MEMBERSHIP INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG WESCO DISTRIBUTION, INC., WDCH, LP, TVC COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. and PALISADES TVC HOLDING, L.L.C. Dated as of November 16, 2010
Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION VERSION
BY AND AMONG
WESCO DISTRIBUTION, INC.,
WDCH, LP,
TVC COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.
and
PALISADES TVC HOLDING, L.L.C.
Dated as of November 16, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. DEFINITIONS |
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1.1. Cross Reference Table |
1 | |||
1.2. Certain Definitions |
3 | |||
1.3. Certain Matters of Construction |
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2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS |
12 | |||
2.1. Purchase and Sale of Membership Interests |
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2.2. Purchase Price |
12 | |||
2.3. The Closing |
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2.4. Closing Deliveries and Payments |
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2.5. Purchase Price Adjustment |
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3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER |
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3.1. Organization, Power and Standing of Seller |
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3.2. Authorization and Enforceability |
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3.3. Non – Contravention, etc. |
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3.4. Ownership |
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3.5. Governmental Consents |
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3.6. Litigation, etc. |
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4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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4.1. Organization and Power |
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4.2. Subsidiaries |
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4.3. Authorization |
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4.4. Capitalization |
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4.5. Non – Contravention, etc. |
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4.6. Government Consents |
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4.7. Financial Statements, etc. |
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4.8. Title to Assets |
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4.9. Real Property |
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4.10. Intellectual Property Rights |
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4.11. Litigation, etc. |
24 |
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4.12. Contracts, etc. |
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4.13. Change in Condition |
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4.14. Tax Matters |
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4.15. Employee Benefit Plans |
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4.16. Environmental Matters |
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4.17. Labor Relations |
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4.18. Compliance with Law |
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4.19. Affiliate Transactions |
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4.20. Brokers, etc. |
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4.21. Insurance |
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4.22. Inventory |
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4.23. Government Contracts |
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4.24. Import or Export Controls |
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4.25. Absence of Unlawful Payments |
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4.26. [Intentionally Omitted.] |
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4.27. Substantial Customers and Suppliers |
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4.28. Absence of Certain Debt |
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5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND BUYER |
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5.1. Organization, Power and Standing of Buyer |
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5.2. Authorization and Enforceability |
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5.3. Non – Contravention, etc. |
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5.4. No Governmental Consent or Approval Required |
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5.5. Available Funds; Solvency |
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5.6. Litigation |
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5.7. Brokers, etc. |
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5.8. Investigation; No Additional Representations, etc. |
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6. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES |
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6.1. Operation of Business, Related Matters |
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6.2. Preparation for Closing |
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6.3. Employees |
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6.4. Further Assurances |
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6.5. Access to Properties and Records |
43 |
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6.6. Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees |
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6.7. Access to Records After Closing |
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6.8. Privilege; Waiver of Conflicts |
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6.9. Insurance Recoveries |
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6.10. Assistance Regarding Insurance Policies |
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6.11. No Solicitation |
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6.12. Nondisclosure |
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6.13. Settlement of Intercompany Accounts; Termination of Palisade Management
Agreement |
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6.14. Audited Financial Statements |
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6.15. Required Consents |
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6.16. Supplemental Schedules |
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7. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION TO CLOSE OF PARENT AND BUYER |
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7.1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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7.2. Governmental Authorization; Litigation |
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7.3. No Material Adverse Effect |
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7.4. Escrow Agreement |
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7.5. Payoff Letters |
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7.6. Opinion |
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8. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION TO CLOSE OF SELLER |
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8.1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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8.2. Legality; Governmental Authorization; Litigation |
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8.3. Escrow Agreement |
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9. INDEMNIFICATION; TAX MATTERS |
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9.1. Indemnification; Indemnification Escrow Cash |
49 | |||
9.2. Buyer Indemnification |
50 | |||
9.3.
Survival of Representations and Warranties and Pre-Closing Covenants |
50 | |||
9.4. Limitations |
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9.5. Indemnification Claims |
52 | |||
9.6. Tax Matters |
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9.7. Uncollectible Accounts Receivable |
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10. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL WAIVER |
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10.1. Consent to Jurisdiction |
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10.2. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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11. TERMINATION |
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11.1. Termination |
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11.2. Effect of Termination |
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12. MISCELLANEOUS |
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12.1. Entire Agreement; Waivers |
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12.2. Amendment or Modification |
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12.3. Severability |
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12.4. Successors and Assigns |
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12.5. Expenses |
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12.6. Notices |
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12.7. Public Announcements |
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12.8. Headings, etc. |
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12.9.
Disclosure; Deemed Cross-Reference in Schedules, etc. |
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12.10. Counterparts |
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12.11. Governing Law |
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12.12. Specific Performance |
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12.13. No
Recourse Against Third-Parties; No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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Escrow Agreement | |
Exhibit B
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Adjusted Working Capital Calculation | |
Exhibit C
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Form of Assignment Agreement (for transfer of Membership Interests) |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.2.52
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Permitted Liens | |
Schedule 4.2
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Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 4.4
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Capitalization | |
Schedule 4.5
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Non-Contravention | |
Schedule 4.6
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Government Consents | |
Schedule 4.7.3
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Financial Statements | |
Schedule 4.8
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Title to Assets | |
Schedule 4.9
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Real Property | |
Schedule 4.10
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Intellectual Property | |
Schedule 4.11
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Litigation | |
Schedule 4.12
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Material Contracts | |
Schedule 4.13
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Change in Condition | |
Schedule 4.14
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Tax Matters | |
Schedule 4.15
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Employee Benefits | |
Schedule 4.16
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Environmental Matters | |
Schedule 4.17
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Labor Relations | |
Schedule 4.18
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Compliance with Law | |
Schedule 4.19
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Affiliate Transactions | |
Schedule 4.21
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Insurance | |
Schedule 4.22
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Inventory | |
Schedule 4.24
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Import or Export Controls | |
Schedule 4.27
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Customers and Suppliers | |
Schedule 4.28
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Absence of Certain Debt | |
Schedule 5.3
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Non-Contravention | |
Schedule 6.1.1
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Operation of Business (negative) | |
Schedule 6.1.2
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Operation of Business (positive) | |
Schedule 6.3.1
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Company Sponsored Plans |
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This MEMBERSHIP INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of November
16, 2010, among WESCO DISTRIBUTION, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), WDCH, LP, a
Pennsylvania limited partnership and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Buyer” and
together with Parent “Buyer Parties”), TVC COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Company”), and PALISADES TVC HOLDING, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (“Seller”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller owns all of the outstanding membership interests in the Company (the
“Membership Interests”); and
WHEREAS, this Agreement contemplates a transaction in which Buyer will purchase from Seller,
and Seller will sell to Buyer, all of the Membership Interests in exchange for the Purchase Price
(as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the respective covenants of Buyer and Seller
set forth below and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement:
1.1. Cross Reference Table. The following terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement
in the Sections set forth below shall have the respective meaning therein defined:
Term | Definition | |
“Agreement”
|
Preamble | |
“Accounts Receivable Notice”
|
Section 9.7.2 | |
“Applicable Benefit Changeover Date”
|
Section 6.3.1.5 | |
“Arbitration Rules”
|
Section 2.5.5 | |
“Arbitrator”
|
Section 2.5.5 | |
“Assets”
|
Section 4.8 | |
“Assignment Agreement”
|
Section 2.4.1(e) | |
“Base Purchase Price”
|
Section 2.2 | |
“Buyer”
|
Preamble | |
“Buyer Indemnified Parties”
|
Section 9.1 | |
“Buyer Parties”
|
Preamble | |
“Buyer’s 401(k) Plan”
|
Section 6.3.1.3 | |
“Closing”
|
Section 2.3 |
Term | Definition | |
“Closing Date Accounts Receivable”
|
Section 9.7.1 | |
“Closing Date Cash Distribution Amount”
|
Section 2.4.3 | |
“Company”
|
Preamble | |
“Company Assets”
|
Section 4.8.1 | |
“Company Sponsored Plan”
|
Section 4.15.1 | |
“Confidentiality Agreement”
|
Section 6.5 | |
“Continued Employee”
|
Section 6.3.1.2 | |
“Continued Plans”
|
Section 6.3.1.1 | |
“Contracts”
|
Section 4.12 | |
“Controlling Party”
|
Section 9.5.1 | |
“Deductible”
|
Section 9.4.1 | |
“Deductible Portion of Specified Insured Losses”
|
Section 6.9 | |
“Discontinued Plans”
|
Section 6.3.1.1 | |
“Dispute Notice”
|
Section 2.5.4 | |
“DOJ”
|
Section 6.2.1.2 | |
“Estimated Closing Balance Sheet”
|
Section 2.5.1 | |
“Estimated Closing Date”
|
Section 6.16 | |
“Estimated Closing Statement”
|
Section 2.5.1 | |
“Estimated Purchase Price”
|
Section 2.5.2 | |
“Excess A/R Dispute Notice”
|
Section 9.7.2 | |
“Final Assigned A/R Amount”
|
Section 9.7 | |
“Final Closing Balance Sheet
|
Section 2.5.5 | |
“Final Closing Statement
|
Section 2.5.5 | |
“Final Purchase Price Allocation”
|
Section 9.6.3 | |
“Financial Statements”
|
Section 4.7.1.2 | |
“FTC”
|
Section 6.2.1.2 | |
“Indemnified Party”
|
Section 9.5.1 | |
“Indemnifying Party”
|
Section 9.5.1 | |
“Insurance Policies”
|
Section 4.21 | |
“Interim Financials”
|
Section 4.7.1.2 | |
“Leased Real Property”
|
Section 4.9.1 | |
“Leases”
|
Section 4.9.3 | |
“Material Customers”
|
Section 4.27.1 | |
“Material Suppliers”
|
Section 4.27.2 | |
“Multiple Employer Plans”
|
Section 6.3.1.1 | |
“Non-controlling Party”
|
Section 9.5.1 | |
“Owned Intellectual Property”
|
Section 4.10 | |
“Owned Real Property”
|
Section 4.9.1 | |
“Palisades Management Agreement”
|
Section 4.19 | |
“Parent”
|
Preamble | |
“Pension Plan”
|
Section 1.2.24 | |
“Permits”
|
Section 4.18 | |
“Prior Company Counsel”
|
Section 6.8 | |
“Proposed Excess Uncollectible A/R Amount”
|
Section 9.7.2 | |
“Proposed Final Closing Balance Sheet”
|
Section 2.5.3 | |
“Proposed Final Closing Statement”
|
Section 2.5.3 |
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Term | Definition | |
“Proportion Fraction”
|
Section 2.5.5 | |
“Purchase Price”
|
Section 2.2 | |
“Purchase Price Allocation”
|
Section 9.6.3 | |
“Retained Employee”
|
Section 6.3.1.2 | |
“Seller”
|
Preamble | |
“Seller Designee”
|
Section 6.7 | |
“Seller Indemnified Parties”
|
Section 9.2 | |
“Seller’s 401(k) Plan”
|
Section 6.3.1.1 | |
“Tax Proceeding”
|
Section 9.6.5 | |
“Terminable Breach”
|
Section 11.1.2 | |
“Termination Date”
|
Section 11.1.4 | |
“Third Party Claim”
|
Section 9.5.1 | |
“Welfare Plan”
|
Section 1.2.24 | |
“Year End Financials”
|
Section 4.7.1.1 |
1.2. Certain Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings:
1.2.1. “Accounts Receivable” shall mean, as of any date, notes receivable and
trade accounts receivable of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
1.2.2. “Action” shall mean any judicial or administrative action, suit or
proceeding, or any audit or investigation, brought by or before any Governmental Authority.
1.2.3. “Adjusted Closing Cash Amount” shall mean the Closing Cash Amount less
the Closing Date Cash Distribution Amount.
1.2.4. “Affiliate” shall mean, as to the Company (or other specified Person),
each Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with
the Company (or such specified Person). For purposes of this definition, the term “control”
(including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall
mean the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through ownership of voting securities having the right to elect a majority of such
Person’s board of directors or similar governing body or otherwise.
1.2.5. “Adjusted Working Capital” shall mean an amount equal to the Company’s
and its Subsidiaries’ current assets (other than cash), minus the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ current liabilities (other than Debt and Company Transaction Expenses (to the
extent covered by Section 2.4.1(c))), in each case determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP and the financial principles, methods and procedures
described on Exhibit B hereto.
1.2.6. “Assets” means all of the assets, properties and property interests,
real,
personal or mixed, tangible and intangible, owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
1.2.7. “Business” shall mean the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as
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such business is currently conducted and has been conducted for the twelve months prior
to the date hereof.
1.2.8. “Business Day” shall mean any day on which banking institutions in
Boston, Massachusetts and New York City, New York are customarily open for the purpose of
transacting business.
1.2.9. “Claim Notice” shall mean written notification which contains (a) a
statement that any Buyer Indemnified Party or Seller Indemnified Party, as applicable, may
be entitled to indemnification under Section 9 for Losses, describing with
reasonable specificity the basis for such claim and the nature of the breach, (b) a
description of the Losses incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Indemnified
Party and the Claimed Amount of such Losses, to the extent known, and (c) a demand for
payment in the amount of such Losses.
1.2.10. “Claimed Amount” shall mean the amount of any Losses incurred or
reasonably expected to be incurred by the Indemnified Party.
1.2.11. “Closing Cash Amount” shall mean, subject to Section 6.9 and to
the provisos to this definition (below), the amount of cash of the Company and its
Subsidiaries determined as of the Effective Time in accordance with Section 2.5.1;
provided, however, that (a) the Company will use reasonable efforts to pay
to the Seller, prior to the Closing, substantially all cash balances of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and, thereby, after giving effect to the payment of the Closing Date Cash
Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 2.4.3, to reduce the balances at Closing to
(i) no more than $3,000,000 of cash held by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the United
States and (ii) no more than $1,000,000 of cash in the aggregate held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in all jurisdictions outside of the United States, it being understood that the
parties hereto acknowledge that the balances of cash in the United States and other
jurisdictions may be higher than $3,000,000 and $1,000,000, respectively, as of the
Effective Time, because the Company and its Subsidiaries will continue to receive incoming
cash prior to the Effective Time and (b) Parent and Buyer agree that for purposes of
calculating the amount of cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time,
after giving effect to the payment of the Closing Date Cash Distribution Amount pursuant to
Section 2.4.3, in accordance with Section 2.5: (i) all cash held by the
Company or its Subsidiaries at the Effective Time in the United States will be credited in
full, (ii) to the extent cash held in Mexico as of the Effective Time does not exceed
$2,000,000, 100% of such cash shall be credited in full but if the amount of cash
held in Mexico as of the Effective Time exceeds $2,000,000 the amount of cash so held in
Mexico that will be credited will be the sum of $2,000,000 plus 81.5% of the amount by which
cash so held in Mexico as of the Effective Time exceeds $2,000,000, (iii) to the extent cash
held in Canada as of the Effective Time does not exceed $500,000, 100% of such cash shall be
credited in full but if the amount of cash held in Canada as of the
Effective Time exceeds $500,000 the amount of cash so held in Canada that will be
credited will be the sum of $500,000 plus 81.5% of the amount by which cash so held in
Canada as of the Effective Time exceeds $500,000, (iv) to the extent cash held in the UK as
of the Effective Time does not exceed $100,000, 100% of such cash shall be credited
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in full
but if the amount of cash held in the UK as of the Effective Time exceeds $100,000
the amount of cash so held in the UK that will be credited will be the sum of $100,000 plus
81.5% of the amount by which cash so held in the UK as of the Effective Time exceeds
$100,000, (v) to the extent cash held in Brazil as of the Effective Time does not exceed
$2,000, 100% of such cash shall be credited in full but if the amount of cash held
in Brazil as of the Effective Time exceeds $2,000 the amount of cash so held in Brazil that
will be credited will be the sum of $2,000 plus 81.5% of the amount by which cash so held in
Brazil as of the Effective Time exceeds $2,000, (vi) to the extent cash held in Spain as of
the Effective Time does not exceed $50,000, 100% of such cash shall be credited in full
but if the amount of cash held in Spain as of the Effective Time exceeds $50,000 the
amount of cash so held in Spain that will be credited will be the sum of $50,000 plus 81.5%
of the amount by which cash so held in Spain as of the Effective Time exceeds $50,000 and
(vii) the amount of cash held in any jurisdiction other than the United States, Mexico,
Canada, the UK, Brazil or Spain that will be credited will be 81.5% of the aggregate amount
of cash held in any such other jurisdiction.
1.2.12. “Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the Closing occurs.
1.2.13. “Closing Debt Amount” shall mean the amount of Debt of the Company and
its Subsidiaries determined as of the Effective Time in accordance with Section
2.5.1.
1.2.14. “Code” shall mean the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
and as in effect as of the date hereof.
1.2.15. “Company Balance Sheet” shall mean the unaudited consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Company Balance Sheet Date.
1.2.16. “Company Balance Sheet Date” shall mean September 30, 2010.
1.2.17. “Company Plan” shall mean any U.S. Company Plan or any Non-U.S. Company
Plan.
1.2.18. “Company Transaction Expenses” shall mean all (a) out-of-pocket costs,
fees and expenses incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes liable as of the Effective Time
to Xxxxxxxxx & Company and Ropes & Xxxx LLP or any other non-employee third-party service
provider (other than the Escrow Agent) engaged on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Seller in connection with the negotiation, execution or delivery of this
Agreement or the Escrow Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (b)
amounts payable under the Palisades Management Agreement as of the Closing Date, including
any amounts payable upon the execution of this Agreement, the termination of the Palisades
Management Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.2.19. “Compensation” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all salaries,
compensation, remuneration or bonuses, and all retirement, vacation, insurance or other
fringe benefits pursuant to Company Plans, paid or provided, directly or indirectly, by the
Company to such Person or members of the immediate family of such Person.
