Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
STOCK AND UNIT
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and among
R-VISION HOLDINGS LLC,
as Purchaser
MONACO COACH CORPORATION,
as Parent
WILLIAM L. WARRICK,
ARLEN J. PAUL, DENNIS BAILEY,
WILLIAM DEVOS, RUTH A. HOLLINGSWORTH,
SHANNON E. WARRICK, BRADFORD J. WARRICK,
WILLIAM LEWIS WARRICK, JODIE D. WARRICK,
HELEN L. KRIZMAN, WARRICK LP,
WILLIAM WARRICK AS TRUSTEE OF THE
WILLIAM WARRICK 1998 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
FOR THE BENEFIT OF SHANNON ELIZABETH WARRICK,
WILLIAM WARRICK AS TRUSTEE OF THE
WILLIAM WARRICK 1998 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILLIAM LEWIS WARRICK,
WILLIAM WARRICK AS TRUSTEE OF THE
WILLIAM WARRICK 1998 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
FOR THE BENEFIT OF BRADFORD JAMES WARRICK,
and
WILLIAM WARRICK AS TRUSTEE OF THE
WILLIAM WARRICK 1998 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
FOR THE BENEFIT OF JODIE DAWN WARRICK,
as Sellers
CONCERNING THE CAPITAL STOCK
AND MEMBER INTERESTS AS APPROPRIATE OF
R-VISION, INC.,
R-VISION MOTORIZED LLC,
ROADMASTER LLC,
BISON MANUFACTURING, LLC
and
A.J.P. R.V., INC.
as Companies
November 9, 2005
List of
Schedules*
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Schedule
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Item
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2.3
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Bison
Payment
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3.4
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Accounting
Changes
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3.5
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Absence of
Sellers Claims Against Companies
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4.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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4.2
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Conflict
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4.3
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Capitalization,
Indebtedness
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4.4
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Financial
Statements
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4.5
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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4.7
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Assets
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4.8
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Real Estate
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4.9
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Encumbrances
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4.10
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Liens on
Accounts Receivable
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4.11
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Inventory
Policy
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4.12
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Taxes
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4.14
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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4.14(j)
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Benefits
Affected by Transaction
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4.15
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Compliance
with Laws
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4.16
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Legal
Proceedings/Orders
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4.17
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Absence of
Changes
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4.17(a)(ii)
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Tax
Distribution Calculation
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4.18
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Contracts
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4.19
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Insurance
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4.20
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Environmental
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4.21
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Employees
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4.22
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Labor
Disputes
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4.23
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Intellectual
Property
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4.24
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Product
Claims
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4.26
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Bank
Accounts
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4.30
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Customers
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5.3
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Purchasers
Required Notices or Consents
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6.1
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Employees;
Terminated Employee Agreements
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6.2(a)
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Exceptions
to Competitive Restrictions for Certain Sellers
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7.1
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Actions Not
Requiring Purchasers Consent
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7.2
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Liens to be
Released
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10.8
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Consents
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10.10
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Released
Liens
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* Omitted pursuant to Item 601
of Regulation S-K. Monaco Coach
Corporation agrees to supplementally furnish a copy of any omitted schedule to
the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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STOCK AND UNIT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Stock and
Unit Purchase Agreement is entered into as of November 9, 2005 (Agreement), by
and among William L. Warrick, Arlen J. Paul, Dennis Bailey, William Devos, Ruth
A. Hollingsworth, Shannon E. Warrick, Bradford J. Warrick, William Lewis
Warrick, Jodie D. Warrick, Helen L. Krizman, Warrick LP, William L. Warrick as
Trustee of the William Warrick 1998 Irrevocable Trust for the Benefit of
Shannon Elizabeth Warrick, William L. Warrick as Trustee of the William Warrick
1998 Irrevocable Trust for the Benefit of William Lewis Warrick, William L.
Warrick as Trustee of the William Warrick 1998 Irrevocable Trust for the
Benefit of Bradford James Warrick, and William L. Warrick as Trustee of the William
Warrick 1998 Irrevocable Trust for the Benefit of Jodie Dawn Warrick,
(sometimes referred to singly as Seller and collectively as Sellers and the
last four named Sellers are sometimes referred to as the Trusts), Monaco
Coach Corporation, a Delaware corporation (Parent), R-Vision Holdings LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Purchaser),
R-Vision, Inc. (R-Vision), A.J.P. R.V., Inc. (AJP), R-Vision Motorized LLC
(R-Vision Motorized), Roadmaster LLC (Roadmaster) and Bison Manufacturing,
LLC (Bison) (R-Vision, AJP, R-Vision Motorized, Roadmaster, Bison and the Subsidiary
(as defined below) are collectively called the Companies) and William L.
