
is a trustee), represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:
4.1. Authority,
Validity and Effect.
Such
Seller has all requisite authority and full legal capacity to enter into and
perform his, her or its obligations under this Agreement and any Ancillary
Agreement to which such Seller is a party and to consummate the transactions
contemplated herein and therein. This Agreement has been, and such Ancillary
Agreements, when delivered at the Closing will have been, duly executed and
delivered by such Seller pursuant to all necessary authorization and, assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser or any other party
thereto, are or will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Seller,
enforceable against such Seller in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation,
fraudulent conveyance and other similar Laws and principles of equity affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally (the “General
Enforceability Exceptions”).
4.2. Title
to Shares.
Such
Seller (a) is the record and beneficial owner of the Shares as set forth in
Section
5.3 of the Disclosure Schedule,
(b) has full power, right and authority, and any approval required by Law,
to make and enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver
his, her or its Shares to the Purchaser, and (c) has good and valid title
to his, her or its Shares free and clear of all Liens. Upon the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms
hereof, at the Closing, the Purchaser will acquire good and valid title to
the
Shares of such Seller, free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens that may
be
created by the Purchaser.
4.3. No
Conflict.
Neither
the execution of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, nor the performance
by such Seller of his, her or its obligations hereunder or thereunder will
(a) violate or conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation (or
equivalent document) or the Bylaws (or equivalent document) of the Company,
or
any Law or Order, (b) violate, conflict with or result in a breach or
termination of, or otherwise give any Person additional rights or compensation
under, or the right to terminate or accelerate, or constitute (with notice
or
lapse of time, or both) a default under the terms of any note, deed, mortgage
or
Contract to which the Company, or such Seller is a party or by which any of
their respective assets or properties are bound, (c) result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien with respect to, or otherwise have an adverse effect
upon, the Shares or any of the assets or properties of the Company or such
Seller, or (d) invalidate or adversely affect any Permit required for the
conduct of the businesses of the Company, including, without limitation, any
business license.
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4.4. Consents.
No
Consent of any third party or Governmental Authority is required in connection
with the execution and delivery by such Seller of this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements to which such Seller is a party, or the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
4.5. Litigation.
There is
no Order and no Action pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
against such Seller that would give any Person the right to enjoin or rescind
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise prevent such Seller
from complying with the terms of this Agreement.
4.6. Purchaser
Shares Legend.
Such
Seller acknowledges and accepts that until such time as the Purchaser Shares
have been registered under the Securities Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant
to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without any restriction as to the
amount of shares that may be immediately sold as of a particular date, the
certificates representing the Purchaser Shares shall be issued with restrictive
legends substantially similar to the following form (and a stop-transfer order
may be placed against any transfer):
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities may not be sold, transferred
or assigned in the absence of an effective registration statement for the
securities under said Act, or an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and
scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, that
registration is not required under said Act or unless sold pursuant to
Rule 144 under said Act.”
4.7. Rule 144.
Such
Seller acknowledges and accepts that until such time as the Purchaser Shares
have been registered under the Securities Act or a Conversion Transaction
occurs, if such Seller desires to sell any of his or her respective shares
of
the Purchaser Shares, then such Seller must comply with the terms and conditions
of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, which terms and conditions include,
among other things, mandatory holding periods.
4.8. Investment
Representations.
(a)
The
Purchaser Shares acquired by such Seller are being acquired for investment
only
and not with a view of any distribution thereof that would violate the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws.
(b)
Such
Seller (i) is financially able to hold the Purchaser Shares for long-term
investment, (ii) understands that the nature and amount of the Purchaser
Shares being purchased is consistent with his or her overall investment program
and financial position and (iii) recognizes that there are substantial
risks involved in the acquisition of the Purchaser Shares, including risk of
loss of the entire amount of such investment.
(c)
Such
Seller confirms that he or she (i) is familiar with the Purchaser,
(ii) has been given the opportunity to ask questions of the officers and
directors of the Purchaser and to obtain (and has received to his or her
satisfaction) such information about the business and financial condition of
the
Purchaser as he of she has reasonably requested and (iii) has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters (either alone or
in
conjunction with a financial advisor) that he or she is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of the investment in the Purchaser Shares.
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(d)
Such
Seller is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
V.
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANY
Subject
only to those exceptions and qualifications listed and described (including
an
identification by Section reference to the representations and warranties to
which such exceptions and qualifications relate) on the Disclosure Schedule,
the
Sellers hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Purchaser
as
follows:
5.1. Existence
and Good Standing.
The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of California and is duly authorized, qualified
or
licensed to do business as a foreign corporation in each of the jurisdictions
set forth in Section
5.1 of the Disclosure Schedule,
which
are the only jurisdictions in which the Company is required to be so
qualified.
5.2. Power.
The
Company has the necessary power and authority to (a) own, operate and lease
its properties and assets as and where currently owned, operated and leased
and
(b) carry on its business as currently conducted.
5.3. Capitalization
of the Company.
The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 4,000,000 shares of common
stock, without par value, of which 600,000 shares are issued and outstanding
all
of which have been (a) duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable and (b) issued in compliance with all securities
laws and all applicable agreements. All of the Shares are owned beneficially
and
of record by the Sellers in each case free and clear of any Liens. There are
no
outstanding options, warrants, rights, calls, subscriptions, claims of any
character, agreements, obligations, convertible or exchangeable securities
or
other commitments, contingent or otherwise, of any kind obligating the Company
to issue, directly or indirectly, any additional shares of its capital stock
or
other equity securities. The Shares represent the only issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company. No former equity owner of the Company
or
any of its respective predecessors, and no former holder of any right to acquire
any interest in the Company or any of its respective predecessors (whether
by
warrant, option, convertible instrument or otherwise) has any claim or rights
against the Company. There are no Contracts relating to the issuance, sale,
transfer or voting of any equity securities or other securities of the Company.
Section
5.3 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a true and complete statement of the capitalization of the Company. The
Company has no Subsidiaries.
5.4. Property.
(a)
Title.
Other
than the Permitted Exceptions, the Company has good and marketable title to,
valid and enforceable leasehold interests in, or a valid and enforceable license
to, all of its tangible assets and properties free and clear of any Liens.
The
assets and properties owned, leased or licensed by the Company are in good
condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear consistent with the age
of
the assets and properties) and are sufficient for the operation of the business
of the Company as it is currently conducted and proposed to be conducted. The
Company owns no real property.
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(b)
Real
Property Leases.
Section
5.4(b) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a true and complete description of all real property leased, licensed
to
or otherwise used or occupied (but not owned) by the Company (collectively,
the
“Leased
Real Property”),
including the address thereof, the annual fixed rental, the expiration of the
term, any extension options and any security deposits. A true and correct copy
of each such lease, license or occupancy agreement, and any amendments thereto,
with respect to the Leased Real Property (collectively, the “Real
Property Leases”)
has
been delivered to the Purchaser, and no changes have been made to any Real
Property Leases since the date of delivery. All of the Leased Real Property
is
used or occupied by the Company pursuant to a Real Property Lease. Each Real
Property Lease is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms
and is in full force and effect. There are no existing defaults by the Company
or, to the Company’s Knowledge, by the lessor, under any of the Real Property
Leases, and no event has occurred with respect to the Company and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, with respect to the lessor, which (with notice, lapse of
time or both) could reasonably be expected to constitute a breach or default
under any of the Real Property Leases by any party or give any party the right
to terminate, accelerate or modify any Real Property Lease. Except as set forth
in Section
5.4(b) of the Disclosure Schedule,
(i) no Consent is required from the lessor under any of the Real Property
Leases to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements and (ii) no Affiliate of the Company or any Seller is
the owner or lessor of any Leased Real Property. The Company has not leased
or
sublet as lessor or sublessor, and no third party is in possession of, any
of
the Leased Real Property.
(c)
Tangible
Personal Property.
Section
5.4(c) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a true and complete list, by category, of all equipment, machinery and
other similar tangible personal property, with an individual original cost
of
$1,000 or more, that is owned or leased by the Company (the “Tangible
Personal Property”).
The
Company is in full possession of all of its Tangible Personal
Property.
(d)
Absence
of Violations.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, none of the Real Property, nor the leasing, occupancy or
use of the Real Property, is in violation of any Law, including, without
limitation, any building, zoning, environmental or other ordinance, code, rule
or regulation. The condition and use of the Real Property conforms to each
applicable certificate of occupancy and all other Permits required to be issued
in connection with the Real Property. The Company has obtained all Permits
necessary for the operation of its business at the Real Property.
(e)
Reassessments.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, there is not now pending nor contemplated any reassessment
of any parcel included in the Real Property that could result in a change in
the
rent, additional rent or other sums and charges payable by the Company under
any
agreement relating to the Real Property.
(f)
No
Condemnation.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, there is no pending condemnation, expropriation, eminent
domain or similar proceeding affecting all or any portion of the Real Property.
Neither the Company nor any Seller has received any written notice or oral
notice of any such proceeding, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no such
proceeding is contemplated.
(g)
Condition
of Property.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, there are no material defects in, mechanical failure of, or
damage to, the Real Property. To the Company’s Knowledge, the mechanical,
electrical and HVAC systems serving the Real Property are in good working
condition.
5.5. Litigation.
There is
no instance in which the Company is or has been within the previous five years
(a) subject to any unsatisfied Order, or (b) a party or threatened to
be made a party to any Action. To the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred
or circumstances exist that could give rise to or serve as a basis for the
commencement of any Action. There are no Actions pending or threatened that
question the validity of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or any of
the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
5.6. Compliance
with Laws.
The
Company is now, and has been at all times during the previous five years, in
compliance with all Laws and Orders, including, without limitation, those
respecting (a) pension administration, (b) labor relations or
employment matters and related foreign social security laws, (c) zoning,
(d) delivery practices and procedures, and (e) intellectual property.
To the Company’s Knowledge, no proposed Law or Order exists that would be
applicable to the Company and that would adversely affect any assets,
properties, liabilities, operations or prospects of the Company. Neither the
Company nor any Seller has received any notification or communication from
any
Governmental Authority threatening to revoke any Permit owned or held by the
Company.
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5.7. Necessary
Property.
The
Company is the only operation through which the business of the Company is
conducted, and no similar business is conducted by any Affiliate of the Company
or of any Seller. The assets and properties currently owned, leased or licensed
by the Company, constitute all of the assets and properties used in or necessary
to conduct the business of the Company as it is currently conducted and proposed
to be conducted.
5.8. Conduct
of Business.
Since
December 31, 2007, the business and operations of the Company have been
conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business and there has not been any adverse
change in the operation of the business or the performance or financial
condition of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
since December 31, 2007 the Company has not:
(a)
borrowed any amount or incurred or become subject to any liability except
(i) current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business,
(ii) liabilities under Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of
Business, and (iii) borrowings under lines of credit existing on such
date;
(b)
sold,
assigned or transferred (including, without limitation, transfers to any
employees, shareholders or Affiliates) any assets or properties except in the
Ordinary Course of Business, or canceled any debts or claims;
(c)
waived any rights of value or suffered any losses;
(d)
declared or paid any dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares
of its capital stock or redeemed or purchased, directly or indirectly, any
shares of its capital stock, any options or any other rights to acquire any
of
its equity interests;
(e)
taken
any other action or entered into any other transaction (including any
transactions with employees, shareholders or Affiliates) other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business or other than the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements;
(f)
(i) increased the salary, wages or other compensation rates of any officer,
employee, director or consultant, (ii) made or granted any increase in
benefits under any Employee Plan, or amended or terminated any existing Employee
Plan, or adopted any new Employee Plan or (iii) made any commitment or
incurred any liability to any labor organization;
(g)
made
any capital expenditures in excess of $1,000 in the aggregate or any commitments
therefor;
(h)
made
any change in accounting or Tax principles, practices or policies from those
utilized in the preparation of the Financial Statements;
(i)
made,
changed or rescinded any Tax election;
(j)
made
any write off or write down of or made any determination to write off or write
down any of its assets and properties;
(k)
made
any change in its general pricing practices or policies or any change in its
credit or allowance practices or policies;
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(l)
entered into any amendment, modification, termination (partial or complete)
or
granted any waiver under or given any Consent with respect to any Contract
that
is required to be disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule;
(m)
commenced or terminated any line of business;
(n)
received notice from any customer or supplier that such customer or supplier
has
ceased, may cease or will cease to do business with it; or
(o)
(i) delayed, or taken any action to delay, payment of any accounts payable
of the Company or failed to pay any accounts payable of the Company when due
in
accordance with their terms, or (ii) accelerated, or taken any action to
accelerate, the payment of any accounts receivable of the Company or the
collection of customer deposits by the Company.
