EXHIBIT 99.1
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
Orient Semiconductor Electronics, Limited
and
Integrated Packaging Assembly Corporation
Dated April 29, 1999
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ARTICLE 1 Definitions....................................................... 1
1.1 "Applicable Contract"............................................. 1
1.2 "Breach".......................................................... 1
1.3 "Buyer"........................................................... 2
1.4 "Closing"......................................................... 2
1.5 "Closing Date".................................................... 2
1.6 "Company"......................................................... 2
1.7 "Consent"......................................................... 2
1.8 "Contemplated Transactions"....................................... 2
1.9 "Contract"........................................................ 2
1.10 "Damages"......................................................... 2
1.11 "Encumbrance"..................................................... 2
1.12 "Environment"..................................................... 2
1.13 "Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities"................... 2
1.14 "Environmental Law"............................................... 3
1.15 "ERISA"........................................................... 3
1.16 "Exchange Act".................................................... 3
1.17 "Facilities"...................................................... 4
1.18 "GAAP"............................................................ 4
1.19 "Governmental Authorization"...................................... 4
1.20 "Governmental Body"............................................... 4
1.21 "Hazardous Activity".............................................. 4
1.22 "Hazardous Materials"............................................. 4
1.23 "Intellectual Property Assets".................................... 4
1.24 "IRC"............................................................. 4
1.25 "IRS"............................................................. 4
1.26 "Legal Requirement"............................................... 5
1.27 "Occupational Safety and Health Law".............................. 5
1.28 "Order"........................................................... 5
1.29 "Ordinary Course of Business"..................................... 5
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1.30 "Person".......................................................... 5
1.31 "Plan"............................................................ 5
1.32 "Proceeding"...................................................... 5
1.33 "Related Person".................................................. 5
1.34 "Release"......................................................... 6
1.35 "Representative".................................................. 6
1.36 "Securities Act".................................................. 6
1.38 "Series A Preferred Shares"....................................... 6
1.39 "Subsidiary"...................................................... 6
1.40 "Tax"............................................................. 6
1.41 "Tax Return"...................................................... 6
1.42 "Threat of Release"............................................... 6
ARTICLE 2 Sale And Transfer Of Series A Preferred Shares; Closing........... 6
2.1 Series A Preferred Shares......................................... 6
2.2 Purchase Price.................................................... 7
2.3 Closing........................................................... 7
2.4 Pre-Closing Obligations........................................... 7
2.5 Closing Obligations............................................... 7
ARTICLE 3 Representations And Warranties Of The Company..................... 8
3.1 Organization and Good Standing.................................... 8
3.2 Authority; No Conflict............................................ 8
3.3 Capitalization.................................................... 9
3.4 SEC Filings; Financial Statements................................. 11
3.5 Books and Records................................................. 11
3.6 Title to Properties; Encumbrances................................. 12
3.7 Condition and Sufficiency of Assets............................... 12
3.8 Accounts Receivable............................................... 12
3.9 Inventory......................................................... 13
3.10 No Undisclosed Liabilities........................................ 13
3.11 Taxes............................................................. 13
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3.12 No Material Adverse Change........................................ 14
3.13 Employee Benefits................................................. 14
3.14 Compliance With Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations... 20
3.15 Legal Proceedings; Orders......................................... 21
3.16 Absence Of Certain Changes And Events............................. 22
3.17 Contracts; No Defaults............................................ 23
3.18 Insurance......................................................... 25
3.19 Environmental Matters............................................. 26
3.20 Employees......................................................... 27
3.21 Labor Relations; Compliance....................................... 28
3.22 Intellectual Property............................................. 28
3.23 Certain Payments.................................................. 31
3.24 Disclosure........................................................ 31
3.25 Relationships With Related Persons................................ 32
3.26 Brokers or Finders................................................ 32
ARTICLE 4 Representations And Warranties Of Buyer........................... 32
4.1 Investment Purpose................................................ 32
4.2 Reliance on Exemptions............................................ 32
4.3 Information....................................................... 32
4.4 Transfer or Resale................................................ 33
4.5 Legend............................................................ 33
4.6 Authorization; Enforcement........................................ 33
4.7 Brokers or Finders................................................ 33
4.8 Accredited Investor............................................... 34
ARTICLE 5 Indemnification; Remedies......................................... 34
5.1 Survival; Right to Indemnification Not Affected By Knowledge...... 34
5.2 Indemnification and Payment of Damages by The Company............. 34
5.3 [Reserved.]....................................................... 35
5.4 Limitations on Amount; Time Limitations........................... 35
5.5 Procedure for Indemnification -- Third Party Claims............... 35
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5.6 Procedure For Indemnification -- Other Claims..................... 36
5.7 Indemnification of Officers and Directors......................... 36
ARTICLE 6 General Provisions................................................ 37
6.1 Expenses.......................................................... 37
6.2 Notices........................................................... 37
6.3 Further Assurances................................................ 38
6.4 Waiver............................................................ 38
6.5 Entire Agreement and Modification................................. 39
6.6 Company Disclosure Schedule....................................... 39
6.7 Assignments, Successors, and No Third-Party Rights................ 39
6.8 Severability...................................................... 39
6.9 Section Headings, Construction.................................... 40
6.10 Survival.......................................................... 40
6.11 Time of Essence................................................... 40
6.12 Governing Law..................................................... 40
6.13 Counterparts...................................................... 40
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of April 29, 1999, by
and among Integrated Packaging Assembly Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
with headquarters located at 0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
(the "Company"), and Orient Semiconductor Electronics, Limited, with
headquarters located 00 Xxxx 0 XX. X.X.X.X. Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Xxxxxx, ROC (the
"Buyer").
Whereas:
A. The Company has authorized the following new series of its Preferred
Stock, $0.001 par value (the "Preferred Stock"): the Company's Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Shares"), which shall be
convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value (the
"Common Stock") (as converted, the "Conversion Shares"), in accordance with the
terms of the Company's Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of
the Series A Preferred Shares, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "Certificate of Designation").
B. The Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated in
this Agreement, Four Million (4,000,000) shares of Series A Preferred Shares.
C. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Right of First Refusal
Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Right of
First Refusal Agreement") pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide
Buyer and its other stockholders with certain rights of first refusal.
Now Therefore, the Company and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
specified or referred to in this Section 1:
1.1 "Applicable Contract" -- any Contract (a) under which the Company has
or may acquire any rights, (b) under which the Company has or may become subject
to any obligation or liability, or (c) by which the Company or any of the assets
owned or used by it is or may become bound.
1.2 "Breach" -- a "Breach" of a representation, warranty, covenant,
obligation, or other provision of this Agreement or any instrument delivered
pursuant to this Agreement will be deemed to have occurred if there is or has
been (a) any inaccuracy in or breach of, or any failure to perform or comply
with, such representation, warranty, covenant, obligation, or other provision,
or (b) any claim (by any Person) or other occurrence or circumstance that is or
was
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inconsistent with such representation, warranty, covenant, obligation, or other
provision, and the term "Breach" means any such inaccuracy, breach, failure,
claim, occurrence, or circumstance.
1.3 "Buyer" -- as defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
1.4 "Closing" -- as defined in Section 2.3.
1.5 "Closing Date" -- the date and time as of which the Closing actually
takes place.
1.6 "Company" -- as defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
1.7 "Consent" -- any approval, consent, ratification, waiver, or other
authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).
1.8 "Contemplated Transactions" -- all of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
1.9 "Contract" -- any agreement, contract, obligation, promise, or
undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) that is
legally binding.
1.10 "Damages" -- as defined in Section 5.2.
1.11 "Encumbrance" -- any charge, claim, community property interest,
condition, equitable interest, lien, option, pledge, security interest, right of
first refusal, or restriction of any kind, including any restriction on use,
voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any other attribute of
ownership.
1.12 "Environment" -- soil, land surface or subsurface strata, surface
waters (including navigable waters, ocean waters, streams, ponds, drainage
basins, and wetlands), groundwaters, drinking water supply, stream sediments,
ambient air (including indoor air), plant and animal life, and any other
environmental medium or natural resource.
1.13 "Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities" -- any cost, damages,
expense, liability, obligation, or other responsibility arising from or under
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law and consisting of or
relating to:
(a) any environmental, health, or safety matters or conditions
(including on-site or off-site contamination, occupational safety and health,
and regulation of chemical substances or products);
(b) fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, legal or
administrative proceedings, damages, losses, claims, demands and response,
investigative, remedial, or inspection costs and expenses arising under
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
(c) financial responsibility under Environmental Law or Occupational
Safety and Health Law for cleanup costs or corrective action, including any
investigation, cleanup, removal, containment, or other remediation or response
actions ("Cleanup") required by
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applicable Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law (whether or
not such Cleanup has been required or requested by any Governmental Body or any
other Person) and for any natural resource damages; or
(d) any other compliance, corrective, investigative, or remedial
measures required under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law.
The terms "removal," "remedial," and "response action," include the types
of activities covered by the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. (S) 9601 et seq., as amended
("CERCLA").
1.14 "Environmental Law" -- any Legal Requirement that requires or relates
to:
(a) advising appropriate authorities, employees, and the public of
intended or actual releases of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials,
violations of discharge limits, or other prohibitions and of the commencements
of activities, such as resource extraction or construction, that could have
significant impact on the Environment;
(b) preventing or reducing to acceptable levels the release of
pollutants or hazardous substances or materials into the Environment;
(c) reducing the quantities, preventing the release, or minimizing
the hazardous characteristics of wastes that are generated;
(d) assuring that products are designed, formulated, packaged, and
used so that they do not present unreasonable risks to human health or the
Environment when used or disposed of;
(e) protecting resources, species, or ecological amenities;
(f) reducing to acceptable levels the risks inherent in the
transportation of hazardous substances, pollutants, oil, or other potentially
harmful substances;
(g) cleaning up pollutants that have been released, preventing the
threat of release, or paying the costs of such clean up or prevention; or
(h) making responsible parties pay private parties, or groups of
them, for damages done to their health or the Environment, or permitting self-
appointed representatives of the public interest to recover for injuries done to
public assets.
1.15 "ERISA" -- the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or
any successor law, and regulations and rules issued pursuant to that Act or any
successor law.
1.16 "Exchange Act" -- Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or any
successor law, and regulations and rules issued pursuant to that Act or any
successor law.