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1.2.20. “Contractual Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
contract, agreement, deed, mortgage, lease, license, indenture, note, bond, loan, letter of
credit, option, insurance policy, sales order, purchase order or other document or
instrument (including any document or instrument evidencing any indebtedness but excluding
the Organizational Documents of such Person) to which or by which such Person or its
properties or assets are legally bound, whether written or oral, other than a Company Plan.
1.2.21. “Debarment or Suspension Action” shall mean any Action by a
Governmental Authority to ban or restrict a person or entity from eligibility to receive
Government Contracts with that Governmental Authority, either for a certain period of time,
or pending a formal proceeding.
1.2.22. “Debt” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all outstanding
obligations of such Person (a) for borrowed money (including any reimbursement obligations
of such Person with respect to amounts drawn on outstanding letters of credits); (b)
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments; or (c) in the nature of
guarantees of obligations of the types described in clauses (a) or (b) above of any other
Person; provided, that Debt shall not include any outstanding obligations of (x) the
Company to one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, (y) one or more Subsidiaries of the
Company to the Company and (z) one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to one or more
Subsidiaries of the Company.
1.2.23. “Effective Time” shall mean 12:01 A.M. Eastern time on the Closing
Date.
1.2.24. “Employee Plan” shall mean any (a) welfare benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA (a “Welfare Plan”); (b) pension benefit plan within
the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a “Pension Plan”); (c) profits interest,
ownership interest, stock option, stock appreciation, stock purchase or other equity
interest based plan; or (d) other deferred-compensation, severance, retirement,
welfare-benefit, bonus, incentive, or material fringe-benefit plan or similar plans or
arrangements, and which shall include any similar contract, agreement, or policy.
1.2.25. “Enforceable” shall mean, with respect to any Contractual Obligation,
that such Contractual Obligation is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Person in
question, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms.
1.2.26. “Environmental Laws” shall mean any Legal Requirement regulating,
imposing liability for, or establishing standards of conduct for, pollution, the protection
of the environment or emissions, discharges, releases or handling of any Hazardous
Substances.
1.2.27. “ERISA” shall mean the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 or any successor statute, as amended.
1.2.28. “Escrow Agent” shall mean a major commercial bank reasonably acceptable
to Buyer and Seller that agrees to act as “Escrow Agent” under the Escrow Agreement.
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1.2.29. “Escrow Agreement” shall mean an escrow agreement among Buyer, Seller
and the Escrow Agent in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
1.2.30. “Escrow Amount” shall mean $20,000,000.
1.2.31. “Export Administration Regulations” shall mean Subchapter C of Title 15
of the United States Code of Federal Regulations.
1.2.32. “Foreign Assets Control Regulations” shall mean Chapter V of Title 31
of the United States Code of Federal Regulations.
1.2.33. “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States as in effect from time to time, as consistently applied in accordance with the
Company’s past practice.
1.2.34. “Government Contract” shall mean each Contractual Obligation of Company
or its Subsidiaries with a Governmental Authority, including any blanket purchasing
agreement or task or delivery order pursuant to such Contract, and any subcontract of
Company or its Subsidiaries with a prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor to a
Governmental Authority.
1.2.35. “Government Contract Bid” shall mean any offer, proposal or quote for
goods or services to be delivered to a Governmental Authority under a proposed prime
contract or delivered to a proposed prime contractor for delivery to a Governmental
Authority under any proposed prime contract pursuant to a proposed subcontract (at any
tier).
1.2.36. “Governmental Authority” shall mean any United States federal, state or
local or any foreign government, or political subdivision thereof, or any multinational
organization or authority, or any other authority, agency or commission entitled to exercise
any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority
or power, or any court or tribunal (or any department, bureau or division thereof).
1.2.37. “Governmental Order” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
ruling, award, decision, injunction, judgment, order, decree or subpoena entered, issued or
made by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator duly appointed having jurisdiction over
such Person or its Subsidiaries or their respective property.
1.2.38. “Hazardous Substance” shall mean any pollutant, contaminant or toxic or
hazardous material, substance or waste, whether solid, liquid or gas defined as such or
regulated under any Environmental Law.
1.2.39. “HSR Act” shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976, as amended.
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1.2.40. “Indemnification Escrow Cash” shall mean the Escrow Amount, together
with any and all interest and profit thereon and proceeds therefrom (net of tax
distributions made in accordance with the Escrow Agreement), from time to time held by the
Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
1.2.41. “Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all patents and patent
applications; trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, trade dress, slogans,
logos and Internet domain names and their associated goodwill; inventions, discoveries,
ideas, processes, formulae, designs, models, industrial designs, know-how, manufacturing
processes, production processes, confidential information, proprietary information,
proprietary data and trade secrets, whether or not patented or patentable; copyrights,
writings and other copyrightable works and works in progress, mask works, and Software; all
other intellectual property rights and foreign equivalent or counterpart rights and forms of
protection of a similar or analogous nature or having similar effect in any jurisdiction
throughout the world; all registrations and applications for registration of any of the
foregoing; and any renewals, extensions, continuations, divisionals, reexaminations or
reissues or equivalent or counterpart of any of the foregoing in any jurisdiction throughout
the world.
1.2.42. “International Traffic in Arms Regulations” shall mean Subchapter M of
Title 22 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations.
1.2.43. “IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of
America.
1.2.44. “Knowledge” shall mean, in the case of a natural person, with respect
to any matter, the actual knowledge of such person together with such knowledge as would be
obtained after making a reasonable inquiry of such matter. “Knowledge of the
Company” shall mean the Knowledge of any of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxx X.
Xxxxx, Xxxx Y.P. Joong, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xx., Xxxxx
Xxxxx, or Xxxx Xxxxx. “Knowledge of Parent” shall mean the Knowledge of any of
Xxxxx Van Oss, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx.
1.2.45. “Legal Requirement” shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, or
foreign constitution, treaty, statute, law, ordinance, code, rule or regulation, or any
Governmental Order, or any license, franchise, consent, approval, permit or similar right or
authorization granted by any Governmental Authority under any of the foregoing.
1.2.46. “Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest,
judgment, charge, claim, deed of trust, restriction, right of first refusal, defect in
title, attachment or other similar encumbrance; provided, however, that the
term “Lien” shall not include restrictions on transfer of securities imposed by applicable
state and federal securities laws.
1.2.47. “Loss” shall mean all losses, damages, assessments, liabilities,
judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fees, awards, fines, penalties, Taxes, costs and
expenses including reasonable out-of-pocket third-party investigative costs and reasonable
out-of-pocket third party attorneys fees.
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1.2.48. “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any occurrence, condition. change
or effect that is materially adverse to (a) the Business, Assets, liabilities, condition
(financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; provided, however, that the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall not
include any change or effect that is or results from any of the following: (i) changes in
GAAP, (ii) matters that arise from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
announcement thereof or any action taken as contemplated by this Agreement
(provided, however, that this clause (ii) shall not diminish the effect of,
and shall be disregarded for purposes of, the representations and warranties relating to
conflicts, breaches or defaults or required consents, approvals, change in control
provisions or similar rights of acceleration, termination, modification or waiver based upon
the entering into of this Agreement or consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby),
(iii) matters that arise from any actions or omissions of Parent or Buyer and their
Affiliates in the ordinary course of business and without the specific intent to materially
and adversely impact the Business, (iv) changes in general economic conditions, and events
or conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries
operate or (v) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States, the
declaration by the United States of war or the occurrence of any natural disasters and acts
of terrorism, except in the event, and only to the extent, of any damage or destruction to
or loss of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ physical properties, except, in the case of
clauses (i) and (iv), to the extent that such occurrence, condition, change, event or effect
has had a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as
compared to other Persons engaged in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries
operate; or (b) the Seller’s or the Company’s (prior to the Closing) ability to perform its
obligations hereunder.
1.2.49. “Non-U.S. Company Plan” shall mean any Employee Plan (other than any
Employee Plan that is statutorily required to be provided pursuant to applicable Legal
Requirements) that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its
non-U.S. Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees and former employees, directors,
consultants or any of their dependents or beneficiaries in each case, located outside the
United States.
1.2.50. “Ordinary Course of Business” shall mean the ordinary course of the
Business, consistent with the Company’s past practices.
1.2.51. “Organizational Documents” shall mean the certificate or articles of
incorporation and corporate by-laws of any corporation, the certificate of formation and
limited liability (or equivalent) agreement of any limited liability company, the
certificate of formation and partnership agreement of any partnership or limited partnership
and any and all similar organizational documents of any Person, each as from time to time in
effect.
1.2.52. “Permitted Liens” shall mean (a) statutory Liens for Taxes not yet due
and payable as of the Closing Date or which are being contested in good faith, (b)
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encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, rights or restrictions of
record on the use of real property that do not materially impair the continued use of such
property in the Business in the manner in which it is currently used, (c) Liens to secure
landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements, (d) deposits or pledges
made in connection with, or to secure payment of, worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, old age pension programs mandated under applicable Legal Requirements or other
social security regulations, (e) Liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and
materialmen, arising or incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, for amounts not yet due
and payable, or amounts that are being contested in good faith by the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, (f) Liens to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies and other similar
Liens arising or incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, for amounts not yet due and
payable or amounts that are being contested in good faith by the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, (g) Liens securing Debt that will be repaid at Closing as contemplated by
Section 2.4 and Section 7.5 and will be released in connection therewith,
and (h) Liens set forth on Schedule 1.2.52.
1.2.53. “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, association or other entity, other than any Governmental Authority.
1.2.54. “Pre-Closing Tax Period” shall mean all taxable periods ending on or
before the Closing Date, and the portion through the end of the Closing Date of any taxable
period that includes, but does not end on, the Closing Date.
1.2.55. “Release” shall mean any release, deposit, discharge, emission,
leaking, leaching, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying,
escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances in the environment.
1.2.56. “Representative” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any director,
officer, employee, agent, manager, consultant, advisor, or other representative of such
Person, including legal counsel, accountants, and financial advisors.
1.2.57. “Software” shall mean computer software and/or database, including,
without limitation, source code, object code, web site content, program libraries and the
physical media on which the foregoing is contained along with the associated operating
manuals and other documentation.
1.2.58. “Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person, that (a) the sum of
the assets, at a fair valuation, of such Person and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated
basis) and of each of them (on a stand-alone basis) will exceed their respective
liabilities, (b) each of such Person and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) and each
of them (on a stand-alone basis) has not incurred and does not intend to incur, and does not
believe that it will incur, debts or other liabilities beyond its ability to pay such debts
and other liabilities as such debts and other liabilities mature or become due and (c) each
of such Person and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) and each them (on a
stand-alone basis) has sufficient capital with which to conduct its business.
1.2.59. “Subsidiary” shall mean any Person of which the Company (or other
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specified Person) owns, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary, a nominee arrangement
or otherwise, a majority of the outstanding capital stock (or other shares of beneficial
interest) entitled to vote generally or otherwise has the power to elect a majority of the
board of directors or similar governing body or the legal power to direct the business or
policies of such Person.
1.2.60. “Target Working Capital” shall mean $46,600,000.
1.2.61. “Tax” shall mean all (a) United States federal, state or local or
non-United States taxes, assessments, charges, duties, levies or other similar governmental
charges in the nature of taxes, including all income, gross receipts, employment, franchise,
profits, capital gains, capital stock, transfer, sales, use, occupation, property, excise,
severance, windfall profits, stamp, stamp duty reserve, license, payroll, withholding, ad
valorem, value added, alternative minimum, environmental, customs, social security (or
similar), unemployment, sick pay, disability, registration and other taxes, assessments,
charges, duties, fees, levies or other similar governmental charges in the nature of taxes,
whether disputed or not, together with all estimated taxes, deficiency assessments of taxes,
additions to tax, penalties and interest; (b) any liability for the payment of any amount of
a type described in clause (a) arising as a result of being or having been a member of any
consolidated, combined, unitary or other group or being or having been included or required
to be included in any Tax Return related thereto; and (c) any liability for the payment of
any amount of a type described in clause (a) or clause (b) as a result of any obligation to
indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the liability of any other Person.
1.2.62. “Tax Return” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign return,
report, statement or form relating to Taxes that is required to be filed with a Governmental
Authority responsible for Tax administration, and any declaration of estimated Tax, and any
schedule or attachment to any of the foregoing, and any amendment to any of the foregoing.
1.2.63. “U.S. Company Plan” shall mean any Employee Plan (other than any
Employee Plan that is statutorily required to be provided pursuant to applicable Legal
Requirements) that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its
U.S. Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees and former employees, directors,
consultants or any of their dependents or beneficiaries in each case, located in the United
States.
1.2.64. “Working Capital Adjustment Amount” shall mean the difference between
(a) Adjusted Working Capital as of the Effective Time and (b) the Target Working Capital;
provided, that if such difference is less than $200,000, then the Working Capital Adjustment
Amount shall be deemed to be $0.
1.3. Certain Matters of Construction. In addition to the definitions referred to or
set forth in this Section 1, the following rules of construction shall apply:
1.3.1. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
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Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of
any of the provisions of this Agreement.
1.3.2. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import shall
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or provision of this
Agreement, and reference to a particular Section of this Agreement shall include all
subsections thereof.
1.3.3. The words “party” and “parties” shall refer to the Company, Parent, Buyer and
Seller in their capacity as such.
1.3.4. Definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the terms defined, and references to the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include
each other gender.
1.3.5. The word “including” shall mean including without limitation.
1.3.6. The word “dollars” or the symbol “$” shall mean United States dollars. All
conversions of non-US currencies into United States dollars shall be made using the
applicable exchange rate published in the Wall Street Journal as of the time or date, as
applicable, of measurement. For example, the applicable exchange rate published in the Wall
Street Journal as of the Effective Time shall be used to calculate the United States dollar
equivalent of non-US currencies for the purposes of calculating the Closing Cash Amount.
1.3.7. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, when used herein “or” shall not
be exclusive (i.e., “or” shall mean “and/or”).
2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS.
2.1. Purchase and Sale of Membership Interests. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer and deliver to
Buyer, free and clear of all Liens and Buyer shall purchase from Seller, all of the outstanding
Membership Interests held by Seller, which constitute 100% of the equity interests in the Company.
The purchase and sale of the Membership Interests shall be effective as of the Effective Time.
2.2. Purchase Price. The aggregate consideration for the purchase and sale of the
Membership Interests at Closing will be cash in an amount (such aggregate consideration, the
“Purchase Price”) calculated as follows:
(a) $246,500,000 (the “Base Purchase Price”);
(b) less the Closing Debt Amount;
(c) less all unpaid Company Transaction Expenses;
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(d) plus the estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount (if Adjusted Working Capital
reflected in the Estimated Working Capital Statement is greater than the Target Working Capital);
or less the estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount (if Adjusted Working Capital
reflected in the Estimated Working Capital Statement is less than the Target Working Capital), as
contemplated by Section 2.5.2;
(e) plus the Adjusted Closing Cash Amount.
The Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2.4.3.
2.3. The Closing. The purchase and sale of the Membership Interests (the
“Closing”) shall take place at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at the Boston offices of Ropes &
Xxxx LLP (or such other place as agreed by the parties), as promptly as practicable following the
expiration or termination of the HSR Act waiting periods referred to in Section 7 and
Section 8 hereof and in any event (subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the other
Closing conditions as specified in Section 7 and Section 8) shall not be later than
the earlier of (a) the fifth Business Day following such expiration or termination of the HSR Act
waiting periods or (b) December 29, 2010. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of this
Agreement, the failure to consummate the Closing on the date and time determined pursuant to this
Section 2.3 shall not result in the termination of this Agreement and shall not relieve any
party to this Agreement of any obligation under this Agreement.
2.4. Closing Deliveries and Payments.
2.4.1. Buyer Party Closing Deliveries and Payments. Upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer Parties shall deliver or cause to
be delivered the Purchase Price, the payment of Debt balances and outstanding Company
Transaction Expenses at the Closing as follows:
(a) to accounts specified by Seller (at least two Business Days prior to the
Closing Date), by wire transfer of immediately available funds, all amounts
necessary to fully discharge the then outstanding balance of Debt of the Company or
its Subsidiaries to be repaid at Closing as set forth in the payoff letters provided
to Buyer pursuant to Section 7.5;
(b) to Seller, an aggregate amount in cash equal to the Estimated Purchase
Price (estimated as provided in Section 2.5.2 below) less the amount
of Company Transaction Expenses (to be paid pursuant to clause (c) below) and the
Escrow Amount (to be paid pursuant to clause (d) below), by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account of Seller designated in writing by
Seller to the Buyer Parties not less than two Business Days prior to the Closing
Date;
(c) to accounts specified by Seller (at least two Business Days prior to the
Closing Date), by wire transfer of immediately available funds, all amounts
necessary to fully discharge the then outstanding balance of Company Transaction
Expenses;
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(d) to the Escrow Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the
Escrow Amount, to be held by the Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement pursuant to
the terms and conditions thereof; and
(e) an assignment agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C transferring the Membership Interests to Buyer (the
“Assignment Agreement”), duly executed by Buyer.
2.4.2. Seller Closing Deliveries. At Closing, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this agreement, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Buyer the following:
(a) the Assignment Agreement duly executed by Seller;
(b) letters of resignation from the following officers, directors and managers, as
applicable, of the Company: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxx X. Xxxxx;
(c) a certificate meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section
1.1445-2(b)(2) to the effect that the Seller is not a “foreign person” as defined in
Section 1445 of the Code; and
(d) the books and records of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (or such books
and records may be left at one or more facilities each located at an Owned Real
Property or Leased Real Property).
2.4.3. Closing Date Cash Distribution Amount. On the Closing Date, after the
Effective Time and immediately prior to the Closing, the Company and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries shall wire or otherwise transfer to Seller (or to such other Person or Persons
designated by Seller) such amounts in cash not to exceed the Closing Cash Amount (the amount
so distributed being referred to herein as the “Closing Date Cash Distribution
Amount”); such amounts to be specified by Seller no later than 9:30 A.M. Eastern time on
the Closing Date.