5.9. Labor
Matters.
(a)
Union
and Employee Contracts.
(i) The Company is not a party to or bound by any union contract,
collective bargaining agreement or other similar type of contract; (ii) the
Company has not agreed to recognize any union or other collective bargaining
representative; and (iii) no union or collective bargaining representative
has been certified as representing any employees of the Company and no
organizational attempt has been made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor
union or collective bargaining representative with respect to any employees
of
the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its predecessors has experienced
any
labor strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage or any other material labor
difficulty during the past five years and to the Company’s Knowledge there are
no facts or circumstances that might lead to any such labor dispute. The Company
is not a party to or bound by any employment contract, independent contractor
agreement, consultation agreement or other similar type of
contract.
(b)
List
of Employees, Etc.
Section
5.9(b) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a list of all officers, directors, employees (which term shall include
any
managing director), consultants and independent contractors of the Company,
the
rate of all regular and special compensation payable to each such Person in
any
and all capacities and any regular or special compensation that will be payable
to each such Person in any and all capacities other than the then current
accrual of regular payroll compensation, and any potentially existing
change-in-control clause. The Company does not employ any employee who cannot
be
dismissed immediately, whether currently or immediately after the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, without notice
or
cause and without further liability to the Company. To the Company’s Knowledge,
no employee of the Company intends to terminate his or her employment
relationship with the Company.
(c)
WARN
Act.
With
respect to the employees of the Company, during the last twelve months, there
has been no mass layoff, plant closing, or shutdown that implicates the Worker
Adjustment Retraining & Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any similar
Law.
(d)
IRCA.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, all current employees of the Company who work in the United
States are, and all former employees of the Company who worked in the United
States whose employment terminated, voluntarily or involuntarily, within the
previous three years, were legally authorized to work in the United States.
The
Company has completed and retained the necessary employment verification
paperwork under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”)
for
all employees. Further, at all times, the Company was in material compliance
with both the employment verification provisions (including the paperwork and
documentation requirements) and the anti-discrimination provisions of
IRCA.
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(e)
Unemployment,
Social Security and Other Benefits.
The
Company is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any
Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits,
social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than
routine payments to be made in the ordinary course of business and consistently
with past practice). There are no pending claims against the Company under
any
workers compensation plan or policy or for long term disability.
(f)
Former
Employment Arrangements.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, no employee of the Company is in violation, in any material
respect, of any term of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement,
common law nondisclosure obligation, fiduciary duty, non-competition agreement
or restrictive covenant to a former employer.
(g)
Manuals,
Handbooks, Policies, Etc.
True
and complete copies have been made available to the Purchaser of the material
written personnel manuals, handbooks, policies, rules or procedures applicable
to any employee of the Company.
(h)
Compliance
and Investigations.
The
Company is not a party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with,
or
citation by, any Governmental Authority relating to employees or employment
practices. Neither the Company nor any of its executive officers has received
within the past five years any notice of intent by any Governmental Authority
responsible for the enforcement of labor or employment laws to conduct an
investigation relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, no such investigation is in progress.
(i)
Effect
of Execution and Delivery.
None of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of any
transaction contemplated hereby or any termination of employment or service
in
connection therewith or subsequent thereto will (i) result in any payment
(including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or
otherwise) becoming due to any Person, (ii) materially increase any
benefits otherwise payable by the Company, (iii) result in the acceleration
of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits, (iv) increase the
amount of compensation due to any Person, or (v) result in the forgiveness
in whole or in part of any outstanding loans made by the Company to any
Person.
(j)
Effect
of Other Agreements.
To the
Company’s Knowledge, no current employee or current officer or director of the
Company is a party to, or is otherwise bound by, any agreement or arrangement,
including any confidentiality, non-competition or proprietary rights agreement,
between such employee, officer or director and any other Person that in any
way
materially and adversely affects (i) the performance of his or her duties
as an employee, officer or director of the Company or (ii) the ability of
the Company to conduct the business now being conducted by it.
5.10. Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) Section
5.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a complete list of (i) all “employee benefit plans,” as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA, (ii) all other severance pay, salary
continuation, bonus, incentive, stock option, enhanced redundancy or other
severance schemes, share incentive schemes, share option schemes, bonus or
profit sharing schemes, retirement, pension, profit sharing or deferred
compensation plans, contracts, programs, funds or arrangements of any kind,
and
(iii) all other employee benefit plans, contracts, programs, funds or
arrangements (whether written or oral, qualified or nonqualified, funded or
unfunded, foreign or domestic, currently effective or terminated) and any trust,
escrow or similar agreement related thereto, whether or not funded, in respect
of any present or former employees, directors, officers, shareholders,
consultants, or independent contractors of the Company that are sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group or with respect
to which the Company or any member of the Controlled Group has made or is
required to make payments, transfers, or contributions (all of the above being
hereinafter individually or collectively referred to as an “Employee
Plan”
or
“Employee
Plans”,
respectively). The Company has no liability with respect to any plan,
arrangement or practice of the type described in the preceding sentence other
than the Employee Plans.
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(b)
True
and complete copies of the following materials have been delivered or made
available to the Purchaser: (i) all current and prior plan documents for
each Employee Plan or, in the case of an unwritten Employee Plan, a written
description thereof, (ii) all determination letters from the IRS with
respect to any of the Employee Plans, (iii) all current and prior summary
plan descriptions, summaries of material modifications, annual reports, and
summary annual reports with respect to the Employee Plans, (iv) all current
and prior trust agreements, insurance contracts, and other documents relating
to
the funding or payment of benefits under any Employee Plan, and (v) any
other documents, forms or other instruments relating to any Employee Plan
reasonably requested by the Purchaser.
(c)
Each
Employee Plan has been maintained, operated, and administered in compliance
with
its terms and any related documents or agreements and in compliance with all
applicable Laws. There have been no prohibited transactions or breaches of
any
of the duties imposed on “fiduciaries” (within the meaning of Section 3(21)
of ERISA) by ERISA with respect to the Employee Plans that could result in
any
liability or excise Tax under ERISA or the Code being imposed on the Company.
All contributions, transfers and payments in respect of any Employee Plan,
other
than transfers incident to an incentive stock option plan within the meaning
of
Section 422 of the Code, have been or are fully deductible under the Code.
There is no pending or threatened assessment, Action, complaint, proceeding,
or
investigation of any kind before any Governmental Authority with respect to
any
Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits), nor is there any basis
for one. The Company has reserved all rights necessary to amend or terminate
each of the Employee Plans without the consent of any other Person.
(d)
Each
Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is
so qualified and has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each
trust created under any Employee Plan has been determined by the IRS to be
exempt from Tax under the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Code, and
nothing has occurred since the date of any such determination that could
reasonably be expected to give the IRS grounds to revoke such
determination.
(e)
Neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group currently has and
at
no time in the past has had an obligation to contribute to a “defined benefit
plan” as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, a pension plan subject to the
funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, a
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or
Section 414(f) of the Code or a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning
of Section 210(a) of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code.
(f)
With
respect to each group health plan benefiting any current or former employee
of
the Company or any member of the Controlled Group that is subject to
Section 4980B of the Code, the Company and each member of the Controlled
Group has complied with the continuation coverage requirements of
Section 4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Subtitle B of
Title I of ERISA. No Employee Plan is or at any time was funded through a
“welfare benefit fund” as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, and no
benefits under any Employee Plan are or at any time have been provided through
a
voluntary employees’ beneficiary association (within the meaning of
subsection 501(c)(9) of the Code) or a supplemental unemployment benefit
plan (within the meaning of Section 501(c)(17) of the
Code).
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(g)
All
(i) insurance premiums required to be paid with respect to,
(ii) benefits, expenses, and other amounts due and payable under, and
(iii) contributions, transfers, or payments required to be made to, any
Employee Plan prior to the Closing Date will have been paid, made or accrued
on
or before the Closing Date. With respect to any insurance policy providing
funding for benefits under any Employee Plan, (A) there is no liability of
the Company, in the nature of a retroactive rate adjustment, loss sharing
arrangement, or other actual or contingent liability, nor would there be any
such liability if such insurance policy was terminated on the Closing Date,
and
(B) no insurance company issuing any such policy is in receivership,
conservatorship, liquidation or similar proceeding and, to the Company’s
Knowledge, no such proceedings with respect to any insurer are
imminent.
(h)
No
Employee Plan provides benefits, including, without limitation, death or medical
benefits, beyond termination of service or retirement other than
(i) coverage mandated by Law, or (ii) death or retirement benefits
under any Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code. No Employee Plan provides benefits to any
individual who is not a current or former employee of the Company, or the
dependents or other beneficiaries of any such current or former
employee.
(i)
The
execution and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will
not (i) constitute a stated triggering event under any Employee Plan that
will result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming
due
from the Company to any current or former officer, employee, director or
consultant (or dependents of such Persons), or (ii) accelerate the time of
payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any current
or
former officer, employee, director or consultant (or dependents of such Persons)
of the Company. No amount that could be received (whether in cash or property
or
the vesting of property) as a result of any of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement by any employee, officer or director of the Company or any of
its
affiliates who is a “disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) under any employment, severance or
termination agreement, other compensation arrangement or Employee Plan currently
in effect would be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as such term
is defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code).
(j)
All
Employee Plans subject to Section 409A of the Code comply in both form and
operation with Section 409A of the Code and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
(k)
The
term “Foreign
Plan”
shall
mean any Employee Plan that is maintained outside of the United States. The
Company does not currently maintain, contribute to or is not otherwise obligated
under, nor in the past has it maintained, contributed to or was otherwise
obligated under, any Foreign Plans.
5.11. Environmental.
The
Company is presently and has been at all times in compliance with all
Environmental Laws applicable to the Real Property, formerly owned, leased
or
operated locations, or its business, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there
exists no Environmental Conditions that require reporting, investigation,
assessment, cleanup, remediation or any other type of response action pursuant
to any Environmental Law or that could be the basis for any liability of any
kind pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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5.12. Contracts. Section
5.12 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth all of the Contracts (a) governing the borrowing of money or the
Guarantee or the repayment of Indebtedness of the Company or granting of Liens
on any property or asset of the Company (including any such contract under
which
the Company has incurred any Indebtedness); (b) providing for the
employment of any Person by the Company; (c) containing covenants limiting
the freedom of the Company to compete in any line of business or with any Person
or in any geographic area or market; (d) for the use of or restricting the
use of the Intellectual Property; (e) with any shareholders, directors,
officers, employees of the Company or its respective Affiliates or Affiliates
of
any Seller; (f) providing for the purchase, maintenance or acquisition, or
the sale or furnishing, of materials, supplies, merchandise, equipment or
services of or by the Company (including, without limitation, computer hardware
or software or other property or services) in excess of $10,000;
(g) granting to any Person a first refusal, first offer or similar
preferential right to purchase or acquire any right, asset or property of the
Company; (h) pertaining to the lease of equipment or other personal
property of or by the Company; (i) providing for any offset, countertrade
or barter arrangement with respect to the Company; (j) involving a
distributor, sales representative, broker, franchise or advertising arrangement
with respect to the Company; (k) involving a joint venture of the Company;
(l) involving management services, consulting services, support services or
any other similar services of or by the Company, including, without limitation,
service agreements under which the Company is required to provide services
to
insurers, self insured employees or any governmental or private health plan,
managed care plan or other similar Person; (m) involving the acquisition of
any business enterprise by the Company, whether via stock or asset purchase
or
otherwise; or (n) any other material contract or agreement of the Company.
