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Exhibit
10.1
AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC SALE
OF ASSETS OF FYRESTORM, INC.
BY
HORIZON TECHNOLOGY FUNDING
COMPANY LLC
AND
SAND HILL VENTURE DEBT
III, LLC
TO
EXAR
CORPORATION
JANUARY 31,
2008
Schedules and
Exhibits
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Schedules
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Schedule 1.1(a)(i)
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Patents and Patent
Applications
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Schedule 1.1(a)(ii)
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Trademarks and Trademark
Applications
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Schedule 1.1(a)(iii)
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Registered Copyrights
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Schedule 1.1(a)(vi)
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Licenses, Sublicenses, and Other
Agreements or Permissions
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Schedule 1.1(c)
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Fixed Assets
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Schedule 1.1(d)
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Assigned Contracts
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Schedule 1.1(f)
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Other Contracts
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Schedule 1.2(a)
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Excluded Assets
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Schedule 1.2(b)
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Excluded Accounts Receivable
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Schedule 1.2(c)
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Excluded Assets Subject to Equipment
Leases
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Schedule 1.3(c)
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Wire Instructions
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Schedule 3.1.2(iii)
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Superior Interests
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A
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Loan Agreement
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Exhibit 1.5(i)
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Secured Party Bill of Sale
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Exhibit 1.5(ii)
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Assignment of Patents
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Exhibit 1.5(iii)
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Assignment of Trademarks
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AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC SALE
OF ASSETS
This Agreement for Public
Sale of Assets (the “ Agreement ”) is made by
and between Horizon Technology Funding Company LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Horizon ”), and
Sand Hill Venture Debt III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Sand Hill ” and, together with
Horizon, the “ Lenders ”) as the sellers, and
Exar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Buyer
”) as the buyer, is entered into as of January 31,
2008.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, FyreStorm, Inc.
(a/k/a Fyre Storm, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “
Debtor ”), with its principal place of business
located at 255 San Geronimo Way, Sunnyvale, CA, 95085, is indebted
to the Lenders pursuant to the terms of a Venture Loan and Security
Agreement between the Lenders and the Debtor dated as of
August 18, 2006 (as amended, modified, or supplemented from
time to time to the date hereof, including those associated or
incorporated documents such as security agreements or notes
attached collectively as Exhibit A hereto, the “
Loan Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Lenders hold
security interests in substantially all of the Debtor’s
property and assets (as defined in the Loan Agreement, the “
Collateral ”), which security interests have been duly
and properly perfected by the filing of UCC financing statements
with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State;
WHEREAS, an Event of Default
has occurred under the Loan Agreement and the Lenders have
accelerated the maturity of the indebtedness of the Debtor to the
Lenders under the Loan Agreement (the “ Indebtedness
”), and based on the foregoing the Lenders are entitled to
exercise their remedies under the Loan Agreement and applicable
law, including the Uniform Commercial Code as presently enacted in
the State of California (including, to the extent applicable to the
transactions contemplated herein, the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted in any other state, the “ Code ”; terms
used herein and defined in Section 9101 of the Code shall have
the meanings ascribed to such terms therein);
WHEREAS, the Lenders have
determined to conduct a public disposition of all or part of the
Collateral by and through a public sale, with the proceeds of such
sale to be applied as required by this Agreement and the Code, and
the Buyer wishes to bid at such sale to purchase such assets from
the Lenders, all pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Code
and any other applicable law;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and of the following covenants, the
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Lenders and the
Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. Public Sale of Purchased
Assets
1.1. Public Sale of
Purchased Assets . Pursuant to the Lenders’ rights and
remedies under the Loan Agreement and other applicable law,
including Sections 9601 through 9629 of the Code, but subject to
the Buyer being the highest qualified bidder at the Public Sale (as
defined below) the Lenders hereby agree to transfer and sell to
Buyer all right, title and interest of the Debtor and the Lenders
in and to all Collateral (the “ Purchased Assets
”), including without limitation the following assets of
every kind and description, wherever located, tangible or
intangible:
(a) (i) All patents and
