AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among GEOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC., DUO GUO ACQUISITION, INC., D MOBILE, INC., and JONATHAN SERBIN Dated as of February 12, 2010
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
DUO
GUO ACQUISITION, INC.,
D
MOBILE, INC.,
and
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXX
Dated
as of February 12, 2010
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
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Definitions
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE
II
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The
Merger, Effective Time; Merger Consideration
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Section
2.1
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The
Merger
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1
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Section
2.2
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Effective
Time of the Merger
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2
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Section
2.3
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Treatment
of PHL Note
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2
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Section
2.4
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Treatment
of Company Warrants
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2
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Section
2.5
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Treatment
of Company Options
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2
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Section
2.6
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Aggregate
Merger Consideration.
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3
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Section
2.7
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Fractional
Shares
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3
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Section
2.8
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Escrows
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3
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Section
2.9
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Conversion
and Cancellation of Securities
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4
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Section
2.10
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Closing
of Transfer Books
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6
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ARTICLE
III
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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Section
3.1
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Organization
and Good Standing; Qualification
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7
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Section
3.2
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Capitalization.
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7
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Section
3.3
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Corporate
Records
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8
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Section
3.4
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Authorization
and Validity
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8
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Section
3.5
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Subsidiaries
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9
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Section
3.6
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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9
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Section
3.7
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Financial
Statements.
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9
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Section
3.8
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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11
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Section
3.9
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Liabilities
and Obligations
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11
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Section
3.10
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Accounts
Receivable
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12
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Section
3.11
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Employee
Matters.
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12
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Section
3.12
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Labor
Relations; Compliance.
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13
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Section
3.13
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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13
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Section
3.14
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Title;
Leased Assets.
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13
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Section
3.15
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Condition
of Fixed Assets
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14
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Section
3.16
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Inventory
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14
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Section
3.17
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Commitments.
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14
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Section
3.18
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Insurance
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17
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Section
3.19
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Proprietary
Rights.
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17
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Section
3.20
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Taxes.
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20
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Section
3.21
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Compliance
with Laws
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22
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Section
3.22
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fee
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22
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(i)
Section
3.23
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Litigation
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22
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Section
3.24
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Accuracy
of Information Furnished.
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23
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Section
3.25
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Ownership
Interests of Interested Persons
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23
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Section
3.26
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Environmental
Laws
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24
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Section
3.27
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Certain
Payments
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24
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ARTICLE
IV
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Representations
and Warranties of Xxxxxx
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Section
4.1
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Authority
and Ownership.
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24
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Section
4.2
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No
Breach
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25
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Section
4.3
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Consents
and Approvals
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25
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Section
4.4
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Status
of Xxxxxx.
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25
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Section
4.5
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Investments
in Competitors
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26
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Section
4.6
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fee
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26
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ARTICLE
V
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Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
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Section
5.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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26
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Section
5.2
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Authorization
and Validity
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26
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Section
5.3
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Issuance
of Shares
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26
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Section
5.4
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No
Violation
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27
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Section
5.5
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fee
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27
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Section
5.6
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SEC
Filings; Parent Financial Statements.
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27
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Section
5.7
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Securities
Exemption
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28
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ARTICLE
VI
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Other
Agreements
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Section
6.1
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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28
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Section
6.2
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Supplements
and Amendments to the Disclosure Schedules
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28
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Section
6.3
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Conduct
of Business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
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28
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Section
6.4
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Access
to Information.
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31
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Section
6.5
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Consents
and Approvals.
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31
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Section
6.6
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Filing
of Designation
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32
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Section
6.7
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Board
Observation Rights; Nomination
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32
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Section
6.8
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Delivery
of Audited Financial Statements
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32
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Section
6.9
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Covenants
Not to Compete
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32
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ARTICLE
VII
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CLOSING;
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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Section
7.1
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Closing;
and Closing Date
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33
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Section
7.2
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party
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34
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Section
7.3
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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34
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Section
7.4
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Conditions
to the Obligations of the Company
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36
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(ii)
ARTICLE
VIII
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TERMINATION
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Section
8.1
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Termination
Events
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37
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Section
8.2
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Effect
of Termination
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38
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ARTICLE
IX
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Remedies
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Section
9.1
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Indemnification
by Xxxxxx
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39
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Section
9.2
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Indemnification
by Parent
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39
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Section
9.3
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Conditions
of Indemnification
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39
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Section
9.4
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Waiver
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40
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Section
9.5
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Remedies
Exclusive
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40
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Section
9.6
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Offset
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40
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Section
9.7
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Costs
and Expenses
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41
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Section
9.8
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Specific
Performance
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41
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ARTICLE
X
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Miscellaneous
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Section
10.1
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Amendment
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41
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Section
10.2
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Assignment
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41
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Section
10.3
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Parties
In Interest; No Third Party Beneficiaries
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41
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Section
10.4
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Entire
Agreement
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41
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Section
10.5
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Severability
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41
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Section
10.6
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Survival
of Representation and Warranties
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42
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Section
10.7
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Governing
Law
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42
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Section
10.8
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Captions
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42
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Section
10.9
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Confidentiality;
Publicity and Disclosures
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42
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Section
10.10
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Notice
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42
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Section
10.11
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Counterparts
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43
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Exhibits:
Exhibit
A
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Definitions
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Exhibit
B
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Company
Capitalization; Merger Consideration
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Parent Warrants
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Exhibit
D
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Preferred
Stock Designation
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Xxxxxx Employment Agreement
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Exhibit
F
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Securityholder
Consent
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Exhibit
G
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Option
Repurchase and Cancellation Agreement
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Exhibit
H
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Form
of Lock Up and Release Agreement
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Exhibit
I
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Press
Release
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(iii)
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”), dated as of
February 12, 2010 is by and among D Mobile, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx (“Xxxxxx”), Geos
Communications, Inc., a Washington corporation (“Parent”), and Duo Guo
Acquisition, Inc. a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent
(“Merger
Sub”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the board of
directors of Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, and the respective
boards of directors of Merger Sub and the Company have each approved the merger
of the Company with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”) in accordance with
the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”)
and the provisions of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants, promises,
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
Section
1.1
Definitions. Certain
terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
ARTICLE
II
The
Merger, Effective Time; Merger Consideration
Section
2.1
The Merger. Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof and in accordance with the DGCL, at the
Effective Time:
(a) The
Company shall be merged with and into Merger Sub and the separate existence of
the Company shall cease.
(b) Merger
Sub, as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), (A)
shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, (B) shall continue its corporate
existence under the laws of the State of Delaware, and (C) shall succeed to all
public and private rights, privileges, powers, assets, liabilities and
obligations of the Company and Merger Sub in accordance with the
DGCL.
(c) The
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Merger Sub, in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall remain the Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
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(d) The
directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, each to hold
office in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation.
(e) The
officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx as President and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as Secretary, each to hold office in accordance with the
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, in each case until their respective
successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
(f) The
Merger shall have all the effects provided by applicable law.
Section
2.2
Effective Time of the
Merger. As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, the
parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing the appropriate
documents with the Secretary of State of Delaware, in such form as required by,
and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the DGCL (the “Certificate of
Merger”). The Merger shall become effective at 11:59 p.m. on
the day of filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
Delaware in accordance with the DGCL or such later date or time agreed upon by
Parent and the Company and set forth therein (the “Effective Time”)
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Section
2.3
Treatment of
Notes.
(a) As
a condition of the Closing, at the Closing, the PHL Note shall be exercised and
converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration set forth opposite
PHL’s name under the heading “Stock” on Exhibit B attached
hereto, and thereafter the PHL Note shall be cancelled.
(b) Immediately
prior to the Closing and in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes,
the Convertible Notes shall automatically convert into shares of Company Common
Stock and the right to receive the Merger Consideration set forth opposite the
Convertible Note holders’ names under the heading “Convertible Notes” on Exhibit
B.
Section
2.4
Treatment of Company
Warrants. As a condition of the Closing, at the Closing, each
of the Company Warrants shall be converted into the right to receive the portion
of the Warrant Consideration set forth opposite each Company Warrant Holder’s
name on Exhibit
B and thereafter the obligation of the Company to issue such Company
Warrants shall be cancelled. The Company and the Company Warrant
Holders shall take such actions as may be required to facilitate the
foregoing.
Section
2.5
Treatment of Company
Options. The Company Options
shall be deemed to have been repurchased by the Company, at a repurchase price
of $4.45 per share of the Company Common Stock that would have been issued upon
exercise of the Company Options if they had been issued, and each Company Option
Holder shall have the right to receive the repurchase price, in cash, as set
forth opposite each Company Option Holder’s name on Exhibit B and
thereafter the obligation of the Company to issue such Company Options shall be
cancelled. The Company and Company Option Holders shall take such
actions, including amending the agreements, as may be required to facilitate the
foregoing.
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Section
2.6
Aggregate Merger
Consideration.
(a) Security
Consideration. Exhibit B lists the
Company Common Stock, Company Series A Preferred Stock, Company Warrants,
Company Options and the PHL Note (collectively, the “Company Securities”)
outstanding or issuable on the date of this Agreement, the Securityholders who
own or have a right to receive the Company Securities and the percentage of the
Merger Consideration to be received by each Securityholder. The
aggregate consideration to be received by the Securityholders in connection with
the Merger shall be the following, subject to reduction in accordance with Sections 2.6(b) and
2.8 (collectively, the “Merger
Consideration”):
(i) Preferred Stock Consideration.
4,125.79 shares of Series G
Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value per share (“Parent Preferred Stock”) of
Parent (the “Preferred Stock
Consideration”).
(ii) Warrant Consideration.
Warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Parent Warrants”), to purchase
753.01 shares of Parent Preferred Stock (the “Warrant
Consideration”).
(b) Cancellation of the Company
Note. The number of shares of Parent Preferred Stock issuable
as the Merger Consideration has been reduced by 121.20 shares of Parent
Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 of that certain Convertible Promissory
Note dated as of December 22, 2009 issued by the Company in favor of Parent (the
“Company Note”), which
number of shares was determined on the basis of the dollar amount of principal
and accrued but unpaid interest on the Company Note as of the Closing Date,
divided by $0.50.
Section
2.7
Fractional
Shares. Fractional shares of Parent Preferred Stock or Parent
Warrants to purchase fractional shares of Parent Preferred Stock may be issued
as Merger Consideration.
Section
2.8
PHL Option Holdback.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent shall
withhold from the Preferred Stock Consideration 177.53 shares of Parent
Preferred Stock (the “PHL
Option Holdback”) to satisfy the conversion provisions of the convertible
note (the “Second PHL
Note”) which PHL has the option to purchase pursuant to Section 4 of that
certain Subscription and Purchase Agreement, dated October 2009, by and between
the Company and PHL. In the event that PHL purchases the Second PHL
Note and exercises the conversion provisions thereof on or before the earlier of
payment in full of the Second PHL Note and October 1, 2013 (the "Option Expiration Date"),
Parent will release to PHL a number of shares of Parent Preferred Stock equal to
the product of the PHL
Option Holdback multiplied by the percentage of the Second PHL Note
converted. To the extent that PHL does not exercise its option to
purchase the Second PHL Note on or before October 1, 2010 or the Second PHL Note
is not fully converted on or before the Option Expiration Date, the
Parent Preferred Stock held back pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be
released to Parent for distribution to the Securityholders as Preferred Stock
Consideration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
this Agreement, 35.51 shares of the PHL Option Holdback shall be subject to
Section 2.9
below and the PHL Option Holdback shall be reduced pro rata for any amounts the
Indemnification Holdback is reduced by Final Claim Amounts.
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Section
2.9 Indemnification
Holdback. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement:
(a) Parent
shall initially withhold twenty percent (20%) of the Merger Consideration, which
is 845.63 shares of Parent Preferred Stock and Parent Warrants to purchase
154.33 shares Parent Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Indemnification Holdback”).
(b) If
a Parent Indemnitee determines in good faith that it is entitled to
indemnification for Damages pursuant to Article IX below,
Parent shall deliver to Xxxxxx a written request for the payment of the amount
of such Damages (a “Payment
Request”), which Payment Request shall identify in reasonable detail the
facts and circumstances with respect to the subject matter of such Damages, the
section of this Agreement for which indemnification is sought and the amount and
method of computing the amount of Damages. Within twenty (20) days
after Xxxxxx receives a Payment Request, Xxxxxx shall deliver to Parent a
written notice (a “Response
Notice”) stating whether or not Xxxxxx objects to the payment of all or
any portion of the Damages amount set forth in the Payment
Request. In the event Xxxxxx does not deliver a Response Notice
within twenty (20) days after receipt of a Payment Request, Xxxxxx will be
deemed not to have objected to any portion of the Damages amount set forth in
the Payment Request and Parent shall deduct such Damages amount from the
Indemnification Holdback pursuant to Section 2.9(c)
below. Parent will be prohibited from deducting any Damages amount in
dispute as set forth in the Response Notice, unless (i) Xxxxxx delivers a
written notice (an “Amended
Response Notice”) to Parent stating he has withdrawn the objection with
respect to all or any part of the objections set forth in the Response Notice,
or (ii) Parent delivers to Xxxxxx a copy of a final, non-appealable order
of a court of competent jurisdiction (a “Final Order”) determining that
the Parent Indemnitee is entitled to payment of such Damages amount under this
Agreement. Upon receipt of an Amended Response Notice from Xxxxxx or
a Final Order not appealed and bonded, as applicable, Parent shall thereafter
act in accordance with Section 2.9(c)
below.