The Company has provided to the Purchaser true and complete copies of each
such
Contract, as amended to date. Each Contract listed in Section
5.12 of the Disclosure Schedule
(or
required to be listed thereon) is a valid, binding and enforceable obligation
of
the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to General
Enforceability Exceptions. With respect to the Contracts listed in Section
5.12 of the Disclosure Schedule
(or
required to be listed thereon): (a) neither the Company nor, to the
Company’s Knowledge, any other party thereto, is in material default under or in
violation of any Contract; (b) no event has occurred with respect to the
Company or, to the Company’s Knowledge, with respect to any counterparty, which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or
violation; and (c) the Company has not released any of its rights under any
Contract. Section
5.12 of the Disclosure Schedule
also
sets forth a (i) true, accurate and complete list of all referrals as of
the date of this Agreement for which PSL receives, has received, or is eligible
to receive referral revenue under the Paybridge Contract, and (ii) true and
accurate list of referrals as of the date of this Agreement for which PSL has
had significant communications surrounding a potential agreement to market
services provided by or purchase services from PayBridge. As used herein,
“Existing
Paybridge Referrals”
shall
mean the referrals contemplated in clause (i) of the immediately preceding
sentence, and the referrals contemplated in clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence that enter into an agreement to market services provided
by
or purchase services from PayBridge on or before March 31, 2009, as further
described in Section 5.12
of the Disclosure Schedule.
5.13. Permits. Section 5.13
of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a true and complete list and description of all Permits issued to the
Company and used in the conduct of its business. The Company is in compliance
with the terms of such Permits, and all such Permits are in full force and
effect. There is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
termination, expiration or revocation of any such Permits. Neither the execution
of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, nor the performance by the
Sellers of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder will invalidate
or adversely affect any such Permits. There are no other Permits that are
necessary or required for the conduct of the business of the
Company.
5.14. Intellectual
Property.
(a) Section
5.14 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth, with the application number, application date, registration/issue number,
registration/issue date, title or xxxx, country or other jurisdiction and
owner(s), as applicable, a complete and correct list of all the following
Intellectual Property: (i) patents; (ii) registered trademarks and
applications therefor; (ii) registered copyrights and applications
therefor; and (iv) Internet domain names. Any and all renewal and
maintenance fees, taxes, annuities or other fees payable in respect of the
Intellectual Property and due before the Closing have been paid in full through
the Closing, and no such fees are due in the two-month period after the Closing.
All actions required to record each owner throughout the entire chain of title
of all of the Intellectual Property required to have been listed on Section
5.14 of the Disclosure Schedule
with
each applicable Governmental Authority up through the Closing, have been taken,
including payment of all costs, fees, taxes and expenses associated with such
recording activities.
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(b)
The
Company owns and possesses all right, title and interest in and to the
Intellectual Property (other than Intellectual Property licensed to the Company,
for which it has a valid leasehold or licensee interest), free and clear of
all
Liens. The Company has the sole and exclusive right to use the Intellectual
Property (other than Intellectual Property licensed to the Company, for which
it
has a valid leasehold or licensee interest) for the life thereof. No claim
by
any Person contesting the validity, enforceability or ownership of any of the
Intellectual Property has been made, is currently outstanding or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, is threatened and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there are no
grounds for the same. No loss or expiration of any part of the Intellectual
Property is pending or reasonably foreseeable. Neither the Company nor any
Seller has received any notices of, and is not aware of any facts that indicate
a likelihood of, any infringement or misappropriation by, or conflict with,
any
Person with respect to the Intellectual Property. The Company has not infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise conflicted with any intellectual property rights
or
other rights of any Person and neither the Company nor any Seller is aware
of
any infringement, misappropriation or conflict that will occur as a result
of
the continued operation of the business of the Company, nor has the Company
or
any Seller received any demand or request that the Company license any rights
from any Person.
(c)
The
Intellectual Property comprises all of the intellectual property rights used
in
or necessary for the operation of the business of the Company as conducted
or
proposed to be conducted. The transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements will have no adverse effect on the Company’s right,
title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property. To the Company’s
Knowledge, the owners of any intellectual property licensed to the Company
have
taken all necessary and desirable action to maintain and protect that portion
of
the intellectual property subject to such licenses. Except pursuant to a
Contract set forth in Section
5.12 of the Disclosure Schedule,
the
Company has not licensed or otherwise granted any right to any Person under
any
Intellectual Property owned by the Company or has otherwise agreed not to assert
any such Intellectual Property against any Person.
(d)
All
Information Systems used by the Company in the conduct of its business are
owned, controlled and operated by the Company and are not wholly or partly
dependent upon any Information System of any other Person (other than the
Internet).
5.15. Insurance. Section
5.15 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a true and complete list and brief description (including all applicable
premiums and deductibles) of all policies of, and binders evidencing, life,
fire, workmen’s compensation, product liability, general liability and other
forms of insurance, including title insurance, owned or maintained by the
Company. Such policies are in full force and effect, and the Company is not
in
default under any of them. No notice of cancellation or termination or non
renewal has been received with respect to any such policy. During the last
three
years, the Company has not been refused any insurance with respect to its
business or its assets, nor has coverage been limited by any insurance carrier
to which the Company has applied for insurance or with which the Company has
carried insurance. No event relating to the Company has occurred that could
reasonably be expected to result in a retroactive upward adjustment in premiums
under any of the insurance policies set forth in Section
5.15 of the Disclosure Schedule.
The
insurance maintained by the Company is sufficient to comply with all applicable
Laws and Contracts to which the Company is a party. No insurance carrier
providing insurance to the Company is in receivership, conservatorship,
liquidation or similar proceedings, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no such
proceeding with respect to any such carrier is imminent.
5.16. Financial
Statements.
(a) Section
5.16(a) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth true and complete copies of (i) the audited balance sheet of the
Company as of December 31, 2007, and the related audited statements of income,
retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007,
and (ii) the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of October 31, 2008,
and the related unaudited statements of income, retained earnings and cash
flows
for the 10-month period then ended (collectively, the “Financial
Statements”).
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(b)
The
Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the
Company at the dates and for the time periods indicated and have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP (except in the case of unaudited statements, for
normally recurring year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, which
adjustments and footnotes would not be material, either individually or in
the
aggregate) consistently applied throughout the periods indicated and reviewed
by
the management of the Company. The Financial Statements were derived from the
books and records of the Company, which are accurate and complete and there
are
no material inaccuracies or discrepancies of any kind contained or reflected
therein. The Company’s internal controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure
that the Financial Statements are accurate in all material
respects.
5.17. Undisclosed
Liabilities.
The
Company has no liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated
or otherwise, and whether due or to become due) arising out of transactions
or
events, or any action or inaction, or any state of facts existing, with respect
to or based upon transactions or events entered into by the Sellers or the
Company, which, in each case, would be required to be reflected in the Company’s
financial statements (including the Financial Statements) prepared in accordance
with GAAP, except: (a) liabilities actually reflected in the Financial
Statements; and (b) liabilities that have arisen after the date of the
Financial Statements in the Ordinary Course of Business, none of which relates
to (i) breach of Contract by the Company, (ii) breach of warranty by
the Company, (iii) infringement by the Company, (iv) violation of Law
by the Company or (v) any environmental liability.
5.18. Bank
Accounts. Section
5.18 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a true and complete list of the name and address of (a) each bank or
financial institution with which the Company has an account or safe deposit
box
and the name of each Person authorized to draw thereon or have access thereto,
and (b) the name of each Person holding a power of attorney on behalf of
the Company.
5.19. Product
Liability and Warranty.
(a)
Each
product or service sold or otherwise delivered by the Company has been in
conformity with all applicable contractual commitments and all express and
implied warranties, and the Company has no liability (and there is no basis
for
any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge,
complaint, claim or demand against, or recall by, the Company) for replacement
or repair of any such products or services or other damages in connection
therewith, subject only to the reserve for product and service warranty claims
set forth in the Financial Statements. No product manufactured, sold, leased
or
delivered, and no service provided, by the Company is subject to any recall
or
any guaranty, warranty or other indemnity beyond the applicable standard terms
and conditions of sale, lease or service. Section
5.19 of the Disclosure Schedule sets
forth true and complete copies of the standard terms and conditions of sale,
lease or service of the Company (containing applicable guaranty, warranty and
indemnity provisions). There have been no recalls of any of the products
manufactured, sold, distributed, leased, delivered or provided by the Company
and there exists no basis that could result in any such recalls.
(b)
The
Company has no liability, and there is no basis for any present or future Action
against the Company giving rise to any liability, arising out of any injury
to
Person or property as a result of the ownership, possession or use of a product
or service manufactured, sold, distributed, leased, delivered or provided by
the
Company.
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5.20. Indebtedness. Section
5.20 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth a true and complete list of the individual components (indicating the
amount and the Person to whom such Indebtedness is owed) of all the Indebtedness
outstanding with respect to the Company as of the date of this
Agreement.
5.21. Taxes.
(a)
All
Returns required to be filed with any Taxing Authority with respect to any
Pre-Closing Tax Period by or on behalf of the Company have been filed when
due
in accordance with all applicable Laws.
(b)
All
Returns with respect to Pre-Closing Tax Periods (i) correctly and
completely reflect the income, business, assets, operations, activities and
status of the Company, (ii) were correct and complete in all respects and
(iii) have been prepared in accordance with all applicable Laws. The
Company is not currently a beneficiary of any extension of time within which
to
file any Return.
(c)
All
Taxes owed by the Company (whether or not shown as having been due and payable
on any Return) have been timely paid or withheld and remitted to the appropriate
Taxing Authority.
(d)
No
Return of the Company with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period has ever been
audited by any Taxing Authority.
(e)
There
is no Action now pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or
with respect to the Company in respect of any Tax.
(f)
The
Company has no Tax liabilities (whether due or to become due) with respect
to
the income, property and operations of the Company that relate to any
Pre-Closing Tax Periods or Pre-Closing Straddle Periods, except for Tax
liabilities reflected in the Financial Statements and Tax liabilities that
have
arisen after the date of the Financial Statements in the Ordinary Course of
Business.
(g)
Neither the Company nor any member of any affiliated, consolidated, combined
or
unitary group of which the Company is or has been a member has granted any
extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any
Return, which period (after giving effect to such extension or waiver) has
not
yet expired.
(h)
There
are no Liens for Taxes upon any of the assets or properties of the Company,
except for Permitted Exceptions.
(i)
The
Company has not been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or
unitary group or participated in any other arrangement whereby any income,
revenues, receipts, gain or loss was determined or taken into account for Tax
purposes with reference to or in conjunction with any income, revenues,
receipts, gain, loss, asset or liability of any other Person other than a group
of which the Company was the parent. The Company is not liable for the Taxes
of
any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of state, local or foreign Law) as a transferee or successor, by
contract or otherwise.
(j) Section
5.21(j) of Disclosure Schedule
contains
a list of all jurisdictions (whether foreign or domestic) to which any Tax
is
properly payable by the Company.
(k)
Neither the Company nor any Seller has received notice of any claim by a Taxing
Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Returns that the
Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction or Taxing
Authority.
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(l)
The
Company has withheld and timely paid all Taxes required to have been withheld
and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party.
(m)
The
Company has disclosed on its federal income Tax Returns (to the extent
applicable) all positions taken in such Returns that could give rise to a
substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of
Section 6662 of the Code.