Warrick as representative of the Sellers.
Sellers have designated and authorized William L. Warrick to be their
representative (Sellers Representative) regarding all matters relating to
this Agreement, pursuant to Article 15.0.
RECITALS
Purchaser
desires to buy, and Sellers desire to sell and transfer, all the issued and
outstanding shares of the capital stock of R-Vision, all the issued and
outstanding shares of the capital stock of AJP, all of the membership interests
in R-Vision Motorized, all the membership interests in Roadmaster and all the
membership interests in Bison. R-Vision,
R-Vision Motorized, Roadmaster and Bison are engaged in the business of the
manufacture and sale of towable recreational vehicles, motorized recreational
vehicles, cargo trailers and horse trailers (collectively, as facilitated by
AJP, the Business). AJP owns and
leases real estate to R-Vision, R-Vision Motorized, Roadmaster and Bison.
Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, certain employees of the
Companies are entering into employment agreements with Parent (the Employment
Agreements), which will become effective upon the Closing (as defined below).
AGREEMENT
Therefore, in
consideration of the premises and of the mutual promises of the parties, the
parties agree as follows:
1.0. CLOSING DATE.
The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the Closing)
shall take place as promptly as
practicable, and no more than two business days, after the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 10.0 and Article 11.0
hereof, at the offices of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, 121 West Franklin
Street, Suite 200, Elkhart, Indiana, or at such other place or time as may be
agreed to in writing by the parties (the Closing Date). Time is of the essence in this Agreement and
in connection with the transactions contemplated by it.
2.0. SALE AND PURCHASE.
2.1. Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Closing:
a. Sellers shall sell to Purchaser
and Purchaser shall purchase from Sellers, free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances, all of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of
R-Vision (the R-Vision Shares), all of the issued and outstanding shares of
the capital stock of AJP (the AJP Shares), all of the membership interests in
R-Vision Motorized ( R-Vision Motorized Units), all the membership interests
in Roadmaster (Roadmaster Units) and all the membership interests in Bison (Bison
Units) (the R-Vision Shares and the AJP Shares are sometimes collectively
referred to as the Shares, and the R-Vision Motorized Units, Roadmaster Units
and Bison Units are sometimes collectively referred to as the Units).
2.2. Purchase
Price. The aggregate consideration
(the Purchase Price) for the Shares and the Units shall be $60,000,000, less the
amounts of the Sellers Obligations (as defined in Section 2.3.b), of which (i)
$38,743,000 shall be for the R-Vision Shares, (ii) $9,000,000 shall be for the
AJP Shares, (iii) $1,776,000 shall be for the R-Vision Motorized Units, (iv) $4,226,000
shall be for the Roadmaster Units and (v) $6,255,000 shall be for the Bison
Units. The Purchase Price shall be
payable as provided in Section 2.3 and subject to the holdback provisions
and adjustment as provided in Sections 2.4 and 9.2 of this Agreement.
2.3. Closing
Deliveries.
a. At the Closing, Sellers shall
deliver to Purchaser (in each case in such form reasonably satisfactory to
Purchaser):
(i) Certificates
representing the R-Vision Shares, duly endorsed (or accompanied by duly
executed stock powers), for transfer to Purchaser;
(ii) Certificates
representing the AJP Shares, duly endorsed (or accompanied by duly executed
stock powers), for transfer to Purchaser;
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(iii) A
bill of sale, membership interest power or other evidence of transfer in
respect of the R-Vision Motorized Units, duly executed in the name of
Purchaser;
(iv) A
bill of sale, membership interest power or other evidence of transfer in
respect of the Roadmaster Units, duly executed in the name of Purchaser;
(v) A
bill of sale, membership interest power or other evidence of transfer in
respect of the Bison Units, duly executed in the name of Purchaser; and
(vi) Such
other documents, instruments, certificates and opinions as are required by Article 12.0
of this Agreement or as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser.
