Share Purchase Agreement among Sunair Services Corporation, Net2Room.com Pte Ltd., and Percipia, Inc.
This agreement, dated July 12, 2007, is between Sunair Services Corporation (the seller), Net2Room.com Pte Ltd. (the purchaser), and Percipia, Inc. (the company). Sunair agrees to sell all its shares in Percipia to Net2Room.com, and after the sale, Net2Room.com will ensure Percipia repays a loan owed to Sunair. The agreement outlines the terms for the sale, payment, and closing conditions, with a target closing date of July 31, 2007, or no later than August 15, 2007.
Share Purchase Agreement | |||
By and Among: | |||
Sunair Services Corporation; | |||
Net2Room.com Pte Ltd.; and | |||
Percipia, Inc. |
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Name | Sunair Services Corporation (Seller) | |
Address and | 595 South Federal Highway, Suite 500 | |
Notice Details | Boca Raton, FL 33432 | |
Facsimile No: (561)  ###-###-#### | ||
Attention: John J. Hayes, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
(2) | ||
Name | Net2Room.com Pte. Ltd. or its designee (Purchaser) | |
Address and | 1100 Business Center Circle, Suite 100 | |
Notice Details | Newbury Park, CA 91320 | |
Facsimile No.: (818)  ###-###-#### | ||
Attention: Dongsik Benjamin Park, Director | ||
(3) | ||
Name | Percipia, Inc. (Company) | |
Address and | 858 Morrison Road | |
Notice Details | Gahanna, OH 43230 | |
Facsimile No: (614)  ###-###-#### | ||
Attention: Kesavan Haridas, President |
A. | Seller is the registered holder and beneficial owner of the Sale Shares (as the term is hereinafter defined). | |
B. | Seller has advanced the Sunair Loan (as the term is hereinafter defined) to the Company. | |
C. | The Sale Shares comprise all of the issued shares in the Company. | |
D. | Seller has agreed to sell the Sale Shares to Purchaser and Purchaser shall cause the Company immediately following the Closing to make full payment and satisfaction of the Sunair Loan upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. |
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
Act | the Florida Business Corporation Act; | |
Affiliates | in relation to any Party: |
(a) | a Related Party in which the Party beneficially owns not less than 50% of the Shares; | |||
(b) | a Related Party or entity or person in which the Party is beneficially owned by not less than 50% by the Related Party or entity; | |||
(c) | a company, entity or person, wherein the Party controls the composition of the board of directors of the company, entity, or person either beneficially or by agreement, or | |||
(d) | a company, entity or person that controls the board of directors of the Party either beneficially or by agreement. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the definition of Affiliate shall not include Coconut Palm Capital Investors II, Ltd. and its Affiliates. | ||
Agreement | this Share Purchase Agreement; | |
Applicable Law | any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment, order, decree, governmental approval, concession, grant, franchise, license, directive, guideline, policy, requirement or other governmental restriction or any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by, any Government Authority; | |
Articles of Incorporation | the Articles of Incorporation or other charter document of the Group Company; | |
Auditor | John Gerlach & Company LLP or an independent accounting firm of recognized national or regional standing mutually selected by Seller and the Purchaser; |
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Business | the research, development, marketing, distribution, sales and service of telecommunications software and systems principally for hotels and industries with comparable telecommunications characteristics and such other business conducted by any Group Company as of the Closing; | |
Business Day | a day that is not a Saturday or a Sunday, public holiday or bank holiday in Singapore or the State of Florida, USA; | |
Closing | Closing of the Share Sale and payment of the Consideration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; | |
Closing Conditions | the conditions specified in Section 4.1; | |
Closing Date | 31st July 2007, or the date on which all the Closing Conditions are satisfied or waived or such later date as the Parties may agree, in any case not later than 15th August 2007; | |
Closing Date Debt | the amount of the aggregate debt for borrowed money (excluding current liabilities, such as liabilities associated with personal property leases) of the Group outstanding as of 31st July 2007, excluding the Sunair Loan; | |
Code | the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; | |
Company Intellectual Property | any and all Intellectual Property Rights owned by any of the Group Companies or which any of the Group Companies has the right to use pursuant to any written license, sublicense, agreement or permission, that have been used by any of the Group Companies in any Company Products or are used by any of the Group Companies or useful in, related to, or arise out of the operation or conduct of the Business; | |
Company Products | the products and service offerings of any Group Company described in Schedule 7.7.1; | |
Company Financial Statements | the meaning ascribed to it under Clause 3.1 of Schedule 7; | |
Consideration | the total consideration for the Share Sale as set out in Section 3; |
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Copyrights | all copyrights, published or unpublished, copyright registrations and applications therefor and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world; | |
Designs | all industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor throughout the world; | |
Encumbrance | any form of legal, equitable or security interests, including but not limited to any mortgage, assignment of receivables, debenture, lien, charge, pledge, title retention, right to acquire, security interest, hypothecation, options, rights of first refusal, any preference arrangement (including title transfers and retention arrangements or otherwise) and any other encumbrance or condition whatsoever or any other arrangements having similar effect; | |
GAAP | generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied in accordance with the Companys historical practice; |
Government Authority | (a) | a government, government department or any political subdivision of government; or | ||
(b) | a governmental or semi-government entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions or authority of or pertaining to government. |
Group | the Company and PNI; | |
Group Company | the Company or PNI; |
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Intellectual Property Rights | any and all of the following and any and all rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith: |
(a) | Patents; | |||
(b) | Trade Secrets; | |||
(c) | Copyrights; | |||
(d) | Designs; | |||
(e) | Trademarks; | |||
(f) | Software; | |||
(g) | moral rights, publicity rights, mask works and any other proprietary, intellectual or industrial proprietary rights of any kind or nature that do not compromise or are not protected by the Patents, Trade Secrets, Copyrights or Trademarks; and | |||
(h) | any similar, corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing anywhere in the world; |
Key Employees | the employees of the Group Companies whose names are listed in Schedule 4.1.2; | |
Knowledge | with respect to any matter in question, the collective actual knowledge of such matter of, John J. Hayes, Chief Executive Officer of Seller, Edward Carriero, Chief Financial Officer of Seller, Kesavan Haridas, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Veera Murugappan, Treasurer, Secretary and Controller of the Company, and Christopher Farrar, President of PNI. Each such person shall also be deemed to have actual knowledge of all books and records of the Group, and of matters as such persons could be expected to discover or otherwise become aware in the course of inquiring with each other and existing management of Seller or any Group Company concerning the existence of such matter wherever Knowledge is specifically referred to in the Warranties; |
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Lien | any lien, encumbrance, pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, lease, charge, option, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, transfer restriction, or adverse claim or right of any kind or character; | |
Losses | any and all claims, allegations, losses, costs, expenses, liabilities, judgments, expenses, fines, awards, penalties, sanctions or other damages (including any settlement costs, reasonable attorneys fees and costs of investigation and preparation, and interest on any cash disbursements); | |
Management Service Agreement | the management service agreements entered into by the Key Employees in accordance with Section 4.1.2; | |
Material Adverse Effect | any event, change in, or effect that is materially adverse to the business, assets, liabilities, capitalization, condition (financial or other), or results of operations of the Group Companies, other than any change or effect arising out of or resulting from (a) economic factors generally affecting the industries or markets in which the Group Companies operate, which conditions do not affect the Group Companies in a disproportionate manner; or (b) the direct effect of the public announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that with respect to clause (b) of this sentence, Seller or the Company shall bear the burden of proof in any proceeding with regard to establishing that any event, change or effect is attributable to or results from the direct effect of the public announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby; | |
Party | a Party to this Agreement, and together Parties; | |
Patents | all United States and foreign issued patents and utility models and applications herefore and all reissues, divisionals, re-examinations, renewals, extensions, provisionals, and continuations thereof, and all equivalent or similar rights anywhere in the world in inventions and discoveries including invention disclosures; | |
PNI | Percipia Networks, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; |
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Related Party | in relation to each Party, means the following: |
(a) | its holding company, its subsidiary, or a subsidiary of the holding company of that Party; and | |||
(b) | any company in the equity share capital of which it is directly or indirectly interested so as to exercise or control the exercise of fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power at general meetings, or to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors and any other company which is a subsidiary of any such company. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the definition of Related Party shall not include Coconut Palm Capital Investors II, Ltd., and its Affiliates; | ||
Sale Shares | 100% of the issued and paid up shares in the Company, being 1,000 Shares of common stock as of Closing; | |
Shares | the shares of common stock in the capital of the Company defined in, and having the rights set out in, the Articles of Incorporation; | |
Share Sale | the sale and purchase of the entire legal and beneficial interest in the Sale Shares in accordance with this Agreement; | |
Stock Option Plan | the Percipia 2001 Stock Option Plan; | |
Software | any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code, and (b) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; | |
Sunair Loan | an amount equal to Two Million Nine Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Six Dollars (US$2,969,836), being the total moneys advanced by Sunair to the Company as at the Closing Date; |