(n)
The
Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any
item of deduction from, taxable income for any period ending after the Closing
Date as a result of (i) any change in method of accounting for a
Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii) any “closing agreement” as described in Code
Section 7121 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or
foreign law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (iii) any
intercompany transactions or any excess loss account described in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-19 (or any corresponding or similar provision of
state, local or foreign law), (iv) the installment method of accounting,
the completed contract method of accounting or the cash method of accounting
with respect to a transaction that occurred prior to the Closing Date, or
(v) any prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing
Date.
(o)
The
Company is not a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement or
arrangement.
(p)
The
Company has not been a United States real property holding corporation within
the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) during the applicable period specified in
Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. The Company has not distributed the
stock of another Person, nor had its stock distributed by another Person, in
a
transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part
by
Section 355 of the Code.
(q)
The
Company has not participated in a reportable transaction as defined in
Section 6707A of the Code or Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)
and (c)(3) (or any predecessor provision thereto).
(r)
Since
February 2, 2003, the Company has been a validly electing S corporation
within the meaning of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code and in each state
where the Company is required to file income Tax Returns at all times since
February 2, 2003 up to and including the date hereof. The Company has no
qualified subchapter S Subsidiaries within the meaning of
Section 1361(b)(3)(B) of the Code. The Company has not, in the past 10
years, (i) acquired assets from another corporation in a transaction in
which the Company’s Tax basis for the acquired assets was determined, in whole
or in part, by reference to the Tax basis of the acquired assets (or any other
property) in the hands of the transferor or (ii) acquired the stock of any
corporation that is a qualified subchapter S Subsidiary.
5.22. Customers.
All
material customers continue to be customers of the Company and none of such
material customers has reduced materially its business with the Company from
the
levels achieved during the year ended December 31, 2007, and to the
Company’s Knowledge, no such reduction will occur. Since December 31, 2007, no
material customer has terminated its relationship with the Company or has
threatened to do so. The Company is not involved in any claim, dispute or
controversy with any material customer. The Company is not involved in any
claim, dispute or controversy with any of its other customers that, individually
or in the aggregate could reasonably be anticipated to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, results of
operations or prospects of the Company.
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5.23. Disclosure.
The
Sellers have not withheld from the Purchaser any material facts relating to
the
assets, properties, liabilities, business operations, financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the Company’s business. This Agreement
(including the Disclosure Schedule) does not, and no Closing Certificate will,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained herein or therein not misleading. The Principals have delivered to
the
Purchaser a true and complete copy of each document disclosed or required to
be
disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule.
5.24. Related
Party Transactions.
None of
the Company, the Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates, nor any current
or former director, officer or employee of the Company, (a) has or during
the last three fiscal years has had any direct or indirect interest (i) in,
or is or during the last three fiscal years was, a director, officer or employee
of, any Person that is a client, customer, supplier, lessor, lessee, debtor,
creditor or competitor of the Company, or (ii) in any material property,
asset or right that is owned or used by the Company in the conduct of its
business, or (b) is, or during the last three fiscal years has been, a
party to any agreement or transaction with the Company. There is no outstanding
Indebtedness owed to the Company from any current or former director, officer,
employee or consultant of the Company or any Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates.
5.25. Brokers.
Except
for Strategic Equity Group (the fees of which will be paid entirely by the
Sellers or will constitute Selling Expenses), no Person has acted directly
or
indirectly as a broker, finder or financial advisor for the Company or any
Seller in connection with the negotiations relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
VI.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Sellers as follows:
6.1. Existence
and Good Standing.
The
Purchaser is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Florida.
6.2. Power.
The
Purchaser has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
fully its respective obligations under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
6.3. Validity
and Enforceability.
The
Purchaser has the capacity to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. This Agreement and each of the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Purchaser is a party have been duly executed
and delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Sellers or any other party thereto, represent the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser
in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to General Enforceability
Exceptions.
6.4. No
Conflict.
Neither
the execution of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, nor the performance
by the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder or thereunder will (a) violate
or
conflict with the Purchaser’s Certificate of Incorporation (or equivalent
document) or Bylaws (or equivalent document) or any Law or Order, or (b) subject
to the consents identified in Section
9.1(i)
below,
violate, conflict with or result in a breach or termination of, or otherwise
give any Person additional rights or compensation under, or the right to
terminate or accelerate, or constitute (with notice or lapse of time, or both)
a
default under the terms of any note, deed, mortgage or Contract to which the
Purchaser is a party or by which any of its assets or properties are
bound.
6.5. Consents.
Except
as set forth in Section 9.1(i),
no
Consent of any third party or Governmental Authority is required in connection
with the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Purchaser is a party or the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
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6.6. Purchaser
Shares; SEC Reports.
Upon
issuance, the Purchaser Shares will have been duly authorized and validly
issued and be fully paid and non-assessable. The Purchaser has timely filed,
and
on the Closing Date will have timely filed, all forms, reports and documents
required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission since
December 31, 2007.
6.7. Brokers.
No
Person has acted directly or indirectly as a broker, finder or financial advisor
for the Purchaser in connection with the negotiations relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which the Sellers will become
obligated to pay a fee or commission.
6.8.
Senior
Debt.
As of
the date of this Agreement, no default or event of default exists under any
Senior Indebtedness of the Purchaser, and subject to obtaining the consents
contemplated by Section
9.1(i)
below,
no such default or event of default will exist as of the Closing Date. Based
on
the Purchaser’s forecasts made in good faith, the Purchaser does not anticipate
that any default or event of default will occur under any Senior Indebtedness
of
the Purchaser as a result of the Closing or at any time thereafter through
the
date which is one hundred thirty (130) days after the Closing Date, whether
resulting from the payment or the Holdback Amount, the Second Cash Purchase
Price or otherwise. For purposes of the foregoing, “Senior
Indebtedness of the Purchaser”
means
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on (a) all indebtedness
of
Purchaser or the Company for money borrowed from any bank, merchant bank,
savings and loan, insurance company, finance company, credit union, investment
bank, broker-dealer, or other financial institution of any nature whatsoever,
or
any affiliate thereof, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this
Agreement or thereafter created, assumed or incurred (with respect to the
Purchaser), or created assumed or incurred by the Company after the Closing,
including, without limitation, all indebtedness evidenced by that certain (i)
Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of November 30,
2007,
between the Purchaser and RBS Citizens, National Association, and (ii)
Securities Purchase and Loan Agreement, dated November 30, 2007, by and among
the Purchaser, Woodside Capital Partners IV, LLC, Woodside Capital Partners
IV
QP, LLC, Woodside Capital Partners V, LLC, as assignee of Woodlands Commercial
Bank (f/k/a Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank), Woodside Capital Partners V QP,
LLC, as assignee of Woodlands Commercial Bank (f/k/a Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial
Bank), and Woodside Agency Services, LLC, as collateral agent, and (b) any
deferrals, renewals, increases, extensions or refinancings of any such Senior
Indebtedness. As used herein, “indebtedness
of Purchaser or the Company for money borrowed”
means
any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Purchaser or the Company
for the repayment of money borrowed, whether or not evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other written instruments, any capitalized lease obligation
and any deferred obligation for payment of the purchase price of any property
or
assets (but with respect to the Company, only such obligations or guarantees
created, incurred or assumed after the Closing).
VII.
TAX MATTERS
7.1. Returns.
(a)
The
Sellers shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) all income Tax Returns of the
Company for which the taxable year would end on the Closing Date. The Sellers
shall provide a copy of such Returns (including any related workpapers or other
relevant item) to the Purchaser within 30 days prior to their filing. If the
Purchaser has any comments to any such Return, then the Purchaser shall deliver
such comments in writing to the Principals within 15 days after the Purchaser’s
receipt of such Return. The Sellers agree to incorporate all reasonable comments
made by the Purchaser to such Return, as determined by the Principals in their
reasonable discretion. If the Purchaser does not provide any comments in writing
to the Purchaser within the time period specified above, then such Return shall
be final, binding and non-appealable by the Purchaser.
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(b)
The
Purchaser shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) all other income Tax Returns
of the Company that are due with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period or
Straddle Period. Not less than 30 days prior to filing any such Return, the
Purchaser shall provide a copy of such Return to the Principals. If the
Principals have any comments to such Return, then the Principals shall deliver
such comments in writing to the Purchaser within 15 days after the Principals’
receipt of such Return. The Purchaser agrees to incorporate all reasonable
comments made by the Principals to such Return, as determined by the Purchaser
in its reasonable discretion. If the Principals do not provide any comments
in
writing to the Purchaser within the time period specified above, then such
Return shall be final, binding and non-appealable by the Sellers.
(c)
Upon
finalization of a Return pursuant to this Section 7.1,
the
Sellers or the Purchaser, as applicable, shall timely file such Return. The
Sellers shall pay all Taxes owed with respect to such Return (or, in the case
of
a Return for a Straddle Period, Taxes attributable to the Pre-Closing Straddle
Period in accordance with Section
7.2
below)
within five days of the Purchaser’s request therefor.
7.2. Apportionment
of Taxes.
(a)
General.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the portion of Tax, with respect to the income,
property or operations of the Company that is attributable to any Tax period
that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends after the Closing Date (a
“Straddle
Period”)
will
be apportioned with respect to such Straddle Period based on the period ending
on the Closing Date (the “Pre-Closing
Straddle Period”)
and
the period that begins on the day after the Closing Date (the “Post-Closing
Straddle Period”)
in
accordance with this Section 7.2.
(b)
Pre-Closing
Straddle Period Calculation.
The
portion of Tax attributable to the Pre-Closing Straddle Period:
(i)
In
the case of any Taxes other than sales or use taxes, value added taxes,
employment taxes, withholding taxes, and any Tax based on or measured by income,
receipts or profits earned during a Straddle Period, will be deemed to be the
amount of such Tax for the entire taxable period multiplied by a fraction,
the
numerator of which is the number of days in the Pre-Closing Straddle Period
and
denominator of which is the number of days in the Straddle Period.
(ii)
In
the case of any sales or use taxes, value added taxes, employment taxes,
withholding taxes, and any Tax based on or measured by income, receipts or
profits earned during a Straddle Period, will be deemed equal to the amount
that
would be payable if the Straddle Period ended on and included the Closing
Date.
(iii)
To
the extent that any Tax for a Straddle Period is based on the greater of a
Tax
on net income, on the one hand, and a Tax measured by net worth or some other
basis not otherwise measured by income, on the other hand, the portion of such
Tax related to the Pre-Closing Straddle Period will be deemed to be (A) if
the amount of such Tax for the Straddle Period is measured by net worth or
such
other basis, the amount of such Tax determined as though the taxable values
for
the entire Straddle Period equal the respective values as of the end of the
Closing Date and multiplying the amount of such Tax by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of days during the Straddle Period that are in the
Pre-Closing Straddle Period, and the denominator of which is the number of
days
in the Straddle Period or (B) if the amount of such Tax for the Straddle
Period is measured by net income, the amount of such Tax determined as though
the applicable Tax period terminated at the end of the day on the Closing
Date.
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(iv)
In the
case of a Tax that is (A) paid for the privilege of doing business during a
period (a “Privilege
Period”)
and
(B) computed based on business activity occurring during an accounting
period ending prior to the Privilege Period, any reference to a “Tax period,” a
“tax period” or a “taxable period” shall mean such accounting period and not the
Privilege Period.
(c)
Post-Closing
Straddle Period Apportionment.
The
portion of Tax attributable to a Post-Closing Straddle Period will be calculated
in a corresponding manner to the calculation of the portion of Tax attributable
to a Pre-Closing Straddle Period described in Section 7.2(b).
(d)
Liability.
The
Sellers will be liable for the payment of all Taxes of the Company that are
attributable to any Pre-Closing Tax Period or Pre-Closing Straddle Period,
whether or not shown on any Returns, which shall be treated as an adjustment
to
the Purchase Price, unless otherwise required by Law.