(c) If
Parent has received a Response Notice (or fails to receive a Response Notice as
specified above) or an Amended Response Notice or has obtained a Final Order,
and if such Response Notice (or Payment Request in the event Parent has not
received a Response Notice as specified above), Amended Response Notice or Final
Order indicates that a Parent Indemnitee is entitled to payment in respect of
all or any portion of Damages amount set forth in a Payment Request, then Parent
may deduct from the Indemnification Holdback an amount equal to the amount due
to the Parent Indemnitee as indicated in such Response Notice (or Payment
Request in the event Parent has not received a Response Notice as specified
above), Amended Response Notice, or Final Order (the “Final Claim Amount”) as
calculated in accordance with Section 2.9(c) below
and such amount will be deducted from the Merger Consideration. If
such Response Notice, Amended Response Notice or Final Order indicates that the
Parent Indemnitee is not entitled to all or any portion of the Damages amount
set forth in the Payment Request, then Parent shall not deduct such shares from
the Indemnification Holdback until such amounts are distributed to any Parent
Indemnitee in respect of another Payment Request pursuant to this Section 2.9 or,
subject to Section 2.9(e), the Indemnification Expiration
Period.
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(d) For
purposes of determining the number of shares of Parent Preferred Stock or Parent
Warrants to be deducted from the Indemnification Holdback pursuant to this Section 2.9, Parent
shall divide the amount of the Damages to be paid in accordance with Section 2.9 by $1,000
(the “Stated
Value”). Each share of Parent Preferred Stock and each share
of Parent Preferred Stock underlying the Parent Warrants shall have a value of
$1,000. For purposes of delivery, for each $1,000 of Damages, Parent
shall deduct .85 shares of Parent Preferred Stock and .15 Parent Warrants from
the Indemnification Holdback (or such pro rata portion thereof for amounts less
than $1,000.
(e) If
the outstanding shares of Parent Preferred Stock shall be changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities
of Parent or of another corporation, whether through reorganization,
recapitalization, stock split-up, combination of shares, sale of assets, merger
or consolidation, whether or not Parent is the surviving corporation, then
Parent shall be obligated to substitute for the Parent Preferred Stock the
number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into which each
outstanding share of Parent Preferred Stock shall be so changed. In
the event a contingency described in this subsection occurs, the Stated Value
shall be appropriately adjusted in a manner as agreed by Parent and Xxxxxx
within 30 days of such event.
(f) Promptly
(i) after nine months following the Closing Date (the “First Release Date”), Parent
shall distribute to the Securityholders as Merger Consideration an amount equal
to 50% of the initial Indemnification Holdback less the amount of
Merger Consideration previously deducted by parent as a Final Claim Amount,
which Merger Consideration, if any, to be distributed shall be in the same
Parent Preferred Stock to Parent Warrant ratio as set forth in subsection (c)
above and (ii) after August 15, 2011 (the “Indemnification Expiration
Date”), Parent shall distribute the remainder of the Indemnification
Holdback (the “Indemnification
Final Distribution Amount”) to the Securityholders as Merger
Consideration; provided, however, that in the event that prior to the First
Release Date or the Indemnification Expiration Date, Parent delivers a Payment
Request to Xxxxxx seeking indemnification for Damages (a “Pending Claim”) and such
Pending Claim is unresolved as of the First Release Date or the Indemnification
Expiration Date, Parent shall not distribute, and will continue to hold pursuant
to this Agreement, that number of shares of Parent Preferred Stock or Parent
Warrants pursuant to the Indemnification Holdback having a value equal to the
Damages amount sought with respect to such Pending Claim that is unresolved,
which Parent Preferred Stock and Parent Preferred Stock underlying the Parent
Warrants shall be valued at the Stated Value (the “Reserved
Stock”). Parent shall continue to holdback the Reserved Stock
following the First Release Date or Indemnification Expiration Date, as
applicable, pending resolution of the applicable Pending Claim and, upon
resolution of the applicable Pending Claim, shall either (i) deduct such
Reserved Stock in whole or in part from the Indemnification Holdback payable to
the Securityholders as appropriate following resolution of the applicable
Pending Claim in accordance with Section 2.9, or (ii)
distribute as Merger Consideration to Securityholders pursuant to this
Agreement. In the event that (i) Xxxxxx or Parent delivers to the
other a Final Order that determines or provides that the Parent Indemnitees are
or are not, as the case may be, entitled to payment or reimbursement of some or
all of the Damages requested in any Pending Claim, or (ii) Parent and Xxxxxx
jointly agree in writing that the Parent Indemnitees are or are not, as the case
may be, entitled to some or all of the Damages requested in any Pending Claim,
Parent will disburse the Reserved Stock or portion thereof held in respect of
the Damages subject to such Pending Claim to the Securityholders pursuant to the
Merger Agreement or the Parent Indemnitees, in each case, as specified in such
Final Order or written agreement. At such time after the
Indemnification Expiration Period as all Pending Claims have been finally
resolved in accordance with Section 2.9 and there
remains any Reserved Stock, all remaining Reserved Stock shall be delivered by
Parent to the Securityholders pursuant to this Agreement as Merger
Consideration. A Pending Claim shall be considered to be resolved at
such time as (1) either Parent or Xxxxxx delivers to the other a Final Order
determining the extent, if any, to which the Parent Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification under Article IX below for
the Damages pursuant to such Pending Claim, or (2) Parent and Xxxxxx agree in
writing that such Pending Claim has otherwise been resolved, which such written
agreement indicates the extent, if any, to which the Parent Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification under Article IX below for
the Damages pursuant to such Pending Claim.
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Section
2.10
Conversion and Cancellation of
Securities. At the Effective Time:
(a) Company Common
Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted
into the Merger Consideration set forth across from the name of each Company
Common Stockholder on Exhibit
B.
(b) Company Series A Preferred
Stock. Each share of Company Series A Preferred Stock issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted
into the Merger Consideration set forth across from the name of each Company
Series A Preferred Stockholder on Exhibit
B.
(c) Treasury
Shares. Each share of Company Common Stock held in the
treasury of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall by virtue
of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Person, be automatically
canceled and retired and cease to exist, and no cash, securities or other
property shall be payable in respect thereof.
(d) Merger Sub Common Stock. Each share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time as a result of the Merger shall be
automatically converted into one newly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation so that, after
the Effective Time, Parent shall be the holder of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Surviving Corporation’s common stock.
Section
2.11 Closing of Transfer
Books. From and after the Effective Time, the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed and no transfer shall thereafter be
made. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of certificates
evidencing ownership of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred
Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights
with respect to such securities, except as otherwise provided for in this
Agreement or in accordance with any Legal Requirements.
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ARTICLE
III
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
The
Company represents and warrants, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiary, to
Parent and Merger Sub that the representations and warranties set forth below
are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct through
the Closing Date. The Disclosure Schedules referenced in this ARTICLE III are
contained in the Company Disclosure Schedules of even date herewith delivered by
the Company to Parent on the date of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure
Schedules”).
Section
3.1
Organization and Good Standing;
Qualification. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
respective jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, with all requisite
power and authority to carry on the business in which it is engaged, to own the
properties it owns, and, with respect to the Company, to execute and deliver the
Transaction Documents and to consummate the Transactions. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified and licensed to do business and
is in good standing in all jurisdictions where the nature of its business makes
such qualification necessary, which jurisdictions and any assumed names are
listed in Section 3.1
of the Company Disclosure Schedules, except where the failure to be
qualified or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or
its Subsidiaries.
Section
3.2
Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 1,500,000 shares of Company
Common Stock, of which 804,761 shares are issued and outstanding, and 500,000
shares of Company Preferred Stock, of which 5,714 shares have been designated
Company Series A Preferred Stock, and all of which shares of Series A
Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, and no shares of Company
Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock are held in the treasury of the
Company. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. No shares of Company Common Stock or Company Series A
Preferred Stock are held in the treasury. Except for the Company
Securities and as set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, there are outstanding (A) no shares of
capital stock or other voting securities of the Company; (B) no securities of
the Company convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of
capital stock or other voting securities of the Company; (C) no options,
warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements or understanding of any
character, whether written or oral, express or implied, to which the Company is
a party or by which it is bound, in any case obligating the Company to issue,
deliver, sell, purchase, redeem or acquire, or cause to be issued, delivered,
sold, purchased, redeemed or acquired, shares of capital stock or other voting
securities of the Company, or obligating the Company to grant, extend or enter
into any of the foregoing. No shares of capital stock of the Company
have been issued or disposed of in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities
Act”), or any other Legal Requirements or in violation of any preemptive
rights. All accrued dividends on the capital stock of the Company,
whether or not declared, have been paid in full.
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(b) The
Company has agreed to issue Company Options to acquire an aggregate of 716
shares of Company Common Stock with each such Option having the per share
exercise price set forth in Section 3.2(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules. Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedules sets forth a complete list, including name, address
(residential for individuals) and tax identification number, of each of the
Company Option Holders and the number of Company Options held by each such
Option Holder.
(c) The
Company has agreed to issue Company Warrants to acquire an aggregate of 169,227
shares of Company Common Stock with each such Company Warrant having the per
share exercise price set forth in Section 3.2(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules. Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedules sets forth a complete list, including name, address
(residential for individuals) and tax identification number, of each of the
Company Warrant Holders and the number of Company Warrants held by each such
Warrant Holder.
(d) All
outstanding convertible notes issued by the Company are set forth in Section 3.2(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules (the “Convertible Notes”) and, in
accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes will
automatically convert into Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Closing
in the amounts set forth under the heading “Convertible Notes” on Exhibit
B.
Section
3.3
Corporate
Records. The copies of the certificate of incorporation,
bylaws (or similar governing documents) and all amendments thereto of the
Company and each Subsidiary that have been delivered to Parent are true, correct
and complete copies thereof, as in effect on the date hereof. The
minute books of the Company and each Subsidiary, copies of which have been
delivered to Parent, contain accurate minutes of all meetings of, and accurate
consents to all actions taken without meetings by, the board of directors or
similar governing body (and any committees thereof) and the security holders of
the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, since the formation of the
Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable.
Section
3.4
Authorization and
Validity. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions,
have been duly authorized by the Company. The Transaction Documents
have been or will be as of the Closing Date duly executed and delivered by the
Company and constitute or will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or the availability of
equitable remedies.
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Section
3.5
Subsidiaries. As
used in this Agreement, “Subsidiaries” shall mean D
Mobile (Shanghai) Information Technology Company Limited, a corporation
organized under the laws of Shanghai (“D Mobile Shanghai”), and Duo
Guo (Shanghai) Information Technology Company Limited, a corporation organized
under the laws of Shanghai (the “WOFE”). Through a
series of agreements, the issued and outstanding capital stock of the WOFE is
owned by Xxx Xxxx and Xx Xxx, but has been impawned to D Mobile Shanghai, thus
making D Mobile Shanghai the ultimate controller of the WOFE. Except
for shares of D Mobile Shanghai owned by the Company and shares of the WOFE
impawned to D Mobile Shanghai, there are outstanding (A) no shares of capital
stock or other voting securities of any Subsidiary; (B) no securities of any
Subsidiary convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of
capital stock or other voting securities of any Subsidiary; (C) no options,
warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements or understanding of any
character, whether written or oral, express or implied, to which any Subsidiary
is a party or by which it is bound, in any case obligating such Subsidiary to
issue, deliver, sell, purchase, redeem or acquire, or cause to be issued,
delivered, sold, purchased, redeemed or acquired, shares of capital stock or
other voting securities of such Subsidiary, or obligating any Subsidiary to
grant, extend or enter into any of the foregoing. No shares of
capital stock of any Subsidiary have been issued or disposed of in violation of
the Securities Act or any other Legal Requirements or in violation of any
preemptive rights. All accrued dividends on the capital stock of each
Subsidiary, whether or not declared, have been paid in full. Except for the
Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any of the
capital stock of any other corporation or any equity, profit sharing,
participation or other interest in any Person.
Section
3.6
No Conflict; Required Filings and
Consents. Except as
set forth in Section
3.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of
the Transactions will not, (i) violate, conflict with, or result in any breach
of any provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar governing document) or any
Subsidiary or any resolution adopted by the board of directors (or similar
governing body) or securityholders of the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii)
violate, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a
default (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) under, any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any Commitment to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company Common Stock, the PHL Note, the
Company Warrants, the Company Options, the securities of any Subsidiary or any
of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary are subject; (iii) result in the
creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon the Company Common Stock, the PHL
Note, the Company Warrants, the Company Options, the securities of any
Subsidiary or any of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (iv)
violate or conflict with any Legal Requirements binding upon the Company or any
Subsidiary or by which or to which the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s assets are
bound. No consent, authorization, approval, permit or license of, or
filing with, any Governmental Body is required by the Company or any Subsidiary
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the consummation by the Company
of the Transactions, except for the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the
Secretary of State of Delaware.