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Tax | (a) all federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, alternative minimum, estimated, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto; | |
(b) any liability for payment of amounts described in clause (a) whether as a result of transferee liability, of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period, or otherwise through operation of law; and | ||
(c) any liability for the payment of amounts described in (a) or (b) as a result of any tax sharing, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement or any other express or implied agreement to indemnify any other person; | ||
Tax Return | any return, declaration, report, statement, information statement and other document required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any claims for refunds of Taxes and any amendments or supplements of any of the foregoing; | |
Third Party Claim | any claim or allegation of Losses by any person that is not a Party or an Affiliate of a Party; | |
Trademarks | all rights in World Wide Web addresses and domain names and applications and registrations therefor; all trade names, logos, symbols, registered and common law trademarks and service marks, intent-to-use applications, and other applications and registrations therefor and all goodwill associated therewith throughout the world; |
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Trade Secrets | all data bases, source codes, methodologies, manuals, artwork, advertising manuals, trade secrets and all financial, accounting marketing and technical information, customer and supplier lists, know-how, technology, operating procedures and other information, confidential or proprietary information, used by or relating to any Group Company and its transactions and affairs; | |
Transaction Documents | this Agreement any other agreement or document to which the Seller, any Group Company and/or Purchaser are or will be a party, as contemplated by this Agreement. | |
US$ or $ | United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States of America; | |
Wachovia | Wachovia Bank, National Association; | |
Wachovia Credit | the credit arrangement extended to Seller under the Credit Agreement, Pledge Agreement and Security Agreement all dated 7 June 2005, as amended, and executed among Seller, the subsidiaries-guarantors and lenders named therein and Wachovia Bank, National Association; | |
Warranties | the representations, warranties and undertakings contained or referred to in this Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto, and as more specifically set forth in Section 7 and Schedule 7; | |
Working Capital | the current assets of the Company (excluding Tax benefits, if any) reduced by the current liabilities of the Company (excluding Tax liabilities) as of 31st July 2007, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, |
(a) | that any items included in the Closing Date Debt shall not be included in Working Capital; |
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(b) | accounts receivables in dispute or outstanding for greater than 180 days as of 31st July 2007shall not be included in Working Capital (unless actually received as of the date the Actual Working Capital is finally determined pursuant to Section 3.3); and | |||
(c) | inventory in the pre-determined amount of Sixty Thousand Dollars (US$60,000) that has not been sold or used for greater than 180 days prior to 31st July 2007, unless such Inventory has been otherwise accepted by Purchaser in writing as valid inventory, shall have been appropriately reflected in the Working Capital of the Company as obsolete, and such inventory shall have been at cost for this purpose (unless actually sold or used as of the Actual Working Capital Statement is finally determined pursuant to Section 3.3). |
2. | SHARE SALE AND REPAYMENT OF SUNAIR LOAN |
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3. | CONSIDERATION |
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4. | CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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5. | CLOSING |
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6. | RESTRICTIONS ON THE SELLER |
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7. | WARRANTIES |
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8. | INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURE |
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9. | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PRIOR TO CLOSING |
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10. | CONFIDENTIALITY |
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11. | COSTS |
12. | TAXES. |
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13. | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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SELLER SUNAIR SERVICES CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ John J. Hayes | |||
Name: | John J. Hayes | |||
Position: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
PURCHASER NET2ROOM.COM PTE. LTD. | ||||
By: | /s/ Gregory Karl Rutledge | |||
Name: | Gregory Karl Rutledge | |||
Position: | Director | |||
COMPANY PERCIPIA, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Kesavan Haridas | |||
Name: | Kesavan Haridas | |||
Position: | President | |||
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1. | Organization, Qualification and Authority. | |
1.1 | Organization. The Company and its only subsidiary, Percipia Networks, Inc., an Ohio corporation (PNI), each is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. The Company and PNI each has the corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and PNI is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified, except for those qualifications where the failure to so qualify would not result in Losses in the amount of $10,000 individually or $25,000 in the aggregate. The Company has delivered to Purchaser true and correct copies of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company and PNI and the By-Laws of the Company and PNI, each as amended to date and currently in effect, as well as a Certificates of Good Standing issued by the Secretary of State of the state of Ohio. Each of the Company and PNI is not in violation of any of the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or equivalent organizational and governing documents. | |
1.2 | Qualification. Schedule 7.1.2 sets forth (i) each jurisdiction in which the Company and PNI is qualified, registered, licensed or admitted to do business, (ii) each other jurisdiction in which each of the Company and PNI owns or leases properties or has employees or engages independent contractors, and (iii) the officers and directors of the Company and of PNI as of the date hereof. | |
1.3 | Authority. The Company and Seller each has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, to observe and perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents by the Company and Seller, the observance and performance of the Companys obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and Seller, and no further or other action of the Company or its Board of Directors or Seller and its Board of Directors is required with respect to the foregoing. This Agreement has been (and each Transaction Document upon the execution and delivery thereof will be) duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and Seller, and each constitutes (or will constitute upon execution and delivery) a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and Seller, enforceable against the Company and Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by principles of public policy and subject to the laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies. |
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1.4 | No Conflict. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.1.4, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents by the Group and Seller do not, and the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby 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 such event or consequence, a Conflict): |
1.4.1 | any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws or similar organizational or governing documents of any Group Company or the Seller; | ||
1.4.2 | any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which any Group Company or the Seller or any of its respective subsidiary is a party or by which any of their respective assets or businesses are bound; or | ||
1.4.3 | Any Applicable Law. |
1.5 | No Consents by Government Authority Required. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.1.5, no consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Government Authority is required by or with respect to the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. | |
2. | Capital Structure. | |
2.1 | Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock. Schedule 7.2.1 describes the authorized, subscribed and issued capital stock of the Company and PNI as of the date of this Agreement. Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company, and the Company owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of PNI. | |
2.2 | Status of Outstanding Capital Stock. All outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company and PNI are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights, and were issued in accordance with all applicable federal, state and foreign securities and other laws. As of the Closing Date, all outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company and PNI were issued, and are free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer imposed by federal or state securities or other law, and are not subject to preemptive rights or rights of first refusal created by statute, the Articles of Incorporation and/or By-Laws of the Company or PNI. None of the Seller, Company or PNI is a party to any oral or written agreement, arrangement or other commitment that directly or indirectly grants or creates any right of negotiation, right of first refusal, right of first or last offer or similar arrangement in connection with the Sale Shares or any shares of PNI or the other transactions contemplated hereby. Neither the Company nor PNI is a party to any arrangement, agreement or instrument pursuant to which the Company or PNI may elect to satisfy its obligations by issuing capital stock or other securities. |
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2.3 | Options. There are no options or other rights to purchase similar securities of any capital stock of the Company or PNI (the Options). PNI does not have a stock option plan or any similar equity incentive plan for its employees, officers, directors, or consultants. The Companys Stock Option Plan will be terminated as of the Closing and the terms of such Stock Option Plan provides for the termination thereof without the consent or approval of any holders of Options or otherwise, and such action will not result in liability of the Company or Purchaser. The Company has provided Purchaser true and correct copies of the Stock Option Plan and all agreements and arrangements related to or issued under said plan, in each case as amended to date and in effect. There are currently no pending or contemplated amendments, modifications or supplements to the Stock Option Plan or any such agreements or arrangements except as otherwise required in the Agreement. | |
2.4 | Warrants. There are no warrants or similar rights or securities exercisable to acquire any Group Company capital stock (the Warrants). | |
