DATED AS OF OCTOBER 2,
2009
ACOUSTIC MARKETING RESEARCH,
INC.
(a Colorado corporation),
MISONIX, INC.
(a New York corporation),
MEDICAL IMAGING HOLDINGS,
INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE
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2.1 Purchase and Sale of the Purchased
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2.7 Net Working Capital Adjustment
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER AND PARENT
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3.1 Organization and Good Standing
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3.2 Authority and Enforceability
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3.3 No Conflicts; Consents
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3.8 Business Authorizations
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3.10 Condition of Tangible Assets
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3.11 Intellectual Property
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3.12 Absence of Certain Changes or
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3.14 Sufficiency of Purchased Assets
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3.17 Labor and Employment Matters
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3.19 Suppliers and Customers
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3.25 Completeness of Disclosure
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
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4.1 Organization and Good Standing
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4.2 Authority and Enforceability
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF SELLER AND
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5.2 Confidentiality; Books and
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS OF SELLER, PARENT AND
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6.6 Discharge of Business Obligations After
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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7.1 Conditions to Obligations of Buyer and
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ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION
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9.2 Indemnification by Seller and
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9.4 Indemnification Procedures for Third Party
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9.5 Indemnification Procedures for Non-Third
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10.2 Amendments and Waivers
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
October 2, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), among
Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. (doing business as Sonora Medical
Systems), a Colorado corporation (“ Seller ”),
MISONIX, INC., a New York corporation and majority stockholder of
Seller (“ Parent ”), and Medical Imaging
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer
”).
WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the business of
(i) selling, repairing and servicing new and used diagnostic
ultrasound systems and consumable accessories used in conjunction
therewith, (ii) selling, repairing, servicing and testing
diagnostic ultrasound transducers, (iii) developing and
selling equipment for testing ultrasound transducers,
(iv) selling equipment used for cleaning and disinfecting
ultrasound transducers including, but not limited to,
transesophogeal echocardiography probes, (v) selling equipment
used for testing endoscopic probes, (vi) repairing and
servicing MRI systems and parts and subsystems used therein, and
(vii) performing training for the service and maintenance of
diagnostic ultrasound and MRI systems, in each instance throughout
the world (the “ Business ”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire that Seller sells,
assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to Buyer, and that Buyer
purchases and acquires from Seller, all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets (as hereinafter
defined), and that Buyer assumes the Assumed Liabilities (as
hereinafter defined), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing premises and the respective representations and
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1.1 Definitions . When used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article I or in the applicable Section of this
Agreement to which reference is made in this
Article I.
“ Accounts Receivable ” means
(a) any trade accounts receivable and other rights to payment
from customers or any factor of the Business, and (b) any
other account or note receivable related to the Business, together
with, in each case, the full benefit of any security interest of
Seller therein, in each case excluding accounts receivable owing
from Affiliates.
“ Action ” is defined in
Section 3.15(a).
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such specified Person.
“ Agreement ” is defined in
the Preamble.
“ Ancillary Documents ” means
the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the
Domain Name Assignment, the Patent Assignment, the Trademark
Assignment, the Transition Services Agreement and the other
agreements, instruments and documents delivered at the
Closing.
“ Asset Allocation ” is
defined in Section 2.8.
“ Assigned Contracts ” is
defined in Section 2.1(c).
“ Assignment and Assumption
Agreement ” means the Bill of Sale, Assignment and
Assumption Agreement in the form and substance acceptable to
Buyer.
“ Assumed Liabilities ” is
defined in Section 2.3.
“ Audited Financial Statements
” is defined in Section 3.4(a).
“ Authorization ” means any
authorization, approval, consent, certificate, license, permit or
franchise of or from any Governmental Entity or pursuant to any
Law.
“ Balance Sheet ” is defined
in Section 3.4(b).
“ Balance Sheet Date ” is
defined in Section 3.4(b).
“ Books and Records ” means
books of account, general, financial, warranty and shipping
records, invoices, supplier lists, product specifications, product
formulations, drawings, correspondence, engineering, maintenance,
operating and production records, advertising and promotional
materials, credit records of customers and other documents, records
and files, in each case related to the Business, including books
and records relating to Seller’s Intellectual Property and
the employee and personnel records of the Transferred
Employees.
