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SECTION 1. THE MERGER, CONVERSION OF SECURITIES AND RELATED MATTERS
(a) Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined below), the Merger Subsidiary shall be merged with and into Company (the “Merger”) upon the filing of an Agreement of Merger (the “Agreement of Merger”) with the California Secretary of State in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the California Corporations Code (the “California Code”), at which time the separate corporate existence of the Merger Subsidiary shall cease and the Company shall continue in existence as the surviving corporation. In its capacity as the corporation surviving the Merger, this Agreement sometimes refers to the Company as the “Surviving Corporation”.
(b) On the Closing Date, the Company and Merger Subsidiary will file the Agreement of Merger and make all other filings or recordings required by the California Code in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at the time when the Agreement of Merger is duly filed with and accepted by the California Secretary of State, or at such later time as is agreed upon by the parties and specified in the Agreement of Merger (such time as the Merger becomes effective is referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).
(c) From and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effect set forth in Section 1107 of the California Code.
(d) The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of Parent at 8000 Marina Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Brisbane, California 94005 on July 7, 2004 (the “Closing Date”) or at such other place or an earlier or later date or time as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties.
(i) Following the Effective Time, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the result of taking (w) Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9,300,000) multiplied by the Preferred Percentage (as defined below)(the “Preferred Unadjusted Payment”), minus (x) the Maximum Indemnification Amount (as defined below) multiplied by the Preferred Percentage (the “First Preferred Indemnification Withholding Amount”), and either minus (y) the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount (as defined below) multiplied by the Preferred Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of Parent) or plus (z) the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount multiplied by the Preferred Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of the Shareholders) by (B) the Preferred Share Amount (as defined below)(the “Closing Preferred Consideration”).
The “Preferred Percentage” means the quotient obtained by dividing the (i) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding on the Closing Date (the “Preferred Share Amount”) by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding after giving effect to the deemed exercise of all outstanding Company Options on or prior to the Closing Date and the deemed conversion of all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding on the Closing Date (the “Total Share Amount”).
(ii) Upon the first anniversary of the Closing, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the result of taking (w) the Maximum Indemnification Amount, less amounts payable for claims made (or reserved for claims made, including disputed claims) pursuant to Section 9.1 in the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Closing Date (the “First Year”), less the Maximum Second Installment Indemnification (as defined below), multiplied by (x) the Preferred Percentage, and either minus (y) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment (as defined below) multiplied by the Preferred Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of Parent) or plus (z) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment multiplied by the Preferred Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of the Shareholders), by (B) the Preferred Share Amount (the “First Installment Preferred Consideration”).
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(iii) Upon the second anniversary of the Closing, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the result of taking (x) the Maximum Second Installment Indemnification less amounts payable for any claims made (or reserved for claims made, including disputed claims) pursuant to Section 9.1 in the period beginning on the day following the first anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on the second anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Second Year”) multiplied by (y) the Preferred Percentage by (B) the Preferred Share Amount (the “Second Installment Preferred Consideration”).
(iv) Within five (5) business days after the written certification by each of an authorized officer of Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative that any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 for which amounts were reserved and not paid to the Shareholders pursuant to subsection (ii) or (iii) above has been resolved, an amount in cash equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the result of (x) the reserved amount for such indemnification claim less the amount actually payable to any Parent Indemnified Party in satisfaction of such indemnification claim multiplied by (y) the Preferred Percentage by (B) the Preferred Share Amount (such payment being a “Preferred Released Indemnification Payment”) (all such payments, together with the Closing Preferred Consideration, the First Installment Preferred Consideration and the Second Installment Preferred Consideration, the “Cash Preferred Consideration”). Such certification may be provided with respect to any such indemnification claim at any time after the first anniversary of the Closing Date.
(v) The Cash Preferred Consideration shall constitute satisfaction in full of any liquidation preference to which such Series A Preferred Stock shareholders are entitled pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation.
(i) “Closing Payment Option,” with respect to any Common Shareholder, shall mean the option for such Common Shareholder to receive, subject to Section 1.12, from Parent the Merger Consideration to which such Shareholder is entitled under Section 1.7, and with respect to any Optionholder, shall mean the option for such Optionholder to receive the Option Payment to which such Optionholder is entitled under
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Section 1.9, subject in both cases to Sections 1.8(a) and 1.8(b), in consideration for each share of Common Stock owned or deemed to be owned:
1. Following the Effective Time, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A)(w) Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9,300,000) multiplied by the Common Percentage minus (x) the Maximum Indemnification Amount multiplied by the Common Percentage, and either minus (y) the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount multiplied by the Common Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of Parent) or plus (z) the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount multiplied by the Common Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of the Shareholders), by (B) the Common Share Amount, and less, with respect to any Company Option, any required withholding or deduction and the exercise price of such Company Option (such amount, the “Closing Election Consideration”).
2. Upon the first anniversary of the Closing, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) (w) the Maximum Indemnification Amount minus amounts payable for claims made (or reserved for claims made, including disputed claims) pursuant to Section 9.1 in the First Year, minus the Maximum Second Installment Indemnification, multiplied by (x) the Common Percentage, and either minus (y) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment multiplied by the Common Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of Parent) or plus (z) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment multiplied by the Common Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of the Shareholders) by (B) the Common Share Amount, and less, with respect to any Company Option, any required withholding or deduction (the “First Installment Closing Election Consideration”).
3. Upon the second anniversary of the Closing, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) (x) the Maximum Second Installment Indemnification, minus amounts payable for claims made (or reserved for claims made, including disputed claims) pursuant to Section 9.1 in the Second Year multiplied by (y) the Common Percentage by (B) the Common Share Amount, and less, with respect to any Company Option, any required withholding or deduction (the “Second Installment Closing Election Consideration”).
4. Within five (5) business days after the written certification by each of an authorized officer of Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative that any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 for which amounts were reserved and not paid to the Shareholders pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) above has been resolved, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) any Common Released Indemnification Payment (as defined below) by (B) the Common Share Amount, and, with respect to any Company Option, less any required withholding or deduction. Such written notice may be provided with respect to any such indemnification claim at any time after the first anniversary of the Closing Date.
(ii) “Deferred Payment Option” with respect to any Common Shareholder, shall mean the option for such Common Shareholder to receive, subject to Section 1.12, the Merger Consideration to which such Shareholder is entitled under Section 1.7 from Parent; and with respect to any Optionholder, shall mean the option for
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such Optionholder to receive from Parent the Option Payment to which such Optionholder is entitled under Section 1.9, subject in both cases to Sections 1.8(a) and 1.8(b), in consideration for each share of Common Stock owned or deemed to be owned:
1. Following the Effective Time, a pro rata share of any Deficit Election Amount, as set forth in Section 1.8(b) hereof and, with respect to any Company Option, less any required withholding or deduction and the amount of the exercise price thereof (“Closing Deferred Election Consideration”).
2. Upon the first anniversary of the Closing Date, a pro rata share of the First Installment Payment, subject to the rights of the Closing Common Electees and the Closing Option Electees to recover any Excess Election Amount and the First Installment Closing Election Consideration, and, with respect to any Company Option, less any required withholding or deduction and, to the extent necessary, the amount of the exercise price thereof (“First Installment Deferred Election Consideration”).
3. Upon the second anniversary of the Closing Date, a pro rata share of the Second Installment Payment, subject to the rights of the Closing Common Electees and the Closing Option Electees to recover any Excess Election Amount and the Second Installment Closing Election Consideration, and, with respect to any Company Option, less any required withholding or deduction and, to the extent necessary, the amount of the exercise price thereof (“Second Installment Deferred Election Consideration”).
4. Within five (5) business days after the written certification by each of an authorized officer of Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative that any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 for which amounts were reserved and not paid to the Shareholders upon the first or second anniversary of the Closing Date, as applicable, has been resolved, an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) such Common Released Indemnification Payment by (B) the Common Share Amount, and, with respect to any Company Option, less any required withholding or deduction. Such written notice may be provided with respect to any such indemnification claim at any time after the first anniversary of the Closing Date.
(iii) “Initial Payment” shall mean an aggregate amount equal to (v) Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,800,000) minus (w) the Preferred Unadjusted Payment and either minus (x) the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount multiplied by the Common Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of the Parent) or plus (y) the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount multiplied by the Common Percentage (if such adjustment is in the favor of the Shareholders) plus (z) the First Preferred Indemnification Withholding Amount.
(iv) “First Installment Payment” shall mean an aggregate amount equal to (v) Three Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,250,000) minus (w) the total amount payable for claims made (or reserved for claims made, including disputed claims) pursuant to Section 9.1 in the First Year, and either minus (x) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment (if such adjustment is in the favor of the Parent) or plus (y) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment (if such adjustment is in the favor of the
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Shareholders), minus (z) the First Installment Preferred Consideration multiplied by the Preferred Share Amount.