2.5. Purchase Price Adjustment.
2.5.1. Estimated Closing Balance Sheet and Estimated Closing Statement. The
Company shall prepare in good faith and shall provide to the Buyer Parties no later than two
Business Days prior to the Closing Date a projected consolidated balance sheet of the
Company as of the Effective Time (the “Estimated Closing Balance Sheet”),
together with a written statement setting forth in reasonable detail its good faith
estimates of the Closing Debt Amount, the Closing Cash Amount, the projected Closing Date
Cash Distribution Amount, the Adjusted Closing Cash Amount and Adjusted Working Capital,
each as derived from the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet (the “Estimated Closing
Statement”). The Estimated Closing Balance Sheet and the Company’s good faith estimate
of Adjusted Working Capital contained in the Estimated Closing Statement will be prepared
and determined in accordance with GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with the preparation
of the Interim Financials subject to the principles, methods and procedures described on
Exhibit B.
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2.5.2. Estimated Purchase Price. The Purchase Price payable at Closing under
Section 2.4.1 (the “Estimated Purchase Price”) shall be calculated using the
estimated Closing Debt Amount, the estimated Adjusted Closing Cash Amount and estimated
Adjusted Working Capital set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement.
2.5.3. Proposed Final Closing Balance Sheet and Proposed Final Closing
Statement. As soon as practicable (and in no event later than sixty (60) calendar days
after the Closing Date), the Buyer Parties shall prepare and furnish to Seller (a) a balance
sheet of the Company as of the Effective Time (the “Proposed Final Closing Balance
Sheet”) and (b) a statement of the proposed final Adjusted Working Capital, Adjusted
Closing Cash Amount (based on the Closing Cash Amount and the actual Closing Date Cash
Distribution paid to Seller on the Closing Date) and Closing Debt Amount (the “Proposed
Final Closing Statement”). The Proposed Final Closing Balance Sheet and the Proposed
Final Closing Statement will be prepared and determined in accordance with GAAP, applied in
a manner consistent with the preparation of the Interim Financials subject to the
principles, methods and procedures described on Exhibit B. In connection with the
review of the Proposed Final Closing Balance Sheet and the Proposed Final Closing Statement,
the Buyer Parties shall provide Seller and its Representatives with reasonable access to the
personnel, books, records, documents and other information of the Company.
2.5.4. Dispute Notice. The Proposed Final Closing Balance Sheet and the
Proposed Final Closing Statement (and the proposed final determinations of the Closing Debt
Amount, the Adjusted Closing Cash Amount and Adjusted Working Capital reflected thereon)
will be final, conclusive and binding on the parties unless Seller provides a written notice
(a “Dispute Notice”) to Parent no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the
delivery to Seller of the Proposed Final Closing Balance Sheet and the Proposed Final
Closing Statement. Any Dispute Notice must set forth in reasonable detail the items or
issues in dispute, the basis of such dispute and, if known, Seller’s proposed resolution or
calculation of such items.
2.5.5. Resolutions of Disputes. If Buyer and Seller cannot agree on any items
raised in the Dispute Notice in good faith within twenty (20) calendar days after Buyer’s
receipt of the Dispute Notice from Seller, the parties shall submit their final calculations
of the items in dispute to an arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) who shall be a certified
public accountant (with significant public accounting experience, including in the context
of
business combinations) and be appointed by agreement of Buyer and Seller or, failing
such agreement, by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial
Arbitration Rules (the “Arbitration Rules”). The Arbitrator shall review such final
calculations and, with respect to each disputed item, make a selection as to which of the
final calculations presented to it is, in the aggregate, more accurate. The decision of the
Arbitrator shall be made in accordance with the Arbitration Rules and in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. The parties will instruct the Arbitrator to make its decision
within forty-five (45) calendar days after being engaged, or as soon thereafter as
reasonably practicable, and the Arbitrator’s decision shall be final and
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binding on the
parties. The costs and expenses of the Arbitrator shall be allocated to and borne by each
party in a proportion equal to such party’s “Proportion Fraction” which shall mean,
for each party respectively, the fraction (a) the numerator of which is the difference
between such party’s proposed post-closing adjustment amount and the final calculation as
determined by the Arbitrator, and (b) the denominator of which is the sum of both parties’
deviation between their proposed post-closing adjustment amount and the final calculation as
determined by the Arbitrator. Buyer and Seller agree to use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate with the Arbitrator and shall make available to the Arbitrator all
relevant books and records relating to the calculations submitted and all other information
reasonably requested by the Arbitrator. As used herein, the Proposed Final Closing Balance
Sheet and the Proposed Final Closing Statement, as adjusted to reflect any changes agreed to
by the parties and the decision of the Arbitrator, in each case, pursuant to this
Section 2.5, are referred to herein as the “Final Closing Balance Sheet” and
the “Final Closing Statement”, respectively.
2.5.6. Purchase Price Adjustment. If the Adjusted Working Capital, the
Adjusted Closing Cash Amount or the Closing Debt Amount (as finally determined pursuant to
this Section 2.5 and as set forth in the Final Closing Balance Sheet and the Final
Closing Statement) differs from the estimated amounts thereof set forth in the Estimated
Closing Statement, the Purchase Price shall be recalculated using such final figures in lieu
of such estimated figures, and (a) the Buyer or the Company shall pay to Seller by wire
transfer of immediately available funds the amount, if any, by which such re-calculated
final Purchase Price exceeds the estimated Purchase Price paid at Closing in accordance with
Section 2.4.1 and Section 2.5.2 or (b) the amount, if any, by which such
estimated Purchase Price paid at Closing in accordance with Section 2.4.1 and
Section 2.5.1 exceeds such re-calculated final Purchase Price shall be paid to the
Company by Seller by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
2.5.7. Payments; Interest. Any payment due pursuant to Section 2.5.6
shall be made within five (5) Business Days after the final amount thereof has been
determined in accordance with this Section 2.5 and shall bear interest from and
including the Closing Date to but excluding the date of payment at a rate per annum equal to
8%. Such interest shall be payable at the same time as the payment to which it relates and
shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days and the actual number of days
elapsed.
2.5.8. Cash Distribution Effective Time. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, for the purposes of the provisions of Section 2.5
requiring calculations of cash (including without limitation the preparation of the
Estimated
Closing Date Balance Sheet, the Proposed Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Final
Closing Date Balance Sheet), such calculations shall be determined giving effect to the
distribution of the Closing Date Cash Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 2.4.3
which shall be paid on the Closing Date and be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to
the Effective Time.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER.
Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as follows:
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3.1. Organization, Power and Standing of Seller. Seller is a limited liability
company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and the Company has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, to perform
its obligations under such agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
3.2. Authorization and Enforceability. The execution, delivery and performance by
Seller of this Agreement and the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Seller. This Agreement has been,
and the Escrow Agreement and the Assignment Agreement shall be, duly executed and delivered by
Seller and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto,
each such agreement is (or, in the case of the Escrow Agreement and the Assignment Agreement, shall
be) Enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms.
3.3. Non-Contravention, etc. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and the Escrow Agreement by Seller, the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the compliance with the provisions hereof and
thereof in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement do not and will not conflict with or result in the breach of any terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under,
(a) the Organizational Documents of Seller or (b) except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, any Contractual Obligation of or any Legal Requirement applicable to Seller.
3.4. Ownership. Seller is the record and beneficial owner of and has good and valid
title, free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens), to 100% of the Membership
Interests, all of which will be sold by Seller free and clear of Liens as contemplated hereby.
Other than this Agreement, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights of any Person
to acquire any membership interests in the Company.
3.5. Governmental Consents. Except for (a) filings required by the HSR Act, (b) any
consents, approvals, authorizations, permits, filings or notifications as shall have been obtained
or made at or prior to the date hereof, or (c) where the failure to obtain such consents,
approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not
reasonably be expected to materially adversely impact the ability of Seller to consummate the
Closing hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, no authorization, consent, approval or other order of,
declaration to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority by or on behalf of Seller is required
for or in connection with the authorization, execution, delivery and performance by Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
3.6. Litigation, etc. There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller,
threatened against the Seller or any of the Seller’s Subsidiaries which, if determined adversely,
(a) would reasonably be expected to materially adversely impact the ability of Seller to consummate
the Closing hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or to perform its
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obligations under this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement or (b) which seeks rescission of or seeks to enjoin the
consummation of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by
such agreements. The Seller is not subject to any Governmental Order that would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Seller to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company and Seller, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Buyer as follows:
4.1. Organization and Power. The Company is a limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the
Company has all requisite limited liability company power and authority necessary to (a) own and
operate its properties and to carry on its Business, and (b) execute and deliver this Agreement and
perform its obligations under this Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Company is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of
property or the conduct of business as now conducted requires it to qualify, except where the
failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available
to Buyer complete and correct copies of its Organizational Documents and the Organizational
Documents of each of its Subsidiaries.
4.2. Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or holds any stock, partnership interest, joint venture interest
or other equity ownership interest in any other Person. Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has
all requisite
corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority necessary to own
its properties and to carry on its businesses as now conducted and is qualified to do business in
every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the conduct of businesses as now conducted
requires it to qualify, except in each such case where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, all of the equity
interests of each of the Subsidiaries are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and
clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). There are no outstanding options, warrants or
other rights of any Person to acquire any equity interest in any of the Subsidiaries. Schedule
4.2 contains a list of all current officers and directors of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries.
4.3. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Company, and no other proceedings on the
Company’s part are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement.
Assuming that this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Buyer, this Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding Enforceable obligation of the Company.
4.4. Capitalization. The Membership Interests constitute all of the issued and
outstanding equity interests of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4, the
Company has not issued any other equity securities, and there are no agreements, options, warrants
or other rights or arrangements existing or outstanding which provide for the sale or issuance of
any equity securities by the Company.
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4.5. Non-Contravention, etc. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby do not conflict with or result in any breach of, constitute a
default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), result in a violation of, result in the
creation of any Lien upon any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, give rise to a
right of termination or cancellation, entitle any Person to accelerate any obligation or
indebtedness or require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or
notice to any Governmental Authority or other third party, under (a) the provisions of the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents or (b) any material Contractual
Obligations to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, or any material Legal
Requirement applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Assets.
4.6. Government Consents. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.6 and except for
(a) filings required by the HSR Act, (b) any consents, approvals, authorizations, permits, filings
or notifications as have been obtained or made at or prior to the date hereof, or (c) where the
failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or
notifications, would not reasonably be expected to materially adversely impact the Company or the
Business or the ability of the Company to consummate the Closing hereunder in accordance with this
Agreement or to perform its obligations under this Agreement, no authorization,
consent, approval or other order of, declaration to, or filing with, any Governmental
Authority by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required for or in
connection with the authorization, execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
4.7. Financial Statements, etc.
4.7.1. Financial Information. The Company has heretofore made available to
Parent true and complete copies of each of the following:
4.7.1.1. The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in members’ equity and cash flows for the respective
fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, together with the notes
thereto, each accompanied by the audit report of McGladrey & Xxxxxx L.L.P. (the
“Year End Financials”).
4.7.1.2. An unaudited consolidated interim financial statement of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, consisting of the Company Balance Sheet, and the related
consolidated statement of income for the nine-month period ending on the Company
Balance Sheet Date (the “Interim Financials” and together with the Year End
Financials, the “Financial Statements”).
4.7.2. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any liability of a type required to be set
forth on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company in accordance
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with GAAP, except
for those liabilities (a) reflected in or reserved against on the Financial Statements; (b)
set forth on Schedule 4.7.3; (c) incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since
the Company Balance Sheet Date; (d) that are actually included in the calculation of
Adjusted Working Capital; (e) being paid concurrently with Closing; and (f) that would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have an adverse financial
impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries of more than $250,000.
4.7.3. Character of Financial Information. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.7.3, the Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods specified therein (except
(a) as may be indicated in the notes thereto and (b) for modifications caused by changes in
accounting rules but not required to be disclosed in the notes thereto) and present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of
the Company and its Subsidiaries on the dates and for the periods specified therein, all in
accordance with GAAP, and subject, in the case of the Interim Financials, to the absence of
notes and normal year-end adjustments and reclassifications.
4.7.4. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal
accounting controls with respect to the Business (in the context of a private company not
subject to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (c)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for inventory is compared with existing
inventory at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
4.7.5. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have established, and maintain and
evaluate, controls and procedures with respect to the Business that are reasonably designed
(in the context of a private company not subject to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) to
ensure that material information relating to such business is made known to Company’s Chief
Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others at the Company and the
Subsidiaries, provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements, and such controls and procedures are reasonably
effective to perform the functions for which they were established.
4.8. Title to Assets.
4.8.1. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good title to or, in the case of property
held or used under lease, license or any other contract, an Enforceable right to use, all of
the material properties, rights and assets reflected on the Company Balance Sheet
(collectively, the “Company Assets”), except (a) as the enforceability of any such
leases, licenses or other contracts may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other Legal Requirements affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of
equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and
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(b) for Company Assets
which have been sold or otherwise disposed of since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the
Ordinary Course of Business. The Company Assets are not subject to any Lien other than
Permitted Liens and Liens set forth on Schedule 4.8. This Section 4.8.1
does not relate to real property or interests in real property, such items being instead the
subject of Section 4.9, or to Intellectual Property or interests in Intellectual
Property, such items being instead the subject of Section 4.10.
4.8.2. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8.2, (a) the Company and its
Subsidiaries have the Assets (including, for the purposes of this Section 4.8.2,
rights, claims, contracts and others assets of every type and description) sufficient for
the continued operation of the Business as currently operated and as operated since January
1, 2009, and (b) there are no assets or properties used in the operation of the Business
that are owned by the Seller or its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries)
other than a de minimis amount of laptops, cellular phones and other personal office
equipment used by employees of the Seller.
4.9. Real Property.
4.9.1. Schedule 4.9 sets forth a list of the addresses of all real property (a)
owned by the Company or any Subsidiary (each, an “Owned Real Property”), and (b)
leased, subleased, or licensed by, or for which a right to use or occupy has been granted
to, the Company or any Subsidiary (each, a “Leased Real Property”).
4.9.2. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.9, the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries has insurable and marketable fee title in and to each of the Owned Real
Properties, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. Except as would not
reasonably be expected to impair in any material respect the Company or its Subsidiaries’
use and enjoyment of the Owned Real Property from and after the Closing, (a) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any title claims, or has outstanding any title
claims, under any policy of title insurance respecting any of the Owned Real Property, (b)
no condemnation or eminent domain proceeding against any of the Owned Real Property is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller or the Company, threatened, (c) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any board of fire
underwriters (or other body exercising similar functions) or any insurance company which has
issued or refused to issue a policy with respect to any Owned Real Property or Leased Real
Property requesting performance of any structural or other repairs or alterations to any
Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property, (d) neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates has received written notice of any pending or threatened change in zoning of any
Owned Real Property or any pending or threatened lawsuits or administrative actions relating
to any Real Property or other matters affecting the use, occupancy or value of any Owned
Real Property; (e) except as set forth in Schedule 1.2.52 there are no Persons in possession
of any portion of any of the Owned Real Property other than the Company or its Subsidiaries
and no Persons other than the Company or its Subsidiaries have the right to use or occupy
for any purpose any portion of any of the Owned Real Property and (f) no Person has any
options or rights (including rights of first refusal) to purchase or acquire any ownership
interest in any Owned Real Property.
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4.9.3. The Company has made available to Parent a correct and complete copy of each
lease, sublease, license or other contract, currently in effect, under which any Leased Real
Property is occupied or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a
“Lease”, and collectively, the “Leases”), as amended to date.
4.9.3.1. The Leases are Enforceable by the Company or one or more of its
Subsidiaries (as the case may be) in all material respects, except as may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Legal Requirements affecting
creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in
a proceeding at law or in equity).
4.9.3.2. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9, neither the Company (or
its Subsidiary, as applicable) nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party
to any Lease, is in material breach or default, and no event has occurred (including
the failure to obtain any consent) which, with or without notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a material breach or default or permit termination,
modification, ejection or acceleration thereunder or impair any right of the Company
or its relevant Subsidiary to exercise and obtain the benefit of any
rights, title, interest, options and/or remedies contained in such Lease. None
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from the
landlord or lessor under any of the Leases claiming that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is in material breach of its obligations under the respective Leases.
4.9.3.3. Except for warehouse locations, each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is in sole possession of the Leased Real Property. None of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries has assigned, sublet, mortgaged or otherwise conveyed all
or any portion of its respective interest in any of the Leases or Leased Real
Property.
4.9.4. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from
any Governmental Authority asserting that the use of any Owned Real Property or any Leased
Real Property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Legal
Requirement or any Permit applicable thereto.
4.9.5. The buildings, plants, structures, furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment,
vehicles and other items of tangible personal property currently owned or leased by each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries are, taken as a whole, structurally sound in all material
respects, are, taken as a whole, in all material respects in good operating condition
(subject to ordinary wear and tear) without need for repair (other than ordinary, routine
maintenance and repairs), and are, taken as a whole, adequate in all material respects for
the uses to which they are being put; and any such tangible asset that is individually
material to the Company or the Business is structurally sound in all material respects, in
good operating condition (subject to ordinary wear and tear) without need of maintenance or
repair (other than ordinary, routine maintenance and repair), and is adequate in all
material respects for the use to which it is being put.
4.10. Intellectual Property Rights.
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4.10.1. Schedule 4.10.1 contains a list of (a) each active patent, trademark
registration, Internet domain name registration, and copyright registration owned by the
Company or its Subsidiaries or for which the Company or its Subsidiaries has an exclusive
license, (b) each pending application for the foregoing with respect to any Intellectual
Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries or for which the Company or its
Subsidiaries has an exclusive license, (c) each material written license, sublicense or
agreement pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has granted rights to any third
Person pertaining to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries Intellectual Property, or pursuant to
which a third Person has granted the Company or its Subsidiaries rights (other than staple
articles of commerce, shrink-wrap or otherwise generally available on commercial terms and
conditions or licenses bundled with third party items the Company or its Subsidiaries
redistribute to their customers in the Ordinary Course of Business) with respect to any
Intellectual Property, and (d) each Software development agreement and technology
development agreement to which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is a party.