2.5 | No Other Derivative Securities or Rights. There are no oral or written options, warrants, puts, calls, preemptive rights, rights of first or last refusal, rights of negotiation, commitments, transactions, arrangements, understandings or agreements of any character to which the Company or PNI is a party or by which it is bound to issue, deliver, sell, purchase, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, purchased, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of Company capital stock, PNI capital stock or other securities or obligating the Company or PNI to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of, change the price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant, put, call, right, commitment, transaction, arrangement, understanding or agreement. | |
2.6 | No Outstanding Debt Securities. Neither the Company nor PNI has any authorized or issued debt securities or other instruments of indebtedness outstanding. | |
2.7 | No Distributions. Neither the Company nor PNI has declared, set aside, made or paid any dividend or other distribution in respect of the capital stock of the Company or of PNI or repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any outstanding securities of, or other ownership interests in, the Company or PNI, including any cash distribution, within the last 12 months. | |
2.8 | Employee Bonus Arrangements. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.2.8, neither the Company nor PNI has oral or written arrangements, agreements or understandings (including the Stock Option Plan) pursuant to which the Company or PNI or any successor thereto or acquirer thereof is or may become obligated to make any compensatory, bonus, severance or other payments to past or current employees, consultants, agents or representatives of the Company or PNI as a result of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. | |
2.9 | Subsidiaries. Other than PNI, the Company has no subsidiaries or any equity or ownership interest, whether direct or indirect, in, or loans to, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity. The Company is not obligated to make, nor bound by any agreement or obligation to make, any investment in or capital contribution in or on behalf of any other entity. |
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3. | Financials. | |
3.1 | Company Financial Statements. Schedule 7.3.1 sets forth (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Group as of 30 September 2006 (the Balance Sheet Date) based on audited figures used for Sellers consolidated balance sheet as of Balance Sheet Date, and the related consolidated income statement of the Group for its fiscal year ended 30 September 2006 and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Group as of 31 May 2007, and the related unaudited consolidated income statement for the Group for the year to date ended 31 May 2007 (collectively the Company Financials). The Company Financials (i) are in accordance with the books and records of the Person to which they relate (ii) are complete and correct in all material respects and (c) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied for the periods presented, except as to the unaudited Company Financials, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments, which to the Sellers or Companys Knowledge will not be material individually or in the aggregate. The Company Financials present fairly the financial condition and operating results of the Company as of the dates and during the periods indicated therein, subject to normal year-end adjustments, which to the Companys or Sellers Knowledge will not be material in amount or significance in the aggregate. | |
3.2 | No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.3.2, as of the date hereof and the Effective Date, the Group does not have any (i) liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of any type, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, or unmatured (Liabilities) that would be required to be reflected in financial statements in accordance with GAAP that are not disclosed on the Companys Financials, or, (ii) to the Companys Knowledge, any Liabilities that would not be required to be reflected, in reasonable detail, in financial statements in accordance with GAAP, other than Liabilities that would not be in excess of US$5,000 individually or US$10,000 in the aggregate. | |
3.3 | No Changes. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Group has conducted its business in the ordinary course and consistent with past practices and that: |
3.3.1 | there has been no interruption or alteration in the nature, scope or manner of the business of the Group which business has been carried on lawfully and in the ordinary and usual course of business so as to maintain the Group as a going concern; | ||
3.3.2 | there has been no material adverse change in the customer relations of the said business or in the financial condition or the position, assets or liabilities of the said business of the Group as compared with the position disclosed by the Company Financials and there has been no damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting the said business or its assets; |
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3.3.3 | no significant single customer or customers accounting for more than 20% of the Groups total revenue for the accounting period ending on 31 March 2007 has indicated that it is likely to (a) cease trading with or supply to the Group or (b) reduce substantially its trading with or supplies to the Group or (c) terminated its relationship with the Group for cause; | ||
3.3.4 | the Group has continued to pay its creditors in the ordinary course of business; | ||
3.3.5 | the Group has not repaid any loan capital in whole or in part (other than indebtedness to its bankers) nor has it become bound or liable to be called upon to repay prematurely any loan capital or borrowed monies; | ||
3.3.6 | None of the Group Companies has cancelled, waived, released or discontinued any rights, debts or claims; | ||
3.3.7 | Except for equipment purchases (i) made for the purpose of resale to single customer or (ii) not exceeding US$30,000 in a single contract even if reflected in the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Group as at 31 May, 2007 , none of the Group Companies has incurred any capital expenditure under a single contract (or made any capital commitment under a single contract) of an amount in excess of US$10,000 in any single purchase or disposed of any capital expenditure or fixed assets having a value of more than US$20,000 in aggregate; | ||
3.3.8 | except as set forth on Schedule 7.3.3.8, none of the Group Companies has hired or dismissed any employee earning an annual rate of remuneration, including fringe benefits, in excess of US$40,000; | ||
3.3.9 | except as set forth on Schedule 7.3.3.9, none of the Group Companies has incurred or become subject to any liability or obligation (absolute or contingent) except current liabilities and obligations, in each case incurred under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, which increased the nature or amount of liabilities or obligations disclosed in the Company Financial Statements; and | ||
3.3.10 | except as set forth on Schedule 7.3.3.10, no changes have occurred in the assets and liabilities (actual or contingent) shown in the Company Financial Statements and the Company has not discharged or satisfied any Lien or any other obligation or liability (absolute or contingent) other than assets reflected and liabilities disclosed in the Company Financial Statements as at the Balance Sheet Date and assets acquired or disposed of or current liabilities incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business. |
4. | Tax and Tax Returns. All references to the Company in this Section 4 shall mean (i) the Company and PNI or (ii) the Company or PNI, as the case may be. |
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4.1 | Timely Filing. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.4.1, the Company has timely filed all Tax Returns they are required to have filed. All Tax Returns filed by the Company are true, correct and complete in all materials respects and no such Tax Return contains, or was required to contain (in order to avoid a penalty, and determined without regard to the effect of post-filing disclosure), a disclosure statement under Section 6662 of the Code. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.4.1, to the extent the Company did not file a Tax Return in any jurisdiction or for any specific period, the Company did so because it had no liability for Taxes in that jurisdiction or for that time period, as the case may be. The Company has and will maintain through the Closing Date adequate records to substantiate its profits and losses reflected in each of its Tax Returns since 2001. | |
4.2 | Taxes Paid. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.4.2, the Company has timely paid all Taxes that have become due or payable (whether or not shown on a Tax Return) and except as set forth on Schedule 7.4.2 have adequately reserved in the Company Financials in accordance with GAAP for all Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) that have accrued but are not yet due or payable as of the date thereof. No Taxes have been incurred after the date of the Company Financials other than in the ordinary course of the Companys business. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.4.2, the Company has no present or contingent liability for Taxes, other than Taxes reflected on the Company Financials or incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Current Balance Sheet in amounts consistent with prior years adjusted to reflect changes in operating results of the Company. The Company does not know of any basis for the assertion by a taxing authority of a Tax deficiency against the Company. Schedule 7.4.2 sets forth all material elections made or deemed made with respect to Taxes of the Company for all taxable periods beginning on or after 1 January 2001. The Company has not engaged in any reportable transactions as defined in Treas. Reg. § 1.6011-4. | |
4.3 | No Audit or Claim. No claim for assessment or collection of Taxes is presently being asserted against the Company, there is presently no pending audit, examination, refund claim, litigation, proceeding, proposed adjustment or matter in controversy with respect to any Taxes of or with respect to the Company, and the Company does not have Knowledge that any such action or proceeding is being contemplated. Schedule 7.4.3 sets forth (x) all material claims for Taxes that have been asserted against the Company since 1 January 2001 of the Company and (y) all other claims for Taxes that have been asserted against the Company with respect to any period commencing on or after 1 January 2001. The Company is not a party to or bound by any closing or other agreement with any Government Authority with respect to Taxes. | |
4.4 | Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not nor has it been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Code Section 897(c)(2) during the applicable period specified in Code Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii). | |
4.5 | Affiliated Group. The Company has not been a member of any affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return or a member of a combined, consolidated or unitary group for state, local or foreign Tax purposes (other than a group the common parent of which has at all times been the Seller) or has any liability for the Taxes of any other person (other than an entity that is a member of the consolidated group of corporations that has at all times had the Company as its common Purchaser) under Treas. Reg. § 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise. |
