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Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 


 

 

by and among

 

 

RONSON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORPORATION,

RONSON CORPORATION OF CANADA, LTD.,

RONSON CORPORATION

collectively as the Selling Companies

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

ZIPPO MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

NOSNOR, INC.

collectively as the Purchasers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated as of October 5, 2009

 

 

 

 


 

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of October 5, 2009 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among RONSON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORPORATION, a New Jersey corporation ( the “ Seller ”), RONSON CORPORATION OF CANADA, LTD., an Ontario corporation (“ Ronson Canada ”), and RONSON CORPORATION, a New Jersey corporation (“ Ronson ” and, along with the Seller and Ronson Canada, collectively the “ Selling Companies ”), ZIPPO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Business Purchaser ”), and NOSNOR, INC., a Delaware corporation, (the “ Real Property Purchaser ” and, along with the Business Purchaser, collectively the “ Purchasers ”), and, for purposes of Section 7.12(c) only, LOUIS V. ARONSON II (“ Aronson ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Seller and Ronson Canada own, operate and lease certain assets that are used or held for use in connection with or otherwise related to the development, packaging and sale of consumer flame products and flame accessories, including lighters, fuel, wicks, and other related products and services, and such other business activities conducted by Seller and Ronson Canada on or prior to the date hereof (the “ Business ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Seller and Ronson own certain Intellectual Property (as defined herein) used or held for use in connection with or otherwise related to the Business;

 

WHEREAS, the Selling Companies are deriving substantial benefits from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, therefore, are willing to agree to the non-competition covenants contained in this Agreement in order to induce the Purchasers to consummate the transactions contemplated herein, and the Selling Companies acknowledge that the Purchasers would not consummate the transactions contemplated herein but for such agreements and covenants; and

 

WHEREAS, the Selling Companies wish to sell, convey, assign and otherwise transfer to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers wish to purchase and obtain the assignment from the Selling Companies of, all of the Transferred Assets (as defined herein) and the Purchasers wish to assume the Assumed Liabilities (as defined herein);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

 

 

 


 

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1          Definitions; Construction .

 

(a)            Certain Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1(a), unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

 

Acquisition Proposal ” means any proposal or offer with respect to, or a transaction to effect, a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, or similar transaction involving any of the Seller or Ronson Canada or any purchase or sale of all or any material portion of the assets or business of any of the Seller or Ronson Canada (including any stock of any of their Subsidiaries) or any purchase or sale of all or any material portion of the assets of Ronson related to the Business outside of the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

Adjusted Current Assets ” means Current Assets reduced by Four Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Three Hundred  and 00/100 Dollars ($475,300.00).

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, or the parents, spouse, lineal descendants or beneficiaries of, such Person.  The term “control” (as used in the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means holding the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether by ownership of equity securities, reserved corporate power, Contract or otherwise.  Without limiting the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to control another Person which is not an individual if the first Person directly or indirectly holds 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the second Person.

 

Aviation Agreement ” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 15, 2009, among Ronson Corporation and Ronson Aviation, Inc., as Seller, and Hawthorne TTN Holdings, LLC, as Buyer.

 

Aviation Mark ” means the integrated name and mark “Ronson Aviation” for use in conjunction with aviation related goods and/or services as provided in the Aviation Agreement (the “ Permitted Goods and Services ”).  For the purpose of clarity, the Aviation Mark shall not include any right to use the term “Ronson” other than in conjunction with the term “Aviation” and in conjunction with the Permitted Goods and Services.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of Ronson Corporation.

 

 

 

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Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. and all regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any successor provisions and transition rules, whether or not codified.

 

Consent ” means any approval, consent, action, ratification, waiver or authorization of any kind or nature.

 

Contract ” means any written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, settlement agreement, lease, binding understanding, instrument, power of attorney, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan or legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature.

 

Copyrights ” means, as they exist anywhere in the world, copyrights and mask works, including all renewals and extensions thereof, copyright registrations and applications for registration thereof, and non-registered copyrights.

 

Current Assets ” means the sum of Transferred Inventory (at book value excluding obsolete, damaged, and unsalable goods or goods that cannot be sold in the Ordinary Course of Business), Transferred Accounts Receivable after allowance for uncollectible and doubtful accounts, Transferred Pre-Paid Expenses at book value, and Insurance Proceeds, as of the Closing Date.

