AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION by and among GLOBAL SERVICES PARTNERS ACQUISITION CORP., SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE CORPORATION, GSPAC MERGER COMPANY, SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE, LLC and THE MEMBERS OF SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE, LLC January 15, 2008
Annex
A
by
and among
SOUTHPEAK
INTERACTIVE CORPORATION,
GSPAC
MERGER COMPANY,
SOUTHPEAK
INTERACTIVE, LLC
and
THE
MEMBERS OF SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE, LLC
January
15, 2008
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS and interpretation
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1
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1.01
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Definitions
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1
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1.02
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Other
Defined Terms
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5
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1.03
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Interpretation
|
7
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2.01
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The
Merger
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8
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2.02
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Effective
Time of the Merger
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8
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2.03
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Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
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8
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2.04
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Directors
and Officers of the Surviving Corporation
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8
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2.05
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Effect
of the Merger
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8
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2.06
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Effect
on Capital Stock
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8
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2.07
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Surrender
of Certificates
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10
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2.08
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Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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10
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2.09
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Taking
of Necessary Action; Further Action
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10
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ARTICLE
3 THE BUSINESS COMBINATION
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11
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3.01
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Purchase
of the Membership Interests from the Members
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11
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3.02
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Closing
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11
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3.03
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Purchase
Price
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11
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3.04
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Contingent
Consideration
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11
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3.05
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Allocation
of Consideration
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13
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ARTICLE
4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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13
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4.01
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Organization
and Qualification
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13
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4.02
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Subsidiaries
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13
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4.03
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Capitalization
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13
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4.04
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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14
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4.05
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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14
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4.06
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Compliance
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15
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4.07
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Financial
Statements
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15
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4.08
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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16
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4.09
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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16
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4.10
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Litigation
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17
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4.11
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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17
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4.12
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Labor
and Employment Matters
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18
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4.13
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Restrictions
on Business Activities
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18
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4.14
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Title
to Property
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19
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4.15
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Taxes
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19
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4.16
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Environmental
Matters
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20
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4.17
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Intellectual
Property
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20
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4.18
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Agreements,
Contracts and Commitments
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22
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4.19
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Insurance
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23
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4.20
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Governmental
Actions/Filings
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23
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4.21
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Interested
Party Transactions
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24
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4.22
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Manager
Approval
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24
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4.23
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Member
Approval
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24
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4.24
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Brokers;
Third Party Expenses
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24
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4.25
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Information.
|
25
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ARTICLE
5 REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
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25
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5.01
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Organization
and Qualification
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26
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5.02
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Subsidiaries
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26
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5.03
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Capitalization
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28
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5.04
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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28
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5.05
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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29
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5.06
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Compliance
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29
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5.07
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements
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30
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5.08
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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30
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5.09
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Indebtedness
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30
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5.10
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Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board Quotation
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30
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5.11
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Board
Approval
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30
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5.12
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Trust
Fund
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30
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5.13
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Brokers
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30
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ARTICLE
6 COVENANTS
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30
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6.01
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Merger
Proxy/Prospectus; Special Meeting
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30
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6.02
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Form
8-K
|
32
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6.03
|
Additional
Registration Statement
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32
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ARTICLE 7 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
33
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7.01
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Conduct
of Business
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33
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7.02
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Restrictions
on Conduct of Business
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33
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7.03
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No
Claim Against Trust Account
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35
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7.04
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Access
to Information
|
35
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7.05
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Confidential
Information; Non-Solicitation or Negotiation
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36
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7.06
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Public
Disclosure
|
37
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7.07
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Consents;
Cooperation
|
37
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7.08
|
Legal
Requirements
|
37
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7.09
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Blue
Sky Laws
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37
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7.10
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No
Holdings Stock Transactions
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38
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7.11
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Registration
Rights
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38
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7.12
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Employment
Agreements
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38
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7.13
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Further
Assurances and Guaranty
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38
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7.14
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Indemnification
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38
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7.15
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Advisory and Other Fees |
39
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ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
39
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8.01
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Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of Parent, Holdings and Merger
Sub to
Consummate the Merger and the Business Combination
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39
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8.02
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Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of the Company and the Members
to Consummate
the Business Combination
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41
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ARTICLE 9 INDEMNIFICATION; REMEDIES |
43
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9.01
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Indemnification
of Holdings and Surviving Corporation
|
43
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9.02
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Indemnification
of Third Party Claims
|
44
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9.03
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Insurance
Effect
|
45
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9.04
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Limitations
on Indemnification
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46
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9.05
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Exclusive
Remedy
|
46
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9.06
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Valuation
of Escrow Shares
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46
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9.07
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Adjustment
to Purchase Price
|
47
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ARTICLE 10 TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER |
47
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10.01
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Termination
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47
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10.02
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Effect
of Termination
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48
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10.03
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Expenses
and Termination Fees
|
48
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10.04
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Amendment
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48
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10.05
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Extension;
Waiver
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48
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ARTICLE
11 GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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49
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11.01
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Notices
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49
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11.02
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Counterparts
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50
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11.03
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Entire
Agreement; Nonassignability; Parties in Interest
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50
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11.04
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Severability
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50
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11.05
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Remedies
Cumulative; Specific Performance
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51
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11.06
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Governing
Law
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51
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11.07
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Rules
of Construction
|
51
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EXHIBITS
Certificate
of Merger
|
A
|
Escrow
Agreement
|
B
|
Lock-Up
Agreement
|
C
|
Registration
Rights Agreement
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D
|
Executive
Chairman Agreement
|
E
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CEO
Employment Agreement
|
F
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SCHEDULES
Mergers
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I
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Board
of Directors
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II
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Officers
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III
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Jurisdictions
|
4.01(b)
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Company
Capitalization
|
4.03(a)
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Consents
|
4.05(b)
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Compliance
|
4.06
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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4.08
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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4.09
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Litigation
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4.10
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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4.11
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Labor
and Employment Matters
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4.12
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Restrictions
on Business Activities
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4.13
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Liens
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4.14
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Taxes
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4.15
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Environmental
Compliance
|
4.16(a)
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Environmental
Studies and Investigations
|
4.16(b)
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Material
Intellectual Property
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4.17(a)
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Claims
Against Intellectual Property
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4.17(b)
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Enforceability
of Intellectual Property Rights
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4.17(c)
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Exclusive
Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights
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4.17(d)
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Material
Company Contracts
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4.18(a)
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Default
of Material Company Contracts
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4.18(c)
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Insurance
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4.19
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Permits
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4.20
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Interested
Party Transactions
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4.21
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This
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into this 15th day of January, 2008, by and among Global
Services Partners Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
SouthPeak Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (“Holdings”),
GSPAC
Merger Company, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings
(“Merger
Sub”),
SouthPeak Interactive, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (the
“Company”),
and
the Members of the Company set forth on Schedule
I
attached
hereto (the “Members”).
WHEREAS,
Holdings was formed solely for the purpose of acquiring all of the outstanding
membership interests of the Company from the Members (the “Business
Combination”);
WHEREAS,
Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of a merger of Parent with and
into
Merger Sub, in which Merger Sub will be the surviving corporation (the
“Merger”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to and in connection with the Business Combination, and as part of
the
same integrated transaction (such that neither the Business Combination nor
the
Merger shall occur without the other), Parent and Merger Sub shall consummate
the Merger, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the outstanding shares
of
common stock of the Parent, par value $.0001 per share (the “Parent
Common Stock”)
and
the outstanding shares of Class B common stock of the Parent, par value $.0001
per share (the “Parent
Class B Common Stock”,
and
together with the Parent Common Stock, the “Parent
Stock”),
shall
be converted into shares of common stock of Holdings, par value $.0001 per
share
(the “Holdings
Stock”)
and
(b) all warrants and other rights to purchase Parent Stock then outstanding
(the
“Parent
Stock Rights”)
shall
be exchanged for substantially equivalent securities of Holdings at the rate
set
forth herein (the “Holdings
Stock Rights”);
WHEREAS,
as part of the same integrated transaction (such that neither the Business
Combination nor the Merger shall occur without the other) Holdings shall
purchase all of the outstanding membership interests of the Company (the
“Membership
Interests”)
from
the Members for cash and shares of Holdings Stock as set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS,
Parent, Holdings, Merger Sub and the Members intend for the Merger and the
Business Combination to qualify as tax
free
transactions
pursuant to Section 351 of the Code.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and the mutual covenants
and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
1.01 Definitions.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings
set
forth below:
“Business
Entity”
means
any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other domestic
or foreign form of business association or organization.
“Change
in Control”
means, following the Closing, any
consolidation or merger of Holdings
with
or
into any other entity, or any other corporate reorganization, in which the
stockholders of Holdings
immediately
prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization own 10% or less of
Holdings’
(or
the
surviving entity’s) voting power immediately after such consolidation, merger or
reorganization, or any transaction or series of related transactions in which
in
excess of 90% of Holdings’
voting
power is transferred (other than to one or more affiliates of the transferring
party(s)); provided, however, a Change of Control shall exist if 50% were
substituted for 10% and 90% above in any transaction occurring after the Closing
in which the executive officers of Holdings immediately prior to such
transaction no longer hold the same or comparable positions in Holdings or
any
successor to Holdings after the transaction.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company
Contracts”
mean
all contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds,
licenses, permits, franchises, purchase orders, sales orders, and other
understandings, commitments and obligations (including without limitation
outstanding offers and proposals) of any kind, whether written or oral, to
which
the Company is a party or by or to which any of the properties or assets of
the
Company may be bound, subject or affected (including without limitation notes
or
other instruments payable to the Company).
“Company
Intellectual Property”
means
any Intellectual Property that is owned by, or exclusively licensed to, the
Company, including software and software programs developed by or exclusively
licensed to the Company (specifically excluding any off the shelf or shrink-wrap
software).
“Company
Registered Intellectual Property”
means
all of the Registered Intellectual Property owned by, or filed in the name
of,
the Company.
“Company
Products”
means
all current versions of products or service offerings of the
Company.
“EBITDA”
means,
for any period, the Net Income of Holdings for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis, plus (a) income Taxes deducted in determining Net Income
for
such period, (b) any depreciation, amortization or non-cash expense deducted
in
determining Net Income for such period (including any deduction attributable
to
the purchase accounting “write-up” resulting from the transactions contemplated
hereby and deducted in determining Net Income for such period and non-cash
compensation charges), (c) interest expense deducted in determining Net Income
for such period, and (d) all expenses related to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including legal, accounting and due diligence expenses,
in
each case to the extent deducted in the calculation of Net Income for such
period.
“Environmental
Law”
means
any federal, foreign, state, provincial, local or foreign law, regulation,
order, decree, permit, authorization, opinion, common law or agency requirement
relating to: (a) the protection, investigation or restoration of the
environment, health and safety, or natural resources; (b) the handling,
use, presence, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Substance or (c) noise, odor, wetlands, pollution, contamination or any
injury or threat of injury to persons or property.
2
“Dissenting
Shares”
means
any shares of Parent Stock held by stockholders who are entitled to appraisal
rights under the DGCL, and who have properly exercised, perfected and not
subsequently withdrawn or lost or waived their rights to demand payment with
respect to their shares in accordance with the DGCL.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any court, administrative agency, commission, governmental or regulatory
authority, domestic or foreign.
“Governmental
Action/Filing”
means
any franchise, license, certificate of compliance, authorization, consent,
order, permit, approval, consent or other action of, or any filing, registration
or qualification with, any federal, foreign, state, provincial, municipal,
foreign or other governmental, administrative or judicial body, agency or
authority.
“Hazardous
Substance”
means
any substance that is: (a) listed, classified or regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law; (b) any petroleum product or by-product,
asbestos-containing material, lead-containing paint or plumbing, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radioactive materials or radon; or (c) any other substance which
is the subject of regulatory action by any Governmental Entity pursuant to
any
Environmental Law.
“Intellectual
Property”
means
any or all of the following and all worldwide common law and statutory rights
in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (a) patents and applications
therefor and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof (“Patents”);
(b) inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures,
improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know how, technology,
technical data and customer lists, and all documentation relating to any of
the
foregoing; (c) copyrights, copyrights registrations and applications
therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world
(“Copyrights”);
(d) software and software programs; (e) domain names, uniform resource
locators and other names and locators associated with the Internet
(f) industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor;
(g) trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service marks, trademark
and service xxxx registrations and applications therefor (collectively,
“Trademarks”);
(h) all databases and data collections and all rights therein; (i) all
moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and
(j) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing (as
applicable).
“Knowledge”
means
actual knowledge or awareness as to a specified fact or event of a Person that
is an individual or of an officer, director or managerial personnel of a Person
that is a corporation or of a Person in a similar capacity of an entity other
than a corporation and such knowledge as such persons reasonably should have
obtained upon diligent investigation and inquiry into the matter in
question.
“Legal
Requirements”
means
any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict,
decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted,
promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority
of any Governmental Entity and all requirements set forth in applicable Company
Contracts or Parent Contracts.
3
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, restriction or
charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other
title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any sale with recourse
against the seller or any affiliate of the seller, or any agreement to give
any
security interest).
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect, individually
or when aggregated with other changes, events, violations, inaccuracies,
circumstances or effects, that is materially adverse to the business, assets,
revenues, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects
of an
entity; provided, however, that (a) changes in general industry or economic
conditions, (b) adverse effects arising from the announcement or consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, or (c) changes in GAAP that apply
generally to the industry in which the Company operates.
“Net
Income”
means,
for any period, the net income (or loss) of Holdings for such period, determined
on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
(a) liens for current Taxes and other statutory liens and trusts for Taxes
not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith,
(b) liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, such as carriers’,
warehousemen’s, landlords’ and mechanics’ liens and other similar liens arising
in the ordinary course of business, (c) liens on personal property leased
under operating leases, (d) liens, pledges or deposits incurred or made in
connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
security benefits, or securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases,
contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), statutory
obligations, progress payments, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations
of
like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(e) pledges of or liens on manufactured products as security for any drafts
or bills of exchange drawn in connection with the importation of such
manufactured products in the ordinary course of business, (f) liens under
Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are special property interests
in
goods identified as goods to which a contract refers, (g) liens under
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are purchase money security
interests, and (h) such imperfections or minor defects of title, easements,
rights-of-way and other similar restrictions (if any) as are insubstantial
in
character, amount or extent, do not materially detract from the value or
interfere with the present or proposed use of the properties or assets of the
party subject thereto or affected thereby, and do not otherwise adversely affect
or impair the business or operations of such party.