b. At the Closing, Purchaser shall
deliver:
(i)
the sum of $57,750,000 (the Closing Payment), on behalf of the Sellers and at
their direction, as follows: (A) the sum of the Indebtedness (as defined in
Section 4.3.g), in the amounts and to the accounts as set forth in the
Spreadsheet (as defined in Section 7.6), (B) the Bison Payment as set forth and
defined in Schedule 2.3, (C) the sum of the Transaction Expenses (as defined in
Section 7.7), in the amounts and to the accounts as set forth in the Statement
of Expenses (as defined in Section 7.7), (D) the sum of the Closing
Compensation Liability (as defined in Section 6.1.b), in the amounts and to the
accounts as set forth in the Spreadsheet and (E) the remainder of the Closing
Payment (after the foregoing payments in (A), (B), (C) and (D) are made (such
payments collectively, the Sellers Obligations)) by wire transfer to an
account or accounts designated by Sellers Representative in writing at least
one day before the Closing Date; and
(ii) Such
other documents, instruments, certificates and opinions as are required by Article 13.0
of this Agreement or as may be reasonably requested by Sellers Representative.
c. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Agreement, the parties hereto shall have the right to deduct
and withhold Taxes from any payments contemplated by this Agreement, including
in connection with any Closing Compensation Liability, if such withholding is
required by applicable law, and to request any necessary Tax forms, including
Form W-4, Form W-9 or the appropriate series of Form W-8, as applicable, or any
similar information from the recipients of payments contemplated by this
Agreement. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts
shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been delivered
and paid to the recipient of payments in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made.
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2.4. Adjustments to Purchase Price; NBV
Holdback.
a. On behalf of the Sellers, as of
the Closing, Purchaser shall retain $1,500,000 (the NBV Holdback Amount) from
the Purchase Price (the NBV Holdback) and with respect to each Seller,
Purchaser shall be deemed to have retained such Sellers pro rata portion of
the NBV Holdback Amount from the portion of the Purchase Price payable to such
Seller for its respective Shares and/or Units, in order
to provide security for Purchaser with respect to the NBV
Adjustment (as defined below).
b. The Purchase Price shall be decreased,
dollar for dollar, to the extent the aggregate Net Book Value of the Companies
as of the Closing is less than $31,300,000 (the NBV Adjustment). As used herein, Net Book Value means the
total assets minus the total liabilities of the Companies as of the Closing,
determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP), provided that it is agreed and acknowledged that
the Companies recognize revenue upon shipment.
c. Purchaser shall determine the Net
Book Value of the Companies as of the Closing based on a physical inventory taken
on October 28, 2005, which will be rolled forward to the Closing Date and an
accounting review of the books and records of the Companies as of the Closing,
conducted by Purchaser promptly after the Closing, computed in accordance with
GAAP, provided that revenue shall be recognized upon shipment in accordance
with the past practices of the Companies. Sellers and Sellers
accounting firm at Sellers expense shall observe that physical inventory and
have full access to working papers, inventory tags and other relevant information. Within 60 days after the Closing Date, Purchaser
shall deliver to Sellers Representative the determination of the Net Book
Value of the Companies as of the Closing setting forth the relevant information
and computations for the Net Book Value (the Determination). If within 30 days after delivery of the
Determination, Sellers Representative does not object in writing to the
Determination, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such
objections, the Determination shall be binding and shall be used in determining
the adjustments to the Purchase Price under this Section 2.4. If, within 30 days after delivery of the
Determination, Sellers Representative does object in writing to the
Determination, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such objection,
the parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve their differences
regarding the Net Book Value of the Companies as of the Closing, but if the
parties do not reach agreement within 30 days after delivery of such written
objection, the issues in dispute shall be submitted to a nationally recognized,
independent accounting firm that is mutually acceptable to the parties (the Independent
Accountants) for resolution of the issues in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 2.4. The determination
of the Net Book Value of the Companies as of the Closing by such Independent
Accountants shall be final and binding on the parties in determining the adjustments
to the Purchase Price under this Section 2.4. The fees and expenses of the Independent
Accountants for the resolution of the dispute shall be shared by Purchaser and
Sellers in inverse
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proportion to the
respective amounts of the disputed matters which are resolved in their
respective favor.
d. Upon final determination of the Net
Book Value of the Companies as of the Closing in accordance with Section 2.4.c
(the Final Determination), Purchaser shall be entitled to permanently retain
for its own account that portion of the NBV Holdback that is equal to the
amount of the NBV Adjustment, if
any. If the NBV Holdback Amount is less
than the NBV Adjustment, the remainder of the NBV Adjustment shall be promptly
paid by Sellers Representative (on behalf of the Sellers) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Purchaser
in writing. If the NBV Holdback Amount
is greater than the NBV Adjustment, the remainder of the NBV Holdback shall be
promptly paid by Purchaser by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
an account or accounts designated by Sellers Representative in writing.
3.0. INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS,
COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS.