(v) “Second Installment Payment” shall mean an aggregate amount equal to (x) Three Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,250,000) minus (y) the total amount payable in the Second Year for claims made (or reserved for claims made, including disputed claims) pursuant to Section 9.1 in the Second Year, minus (z) the Second Installment Preferred Consideration multiplied by the Preferred Share Amount.
(vi) “Common Released Indemnification Payment” shall mean an amount in cash equal to (x) the amount reserved and not paid to the Shareholders upon the first or second anniversary of the Closing Date, as applicable, for any indemnification claim made under Section 9.1, less the amount payable in satisfaction of such indemnification claim multiplied by (y) the Common Percentage.
(b) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall take all actions (including, if appropriate, amending the terms of any option plan or arrangement or obtaining optionee consents) that are necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated by Section 1.9(a) including, without limitation, using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from each Optionholder an executed option termination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent.
(c) The Company and the Parent agree that for the purposes of reporting compensation income and calculating the applicable income and employment tax withholding with respect to the Merger Consideration allocable to the holders of employee stock options of the Company, the applicable information reporting and the timing and amount subject to income and employment tax withholding shall be based upon the amount of Merger Consideration
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received by the holders of employee stock options of the Company. Accordingly, for the avoidance of doubt, any payments received by holders of employee stock options of the Company pursuant to the Merger shall be subject to applicable compensation information reporting and income and employment tax withholding at the time of payment. The Shareholders and Parent agree that any income tax deduction arising from the exercise of Company stock options on or before the Closing Date or from the payment of the Merger Consideration to the Optionholders on the Closing Date shall be allocable to the appropriate Tax period (or portion thereof) of the Company ending on or before the Closing Date.
(a) In the event that, after the Closing Date and prior to payment of the Second Installment Payment, Parent engages in any transaction resulting in a Change of Control (as defined below):
(i) If the Change of Control occurs in the First Year, all outstanding payment obligations of the Parent to the Shareholders and Optionholders pursuant to this Agreement, less an aggregate amount equal to Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), shall accelerate and become payable to the Shareholders and Optionholders within 10 business days subsequent to the consummation of such Change of Control transaction (the “Change of Control Closing”), which total amount shall be paid to the Shareholders and Optionholders pro rata in proportion to the total outstanding obligation of the Parent to each such Shareholder and Optionholder. On the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver by wire transfer of immediately available funds an aggregate amount equal to One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000), even if the Change of Control Closing occurs less than 10 business days prior to the first anniversary of the Closing; provided, however, that such payment shall be reduced and offset by the aggregate amount of the value of any indemnification claims then outstanding and not yet satisfied (including amounts reserved for disputed claims) pursuant to Sections 9.1 and 9.2 herein. On the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver by wire
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transfer of immediately available funds an aggregate amount equal to the Maximum Second Installment Indemnification; provided, however, that such payment shall be reduced and offset by the aggregate amount of the value of any indemnification claims then outstanding and not yet satisfied, (including amounts reserved for disputed claims) pursuant to Sections 9.1 and 9.2 herein. Each payment made pursuant to the two immediately preceding sentences shall be distributed to the Shareholders and Optionholders pro rata in proportion to their percentage ownership of the Total Share Amount.
(ii) If the Change of Control occurs in the Second Year, all outstanding payment obligations of the Parent to the Shareholders and Optionholders pursuant to this Agreement, less the sum of (x) an aggregate amount equal to the Maximum Second Installment Indemnification plus (y) any amounts reserved for disputed claims made pursuant to Section 9.1, shall accelerate and become payable to the Shareholders and Optionholders 10 business days subsequent to the Change of Control Closing, which total amount shall be paid to the Shareholders and Optionholders pro rata in proportion to the total outstanding obligation of the Parent to each such Shareholder and Optionholder. On the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver an aggregate amount equal to the Maximum Second Installment Indemnification, even if the Change of Control Closing occurs less than 10 business days prior to the second anniversary of the Closing; provided, however, that such payment shall be reduced and offset by the aggregate amount of the value of any indemnification claims then outstanding and not yet satisfied, (including amounts reserved for disputed claims) pursuant to Sections 9.1 and 9.2 herein. Each payment made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be distributed to the Shareholders and Optionholders pro rata in proportion to their percentage ownership of the Total Share Amount.
(iii) Within five (5) business days after the written certification by each of an authorized officer of Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative that any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 for which amounts were reserved and not paid to the Shareholders and Optionholders pursuant to any subsection of this Section 1.10 has been resolved, Parent will pay an amount in cash equal to the reserved amount for such indemnification claim less the amount actually payable in satisfaction of such indemnification to the Shareholders and Optionholders pro rata in proportion to their percentage ownership of the Total Share Amount. Such certification may be provided with respect to any such indemnification claim at any time after the first anniversary of the Closing Date.
(b) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following, but expressly excludes the occurrence of an initial public offering or any events arising as a result of an initial public offering, even if the following definition by its terms may be interpreted or construed to include such an initial public offering or any of the following events occur in connection with such an initial public offering:
(i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions,
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of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Parent to any unaffiliated third party;
(ii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Parent; or
(iii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any unaffiliated third party becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting stock of Parent, measured by voting power rather than number of shares.
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall in good faith prepare an estimated balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet”). The Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and otherwise consistent with the methodology described in Schedule 1.11 attached hereto and shall reflect, among other things, (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the total transaction costs payable and a good faith estimate of unbilled amounts over (y) the amount of all unpaid fees and expenses of the Company payable in connection with the negotiation, preparation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Transactions”), which excess shall be shown as a Current Liability (as defined below) for the purposes of this Section 1.11. Not later than five (5) business days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet, together with worksheets and data that support the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet and any other information that Parent may reasonably request in order to verify the amounts reflected on the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet. The Merger Consideration shall be adjusted, as provided in Sections 1.7 and 1.8 hereof, dollar for dollar, up or down, as appropriate, to the extent that the Working Capital (as defined below) set forth on the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet (the “Estimated Closing Working Capital”) is Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) more or less than Five Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Eight Dollars ($567,828) (the “Base Working Capital”), as applicable, with such difference being the “Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount”.
(b) After the Closing Date, Parent shall review the Company’s books and records and also shall review the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet to confirm that it was prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and otherwise consistent with the methodology described in Schedule 1.11 attached hereto, provided that the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet should reflect management’s best estimate of normal year-end adjustments, including the true-up of the vacation accrual, amortization of patents and trademarks, the mark to market of investments, and adjustments to reconcile subledger accounts to general ledger accounts. Parent also shall prepare a final balance sheet that reflects any differences between actual results and the estimates used to prepare the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet and reflects any discrepancies in the methodology used to prepare such final balance sheet from GAAP consistently applied and otherwise consistent with the methodology described in Schedule 1.11 attached hereto (the “Post Closing Balance Sheet”). Parent shall, within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, deliver the Post Closing Balance Sheet to the Shareholders’
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Representative (as defined below), together with worksheets that detail any adjustments and the basis thereof. During such sixty day period, the Shareholders’ Representative and the Shareholders shall cooperate with and reasonably assist Parent, and shall make available to Parent the books, records, personnel and properties of the Company (if not in Parent’s possession) that Parent reasonably requires in order to prepare and deliver the Post Closing Balance Sheet. The Post Closing Balance Sheet, and the Working Capital at the Closing reflected thereon (the “Closing Working Capital”), shall be binding upon the parties upon approval of such Post Closing Balance Sheet by the Shareholders’ Representative. If the Shareholders’ Representative fails to communicate to Parent its good faith disagreement, if any, with the Post Closing Balance Sheet by written notice (the “Objection Notice”) within 15 days of the Shareholders’ Representative’s receipt of such Post Closing Balance Sheet, the Shareholders’ Representative shall be deemed to have accepted and approved such Post Closing Balance Sheet and such Post Closing Balance Sheet shall thereafter be final and binding upon the Shareholders, Optionholders and Parent for purposes of any post-Closing adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.11. In addition, to the extent any portion of the Post Closing Balance Sheet shall not be expressly objected to, such portion shall be deemed to have been accepted and approved by the Shareholders’ Representative, the Shareholders, Optionholders and Parent and shall be final and binding upon the Shareholders, Optionholders and Parent for purposes of any post-Closing adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.11.
(c) (A) In the event that the Closing Working Capital is less than $492,828, Parent shall be entitled to an amount equal to the difference between such amounts pursuant to Section 9.1 and Parent shall have a right to set-off such amount from the Merger Consideration, as set forth in Sections 1.7 and 1.8; and (B) in the event the Closing Working Capital is more than $642,828, the Merger Consideration shall be increased by an amount equal to such difference and the Shareholders and Optionholders shall be entitled to receive such amounts pursuant to Sections 1.7 and 1.8 hereof; provided, however, that any amount to be paid in accordance with clause (A) or (B) of this sentence (the “Final Net Working Capital Adjustment”) shall be equitably adjusted to avoid any duplication with any adjustments in the Merger Consideration effected pursuant to Section 1.11(a) for the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount.