“Person”
means
any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, limited liability
company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Entity or other entity.
“Registered
Intellectual Property”
means
all Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application, certificate,
filing, registration or other document issued, filed with, or recorded by any
Government Entity.
4
“Subsidiary”
means
with respect to any Person, any Business Entity of which a majority of
outstanding voting securities or other voting equity interests, or a majority
of
any other interests having the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of or otherwise exert control over such Business Entity,
are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Tax”
or
“Taxes”
refers
to any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial, local and foreign taxes,
including, without limitation, gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use,
occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll,
recapture, employment, excise and property taxes, assessments, governmental
charges and duties together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed
with respect to any such amounts and any obligations under any agreements or
arrangements with any other Person with respect to any such amounts and
including any liability of a predecessor entity for any such amounts.
1.02 Other
Defined Terms.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings
set
forth in the section opposite each such term:
TERM
|
SECTION
|
Additional
Registration Statement
|
Section
6.03
|
Agreement
|
Preamble
|
Agreement
Proposal
|
Section
6.01(a)
|
Alternative
Proposal
|
Section
7.05(b)
|
Annual
Financial Statements
|
Section
4.07(a)
|
Approvals
|
Section
4.01(a)
|
Blue
Sky Laws
|
Section
4.05(b)
|
Xxxxxxx
|
Section
7.16
|
Business
Combination
|
Recitals
|
Cash
Consideration
|
Section
3.03
|
CEO
Employment Agreement
|
Section
7.12
|
Certificate
of Merger
|
Section
2.01
|
Chairman
Employment Agreement
|
Section
7.12
|
Charter
Proposal
|
Section
6.01(a)
|
Closing
|
Section
3.01
|
Closing
Date
|
Section
3.02
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
Company
Disclosure Schedule
|
Article
IV
|
Company
Guarantees
|
Section
4.21(b)
|
Conversion
Ratio
|
Section
2.06(a)
|
Copyrights
|
Section
1.01
|
Deductible
|
Section
9.04(b)
|
DGCL
|
Section
2.01
|
Effective
Time
|
Section
2.02
|
Escrow
Agent
|
Section
3.03
|
Escrow
Agreement
|
Section
3.03
|
Escrow
Shares
|
Section
3.03
|
5
Excess
Cash
|
Section
7.02(b)
|
Exchange
Act
|
Section
4.05(b)
|
Expense
Agreement
|
Section
10.03(a)
|
Final
Date
|
Section
10.01(d)
|
First
Contingent Payment
|
Section
3.04(a)
|
Founders
|
Section
6.03
|
Founders’
Securities
|
Section
6.03
|
Founders
Registration Agreement
|
Section
6.03
|
GAAP
|
Section
4.07(a)
|
Holdings
|
Preamble
|
Holdings
Convertible Securities
|
Section
5.03(b)
|
Holdings
Preferred Stock
|
Section
5.03(b)
|
Holdings
Stock
|
Recitals
|
Holdings
Stock Options
|
Section
5.03(b)
|
Holdings
Stock Rights
|
Recitals
|
Holdings
Warrants
|
Section
5.03(b)
|
Incentive
Plan Proposal
|
Section
6.01(a)
|
Indemnitees
|
Section
9.01(a)
|
Insider
|
Section
4.18(a)
|
Insurance
Policies
|
Section
4.19
|
Lock-Up
Agreement
|
Section
7.10
|
Losses
|
Section
9.01(b)
|
Material
Company Contracts
|
Section
4.18(a)
|
Members
|
Preamble
|
Membership
Interests
|
Recitals
|
Merger
|
Recitals
|
Merger
Form 8-K
|
Section
6.02
|
Merger
Proxy/Prospectus
|
Section
4.25
|
Merger
Sub
|
Preamble
|
Merger
Sub Stock
|
Section
5.03(c)
|
Merger
Sub Stock Options
|
Section
5.03(c)
|
Merger
Sub Warrants
|
Section
5.03(c)
|
NASD
|
Section
5.21
|
Notice
of Claim
|
Section
9.02(a)
|
OTCBB
|
Section
2.06(e)
|
Parent
|
Preamble
|
Parent
Class B Common Stock
|
Recitals
|
Parent
Common Stock
|
Recitals
|
Parent
Convertible Securities
|
Section
5.03(a)
|
Parent
Preferred Stock
|
Section
5.03(a)
|
Parent
SEC Reports
|
Section
5.07
|
Parent
Stock
|
Recitals
|
Parent
Stock Options
|
Section
5.03(a)
|
Parent
Stock Rights
|
Recitals
|
Parent
Stock Rights Agreements
|
Section
2.06(b)
|
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Parent
Warrants
|
Section
5.03(a)
|
Patents
|
Section
1.01
|
PDF
|
Section
3.02
|
Personal
Property
|
Section
4.14(b)
|
Plans
|
Section
4.11(a)
|
Press
Release
|
Section
6.02
|
Purchase
Price
|
Section
3.03
|
Registration
Rights Agreement
|
Section
7.11
|
Registration
Statement
|
Section
4.25
|
Representatives
|
Section
7.04(a)
|
Returns
|
Section
4.15(a)
|
Second
Contingent Payment
|
Section
3.04(b)
|
Securities
Act
|
Section
4.05(b)
|
Special
Meeting
|
Section
4.25
|
Stock
Consideration
|
Section
3.03
|
Survival
Period
|
Section
9.04(a)
|
Surviving
Corporation
|
Section
2.01
|
Stub
Financial Statements
|
Section
4.07(b)
|
Third
Party Claims
|
Section
9.02
|
Trademarks
|
Section
1.01
|
Trust
Account
|
Section
5.23
|
TTM
EBITDA
|
Section
3.04(c)
|
1.03 Interpretation.
In this
Agreement, unless clear contrary intention appears:
(a) A
reference herein to days shall mean calendar days unless otherwise specified,
and any day or deadline or end of a time period hereunder which falls on a
day
other than a business day shall be deemed to refer to the first business day
following such day or deadline or end of the time period, as the case may
be;
(b) A
reference in this Agreement to an article, section, exhibit or schedule shall
mean an article or section of, or exhibit or schedule attached to, this
Agreement, as the case may be;
(c) The
word
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;
the word “or” is not exclusive and is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or,”
and the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to
this Agreement as a whole;
(d) A
reference to document, instrument or agreement shall be deemed to refer as
well
to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto; and
(e) All
words
used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as
the
circumstances require.
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ARTICLE
2
THE
MERGER
2.01 The
Merger.
At the
Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the certificate of merger substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
A
(the
“Certificate
of Merger”),
and
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (“DGCL”),
Merger Sub shall be merged with and into Parent, the separate corporate
existence of Merger Sub shall cease and Parent shall continue as the surviving
corporation. Parent, as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving
Corporation”.
2.02 Effective
Time of the Merger.
Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date,
Parent and Merger Sub shall execute and deliver for filing the Certificate
of
Merger to the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form and
manner provided in the DGCL. Parent and Merger Sub shall make all other filings
or recordings required under the DGCL to effect the Merger. The Merger shall
become effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary
of State for the State of Delaware or at such time thereafter as is provided
in
the Certificate of Merger (such time as the Merger becomes effective, the
“Effective
Time”).
2.03 Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws.
At the
Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Parent,
as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall cease and the Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to
the
Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation.
2.04 Directors
and Officers of the Surviving Corporation.
Immediately after the Effective Time, the board of directors of the Surviving
Corporation, shall consist of the persons listed on Schedule
II
attached
hereto, and the officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be as set forth
on
Schedule
III
attached
hereto.
2.05 Effect
of the Merger.
At the
Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement,
the Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the
DGCL.
2.06 Effect
on Capital Stock.
By
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Holdings,
Merger Sub or the holders of any of the following securities:
(a) Conversion
of Parent Common Stock.
At the
Effective Time, subject to the right of any stockholder to convert their shares
of Parent Class B Common Stock into cash in accordance with the provisions
of
Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation, every one share of the Parent Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
those
described in Section
2.06(c)
or
Section
2.11
below)
shall be converted automatically into one share of Holdings Stock (the
“Conversion
Ratio”),
subject to any adjustments made pursuant to Section
2.06(d).
At the
Effective Time, all shares of Parent Stock shall cease to be outstanding and
shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist. The
holders of certificates previously evidencing shares of Parent Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with
respect to such shares of Parent Stock, except as provided herein or by law.
Each certificate previously evidencing Parent Stock shall be exchanged for
a
certificate representing such number of shares of Holdings Stock calculated
by
multiplying the Conversion Ratio then in effect by the number of shares of
Parent Stock previously evidenced by the canceled certificates upon the
surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section
2.07.
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(b) Parent
Stock Rights.
At the
Effective Time, each Parent Stock Right shall be converted into one
substantially equivalent option, warrant or other right to purchase Holdings
Stock. At the Effective Time, the Parent Stock Rights shall cease to be
outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease
to
exist. Each of the Holdings Stock Rights shall have, and be subject to, the
same
terms and conditions set forth in the applicable agreements governing the Parent
Stock Rights (the “Parent
Stock Rights Agreements”)
which
are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that in the
event of an adjustment made pursuant to Section
2.06(d),
(i)
each of the Holdings Stock Rights will be exercisable for that number of whole
shares of Holdings Stock equal to the product of the number of shares of Parent
Stock that were issuable upon exercise of such option or warrant immediately
prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Conversion Ratio then in effect
and rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Holdings Stock, and
(ii) the per share exercise price for the shares of Holdings Stock issuable
upon
exercise of such Holdings Stock Right will be equal to the quotient determined
by dividing the exercise price per share of Parent Stock at which each such
option or warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time by
the
Conversion Ratio then in effect, rounded down to the nearest whole cent. At
or
prior to the Effective Time, Holdings shall take all corporate action necessary
to reserve for future issuance, and shall maintain such reservation for so
long
as any of the Holdings Stock Rights remain outstanding, a sufficient number
of
shares of Holdings Stock for delivery upon the exercise of such Holdings Stock
Rights.
(c) Cancellation
of Holdings Stock and Parent Stock Owned by Parent.
At the
Effective Time, if there are any shares of Holdings Stock or Parent Stock that
are owned by the Parent or any shares of Holdings Stock or Parent Stock owned
by
any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent immediately prior
to the Effective Time, such shares shall be canceled and extinguished without
any conversion thereof or payment therefor.
(d) Adjustments
to Conversion Ratio.
The
Conversion Ratio shall be adjusted to reflect fully the effect of any share
sub-division or combination, stock dividend (including any dividend or
distribution of securities convertible into Holdings Stock or Parent Stock),
reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with respect to Holdings
Stock or Parent Stock occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Effective
Time, so as to provide holders of Parent Stock and Holdings Stock the same
economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such share
sub-division or combination, stock dividend, reorganization, recapitalization
or
like change.
(e) No
Fractional Shares.
No
fractional shares of Holdings Stock shall be issued in connection with the
Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be
issued. Any stockholder of Parent or holder of Parent Stock Rights who would
otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Holdings Stock (after
aggregating all fractional shares of Holdings Stock issuable to such holder)
shall, in lieu of such fraction of a share, be paid in cash the dollar amount
(rounded to the nearest whole cent), without interest, determined by multiplying
such fraction by the closing bid price of a share of Holdings Stock on the
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”),
or
such other public trading market on which the Holdings Stock may be trading
at
such time, on the Closing Date.
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(f) Transfers
of Ownership.
If any
certificate for shares of Holdings Stock is to be issued in a name other than
that in which the certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered,
it
will be a condition of the issuance thereof that the certificate so surrendered
will be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that
the
person requesting such exchange will have paid to Holdings or any agent
designated by it any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance
of a certificate for shares of Holdings Stock in any name other than that of
the
registered holder of the certificate surrendered, or established to the
satisfaction of Holdings or any agent designated by it that such tax has been
paid or is not payable.
(g) No
Liability.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
2.06,
none of
Parent, Merger Sub, Holdings or any party hereto shall be liable to any person
for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
2.07 Surrender
of Certificates.
All
shares of Holdings Stock issued upon the surrender of shares of Parent Stock
in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all Holdings Stock Rights issued upon
surrender of Parent Stock Rights in accordance with the terms hereof, shall
be
deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to
such
securities, provided that any restrictions on the sale and transfer of Parent
Stock shall also apply to the Holdings Stock so issued in exchange.
2.08 Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.
In the
event any certificates or Parent Stock Rights Agreements shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, Holdings shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen
or
destroyed certificates or Parent Stock Rights Agreements, as the case may be,
upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such shares
of Holdings Stock or Holdings Stock Rights, as may be required pursuant to
Section
2.07;
provided,
however,
that
Holdings may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates or
Parent Stock Rights Agreement to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Holdings with
respect to the certificates or Parent Stock Rights Agreements alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed.
2.09 Taking
of Necessary Action; Further Action.
If, at
any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable
to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving
Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property,
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Parent and Merger Sub, the
officers and directors of Parent and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the
name
of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such
lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with
this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
3
THE
BUSINESS COMBINATION
3.01 Purchase
of the Membership Interests from the Members.
Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”),
the
Members shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Holdings, and
Holdings shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Members, all of the
Membership Interests. If certificated, at the Closing the Members shall deliver
to Holdings certificates evidencing the Membership Interests duly endorsed
in
blank or with applicable powers duly executed by the Members.
3.02 Closing.
The
Closing shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time,
on
the
date
(the “Closing
Date”)
that
is the second business day after the satisfaction or waiver (subject to
applicable law) of the conditions set forth in Article
VIII
(excluding conditions that, by their terms, are to be satisfied on the Closing
Date, but subject to the satisfaction or wavier or such conditions), unless
another time or date is agreed to in writing. The documents to be delivered
at
the Closing (other than certificates evidencing the Membership Interests, if
applicable) may, at the election of the parties, be exchanged by facsimile
or
electronic transmission in portable document format (“PDF”)
upon a
written undertaking to provide original executed copies within one business
day
following the Closing.
3.03 Purchase
Price.