Section
3.7
Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has delivered to Parent the following financial statements (the “Company Financial Statements”,
which term shall include each Monthly Financial Statement and Quarterly
Financial Statement as the same are delivered by the Company to Parent after the
date of this Agreement in accordance with Section
6.12):
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(i) audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at December
31, 2007, and the related audited consolidated statements of income,
changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flow for the fiscal year then ended,
together with the report thereon of BDO Shanghai Zhonghua, independent certified
public accountants;
(ii) an
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
December 31, 2008 (the “Balance Sheet”) and the
related unaudited consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’
equity, and cash flow for the twelve-months then ended;
(iii) audited
balance sheet of D Mobile Shanghai as at December 31, 2008, and the related
unaudited statement of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flow
for the fiscal year then ended;
(iv) audited
balance sheet of WOFE as at December 31, 2008, and the related unaudited
statement of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flow for the
fiscal year then ended; and
(v) an
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
December 31, 2009 (the “Balance Sheet”) and the
related unaudited consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’
equity, and cash flow for the twelve-months then ended (the “2009 Unaudited Financial
Statements”).
(b) The
Company Financial Statements fairly present the financial condition and the
results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flow of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates of and for the periods
referred to in the Company Financial Statements, all in accordance with
GAAP. The Company Financial Statements reflect the consistent
application of such accounting principles throughout the periods involved,
except as disclosed in the notes to such financial statements.
(c) The
Company Financial Statements were prepared in all material respects in
accordance with the books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries, as
applicable. The books and records of the Company and the
Subsidiaries: (i) reflect in all material respects all items of income and
expense and all the assets and liabilities required to be reflected therein in
accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to
normal year-end adjustments consistent with past practices and the absence of
notes); (ii) are complete and correct in all material respects; and (iii) have
been maintained in accordance with good business and accounting practices and
applicable law.
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(d) The
Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that with respect to the business
conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries: (i) the books and records of the
Company and the Subsidiaries are maintained in reasonable detail and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and the
Subsidiaries; (ii) access to assets is permitted and transactions are executed
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences.
(e) Since
December 31, 2009, (a) there have not been any changes in the Company’s or
any Subsidiary’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s internal control over financial reporting; (b) all significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of the Company’s
and the Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information have been
disclosed to the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ outside auditors, and
(c) there has not been any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s or
any Subsidiary’s internal control over financial reporting.
(f) The
Company Audit will not have any material deviations from the 2009 Unaudited
Financial Statements (including, without limitation, any revenues, expenses and
cash flow).
Section
3.8
Absence
of Certain Changes. Since the date of the Balance Sheet, there
has not occurred any event, change, circumstance, condition or effect (including
the incurrence of any liabilities of any nature, whether or not accrued,
contingent or otherwise) having or reasonably likely to have, in the aggregate,
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any Subsidiary. Since,
the date of the Balance Sheet, the Company and each Subsidiary has conducted its
business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice. Since
the date of the Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary taken any
action which if taken after the date hereof but prior to Closing would have been
prohibited by Section
6.3.
Section
3.9
Liabilities and
Obligations. Except as set forth in Section 3.9 of the Company
Disclosure Schedules, the Company Financial Statements reflect all
liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiaries, accrued, contingent or
otherwise (known or unknown and asserted or unasserted), arising out of
transactions effected or events occurring on or prior to the date
hereof. All reserves shown in the Company Financial Statements are
appropriate, reasonable and sufficient to provide for losses thereby
contemplated. Except as set forth in the Company Financial
Statements, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary liable upon or with respect
to, or obligated in any other way to provide funds in respect of or to guarantee
or assume in any manner, any debt, obligation or dividend of any person,
corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity, and
the Company does not know of any basis for the assertion of any other claims or
liabilities of any nature or in any amount.
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Section
3.10 Accounts
Receivable. All accounts receivable of the Company and each
Subsidiary that are reflected on the Balance Sheet or on the accounting records
of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, as of the Closing Date
(collectively, the “Accounts
Receivable”) represent or will represent valid obligations arising from
sales actually made or services actually performed in the ordinary course of
business. There is no contest, claim, or right of set-off, other than
returns in the ordinary course of business, under any Commitments with any
obligor of an Accounts Receivable relating to the amount or validity of such
Accounts Receivable.
Section
3.11
Employee Matters.
(a) Current
Employees. Section 3.11(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of the
names, titles and cash compensation, including without limitation wages,
salaries, bonuses (discretionary and formula) and other cash compensation,
including commissions due, of (i) all employees of the Company and each
Subsidiaries and (ii) consultants who were paid in excess of $5,000 during the
past twelve months.
(b) Compensation Plans and
Arrangements. Section 3.11(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of all
compensation plans, arrangements or practices (the “Compensation Plans”) sponsored
by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries contributes on behalf of its employees. The Company
has delivered true and correct copies of the Compensation Plans to
Parent.
(c) Employee Policies and
Procedures. Section 3.11(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of all
employee manuals, policies, procedures and work-related rules created by the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (the “Employee Policies and
Procedures”) that apply to employees of the Company or the applicable
Subsidiary, as applicable. The Company has delivered true and correct
copies of the Employee Policies and Procedures to Parent.
(d) At Will
Employment. The employment of each employee of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries is terminable by the Company or such Subsidiary at
will, subject to severance payments as required by the laws of
China. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no employee of
the Company or any Subsidiary has been granted the right to or is entitled to
any compensation following the termination of employment with the Company or
such Subsidiary.
(e) Former
Employees. Section 3.11(e) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules accurately identifies each former employee
of the Company and each Subsidiary who is receiving or is scheduled to receive
(or whose spouse or other dependent is receiving or is scheduled to receive) any
benefits (whether from the Company, such Subsidiary or otherwise) relating to
such former employee’s employment with the Company or such Subsidiary; and Section 3.11(e) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules accurately describes such
benefits.
(f) Independent
Contractors. The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any
independent contractors.
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(g) Employee
Claims. There are no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or Proceedings against the Company
or any Subsidiary under any worker’s compensation policy or long-term disability
policy or otherwise by a current of former employee, consultant or independent
contractor.
Section
3.12
Labor Relations;
Compliance.
(a) Compliance. Except
as set forth in Section 3.12(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(i) has been and is in compliance with all Legal Requirements respecting
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours, and (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or penalties
for failure to comply with any of the foregoing. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries engaged in any unfair labor practice or
discriminated on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age
or handicap in its employment conditions or practices. There are no
(i) unfair labor practice charges or complaints or racial, color, religious,
sex, national origin, age or handicap discrimination charges or complaints
pending or threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any
federal, state or local court, board, department, commission or agency nor does
any basis therefore exist or (ii) existing or threatened labor strikes,
disputes, grievances, controversies or other labor troubles affecting the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor does any basis therefore
exist.
(b) Unions. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a party to any agreement with any union,
labor organization or collective bargaining unit. No employees of the
Company or any Subsidiary are represented by any union, labor organization or
collective bargaining unit. To the Company’s Knowledge, the employees
of the Company and its Subsidiaries have no intention to and have not threatened
to organize or join a union, labor organization or collective bargaining
unit.
Section
3.13 Employee Benefit
Plans. Except for the Company Options, neither the Company nor
the Subsidiaries have any Company Plans or Company Other Benefit
Obligations. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries sponsor, maintain
or contribute to, or have ever sponsored, maintained or contributed to a Title
IV Plan, a Multi-Employer Plan, a VEBA or an ESOP.
Section
3.14
Title; Leased
Assets.
(a) Real
Property. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries own an
interest in any real property.
(b) Personal
Property. Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has good and valid title to all tangible and intangible personal property owned
by it free and clear of any Encumbrances (collectively, the “Personal
Property”). The Personal Property and the leased personal
property referred to in Section 3.14(c) constitute the
only personal property used in the conduct of the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries. A description of all material personal property
owned by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and the city in which it is
located is set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules. No Personal Property is provided
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any vendors or suppliers that are
conditioned on the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s using or purchasing any
vendor’s or supplier’s goods or services.
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(c) Leases. A list and
brief description of all leases of real and personal property to which the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a party, either as lessor or lessee, are
set forth in Section
3.14(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. All such leases
are valid and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except as
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or the availability of equitable
remedies.
(d) Right to Use
Assets. Except for those assets acquired since the date of the
Balance Sheet, which are listed in Section 3.14(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, all tangible and intangible assets used in
the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries are reflected in
the Company Financial Statements in a manner that is in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis with prior periods. The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries owns, leases or otherwise possesses a right to use all
assets used in the conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary,
which right will not be impaired by the consummation of the
Transactions.
Section
3.15
Condition of Fixed
Assets. All of the plants, structures and equipment owned by
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in good condition and repair
(subject to normal wear and tear) for their intended use in the ordinary course
of business and conform in all material respects with all applicable ordinances,
regulations and other laws and there are no known latent defects
therein.
Section
3.16
Inventory. All of
the inventory owned by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in good,
current, standard and merchantable condition and is not obsolete or
defective.
Section
3.17
Commitments.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 3.17(a)(i)-(xxiv) of
the Company Disclosure Schedules, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to, nor are the assets or the business of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries bound by, whether or not in writing, any of the
following (each individually a “Commitment” and collectively
the “Commitments”):
(i) agreement
that involves the performance of services or delivery of goods or materials
by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries of an amount or value in excess of
$10,000;
(ii) agreement
that involves the performance of services or delivery of goods or materials
to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries of an amount or value in excess of
$10,000;
(iii) deed
of trust or other security agreement;
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(iv) deed
or other document evidencing an interest in or agreement to purchase or sell
real property;
(v) lease,
rental or occupancy agreement, license, installment and conditional sale
agreement, and other agreement affecting the ownership of, leasing of, title to,
use of, or any leasehold or other interest in, any real or personal property
(except personal property leases and installment and conditional sales
agreements having a value per item or aggregate payments of less than $10,000
and with terms of less than one (1) year);
(vi) debt
instrument, loan agreement or other obligation relating to indebtedness for
borrowed money or money lent or to be lent to another;
(vii) licensing,
franchise or other agreement with respect to Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Trade Secrets or any other intellectual property, whether Company Proprietary
Rights or the Proprietary Rights of a third party, including, without
limitation, agreements with current or former employees, consultants, or
contractors regarding the appropriation or the non-disclosure of any of the
Company’s Proprietary Rights;
(viii) collective
bargaining agreement and other agreement to or with any labor union or other
employee representative of a group of employees;
(ix) employment,
consulting or compensation contracts or arrangements, including the election or
retention in office of any director or officer, employee leasing agreements,
employee services agreements, noncompetition, and proprietary rights
agreements;
(x) joint
venture, partnership, and other agreement (however named) involving a sharing of
profits, losses, costs, or liabilities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with any other Person;
(xi) agreement
containing covenants that in any way purport to restrict the business activity
of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Affiliates
or limit the freedom of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective Affiliates to engage in any line of business or to compete with any
Person;
(xii) agreement
providing for payments to or by any Person based on sales, purchases, or
profits, other than direct payments for goods;
(xiii) power
of attorney that is currently effective and outstanding;
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(xiv) agreement
that contains or provides for an express undertaking by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to be responsible for consequential damages;
(xv) agreement
for capital expenditures in excess of $10,000;
(xvi) written
warranty, guaranty, and or other similar undertaking with respect to contractual
performance extended by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xvii) agreement
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on one hand, and any Affiliate
thereof, on the other hand;
(xviii) agreement
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party relating to any
material matter or transaction in which an interest is held by a Person or
entity that is an Affiliate thereof;
(xix) supply
or requirement agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party;
(xx) agency,
distribution and advertising agreement to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party;
(xxi) agreement
relating to the indemnification by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
Affiliate thereof, or any unaffiliated third party;
(xxii) agreement
with any Governmental Body or agreement to perform subcontracting services where
the primary agreement is with a Governmental Body;
(xxiii) other
agreement or commitment not made in the ordinary course of business or that is
material to the business or financial condition of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; and
(xxiv) amendment,
supplement, and modification (whether oral or written) in respect of any of the
foregoing.
(b) The
Company has delivered to Parent true and complete copies, of all
Commitments.
(c) Each
of the Commitments (including those identified or required to be identified in
Section 3.17(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules) is in full force and effect and is valid
and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
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(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule: (i) each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable terms and requirements of all Commitments; (ii) to the Company’s
Knowledge, each other Person that has or had any obligation or liability under
any Commitment is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
terms and requirements of such Commitment; (iii) no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) is likely to
contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of, or give the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or other Person the right to declare a default
or exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of,
or to cancel, terminate, or modify, any Commitment; and (iv) neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has given to or received from any other Person, at
any time since inception, any notice or other communication (whether oral or
written) regarding any actual, alleged, possible, or potential violation or
breach of, or default under, any Commitment.
(e) There
are no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened renegotiations of,
attempts to renegotiate, or outstanding rights to renegotiate any (i) material
amounts paid or payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii)
material provision under current or completed Commitment with any Person, and no
such Person has made written demand for such renegotiation.
Section
3.18
Insurance. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any insurance policies.