(d) As used in this Section 1.11, “Working Capital” means Current Assets minus Current Liabilities; “Current Assets” means and includes all accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts consistent with past practice), cash, cash equivalents, prepaid expenses, a transaction expenses reimbursement fee of $15,000, an amount equal to the aggregate exercise price of all Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, and all other current assets of the Company, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied; and “Current Liabilities” means and includes all accounts payable, accrued expenses, accrued but unpaid taxes, deferred revenues, deferred rent and all other current or long-term liabilities of the Company, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied and, in the case of accrued but unpaid taxes (other than deferred taxes to reflect timing differences between book and tax income), deferred revenues and deferred rent, regardless of whether such liabilities will mature or become due more than 12 months from the date of the applicable financial statements. Schedule 1.11 attached hereto includes a sample calculation of Working Capital for illustrative purposes.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of current liability for Taxes shown on the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Post Closing Balance Sheet shall be determined as of the Closing Date. To the extent that the Company is not permitted by applicable law to treat or elect to treat the Closing Date as the last day of its taxable period then the Taxes attributable to the operations of the Company for the portion of the period including the Closing Date shall be (i) in the case of real or personal property taxes or a flat minimum dollar amount tax, the total amount of such Taxes multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the partial period up to and including the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the taxable period, (ii) in the case of all Taxes based on, or in respect of, income, the Tax computed on the basis of the taxable income or loss of the Company for such partial period as determined from its books and records, and (iii) in the case of all other Taxes, on the basis of the actual activities of the Company for such partial period as determined from its books and records.
(a) Exchange and Payment Procedures. Each holder of Company Shares shall deliver to Parent certificates evidencing such holder’s ownership of Company Shares (the “Certificates”) accompanied by stock powers endorsed in blank and such other documentation as may be reasonably requested by Parent to effectuate the cancellation of such Certificates and evidence such Shareholder’s right to the Certificate. Subject only to the receipt of Certificates from holders of Company Shares and any other documentation that Parent may reasonably request, Parent shall cause the Merger Consideration to be distributed to the Shareholders in accordance with this Section 1. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent may offset any amounts owed to it by any Shareholder from payments of the Merger Consideration. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.12, each Certificate shall be deemed after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration. If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person (as defined in Section 2.14(a)) other than the registered holder of the Certificate, it shall be a condition to payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting payment shall pay to Parent any transfer or other taxes required as a result of payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that the tax has been paid or is not payable.
(b) No Further Rights in Company Shares. All cash paid upon surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been delivered or paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to Company Shares represented thereby. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates shall cease to have any rights with respect to Company Shares, except as otherwise provided herein or by law. As of the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the Company’s stock transfer books of any Company Shares. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Section 1.12.
(c) No Liability. None of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Shareholder Representative shall be liable to any Person in respect of any Company Shares for any amounts paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or
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similar law. If any Certificates shall not have been surrendered immediately prior to such earlier date on which any payment pursuant to this Section 1 would otherwise escheat to or become property of any governmental entity, the payment in respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interests of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(d) Withholding Rights. The Surviving Corporation may deduct and withhold from the Merger Consideration otherwise payable hereunder to any Person any amounts that it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to payment under any provision of federal, state, local or foreign income tax law. To the extent that the Surviving Corporation withholds those amounts, the withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Company Shares in respect of which deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be.
(e) Lost Certificates. If any Certificate has been or has claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming that Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to that Certificate, the Surviving Corporation will deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the proper amount of the Merger Consideration as contemplated by this Section 1.
(a) In order to administer efficiently (i) the implementation of the Agreement as it pertains to the Shareholders and Optionholders, (ii) the waiver of any condition to the obligations of the Shareholders to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) the settlement of any dispute with respect to the Agreement, Patrick Lee is hereby designated as the representative of the Shareholders and Optionholders (the “Shareholders’ Representative”).
(b) The Shareholders’ Representative is hereby authorized (i) to take all action necessary in connection with the implementation of the Agreement on behalf of the Shareholders, the waiver of any condition to the obligations of the Shareholders to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or the settlement of any dispute, (ii) to give and receive all notices required to be given under the Agreement and (iii) to take any and all additional action as is contemplated to be taken by or on behalf of the Shareholders and Optionholders by the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation, the execution and delivery of documents to transfer the Company Shares to the Parent for cancellation; provided, however, that the Shareholders’ Representative shall not have authority to commence legal proceedings on behalf of the Shareholders and Optionholders without their prior written consent or to amend any provision of this Agreement without their prior written consent.
(c) In the event that the Shareholders’ Representative dies, becomes legally incapacitated or resigns from such position, Stephen Wang shall fill such vacancy and shall be deemed to be the Shareholders’ Representative for all purposes of this Agreement; however, no change in the Shareholders’ Representative shall be effective until Parent is given notice of it by the remaining Shareholders and Optionholders.
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(d) All decisions and actions by the Shareholders’ Representative shall be binding upon all of the Shareholders and Optionholders, and no Shareholder or Optionholder shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same.
(e) By their execution of this Agreement, the parties agree that:
(i) Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall be able to rely conclusively on the instructions and decisions of the Shareholders’ Representative as to any actions required or permitted to be taken by the Shareholders or the Shareholders’ Representative hereunder, and no party hereunder shall have any cause of action against Parent or Merger Subsidiary for any action taken by Parent or Merger Subsidiary in reliance upon the instructions or decisions of the Shareholders’ Representative;
(ii) all actions, decisions and instructions of the Shareholders’ Representative shall be conclusive and binding upon all of the Shareholders and Optionholders and no Shareholder or Optionholder shall have any cause of action against the Shareholders’ Representative for any action taken, decision made or instruction given by the Shareholders’ Representative under this Agreement, except for fraud or willful breach of this Agreement by the Shareholders’ Representative;
(iii) remedies available at law for any breach of the provisions of this Section 1.13 are inadequate; therefore, Parent or Merger Subsidiary shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving damages if Parent or Merger Subsidiary brings an action to enforce the provisions of this Section 1.13; and
(iv) the provisions of this Section 1.13 are independent and severable, shall constitute an irrevocable power of attorney, coupled with an interest and surviving death, granted by the Shareholders and Optionholders to the Shareholders’ Representative and shall be binding upon the executors, heirs, legal representatives and successors of each Shareholder.
(f) All fees and expenses incurred in good faith in connection with his obligations hereunder by the Shareholders’ Representative shall be paid by the Shareholders and Optionholders and each Shareholder and Optionholder shall be severally liable for such fees. Furthermore, if any such fees or expenses are outstanding and unpaid as of the first or second anniversary of the Closing Date, then, after fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice to the Shareholders (with a copy to Parent), the Shareholders’ Representative shall be entitled to withhold from the First Installment Payment or the Second Installment Payment, as applicable and if paid, amounts sufficient to compensate him for such outstanding and unpaid fees or expenses.
SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND SHAREHOLDERS.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 17,300,000 shares of Common Stock of which 8,311,432 shares are duly and validly issued, outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable and of which 8,988,568 shares are authorized but unissued and (ii) 2,700,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of which 2,205,240 are duly and validly issued,
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outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable and of which 494,760 are authorized but unissued. There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind for the issuance or sale of, or outstanding securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class of the Company, except as set forth on Schedule 2.3. None of the Company’s capital stock has been issued in violation of any federal or state law. Except as set forth in the Schedule 2.3 attached hereto, there are no voting trusts, voting agreements, proxies or other agreements, instruments or undertakings with respect to the voting of the Company Shares to which the Company or any of the Shareholders is a party.
(b) Each of the Shareholders owns beneficially and of record the Company Shares set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name on Exhibit A hereto, which shares, to the Company’s Knowledge (without any independent investigation by the Company), are free and clear of any liens, restrictions or encumbrances.
(c) The Company has adopted the 2000 Stock Plan (the “Option Plan”) and has not adopted any other stock option plan. The Option Plan provides for the issuance of up to 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, options to purchase 1,589,051 shares of Common Stock have been granted under the Option Plan to the persons, in the amounts and at the exercise prices set forth in Exhibit B. As of the Effective Time, all outstanding options to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Option Plan shall have been exercised or terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 1.9 and there shall be no outstanding options to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Option Plan. Under no circumstances shall Parent or Merger Subsidiary be required to assume or substitute an option or right equivalent to those granted in the Option Plan.
(i) does not and will not violate any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws of the Company;
(ii) does not and will not violate any laws of the United States, or any state or other jurisdiction applicable to the Company, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the Company, or require the Company to obtain any approval, consent or waiver of, or make any filing with, any person or entity (governmental or otherwise) that has not been obtained or made; and
(iii) does not and will not result in a breach of, constitute a default under, accelerate any obligation under, or give rise to a right of termination of any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, contract, instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award to which the Company is a party or by which the property of the Company is bound or affected, or result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance on any of the Company’s assets or the Company Shares, except as specifically identified on Schedule 2.6.