The
purchase price to be paid by Holdings for the Membership Interests (the
“Purchase
Price”)
shall
consist of the following: (a) $5,000,000 in cash to the Members by wire transfer
or delivery of other immediately available funds (the “Cash
Consideration”),
(b)
4,400,000 shares of Holdings Stock (the “Stock
Consideration”)
issued
and delivered to the Members, and (c) 600,000 shares of Holdings Stock (the
“Escrow
Shares”)
issued
to the Members and deposited with an escrow agent, mutually saatisfactory to
the
Company and the Company (the “Escrow
Agent”).
The
Escrow Shares will be available to satisfy any amounts owed after the Closing
under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of an Escrow Agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B
(the
“Escrow
Agreement”).
3.04 Contingent
Consideration.
(a) First
Contingent Payment.
As
additional consideration for the sale and transfer of the Membership Interests,
if (i) the last publicly-quoted sale price of Holdings Stock is no less than
$7.50 per share (subject to adjustment for any stock splits, reverse stock
splits and combinations after the date hereof) for any 20 trading days within
any 30-trading day period on or before June 30, 2011 or (ii) Holdings’ EBITDA
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 is at least $5,000,000 but less than
$10,000,000, then Holdings shall issue to the Members an additional 1,650,000
shares of Holdings Stock (subject to adjustment for any stock splits, reverse
stock splits and combinations after the date hereof) (the “First
Contingent Payment”).
The
First Contingent Payment shall, if applicable, be issued to the Members within
ten business days following the satisfaction of either of the conditions set
forth in this Section
3.04(a);
provided that the determination of Holdings’ EBITDA shall be made upon the
filing of Holdings’ Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2009.
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(b) Second
Contingent Payment.
As
additional consideration for the sale and transfer of the Membership Interests,
if (i) the last publicly-quoted sale price of Holdings Stock is no less than
$8.75 per share (subject to adjustment for any stock splits, reverse stock
splits and combinations after the date hereof) for any 20 trading days within
any 30-trading day period on or before June 30, 2011 or (ii) Holdings’ EBITDA
for any of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2009, 2010 or 2011 is at least
$10,000,000, then Holdings shall issue to the Members the difference of
3,000,000 shares of Holdings Stock less any shares of Holdings Stock previously
issued or
then
issuable under Section 3.04(a) (subject to adjustment for any stock
splits, reverse stock splits and combinations after the date hereof) (the
“Second
Contingent Payment”).
The
Second Contingent Payment shall, if applicable, be issued to the Members within
ten days following the satisfaction of either of the conditions set forth in
this Section
3.04(b);
provided that the determination of Holdings’ EBITDA shall be made upon the
filing of Holdings’ Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, 2010 or
2011, as applicable.
(c) Acceleration
of Contingent Payments.
At any
time prior to June 30, 2011, if there is a Change in Control and the First
Contingent Payment and/or the Second Contingent Payment have not previously
been
issued to the Members, then Holdings shall issue to the Members the greater
of
the following, if applicable:
(i) if
the
price per share paid for a share of Holdings Stock in the Change in Control
is
at least $7.50 (subject to adjustment for any stock splits, reverse stock splits
or combinations or any business combination not constituting a Change of Control
after the date hereof), then Holdings shall, immediately upon the consummation
of the Change in Control, issue to the Members the First Contingent Payment
and,
if the price per share paid for a share of Holdings Stock in the Change in
Control is at least $8.75 (subject to adjustment for any stock splits, reverse
stock splits or combinations after the date hereof), the Second Contingent
Payment; or
(ii) if
Holdings’ EBITDA for the 12 month period immediately preceding the Change in
Control (the “TTM
EBITDA”)
is at
least $5,000,000, then Holdings shall, immediately upon the consummation of
the
Change in Control, issue to the Members (A) the First Contingent Payment and
(B)
that portion of the Second Contingent Payment equal to 1,350,000 shares of
Holdings Stock multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the TTM
EBITDA minus $5,000,000 and the denominator of which is $5,000,000; provided
that the Second Contingent Payment shall not exceed 1,350,000 shares of Holdings
Stock.
(d) If
any
transaction occurs that would otherwise constitute a Change of Control but
for
the fact that the executive officers of Holdings retain their positions, then
the EBITDA thresholds for purposes of (a) and (b) hereof shall be based upon
Holdings’ Core Business. For purposes hereof, the Core Business shall mean the
operations that would have comprised Holdings’ business had the transaction not
occurred. The Core Business shall be based upon any Company completed titles
and
Company titles being developed at the date of the transaction and any titles
developed after the transaction. If Holdings, acting through its independent
directors, and the Members cannot agree on the EBITDA of the Core Business,
Holdings shall submit the determination thereof to an independent accounting
firm who shall determine the EBITDA and whose determination shall be binding
upon the parties.
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3.05 Allocation
of Consideration.
The
Purchase Price, and the First Contingent Payment and the Second Contingent
Payment, if any, will be payable ratably to the Members in accordance with
their
percentage of Membership Interests set forth on Schedule I
attached
hereto.
ARTICLE
4
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except
as
set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company and the Members
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”),
which
shall identify exceptions by specific section references, each of the Company
and the Members severally and jointly represent and warrant to Parent, Holdings
and Merger Sub, as set forth below in this Article
IV.
4.01 Organization
and Qualification.
(a) The
Company is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and has the
requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and
operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being or currently planned by the Company to be conducted. The Company is in
possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,
easements, consents, certificates, approvals and orders (“Approvals”)
necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate
or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being or currently planned
by
the Company to be conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Complete and correct copies of the
articles of organization and operating agreement of the Company, as amended
and
currently in effect, have been heretofore delivered to Parent or Parent’s
counsel. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its
articles of organization or operating agreement.
(b)
The
Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the
properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities
makes
such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so
duly qualified or licensed and in good standing that could not, individually
or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on
the Company. Each jurisdiction in which the Company is so qualified or licensed
is listed in Schedule
4.01(b).
4.02 Subsidiaries.
The
Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest
in,
or any interest convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity
or
similar interest in, any Subsidiary.
4.03 Capitalization.
(a) The
capitalization of the Company consists of the Membership Interests set forth
on
Schedule
4.03(a).
All of
the Membership Interests are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
All
of the Membership Interests are owned by the Members free and clear of any
Liens
and each Member has all right to sell and transfer their respective Membership
Interests as contemplated by this Agreement and upon such sale and transfer,
such Membership Interests shall be acquired by Holdings as contemplated by
Section
3.01
of this
Agreement free and clear of any Liens.
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(b) There
are
no subscriptions, options, warrants, equity securities, partnership interests
or
similar ownership interests, calls, rights (including preemptive rights),
commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is a party
or by
which it is bound obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or cause
to
be issued, delivered or sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or
cause the repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any Membership Interests
or
similar equity security of the Company or obligating the Company to grant,
extend, accelerate the vesting of or enter into any such subscription, option,
warrant, equity security, call, right, commitment or agreement.
(c) All
Membership Interests have been issued in compliance with all applicable
securities laws and other applicable laws and regulations.
(d) Except
as
contemplated by this Agreement, there are no registration rights, and there
is
no voting trust, proxy, rights plan, antitakeover plan or other agreement or
understanding to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound
with respect to any equity security of any class of the Company.
(f) No
Membership Interests are unvested or are subject to a repurchase option, risk
of
forfeiture or other condition under any applicable agreement with the
Company.
4.04 Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
(a) The
Company and each of the Members has all necessary power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Business
Combination).
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company
of
the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Business Combination) have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary limited liability company
action on the part of the Company and no other limited liability company
proceedings on the part of the Company or the Members are necessary to authorize
this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant
to
the applicable law and the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(c) This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of the
Members, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by
the other parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of each
Member, enforceable against each Member in accordance with its terms, except
as
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
4.05 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
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(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Members
does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Persons shall not,
(i) conflict with or violate the Company’s articles of organization or
operating agreement, (ii) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements,
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially
impair the Company’s rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third
party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or
encumbrance on any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to,
any
Company Contracts, or (iv) result in the triggering, acceleration or
increase of any payment to any Person pursuant to any Company Contract,
including any “change in control” or similar provision of any Company Contract,
except, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), for any such
conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, triggerings, accelerations, increases
or other occurrences that would not, individually and in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Members
does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Persons shall not,
require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Entity or other third party (including,
without limitation, lenders and lessors, except (i) for applicable
requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, amended (the “Securities
Act”),
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)
or
state securities laws (“Blue
Sky Laws”),
and
the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents received from
or
filed with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which the Company
is licensed or qualified to do business, (ii) the consents, approvals,
authorizations and permits described in Schedule
4.05(b)
hereto,
and (iii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would
not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or, after the Closing, Holdings or the Surviving
Corporation or prevent consummation of the Merger or the Business Combination
or
otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing their obligations under
this Agreement.
4.06 Compliance.
The
Company has complied with and is not in violation of any Legal Requirements
with
respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its
business, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or
in
the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as set forth in Schedule
4.06,
no
written notice of non-compliance with any Legal Requirements has been received
by the Company. The Company is not in violation of any term of any Company
Contract, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or
in
the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
4.07 Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has provided to Parent audited financial statements (including any
related notes thereto) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(the “Annual
Financial Statements”).
The
Annual Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with the published
rules
and regulations of any applicable Governmental Entity and with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may
be
indicated in the notes thereto) and each fairly presents in all material
respects the financial position of the Company at the respective dates thereof
and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
indicated.
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(b) The
Company has provided to Parent a correct and complete copy of the unaudited
financial statements of the Company for the four-month period ended October
31,
2007, (collectively, the “Stub
Financial Statements”).
The
Stub Financial Statements comply as to form in all material respects, and were
prepared in accordance, with the published rules and regulations of any
applicable Governmental Entity and with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto), are consistent with the Annual Financial Statements and fairly present
in all material respects the financial position of the Company at the date
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the period
indicated, except that such statements do not contain notes and are subject
to
normal audit adjustments.
(c) The
books
of account, minute books, stock certificate books and stock transfer ledgers
and
other similar books and records of the Company have been maintained in
accordance with good business practice, are complete and correct in all material
respects and there have been no material transactions that are required to
be
set forth therein and which have not been so set forth.
(d) The
accounts and notes receivable of the Company reflected on the balance sheets
included in the Annual Financial Statements and the Stub Financial Statements
(i) arose from bona fide sales transactions in the ordinary course of
business and are payable on ordinary trade terms, (ii) are legal, valid and
binding obligations of the respective debtors enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and
by general equitable principles, (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, are not
subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim except to the extent set forth
in
such balance sheet contained therein, (iv) to the Company’s knowledge, are
collectible in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
in
the aggregate recorded amounts thereof, net of any applicable reserve reflected
in such balance sheet referenced above, and (v) are not the subject of any
actions or proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Company.
4.08 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
4.08
hereto,
the Company has no liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise)
of a
nature required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes
to
financial statements that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to
the
business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company, except:
(a) liabilities provided for in or otherwise disclosed in the interim
balance sheet included in the Stub Financial Statements or in the notes to
the
Annual Financial Statements, and (b) liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of the Company’s business since October 31, 2007, none of which would
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
4.09 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
4.09
hereto
or in the Stub Financial Statements, since October 31, 2007, there has not
been: (a) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (b) any
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of the Membership
Interests, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company
of
any of the Membership Interests or any other equity securities of the Company
or
any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire Membership Interests or any
other equity securities of the Company, (c) any split, combination or
reclassification of any of the Company’s equity securities, (d) any
granting by the Company of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits,
except for normal increases of cash compensation in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, or any payment by the Company of any
bonus, except for bonuses made in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, or any granting by the Company of any increase in severance
or termination pay or any entry by the Company into any currently effective
employment, severance, termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement
the benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially
altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company of the nature
contemplated hereby, (e) entry by the Company into any licensing or other
agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of any Intellectual
Property other than licenses in the ordinary course of business consistent
with
past practice or any amendment or consent with respect to any licensing
agreement filed or required to be filed by the Company with respect to any
Governmental Entity, (f) any material change by the Company in its
accounting methods, principles or practices, (g) any change in the auditors
of the Company, (h) any revaluation by the Company of any of its assets,
including, without limitation, writing down the value of capitalized inventory
or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets of the Company
other than in the ordinary course of business, or (i) any agreement,
whether written or oral, to do any of the foregoing.
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4.10 Litigation.
(a) Schedule
4.10(a)
sets
forth all claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge
of
the Company and the Members, threatened against the Company or any manager
or
officer thereof before any court, government department, commission, agency,
instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator.
(b) Except
as
disclosed in Schedule
4.10(b)
hereto,
there are no claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company and the Members, threatened against the Company or the Members
before any court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality
or authority, or any arbitrator that seeks to restrain or enjoin the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which could
reasonably be expected, either singularly or in the aggregate with all such
claims, actions or proceedings, to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
or have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of the parties hereto to
consummate the Business Combination.
4.11 Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) Schedule
4.11(a)
lists
all employee compensation, incentive, fringe or benefit plans, programs,
policies, commitments or other arrangements (whether or not set forth in a
written document) covering any active or former manager, officer, employee
or
consultant of the Company, or any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which is under common control with the Company, with respect
to
which the Company has liability (individually, a “Plan”
and,
collectively, the “Plans”).
All
Plans have been maintained and administered in all material respects in
compliance with their respective terms and with the requirements prescribed
by
any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations which are applicable to
such
Plans, and all liabilities with respect to the Plans have been properly
reflected in the financial statements and records of the Company. No suit,
action or other litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the
ordinary course of Plan activities) has been brought, or, to the knowledge
of
the Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any Plan. There are
no
audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
of
the Members, threatened by any Governmental Entity with respect to any Plan.
All
contributions, reserves or premium payments required to be made or accrued
as of
the date hereof to the Plans have been timely made or accrued. The Company
does
not have any plan or commitment to establish any new Plan, to modify any Plan
(except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Plan to the
requirements of any applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to
Parent in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to enter into any
new
Plan. Each Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after
the
Closing in accordance with its terms, without liability to Holdings, the
Surviving Corporation or the Company (other than ordinary administration
expenses and expenses for benefits accrued but not yet paid).
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(b) Except
as
disclosed in Schedule
4.11(b)
hereto,
neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including
severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise)
becoming due to any Member, manager, officer or employee of the Company under
any Plan or otherwise, (ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise
payable under any Plan, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of
payment or vesting of any such benefits.