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1.17 "Facilities" -- any real property, leaseholds, or other interests
currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company and any buildings,
plants, structures, or equipment (including motor vehicles, tank cars, and
rolling stock) currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company.
1.18 "GAAP" -- generally accepted United States accounting principles,
applied on a basis consistent with the basis on which the Balance Sheet and the
other financial statements referred to in Section 3.4(b) were prepared.
1.19 "Governmental Authorization" -- any approval, consent, license,
permit, waiver, or other authorization issued, granted, given, or otherwise made
available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any
Legal Requirement.
1.20 "Governmental Body" -- any:
(a) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government;
(b) governmental or quasi-governmental authority (including any
governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or
other tribunal);
(c) multi-national organization or body; or
(d) body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative,
executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or
power.
1.21 "Hazardous Activity" -- the distribution, generation, handling,
importing, management, manufacturing, processing, production, refinement,
Release, storage, transfer, transportation, treatment, or use (including any
withdrawal or other use of groundwater) of Hazardous Materials in, on, under,
about, or from the Facilities or any part thereof into the Environment, and any
other act, business, operation, or thing that increases the danger, or risk of
danger, or poses an unreasonable risk of harm to persons or property on or off
the Facilities, or that may affect the value of the Facilities or the Company.
1.22 "Hazardous Materials" -- any waste or other substance that is listed,
defined, designated, or classified as hazardous, radioactive, or toxic or a
pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, including
any admixture or solution thereof, and specifically including petroleum and all
derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes therefor and asbestos or asbestos-
containing materials.
1.23 "Intellectual Property Assets" -- as defined in Section 3.22.
1.24 "IRC" -- the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor law, and
regulations issued by the IRS pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code or any
successor law.
1.25 "IRS" -- the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor
agency, and, to the extent relevant, the United States Department of the
Treasury.
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1.26 "Legal Requirement" -- any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign,
international, multinational, or other administrative order, constitution, law,
ordinance, principle of common law, regulation, statute, or treaty.
1.27 "Occupational Safety and Health Law" -- any Legal Requirement
designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions and to reduce
occupational safety and health hazards, and any program, whether governmental or
private (including those promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and
insurance companies), designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions.
1.28 "Order" -- any award, decision, injunction, judgment, order, ruling,
subpoena, or verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court,
administrative agency, or other Governmental Body or by any arbitrator.
1.29 "Ordinary Course of Business" -- an action taken by a Person will
be deemed to have been taken in the "Ordinary Course of Business" only if such
action is consistent with the past practices of such Person and is taken in the
ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person.
1.30 "Person" -- any individual, corporation (including any non-profit
corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity
or Governmental Body.
1.31 "Plan" -- as defined in Section 3.13.
1.32 "Proceeding" -- any action, arbitration, audit, hearing,
investigation, litigation, or suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative, or informal) commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or
before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Body or arbitrator.
1.33 "Related Person" With respect to a specified Person:
(a) any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is directly or
indirectly controlled by, or is directly or indirectly under common control with
such specified Person;
(b) any Person that holds a Material Interest in such specified
Person;
(c) each Person that serves as a director or officer of such
specified Person; and
(d) any immediate family member of any individual described in
clause (a), (b) or (c).
"Material Interest" means beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of voting securities or other voting
interests representing at least 5% of the outstanding voting power of a Person
or equity securities or other equity interests representing at least 5% of the
outstanding equity securities or equity interests in a Person.
5.
1.34 "Release" -- any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging,
depositing, escaping, leaching, dumping, or other releasing into the
Environment, whether intentional or unintentional.
1.35 "Representative" -- with respect to a particular Person, any
director, officer, employee, agent, consultant, advisor, or other representative
of such Person, including legal counsel, accountants, and financial advisors.
1.36 "Securities Act" -- the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor
law, and regulations and rules issued pursuant to that Act or any successor law.
1.37 "SEC" -- Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.38 "Series A Preferred Shares" -- as defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
1.39 "Subsidiary" -- with respect to any Person (the "Owner"), any
corporation or other Person of which securities or other interests having the
power to elect a majority of that corporation's or other Person's board of
directors or similar governing body, or otherwise having the power to direct the
business and policies of that corporation or other Person (other than securities
or other interests having such power only upon the happening of a contingency
that has not occurred) are held by the Owner or one or more of its Subsidiaries;
when used without reference to a particular Person, "Subsidiary" means a
Subsidiary of the Company.
1.40 "Tax" -- any tax (including any income tax, capital gains tax,
value-added tax, sales tax, property tax, gift tax, or estate tax), levy,
assessment, tariff, duty (including any customs duty), deficiency, or other fee,
and any related charge or amount (including any fine, penalty, interest, or
addition to tax), imposed, assessed, or collected by or under the authority of
any Governmental Body or payable pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement or any
other Contract relating to the sharing or payment of any such tax, levy,
assessment, tariff, duty, deficiency, or fee.
1.41 "Tax Return" -- any return (including any information return),
report, statement, schedule, notice, form, or other document or information
filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any
Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment, collection,
or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation,
or enforcement of or compliance with any Legal Requirement relating to any Tax.
1.42 "Threat of Release" -- a substantial likelihood of a Release that may
require action in order to prevent or mitigate damage to the Environment that
may result from such Release.
ARTICLE 2
Sale And Transfer Of Series A Preferred Shares; Closing.
2.1 Series A Preferred Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company will sell and transfer the Series A
Preferred Shares to Buyer, and Buyer will purchase the Series A Preferred Shares
from the Company.
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2.2 Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price (the "Purchase Price")
for the Series A Preferred Shares will be U.S.$6,800,000.
2.3 Closing. The purchase and sale (the "Closing") provided for in this
Agreement will take place at the offices of Xxxxxx Godward llp at Five Palo Alto
Square, 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, at 4:30 p.m. (local time) on
April 29, 1999.
2.4 Pre-Closing Obligations: Prior to the Closing, the Company will have:
(a) reduced the outstanding debt of the Company such that $3,326,000
of outstanding debt will have been forgiven on or prior to the Closing;
(b) filed the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware; and
(c) amended that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
March 24, 1993, by and among the Company and certain investors in the Company,
as amended to date, to read as set forth on Exhibit C hereto.
2.5 Closing Obligations. At the Closing:
(a) The Company will deliver to Buyer:
(i) a duly executed certificate representing the Series A
Preferred Shares;
(ii) the Right of First Refusal Agreement duly executed by an
authorized representative of the Company;
(iii) duly executed resignation letters of the directors of
the Company listed on Exhibit D hereto providing for the resignation of such
directors from the Company's board of directors effective as of the Closing;
(iv) a certificate executed by the Secretary of the Company
attaching thereto copies of the Certificate of Designation and the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, each certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the Company's Bylaws and
resolutions of the Company's Board of Directors approving the Contemplated
Transactions (including the reconstitution of the Company's Board effective upon
the Closing as set forth on Exhibit E); and
(v) evidence of the forgiveness of $3,326,000 in outstanding
debt of the Company, the agreement of the plaintiffs to dismiss certain pending
Legal Proceedings against the Company relating to any outstanding debt and the
restructuring of any remaining debt obligations of the Company, all in a form
satisfactory to Buyer.
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(b) Buyer will deliver to the Company:
(i) the Purchase Price by bank cashier's or certified check
payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer to an account specified
by the Company; and
(ii) the Right of First Refusal Agreement duly executed by an
authorized representative of Buyer.
(c) Buyer will have received an opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, a professional corporation, counsel of the Company, dated as of the
Closing Date, substantially to the effect of Exhibit F.
ARTICLE 3
Representations And Warranties Of The Company.
Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered to Buyer on the
date of this Agreement and signed by the President of the Company (the "Company
Disclosure Schedule"), the Company represents and warrants to Buyer as follows:
3.1 Organization and Good Standing.
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing,
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full
corporate power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being
conducted, to own or use the properties and assets that it purports to own or
use, and to perform all its obligations under Applicable Contracts. As of the
date of this Agreement, Part 3.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list of all of the Company's Subsidiaries. The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which either
the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the
activities conducted by it, requires such qualification. As of the date of this
Agreement, other than the Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries owns or holds, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity
securities of, or has any other interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint
venture or other entity, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
entered into any agreement to acquire any such interest.
(b) The Company has delivered to Buyer copies of its Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws, as currently in effect.
3.2 Authority; No Conflict.
(a) This Agreement and the Right of First Refusal Agreement
constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their respective terms subject as to
enforceability to general principles of equity and to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors'
rights and remedies. The Company has the absolute and unrestricted right, power,
authority, and
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capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Right of First Refusal
Agreement and to perform the obligations under this Agreement and the Right of
First Refusal Agreement.
(b) Except as set forth in Part 3.2 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
consummation or performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions will,
directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
(i) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of
(A) any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Company, or (B) any
resolution adopted by the board of directors or the stockholders of the Company;
(ii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of,
or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to challenge any of the
Contemplated Transactions or to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under,
any Legal Requirement or any Order to which the Company, or any of the assets
owned or used by the Company, may be subject;
(iii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of
any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to
revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any Governmental
Authorization that is held by the Company or that otherwise relates to the
business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, the Company;
(iv) cause the Company to become subject to, or to become
liable for the payment of, any Tax;
(v) cause any of the assets owned by the Company to be
reassessed or revalued by any taxing authority or other Governmental Body;
(vi) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or
breach of any provision of, or give any Person the right to declare a default or
exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or
to cancel, terminate, or modify, any Applicable Contract; or
(vii) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance
upon or with respect to any of the assets owned or used by the Company.
Except as set forth in Part 3.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company is not or will not be required to give any notice to or obtain any
Consent from any Person in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the consummation or performance of any of the Contemplated
Transactions.
3.3 Capitalization.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock
of the Company consists of: 75,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock of which,
as of the date hereof, 14,243,905 shares are issued and outstanding; and
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value, of which, as of the date
hereof, no shares were issued and outstanding. All the
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issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights and were issued in
compliance with state and federal securities laws. Immediately prior to the
Closing, the Company has outstanding options to purchase a total of 1,661,672
shares of Company Common Stock (the "Company Options") pursuant to the Company's
stock option plans and agreements, and outstanding warrants to purchase a total
of 2,331,461 shares of Company Common Stock (the "Company Warrants"). The
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, immediately prior to the Closing, with
respect to the Company Options, the name of each optionee, the number of shares
of Company Common Stock subject to each Company Option and the date of grant and
exercise price of each Company Option. The Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth, immediately prior to the Closing, each option plan and agreement under
which the Company Options have been granted, and the Company has delivered to
Buyer complete and accurate copies of all such plans. The Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth, immediately prior to the Closing, with respect to the
Company Warrants the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise,
the exercise price per share and the expiration date of each Company Warrant.