(a) Real Property. All of the real property leased by the Company is identified on Schedule 2.7(a) (herein referred to as the “Leased Real Property.” The Company does not own any real property.
(i) Title. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Lessors of Leased Real Property have good, clear, record and marketable title to the Leased Real Property, and the Company has good, clear, record and marketable title to enforceable leasehold interests in the Leased Real Property, in each case free and clear of all easements, covenants, restrictions, leases, mortgages, liens, assessments, claims, rights, judgments, encroachments or other matters affecting title (collectively, “Encumbrances”), other than:
(ii) Status of Leases. All leases of Leased Real Property are identified on Schedule 2.7(a), and true and complete copies thereof have been delivered to Parent. Each of said leases has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, to the
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Company’s Knowledge, the other parties and is in full force and effect. The Company is not in default under any of said leases, nor has any event occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, or both, would give rise to such a default. To the Company’s Knowledge, the other party to each of said leases is not in default under any of said leases and there is no event which, with notice or the passage of time, or both, would give rise to such a default.
(iii) Consents. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.7(a), no consent or approval is required with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from the other parties to any lease of Leased Real Property, or from any regulatory authority, no filing with any regulatory authority is required in connection therewith, and to the extent that any such consents, approvals or filings are required, the Company or the Shareholders will obtain or complete them before the Closing.
(b) Personal Property. A complete description of the machinery and equipment of the Company is contained in Schedule 2.7(b) hereto. Except as specifically disclosed in said Schedule or in the Base Balance Sheet (as hereinafter defined), the Company has good and marketable title to all of its personal property. None of such personal property or assets is subject to any mortgage, pledge, lien, conditional sale agreement, security title, encumbrance or other charge except as specifically disclosed in said Schedule or in the Base Balance Sheet. The Base Balance Sheet reflects all personal property of the Company except as set forth in Schedule 2.7(b). Except as otherwise specified in Schedule 2.7(b) hereto, all leasehold improvements, furnishings, machinery and equipment of the Company are in good repair, have been well maintained, and substantially comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations, and such machinery and equipment is in good working order. Neither the Company nor any of the Shareholders knows of any pending or threatened change of any such law, ordinance or regulation that could adversely affect the Company or its businesses.
(a) The Company has delivered to Parent the Balance sheet of the Company for its fiscal year ending on March 31, 2004 (the “Base Balance Sheet”) and statements of operations, retained earnings and cash flows for the year then ended, copies of which are attached hereto as Schedule 2.8. Said financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently during the period covered thereby, are complete and correct in all material respects and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Company at the date of said statements and the results of its operations for the period covered thereby.
(b) As of the date of the Base Balance Sheet, the Company had no liabilities of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown (including without limitation, liabilities as guarantor or otherwise with respect to obligations of others, liabilities for taxes due or then accrued or to become due, or contingent or potential liabilities relating to activities of the Company or the conduct of its business prior to the date of the Base Balance Sheet regardless of whether claims in respect thereof had been asserted as of such date), except liabilities stated or adequately reserved against on the Base Balance Sheet or reflected in Schedules furnished to Parent hereunder as of the date hereof or in
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connection with the contracts of the Company listed on Schedule 2.15, including, but not limited to, the Company’s office lease or in connection with written contracts of the Company not required to be listed on Schedule 2.15 that were entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(c) The Company has not had nor will have any liabilities of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown (including without limitation, liabilities as guarantor or otherwise with respect to obligations of others, or liabilities for taxes due or then accrued or to become due or contingent or potential liabilities relating to activities of the Company or the conduct of its business prior to the date hereof, regardless of whether claims in respect thereof had been asserted as of such date), except liabilities (i) stated or adequately reserved against on the Base Balance Sheet or the notes thereto, (ii) reflected in Schedules furnished to Parent hereunder on the date hereof, (iii) incurred after the date of the Base Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business of the Company consistent with the terms of this Agreement, (iv) resulting from contracts of the Company listed on Schedule 2.15, including but not limited to, the Company’s office lease or resulting from written contracts of the Company not required to be listed on Schedule 2.15 that were entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(a) The Company has paid or caused to be paid all federal, state, local, foreign, and other taxes, including without limitation, income taxes, estimated taxes, alternative minimum taxes, excise taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, value-added taxes, gross receipts taxes, franchise taxes, capital stock taxes, employment and payroll-related taxes, withholding taxes, stamp taxes, transfer taxes, windfall profit taxes, environmental taxes and property taxes, whether or not measured in whole or in part by net income, and all deficiencies, or other additions to tax, interest, fines and penalties owed by it (collectively, “Taxes”), required to be paid by it through the date hereof whether disputed or not.
(b) The Company has, in accordance with applicable law filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by it through the date hereof, and all such returns correctly and accurately set forth the amount of any Taxes relating to the applicable period. A list of all federal, state, local and foreign income tax returns filed with respect to the Company for taxable periods ended on or after December 31, 1999 is set forth in Schedule 2.9 attached hereto, and none of such returns has been audited or is currently the subject of an audit. For each taxable period of the Company ended on or after December 31, 1999 the Company has delivered to Parent correct and complete copies of all federal, state, local and foreign income tax returns, examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Company.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.9, neither the Internal Revenue Service nor any other governmental authority is now asserting in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any Principal Shareholder, has threatened in writing to assert against the Company any deficiency or claim for additional Taxes. No claim has ever been made in writing by an authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file reports and returns that the Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. There are no security interests on any of the
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assets of the Company that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Taxes. The Company has never entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
(d) There has not been any audit of any tax return filed by the Company, no such audit is in progress, and the Company has not been notified in writing by any tax authority that any such audit is contemplated or pending. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.9, no extension of time with respect to any date on which a tax return was or is to be filed by the Company is in force, and no waiver or agreement by the Company is in force for the extension of time for the assessment or payment of any Taxes.
(e) The Company has never been (nor has ever had any liability for unpaid Taxes because it once was) a member of an “affiliated group” (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code). The Company has never filed, and has never been required to file, a consolidated, combined or unitary tax return with any other entity. The Company does not own and has never owned a direct or indirect interest in any trust, partnership, corporation or other entity. The Company is not a party to any tax sharing agreement.
(f) For purposes of this Agreement, all references to Sections of the Code shall include any predecessor provisions to such Sections and any similar provisions of federal, state, local or foreign law.
(a) Any change in the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or operations of the Company, which change by itself or in conjunction with all other such changes, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, has been materially adverse with respect to the Company;
(b) Any contingent liability incurred by the Company as guarantor or otherwise with respect to the obligations of others or any cancellation of any material debt or claim owing to, or waiver of any material right of, the Company;
(c) Any mortgage, encumbrance or lien placed on any of the properties of the Company which remains in existence on the date hereof or will remain on the Closing Date;
(d) Any obligation or liability of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown (including without limitation
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liabilities for Taxes due or to become due or contingent or potential liabilities relating to products or services provided by the Company or the conduct of the business of the Company since the date of the Base Balance Sheet regardless of whether claims in respect thereof have been asserted), incurred by the Company other than obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with the terms of this Agreement (it being understood that product or service liability claims shall not be deemed to be incurred in the ordinary course of business);
(e) Any purchase, sale or other disposition, or any agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, sale or other disposition, of any of the properties or assets of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, materially and adversely affecting the properties, assets or business of the Company;
(g) Any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend by the Company, or the making of any other distribution in respect of the capital stock of the Company, or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition by the Company of its own capital stock;
(h) Any labor trouble or claim of unfair labor practices involving the Company; any change in the compensation payable or to become payable by the Company to any of its officers, employees, agents or independent contractors other than normal merit increases in accordance with its usual practices; or any bonus payment or arrangement made to or with any of such officers, employees, agents or independent contractors;
(i) Any change with respect to the officers or management of the Company;
(j) Any payment or discharge of a material lien or liability of the Company which was not shown on the Base Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of business thereafter;
(k) Any obligation or liability incurred by the Company to any of its officers, directors, shareholders or employees, or any loans or advances made by the Company to any of its officers, directors, shareholders or employees, except normal compensation and expense allowances payable to officers, directors or employees;
(l) Any change in accounting methods or practices, credit practices or collection policies used by the Company;
(m) Any other transaction entered into by the Company other than transactions in the ordinary course of business; or
(n) Any agreement or understanding whether in writing or otherwise, for the Company to take any of the actions specified in paragraphs (a) through (m) above.