Excluding exclusive licenses and except as set forth on Schedule 4.10.1, the Company
or a Subsidiary possesses all right, title and
interest in and to the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 4.10.1(a) and
(b), free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
4.10.2. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10.2, the Company and its
Subsidiaries own, or have the right to use pursuant to a valid license or otherwise, all
material Intellectual Property necessary for the operation of the Business. Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.10.2, to the Knowledge of the Company, (a) the conduct of the
Business does not infringe on or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third
party, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (b) in the last six years, the Company has not received any written notice of
any infringement or misappropriation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
Intellectual Property owned by a third party.
4.10.3. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10.3, no third party Software is
utilized by the Company or its Subsidiaries other than desktop Software and Software
licensed on shrink-wrap or otherwise generally available commercial terms and conditions.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10.3 and except for Software bundled with third
party items the Company or its Subsidiaries redistribute to their customers in the Ordinary
Course of Business, no open source or similar Software is developed by the Company or its
Subsidiaries or utilized and distributed by the Company or its Subsidiaries to third
parties.
4.10.4. No material agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
holds, uses or licenses Intellectual Property contains change of control or other provisions
that would, as a result of the transfer of the Membership Interests, (a) cause the
termination of such agreement or allow any other party to such agreement to terminate the
agreement or (b) effect any change in such agreement adverse to the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
4.10.5. To the extent the products manufactured by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or contract manufactured (e.g. the Company’s “MaxCell” branded products)
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for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
include patent markings and notices, such patent markings and notices are in compliance with
all applicable patent marking laws and regulations.
4.10.6. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are party to any Contractual
Obligation that contains non-competition or similar provisions that restrict the ability of
a Person to operate its business which provisions violate any applicable Legal Requirements.
4.11. Litigation, etc. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 there is no
Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries which, if determined adversely would reasonably be expected to result in a
liability to the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of $100,000. None of such Actions,
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries are subject to any
Governmental Order (a) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
(b) which seeks rescission of or seeks to enjoin the consummation of this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by such agreements.
4.12. Contracts, etc. Schedule 4.12(a) is a true and complete list of all of
the following Contractual Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (each, a
“Contract”, and collectively, the “Contracts”) that are in effect as of the date
hereof:
4.12.1. any Contract (other than purchase orders or sales orders) for the purchase or
sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of materials, supplies, goods, services,
equipment or other assets contractually requiring annual payments in excess of $500,000
individually per annum or $1,000,000 in the aggregate that cannot be terminated by the
Company or its Subsidiary on not more than ninety (90) calendar days’ notice;
4.12.2. as of close of business November 15, 2010, each outstanding purchase order for
purchase or sales order for sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in
excess of $500,000;
4.12.3. any partnership or joint venture agreement or similar arrangement;
4.12.4. any Contract relating to the pending acquisition or disposition of any
corporation, partnership or other business organization or division thereof or collection of
assets constituting all or substantially all of a business or business unit (whether by
merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise);
4.12.5. any Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are, or may
become, obligated to pay to any senior executive officer (a) any severance pay in an amount
exceeding $200,000 per individual or (b) any bonus or other special compensation obligations
which would become payable by reason of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
4.12.6. each Contract for capital expenditures in excess of $250,000 per annum;
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4.12.7. each Government Contract (other than sales orders, purchase orders or requests
for proposal as a subcontractor unless to the actual knowledge of any of the individuals
identified with respect to the Company in Section 1.2.44 any such request for
proposal as a subcontractor is or relates to a Government Contract);
4.12.8. any Contract (other than sales or purchase orders) governing the relationship
of the Company or its Subsidiaries with any sales representative, distributor or agent for a
territory other than the United States;
4.12.9. any Contract that prohibits the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company from
engaging in any line of business or competing with any Person or in any geographic area or
during any period of time;
4.12.10. any employment agreement or consulting agreement with an
employee or consultant whose annual compensation exceeded $200,000 in 2009 or whose
annual compensation is expected to exceed $200,000 in 2010;
4.12.11. any Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have granted a
power of attorney or similar right to any non-employee third party, except for such powers
of attorney or similar rights not reasonably expected to have a material impact on the
Company, its Subsidiaries or the Business; and
4.12.12. any Contract (other than sales orders, purchase orders or bills of lading and
other than other Contracts that have by their terms been fully performed) governing the
relationship of the Company or its Subsidiaries with freight-forwarders.
The Company has heretofore made available to Parent a true and complete copy of each of the
Contracts (other than redacted pricing terms). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12(b)
hereto, with respect to each Contract set forth on Schedule 4.12(a), (a) there are no
material existing or asserted defaults, events of default or events, occurrences, acts or
omissions that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute defaults or
events of default of any material provision of any such Contract by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto; (b) no material
penalties have been incurred, nor are material amendments pending, with respect to any such
Contract; (c) such Contracts are in full force and effect and are Enforceable against the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable; and (d) no material defenses, off-sets or counterclaims
have been asserted or may be made by any party thereto (other than by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries waived any material rights
thereunder.
4.13. Change in Condition. Since the Company Balance Sheet Date, except as set forth
in Schedule 4.13; (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted the Business in the
Ordinary Course of Business other than actions undertaken in connection with the sale of the
Company, this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
and (b) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not, other than as expressly contemplated by the
terms of this Agreement:
4.13.1. increased the compensation (including bonuses) payable on or after the
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date hereof, or to become payable on or after the date hereof, to any director or executive
officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except for increases in the Ordinary
Course of Business;
4.13.2. granted any options or other rights to purchase or obtain (including upon
conversion, exchange or exercise) any Membership Interests or other equity securities;
4.13.3. incurred any Debt other than (a) Debt incurred in the Ordinary Course of
Business or (b) any Debt which will be paid prior to Closing or reflected in the Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet;
4.13.4. permitted any material assets to become subject to a Lien (other than Permitted
Liens) or disposed of, leased or licensed any material assets, other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business; or
4.13.5. made any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) in
excess of $200,000 that was not contemplated by its capital expenditure budget.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have not entered into any Contractual Obligation to do any of the
actions referred to in this Section 4.13 (except for this Agreement or as otherwise
expressly required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement). From September 30, 2010 to the
date hereof, there has been no change, event or effect that, individually or in the aggregate with
other changes, events or effects, has resulted in, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Material
Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 2009, the Company and its Subsidiaries have maintained sufficient
levels of working capital in order to operate the Business in the Ordinary Course of Business, it
being understood that the Company and its Subsidiaries can distribute to the Seller or its
Affiliates any and all cash at any time prior to the Closing Date and, to the extent such
distributions are included in the Closing Date Cash Distribution Amount, on the Closing Date and
take such other actions as are expressly required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
4.14. Tax Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14:
4.14.1. all material Tax Returns that were required to have been filed by the Company
and its Subsidiaries have been duly and timely filed;
4.14.2. all material Taxes (whether or not shown as due and payable on any Tax Return
of the Company or its Subsidiaries) have been paid in full;
4.14.3. no deficiencies have been asserted in writing or assessments made in writing as
a result of any examinations of the Tax Returns referred to in Section 4.14.1 by the
IRS and/or a state, local or foreign taxing authority that have not been satisfied by
payment or withdrawn or otherwise settled;
4.14.4. to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no dispute, claim, audit, or
examination pending or threatened in writing with respect to any material Taxes of the
Company or its Subsidiaries;
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4.14.5. there are no Liens for Taxes (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
4.14.6. no waivers of statutes of limitations in respect of Taxes (other than waivers
no longer in force) have been given by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently a party to any agreement extending the
time with respect to the assessment or collection of any Taxes;
4.14.7. the Company has made available or caused to be made available to Parent true
and complete copies of all income Tax Returns filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries with
taxing authorities for tax periods ending after January 1, 2007;
4.14.8. neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “listed
transaction” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2); and
4.14.9. the Company and each Subsidiary is currently, and has been for all tax periods
beginning after January 1, 2007, a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Other than as set forth in Section 4.15, this Section 4.14 contains the
sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
this Agreement with respect to Taxes and no other section of this Agreement shall be treated
as containing any express or implied representations or warranties relating to Taxes or Tax
assets.
4.15. Employee Benefit Plans.
4.15.1. Disclosure. Set forth on Schedule 4.15(a) is a list of all
Company Plans, indicating each Company Plan that is sponsored by the Company exclusively for
employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries (each such indicated Company Plan, a
“Company Sponsored Plan”). With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has made
available to Parent true and complete copies of each of the following: (a) the Company Plan
document, if written, together with all amendments; (b) where the Company Plan is unwritten,
a written summary of all material Company Plan terms; (c) where applicable, any trust
agreements and insurance policies; (d) any summary plan descriptions and employee handbooks;
(e) in the case of any U.S. Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code, a copy of the most recent determination (or opinion) letter, if any,
from the IRS; and (f) all reports required to be filed in the past two years, including in
the case of any U.S. Company Plan for which Forms 5500 are required to be filed, the two
most recently filed Forms 5500, with schedules attached.
4.15.2. No Defined Benefit Pension Plans. None of the Company nor any
corporation, trust, partnership or other entity that at the relevant time would be
considered as a single employer with the Company under Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or
Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code in the past six years has maintained or been
required to contribute to any Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, including any
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
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4.15.3. Company Plan Qualification; Company Plan Administration; Certain Taxes and
Penalties. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15(b), (a) each Company Plan or
other Employee Plan that is statutorily required to be provided pursuant to applicable Legal
Requirements, including any associated trust or fund, has been to the extent administered by
the Company or its agents, administered in all material respects with its terms and
applicable Legal Requirements, and (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred
with respect to any U.S. Company Plan that has subjected or could reasonably be expected to
subject the Company to material liability under Section 409 or Section 502 of ERISA or
Chapter 43 of Subtitle D of the Code. Each U.S. Company Plan
that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter (or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion letter) from
the IRS or has pending or has time remaining in which to file an application for such
determination from the IRS, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances
exist that would reasonably be expected to cause the IRS to revoke or fail to issue such
letter.
4.15.4. Company Plan Claims. There are no existing (or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened) Actions relating to a Company Plan or other Employee Plan that is
statutorily required to be provided pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements, other than
routine claims for information or benefits in the normal course.
4.15.5. Retiree Benefits; Certain Welfare Plans. Other than as required under
Section 601 et seq. of ERISA or as described on Schedule 4.15(c), no Company Plan
that is a Welfare Plan provides benefits or coverage following retirement or other
termination of employment. The Company does not maintain any welfare benefit trust that is
intended to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.
4.15.6. Each Company Plan that provides for nonqualified deferred compensation to a
U.S. citizen or resident has (a) since January 1, 2005, been operated and maintained
materially in accordance with a good faith, reasonable interpretation of Section 409A of the
Code, as determined under applicable guidance of the Department of Treasury and IRS, as was
in effect from time to time, with respect to amounts deferred (within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code) after January 1, 2005, and (b) since January 1, 2009, been in documentary
and operational compliance with Section 409A of the Code in all material respects and the
applicable guidance under that section. The Company has no obligation to reimburse or
otherwise “gross-up” any person for the interest or additional tax set forth under Section
409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code.
4.15.7. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15(d), none of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
(including as a result of any termination of employment on or following the Effective Time)
will (a) entitle any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance or termination pay, (b) accelerate the time
of payment or vesting, or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or
otherwise) of, compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or trigger any
other material obligation pursuant to, any Company Plan or Contractual Obligation of an
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employee to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are a party or otherwise bound or
(c) result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any Company Plan.
4.15.8. The Company is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby would result, individually or in the
aggregate, in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section
280G of the Code.
4.16. Environmental Matters.
4.16.1. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16.1:
4.16.1.1. No written notice, Lien (other than Permitted Liens), order,
complaint or material penalty has been received by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries at any time after September 18, 2003, and there are no Actions pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which allege a material violation of
or liability under any Environmental Law, in each case, by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
4.16.1.2. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have all material
environmental permits required under applicable Environmental Laws and neither the
Company nor of its Subsidiaries is in violation of the terms of such permits or any
applicable Environmental Law.
4.16.1.3. No Releases have occurred on any Owned Real Property or Leased Real
Property that could result in any material liability of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or require remediation under applicable Environmental Law.
4.16.1.4. To the Knowledge of the Company, no underground storage tanks are
located at any Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property.
4.16.1.5. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with applicable
provisions of the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of
Chemicals (REACH) Directive, including the registration of any chemical substances
required to be registered by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except to the extent
such noncompliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.16.1.6. The Company and its Subsidiaries have provided to Buyer, in writing
complete and accurate copies of all reports and documents in their possession
relating to compliance with Environmental Laws or to environmental conditions in,
on, under or from any Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property including but not
limited to any reports related to Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from any
Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property as of the date hereof.
4.16.1.7. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice that
any property now or (for reasons that could give rise to a material liability for
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the Company or its subsidiaries) previously owned or leased by the Company and its
Subsidiaries is listed or is proposed for listing on the National Priorities List
pursuant to CERCLA, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Information System List, or on any similar state list of sites requiring
investigation or cleanup.
4.16.1.8. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no Release of
Hazardous Substances for which the Company and its Subsidiaries could have any
material liability under any applicable Environmental Law at any real property
formerly owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
4.16.1.9. Except as set forth in this Section 4.16, no representations
or warranties are being made with respect to Hazardous Substances or environmental
matters.
4.17. Labor Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has
been a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract applicable to
individuals employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, as of the date of this Agreement there are no organizational campaigns, petitions or other
unionization activities seeking recognition of a collective bargaining unit in respect of employees
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no work slowdown, lockout, strike or work
stoppage pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any
Subsidiary, and there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint or other action against the
Company or any Subsidiary pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened before the
National Labor Relations Board or any other similar U.S. or foreign governmental authority or
agency. During the past three years, there has been no labor strike or work stoppage actually
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any
Subsidiary by their employees. As of the date hereof, no question concerning representation is
pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any
other similar U.S. or foreign Governmental Authority respecting employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary, and no written grievance respecting employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is
pending before the National Labor Relations Board or any other similar U.S. or foreign Governmental
Authority or pursuant to any grievance procedure that has been formally recognized by the Company.
The Company and each Subsidiary are currently in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Legal Requirements relating to the employment of labor, employment, equal employment
opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages, hours, benefits, working time, leaves of
absence (including the Family and Medical Leave Act and any similar state or local law),
affirmative action, collective bargaining, the payment of social security and similar taxes,
occupational safety and health, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, and plant closing
and mass layoffs. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, since October 15, 2010 (i) no
management employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
(whose services are material to the operation of the Business) has provided written notice of his or her intention to terminate
employment with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (ii) to the actual knowledge of any of
the individuals identified with respect to the Company in Section 1.2.44, no management
employee of either the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and no group of employees of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (in each case whose services are material to
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the operation
of the Business) has any plans to terminate his, her or their employment, and neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary of the Company has a present intention to terminate the employment of any such
employee. There are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, no material Actions
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in respect of any applicant for
employment, any current employee or any former employee, whether in the form of claims for
employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, unfair
business practice, unfair labor practices, wage and hour, tort, unfair competition or otherwise,
other than routine uncontested claims for benefits.
4.18. Compliance with Law. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.18, since
January 1, 2007, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of any
claimed material violation of applicable Legal Requirements. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements
applicable to it, the Business or its Assets. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.18, (a)
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries holds all material permits, licenses, variances,
exemptions, orders, franchises, registrations and approvals of all Governmental Authorities
necessary for the lawful conduct of the Business (the “Permits”) and (b) the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of all such
Permits.
4.19. Affiliate Transactions. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries, has since
January 1, 2007 been a party to any transaction with any Affiliate, officer, director or other
employee other than (a) payments of Compensation and expense reimbursement to officers, directors
and other employees in their capacities as such in the Ordinary Course of Business (b) Contractual
Obligations between the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries or between two or more
Subsidiaries of the Company and no other Affiliates or (c) Contractual Obligations listed on
Schedule 4.19 (a). The management agreement set forth on Schedule 4.19 (b) (“Palisades Management Agreement”) will be terminated prior to the Closing and the
Company and its Subsidiaries will have no further obligation thereunder from and after the Closing.
4.20. Brokers, etc. There are no brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or similar
compensation payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on
any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of Seller or the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries other than fees (if any) that will be paid as contemplated by Section 2.4.1 or
otherwise paid by Seller and its Affiliates and for which the Buying Parties and (after the
Closing) the Company will have no responsibility to pay.
4.21. Insurance. As of the date hereof (a) the Company has provided or made available
copies of all policies of insurance of the Company relating to the Business as currently in effect
(the “Insurance Policies”), (b) all such policies of insurance are enforceable and in full
force and effect in all material respects, (c) since January 1, 2010, none of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of any such
insurance policies (excluding provisional notices of prospective non-renewal for insurance policies
which are routinely sent, not in response to any specific casualty event or loss history, by
insurance companies within a certain period before such policy would normally expire) and (d)
except as set forth in Schedule 4.21, there is no claim (i) in excess of $100,000 by
Seller, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending under any of such policies as to which
coverage has been
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questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies, or (ii) less
than $100,000 by Seller, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending under any of such policies
as to which the Company has received written notice that coverage has been questioned, denied or
disputed by the underwriters of such policies.
4.22. Inventory. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.22, all inventory, except inventory
in transit and inventory sold or disposed of in the Ordinary Course of Business, whether reflected on the
Financial Statements or subsequently acquired: (a) is now and at the Closing Date will be located
on Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property (including third-party warehousing arrangements);
(b) has been or will be acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries only in bona fide transactions
entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) is of good and merchantable quality, saleable
in the Ordinary Course of Business, except to the extent adequately reserved for (taken as whole)
in the balance sheets included in the Financial Statements on which such inventory is shown , which
reserves (taken as a whole) are determined on a basis consistent with past practice of the Company;
and (d) is not now and at the Closing Date will not be subject to any write-down or writeoff in
excess of the reserves (taken as a whole) established based on past practice of the Company.