(e)
Transfer
Taxes.
All
transfer, excise, franchise, property, documentary, sales, use, stamp,
registration, value added and other such Taxes and fees (including any penalties
and interest) imposed on the Purchaser or the Company in connection with this
Agreement (“Transfer
Taxes”)
will
be borne and paid by the Sellers when due, and the Sellers, will cause to be
filed all necessary Returns and other documentation with respect to all such
Transfer Taxes.
7.3. Cooperation;
Audits.
In
connection with the preparation of Returns, audit examinations, and any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to the Tax liabilities imposed
on the Sellers or the Company for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods, the Purchaser
and
the Company, on the one hand, and the Sellers, on the other hand, shall
cooperate fully with each other, including, without limitation, the furnishing
or making available during normal business hours of records, personnel (as
reasonably required), books of account, powers of attorney or other materials
necessary or helpful for the preparation of such Returns, the conduct of audit
examinations or the defense of claims by Taxing Authorities as to the imposition
of Taxes. The Sellers shall within ten days of the Purchaser’s request therefor
deliver any information required to be reported by the Purchaser or the Company
pursuant to Section 6043A of the Code. Any Party that receives notice of
any audit examination or any other administrative or judicial proceeding
relating to the Tax liabilities of the Sellers or the Company for any
Pre-Closing Tax Period or Straddle Period shall promptly provide the other
Parties with a copy of such notice.
7.4. Certain
Controversies.
Notwithstanding Section 10.2,
the
Purchaser (or the Company after the date hereof), at its sole expense, will
have
the exclusive authority to represent the interests of the Company with respect
to any Tax Matter that does not relate solely to a Pre-Closing Tax Period before
the IRS or any other Taxing Authority and will have the sole right to extend
or
waive the statute of limitations with respect to such a Tax Matter and to
control the defense, compromise or other resolution of any such Tax Matter,
including responding to inquiries, filing Returns and settling audits;
provided,
however,
that
the Purchaser (or the Company after the date hereof) will not enter into any
settlement of or otherwise compromise any Tax Matter that adversely affects
or
may adversely affect the indemnification obligations of the Sellers hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Sellers, which consent may not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Purchaser shall, in good faith, allow
the
Sellers to consult with the Purchaser regarding the conduct of or positions
taken in any such proceeding.
7.5. Tax
Sharing Agreements.
All Tax
sharing agreements or similar agreements with respect to or involving the
Company will be terminated as of the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date,
the Company will not be bound thereby or have any liability thereunder.
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VIII.
CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
8.1. Pre-Closing
Covenants.
(a)
Access
to Information.
Until
the Closing, the Sellers shall, and shall cause the Company and its respective
representatives to, (i) afford the Purchaser and its counsel, accountants,
lenders and other representatives (collectively, “Purchaser’s
Advisors”)
full
and free access to the Company’s personnel, customers, suppliers, landlords,
properties, facilities, offices, contracts, books and records, permits and
other
documents and data during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice,
(ii) furnish the Purchaser and Purchaser’s Advisors with copies of all such
contracts, books and records, permits and other existing documents and data
as
the Purchaser may reasonably request and (iii) furnish the Purchaser and
Purchaser’s Advisors with such additional financial, operating and other data
and information as the Purchaser may reasonably request. Any such access shall
be conducted at the Purchaser’s expense, and shall be managed by and conducted
through the Sellers and subject to such additional limitations the Sellers
may
reasonably require to prevent the unreasonable disruption of the Company’s
business.
(b)
Conduct
of Business in Normal Course.
The
Sellers covenant and agree to (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to
keep the Company’s present business organization intact, (ii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services of the present
officers, employees and agents of the Company, (iii) use commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve present relationships and good will with
suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, employees, agents and other Persons
having business dealings with the Company, (iv) generally operate the
business of the Company in the Ordinary Course of Business, (v) maintain
the Company’s books and records in accordance with good business practice and
GAAP, (vi) maintain all Permits necessary for the conduct of the Company’s
business and (vii) use reasonable efforts to operate the Company in such a
manner as to cause the representations and warranties relating to the Company
set forth in this Agreement to be true and correct in all material respects
as
of the Closing. The Sellers covenant and agree that, except as otherwise
expressly contemplated by this Agreement, required by applicable Law or as
specifically consented to in writing by the Purchaser, the Sellers shall not
undertake, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to permit, any
action that would (x) require disclosure under Section 5.8
that has
not been made in Section
5.8 of the Disclosure Schedule
(if
any), (y) result in a breach of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 5.8
or
(z) likely result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s condition
(financial or otherwise), business, assets, properties, liabilities, results
of
operations or prospects.
(c)
Notification
of Certain Matters.
The
Sellers, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other hand, agree to give
prompt notice to the other of (i) any circumstance that would likely cause
any of such Party’s representations or warranties contained in this Agreement to
be untrue or inaccurate, (ii) any failure on such Party’s part to comply
with or satisfy any covenant or agreement to be complied with or satisfied
by
such Party hereunder and (iii) any circumstance that may make the
satisfaction of the conditions in Article IX
impossible or unlikely.
(d)
Commercially
Reasonable Efforts.
Prior
to the Closing Date or the earlier termination of this Agreement, (i) the
Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the closing
deliverables specified in this Agreement necessary to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) the Sellers agree, and agree to
cause the Company to, reasonably cooperate in the Purchaser’s efforts to obtain
any required consent of the Purchaser’s lenders to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, which cooperation may include,
without limitation, the execution and delivery by the Sellers of subordination
agreements with respect the deferred payments under this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement (other than any Employment Agreement) such as the Holdback
Amount, the Second Cash Purchase Price and the Notes (but not any payments
due
at the Closing). Prior to the Closing Date or the earlier termination of this
Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts
to
obtain any required consent of the Purchaser’s lenders to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements; provided that,
the
failure to obtain such consent, in and of itself, shall not constitute a breach
of any of the Purchaser’s covenants or agreements set forth in this
Agreement.
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8.2. Post-Closing
Covenants.
(a)
Purchaser
Shares.
No
Seller will transfer any Purchaser Shares in the absence of a Conversion
Transaction or an effective registration statement unless such Seller has
furnished the Purchaser with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory
to
the Purchaser, that such disposition does not require registration of such
Purchaser Shares under the Securities Act, or the Purchaser determines that
such
opinion of counsel is unnecessary. The Purchaser will not require opinions
of
counsel for transfers of Purchaser Shares made pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act if the Purchaser is provided with any certificates or other
evidence of compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act reasonably
required by it in connection with such transfer (including a copy of the
relevant Form 144).
(b)
Retained
Accounts Receivable.
If the
Purchaser or the Company receives any payment on account of or relating to
any
Retained Accounts Receivable, then such payment shall be the property of, and
shall be promptly forwarded and remitted to the Sellers. The Purchaser and
the
Company shall promptly endorse and deliver to the Sellers any cash, checks
or
other documents received by the Purchaser or the Company on account of any
such
Retained Accounts Receivable. All payments received by the Company after the
Closing Date from any Person that is a debtor under any Retained Account
Receivable will be (i) applied to the specific invoice number to which such
payment relates or (ii) in the absence of any such specific invoice number,
deemed to be a payment on the Retained Account Receivable and will, until the
same has been paid in full, not be applied by the Purchaser or the Company
to
any other debt or obligation of such Person, including any account receivable
of
the Company arising after the Closing Date. The Purchaser and the Company shall
advise the Sellers (promptly following the Purchaser or the Company becoming
aware thereof) of any counterclaims or set-offs that may arise subsequent to
the
Closing Date with respect to any Retained Accounts Receivable.
(c)
Bonus
Pool.
(i)
For
all
Measurement Periods containing Excess EBITDA, the Company shall pay to its
employees an aggregate amount equal to 10% of Excess EBITDA (each, a
“Bonus
Payment”)
to be
allocated among the Company’s employees (or any of them) as determined by the
Principals in their reasonable discretion. Each Bonus Payment, if any, shall
be
paid by the Company to such employees within 60 days of determination of the
amount of Excess EBITDA. For the avoidance of doubt, the actual amount of the
Bonus Payment for any Measurement Period shall not be treated as an expense
of
the Company for purposes of calculating the Adjusted EBITDA for any applicable
Measurement Period.
(ii) In
addition to the Bonus Payments, the Company shall be entitled to pay to its
employees (other than Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxx) the following bonuses or incentive
compensation:
(A)
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For
the year ending December 31, 2008, bonuses or incentive compensation
(including any Bonus Amounts paid at Closing) in an aggregate amount
not
to exceed $156,000;
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(B)
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For
the First Measurement Period, bonuses or incentive compensation (including
any amounts paid during such First Measurement Period pursuant to
clause
(A) above) calculated in a manner consistent with the Company’s historical
practices, and in an aggregate amount not to exceed 8.5% of the Company’s
aggregate payroll expenses for such First Measurement Period; and
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(C)
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For
the Second Measurement Period, bonuses or incentive compensation
calculated in a manner consistent with the Company’s historical practices,
and in an aggregate amount not to exceed 8.5% of the Company’s aggregate
payroll expenses for such Second Measurement
Period.
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For
the
avoidance of doubt, the amount of bonuses and incentive compensation paid
pursuant to this Section
8.2(c)(ii)
shall be
included in calculating the Adjusted EBITDA for any applicable Measurement
Period.
(d)
Operations
During the Measurement Periods.
During
the Measurement Periods, the Purchaser shall not divert any business from the
Company to the Purchaser’s other Affiliates unless: (i) the Company (A) has
engaged in any unlawful conduct, (B) committed any act that could reasonably
be
expected to materially damage the reputation of the Purchaser or its Affiliates,
or (C) acted with gross negligence in providing or failing to provide client
services; or (ii) both Stephan’s and Norman’s employment with the Company ceases
as a result of a Termination For Cause and/or a resignation that is not a
Resignation For Good Reason (each as defined in the applicable Employment
Agreement). This Section
8.2(d)
shall
not limit the Purchaser’s rights under any of the Ancillary Agreements,
including, without limitation, any of the Employment Agreements, and shall
not
prevent any Affiliate of the Purchaser from accepting business that is moved
from the Company at the request of the Company (other than at the direction
of
the Purchaser) or any of its customers or clients.
(e)
Access
to Books and Records.
After
the Closing, the Purchaser will direct the Company to (i) retain all of the
Company’s material books and records in existence on the Closing Date, and not
destroy or dispose of any thereof for a period of seven (7) years commencing
on
the Closing Date or such longer period as may be required by applicable Law;
and
(ii) afford the Sellers and their representatives, upon request and with
reasonable advance notice, reasonable access to such books and records during
normal business hours, and the right to make copies or extracts therefrom,
at
Sellers’ cost, in each case, to the extent that such request is made for any
legitimate business purpose, including, but not limited to, any Seller’s
response to a Tax audit.
(f)
Solicitation
of Certain of the Company’s Customers.
The
Purchaser acknowledges that the Company derives a portion of its new retirement
plan administration business from referrals by insurance agents, registered
representatives, brokers, registered investment advisors and other financial
advisors who receive commissions or other compensation from the sale of
investment and/or insurance products (each, a “Financial
Advisor”).
After
the Closing, and subject to Section
8.2(d)
above,
neither the Purchaser nor any Affiliate of the Purchaser will, without the
prior
consent of a Principal, directly or indirectly solicit any customer of the
Company that has been referred to it by a Financial Advisor who is then
currently engaged or otherwise advising such customer for the purpose of
attempting to sell to such customer investment or insurance
products.
(g)
Closing
Date Balance Sheet.
