Asset Purchase Agreement between Asclepion-Meditec AG and BIOLASE Europe GmbH (January 29, 2002)
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This agreement, dated January 29, 2002, is between Asclepion-Meditec AG (Seller) and BIOLASE Europe GmbH (Purchaser). The Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to buy, certain fixed assets, real estate, and specified contracts related to a production center in Floss, Germany. Employment relationships tied to the business are also transferred. The Purchaser assumes specified contracts and assets as of February 1, 2002, but does not assume most liabilities. The agreement outlines procedures for employee terminations, indemnification, and obtaining third-party consents.
EX-10.3 5 dex103.txt ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.3 ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT of January 29,2002 between Asclepion-Meditec AG Goschwitzer Strasse 51-52 07745 Jena (hereinafter referred to as the "Seller") and BIOLASE Europe GmbH c/o Brobeck Hale and Dorr Maximilianstrasse 31 80539 Munchen (hereinafter referred to as the "Purchaser") Preamble -------- The Seller is the owner of a production center with ten employees in Floss, Germany (hereinafter referred to as the "Business"). The Seller is interested in divesting itself of the Business by way of a transfer of the assets and contractual relationships relating thereto. The Purchaser is interested in purchasing certain assets and contractual relationships relating thereto. The parties therefore agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 Purchase of Assets ------------------ 1. The Seller hereby sells to the Purchaser all fixed assets (Gegenstande des Anlagevermogens) within the meaning of Section 266 (2) A of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) (hereinafter referred to as "HGB") which belong to the Business on February 1, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") and are listed in Attachment 1.1 hereto. -------------- 2. The list of assets attached to this Agreement as Attachment 1.1 was -------------- prepared from the inventory list (Inventar) which formed the basis of the balance sheet being part of the audited annual statement of the Seller as of September 30, 2001, and taking into account subsection 3 below. Assets of the Business, which did not have to be included in the inventory in view of their particular nature (e.g. low value items), are nevertheless included in the assets sold pursuant to this Article 1. Page 1 of 10 3. All inventories (Vorrate) within the meaning of Section 266 (2) B.I. HGB relating to the Business, receivables and other assets (Forderungen und sonstige Vermogensgegenstande) within the meaning of Article 266 (2) B.II. HGB relating to the Business, securities (Wertpapiere) within the meaning of Article 266 (2) B.III. HGB and checks, cash, federal bank and post giro deposits and deposits with credit institutions (Schecks, kassenbestand Bundesbank und Postgiroguthaben und Guthaben bei Kreditinstituten) within the meaning of Article 266 (2) B.IV. HGB relating to the Business are not included in the assets sold pursuant to subsection 1. ARTICLE 2 Premises -------- The real estate on which the operations of the Business are conducted is included in the assets sold pursuant to Article 1 subsection 1 of this Agreement. The real estate is registered in the Land Register Schonbrunn of the Municipal Court of Weiden i.d.Oberpfalz, volume 11, page folio 375 BV no. 1 and is owned by the Seller. Details of the sale of such real estate are governed by the Real Estate Purchase Agreement to which this Agreement is exhibit 4. ARTICLE 3 Assignment of Contracts ----------------------- The Purchaser hereby assumes from the Seller as of the Effective Date all contracts which are specified in Attachment 3 to this Agreement, i.e., the ------------ Purchaser assumes from the Seller all rights and obligations resulting from these contracts by way of the assumption of contract with full discharge of the original contract party (im Wege der Vertragsubernahme mit befreiender Wirkung). ARTICLE 4 Transfer of Employment Relationships ------------------------------------ 1. The parties acknowledge that employment relationships existing with the Seller and attributable to the Business together with all rights and obligations arising therefrom are on the Effective Date transferred to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 613a of the German Civil Code (Burgerliches Gesetzbuch). 2. The employment relationships transferred to the Purchaser are listed in Attachment 4.2 to this Agreement. -------------- 3. Any compensation and or social security or tax payment related to the transferred employment relationships for January 2002 shall still be handled and paid by the Seller. 