Each Seller
represents, covenants and warrants to Purchaser as to such Seller as follows
(representations by each of the Trusts are made by the trustee of such Trust
solely in such trustees capacity as trustee of such Trust), which
representations, covenants and warranties shall also be deemed to have been
made as of the Closing Date.
3.1. Authority. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligation of such Seller, enforceable against such Seller in
accordance with its terms. Such Seller has
the absolute and unrestricted right, power, authority and capacity to execute
and deliver this Agreement, and to perform such Sellers obligations under this
Agreement. Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation or performance of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement directly or indirectly contravenes,
conflicts with or results (with or without notice or lapse of time) in a
violation of any agreement, order or contract to which such Seller or any of
such Sellers assets are subject or may be bound.
3.2. Stock
Ownership. Such Seller owns of
record and beneficially the number of R-Vision Shares and the AJP Shares specified
in Section 4.3 as owned by such Seller, free and clear of all encumbrances
and claims.
3.3. Membership
Interest. Such Seller owns of record
and beneficially the number of R-Vision Motorized Units, Roadmaster Units or
Bison Units, specified in Section 4.3 as owned by such Seller, free and
clear of all encumbrances and claims.
3.4. No Accounting
Change. Except as provided in
Schedule 3.4, since the first day of the 2002 fiscal year of the Companies,
such Seller has not taken, and through and after the Closing such Seller will
not take, any action, including filing any application with the IRS or other
taxing authorities, requesting or which could result in a change in any Companys
method of accounting.
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3.5. Absence of Claims.
a. Except for accrued or vested
rights to employees under the agreements and plans identified on Schedule 3.5,
no such Seller has any claim against any Company, whether present or future,
contingent or unconditional, fixed or variable, under any Contract or on any
other basis whatsoever.
b. There is no action, suit, claim
or proceeding pending or to such Sellers knowledge threatened against any such
Seller with respect to which such Seller, whether in its capacity as a
director, officer, member, employee, stockholder, agent or affiliate, has a
right to indemnification from any Company related to facts and circumstances
existing prior to the Closing, nor to such Sellers knowledge are there any
facts or circumstances that would give rise to such an action, suit, claim or
proceeding.
c. No such Seller has any action,
suit or claim with respect to the Shares, the Units or the transactions
contemplated hereby, whether present or future, contingent or unconditional,
fixed or variable.
4.0. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS AND THE COMPANIES.
Each of the Companies
and the Sellers represents, covenants and warrants to Purchaser as follows (representations
by each of the Trusts are made by the trustee of such Trust solely in such
trustees capacity as trustee of such Trust), which representations, covenants
and warranties shall be deemed to have been made as of the Closing Date. When used in this Agreement: (i) references
to the knowledge of Sellers or Companies, or similar phrase, means the
knowledge of any individual Seller or individual trustee of a Seller which is a
trust or any of Craig Swisher and Carlisle Roose, after making due inquiry of
such persons that would reasonably be expected to have knowledge of such
matters; (ii) references to material means, as appropriate given the context,
an item or matter, the value or consequences of which is, or would be
reasonably likely to result in a Loss (as defined below) of, $50,000 or more,
individually or in the aggregate; (iii) references to material adverse change
or material adverse effect means an event, change, circumstances or fact
which results in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, individually or
in the aggregate, a Loss of $50,000 or more in the total assets, total
liabilities, Net Book Value, operations, results of operations, business or
prospects of the Companies and (iv) references to organizational documents
means the agreements, documents and materials that govern the operation and/or
organization of the respective Company in accordance with applicable Legal
Requirements.
4.1. Organization and Good Standing.
a. R-Vision is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of Indiana with full corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, to
own or hold under lease the properties and assets which it owns or holds under
lease and perform all its obligations under the agreements and instruments to
which it is a party or by which it is bound.
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Except as provided
in Schedule 4.1, R-Vision is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each state or other
jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of the properties owned by it or
the nature of the activities conducted by it requires such qualification. Schedule 4.1 lists each such
jurisdiction. In excess of 50 percent of
the outstanding voting securities of R-Vision are held by William L.
Warrick, in his individual capacity. R-Vision
has delivered a true and correct copy of its organizational documents, each in
full force and effect on the date hereof, to Purchaser. The Board of Directors of R-Vision has not
approved or proposed any amendment to such organizational documents and
R-Vision is not in violation of any of the terms thereof.
b. AJP is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of Indiana with full corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, to
own or hold under lease the properties and assets which it owns or holds under
lease and perform all its obligations under the agreements and instruments to
which it is a party or by which it is bound.