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4.6 | Change in Accounting Method. The Company has not agreed to nor is it required to make any adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a change in accounting method, and the Company has no Knowledge that the Internal Revenue Service has proposed any such adjustment or a change in any accounting method used by the Company. The Company uses the accrual method of accounting for federal income tax purposes. The Company has not taken any action inconsistent with its practices in prior years that would have the effect of deferring a liability for Taxes from a period prior to Closing to a period following Closing. | |
4.7 | Tax-Exempt Use Property. None of the assets of the Company (a) is tax-exempt use property within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code, (b) is property which is required to be treated as being owned by any other person pursuant to the so-called safe harbor lease provisions of former Section 168(f)(8) of the Code; or (c) directly or indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is tax exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code. | |
4.8 | Jurisdiction Outside the United States. Schedule 7.4.8 sets forth whether it is engaged in business, has permanent establishment (as defined in an applicable tax treaty between the United States and such other jurisdiction) or is otherwise subject to Tax in a jurisdiction other than the United States, and identifies such jurisdiction. | |
4.9 | Waiver; Power of Attorney. The Company is not subject to any waiver or extension of the statute of limitations applicable to the assessment or collection of any Tax. No power of attorney or similar grant of authority is in place with respect to the Company. | |
4.10 | Parachute Payments. The Company is not (and will not as of the Closing Date be) a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that has resulted or would result, separately or in the aggregate, in connection with this Agreement or any change of control of the Company, in the payment of any excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. | |
4.11 | Section 341(f) Election. The Company does not have in effect an election under Section 341(f) of the Code. | |
4.12 | No Liens. There are no Tax Liens on any assets of the Company, other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable. | |
4.13 | No Distribution. In the past three years, the Company has not distributed stock of another person, or has had its stock distributed by another person, in a transaction purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 or 361 of the Code; | |
4.14 | No Joint Venture or Partnership. Except as provided in Schedule 7.4.14, the Company is not a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement or contract that could be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Schedule 7.4.2 sets forth all elections pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 301.7701-3 that have been made by business entities in which the Company or any subsidiary owns an equity interest; |
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4.15 | Passive Investment. The Company is not, has not been, nor has it owned (whether directly or indirectly) an interest in, a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code. The Company is not, nor at any time has it been, impacted by (x) the dual consolidated loss provisions of the Section 1503(d) of the Code, (y) the overall foreign loss provisions of Section 904(f) of the Code or (z) the recharacterization provisions of Section 952(c)(2) of the Code. | |
4.16 | No Deferred Compensation Plans. The Company does not have any deferred compensation plans that are not in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, or could give rise to an imposition of penalty on the recipient of such compensation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. | |
5. | Restrictions on Business Activities. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.5, there is no agreement (non-compete or otherwise), commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree to which the Company or PNI is a party or otherwise binding upon the Company or PNI which has the effect of materially prohibiting or impairing any business practice or activities of the Company or PNI, any lease, licenses or acquisition of any assets or property (tangible or intangible) by any of the Group Companies or the conduct of the Business as currently conducted. | |
6. | Title to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances; Condition of Equipment. | |
6.1 | No Fee Interest. None of the Group Companies owns a fee interest in any real property, nor has it ever owned a fee interest in any real property since its inception. Schedule 7.6.1 sets forth a list of all real property currently leased by the Company, the name of the lessor, the date of the lease and each amendment thereto and the aggregate annual rental and/or other fees payable under any such lease. All such current real property leases are in full force and effect, are valid and effective in accordance with their respective terms, and there are no existing defaults or events of default (or events which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) by the Company thereunder, or to the Knowledge of Seller and the Company, by any other party thereto. PNI does not own or lease any real or personal property. | |
6.2 | Leased Properties and Assets. The Group has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of its tangible properties and assets, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.6.2, all such owned properties and assets are free and clear of any Liens, except (i) as reflected in the Company Financials, (ii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and (iii) such imperfections of title and encumbrances, if any, which are not material in character, amount or extent, and which do not materially detract from the value, or materially interfere with the present use, of the property subject thereto or affected thereby. Immediately after the Closing Date, the Group will be entitled to the continued possession and use of the personal property leased by any of the Group Companies, for the terms specified in such leases and for purposes consistent with the past practices of the Group. |
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6.3 | Equipment. All equipment (the Equipment) owned or leased by the Group, taken as a whole, (i) is adequate for the conduct of the business of the Group as currently conducted, (ii) is in good operating condition, subject only to normal wear and tear for the age and usage of such respective Equipment, and (iii) complies with all applicable laws and regulations relating to such Equipment and the use thereof by the Group. | |
7. | Intellectual Property. | |
7.1 | Company Products. Schedule 7.7.1 contains a complete and accurate list by name of all products and service offerings sold, licensed or otherwise made commercially available by the Group as of the date hereof and information regarding any products or service offerings currently under development by the Group (collectively, Company Products). | |
7.2 | Scope of Intellectual Property. Schedule 7.7.2 lists: |
7.2.1 | The patents and pending patents of the Company and any subsidiaries, including country, identifying each patent by title, patent registration or application number, date of issue, date acquired, status, and nature of patent; | ||
7.2.2 | The registered and pending applications for trademarks, trade dress and service marks, and any common law trademarks, trade dress or service marks claimed by Company or any subsidiary, identifying each trademark, trade dress or service mark by including country or state where registered, application and/or registration number, date of registration and/or application, expiration date, and status; | ||
7.2.3 | The copyrighted works (both registered copyrights and works in which the Company or any subsidiary claims a copyright interest), including the nature of the work, date of first publication, and country of registration and registration number (if applicable), issued by or pending before any court, tribunal (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the PTO) or equivalent authority anywhere in the world and any actions that must be taken by the Company in relation thereto in the next one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, including the payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any responses, documents, affidavits of use, incontestability filings, applications or certificates for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting, preserving or renewing any Company Intellectual Property; and | ||
7.2.4 | The Intellectual Property of any Group Company that has not been registered or with respect to which registration has not been sought. |
7.3 | Rights from Third Parties. The Group has obtained from each third party who, at the request or the direction of any of the Group Companies, developed or otherwise created any Company Intellectual Property, a written assignment transferring to the Company or PNI all rights, title and interest in and to all such Company Intellectual Property. |
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7.4 | No Misrepresentation. None of the Group Companies has materially misrepresented, or failed to disclose, any material facts or circumstances in any application for any Company Intellectual Property that would constitute fraud or a material misrepresentation with respect to such application or that would otherwise materially affect the validity of enforceability of any Company Intellectual Property. | |
7.5 | Fully Transferable. All Company Intellectual Property is fully transferable, assignable or licensable, as applicable, without condition or restriction and without payment of any kind to any third party. | |
7.6 | No Third Party Ownership. Neither the Company nor PNI has received any notice or claim, whether written or oral, challenging or questioning the Companys or PNIs ownership in any Company Intellectual Property that is owned by the Company (or written notice of any claim challenging or questioning the ownership in any licensed Company Intellectual Property of the owner thereof) or suggesting that any third party has any claim of legal or beneficial ownership with respect thereto nor, to the Companys Knowledge, is there a reasonable basis for any such claim. Neither the Group Companys use of any Company Intellectual Property nor the production and sale of the Company Products infringes the intellectual property or other rights of others. | |
7.7 | No Liens, Pledge or License. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.7.7, none of the Group Companies has created any encumbrance or granted any license or other right in or to any Company Intellectual Property in favor of any third party other than pursuant to customer agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business. | |
7.8 | Creation. Except as disclosed in Schedule 7.7.8, all Intellectual Property Rights embodied in, associated or used in connection with the Company Products, including in any earlier versions or developments thereof, were created solely by either: (i) employees of the Company or PNI acting within the scope of their employment, all of whom have assigned in writing all rights, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or PNI; or (ii) by third parties who have assigned, or agreed to assign, in writing all right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or PNI. | |
7.9 | Nature of Intellectual Property. The Company Intellectual Property constitutes all Intellectual Property Rights used in or necessary in the operation or conduct of the Companys business as currently conducted, including the design, development, promotion, sale, license, manufacture, import, export, use or distribution of any and all Company Products. The Group has, and upon Closing will have, the right to use, all Company Intellectual Property for all such uses, including, pursuant to valid licenses, all software development tools, library functions, compilers and all other third-party software and other items that are used in the design, development, promotion, sale, license, manufacture, import, export, use or distribution of the Company Products. |