4.12 Labor
and Employment Matters.
The
Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor
union contract applicable to persons employed by the Company and the Company
does not know of any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize
any such employees. Any action, complaint or investigation brought against
the
Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any other federal, foreign,
state, provincial or local government or agency or administrative body since
inception of the Company is listed on Schedule
4.12
hereto.
There are no claims, suits, actions, or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Members, threatened in writing between the Company, on the one hand,
and
any of their respective employees or former employees, on the other hand. The
Company is currently in compliance with all laws relating to employment,
including those related to wages, hours, collective bargaining and the payment
and withholding of taxes and other sums as required by the appropriate
Governmental Entity and has withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental
Entity all amounts required to be withheld from Company employees and is not
liable for any arrears of wages, taxes penalties or other sums for failing
to
comply with any of the foregoing, except in each case as would not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
4.13 Restrictions
on Business Activities.
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
4.13
hereto,
to the knowledge of the Company and the Members, there is no agreement,
commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company
or
its assets or to which the Company is a party which has or could reasonably
be
expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business
practice of the Company, any acquisition of property by the Company or the
conduct of business by the Company as currently conducted other than such
effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
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4.14 Title
to Property.
(a) The
Company does not own any real property or any options or other contracts under
which the Company has a right to acquire any interest in real
property.
(b) All
leases of real property held by the Company, and all personal property and
other
property and assets of the Company owned, used or held for use in connection
with the business of the Company (the “Personal
Property”)
are
shown or reflected on the balance sheet included in the Annual Financial
Statements, other than those entered into or acquired on or after July 1, 2007
in the ordinary course of business. The Company has good and marketable title
to
the Personal Property owned by it, and all such Personal Property is in each
case held free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens or Liens
disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements or in Schedule
4.14
hereto,
none of which liens or encumbrances has or will have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on such property or on the present or
contemplated use of such property in the businesses of the Company.
(c) All
leases pursuant to which the Company leases from others material real or
Personal Property are valid and effective in accordance with their respective
terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing material default
or event of default of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company and
the
Members, any other party (or any event which with notice or lapse of time,
or
both, would constitute a material default), except where the lack of such
validity and effectiveness or the existence of such default or event of default
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
4.15 Taxes.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
4.15
hereto:
(a) The
Company has timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign returns,
estimates, information statements and reports relating to Taxes (“Returns”)
required to be filed by the with any Tax authority prior to the date hereof,
except such Returns which are not material to the Company. All such Returns
are
true, correct and complete in all material respects. The Company has paid all
Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Returns.
(b) All
Taxes
that the Company is required by law to withhold or collect have been duly
withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper governmental
authorities to the extent due and payable.
(c) The
Company has not been delinquent in the payment of any material Tax nor is there
any material Tax deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against the
Company, nor has the Company executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of
limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of
any
Tax.
(d) To
the
knowledge of the Company and the Members, no audit or other examination of
any
Return of the Company by any Tax authority is presently in progress, nor has
the
Company been notified of any request for such an audit or other
examination.
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(e) No
adjustment relating to any Returns filed by the Company has been proposed in
writing, formally or informally, by any Tax authority to the Company or any
representative thereof.
(f) The
Company has no liability for any material unpaid Taxes which have not been
accrued for or reserved on the Company’s balance sheets included in the Annual
Financial Statements or the Stub Financial Statements, whether asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise, which is material to the Company, other
than any liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the end of
the
most recent fiscal year in connection with the operation of the business of
the
Company in the ordinary course of business, none of which is material to the
business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company.
(g) Neither
the Company nor any Member has taken any action and does not know of any fact,
agreement, plan or other circumstance that is reasonably likely to prevent
the
Merger and the Business Combination from qualifying as tax free transactions
pursuant to Section 351 of the Code.
4.16 Environmental
Matters.
(a) Except
as
disclosed in Schedule
4.16(a)
hereto
and except for such matters that, individually or in the aggregate, are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company has
complied with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) the properties
currently operated by the Company (including soils, groundwater, surface water,
air, buildings or other structures) are not contaminated with any Hazardous
Substances; (iii) the properties formerly owned or operated by the Company
were not contaminated with Hazardous Substances during the period of ownership
or operation by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Members,
during any prior period; (iv) the Company is not subject to liability for
any Hazardous Substance disposal or contamination on any third party or public
property (whether above, on or below ground or in the atmosphere or water);
(v) the Company has not been associated with any release or threat of
release of any Hazardous Substance; (vi) the Company has not received any
notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that the
Company may be in violation of or liable under any Environmental Law; and
(vii) the Company is not subject to any orders, decrees, injunctions or
other arrangements with any Governmental Entity or subject to any indemnity
or
other agreement with any third party relating to liability under any
Environmental Law or relating to Hazardous Substances.
(b) Schedule
4.16(b)
sets
forth all environmental studies and investigations completed or in process
with
respect to the Company or its properties or assets, including all phase reports,
that are known to the Company or the Members. All such written reports and
material documentation relating to any such study or investigation has been
provided by the Company to Parent.
4.17 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Schedule
4.17(a)
hereto
contains a description of all material Intellectual Property of the
Company.
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(b) Except
as
disclosed in Schedule
4.17(b)
hereto,
no Company Intellectual Property or Company Product is subject to any material
proceeding or outstanding decree, order, judgment, contract, license or
stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof
by
the Company, or which may affect the validity, use or enforceability of such
Company Intellectual Property or Company Product, which in any such case could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(c) The
Company owns or has enforceable rights to use all material Intellectual Property
required for the conduct of its business as presently conducted or to be
conducted. Except as disclosed in Schedule
4.17(c)
hereto,
the Company owns and has good and exclusive title to each material item of
Company Intellectual Property owned by it free and clear of any Liens (excluding
non-exclusive licenses and related restrictions granted by it in the ordinary
course of business); and the Company is the exclusive owner of all material
Trademarks and Copyrights used in connection with the operation or conduct
of
the business of the Company including the sale of any products or the provision
of any services by the Company.
(d) To
the
Company’ knowledge, the operation of the business of the Company as such
business currently is conducted, including the Company’s use of any product,
device or process, has not and does not infringe or misappropriate the
Intellectual Property of any third party or constitute unfair competition or
trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction and the Company has not
received any claims or threats from third parties alleging any such
infringement, misappropriation or unfair competition or trade practices. Except
as disclosed in Schedule
4.17(d),
or as
otherwise set forth in any electronic game development agreements, the Company
is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to
all
of the Intellectual Property, and has the exclusive right to use and license
the
same, free and clear of any claim or conflict with the Intellectual Property
of
others; (b) no royalties, honorariums or fees are payable by it to any
person by reason of the ownership or use of any of the Intellectual Property;
(c) there have been no claims made against the Company asserting the
invalidity, abuse, misuse, or unenforceability of any of the Intellectual
Property and no grounds for any such claims exist; (d) the Company has not
made any claim of any violation or infringement by others of any of its
Intellectual Property or interests therein and, no grounds for any such claims
exist; (e) the Company has not received any notice that it is in conflict
with or infringing upon the asserted intellectual property rights of others
in
connection with the Intellectual Property, and neither the use of the
Intellectual Property nor the operation of its business is infringing or has
infringed upon any intellectual property rights of others; (f) the
Intellectual Property is sufficient and includes all intellectual property
rights necessary for the Company to lawfully conduct its business as presently
being conducted; (g) no interest in the Company’s Intellectual Property has
been assigned, transferred, licensed or sublicensed by any Company to any
person; (h) to the extent that any item constituting part of the
Intellectual Property has been registered with, filed in or issued by, any
Governmental Authority, such registrations, filings or issuances are listed
on
Schedule 4.17 and were duly made and remain in full force and effect; (i)
there has not been any act or failure to act by the Company or any of its
directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents during the prosecution
or
registration of, or any other proceeding relating to, any of the Intellectual
Property or of any other fact which could render invalid or unenforceable,
or
negate the right to issuance of any of the Intellectual Property; (j) to
the extent any of the Intellectual Property constitutes proprietary or
confidential information, the Company has adequately safeguarded such
information from disclosure; and (k) the Company’s current Intellectual
Property will remain in full force and effect following the Closing without
alteration or impairment.
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4.18 Agreements,
Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Schedule
4.18(a)
hereto
sets forth a complete and accurate list of (A) each Company Contract
providing for payments (present or future) to the Company in excess of $25,000
in the aggregate, under which or in respect of which the Company presently
has
any liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (absolute, contingent
or
otherwise) in excess of $25,000, or that otherwise is material to the
businesses, operations, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company and (B) without limitation of clause (A), each of the following
Company Contracts (the “Material
Company Contracts”):
(i) any
mortgage, indenture, note, installment obligation or other instrument, agreement
or arrangement for or relating to any borrowing of money from the Company by
any
officer, director, stockholder or holder of derivative securities of the Company
(each such person, an “Insider”);
(ii) any
mortgage, indenture, note, installment obligation or other instrument, agreement
or arrangement for or relating to any borrowing of money from an Insider by
the
Company;
(iii) any
guaranty, direct or indirect, by the Company, a Subsidiary or any Insider of
the
Company of any obligation for borrowings, or otherwise, excluding endorsements
made for collection in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) any
Company Contract of employment or management;
(v) any
Company Contract made other than in the ordinary course of business or
(i) providing for the grant of any preferential rights to purchase or lease
any asset of the Company or (ii) providing for any right (exclusive or
non-exclusive) to sell or distribute, or otherwise relating to the sale or
distribution of, any product or service of the Company;
(vi) any
obligation to register any shares of the capital stock or other securities
of
the Company with any Governmental Entity;
(vii) any
obligation to make payments, contingent or otherwise, arising out of the prior
acquisition of the business, assets or stock of other Persons;
(viii) any
collective bargaining agreement with any labor union;
(ix)
any
lease
or similar arrangement for the use by the Company of real property or personal
property (other than any lease of vehicles, office equipment or operating
equipment made in the ordinary course of business where the annual lease
payments are less than $10,000);
(x) any
Company Contract to which any Insider of the Company is a party;
and
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(xi) any
offer
or proposal which, if accepted, would constitute any of the foregoing.
(b) Each
Material Company Contract was entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary
course, is in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Company and
the
Members, is valid and binding upon and enforceable against each of the parties
thereto (except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of
equitable remedies), except where same has not had and would not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company
and
the Members, no other party to a Material Company Contract is the subject of
a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding. True, correct and complete copies of all
Material Company Contracts and offers and proposals, which, if accepted, would
constitute Material Company Contracts (or written summaries in the case of
oral
Material Company Contracts or oral offers and proposals, which if accepted,
would constitute Material Company Contracts), and of all outstanding offers
and
proposals of the Company have been heretofore delivered to Parent or Parent’s
counsel.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
4.18(c),
neither
the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Members, any other
party thereto is in breach of or in default under, and no event has occurred
which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default
under, any Material Company Contract, and no party to any Material Company
Contract has given any written notice of any claim of any such breach, default
or event, which, individually or in the aggregate, are reasonably likely to
have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Each Material Company Contract to
which the Company is a party or by which it is bound that has not expired by
its
terms is in full force and effect.
4.19 Insurance.
Schedule
4.19
sets
forth the Company’s insurance policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets,
business, equipment, properties, operations, employees, officers and directors
(collectively, the “Insurance
Policies”).
The
insurances provided by such Insurance Policies are, to the Company’s knowledge,
adequate in amount and scope for the Company’s business and operations,
including any insurance required to be maintained by Company Contracts.
4.20 Governmental
Actions/Filings.
(a) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
4.20(a),
the
Company has been granted and holds, and has made, all Governmental
Actions/Filings (including, without limitation, the Governmental Actions/Filings
required for (i) emission or discharge of effluents and pollutants into the
air and the water and (ii) the manufacture and sale of all products
manufactured and sold by it) necessary to the conduct by the Company of its
business (as presently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted)
or
used or held for use by the Company, and true, complete and correct copies
of
which have heretofore been delivered to Parent. Each such Governmental
Action/Filing is in full force and effect and, except as disclosed in
Schedule
4.20(a)
hereto,
will not expire prior to December 31, 2008, and the Company is in
compliance with all of its obligations with respect thereto. No event has
occurred and is continuing which requires or permits, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would require or permit, and consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any ancillary documents will not require
or
permit (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), any modification
or
termination of any such Governmental Actions/Filings except such events which,
either individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect upon the Company.
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(b) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
4.20(b),
no
Governmental Action/Filing is necessary to be obtained, secured or made by
the
Company to enable it to continue to conduct its businesses and operations and
use its properties after the Closing in a manner which is consistent with
current practice.
4.21 Interested
Party Transactions.
(a) Except
as
set forth in the Schedule
4.21
hereto,
no Member, employee, officer or manager of the Company or a member of his or
her
immediate family:
(i) is
indebted to the Company, nor is the Company indebted (or committed to make
loans
or extend or guarantee credit) to any of such Persons, other than (A) for
payment of salary for services rendered, (B) reimbursement for reasonable
expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (C) for other employee
benefits made generally available to all employees.
(ii) to
the
knowledge of the Company and the Members, has any direct or indirect ownership
interest in any Person with whom the Company is affiliated or with whom the
Company has a contractual relationship, or in any Person that competes with
the
Company, except that each Member, employee, officer or manager of the Company
and members of their respective immediate families may own less than 5% of
the
outstanding stock in publicly traded companies that may compete with the
Company.
(iii) is
directly, or to the knowledge of the Company and the Members, indirectly
interested in any Material Company Contract with the Company (other than such
contracts as relate to any such Person’s ownership of capital stock or other
securities of the Company or such Person’s employment with the
Company).
(b) The
Company is not a guarantor to the debt or other obligations of any of its
Members, employees, officers, managers or affiliates (“Company
Guarantees”).
4.22 Manager
Approval.
The
managers of the Company have, as of the date of this Agreement, duly approved
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.23 Member
Approval.
The
Membership Interests owned by the Members constitute, in the aggregate, all
of
the outstanding equity interest in the Company, and therefore represent the
requisite approval necessary for the adoption of this Agreement and the approval
of the Business Combination by the Members of the Company in accordance with
the
Company’s articles of organization and operating agreement and applicable
law.