(a) For the purposes of this Agreement:
(b) Except as described in Schedule 2.14(b)(i), the Company (i) owns and has independently developed, or (ii) has the valid right or license to all Intellectual Property Rights used or to be used in the business of the Company as presently conducted or contemplated (the “Business”) (such Intellectual Property Rights being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “IP Rights”) to the extent that such Intellectual Property Rights are material to the Business. Such IP Rights are sufficient in all material respects for the present conduct of the Business. As used in this Section, “Owned IP Rights” means IP Rights which are owned by or purported to be owned by or exclusively licensed to Company in connection with the Business; and “Licensed IP Rights” means IP Rights which are not Owned IP Rights. Schedule 2.14(b)(ii) contains a true and accurate list of all the IP Rights, including but not limited to Owned IP Rights and Licensed IP Rights.
(c) Except as described in Schedule 2.14(c), neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of any other transactions or the execution of any other agreements contemplated by this Agreement will, in accordance with their terms: (i) constitute a material breach of or default under any instrument, contract, license or other agreement governing any IP Right (collectively, the “IP Rights Agreements”); (ii) cause the forfeiture or termination of, or give rise to a right of forfeiture or termination of, any IP Right; or (iii) materially impair the right of Parent to use, possess, sell or license any IP Right or portion thereof. Except as described in Schedule 2.14(c), there are no royalties, honoraria, fees or other payments payable by Company to any third person or party (other than salaries payable to employees and independent contractors not contingent on or related to use of their work product) as a result of the ownership, use, possession, license-in, sale, marketing, advertising or disposition of any IP Rights to the extent necessary for the conduct of the Business and none will become payable as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Except as described in Schedule 2.14(d), neither the use (including without limitation, display, distribution, reproduction and/or modification), development, manufacture, marketing, license, sale, furnishing nor intended use of any IP Rights currently licensed, utilized (including without limitation, displayed, distributed, reproduced and/or modified), sold, provided or furnished by the Company or currently under development by the Company violates any license or agreement between the Company and any third party or infringes or misappropriates any Intellectual Property Right (other than patents or patent applications) or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any patents or patent applications of any other party. Except as described in Schedule 2.14(d), there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened claim or litigation contesting the validity, ownership or right of the Company to exercise any IP Right nor is there, to the Company’s Knowledge, any legitimate basis for any such claim, nor has the Company received any notice asserting that any IP Right or the proposed use, sale, license or disposition thereof conflicts or will conflict with the rights of
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any other party, nor is there, to the Company’s Knowledge, any legitimate basis for any such assertion.
(e) To the Company’s Knowledge and except as described in Schedule 2.14(e), no current or former employee of the Company (an “Employee”) or Contractor: (i) to the Company’s Knowledge, is in material violation of any term or covenant of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, noncompetition agreement or any other contract or agreement with any other party by virtue of such Employee’s or Contractor’s being employed by or performing services for the Company or using trade secrets or proprietary information of others without permission in connection with the Business; or (ii) has developed any technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable, or otherwise proprietary work for the Company in connection with the Business that (x) is subject to any agreement under which such Employee or Contractor has assigned or otherwise granted to any third party any rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) in or to such technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable or otherwise proprietary work or (y) is being retained by such Employee or Contractor for his or her own purpose. The employment of any Employee or the use of the services of any Contractor does not subject the Company to any liability to any third party for improperly soliciting such Employee or Contractor to work for the Company, whether such liability is based on contractual or other legal obligations to such third party.
(f) Except as described in Schedule 2.14(f), the Company has not embedded any open source, copyleft or community source code in any of its software or other products which are generally available or in development, including but not limited to any libraries or code licensed under the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License or similar license arrangement.
(g) The Company has taken all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect, preserve and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of confidential information and to preserve and maintain all their interests and proprietary rights in IP Rights. Except as described in Schedule 2.14(g), all Employees and Contractors having access to, or involved in the creation of, proprietary information relating to the Business have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement regarding the protection of such proprietary information and the assignment of Intellectual Property Rights to the Company; and copies of all such agreements have been delivered to Parent. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.14(g), the Company has secured valid written assignments from all Contractors and Employees, and any other third parties who were involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Owned IP Rights, of all the rights (except with respect to Moral Rights, all such rights to the fullest extent permitted by law) to such contributions that were created, made or developed by such Persons (alone or jointly with others) or that the Company does not already own by operation of law. Except as described in Schedule 2.14(g), no current or former Employee, director or Contractor or any third party has any right, license, claim or interest whatsoever in or with respect to any IP Rights.
(h) Schedule 2.14(h) contains, with respect to the Business, a true and complete list of (i) all worldwide registrations made by or on behalf of the Company of any patents, copyrights, mask works, trademarks, service marks, rights in Internet or World Wide Web domain names or URLs with any governmental or quasi-Governmental Authority,
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including Internet domain name registrars; and (ii) all applications, registrations, filings and other formal written governmental actions made or taken pursuant to federal, state and foreign laws by the Company to secure, perfect or protect its interest in IP Rights, including all patent applications, copyright applications, and applications for registration of trademarks and service marks. With respect to the Business, all registered trademarks, registered service marks, registered rights in Internet or World Wide Web domain names or URLs, and registered copyrights held by the Company are valid, enforceable and subsisting. The Company does not own any patents or have any patent applications pending.
(i) The Company owns all right, title and interest in and to all Owned IP Rights free and clear of all Encumbrances and licenses (other than licenses and rights listed in Schedule 2.14(i)). Upon the Closing Date, the Company’s right, license and interest in and to all Licensed IP Rights will be free and clear of all Encumbrances and licenses (other than the ownership interests of the applicable third party licensors, and the license rights and other rights that may have been granted to third parties by such licensors, and other than licenses and rights listed in Schedule 2.14(i)).
(j) Schedule 2.14(j) contains a true and complete list of (i) all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements as to which the Company is a party and pursuant to which any Employee or Contractor is authorized to use any IP Rights, and (ii) all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements as to which the Company is a party and pursuant to which the Company is authorized to use any third party Intellectual Property Rights used in the conduct of the Business.
(k) To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement or misappropriation of any IP Rights by any third party, including any Employee or former Employee. The Company has not agreed to indemnify any Employee or Contractor for any infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party by any product or service that has been sold, licensed to third parties, leased to third parties, supplied, marketed, distributed, or provided by the Company in connection with the Business.
(l) All software developed in connection with the Business and licensed by the Company in connection with the Business and all services provided by or through the Company to any customers in connection with the Business on or prior to the Closing Date conforms in all material respects (to the extent required in contracts with such customers) to applicable contractual commitments, and any applicable express and implied representations and/or warranties provided to such customers and the Company has no material liability (and, there is, to the Company’s Knowledge, no legitimate basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim or demand against the Company giving rise to any material liability relating to the foregoing contracts) for replacement or repair thereof or other damages in connection therewith in excess of any reserves therefore reflected on the Base Balance Sheet.
(m) No government funding, facilities of a university, college, other educational institution or research center, was used in the development of any IP Rights. No current or former Employee or Contractor, who was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any IP Rights, has performed services for the government, university,
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college, or other educational institution or research center during a period of time during which such Employee or Contractor was also performing services for the Company.
(n) The Company has not collected any User Data from any third parties except as described on Schedule 2.14(n). The Company has complied with all applicable laws and its published privacy policies relating to (a) the privacy of users of its products and services and all Internet websites owned, maintained or operated by the Company and (b) the collection, storage and transfer of any User Data collected by the Company or by third parties having authorized access to the records of the Company. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement complies with all applicable laws relating to privacy and with the privacy policies of the Company and all consents or authorizations required by such laws and such privacy policies have been obtained. Copies of all current and prior privacy policies of Company, including the privacy policies included in the Company’s Internet website, are attached as Schedule 2.14(n). Each such privacy policy and all materials distributed or marketed by the Company has at all times made all disclosures to users or customers required by applicable laws and none of such disclosures made or contained in any such privacy policy or in any such materials have been inaccurate, misleading or deceptive or in violation of any applicable laws.
(a) any plan or contract providing for bonuses, pensions, options, stock purchases, deferred compensation, retirement payments, profit sharing, collective bargaining or the like, or any contract or agreement with any labor union;
(b) any employment contract or contract for personal services which requires the payment of more than $75,000 annually or which is not terminable within 30 days by the Company or a Subsidiary without liability for any penalty or severance payment;
(c) any contract or agreement for the purchase by the Company of any commodity, material or equipment except purchase orders in the ordinary course for less than $10,000 each, such orders not exceeding $25,000 in the aggregate;
(d) any other contracts or agreements creating any obligations of the Company of $10,000 or more with respect to any such contract or agreement not specifically disclosed elsewhere under this Agreement which by its terms does not terminate or is not terminable without penalty by the Company or their successors within one year after the date hereof;
(e) any contract with any sales agent or distributor of products of the Company;
(f) any contract containing covenants limiting the freedom of the Company to compete in any line of business or with any Person or entity;
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(g) any contract or agreement for the purchase of any fixed asset for a price in excess of $25,000, whether or not such purchase is in the ordinary course of business;
(h) any license agreement (as licensor or licensee), except for off-the-shelf shrink wrap licenses;
(i) any indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement, guaranty or other agreement or commitment for the borrowing of money by the Company; or
(j) any contract or agreement with any officer, employee, director or shareholder of the Company or with any Persons or organizations controlled by or affiliated with any of them.