 

Disclosure Memorandum ” means the disclosure memorandum delivered by the Selling Companies to Purchasers concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

Dollar General Agreement ” means that certain Dollar General Front-End Fixture Program Placement Agreement effective August 1, 2009, pursuant to which the Business Purchaser will pay or has paid $338,080.00 in Placement Fees to Dollar General which benefits Seller up to the time of Closing.

 

Dollar General Amount ” means the sum of forty percent (40%) of the first $500,000 actually collected by Seller pursuant to the Dollar General Agreement plus twenty percent (20%) of any and all amounts in excess of $500,000 actually collected by Seller pursuant to the Dollar General Agreement.

 

Employee Benefit Plan ” means any benefit plan, program, contract or arrangement (whether for the benefit of current or former employees, consultants, officers, directors or independent contractors of any of the Selling Companies), whether or not reduced to writing, including any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)

 

 

 

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of ERISA) and any and all plans, programs, Contracts or arrangements with respect to pension, retirement, profit sharing, deferred compensation, thrift, savings, stock ownership, stock bonus, restricted stock, phantom stock, health, dental, medical, life, hospitalization, disability, relocation, child care, educational assistance, stock purchase, stock option, incentive, bonus, sabbatical leave, vacation, severance, cafeteria, pre-tax premium, flexible spending or other contribution, benefit or payment of any kind, including any fringe benefits, and plans, programs, Contracts or arrangements providing for contributions, benefits or payments in the event of a change of ownership or control, in whole or in part, of any of the Selling Companies, which any of the Selling Companies has at any time adopted or maintained, with respect to which any of the Selling Companies has or may have any liability or is a fiduciary or under which any of the Selling Companies has any present or future obligation to contribute or make payment or under which any current or former employee, consultant, independent contractor, officer or director of such Selling Company (and/or any dependent or beneficiary thereof) is covered or entitled to benefits.

 

Environmental Laws ” means applicable federal (including Canada), state, provincial, local and foreign (as to the United States of America) laws, regulations, or codes promulgated, approved or entered thereunder, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances or otherwise relating to the presence, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and all regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

 

Escrow Agent ” means an escrow agent reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers and the Selling Companies, and any Person who becomes a successor thereto in accordance with the Escrow Agreement.

 

Escrow Agreement ” means the Escrow Agreement, to be entered into at Closing by and among the Purchasers, the Selling Companies and the Escrow Agent, substantially in the form attached as Annex A hereto, with such modifications as to which the parties hereto may agree.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excise Tax Act ” means the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended.

 

Fundamental Representations ” means the representations and warranties given by the Selling Companies in Sections 5.1. 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.13, 5.14(a), 5.15, and 5.18.

 

Group ” means, for purposes of ERISA and the Code as related to any Employee Benefit Plan, the Selling Companies and any company or entity which, together with the Selling Companies , is a “trade or business under common control” or

 

 

 

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constitutes a member of the Selling Companies’ “controlled group” or “affiliated service group” within the meaning of Sections 4001(a)(14) and/or 4001(b) of ERISA and/or Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

GST ” means the goods and services tax as more fully described in Part IX of the Excise Tax Act.

 

Hazardous Substance ” means petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum products or by-products, radioactive materials, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, gasoline, diesel fuel, pesticides, radon, urea formaldehyde, chlorinated volatile organic compounds, lead or lead-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, and any other chemicals, gases, materials, substances or wastes in any amount or concentration which are now included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,” “extremely hazardous wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “pollutants,” “regulated substances,” “solid wastes,” or “contaminants” or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law or which are otherwise regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Income Tax Act ” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended.

 

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Liabilities (contingent or otherwise) relating to (a) indebtedness, including interest and any prepayment penalties, expenses or fees thereon or created, issued or incurred by, such Person for borrowed money; (b) reimbursement obligations and obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, surety bonds and performance bonds, whether or not matured; (c) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition price of property or services, other than trade accounts payable arising in the Ordinary Course of Business of such Person and consistent with such Person’s customary trade practices; (d) indebtedness secured by a lien on the property of such Person, whether or not the respective indebtedness so secured is a primary obligation of, or has been assumed by, such Person; (e) capital lease obligations of such Person; and (f) indebtedness or obligations of others guaranteed by such Person (including guarantees in the form of an agreement to repurchase or reimburse, letters of credit and guarantees of performance obligations of another Person).