4.23. Government Contracts.
4.23.1. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with
(a) the terms and conditions of their Government Contracts, and (b) all requirements of
statutes, rules, regulations, orders, and other Legal Requirements applicable thereto,
whether incorporated expressly, by reference, or by operation of Legal Requirement.
4.23.2. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not, within the past ten years, provided
any materially false information or made any false representation in connection with the
submission of a Government Contract Bid.
4.23.3. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any officer, director, or employee
thereof has, within the past five years, been the subject of a Debarment or Suspension
Action initiated by any Governmental Authority.
4.24. Import or Export Controls.
4.24.1. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects
with all Legal Requirements relating to import or export control, including the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Export Administration Regulations, and the
Foreign Assets Control Regulations.
4.24.2. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not, within the past five years,
directly, or through an affiliate, distributor, agent, or other third party, engaged in a
transaction or act that was prohibited under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations,
Export Administration Regulations, the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, or any other
Legal Requirement relating to export control.
4.24.3. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.24.3, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have not, within the past five years, directly, or through an Affiliate, or to
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of the Company, any distributor, agent, or other third party, engaged in a
transaction with a party located in, or a national of, Cuba, Iran, Zimbabwe, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, or Burma
(Myanmar) other than exports to U.S. military bases in compliance with U.S. export
control laws and regulations.
4.25. Absence of Unlawful Payments. No officer, director, employee, or agent of the
Company or its Subsidiaries has, in connection with the Business: (a) used Company or Subsidiary
funds to offer or make any political contribution or gift relating to any political activity that
would be unlawful under any applicable Legal Requirement; (b) paid, offered to pay, promised to pay
or authorized the payment of money or anything of value to any governmental official or employee of
any such official that would be unlawful under any applicable Legal Requirement, (c) established or
maintained any unrecorded fund or account of any nature that would be unlawful under any applicable
Legal Requirement; or (d) made any payoff, influence payment, bribe, rebate, kickback or payment to
any person that would be unlawful under any applicable Legal Requirement. Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries are operating and have operated in compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act and any Legal Requirements regarding bribery.
4.26. [Intentionally Omitted.]
4.27. Substantial Customers and Suppliers
4.27.1. Schedule 4.27(a) sets forth the top ten customers of the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the 12 month period ending September 30, 2010
(each a “Material Customers”). Since January 1, 2010 and prior to the date hereof,
no Material Customer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has materially modified,
cancelled or otherwise terminated or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to
materially modify, cancel or otherwise terminate its relationship with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
4.27.2. Schedule 4.27(b) sets forth the top ten suppliers of the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the 12 month period ending September 30, 2010
(each a “Material Supplier”). Since January 1, 2010 and prior to the date hereof, no
Material Supplier of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has materially modified,
cancelled or otherwise terminated or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to
materially modify, cancel or otherwise terminate its relationship with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
4.28. Absence of Certain Debt. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.28, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations (a) to pay the deferred purchase price
of property, services or any other deferred cost (except trade accounts payable as a current
liability in the ordinary course of business), (b) as lessee under capitalized leases, (c) created
or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to acquired
property or (d) in the nature of guarantees of obligations of the types described in the foregoing
clauses of any other Person.
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5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND BUYER. Parent and Buyer, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant that:
5.1. Organization, Power and Standing of Buyer. Parent is a corporation and Buyer is
a limited partnership and each of Parent and Buyer are duly incorporated or organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization and has all requisite power and authority, corporate and otherwise, to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, to perform its obligations under such agreements
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
5.2. Authorization and Enforceability. This Agreement has been, and the Escrow
Agreement shall be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Parent and Buyer and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, each such
agreement is (or, in the case of the Escrow Agreement, shall be) Enforceable against each of Parent
and Buyer in accordance with its terms.
5.3. Non-Contravention, etc. Except for consents already obtained and as otherwise
set forth on Schedule 5.3, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement by each of Parent and Buyer and the consummation by each of them of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement do not and will not conflict with or result in the breach of any
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (a) except as would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or Buyer to consummate the
Closing hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or to perform their obligations under this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, any Contractual Obligation or any Legal Requirement applicable
to Parent or Buyer or (b) the Organizational Documents of Parent or Buyer.
5.4. No Governmental Consent or Approval Required. Except for (a) filings required by
the HSR Act, (b) any consents, approvals, authorizations, permits, filings or notifications as
shall have been obtained or made at or prior to Closing, or (c) where the failure to obtain such
consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or Buyer to
consummate the Closing hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or to perform their obligations
under this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, no authorization, consent, approval or other order
of, declaration to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority by or on behalf of Buyer or Parent
is required for or in connection with the authorization, execution, delivery and performance by
Buyer or Parent of its obligations under this Agreement.
5.5. Available Funds; Solvency. Parent or Buyer has, as of the date hereof, and shall
have, as of the Closing, unconditional funds available without restriction in an amount sufficient
to pay in cash the amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.4.1 and Section 2.4.3.
Parent and Buyer are, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will continue
to be, Solvent.
5.6. Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Parent, threatened against the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which, if
determined adversely, (a) which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
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on the ability of Parent or Buyer to perform their obligations under this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement or (b) which seeks rescission of or seeks to enjoin the consummation of this Agreement or
the Escrow Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by such agreements.
5.7. Brokers, etc. There are no brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or similar
compensation payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on
any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of Parent or Buyer other than fees (if any) that
will be paid by Parent, Buyer or their Affiliates for which the Seller and its Affiliates will have
no responsibility to pay.
5.8. Investigation; No Additional Representations, etc. Each of Parent and Buyer (a)
has made its own inquiry and investigation into, and based thereon has formed an independent
judgment concerning, the Business and the Company and its Subsidiaries (including operations,
technology, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition, prospects, financial
statements and Subsidiaries), (b) has been furnished with or given adequate access to such
information about the Business and the Company and its Subsidiaries as it has requested, and (c) to
the extent it has deemed appropriate, has addressed in this Agreement any matters arising out of
its investigation and the information provided to it. Each of Parent and Buyer acknowledges that
the Seller, Company, and their respective Affiliates, Representatives, or members have not made nor
shall they be deemed to have made, nor has either Parent or Buyer relied on, any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement, express or implied, with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries,
the Business or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than those expressly set
forth in this Agreement.
6. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
6.1. Operation of Business, Related Matters. From the date hereof through the earlier
of the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11 or the Closing Date, unless
Buyer shall provide its prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed), the Company shall, Seller shall cause the Company to and the Company and
Seller shall cause each of the Company’s Subsidiaries to, conduct the Business in the Ordinary
Course of Business (including the maintenance of sufficient levels of working
capital in order to operate the Business in the Ordinary Course of Business, it being
understood that the Company and its Subsidiaries can distribute to the Seller or its Affiliates any
and all cash at any time prior to the Closing Date and, to the extent such distributions are
included in the Closing Date Cash Distribution Amount, on the Closing Date and take such other
actions as are expressly required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement) in a manner that
complies with all applicable Legal Requirements and use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
the value of the Business as a going concern.
6.1.1. Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 6.1 or as otherwise expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, from the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date, the
Company shall not, Seller shall cause the Company to not and the Company and Seller shall
cause each of the Company’s Subsidiaries to not, without the prior written consent of Buyer,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed:
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6.1.1.1. increase in any manner the compensation or benefits of, or pay any
bonuses to any director or executive officer of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries except for increases or payments in the Ordinary Course of Business;
6.1.1.2. amend the Organizational Documents, as applicable, of the Company or
its Subsidiaries;
6.1.1.3. (a) sell or dispose of any of its Assets, other than sales and
dispositions in the Ordinary Course of Business or (b) purchase or lease (as
lessee), or make any Contractual Obligation for the purchase or lease (as lessee)
of, any Assets, other than the purchase of Assets, including inventory, or lease of
Assets in the Ordinary Course of Business;
6.1.1.4. settle any Action in a manner that would either (a) restrict the
conduct of the Business in any material respect or (b) reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse impact on the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Business;
6.1.1.5. enter into any Contractual Obligation (a) relating to (i) the purchase
of any capital stock of or interest in any Person (other than in connection with the
formation of any wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company), (ii) the purchase of all
or substantially all of the assets of any Person or (iii) any merger, consolidation
or other business combination or (b) of the types described in Section 4.12
(other than purchase orders or sales orders);
6.1.1.6. materially amend, modify, terminate or assign, or take any volitional
action to intentionally default in any material respect under, any Contract, or
otherwise waive, release or assign any material rights or benefits of the Company or
any Subsidiaries of the Company under any Contract;
6.1.1.7. incur Liens, except for Permitted Liens;
6.1.1.8. make any capital expenditure (or series of related capital
expenditures) in excess of $50,000 that is not contemplated by its capital
expenditure budget;
6.1.1.9. issue, sell, grant or otherwise dispose of any Membership Interests or
other equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or grant any
options or other rights to purchase or obtain (including upon conversion, exchange
or exercise) any Membership Interests or other equity securities of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries;
6.1.1.10. except as otherwise required by applicable Legal Requirement: cause
any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to change any material Tax election;
change any annual Tax accounting period; change any method of Tax accounting or
reverse any accruals (except as required by a change in law or GAAP); file any
material amended Tax Returns; sign or enter into any material closing agreement or
settlement agreement; compromise any claim or assessment of material Tax liability;
surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund, offset
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or other reduction in Tax
liability; or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period
applicable to any material Tax claim or assessment;
6.1.1.11. except as required to comply with applicable law or a Company Plan in
effect on the date hereof or as required or contemplated by this Agreement, (a) pay
to any employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company any material benefit not provided for under any Company
Plan in effect on the date hereof, (b) grant any material awards under any Company
Plan to any employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company, (c) take any action to accelerate the vesting or
payment of any material compensation or benefit under any Company Plan with respect
to any employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company, (d) adopt, enter into or amend, in any material respect,
any Company Plan as such plan relates to any employee, officer, director or
independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (e) enter
into Contracts with new employees except in the Ordinary Course of Business or (f)
make any material determination under any Company Plan as such plan relates to any
employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company that is inconsistent with the Ordinary Course of Business;
6.1.1.12. other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, (a) delay the
satisfaction or discharge of any accounts payable or trade payables or (b)
accelerate the collection of any accounts receivable, in each case of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; or
6.1.1.13. enter into any Contractual Obligation to do any of the actions
referred to in this Section 6.1.1.
6.1.2. Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 6.1, as otherwise expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, or as otherwise consented to by Buyer in writing, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, from the date hereof and
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall, Seller shall cause the Company to and Seller
and the Company shall cause each of the Company’s Subsidiaries to:
6.1.2.1. take commercially reasonable action consistent with the Ordinary
Course of Business to reasonably maintain the Assets that are material, either
individually or taken as a whole, in a customary state of repair and condition as is
consistent with the Company’s past practice;
6.1.2.2. (a) timely file all material Tax Returns required to be filed by it
(and all such Tax Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent with past
practice to the extent permitted by law), (b) timely pay all material Taxes due and
payable; and (c) promptly notify Buyer of any receipt of written notification of the
commencement of any material income, franchise or similar Tax claim, investigation
or audit against or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
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6.1.2.3. take commercially reasonable action to maintain insurance coverage
substantially similar in scope and amount to the policies of insurance of the
Company taken as a whole.
6.2. Preparation for Closing. Buyer and Parent on the one hand and Seller and the
Company on the other hand shall each use all commercially reasonable efforts to bring about the
fulfillment of each of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the other set forth in this
Agreement, subject to the following:
6.2.1. Regulatory Compliance, Consents, etc.
6.2.1.1. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, each of the parties agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to assist,
consult with and cooperate with each other and any other parties in doing all things
necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most
expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including using reasonable best efforts to accomplish the following: (a) the taking
of all acts necessary to cause the conditions to Closing to be satisfied as promptly
as practicable, (b) the obtaining of all actions, waivers, permits, consents,
approvals and authorizations from all third parties and all Governmental Authorities
necessary or advisable to consummate, or in connection with, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (c) the making of all necessary registrations and
filings promptly with the appropriate Governmental Authorities, (d) the taking of
all steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an
action or proceeding by any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereunder and (e) the execution and delivery of any additional
instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully
carry out the purposes of, this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall be obligated
to (i) consent to the divestiture of, or structure or conduct relief with respect
to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Business or the Assets or any
assets, properties, business, division, product line or service line of Buyer or any
of its Affiliates or (ii)
contest, administratively or in court, any ruling, order or other action of any
Governmental Entity or any other Person respecting the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
6.2.1.2. In furtherance (but not in limitation) of Section 6.2.1.1,
Parent and the Company shall each keep the other apprised of the status of matters
relating to actions, waivers, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations,
applications, filings and completion of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Subject to applicable law, Parent and the Company shall have the right
to review in advance, and, to the extent practicable, each shall consult the other
on all the information relating to the Company or Parent, as the case may be, and
any of their respective consolidated Subsidiaries, that appear in any filing made
with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental
Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Parent and the Company have filed all required applications, notices or other
filings under the HSR Act with a letter of intent to enter in the transactions
described herein and without a request for early termination or acceleration of any
applicable waiting period. Parent and the Company will file a request for early
termination or acceleration of any applicable waiting period to the extent available
under applicable Legal Requirements on the first Business Day following the date
hereof. Parent on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall each, in
connection with the efforts referenced in this Section 6.2.1 to obtain all
requisite clearance, permits or approvals for the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement under the HSR Act or any other applicable premerger notification scheme,
use its reasonable best efforts to (a) cooperate in all respects with each other in
connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or
other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private party, in each case,
regarding any such transaction; (b) keep the other party informed of any material
communication received by such party from, or given by such party to, the Federal
Trade Commission (the “FTC”), the Antitrust Division of the Department of
Justice (the “DOJ”), or any other Governmental Authority and of any
communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private
party, in each case regarding any such transaction; and (c) subject to applicable
law, permit the other party to review, in advance, any written communication given
by it to or received from, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or
conference with, the FTC, the DOJ, or any other Governmental Authority or, in
connection with any proceeding by a private party regarding any such transaction,
any other Person, and to the extent permitted by the FTC, the DOJ, or other
applicable Governmental Authority or other Person, give the other party the
opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences subject to
applicable law.
6.3. Employees.
6.3.1. Employee Benefit Plans.
6.3.1.1. In addition to the Palisades Associates, Inc. & Affiliates 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan dated January 1, 2010 (“Seller’s 401(k) Plan”),
Schedule 6.3.1 identifies the following categories of Company Plans: (i)
those which are sponsored by the Company or an Affiliate and which will be continued
by the Company after the Closing Date (“Continued Plans”); (ii) those which
are sponsored by the Company or an Affiliate but which will not be continued by the
Company after the Closing Date (“Discontinued Plans”); and (iii) those which
are sponsored by Seller or an entity other than the Company or an Affiliate and in
which the Company will participate through the Applicable Benefit Changeover Date as
hereinafter defined (“Multiple Employer Plans”).
6.3.1.2. With respect to each Company Plan identified as a Continued Plan,
effective as of the Closing Date, Seller shall, and/or shall cause the Company to,
transfer, terminate or otherwise remove from participation in any such Continued
Plan any person participating in any such Continued Plan who
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will not be a Continued Employee (defined below) (or the covered spouse,
domestic partner, child or dependent of a Continued Employee) of the Company after
the Closing Date (a “Retained Employee”). None of the Company, its
Subsidiaries, Buyer nor any of each of their Affiliates shall have any liability
under the Continued Plans with respect to any such Retained Employee; which
liability shall be retained by Seller. Nothing in this Agreement shall obligate
Buyer to continue the Continued Plans for any period of time after the Closing Date
or restrict Buyer’s ability to amend, merge, terminate or otherwise modify the terms
and conditions of any such Continued Plan immediately following the Closing Date or,
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, otherwise modify the employee
benefit programs provided to any Company employee that is employed immediately
following the Closing Date (a “Continued Employee”). Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 6.3.1.2 to the contrary, Buyer shall be
responsible for continuation of group health, dental or vision coverage under Code
Section 4980B of the Code (or state law counterpart) for any qualified beneficiary
(as defined at Section 4980B(g)(1) of the Code) who was or is an employee of the
Company or an Affiliate (or the covered spouse, domestic partner, child or dependent
of such employee) when the qualifying event (as defined at Section 4980B(f)(3))
occurred, whether such event occurred or occurs before, on or after the Closing
Date.
6.3.1.3. With respect to Seller’s 401(k) Plan, Seller shall, or shall cause
the Company to, adopt such resolutions and take such further corporate action as may
be necessary or appropriate to freeze participation in such plan with respect to all
current or former Company employees, terminate the Company’s participation as a
participating employer in the Seller’s 401(k) Plan and separately account or cause
the plan’s third party administrator to separately account for the assets and
liabilities under Seller’s 401(k) Plan attributable to participants who are current
or former employees of the Company, and provide that the account balances of those
participants in Seller’s 401(k) Plan who become Continued Employees will be fully
vested and non-forfeitable. Buyer and Seller shall cooperate to effect a direct,
trustee to trustee, transfer of such segregated assets and liabilities to the
similar pension plan of Buyer (“Buyer’s 401(k) Plan”), as soon as
administratively feasible after the Closing Date. It is the parties’ intention that
the direct, trustee to trustee, transfer of the account balances from the Seller’s
401(k) Plan to the Buyer’s 401(k) Plan shall be in accordance with the requirements
of all applicable law and that the provisions of this section be interpreted
consistent with such requirements. Buyer and Seller agree to cooperate with, and
provide reasonable assistance to, one another in their fulfillment of the mutual
duties and obligations created by this section.
6.3.1.4. With respect to each Company Plan identified as a Discontinued
Plan, effective as of the Closing Date, Seller shall, and/or shall cause the Company
to: (i) terminate such Discontinued Plan, (ii) withdraw from participating in any
Discontinued Plan, (iii) transfer sponsorship of each Discontinued Plan to an entity
other than the Company or a Subsidiary or (iv) perform any combination of the
foregoing, so that the Discontinued Plans shall be
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retained by Seller or an
Affiliate of Seller on and after the Closing Date and no Continued Employee is
eligible to actively participate in any Discontinued Plan after the Closing Date.