4.24 Brokers;
Third Party Expenses.
Except
as provided in Section 7.16, neither the Company nor any Member has incurred,
or
will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage, finders’
fees, agent’s commissions or any similar charges in connection with this
Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby. No Membership Interests
or
other equity securities, options, warrants or other securities of any of the
Company, Parent, Holdings or the Surviving Corporation are payable by the
Company or any Member to any third party by the Company as a result of the
Business Combination.
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4.25 Information.
The
written information specifically regarding the Company or a Member in the
combined registration/proxy statement on Form S-4 (or such successor form as
shall then be appropriate) pursuant to which the Holdings Stock will be
registered under the Securities Act (including any amendments or supplements
thereto, the “Registration
Statement”)
shall
not, at the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC
and
at the Closing Date, contain, to the Knowledge of the Company or the Members,
(i) any untrue statement of a material fact; or (ii) omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not
misleading. The written information specifically regarding the Company included
in the proxy statement made part of the Registration Statement to be sent to
the
stockholders of the Parent in connection with the special meeting of
stockholders of the Parent (the “Special
Meeting”)
to
consider and vote on a proposal to adopt this Agreement (such proxy
statement/prospectus, as the same may be amended or supplemented, the
“Merger
Proxy/Prospectus”)
shall
not on the date the Merger Proxy/Prospectus is first mailed to the stockholders
of the Parent, at the time of the Special Meeting and at the Closing Date,
to
the Knowledge of the Company or the Members (i) contain any untrue statement
of
a material fact or (ii) omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in
light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) omit
to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier
written communication constituting a solicitation of proxies by the Parent
for
the Special Meeting which has in the interim become false or misleading in
any
material respect.
The
representations and warranties of the Company and the Members included in this
Agreement and any list, statement, document or information set forth in, or
attached to, any Schedule provided pursuant to this Agreement or delivered
hereunder, are, to the Knowledge of the Company and the Members (i) true and
complete in all material respects, (ii) do not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or (iii) omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading,
under the circumstance under which they were made.
ARTICLE
5
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
Except
as
set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by Parent concurrently with
the
execution of this Agreement (the “Parent
Disclosure Schedule”),
which
shall identify exceptions by specific section references, Parent, Holdings
and
Merger Sub severally and jointly represent and warrant to the Company and the
Members as set forth below in this Article
V.
5.01 Organization
and Qualification.
(a) Parent
is
a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the
laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry
on
its business as it is now being or currently planned by Parent to be conducted.
Parent is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate
the
properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business
as
it is now being or currently planned by Parent to be conducted, except where
the
failure to have such Approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Complete
and
correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Parent, as
amended and currently in effect, have been heretofore delivered to the Company.
Parent is not in violation of any of the provisions of Parent’s certificate of
incorporation and bylaws.
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(b) Parent
is
duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned,
leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly
qualified or licensed and in good standing that could not, individually or
in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent.
5.02 Subsidiaries.
(a) Except
for Holdings, which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, and Merger Sub,
which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings, Parent has no Subsidiaries
and
does not own, directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity, profits or voting
interest in any Person or have any agreement or commitment to purchase any
such
interest, and Parent has not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound
by
any written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, binding
understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license,
sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any
nature, as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be in effect under which
it
may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution
to any other entity.
(b) Holdings
and Merger Sub are corporations duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and have the requisite power
and authority to own, lease and operate their assets and properties and to
carry
on their business as it is now being or currently planned by Parent to be
conducted. Complete and correct copies of the certificates of incorporation
and
bylaws of Holdings and Merger Sub, as amended and currently in effect, have
been
heretofore delivered to the Company. Neither Holdings nor Merger Sub are in
violation of any of the provisions of their certificates of incorporation or
bylaws.
(c) Holdings
and Merger Sub do not have any assets or properties of any kind, does not now
conduct and has never conducted any business, and have and will have at the
Closing no obligations or liabilities of any nature whatsoever except such
obligations and liabilities as are imposed under this Agreement.
5.03 Capitalization.
(a) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of
24,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, 7,000,000 shares of Parent Class
B
Common Stock and 5,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share
(“Parent
Preferred Stock”),
of
which 920,100 shares of Parent Common Stock, 5,980,000 shares of Parent Class
B
Common Stock and no shares of Parent Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding,
all of which are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. (i)
No
shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent Class B Common Stock or Parent Preferred
Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options to
purchase Parent Common Stock, Parent Class B Common Stock or Parent Preferred
Stock granted to employees of Parent or other parties (“Parent
Stock Options”)
and
there are no outstanding Parent Stock Options; (ii) no shares of Parent
Common Stock, Parent Class B Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock are reserved
for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Parent Common
Stock, Parent Class B Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock (“Parent
Warrants”)
and
there are no outstanding Parent Warrants; and (iii) no shares of Parent
Common Stock, Parent Class B Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock are reserved
for issuance upon the conversion of the Parent Preferred Stock or any
outstanding convertible notes, debentures or securities (“Parent
Convertible Securities”).
All
shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent Class B Common Stock and Parent Preferred
Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and
conditions specified in the instrument pursuant to which they are issuable,
will
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All
outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent Class B Common Stock and
all
outstanding Parent Warrants have been issued and granted in compliance with
(x) all applicable securities laws and (in all material respects) other
applicable laws and regulations, and (y) all requirements set forth in any
applicable Parent Contracts.
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(b) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Holdings consists of
31,000,000 shares of Holdings Stock and 5,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $.0001 per share (“Holdings
Preferred Stock”),
of
which one share of Holdings Stock and no shares of Holdings Preferred Stock
are
issued and outstanding, which share is validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, (i) no shares of
Holdings Stock or Holdings Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the
exercise of outstanding options to purchase Holdings Stock or Holdings Preferred
Stock granted to employees of Holdings or other parties (“Holdings
Stock Options”)
and
there are no outstanding Holdings Stock Options; (ii) no shares of Holdings
Stock or Holdings Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise
of
outstanding warrants to purchase Holdings Stock or Holdings Preferred Stock
(“Holdings
Warrants”)
and
there are no outstanding Holdings Warrants; and (iii) no shares of Holdings
Stock or Holdings Preferred Stock are reserved for issuance upon the conversion
of the Holdings Preferred Stock or any outstanding convertible notes, debentures
or securities (“Holdings
Convertible Securities”).
(c) As
of the
date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists
of
1,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Merger
Sub Stock”),
of
which one share of Merger Sub Stock is issued and outstanding, which share
is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. No shares of Merger Sub Stock
are
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase
Merger Sub Stock granted to employees of Merger Sub or other parties
(“Merger
Sub Stock Options”)
and
there are no outstanding Merger Sub Stock Options and no shares of Merger Sub
Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to
purchase Merger Sub Stock (“Merger
Sub Warrants”)
and
there are no outstanding Merger Sub Warrants.
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(d) The
shares of Holdings Stock to be issued by Holdings in connection with the Merger
and the Business Combination, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of
this
Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued and such shares of
Holdings Stock will be fully paid and nonassessable.
(e) Except
as
contemplated by this Agreement or as expressly set forth in the Parent SEC
Reports, there are no registrations rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy,
rights plan, antitakeover plan or other agreements or understandings to which
Parent or Holdings is a party or by which Parent or Holdings is bound with
respect to any equity security of any class of Parent or Holdings.
(f) Except
for the Holdings Stock Rights or as provided for in this Agreement, as a result
of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, no shares of
capital stock, warrants, options or other securities of Parent or Holdings
are
issuable and no rights in connection with any shares, warrants, options or
other
securities of Parent or Holdings accelerate or otherwise become triggered
(whether as to vesting, exercisability, convertibility or
otherwise).
5.04 Authority
Relative to this Agreement.
Each of
Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub has full corporate power and authority to:
(a) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and each ancillary
document that Parent, Holdings or Merger Sub has executed or delivered or is
to
execute or deliver pursuant to this Agreement, and (b) carry out Parent’s,
Holdings’ and Merger Sub’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery
of
this Agreement and the consummation by Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub
(including the approval by their respective boards of directors), and no other
corporate proceedings on the part of Parent, Holdings or Merger Sub are
necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, other than the approval of the stockholders of Parent
of
the matters contained in the Merger Proxy/Prospectus. This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub
and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other
parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of Parent, Holdings
and Merger Sub, enforceable against Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by general principles of equity.
5.05 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub
do
not, and the performance of this Agreement by Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub
shall not: (i) conflict with or violate Parent’s, Holdings’ or Merger Sub’s
certificate or incorporation or bylaws, (ii) conflict with or violate any
Legal Requirements, or (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a
default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become
a
default) under, or materially impair Parent’s, Holdings’ or Merger Sub’s rights
or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result
in the creation of a Lien on any of the properties or assets of Parent pursuant
to, any Parent Contracts, except, with respect to clauses (ii) or (iii),
for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences
that
would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect
on
Parent.
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(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub
do
not, and the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will not,
require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Entity, except (i) for applicable
requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, Blue Sky Laws,
and the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents with the
relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which Parent is qualified to
do
business, and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would
not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent, or prevent consummation of the Merger or the Business
Combination or otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing their
obligations under this Agreement.
5.06 Compliance.
Parent
has complied with, and is not in violation of, any Legal Requirements with
respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its
business, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or
in
the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent. The business and activities of Parent have not been
and are not being conducted in violation of any Legal Requirements. Parent
is
not in default or violation of any term, condition or provision of its
certificate of incorporation or bylaws. No written notice of non-compliance
with
any Legal Requirements has been received by Parent.
5.07 SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) Parent
has made available to the Members a correct and complete copy of each report
and
registration statement filed by Parent with the SEC (the “Parent
SEC Reports”),
which
are all the forms, reports and documents required to be filed by Parent with
the
SEC prior to the date of this Agreement. All Parent SEC Reports required to
be
filed by Parent in the 12 month period prior to the date of this Agreement
were
filed in a timely manner. As of their respective dates the Parent SEC Reports:
(i) were prepared in accordance and complied in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act or 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 at the time they were filed (and if amended
or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement then on the date
of such filing and as so amended or superseded) 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 light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Each
set
of financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto)
contained in Parent SEC Reports, including each Parent SEC Report filed after
the date hereof until the Closing, complied or will comply as to form in all
material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto, was or will be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on
a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated
in
the notes thereto) and each fairly presents or will fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of Parent at the respective dates
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were, are
or
will be subject to normal adjustments which were not or are not expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect on Parent taken as a whole.
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5.08 No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Parent
has no liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a nature
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to the
financial statements included in Parent SEC Reports that are, individually
or in
the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial
condition of Parent, except (a) liabilities provided for in or otherwise
disclosed in Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, and
(b) liabilities incurred since January 1, 2006 in the ordinary course
of business, none of which would have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent.
5.09 Indebtedness.
Parent
has no indebtedness for borrowed money.
5.10 Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board Quotation.
The
Parent Stock and warrants to purchase the Parent Stock are quoted on the OTCBB.
There is no action or proceeding pending or, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened
against Parent by Nasdaq or NASD, Inc. (“NASD”)
with
respect to any intention by such entity to prohibit or terminate the quotation
of such securities thereon.
5.11 Board
Approval.
The
board of directors of Parent (including any required committee or subgroup
of
the board of directors of Parent) has unanimously (a) declared the
advisability of the Merger and the Business Combination and approved this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) determined that the
Merger and the Business Combination are in the best interests of the
stockholders of Parent, and (c) determined that as of the date of such
approval that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80%
of
the net assets of Parent.
5.12 Trust
Fund.
As of
December 31, 2007 there was $31,770,066.84, including interest thereon, held
in
the trust account established in connection with Parent’s initial public
offering (the “Trust
Account”)
for
use by the Parent in connection with a business combination as set forth in
Parent’s certificate of incorporation. Amounts in the Trust Account are invested
in U.S. Government securities or in money market funds meeting the conditions
of
Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.13 Brokers.
Except
as provided in Section
7.16,
Parent
has not incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability
for
brokerage or finders’ fees or agent’s commissions or any similar charges in
connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
6
COVENANTS
6.01 Merger
Proxy/Prospectus; Special Meeting.
(a) As
soon
as is reasonably practicable after receipt by Parent from the Company and the
Members of all financial and other information required in the Merger
Proxy/Prospectus, and
other
information relating to the Company and/or the Members as may reasonably be
required for its preparation, Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC under
the Securities Act, and with all other applicable regulatory bodies, proxy
materials for the purpose of soliciting proxies from holders of Parent Stock
to
vote in favor of (i) the adoption of this Agreement, and the approval of the
Merger and the Business Combination contemplated hereby (the “Agreement
Proposal”),
(ii)
the election of five directors to Holdings’ board of directors, including Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, three “independent” directors (as defined in the Nasdaq Marketplace
Rules) two of whom are selected by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx and reasonably acceptable
to
Parent and one “independent” director selected by Parent and reasonably
acceptable to the Members (the “Board
of Directors Proposal”),
(iii)
the approval of Holdings restated certificate of incorporation (the
“Charter
Proposal”)
and
(iv) the adoption of an equity incentive plan for Holdings covering up to 10%
of
the shares of Holdings Stock to be outstanding following the Closing, and
otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Members
(the “Incentive
Plan Proposal”),
at
the Special Meeting. The effectiveness of the Merger and the Business
Combination shall be conditioned upon the approval of the Agreement Proposal,
the Board of Directors Proposal, the Charter Proposal and the Incentive Plan
Proposal. Such
materials shall be in the form of the Merger Proxy/Prospectus to be used for
the
purpose of soliciting such proxies from holders of Parent Stock and registering
the shares of Holdings Stock to be issued, upon consummation of the Merger,
in
exchange for the Parent Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger.
The
Merger Proxy/Prospectus shall include the registration shares underlying the
Holdings Stock Rights to be issued in connection with the Merger. The Members
and their counsel shall be given an opportunity to review and comment on the
Merger Proxy/Prospectus prior to its filing with the SEC. Parent, with the
assistance of Company, shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Merger
Proxy/Prospectus and shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to
complete the SEC review process as promptly as practicable. Parent shall retain
a reputable proxy solicitation firm.