 

Insurance Proceeds ” means cash in an amount equal to the sum of all cash insurance or condemnation proceeds referred to in Section 2.1(a)(ix) and Section 2.1(b)(ii).

 

Intellectual Property ” means all Copyrights, Internet Assets, Patents, Software, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Know-How and IP Licenses.

 

Internet Assets ” means, as they exist anywhere in the world, domain names, Internet addresses and other computer and/or network identifiers, web sites, web pages and similar rights and items.

 

 

 

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Inventory Agreement ” means that certain Inventory Agreement entered between Seller and the Business Assets Purchaser of even date herewith.

 

IP Licenses ” means all licenses, sublicenses, distributor agreements or permissions, including, the right to receive royalties or any other consideration relating to Copyrights, Internet Assets, Patents, Software, Trade Secrets and Trademarks.

 

IRS ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

 

Know-How ” means both confidential and nonconfidential information relating to the operation of the Business, including manufacturing, packaging, operational, technological, administrative, marketing, distribution, collection, other management information, and all tangible materials and/or documents associated therewith.

 

Knowledge ” (whether or not capitalized) and words of similar import, (i) when used with reference to the Selling Companies, means the Knowledge (determined pursuant to subheadings (a) and (b) below) of the officers and directors of the Selling Companies, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Chief Restructuring Officer and (ii) when used with reference to the Purchasers, means the Knowledge (determined pursuant to subheadings (a) and (b) below) of the officers and representatives of the Purchasers having active involvement in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.  Knowledge of a particular fact or matter, as to a specified individual, will be deemed to exist if (a) the specified individual is actually aware of that fact or matter; or (b) a prudent individual, similarly situated to the specified individual, would be expected to be aware of the fact or matter.

 

Liability ” and “ Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all liabilities and obligations of such Person of any kind or nature, including Indebtedness and those arising under Legal Requirements, Contract, warranty (expressed or implied) or otherwise, whether known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, absolute or contingent, or liquidated or unliquidated, regardless of when and by whom asserted, and whether or not disclosed on the Schedules to this Agreement.

 

Lien ” means all liens, pledges, mortgages, security interests, claims, leases, charges, options, rights of first refusal, transfer restrictions, encumbrances, other title defects (including encroachments and survey defects) or any other restrictions or limitations whatsoever.

 

Losses ” means all losses, Liabilities, damages (including incidental damages), deficiencies, judgments, assessments, interest, penalties, fines, interest costs, amounts paid in settlement of claims, costs and expenses of remedial measures and other costs and expenses (including reasonable legal expenses); provided that Losses shall not include consequential, punitive, special or exemplary damages.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Selling

 

 

 

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Companies, the Business and the Transferred Assets taken as a whole (excluding, in the case of this clause (i), changes in general economic conditions that do not have a disproportionate impact on the Selling Companies) or (ii) on the ability of either of the Selling Companies to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the Related Agreements.

 

Ordinary Course of Business ” means, with respect to a specified Person, business conducted or an action taken by such Person which is consistent in nature, scope and magnitude with the past practices of such Person, is done in the ordinary course of the normal, day-to-day operations of such Person, and does not require, under applicable Legal Requirements, authorization by the board of directors or shareholders of such Person (or by any Person or group of Persons exercising similar authority if such Person is not a corporation).

 

Patents ” means, as they exist anywhere in the world, patents, patent applications and inventions, designs and improvements described and claimed therein, patentable and unpatentable inventions and discoveries and/or other patent-related rights (including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, or interferences thereof, whether or not patents are issued on any such applications and whether or not any such applications are modified, withdrawn, or resubmitted).

 

Permit ” means a permit, certificate of occupancy, license, franchise, Consent, authorization or approval required pursuant to a Legal Requirement.