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7.10 | Improvements. Schedule 7.7.10 contains a list of all improvements made by the any Group Company with respect to any licensed Intellectual Property Rights. No person who has licensed any Intellectual Property Rights to any of the Group Companies has ownership, beneficial, license or other rights to improvements made by the Company with respect to such Intellectual Property. The Company is, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Agreement will be, entitled to freely use and exploit any and all such improvements. | |
7.11 | No Notice of Infringement. None of the Group Companies has received any notice, whether written or oral, or claim from any person claiming that the operation of the business of Company or PNI as currently conducted or that any Company Product infringes, misappropriates, violates, dilutes or constitutes the unauthorized use of any valid or enforceable right of any third party, including any Intellectual Property Right of any third party. | |
7.12 | No Threatened Litigation. No Company Intellectual Property or Company Product has been or is subject to any actual or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened litigation, proceeding (including any proceeding in the PTO or any corresponding foreign office or agency) or outstanding decree, order, judgment, settlement agreement or stipulation that restricts in any manner the Company or PNIs use, transfer or licensing thereof or that may affect the validity, use or enforceability thereof. There is no decree, order, judgment, agreement, stipulation or arbitral award which obligates the Company or PNI to grant licenses or ownership interest in any future Intellectual Property Right related to the operation or conduct of the business of the Company or PNI or the Company Products. | |
7.13 | Licenses to Intellectual Property. Schedule 7.7.13 lists all contracts, licenses and agreements to which any Group Company is a party with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights (including any Company Intellectual Property) including software which the Company or PNI has licensed from any third party which is used by the Company in the Company Products or otherwise in its business but excluding off-the-shelf software licensed to the Company or PNI. Neither the Company nor PNI is in breach of, nor has the Company or PNI failed to perform under, any of the foregoing contracts, licenses or agreements and, to the Companys Knowledge, no third party to any such contract, license or agreement is in breach thereof or has failed to perform thereunder. | |
7.14 | No Disputes. There is no outstanding or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, dispute or disagreement of which the Company is aware with respect to any contract, license or agreement between any Group Company and any third party related to the Company Intellectual Property. | |
7.15 | No Infringement by Third Parties. The Company has no Knowledge that any third party is infringing, misappropriating, diluting or violating any Company Intellectual Property and no such claims have been brought against any third party by any Group Company. |
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7.16 | No Adverse Consequences. Neither the execution or performance of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will result in: (a) any Group Company granting (or becoming obligated to license, transfer or grant) to any third party any Company Intellectual Property; (b) any Group Company being bound by, or subject to, any non-compete, non-solicitation or other restriction on the operation or scope of its business; (c) the loss or impairment of, or give rise to any right of any third party to terminate or alter, any of the Group Companys rights or interest in any Intellectual Property Rights; or (d) any Group Company or Purchaser being obligated to pay any penalties any royalties, license fees or other amounts to any third party in excess of those paid or payable by any Group Company in the absence of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents. | |
7.17 | Licenses, Permits and Approvals. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Group has obtained, and Schedule 7.7.17 sets forth, all export license, permits or approvals necessary or appropriate for the manufacture, marketing, license and distribution of the Company Products outside the United States. | |
7.18 | No Funding by Governmental Entities. No university, college, other educational institution, research center or other Government Authority currently has or will have any right to receive any royalty or other payment with respect to any Company Intellectual Property or Company Product (or the commercialization thereof). | |
7.19 | No Viruses. The Company Products do not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms or other software routines or hardware components designed to permit unauthorized access, to disable, erase or otherwise harm software, hardware or data. | |
7.20 | Specifications. Each Company Product conforms in all material respects to the specifications, documentation, contractual obligations or other information provided by any Group Company or any of its representatives to customers of any Group Company. The Company Products comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws. To the extent that Company Products (including new versions or releases thereof) have been launched commercially, the Company has fully disclosed to Purchaser the material technical problems or concerns associated with such Company Products known to the Company that do or may be expected to affect the performance of such Company Products and the action plans of the Company to correct such problems and concerns, all as set forth on Schedule 7.7.20. The Company has taken commercially reasonable actions necessary to document all Company Products and in particular has annotated the code and provided explanatory error messages, such that competent programmers with a reasonable understanding of the product can resolve problems and extend Product functionality. | |
8. | Agreements, Contracts and Commitments. | |
8.1 | Material Contracts. Schedule 7.8.1 sets forth all contracts (a) which by their terms seek to limit or define those activities in which the Company or PNI is permitted or required to engage, (b) which, except for standard form agreements with customers as to which no material changes have been made (other than changes to choice of law, venue, or payment terms), copies of which have been provided to Purchaser, involve the payment by the Company of US$5,000 individually or US$40,000 in the aggregate within a 12 |
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month period, or (d) which are otherwise material to the business or operations of the Company (collectively, the Material Contracts). Schedule 7.8.1 separately sets forth those Material Contracts which require any consent, approval or waiver by the other parties thereto in connection with this Agreement, any Transaction Documents, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.8.1, the Company and PNI does not have, is not a party to nor is it bound by: |
8.1.1 | any collective bargaining agreements; | ||
8.1.2 | any agreements or arrangements that contain any severance pay or post-employment liabilities or obligations; | ||
8.1.3 | any bonus, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing or retirement plans, or any other employee benefit plans or arrangements; | ||
8.1.4 | any arrangement by which the Company or PNI is obligated to pay or has a right to receive royalties or other payment based on use of any Company Product or Company Intellectual Property, including in each such case the respective amount thereof; | ||
8.1.5 | any employment or consulting agreement, contract or commitment with an employee or individual consultant or salesperson or consulting or sales agreement, contract or commitment with a firm or other organization; | ||
8.1.6 | any agreement or plan (including, any stock option plan, stock appreciation rights plan or stock purchase plan) any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; | ||
8.1.7 | any fidelity or surety bond or completion bond; | ||
8.1.8 | any lease of real or personal property involving future payments in excess of US$5,000 individually or US$40,000 in the aggregate; | ||
8.1.9 | any agreement of indemnification involving amounts in excess of US$5,000 individually or US$40,000 in the aggregate or any guaranty or suretyship; | ||
8.1.10 | any agreement, contract or commitment containing any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company to engage in any line of business or to compete with any person; | ||
8.1.11 | any agreement, contract or commitment relating to future capital expenditures or involving future payments in excess of US$5,000 individually or US$40,000 in the aggregate; |
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8.1.12 | any agreement, arrangement, right, contract or commitment relating to the disposition or acquisition of assets, properties or any interest in any business enterprise, in each case outside of the ordinary course of the Companys business; | ||
8.1.13 | any mortgage, indenture, loan or credit agreement, security agreement or other agreement or instrument relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, including guaranties or instruments of surety referred to in subparagraph (vi) above; | ||
8.1.14 | any purchase order or contract for the purchase of raw materials or the provision of services involving US$40,000 or more, other than purchases in the ordinary course of business; | ||
8.1.15 | any construction contracts involving amounts in excess of US$5,000 individually or US$40,000 in the aggregate; | ||
8.1.16 | any distribution, joint marketing, licensing or development agreement involving amounts in excess of US$5,000 individually or US$40,000 in the aggregate; | ||
8.1.17 | any insurance policies; or | ||
8.1.18 | any other agreement, contract or commitment that involves or could result in aggregate payments to or by the Company of US$40,000 or more or is not cancelable by the Company without penalty within ninety (90) days or that otherwise is not entered into in the ordinary course of business. |
8.2 | No Breach or Violation. Neither the Company nor PNI has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of any Material Contract to which it is a party or by which it or its assets or properties are or may be bound. Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and is not subject to any breach, default or violation thereunder of which the Company or PNI has Knowledge by any party obligated to the Company or PNI pursuant thereto. The Company has obtained, or will obtain prior to the Closing, all necessary consents, waivers and approvals of parties to any Material Contract as are required or prudent to obtain in connection with the Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Transaction Documents (the Requisite Consents). | |
