Ex-2.2 Sale, Assignment, Assumption and Indemnification Agreement
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Exhibit 2.2
SALE, ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION
AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Sale, Assignment, Assumption and Indemnification Agreement (the Agreement), dated as of the 25th day of January, 2007, by and between GLOBEPAN RESOURCES, INC, a Delaware corporation (the Seller), and RUSSELL FIELD (the Buyer) on the other hand:
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller owns the rights to certain mineral claims located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada (the Mineral Claim) and certain other assets (the Other Assets) listed on Schedule A attached hereto, and has certain liabilities and obligations, including, without limitation, those identified on Schedule B attached hereto (the Identified Liabilities);
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller desires to assign the Mineral Claim and sell the Other Assets to Buyer and Buyer wishes to obtain the Mineral Claim and purchase the Other Assets from Seller;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Buyer has agreed to assume all of Sellers liabilities as of the date hereof, including, without limitation, the Identified Liabilities, as partial consideration for the purchase and assignment described above;
WHEREAS, Seller, INS Acquisition, Inc., Sellers wholly-owned subsidiary (Acquisition Corp.), and Intellect Neurosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Intellect), intend to enter into an agreement and plan of merger, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule C, to be dated of even date herewith (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which Seller shall acquire Intellect through the merger of Acquisition Corp. with and into Intellect, with Intellect surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (the Merger);
WHEREAS, the execution and performance of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the Merger; and
WHEREAS, since Sellers incorporation, Buyer has served Seller as Sellers president, chief executive officer, principal financial officer, secretary, treasurer and sole employee, and as Sellers sole director, Buyer has knowledge of all of Sellers business, and, in connection with the Merger, Buyer shall resign from the board of directors of Seller and from all of his corporate offices with Seller; and
WHEREAS, Buyer owns a significant interest in Seller, which interest is held by Seller in escrow for Buyers account; and
WHEREAS, in partial consideration of Sellers assignment of the Mineral Claim and sale of the Other Assets to Buyer, Buyer has agreed to transfer all of such interest to Seller for cancellation;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Sale, Assignment and Assumption.
(a) In consideration of the payment of $10, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Buyers assumption of the Liabilities (as defined below), and Buyers agreement to concurrently transfer Buyers entire interest in Seller to Seller for cancellation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and certain escrow arrangements between Buyer and Seller, Seller hereby assigns the Mineral Claim to Buyer and sells, assigns, warrants, conveys and transfers all of the Other Assets to Buyer.
(b) In partial consideration of the Mineral Claim and the Other Assets, Buyer hereby assumes (i) all of the Liabilities (as defined below) of Seller as of the date hereof and (ii) the due and prompt performance of all terms and conditions to be performed by Seller under any contracts, agreements or arrangements included in the Liabilities (as defined below).
(c) For the purposes of this agreement, the term Liabilities shall mean (i) the Identified Liabilities and (ii) any other liabilities of Seller as of the date hereof, including, without limitation, any liability, debt, obligation, deficiency, tax, penalty, fine, claim, cause of action or other loss, damage, cost or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due and regardless of when asserted.
2. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of Buyer.
(a) Buyer represents that the Identified Liabilities listed on Schedule B attached hereto are the only Liabilities of Seller outstanding on the date hereof and that there are no Liabilities of Seller not identified on Schedule B attached hereto.
(b) Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller, and shall reimburse the Seller for, any loss, liability, claim, obligation, cost, damage, expense (including, but not limited to, costs of investigation and defense and attorneys fees) or diminution of value (collectively, Claims) included in, related to, as a result of, arising from or in connection with (a) the Liabilities, (b) any inaccuracy in any of the representations and warranties of Buyer in this Agreement, (c) any failure by Buyer to perform or comply in any respect with any covenant or agreement in this Agreement, or (d) any claim relating to or arising out of any Liabilities. Buyer hereby agrees to defend Seller at Buyers expense from and against any such Claims, and Buyer hereby releases and forever discharges Seller from any loss, liability, claim, obligation, cost, damage,
expense (including, but not limited to, costs of investigation and defense and attorneys fees) or diminution of value with respect to any such Claims.
3. Release; Further Agreements of Buyer.
(a) Buyer, on behalf of himself, his spouse, heirs, agents, attorneys, representatives and assigns, hereby fully, forever, irrevocably and unconditionally releases, remises and discharges Seller, its current and future officers, directors, stockholders, corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, agents and employees (each in their individual and corporate capacities) (hereinafter, the Released Parties) from any and all claims, charges, complaints, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, debts, sums of money, costs, accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, doings, omissions, damages, executions, obligations, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys fees and costs), of every kind and nature that Buyer ever had, now has or may in the future have (whether known or unknown, accrued, contingent, or liquidated) against the Released Parties, including without limitation as may arise out of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the escrow arrangements between Buyer and Seller regarding, or the transfer or cancellation of Buyers ownership interest in Seller, Buyers employment with Seller and the termination thereof (including a claim for retaliation); any claims based on statute, regulation, ordinance; all common law claims including, but not limited to, actions in tort, defamation and breach of contract; any claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (the ADEA), or any other federal, state, or local law relating to employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation; any claims relating to wages, compensation, or benefits; and any related claims for attorneys fees.
(b) Buyer agrees not to file a lawsuit in any court of the United States or Canada or any state or province thereof, as applicable, concerning any matter released in this Agreement or from participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by any state or federal agency regarding any released claim. By signing this Agreement, Buyer acknowledges that Buyer is waiving his right to money damages and any other relief should any agency pursue claims on Buyers behalf arising out of or relating to Buyers employment with and/or separation from Seller. Buyer agrees to keep confidential all non-public information concerning Seller that Buyer acquired during the course of Buyers employment with Seller. Buyer further agrees that Buyer shall not make any false, disparaging or derogatory statements regarding the Seller, Sellers prospects or any of Sellers current or future directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives or about the Sellers business affairs and financial condition.
4. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed solely within such State.
5. Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, and no provision hereof shall be waived, except by a writing signed by the parties hereto or in
the case of a waiver by the party waiving compliance therewith, which states that it is intended to amend or waive a provision of this Agreement. Any waiver of any right or failure to act in a specific instance shall relate only to such instance and shall not be construed as an agreement waive any rights or failure to act in any other instance, whether or not similar.
6. Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or prohibited by an applicable law, this Agreement shall be considered divisible as to such provision, which shall be inoperative, and the remainder of this Agreement shall be valid and binding as though such provision were not included herein.
7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts with the same effect as if the signatures to all such counterparts were upon the same instrument, and all such counterparts shall constitute but one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
SELLER: GLOBEPAN RESOURCES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Russell Field | |||
Name: | Russell Field | |||
Title: | President | |||
BUYER: RUSSELL FIELD | ||||
By: | /s/ Russell Field | |||
Exhibit A
Mineral Claim and Other Assets
| The Mineral Claim, as embodied in the Mineral Property Purchase Agreement dated June 1, 2005 by and between Seller and Amanda Klaris, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Sellers Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-128226), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2005. |
| The assets identified in Sellers Interim Financial Statements included in Sellers Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2006, less any cash expended by Seller since September 30, 2006. |
Exhibit B
Identified Liabilities
| All of Sellers liabilities identified in Sellers Interim Financial Statements included in Sellers Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2006. |
| Any current liabilities incurred and obligations under agreements entered into in the usual and ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, since September 30, 2006. |