 

Permitted Liens ” shall mean:  (i) liens for leased equipment in favor of lessors of such equipment; (ii) statutory Liens for Taxes that are not due and payable or that may thereafter be paid without penalty and with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained; (iii) with respect to the Owned Real Property, those items set forth as items 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 in Schedule B-Section II of Title Commitment File Number 09-78130 issued by First American Title Insurance Company, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex B ; and (iv) other imperfections of title, licenses or Liens, if any, which do not materially detract from the value of the assets to which they relate and which do not materially impair the continued use and operation of the assets to which they relate in the Ordinary Course of the Business.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Related Agreements ” means the Escrow Agreement, the Bill of Sale and Assignment of Contract Rights, the Additional Transfer Documents, the Seller’s Deed Documents, the Real Property Purchaser’s Additional Deed Document, the Inventory Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, any remediation agreement or agreements entered into pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof, and remediation certification(s).

 

 

 

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Release ” or “ Released ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, or discharge of Hazardous Substances into the soil or other subsurface substrate, groundwater or surface water.

 

Remediation Trust Fund Trustee ” means the trustee pursuant to the remediation trust fund agreement entered in connection with ISRA Closing Compliance.

 

Retail Sales Tax Act ” means the Retail Sales Tax Act (Ontario) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Site ” means the Owned Real Property and any other real property now or previously used in the Business by any of Selling Companies, any predecessors of any of Selling Companies, any past, present or future Affiliates or Representatives of any of Selling Companies or any current or former Subsidiaries of any of Selling Companies, including all land, soil, subsoil, surface waters and groundwater thereat.

 

Software ” means, as they exist anywhere in the world, computer software programs, including all source code, object code, specifications, designs and documentation related to such programs.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other body performing similar functions are at any time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

Superior Proposal ” means a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that (i) the Board concludes, in good faith, after consultation with legal counsel and its financial advisors (including the Chief Restructuring Officer of Ronson and Ronson’s investment bankers), taking into account the legal, financial, regulatory, timing and other aspects of the proposal and the person making the proposal (including any termination / break-up fees, expense reimbursement provisions and conditions to consummation), (a) is more favorable to Ronson from a financial point of view than the transaction contemplated by this Agreement (taking into account all the terms and conditions of such proposal and after giving effect to any adjustments to the terms and provisions of this Agreement committed to in writing by the Purchasers in response to such Acquisition Proposal); (b) is fully financed or reasonably capable of being fully financed and reasonably likely to receive all required governmental Consents and approvals on a timely basis; and (c) is reasonably capable of being completed on the terms so proposed, taking into account all financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such proposal; (ii) was not solicited or initiated by any of the Selling Companies, or any of their Affiliates, officers, or directors after the date of this Agreement; and (iii) was initially proposed after the date of this Agreement.

 

 

 

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Tangible Business Assets Property ” means machinery, equipment, rental equipment, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, any related capitalized items and other tangible property including those items set forth on Schedule 2.1(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Memorandum.

 

Tax ” and “ Taxes ” means (i) any and all federal (including Canada), state, provincial, local, foreign (as to the United States of America) and other taxes, levies, fees, imposts, duties, and similar charges imposed, assessed, or collected by any Governmental Authority (including any interest, fines, assessments, penalties or additions to tax imposed in connection therewith or with respect thereto) including (x) taxes imposed on, or measured by, income, franchise, profits or gross receipts, and (y) ad valorem, value added, capital gains, sales, goods and services, use, real or personal property, capital stock, license, branch, payroll, estimated withholding, employment, social security (or similar), unemployment, health insurance and Canada, Quebec and other government pension plan premiums, compensation, utility, severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, transfer and gains taxes, and customs duties, and (ii) any successor, transferee, or joint and several liability, or any liability of any Person pursuant to U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1502-6 or 1.1502-78 or any similar Tax Legal Requirements in respect of any items described in clause (i) above.

 

Tax Returns ” means any and all reports, returns, declarations, claims for refund, elections, disclosures, estimates, information reports or returns or statements required to be supplied to a Governmental Authority in connection with Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, amendment thereof, or information provided therewith with respect thereto.

 

Trade Secrets ” means, as they exist anywhere in the world, trade secrets, formulae, Know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights (whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, mask work, or trade secret protection).

 

Trademarks ” means, as they exist anywhere in the world, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, product and graphic designs, logos, or corporate names, whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration thereof, and all goodwill related thereto.

 

Transferred Assets ” means the Business Assets, the Owned Real Property, and the assets and rights transferred pursuant to Sections 2.1(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv), collectively.