“ Business ” is defined in
the Recitals.
“ Business Day ” means a day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located
in New York City are authorized or required by Law to
close.
“ Buyer ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Buyer Indemnitees ” is
defined in Section 9.2(a).
“ CERCLA ” is defined in
Section 3.18(a)(ix).
“ Charter Documents ” means,
with respect to any entity, the certificate of incorporation, the
articles of incorporation, by-laws, articles of organization,
limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement,
formation agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar
organizational documents of such entity (in each case, as
amended).
“ Closing ” is defined in
Section 2.6.
“ Closing Date ” is defined
in Section 2.6.
“ Closing Net Working Capital
” is defined in Section 2.7(b).
“ Closing Net Working Capital
Statement ” is defined in Section 2.7(b).
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
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“ Confidentiality Agreement ”
is defined in Section 5.2(a).
“ Consents ” is defined in
Section 3.3(a).
“ Contract ” means any
agreement, contract, license, lease, commitment, arrangement or
understanding, written or oral, including any sales order or
purchase order.
“ Copyrights ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ Disclosure Schedule ” is
defined in the Preamble to Article III.
“ Domain Name Assignment ”
means the domain name assignment in the form and substance
acceptable to Buyer.
“ Employee ” means any
individual employed by Seller.
“ Environmental Claims ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ Environmental Laws ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ Environmental Permit ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ Equipment ” means
laboratory equipment, machinery, fixtures, furniture, supplies,
accessories, materials, equipment, parts, automobiles, trucks,
vehicles, tooling, tools, molds, office equipment, computers,
telephones and all other items of tangible personal property owned
or leased by Seller, in each case related to the
Business.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any
Person that together with the Seller, is or was at any time treated
as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or
Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ Escrow Agent ” means the
escrow agent appointed pursuant to the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
“ Escrow Agreement ” means
the Escrow Agreement to be entered into as of the Closing among
Buyer, Seller and the Escrow Agent.
“ Escrow Amount ” is defined
in Section 2.5(a).
“ Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital” is defined in Section 2.7(a).
“ Excluded Assets ” is
defined in Section 2.2.
“ Excluded Liabilities ” is
defined in Section 2.4.
“ Federal Prime Government
Contract” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
“ Federal Prime Government
Contractor” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
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“ Financial Statements ” is
defined in Section 3.4(a).
“ GAAP ” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles.
“ Government Contract ” means
any contract, basic ordering agreement, letter contract, purchase
order, delivery order, change order, or other commitment of any
kind, between (i) Seller and the United States Government (a
“ Federal Prime Government Contract ”),
(ii) Seller and any state, county, township or municipal
government (a “ State/Local Prime Government Contract
”), (iii) Seller and any prime contractor to the United
States Government (a “ Federal Prime Government
Contractor ”) with respect to a Federal Prime Government
Contract of such Federal Prime Government Contractor,
(iv) Seller and any prime contractor to any state, county,
township or municipal government (“ State/Local Prime
Government Contractor ”) with respect to a State/Local
Prime Government Contract, (v) Seller and any direct
subcontractor to a Federal Prime Government Contractor with respect
to a Federal Prime Government Contract, or (vi) Seller and any
direct subcontractor to a State/Local Prime Government Contractor
with respect to a State/Local Prime Government Contract.
“Government Contract” shall also include any
“Contractor team arrangement” as defined in Federal
Acquisition Regulation 9.601.
“ Governmental Entity ” means
any entity or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to United
States federal, state, local, or municipal government, foreign,
international, multinational or other government, including any
department, commission, board, agency, bureau, subdivision,
instrumentality, official or other regulatory, administrative or
judicial authority thereof, and any non-governmental regulatory
body to the extent that the rules and regulations or orders of such
body have the force of Law.
“ Hazardous Materials ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ In-Bound Licenses ” is
defined in Section 3.11(c).
“ Indebtedness ” means any of
the following: (a) any indebtedness for borrowed money,
(b) any obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, (c) any obligations to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade
accounts payable and other current Liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of the Business, (d) any indebtedness created
or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to acquired property, (e) any
obligations, contingent or otherwise, under acceptance credit,
letters of credit or similar facilities, and (f) any guaranty
of any of the foregoing.