8.3 | Interested Party Transactions. No officer, director, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any employee or stockholder of any Group Company (nor any ancestor, sibling, descendant or spouse of any of such persons, or any trust, partnership or corporation in which any of such persons has a direct or indirect interest), has any direct or indirect interest in: (a) any entity which furnished or sold, or furnishes or sells, services or products that any Group Company furnishes or sells, or proposes to furnish or sell, or (b) any entity that purchases from or sells or furnishes any goods or services to any Group Company, or (c) any Material Contract; provided, however, that ownership of no more than 2 percent (2 %) of the outstanding voting stock of a publicly traded corporation shall not be deemed an interest in any entity for purposes of this Clause 8.3. Except for the Sunair Loan, no Group Company is indebted to any officer, director, employee, consultant or stockholder of any Group Company (except for amounts due pursuant to written employment agreements and reimbursement of business expenses), and no such person is indebted to any Group Company. |
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8.4 | Company Authorizations. Schedule 7.8.4 lists each consent, license, permit, approval, grant or other authorization issued to any Group Company by a Government Authority (a) pursuant to which any Group Company currently operates or holds any interest in any of its assets or properties or (b) which is required for the operation of its business (including the design, development, manufacture, sale, promotion, export, import, distribution or provision of the Company Products) or the holding of any such interest (collectively, Company Authorizations). All Company Authorizations are in full force and effect and constitute all Company Authorizations required to permit any Group Company to operate or conduct the Groups business substantially as currently conducted or to hold any interest in the Groups assets or properties. The Group has complied in all material respects with all terms and conditions of the Company Authorizations, and the same will not be subject to suspension, modification, revocation or non-renewal as a result of this Agreement, any Transaction Document, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Group has taken commercially reasonable measures to ensure that its employees, consultants, agents and representatives have complied with the requirements of all Company Authorizations and the Company is not aware of any past or current material violation of any Company Authorization. | |
9. | Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.9, there is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, arbitration or investigation of any nature pending, or to the Companys Knowledge, threatened, by, against or involving any Group Company, its assets or properties or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents in their capacity as such, nor, to the Knowledge of Company, is there any basis therefor. No Governmental Authority or third party has at any time challenged or questioned the legal right of the Company or PNI to design, develop, promote, sell, license, manufacture, import, export, use, distribute or provide any Company Products. | |
10. | Accounts Receivable. | |
10.1 | List. Schedule 7.10.1 sets forth a list of all accounts receivable of the Group (Accounts Receivable) as of the most recent full calendar month immediately preceding the Closing Date, along with the date of the invoice. | |
10.2 | Ordinary Course. All Accounts Receivable of the Group arose in the ordinary course of business and are carried at values determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.10.2 no person has given the Company notice of any disputes regarding, and except for the Wachovia Credit no person has any Lien on, any of such Accounts Receivable and no request or agreement for material deduction or discount has been made with respect to any of such Accounts Receivable. |
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10.3 | Minute Books. The Company has made available to Purchaser all minute records reflecting all corporate actions taken by Company and PNI since the Companys and PNIs inception that are currently in the Companys or PNIs possession (the Minutes). The Minutes provide a summary that is accurate in all material respects of all meetings of directors (or committees thereof) and stockholders of the Company and PNI and include copies of all board and stockholder actions by written consent since its incorporation. A list of any matters requiring the approval of the Companys or PNIs Board of Directors or stockholders as to which minutes of meeting or resolutions are missing is set forth in Schedule 7.10.3, and all such matters have been duly approved by the Companys or PNIs Board of Directors and/or stockholders, as applicable, by ratification or other means pursuant to properly noticed meetings or valid waivers of notice by requisite written consent. | |
11. | Environmental Matters. | |
11.1 | Hazardous Material. No underground storage tanks and no amount of Hazardous Materials are present, either as a result of any Group Companys use or occupation of any real property or, to the Companys Knowledge as a result of any actions of any third party or otherwise, in each case in, on or under any property, including the land and the improvements, ground water and surface water thereof, that any Group Company has at any time owned, operated, occupied or leased. For purposes of this Agreement, Hazardous Material means any substance that has been designated by any Government Authority or by applicable federal, state or local law to be a pollutant or contaminant or infectious or radioactive, toxic, hazardous or otherwise a danger to health or the environment, including, PCBs, asbestos, petroleum, urea-formaldehyde, methylene chloride and all substances listed as hazardous substances pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or defined as a hazardous waste pursuant to the United States Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws. | |
11.2 | Hazardous Materials Activities. The Group has not transported, stored, used, manufactured, disposed of, released or exposed its employees or others to Hazardous Materials in violation of any law in effect on or before the Closing Date, nor has the Group disposed of, transported, sold, or manufactured any product containing a Hazardous Material (collectively, Hazardous Materials Activities) in violation of any rule, regulation, treaty or statute promulgated by any Government Authority in effect prior to or as of the date hereof to prohibit, regulate or control Hazardous Materials or any Hazardous Material Activity. | |
11.3 | Permits. The Group currently holds all environmental approvals, permits, licenses, clearances and consents (Environmental Permits) necessary for the conduct of the Groups Hazardous Material Activities, if any, and other businesses of Company as such activities and businesses are currently being conducted. All such Environmental Permits are in full force and effect and none of the Group Companies has received no notice that it is in violation thereof (or that there are any investigations or inquiries pending with respect thereto) or that any such Environmental Permits might be terminated or not renewed upon their scheduled expiration. |
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11.4 | Environmental Liabilities. No material action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, amendment procedure, writ, injunction, investigation or claim is pending, or to Companys Knowledge, threatened concerning any Environmental Permit, Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Materials Activity of or relating to the Group. The Company is not aware of any fact or circumstance which could involve any of the Group Companies in any material environmental litigation or investigation or impose upon the Company (or the surviving entity as the successor to the Company) any material environmental liability, whether for its actual activities, as a potentially responsible party, or otherwise. | |
11.5 | Capital Expenditures. The Company is not aware of any capital expenditures which are required or recommended for it to comply with any applicable Environmental Laws. | |
12. | Brokers and Finders Fees; Third Party Expenses. Neither Seller nor the Company has incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders fees or agents commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement, any Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby. | |
13. | Employee Benefit Plans. | |
13.1 | Definitions. For purposes of these Warranties, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below: |
13.1.1 | COBRA means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended and codified in Section 4980B of the Code and Section 601 et. seq. of ERISA; | ||
13.1.2 | Company Employee Plan means any plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred compensation, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, fringe benefits or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether written or unwritten, funded or unfunded, including, each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, or any International Employee Plan, which is maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee (as defined below), or with respect to which the Company has or may have any liability or obligation; | ||
13.1.3 | Employee means any current, former, or retired employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate; | ||
13.1.4 | Employee Agreement means each management, employment, severance, consulting, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, visa, work permit or other agreement, contract or understanding between the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any Employee with respect to which the Company has or may have any obligation; |
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13.1.5 | ERISA Affiliate means any person or entity under common control with the Company, or is a member of an affiliated service group that includes the Company, within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder; | ||
13.1.6 | ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; | ||
13.1.7 | FMLA means the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended; | ||
13.1.8 | International Employee Plan means each Company Employee Plan that has been adopted or maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, whether informally or formally, or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate will or may have any liability, for the benefit of Employees who perform services outside the United States; | ||
13.1.9 | IRS means the Internal Revenue Service; | ||
13.1.10 | Multiemployer Plan means any Pension Plan (as defined below) which is a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA; and | ||
13.1.11 | Pension Plan means each Company Employee Plan, which is an employee pension benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA. |
13.2 | Employee Plans. Schedule 7.13.2 contains an accurate and complete list of each known Company Employee Plan which is or has been maintained or created by the Company. Each Company Employee Plan has at all times been in material compliance with all Applicable Laws. The Company has no, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no ERISA Affiliate has any, plan or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to establish any new Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement, to modify any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement to the requirements of any Applicable Law, in each case as previously disclosed to Purchaser in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to adopt or enter into any Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement. | |
13.3 | Employee List. Schedule 7.13.3 sets forth, individually and by work base or location, the name of each current officer, employee, consultant/sub-contractor, together with such persons position or function, monthly base salary or compensation and any incentive, severance or bonus arrangements with respect to such person. Entering into this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and completing the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in any payment or increased payment becoming due from the Company or PNI to any current or former officer, director, or employee of, or consultant to, the Company or PNI, and to the Knowledge of the Company no employee or consultant of the Company or PNI has made any threat, or otherwise revealed an |