(a) Schedule 2.24 lists every Employee Program (as defined below) that has been maintained (as defined below) by the Company at any time during the three-year period ending on the Closing Date. The Company has not maintained any Employee Programs other than those disclosed on Schedule 2.24.
(b) Each Employee Program that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code is subject to a favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regarding its qualification under such section and the Company is not aware of any circumstances that are reasonably likely to result in the revocation of such opinion letter. No Employee Program is funded through an organization described in Code Section 501(c)(9).
(c) The Company does not know and has no reason to know, of any failure of any party to comply with any laws applicable to the Employee Programs that have been maintained by the Company. With respect to any Employee Program ever maintained by the Company, there has occurred no “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or Code Section 4975, or breach of any duty under ERISA or other applicable law (including, without limitation, any health care continuation requirements or any other tax law requirements, or conditions to favorable tax treatment, applicable to such plan), which could result, directly or indirectly, in any
taxes, penalties or other liability to the Company or Parent. No litigation, arbitration, or governmental administrative proceeding (or investigation) or other proceeding (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or threatened with respect to any such Employee Program.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Affiliate (as defined below) (i) has ever maintained any Employee Program which has been subject to title IV of ERISA (including, but not limited to, any Multiemployer Plan (as defined below)) or (ii) has ever provided health care, life insurance or other welfare type benefits to any employees after their employment is terminated (other than as required by part 6 of subtitle B of title I of ERISA or similar state law) or has ever promised to provide such post-termination benefits.
(e) With respect to each Employee Program maintained by the Company within the three years preceding the Closing, complete and correct copies of the following documents (if applicable to such Employee Program) have previously been delivered to Parent: (i) all documents embodying or governing such Employee Program, and any funding medium for the Employee Program (including, without limitation, trust agreements) as they may have been amended; (ii) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letter, if any, with respect to such Employee Program under Code Section 401 (a), and any applications for determination or approval subsequently filed with the IRS; (iii) the three most recently filed IRS Forms 5500, if any, with all applicable schedules and accountants’ opinions attached thereto; (iv) the summary plan description for such Employee Program (or other descriptions of such Employee Program provided to employees) and all modifications thereto; (v) any insurance policy (including any fiduciary liability insurance policy) related to such Employee Program; (vi) any documents evidencing any loan to an Employee Program that is a leveraged employee stock ownership plan; and (vii) all other materials that are reasonably necessary for Parent to perform any of its responsibilities with respect to any Employee Program subsequent to the Closing (including, without limitation, health care continuation requirements).
(f) For purposes of this section:
(i) “Employee Program” means (A) all employee benefit plans within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(3), including, but not limited to, multiple employer welfare arrangements (within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(40)), plans to which more than one unaffiliated employer contributes and employee benefit plans (such as foreign or excess benefit plans) which are not subject to ERISA; and (B) all stock option plans, bonus or incentive award plans, severance pay policies or agreements, deferred compensation agreements, supplemental income arrangements, vacation plans, and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, and arrangements not described in (A) above. In the case of an Employee Program funded through an organization described in Code Section 501(c)(9), each reference to such Employee Program shall include a reference to such organization.
(ii) An entity “maintains” an Employee Program if such entity sponsors, contributes to, or provides (or has promised to provide) benefits under such Employee Program, or has any obligation (by agreement or under applicable law) to contribute to or provide benefits under such Employee Program, or if such Employee
Program provides benefits to or otherwise covers employees of such entity, or their spouses, dependents, or beneficiaries.
(iii) An entity is an “Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under ERISA Section 4001(b) or part of the same “controlled group” as the Company for purposes of ERISA Section 302(d)(8)(C).
(iv) “Multiemployer Plan” means a (pension or non-pension) employee benefit plan to which more than one employer contributes and which is maintained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements.
(a) (i) The Company has no liability under, and has never violated, any Environmental Law (as defined below); (ii) the Company and any property operated, leased, or used exclusively by the Company, are presently in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) the Company has never entered into or been subject to any judgment, consent decree, compliance order, or administrative order with respect to any environmental or health and safety matter or received any request for information, notice, demand letter, administrative inquiry, or formal or informal complaint or claim with respect to any environmental or health and safety matter or the enforcement of any Environmental Law; and (iv) the Company has no reason to believe that any of the items enumerated in clause (iii) of this subsection will be forthcoming.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.25, “Environmental Law” shall mean any environmental or health and safety-related law, regulation, rule, ordinance, or by-law at the foreign, federal, state, or local level, whether existing as of the date hereof, previously enforced, or subsequently enacted; and “Company” shall mean and include Company and all other entities for whose conduct the Company is or may be held responsible under any Environmental Law.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS.
(i) does not and will not violate any laws of the United States or any state or other jurisdiction applicable to such Principal Shareholder, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on such Principal Shareholder, or require such Principal Shareholder to obtain any approval, consent or waiver from, or make any filing with, any Person or entity (governmental or otherwise) that has not been obtained or made; and
(ii) does not and will not result in a breach of, constitute a default under, accelerate any obligation under, or give rise to a right of termination of, any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, contract, instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award to which such Principal Shareholder is a party or by which the property of such Principal Shareholder is bound or affected or result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance on any assets of the Company or on Company Shares owned by such Principal Shareholder, except as specifically identified on Schedule 3.3.
SECTION 4. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS.
(a) For the purposes of this Agreement:
(b) The Principal Shareholders hereby acknowledge that Parent and Merger Subsidiary will invest substantial time, money and resources in acquiring the Business, as well as in the development and retention of the Company’s inventions, confidential information, customers, accounts and business partners of the Business. Therefore, each Principal Shareholder hereby agrees that, if allowed to participate in a competitive business in violation of this Section 4.3, such Principal Shareholder would substantially impair the value of the Business being acquired by Parent and Merger Subsidiary. Each Principal Shareholder agrees that for a three (3) year period following the Closing Date, such Principal Shareholder shall not, in any capacity, or in association with others, directly or indirectly, as advisor, agent, owner, partner, shareholder, beneficial owner or in any other capacity, engage or participate in, be employed by or assist in any manner or in any capacity, or have any interest in or make any loan to any Person, firm, corporation or business, or any division of a business, that engages primarily in the business of providing online news, reviews, community and e-commerce related to the entertainment industry or any other business activities substantially similar to those conducted by the Company through the www.rottentomatoes.com website on or prior to the date hereof in any state of the United States or any other location in which access to the Internet is available; provided, however, the foregoing shall not prevent a Principal Shareholder from owning beneficially or of record up to one percent of the outstanding securities of a publicly-held corporation which engages in competitive activities.
(c) During the three (3) year period following the Closing Date, each Principal Shareholder shall use its best efforts to ensure that such Principal Shareholders do not, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of any of such Principal Shareholders or their respective Affiliated Parties:
(i) engage in the business of providing online news, reviews, community and e-commerce related to the entertainment industry or any other business activities substantially similar to those conducted by the Company through the www.rottentomatoes.com website on or prior to the date hereof in any state of the United States or any other location in which access to the Internet is available;
(ii) solicit for employment any Person who is currently employed or becomes employed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation or an independent contractor of Parent or the Surviving Corporation or an Affiliated Party of Parent or the Surviving Corporation in connection with the Business (it being understood that this clause shall not prohibit the Principal Shareholders from employing an employee of Parent or the Surviving Corporation or an Affiliated Party of Parent or the Surviving Corporation that initiates contact with the Principal Shareholders and seeks employment from the Principal Shareholders); or
(iii) solicit or entice advertisers, suppliers or customers of Parent or the Surviving Corporation or an Affiliated Party of Parent or the Surviving Corporation to cease doing business with or reduce its relationship with Parent or the Surviving Corporation or an Affiliated Party of Parent or the Surviving Corporation.
(d) In the event of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in this Section 4.3 by any Principal Shareholder, Parent or the Surviving Corporation will be entitled to an injunction or other appropriate equitable relief against such Principal Shareholder restraining such breach in addition to any other remedies provided by law or equity without having to show or prove actual damage to Parent or the Surviving Corporation. In the event that any covenant in this Section 4.3 is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction or any other governmental authority, it is agreed and understood that such covenant will not be voided but rather will be construed to impose limitations upon Parent’s, the Surviving Corporation’s or the Principal Shareholders’ activities no greater than those allowable under then applicable law.