“ Independent Expert ” is
defined in Section 2.7(d).
“ Indemnitee ” means any
Person that is seeking indemnification from an Indemnitor pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Indemnitor ” means any
party hereto from which any Indemnitee is seeking indemnification
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Intellectual Property ” is
defined in Section 3.11(a).
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” is defined in Section 3.11(a).
“ Inventory ” means all raw
materials, work-in-process, finished goods, supplies, spare parts
and other inventories related to the Business, including all such
items (a) in transit from suppliers of the Business,
(b) held for delivery by suppliers of the Business, or
(c) held on consignment by third parties.
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“ Knowledge ” of Seller or
any similar phrase means, with respect to any fact or matter, the
actual knowledge of the directors and executive officers of Seller,
together with such knowledge that such directors or executive
officers could be expected to discover after due investigation
concerning the existence of the fact or matter in
question.
“ Landlord ” is defined in
Section 6.7.
“ Law ” means any statute,
law (including common law), constitution, treaty, ordinance, code,
order, decree, judgment, rule, regulation and any other binding
requirement or determination of any Governmental Entity.
“ Lease Assignment Agreement
” means the lease assignment agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto.
“ Liabilities ” is defined in
Section 3.5.
“ Lien ” means, with respect
to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest, adverse claim or other encumbrance in respect of
such property or asset.
“ Longmont Lease ” means that
Building Lease, dated as of July 30, 2004, by and between
Seller and Diagonal Tech Center, LTD.
“ Losses ” is defined in
Section 9.2(a).
“ Marks ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ Material Contract ” is
defined in Section 3.13(b).
“ Moore” means G. Wayne
Moore, an individual.
“ Names ” is defined in
Section 6.2.
“ Net Working Capital ”
means, without duplication, current assets (including Accounts
Receivable, Inventory and ordinary course prepaid expenses but
excluding any current or deferred Tax assets and cash and cash
equivalents) of Seller, minus current liabilities of Seller
incurred in the ordinary course of Seller’s Business
(including accounts payable and ordinary course accrued expenses
but excluding any Indebtedness, current or deferred Tax liabilities
and any obligations with respect to any Seller Benefit Plans or
compensation owed to Employees); in each case determined in
accordance with GAAP and as calculated in accordance with and in a
manner consistent with the illustration set forth on
Schedule 2.7.
“ Noncompetition Period ” is
defined in Section 5.3(a).
“ Notice of Claim ” is
defined in Section 9.4(a).
“ Notice of Objection ” is
defined in Section 2.7(c).
“ Order ” means any award,
injunction, judgment, decree, order, ruling, subpoena or verdict or
other decision issued, promulgated or entered by or with any
Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction.
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“ Out-Bound Licenses ” is
defined in Section 3.11(d).
“ Parent ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Patent Assignment ” means
the patent assignment in the form and substance acceptable to
Buyer.
“ Patents ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ Person ” means an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a Governmental
Entity or any other entity or body.
“ Policy ” is defined in
Section 3.20(a).
“ Premises ” is defined in
Section 6.7.
“ Products ” is defined in
Section 3.21(a).
“ Proprietary Information ”
is defined in Section 3.11(a).
“ Purchase Price ” is defined
in Section 2.5(a).
“ Purchased Assets ” is
defined in Section 2.1.
“ Release ” is defined in
Section 3.18(b).
“ Restricted Business ” is
defined in Section 5.3(a).
“ Restricted Contract ” is
defined in Section 2.9(a).
“ Review Period ” is defined
in Section 2.7(c).
“ Seller ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Seller Benefit Plans ”
means (a) any “employee benefit plan” as defined
in ERISA Section 3(3), including any (i) employee pension
benefit plan (as defined in ERISA Section 3(2)), and (ii)
employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in ERISA
Section 3(1)), and (b) any stock purchase, stock option,
phantom equity, severance pay, employment, change-in-control,
vacation pay, company awards, salary continuation, fringe benefit
plan or program, nonqualified deferred compensation plan, sick
leave, medical plan, dental plan, excess benefit, bonus or other
incentive compensation, life insurance, or other employee benefit
plan, contract, program, policy or other arrangement, whether or
not subject to ERISA that (x) is contributed to, maintained,
or sponsored by the Seller or an ERISA Affiliate or to which the
Seller or an ERISA Affiliate has or may have any Liability,
contingent or otherwise, either directly or as a result of an ERISA
Affiliate and (y) provides benefits of economic value to any
present or former employee, consultant or director of Seller, or
present or former beneficiary of any such Person.