4. In the event the Purchaser has to terminate any of the employees listed in Attachment 4.2, then the Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser for the -------------- Termination Costs of up to 3 of the transferred employees. "Termination Costs" in this Article 4 shall mean the costs resulting from any settlement payment based on the employee's service prior to the Effective Date plus any reasonable legal fees (attorney and court fees) in case of a legal dispute in connection with the termination of the employee. Page 2 of 10 5. In the event, the Purchaser has to terminate more than 3 of the employees listed in Attachment 4.2, then the parties shall equally share the -------------- Termination Costs (as defined in subsection 3 above) of those additional employees. 6. The indemnification in subsections 4 and 5 above shall be conditioned on the Purchaser, prior to the termination of the respective employee listed in Attachment 4.2 having consulted and discussed in good faith with the -------------- Seller its intention to terminate the employee. 7. The entitlement to the indemnification in subsections 4 and 5 above shall lapse, if (i) the Purchaser files a petition for bankruptcy or has such petition filed involuntarily against it, or files a petition for suspension of payments, becomes insolvent, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, goes into liquidation or receivership, or otherwise loses legal control of its business, or (ii) comes under the control of a third party (e.g., by virtue of acquisition or merger) two years or more after the Effective Date. ARTICLE 5 Transfer of Title, Grant of Possession -------------------------------------- 1. The Seller hereby transfers to the Purchaser, who hereby accepts such transfer, title to the assets sold pursuant to Article 1 of this Agreement with effect as of the Effective Date. The transfer from the Seller to the Purchaser of the real estate referred to in Article 2 of this Agreement is governed by the Real Estate Purchase Agreement. 2. The Seller will grant to the Purchaser on the Effective Date possession of the tangible assets sold pursuant to Section 1.1 of this Agreement. 3. With effect from the Effective Date, the Seller transfers all books, records and documentation relating to the transferred assets and employment relationships and assigned contracts to the Purchaser. ARTICLE 6 Third Party Consents -------------------- 1. The parties will jointly endeavor to obtain all necessary third party consents in respect of the transferred assets and assigned contractual relationships, and the entry into certain contracts and contractual offers; in particular, the parties will endeavor to obtain the consent of contractual partners. 2. If it turns out to be impossible or impracticable to obtain the consent of a third party which is necessary in connection with the effective transfer of an asset or the assignment of a contractual relationship, or the effective entry into a contractual relationship or contractual offer, the parties will, for the purposes of their internal relationship (im Innenverhaltnis), behave and conduct themselves as if the transfer or entry had effectively taken place on the Effective Date. In this case, the Seller will, in respect of its external relationships (im Aussenverhaltnis), remain the owner of the relevant asset and remain the party to the relevant contractual relationship but will continue to hold the relevant asset and the relevant contract or contractual offer in the internal relationship Page 3 of 10 between the Seller and the Purchaser for the account of the Purchaser. Thus, the Purchaser shall indemnify the Seller for any losses, damages, liabilities to third parties, costs or expenses (including taxation) it might incur in connection therewith. ARTICLE 7 No assumption of Liabilities ---------------------------- Except as set forth herein, the Purchaser shall not assume any liabilities of the Seller related to the Business, including but not limited to (i) any liabilities in connection with the transferred assets or the assigned contractual relationships incurred until the Effective Date and (ii) any liabilities of the Seller relating to accounts payable, indebtedness, legal services, accounting services, financial advisory services or other professional services performed in connection with the Business. ARTICLE 8 Purchase Price -------------- 1. The aggregate purchase price for the transfer of the assets and employment relationships, and the assignment of the contractual relationships (hereinafter referred to as the "Purchase Price") is US-$ 1,000,000.00 (in words: United States Dollar one million). Therefrom US-$ 849,000.00 (in words: United States Dollar eight-hundred-forty-nine-thousand) shall be paid for the acquisition of the premises. Installments of the Purchase Price to be paid shall be allocated to the acquisition of the premises until this portion of the Purchase Price has been fully settled. 