Except as provided in Schedule 4.1, AJP is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of
each state or other jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of the
properties owned by it or the nature of the activities conducted by it requires
such qualification. Schedule 4.1
lists each such jurisdiction. In excess
of 50 percent of the outstanding voting securities of AJP are held by
William L. Warrick, in his individual capacity. AJP has delivered a true and correct copy of
its organizational documents, as amended to date, each in full force and effect
on the date hereof, to Purchaser. The
Board of Directors of AJP has not approved or proposed any amendment to such
organizational documents and AJP is not in violation of any of the terms
thereof.
c. R-Vision Motorized is a limited
liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Indiana
with full limited liability company power and authority to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, to own or hold under lease the
properties and assets which it owns or holds under lease and perform all its
obligations under the agreements and instruments to which it is a party or by
which it is bound. Except as provided in
Schedule 4.1, R-Vision Motorized is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign limited liability company and is in good standing under the laws of
each state or other jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of the
properties owned by it or the nature of the activities conducted by it requires
such qualification. Schedule 4.1
lists each such jurisdiction. Warrick,
L.P. has
the right to more than 50 percent of the profits of R-Vision Motorized, and has
the right in the event of dissolution to more than 50 percent of the assets of
R-Vision Motorized. R-Vision Motorized has delivered
a true and correct copy of its organizational documents, as amended to date,
each in full force and effect on the date hereof, to Purchaser. The members of R-Vision Motorized have not
approved or proposed any amendment to such organizational documents and
R-Vision Motorized is not in violation of any of the terms thereof.
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d. Roadmaster is a limited
liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Indiana
with full limited liability company power and authority to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, to own or hold under lease the
properties and assets which it owns or holds under lease and perform all its
obligations under the agreements and instruments to which it is a party or by
which it is bound. Except as provided in
Schedule 4.1, Roadmaster is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
limited liability company and is in good standing under the laws of each state
or other jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of the properties owned
by it or the nature of the activities conducted by it requires such
qualification. Schedule 4.1 lists
each such jurisdiction. Warrick, L.P. has
the right to more than 50 percent of the profits of Roadmaster, and has the
right in the event of dissolution to more than 50 percent of the assets of
Roadmaster. Roadmaster has delivered a true
and correct copy of its organizational documents, as amended to date, each in
full force and effect on the date hereof, to Purchaser. The members of Roadmaster have not approved
or proposed any amendment to such organizational documents and Roadmaster is
not in violation of any of the terms thereof.
e. Bison is a limited liability
company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Indiana with full
limited liability company power and authority to carry on its business as it is
now being conducted, to own or hold under lease the properties and assets which
it owns or holds under lease and perform all its obligations under the
agreements and instruments to which it is a party or by which it is bound. Except as provided in Schedule 4.1, Bison
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and is
in good standing under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which
the ownership or leasing of the properties owned by it or the nature of the
activities conducted by it requires such qualification. Schedule 4.1 lists each such
jurisdiction. Warrick, L.P. has
the right to more than 50 percent of the profits of Bison, and has the right in
the event of dissolution to more than 50 percent of the assets of Bison. Bison has delivered a true and correct copy of its
organizational documents, as amended to date, each in full force and effect on
the date hereof, to Purchaser. The
members of Bison have not approved or proposed any amendment to such
organizational documents and Bison is not in violation of any of the terms
thereof.
f. Warrick,
L.P. is a limited partnership duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of Indiana with full power and
authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, to own or hold
under lease the properties and assets which it owns or holds under lease and
perform all its obligations under the agreements and instruments to which it is
a party or by which it is bound. No
person or entity has the right to 50 percent or more of the profits of Warrick,
L.P., or to 50 percent or more of the assets of Warrick, L.P. in the event of
dissolution. Warrick,
L.P. has delivered
a true and correct copy of its organizational documents, as amended to date,
each in full force and effect on the date hereof, to Purchaser. The partners of Warrick,
L.P. have not
approved or proposed any amendment to such organizational documents and Warrick,
L.P. is not in
violation of any of the terms thereof.
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g. None of the Companies has any
subsidiaries except that R-Vision owns 100% of the capital stock and rights to
purchase and all other equity interests of R-Vision International, Inc. (the Subsidiary). The Subsidiary is qualified as an
Interest-Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation under Sections 991
through 997 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
h. None of the Companies is an investment
company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
i. Sellers have delivered or made
available to Purchaser and Purchasers counsel, with written notice of such
availability (Made Available), full, complete and correct copies of the
organizational documents of each of the Companies, as currently in effect.