 

Transferred Books and Records ” means all of each Selling Company’s operational books and records related to the Transferred Assets or the Business, including, to the extent existing, (a) executed copies of all of the Transferred Contracts, (b) all equipment, product and other warranties, (c) all technical information and data, maps, computer files, diagrams, designs, packaging, blueprints and schematics, (d) all

 

 

 

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filings made with or records required to be kept by any Governmental Authority (including all backup information on which such filings are based), (e) all research and development reports, (f) all equipment and operating logs, (g) all creative, promotional or advertising materials, and (h) all customer lists and sales records.

 

Transferred Business Assets Contracts ” means those Contracts listed on Schedule 2.1(a)(i) of the Disclosure Memorandum.

 

Transferred Contracts ” means the Transferred Business Assets Contracts and the Transferred Real Estate Contracts.

 

Transferred Permits ” means those Permits held by the Selling Companies that the Purchasers require the Selling Companies to transfer, a list of which shall be provided to the Selling Companies prior to the Closing and attached hereto as Schedule 2.1(a)(vii) of the Disclosure Memorandum.

 

Transferred Real Estate Contracts ” means those Contracts listed on Schedule 2.1(b)(iv) of the Disclosure Memorandum.

 

WARN Act ” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and all regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

 

Warranty Claims ” means typical consumer warranty claims and does not include, in any case, products liability claims, personal injury or wrongful death claims, incidental, consequential, punitive, special or exemplary damages.

 

(b)            Index of Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified in the indicated Section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

 

Term

Section

Accounting Firm

Section 2.5(b)(ii)

Acquisition Proposal

Section 1.1(a)

Additional Remediation Funding Source

Section 7.6(b)

Additional Transfer Documents

Section 3.2(a)

Adjusted Current Assets

Section 1.1(a)

Affiliate

Section 1.1(a)

Agreement

Preamble

Aronson

Preamble

Assumed Liabilities

Section 2.3(a)

Aviation Agreement

Section 1.1(a)

Aviation Mark

Section 1.1(a)

Benchmark Amount

Section 2.5

Bill of Sale and Assignment of Contract Rights

Section 3.2(a)

Board

Section 1.1(a)

 

 

 

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Term

Section

Bulk Sales Escrow Amount

Section 11.1

Business

Recitals

Business Assets

Section 2.1(a)

Business Day

Section 1.1(a)

Business Purchaser

Preamble

Cap Amount

Section 10.3(a)

CERCLA

Section 1.1(a)

Closing

Section 2.1(a)

Closing Date

Section 3.1

Closing Payment

Section 2.4(c)

Closing Statement

Section 2.5(b)(i)

Code

Section 1.1(a)

Confidentiality Agreement

Section 7.3

Consent

Section 1.1(a)

Contract

Section 1.1(a)

Copyright Office

Section 7.5(a)

Copyrights

Section 1.1(a)

Current Assets

Section 1.1(a)

Direct Claim

Section 10.7

Disclosure Memorandum

Section 1.1(a)

Dollar General Agreement

Section 1.1(a)

Dollar General Amount

Section 1.1(a)

Employee Benefit Plan

Section 1.1(a)

Environmental Laws

Section 1.1(a)

ERISA

Section 1.1(a)

Escrow Account

Section 2.4(b)

Escrow Agent

Section 1.1(a)

Escrow Agreement

Section 1.1(a)

Escrow Amount

Section 2.4(b)

Estimated Adjusted Current Asset Amount

Section 2.5(a)

Estimated Closing Statement

Section 2.5(a)

Excise Tax Act

Section 1.1(a)

Exchange Act

Section 1.1(a)

Excluded Assets

Section 2.2

Excluded Liabilities

Section 2.3(b)

Financial Statements

Section 5.6(b)

Fundamental Representations

Section 1.1(a)

GAAP

Section 5.6(a)

Governmental Authority

Section 5.3(b)

Group

Section 1.1(a)

GST

Section 1.1(a)

Hazardous Substance

Section 1.1(a)

 

 

 

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Term

Section

Income Tax Act

Section 1.1(a)

Indebtedness

Section 1.1(a)

Indemnified Party

Section 10.6(a)

Indemnifying Party

Section 10.6(a)

Insurance Proceeds

Section 1.1(a)

Intellectual Property

Section 1.1(a)

Internet Assets

Section 1.1(a)

Inventory Agreement

Section 1.1(a)

IP Licenses

Section 1.1(a)