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(b) As
soon
as practicable following the completion of the SEC review process, Parent shall
distribute the Merger Proxy/Prospectus to the holders of Parent Stock and,
pursuant thereto, shall call the Special Meeting in accordance with the DGCL
and, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, solicit proxies from
such holders to vote in favor of the Agreement Proposal, the Board of Directors
Proposal, the Charter Proposal and the Incentive Plan Proposal and the other
matters presented to the stockholders of Parent for approval or adoption at
the
Special Meeting.
(c) Parent
shall comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of and
rules under the Securities Act, Exchange Act and the applicable provisions
of
the DGCL in the preparation, filing and distribution of the Merger
Proxy/Prospectus, the solicitation of proxies thereunder, and the calling and
holding of the Special Meeting (provided that Parent shall not be responsible
for the accuracy or completeness of any information relating to the Company
and
the Members, and their business or any other information specifically furnished
by the Company and/or the Members in writing for inclusion in the Merger
Proxy/Prospectus). Without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that
the
Merger Proxy/Prospectus does not, as of the date on which it is first
distributed to stockholders of Parent, and as of the date of the Special
Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that Parent
shall not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information
relating to the Company and the Members and their business or any other
information specifically furnished by the Company and/or the Members in writing
for inclusion in the Merger Proxy/Prospectus). Each of the Company and the
Members severally and jointly represent and warrant that the information
relating to the Company and the Members and their business included in the
Merger Proxy/Prospectus will not as of the date on which the Merger
Proxy/Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is first distributed
to stockholders of Parent or at the time of the Special Meeting contain any
statement which, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which
it
is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omits
to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to
make the statement therein not false or misleading. Each of the Company and
the
Members shall in good faith provide Parent with a letter, dated the date of
the
Merger Proxy/Prospectus and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Parent, attaching the Merger Proxy/Prospectus and confirming the information
included in the Merger Proxy/Prospectus relating to the Company or the Members.
Any subsequent changes to such sections of the Merger Proxy/Prospectus without
the consent of the Company and the Members shall be the responsibility of
Parent.
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6.02 Form
8-K.
At
least five days prior to Closing, Parent and Company shall jointly prepare
a
draft Form 8-K announcing the Closing, together with, or incorporating by
reference, the financial statements prepared by the Company and its accountant,
and such other information that may be required to be disclosed with respect
to
the Merger and the Business Combination in any report or form to be filed with
the SEC (“Merger
Form 8-K”),
which
shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Members. Prior
to Closing, Parent and the Company will prepare the press release announcing
the
consummation of the Merger and the Business Combination hereunder (“Press
Release”).
Simultaneously with the Closing, Parent shall file and distribute the Press
Release. Within four business days of the Closing, Parent shall file the Merger
Form 8-K with the SEC.
6.03 Additional
Registration Statement.
Holdings, with the cooperation of Parent and the Company, shall in accordance
with the provisions of this Section
6.03
and the
terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Founders
Registration Agreement”)
dated
as of January 31, 2006 among Parent and the stockholders of Parent signatory
thereto (the “Founders”)
file
with the SEC a registration statement (the “Additional
Registration Statement”)
within
15 days after the Closing and use their respective best efforts to cause the
SEC
to declare such Additional Registration Statement to be effective within 45
days
after the filing thereof, to (a) register all warrants (and shares underlying
such warrants) issued by Parent prior to Parent’s initial public offering (the
“Founders’
Securities”)
and
(b) to register the Founders’ Securities for resale, pursuant to Rule 415
promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act. If a Form S-3 filing is not
available within 15 days after the Closing, Holdings shall file the Additional
Registration Statement on Form S-1; provided, however, that in the event that
Holding shall become eligible to use Form S-3, Holdings shall file in accordance
with the Founders’ Registration Agreement file a replacement Additional
Registration Statement on Form S-3. Holdings, with the cooperation of Parent
and
the Company, shall use their respective best efforts to cause the SEC to declare
any Additional Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section
6.03
to be
effective within 45 days after the filing thereof. In the event that for
whatever reason (a) the Additional Registration Statement is not filed by
Holdings with the SEC as and when required by this Section
6.03
or (b)
the Additional Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the
SEC
within 75 days from the filing, Holdings shall, within three business days
of
demand therefor, pay via a wire transfer to a single account designated by
the
holders of the Founders’ Securities, the sum of $100,000. Holdings shall make
additional payments of $100,000 each 30 days thereafter up to a maximum of
$300,000 until any such delay in filing or delay in effectiveness, respectively,
of the Additional Registration Statement has ended. The obligation of Holdings
to make such payments, which represent liquidated damages and are not penalties,
shall be in addition to any other remedies that may be available to the Founders
in the event of a violation of this Section
6.03
or of
the Founders’ Registration Agreement. The timing provisions of this Section
6.03
shall be
controlling in the event of any conflict between such provisions and the
provisions of the Founders’ Registration Agreement.
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ARTICLE
7
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
7.01 Conduct
of Business.
During
the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier
of
the termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, each of Parent and the
Company agrees (except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement
or
as consented to in writing by the other party), to carry on its business, and
in
the case of Parent, Parent agrees to cause Holdings and Merger Sub to carry
on
their respective businesses, in the ordinary course in substantially the same
manner as heretofore conducted, to pay debts and Taxes when due subject to
good
faith disputes over such debts or taxes, to pay or perform other obligations
when due, and to use all reasonable efforts consistent with past practice and
policies to preserve intact its present business organization, use its
reasonable best efforts consistent with past practice to keep available the
services of its officers and key employees and use its reasonable best efforts
consistent with past practice to preserve its relationships with customers,
suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others having business
dealings with it. Each of Parent and the Company agrees to promptly notify
the
other of any material event or occurrence not in the ordinary course of its
business and of any event that would have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent
or
Company.
7.02 Restrictions
on Conduct of Business.
During
the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier
of
the termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement, neither Parent nor Company shall do, cause
or
permit any of the following, or in the case of the Parent, allow, cause or
permit any of Holdings or Merger Sub to do, cause or permit any of the
following, without the prior written consent of the other:
(a) Charter
Documents.
Cause
or permit any amendments to its certificate of incorporation, articles of
organization, bylaws, operating agreement or other equivalent organizational
documents;
(b) Dividends;
Changes in Member Interests.
Except
in the case of the Company distributing to its Members from time to time at
or
prior to the Closing all or part of the Company’s Excess Cash (“Excess
Cash”
shall
mean 80% of the Company’s total available cash-on-hand generated from sales in
the ordinary course of business if the cash remaining in the Company’s business
immediately following any distribution is sufficient to continue to operate
the
business in the ordinary course for at least two months thereafter), declare
or
pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock
or
property) in respect of any of its membership interests, or issue or authorize
the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for its membership interests, or repurchase or otherwise acquire,
directly or indirectly, any of its membership interests;
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(c) Material
Contracts.
Other
than in the case of the Company in the ordinary course of business, enter into
any new material contract, or violate, amend or otherwise modify or waive any
of
the terms of any existing material contract or Material Company Contract, other
than upon prior consultation with, and prior written consent (which shall not
be
unreasonably withheld) of the other parties to this Agreement.
(d) Issuance
of Securities.
Issue,
deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery or sale of,
or
purchase or propose the purchase of, any equity securities or securities
convertible into, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire,
or
other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue any
such
equity securities or other convertible securities;
(e) Intellectual
Property.
Transfer or license to any person or entity any rights to any Intellectual
Property other than the license of non-exclusive rights to Intellectual Property
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(f) Dispositions.
Sell,
lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of its properties or
assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business,
except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(g) Indebtedness.
Except
in its ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money
or
guarantee any such indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities or
guarantee any debt securities;
(h) Payment
of Obligations.
Pay,
discharge or satisfy in an amount in excess of $100,000 in any one case, any
claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted,
contingent or otherwise) arising other than (i) in the ordinary course of
business, and (ii) the payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities
reflected or reserved against in the Parent Financial Statements or the Company
Financial Statements, as applicable;
(i) Capital
Expenditures.
Make
any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements except
in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice that do not
exceed $100,000 individually or in the aggregate;
(j) Acquisitions.
Except
as contemplated by this Agreement, acquire by merging or consolidating with,
or
by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner,
any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire any assets which are
material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business, or acquire any
equity securities of any corporation, partnership, association or business
organization;
(k) Taxes.
In the
case of the Company, make or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt
or
change any accounting method in respect of Taxes, file any Tax Return or any
amendment to a Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement, settle any claim
or
assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the
limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of
Taxes;
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(l) Accounting
Policies and Procedures.
Make
any change to its financial accounting methods, principles, policies, procedures
or practices, except as may be required by GAAP, Regulation S-X promulgated
by
the SEC or applicable statutory accounting principles;
(m) Other.
Take or
agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described in
Sections
7.02(a)
through
(l)
above,
or any action which would make any of its representations or warranties
contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect or prevent it from performing
or
cause it not to perform its covenants hereunder.
7.03 No
Claim Against Trust Account.
The
Company and the Members hereby waive all rights against Parent to collect from
the Trust Account any moneys that may be owed to the Company or the Members
by
Parent for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to a breach of
this
Agreement by Parent or any negotiations, agreements or understandings with
Parent (other than as a result of the consummation of the Business Combination,
pursuant to which Company would have the right to collect the monies in the
Trust Account), and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any
reason whatsoever.
7.04 Access
to Information.
(a) Except
as
prohibited by applicable law, each of Parent and the Company shall afford the
other and its accountants, counsel and other representatives (the “Representatives”),
reasonable access during normal business hours during the period prior to the
Closing Date to (i) all of such party’s properties, books, contracts,
commitments and records, and (ii) all other information concerning the business,
properties and personnel of such party as the other party may reasonably
request. Each of Parent and the Company agrees to provide to the other and
its
accountants, counsel and other representatives copies of internal financial
statements promptly upon request. Parent also agrees to cause each of Holdings
and Merger Sub to afford the Company and its Representatives such access to
information described above.
(b) Subject
to compliance with applicable law, from the date hereof until the Closing Date,
each of Parent and the Company shall confer on a regular and frequent basis
with
one or more representatives of the other party to report operational matters
of
materiality and the general status of ongoing operations.
(c) No
information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to this
Section
7.04
shall
affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty contained herein
or
the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger or
the
Business Combination.
(d) Each
of
Parent and the Company shall provide the other and its Representatives
reasonable access, during normal business hours during the period prior to
the
Closing Date, to all of such party’s Tax Returns and other records and
workpapers relating to Taxes, and shall also provide the following information
upon the request of the other party: (i) a schedule of the types of Tax Returns
filed by Parent or Company, as applicable, in each taxing jurisdiction, (ii)
a
schedule of the year of the commencement of the filing of each such type of
Tax
Return, (iii) a schedule of all closed years with respect to each such type
of
Tax Return filed in each jurisdiction, (iv) a schedule of all Tax elections
filed in each jurisdiction by Parent or Company, as applicable, and (v) receipts
for any Taxes paid to foreign Tax authorities.
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7.05 Confidential
Information; Non-Solicitation or Negotiation.
(a) Confidential
Information.
Except
in connection with any dispute between the parties and subject to any obligation
to comply with (i) any applicable law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any
Governmental Entity or securities exchange, or (iii) any subpoena or other
legal
process to make information available to the persons entitled thereto, whether
or not the transactions contemplated herein shall be concluded, all information
obtained by any party about any other, and all of the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement, shall be kept in confidence by each party, and each party shall
cause its Members, stockholders, directors, officers, managers, employees,
agents and attorneys to hold such information confidential. Such confidentiality
shall be maintained to the same degree as such party maintains its own
confidential information and shall be maintained until such time, if any, as
any
such data or information either is, or becomes, published or a matter of public
knowledge; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any
information obtained by a party through its own independent investigations
of
the other party or received by a party from a source not known by such party
to
be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or
fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, the other party, nor to any
information obtained by a party which is generally known to others engaged
in
the trade or business of such party. In the event a party to this Agreement
becomes legally compelled to disclose any such information, it shall promptly
provide the others with written notice of such requirement so that the other
parties to this Agreement may seek a protective order or other remedy. If this
Agreement shall be terminated for any reason, the parties shall return or cause
to be returned to the others all written data, information, files, records
and
copies of documents, worksheets and other materials obtained by such parties
in
connection with this Agreement.
(b) No
Solicitation or Negotiation.
Unless
and until this Agreement is terminated or consummated, none of the Company,
the
Members, Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub shall suffer or permit their respective
directors, officers, stockholders, employees, representatives, agents,
investment bankers, advisors, accountants or attorneys, to initiate or solicit,
directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any offer or proposal
that constitutes or would be reasonably expected to lead to a proposal or offer
(other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement) for a stock purchase,
asset acquisition, merger, consolidation or other business combination involving
any of the Company, Parent, Holdings or Merger Sub or any proposal to acquire
in
any manner a direct or indirect substantial equity interest in, or all or any
substantial part of the assets of, Company, Parent, Holdings or Merger Sub
(an
“Alternative
Proposal”)
from
any person and/or entity, or engage in negotiations or discussions relating
thereto or accept any Alternative Proposal, or make or authorize any statement,
recommendation or solicitation in support of any Alternative Proposal. The
Company and the Members on the one hand, and Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub
on
the other hand, shall notify the other orally and in writing of the receipt
of
any such inquiries, offers or proposals (including the terms and conditions
of
any such offer or proposal, the identity of the person and/or entity making
it
and a copy of any written Alternative Proposal), as promptly as practicable
and
in any event within 48 hours after the receipt thereof, and shall keep the
other
parties informed of the status and details of any such inquiry, offer or
proposal. The Company, Members, Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub shall
immediately terminate any existing solicitation, activity, discussion or
negotiation with any person and/or entity hereafter conducted by them or by
any
officer, employee, director, stockholder or other representative thereof with
respect to the foregoing.
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7.06 Public
Disclosure.
Unless
otherwise permitted by this Agreement, Parent and Company shall consult with
each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public
statement or making any other public (or non-confidential) disclosure (whether
or not in response to an inquiry) regarding the terms of this Agreement and
the
transactions contemplated hereby, and neither shall issue any such press release
or make any such statement or disclosure without the prior approval of the
other
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as may be required
by law, in which case the party proposing to issue such press release or make
such public statement or disclosure shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to consult with the other party before issuing such press release or
making such public statement or disclosure.