patent applications, including without limitation those listed on
Schedule 1.1(a)(i) hereto, any continuation, divisional,
continuations-in-part, reissues, extensions, re-examinations or
substitutions relating thereto, and any foreign applications based
in whole thereon or claiming the benefit thereof; and any United
States or foreign patents issued on any of the foregoing, all file
histories and physical and electronic documentation, including,
without limitation, all invention disclosures, prosecution papers,
notes, drawings, reports, flow charts, instructions, manuals,
notebooks, and memoranda, that directly relate to such patents or
patent applications; (ii) all trademarks and trademark
applications, including without limitation those listed on
Schedule 1.1(a)(ii) hereto, and all file histories and
documentation, including, without limitation, all trademark search
results, clearance studies and watch notices that relate to such
trademarks and trademark applications, and all goodwill associated
with any of the foregoing; (iii) all copyrights and
copyrightable materials, whether registered or unregistered,
including without limitation those registered copyrights listed on
Schedule 1.1(a)(iii) hereto; (iv) computer software
programs, including, without limitation, all source codes, object
codes and material documentation related thereto; (v) all
know-how, processes, trade secrets, inventions, proprietary data,
designs, research, processes, procedures, techniques, methods,
recipes, research and development data and records, and product
prototypes, samples and works in progress relating to data, mask
works, inventions, and other proprietary rights (whether or not
patentable or subject to copyright, mask work, or trade secret
protection) related to products and services, in each case whether
previously or currently offered or under development by the Debtor;
(vi) to the extent assignable, licenses, sublicenses, and
other agreements or permissions under which the Debtor is a
licensee or otherwise is authorized to use or practice any rights
relating to any of the foregoing types of property, including
without limitation those licenses, agreements and other agreements
or permissions listed on Schedule 1.1(a)(vi) hereto; and
(vii) all books and records, in whatever form, of or relating
to any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing (i) through
(vii) shall be referred to collectively herein as the “
Intellectual Property ”);
(b) All of the Debtor’s
rights, credits, judgments, choses in action, rights of set-off and
any and all other claims of every type and nature of, for or
arising from or relating to past, present or future infringement or
claims for royalties, and any and all other rights to enforce or
protect any rights constituting or relating to any Intellectual
Property or to any injury to the goodwill associated with any
trademark constituting Intellectual Property;
(c) All tangible assets of
the Debtor (the “ Fixed Assets ”), including
those listed on Schedule 1.1(c) hereto;
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(d) To the extent assignable,
all contracts and leases to which the Debtor is a party, including
without limitation those contracts listed on Schedule 1.1(d)
hereto (the “ Assigned Contracts ”) and any and
all rights to enforce or benefit from any contract to which the
Debtor is not a party;
(e) All rights and benefits,
including royalty streams, under license agreements and other
contracts arising from or related to any Intellectual
Property;
(f) To the extent
transferable by applicable law, (i) all rights under any
contract under which the counterparty or counterparties agree or
have agreed not to compete with the operations or property of the
Debtor, agree or have agreed to keep confidential information
regarding the Debtor, any assets (including Intellectual Property)
of the Debtor, or agree or have agreed to cooperate in the
prosecution or protection of any Intellectual Property, without
regard to whether any such contract would otherwise be an Excluded
Asset, and (ii) all similar rights arising other than under
contract, including in each case and without limitation those
contracts and rights described on Schedule 1.1(f)
hereto;
(g) Copies of all general,
non-personnel and non-accounting books, records and files,
including distribution and mailing lists, product reports, plans
and advertising materials, catalogues, billing records, sales and
promotional literature and manuals (“ Books and
Records ”), provided that the Debtor shall be
permitted to keep originals or copies of all Books and Records as
are reasonably necessary for the Debtor to fulfill its fiduciary
and administrative duties, including, without limitation, tax
preparation, claims reconciliation, and the winding up of its
affairs (the “ Excluded Books and Records ”),
provided further that, notwithstanding any retention of any
Excluded Books and Records, the Debtor shall not have or retain any
proprietary interest in any Intellectual Property nor any Excluded
Books and Records of or pertaining to any Intellectual Property;
and
(h) To the extent not
described above or listed as Excluded Assets (as defined below),
all other Collateral.
1.2. Excluded Assets .
The following assets of the Debtor shall be excluded from the
Purchased Assets to be sold to the Buyer hereunder (the “
Excluded Assets ”):
(a) Any Collateral that would
otherwise constitute a Purchased Asset that is listed on
Schedule 1.2(a) by the Buyer on or prior to the Closing. The
Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Buyer shall have the right,
in its absolute discretion and at any point prior to the Closing,
to list on and add to Schedule 1.2(a) any Collateral that
would otherwise be a Purchased Asset;
(b) The accounts receivable
listed on Schedule 1.2(b) ;
(c) Any equipment or other
property leased to the Debtor by a third party, including the
equipment subject to the equipment leases listed on Schedule
1.2(c) hereto; and
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(d) One laptop computer,
three servers, and related equipment as are reasonably necessary to
properly preserve the Excluded Books and Records.
1.3. Public Sale;
Deposit .