IRS

Section 1.1(a)

ISRA

Section 7.6(a)

ISRA Closing Compliance

Section 7.6(a)

ISRA Compliance

Section 7.6(a)

ISRA Remediation Funding Source

Section 7.6(a)

Know-How

Section 1.1(a)

Knowledge

Section 1.1(a)

Liability / Liabilities

Section 1.1(a)

Legal Actions

Section 5.5

Legal Requirements

Section 5.3(b)

Lien

Section 1.1(a)

Losses

Section 1.1(a)

Material Adverse Effect

Section 1.1(a)

NJDEP

Section 3.2(l)

Nonassignable Asset

Section 2.8(a)

Orders

Section 5.3(b)

Ordinary Course of Business

Section 1.1(a)

Owned Real Property

Section 2.1(b)(i)

Patents

Section 1.1(a)

Permit

Section 1.1(a)

Permitted Goods and Services

Section 1.1(a)

Permitted Liens

Section 1.1(a)

Person

Section 1.1(a)

Post-Closing Collection Amounts

Section 7.8

Proxy Statement

Section 7.12(a)

PTO

Section 7.5(a)

Purchase Price

Section 2.4

Purchasers

Preamble

Purchaser Indemnified Parties

Section 10.1

Real Property Leases

Section 2.2(d)

Real Property Purchaser

Preamble

Real Property Purchaser’s Additional Deed Document

Section 3.3(c)

Related Agreements

Section 1.1(a)

 

 

 

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Term

Section

Release / Released

Section 1.1(a)

Remediation Trust Fund Trustee

Section 1.1(a)

Required Consents

Section 4.1(d)

Restricted Period

Section 8.1(a)

Restrictive Covenants

Section 8.2

Retail Sales Act

Section 1.1(a)

Ronson

Preamble

Ronson Canada

Preamble

SEC

Section 1.1(a)

SEC Filings

Section 5.6(a)

Securities Act

Section 1.1(a)

Seller

Preamble

Seller Indemnified Parties

Section 10.2

Seller’s Deed Documents

Section 3.2(b)

Selling Companies

Preamble

Site

Section 1.1(a)

Software

Section 1.1(a)

Stay Bonus Amount

Section 7.14

Stay Bonuses

Section 7.14

Subsidiary

Section 1.1(a)

Superior Proposal

Section 1.1(a)

Tangible Business Assets Property

Section 1.1(a)

Tax / Taxes

Section 1.1(a)

Tax Returns

Section 1.1(a)

Termination Date

Section 9.1(b)

Termination Expenses

Section 9.3

Termination Fee

Section 9.3

Territory

Section 8.1

Third Party Claim

Section 10.6(a)

Threshold Amount

Section 10.3(a)

Trade Secrets

Section 1.1(a)

Trademarks

Section 1.1(a)

Transferred Accounts Receivable

Section 2.1(a)(iii)

Transferred Assets

Section 1.1(a)

Transferred Books and Records

Section 1.1(a)

Transferred Business Assets Contracts

Section 1.1(a)

Transferred Contracts

Section 1.1(a)

Transferred Intellectual Property

Section 2.1(a)(viii)

Transferred Inventory

Section 2.1(a)(iv)

Transferred Permits

Section 1.1(a)

Transferred Pre-Paid Expenses

Section 2.1(a)(v)

Transferred Real Estate Contracts

Section 1.1(a)

 

 

 

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Term

Section

Transferred Tangible Business Assets Property

Section 2.1(a)(ii)

Transition Services Agreement

Section 3.2(m)

Warn Act

Section 1.1(a)

Warranty Claims

Section 1.1(a)

 

(c)            Construction and Usage .  For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires:  (i) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other genders; (ii) references herein to “Articles,” “Sections,” “subsections” and other subdivisions, and to Exhibits, Schedules of the Disclosure Memorandum, Annexes and other attachments, without reference to a document are to the specified Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of, and Exhibits, Schedules of the Disclosure Memorandum, Annexes and other attachments to, this Agreement; (iii) a reference to a subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference to such subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to other subdivisions within a Section or subsection; (iv) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “hereby” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision and (v) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” are deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  Any covenant, representation, warranty or other obligation of Purchasers, collectively, or the Selling Companies, collectively, in this Agreement shall be deemed to be joint and several.