Section
3.19
Proprietary
Rights.
(a) The
Proprietary Rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries consist solely of the Duo
Guo Trademark (the “Duo Guo
Trademark”) and the D Candy Tradename (which has been
rejected).
(b) The
Company and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to the Duo Guo Trademark
and all Trade Secrets owned by the Company or such Subsidiary, free and clear of
all Encumbrances. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has a
valid right to use, license and otherwise exploit all Proprietary Rights other
than those owned thereby (including without limitation interest acquired through
a license or other right to use) and all Trade Secrets used by the Company or
such Subsidiary.
(c) Section 3.19(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules lists all oral or written contracts,
agreements, licenses and other arrangements relating to any Company Proprietary
Rights or any Company Product, as follows:
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(i) (A) any
agreement granting any right to make, have made, manufacture, use, sell, offer
to sell, import, export, or otherwise distribute a Company Product, with or
without the right to sublicense the same; (B) any license of Proprietary
Rights to or from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with or without the
right to sublicense the same; (C) development agreements of any type;
(D) any agreement by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants
any ownership right to any Company Proprietary Rights owned by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; (E) any agreement under which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries undertakes any ongoing royalty or payment obligations in
excess of $5,000 with respect to a Company Proprietary Right, (F) any
agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants an option
relating to any Company Proprietary Rights; (G) any agreement under which
any party is granted any right to access Company Source Code or to use Company
Source Code to create derivative works of Company Products; (H) any
agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has deposited
or is required to deposit with an escrow agent or any other Person any Company
Source Code, along with a description of whether the execution of
the Transaction Documents or the consummation of any of the Transactions could
reasonably be expected to result in the release or disclosure of any Company
Source Code and (I) any agreement or other arrangement limiting the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ability to transact business in any
market, field or geographical area or with any Person, or that restricts the
use, transfer, delivery or licensing of Company Proprietary Rights (or any
tangible embodiment thereof);
(ii) all
licenses, sublicenses and other agreements, whether written or oral, to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is authorized to use any Proprietary Rights
owned by any Person, excluding standardized
nonexclusive licenses for “off the shelf” or other software widely available
through regular commercial distribution channels on standard terms and
conditions and obtained by the Company in the ordinary course of business at a
cost not exceeding $5,000 per license. Except as set forth in Section 3.19(c)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, there are no royalties, fees or other
amounts payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person by
reason of the ownership, use, sale or disposition of Company Proprietary
Rights;
(iii) Except
as set forth in Section 3.19(c)(iii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has entered into any written or oral contract, agreement, license
or other arrangement to indemnify any other Person against any charge of
infringement of any Company Proprietary Rights, other than indemnification
provisions contained in standard sales or agreements to customers or end users
arising in the ordinary course of business, the forms of which have been
delivered to Parent or its counsel;
(iv) Section 3.19(c)(iv) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules lists each Company Product that contains any
software that may be subject to an open source or general public license, a
description of such Company Product and the open source or general public
license applicable to such Company Product. Except as set forth in
Section 3.19(c)(iv) of
the Company Disclosure Schedules, none of the Company Products contains
any software that may be subject to an open source or general public license;
and
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(v) There
are no outstanding obligations other than as disclosed in Section 3.19(c) (or
the Company Disclosure Schedules related to such Section) to pay any amounts or
provide other consideration to any other Person in connection with any Company
Proprietary Rights (or any tangible embodiment thereof).
(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.19(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules:
(i) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries jointly owns, licenses or claims any
right, title or interest with any other Person of any Company Proprietary
Rights, and no other Person has any rights in any Company Proprietary
Rights. No current or former officer, manager, director, stockholder,
member, employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has any right, title or interest in, to or under any Company
Proprietary Rights in which the Company or such Subsidiary has (or purports to
have) any right, title or interest that has not been assigned, transferred or
exclusively licensed to Company or such Subsidiary;
(ii) no
Person has asserted or threatened a claim, nor are there any facts which could
give rise to a claim, which would adversely affect the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ ownership rights to, or rights under, any Company Proprietary
Rights, or any contract, agreement, license or any other arrangement under which
Company or any of its Subsidiaries claims any right, title or interest under any
Company Proprietary Rights or restricts in any material respect the use,
transfer, delivery or licensing by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the
Company Proprietary Rights or Company Products;
(iii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any claim, proceeding of
any type or outstanding decree, order, judgment or stipulation that restricts or
would restrict in any manner the use, transfer or licensing of any Company
Proprietary Rights by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the use, transfer
or licensing of any Company Product by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
or which may affect the validity, use or enforceability of any Company
Proprietary Rights;
(iv) no
Company Proprietary Rights have been infringed, violated or misappropriated by
any Person. There is no unauthorized use, disclosure or
misappropriation of any Company Proprietary Rights by any current or former
officer, manager, director, stockholder, member, employee, consultant or
independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
and
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(v) no
Person has asserted or threatened a claim, nor are there any facts which could
give rise to a claim, that any Company Product (or any Company Proprietary Right
embodied in any Company Product) infringes, violates or misappropriates any
third party Proprietary Rights.
(e) Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has taken all commercially reasonable and
customary measures and precautions necessary to protect and maintain the
confidentiality of all Trade Secrets in which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has any right, title or interest and otherwise to maintain and
protect the full value of all such Trade Secrets.
(f) Except
with respect to demonstration or trial copies, no product, system, program or
software module designed, developed, sold, licensed or otherwise made available
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person, including without
limitation any Company Product, contains any “back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan
horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” or other software routines or
hardware components designed to permit unauthorized access or to disable or
erase software, hardware or data without the consent of the user.
(g) Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all terms of use and
privacy policies posted on each website owned or maintained by the Company or
such Subsidiary. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns or has
all requisite licenses for the content used or posted on each such
website.
Section
3.20
Taxes.
(a) Timely Filing of Tax
Returns. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed or
caused to be filed all Tax Returns that are or were required to be filed by it
pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements. All Tax Returns filed by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries were (and, as to Tax Returns not filed as
of the date hereof, will be) in all respects true, complete and correct and
filed on a timely basis.
(b) Payment of
Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has, within
the time and in the manner prescribed by applicable Legal Requirements, paid
(and until Closing will pay within the time and in the manner prescribed by
applicable Legal Requirements) all Taxes that are due and payable.
(c) Withholding
Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied
(and until the Closing will comply) with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including, but not
limited to, withholding and reporting requirements under the Code or Code §§
1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406, 6041 and 6049 and similar provisions under
any other laws) and have, within the times and in the manner prescribed by law,
withheld from employee wages and paid over to proper governmental authorities
all amounts required.
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(d) Audits. No
Tax Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is under audit or
examination by any Governmental Body, and no written or unwritten notice of such
an audit or examination has been received by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and, the Company has no Knowledge of any threatened audits,
investigations or claims for or relating to Taxes with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no matters under discussion with any
Governmental Body with respect to Taxes.
(e) Tax
Reserves. The charges, accruals, and reserves with respect to
Taxes on the books of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are adequate (and
until Closing will continue to be adequate) to pay all Taxes not yet due and
payable and have been determined in accordance with GAAP. No
differences exist between the amounts of the book basis and the tax basis of
assets (net of liabilities) that are not accounted for on any accrual on the
books of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for federal income tax
purposes. There exists no proposed assessment of Taxes against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f) Tax
Liens. No Encumbrances for Taxes exist with respect to any
assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor will any
such Encumbrances exist at Closing except for statutory liens for Taxes not yet
due.
(g) Tax Sharing
Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject or a party to any Tax sharing agreement, Tax allocation agreement, Tax
indemnity obligation or similar written or unwritten agreement, arrangement,
understanding or practice with respect to Taxes.
(h) Extensions of Time for
Filing Tax Returns. Except as set forth in Section 3.20(h) of the
Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
requested any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return, which Tax
Return has not since been filed.
(i) Waiver of Statutes of
Limitations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has executed any outstanding waivers or comparable consents regarding the
application of the statute of limitations with respect to any Taxes or Tax
Returns.
(j) Powers of
Attorney. No power of attorney currently in force has been
granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries concerning any Taxes or Tax
Return.
(k) Tax
Rulings. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received or been the subject of a Tax Ruling (as defined below) or a request for
Tax Ruling. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
entered into a Closing Agreement (as defined below) with any Governmental Body
that would have a continuing effect after the Closing Date. “Tax Ruling” shall mean a
written ruling of a Governmental Body relating to Taxes. “Closing Agreement” shall mean
a written and legally binding agreement with a Governmental Body relating to
Taxes.
(l)
Section 481
Adjustments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is required to include in income any adjustment pursuant to Code Section 481 by
reason of a voluntary change in accounting method initiated by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, and the Internal Revenue Service has not proposed any
such change in accounting method.
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(m) Section 338
Election. No election under Code Section 338 has been made by
or with respect to Company or any of their respective assets or
properties.
(n) Intercompany
Transactions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has engaged in any transactions with Affiliates which would require the
recognition of income by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to
such transaction for any period ending on or after the Closing
Date.
(o) Transfer
Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall pay
(without duplication) all transfer Taxes and other similar Taxes imposed due to
the Merger, the Transactions or any other transactions.
(p) Section
162(m). The disallowance of a deduction under Section 162(m)
of the Code for employee remuneration will not apply to any amount paid or
payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Commitment, Company
or Subsidiary Plans, program, arrangement or understanding currently in
effect.
(q) Section
280(G). Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party
to any agreement, contract or arrangement that could result separately or in the
aggregate, in the payment of an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code.
Section
3.21
Compliance with
Laws. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) has
complied with, is in compliance with and has operated its business and
maintained its assets in compliance with all Legal Requirements and has filed
with the proper authorities all necessary statements and reports, and (ii) holds
all permits, licenses, variances, exemptions, orders, franchises and approvals
and authorizations of each Governmental Body necessary for the lawful conduct of
its business (the “Company
Permits”). The Company Permits are set forth in Section 3.21 of the Disclosure
Schedules. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
in compliance with the terms of the Company Permits. As of the date
of this Agreement, no investigation or review by any Governmental Body with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
Section
3.22 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fee. Neither the Securityholders, the Company nor their agents
have incurred any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for any
finder’s, broker’s or agent’s fee, commission or other similar payment in
connection with the Transactions.
Section
3.23
Litigation. There
is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, currently
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that questions the
validity of the Commitments or the right of the Company to enter into them, or
to consummate the Transactions, or that might result, either individually or in
the aggregate, in any Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, financially or otherwise, or any change in the current equity
ownership of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is the Company aware
that there is any basis for the foregoing. The foregoing includes,
without limitation, actions pending or threatened in writing involving the prior
employment of any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ employees, or
their use in connection with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business
of any information or techniques allegedly proprietary to any of their former
employers. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree
of any court or Government Body. There is no Proceeding by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries currently pending or which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries intends to initiate.
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Section
3.24
Accuracy of
Information Furnished.
(a) No
representation or warranty of the Company in this Agreement and no statement in
the Disclosure Schedules omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading.
(b) No
notice given pursuant to Section 6.1 will
contain any untrue statement or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein or in this Agreement, in light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading.
(c) The
Company has no Knowledge of any fact that has specific application to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than general economic or industry
conditions) and that would have a Material Adverse Effect on, or (as far as the
Company can reasonably foresee) that materially threatens, the assets, business,
prospects, financial condition, or results of operations of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that has not been set forth in this Agreement or the
Disclosure Schedules.
(d) The
information furnished to Parent by the Company hereby or in connection with the
Transactions is true, correct and complete in all respects. Such
information states all facts required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements are made, true, correct and complete.
Section
3.25
Ownership Interests of Interested
Persons. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
indebted, directly or indirectly, to any Affiliate, in any amount whatsoever
other than in connection with expenses or advances of expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business. None of the Company’s nor its
Subsidiaries’ Affiliates, are, directly or indirectly, indebted to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (other than in connection with purchases of the
Company’s stock) or have any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm
or corporation with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is affiliated
or with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a business
relationship, or any firm or corporation which competes with the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries.
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Section
3.26
Environmental
Laws. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is, and at all
times has been, in compliance in all material respects with, and has not been
and is not in violation of or liable under, any applicable Environmental
Law. The Company has no basis to expect, nor has any other Person
(including its Subsidiaries) for whose conduct it or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may be held responsible received, any actual or threatened citation,
directive, inquiry, notice, order, summons, warning, or other communication
from: (i) any governmental Body, private citizen acting in the public interest,
or other Person for any actual or potential violation of, failure to comply
with, or any concerns relating to compliance with any Environmental Law; or (ii)
the current or prior owner(s) or operator(s) of any Facilities, of any actual or
potential violation of, failure to comply with, or any concerns relating to
compliance with any Environmental Law, or of any actual or threatened obligation
to undertake or bear the cost of any Environmental, Health, and Safety
Liabilities with respect to any of the Facilities or any other properties or
assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which the Company has had an
interest, or with respect to any property or Facility at or to which Hazardous
Activities were undertaken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
other Person for whose conduct the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may
be held responsible, or from which Hazardous Activities occurred.