“ Seller Group ” means any
affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary or similar group of
which Seller is or was a member.
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“ Seller Indemnitees ” is
defined in Section 9.3(a).
“ Seller Intellectual Property
” is defined in Section 3.11(e).
“ Seller Interim Financial
Statements ” is defined in
Section 3.4(a).
“ Seller Owned Intellectual
Property ” is defined in Section 3.11(b).
“ Seller Registered Items ”
is defined in Section 3.11(f).
“ Software ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ State/Local Prime Government
Contract ” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
“ State/Local Prime Government
Contractor ” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
“ Target Net Working Capital
” means $2,688,309.
“ Tax ” or “
Taxes ” means any and all federal, state, local, or
foreign net or gross income, gross receipts, net proceeds, sales,
use, escheat, unclaimed property, ad valorem, value added,
franchise, bank shares, withholding, payroll, employment, excise,
property, deed, stamp, alternative or add-on minimum,
environmental, profits, windfall profits, transaction, license,
lease, service, service use, occupation, severance, energy,
unemployment, social security, workers’ compensation,
capital, premium, abandoned or unclaimed property and other taxes,
assessments, customs, duties, fees, levies, or other governmental
charges of any nature whatever, whether disputed or not, together
with any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional
amounts with respect thereto, and including any liability for the
payment of the foregoing obligations of another Person as a result
of (a) being or having been a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group of corporations;
(b) being or having been a party to any tax sharing agreement
or any express or implied obligation to indemnify any Person; and
(c) being or having been a transferee, successor, or otherwise
assuming the obligations of another Person to pay the foregoing
amounts.
“ Tax Returns ” means any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information
return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or
attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“ Taxing Authority ” means
any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction with respect to any
Tax.
“ Third Party Claim ” is
defined in Section 9.4(a).
“ Third Party Defense ” is
defined in Section 9.4(b).
“ TINA ” is defined in
Section 3.13(d)(vi).
“ Trademark Assignment ”
means the trademark assignment in the form and substance acceptable
to Buyer.
“ Transition Services Agreement
” means the transition services agreement in the form and
substance acceptable to Buyer.
“ Transferred Employees ” is
defined in Section 6.3.
“ Unaudited Financial Statements
” is defined in Section 3.4(a).
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2.1 Purchase and Sale of the Purchased
Assets . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer,
convey and deliver, and Parent shall cause Seller to sell, assign,
transfer, convey and deliver, to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase,
acquire and accept from Seller, free and clear of Liens, the entire
right, title and interest of Seller in, to and under all of the
assets, properties and rights of every kind and description, real,
personal and mixed, tangible and intangible, wherever situated,
that are related to the Business, other than the Excluded Assets
(collectively, the “ Purchased Assets ”),
including without limitation the following assets, properties and
rights:
(c) all Contracts related to the Business
including, without limitation, those set forth on
Schedule 2.1(c) (other than those Contracts which are Excluded
Assets) (the “ Assigned Contracts ”);
(d) all Accounts Receivable;
(e) all Books and Records (copies of which
may be retained by Seller, subject to the confidentiality
obligations set forth herein);
(f) all claims, causes of action, choses in
action, rights of recovery and rights under all warranties,
representations and guarantees made by suppliers of products,
materials or equipment, or components thereof, arising from or
relating to the other Purchased Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities;
(g) all insurance benefits, including
rights and proceeds, arising from or relating to the other
Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities prior to the Closing,
unless expended in accordance with this Agreement;
(h) all rights under any permits or
certifications from any Governmental Entity that have been issued
or applied for;
(i) all prepaid expenses of the
Business;
(j) all rights of Seller to its corporate
name and derivatives and variants thereof;
(k) all Intellectual Property owned by
Seller;
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(l) all security deposits, earnest deposits
and all other forms of deposit or security placed with or by Seller
for the performance of an Assigned Contract; and
(m) all goodwill of the
Business.