Within
30 days after the Closing Date, the Sellers shall prepare (or cause to be
prepared), at the Company’s expense, and deliver to the Purchaser an unaudited
balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Closing
Date Balance Sheet”),
including a trial balance with respect thereto, prepared in accordance with
GAAP
(except for the absence of footnotes). The Closing Date Balance Sheet shall
be
prepared using the same principles and procedures used to prepare the unaudited
Financial Statements. Upon the Purchaser’s request, the Sellers will provide the
Purchaser with true and complete copies of any work papers or other supporting
documentation used in connection with preparing the Closing Date Balance
Sheet.
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(h)
Security
Deposit; Insurance Premiums.
(i)
If
and to the extent any amount of the security deposit made by the Company
pursuant to that certain Real Property Lease, dated as of September 15, 2005,
between the Company, as tenant, and The Realty Associates Fund VIII, L.P.,
as
landlord, is remitted by the landlord and actually received by the Company
at
the expiration of such Real Property Lease, then the Purchaser agrees to cause
the Company to remit such amount to the Sellers, up to a maximum amount of
$19,186. Neither the Purchaser nor the Company shall be under any obligation,
however, to guaranty the landlord’s remittance of any portion of the security
deposit at expiration of the lease or otherwise.
(ii)
The
Company shall be entitled to terminate its existing Errors and Omissions
Insurance Policy (#CME04025113), between the Company, as insured, and Fireman’s
Fund, as insurer. If such termination occurs on or after the Closing Date,
the
Purchaser agrees to cause the Company to remit any refunded premium actually
received by the Company under such policy to the Sellers. Neither the Purchaser
nor the Company shall be under any obligation, however, to guaranty the
insurer’s remittance of any portion of such premium.
(iii)
Any
remittance made to the Sellers pursuant to this Section
8.2(h)
shall be
treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, unless otherwise required by
Law.
(i)
401(k)
Plan.
The
Company shall be entitled to maintain its existing 401(k) Plan through December
31, 2008, and continue to provide any employer match and profit sharing
contributions under such 401(k) Plan in a manner consistent with the Company’s
historical practices; provided that,
the
Company funds such employer contributions accrued through the Closing Date
and,
thereafter, the Purchaser agrees to accrue and fund (or cause to be funded)
such
employer contributions accrued thereafter until December 31, 2008 in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $11,700 and in a manner consistent with the
Company’s accrual and funding of $9,000 per month.
(j)
Paybridge
Contract.
The
Principals and/or PSL shall be entitled to retain all Tier 1 Payments
and Tier 2 Payments to the extent attributable to the Existing
Paybridge Referrals. With respect to all other payments under the Paybridge
Contract, including, without limitation, all Tier 1 Payments and
Tier 2 Payments, not attributable to the Existing Paybridge Referrals,
the Parties agree as follows:
(i)
The
Principals and/or PSL shall be entitled to retain all Tier 2 Payments;
provided,
however,
if the
revenues attributable to any Tier 2 Payment are generated from
referrals located in territories in which the Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries operates, then, unless such referral was previously consented
to in
writing by the Purchaser, the Principals agree to cause PSL to immediately
remit
such payment to the Purchaser.
(ii)
The
Principals agree to cause PSL to assign any and all of its right, title and
interest in and to all Tier 1 Payments and all other payments owing to
PSL under the Paybridge Contract (exclusive of Tier 2 Payments
governed by Section 8.2(j)(i)),
including, without limitation, under Section 8 thereof, to the Company in
the percentages and during the periods set forth in the table below.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 8.2(j)(ii),
including, without limitation, the table set forth below, on January 1, 2012
and
for seven days thereafter (the “Election
Period”),
the
Principals, on behalf of PSL, at their election, by giving timely written notice
(the “Buyout
Notice”)
to the
Purchaser, shall have the option to require the Purchaser, within 60 days of
receipt of the Buyout Notice (the “Buyout
Date”),
to
pay $25,000 to PSL in exchange for a direct and unconditional assignment by
PSL
of 100% of all payments contemplated in this Section 8.2(j)(ii)
(the
“Buyout
Option”)
and,
upon such payment by the Purchaser, or on its behalf, the Principals agree
to
cause PSL to immediately assign 100% of any and all of its right, title and
interest in and to such payments to the Company; provided,
however,
if the
Paybridge Contract has been terminated or is otherwise no longer in effect
at
any time prior to the Buyout Date or the Buyout Notice is not provided during
the Election Period, then the Buyout Option shall be null and void ab
initio.
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PERIOD
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PERCENTAGE OF TIER 1 PAYMENT
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Closing Date – 12/31/2009
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0
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%
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01/01/2010 – 12/31/2010
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25
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%
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01/01/2011 – 12/31/2011
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50
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%
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On and after 01/01/2012
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75
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%*
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*Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 8.2(j)(ii), if the
Principals, on behalf of PSL, elect the Buyout Option, then immediately after the
Purchaser’s $25,000 payment required in accordance therewith, the percentage
shall increase from 75% to 100%.
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Any
payments actually received by the Company pursuant to this Section 8.2(j)
shall be
included in the calculation of the Company’s Adjusted EBITDA for any applicable
periods. Within 30 days after each calendar quarter, the Principals shall cause
PSL to prepare and deliver to the Company and the Purchaser a statement
detailing all referrals under the Paybridge Contract and any and all payments
received with respect thereto, including, without limitation, all
Tier 1 Payments and Tier 2 Payments. Any payments received
by PSL and/or the Principals that are owing to the Company under this
Section 8.2(j)
shall be
immediately remitted to the Company. At the request of the Purchaser, the
Principals shall request and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
PayBridge to direct all payments owing to the Company under this Section 8.2(j)
directly
to the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Section
8.2(j),
if the
Purchaser or the Company (at the direction of the Purchaser) enters into a
payroll strategy and/or vendor relationship, whether or not similar to that
contemplated by the Paybridge Contract, then the Principals agree to follow,
and
agree to cause PSL to follow, the Purchaser’s directions as to such new payroll
strategy and/or vendor relationship, which may include terminating the PayBridge
Contract; provided that,
the
Parties agree that under such new payroll strategy and/or vendor relationship
the Principals or PSL shall be entitled to compensation with respect to the
Company’s clients substantially equivalent to what they would have received
under this Section
8.2(j)
by
reference to the Paybridge Contract. The Principals shall cause PSL not to
waive
any of its rights under, or amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify,
the
Paybridge Contract, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
IX.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
9.1. Conditions
Precedent to the Purchaser’s Obligations.
The
obligations of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement are expressly subject to the fulfillment or express written waiver
of
the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date:
(a)
Representations
and Warranties True.
Each of
the representations and warranties of the Sellers contained in this Agreement
that are not expressly limited or qualified as to the Company’s Knowledge or
materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made at
and
as of the Closing Date, and each of the representations and warranties of the
Sellers contained in this Agreement that are expressly limited or qualified
as
to the Company’s Knowledge or materiality shall be true and correct in all
respects as if made at and as of the Closing Date (except, in both instances,
(i) as a result of any event, circumstance or transaction contemplated by
this Agreement or otherwise approved in writing by the Purchaser, and
(ii) for any representation or warranty that expressly relates to an
earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true
and
correct in all respects as if made as of such date).
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(b)
Covenants
Performed.
The
Sellers and/or the Company shall have performed in all material respects, on
or
before the Closing Date, all obligations contained in this Agreement which
by
the terms hereof are required to be performed by the Sellers and/or the Company
on or before the Closing Date.
(c)
Compliance
Certificate.
The
Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed by the Sellers certifying
as
to the matters set forth in Sections 9.1(a)
and
(b).
(d)
Consents.
The
Sellers or the Company, as applicable, shall have obtained all of the Consents
listed in Sections
4.4 and 5.4(b) of the Disclosure Schedule,
and
provided copies of such Consents to the Purchaser.
(e)
[intentionally omitted];
(f)
No
Injunction, etc.
There
will not be any Law or Order of any Governmental Authority prohibiting, delaying
or invalidating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any pending
or threatened Action by an unrelated third party to such effect or seeking
damages from the Purchaser or the Company if the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement are completed.
(g)
The
Sellers’ Closing Deliverables.
The
Sellers shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Purchaser the
items listed in Section 3.2.
(h)
Material
Adverse Effect.
Since
December 31, 2007, there shall have been no change, event or condition of any
character (whether or not covered by insurance) that, in the aggregate, has
had,
or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, properties, liabilities,
results of operations or prospects of the Company, and the Purchaser will have
received a certificate attesting thereto duly executed by the
Sellers.
(i)
Lender
Consent.
The
Purchaser’s lenders shall have granted any required consents to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, without any adverse
conditions or stipulations on the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, as
determined by the Purchaser in its sole discretion.
9.2. Conditions
Precedent to the Sellers’ Obligations.
The
obligations of the Sellers to sell the Shares are subject to the fulfillment
or
express written waiver of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing
Date:
(a)
Representations
and Warranties True.
Each of
the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement
that are not expressly limited or qualified as to materiality shall be true
and
correct in all material respects as if made at and as of the Closing Date,
and
each of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this
Agreement that are expressly limited or qualified as to materiality shall be
true and correct in all respects as if made at and as of the Closing Date
(except, in both instances, (i) as a result of any event, circumstance or
transaction contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise approved in writing
by
the Principals, and (ii) for any representation or warranty that expressly
relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty
shall
be true and correct in all respects as if made as of such date).
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(b)
Covenants
Performed.
The
Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects, on or before the
Closing Date, all obligations contained in this Agreement which by the terms
hereof are required to be performed by the Purchaser on or before the Closing
Date.
(c)
Compliance
Certificate.
The
Sellers shall have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer of
the
Purchaser certifying as to the matters set forth in Sections 9.2(a)
and
(b).
(d)
Consents.
The
Sellers or the Company, as applicable, shall have obtained all of the Consents
listed in Sections
4.4 and 5.4(b) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(e)
No
Injunction, etc.
There
will not be any Law or Order of any Governmental Authority prohibiting, delaying
or invalidating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any pending
or threatened Action by an unrelated third party to such effect or seeking
damages from the Sellers if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are
completed.
(f)
Purchaser
Closing Deliverables.
The
Purchaser shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Sellers the
items listed in Section 3.3.
(g)
Lender
Consent.
The
Purchaser’s lenders shall have granted the consents contemplated by Section
9.1(i)
above.
X.
REMEDIES
10.1. General
Indemnification Obligation.
(a)
Sellers’
Indemnification Obligations.
Subject
to the procedures and limitations set forth in this Article
X,
the
Sellers jointly and severally shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser,
the Company and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and
Affiliates (each a “Purchaser
Indemnified Party”)
from
and against any and all Losses incurred or suffered by any Purchaser Indemnified
Party based upon, arising out of, or otherwise in respect of: (i) any
inaccuracies in or any breach of any representation or warranty of the Sellers
contained in this Agreement (other than Article
IV
hereof)
or any Closing Certificate, in each case, determined without regard to any
qualification with respect to materiality, material adverse effect or other
similar qualification; (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement of any
Seller contained in this Agreement or any Closing Certificate (other than any
several indemnification obligation of a Seller described in the immediately
following sentence); (iii) any Indebtedness of the Company, Customer Advances,
Selling Expenses, or Bonus Amounts not fully paid or taken as a reduction to
the
Purchase Price; (iv) any obligations or liabilities of the Company, whether
incurred before or after the Closing, under the Paybridge Contract (other than
those related to the Company’s breach after the Closing of the Company’s
obligations under Sections 4 and 9 thereof), including, without limitation,
any obligations for indemnification pursuant to Section 10 thereof; or (v)
(A) any Taxes of the Company attributable to any Pre-Closing Tax Period or
Pre-Closing Straddle Period (to the extent allocable to the Sellers as provided
in Section 7.2); (B) all Taxes of any member of an affiliated, combined or
unitary group of which the Company is or was a member on or prior to the Closing
Date, including pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any
analogous or similar state, local or foreign Law; and (C) any and all Taxes
of any Person (other than the Company) imposed on the Company as a transferee
or
successor, by contract or pursuant to any Law, which Taxes relate to an event
or
transaction occurring on or before the Closing. Each Seller shall severally
indemnify and hold harmless (except that each Principal shall indemnify and
hold
harmless the Purchaser on a joint and several basis with any Trust for which
such Principal is a trustee) each Purchaser Indemnified Party from and against
any Losses based upon, arising out of, or otherwise in respect of (1) any
inaccuracies in or any breach of any representation or warranty of such Seller
(and not of any other Seller) set forth in Article
IV
hereof,
in each case, determined without regard to any qualification with respect to
materiality, material adverse effect or other similar qualification, or (2)
any
breach of any covenant or agreement of such Seller (and not of any other Seller)
contained in Section
11.1
or such
Seller’s Employment Agreement.
