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IGN ENTERTAINMENT INC
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Jul 13, 4:17 PM ET
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SECTION I - PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
1.1. Purchase and Sale of Shares; Closing.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance on the representations, warranties and covenants herein set forth, the Company shall issue and sell to each of the Investors and the Management Stockholders, and the Investor and the Management Stockholders severally agree to purchase from the Company, the respective number of shares of Preferred Stock set forth opposite the name of such Investor or Management Stockholder, as applicable, on Schedule A hereto representing an aggregate of 34,923,565 shares of Preferred Stock, with a purchase price of $1.00, per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $34,923,565.00. The Preferred Stock shall have the rights, preferences and other terms set forth in the Amended and
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance on the representations, warranties and covenants herein set forth, the Company shall issue and sell to each of the Investors and the Management Stockholders, and each Investor and Management Stockholder severally agrees to purchase from the Company, the respective number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the name of such Investor or Management Stockholder, as applicable, on Schedule A hereto representing an aggregate of 850,000 shares of Common Stock, with a price per share of $.01 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $8,500.00. The Common Stock shall have the rights, preferences and other terms set forth in the Certificate.
(c) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth herein, the purchase of the Shares shall be made at a closing (the “Closing”) to be held on the date that is no later than two (2) business days following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to closing set forth in Section IV hereof or at such other time as agreed upon by the parties hereto. At the Closing, the Company will deliver to each Investor or Management Stockholder, as applicable, one or more certificates representing the Shares purchased by such Investor or Management Stockholder, as applicable, as set forth on Schedule A hereto against payment of the purchase price relating thereto to the Company by wire transfer payable in immediately available funds in accordance with the wire transfer instructions set forth on Schedule B, or by certified or bank check made payable to the Company.
SECTION II - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
2.8. Tax Matters.
(a) The Company has paid all federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes, including, without limitation, income taxes, estimated taxes, excise taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, gross receipts taxes, franchise taxes, employment and payroll related taxes, withholding taxes, stamp taxes, transfer and property taxes, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, whether or not measured in whole or in part by net income, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not (collectively, “Taxes”) required to be paid by it through the date hereof.
(b) All Taxes and other assessments and levies which the Company is required to withhold or collect have been withheld and collected and have been paid over to the proper governmental authorities when due.
(c) The Company has, in accordance with applicable law, timely and properly filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns, declarations, reports, claims for refund, information returns or statements relating to Taxes (collectively, “Tax Returns”) required to be filed by it through the date hereof. All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all respects. The Company is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return.
(d) neither the Internal Revenue Service nor any other governmental authority is now asserting or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening to assert against the Company any deficiency or claim for additional Taxes.
(e) No claim has ever been made in writing by an authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(f) The Company has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(g) There are no liens or other security interests encumbering any of the assets of the Company that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Taxes (except where such security interests arise as a matter of law prior to the due date for paying the related Taxes).
(h) There has never been any audit of any Tax Return filed by the Company, no such audit is in progress and the Company has not been notified by any Tax authority that any such audit is contemplated or pending.
(i) The Company has not made any payments, is not obligated to make any payments, and is not a party to any contract, plan or agreement, including, but not limited to, this Agreement, that could obligate it to make any payments that could be treated as an excess parachute payment subject to Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
(j) The Company is not a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or similar agreement.
(k) The Company is not and has not been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return. The Company does not have any liability for the Taxes of any other Person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law). The Company does not have any liability for the Taxes of any other Person as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(l) The Company is and has been at all times an accrual method taxpayer. The Company has not been and will not be required to include any adjustment in income subject to Tax for any Tax period (or portion thereof) pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax laws as a result of transactions, events or accounting methods employed prior to Closing.
2.10. Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 2.10 hereto contains a complete and accurate list of all Marks owned by the Company or used or held for use by the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10 hereto:
(i) the Company exclusively owns or possesses adequate and enforceable rights to use, without payment to a third party, all of the Intellectual Property Assets necessary for the operation of its business, free and clear of all Liens;
(ii) all the Company Intellectual Property Assets which are issued by or registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency anywhere in the world are currently in compliance with formal legal requirements (including without limitation, as applicable, payment of filing, examination and maintenance fees, proofs of working or use, timely post-registration filing of affidavits of use and incontestability and renewal applications) and are valid and enforceable;
(iii) there are no pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened claims against the Company or any of its employees alleging that any of the Company Intellectual Property Assets or the operation of the Company’s business, infringes or conflicts with the rights of others under any Intellectual Property Assets (“Third Party Rights”);
(iv) neither the operation of the Company’s business nor the Company Intellectual Property Assets infrings or conflicts with any Third Party Right;
(v) the Company has not received any communications alleging that the Company has violated or, by conducting its business, would violate any Third Party Rights or that any of the Company Intellectual Property Assets is invalid or unenforceable;
(vi) to the knowledge of the Company, no third party is violating or infringing any of the Company Intellectual Property Assets;
(vii) the Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all Trade Secrets owned by the Company or used or held for use by the Company;
(b) For purposes of this Agreement,
(i) “Company Intellectual Property Assets” means all Intellectual Property Assets owned by the Company or used or held for use by the Company in the Business.