Section
3.27
Certain
Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor
any Affiliate or employee, agent or other Person associated with, or acting for
or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at any time has paid or
caused to be paid, directly or indirectly, in connection with the business of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: (a) any bribe, payoff, influence
payment, rebate, kickback, payment in violation of any Legal Requirements or
other similar payment to (i) any government or agency thereof or an official or
employee of the foregoing or (ii) any Person, including, without limitation, any
customer, supplier, or any employee or agent of any of the foregoing; or (b) any
contribution to any political party or candidate (other than from personal funds
of the Affiliate or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not
reimbursed by their respective employers or as otherwise permitted by applicable
Legal Requirements).
ARTICLE
IV
Representations
and Warranties of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
individually represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that the
representations and warranties set forth below are true and correct as of the
date hereof and will be true and correct through the Closing
Date. The Disclosure Schedules referenced in this ARTICLE IV are
contained in the Disclosure Schedules of even date herewith delivered by the
Company to Parent on the date of this Agreement.
Section
4.1
Authority and
Ownership.
(a) Xxxxxx
has the capacity to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents, as
applicable, and to consummate the Transactions. All necessary action
required to have been taken by or on behalf of Xxxxxx by applicable law or
otherwise to authorize (i) the approval, execution and delivery on its behalf of
the Transaction Documents; and (ii) its performance of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions have been
taken. The Transaction Documents constitute valid and binding
agreement, enforceable against Xxxxxx in accordance with their terms, except as
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or the availability of equitable
remedies.
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(b) Except
as set forth in Section 4.1(b) of the
Disclosure Schedules, Xxxxxx owns, beneficially and of record, good and
marketable title to the Company Common Stock and Company Warrants listed
opposite Xxxxxx’x name on Exhibit B, free and
clear of all adverse claims, Encumbrances, equities, voting agreements,
securityholders’ agreements or restrictions.
(c) Xxxxxx
acknowledges Parent has filed reports and statements pursuant to the Exchange
Act and the Securities Act and that such reports and statements are available at
xxx.xxx.xxx to Xxxxxx and and/or Xxxxxx’x representative and has allowed Xxxxxx
and/or his representative an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers
thereto and to verify and clarify any information contained in such reports or
statements or otherwise ask questions with regard to Parent and its
business.
Section
4.2
No Breach. The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents do not, and the consummation
of the Transactions will not (i) constitute a breach or default (or an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach or default) or
give rise to any Encumbrance, third party right of termination, cancellation,
material modification or acceleration under any agreement, understanding or
undertaking to which Xxxxxx is a party or by which it is bound, or (ii)
constitute a violation of any Legal Requirements to which Xxxxxx is
subject.
Section
4.3
Consents and
Approvals. Neither the execution and delivery by Xxxxxx of the
Transaction Documents nor the consummation by Xxxxxx will require Xxxxxx to
obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any filing
with or give any notification to, any governmental or regulatory authority, any
lender or lessor or any other Person.
Section
4.4
Status of Xxxxxx.
(a) Xxxxxx
is knowledgeable in making investments and is able to bear the economic risk of
loss of its investment in Parent. Xxxxxx is an “accredited investor”, as that
term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities
Act. Xxxxxx is receiving the Preferred Stock Consideration and
Warrant Consideration. for his own account, and not with a view of distribution
within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act, (ii) Xxxxxx is
aware that the Parent Preferred Stock, the Parent Warrants and the shares of
Parent Common Stock underlying the Parent Preferred Stock and the Parent
Warrants (the (“Underlying
Parent Common Stock”) will be unregistered, and that in the absence of a
registration statement such securities may not be sold or transferred unless an
exemption exists therefore, and (iii) Xxxxxx understands that there is no
assurance that any exemption from registration under the Securities Act will be
available and that, even if available, such exemption may not allow Xxxxxx to
transfer all or any portion of the Parent Preferred Stock, the Parent Warrants
or the Underlying Parent Common Stock under the circumstances, in the amounts or
at the times Xxxxxx might propose.
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(b) Xxxxxx
acknowledges that Parent has made all Transaction Documents available to Xxxxxx
and has allowed Xxxxxx and/or his representative an opportunity to ask questions
and receive answers thereto and to verify and clarify any information contained
in such documents. Xxxxxx has relied upon advice of his
representative and/or independent investigation made by Xxxxxx and/or Xxxxxx’x
representative, and acknowledges that no representations or agreements other
than those set forth in this Agreement have been made to Xxxxxx in respect
thereto. Xxxxxx has evaluated and understands the risks
and terms of investing in the Parent Preferred Stock and/ Parent Warrants to be
issued to Xxxxxx pursuant to this Agreement, and Xxxxxx and his representative
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters in general
and in particular with respect to this type of investment that Xxxxxx is, or
they are, capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
Parent Preferred Stock and Parent Warrants to be issued to Xxxxxx in
connection with the Transactions contemplated herein.
Section
4.5
Investments
in Competitors. Xxxxxx does not own directly or indirectly any
interests or have any investment in any corporation, business or other Person
that is a competitor of the Company.
Section
4.6
Broker’s and Finder’s
Fee. Xxxxxx has not incurred any obligation or liability,
contingent or otherwise, for any finder’s, broker’s or agent’s fee, commission
or other similar payment in connection with the Transactions.
ARTICLE
V
Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
Parent
and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company and the Securityholders that
the representations and warranties set forth below are true and correct as of
the date hereof and will be true and correct through the Closing
Date.
Section
5.1
Organization and Good
Standing. Each of Parent and Merger Sub are corporations duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of
its incorporation, with all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
the business in which it is engaged, to own the properties it owns, to execute
and deliver the Transaction Documents and to consummate the
Transactions.
Section
5.2
Authorization and
Validity. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent
and Merger Sub of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
Transactions have been or will be as of the Closing Date duly authorized by the
boards of directors of Parent and Merger Sub. The Transaction
Documents have been. or will be as of the Closing Date, duly executed and
delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and constitute or will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against
Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with their respective terms, except as may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or the availability of equitable
remedies.
Section
5.3
Issuance of
Shares. Prior to the Closing Date, Parent will have filed with
the Washington Secretary of State the Certificate of the Designations,
Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Parent Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock Designation”)
and Parent will have a sufficient number of authorized, but unissued shares of
Parent Preferred Stock, to issue the Preferred Stock Consideration and the
Warrant Consideration. Prior to the Closing Date, Parent will have
reserved a sufficient number of shares of (i) Parent Preferred Stock for
issuance upon conversion of the PHL Note, and (ii) Parent Common Stock for
issuance upon the conversion of the Parent Preferred Stock. When
issued at the Closing, the Preferred Stock Consideration will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
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Section
5.4
No
Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of
the Transaction Documents nor the consummation of the Transactions will (i)
conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of the terms, conditions and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of Parent or Merger Sub or any agreement, indenture or other
instrument under which Parent or Merger Sub is bound or (ii) violate or conflict
with any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or
any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over
Parent or Merger Sub or the properties or assets of Parent or Merger
Sub.
Section
5.5
Broker’s and Finder’s
Fee. Neither Parent, Merger Sub nor their agents have incurred
any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for any finder’s, broker’s
or agent’s fee, commission or other similar payment in connection with the
Transactions.
Section
5.6
SEC Filings; Parent Financial
Statements.
(a) Parent
has filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed by Parent with
the SEC since January 1, 2009. All such required forms, reports and
documents (including those that Parent may file subsequent to the date hereof)
are referred to herein as the “Parent SEC
Reports”. As of their respective dates (or if amended or
superseded by a filing, then on the date of filing of such amended or superseded
document), the Parent SEC Reports (i) complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Reports, and (ii) did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to
the extent corrected by a subsequently filed Parent SEC Report. None
of Parent’s subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other
documents with the SEC.
(b) Each
of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related
notes thereto) contained in the Parent SEC Reports (the “Parent Financials”), including
any Parent SEC Reports filed after the date hereof until the Closing, (i)
complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) was prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except
as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited interim
financial statements, as may be permitted by the SEC on Form 10-Q, 8-K or any
successor form under the Exchange Act) and (iii) fairly presented the
consolidated financial position of Parent and its subsidiaries as at the
respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash
flows for the periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial
statements may not contain footnotes and were or are subject to normal and
recurring year-end adjustments.
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Section
5.7
Securities
Exemption. Based on the representations of Xxxxxx in ARTICLE IV above,
together with those of the Company’s securityholders set forth in the consents
and Lock-Up and Release Agreements delivered in connection herewith, the
issuance of the Parent Preferred Stock and Parent Warrants pursuant to this
Agreement are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE
VI
Other
Agreements
Section
6.1
Notification
of Certain Matters. The Company and Xxxxxx shall give prompt
notice to Parent, and Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (a) the
occurrence or non-occurrence of any event the occurrence or non-occurrence of
which would cause any representation or warranty of the Company or
Securityholders or Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be, contained in this
Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect at or prior to the
Closing Date and (b) any material failure of the Company (or any of its
Subsidiaries), Securityholders, Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, to
comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with
or satisfied by it hereunder; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice
pursuant to this Section shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies
available hereunder to the party receiving such notice.
Section
6.2
Supplements and Amendments to the
Disclosure Schedules. The Company and Xxxxxx shall have the
obligation to promptly supplement or amend the Disclosure Schedules being
delivered concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and annexed hereto
with respect to any matter hereafter arising or discovered which, if existing or
known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or
described in the Disclosure Schedules; provided, however, that for the purpose
of the rights and obligations of the parties, any such supplemental or amended
disclosure shall not be deemed to have been disclosed as of the date of this
Agreement, unless so agreed to in writing by Parent; or to preclude Parent from
seeking a remedy in damages for losses incurred as a result of such supplemented
or amended disclosure, subject to the limitations set forth in Section
9.1. The Company’s and Xxxxxx’x obligation to amend or
supplement the Disclosure Schedules shall terminate on the Closing
Date.
Section
6.3
Conduct of Business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries. During the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Closing Date, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries will
conduct its operations only in, and not take any action except in, the ordinary
and usual course of business and consistent with past practice, and the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries will use its best efforts to preserve intact its
business organization, to keep available the services of its officers and
employees and to maintain advantageous relationships with customers, creditors,
licensors, licensees, suppliers, contractors, business partners and others
having business relationships with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior
to the Closing Date neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will,
without the prior written consent of Parent, which may be withheld in its sole
discretion:
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(a) split,
combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; declare, pay or set aside
for payment any dividend or other distribution payable in cash, stock, property
or otherwise in respect of its capital stock; or directly or indirectly redeem,
purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock or any
securities or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of its
capital stock;
(b) authorize
for issuance, issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber, deliver or agree or
commit to issue, sell, pledge or deliver (whether through the issuance or
granting of any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions, rights to
purchase or otherwise) any of its capital stock or any securities convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of its capital
stock;
(c) (i)
incur or assume any debt or issue any debt securities except for borrowings
under existing lines of credit that are not with Affiliates (not to exceed in
the aggregate $100,000) and the incurrence of trade payables or other purchase
commitments (in either case, not to exceed in the aggregate $100,000 to any
single vendor or entity), (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become
liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the
obligations of any other Person, (iii) make any loans or advances to any Person,
or make any capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person, (iv)
pledge or otherwise encumber shares of its capital stock or the capital stock of
any of its Subsidiaries, or (v) mortgage or pledge any of its assets, tangible
or intangible, or create any Encumbrance thereupon;
(d) except
as may be required by any Legal Requirements, enter into, adopt, amend or
terminate any bonus, profit sharing, compensation, severance, termination, stock
option, stock appreciation right, restricted stock, performance unit, stock
equivalent, stock purchase agreement, pension, retirement, deferred
compensation, employment, severance or Company Stock Plan or Compensation Plan
or similar agreement; or enter into or amend any employment or severance
agreement with, or increase in any manner the salary, wages, bonus, commission,
or other compensation or benefits of, any director or officer of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; or increase in any manner the salary, wages, bonus,
commission or other compensation or benefits of any other employee, third party
contractors or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except, in the
case of employees other than directors or officers of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, for salary increases and employee promotions in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice; or hire employees at the vice
president level or higher except to fill vacancies; or pay any benefit
(including bonuses) not required by any plan and arrangement as in effect as of
the date hereof;
(e) declare
or pay any bonuses, to any employee, third party contractor or agent of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) acquire
(by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any
corporation, partnership or other business organization or division thereof or
make any investment either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to
capital, property transfer or acquisition (including by lease) of any material
amount of properties or assets of any other individual or
entity;
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(g) except
as expressly required herein, (i) pay, discharge or satisfy any claims,
liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted contingent
or otherwise) other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with their
terms as in effect on the date hereof (provided that purchases of inventory in
excess of $100,000 in the aggregate to any single entity or vendor shall require
the prior written consent of Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld)
including the purchase of any inventory or any other payment of cash, or (ii)
waive, release, grant or transfer any rights of material value or modify or
change in any material respect any existing license, lease, contract or other
document;
(h) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pay, discharge or satisfy
any loan or other indebtedness owed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
any Affiliate thereof as set forth in Section 3.25 of the
Disclosure Schedules or otherwise;
(i) amend
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar governing document) of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(j) adopt
a plan of complete or partial liquidation or resolutions providing for the
complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger (other than the Merger),
consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(k) enter
into any new lines of business or otherwise make material changes to the
operation of its business;
(l) sell
(whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise), lease, encumber, transfer or
dispose of any assets that in the aggregate have a fair market value in excess
to $100,000, or enter into any commitment or transaction (or series of related
commitments or transactions) with an aggregate value in excess of
$100,000;
(m) authorize
or make or commit to make any capital expenditures, except for transactions in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (but in no event
in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate);
(n) make,
revoke or amend any Tax elections, make or change any method of Tax accounting
(except as may be required by any Legal Requirements), file any amended Tax
Returns, settle or compromise any material Tax liability, or waive or extend the
statute of limitations for imposing or assessing any material
Taxes;
(o) settle
or compromise any suits or claims of liability against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of the respective directors (or similar governing Persons),
officers, employees or agents;
(p) take
any action likely to materially decrease or diminish the assets or net worth of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(q) except
as may be required as a result of a change in Legal Requirements or in GAAP
(with the written concurrence of the Company’s independent accountants), change
any of the accounting principles or practices used by it;
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(r) enter
into any agreement providing for the acceleration of payment, vesting or
performance or other consequence as a result of a change in control of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(s)
enter into, amend, terminate or waive any provision of any oral or
written agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
with a value in excess of $100,000; or
(t) take
any action or agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing
actions or any action which would make any representation or warranty in ARTICLE III hereof
materially untrue or incorrect.