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intent, to terminate such employees or consultants relationship with the Company or PNI for any reason, including because of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents. Neither the Company nor PNI is a party to any agreement for the provision of labor from any outside agency. Since the Companys and PNIs date of incorporation, there have been no claims by employees of such outside agencies, if any, with regard to employees assigned to work for the Company or PNI, and no claims by any Government Authority with regard to such employees. Except as disclosed on Schedule 7.13.3, all employees of the Company and PNI are employed at will. | ||
13.4 | Labor Related Claims. There have been no federal or state claims based on sex, sexual or other harassment, age, disability, race or other discrimination or common law claims, including claims of wrongful termination, by any employees of the Company or PNI or by any of the employees performing work for the Company or PNI but provided by an outside employment agency, and there are no facts or circumstances Known to the Company or PNI that could reasonably be expected to give rise to such complaint or claim. The Company and PNI (a) has at all times complied with all Applicable Law related to employment, (b) has not received any notice of any claim that it has not complied in any material respect with any Applicable Law relating to employment, including any provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, the payment of Social Security and similar taxes, equal employment opportunity, employment discrimination, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act, employee safety, and (c) has not received any notice of any claim that it is liable for any arrearages of wages or any taxes or penalties for failure to comply with any of the foregoing. | |
13.5 | Policies and Handbook. Neither the Company nor PNI has any written policies and/or employee handbooks or manuals except those for which true and correct copies have been provided to Purchaser. | |
13.6 | Employee Plan Compliance. The Company and its ERISA Affiliates (a) have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under each Company Employee Plan, (b) are not in default or violation of any Company Employee Plan, and (c) have no Knowledge of any default or violation by any other party to any Company Employee Plan. In addition: |
13.6.1 | Each Company Employee Plan has been established and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all Applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code; | ||
13.6.2 | Any Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code (a) has either applied for, prior to the expiration of the requisite period under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements, or obtained a favorable determination, notification, advisory and/or opinion letter, as applicable, as to its qualified status from the IRS or still has a remaining period of time under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such letter and to make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination, and (b) incorporates or has been amended to incorporate all provisions required to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation; |
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13.6.3 | For each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, there has been no event, condition or circumstance that has adversely affected, or reasonably could be expected to adversely affect, such qualified status; | ||
13.6.4 | No prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Company Employee Plan; | ||
13.6.5 | There are no actions, suits or claims pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company Employee Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan; | ||
13.6.6 | Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without liability to Purchaser, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (other than ordinary administrative expenses or administrative, legal and filing expenses in connection with amendment, termination or discontinuance); | ||
13.6.7 | There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any ERISA Affiliates, threatened by the IRS or DOL, or any other Government Authority with respect to any Company Employee Plan; | ||
13.6.8 | The Company is not subject to any penalty or tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code; and | ||
13.6.9 | The Company has timely made all contributions and other payments required by and due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan for which the Company is or may be obligated to pay. |
13.7 | No Pension or Welfare Plans. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.13.7, neither the Company nor PNI has and has not ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to: |
13.7.1 | Any Pension Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; | ||
13.7.2 | Any Multiemployer Plan; | ||
13.7.3 | Any multiple employer plan as defined in ERISA or the Code; or | ||
13.7.4 | Any funded welfare plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code. |
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13.8 | No Post-Employment Obligations. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.13.8, no Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects or represents any liability to provide, life insurance, medical or other employee benefits to any Employee upon his or her retirement or termination of employment for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable statute, and neither the Company nor PNI has represented, promised or contracted (whether orally or in writing) to any Employee (either individually or to Employees as a group) or any other person that such Employee(s) or other person would be provided life insurance, medical or other employee welfare benefits upon retirement or termination of employment, except to the extent required by statute. | |
13.9 | Health Care Compliance. Neither the Company nor PNI has violated any of the health care continuation requirements of COBRA, the requirements of FMLA, the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the requirements of the Womens Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, the requirements of the Newborns and Mothers Health Protection Act of 1996, or any amendment to each such act, or any similar provisions of state law applicable to its Employees. | |
13.10 | Past Acquisitions. Neither the Company nor PNI is currently obligated to provide an Employee with any compensation or benefits pursuant to an agreement (e.g., an acquisition agreement) with a former employer of such Employee. | |
13.11 | Effect of Transaction. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.13.11: |
13.11.1 | The execution of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan, Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits, obligation to fund benefits or other change in benefits with respect to any Employee; | ||
13.11.2 | No payment or benefit which will or may be made by the Company, its ERISA Affiliates or Purchaser or any of its respective affiliates with respect to any Employee will be characterized as a parachute payment, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code; | ||
13.11.3 | With respect to any insurance policy which provides, or has provided, funding for benefits under any Company Employee Plan, (a) there is and will be no liability of the Surviving Entity, the Company, Purchaser or any of their respective subsidiaries in the nature of a retroactive or retrospective rate adjustment, loss sharing arrangement, or actual or contingent liability as of or immediately after the Closing Date, nor would there be any such liability if such insurance policy were terminated as of the Closing Date, and (b) no insurance company issuing any such policy is in receivership, conservatorship, bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, and; to the Knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings with respect to any insurer are imminent. |
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13.12 | Employment Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.13.12, the Group (i) is in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Law respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, in each case, with respect to its Employees and independent contractors; (ii) has withheld and reported all amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported from the wages, salaries and other payments to Employees; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or any employment, withholding, payroll or other similar taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any governmental or administrative authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits for Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). There are no pending or threatened claims or actions against any Group Company under any workers compensation policy or long-term disability policy. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has direct or indirect liability with respect to any misclassification of any person as an independent contractor rather than as an Employee, or with respect to any Employee leased from another employer. | |
13.13 | Labor. No work stoppage or labor strike against the Company or an ERISA Affiliate is pending or threatened. No Group Company is involved in or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with, any labor dispute, grievance, or litigation relating to labor, safety or discrimination matters involving any Employee, including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints, which, if adversely determined, would, individually or in the aggregate, result in material liability to any Group Company. The Group has not engaged in any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. No Group Company is currently, nor has it been in the past, a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement or union contract with respect to its Employees and no collective bargaining agreement or union contract is being negotiated by any Group Company. The Group has not incurred any material liability or material obligation under the Warn Act or any similar state or local law which remains unsatisfied. Schedule 7.13.13 includes a list of all Employees who have been terminated by any Group Company and who have not executed a release in favor of the Company or PNI for all claims in connection with such termination, and the general reason for termination, since 6 August 2004. | |
13.14 | International Employee Plan. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.13.14, none of the Group Companies currently has, nor has it ever had, the obligation to maintain, establish, sponsor, participate in, or contribute to any employee benefit plan mandated by a government other than the United States or governed by the laws of any government other than the United States. | |
14. | Compliance with Laws. The Group has complied in all material respects with, and has not received any notices of violation with respect to, any applicable federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation, domestic or foreign (Applicable Law). In particular, the Group is in compliance with all Applicable Laws with respect to the design, development, promotion, sale, license, manufacture, import, export, use, distribution or provision of the Company Products. The Group has not received any communication from any Government Authority or other person that alleges that it is or |