Except as set forth above, immediately prior to the Closing, (i) there are no
shares of capital stock of the Company authorized, issued or outstanding, (ii)
there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, stock appreciation
right plans, calls, rights, convertible securities, stockholder rights plans (or
similar plans commonly referred to as "poison pills") or other agreements or
commitments of any character relating to issued or unissued capital stock or
other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or obligating the
Company or any other party to issue, transfer or sell any shares of the capital
stock or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (iii)
there are no other outstanding securities convertible into, exchangeable for or
evidencing the right to subscribe for any shares of the capital stock or other
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any successor
corporation or controlling person of such successor corporation.
(b) The Series A Preferred Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance
in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be (i) validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, (ii) free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof and (iii) entitled to the rights and preferences set forth in the
Certificate of Designation. The Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of
the Series A Preferred Shares will have been duly authorized and reserved for
issuance and upon conversion or exercise in accordance with the Certificate of
Designations will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders
being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Upon the
closing of the Contemplated Transactions, the Series A Preferred Shares will be
convertible into that number of shares of Common Stock equal to seventy five
percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of all outstanding options,
warrants and other securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of
Common Stock).
(c) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are free and clear of any
liens, claims or encumbrances.
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3.4 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has delivered to Buyer (or Buyer has otherwise
obtained) a complete and accurate copy of each report, schedule, registration
statement and definitive proxy statement filed by the Company with the SEC on or
after February 28, 1996 (the "Company SEC Reports"), which are all the forms,
reports and documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC on or
after February 28, 1996. The Company SEC Reports (i) complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the
case may be, at and as of the times they were filed (or, if amended or
superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of
such filing) and (ii) did not at and as of the time they were filed (or, if
amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on
the date of such filing) 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 of the sets of financial statements (including, in each
case, any related notes thereto) contained in the Company SEC Reports and the
set of the Company's unaudited interim financial statements as of and for the
period ended April 4, 1999 including the Company's unaudited consolidated
balance sheet as of April 4, 1999 (the "April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet") that are
attached to the Company Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the "Past Financial
Statements") was prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto) and fairly presents the consolidated financial position of the Company
and the Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated
results of its operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, except that
(i) the quarterly unaudited interim financial statements included in the Past
Financial Statements were or are subject to normal year-end audit adjustments
which were not or are not expected to be material in amount and (ii) the
unaudited interim financial statements as of and for the period ended April 4,
1999 included in the Past Financial Statements are subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and do not contain footnotes.
(c) The Company has previously furnished to Buyer a complete and
accurate copy of any amendments or modifications that have not yet been filed
with the SEC to agreements, documents or other instruments that have been filed
by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
3.5 Books and Records. The books of account, minute books, and other
records of the Company, all of which have been made available to Buyer, are
complete and correct and have been maintained in accordance with sound business
practices and the requirements of Section 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act, as
amended, including the maintenance of an adequate system of internal controls.
The minute books of the Company contain accurate and complete records of all
meetings held of, and corporate action taken by, the stockholders, the Boards of
Directors, and committees of the Boards of Directors of the Company, and no
meeting of any such stockholders, Board of Directors, or committee has been held
for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute
books. At the Closing, all of such books and records will be in the possession
of the Company.
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3.6 Title to Properties; Encumbrances. Part 3.6 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all real property, leaseholds,
or other interests therein owned by the Company. The Company owns (with good and
marketable title in the case of real property, subject only to the matters
permitted by the following sentence) all the material properties and assets
(whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible) that they
purport to own located in the facilities owned or operated by the Company or
reflected as owned in the books and records of the Company, including all of the
properties and assets reflected in the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet and the Past
Financial Statements (except for assets held under capitalized leases disclosed
or not required to be disclosed in Part 3.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
and personal property sold since the date of the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet, as
the case may be, in the Ordinary Course of Business), and all of the properties
and assets purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company since the date of the
April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet (except for personal property acquired and sold
since the date of the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of
Business) , which subsequently purchased or acquired properties and assets
(other than inventory and short-term investments) are listed in Part 3.6 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. All material properties and assets reflected in the
April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet and the Past Financial Statements are free and clear
of all Encumbrances and are not, in the case of real property, subject to any
rights of way, building use restrictions, exceptions, variances, reservations,
or limitations of any nature except, with respect to all such properties and
assets, (a) mortgages or security interests shown on the April 4, 1999 Balance
Sheet as securing specified liabilities or obligations, with respect to which no
default (or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default) exists, (b) mortgages or security interests incurred in connection with
the purchase of property or assets after the date of the April 4, 1999 Balance
Sheet (such mortgages and security interests being limited to the property or
assets so acquired), with respect to which no default (or event that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) exists, (c) liens
for current taxes not yet due, and (d) with respect to real property, (i) minor
imperfections of title, if any, none of which is substantial in amount,
materially detracts from the value or materially impairs the use of the property
subject thereto, or materially impairs the operations of the Company, and (ii)
zoning laws and other land use restrictions that do not materially impair the
present or anticipated use of the property subject thereto.
3.7 Condition and Sufficiency of Assets. The buildings, plants,
structures, and equipment of the Company are structurally sound, are in good
operating condition and repair, and are adequate for the uses to which they are
being put, and none of such buildings, plants, structures, or equipment is in
need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and
repairs that are not expected by the Company to be material in cost. The
building, plants, structures, and equipment of the Company are sufficient for
the continued conduct of the Company's businesses after the Closing in
substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the Closing.
3.8 Accounts Receivable. All accounts receivable of the Company that are
reflected on the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet or on the accounting records of the
Company as of the Closing Date (collectively, the "Accounts Receivable")
represent or will represent valid obligations arising from sales actually made
or services actually performed in the Ordinary Course of Business. Unless paid
prior to the Closing Date, the Accounts Receivable are or will be as of the
Closing Date current and collectible net of the respective reserves shown on the
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April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet or on the accounting records of the Company as of
the Closing Date (which reserves are adequate and calculated consistent with
past practice and, in the case of the reserve as of the Closing Date, will not
represent a greater percentage of the Accounts Receivable as of the Closing Date
than the reserve reflected in the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet represented of the
Accounts Receivable reflected therein and will not represent a material adverse
change in the composition of such Accounts Receivable in terms of aging). There
is no contest, claim, or right of set-off, other than returns in the Ordinary
Course of Business, under any Contract with any obligor of an Accounts
Receivable relating to the amount or validity of such Accounts Receivable. Part
3.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of
all Accounts Receivable as of the date of the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet, which
list sets forth the aging of such Accounts Receivable.
3.9 Inventory. All inventory of the Company, whether or not reflected in
the Past Financial Statements or the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet, consists of a
quality and quantity usable and salable in the Ordinary Course of Business,
except for obsolete items and items of below-standard quality, all of which have
been written off or written down to net realizable value in the Past Financial
Statements or the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet or on the accounting records of
the Company as of the Closing Date, as the case may be. All inventories not
written off have been priced at the lower of cost or market on a first in, first
out basis. The quantities of each item of inventory (whether raw materials,
work-in-process, or finished goods) are not excessive, but are reasonable in the
present circumstances of the Company.
3.10 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in Part 3.10 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no liabilities or obligations of
any nature (whether known or unknown and whether absolute, accrued, contingent,
or otherwise) except for liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved
against in the Past Financial Statements or the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet and
current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the
respective dates thereof which are not, either individually or in the aggregate,
material in amount.
3.11 Taxes.
(a) The Company has filed or caused to be filed (on a timely basis
since December 31, 1995) all Tax Returns that are or were required to be filed
by or with respect to any of them, either separately or as a member of a group
of corporations, pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements. The Company has
delivered or made available to Buyer copies of all such Tax Returns filed since
December 31, 1995. The Company has paid, or made provision for the payment of,
all Taxes that have or may have become due pursuant to those Tax Returns or
otherwise, or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company, except such
Taxes, if any, as are listed in Part 3.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and
are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves (determined
in accordance with GAAP) have been provided in the Past Financial Statements and
the April 4, 1999 Balance Sheet.
(b) Part 3.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and accurate list of all audits of all the Company's Tax Returns, including a
reasonably detailed description of the nature and outcome of each audit. All
deficiencies proposed as a result of such audits have been paid, reserved
against, settled, or, as described in Part 3.11 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. Part
3.11 of the Company
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Disclosure Schedule describes all adjustments to the United States federal
income Tax Returns filed by the Company or any group of corporations including
the Company for all taxable years since December 31, 1995, and the resulting
deficiencies proposed by the IRS. Except as described in Part 3.11 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not given or been requested to give
waivers or extensions (or is or would be subject to a waiver or extension given
by any other Person) of any statute of limitations relating to the payment of
Taxes of the Company or for which the Company may be liable.
(c) The charges, accruals, and reserves with respect to Taxes on the
books of the Company are adequate (determined in accordance with GAAP) and are
at least equal to the Company's liability for Taxes. There exists no proposed
tax assessment against the Company except as disclosed in the April 4, 1999
Balance Sheet or in Part 3.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. No consent to
the application of Section 341(f)(2) of the IRC has been filed with respect to
any property or assets held, acquired, or to be acquired by the Company. All
Taxes that the Company is or was required by Legal Requirements to withhold or
collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have
been paid to the proper Governmental Body or other Person.
(d) All Tax Returns filed by (or that include on a consolidated
basis) the Company are true, correct, and complete in all material respects.
There is no tax sharing agreement that will require any payment by the Company
after the date of this Agreement.
3.12 No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the April 4, 1999
Balance Sheet, there has not been any material adverse change in the business,
operations, properties, prospects, assets, or condition of the Company, and no
event has occurred or circumstance exists that may result in such a material
adverse change.
3.13 Employee Benefits.
(a) As used in this Section 3.13, the following terms have the
meanings set forth below.
"Company Other Benefit Obligation" means an Other Benefit Obligation owed,
adopted, or followed by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate of the Company.