Section
6.4
Access to
Information.
(a) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall afford to the officers, employees,
accountants, counsel, financial advisors and other representatives of Parent
reasonable access, during normal business hours, during the period prior to the
Closing Date, to all of its personnel, offices and other facilities, books,
contracts, commitments and records and, during such period, the Company shall
furnish promptly to Parent (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration
statement and other document filed or received by it or any of its Subsidiaries
during such period relating to or from any Governmental Body and (ii) all other
information, including financial and operating data, concerning its or any of
its Subsidiaries’ business, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably
request. Parent will hold any such information which is nonpublic in
confidence in accordance with the provisions of the existing confidentiality
agreement between the Company and Parent, dated November 20, 2009.
(b) Nothing
in this Section shall require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to disclose
to Parent any books or records concerning the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ consideration, evaluation, processes or other activities
undertaken relating to the Transactions.
Section
6.5
Consents and
Approvals.
(a) Each
of the Company, Xxxxxx, Parent and Merger Sub will use its reasonable best
efforts to comply promptly with all Legal Requirements which may be imposed on
it with respect to the Transaction Documents and the Transactions, which actions
shall include furnishing all information in connection with approvals of or
filings with any Governmental Body, and will promptly cooperate with and furnish
information to each other in connection with any such requirements imposed upon
any of them or any of their subsidiaries (which shall include, with respect to
the Company, the Subsidiaries) in connection with the Transaction Documents and
the Transactions. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub will,
and will cause its subsidiaries (which shall include, with respect to the
Company, the Subsidiaries) to, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any
consent, authorization, order or approval of, or any exemption by, any
Governmental Body or other public or private third party required to be obtained
or made by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their subsidiaries (which
shall include, with respect to the Company, the Subsidiaries) or necessary in
the reasonable opinion of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company in connection with
the Merger or the taking of any action contemplated thereby or by the
Transaction Documents or the Transactions.
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(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto agrees
to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken,
all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or
advisable, whether under applicable Legal Requirements or otherwise, or to
remove any injunctions or other impediments or delays, legal or otherwise, (i)
to cause the conditions to Closing set forth in ARTICLE VII to be
satisfied as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, and (ii)
otherwise to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other Transactions
as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement. In case
at any time after the Effective Time any further action is necessary or
desirable to carry out the purposes of the Transaction Documents, the proper
officers and directors of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall use all
commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all such
necessary actions.
Section
6.6
Filing of
Designation. Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall file the
Preferred Stock Designation with the Washington Secretary of State in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
D.
Section
6.7
Board Observation Rights;
Nomination. As long as Xxxxxx meets the qualifications of
Parents’ corporate governance policies and procedures in effect from time to
time: (a) at Closing the Board of Directors of Parent will provide Xxxxxx with
observation rights to attend, but not vote at all meetings of Parents’ Board of
Directors, and (b) the Board of Directors of Parent will, at its 2010 annual
meeting, nominate Xxxxxx for election as a director to Parent’s Board of
Directors, and will recommend that Parent’s stockholders elect him as a director
of Parent.
Section
6.8
Delivery of
Audited Financial Statements. Within sixty (60) days after the
execution of this Agreement the Company shall deliver to Parent an audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at December
31, 2009 (including the notes thereto), and the related consolidated statements
of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flow for the fiscal year
then ended, together with the report thereon of BDO Xxxxxxx LLP, independent
certified public accountants (the “2009 Company
Audit”).
Section
6.9
Covenants Not to
Compete. For a period of five (5) years following the Closing,
Xxxxxx hereby agrees as follows:
(a) Xxxxxx
shall not directly or indirectly, for itself or on behalf of any other
corporation, person, firm, partnership, association, or any other entity
(whether as an individual, agent, servant, employee, employer, officer,
shareholder, investors, principal, consultant or in any other capacity), engage
or participate in the Business anywhere in the World;
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(b) Xxxxxx
shall not for itself or on behalf of any other corporation, person, firm,
partnership, association, or any other entity (whether as an individual, agent,
servant, employee, employer, officer, director, shareholder, investor,
principal, consultant or any in any other capacity) disclose to any person or
entity any of the client lists, client mailing lists, financial information,
trade secrets, pricing, advertising or marketing plans, methods, systems,
procedure, data bases or other software programs or applications or processes
of, or utilized by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Affiliates with respect to or related to the Business;
and
(c) Xxxxxx
shall not assist or finance any person or entity in any manner or in any way
inconsistent with the intents and purposes of this Section
6.9.
(d) In
the event of a breach, or threatened breach, of any term or provision contained
in this Section
6.9, Xxxxxx agrees that the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Surviving
Company and Parent shall be entitled to the right of specific performance and/or
both temporary and permanent injunctive relief against Xxxxxx in addition to but
not in lieu of any other remedies available at law or in equity.
(e) If
for any reason any provision contained in this Section 6.9 should be
held invalid in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, then it
is the intent of each of the parties hereto that the balance of this Section 6.9 be
enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. It is the
intent of each of the parties that the covenants not-to-compete contained in
this Section
6.9 herein be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law. Accordingly, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine
that the scope of any covenant is too broad to be enforced as written or is
otherwise unenforceable, it is the intent of each of the parties that the court
should reform such covenant to such narrower scope or otherwise as it may
determine is necessary to make such covenant enforceable.
(f) Each
of the parties hereto recognizes and agrees that this Agreement is necessary and
essential to the protection of the Business conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, which Parent is acquiring at the Closing, and the Business which
Parent, the Surviving Company and the Subsidiaries and their Affiliates will
conduct following the Closing, and to enable Parent, the Surviving Company and
the Subsidiaries and their Affiliates to realize and derive all of the benefits,
rights and expectations of the Business, that the area and duration of the
covenants herein are in all aspects, under the circumstances, reasonable; and
that good and valuable consideration exists for each Securityholder agreeing to
be bound by such covenants.
ARTICLE
VII
CLOSING;
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Section
7.1
Closing; and Closing
Date. As soon as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions set forth herein and prior to the filing of the Certificate of
Merger, a closing of the Transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall take place at
the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx L.L.P., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
or at such other location as the parties may agree in writing. The
date on which the Closing occurs is referred to as the “Closing
Date.”
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Section
7.2
Conditions to the Obligations of Each
Party. The obligations of the Company and Securityholders, on
the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, to consummate the
Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or, if permissible, waiver by the party
for whose benefit such conditions exist) at or prior to the Closing of the
following conditions:
(a) No Injunctions or
Restraints. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent
jurisdiction or other Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction or other legal
restraint or prohibition preventing or making illegal the consummation of the
Merger shall be in effect; provided, however, that the parties hereto shall use
their commercially reasonable best efforts to have any such injunction, order,
restraint or prohibition vacated.
(b) Governmental and Regulatory
Approvals. All regulatory approvals and other actions or
approvals by any Governmental Body required to permit the consummation of the
Merger shall have been obtained (without any terms or conditions to such
approvals which would impose material and adverse limitations on the ability of
Parent and its subsidiaries (including the Surviving Corporation following the
Merger) to conduct their business after the Effective Time, which would require
changes to the terms of the Transaction Documents or which would change the
Merger Consideration payable to the Securityholders in the Merger) and such
approvals shall be in full force and effect.
Section
7.3
Conditions to the Obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger
Sub to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by
Parent) at or prior to Closing of the following further conditions:
(a) Officers’
Certificate. The Company shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated the Closing
Date certifying:
(i) the
representations and warranties of the Company and Xxxxxx qualified as to
materiality are true and accurate (and those not so qualified shall be true and
accurate in all material respects) as of the Closing Date as if made at and as
of such time except for those representations and warranties that address
matters only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specific period
of time which need only be true and accurate (or true and accurate in all
material respects) as of such date or with respect to such period;
and
(ii) the
Company (and each of its Subsidiaries) and Xxxxxx have performed or complied
with all agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with by
them under the Transaction Documents at or prior to the Closing Date that are
qualified as to materiality and shall have performed or complied in all material
respects with all other agreements and covenants required to be performed by
them under the Transaction Documents at or prior to the Closing Date that are
not so qualified.
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(b) Secretary’s
Certificate. The Company shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Secretary of the Company dated the Closing Date
certifying:
(i) the
incumbency of the directors and officers of the Company and as to the signatures
of such directors and officers who have executed documents delivered at the
Closing on behalf of the Company; and
(ii) a
copy of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the
Transactions, certified by the Secretary as being true and correct copies of the
originals thereof subject to no modifications or amendments.
(c) Existence and Good
Standing. The Company shall have delivered a certificate,
dated within five (5) business days of the Closing Date, of the Secretary of
State of (or similar Person) with respect to each jurisdiction in which the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries was organized or incorporated establishing
that the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, is in existence, has paid
all franchise taxes and otherwise is in good standing to transact business in
such jurisdiction and each other jurisdiction set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Disclosure Schedules, except in the case of the Subsidiaries, the
certificate will be the current business license for such Subsidiary in
China.
(d) Consents and
Approvals. The Company shall have delivered copies of all
executed consents and approvals as required by Section
3.6.
(e) No Material Adverse
Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, a Material Adverse
Effect shall not have occurred with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(f) Employment
Agreement. Xxxxxx shall have executed and delivered an
employment agreement with Parent in the form attached as Exhibit E, which
shall include a provision terminating any existing employment agreements,
contracts, arrangements and understandings with the Company without any
consideration being paid to Xxxxxx for such termination (the “Xxxxxx Employment
Agreement”).
(g) Due
Diligence. Parent shall have completed, and be satisfied (in
its sole and absolute distraction) in all respects with, its due diligence
investigation of the business, assets, operations, properties, condition
(financial or otherwise), liabilities, prospects and material agreements of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries.
(h) Stockholder
Approval. The holders, voting as a single group on as
as-converted basis, of at least 90% of the issued and outstanding Company Common
Stock, the Company Series A Preferred Stock and Company Warrants approve this
Agreement and the Transactions in accordance with the form of written consent
and waiver of securityholders, annexed hereto as Exhibit F (the
“Securityholder
Consent”) and Parent shall have been provided executed copies
thereof.
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(i) Option Release and
Cancellation Agreements. The holders of all Company Options
shall have executed and delivered an Option Repurchase and Cancellation
Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit G and Parent
shall have been provided executed copies thereof.
(j) Lock-Up and Release
Agreements. At least those Securityholders who have executed
the Securityholder Consent shall have executed and delivered to Parent a Lock-up
and Release Agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit H attached
hereto (the “Lock-Up and
Release Agreements”).
Section
7.4 Conditions to the Obligations of the
Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the
Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company) at or prior to
the Closing Date of the following further conditions and
deliveries:
(a) Officers’
Certificate. Parent shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of Parent, dated the Closing Date
certifying:
(i) the
representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub qualified as to
materiality are true and accurate (and those not so qualified shall be true and
accurate in all material respects) as of the Closing Date as if made at and as
of such time except for those representations and warranties that address
matters only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specific period
of time which need only be true and accurate (or true and accurate in all
material respects) as of such date or with respect to such period;
and
(ii) Parent
and Merger Sub have performed or complied with all agreements and covenants
required to be performed or complied with by them under the Transaction
Documents at or prior to the Closing Date that are qualified as to materiality
and shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all other
agreements and covenants required to be performed by them under the Transaction
Documents at or prior to the Closing Date that are not so
qualified.
(b) Parent Secretary’s
Certificate. Parent shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Secretary of Parent dated the Closing Date
certifying:
(i) the
incumbency of the directors and officers of Parent and as to the signatures of
such directors and officers who have executed documents delivered at the Closing
on behalf of Parent; and
(ii) a
copy of resolutions of the board of directors of Parent authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the
Transactions, certified by the Secretary as being true and correct copies of the
originals thereof subject to no modifications or amendments.