7.07 Consents;
Cooperation.
(a) Each
of
Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub shall promptly apply for or otherwise seek,
and
use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, all consents and approvals required
to be obtained by it for the consummation of the Merger.
(b) Each
of
Parent, Holdings, the Company and the Members shall promptly apply for or
otherwise seek, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, all consents
and
approvals required to be obtained by it for the consummation of the Business
Combination. Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all
necessary consents, waivers and approvals under any of its Material Company
Contracts in connection with the Business Combination.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section
7.07(a),
the
Company shall not be required to divest any of its businesses, product lines
or
assets, or to take or agree to take any other action or agree to any limitation
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Company.
7.08 Legal
Requirements.
Each of
the parties hereto shall take all reasonable actions necessary to comply
promptly with all legal requirements which may be imposed on them with respect
to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
will
promptly cooperate with and furnish information to any party hereto necessary
in
connection with any such requirements imposed upon such other party in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and will take all reasonable actions necessary to obtain (and will
cooperate with the other parties hereto in obtaining) any consent, approval,
order or authorization of, or any registration, declaration or filing with,
any
Governmental Entity or other person, required to be obtained or made in
connection with the taking of any action contemplated by this
Agreement.
7.09 Blue
Sky Laws.
Holdings shall use its best efforts to comply with the securities and blue
sky
laws of all jurisdictions which are applicable to the issuance of Holdings
Stock
and other securities of Holdings in connection with the Merger and the Business
Combination. The Company shall use its best efforts to assist Holdings as may
be
necessary to comply with the securities and blue sky laws of all jurisdictions
which are applicable in connection with the issuance of Holdings Stock and
other
securities of Holdings in connection with the Business Combination.
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7.10 No
Holdings Stock Transactions.
The
Members shall not, prior to 180
days
after the Closing, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of an interest in any
of
the shares of Holdings Stock he or she receives as a result of the Business
Combination other than as permitted pursuant to the lock-up agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
C
executed
by such Persons concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (each a
“Lock-Up
Agreement”).
7.11 Registration
Rights.
At the
Closing, Holdings and the Members shall execute and deliver a registration
rights agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D with
respect to registration of the Stock Consideration, the Escrow Shares, the
First
Contingent Payment and the Second Contingent Payment (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”).
7.12 Employment
Agreements.
At the
Closing, Holdings and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx shall enter into an employment agreement
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E
(the
“Executive
Chairman Agreement”)
to
serve as Holdings’ Executive Chairman. At or before the Closing, Xxxxxxx Xxxx
shall enter into an employment agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
F
(the
“CEO
Employment Agreement”)
to
serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Holdings.
7.13 Further
Assurances
and
Guaranty.
Each of
the parties to this Agreement shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby and to fulfill and cause to
be
fulfilled the conditions to closing under this Agreement. Each party hereto,
at
the reasonable request of another party hereto, shall execute and deliver such
other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be
necessary or desirable for effecting completely the consummation of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Upon the Closing, Holdings
shall guaranty and perform all obligations of Parent existing prior to the
Merger.
7.14 Indemnification.
All
rights to indemnification for acts or omissions occurring through the Closing
Date now existing in favor of the current directors and officers of Parent
and
the Company as provided in the organic documents of Parent and the Company
or in
any indemnification agreements shall survive the Closing and shall continue
in
full force and effect in accordance with their terms. If Holdings, the Company
or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges
into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of
such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially
all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, to
the
extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and
assigns of Holding or the Company, respectively, assume the obligations set
forth in this Section 7.15. The provisions of this Section 7.15 are intended
to
be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Person who will have
been a director or officer of Parent, Holdings or Company for all periods ending
on or before the Closing Date and may not be changed without the consent of
each
consent of each person that may be adversely affected thereby.
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7.15 Advisory
and Other Fees.
Parent
acknowledges that the Company has agreed that at the Closing, HCFP Xxxxxxx
(“Xxxxxxx”)
will
be paid $2,500,000 from the Trust Account and issued 250,000 Class Z warrants
by
Holdings for its representation of the Company and in lieu of any and all other
fees otherwise payable to HCFP Xxxxxxx by Parent or the Company.
ARTICLE
8
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
8.01 Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub to Consummate
the
Merger and the Business Combination.
The
obligations of Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub to consummate and effect this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the
satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following
conditions, (any of which may be waived, in writing, by Parent, with the
exception of the conditions set forth in Sections
9.01(a),
(b),
(c)):
(a) Agreement
Proposal.
The
Agreement Proposal shall have been duly approved and adopted by the stockholders
of Parent by the requisite vote under Parent’s certificate of incorporation and
the DGCL
(b) Parent
Stock.
Holders
of 20% or more of the shares of Parent Class B Common Stock shall not have
exercised their rights to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the
Trust Account in accordance with the Parent’s certificate of
incorporation.
(c) Merger
Proxy/Prospectus.
The
Merger Proxy/Prospectus shall have been declared effective by the SEC and there
shall be no stop order pending or threatened in connection
therewith.
(d) Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
(i) The
representations and warranties of Company and the Members in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for such
representations and warranties that are qualified by their terms by a reference
to materiality, which representations and warranties as so qualified shall
be
true and correct in all respects) both when made and on and as of the Closing
Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such
time (provided that those representations and warranties which address matters
only as of a particular date shall be true and correct as of such date);
and
(ii) The
Company and the Members shall have performed and complied in all material
respects with all covenants, obligations and conditions of this Agreement
required to be performed and complied with by it as of the Closing
Date.
(e) Certificate
of Officer.
Parent
shall have been provided with a certificate executed on behalf of the Company
by
its Chief Executive Officer certifying that the conditions set forth in
Section
8.01(e)
shall
have been fulfilled.
(f) Closing
Deliveries.
The
Company and or the Members shall deliver to Parent at the Closing such
documents, instruments or certificates as Parent may reasonably request,
including without limitation:
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(i) certificates,
if any, representing the Membership Interests duly endorsed in accordance with
Section
3.01;
(ii) a
certificate of the Secretary of the Company attesting to the incumbency of
the
Company’s officers, the authenticity of the resolutions authorizing the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the authenticity and continuing
validity of the articles of organization and operating agreement of the
Company;
(iii) a
counterpart of the Lock-Up Agreement executed by each of the
Members;
(iv) a
counterpart of the Escrow Agreement executed by each of the Members and the
Escrow Agent;
(v) a
counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement executed by each of the
Members;
(vi) a
counterpart of the Executive Chairman Agreement executed by Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx;
(vii) a
counterpart of the CEO Employment Agreement;
(viii) all
consents, permissions, approvals, novations, authorizations or waivers, in
form
reasonably satisfactory to Parent, required to be obtained under this Agreement;
and
(ix) a
cross
receipt executed by the Members for the Cash Consideration and the Stock
Consideration.
(g) Injunctions
or Restraints on Conduct of Business.
No
temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order
issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory
restraint provision limiting or restricting Company’s conduct or operation of
the business of the Company following the Business Acquisition shall be in
effect, nor shall any proceeding brought by an administrative agency or
commission or other Governmental Entity, domestic or foreign, seeking the
foregoing be pending.
(h) No
Proceedings.
Since
the date of this Agreement, there must not have been commenced or threatened
against the Parent, Holdings, Merger Sub, the Company or any Members, or against
any affiliate thereof, any proceeding (which proceeding remains unresolved
as of
the Closing Date) that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making
illegal, or otherwise interfering with any of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(i) No
Material Adverse Changes.
Since
the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse
Effect on the Company.
(j) Governmental
Approvals.
The
Company and the Members shall have timely obtained from each Governmental Entity
all approvals, waivers and consents, if any, necessary for consummation of
or in
connection with this Agreement and the Business Combination.
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8.02 Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of the Company and the Members to Consummate the
Business Combination.
The
obligations of the Company and the Members to consummate and effect this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the
satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following
conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, by Company:
(a) Agreement
Proposal.
The
Agreement Proposal shall have been duly approved and adopted by the stockholders
of Parent by the requisite vote under Parent’s certificate of incorporation and
the DGCL.
(b) Parent
Stock.
Holders
of 20% or more of the shares of Parent Class B Common Stock shall not have
exercised their rights to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the
Trust Account in accordance with the Parent’s certificate of
incorporation.
(c) Board
of
Directors Proposal.
The
Board of Directors Proposal shall have been duly approved and adopted by the
stockholders of Parent by the requisite vote under the Parent’s certificate of
incorporation.
(d) Charter
Proposal.
The
Charter Proposal shall have been duly approved and adopted by the stockholders
of Parent by the requisite vote under the Parent’s certificate of
incorporation.
(e) Incentive
Plan Proposal.
The
Incentive Plan Proposal shall have been duly approved and adopted by the
stockholders of Parent by the requisite vote under the Parent’s certificate of
incorporation.
(f) Merger
Proxy/Prospectus.
The
Merger Proxy/Prospectus shall have been declared effective by the SEC and there
shall be no stop order pending or threatened in connection
therewith.
(g) Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
(i) The
representations and warranties of Parent, Holdings and Merger Sub in this
Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for such
representations and warranties that are qualified by their terms by a reference
to materiality which representations and warranties as so qualified shall be
true and correct in all respects) both when made and on and as of the Closing
Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such
time (provided that those representations and warranties which address matters
only as of a particular date shall be true and correct as of such date);
and
(ii) Parent,
Holdings and Merger Sub shall have performed and complied in all material
respects with all covenants, obligations and conditions of this Agreement
required to be performed and complied with by them as of the Closing
Date.
(h) Certificate
of Officer.
The
Company shall have been provided with a certificate executed on behalf of Parent
by its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certifying that
the
conditions set forth in Section
8.02(d)
shall
have been fulfilled.
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(i) Closing
Deliveries.
Parent,
Holdings and Merger Sub shall deliver to the Members at the Closing such
documents, instruments or certificates as the Members may reasonably request,
including without limitation:
(i) the
Cash
Consideration;
(ii) share
certificates evidencing the Stock Consideration;
(iii) shares
certificates evidencing the Escrow Shares delivered to the Escrow
Agent;
(iv) certificates
of the Secretaries of Holdings and Merger Sub attesting to the incumbency of
their respective officers, the authenticity of the resolutions authorizing
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the authenticity and continuing
validity of their respective certificates of incorporation and
bylaws;
(v) a
resignation, effective as of the Closing, of each officer and director of
Holdings from each such position (except for any director of Holdings who is
named in Schedule II hereto), executed by such person;
(vi) a
counterpart of the Lock-Up Agreement executed by Holdings;
(vii) a
counterpart of the Escrow Agreement executed by Holdings;
(viii) a
counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement executed by
Holdings;
(ix) a
counterpart of the Executive Chairman Agreement executed by
Holdings;
(x) a
counterpart of the CEO Employment Agreements executed by Holdings;
and
(xi) a
cross
receipt executed by Holdings for the Membership Interests.
(j) Injunctions
or Restraints on Conduct of Business.
No
temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order
issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory
restraint provision limiting or restricting Parent’s conduct or operation of the
business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, following the Merger and the Business
Combination shall be in effect, nor shall any proceeding brought by an
administrative agency or commission or other Governmental Entity, domestic
or
foreign, seeking the foregoing be pending.
(k) No
Material Adverse Changes.
There
shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect on Parent, Holdings or
Merger Sub, or any change that has a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, Holdings
or Merger Sub.
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(l) No
Proceedings.
Since
the date of this Agreement, there must not have been commenced or threatened
against the Parent, Holdings, Merger Sub, the Company or any Members, or against
any affiliate thereof, any Proceeding (which Proceeding remains unresolved
as of
the Effective Time) (i) involving any challenge to, or seeking damages or other
relief in connection with, any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or
(ii)
that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise
interfering with any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(m) Stock
Quotation.
The
Holdings Stock at Closing shall be quoted on the OTCBB, and there will be no
action or proceeding pending or threatened against Holdings by the NASD to
prohibit or terminate the quotation of Holdings Stock on the OTCBB.
(n) SEC
Compliance.
Immediately prior to the Closing, Parent shall be in compliance with the
reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, and shall have timely filed
all
Exchange Act reports for the 12 month period preceding the Closing.
(o) Disbursement
of Trust Account.
Parent
shall have made all necessary arrangements, including notice to American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee of the trust account, prior to
the Closing Date, for the disbursement of the proceeds of the Trust Account
to
be made at the Effective Time, subject to any amounts to be held for the
redemption of any shares of Parent Class B Common Stock.
(p) Governmental
Approvals.
Parent,
Holdings and Merger Sub shall have timely obtained from each Governmental Entity
all approvals, waivers and consents, if any, necessary for consummation of
or in
connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the Business Combination.
ARTICLE
9
INDEMNIFICATION;
REMEDIES
9.01 Indemnification
of Holdings and Surviving Corporation.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article
IX
(including without limitation the limitations set forth in Section 9.04),
Holdings, the Surviving Corporation, the Company and their respective
representatives, successors and permitted assigns (the “Indemnitees”)
shall
be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the Members, jointly and
severally, but only to the extent of the Escrow Shares, from and against all
Losses asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by any
Indemnitee by reason of, arising out of or resulting from:
(i) the
inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of the Company and/or
the
Members contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement, any Schedule or any
certificate delivered by the Company or the Members to Parent pursuant to this
Agreement with respect hereto or thereto in connection with the Closing;
and
(ii) the
non-fulfillment or breach of any covenant or agreement of the Company and/or
the
Members contained in this Agreement.
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(b) As
used
in this Article
IX,
the
term “Losses”
shall
include all losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, orders, penalties,
settlements, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, interest,
penalties, court costs and reasonable legal fees and expenses) including those
arising from any demands, claims, suits, actions, costs of investigation,
notices of violation or noncompliance, causes of action, proceedings and
assessments whether or not made by third parties or whether or not ultimately
determined to be valid.
9.02 Indemnification
of Third Party Claims.
The
indemnification obligations and liabilities under this Article
IX
with
respect to actions, proceedings, lawsuits, investigations, demands or other
claims brought against Holdings, the Surviving Corporation or the Company by
a
Person other than a Member (a “Third
Party Claim”)
shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Notice
of
Claim.