2.2 Excluded Assets . The Purchased
Assets do not include, and Seller is not selling, assigning,
transferring, conveying or delivering, and Buyer is not purchasing,
acquiring or accepting from Seller any of the assets, properties or
rights set forth in this Section 2.2 (collectively, the
“ Excluded Assets ”):
(a) all cash, cash equivalents and bank
accounts of Seller;
(b) the corporate seals, Charter Documents,
minute books, stock books, Tax Returns, books of account or other
records having to do with the corporate organization of
Seller;
(c) the rights which accrue or will accrue
to Seller under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Documents;
(d) each Seller Benefit Plan;
(e) all accounts receivable owing from
Affiliates;
(f) that certain Employment Agreement,
dated as of November 1, 1999, by and between Seller and
Moore;
(g) that certain Agreement for Ultrasound
Technical Services, entered into on May 10, 2007, by and
between Seller and Axess Ultrasound, LLC (as successor in interest
to TriMedx, LLC);
(h) the Longmont Lease; and
(i) all rights to Tax refunds.
2.3 Assumed Liabilities . Upon the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer shall assume
effective as of the Closing, and from and after the Closing Buyer
shall pay, discharge or perform when due, as appropriate, only the
following Liabilities and obligations of Seller (excluding the
Liabilities and obligations retained by Seller in accordance with
Section 2.4, the “ Assumed Liabilities
”):
(a) the Liabilities and obligations of the
Business that are included in the finally determined Closing Net
Working Capital;
(b) all Liabilities and obligations of
Seller in respect of the Assigned Contracts which Liabilities or
obligations (i) relate solely to the period after the Closing
or (ii) remain to be performed by Seller as of the Closing so
long as such obligations (y) arise in the ordinary course of
the Business and (z) do not arise with respect to a prepayment
of services by any third parties (in each case with respect to
(i) and (ii), other than obligations or Liabilities thereunder
arising as a result of the breach thereof at or prior to the
Closing or those Contracts which are included as an Excluded
Asset); and
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(c) Liabilities arising under
Seller’s standard product warranties relating solely to the
repair of any products sold by Seller in the ordinary course of its
business prior to the Closing Date.
2.4 Excluded Liabilities . Neither Buyer
nor any of its Affiliates shall assume any Liabilities of Seller
(such unassumed Liabilities, the “ Excluded
Liabilities ”) other than those specifically set forth in
Section 2.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall
Buyer or any of its Affiliates assume or incur any Liability in
respect of, and Seller shall remain bound by and liable for, and
shall pay, discharge or perform when due, the following Liabilities
of Seller:
(a) all Liabilities arising from or related
to the Business or Purchased Assets prior to or on the Closing Date
except to the extent any such Liability is specifically included as
an Assumed Liability;
(b) all Liabilities for Taxes of Seller or
any Affiliate of Seller;
(c) all Liabilities in respect of Excluded
Assets;
(d) all Indebtedness of the
Business;
(e) all Liabilities and obligations of
Seller with respect to accrued employee wages, salaries, payroll
and withholding taxes;
(f) all intercompany accounts payables due
to Parent from Seller; and
(g) all Liabilities arising out of or
incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and
execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including Taxes and fees and
expenses of counsel, accountants and other experts.
(a) The aggregate amount to be paid by
Buyer on the Closing Date with respect to the Purchased Assets
shall be Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) (the “
Purchase Price ”). The Purchase Price is subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 2.7. Buyer shall pay the
Purchase Price as follows: (i) an aggregate amount of Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($400,000) in cash (the “ Escrow
Amount ”) shall be deposited on the Closing Date by wire
transfer of immediately available funds with the Escrow Agent in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, and
(ii) the balance shall be paid in cash to Seller on the
Closing Date.
(b) All amounts payable under this
Section 2.5 shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated in writing by Seller or
the Escrow Agent, as applicable, no later than three Business Days
prior to the applicable payment date.
2.6 Closing Date . The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, at 10:00 a.m. on a
date to be specified by the parties. The date on which the Closing
occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “ Closing
Date .”
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2.7 Net Working Capital Adjustment
.