(e) In the event that Parent defaults on its payment obligations and the Shareholders’ Representative exercises its right to acceleration under Section 1.10, the covenants set forth in this Section 4.3 shall terminate; provided; however, that if, subsequent to such default and acceleration, Parent satisfies its payment obligations under Section 1.10 in full, the provisions of this Section 4.3 shall be deemed not to have terminated and shall be binding obligations.
(a) The Company and the Principal Shareholders shall cooperate with Parent to permit the Company in accordance with applicable law to promptly prepare and file on or
before the due date or any extension thereof all federal, state and local tax returns required to be filed by the Company with respect to taxable periods ending on or before the Closing. The Company and Parent will prepare and file such returns in accordance with the past practices of the Company.
(b) On the Closing Date, the Company will not incur, and Parent will not permit the Company to incur, any tax liability after the Effective Time other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Company.
(c) The Shareholders and the Parent acknowledge and agree that the First Installment Payment, Second Installment Payment, First Installment Preferred Consideration and Second Installment Preferred Consideration (the “Deferred Consideration”) will be bifurcated pursuant to Section 1.1275-4(c)(2) of the Treasury Regulations into contingent and noncontingent payments. To the extent that the payments are contingent, a portion of the Deferred Consideration will be treated as a payment of interest to the Shareholders, and Parent will be permitted to claim a corresponding interest deduction, pursuant to Section 1.1275-4(c)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. Parent agrees to report for income tax purposes any payment of interest to the Shareholders with regard to the contingent payments as the payments are made to the Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement in a manner consistent with Section 1.1275-4(c)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. To the extent that the payments are noncontingent, the rules of Section 1.1275-4(c)(3) and Code Section 1274 shall apply; provided, however, that the total amount of the contingent payments in the Deferred Consideration shall not exceed the Maximum Indemnification Amount. The Company shall determine the appropriate bifurcation of the Deferred Consideration in its sole discretion.
(a) the Company will not adopt or propose any change to its Articles of Incorporation or By-laws;
(b) the Company will not merge or consolidate with any other Person or acquire a material amount of stock or assets of any other Person;
(c) the Company will not sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any assets, securities or property except (i) pursuant to any existing contracts or commitments set forth on Schedule 2.15 and (ii) in the ordinary course consistent with past practice;
(d) the Company will not (i) take any action that would make any representation and warranty of the Company hereunder inaccurate in any material respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Effective Time or (ii) omit to take any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate in any material respect at any such time;
(e) the Company will not adopt or amend any bonus, profit sharing, compensation, severance, termination, stock option, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment or employee benefit plan, agreement, trust, plan, fund or other arrangement for the benefit and welfare of any director, officer or employee;
(f) the Company will not increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any director, officer or employee;
(g) the Company will not pay any benefit not required by any currently existing plan or arrangement (including, without limitation, grant stock options or stock appreciation rights or remove existing restrictions in any benefit plans or agreements);
(h) without the prior written consent of Parent, the Company will not make or change any Tax election, change any annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any method of Tax accounting, file any amended return, enter into any closing agreement, settle any Tax claim or assessment, surrender any right to claim a Tax refund (or offset or other reduction in Tax liability), consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment or take or omit to take any other action relating to the filing of any return or the payment of any Tax, if such election, adoption, change, amendment, agreement, settlement, action or omission would have the effect of materially increasing the Tax liability or materially reducing any Tax attribute of the Company on the Closing Date;
(i) the Company will not forgive any existing indebtedness to the Company or discharge any security interest in favor of the Company, or make any loans, advances (other than to customers of the Company in an aggregate amount not in excess of $10,000) or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;
(j) the Company will not pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with their terms, of material liabilities reflected or reserved against in, or contemplated by, the most financial statements (or the notes thereto) of the Company set forth in Schedule 2.8;
(k) the Company will not enter into any contract that may result in total payments or liability by in excess of $10,000, and the Company will not enter into multiple contracts which may result in total aggregate payments or liability by or to it in excess of $25,000;
(l) the Company will not enter into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any action that would constitute a violation of or default under any contract set forth in Schedule 2.15;
(m) the Company will not make or commit to make capital expenditures in excess of $15,000 in the aggregate;
(n) the Company will not, without prior notification and consultation with Parent, terminate any employee under circumstances which would result in severance payments
to such employee or pay any severance benefits to any employee on account of such employee’s termination other than in accordance with past practice disclosed on Schedule 2.24;
(o) the Company will maintain in full force and effect in all material respects the insurance policies listed on Schedule 2.18 or substantially similar replacement policies;
(p) the Company will not create, incur or assume any indebtedness (including, without limitation, refinancing or modifying any existing indebtedness), assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether, directly, contingently or otherwise) for the indebtedness of another Person, enter into any agreement to maintain any financial statement condition of another Person or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing;
(q) the Company will not mortgage or pledge any of its property or assets or subject any such property or assets to any security interest;
(r) the Company will not change any of its methods, principles or practices of accounting currently in effect other than as required by GAAP;
(s) the Company will not enter into or amend or otherwise modify any agreement or arrangement with Persons that are affiliates or, as of the date of this Agreement, are officers or directors of the Company;
(t) the Company will not institute or settle any legal proceeding involving the Company or in connection with which the Company could have any liability or obligations; and
(u) the Company will not license, encumber or transfer to any person or entity any rights to Intellectual Property Rights other than licenses or transfers necessary to conduct development or perform services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(v) the Company will not write down or write up (or fail to write down or write up in accordance with consistent past practice) the value of any receivables or revalue any assets of the Company, other than in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with GAAP;
(w) the Company will not allow any permit that was issued or related to the Company to lapse or terminate or fail to renew any such permit or any insurance policy that is scheduled to terminate or expire within 30 calendar days of the date of this Agreement; and
(x) the Company will not (A) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution or payment (whether in cash, stock or other property) with respect to any of the Company Shares or (B) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares of capital stock, or make any commitment for any such action;
(y) the Company will not agree or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the written consent of the Shareholders of the Company to the approval and adoption of (i) this Agreement
and the Merger and (ii) any other matters submitted to the Shareholders in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Shareholder Proposals”) as soon as reasonably practicable following the date hereof. The directors of the Company shall recommend approval and adoption of the Shareholder Proposals by the Shareholders of the Company. In connection with the solicitation of written consents, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to otherwise comply with all legal requirements applicable to the solicitation of written consents. The Company shall provide Parent with the opportunity to review and provide comments on such disclosure information at a reasonable time prior to the circulation of such materials to the Shareholders and will in good faith consider all comments made by Parent. Such disclosure information will be prepared by the Company and be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, with indication of such satisfaction not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUBSIDIARY.
(a) does not and will not violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws of Parent;
(b) does not and will not violate any laws of the United States, or any state or other jurisdiction applicable to Parent, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse affect on Parent, or require Parent to obtain any approval, consent or waiver of, or make any filing with, any person or entity (governmental or otherwise) that has not been obtained or made; and
(c) does not and will not result in a breach of, constitute a default under, accelerate any obligation under, or give rise to a right of termination of any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, contract, instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award to which Parent is a party or by which the property of Parent is bound or affected, except as identified on Schedule 5.4.
SECTION 6. COVENANTS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUBSIDIARY.
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS.
(a) Representations; Warranties; Covenants. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Principal Shareholders contained in this Agreement qualified as to materiality or “material adverse effect” and the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.3 shall be true and correct in all respects and each of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Principal Shareholders contained in this Agreement not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except for such representations and warranties that speak specifically as of the date hereof or as of another date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date); and the Company and each of the Principal Shareholders shall, on or before the Closing, have performed in all material respects all of their obligations hereunder which by the terms hereof are to be performed on or before the Closing.
(b) No Material Change. There shall have been no material adverse change in the financial condition, prospects, properties, assets, liabilities, business or operations of the Company, taken as a whole, since April 28, 2004, other than any such effects relating to (a) the United States economy in general or the Company’s industry in general (other than those that would have a materially disproportionate effect relative to other industry participants on the Company), or (b) the execution of this Agreement and the announcement, and the possible consummation, of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Certificate from Officers. The Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate of the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer dated as of the Closing to the effect that the statements set forth in paragraph (a) and (b) above in this Section 7.1 are true and correct.
(d) Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date, Parent shall have received from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, counsel for the Company, an opinion as of said date, in form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(e) No Litigation. There shall have been no determination by Parent, acting in good faith, that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has become inadvisable or impracticable by reason of the institution or threat by any Person or any federal, state or other governmental authority of litigation, proceedings or other action against Parent, the Company or any Shareholder.
(f) Consents. The Company or the Shareholders shall have made all filings with and notifications of governmental authorities, regulatory agencies and other entities required to be made by the Company or the Shareholders in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the continued operation of the business of the Company by Parent subsequent to the Closing; and the Company, the Shareholders and Parent shall have received all authorizations, waivers, consents
and permits, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, from all third parties, including, without limitation, applicable governmental authorities, regulatory agencies, lessors, lenders and contract parties, required to permit the continuation of the Business of the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to avoid a breach, default, termination, acceleration or modification of any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, contract, instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award as a result of, or in connection with, the execution and performance of this Agreement.