4.2. Authority;
No Conflict. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.2, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
consummation or performance of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will directly or indirectly:
a. Contravene, conflict with or
result (with or without notice or lapse of time) in a violation of (i) any of
the provisions of the organizational documents of any of the Companies or, if
applicable, of any of the Sellers, or (ii) any resolution adopted or passed by
the board of directors, the shareholders, members or managing members of any of
the Companies or, if applicable, of any of the Sellers;
b. Contravene, conflict with or
result (with or without notice or lapse of time) in a violation of any applicable
federal, state, county, provincial, local or foreign statute, ordinance,
regulation, treaty, statute, requirement, rule, code or rule of common law (Legal
Requirements) or any judgment, decree or order to which any of the Sellers,
the Companies, or any of the assets owned or used by any of the Companies, may
be subject;
c. Contravene, conflict with or
result (with or without notice or lapse of time) in a violation of any of the
terms or requirements of, or give any governmental body the right (with or
without notice or lapse of time) to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel,
terminate or modify any material governmental authorization that is held by any
of the Companies or that otherwise relates to the business of, or any of the
assets owned or used by, any of the Companies;
d. Contravene or conflict with, in
any material respect, or result (with or without notice or lapse of time) in a
violation or breach of any of the provisions of, or give any person the right
(with or without notice or lapse of time) to declare a default or exercise any
remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of or cancel,
terminate or modify, any contract to which any of the Companies is a party or
under which any of the Companies has any rights, or by which any of the
Companies, or any of the assets owned or used by any of the Companies, may be
bound; or
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e. Result (with or without notice
or lapse of time) in the imposition or creation of any encumbrance upon or with
respect to any of the assets owned or used by any of the Companies.
Except as required
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act)
or as disclosed in Schedule 4.2, each of the Companies and the Sellers is
not and will not be required to give any notice to or obtain any consent from
any person in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or
the consummation or performance of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
4.3. Capitalization; Indebtedness.
a. The authorized capital stock of
R-Vision consists of 1,000 common shares of which 500 shares have voting rights
and 500 shares have no voting rights, with no par value. Sellers are the record and beneficial owners
and holders of the R-Vision Shares as set forth on Schedule 4.3.
b. The authorized capital stock of
AJP consists of 2,000 shares of common stock, of which 1,000 shares have voting
rights and 1,000 shares have no voting rights, with no par value. Sellers are the record and beneficial owners
and holders of the AJP Shares as set forth on Schedule 4.3.
c. The authorized membership units
of R-Vision Motorized consist of 1,000 capital units, of which 1,000 units are
issued and outstanding. Sellers are the
record and beneficial owners of R-Vision Motorized Units as set forth on
Schedule 4.3.
d. The authorized membership units
of Roadmaster consist of 1,000 capital units, of which 1,000 units are issued
and outstanding. Sellers are the record
and beneficial owners of Roadmaster units as set forth on Schedule 4.3.
e. The authorized membership units
of Bison consist of 1,000 units, of which 1,000 units are issued and
outstanding. Sellers are the record and
beneficial owners of Bison units as set forth on Schedule 4.3.
f. The Shares and the Units set
forth on Schedule 4.3 are the only equity securities of the Companies
authorized or outstanding, and there are no securities or other rights,
including derivatives such as options, warrants or convertibles authorized or
outstanding which are convertible into equity securities of any of the
Companies. Except for matters disclosed
on Schedule 4.3 which will be of no effect on and after the Closing, no
legend or other reference to any purported encumbrance appears upon any
certificate representing equity securities of any of the Companies and after
the Closing all of such equity securities will be free and clear of all liens
and encumbrances except such liens as may be granted by Purchaser. All of the outstanding equity securities of
each of the Companies have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable. There are
no outstanding options, rights, conversion rights,
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agreements or
commitments of any kind relating to the issuance, sale or transfer of any
equity interests or shares or other securities of any of the Companies. None of the outstanding equity securities or
other securities of any of the Companies was issued in violation of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities or blue sky laws of any
nation, state, province or other jurisdiction.