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(b)
Purchaser’s
Indemnification Obligations.
The
Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Sellers from and against any
and
all Losses incurred or suffered by any Seller based upon, arising out of, or
otherwise in respect of (i) any inaccuracies in or any breach of any
representation or warranty of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or
any
Ancillary Agreement, in each case, determined without regard to any
qualification with respect to materiality, material adverse effect or other
similar qualification, or (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement of
the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement.
(c)
No
Contribution.
The
Sellers shall have no right of contribution from any of the Purchaser
Indemnified Parties with respect to any Loss claimed by a Purchaser Indemnified
Party.
10.2. Notice
and Third Party Liability.
(a)
Notice
of Asserted Liability.
As soon
as is reasonably practicable after any Seller, on the one hand, or the
Purchaser, on the other hand, becomes aware of any claim that such Party (or,
with respect to the Purchaser, any Purchaser Indemnified Party) has under
Section 10.1
that may
result in a Loss for which such Party (or, with respect to the Purchaser, any
Purchaser Indemnified Party) is entitled to indemnification hereunder (a
“Liability
Claim”),
such
Party (the “Indemnified
Party”)
shall
give written notice of such Liability Claim (a “Claims
Notice”)
to the
other Party (the “Indemnifying
Party”).
A
Claims Notice must describe the Liability Claim in reasonable detail and must
indicate the amount (estimated, if necessary and to the extent feasible) of
the
Loss that has been or may be suffered by the Indemnified Party and, if the
Liability Claim relates to a Third Party Claim (as defined below), the Claims
Notice must be accompanied by all written communications from the third party
relating to the Liability Claim. No delay in or failure to give a Claims Notice
by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Section 10.2(a)
will
adversely affect any of the other rights or remedies that the Indemnified Party
has under this Agreement or alter or relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Party except to the extent that such
delay or failure has prejudiced the Indemnifying Party, or except as provided
in
Section 10.3.
(b)
Third
Party Claims.
If any
Claims Notice identifies a Liability Claim brought by a third party (a
“Third
Party Claim”
and
together with the Liability Claims, the “Claims”),
then
the Indemnifying Party has the right, exercisable by written notice to the
Indemnified Party within ten days after receipt of such Claims Notice, to assume
and conduct the defense of such Third Party Claim in accordance with the limits
set forth in this Agreement with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party
and
reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party; provided,
however,
that
(i) the defense of such Third Party Claim by the Indemnifying Party will
not, in the reasonable judgment of the Indemnified Party, have a material
adverse effect on the Indemnified Party; (ii) the Indemnifying Party has
sufficient financial resources, in the reasonable judgment of the Indemnified
Party, to satisfy the amount of any adverse monetary judgment that is reasonably
likely to result; (iii) the Third Party Claim solely seeks (and continues
to seek) monetary damages; and (iv) the Indemnifying Party expressly agrees
in writing that as between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party,
the
Indemnifying Party may only satisfy and discharge the Third Party Claim in
accordance with the limits set forth in this Agreement (the conditions set
forth
in clauses (i) through (iv) are, collectively, the “Litigation
Conditions”).
If
the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of a Third Party Claim in
accordance with this Section 10.2(b),
then
the Indemnified Party may continue to defend the Third Party Claim.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) any of the Litigation Conditions
cease to be met or (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails to take reasonable
steps necessary to defend diligently such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified
Party may assume its own defense, and the Indemnifying Party will be liable
for
all reasonable costs or expenses paid or incurred in connection with such
defense, subject to Section 10.3. The Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified
Party, as the case may be, has the right to participate in (but not control),
at
its own expense, the defense of any Third Party Claim which the other is
defending as provided in this Agreement. The Indemnifying Party, if it has
assumed the defense of any Third Party Claim as provided in this Agreement,
may
not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to
a
settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such Third Party
Claim that (i) does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving
by the claimant or the plaintiff to the Indemnified Party a complete release
from all liability in respect of such Third Party Claim, (ii) grants any
injunctive or equitable relief or (iii) may reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party has
the right to settle any Third Party Claim, the defense of which has not been
assumed by the Indemnifying Party.
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10.3. Survivability;
Limitations.
(a)
The
representations and warranties of the Sellers and the Purchaser contained in
this Agreement or in any Closing Certificate will survive for a period of 18
months following the Closing (the “Expiration
Date”);
provided,
however,
that:
(i)
the
Expiration Date for any Claims relating to a breach of or inaccuracy in the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections
4.1 (Authority, Validity and Effect),
4.3
(No Conflict),
4.4 (Consents),
4.7 (Rule 144),
4.8 (Investment
Representations),
5.10 (Employee
Benefit Plans),
5.11 (Environmental),
5.21
(Taxes),
the
first sentence of Section
5.4(a) (Title),
the
first sentence of Section
5.14(b)(i) (Intellectual Property),
and
Sections
5.17 (Undisclosed Liabilities),
6.3
(Validity and Enforceability),
6.4
(No Conflict)
and
6.5
(Consents)
will be
the longer of the three-year anniversary of the Closing or the expiration of
the
applicable statute of limitations as extended;
(ii)
there will be no Expiration Date for any Claims relating to a breach of or
inaccuracy in the representations and warranties set forth in Sections
4.2 (Title to Shares),
5.3 (Capitalization
of the Company),
5.20 (Indebtedness),
5.25 (Brokers),
the
first sentence of Section
6.6 (Purchaser Shares; SEC Reports),
and
6.7
(Brokers);
and
(iii)
no
Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification with respect to any
inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty unless a Claims Notice
with respect thereto is given to the Indemnifying Party in accordance with
Section
10.2
on or
before the applicable Expiration Date, but any Claims pending on any Expiration
Date for which a Claims Notice has been given in accordance with Section 10.2
on or
before such Expiration Date may continue to be asserted and indemnified against
until finally resolved.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article X:
(i)
the
Sellers will not have any liability as a result of any breach of or inaccuracy
in any of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (other
than the Special Representations made by the Sellers), until the aggregate
amount of all such Losses sustained by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties exceeds
$50,000, in which case the Sellers will be liable as set forth in this Agreement
for all such Losses exceeding such amount up to the Indemnification Cap;
and
(ii)
the
Sellers’ maximum aggregate obligation to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties as a result of any breach of or inaccuracy in any of the representations
and warranties contained in this Agreement (other than the Special
Representations made by the Sellers) shall not exceed an amount equal to fifty
percent (50%) of the Gross Proceeds (the “Indemnification
Cap”).
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(c)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any indemnification
obligations of the Sellers shall first be drawn from the Holdback Amount and,
thereafter, the Sellers will be liable for all indemnification obligations
as
set forth in this Agreement; provided that,
if
(i) the Holdback Amount is insufficient to satisfy any Claim(s) or has
otherwise been disbursed to the Purchaser and/or the Sellers, and (ii) the
Second Cash Purchase Price or either Note is due or matures by its terms not
later than sixty (60) days after the date that any Purchaser Indemnified
Party first asserts a Claim, then the indemnification obligations of the Sellers
with respect to such Claim shall be satisfied by offset against such Second
Cash
Purchase Price or Note in accordance with Section 10.6
and,
only if such offset results in a deficiency with respect to such Claim, will
the
Sellers be obligated to satisfy the balance of the indemnification obligation
by
making direct payments.
(d)
Each
Indemnified Party agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate
any Losses for which it seeks to be indemnified.
(e)
Prior
to asserting any Claim under this Article
X,
each
Indemnified Party shall file or cause to be filed a claim with respect to the
Losses in question under any insurance policies which may be maintained by
such
Indemnified Party or any Affiliate thereof under which coverage may be obtained,
and thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue such claim. If
any
such insurance policies cover any such Losses, then the Indemnified Party’s
right to indemnification under this Article
X
for such
Losses shall be limited to only those amounts in excess of the insurance
proceeds actually collected by the Indemnified Party with respect to such
Losses, net of the Indemnified Party’s reasonable expenses in collecting such
insurance proceeds.
10.4. Specific
Performance.
Each
Party’s obligation under this Agreement is unique. If any Party should breach
its covenants under this Agreement, each of the Parties acknowledge that it
would be extremely impracticable to measure the resulting damages; accordingly,
the non-breaching Party or Parties, in addition to any other available rights
or
remedies, may xxx in equity for specific performance, and each Party expressly
waives the defense that a remedy in damages will be adequate.
10.5. Adjustment
to the Purchase Price.
Any
indemnification payments made pursuant to this Article X
shall be
treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, unless otherwise required by
Law.
10.6. Set-Off.
If the
Sellers are obligated to indemnify any Purchaser Indemnified Party and fail
to
do so directly, then the Purchaser shall be entitled, in addition to any other
right or remedy such Purchaser Indemnified Party may have, but subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 10.3,
to
exercise rights of set-off against any amounts due and payable by the Purchaser
to the Sellers arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other
than any of the Employment Agreements) or that may thereafter be due and payable
to the Sellers under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other than
any
of the Employment Agreements.
10.7. Exclusive
Remedy.
Except
as may be required to enforce post-Closing covenants contained in this
Agreement, or any remedies under any applicable federal or state securities
laws, after the Closing Date the indemnification rights in this Article X
are and
shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of the Parties with respect to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided,
however,
that
this sentence shall not be deemed a waiver by any Party of its right to seek
specific performance or injunctive relief in the case of another Party’s failure
to comply with the post-Closing covenants made by such other Party; and
provided,
further,
that
this sentence shall not be deemed a waiver by any Party of its right to pursue
claims for fraud, intentional or knowing misrepresentation, or active
concealment, all of which shall be claims that are outside the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
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XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1. Competitive
Activity; Non-Solicitation; Confidentiality.
(a)
Non-Competition.
(i)
Principals
Other Than Spiegel.
As
additional consideration for the Purchase Price, each Principal (other than
Spiegel) agrees that, during the Non-Compete Period, he shall not, directly
or
indirectly, (A) enter into, engage in, consult, manage or otherwise
participate in the operation of any business which competes with the business
of
the Company (as conducted at any time prior to the Closing) within the
Restricted Territory; (B) solicit customers, business, patronage or orders
for, or sell, any products and services in competition with, or for any business
that competes with, the business of the Company (as conducted at any time prior
to the Closing) within the Restricted Territory; (C) divert, entice or
otherwise take away any existing or potential customers, business, patronage
or
orders of the Company within or outside the Restricted Territory, or attempt
to
do so; or (D) promote or assist, financially or otherwise, any Person
engaged in any business that competes with the business of the Company (as
conducted at any time prior to the Closing) within the Restricted Territory.
Nothing contained in this Section 11.1
shall
prohibit the Principals from: (I) acquiring or holding at any one time a passive
investment of less than two percent of the outstanding shares of capital stock
of any publicly traded corporation that may compete with the Company within
the
Restricted Territory; (II) owning any securities in, or participating in the
business of, PSL, as long as such entity limits its activities to marketing,
selling and/or providing third-party payroll services; or (III) owning less
than
25% individually (or 49.9% in the aggregate when considered with all other
Sellers) of the outstanding securities in, or otherwise participating in (but
not controlling or directing) the business of, PenChecks, Inc. (it being
understood that any Seller who is an officer or director of PenChecks, Inc.
must
abstain from any decision or vote to change the line of business conducted
by
PenChecks, Inc. to a line of business that competes, directly or indirectly,
with the business of the Company).