(a) At least five (5) business days
prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to
Buyer a good faith estimate calculation of Seller’s Net
Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date
determined in accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with
the illustration set forth in Schedule 2.7(a) hereto (the
“ Estimated Closing Net Working Capital ”). At
the Closing:
(i) if the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital is less than the Target Net Working Capital, the Purchase
Price shall be reduced by an amount equal to such deficiency;
and
(ii) if the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital exceeds the Target Net Working Capital, the Purchase Price
shall be increased by an amount equal to such excess.
(b) Within 90 days after the Closing
Date, Buyer will prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to
Seller a statement (the “ Closing Net Working Capital
Statement ”), which shall set forth Buyer’s
calculation of Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date (“
Closing Net Working Capital ”) determined in
accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with the
illustration set forth in Schedule 2.7(a) hereto.
(c) Upon receipt from Buyer, Seller shall
have 15 days to review the Closing Net Working Capital
Statement (the “ Review Period ”). If Seller
disagrees with Buyer’s computation of Closing Net Working
Capital, Seller may, on or prior to the last day of the Review
Period, deliver a notice to Buyer (the “ Notice of
Objection ”), which sets forth its objections to
Buyer’s calculation of Closing Net Working Capital;
provided that the Notice of Objection shall include
only objections based on (i) non-compliance with the standards
set forth in Schedule 2.7(a) for the preparation of the
Closing Net Working Capital Statement and (ii) mathematical
errors in the computation of Closing Net Working Capital. Any
Notice of Objection shall specify those items or amounts with which
Seller disagrees, together with a detailed written explanation of
the reasons for disagreement with each such item or amount, and
shall set forth Seller’s calculation of Closing Net Working
Capital based on such objections. Further, if independent auditors
are engaged by Seller in connection with the preparation of the
Notice of Objection, such Notice of Objection should also be
accompanied by a certificate of the independent auditors of Seller
setting forth that they concur with each of the positions taken by
Seller in the Notice of Objection. To the extent not set forth in
the Notice of Objection, Seller shall be deemed to have agreed with
Buyer’s calculation of all other items and amounts contained
in the Closing Net Working Capital Statement.
(d) Unless Seller delivers the Notice of
Objection to Buyer within the Review Period, Seller shall be deemed
to have accepted Buyer’s calculation of Closing Net Working
Capital and the Closing Net Working Capital Statement shall be
final, conclusive and binding. If Seller delivers a Notice of
Objection to Buyer complying with the requirements set forth in
Section 2.7(c) within the Review Period, Buyer and Seller
shall, during the 30 days following such delivery or any
mutually agreed extension thereof, use their commercially
reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items and
amounts in order to determine the amount of Closing Net Working
Capital. If, at the end of such period or any mutually agreed
extension thereof, Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve their
disagreements, they shall jointly retain and refer their
disagreements to an independent valuation firm or independent
accounting firm mutually reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller
(the “ Independent Expert ”). The parties shall
instruct the Independent Expert promptly to review this
Section 2.7 and to determine solely with respect to the
disputed items and amounts so submitted whether and to what extent,
if any, the Closing Net Working Capital set forth in the Closing
Net Working Capital Statement requires adjustment. The Independent
Expert shall base its determination solely on written submissions
by Buyer and Seller and not on an independent review. Buyer and
Seller shall make available to the Independent Expert all relevant
books and records and other items reasonably requested by the
Independent Expert. The parties shall request that the Independent
Expert deliver to Buyer and Seller, as promptly as practicable but
in no event later than 45 days after its retention, a report
which sets forth its resolution of the disputed items and amounts
and its calculation of Closing Net Working Capital. The decision of
the Independent Expert shall be final, conclusive and binding on
the parties. The costs and expenses of the Independent Expert shall
be shared equally by Buyer and Seller.
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(e) Within five (5) business days
after the Closing Net Working Capital is finally determined
pursuant to this Section 2.7:
(i) if the finally determined Closing Net
Working Capital is less than the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital, Seller shall pay to Buyer an amount equal to such
deficiency; and
(ii) if the finally determined Closing Net
Working Capital is greater than the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital, Buyer shall pay to Seller an amount equal to such
excess.
(f) Any such payment made by Buyer or
Seller pursuant to Section 2.7(e) shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in
writing by Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, at least one
Business Day prior to such transfer.