 

ARTICLE II

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS

 

Section 2.1          Asset Purchas e .

 

(a)            Purchase of Business Assets .  At the Closing provided for in ARTICLE III (the “ Closing ”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in reliance on the representations and warranties made to the respective parties in this Agreement, each Selling Company shall sell, convey, assign and otherwise transfer to the Business Purchaser, and the Business Purchaser shall purchase from each Selling Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), in exchange for payment of the allocated share of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.4 and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities in accordance with Section 2.3, each Selling Company’s right, title and interest in and to all property and assets of the Selling Companies of every kind or nature, whether real or personal, tangible or

 

 

 

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intangible, that are not Excluded Assets or Owned Real Property (collectively, the “ Business Assets ”) including the following:

 

(i)            the Transferred Business Assets Contracts;

 

(ii)           all Tangible Business Assets Property (the “ Transferred Tangible Business Assets Property ”);

 

(iii)          all accounts receivable (the “ Transferred Accounts Receivable ”);

 

(iv)          all inventory  (the “ Transferred Inventory ”);

 

(v)           all pre-paid expenses (the “ Transferred Pre-Paid Expenses ”);

 

(vi)           the Transferred Books and Records;

 

(vii)          the Transferred Permits;

 

(viii)         (i) all Intellectual Property owned by the Selling Companies other than the Aviation Mark, and (ii) any and all rights the Selling Companies have to use any Intellectual Property that is not owned by the Selling Companies but that is used in connection with the Business (the “ Transferred Intellectual Property ”);

 

(ix)           all rights of the Selling Companies with respect to insurance or awards in condemnation relating to the Business Assets or the Business, including all insurance and condemnation proceeds (i) received or receivable after Closing in respect of Assumed Liabilities, or (ii) received or receivable (to the extent not already expended by the Selling Companies to restore or replace a lost, damaged or condemned Business Asset) in respect of any asset damaged, lost or condemned after the date of this Agreement and which, if not so damaged, lost or condemned, would have been a Business Asset;

 

(x)            all of such Selling Company’s goodwill associated with the Business Assets or the Business;

 

(xi)           archive of past lighters and other historical items, except for those items described in Section 2.2(j); and

 

(xii)          all rights under warranties, representations and guaranties made by suppliers, manufacturers and contractors relating to the Business Assets or the Business.

 

 

 

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(b)            Purchase of Owned Real Property .  At the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in reliance on the representations and warranties made to the respective parties in this Agreement, the Seller shall sell, convey, assign and otherwise transfer to the Real Property Purchaser, and the Real Property Purchaser shall purchase from the Seller, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), in exchange for payment of the allocated share of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.4, the following:

 

(i)            all right, title and interest in and to the real property listed on Schedule 2.1(b)(i) of the Disclosure Memorandum, together with all of the buildings, structures and other improvements located thereon (including the roofs and structural elements thereof and the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, sewer, waste water, storm water, paving and parking equipment, systems and facilities included therein) (the “ Owned Real Property ”);

 

(ii)            all rights of Seller with respect to insurance or awards in condemnation relating to the Owned Real Property in respect of any damage, loss or condemnation after the date of this Agreement;

 

(iii)           all rights under warranties, representations and guaranties made by suppliers, manufacturers and contractors relating to the Owned Real Property; and

 

(iv)           the Transferred Real Estate Contracts.

 

Section 2.2          Excluded Asset s .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.1, the Transferred Assets shall exclude the following property and assets of the Selling Companies (the “ Excluded Assets ”):

 

(a)           all cash and cash equivalents of the Selling Companies, other than Insurance Proceeds;

 

(b)           all rights of any of the Selling Companies under this Agreement or any Related Agreements or the Aviation Agreement;

 

(c)           all rights to any refunds of Taxes;

 

(d)           all leases, subleases, licenses and other agreements under which any of the Selling Companies uses or occupies, or has the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any real property (the “ Real Property Leases ”);

 

(e)           all Contracts to which any of the Selling Companies is a party that are not Transferred Contracts, including those Contracts listed on Schedule 2.2(e) of the Disclosure Memorandum;

 

 

 

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(f)          the Aviation Mark;

 

(g)         the shares of Ronson Canada, Seller, and any Subsidiaries of any of the Selling Companies;

 

(h)         all Permits of the Selling Companies that are not Transferred Permits;

 

(i)           the assets set forth on Schedule 2.2(i) of the Disclosure Memorandum; and

 

(j)          one (1) of each of the items listed on Schedule 2.2(j) of the Disclosure Memorandum of which there is a quantity greater than one (1) plus ten (10) additional items selected from those listed on Schedule 2.2(j) of the Disclosure Memorandum of which there is a quantity equal to one (1), which ten (10) items shall be identified by Ronson to the Business Assets Purchaser on Schedule 2.2(j)(i) of the Disclosure Memorandum to be delivered by Ronson at least three (3) days prior to the Closing Date.