"Company Plan" means all Plans of which the Company or an ERISA Affiliate
of the Company is or was a Plan Sponsor, or to which the Company or an ERISA
Affiliate of the Company otherwise contributes or has contributed, or in which
the Company or an ERISA Affiliate of the Company otherwise participates or has
participated. All references to Plans are to Company Plans unless the context
requires otherwise.
"Company VEBA" means a VEBA whose members include employees of the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate of the Company.
"ERISA Affiliate" means, with respect to the Company, any other person
that, together with the Company, would be treated as a single employer under IRC
(S) 414.
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"Multi-Employer Plan" has the meaning given in ERISA (S) 3(37)(A).
"Other Benefit Obligations" means all obligations, arrangements, or
customary practices to provide material benefits, other than salary, as
compensation for services rendered, to present or former directors, employees,
or agents, other than obligations, arrangements, and practices that are Plans.
Other Benefit Obligations include consulting agreements under which the
compensation paid does not depend upon the amount of service rendered,
sabbatical policies, severance payment policies, and fringe benefits within the
meaning of IRC (S) 132.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
"Pension Plan" has the meaning given in ERISA (S) 3(2)(A).
"Plan" has the meaning given in ERISA (S) 3(3).
"Plan Sponsor" has the meaning given in ERISA (S) 3(16)(B).
"Qualified Plan" means any Plan that meets or purports to meet the
requirements of IRC (S) 401(a).
"Title IV Plans" means all Pension Plans that are subject to Title IV of
ERISA, 29 U.S.C. (S) 1301 et seq., other than Multi-Employer Plans.
"VEBA" means a voluntary employees' beneficiary association under IRC (S)
501(c)(9).
"Welfare Plan" has the meaning given in ERISA (S) 3(1).
(b) Part 3.13(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a
complete and accurate list of all Company Plans, Company Other Benefit
Obligations, and Company VEBAs, and identifies as such all Company Plans that
are (A) defined benefit Pension Plans, (B) Qualified Plans, (C) Title IV Plans,
or (D) Multi-Employer Plans.
(i) Part 3.13(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of (A) all ERISA Affiliates of the
Company, and (B) all Plans of which any such ERISA Affiliate is or was a Plan
Sponsor, in which any such ERISA Affiliate participates or has participated, or
to which any such ERISA Affiliate contributes or has contributed.
(ii) Part 3.13(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth, for each Multi-Employer Plan, as of its last valuation date, the amount
of potential withdrawal liability of the Company and the Company's other ERISA
Affiliates, calculated according to information made available pursuant to ERISA
(S) 4221(e).
(iii) Part 3.13(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a calculation of the liability of the Company for post-retirement benefits
other than pensions, made in accordance with Financial Accounting Statement 106
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, regardless of whether the Company
is required by this Statement to disclose such information.
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(iv) Part 3.13(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth the financial cost of all obligations owed under any Company Plan or
Company Other Benefit Obligation that is not subject to the disclosure and
reporting requirements of ERISA.
(c) The Company has delivered or made available to Buyer:
(i) all documents that set forth the terms of each Company
Plan, Company Other Benefit Obligation, or Company VEBA and of any related
trust, including (A) all plan descriptions and summary plan descriptions of
Company Plans which the Company is required to prepare, file, and distribute,
and (B) all summaries and descriptions furnished to participants and
beneficiaries regarding Company Plans, Company Other Benefit Obligations, and
Company VEBAs for which a plan description or summary plan description is not
required;
(ii) all personnel, payroll, and employment manuals and
policies;
(iii) all collective bargaining agreements pursuant to which
contributions have been made or obligations incurred (including both pension and
welfare benefits) by the Company and the ERISA Affiliates of the Company, and
all collective bargaining agreements pursuant to which contributions are being
made or obligations are owed by such entities;
(iv) a written description of any Company Plan or Company
Other Benefit Obligation that is not otherwise in writing;
(v) all registration statements filed with respect to any
Company Plan;
(vi) all insurance policies purchased by or to provide
benefits under any Company Plan;
(vii) all contracts with third party administrators,
actuaries, investment managers, consultants, and other independent contractors
that relate to any Company Plan, Company Other Benefit Obligation, or Company
VEBA;
(viii) all reports submitted within the four years preceding
the date of this Agreement by third party administrators, actuaries, investment
managers, consultants, or other independent contractors with respect to any
Company Plan, Company Other Benefit Obligation, or Company VEBA;
(ix) all notifications to employees of their rights under
ERISA (S) 601 et seq. and IRC (S) 4980B;
(x) the Form 5500 filed in each of the most recent three
plan years with respect to each Company Plan, including all schedules thereto
and the opinions of independent accountants;
(xi) all notices that were given by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate of the Company or any Company Plan to the IRS, the PBGC, or any
participant or beneficiary,
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pursuant to statute, within the four years preceding the date of this Agreement,
including notices that are expressly mentioned elsewhere in this Section 3.13;
(xii) all notices that were given by the IRS, the PBGC, or the
Department of Labor to the Company, any ERISA Affiliate of the Company, or any
Company Plan within the four years preceding the date of this Agreement;
(xiii) with respect to Qualified Plans and VEBAs, the most
recent determination letter for each Plan of the Company that is a Qualified
Plan; and
(xiv) with respect to Title IV Plans, the Form PBGC-1 filed
for each of the three most recent plan years.
(d) Except as set forth in Part 3.13(vi) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) The Company has performed all of its material
obligations under all Company Plans, Company Other Benefit Obligations, and
Company VEBAs. The Company has made appropriate entries in its financial records
and statements for all obligations and liabilities under such Plans, VEBAs, and
Obligations that have accrued but are not due.
(ii) No statement, either written or oral, has been made by
the Company to any Person with regard to any Plan or Other Benefit Obligation
that was not in accordance with the Plan or Other Benefit Obligation and that
could have a material adverse economic consequence to the Company or to Buyer.
(iii) The Company, with respect to all Company Plans, Company
Other Benefits Obligations, and Company VEBAs, is, and each Company Plan,
Company Other Benefit Obligation, and Company VEBA is, in material compliance
with ERISA, the IRC, and other applicable Laws including the provisions of such
Laws expressly mentioned in this Section 3.13, and with any applicable
collective bargaining agreement.
(1) No transaction prohibited by ERISA (S) 406 and no
"prohibited transaction" under IRC (S) 4975(c) have occurred with respect to any
Company Plan.
(2) The Company has no liability to the IRS with
respect to any Plan, including any liability imposed by Chapter 43 of the IRC.
(3) The Company has no liability to the PBGC with
respect to any Plan or has any liability under ERISA (S) 502 or (S) 4071.
(4) All filings required by ERISA and the IRC as to
each Plan have been timely filed, and all notices and disclosures to
participants required by either ERISA or the IRC have been timely provided.
(5) All contributions and payments made or accrued with
respect to all Company Plans, Company Other Benefit Obligations, and Company
VEBAs are deductible under IRC (S) 162 or (S) 404. No amount, or any asset of
any Company Plan or Company VEBA, is subject to tax as unrelated business
taxable income.
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(iv) Each Company Plan can be terminated within thirty days,
without payment of any additional contribution or amount and without the vesting
or acceleration of any benefits promised by such Plan.
(v) Since December 31, 1995, there has been no
establishment or amendment of any Company Plan, Company VEBA, or Company Other
Benefit Obligation.
(vi) No event has occurred or circumstance exists that could
result in a material increase in premium costs of Company Plans and Company
Other Benefit Obligations that are insured, or a material increase in benefit
costs of such Plans and Obligations that are self-insured.
(vii) Other than claims for benefits submitted by
participants or beneficiaries, no claim against, or legal proceeding involving,
any Company Plan, Company Other Benefit Obligation, or Company VEBA is pending
or, to the Company's knowledge, is threatened.
(viii) No Company Plan is a stock bonus, pension, or profit-
sharing plan within the meaning of IRC (S) 401(a).
(ix) Each Qualified Plan of the Company is qualified in form
and operation under IRC (S) 401(a); each trust for each such Plan is exempt from
federal income tax under IRC (S) 501(a). Each Company VEBA is exempt from
federal income tax. No event has occurred or circumstance exists that will or
could give rise to disqualification or loss of tax-exempt status of any such
Plan or trust.
(x) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate of the Company has
met the minimum funding standard, and has made all contributions required, under
ERISA (S) 302 and IRC (S) 402.
(xi) No Company Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(xii) The Company has paid all amounts due to the PBGC
pursuant to ERISA (S) 4007.
(xiii) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the
Company has ceased operations at any facility or has withdrawn from any Title IV
Plan in a manner that would subject such any entity or the Company to liability
under ERISA (S) 4062(e), (S) 4063, or (S) 4064.
(xiv) Neither the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of the
Company has filed a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or has adopted any
amendment to treat a Plan as terminated. The PBGC has not instituted proceedings
to treat any Company Plan as terminated. No event has occurred or circumstance
exists that may constitute grounds under ERISA (S) 4042 for the termination of,
or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Company Plan.
(xv) No amendment has been made, or is reasonably expected
to be made, to any Plan that has required or could require the provision of
security under ERISA (S) 307 or IRC (S) 401(a)(29).
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(xvi) No accumulated funding deficiency, whether or not
waived, exists with respect to any Company Plan; no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that may result in an accumulated funding deficiency as of
the last day of the current plan year of any such Plan.
(xvii) The actuarial report for each Pension Plan of the
Company and each ERISA Affiliate of the Company fairly presents the financial
condition and the results of operations of each such Plan in accordance with
GAAP.
(xviii) Since the last valuation date for each Pension Plan of
the Company and each ERISA Affiliate of the Company, no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that would increase the amount of benefits under any such
Plan or that would cause the excess of Plan assets over benefit liabilities (as
defined in ERISA (S) 4001) to decrease, or the amount by which benefit
liabilities exceed assets to increase.
(xix) No reportable event (as defined in ERISA (S) 4043 and
in regulations issued thereunder) has occurred.
(xx) The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances that may give rise to any liability of the Company or Buyer to the
PBGC under Title IV of ERISA.
(xxi) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the
Company has ever established, maintained, or contributed to or otherwise
participated in, or had an obligation to maintain, contribute to, or otherwise
participate in, any Multi-Employer Plan.