2. A first installment of the Purchase Price which shall amount according to the sole discretion of the Purchaser between US-$ 300,000.00 (in words: United States Dollar three-hundred-thousand) and US-$ 500,000.00 (in words: United States Dollar five-hundred-thousand) shall be paid by the Purchaser not later than May 31, 2002 but not before the 12th day after the Notary Public has sent to the Purchaser a written notice in accordance with Article III of the Real Estate Purchase Agreement. The funds shall be paid to account no. ***** of the Seller with ***** (bank identification number: *****). 3. Provided that the first installment is US-$ 500,000.00 (in words: United States Dollar five-hundred-thousand), the balance of the Purchase Price shall be paid by the Purchaser not later than April 1, 2003 to the account of the Seller no. ***** with ***** (bank identification number: *****). 4. In the event, the first installment of the Purchase Price is less than US-$ 500,000.00 (in words: United States Dollar five-hundred-thousand), then the second installment of the Purchase Price shall be in the amount of at least US-$ 500,000.00 (in words: United States Dollar five-hundred-thousand), and shall be paid by the Purchaser not later than April 1, 2003. The remaining outstanding balance of the Purchase Price shall then be paid by the Purchaser not later than December 1, 2003. - --------------------- * Confidential Treatment Requested. Page 4 of 10 5. The portion of the Purchase Price outstanding from time to time shall, from the Effective Date until payment, bear interest at an annual rate calculated in accordance with the following formula: *****. The interest is due and payable on the last business day of each month. 6. On the date the first installment of the Purchase Price is due, the Purchaser shall provide the Seller with a direct suretyship of BIOLASE Technology, Inc., payable upon first demand (selbstschuldnerische Burgschaft auf erstes Anfordern) in the amount of the remaining balance of the Purchase Price. This suretyship must be returned by the Seller upon receipt of the final installment of the Purchase Price at the latest. If, at the time of the intended return of the suretyship, the parties do not agree as to whether there are any warranty claims in respect of which the Purchaser can exercise a right of set off against the outstanding claim for the Purchase Price or a portion thereof, the Seller may nevertheless demand from the Purchaser payment of the full amount of the final installment of the Purchase Price if the Seller, in order to secure the warranty amount in dispute, provides at the same time a direct suretyship payable upon first demand (selbstschuldnerische Burgschaft auf erstes Anfordern) of a bank or savings bank which is recognized as a customs or tax surety. 7. The Purchase Price agreed upon in subsection 1 above is a net amount. The Purchaser shall be solely responsible for and shall pay, or reimburse the Seller for any German Value Added Tax due under this Agreement. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with according invoices separately stating the Purchase Price and Value Added Tax. 8. If payment of the first installment of the Purchase Price is not made when due as specified in subsection 2 above, then the Seller has the right to withdraw from this Agreement (zurucktreten), if the Purchaser has not cured this failure within 14 banking days after having received the Seller's written notice that payment of the first installment of the Purchase Price is still outstanding. The right of the Seller to demand damages from the Purchaser on the basis of non-completion is not affected by the exercise of this right of withdrawal. 9. The Purchase Price and any interest resulting therefrom shall be payable in the European currency Euro ("EUR" or "(euro)"). The exchange rate to be applied for the conversion from United States Dollars (US-$) to EUR. (hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Rate") shall be the average exchange rate as stated in the London Financial Times on the date of the notarial recording of this Agreement. The Exchange Rate shall be applicable to any and all payments under this Agreement. - --------------------- * Confidential Treatment Requested. Page 5 of 10 ARTICLE 9 Warranties of the Seller ------------------------ The Seller warrants to the Purchaser, in the form of an independent promise of guarantee (unabhangiges Garantieversprechen), that the following statements, as at the Effective Date, are true and correct: 1. The Seller has the right to freely dispose of the assets sold pursuant to Article 1 and 2 of this Agreement without any third parties' consent being required and without such a disposal infringing the rights of third parties. The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of all assets sold pursuant to Article 1 subsection 1 and Article 2 of this Agreement. Such assets are free of all encumbrances or any other rights in favor of third parties and are in good operating and maintenance condition. 