(g) Employment Agreements. Each of Patrick Lee, Stephen Wang and Senh Duong shall have executed and delivered to Parent an Employment Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
(h) FIRPTA Withholding. The Company shall have delivered to Parent a properly executed certificate in the form provided on Exhibit E, certifying that the Company Shares do not constitute “United States real property interests” under Section 897(c) of the Code, for purposes of satisfying Parent’s obligations under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3). In addition, simultaneously with delivery of such certification, the Company shall have delivered to Parent a form of notice to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2(h)(2) along with written authorization for Parent to deliver such notice form to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the Company upon the Closing, in the form provided on Exhibit E.
(i) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(j) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(k) Employee Programs. The Company shall have taken all steps necessary under the relevant documents and applicable law to maintain the qualification of each Employee Program identified on Schedule 2.24.
(l) Resignations. The Company shall have delivered to Parent the resignations of all of the Directors of the Company and of such officers of the Company as may be requested by Parent at least five (5) days prior to the Closing, such resignations to be effective at the Closing.
(m) Releases. The Company shall have delivered to Parent general releases signed by each of the Principal Shareholders of all claims which any of them have against the Company in the form attached here to as Exhibit F.
(n) Shareholder Approval. The Company’s Shareholders shall have approved the Transactions in accordance with the California Code.
(a) Representations; Warranties; Covenants. Each of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Subsidiary contained in this Agreement qualified as to materiality or “material adverse effect” shall be true and correct in all respects and each of the representations and warranties of the Parent and Merger Subsidiary contained in this Agreement not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except for such representations and warranties that speak specifically as of the date hereof or as of another date, which shall be true and correct as of such date); Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall, on or before the Closing, have performed in all material respects all of their obligations hereunder which by the terms hereof are to be performed on or before the Closing; and Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall have delivered to the Company and the Shareholders a certificate of their President or any Vice President of Parent and Merger Subsidiary dated on the Closing to such effect.
(b) No Litigation. There shall have been no determination by the Company, acting in good faith, that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has become inadvisable or impracticable by reason of the institution or threat by any Person or any federal, state or other governmental authority of material litigation, proceedings or other action against Parent, Merger Subsidiary, the Company, any Subsidiary or any Shareholder.
(c) Consents. Parent shall have made all filings with and notifications of governmental authorities, regulatory agencies and other entities required to be made by Parent in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby; and the Company, the Shareholders and Parent shall have received all authorizations, waivers, consents and permits, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Shareholders, from all third parties, including, without limitation, applicable governmental authorities, regulatory agencies, lessors, lenders (including those lenders set forth on Schedule 5.4) and contract parties, required to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to avoid a breach, default, termination, acceleration or modification of any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, contract, instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award as a result of, or in connection with, the execution and performance of this Agreement.
(d) Employment Agreements. Parent shall have executed and delivered to each of Patrick Lee, Stephen Wang and Senh Duong an Employment Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
(e) Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have received from Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Parent and Merger Subsidiary, an opinion as of said date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.
(f) Shareholder Approval. Parent, as the Merger Subsidiary’s sole shareholder, shall have approved the Transactions in accordance with the California Code.
SECTION 8. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS SUBSEQUENT TO CLOSING.
SECTION 9. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) breach of Section 2.3 of this Agreement, fraud, intentional misrepresentation or a deliberate or willful breach by the Company or any Shareholder or Optionholder of any of their representations, warranties or covenants under this Agreement or in any certificate, schedule or exhibit delivered pursuant hereto;
(b) any other breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Company or any Shareholder or Optionholder under this Agreement or in any certificate, schedule or exhibit delivered pursuant hereto, or by reason of any claim, action or proceeding asserted or instituted growing out of any matter or thing constituting a breach of such representations, warranties or covenants;
(c) any liability of the Company or any Subsidiary for Taxes for any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date or otherwise allocable to a portion of the taxable period ending on the Closing Date using the appropriate allocation method set forth in Section 1.11(e); provided, that the Shareholders and Optionholders shall not be responsible for, and shall not be required to indemnify Parent Indemnified Parties against, any Taxes to the extent that such Taxes do not exceed the accrued liability for Taxes taken into account in determining the Closing Working Capital under Section 1.11(b), if any; and
(d) the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount, if any.
(a) No indemnification shall be payable pursuant to Subsection 9.1(b) above to any Parent Indemnified Party, unless the total of all claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 shall exceed $75,000 in the aggregate, whereupon the full amount of such claims shall be recoverable in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that the maximum liability of the Shareholders and Optionholders to Parent Indemnified Parties shall be (i) Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate for claims made during the period of time beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Maximum First Installment Indemnification”) and (ii) an amount equal to (x) Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000) minus (y) the extent to which the Shareholders and Optionholders liability to Parent Indemnified Parties during the period of time beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Closing Date exceeds One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000), if at all, in the aggregate for claims made during the period of time beginning on the day after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on the second anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Maximum Second Installment Indemnification”); provided, that the aggregate amount of claims subject to indemnification by the Shareholders and Optionholders shall not exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (the “Maximum Indemnification Amount”).
(b) No indemnification shall be payable to a Parent Indemnified Party with respect to claims asserted pursuant to Subsection 9.1(b) (exclusive of any claims for indemnification (i) for Taxes or based upon or related to a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant with respect to Taxes or tax related matters, or (ii) based upon or related to a breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Section 2.3 of this Agreement) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Indemnification Cut-Off Date”).
(c) The provisions of Section 9.2(a) shall not apply to claims for indemnification made pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or 9.1(d).
(d) In case any event shall occur which would otherwise entitle either party to assert a claim for indemnification hereunder, no loss, damage or expense shall be deemed to have been sustained by such party to the extent of (i) any tax savings actually realized by such party with respect thereto, or (ii) any proceeds actually received by such party from any insurance policies with respect thereto (less expenses incurred in obtaining such insurance proceeds and excluding any Tax benefit arising from timing a difference under Tax law).
(e) No Shareholder or Optionholder shall be liable for any breach of any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty made by any other Shareholder under Section 3 hereof.
(a) No indemnification pursuant to Section 9.3 shall be payable to any Shareholder Indemnified Party (except for claims pertaining to any failure of Parent to satisfy its payment obligations under Section 1.7), unless the total of all claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.3 shall exceed $75,000 in the aggregate, whereupon the full amount of such claims shall be recoverable in accordance with the terms hereof; and
(b) No indemnification shall be payable to any Shareholder Indemnified Party with respect to claims asserted pursuant to Section 9.3 above after the Indemnification Cut-Off Date except for indemnification for claims of a Payment Breach.
SECTION 10. TERMINATION
(a) The parties may terminate this Agreement by the mutual written consent of the Company, the Shareholders’ Representative and Parent at any time prior to the Closing;
(b) Parent may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the Company and the Shareholders’ Representative at any time prior to the Closing in the event the Company or any Principal Shareholder that has executed this Agreement has breached any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in this Agreement in any material respect, and such breach is not cured upon the earlier to occur of (x) ten (10) business days after notice of such breach has been given by Parent to the Company and the Shareholders’ Representative or (y) the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.1(e) below;
(c) The Company and the Shareholders’ Representative may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to Parent at any time prior to the Closing in the event Parent or Merger Subsidiary has breached any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in this Agreement in any material respect, and such breach is not cured upon the earlier to occur of (x) ten (10) business days after notice of such breach has been given by the Company and the Shareholders’ Representative to Parent and Merger Subsidiary or (y) the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.1(e) below;
(d) The Company and the Shareholders’ Representative may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to Parent in the event Parent shall not have received any of the consents set forth on Schedule 5.4 within fifteen (15) days of the date hereof; and
(e) Any of the Company, the Shareholders’ Representative or Parent may terminate this Agreement if the Closing has not occurred prior to sixty (60) days from the date hereof; provided, that no party then in breach may have the right to terminate this Agreement under the terms hereof.
SECTION 11. DEFINITIONS
SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Each of the parties shall bear its own expenses in connection with the negotiation and the consummation of the Transactions, and no expenses of the Company, Shareholders or Optionholders relating in any way to the Merger, purchase, sale or transfer of the Company Shares hereunder and the Transactions, including without limitation legal, accounting or other professional expenses of the Company, Shareholders or Optionholders, shall be charged to or paid by the Parent or Merger Subsidiary.
(b) The Shareholders will pay all costs incurred, whether at or subsequent to the Closing, in connection with the transfer of the Company Shares to Parent as contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation, all transfer taxes and charges applicable to such transfer, and all costs of obtaining permits, waivers, registrations or consents with respect to any assets, rights or contracts of the Company.
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