(g) Any rights accruing to a party under
this Section 2.7 shall be in addition to and independent of
the rights to indemnification under Article IX. Any payments
made to any party under this Section 2.7 shall not be subject
to the terms of Article IX.
2.8 Allocation . The Purchase Price (as
increased by the amounts treated as Assumed Liabilities for federal
income tax purposes and other amounts treated as taxable sales
consideration for federal income tax purposes) shall be allocated
among the covenants set forth in Section 5.3 and the Purchased
Assets for all purposes (including Tax and financial accounting
purposes) in accordance with their respective fair market values
pursuant to an allocation schedule prepared by Buyer after the
Closing in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and the
regulations adopted thereunder (the “ Asset Allocation
”). As soon as practicable after the Closing Date and in any
event no later than 90 days prior to the latest date for
filing of the U.S. federal Tax Return by Seller for the period
ending on the Closing Date, Buyer shall deliver a copy of its
initial determination of the Asset Allocation to Seller. Seller
shall, within 30 days of receipt of Buyer’s initial
determination of the initial Asset Allocation, notify Buyer if
Seller disagrees with Buyer’s initial determination, and if
Seller does not so notify Buyer within such 30 days, the
initial Asset Allocation shall be final and binding on the parties.
If Seller disagrees with such initial Asset Allocation, Buyer and
Seller shall make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute. If
Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve their differences within
30 days after Buyer has been notified of Seller’s
disagreement with the initial Asset Allocation, then any remaining
disputed issues shall be submitted to the Independent Expert, which
shall resolve the disagreement in a final binding manner after
hearing the views of the parties. The fees and expenses of the
Independent Expert shall be shared equally between Buyer and
Seller. Except as may be required by Law, Buyer and Seller will
(a) file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns (including
Internal Revenue Service Form 8594) in a manner consistent
with the Asset Allocation (as determined pursuant to this
Section 2.8) and (b) not take any action inconsistent
therewith. Any subsequent adjustments to the Purchase Price shall
be reflected in the Asset Allocation hereunder in a manner
consistent with Regulation Section 1.1060-1.
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(a) Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an
agreement to sell, assign, transfer, convey or deliver any
Purchased Asset or any benefit arising under or resulting from such
Purchased Asset if the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
delivery thereof, without the Consent of a third party,
(i) would constitute a breach or other contravention of the
rights of such third party, (ii) would be ineffective with
respect to any party to a Contract concerning such Purchased Asset,
or (iii) would, upon transfer, materially adversely affect the
rights of Buyer under such Purchased Asset. If the sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery by Seller to, or any
assumption by Buyer of, any interest in, or Liability under, any
Purchased Asset requires the consent of a third party, then such
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, delivery or assumption
shall be subject to such Consent being obtained. Without limiting
Section 2.9(b), to the extent any Assigned Contract may not be
assigned to Buyer by reason of the absence of any such Consent
(“ Restricted Contract ”), Buyer shall not be
required to assume any Assumed Liabilities arising under such
Restricted Contract.
(b) To the extent that any Consent in
respect of a Restricted Contract or any other Purchased Asset shall
not have been obtained on or before the Closing Date, Buyer may
elect to proceed with the Closing, in which case, Seller shall
continue to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any such
Consent after the Closing Date until such time as it shall have
been obtained. Seller shall, and Parent shall cause Seller to,
cooperate with Buyer in any economically reasonable arrangement
proposed by Buyer to provide that Buyer shall receive the interest
of Seller in the benefits under such Restricted Contract or other
Purchased Asset. Seller shall pay and discharge, and shall
indemnify and hold harmless, Buyer and its Affiliates from and
against any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs of seeking to
obtain or obtaining any such Consent whether before or after the
Closing Date. As soon as a Consent for the sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance, delivery or assumption of a Restricted
Contract or other Purchased Asset is obtained, Seller shall
promptly assign, transfer, convey and deliver such Restricted
Contract or Purchased Asset to Buyer, and Buyer shall assume the
Assumed Liabilities under any such Restricted Contract from and
after the date of assignment to Buyer pursuant to a special-purpose
assignment and assumption agreement substantially similar in terms
to those of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(c) Nothing contained in this
Section 2.9 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed a
waiver by Buyer of its rights to have

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