On the Closing Date, none of the Companies will own, or have any option,
right, agreement or commitment of any kind to acquire, any equity securities or
other securities of any person or any direct or indirect equity or ownership
interest in any other business. Other
than pursuant to this Agreement, none of the Sellers or the Companies has
transferred, assigned or otherwise pledged (directly or indirectly), or agreed
to transfer, assign or otherwise pledge (directly or indirectly), any equity
securities, membership interests, partnership interests, profit participation
rights, voting rights, or similar ownership interests of any class of equity
security of any Company, or any securities exchangeable or convertible into or
exercisable for such equity securities, membership interests, profit
participation interests, partnership interests, voting rights, or similar
ownership interests in any Company to any person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 there
are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any of the
Shares or the Units. Except as contemplated hereby, there are no voting
trusts, proxies, or other agreements or understandings with respect to the
voting stock or membership interests of any Company. There are no agreements to which any Company
is a party relating to the registration, sale or transfer (including agreements
relating to rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or drag-along rights) of
any of such Companys equity interests. At the Closing, Sellers shall
deliver to Purchaser good and marketable title to the Shares and the Units,
free and clear of all liens, pledges and encumbrances.
g. For the purposes of this
Agreement, Indebtedness shall mean all outstanding indebtedness, loans,
promissory notes, guarantees or other arrangements for borrowed money of any of
the Companies, or on any of the Companies behalf. Schedule 4.3 sets forth the outstanding
principal, accrued interest and applicable rate of interest on all Indebtedness
as of the date hereof, as well as the identity of the persons holding such
Indebtedness and any other material terms thereof. Upon payment of the amounts set forth in the
Spreadsheet, none of the Companies, Purchaser or Parent will have any further
obligations with respect to the Indebtedness.
4.4. Financial
Statements. The Sellers have
delivered to Purchaser:
a. The audited combined balance
sheets of R-Vision and R-Vision Motorized, the compiled balance sheets of Bison
and the Companies as a whole and the reviewed balance sheets of Roadmaster, at December 28,
2002, January 3, 2004 and January 1, 2005 and the related statements
of income and statements of cash flows for each of the fiscal years ended December 28,
2002, January 3, 2004 and January 1, 2005 (these items are attached
as Schedule 4.4 and are sometimes collectively referred to as the Financials,
and the Companies Financials as of January 1, 2005 are sometimes referred
to as the most recent Financials).
Such
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Financials are true,
accurate and complete and fairly present the financial condition, cash flows
and results of operations of the Companies as of their respective dates and for
the periods referred to, all in accordance with GAAP (except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4), consistently applied throughout
the periods indicated and with each other; and during the last three years
there have been no changes in any accounting principles or practices in
preparing the Financials.
b. Unaudited combined balance
sheets of the Companies and related statements of income for the eight month
period ending September 3, 2005 (the Interim Financials) are attached as
Schedule 4.4. The Interim
Financials were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4) consistently applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods indicated and consistent with each other, and present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Companies as of the date of the Interim Financials, subject to the absence of
footnotes.
c. Each
of the Companies has established and maintains, adheres to and enforces a
system of internal accounting controls which are effective in providing reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements in accordance with GAAP (including the Financials),
other than as set forth on Schedule 4.4, including policies and procedures that
(i) require the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
Companies, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with
GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Companies are being made only
in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and the board of
directors (or like body) of such Company and (iii) provide reasonable assurance
regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of the assets of the Companies.
None of the Companies, their employees or former employees nor the
Companies independent auditors has identified or been made aware of (a) any
significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal
accounting controls utilized by the Companies, (b) any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves the Companies management or other employees who have a
role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting
controls utilized by the Companies or (c) any claim or allegation regarding any
of the foregoing.
4.5. No
Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as
set forth in Schedule 4.5, none of the Companies has any liabilities or
obligations of any nature (known or unknown, absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise including future obligations under benefit plans) that were not fully
reflected or reserved against in the most recent Financials and in the Interim
Financials as required under GAAP (other than as set forth on Schedule 4.4),
except matters specifically required pursuant to this Agreement and liabilities
and contractual obligations incurred in the regular and ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices since the date of the most recent
Financials, which
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in the aggregate are reasonably likely to have a material adverse
effect on the properties, assets, business or financial condition of the
Companies.
4.6. Books
and Records. The books of account,
minute books, stock record books and other records of each of the Companies,
which have been Made Available to Purchaser, are complete and correct and have
been maintained in accordance with sound business practices, including, but not
limited to, the maintenance of a commercially reasonable system of internal
controls. The minute books of each of the
Companies contain accurate and complete records of, as relevant, the articles
of incorporation and bylaws, articles of organization and operating agreement
or other governing documents, with all amendments, all meetings held of,
original signed copies of all resolutions in writing of, and corporate action
taken by, the shareholders, the Members or other governing body, the Boards of
Directors and committees of the Boards of Directors or other governing body of
each of the respective Companies and no meetings of any such shareholders or
other equity owners, Boards of Directors, the Members or other governing body,
or committee has been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not
contained in such minutes books and no resolutions have been passed or
consented to by any such shareholders or other equity owners, Boards of
Directors or other governing body or committee except those contained in such
minutes books. At the Closing, true and
correct and complete originals of all of those books and records will be in the
possession of the Companies.