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was not in compliance with any Applicable Law, nor is the Company aware of any reasonable basis for such claim. The Group has taken adequate and sufficient measures to ensure that its agents have complied with all Applicable Laws with respect to the design, development, promotion, sale, license, manufacture, import, export, use, distribution or provision of the Company Products, and the Group is not aware of any violation by any of its current or former agents of such Applicable Laws. | ||
15. | Warranties; Indemnities. There are no warranty or indemnity claims pending or threatened against any Group Company. All forms of Warranty Obligations of the Group are listed on Schedule 7.15, and true and correct copies thereof have been delivered to Purchaser prior to the execution of this Agreement. There have not been any deviations from the Warranty Obligations, and salespersons, Employees and agents of any Group are not authorized to undertake obligations to any customer or other person in excess of or materially different from such Warranty Obligations. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Warranty Obligations shall refer to all forms of written warranties, guarantees and written warranty policies of any Group Company in respect of any of the Company Products which are currently in effect. | |
16. | Software Development Agreements. No Group Company has materially violated, nor is it in material violation of, nor will this Agreement, any Transaction Document, the observance and performance of the terms hereof or thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby cause any violation of, any terms or provisions of any agreement under which any Group Company has an obligation to develop, supply or distribute software to or for any third party, excluding end-user licenses for object code executed in the ordinary course of business, nor is any Group Company under any obligation to deliver source code or any confidential or proprietary information to any third party. | |
17. | Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by the Seller or any of the Group Companies in this Agreement (taken together with any of the Exhibits or Schedules), and none of the statements of, by or regarding the Seller or any Group Company made in any Schedule, Exhibit or certificate furnished by the Seller or any Group Company pursuant to this Agreement or any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein (to the extent such statements are of, by or regarding the Seller or any Group Company) not misleading. | |
18. | Insurance. All insurance policies of the Group are listed on Schedule 7.18. There is no claim pending under any such policies as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of or obligors on such policies. All premiums due and payable under all such policies have been timely paid and the Group is otherwise in compliance with the terms of such policies. The Company has no Knowledge of any threatened termination of, or premium increase with respect to, any of such policies, or that any underwriter or carrier would not renew each such policy on substantially comparable terms as currently in effect. |
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19. | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or PNI has, directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment. | |
20. | Complete Copies of Materials. The Group has delivered or made available copies of each document in its possession that has been requested by Purchaser in connection with Purchasers legal, accounting and business review of the Company. | |
21. | Board Approval. The Board of Directors of each of Seller and the Company (a) has approved this Agreement, the Loan Assignment Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. | |
22. | Customers and Suppliers. No customer which individually accounted for more than US $100,000 of the Companys consolidated gross revenues during the 12-month period preceding the date hereof, and no supplier of the Company or PNI has canceled or otherwise terminated, or made any written threat to the Company or PNI to cancel or otherwise terminate its relationship with the Company or PNI, or has decreased materially its services or supplies to the Company or PNI, in the case of any such supplier, or its usage of the services or products of the Company or PNI, in the case of such customer and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such supplier or customer intends to cancel or otherwise terminate its relationship with the Company or PNI or to decrease materially its services or supplies to the Company or PNI or its usage of the services or products of the Company or PNI, as the case may be. Neither the Company nor PNI has breached any agreement with, or engaged in any fraudulent conduct with respect to, any customer or supplier of the Company or PNI. | |
23. | Export Control Laws. The Company and PNI has conducted its export transactions at all times in strict compliance with applicable provisions of all export control laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Export Administration Act and implementing Export Administration Regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company represents and warrants that (a) the Company and PNI each has obtained all export licenses and other approvals required for its exports of products, software and technologies from the United States; (b) the Company and PNI is in compliance with the terms of all applicable export licenses or other approvals; (c) there are no pending or threatened, claims against the Company or PNI with respect to such export licenses or other approvals; (d) to the Companys Knowledge, there are no actions, conditions or circumstances pertaining to the Companys or PNIs export transactions that may give rise to any future claims; and (e) no consents or approvals for the transfer of export licenses by reason of the transactions contemplated under the Agreement are required, or such consents and approvals can be obtained expeditiously without material cost. |
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24. | Banks and Brokerage Accounts. Schedule 7.24 sets forth: (a) a true and complete list of the names and locations of all banks, trust companies, securities brokers and other financial institutions at which any Group Company has an account or safety deposit box or maintains a banking, custodial, trading or other similar relationship; (b) true and complete list and description of each such account, safety deposit box and relationship, indicating in each case the account number, the names of the respective officers, employees, agents or other similar representatives of the Group Company having signatory power with respect thereto and the current balances in such accounts or safety deposit boxes; and (c) a list of each debenture, note, and other evidence of indebtedness, stock, security (including rights to purchase and derivative securities or rights), interests in joint ventures and general and limited partnerships, mortgage loans and other investment or portfolio assets owned of record or beneficially by any Group Company, the legal name of the record and beneficial owner thereof, the location of the certificates, if any, therefor, the maturity date, if any, and any stock or bond powers or other authority for transfer granted with respect thereto. | |
25. | Takeover Statutes. No fair price, moratorium, control share acquisition, or other or similar anti-takeover statutes or regulations enacted or promulgated under federal, state or foreign law is applicable with respect to the Group in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents. |
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The Purchaser represents, warrants and undertakes to the Seller as follows: | ||
7A.1 | Corporate Organization. Purchaser has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. Purchaser is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified, except where failure to be so licensed or qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to enter into this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. | |
7A.2 | Due Authorization. Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all obligations to be performed by it hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of Purchaser, and no other corporate proceeding on the part of Purchaser is necessary to authorize this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity. | |
7A.3 | No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby does not and will not violate any provision of, or result in the breach of any Applicable Law, the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, as amended, or other organizational documents of Purchaser, or any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser may be bound, or of any order, judgment or decree applicable to Purchaser, or terminate or result in the termination of any such agreement, indenture or instrument, except to the extent that the occurrence of the foregoing would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to enter into and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement. | |
7A.4 | Litigation and Proceedings. There are no lawsuits, actions, suits, claims or other proceedings at law or in equity, or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, investigations, pending before or by any Governmental Authority or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened, against Purchaser which, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. There is no unsatisfied judgment or any open injunction binding upon Purchaser which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to enter into and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement. |
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7A.5 | Governmental Authorities; Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of Seller and each of the Group Companies contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any governmental authority or other third party is required on the part of Purchaser with respect to Purchasers execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. | |
7A.6 | Financial Ability. Purchaser has cash on hand and/or undrawn amounts under existing credit facilities necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the ability to pay the Consideration at Closing. | |
7A.7 | Brokers Fees. No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates. | |
7A.8 | Acquisition of Sale Shares for Investment. Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its participation in this Agreement. Purchaser confirms that Seller and the Company has made available to Purchaser and Purchasers agents the opportunity to ask questions of the officers and management employees of the Group as well as access to the documents, information and records of the Group and to acquire additional information about the business and financial condition of the Group, and Purchaser confirms that it has made an independent investigation, analysis and evaluation of the Group and their respective properties, assets, business, financial condition, documents, information and records. Purchaser is acquiring the Sale Shares for investment and not with a view toward or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, or with any present intention of distributing or selling the Sale Shares. Purchaser understands and agrees that the Sale Shares may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except pursuant to an exemption from such registration available under such Act, and without compliance with state, local and foreign securities laws, in each case, to the extent applicable. |
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