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(c) Merger Sub Secretary’s
Certificate. Merger Sub shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Secretary of Merger Sub dated the Closing Date
certifying:
(i) the
incumbency of the directors and officers of Merger Sub and as to the signatures
of such directors and officers who have executed documents delivered at the
Closing on behalf of Parent; and
(ii) a
copy of resolutions of the board of directors of Merger Sub authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the
Transactions, certified by the Secretary as being true and correct copies of the
originals thereof subject to no modifications or amendments.
(d) Existence and Good
Standing. Parent and Merger Sub shall have delivered
certificates, dated within five (5) business days of the Closing Date, of the
Secretary of State of Washington and Delaware, respectively, establishing that
Parent and Merger Sub are in existence, have paid all franchise taxes and
otherwise are in good standing to transact business in Washington and Delaware,
respectively.
(e) No Material Adverse
Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, a Material Adverse
Effect shall not have occurred with respect to Parent or Merger
Sub.
(f) Employment
Agreement. Parent shall have executed and delivered the Xxxxxx
Employment Agreement.
(g) Delivery of Merger
Consideration. Parent shall have delivered to each
Securityholder the Preferred Stock Consideration and the Warrant Consideration
(subject to reduction in accordance with Sections 2.6(b) and
2.8) in the amounts set forth on Exhibit B opposite
each Securityholder.
(h) Preferred Stock
Designation. Parent shall have delivered a certificate of the
Washington Secretary of State
establishing Parent has filed the Preferred Stock Designation.
(i) Due
Diligence. The Company shall have completed, and be satisfied
(in its sole and absolute distraction) in all respects with, its due diligence
investigation of the business, assets, operations, properties, condition
(financial or otherwise), liabilities, prospects and material agreements of
Parent and Merger Sub.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
Section
8.1 Termination
Events. This Agreement may be terminated:
(a) At
any time by mutual agreement of the Company and Parent.
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(b) By
either Parent or the Company if the Closing has not occurred on or before
February 19, 2010 (the “Termination Date”); provided,
that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b) shall
not be available to the party whose failure to fulfill any of its obligations
under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the
Closing to occur on or before the Termination Date.
(c) By
Parent any time after delivery by the Company of any supplement or amendment to
the Disclosure Schedules as required by Section 6.2, if
Parent determines, as the result of such information, in its sole discretion
that the Transactions are not in the best interests of Parent.
(d) By
Parent at any time prior to the Closing if any representation or warranty of the
Company or Securityholders contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or
other document executed and delivered by the Company or Securityholders pursuant
to this Agreement is or becomes untrue or breached in any material respect, or
if the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) or Securityholders fail to comply in
any material respect with any covenant contained herein, and any such
misrepresentation, noncompliance or breach is not cured, waived or eliminated
within ten (10) days after Parent has furnished Company with written notice of
such misrepresentation, noncompliance or breach, but in any event before the
Termination Date.
(e) By
the Company at any time prior to the Closing if any representation or warranty
of Parent or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or
other document executed and delivered by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this
Agreement is or becomes untrue or breached in any material respect or if Parent
fails to comply in any material respect with any covenant contained herein, and
any such misrepresentation, noncompliance or breach is not cured, waived or
eliminated within ten (10) days after the Company has furnished Parent with
written notice of such misrepresentation, noncompliance or breach, but in any
event before the Termination Date.
Section
8.2
Effect of
Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement
as provided in Section
8.1, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other party
or parties specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which the termination is
made. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
subparagraph (a), (b) or (c) of Section 8.1, this
Agreement shall become null and void, and there shall be no liability on the
part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Securityholders. In
the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to subparagraph (e) or (f) of
Section 8.1,
the terminating party shall be entitled to pursue, exercise and enforce any and
all remedies, rights, powers and privileges available at law or in
equity. In the event of a termination of this Agreement under the
provisions of this Article, a party not then in material breach of this
Agreement shall stand fully released and discharged of any and all obligations
under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
IX
Remedies
Section
9.1 Indemnification by Xxxxxx and the
Securityholders. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Article IX and Section
2.9 Xxxxxx and the other securityholders of the Company agree to
indemnify, defend and hold Parent and Merger Sub and their respective directors,
officers, agents, attorneys and affiliates (collectively, “Parent Indemnitees”) harmless
from and against all losses, claims, obligations, demands, assessments,
penalties, liabilities, costs, damages, attorneys’ fees and expenses
(collectively, “Damages”), asserted against or
incurred by any Parent Indemnitee by reason of or resulting from a breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Company or Xxxxxx contained herein,
in any exhibit, schedule, certificate or financial statement delivered
hereunder, or in any agreement executed in connection with the Transactions;
provided, however, except with respect to Damages resulting from fraud, the
aggregate liability of Xxxxxx for Damages shall not exceed the Indemnification
Holdback. Accordingly, under no circumstances whatsoever shall the aggregate
liability to the securityholders for Damages exceed the Indemnification
Holdback, and the Company’s sole source of any award for Damages for which
securityholders may be liable (and for which Xxxxxx, except in the event of
fraud, may be liable) hereunder, including but not limited to this Section 9.1,
shall come from the Indemnification Holdback as provided in Section
2.9.
Section
9.2 Indemnification by
Parent. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article
and Section
9.6, Parent and Merger Sub agree to indemnify, defend and hold the
Securityholders harmless from and against all Damages asserted against or
incurred by the Securityholders by reason of or resulting from a breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of Parent or Merger Sub contained herein,
in any exhibit, schedule, certificate or financial statement delivered
hereunder, or in any agreement executed in connection with the Transactions;
provided, however, except with respect to Damages resulting from fraud, the
aggregate liability of Parent and Merger Sub for Damages shall not exceed
$1,000,000.
Section
9.3 Conditions of
Indemnification. The obligations and liabilities of the
Securityholders, Parent and Merger Sub (the “indemnifying party”) to the
other (the “party to be
indemnified”) under Section 9.1 and Section 9.2 with
respect to claims resulting from the assertion of liability by third parties
(“Third Party Claims”)
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Within
20 days (provided that failure to deliver notice within such 20 day period will
not affect the indemnification rights of the party to be indemnified unless the
indemnifying party’s position is materially prejudiced as a result of such
failure) after receipt of notice of commencement of any action evidenced by
service of process or other legal pleading, the party to be indemnified shall
give the indemnifying party written notice thereof together with a copy of such
claim, process or other legal pleading, and the indemnifying party shall have
the right to undertake the defense thereof by representatives of its own
choosing and at its own expense; provided that the party to be indemnified may
participate in the defense with counsel of its own choice, the fees and expenses
of which counsel shall be paid by the party to be indemnified unless (i) the
indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the
indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action or (iii) the
named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both
the indemnifying party and the party to be indemnified and the party to be
indemnified has been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal
defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party (in which case, if the party to be
indemnified informs the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ
separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying
party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of
the party to be indemnified, it being understood, however, that the indemnifying
party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees
and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for the
party to be indemnified, which firm shall be designated in writing by the party
to be indemnified).
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(b) In
the event that the indemnifying party, by the 30th day after receipt of notice
of any such claim (or, if earlier, by the 10th day preceding the day on which an
answer or other pleading must be served in order to prevent judgment by default
in favor of the Person asserting such claim), does not elect to defend against
such claim, the party to be indemnified will (upon further notice to the
indemnifying party) have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or
settlement of such claim on behalf of and for the account and risk of the
indemnifying party and at the indemnifying party’s expense, subject to the right
of the indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claims at any time prior
to settlement, compromise or final determination thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall not settle any claim without the
consent of the party to be indemnified unless such settlement involves only the
payment of money and the claimant provides to the party to be indemnified a
release from all liability in respect of such claim. If the
settlement of the claim involves more than the payment of money, the
indemnifying party shall not settle the claim without the prior consent of the
party to be indemnified.
(d) The
party to be indemnified and the indemnifying party will each cooperate with all
reasonable requests of the other.
Section
9.4 Waiver. No waiver
by any party of any default or breach by another party of any representation,
warranty, covenant or condition contained in the Transaction Documents shall be
deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default or breach by such party of the
same or any other representation, warranty, covenant or condition. No
act, delay, omission or course of dealing on the part of any party in exercising
any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or at law or in equity shall
operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice any of such party’s rights,
powers and remedies. All remedies, whether at law or in equity, shall
be cumulative and the election of any one or more shall not constitute a waiver
of the right to pursue other available remedies.
Section
9.5
Remedies
Exclusive. The remedies provided in this Article shall be the
exclusive rights and remedies available to one party against the other, either
at law or in equity, except in the case of fraud.
Section
9.6 Offset. Any and all
amounts owing or to be paid by Parent to Securityholders, hereunder shall be
subject to offset and reduction by any amounts that may be owing at any time by
Securityholders to Parent in respect of any failure or breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Company or Securityholders under or
in connection with the Transaction Documents with Parent or any transaction, as
reasonably determined by Parent.
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Section
9.7 Costs and
Expenses. Whether or not the Transactions are consummated, the
Securityholders shall pay the fees and expenses of the Securityholders and the
Company for negotiating and consummating the Transactions, including without
limitation, the Company’s attorneys’ fees and expenses and accounting fees and
expenses, and Parent shall pay the fees and expenses of Parent and Merger Sub
for negotiating and consummating the Transactions, including without limitation,
its attorney’s fees and expenses and accounting fees and expenses.
Section
9.8 Specific
Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that a refusal by
a party to consummate the Transactions will cause irreparable harm to the other
parties hereto, for which there may be no adequate remedy at law and for which
the ascertainment of damages would be difficult. Therefore, each
party shall be entitled, in addition to, and without having to prove the
inadequacy of, other remedies at law, seek specific performance of this
Agreement, as well as injunctive relief.
ARTICLE
X
Miscellaneous
Section
10.1 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by an instrument in
writing executed by all the parties hereto.
Section
10.2 Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any right created hereby or in the other Transaction
Documents shall be assignable by any party hereto.
Section
10.3 Parties In Interest; No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the
parties hereto. Neither this Agreement nor any other Transaction
Document shall be deemed to confer upon any Person not a party hereto or thereto
any rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder.
Section
10.4 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents constitute the entire
agreement of the parties regarding the subject matter hereof, and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties,
or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section
10.5 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable
under present or future laws effective during the term hereof, such provision
shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as
if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision never comprised a part
hereof; and the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and
effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision or by its severance herefrom. Furthermore, in lieu of such
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically
as part of this Agreement a provision as similar in its terms to such illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and
enforceable.
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Section
10.6 Survival of Representation and
Warranties. The representations and warranties contained
herein shall survive the Closing and all statements contained in any other
Transaction Document shall be deemed to have been representations and warranties
by the Company and Xxxxxx, Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be, and,
notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, shall survive
the Closing until August 1, 2011, except for representations and warranties with
respect to Sections
3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.20, 3.26, 4.1, 4.4, 5.1 and 5.2 and any matter related
to fraud, which shall survive the Closing until the running of any applicable
statutes of limitation.
Section
10.7 Governing Law. THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS (BUT NOT
THE RULES GOVERNING CONFLICTS OF LAWS) OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
Section
10.8 Captions. The
captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section
10.9 Confidentiality; Publicity and
Disclosures. Each party shall keep the Transaction Documents
and their terms confidential, and shall make no press release or public
disclosure, either written or oral, regarding the Transactions without the prior
knowledge and consent of the other parties hereto; provided that the foregoing
shall not prohibit any disclosure (i) by press release, filing or otherwise that
is required by any Legal Requirements, including the federal securities
laws and (ii) to
attorneys, accountants, investment bankers or other agents of the parties
assisting the parties in connection with the Transactions. The press
release announcing the Transactions is set forth in Exhibit
I.
Section
10.10 Notice. All notices
and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by
personal delivery, mailed by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid,
return receipt requested), sent by facsimile transmission, sent by a nationally
recognized overnight courier service or sent by electronic submission to the
parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as is
specified by like change of address):
If
to Parent:
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000
X. Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx L.L.P.
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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If
to the Company
or
Securityholders:
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
000
Xxx Xxxx Xx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx,
XXX 000000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Brandeis & Xxxxxxxx, LLP
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000
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Notice
shall be deemed received (a) on the business day following the date on which it
is deposited with a nationally recognized and reputable overnight courier
service, (b) on the date on which it is delivered personally, (c) when sent by
facsimile with confirmation of receipt received by sender, or (d) on the third
business day following the date on which it is deposited in the U. S.
mail.
Section
10.11 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more original, facsimile or electronic
multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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EXECUTED as of the date first
above written.
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
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DOU
GUO ACQUISITION, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
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D
MOBILE, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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EXHIBIT
A
DEFINITIONS
“2009 Company Audit” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
6.2.
“2009 Unaudited Financial
Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.7(a).
“Accounts Receivable” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.10.
“Affiliate” means with respect
to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such Person, including directors, officers or beneficial owners of
any class of securities of such Person (or a relative of any of the
foregoing). For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (and
correlative terms) means the power, whether by contract, equity ownership or
otherwise, to direct the policies and management of a Person.
“Agreement” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Balance Sheet” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
3.7(a)(ii).