(a) In accordance with their
rights and duties under the Code, the Lenders shall commence a
disposition of the Purchased Assets, as a single indivisible lot,
pursuant to a public sale to be conducted in accordance with
Section 9610 and other applicable Sections of the Code (the
“ Public Sale ”). Any third party or
professional implementing the Public Sale shall be retained and
compensated solely by the Lenders.
(b) Provided the Public Sale
occurs on or after February 4, 2008 and on or before
February 15, 2008, and upon the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth herein, the Buyer agrees that it shall place an opening
bid at the Public Sale in the amount of Three Million Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($3,200,000) (the “ Minimum Bid
”).
(c) The Lenders shall also
require a minimum overbid of $100,000 for any competing bidder to
be qualified to participate in the Public Sale.
1.4. Closing; Purchase
Price . Subject in each case to the Buyer being the highest
qualified bidder at the Public Sale, and to the satisfaction or
waiver of all other conditions to the closing or effectiveness of
this Agreement set forth herein or imposed by the Code,
then:
(a) The closing (the
“Closing”) of the sale and transfer of the Purchased
Assets to the Buyer shall occur immediately following the
conclusion of the Public Sale, at the offices of Ropes &
Gray LLP, 525 University Avenue, Suite 300, Palo Alto, CA
94301-1917, or at such time and place as may be agreed upon between
the Buyer and the Lenders. The time and date on which the Closing
is actually held are sometimes referred to herein as the “
Closing Date .”
(b) The “ Purchase
Price ” to be paid for the Purchased Assets shall be the
amount of the highest qualified bid placed by the Buyer at the
Public Sale. The Purchase Price shall be paid to the Lenders by
wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the
wire instructions set forth on Schedule 1.4, provided that, at the
request of Buyer or Lenders, a portion of the Purchase Price in an
amount set forth in a pay off letter from Silicon Valley Bank may
be sent by wire transfer directly to Silicon Valley Bank in
satisfaction of the Superior Interest (as defined
below).
1.5. Lenders’
Deliveries at Closing . On the Closing Date in consideration
for payment to the Lenders of the Purchase Price, the Lenders shall
deliver to or arrange for the delivery to the Buyer or its designee
at such location as the Buyer reasonably directs (i) a Secured
Party Bill of Sale executed by the Lenders in the form set forth in
Exhibit 1.5(i) hereto (“ Bill of Sale ”);
(ii) an Assignment of Patents in the form set forth in
Exhibit 1.5(ii) hereto, executed by the Lenders and duly
notarized; (iii) an Assignment of
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Trademarks in the form set
forth in Exhibit 1.5(iii) hereto, executed by the Lenders
and duly notarized; and (iv) such other instruments of
conveyance and assignment as the parties shall deem reasonably
necessary to vest in the Buyer all right, title and interest in and
to the Purchased Assets.
1.6. Buyer’s
Deliveries at Closing . On the Closing Date, the Buyer shall
deliver to the Lenders the Purchase Price (as adjusted for the
Deposit), and the Buyer or its designee shall execute and deliver
the Bill of Sale.
1.7. Further
Assurances . Each of the Lenders, for itself and its respective
successors and assigns, hereby covenants and agrees that, at any
time and from time to time after the date hereof, without further
consideration but at no additional cost or liability to such
Lender, it will execute and deliver to the Buyer such further
instruments of sale, conveyance, assignment, and transfer, and take
such other commercially reasonable action, all upon the reasonable
request of the Buyer, in order to more effectively sell, convey,
grant, assign, transfer and deliver all or any portion of the
Purchased Assets to the Buyer, and to assure and confirm to any
other person the ownership of the Purchased Assets by the Buyer,
and to permit the Buyer to exercise any of the franchises, rights,
licenses, or privileges intended to be sold, conveyed, assigned,
transferred, and delivered by the Lenders to the Buyer. The Lenders
shall request that the Debtor execute the acknowledgements and
consents attached to the Assignment of Patents and the Assignment
of Trademarks. Each of the Lenders and the Buyer acknowledge and
agree that neither the Debtor’s consent hereto nor the
execution of such documents is required to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
1.8. Foreclosure Sale
Under Article 9 of the Code . The sale and transfer of the
Purchased Assets to the Buyer at Closing are and shall be made
pursuant to Section 9610 of the Code; the sale provided herein
shall constitute a “disposition” under the Code
pursuant to a public sale; and the Buyer will constitute and have
the rights of a “transferee” under the Code, including,
without limitation, the provisions of Section 9617 of the
Code. The Bill of Sale is intended to and shall constitute a
“transfer statement” pursuant to Section 9619 of
the Code.
1.9. No Successor
Liability . For the avoidance of doubt, the Buyer shall not
assume, and shall have no responsibility for, any liabilities of
the Debtor or the Lenders, as a successor in interest or otherwise,
nor any liabili
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