(xxii) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the
Company has withdrawn from any Multi-Employer Plan with respect to which there
is any outstanding liability as of the date of this Agreement. No event has
occurred or circumstance exists that presents a risk of the occurrence of any
withdrawal from, or the participation, termination, reorganization, or
insolvency of, any Multi-Employer Plan that could result in any liability of
either the Company or Buyer to a Multi-Employer Plan.
(xxiii) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the
Company has received notice from any Multi-Employer Plan that it is in
reorganization or is insolvent, that increased contributions may be required to
avoid a reduction in plan benefits or the imposition of any excise tax, or that
such Plan intends to terminate or has terminated.
(xxiv) No Multi-Employer Plan to which the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate of the Company contributes or has contributed is a party to any
pending merger or asset or liability transfer or is subject to any proceeding
brought by the PBGC.
(xxv) Except to the extent required under ERISA (S) 601 et
seq. and IRC (S) 4980B, the Company does not provide health or welfare benefits
for any retired or former employee or is obligated to provide health or welfare
benefits to any active employee following such employee's retirement or other
termination of service.
(xxvi) The Company has the right to modify and terminate
benefits to retirees (other than pensions) with respect to both retired and
active employees.
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(xxvii) The Company has complied with the provisions of ERISA
(S) 601 et seq. and IRC (S) 4980B.
(xxviii) No payment that is owed or may become due to any
director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company will be non-deductible to
the Company or subject to tax under IRC (S) 280G or (S) 4999; nor will the
Company be required to "gross up" or otherwise compensate any such person
because of the imposition of any excise tax on a payment to such person.
(xxix) The consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will
not result in the payment, vesting, or acceleration of any benefit.
3.14 Compliance With Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations.
(a) Except as set forth in Part 3.14 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) the Company is in compliance with each Legal
Requirement that is or was applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of
its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets;
(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with
or without notice or lapse of time) (A) may constitute or result in a violation
by the Company of, or a failure on the part of the Company to comply with, any
Legal Requirement, or (B) may give rise to any obligation on the part of the
Company to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial
action of any nature; and
(iii) the Company has not received, at any time since
December 31, 1995, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written)
from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding (A) any actual,
alleged, possible, or potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any
Legal Requirement, or (B) any actual, alleged, possible, or potential obligation
on the part of the Company to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the
cost of, any remedial action of any nature.
(b) Part 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and accurate list of each Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company
or that otherwise relates to the business of, or to any of the assets owned or
used by, the Company and that is material to the Company or its operations. Each
Governmental Authorization of the Company is valid and in full force and effect.
Except as set forth in Part 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(i) the Company is in compliance with all of the terms and
requirements of each Governmental Authorization of the Company;
(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may
(with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) constitute or result directly or
indirectly in a violation of or a failure to comply with any term or requirement
of any Governmental Authorization of the Company, or (B) result directly or
indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
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cancellation, or termination of, or any modification to, any Governmental
Authorization of the Company;
(iii) the Company has not received, at any time since
December 31, 1995, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written)
from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding (A) any actual,
alleged, possible, or potential violation of or failure to comply with any term
or requirement of any Governmental Authorization, or (B) any actual, proposed,
possible, or potential revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation,
termination of, or modification to any Governmental Authorization; and
(iv) all applications required to have been filed for the
renewal of the Governmental Authorizations listed or required to be listed in
Part 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule have been duly filed on a timely
basis with the appropriate Governmental Bodies, and all other filings required
to have been made with respect to such Governmental Authorizations have been
duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Bodies.
The Governmental Authorizations listed in Part 3.14 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule collectively constitute all of the Governmental
Authorizations necessary to permit the Company to lawfully conduct and operate
its business in the manner it currently conducts and operates such business and
to permit the Company to own and use its assets in the manner in which it
currently owns and uses such assets.
3.15 Legal Proceedings; Orders.
(a) Except as set forth in Part 3.15 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there is no pending Proceeding:
(i) that has been commenced by or against the Company; or
(ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of
preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of the
Contemplated Transactions.
To the knowledge of the Company, (1) no such Proceeding has been
threatened, and (2) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that could
reasonably be expected to give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement
of any such Proceeding. The Company has delivered or made available to Buyer
copies of all pleadings, correspondence, and other documents relating to each
Proceeding listed in Part 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Except as set forth in Part 3.15 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) there is no Order to which the Companies, or any of the
assets owned or used by the Company, is subject; and
(ii) to the knowledge of the Company, no officer, director,
agent, or employee of the Company is subject to any Order that prohibits such
officer, director, agent, or
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employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity, or practice
relating to the business of the Company.
(c) Except as set forth in Part 3.15 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) the Company is in compliance with all of the terms and
requirements of each Order to which it, or any of the assets owned or used by
it, is or has been subject;
(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may
constitute or result in (with or without notice or lapse of time) a violation of
or failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Order to which the
Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Company, is subject; and
(iii) the Company has not received, at any time since April
30, 1997, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written) from any
Governmental Body or any other Person regarding any actual, alleged, possible,
or potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any term or requirement of
any Order to which the Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the
Company, is or has been subject.
3.16 Absence Of Certain Changes And Events. Except as set forth in Part
3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since the date of the April 4, 1999
Balance Sheet, the Company has conducted its business only in the Ordinary
Course of Business and there has not been any:
(a) change in the Company's authorized or issued capital stock;
grant of any stock option or right to purchase shares of capital stock of the
Company; issuance of any security convertible into such capital stock; grant of
any registration rights; purchase, redemption, retirement, or other acquisition
by the Company of any shares of any such capital stock; or declaration or
payment of any dividend or other distribution or payment in respect of shares of
capital stock;
(b) amendment to the Organizational Documents of the Company;
(c) payment or increase by the Company of any bonuses, salaries, or
other compensation to any stockholder, director, officer, or (except in the
Ordinary Course of Business) employee or entry into any employment, severance,
or similar Contract with any director, officer, or employee;
(d) adoption of, or increase in the payments to or benefits under,
any profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, savings, insurance, pension,
retirement, or other employee benefit plan for or with any employees of the
Company;
(e) damage to or destruction or loss of any asset or property of the
Company, whether or not covered by insurance, materially and adversely affecting
the properties, assets, business, financial condition, or prospects of the
Company;
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(f) entry into, termination of, or receipt of notice of termination
of (i) any license, distributorship, dealer, sales representative, joint
venture, credit, or similar agreement, or (ii) any Contract or transaction
involving a total remaining commitment by or to the Company of at least $25,000;
(g) sale (other than sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course of
Business), lease, or other disposition of any asset or property of the Company
or mortgage, pledge, or imposition of any Encumbrance on any material asset or
property of the Company, including the sale, lease, or other disposition of any
of the Intellectual Property Assets;
(h) cancellation or waiver of any claims or rights with a value to
the Company in excess of $25,000;
(i) material change in the accounting methods used by the Company;
or
(j) agreement, whether oral or written, by the Company to do any of
the foregoing.
3.17 Contracts; No Defaults.
(a) Part 3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a
complete and accurate list, and the Company has delivered or made available to
Buyer true and complete copies, of:
(i) each Applicable Contract that was not entered into in
the Ordinary Course of Business and that involves expenditures or receipts of
the Company in excess of $25,000;
(ii) each lease, rental or occupancy agreement, license,
installment and conditional sale agreement, and other Applicable Contract
affecting the ownership of, leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or
other interest in, any real or personal property (except personal property
leases and installment and conditional sales agreements having a value per item
or aggregate payments of less than $25,000);
(iii) each licensing agreement or other Applicable Contract
with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property
(other than agreements with current or former employees, consultants, or
contractors regarding the appropriation or the non-disclosure of any of the
Intellectual Property Assets);
(iv) each collective bargaining agreement and other
Applicable Contract to or with any labor union or other employee representative
of a group of employees;
(v) each joint venture, partnership, and other Applicable
Contract (however named) involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs, or
liabilities by the Company with any other Person;
(vi) each Applicable Contract containing covenants that in
any way purport to restrict the business activity of the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company or limit
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the freedom of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to engage in any line
of business or to compete with any Person;
(vii) each Applicable Contract providing for payments to or
by any Person based on sales, purchases, or profits, other than direct payments
for goods;
(viii) each Applicable Contract entered into other than in
the Ordinary Course of Business that contains or provides for an express
undertaking by the Company to be responsible for consequential damages;
(ix) each Applicable Contract for capital expenditures in
excess of $25,000;
(x) each written warranty, guaranty, and or other similar
undertaking with respect to contractual performance extended by the Company
other than in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(xi) each amendment, supplement, and modification (whether
oral or written) in respect of any of the foregoing.
(b) Except as set forth in Part 3.17(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, to the knowledge of the Company, no officer, employee, consultant, or
contractor of the Company is bound by any Contract that purports to limit the
ability of such officer, employee, consultant, or contractor to (A) engage in or
continue any conduct, activity, or practice relating to the business of the
Company, or (B) assign to the Company or to any other Person any rights to any
invention, improvement, or discovery.
(c) Except as set forth in Part 3.17(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, each Contract described in Part 3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable in accordance
with its terms.
(d) Except as set forth in Part 3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) the Company is in compliance with all applicable terms
and requirements of each Contract under which the Company has or had any
obligation or liability or by which the Company or any of the assets owned or
used by the Company is or was bound;
(ii) to the knowledge of the Company, each other Person
that has or had any obligation or liability under any Contract under which the
Company has or had any rights is, and at all times has been, in compliance with
all applicable terms and requirements of such Contract;
(iii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that
(with or without notice or lapse of time) may contravene, conflict with, or
result in a violation or breach of, or give any other Person or, to the
knowledge of the Company, the Company the right to declare a default or exercise
any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel,
terminate, or modify, any Applicable Contract; and
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(iv) the Company has not given to nor received from any
other Person, at any time any notice or other communication (whether oral or
written) regarding any actual, alleged, possible, or potential violation or
breach of, or default under, any Contract.
(e) There are no currently ongoing renegotiations of, or attempts to
renegotiate, any material amounts paid or payable to the Company under current
or completed Contracts with any Person and no such Person has made written
demand to the Company for such renegotiation.
(f) The Contracts relating to the sale, design, manufacture, or
provision of products or services by the Company have been entered into without
the commission of any act alone or in concert with any other Person, or any
consideration having been paid or promised, that is or would be in violation of
any Legal Requirement.