None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, Buyer nor any of each of their Affiliates
shall have any liability with respect to any Discontinued Plans, including by way of
clarification and not limitation, claims incurred but not reported prior to the
Closing Date; which liability shall be retained by Seller.
6.3.1.5. With respect to each Company Plan identified as a Multiple
Employer Plan, Seller shall cause such Multiple Employer Plan to continue to cover
Continued Employees for the period commencing on the Closing Date and continuing
through to the Applicable Benefit Changeover Date under the same terms and
conditions as in effect prior to the Closing Date. Buyer shall reimburse Seller for
the actual cost of such continued coverage, including without limitation all premium
costs and administrative costs on a pro-rata basis. Seller shall take such steps as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the withdrawal of the Company from
each such Multiple Employer Plan as of the Applicable Benefit Changeover Date such
that the Company shall cease to be a participating employer in such Multiple
Employer Plan and no Continued Employee is eligible to actively participate in any
such Multiple Employer Plan after the Applicable Benefit Changeover Date. None of
the Company, its Subsidiaries, Buyer nor any of each of their Affiliates shall have
any liability with respect to any Multiple Employer Plans, including by way of
clarification and not limitation, claims incurred but not reported prior to the
Applicable Benefit Changeover Date; which liability shall be retained by Seller.
For purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Benefit Changeover Date”
with respect to any component plan included within the category of “Multiple
Employer Plan” shall be the later of December 31, 2010 or such date as may be
mutually agreeable to the parties.
6.3.2. From the Closing Date until at least one (1) year following the Closing
Date, each Continued Employee shall be entitled to (a) a base salary and bonus opportunity
at the same level or greater than such employee’s base salary and bonus and commission
opportunity as in effect on the Closing Date and (b) other employee benefits and other terms
and conditions of employment that are substantially comparable, in the aggregate, to those
being provided to such employee immediately prior to the Closing Date. Upon or prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall pay (i) all holiday or similar bonuses with respect to the
2010 calendar year to each Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) all
amounts payable under the Project Keystone Success Bonus Plan upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will take such
action, if any, that may be required to assure that no employee of the Company will be
permitted to carryover accrued and unused vacation time to calendar year 2011 in excess of
five (5) days and the cost of any such carryover shall be the responsibility of the Buyer.
6.3.3. With respect to any employee benefit plan, program or policy that is made
available to Continued Employee after the Closing Date: (a) all periods of service with the
Company, or any predecessor entity thereto, by any such employee prior to the Closing Date
shall be credited for eligibility, participation and vesting purposes under
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such plan,
program or policy and for purposes of calculating benefits under any severance, sick leave
or vacation plans, and (b) with respect to any Welfare Plans to which such Continued
Employees may become eligible, Buyer shall take all commercially reasonable steps necessary
to cause such plans to provide credit for the year in which the Closing Date occurs for any
co-payments or deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket payments by such Continued Employees
and to waive all pre-existing condition exclusions and waiting periods, other than
limitations or waiting periods that had not been satisfied, under corresponding Company
Plans prior to the Closing Date. Buyer shall recognize vacation days previously accrued and
reserved for by the Company through the Closing Date subject to the limitation set forth in
the last sentence of Section 6.3.2.
6.3.4. Nothing contained in this Section 6.3, express or implied, is
intended to confer upon any Person not a party hereto any right, benefit or remedy of any
nature whatsoever, including any right to employment or continued employment for any period
of time by reason of this Agreement, or any right to a particular term or condition of
employment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no
provision of this Agreement is intended to, or does, constitute the establishment of, or an
amendment to, any Employee Plan or any employee benefit plan of Buyer or its Affiliates.
6.3.5. On or prior to the Closing Date, Seller and the Company shall use their
reasonable efforts to assist Buyer in obtaining (a) executed employment agreements, in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, with each of Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxx Joong, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxx, or (b)
acknowledgments, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, from any other
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that have change in control agreements
or other Contractual Obligations that provide for severance or termination payments, or for
the acceleration of the time or vesting of any payment, upon a change in control of the
Company to the effect that the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the
continued employment by such employee by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the manner
contemplated by Buyer will not give rise, individually or together, to “good reason”,
constructive termination, without cause termination or any other equivalent basis that would
give rise to payment under any such Contractual Obligations.
6.3.6. Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Company and each Subsidiary
of the Company to (a) accept the resignations provided to Buyer pursuant to Section
2.4.2(b) and (b) appoint or elect new officers, directors or members as is required for
compliance with the applicable Legal Requirements after giving effect to such resignations.
Seller and, except with respect to actions taken in his or her capacity as a director or an
officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable (other than actions taken in
furtherance of his or her resignations), each of the individuals resigning pursuant to
Section 2.4.2(b), shall have no liability and Buyer shall not make any claim for
indemnification, related to or arising out of Buyer’s failure to cause the Company and its
Subsidiaries to appoint or elect new officers, directors or members in compliance with the
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applicable Legal Requirements or otherwise fail to make such individuals’ resignations
effective as of the Effective Date.
6.4. Further Assurances. Each party, upon the request from time to time of any
other party hereto after the Closing, and at the expense of the requesting party but without
further consideration, shall take such actions as may be necessary or reasonably requested to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement in an orderly
fashion.
6.5. Access to Properties and Records. The Company shall permit Parent and its
directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other
appropriate Representatives to have reasonable access, prior to the Closing Date, to the employees,
properties and books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, during normal working hours
and upon reasonable notice, to familiarize itself with the Company’s respective properties,
business and operating and financial conditions or, at the option of Parent or Buyer, to perform
site visits or Phase 1 environmental studies (which in no event will involve any sampling or
analysis of any environmental media and neither Parent nor any of its Representatives may perform
any Phase II environmental testing, test borings or other physical samplings of any of the Real
Property without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent the Company may withhold
in its sole and absolute discretion), provided, however, that Parent and its
Representatives shall not unreasonably disrupt the personnel and operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries. In no way limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to the Closing, the
Company shall, and Seller shall cause the Company to, provide Buyer with all information reasonably
requested in connection with the pledge of certain of the Assets by Buyer following the Closing
Date as additional collateral under Buyer’s or its Affiliates’ existing credit facilities,
including information regarding Accounts Receivable aging and customer credit histories. All
information exchanged pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be subject to the confidentiality
agreement dated August 19, 2010 between the Company and Parent (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”).
6.6. Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees.
6.6.1. For a period of six years after the Closing, Buyer shall not, and shall not
permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, repeal or modify any provision in
the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents relating to the
exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses of any officers and directors
(unless required by law), it being the intent of the parties that the officers and directors
of the Company and its Subsidiaries who served prior to Closing shall continue to be
entitled to such exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses to the full extent
of the law.
6.6.2. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their respective
successors or assigns) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to
any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that such
successors and assigns assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.6. This
Section 6.6 shall be for the benefit of, and shall be Enforceable by, the directors,
officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and their respective heirs and
estates, and such parties shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement for such
purposes.
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6.6.3. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall maintain through the Closing Date
their existing directors’ and officers’ insurance, professional liability insurance and
employment practices liability insurance in full force and effect without reduction of
coverage and shall, prior to the Closing, obtain extended reporting period coverage under
such policies (to be effective as of the Closing and for a period of six years thereafter)
in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing on terms with respect
to such coverage and amounts no less favorable than those of such policy in effect on the
date hereof.
6.7. Access to Records After Closing. For a period of five years after the
Closing Date, Buyer shall cause the Company to provide Seller (or, if applicable, a Person
designated by Seller in a notice to Buyer in accordance with Section 12.6 (“Seller
Designee”)) and each of its authorized Representatives with reasonable access to all of the
books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent that such access may reasonably
be required by such parties in connection with matters relating to or affected by the operations of
the Company prior to the Closing Date. Such access shall be afforded by the Company upon receipt
of reasonable advance notice and during normal business hours; provided, however,
that Seller, any Seller Designee or any of Seller’s its Representatives shall not unreasonably
disrupt the personnel and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries. If the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries shall desire to dispose of any such books and records prior to the expiration of
such five-year period, the Company shall, prior to such disposition, notify Seller and give Seller
(or, if applicable, Seller Designee) and its authorized Representatives a reasonable opportunity,
at Seller’s or Seller Designee’s expense, to segregate and remove such books and records as such
parties may select at the sole cost and expense of Seller.
6.8. Privilege; Waiver of Conflicts. Parent, on behalf of itself and its
Affiliates (which, for this purpose, shall be deemed after the Closing to include the Company and
its Subsidiaries) hereby (a) agrees that, notwithstanding any current or prior representation of
the Company or its Subsidiaries by Ropes & Xxxx LLP (“Prior Company Counsel”), Prior
Company Counsel shall be allowed to represent the Seller and its Affiliates (other than, after the
Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries) in any matters and disputes that arise under or relate
to this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) waives any claim that Parent,
Buyer, the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has or may have that Prior Company Counsel
has a conflict of interest or is otherwise prohibited from engaging in such representation, (c)
agrees that, if a dispute arises after the Closing between Parent, Buyer, the Company, or any of
the Company’s Subsidiaries on the one hand, and the Seller or any of the Seller’s other Affiliates
on the other hand, then Prior Company Counsel may represent the Seller and its other Affiliates in
such dispute even though the interests of the Seller and such other Affiliates may be directly
adverse to Parent, Buyer, the Company and its Subsidiaries and even though Prior Company Counsel
may have represented the Company and its Subsidiaries in a matter substantially related to such
dispute or may be handling ongoing matters for the Company and its Affiliates and (d) agrees that,
as to all communications between or among Prior Company Counsel and the Seller, the Company or its
Subsidiaries (with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, solely prior to the Closing) and/or
any of their respective Affiliates that relate in any way to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, the attorney-client privilege
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and the expectation of client confidence belongs
to the Seller and may be controlled by the Seller and shall not pass to or be claimed or disputed
by Parent, Buyer, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries; provided that nothing herein is
intended or shall be construed to constitute an agreement by the Seller or the Company to waive any
privilege of the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to any information or communication that
does not relate to any dispute under or relating to this Agreement and/or the transactions
contemplated hereby (it being understood that any privilege of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that attaches with respect to such other matters will be controlled solely by the
Company after the Closing). Also, if a dispute arises after the Closing between Buyer, the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries on the one hand, and any third party other than the Seller and its
Affiliates on the other hand, then the Company may assert the attorney-client privilege to prevent
disclosure to such third party of confidential communications by Prior Company Counsel;
provided, however, that to the extent such privilege relates in any way to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company may not waive such privilege without
the prior written consent of the Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed
or conditioned. Each of Parent and Buyer acknowledges on behalf of itself and its Affiliates
(which, for this purpose, shall be deemed after the Closing to include the Company and its
Subsidiaries) that it has had the opportunity to discuss and obtain adequate information concerning
the significance and material risks of, and reasonable available alternatives to, the waivers,
permissions and other provisions of this Section 6.8, including without limitation the
opportunity to consult with independent counsel of its choice.
6.9. Insurance Recoveries. If, and to the extent, the Seller or the Company
obtains any insurance proceeds from any Insurance Policies with respect to any loss of or damages
to any Assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than assets of the types included in the
calculation of Adjusted Working Capital) that occurs from and after the date hereof and prior to
the Closing, to the extent such proceeds are not used to repair, replace or restore such Assets
prior to Closing, then such proceeds shall be retained by the Company and shall not be included in
the calculation of the Closing Cash Amount (or Adjusted Closing Cash Amount) and to the extent any
insurance policy deductible applies to any claim for such loss or damage to such Assets in such
period the aggregate amount of such deductibles borne by the Company (the “Deductible Portion
of Specified Insured Losses”) shall be recoverable from the Escrow Amount as an indemnifiable
Loss pursuant to Section 9.1.5 (subject, without duplication, to the Deductible set forth in
Section 9.4.1).
6.10. Assistance Regarding Insurance Policies. Prior to the Closing, Seller and
the Company shall take all actions reasonably requested by Buyer, if any, that are reasonably
necessary to cause each of the Insurance Policies to continue in full force and effect following
the Closing.
6.11. No Solicitation. Prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 11.1, neither Seller nor the Company will take, nor will they permit their
respective Affiliates (or authorize any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant
or other Person retained by and acting for or on behalf of Seller, the Company or any such
Affiliate) to take, directly or indirectly, any action to initiate, assist, solicit, receive,
negotiate, encourage or accept any offer or inquiry from any Person (a) to reach any agreement or
understanding (whether or not such agreement or understanding is absolute, revocable, contingent or
conditional) for, or otherwise
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attempt to consummate, the sale of the Business (or any part
thereof), any material portion of the Assets or any of the Company or any its Subsidiaries to any
Person other than Buyer or its Affiliates or (b) to furnish or cause to be furnished any
information with respect to the Business to any Person who Seller, the Company or such Affiliate
(or any such Person acting for or on their behalf) knows or has reason to believe is in the process
of considering any acquisition of the Business, any material portion of the Assets or any of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries. If Seller, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates
(or any such Person acting for or on their behalf) receives from any Person (other than Buyer) any
offer, inquiry or informational request referred to above, Seller or the Company, as the case may
be, will promptly advise such Person, by written notice, of the terms of this Section 6.11
and will promptly, orally and in writing, advise Buyer of such offer, inquiry or request and
deliver a copy of such offer, inquiry or informational request to Buyer.
6.12. Nondisclosure. Seller will, for a period of three years from the Closing
Date, refrain from, either alone or in conjunction with any other Person, or directly or indirectly
through its Affiliates, disclosing to any Person, or using for any purpose, any confidential,
proprietary or secret information relating to the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Business;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to disclosure required by applicable Legal Requirements
(including as required by legal, judicial or administrative process). For purposes of this
Section 6.12, the “confidential, proprietary or secret information relating to the Company,
its Subsidiaries or the Business” that is subject to this Section 6.12 is information
relating to the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Business that is included in the Assets, but in
any event does not include any information (a) that is or becomes generally available to the public
or the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries compete (other than as a result of a
breach of this Section 6.12) or (b) becomes available to Seller or any of its Affiliates
from a third party after the Closing not bound by confidentiality agreement or any legal, fiduciary
or other obligation restricting disclosure that is known to Seller.
6.13. Settlement of Intercompany Accounts; Termination of Palisade Management
Agreement.
6.13.1. On or prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall (i) cause all intercompany
payables, receivables and loans between any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), on the other hand, to be settled or cancelled and (ii) cause all intercompany
loans between the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries, on the other hand (other than the loans owed to the Company by each
of Voice Video and Data Distribution de Mexico, Services Voice Video and Data Distribution
de Mexico, TVC ESPANA Distribucion y Venta De Equipos, S.L. and TVC do Brasil Ltda.) to be
settled, cancelled, repaid or contributed to capital with the effect that such intercompany
loans will be satisfied in full prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing, Seller and
the Company shall cooperate with Buyer as reasonably requested to contribute to capital, or
otherwise settle in a manner reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller, the loans owed to
the Company by each of TVC ESPANA Distribucion y Venta De Equipos and S.L. and TVC do Brasil
Ltda. with the effect that such intercompany loans will be satisfied in full as promptly as
reasonably practicable.
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6.13.2. The Palisades Management Agreement set forth on Schedule 4.19(b)
will be terminated prior to the Closing and the Company and its Subsidiaries will have no
further obligation thereunder from and after the Closing.
6.14. Audited Financial Statements. Prior to the Closing, Seller and the
Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to (a) furnish to Parent any financial statements,
information or other documents that are reasonably requested by Parent in connection with a Form
8-K or offering document and (b) obtain the agreement of McGladrey & Xxxxxx L.L.P. that it will
provide its consent to the inclusion of such firm’s opinion with respect to any audited financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries to be included in a Form 8-K or to the inclusion or
incorporation by reference of such opinion in an offering document with respect to a debt or equity
offering. Parent shall reimburse Seller for any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by
Seller in connection with taking any actions requested by Parent pursuant to this Section
6.14.
6.15. Required Consents. The Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain the landlord consents to the transactions contemplated hereby with respect to the Lease
between RPH Industrial, LLC and TVC Communications, L.L.C. dated September 1, 2004 as amended, by
the First Amendment to Lease between RPH Industrial, LLC and TVC Communications, L.L.C. dated
January 22, 2007 (re: property in Middletown, PA) and Lease Agreement between Cabot Industrial
Venture B, LLC and TVC Communications, L.L.C. dated June 21, 2005 (re: property in Fullerton, CA).
If such consent is not obtained on terms reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and the landlord to such
lease terminates the lease because such consent was not obtained and the Company relocates from
such leased facility to a new facility within the same geographic area (i.e. 15 miles) prior to the
first anniversary of the date of this Agreement, the Buyer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from
the Escrow Amount, without regard to the Deductible referenced in Section 9.4.1 hereof, for
reasonable costs of vacating the premises and relocating to such other premises. If such consents
have not been obtained prior to the Closing Date, Buyer and the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain such consents.
6.16. Supplemental Schedules. On December 1, 2010, Seller and Buyer shall agree
on the estimated date on which the Closing will occur (the “Estimated Closing Date”). On
the third day prior to the Estimated Closing Date, the Company shall either confirm to Buyer the
continued accuracy as of the fifth day prior to the Estimated Closing Date of the Schedules
attached hereto or deliver to Buyer supplemental or amended Schedules as of the fifth day prior to
the Estimated Closing Date to disclose any changes or additional matters that would be required to
be disclosed on Schedules to avoid a breach of any the representations or warranties of the Company
and the Seller made under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any supplement or amendment to the
Schedules made pursuant to this Section 6.16, for purposes of the bring-down of representations and
warranties set forth as a closing condition in Section 7.1 and for purposes of any post-Closing
obligations under Section 9.1.2, the Schedules referred to in this Agreement shall be deemed to
include only that information contained therein on the date hereof and shall be deemed to exclude
all information contained in any such supplement or amendment thereto.
7. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION TO CLOSE OF PARENT AND BUYER. The obligations of each of
Parent and Buyer to consummate the Closing under this Agreement are
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subject to the satisfaction, at
or prior to the Closing, of all of the following conditions, compliance with which, or the
occurrence of which, may be waived in writing prior to the Closing by Parent or Buyer:
7.1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. All representations and
warranties of Seller and the Company contained in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality
or references to Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects and all
representations and warranties of Seller and the Company contained in this Agreement that are not
so qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all material
respects, in each case as of the Closing Date, as if made on the Closing Date immediately prior to
the Closing, except for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
particular date (which shall have been true and correct as of such specified date to the same
extent as set forth above). Seller and the Company shall have performed and satisfied, in all
material respects, all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or
satisfied by Seller or the Company at or prior to the Closing. Seller and the Company shall have
furnished to Buyer a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions
specified in this Section 7.1 and Section 7.3 have been satisfied.
7.2. Governmental Authorization; Litigation. All necessary filings, if any,
pursuant to the HSR Act shall have been made and all applicable waiting periods thereunder shall
have expired or been terminated. No Action shall have been instituted at or prior to the Closing
which would reasonably be expected to result in any Governmental Order (nor will there be any
Governmental Order in effect) which would prevent consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
7.3. No Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred from September 30,
2010 to the Closing Date any event or development that has had or is reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
7.4. Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement shall have been executed and
delivered by Seller and the Escrow Agent.
7.5. Payoff Letters. The Company will have obtained, and provided Buyer copies
of, payoff letters or other necessary documentation to provide satisfactory evidence to the Buyer
that the Company and its Subsidiaries will be released from all payments and other obligations in
respect of the Debt of the Company or its Subsidiaries upon repayment of such Debt as contemplated
by Section 2.4.1.
7.6. Opinion. The Seller shall have delivered an opinion of Ropes & Xxxx LLP in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer to the effect that the Seller owns 100% of the Membership
Interests as of, but before giving effect to, the Closing.
8. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION TO CLOSE OF SELLER. The obligations of Seller and the Company
to consummate the Closing under this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the
Closing, of all of the following conditions, compliance with which, or the occurrence of which, may
be waived prior to the Closing by Seller:
8.1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. All representations and
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Parent and Buyer contained in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality shall
be true and correct in all respects and all representations and warranties of the Company contained
in this Agreement that are not so qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all
material respects, in each case as of the Closing Date, as if made on the Closing Date immediately
prior to the Closing, except for those representations and warranties which address matters only as
of a particular date (which shall have been true and correct as of such specified date to the same
extent as set forth above). Parent and Buyer shall have performed and satisfied, in all material
respects, all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or satisfied by
Parent or Buyer at or prior to the Closing. Parent and Buyer shall have furnished to the Company a
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in this
Section 8.1 have been satisfied.
8.2. Legality; Governmental Authorization; Litigation. All necessary filings, if
any, pursuant to the HSR Act shall have been made and all applicable waiting periods thereunder
shall have expired or been terminated. No Action shall have been instituted at or prior to the
Closing which would reasonably be expected to result in any Governmental Order (nor will there be
any Governmental Order in effect) which would prevent consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
8.3. Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement shall have been executed by Parent,
Buyer and the Escrow Agent, and delivered to Seller.
9. INDEMNIFICATION; TAX MATTERS.
9.1. Indemnification; Indemnification Escrow Cash. Subject to the limitations set
forth in this Section 9, the Seller hereby indemnifies the Buyer Parties and each of their
directors, officers and Affiliates (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) against
and agrees to hold each of them harmless from, against and in respect of:
9.1.1. any and all Losses suffered or incurred by such Buyer Indemnified Party
arising out of or relating or attributable to any breach or default in performance by Seller
or the Company of any covenant or agreement of Seller or the Company contained in this
Agreement;
9.1.2. any and all Losses suffered or incurred by such Buyer Indemnified Party
arising out of or relating or attributable to any breach of, or any inaccuracy in, any
representation or warranty made by Seller or the Company in this Agreement or any
certificate delivered pursuant to the terms hereof;
9.1.3. any and all Losses suffered or incurred by such Buyer Indemnified Party
arising out of or relating or attributable to any Taxes of Seller, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period;
9.1.4. any and all Losses suffered or incurred by such Buyer Indemnified Party
arising out of or relating or attributable to any Company Transaction Expenses to the extent
not paid at or prior to the Closing as contemplated by Section 2.4.1;
9.1.5. any Deductible Portion of Specified Insured Losses (as defined in Section
6.9);
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9.1.6. subject to the Buyer having satisfied its obligations pursuant to
Section 9.7.3, any Final Assigned A/R Amount (as defined below);
9.1.7. any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and Taxes suffered or incurred by
such Buyer Indemnified Party arising out of or relating or attributable to the contribution
to capital or other settlement reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller of the loans made
prior to the Effective Time owed to the Company by each of TVC ESPANA Distribucion y Venta
De Equipos, S.L. and TVC do Brasil Ltda.; and
9.1.8. any and all Losses suffered or incurred by such Buyer Indemnified Party
arising out of or relating or attributable to any Debt of the Company or its Subsidiaries to
the extent not (a) paid at or prior to the Closing as contemplated by Section 2.4.1
or (b) included in the calculation of Adjusted Working Capital or the Closing Debt Amount as
finally determined pursuant to Section 2.5.
provided, however, that after the Closing such indemnification under this
Section 9.1 shall be available solely from the Indemnification Escrow Cash pursuant to the
Escrow Agreement.
9.2. Buyer Indemnification. Subject to the limitations set forth in this
Section 9, Buyer hereby indemnifies Seller and each of its directors, officers and
Affiliates (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”) against and agrees to hold each
of them harmless from, against and in respect of any and all Losses suffered or incurred by such
Seller Indemnified Party arising from relating or attributable to:
9.2.1. any breach or default in performance by Parent or Buyer of any covenant or
agreement of Parent or Buyer contained in this Agreement; and
9.2.2. any breach of, or any inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty made by
Parent or Buyer in this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant to the terms hereof.
9.3. Survival of Representations and Warranties and Pre-Closing Covenants. All
covenants or agreements that are covered by the indemnification obligation under Section
9.1.1 and Section 9.2.1, and any indemnification obligations arising therefrom, shall
survive the Closing and shall expire in accordance with their terms and all representations and
warranties that are covered by the indemnification obligation under Section 9.1.2 and
Section 9.2.2 shall (a) survive the Closing and (b) shall expire on the date that is
twenty-one (21) months after the Closing Date; provided, however, that (x) if a Buyer Indemnified
Party or Seller Indemnified Party, as applicable, delivers to the other party, before expiration of
a covenant, agreement, representation or warranty, a Claim Notice based upon a breach of such
covenant, agreement, representation or warranty, then the applicable covenant, agreement,
representation or warranty shall survive until, and only for purposes of, the resolution of the
matter covered by such Claim Notice and (y) after the Closing, the sole recourse with respect to
any representation, warranty or covenant of Seller or the Company shall be recovery against
Indemnification Escrow Cash as provided herein and under the Escrow Agreement.
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9.4. Limitations.
9.4.1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in the Escrow
Agreement, (a) after the Closing, the aggregate liability for Losses under Section
9.1 shall be limited to the Indemnification Escrow Cash; (b) no indemnification shall be
available to Buyer Indemnified Parties under Section 9.1.2, Section 9.1.5,
and Section 9.1.6 unless and until the aggregate Losses for which indemnification
would otherwise be available under Section 9.1.2, Section 9.1.5, and
Section 9.1.6 exceed $1,250,000 (the “Deductible”), at which point
indemnification shall be available to Buyer Indemnified Parties for the aggregate Losses
under Section 9.1.2, Section 9.1.5, and Section 9.1.6 in excess of
the Deductible; provided, however, that the limitations of clause (b) above
shall not apply to claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1.2 in respect
of any breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section 3.1
(Organization, Power and Standing of Seller), Section 3.2 (Authorization and
Enforceability), Section 3.4 (Ownership), Section 4.1 (Organization and
Power), Section 4.3 (Authorization), Section 4.4 (Capitalization),
Section 4.14 (Taxes), Section 4.19 (Affiliate Transactions), Section
4.20 (Brokers, etc.) or Section 4.28 (Absence of Certain Debt) of this
Agreement, and (c) no indemnification shall be available to Buyer Indemnified Parties under
Section 9.1.7 unless and until the aggregate Losses for which indemnification would
otherwise be available under Section 9.1.7 exceed $25,000, at which point
indemnification shall be available to Buyer Indemnified Parties for the aggregate amount of
Losses under Section 9.1.7.
9.4.2. After the Closing, no party will be liable under this Section 9, and no
claim for indemnification may in any event be asserted under this Section 9, for any
loss of, or based on any multiple of, profits or earnings, diminution in value or
incidental, punitive, indirect, special or consequential damages by reason of a breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or indemnity contained herein, except to
the extent that a party is required to pay any such damages to a third party in connection
with a matter for which such party is otherwise entitled to indemnification under this
Section 9.
9.4.3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the amount of any Losses for
the purposes of determining amounts recoverable under this Section 9 shall be
reduced by the net amount of any insurance proceeds recovered by the Seller Indemnified
Party or the Buyer Indemnified Party, as applicable, in respect of such Losses.
9.4.4. After the Closing, the rights of the Buyer Indemnified Parties and Seller
Indemnified Parties under this Section 9 and the Escrow Agreement shall be the sole
and exclusive remedy of the Buyer Indemnified Parties and Seller Indemnified Parties with
respect to any and all disputes, claims, actions, litigation, suits, causes of action or
proceedings arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
thereby, except with respect to disputes, claims, actions, litigation, suits, causes of
action or proceedings arising out of or related to intentional fraud or willful
misrepresentation.
9.4.5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, other than pursuant to
Section 9.1.7, no Buyer Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification for
Losses
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(including under Section 9.1.3 or through a claim of breach of representation)
relating or attributable to (a) Tax liabilities (i) for any period beginning after the
Closing Date or any period beginning before the Closing Date to the extent attributable to
the portion of such period after the Closing Date, (ii) attributable to any actions taken by
Parent, Buyer, the Company or their respective Affiliates after the Closing (including
actions taken after the Closing but on the Closing Date), (iii) which are included in the
calculation of Adjusted Working Capital as finally determined pursuant to Section
2.5, or (iv) which are the responsibility of Buyer under Section 9.6.4 or (b) the
amount, availability of, or limitations on any Tax attributes (including basis in assets,
depreciation and amortization periods, depreciability and amortizability, net operating loss
carryovers, and credit carryovers). Any indemnification for Losses relating or attributable
to Tax liabilities shall be reduced by amounts paid prior to the Closing, including through
estimated Tax payments or other prepayments of Taxes by the Company or its Affiliates with
respect to such Tax liabilities.
9.5. Indemnification Claims.
9.5.1. Promptly after the receipt by either a Buyer Indemnified Party or a Seller
Indemnified Party, as the case may be (referred to herein as an, “Indemnified
Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action against such Indemnified Party by a
third party (such action, a “Third Party Claim”), such Indemnified Party shall, if a
claim with respect thereto is to be made for indemnification pursuant to this Section
9, give written notification to Seller or Buyer, as the case may be (referred to herein
as an, “Indemnifying Party”) of the commencement of such Third Party Claim. Such
notification shall be given promptly upon receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of such
Third Party Claim, and shall describe in reasonable detail (to the extent known by the
Indemnified Party) the facts constituting the basis for such Third Party Claim and the
amount of the claimed Losses; provided, however, that no delay or failure on
the part of the Indemnified Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party shall limit any
liability or obligation for indemnification pursuant to this Section 9 except to the
extent of any damage or liability caused by or arising out of such delay or failure. Within
fifteen (15) calendar days after delivery of such notification, the Indemnifying Party may,
upon written notice thereof to the Indemnified Party, assume control of the defense of such
Third Party Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. If the
Indemnifying Party does not so assume control of the defense of a Third Party Claim, the
Indemnified Party shall control such defense. The party not controlling the defense of a
Third Party Claim (the “Non-controlling Party”) may participate in such defense at
its own expense. The party controlling the defense of the Third Party Claim (the
“Controlling Party”) shall keep the Non-controlling Party advised of the status of
such Third Party Claim and the defense thereof and shall consider in good faith
recommendations made by the Non-controlling Party with respect thereto. The Non-controlling
Party shall furnish the Controlling Party with such information as it may have with respect
to such Third Party Claim (including copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading
which may have been served on such party and any written claim, demand, invoice, billing or
other document evidencing or asserting the same) and shall
otherwise cooperate with and assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such Third
Party Claim. The fees and expenses of counsel to the Controlling Party shall be
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considered
Losses for purposes of this Agreement. The Controlling Party shall not agree to any
settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third Party Claim without the
prior written consent of the Non-controlling Party, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, claims
relating to Taxes shall not be governed by Section 9.5.1 or Section 9.5.2
and shall be governed instead by Section 9.6.
9.5.2. In order to seek indemnification under this Section 9 (other than in
respect of Third Party Claims which shall be governed by Section 9.5.1), an
Indemnified Party shall deliver a Claim Notice to the Indemnifying Party and a copy of such
Claim Notice to the Escrow Agent. Such Claim Notice shall be delivered by the Indemnified
Party within thirty (30) calendar days after the Indemnified Party learns of the claim and
shall describe in reasonable detail the facts constituting the basis for such claim and the
Claim Amount; provided, no delay or failure on the part of an Indemnified Party in
so notifying the Indemnifying Party shall limit any liability or obligation for
indemnification pursuant to this Section 9, except to the extent of any damage or
liability caused by or arising out of such delay or failure.
9.6. Tax Matters.
9.6.1. The parties hereto agree that it is their intent that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a
purchase of the Company’s assets and each Subsidiary’s assets, and each of Parent, Buyer,
Company, and Seller, shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, file all Tax
Returns in a manner consistent with such intended treatment, unless otherwise required by
law.
9.6.2. Neither Buyer nor any Affiliate shall make or cause or allow to be made any
election under any foreign law equivalent to an election under Section 338 of the Code with
respect to the Subsidiaries without Seller’s prior written consent, and Buyer and its
Affiliates shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller, its Affiliates, and any direct and
indirect beneficial owners from any Losses resulting from such an election.
9.6.3. The Buyer shall prepare an allocation of the purchase price (as determined for
tax purposes) among the Company’s assets and each Subsidiary’s assets as of immediately
prior to the Closing (the “Purchase Price Allocation”). For this purpose, assets
shall be valued consistently, to the extent applicable and permitted by Law, with the
valuations used for purposes of the calculation of Adjusted Working Capital. Buyer shall,
no later than sixty (60) calendar days after the Closing Date (or, if later, promptly after
the finalization of Adjusted Working Capital), provide the Purchase Price Allocation to
Seller for Seller’s review and approval. If the parties cannot agree on the Purchase Price
Allocation after negotiating in good faith, any disputes shall be submitted to the
Arbitrator to be resolved in accordance with the principles of this Section 9.6.3
and Section 2.5.5. Each of Parent, Buyer, Company, and Seller shall, and shall
cause their
respective Affiliates to, file all Tax Returns consistent with the Purchase Price
Allocation as finally agreed to by the parties or as determined by the Arbitrator (the
“Final Purchase Price Allocation”), and none of them shall take a position in any
Tax proceeding contrary to the Final Purchase Price Allocation unless otherwise required by
law.
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9.6.4. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other similar
Taxes, if any, arising in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall be borne 50% by Buyer and 50% by Seller. Each of the parties hereto shall prepare and
file, and shall fully cooperate with each other party with respect to the preparation and
filing of, any Tax Returns and other filings relating to any such Taxes or charges as may be
required.
9.6.5. Buyer shall (or shall cause the Company to) promptly (and in any event within
twenty (20) calendar days after receipt by Buyer, Company, or any Affiliate, of notice from
any taxing authority) notify Seller (or, if applicable, Seller Designee) in writing of (a)
the commencement of any audit or examination of any Tax Return of the Company or any
Subsidiary for any period ending on or prior to the Closing Date or any period that includes
the Closing Date, and (b) any other proposed change or adjustment, claim, dispute,
arbitration or litigation that, if sustained, could give rise to a claim by any Buyer
Indemnified Party for indemnification in respect of Losses relating to Taxes under this
Agreement (any such audit, examination, change, adjustment, claim, dispute, arbitration, or
litigation, a “Tax Proceeding”), although failure to so notify shall not limit the
Buyer Indemnified Parties’ rights to indemnification under Section 9.1, if
applicable, except to the extent such failure prejudices the ability of Seller (or, if
applicable, Seller Designee) to contest such claims. Such notice shall describe the Tax
Proceeding in reasonable detail and shall include copies of any notices and other documents
received from any taxing authority in respect of such Tax Proceeding. Seller (or, if
applicable, Seller Designee) shall have the right, at its election, to control such Tax
Proceeding (including any court proceeding following an audit or examination); provided,
however, that Seller (or, if applicable, Seller Designee) may not settle any issues raised
in such Tax Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if such settlement could affect the
Tax liability of the Company or any Affiliate for a post-Closing period. If Seller (or, if
applicable, Seller Designee) does not elect to control any such Tax Proceeding, then Buyer
may control such Tax Proceeding; provided, however, that Buyer shall keep Seller (or, if
applicable, Seller Designee) informed of the status of the Tax Proceeding, including by
advance notification to Seller (or, if applicable, Seller Designee) of any scheduled
meetings or phone calls and of any submissions to any taxing authority or court, and Seller
(or, if applicable, Seller Designee) may at its option participate in the Tax Proceeding at
its own expense; and provided, further, that Buyer may not settle any issues raised in any
Tax Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Seller (or, if applicable, Seller
Designee) which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
9.6.6. The Company shall prepare or cause to be prepared consistent with the Company’s
past practice, and shall duly and timely file or cause to be filed, all Tax Returns of the
Company and its Subsidiaries that are required to be filed after the Closing
Date for Pre-Closing Tax Periods. The parties agree that any Tax deductions
attributable to compensation payments and any other compensation events made or that occur
on or prior to the Closing Date will be allocated to the Pre-Closing Tax Period and will be
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taken on Seller’s Tax Returns to the extent permitted by Law. Company shall deliver any such
Tax Returns to Seller (or, if applicable, Seller Designee) for its review at least thirty
(30) calendar days prior to the filing thereof and Company shall make any changes to such
Tax Returns that are reasonably requested by Seller (or, if applicable, Seller Designee);
provided, however, that if the Company and Seller (or, if applicable, Seller Designee)
cannot resolve any dispute regarding any requested change, the dispute shall be submitted to
a mutually acceptable independent accounting firm for resolution (in a manner consistent
with the Company’s past practice, except to the extent otherwise required by law) and the
Tax Returns shall be filed consistent with such resolution.