2. The validity or enforceability of the contracts transferred pursuant to Article 3 of this Agreement has not been legally contested or challenged. No such contract has been terminated nor, to the best knowledge of the Seller, is any such termination pending. Neither the Seller nor, to the best knowledge of the Seller, its respective contractual partner, has breached, or is in default with respect to, any such contract. 3. Attachment 4.2 to this Agreement is a complete and correct list of all -------------- employees of the Seller transferred pursuant to Article 4 of this Agreement specifying the name of each such employee and the aggregate amount in Deutsche Mark of the compensation (including wages, salary, commissions, director's fees, fringe benefits, bonuses, profit- sharing payments and other payments or benefits of any type) received by such employee from the Seller with respect to the services performed in 2001. No employee indicated in that list as ***** has declared an intention to terminate the employment relationship. Except as set forth in Attachment 4.2 to this Agreement, the Seller is not -------------- a party to or bound by, any employment contract or any union contract, collective bargaining agreement or similar contract in connection with the transferred employees. To the best of Seller's knowledge, no transferred employee is a party to or bound by any confidentiality agreement, non-competition agreement or other contract with any person that may have an adverse effect on the performance by such employee of any of his duties or responsibilities as an employee of the Seller or the Purchaser. - --------------------- * Confidential Treatment Requested. Page 6 of 10 4. The business facilities of the Business have been erected in compliance with all applicable laws and regulatory orders (in particular in the area of construction and trade law). Neither their operation nor any other current business operations of the Business nor any of its products or services infringe any applicable laws or regulatory orders. All relevant permits required in connection with the operation of the Business have been granted (Realkonzessionen). To the best knowledge of the Seller, neither the revocation nor any restrictions in respect of such permits is or are impending. All necessary insurances are valid and in full force up until the Effective Date. 5. Bankruptcy or composition proceedings have not been commenced against the Seller nor are there any circumstances visible which would justify the commencement of such proceedings in the foreseeable future. There is also no pending proceeding against or involving the Seller that is related to the Business or any transferred asset or employment relationship or assigned contract, and to the knowledge of the Seller, no person has threatened to commence any proceeding against or involving the Seller that is related to the Business or the transferred assets or employment relationships or assigned contracts. To the knowledge of the Seller, there is no proposed order that, if issued or otherwise put into effect, (i) would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under any provision of this Agreement or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with any of the transactions contemplated hereby. 6. To the best knowledge of the Seller, all information supplied by the Seller to the Purchaser and its advisers prior to the notarial recording of this Agreement is complete, correct and accurate in all respects. It is not misleading and does not omit any fact relating to the Business and the assets and contractual and employment relationships transferred pursuant to this Agreement which would be important in respect of specific information given or which the Purchaser at the time of the notarial recording of this Agreement should have known for the purposes of evaluating such information. To the best knowledge of the Seller, there are no material facts or circumstances, which in the future could have a material adverse effect on the Business and its operations as well as on the transferred assets and employment relationships and assigned contracts with the exception of general developments of the economy or the market. 7. The Seller has all requisite legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary legal bodies of the Seller. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms. 8. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefit under any other agreement of the Seller and Purchaser. Page 7 of 10 ARTICLE 10 Legal Consequences ------------------ 1. If one or several of the statements in respect of which the Seller has, pursuant to Article 9 of this Agreement, assumed a guarantee turns out to be inaccurate, then the Purchaser may demand that the Seller, within an appropriate period of time but in any case not later than 30 days after receipt of such demand brings about the position which would have existed had such statements been correct. If the Seller, within such period of time, fails to produce such position or if it is impossible to do so, the Purchaser may demand damages from the Seller. 