3.18 Insurance.
(a) Part 3.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules lists, and the
Company has delivered or made available to Buyer, true and complete copies of,
all policies of insurance to which the Company is a party or under which the
Company, or any director of the Company, is covered.
(b) Part 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, by
year, for the current policy year and each of the three (3) preceding policy
years a statement describing each claim under an insurance policy for an amount
in excess of $25,000, which sets forth:(A) the name of the claimant;(B) a
description of the policy by insurer, type of insurance, and period of coverage;
and(C) the amount and a brief description of the claim.
(c) Except as set forth on Part 3.18(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) All policies to which the Company is a party or that
provide coverage to either the Company or any director or officer of the
Company: (A) are valid, outstanding, and enforceable; (B) taken together,
provide adequate insurance coverage for the assets and the operations of the
Company for all risks to which the Company is normally exposed; (C) are
sufficient for compliance with all Legal Requirements and Contracts to which the
Company is a party or by which any of them is bound; and (D) will continue in
full force and effect following the consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions.
(ii) the Company has not received any notice of cancellation
or any other indication that any insurance policy is no longer in full force or
effect or will not be renewed or that the issuer of any policy is not willing or
able to perform its obligations thereunder.
(iii) the Company has paid all premiums due, and has
otherwise performed all of its obligations, under each policy to which the
Company is a party or that provides coverage to the Company or director thereof.
(iv) the Company has given notice to the insurer of all
claims that may be insured thereby.
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3.19 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth in part 3.19 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule:
(a) The Company is, and at all times has been, in compliance with,
and has not been and is not in violation of or liable under, any Environmental
Law. The Company has no basis to expect, nor has any other Person for whose
conduct it is or may be held to be responsible received, any actual or
threatened order, notice, or other communication from (i) any Governmental Body
or private citizen acting in the public interest, or (ii) the current or prior
owner or operator of any Facilities, of any actual or potential violation or
failure to comply with any Environmental Law, or of any actual or threatened
obligation to undertake or bear the cost of any Environmental, Health, and
Safety Liabilities with respect to any of the Facilities or any other properties
or assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which the Company has had an
interest, or with respect to any property or Facility at or to which Hazardous
Materials were generated, manufactured, refined, transferred, imported, used, or
processed by the Company or any other Person for whose conduct it is or may be
held responsible, or from which Hazardous Materials have been transported,
treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled, or received.
(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened claims, Encumbrances, or other restrictions of any nature, resulting
from any Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities or arising under or
pursuant to any Environmental Law, with respect to or affecting any of the
Facilities or any other properties and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed)
in which the Company has or had an interest.
(c) The Company has no knowledge of any basis to expect, nor has any
other Person for whose conduct it is or may be held responsible, received, any
citation, directive, inquiry, notice, Order, summons, warning, or other
communication that relates to Hazardous Activity, Hazardous Materials, or any
alleged, actual, or potential violation or failure to comply with any
Environmental Law, or of any alleged, actual, or potential obligation to
undertake or bear the cost of any Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities
with respect to any of the Facilities or any other properties or assets (whether
real, personal, or mixed) in which the Company had an interest, or with respect
to any property or facility to which Hazardous Materials generated,
manufactured, refined, transferred, imported, used, or processed by the Company
or any other Person for whose conduct it is or may be held responsible, have
been transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled, or
received.
(d) Neither the Company nor any other Person for whose conduct it is
or may be held responsible, has any Environmental, Health, and Safety
Liabilities with respect to the Facilities or with respect to any other
properties and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which the Company
(or any predecessor), has or had an interest, or at any property geologically or
hydrologically adjoining the Facilities or any such other property or assets.
(e) To the Company's knowledge, there are no Hazardous Materials
present on or in the Environment at the Facilities or at any geologically or
hydrologically adjoining property, including any Hazardous Materials contained
in barrels, above or underground storage tanks, landfills, land deposits, dumps,
equipment (whether moveable or fixed) or other containers, either temporary or
permanent, and deposited or located in land, water, sumps, or any
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other part of the Facilities or such adjoining property, or incorporated into
any structure therein or thereon. Neither the Company nor any other Person for
whose conduct it is or may be held responsible, or to the knowledge of the
Company, any other Person, has permitted or conducted, or is aware of, any
Hazardous Activity conducted with respect to the Facilities or any other
properties or assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which the Company has
or had an interest except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.
(f) There has been no Release or, to the knowledge the Company,
Threat of Release, of any Hazardous Materials at or from the Facilities or at
any other locations where any Hazardous Materials were generated, manufactured,
refined, transferred, produced, imported, used, or processed from or by the
Facilities, or from or by any other properties and assets (whether real,
personal, or mixed) in which the Company has or had an interest, or to the
knowledge of the Company any geologically or hydrologically adjoining property,
whether by the Company or any other Person.
(g) The Company has delivered to Buyer true and complete copies and
results of any reports, studies, analyses, tests, or monitoring possessed or
initiated by the Company pertaining to Hazardous Materials or Hazardous
Activities in, on, or under the Facilities, or concerning compliance by the
Company or any other Person for whose conduct it is or may be held responsible,
with Environmental Laws.
3.20 Employees.
(a) Part 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and accurate list of the following information for each employee of the Company,
including each employee on leave of absence or layoff status: name; job title;
current compensation paid or payable; vacation accrued; and service credited for
purposes of vesting and eligibility to participate under the Company's pension,
retirement, profit-sharing, thrift-savings, deferred compensation, stock bonus,
stock option, cash bonus, employee stock ownership (including investment credit
or payroll stock ownership), severance pay, insurance, medical, welfare, or
vacation plan, other Employee Pension Benefit Plan or Employee Welfare Benefit
Plan, or any other employee benefit plan or any Director Plan.
(b) To the Company's knowledge, no employee of the Company is a
party to, or is otherwise bound by, any agreement or arrangement, including any
confidentiality, noncompetition, or proprietary rights agreement, between such
employee and any other Person ("Proprietary Rights Agreement") that in any way
adversely affects or will affect (i) the performance of his duties as an
employee of the Company, or (ii) the ability of the Company to conduct its
business, including any Proprietary Rights Agreement with the Company by any
such employee. To the Company's knowledge, none of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx XX, Xxxxxx X. Xxxx or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx intends to terminate his
employment with the Company solely by reason of the closing of the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Part 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule also contains a
complete and accurate list of the following information for each retired
employee of the Company, or their dependents, receiving benefits or scheduled to
receive benefits in the future: name, pension
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benefit, pension option election, retiree medical insurance coverage, retiree
life insurance coverage, and other benefits.
3.21 Labor Relations; Compliance. The Company has not been or is a party
to any collective bargaining or other labor Contract. There has not been, there
is not presently pending or existing, and to the Company's knowledge there is
not threatened, (a) any strike, slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, or employee
grievance process, (b) any Proceeding against or affecting the Company relating
to the alleged violation of any Legal Requirement pertaining to labor relations
or employment matters, including any charge or complaint filed by an employee or
union with the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, or any comparable Governmental Body, organizational activity, or
other labor or employment dispute against or affecting the Company or its
premises, or (c) any application for certification of a collective bargaining
agent. To the Company's knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstance exists
that could provide the basis for any work stoppage or other labor dispute. The
Company has complied with all Legal Requirements relating to employment, equal
employment opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages, hours, benefits,
collective bargaining, the payment of social security and similar taxes,
occupational safety and health, and plant closing. The Company is not liable for
the payment of any compensation, damages, taxes, fines, penalties, or other
amounts, however designated, for failure to comply with any of the foregoing
Legal Requirements.
3.22 Intellectual Property.
(a) Intellectual Property Assets -- The term "Intellectual Property
Assets" includes:
(i) the name Integrated Packaging Assembly Corporation or
IPAC, all fictional business names, trading names, registered and unregistered
trademarks, service marks, and applications being used by the Company
(collectively, "Marks");
(ii) all patents, patent applications, and inventions and
discoveries that may be patentable by the Company (collectively, "Patents");
(iii) all copyrights in both published works and unpublished
works being used by the Company (collectively, "Copyrights");
(iv) all rights in mask works being used by the Company
(collectively, "Rights in Mask Works"); and
(v) all know-how, trade secrets, confidential information,
customer lists, software, technical information, data, process technology,
plans, drawings, and blue prints (collectively, "Trade Secrets") owned, used, or
licensed by the Company as licensee or licensor.
(b) Agreements -- Part 3.22(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of all Contracts relating to the
Intellectual Property Assets to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound, except for any license implied by the sale of a product and
perpetual, paid-up licenses for commonly available software programs with a
value of less than $2,000 under which the Company is the licensee. There are no
outstanding
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and, to the Company's knowledge, no threatened disputes or disagreements with
respect to any such agreement.
(c) Know-How Necessary for the Business.
(i) The Intellectual Property Assets are all those
necessary for the operation of the Company's business as it is currently
conducted. The Company is the owner of all right, title, and interest in and to
each of the Intellectual Property Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances,
and has the right to use without payment to a third party all of the
Intellectual Property Assets.
(ii) Except as set forth in Part 3.22(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, all former and current employees, consultants and
contractors of the Company have executed written Contracts with the Company that
assign to the Company all rights to any inventions, improvements, discoveries,
or information relating to the business of the Company and that contain
obligations relating to the non-appropriation and non-disclosure of any of the
Intellectual Property Assets. No employee of the Company has entered into any
Contract that restricts or limits in any way the scope or type of work in which
the employee may be engaged or requires the employee to transfer, assign, or
disclose information concerning his work to anyone other than the Company.
(d) Patents.
(i) Part 3.22(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of all Patents. The Company is the owner
of all right, title, and interest in and to each of the Patents, free and clear
of all Encumbrances.
(ii) All of the issued Patents are currently in compliance
with formal legal requirements (including payment of filing, examination, and
maintenance fees and proofs of working or use), are valid and enforceable, and
are not subject to any maintenance fees or taxes or actions falling due within
ninety days after the Closing Date.
(iii) No Patent has been or is now involved in any
interference, reissue, reexamination, or opposition proceeding. To the Company's
knowledge, there is no potentially interfering patent or patent application of
any third party.