9.6.7. Parent shall not amend and shall not permit any of its Affiliates (including the
Company and its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date) to amend any Tax Return of the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to a taxable period ending on or prior to, or that includes,
the Closing Date, or file a ruling request, initiate any audit or investigation or otherwise
seek administrative guidance (on a named or no-names basis) with respect to such taxable
periods without the prior written consent of Seller (or, if applicable, Seller Designee)
unless otherwise expressly required by law.
9.6.8. The parties hereto shall provide such information as the other party hereto may
reasonably request in connection with the preparation of such party’s Tax Returns, or to
respond to or contest any audit or claim or otherwise satisfy any Legal Requirement relating
to Taxes of each party hereto or their respective Affiliates, including provision of powers
of attorney to control a Tax Proceeding in a manner consistent with this Agreement. In
furtherance of the foregoing, no later than February 10, 2011 Buyer or the Company shall
provide, or shall cause to be provided, to Seller all information with respect to the
Company and the Business (calculated and provided in a form consistent with the Company’s
past practice) necessary for Seller and its beneficial owners to prepare their respective
2010 Tax Returns. Buyer and Parent agree to use commercially reasonable efforts (a) to
retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Company and its
Subsidiaries relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the
expiration of the statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by any party, any
extensions thereof) applicable to such taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention
agreements entered into with any taxing authority, and (b) to give the Seller reasonable
written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records
and, upon request, to transfer to the other party possession of such books and records.
9.6.9. Any refund, credit or reduction of Taxes of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, including any interest thereon, with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period,
including any overpayments of estimated Taxes or other prepayments of Tax, will be for the
account of the Seller, and will be promptly paid to the Seller by Purchaser or the Company,
as applicable, within ten (10) Business Days after any such refund, credit, reduction or
overpayment, or interest thereon, is received by, or reduces Taxes otherwise due and payable
by, Purchaser, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
Affiliates; provided, however, that no payment under this Section 9.6.9
shall be made to Seller with regard to any refund, credit or reduction of Taxes (and any
interest thereon) (a) which was included in the calculation of Adjusted Working Capital, as
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determined pursuant to Section 2.5, (b) which was the result of the carry
back of a taxable loss or other Tax attribute from a post-Closing tax period (or portion
thereof), (c) which was the result of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries becoming a part
of Parent’s consolidated group following the Closing, or (d) to the extent that any Buyer
Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1.3 but is
unable to receive such indemnification payment because of the limitation in Section
9.4.1(a) or because of the expiration of the survival period under Section 9.3.
Purchaser and the Company and its Subsidiaries will cooperate in obtaining such refunds,
overpayments, credits or reduction in Tax liability, including through the filing of amended
Tax Returns or refund claims, at the reasonable request of the Seller, and at the Seller’s
expense. For purposes of this Section 9.6.9, any refund of Taxes, including any interest
thereon, for a Tax period that includes, but does not end on, the Closing Date will be
allocated to the Pre-Closing Tax Period based on the number of days in the portion of the
Tax period ending on and including the Closing Date as a percentage of the total number of
days in the Tax period.
9.7. Uncollectible Accounts Receivable.
9.7.1. Following the Closing, Buyer shall, and shall cause the Company and its
Subsidiaries to, (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to collect all of the Accounts
Receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Date
Accounts Receivable”); and (b) apply payments received from each customer of the
Business first to the Closing Date Accounts Receivable of such customer (to the extent that
such customer had a Closing Date Accounts Receivable) except to the extent that such
customer is disputing all or any portion of such Closing Date Accounts Receivable.
9.7.2. If the Buyer determines in good faith that notwithstanding the actions taken in
accordance with Section 9.7.1 there are, as of the 180th day after the Closing Date, still
uncollectible Closing Date Accounts Receivable in excess of the Closing Date reserves (taken
as a whole) for Closing Date Accounts Receivable reflected in the Final Closing Date
Balance Sheet, and the Buyer decides that it wants to pursue recovery from the Escrow Amount
as contemplated by Section 9.1.6 and this Section 9.7, then the Buyer will provide the
Seller with written notice (“Accounts Receivable Notice”) on or prior to the
195th day following the Closing Date (or, if such 195th day is not a
Business Day then on the next Business Day following such 195th day) setting
forth in reasonable detail the amount of such excess (the “Proposed Excess Uncollectible
A/R Amount”) and the basis for such determination and shall include copies of invoices
or other similar documentation for each relevant customer providing details of the account
and uncollected amount, and the Buyer shall at all times provide the Seller and its
Representatives with reasonable access to the personnel, books, records, documents and other
information of the Company and the Seller in connection with Closing Date Accounts
Receivable and any and all available information with respect to the collection thereof.
The Proposed Excess Uncollectible A/R Amount will be final conclusive and
binding on the parties unless the Seller provides a written notice (“Excess A/R
Dispute Notice”) no later than ten (10) calendar days after delivery of the Accounts
Receivable Notice to Seller. If Buyer and Seller cannot agree on any items raised in the
Excess A/R Dispute Notice within ten (10) calendar days after Buyer’s receipt of the Excess
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Dispute Notice from Seller, the parties will submit their final calculations of items in
dispute to an Arbitrator chosen in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section
2.5 with respect to the selection of an Arbitrator for purchase price adjustment
provisions under this Agreement. The Proposed Excess Uncollectible A/R Amount, as adjusted
to reflect any changes agreed to by the parties and the decision of the Arbitrator, if
applicable, are referred to herein as the “Final Assigned A/R Amount”.
9.7.3. Buyer shall cause the Company to promptly (and in any event within five (5)
Business Days of the determination of the Final Assigned A/R Amount) assign to the Seller,
free and clear of all Liens, all right, title and interest in each of the accounts
receivable that contribute to or constitute any portion of the Final Assigned A/R Amount
upon receipt of (and only to the extent of) a corresponding amount of the Indemnification
Escrow Cash, pursuant to one or more instruments of assignments reasonably satisfactory to
Seller, whereupon Seller shall be free to take any and all actions to collect for its own
account any and all such accounts receivable.
10. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.
10.1. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party to this Agreement, by its execution hereof,
(a) hereby irrevocably submits, and agrees to cause each of its Subsidiaries to submit, to the
exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state or U.S. federal court located in the State of New
York, United States of America, for the purpose of any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in
contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this
Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof, (b) hereby waives, and agrees to cause each of
its Subsidiaries to waive, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Legal Requirement, and agrees
not to assert, and agrees not to allow any of its Subsidiaries to assert, by way of motion, as a
defense or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the
jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or
execution, that any such proceeding brought in one of the above-named courts is improper, or that
this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, or the subject matter of such agreements may not be
enforced in or by such court and (c) hereby agrees not to commence or to permit any of its
Subsidiaries to commence any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or
otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or
relating to the subject matter hereof other than before one of the above-named courts nor to make
any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any
such action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding
or investigation to any court other than one of the above-named courts whether on the grounds of
inconvenient forum or otherwise. Each party hereby consents to service of process in any such
proceeding in any manner permitted by New York law, and agrees that service of process by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to
Section
12.6 is reasonably calculated to give actual notice.
10.2. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH
CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, AND AGREES TO CAUSE EACH OF ITS
SUBSIDIARIES TO WAIVE, AND COVENANTS THAT NEITHER IT NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES SHALL ASSERT
(WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO
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TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT
OF ANY ISSUE, ACTION, CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION, SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), INQUIRY,
PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ESCROW AGREEMENT OR
THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH AGREEMENTS OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. BUYER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY SELLER THAT THIS SECTION 10.2 CONSTITUTES A
MATERIAL INDUCEMENT UPON WHICH SELLER IS RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE
ESCROW AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS RELATING HERETO OR CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. ANY PARTY HERETO
MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 10.2 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN
EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
11. TERMINATION.
11.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the parties only as provided
below:
11.1.1. Buyer and Seller may terminate this Agreement by mutual written consent at any
time prior to the Closing.
11.1.2. Buyer may terminate this Agreement by delivering written notice to Seller at
any time prior to the Closing in the event Seller or the Company is in material breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, Buyer has
notified Seller of the breach in writing, such breach would give rise to the failure of the
condition set forth in Section 7.1 if it was continuing on the Closing Date and such
breach, if curable, has continued without cure for a period of thirty (30) calendar days
after delivery of such notice of breach (a “Terminable Breach”), provided,
that Buyer is not then in Terminable Breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
other agreement contained in this Agreement.
11.1.3. Seller may terminate this Agreement by delivering written notice to Parent at
any time prior to the Closing in the event Parent or Buyer is in material breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, Seller has
notified Parent of the breach in writing, such breach would give rise to the failure of the
condition set forth in Section 8.1 if it was continuing on the Closing Date and such
breach, if curable, has continued without cure for a period of thirty (30) calendar
days after delivery of such notice of breach, provided, that Seller or the Company
is not then in Terminable Breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other
agreement contained in this Agreement.
11.1.4. Buyer and Parent, on the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand, may terminate
this Agreement by providing written notice to the other at any time on or after December 17,
2010, (the “Termination Date”) if the Closing of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall not have occurred by reason of the failure of any
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condition set forth
in Section 7, in the case of Buyer and Parent, or Section 8, in the case of
Seller, to be satisfied; provided, that if on the Termination Date the conditions
set forth in Section 7.2 or Section 8.2, as applicable, have not been
satisfied and satisfaction of such conditions are being diligently pursued by the
appropriate party hereto, and all of the other conditions to Closing contained in Article 7
and Article 8 have been fulfilled or are capable of being fulfilled, then, at the option of
either Buyer or Seller, (which shall be exercised by written notice on or before the
Termination Date), the Termination Date shall be extended to December 29, 2010;
provided, further, that the party seeking to terminate pursuant to this Section
11.1.4 is not then in Terminable Breach of any of its covenants or agreements under this
Agreement.
11.1.5. Either Buyer, on the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand, may terminate this
Agreement by providing written notice to the other if any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over any party issues a Governmental Order permanently enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such order,
decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and non-appealable or if there shall
be adopted any Legal Requirement that makes consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited; provided, however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1.5 shall not be available
to any party whose failure to fulfill any material covenant or agreement under this
Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the action or event described in this
Section 11.1.5 occurring.
11.2. Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 11.1, all obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without
any liability of any party to any other party, except that this Section 11.2 and
Sections 10 and 12 in their entirety will survive such termination and will continue to
apply; provided, however, that no termination shall relieve such party from any
liability arising from or relating to any breach of this Agreement by such party prior to
termination except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement.
12. MISCELLANEOUS.
12.1. Entire Agreement; Waivers. This Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the
Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to
the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements,
understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties with respect
to such subject matter. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall
constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar), shall constitute a
continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided nor shall be effective unless in writing and
executed by the party making such waiver.
12.2. Amendment or Modification. The parties hereto may amend or modify this
Agreement only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto, and any such amendment or
modification shall be Enforceable against the parties hereto. No waiver of any right or remedy
hereunder shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the party giving such
waiver.
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12.3. Severability. In the event that any provision hereof would, under any
applicable Legal Requirement, be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall (to
the extent permitted under any applicable Legal Requirement) be construed by modifying or limiting
it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with, and possible under, any
applicable Legal Requirement. The provisions hereof are severable, and in the event any provision
hereof should be held invalid or unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render
unenforceable or otherwise affect any other provision hereof.
12.4. Successors and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted
assigns (each of which assigns shall be deemed to be a party hereto for all purposes hereof);
provided, however, that (a) no assignment by any party hereto shall be permitted
without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and any such attempted assignment
without consent shall be null and void and (b) no assignment by any party shall relieve such party
of any of its obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section, without
the prior written consent of Seller, Parent or Buyer may assign its rights under this Agreement (a)
to one of its Affiliates or (b) as collateral security to one or more lenders that are providing
debt financing to Parent or Buyer; provided, that no such assignment shall relieve the
Parent or the Buyer of any of their respective obligations hereunder and, furthermore, no such
assignment will be made by Buyer or Parent if such assignment could impair, delay or prevent the
obtaining of any authorization, consent, order or approval of any Person necessary for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or violate the terms of any
authorization, consent, order or approval of a Person obtained in connection with the transaction
contemplated by the Agreement.
12.5. Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement
(including, as provided in Section 2.4.1) or the Escrow Agreement, each of the Seller and
Buyer shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including fees and expenses of it own
financial consultants, accountants and counsel.
12.6. Notices. Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be deemed to have been properly given and delivered if in writing by such party or its legal
representative and delivered personally or sent by facsimile, overnight courier service recognized
in United States and guaranteeing two-day or overnight delivery, or registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Company prior to the Closing, to:
|
TVC Communications, L.L.C. | |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
With a copy to:
|
Ropes & Xxxx LLP | |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
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If to Parent, Buyer or following the
Closing, the Company, to
|
WESCO Distribution, Inc. | |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Chief Operating Officer | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Chief Financial Officer | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
With copy to:
|
Wesco Distribution, Inc. | |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: General Counsel | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
With a copy to: |
||
Xxxx Xxxxx Centre | ||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
If to Seller, to:
|
Palisades TVC Holding, L.L.C. | |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xx | ||
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000. | ||
With a copy to:
|
Ropes & Xxxx LLP | |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices or other communications shall be deemed given
(a) on the date delivered, if delivered personally, (b) two Business Days after being sent by a
overnight courier recognized in the United States and guaranteeing overnight or two-day delivery,
(c) one Business Day after being delivered by facsimile and (d) ten Business Days after being sent,
if sent by registered or certified mail. Each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specify a
different address by delivering notice as aforesaid to each of the other parties hereto.
12.7. Public Announcements. Prior to the Closing and after any termination of this
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Agreement, no party hereto shall issue or make any report, statement or release to the public
(including employees, customers and suppliers of the parties) with respect to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby without the consent of the other parties hereto, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If any party hereto is unable to
obtain, after reasonable effort, the approval of its public report, statement or release from the
other parties hereto and such report, statement or release is required by any Legal Requirement in
order to discharge such party’s disclosure obligations, then such party may make or issue such
report, statement or release and promptly furnish the other parties with a copy thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Confidentiality Agreement, any party to
this Agreement may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax
treatment and the tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any
kind (including opinions or tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment
and tax structure; provided, however, that this sentence shall not permit any
disclosure that otherwise is prohibited by this Agreement if such disclosure would result in a
violation of applicable federal or state securities law.
12.8. Headings, etc. Section and subsection headings are not to be considered part of
this Agreement, are included solely for convenience, are not intended to be full or accurate
descriptions of the content thereof and shall not affect the construction hereof.
12.9. Disclosure; Deemed Cross-Reference in Schedules, etc. Any item listed or
referred to in any schedule pursuant to any Section of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
listed in or incorporated by reference into any other schedule to this Agreement to the extent that
the applicability of the information disclosed to such other representation and warranty or
schedule is reasonably apparent; and the listing of any such item shall not constitute an
admission, or otherwise imply, that any such item rises to the
level of a Material Adverse Effect or is otherwise material for purposes of this Agreement or
such schedules.
12.10. Counterparts. This Agreement and any claims related to the subject matter
hereof may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,
but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
12.11. Governing Law. This Agreement and any claims related to the subject matter
hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with laws of the State of New York, United
States of America, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that
would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
12.12. Specific Performance. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary
(including in Section 9), (a) each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that the other
parties would be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached or violated; (b)
accordingly, each of the parties agrees that, without posting bond or similar undertaking, the
other parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or violations
of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms and
provisions hereof in any Action instituted in any court having jurisdiction over the parties and
the matter in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity; and
(c) each party further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect
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such breach or violation, it shall not assert the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
12.13. No Recourse Against Third Parties; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Parent and
Buyer shall not assert (except to the extent permitted in Section 9) any claim against the
Seller or any of its partners, members, equityholders, Representatives or controlling persons or
Affiliates (or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing) with respect to matters arising under or
relating to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, or (except to the extent permitted in Section 9) hold or attempt to hold the
Seller or any such Persons liable, for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or
omissions with respect to information furnished by the Company or such Persons concerning the
Business, the Company, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Except as set forth
in Section 6.6, Section 6.8 and this Section 12.13, this Agreement is for
the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns, and nothing
express or implied herein shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than to such
parties and to such permitted successors and assigns, any legal or equitable rights or remedies.
12.14. Parent Guaranty. Parent hereby guarantees the full performance by Buyer
(including any assignee of Buyer under Section 12.4) of its obligations under this Agreement. The
obligations of Parent shall be of the same scope, nature and extent as the obligations of Buyer
(and any assignee), and will be subject to any limitations, defenses, claims, counterclaims,
remedies or rights of Buyer (and any assignee) hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have caused this
Agreement to be executed, as of the date first above written by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized.
PARENT: | WESCO DISTRIBUTION, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Van Oss | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Van Oss | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |
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BUYER: | WDCH, LP By CBC LP Holdings, LLC Its general partner |
By WDC Holding, Inc. Its sole member |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Van Oss | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Van Oss | |||
Title: | President | |||
[Signatures continue on the next page.]
THE COMPANY: | TVC COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
SELLER: | PALISADES TVC HOLDING, L.L.C. By Palisades Management, L.L.C. Its Manager |
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President |