 

Section 2.3          Assumption of Liabilities and Obligation s .

 

(a)            Assumed Liabilities .  At the Closing, the Purchasers shall assume and be responsible for the following Liabilities of each Selling Company:  (i) Liabilities first arising, and relating to acts or omissions of the Purchasers first occurring, under the Transferred Contracts after the Closing Date; (ii) Warranty Claims first arising, and relating to acts or omissions of the Business Purchaser first occurring, after the Closing Date; and (iii) the Stay Bonus Amount in accordance with Section 7.14 (collectively, the “ Assumed Liabilities ”).  Other than Assumed Liabilities, no Purchaser shall assume or be responsible for any Liability of any Selling Company.

 

(b)           Excluded Liabilities .  The Selling Companies shall retain, and the Purchasers shall not assume or be responsible for, any Liabilities of the Selling Companies that are not Assumed Liabilities (collectively, the “ Excluded Liabilities ”) including the following:

 

(i)             all Liabilities of each Selling Company to the extent relating to Transferred Assets arising or accruing on or prior to the Closing Date or arising or accruing from the operation of the Business on or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(ii)            all accounts payable of each Selling Company;

 

(iii)           all Liabilities of each Selling Company to the extent relating to any Excluded Assets, including any Liability in connection with the Contracts listed on Schedule 2.2(e) of the Disclosure Memorandum;

 

 

 

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(iv)           all Liabilities of each Selling Company pursuant to this Agreement or any Related Agreement (including Liabilities with respect to payment of expenses or indemnification);

 

(v)           any Legal Actions against any of the Selling Companies, whether or not disclosed to Purchasers on any Schedule of the Disclosure Memorandum or otherwise;

 

(vi)           any Liability under any Environmental Law or otherwise relating to Hazardous Substances (including any Liability associated with, resulting from or arising out of the facts and circumstances disclosed on any Schedule of the Disclosure Memorandum or otherwise), including compliance with ISRA;

 

(vii)          any Liability under any Transferred Contract whenever arising to the extent that it arises out of or relates to any breach of such Transferred Contract by any of the Selling Companies;

 

(viii)         any Liability for Taxes, including any Taxes that will arise as a result of the sale of the Transferred Assets pursuant to this Agreement, any deferred Taxes of any nature and any sales Tax related to, resulting from or arising out of the conduct of the Business by the Selling Companies;

 

(ix)           any Liability under the Employee Benefit Plans or relating to payroll, severance, bonuses, vacation, or sick leave of any kind offered or maintained by any of the Selling Companies for employees or any other Liability of any of the Selling Companies to or in respect of any employee or employment practices or matters, whether based on breach of contract, wrongful discharge, retaliatory discharge, bad faith, impairment of economic opportunity, intentional infliction of emotional harm or any other tort, violations of any constitutional right, age discrimination or any other form of hiring or employment discrimination, under every applicable Legal Requirements;

 

(x)            any Liability to any shareholder or Affiliate of any of the Selling Companies (including liability with respect to Indebtedness owed to any shareholders);

 

(xi)           any Liability of any of the Selling Companies with respect to Indebtedness, including any prepayment penalties associated therewith;

 

(xii)          any Liability arising from or claimed to have been incurred by reason of an alleged defect or defects in any products or services manufactured, distributed, rendered or sold by any of the Selling Companies;

 

 

 

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(xiii)          any suits, actions or claims relating to workers’ compensation or otherwise to injury, disability or death occurring in the course of employment to any employee of any of the Selling Companies; and

 

(xiv)          any suits, actions or claims arising from any violation or alleged violation of any collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement with employees of any of the Selling Companies, or from any violation or alleged violation by any of the Selling Companies of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, rul


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