Holdings, acting on its on behalf and on behalf of the Surviving Corporation
and
the Company, will give the Members prompt written notice after receiving written
notice of any Third Party Claim or discovering the liability, obligation or
facts giving rise to such Third Party Claim (a “Notice
of Claim”)
which
Notice of Third Party Claim shall set forth (i) a brief description of the
nature of the Third Party Claim, (ii) the total amount of the actual
out-of-pocket Loss or the anticipated potential Loss (including any costs or
expenses which have been or may be reasonably incurred in connection therewith),
and (iii) whether such Loss may be covered (in whole or in part) under any
insurance and the estimated amount of such Loss which may be covered under
such
insurance, and the Members shall be entitled to participate in the defense
of
Third Party Claim at its expense.
(b) Defense.
The
Members jointly shall have the right, at their option (subject to the
limitations set forth in Section
9.02(c)
below)
and at their own expense, by written notice to Holdings, to assume the entire
control of, subject to the right of Holdings to participate (at its expense
and
with counsel of its choice) in, the defense, compromise or settlement of the
Third Party Claim as to which such Notice of Claim has been given, and shall
be
entitled to appoint a recognized and reputable counsel reasonably acceptable
to
Holdings to be the lead counsel in connection with such defense. If the Members
are permitted and elect to assume the defense of a Third Party
Claim:
(i) the
Members shall diligently and in good faith defend such Third Party Claim and
shall keep Holdings reasonably informed of the status of such defense; provided,
however, that Holdings shall have the right to approve any settlement, which
approval shall not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned;
and
(ii) Holdings
shall cooperate fully in all respects with the Members in any such defense,
compromise or settlement thereof, including, without limitation, the selection
of counsel, and Holdings shall make available to the Members all pertinent
information and documents under its control.
(c) Limitations
of Right to Assume Defense.
The
Members shall not be entitled to assume control of such defense if (i) the
Third Party Claim relates to or arises in connection with any criminal
proceeding, action, indictment, allegation or investigation; (ii) the Third
Party Claim seeks an injunction or equitable relief against Holdings, the
Surviving Corporation or the Company; or (iii) there is a reasonable
probability that a Third Party Claim may materially and adversely affect
Holdings, the Surviving Corporation or the Company other than as a result of
money damages or other money payments.
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(d) Other
Limitations.
Failure
to give prompt Notice of Claim or to provide copies of relevant available
documents or to furnish relevant available data shall not constitute a defense
(in whole or in part) to any Third Party Claim by Holdings against the Members
and shall not affect the Members’ duty or obligations under this Article
IX,
except
to the extent (and only to the extent that) such failure shall have adversely
affected the ability of the Members to defend against or reduce its liability
or
caused or increased such liability or otherwise caused the damages for which
the
Members are obligated to be greater than such damages would have been had
Holdings given the Members prompt notice hereunder. So long as the Members
are
defending any such action actively and in good faith, Holdings shall not settle
such action.
(e) Failure
to Defend.
If the
Members, promptly after receiving a Notice of Claim, fail to defend such Third
Party Claim actively and in good faith, Holdings will (upon further written
notice) have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of
such Third Party Claim as it may determine in its reasonable discretion,
provided that the Members shall have the right to approve any settlement, which
approval will not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned.
(f) Holdings’
Rights.
Anything in this Section
9.02
to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Members shall not, without the written consent
of
Holdings, settle or compromise any action or consent to the entry of any
judgment which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving
by
the claimant or the plaintiff to Holdings of a full and unconditional release
from all liability and obligation in respect of such action without any payment
by Holdings.
(g) Member
Consent.
Unless
the Members have consented to a settlement of a Third Party Claim, the amount
of
the settlement shall not be a binding determination of the amount of the Loss
and such amount shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Escrow Agreement.
9.03 Insurance
Effect.
To the
extent that any Losses that are subject to indemnification pursuant to this
Article
IX
are
covered by insurance, Holdings shall use best efforts to obtain the maximum
recovery under such insurance; provided that Holdings shall nevertheless be
entitled to bring a claim for indemnification under this Article
IX
in
respect of such Losses and the time limitations set forth in Section
9.04
hereof
for bringing a claim of indemnification under this Agreement shall be tolled
during the pendency of such insurance claim. The existence of a claim by
Holdings for monies from an insurer or against a third party in respect of
any
Loss shall not, however, delay any payment pursuant to the indemnification
provisions contained herein and otherwise determined to be due and owing by
the
Members. If Holdings has received the payment required by this Agreement from
the Members in respect of any Loss and later receives proceeds from insurance
or
other amounts in respect of such Loss, then it shall hold such proceeds or
other
amounts in trust for the benefit of the Members and shall pay to the Members,
as
promptly as practicable after receipt, a sum equal to the amount of such
proceeds or other amount received, up to the aggregate amount of any payments
received from the Members pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Loss.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, it is the intention
of
the parties that no insurer or any other third party shall be (a) entitled
to a benefit it would not be entitled to receive in the absence of the foregoing
indemnification provisions, or (b) relieved of the responsibility to pay
any claims for which it is obligated.
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9.04 Limitations
on Indemnification.
(a) Survival;
Time Limitation.
The
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement or
in
any writing delivered by the Company and/or the Members to Parent in connection
with this Agreement (including the certificates required to be delivered by
the
Company pursuant to Section
8.01)
shall
survive the Closing until the later of (a) the 60th day after Holdings files
with the SEC its annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June
30,
2009, or (b) the 15 month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Survival
Period”).
Any
claim made by a party hereunder shall be preserved despite the subsequent
expiration of the Survival Period and any claim set forth in a Notice of Claim
sent prior to the expiration of the Survival Period shall survive until final
resolution thereof. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence,
no claim for indemnification under this Article
IX
shall be
brought after the end of the Survival Period.
(b) Deductible.
No
amount shall be payable under Article
IX
unless
and until the aggregate amount of all indemnifiable Losses otherwise payable
exceeds $200,000 (the “Deductible”),
in
which event the amount payable shall include all amounts included in the
Deductible and all future amounts that become payable under Section
9.01
from
time to time thereafter.
(c) Aggregate
Amount Limitation.
The
aggregate liability for Losses pursuant to Section
9.01
shall
not in any event exceed the Escrow Shares and the Indemnitees shall have no
claim against the Members other than for the Escrow Shares (and any proceeds
of
the shares or distributions with respect to the Escrow Shares).
9.05 Exclusive
Remedy.
Holdings, on behalf of itself and all other Indemnitees, hereby acknowledges
and
agrees that, from and after the Closing, its sole remedy with respect to any
and
all claims for money damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall
be pursuant and subject to the requirements of the indemnification provisions
set forth in this Article
IX.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing contained in this Article
IX
shall in
any way impair, modify or otherwise limit Holdings’, the Surviving Corporation’s
or the Company’s right to bring any claim, demand or suit against the other
party based upon such other party’s actual fraud or intentional or willful
misrepresentation or omission, it being understood that a mere breach of a
representation and warranty, without intentional or willful misrepresentation
or
omission, does not constitute fraud.
9.06 Valuation
of Escrow Shares.
For all
amounts payable under this Article
IX,
the
number of Escrow Shares to be delivered to an Indemniteee shall be equal to
the
aggregate amount of Losses suffered by such Indemnitee, divided by the market
value of Holdings Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares
of
Holdings Stock) to be calculated using the average of the closing bid price
as
quoted on the OTCBB (or such other public trading market on which the Holdings
Stock may be trading at such time) for the 30 trading days immediately prior
to
the date that such amount of Losses is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction or pursuant to a binding settlement agreement among the Indemnitee
and the Members.
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9.07 Adjustment
to Purchase Price.
Amounts
paid for indemnification under Article
IX
shall be
deemed to be an adjustment to the value of the shares of Holdings Stock issued
by Holdings as a result of the Business Combination, except as otherwise
required by applicable law.
ARTICLE
10
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
10.01 Termination.
At any
time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after approval of the
matters presented in connection with the Merger or the Business Combination,
this Agreement may be terminated:
(a) by
mutual
consent of Parent, the Company and the Members;
(b) by
either
Parent or the Company, if, at the Special Meeting (including any adjournments
thereof), the Business Combination Proposal shall fail to be approved and
adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of Parent Class B Common Stock
required under Parent’s certificate of incorporation, or the holders of 20% or
more of the number of shares of Parent Class B Common Stock exercise their
rights to convert the shares of Parent Class B Common Stock held by them into
cash from the Trust Account, in accordance with Parent’s certificate of
incorporation;
(c) by
either
Parent or the Company, if, at the Special Meeting (including any adjournments
thereof), the Merger Proposal shall fail to be approved and adopted by the
affirmative vote of the holders of Parent Stock required to vote on such
proposal under the DGCL;
(d) by
either
Parent or the Company, if, without fault of the terminating party, the Closing
shall not have occurred on or before April 25, 2008, or such later date as
may
be agreed upon in writing by the parties hereto (the “Final
Date”);
(e) by
Parent, if the Company or the Members breach any of its or their
representations, warranties or obligations hereunder to an extent that would
cause the condition set forth in Section
8.01(f)
not to
be satisfied and such breach shall not have been cured within ten business
days
of receipt by the Company and/or the Members of written notice of such breach
(and Parent has not willfully breached any of its covenants hereunder, which
breach is not cured);
(f) by
Company, if Parent, Holdings or Merger Sub breach any of their representations,
warranties or obligations hereunder to an extent that would cause the condition
set forth in Section
8.02(g)
not to
be satisfied and such breach shall not have been cured within ten business
days
of receipt by Parent of written notice of such breach (and the Company and/or
the Members have not willfully breached any of its or their covenants hereunder,
which breach is not cured); or
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(g) by
either
Parent or the Company if any permanent injunction or other order of a court
or
other competent authority preventing the consummation of the Merger or Business
Combination shall have become final and nonappealable.
10.02 Effect
of Termination.
In the
event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section
10.01,
this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or
obligation on the parties hereto, or their respective Members, officers,
directors, managers, stockholders or affiliates, except to the extent that
such
termination results from the breach by a party hereto of any of its
representations, warranties or covenants set forth in this Agreement; provided
that, the provisions of Section
7.05
(Confidentiality), Section
10.03
(Expenses and Termination Fees) and this Section
10.02
shall
remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement.
Nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability in connection with a
breach by such party of the representations, warranties or covenants of such
party to this Agreement.
10.03 Expenses
and Termination Fees.
(a) Subject
to Sections
10.03(b)
and
(c),
and
the
Expense Agreement entered into by and between Parent and the Company (the
“Expense
Agreement”),
whether
or not the Merger and the Business Combination are consummated, all costs and
expenses (including transfer and other similar Taxes) incurred in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the fees and expenses of its advisers, accountants and legal
counsel) shall be paid by the party incurring such expense.
(b) If
Parent
terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
10.01(e)
then the
Company shall promptly reimburse Parent for all of the out-of-pocket costs
and
expenses incurred by Parent in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the fees and
expenses of its advisors, accountants and legal counsel).
(c) If
the
Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
10.01(f)
Parent
shall promptly reimburse the Company and/or the Members, as applicable, for
all
of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company and/or the
members, as applicable, in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of
its
advisors, accountants and legal counsel).
10.04 Amendment.
The
parties hereto may cause this Agreement to be amended at any time by execution
of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto;
provided that an amendment made subsequent to adoption of the Agreement by
the
stockholders of Parent shall not (a) alter or change the amount or kind of
consideration to be received on conversion of the Parent Stock or the Membership
Interests , (b) alter or change any term of the certificate of incorporation
of
Holdings to be effected by the Merger, or (c) alter or change any of the terms
and conditions of the Agreement if such alteration or change would materially
adversely affect the Members.
10.05 Extension;
Waiver.
At any
time prior to the Closing Date any party hereto may, to the extent legally
allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations
or
other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any
document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any of the
agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any
agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall
be
valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such
party.
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ARTICLE
11
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
11.01 Notices.
All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given if delivered personally or by commercial delivery service, or
mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) or sent via
facsimile (with confirmation of receipt) to the parties at the following address
(or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
(a) if
to
Parent, Holdings, Merger Sub and the Company (after the Closing) to:
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx
& Associates, P.C.
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
(b) if
to
Company (prior to the Closing) to:
SouthPeak
Interactive, LLC
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Mr.
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Company) to:
Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig, LLP
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
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(c) if
to the
Members to address set forth below their respective name on Schedule
I
attached
hereto.
(d) if
to
Parent or Merger Sub (prior to the Closing) to:
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xx.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx
& Associates, P.C.
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
11.02 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by facsimile
and/or PDF, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and
shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each
of
the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all
parties need not sign the same counterpart.
11.03 Entire
Agreement; Nonassignability; Parties in Interest.
This
Agreement and the documents and instruments and other agreements specifically
referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto, including the Exhibits, the
Company Disclosure Schedules and the Parent Disclosure Schedules (a) constitute
the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral,
among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, except for the
Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated July 2, 2007, by and between the Parent and
the
Company, which shall continue in full force and effect, and shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or the Closing, in accordance with its terms;
(b)
are not intended to confer upon any other person any rights or remedies
hereunder, except as set forth in Section
2.11;
and (c)
shall not be assigned, except by operation of law as a result of the Merger,
pursuant to Section
2.02
and the
Business Combination pursuant to Section
3.01
or as
otherwise specifically provided. No representations, warranties, inducements,
promises or agreements, oral or written, by or among the parties not contained
herein shall be of any force of effect.
11.04 Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable,
the
remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances will be
interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The
parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this
Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the
extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or
unenforceable provision.
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11.05 Remedies
Cumulative; Specific Performance.
(a) Except
as
otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred
upon
a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy
conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by
a
party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
The
parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of
the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached.
(b) It
is
accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an
injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in any court of the
United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any
other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
11.06 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of Delaware, without regard to the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles of conflicts of law. Each of the parties hereto
irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or Federal
court
located within the City of Alexandria, Virginia or the County of Fairfax,
Virginia in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this
Agreement or the matters contemplated herein, agrees that process may be served
upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia
for such persons and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection
which they might otherwise have to such jurisdiction and such
process.
11.07 Rules
of Construction.
The
parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the
negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive
the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction
providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed
against the party drafting such agreement or document.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement and Plan of Reorganization has been duly
executed by the parties as of and on the date first above written.
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