“Business” means the physical
or virtual aggregation/reselling of content to be downloaded to a fixed or
wireless device..
“Certificate of Merger” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
“Closing” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
7.1.
“Closing Date” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
7.1.
“Code” shall mean the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. All references to the
Code, U.S. Treasury regulations or other governmental pronouncements shall be
deemed to include references to any applicable successor regulations or amending
pronouncement.
“Commitment” and “Commitments” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
3.17.
“Company” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Common Stock”
shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001 per share of the
Company.
“Company Common Stockholders”
shall mean the holders of the Company Common Stock.
“Company Employees and Consultants”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).
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“Company Financial Statements”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.7.
“Company Note” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6(d)Section
3.2(d).
“Company Option” shall mean options to
purchase Company Common Stock that the Company agreed to issue under the Company
Stock Plan.
“Company Option Holder” means
the holders of Company Options.
“Company Other Benefit
Obligation” shall mean an Other Benefit Obligation owed, adopted, or
followed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates.
“Company Permits” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
3.21.
“Company Preferred Stock”
shall mean the preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“Company Plans” shall mean all
Plans of which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates is or was a Plan Sponsor, or to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates otherwise
contributes or has contributed, or in which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates otherwise participates
or has participated. All references to Plans are to Company Plans unless the
context requires otherwise.
“Company Products” shall mean
each and all of the products of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
(including without limitation all software products), whether currently being
distributed, currently under development, or otherwise anticipated to be
distributed under any product “road map” of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Company Proprietary Rights”
shall mean the Proprietary Rights of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries.
“Company Securities” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.6.
“Company Series A Preferred Stock”
shall mean the Series A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock of the
Company.
“Company Series A Preferred
Stockholders” shall mean the holders of Company Series A Preferred
Stock.
“Company Source Code” shall
mean any source code, or any portion, aspect or segment of any source code,
relating to any Proprietary Rights owned by or licensed to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or otherwise used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Company Warrants” shall mean
the warrants that the Company agreed to issue to purchase shares of Company
Common Stock.
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“Company Warrant Holders”
shall mean the holders of Company Warrants.
“Compensation Plans” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11(b).
“Convertible Notes” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(d).
“Copyrights” shall mean all
copyrights, copyrightable works, semiconductor topography and mask work rights,
and applications for registration thereof, including all rights of authorship,
use, publication, reproduction, distribution, performance transformation, moral
rights and rights of ownership of copyrightable works, semiconductor topography
works and mask works, and all rights to register and obtain renewals and
extensions of registrations, together with all other interests accruing by
reason of international copyright, semiconductor topography and mask work
conventions.
“Damages” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
9.1.
“DGCL” shall have the meaning
set forth in the Recitals.
“Effective Time” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
“Employee Policies and
Procedures” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(c).
“Encumbrances” shall mean any
lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance,
equity, trust, equitable interest, claim, preference, right of possession,
lease, tenancy, license, encroachment, covenant, infringement, interference,
order, proxy, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community
property interest, legend, defect, impediment, exception, reservation,
limitation, impairment, imperfection of title, condition or restriction of any
nature (including any restriction on the transfer of any asset, any restriction
on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use
of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any
other attribute of ownership of any asset).
“Environmental, Health, and Safety
Liabilities” shall mean any cost, damages, expense, liability,
obligation, or other responsibility arising from or under Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law and consisting of or relating to: (i) any
environmental, health, or safety matters or conditions (including on-site or
off-site contamination, occupational safety and health,
and regulation of chemical substances or products); (ii) fines,
penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, legal or administrative proceedings,
damages, losses, claims, demands and response, investigative, remedial, or
inspection costs and expenses arising under Environmental Law or Occupational
Safety and Health Law; (iii) financial responsibility under Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law for cleanup costs or corrective action,
including any investigation, cleanup, removal, containment, or other remediation
or response actions (“Cleanup”) required by applicable Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law (whether or not such Cleanup has been
required or requested by any Governmental Body or any other Person) and for any
natural resource damages; or (iv) any other compliance, corrective,
investigative, or remedial measures required under Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law.
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“Environmental Law” shall mean
any Legal Requirements from a Governmental Body, now or hereafter in effect,
relating to Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Activity, or protection of human
health and the environment.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean,
with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary, any other Person that, together
with the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, is treated as a single
employer under Code Section 414.
“ESOP” shall have the meaning
given in Code Section 4975(e)(7).
“Exchange Act” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).
“Facilities” shall mean any
real property, leaseholds, or other interests currently or formerly owned or
operated by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and any buildings, plants,
structures, or equipment (including motor vehicles, tank cars, and rolling
stock) currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“GAAP” shall mean generally
accepted United States accounting principles, applied on a basis consistent with
the basis throughout the periods involved.
“Governmental Body” shall mean
any (i) nation, state, county, city, town, village, district or other
jurisdiction of any nature; (ii) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or
other government; (iii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any
nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or
entity and any court or other tribunal); (iv) multi-national organization or
body; or (v) body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative,
executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or
power of any nature.
“Hazardous Activity” shall mean
the abatement, distribution, generation, handling, importing, management,
manufacturing, processing, production, refinement, Release, Threat of Release,
storage, transfer, transportation, treatment, or use (including any withdrawal
or other use of groundwater) of Hazardous Materials in, on, under, about, or
from the Facilities or any part thereof into the environment, and any other act,
business, operation, or thing that increases the danger, or risk of danger, or
poses an unreasonable risk of harm to persons or property on or off the
Facilities, or that may affect the value of the Facilities or the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any other activity or occurrence that causes or would
cause any such event to occur.
“Hazardous Materials” shall
mean any waste or other substance that is listed, defined, designated, or
classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, or toxic
or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental Law,
including any admixture or solution thereof, and specifically including
petroleum and all derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes therefore and
asbestos or asbestos-containing materials.
A-4
“Hedging Transaction” means any
short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase or other
acquisition, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put
or call option or any combination thereof) with respect to any security or other
instrument (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes,
relates to or otherwise derives any significant part of its value from the
Parent Common Stock.
“Issued Patents” shall mean all
issued patents, reissued or reexamined patents, revivals of patents, utility
models, certificates of invention, registrations of patents or extensions
thereof, regardless of country or formal name, issued by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or any other applicable Governmental
Body.
“Knowledge” means as to an
individual will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or other
matter if: (i) such individual is actually aware of such fact or
other matter; or (ii) a prudent individual could be expected to
discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or other matter in the course of
conducting a reasonably comprehensive investigation concerning the existence of
such fact or other matter. A Person (other than an individual) will
be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular
fact or other matter if any individual who is serving, or who has at any time
served, as a director, officer, partner, executor, or trustee of such Person (or
in any similar capacity) has, or at any time had, Knowledge of such fact or
other matter.
“Legal Requirements” shall
mean any national, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international,
multinational, or other administrative order, executive order, judgments,
decrees, injunctions, order, constitution, law, licensing, permit, authorization
or consent requirement, ordinance, principal of common law, regulation, statute
or treaty.
“Material Adverse Effect”
shall mean any change, event, occurrence or condition which has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material
adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the subject Person and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
“Merger” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
2.6.
“Merger Sub” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Multi-Employer Plan” shall
mean the meaning given in ERISA Section 3(37)(A).
“Occupational Safety and Health
Law” shall mean any Legal Requirements designed to provide safe and
healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health
hazards, and any program, whether governmental or private (including those
promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and insurance companies),
designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions.
“Other Benefit Obligations”
shall mean all obligations, arrangements, or customary practices, whether or not
legally enforceable, to provide benefits, other than salary, as compensation for
services rendered, to present or former directors, employees, or agents, other
than obligations, arrangements, and practices that are Plans. Other Benefit
Obligations include consulting agreements under which the compensation paid does
not depend upon the amount of service rendered, sabbatical policies, severance
payment policies, and fringe benefits within the meaning of Code Section
132.
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“Parent” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Parent Common Stock” shall mean the common stock
of Parent, no par value per share.
“Parent Financials” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).
“Parent Indemnitees” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
9.1.
“Parent Preferred Stock” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.6(a)(i).
“Parent SEC Reports” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a)
“Patent Applications” shall
mean all provisional or non-provisional patent applications, whether published
or unpublished, filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any
other applicable Governmental Body, together with any reexamination proceedings,
invention disclosures and records of invention.
“Patents” shall mean the Issued
Patents and all Patent Applications.
“Pension Plan” shall have the
meaning given in ERISA Section 3(2)(A).
“Person” shall mean any
individual corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general or
limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust,
association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental
Body.
“Personal Property” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(b).
“PHL” shall mean Pypo Holdings
(HK) Company Limited.
“PHL Note” shall mean that
certain Convertible Note, dated as of October __, 2009, in the original
principal amount of $294,118 and issued by the Company in favor of
PHL.
“Plan” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 3(3) of ERISA.
“Plan Sponsor” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3(16)(B) of ERISA.
“Preferred Stock
Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.6(a)(i).
“Preferred Stock Designation”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.3.
“Proceeding” shall mean any
action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation, or suit (whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or informal) commenced, brought,
conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Body
or arbitrator.
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“Proprietary Rights” shall mean
any and all (a)(i) Patents, (ii) Trademarks, including without limitation,
Registered Trademarks, (iii) Copyrights, including without limitation Registered
Copyrights, (iv) Trade Secrets, (v) all other ideas, inventions,
designs, manufacturing and operating specifications, technical data, and other
intangible assets, intellectual properties and rights (whether or not
appropriate steps have been taken to protect, under applicable law, such other
intangible assets, properties or rights); or (b) any right to use or
exploit any of the foregoing.
“Qualified Plan” shall mean any
Plan that meets or purports to meet the requirements of Code Section
401(a).
“Real Property” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
3.14(a).
“Registered Copyrights” shall
mean all Copyrights for which registrations have been obtained or applications
for registration have been filed in the United States Copyright Office and any
other applicable Governmental Body.
“Registered Trademarks” means
all Trademarks for which registrations have been obtained or applications for
registration have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and any applicable Governmental Body.
“Release” shall mean any
spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, depositing, escaping, seeping,
leaching, dumping, or other releasing into the Environment, or to allow, permit
or suffer any of these acts or omissions, whether intentional or
unintentional.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
3.2.
“Securityholders” shall mean
the holders of securities of the Company.
“Securityholder Consent” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(h).
“Xxxxxx Employment Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(f).
“Surviving Corporation” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
2.1(b).
“Tax” shall mean any tax
(including any income tax, capital gains tax, value-added tax, sales tax,
property tax, gift tax, or estate tax), levy, assessment, tariff, duty
(including any customs duty), deficiency, or other fee, and any related charge
or amount (including any fine, penalty, interest or addition to tax), imposed,
assessed, or collected by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or
payable pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement or any other Commitment relating
to the sharing or payment of any such tax, levy, assessment, tariff, duty,
deficiency, or fee.
“Tax Return” shall mean any
return (including any information return), report, statement, schedule, notice,
form, or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required
to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection with the
determination, assessment, collection, or payment of any Tax or in connection
with the administration, implementation, or enforcement of or compliance with
any Legal Requirements relating to any Tax.
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“Termination Date” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
8.1(b).
“Third Party Claims” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
9.3.
“Threat of Release” shall mean
a substantial likelihood of a Release that may require action in order to
prevent or mitigate damage to the Environment that may result from such
Release.
“Title IV Plans” shall mean all
Pension Plans that are subject to Title IV of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. Section 1301 et
seq., other than Multi-Employer Plans.
“Trade Secrets” means all
product specifications, data, know-how, formulae, compositions, processes,
designs, sketches, photographs, graphs, drawings, samples, inventions and ideas,
research and development, manufacturing or distribution methods and processes,
customer lists, current and anticipated customer requirements, price lists,
market studies, business plans, computer software and programs (including object
code), computer software and database technologies, systems, structures and
architectures (and related processes, formulae, composition, improvements,
devices, know-how, inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas, designs, methods
and information), and any other information, however documented, that is a trade
secret within the meaning of the applicable trade-secret protection
law.
“Trademarks” shall mean all (i)
trademarks, service marks, marks, logos, insignias, designs, names, domain names
business names, trade names or other symbols as well as all goodwill associated
with any of the foregoing.
“Transaction Documents” shall
mean, collectively, this Agreement, Noncompetition Agreements, Employment
Agreement, Lock-Up and Release Agreements, each other agreement, document and
instrument required to be executed in accordance therewith and all exhibits,
schedules, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby or
thereby.
“Transactions” shall mean,
collectively, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
“Underlying Parent Common
Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.4.
“VEBA” shall mean a voluntary
employees’ beneficiary association under Code Section 501(c)(9).
“Welfare Plan” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
“ZGBC” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section
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EXHIBIT
B
COMPANY
CAPITALIZATION; MERGER CONSIDERATION
See
Attached.
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF PARENT WARRANTS
SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
D
PREFERRED
STOCK DESIGNATION
SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF XXXXXX EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
F
SECURITYHOLDER
CONSENT
SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
G
OPTION
REPURCHASE AND CANCELLATION AGREEMENT
SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF LOCK UP AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
I
PRESS
RELEASE
SEE
ATTACHED