(ii) “Intellectual Property Assets” means, collectively:
(A) patents, patent applications, patent rights, and inventions and discoveries and invention disclosures (whether or not patented);
(B) trade names, trade dress, logos, packaging design, slogans, Internet domain names, registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks and related registrations and applications for registration (collectively, “Marks”);
(C) copyrights in both published and unpublished works, including without limitation all databases and computer programs, manuals and other documentation and all copyright registrations and applications, and all derivatives, translations, adaptations and combinations of the above;
(D) know-how, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information, data, designs, processes, drawings, schematics, blueprints, flow charts, models, prototypes, and techniques (collectively, “Trade Secrets”); and
(E) goodwill, franchises, licenses, permits, consents, approvals, and claims of infringement against third parties.
(a) any contract or agreement (i) involving a potential commitment or payment by the Company in excess of $50,000 or (ii) which is otherwise material and not entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(b) any contract, lease or agreement which is not cancelable by the Company without penalty on less than ninety (90) days notice;
(c) any contract containing covenants directly or explicitly limiting in any material respect the freedom of the Company to compete in any line of business or with any person or entity;
(d) any contract or agreement relating to the licensing, distribution, development, purchase, sale or servicing of its products except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(e) any indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement, guaranty or other agreement or commitment for borrowing or any pledge or security arrangement;
(f) any employment contracts, noncompetition agreements or other agreements with present or former officers, directors, employees or stockholders of the Company or persons related to or affiliated with such persons;
(g) any stock redemption or purchase agreements or other agreements affecting or relating to the capital stock of the Company, including, without limitation, any agreement with any stockholder of the Company which includes anti-dilution rights, registration rights, voting arrangements, operating covenants or similar provisions;
(h) any pension, profit sharing, bonus, retirement, severance or stock option plans;
(i) any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of the Company or any contract or agreement involving fixed price or fixed volume arrangements;
(j) any joint venture, partnership, manufacturer, development or supply agreement;
(k) any acquisition, merger or similar agreement;
(l) any contract with any governmental entity; or
(m) any other material contract not executed in the ordinary course of business.
(a) Filed a petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law or had a filing against, or had a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer appointed by a court for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he or it was a general partner;
(b) Been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
(c) Been the subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
(i) Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
(ii) Engaging in any type of business practice; or
(iii) Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities laws or federal commodities laws;
(d) Been the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in paragraph (c)(i), or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity; or
(e) Been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or the CFTC to have violated any federal or state securities law, or any federal
commodities law and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC or CFTC has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated.
SECTION III - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTORS AND MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION IV - CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
(a) Certificates representing the Shares;
(b) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors and, as applicable, the stockholders of the Company authorizing the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, as certified by the Company’s Secretary;
(c) A copy of the Certificate certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(d) A copy of the By-Laws of the Company certified by the Company’s Secretary;
(e) Certificates issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and such states in which the Company is qualified as a foreign corporation, certifying that the Company is in good standing in their respective states; and
(f) The Stockholders Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(g) Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(h) Director Indemnification Agreements for each member of the Company’s Board of Directors in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
(i) Such other supporting documents and certificates as the Investors may reasonably request.
SECTION V - MISCELLANEOUS
(a) All disputes, claims, or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or any other agreement executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, or the negotiation, validity or performance hereof and thereof or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, that are not resolved by mutual agreement shall be resolved solely and exclusively by binding arbitration to be conducted before J.A.M.S./Endispute, Inc. or its successor. The parties understand and agree that this arbitration provision shall apply equally to claims of fraud or fraud in the inducement. The arbitration shall be held in Delaware before a single arbitrator and shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by J.A.M.S./Endispute, Inc. unless specifically modified herein.
(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of J.A.M.S./Endispute, Inc. to resolve all disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other agreement executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the negotiation, validity or performance hereof and thereof or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and further consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of Delaware for the purposes of enforcing the arbitration provisions of Section 5.10(a) of this Agreement. Each party further irrevocably waives any objection to proceeding before J.A.M.S./Endispute, Inc. based upon lack of personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to make a claim in any court that arbitration before J.A.M.S./Endispute, Inc. has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto hereby consents to service of process by registered mail at the address to which notices are to be given. Each of the parties hereto agrees that its or his submission to jurisdiction and its or his consent to service of process by mail is made for the express benefit of the other parties hereto.
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