(iv) No Patent is infringed or, to the Company's knowledge,
has been challenged or threatened in any way. To the Company's knowledge, none
of the products manufactured and sold, nor any process or know-how used, by the
Company infringes or is alleged to infringe any patent or other proprietary
right of any other Person.
(v) To the Company's knowledge, all products made, used, or
sold under the Patents have been marked with the proper patent notice.
(e) Trademarks.
(i) Part 3.22(e) of Company Disclosure Schedule contains a
complete and accurate list and summary description of all Marks. The Company is
the owner of all right,
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title, and interest in and to each of the Marks, free and clear of all liens,
security interests, charges, encumbrances, equities, and other adverse claims.
(ii) All Marks that have been registered with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office are currently in compliance with all formal
legal requirements (including the timely post-registration filing of affidavits
of use and incontestability and renewal applications), are valid and
enforceable, and are not subject to any maintenance fees or taxes or actions
falling due within ninety days after the Closing Date.
(iii) No Xxxx has been or is now involved in any opposition,
invalidation, or cancellation and, to the Company's knowledge, no such action is
threatened with the respect to any of the Marks.
(iv) To the Company's knowledge, there is no potentially
interfering trademark or trademark application of any third party.
(v) No Xxxx is infringed or, to the Company's knowledge,
has been challenged or threatened in any way. None of the Marks used by the
Company infringes or is alleged to infringe any trade name, trademark, or
service xxxx of any third party.
(vi) All products and materials containing a Xxxx xxxx the
proper federal registration notice where permitted by law.
(f) Copyrights.
(i) Part 3.22(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list and summary description of all Copyrights.
The Company is the owner of all right, title, and interest in and to each of the
Copyrights, free and clear of all Encumbrances.
(ii) All the Copyrights have been registered and are
currently in compliance with formal legal requirements, are valid and
enforceable, and are not subject to any maintenance fees or taxes or actions
falling due within ninety days after the date of Closing.
(iii) No Copyright is infringed or, to the Company's
knowledge, has been challenged or threatened in any way. None of the subject
matter of any of the Copyrights infringes or is alleged to infringe any
copyright of any third party or is a derivative work based on the work of a
third party.
(iv) All works encompassed by the Copyrights have been
marked with the proper copyright notice.
(g) Trade Secrets.
(i) With respect to each Trade Secret, the documentation
relating to such Trade Secret is current, accurate, and sufficient in detail and
content to identify and explain it and to allow its full and proper use without
reliance on the knowledge or memory of any individual.
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(ii) The Company has taken all reasonable precautions to
protect the secrecy, confidentiality, and value of its Trade Secrets.
(iii) The Company has good title and an absolute (but not
necessarily exclusive) right to use the Trade Secrets. The Trade Secrets are not
part of the public knowledge or literature, and, to the Company's knowledge,
have not been used, divulged, or appropriated either for the benefit of any
Person or to the detriment of the Company. No Trade Secret is subject to any
adverse claim or has been challenged or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened
in any way.
(h) All software (and related Intellectual Property Assets) that is
sold, licensed or transferred by the Company to any Person, as a separate
product or as part of or imbedded in any other product of the Company ("Software
Products"), is designed to be used prior to, during and after the year 2000
("Year 2000"), and is Year 2000 Compliant (as defined below). The Company has
taken adequate steps to ensure that all software (and related Intellectual
Property Assets) used in its operations are Year 2000 Compliant (as defined
below). For purposes of this Agreement, "Year 2000 Compliant" shall mean that
the Software Products can, individually, and in combination and in conjunction
with all other systems, products or processes with which they are required or
designed to interface, continue to be used normally and to operate successfully
(both in functionality and performance in all material respects) over the
transition into the twenty-first century when used in accordance with the
documentation relating to the Software Products, including being able to,
before, on and after January 1, 2000 substantially conform to the following: (i)
use logic pertaining to dates which allow users to identify and/or use the
century portion of any date fields without special processing; and (ii) respond
to all date elements and date input so as to resolve any ambiguity as to century
in a disclosed, defined and pre-determined manner and provide date information
in ways which are unambiguous as to century, either by permitting or requiring
the century to be specified or where the data element is represented without a
century, the correct century is unambiguous for all manipulations involving that
element.
3.23 Certain Payments. Since December 31, 1995, no director, officer,
agent, or employee of the Company, or to the Company's knowledge any other
Person associated with or acting for or on behalf of the Company, has directly
or indirectly (a) made any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback, or other payment to any Person, private or public, regardless
of form, whether in money, property, or services (i) to obtain favorable
treatment in securing business, (ii) to pay for favorable treatment for business
secured, (iii) to obtain special concessions or for special concessions already
obtained, for or in respect of the Company or any Related Person of the Company,
or (iv) in violation of any Legal Requirement, (b) established or maintained any
fund or asset that has not been properly recorded in the financial statements of
the Company and that is required to be disclosed therein under GAAP.
3.24 Disclosure. No representation or warranty of the Company in this
Agreement and no statement in the Company Disclosure Schedule, taken as a whole,
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements herein or
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
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3.25 Relationships With Related Persons. No Related Person of the Company
has any material interest in any property (whether real, personal, or mixed and
whether tangible or intangible) used in the Company's business. No Related
Person of the Company has owned (of record or as a beneficial owner) an equity
interest or any other financial or profit interest in, a Person that has (i) had
material business dealings or a material financial interest in any transaction
with the Company, or (ii) engaged in competition with the Company with respect
to any line of the products or services of the Company (a "Competing Business")
in any market presently served by the Company except for less than one percent
of the outstanding capital stock of any Competing Business that is publicly
traded on any recognized exchange or in the over-the-counter market. Except as
set forth in Part 3.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Related Person of
the Company is a party to any Contract with, or has any claim or right against,
the Company.
3.26 Brokers or Finders. Except as described in Part 3.26 the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its officers or agents have incurred no
obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokerage or finders' fees
or agents' commissions or other similar payment in connection with this
Agreement and will indemnify and hold Buyer harmless from any such payment
alleged to be due by or through the Company as a result of the action of the
Company or its officers or agents.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER.
Buyer represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
4.1 Investment Purpose. Buyer (i) is acquiring the Series A Preferred
Shares and (ii) upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, will acquire
the Conversion Shares then issuable, for its own account for investment only,
not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of
any part thereof.
4.2 Reliance on Exemptions. Buyer understands that the Series A Preferred
Shares and the Conversion Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on
specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal
and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and
accuracy of, and Buyer's compliance with, the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Buyer set forth herein in
order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of
Buyer to acquire the Series A Preferred Shares and the Conversion Shares.
4.3 Information. Buyer and its advisors have been furnished with all
materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and
materials relating to the offer and sale of the Series A Preferred Shares and
the Conversion Shares which have been requested by Buyer. Buyer and its advisors
have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither
such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by Buyer or
its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect
Buyer's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained
in Article 3 above.
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4.4 Transfer or Resale. Buyer understands that (i) the Series A Preferred
Shares and the Conversion Shares have not been and are not being registered
under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be sold,
assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) Buyer
shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally
acceptable form, to the effect that such securities to be sold, assigned or
transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from
such registration, or (C) Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance
that such securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule thereto); (ii) any
sale of such securities made in reliance on Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act (or a successor rule thereto) ("Rule 144") may be made only in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not
applicable, any resale of such securities under circumstances in which the
seller (or the person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an
underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require
compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other
person is under any obligation to register such securities under the Securities
Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of
any exemption thereunder.
4.5 Legend. Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments
representing the Series A Preferred Shares and, until such time as the sale of
the Conversion Shares have been registered under the Securities Act, the stock
certificates representing the Conversion Shares, shall bear a restrictive legend
in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of such stock certificates):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR
ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.
4.6 Authorization; Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Buyer and is a valid and binding
agreement of such Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to
enforceability to general principles of equity and to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors'
rights and remedies.
4.7 Brokers or Finders. Buyer and its officers and agents have incurred
no obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokerage or finders'
fees or agents' commissions or other similar payment in connection with this
Agreement and will indemnify and
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hold the Company harmless from any such payment alleged to be due by or through
Buyer as a result of the action of Buyer or its officers or agents.
4.8 Accredited Investor. Buyer is an "accredited investor" within the
meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE 5
Indemnification; Remedies.
5.1 Survival; Right to Indemnification Not Affected By Knowledge. Subject
to Section 5.4 hereof, all representations, warranties, covenants, and
obligations in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedule and any other
certificate or document delivered pursuant to this Agreement will survive the
Closing. The right to indemnification, payment of Damages or other remedy based
on such representations, warranties, covenants, and obligations will not be
affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or any knowledge
acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to
the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with, any such representation,
warranty, covenant, or obligation. The waiver of any condition based on the
accuracy of any representation or warranty, or on the performance of or
compliance with any covenant or obligation, will not affect the right to
indemnification, payment of Damages, or other remedy based on such
representations, warranties, covenants, and obligations.
5.2 Indemnification and Payment of Damages by The Company. The Company
will indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its respective Representatives,
stockholders, and Related Persons (collectively, the "Indemnified Persons") for,
and will pay to the Indemnified Persons the amount of, any loss, liability,
claim, damage, expense (including costs of investigation and defense and
reasonable attorneys' fees) or diminution of value, whether or not involving a
third-party claim (collectively, "Damages"), arising, directly or indirectly,
from or in connection with:
(a) any Breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company
in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedule, or any other certificate or
document delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) any Breach by the Company of any covenant or obligation of the
Company in this Agreement;
(c) any claim by any Person for brokerage or finder's fees or
commissions or similar payments based upon any agreement or understanding
alleged to have been made by any such Person with the Company (or any Person
acting on their behalf) in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions;
or
(d) any claim by any Person or any Proceeding instituted against the
Company, its Representatives, stockholders or Related Persons or any Indemnified
Person in connection with the consummation of any of the Contemplated
Transactions.
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(e) any damages payable by the Company as a result of the claim set
forth in the letter from Philips Semiconductors dated April 27, 1999 and
disclosed in Parts 3.15 and 3.16 of the Disclosure Schedule.
The remedies provided in this Section 5.2 will not be exclusive of or limit
any other remedies that may be available to Buyer or the other Indemnified
Persons.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that, if the Company suffers, incurs or
otherwise becomes subject to any Damages as a result of or in connection with
any inaccuracy in or Breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
obligation by the Company, then Buyer shall also be deemed, by virtue of its
ownership of the stock of the Company, to have incurred Damages as a result of
and in connection with such inaccuracy or Breach.