2. The Purchaser may claim damages on the basis of non-fulfillment of the guarantees assumed by the Seller pursuant to Article 9 of this Agreement only to the extent that the aggregate amount of such claims exceeds an amount of EUR ***** (in words: Euro *****). This limitation has no application in respect of legal defects (Rechtsmangel) of the assets sold. 3. Expressly excluded are any rights of the Purchaser relating to exchange (Wandlung) or reduction of purchase price (Minderung), damages for incorrect representation (Schadenersatz wegen unrichtiger Zusicherung), avoidance of this Agreement due to lack of substantial quality (Anfechtung wegen des Fehlens einer wesentlichen Eigenschaft) or rescission or adjustment of this Agreement due to lack of substantial elements (Wegfall der Geschaftsgrundlage) or damages for other negligent breach of contract (Schadensersatz wegen Pflichtverletzung). 4. All warranty claims of the Purchaser pursuant to this Article 10 are subject to a limitation period of two (2) years. This has no application in respect of legal defects of the assets sold, which are subject to the statutory limitation period. The limitation period commences on the Effective Date. ARTICLE 11 Confidentiality and Press Releases ---------------------------------- 1. The Seller shall keep confidential for a period of 2 years from the Effective Date its knowledge concerning the Business and its business operations if the relevant facts are not publicly known and to the extent that no legal disclosure requirements exist and shall, furthermore, not use such confidential information for itself or for others. 2. The parties agree to keep strictly confidential any information obtained by them in connection with the negotiation and conclusion of this Agreement which relates to the relevant other party and its affiliated companies. 3. Neither party shall make any press release nor any similar public announcement with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement without the prior written agreement of the relevant other party. - --------------------- * Confidential Treatment Requested. Page 8 of 10 ARTICLE 12 Enticement of Employees ----------------------- The parties agree for a period of 30 (thirty) months after the Effective Date, not to cause and not to cause any of their affiliates to cause any employee of the other party to terminate his/her employment or other contractual relationship with the other party. ARTICLE 13 Miscellaneous ------------- 1. Each party to this Agreement shall bear the costs of its advisers. The cost of the notarial recording of this Agreement as well as other transaction costs brought about by the conclusion or performance of this Agreement including any transfer taxes shall, as between the parties, be borne by the Purchaser. 2. This Agreement, including this provision, may only be amended by written or, if required by applicable law, notarial instrument 3. Notices permitted or required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered personally, or upon receipt if mailed by registered mail or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or transmitted by telefax (with an electronic confirmation thereof to the transmitter), to the parties at their respective addresses set forth below (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by notice given hereunder): If to the Seller: Asclepion-Meditec AG Goschwitzer Strasse 51-52 07745 Jena Attn.: Dr. Bernhard Seitz Telefax: 03641 - 220102 If to the Purchaser: BIOLASE Europe GmbH c/o Brobeck Hale and Dorr Maximilianstrasse 3l 80539 Munchen, Attn Rainer Kreifels Telefax: 089-24213213 4. If any provision of this Agreement is wholly or in part invalid or unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed to be replaced by such valid and enforceable provision which best serves the economic interests of the parties as originally intended by the invalid or enforceable provision. 5. In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Real Estate Purchase Agreement, the Real Estate Purchase Agreement shall prevail. 6. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the event of a dispute between the parties arising out of this Agreement, the parties agree Page 9 of 10 on Jena, Germany as the exclusive venue with respect to the commencement of any legal proceedings. Signed at Munich on this 29th day of January 2002 On behalf of Asclepion-Meditec AG: /s/ A. GOTTLIEB On behalf of BIOLASE Europe GmbH: /s/ RAINER KREIFELS Attachments Page 10 of 10
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