(ii)
Spiegel.
As
additional consideration for the Purchase Price, Spiegel agrees that, during
the
Non-Compete Period, she shall not, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit any
of the then-current or former customers or clients of the Company for any
business that competes with the business of the Company (as conducted at any
time prior to the Closing) within the Restricted Territory, or (B) divert,
entice or otherwise take away any then-existing or potential customers of the
Company within or outside the Restricted Territory, or attempt to do so.
(b)
Non-Solicitation.
During
the Non-Compete Period, each Principal agrees that he or she shall not directly
or indirectly at any time solicit or induce or attempt to solicit or induce
any
employee(s), sales representative(s), agent(s) or consultant(s) of the Company
and/or of its parent, or its other subsidiary, affiliated or related companies
to terminate their employment, representation or other association with the
Company and/or its parent or its other subsidiary, affiliated or related
companies, without obtaining written consent of the Company prior to such
solicitation or inducement.
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(c)
Non-Disclosure.
(i)
Each
Seller will keep in strict confidence, and will not, directly or indirectly,
at
any time, disclose, furnish, disseminate, make available or, except in the
course of performing the Sellers’ respective duties as employees of the Company,
use any trade secrets or confidential business and technical information of
the
Company, any of its subsidiary, affiliated or related companies, or any of
its
customers or vendors, without limitation as to when or how the Sellers may
have
acquired such information. Such confidential information shall include, without
limitation, the Company’s unique selling and servicing methods and business
techniques, training, service and business manuals, promotional materials,
training courses and other training and instructional materials, vendor and
product information, customer and prospective customer lists, other customer
and
prospective customer information and other business information. The Sellers
specifically acknowledge that all such confidential information, whether reduced
to writing, maintained on any form of electronic media, or maintained in the
mind or memory of any Seller whether compiled by the Company and/or the Sellers,
derives independent economic value from not being readily known to or
ascertainable by proper means by others who can obtain economic value from
its
disclosure or use, that reasonable efforts have been made by the Company to
maintain the secrecy of such information, that such information is the sole
property of the Company and that any retention and use of such information
by
any Seller (except in the course of performing their respective duties and
obligations to the Company) shall constitute a misappropriation of the Company’s
trade secrets. The foregoing confidentiality and restricted-use obligations
shall not apply to information which the applicable Seller can demonstrate:
(A)
is or has become public information through no fault of the Seller, (B) is
received by the Seller from a third party having no confidentiality obligations
to the Company or its Affiliates, or (C) disclosure is required in response
to a
valid order by a Governmental Authority (provided
that in
the event a Seller believes he, she or it is so required to disclose the
confidential information, he, she or it shall promptly provide notice of such
request or requirement so that the Company or its Affiliates may seek an
appropriate order or take other action as it deems appropriate).
(ii)
Each
Seller agrees that at any time upon the request of the Company, such Seller
shall return to the Company, in good condition, all property of the Company,
including, without limitation, the originals and all copies of any materials
that contain, reflect, summarize, describe, analyze or refer or relate to any
items of information listed in Section 11.1(c)(i).
If such
items are not so returned, then the Company will have the right to charge such
Seller for all reasonable damages, costs, attorneys’ fees and other expenses
incurred in searching for, taking, removing and/or recovering such
property.
(d)
Acknowledgment
and Relief.
The
Sellers acknowledge that (i) their obligations under this Section 11.1
are
reasonable in the context of the nature of the business of the Company and
the
competitive injuries likely to be sustained by the Company if the Sellers were
to violate such obligations, (ii) the covenants in this Section 11.1
are
adequately supported by consideration from the Purchaser for the benefit of
the
Company after the Closing Date, and (iii) the foregoing makes it necessary
for the protection of the business of the Company that the Sellers not compete
with the Company for the reasonable period contained herein. Accordingly, the
Sellers acknowledge and agree that the remedy at law available to the Company
for breach of any of the Sellers’ obligations under this Section 11.1
would be
inadequate; therefore, in addition to any other rights or remedies that the
Company may have at law or in equity, temporary and permanent injunctive relief
may be granted in any proceeding which may be brought to enforce any provision
contained in this Section 11.1,
without
the necessity of proof of actual damage. If it shall be judicially determined
that any Seller has violated this Section 11.1,
then
the period applicable to each obligation that such Seller has been determined
to
have violated will automatically be extended (for that Seller and no other)
by a
period of time equal in length to the period during which such violation(s)
occurred.
(e)
Employment
Agreements.
The
obligations and restrictions set forth in this Section 11.1
are in
addition to the provisions of any employment or other agreement between the
Company and the applicable Seller that may be entered into from time to time
and
addresses the same or similar subject matter covered by this Section 11.1 (including,
without limitation, the Employment Agreements).
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(f)
Purchaser
Default.
If the
Purchaser fails to pay to the Sellers (i) the Second Cash Purchase Price in
accordance with Section
2.3(a)(ii)
above,
(ii) the Holdback Amount in accordance with Section
2.3(b)
above,
(iii) any portion of the principal and interest under the Notes in accordance
with the terms and conditions thereof, or (iv) any amounts owing the Sellers
under any other Ancillary Agreement, whether or not any such failure results
from Purchaser’s compliance with any subordination or intercreditor agreement
executed by the Sellers, and in any such case, such failure continues for 30
days after the Purchaser’s receipt of written notice from the Sellers regarding
such failure, then the Sellers shall, automatically and without any further
action, be released from the restrictions set forth in Section
11.1(a),
as
applicable; provided that,
if the
Sellers (or any of the them) breach this Section
11.1
prior to
such automatic release, then this Section
11.1(f)
will be
null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever.
11.2. Further
Assurances.
From and
after the Closing Date, at the request of the Purchaser, the Sellers shall
execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Purchaser
or
the Company, such instruments and other documents as the Purchaser or the
Company may reasonably request in order to implement the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
11.3. Press
Release and Announcements.
No
Seller may issue (or cause to be issued) any press release or other public
announcement relating to the existence or subject matter of this Agreement
or
any Ancillary Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
without the prior approval of the Purchaser; provided,
however,
nothing
in this Section 11.3 will
preclude any Seller from making any disclosures necessary and proper in
conjunction with the filing of any Tax Return or other document required to
be
filed in connection with making or obtaining (as the case may) consents from
any
Governmental Authority.
11.4. Termination.
(a)
Right
to Terminate.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(i)
by
mutual written consent of the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Sellers,
on
the other hand;
(ii)
by
the Purchaser, if the Sellers shall have breached or failed to perform in any
material respect any of their covenants or agreements under this Agreement
required to be performed before the Closing Date, or if any of the
representations and warranties of the Sellers set forth in this Agreement shall
not be true in any material respect;
(iii)
by
the Sellers, if the Purchaser shall have breached or failed to perform in any
material respect any of its covenants or agreements under this Agreement
required to be performed before the Closing Date, or if any of the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement
shall not be true in any material respect;
(iv)
by
either the Purchaser or the Sellers if the Closing has not occurred by November
30, 2008 other than as a result of any breach of the party attempting such
termination, or such other date, if any, as the Purchaser and the Sellers may
agree in writing;
(v)
by
either the Purchaser or the Sellers if any Governmental Authority has issued
an
Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or
(b)
Effect
of Termination.
Each
Party’s right of termination under Section 11.4(a)
is in
addition to any other rights it may have under this Agreement or otherwise
and
the exercise of a right of termination will not be an election of remedies.
If
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11.4(a),
written
notice thereof must be given by the terminating Party to all other Parties
specifying the provision of Section 11.4(a)
pursuant
to which such termination is made, and this Agreement will terminate and become
void and of no further force and effect and there will be no further liability
or obligation on the part of any Party, except that the provisions of this
Section 11.4,
and
Sections 11.5
through
11.11
shall
survive any termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 11.4(b)
shall
relieve any Party of liability for any breach of this Agreement.
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11.5. Expenses.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of the Parties shall bear their
respective expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
11.6. No
Assignment.
The
rights and obligations of the Sellers under this Agreement may not be assigned
without the prior written consent of the Purchaser; provided that,
in the
event of the death of any Principal, his or her rights under this Agreement
may
be transferred without the consent of the Purchaser by will or the laws of
descent and distribution. The rights and obligations of the Purchaser under
this
Agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Sellers;
provided that,
the
Purchaser may, without the consent of the Sellers, assign its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (a) for collateral purposes to any lender
of
the Purchaser (which will not relieve the Purchaser of any of its obligations
under this Agreement), (b) to any purchaser of all or substantially all of
the
assets or the business of the Company (provided that any such assignment to
a
purchaser that is an Affiliate of the Purchaser will not relieve the Purchaser
of any of its obligations under this Agreement), or (c) to any purchaser of
all
or substantially all of the assets or the business of the Purchaser (provided
that any such assignment to a purchaser that is an Affiliate of the Purchaser
will not relieve the Purchaser of any of its obligations under this
Agreement).
11.7. Headings.
The
headings contained in this Agreement are included for purposes of convenience
only, and do not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
11.8. Integration,
Modification and Waiver.
This
Agreement, together with the Exhibits, Disclosure Schedule and certificates
or
other instruments delivered under this Agreement, constitutes the entire
agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior understandings of the Parties. No supplement, modification
or amendment of this Agreement will be binding unless executed in writing by
the
Parties. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed
to
be or will constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver will be binding unless
executed in writing by the Party making the waiver.
11.9. Construction.
The
Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties
and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any
Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
Any reference to any federal, state, local or foreign statute or law will be
deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless
the context requires otherwise. The word “including” shall mean including
without limitation. Any reference to the singular in this Agreement shall also
include the plural and vice versa.
11.10. Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement or the application of any provision of this
Agreement to any Party or circumstance is, to any extent, adjudged invalid
or
unenforceable, the application of the remainder of such provision to such Party
or circumstance, the application of such provision to other Parties or
circumstances, and the application of the remainder of this Agreement will
not
be affected thereby.
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11.11. Notices.
All
notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement
must
be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered
in person, (b) when dispatched by electronic facsimile transfer (if
confirmed in writing by mail simultaneously dispatched), (c) one business
day after having been dispatched by a nationally recognized overnight courier
service or (d) five business days after being sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the appropriate
Party at the address or facsimile number specified below:
If
to the
Sellers:
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
00
Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx, Xx.
00000
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Rise
Spiegel
0000
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
with
a
copy to:
XxXxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
If
to the
Purchaser:
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxx
Day
000
Xxxx
X. XxXxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
11.12. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with
the
laws of the State of Ohio without regard to principles of conflicts of
law.
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11.13. Attorney’s
Fees.
In
the
event any Party brings an Action to enforce the provisions of this Agreement
or
any Ancillary Agreement, the non-prevailing Party shall reimburse the prevailing
Party for all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred
by it in connection therewith.
11.14. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by
facsimile or electronic transmission will be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart to this Agreement.
[Remainder
of Page Intentionally Blank – Signature Page Follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and
year
first above written.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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THE PENSION GROUP, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, individually and as Trustee of The
Xxxxxxx Family Trust Dated August 2, 1993
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., individually and as Trustee of The
Xxxxxx Living Trust Dated December 7, 2005
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Rise Spiegel, individually and as Trustee of The Rise
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Trust Dated November 16, 2005
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EXHIBIT
A
Form
of Notes
[attached]
EXHIBIT
B-1
Form
of Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement
[attached]
EXHIBIT
B-2
Form
of Xxxxxx Employment Agreement
[attached]
EXHIBIT
B-3
Form
of Spiegel Employment Agreement
[attached]
EXHIBIT
C
Form
of Release
[attached]
EXHIBIT
D
Form
of Guaranty and Security Agreement
[attached]