5.3 [Reserved.]
5.4 Limitations on Amount; Time Limitations.
(a) The Company will have no liability (for indemnification or
otherwise) with respect to the matters described in clause (a) or clause (b) of
Section 5.2 until the total of all Damages with respect to such matters exceeds
$102,000, and then the Company will be liable for the entire amount of such
Damages (starting from the first dollar of such Damages). However, this Section
5.4 will not apply to any fraud or intentional Breach by the Company of any
covenant or obligation, and the Company will be liable for all Damages with
respect to such Breaches.
(b) The Company will have no liability (for indemnification or
otherwise) with respect to any representation or warranty, or covenant or
obligation to be performed and complied with prior to the Closing Date, other
than those in Sections 3.3, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19 and 3.22(h), unless on or before
April 29, 2000 Buyer notifies the Company of a claim specifying the factual
basis of that claim in reasonable detail to the extent then known to Buyer. A
claim with respect to Section 3.22(h) may be made at any time on or before April
29, 2001; and a claim with respect to Section 3.3, 3.11, 3.13 or 3.19, or a
claim for indemnification or reimbursement not based upon any representation or
warranty or covenant or obligation to be performed and complied with prior to
the Closing Date, may be made at any time.
5.5 Procedure for Indemnification -- Third Party Claims.
(a) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person under Section
5.2 or (to the extent provided in the last sentence of Section 5.3) Section 5.3
of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding against it, such Indemnified
Person will, if a claim is to be made against the Company under such Section,
give notice to the Company of the commencement of such claim, but the failure to
notify the Company will not relieve the Company of any liability that it may
have to any Indemnified Person, except to the extent that the Company
demonstrates that the defense of such action is prejudiced by the Indemnifying
Person's failure to give such notice.
(b) If any Proceeding referred to in Section 5.5(a) is brought
against an Indemnified Person and it gives notice to the Company of the
commencement of such
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Proceeding, the Company will be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and,
to the extent that it wishes (unless (i) the Company is also a party to such
Proceeding and the Indemnified Person determines in good faith that joint
representation would be inappropriate, or (ii) the Indemnified Person fails to
provide reasonable assurance to the Indemnified Person of its financial capacity
to defend such Proceeding and provide indemnification with respect to such
Proceeding), to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel satisfactory
to the Indemnified Person and, after notice from the Company to the Indemnified
Person of its election to assume the defense of such Proceeding, the Company
will not, as long as it diligently conducts such defense, be liable to the
Indemnified Person under this Article 5 for any fees of other counsel or any
other expenses with respect to the defense of such Proceeding, in each case
subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Person in connection with the defense
of such Proceeding, other than reasonable costs of investigation. If the Company
assumes the defense of a Proceeding, (i) it will be conclusively established for
purposes of this Agreement that the claims made in that Proceeding are within
the scope of and subject to indemnification; (ii) no compromise or settlement of
such claims may be effected by the Company without the Indemnified Person's
consent unless (A) there is no finding or admission of any violation of Legal
Requirements or any violation of the rights of any Person and no effect on any
other claims that may be made against the Indemnified Person, and (B) the sole
relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by the Company; and
(iii) the Indemnified Person will have no liability with respect to any
compromise or settlement of such claims effected without its consent. If notice
is given to the Company of the commencement of any Proceeding and the Company
does not, within ten days after the Indemnified Person's notice is given, give
notice to the Indemnified Person of its election to assume the defense of such
Proceeding, the Company will be bound by any determination made in such
Proceeding or any compromise or settlement effected by the Indemnified Person.
Any settlement or payment by the Company of any claim for indemnification
hereunder shall be approved by a majority of the Company's directors who are not
designated by the holder or holders of the Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to
Section C.2.c.i.A of the Certificate of Designation.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Indemnified Person
determines in good faith that there is a reasonable probability that a
Proceeding may adversely affect it or its affiliates other than as a result of
monetary damages for which it would be entitled to indemnification under this
Agreement, the Indemnified Person may, by notice to the Company, assume the
exclusive right to defend, compromise, or settle such Proceeding, but the
indemnifying party will not be bound by any determination of a Proceeding so
defended or any compromise or settlement effected without its consent (which may
not be unreasonably withheld).
5.6 Procedure For Indemnification -- Other Claims. A claim for
indemnification for any matter not involving a third-party claim may be asserted
by notice to the party from whom indemnification is sought.
5.7 Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
(a) All rights to indemnification existing in favor of the directors
and officers of the Company for acts and omissions occurring prior to the
Closing, as provided in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (as
in effect as of the date of this Agreement) and as provided in any
indemnification agreements between the Company and said officers and
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directors (as in effect at the Closing), shall survive the Closing and shall be
the obligation of and observed by the Company for a period of not less than six
(6) years from and after the Closing.
(b) From the Closing until the third anniversary of the Closing
Date, the Company shall maintain in effect, for the benefit of the current
directors and officers of the Company with respect to acts or omissions
occurring prior to the Closing, the existing policy of directors' and officers'
liability insurance maintained by the Company as of the date of this Agreement
(the "Existing Policy"); provided, however, that (i) the Company may substitute
for the Existing Policy a policy or policies of comparable coverage, and (ii)
the Company shall not be required to pay an annual premium for the Existing
Policy (or for any substitute policies) in excess of 125% of the amount of the
last annual premium paid by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement for
the Existing Policy (the "Past Premium Amount"). In the event any future annual
premium for the Existing Policy (or any substitute policies) exceeds the Past
Premium Amount by more than 125%, the Company shall be entitled to reduce the
amount of coverage of the Existing Policy (or any substitute policies) to the
amount of coverage that can be obtained for a premium equal to 125% of the Past
Premium Amount.
(c) This Section 5.7 shall survive the Closing, is intended to be
for the benefit of, and enforceable by, each person entitled to indemnification
as contemplated hereby and each such person's or entity's heirs and
representatives, and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the
Company.
ARTICLE 6
General Provisions.
6.1 Expenses. Each party to this Agreement will bear its respective
expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution, and performance
of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including all fees and
expenses of its Representatives.
6.2 Notices. All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications
under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly
given when (a) delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (b)
sent by telecopier (with written confirmation of receipt), provided that a copy
is mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, or (c) when received by
the addressee, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service
(receipt requested), in each case to the appropriate addresses and telecopier
numbers set forth below (or to such other addresses and telecopier numbers as a
party may designate by notice to the other parties):
If to the Company:
Integrated Packaging Assembly Corporation
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: President
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With a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xx.
If to Buyer:
Orient Semiconductor Electronics, Limited
00 Xxxx 0 XX. X.X.X.X.
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx, ROC
Telephone: 000-0-0000000
Facsimile: 000-0-0000000
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx Godward LLP
3000 El Camino Real
Five Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Each party shall provide ten (10) days' prior written notice to the other
party of any change in address or facsimile number.
6.3 Further Assurances. The parties agree (a) to furnish upon request to
each other such further information, (b) to execute and deliver to each other
such other documents, and (c) to do such other acts and things, all as the other
party may reasonably request for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this
Agreement and the documents referred to in this Agreement.
6.4 Waiver. The rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are
cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any party
in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement or the
documents referred to in this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right,
power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power,
or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power,
or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. To the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, (a) no claim or right arising out of
this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement can be discharged
by one party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or
right unless in writing signed by the other party; (b) no waiver that may be
given by a party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it
is given; and (c) no notice to or demand on one party will be deemed to be a
waiver of any obligation of such party or of the right of the party giving such
notice or demand to take further action without notice or
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demand as provided in this Agreement or the documents referred to in this
Agreement; provided, however, that, with respect to the Company, no such waiver
or renunciation shall be effective unless approved by a majority of the
Company's directors who are not designated by the holder or holders of the
Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to Section C.2.c.i.A of the Certificate of
Designation.
6.5 Entire Agreement and Modification. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements between the parties with respect to its subject matter and
constitutes (along with the documents referred to in this Agreement) a complete
and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the parties with
respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may not be amended except by a
written agreement executed by the party to be charged with the amendment;
provided, however, that, with respect to the Company, no such amendment shall be
effective unless approved by a majority of the Company's directors who are not
designated by the holder or holders of the Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to
Section C.2.c.i.A of the Certificate of Designation.
6.6 Company Disclosure Schedule.
(a) The disclosures in the Company Disclosure Schedule, and those in
any supplement thereto, must relate only to the representations and warranties
in the Section of the Agreement to which they expressly relate and not to any
other representation or warranty in this Agreement.
(b) In the event of any inconsistency between the statements in the
body of this Agreement and those in the Company Disclosure Schedule (other than
an exception expressly set forth as such in the Company Disclosure Schedule with
respect to a specifically identified representation or warranty), the statements
in the body of this Agreement will control.
6.7 Assignments, Successors, and No Third-Party Rights. Neither party
may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the prior consent of
the other party, which will not be unreasonably withheld, except that Buyer may
assign any of its rights under this Agreement to any Subsidiary of Buyer.
Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will apply to, be binding in
all respects upon, and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted
assigns of the parties. Except as contemplated by Section 5.7 hereof, nothing
expressed or referred to in this Agreement will be construed to give any Person
other than the parties to this Agreement any legal or equitable right, remedy,
or claim under or with respect to this Agreement or any provision of this
Agreement. This Agreement and all of its provisions and conditions are for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their successors
and assigns.
6.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this
Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in
full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.
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6.9 Section Headings, Construction. The headings of Sections in this
Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction
or interpretation. All references to "Section" or "Sections" refer to the
corresponding Section or Sections of this Agreement. All words used in this
Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances
require. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the word "including" does not
limit the preceding words or terms.
6.10 Survival. Subject to Section 5.4 hereof, the representations and
warranties of the Company and Buyer contained in Articles 3 and 4 shall survive
the Closing.
6.11 Time of Essence. With regard to all dates and time periods set forth
or referred to in this Agreement, time is of the essence.
6.12 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the
State of California without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
6.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original copy of this
Agreement and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to constitute
one and the same agreement.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement
as of the date first written above.
Buyer: The Company:
Orient Semiconductor Integrated Packaging
Electronics, Limited Assembly Corporation
By:/s/ Xxxxxx Xxx By:/s/ X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxx Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Its: President Its: CEO
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