4.7. Assets: Condition and Sufficiency.
a. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.7, the buildings, plants, structures and equipment (whether
owned or leased) of each of the Companies have no material defects, are in good
operating condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and are
adequate for the uses to which they are being put, are not being operated
beyond their capacity and none of such buildings, plants, structures or
equipment is in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine
maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost.
b. None of the Companies has any
present commitment for capital expenditures in excess of $50,000 in the
aggregate to be made after the Closing, except as set forth on Schedule 4.7.
c. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.7 each Company owns all the properties and assets (personal and
mixed, tangible and intangible), free and clear of all encumbrances, reflected
as owned in the books and records of that Company, including, but not limited
to, all the properties and assets reflected in the most recent Financials
(except for assets held under capitalized leases disclosed in the most recent
Financials and personal property sold since the date of the most recent
Financials in the regular and ordinary course of business), and all the
properties and assets purchased or otherwise acquired by the respective
Companies since the date of the most recent Financials (except for personal
property acquired and sold since the date of the most recent Financials in the regular
and ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice), which
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subsequently
purchased or acquired properties and assets (other than inventory and short
term investments) are listed in Schedule 4.7.
d. Each Company owns, validly leases
or has a valid license to use, free and clear of all encumbrances, except as
set forth on Schedule 4.7, all the properties and assets (real, personal
and mixed, tangible and intangible), trademarks and all other resources
currently used in or required for operations of the respective Companies as
currently conducted in the regular and ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices or as currently proposed to be conducted by the Companies,
and none of the Companies uses or requires the use of any properties or assets
(except Leased Real Estate disclosed below) which are not owned, validly leased
or licensed by the respective Companies, except for publicly available,
incidental items with an aggregate value of less than $10,000.
4.8. Real
Estate. None of the Companies owns or
has ever owned any real property or interest in real property except that AJP
owns fee title to the real property described and identified as owned by AJP on
Schedule 4.8 (the Owned Real Estate).
The Companies lease the real property described and identified as leased
by the Companies on Schedule 4.8 (the Leased Real Estate). Except as set forth in Schedule 4.8, none
of the Companies lease, sublease, license or otherwise use or occupy any real
property. Sellers have delivered to
Purchaser correct and complete copies of all leases, subleases, licenses and
other occupancy agreements (collectively, leases), of any of the Companies
relating to the Leased Real Estate, including all modifications and amendments
thereto. The Leased Real Estate and the
Owned Real Estate shall be collectively referred to herein as the Real Estate.
a. Sellers have delivered to Purchaser
copies of all leases, title insurance policies, opinions, abstracts and surveys
in the possession of any of the Sellers or any Company relating to the Owned Real
Estate.
b. Based upon the owners title
insurance policies and surveys which have been Made Available with respect to
the Real Estate owned by the Companies, and to the knowledge of Sellers, all
buildings, plants and structures owned or leased by any Company lie wholly
within the boundaries of the Owned Real Estate and do not encroach upon the
property of, or otherwise conflict with the property rights of, any other
person.
c. There is no pending condemnation
or expropriation proceeding or special assessments with regard to all or part
of the Real Estate and no such proceeding is planned by any governmental
authority.
d. All public utilities, including
without limitation, water, sanitary and storm sewer, electricity, gas and
telephone, presently used in the operation of the facility located on the Owned
Real Estate enter through adjoining public streets or, if they pass through
adjoining private land, do so in accordance with valid easements permitting
said use and satisfactory to the applicable utility; and all public utilities
are installed, operating and available in sufficient capacities to
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serve adequately the
Real Estate for the purposes for which any Company is using the Real Estate as
of the Closing and all installation and connection charges necessary for them
have been paid in full. The Companies
currently hold all utilities, utility systems and utility connections,
including but not limited to, the right to receive immediately and continuously
consume water service, electrical service, and telephone service on and for the
Real Estate in capacities that are adequate to operate the Real Estate for the
purposes for which any Company is using the Real Estate as of the Closing free
and clear of all qualifications and encumbrances other than the obligation to
pay the applicable utility company the rate for utility consumption (the Utility
Reservations) applicable to the Real Estate; and no Company has transferred,
modified or encumbered any present or future interest, if any, of the Utility
Reservations; the Utility Reservations currently held by any Company will not
be affected by the transactions provided for in this Agreement.
e. There is no agreement made by or
binding on any Company with any governmental agency burdening the Real Estate
or binding on any Company respecting construction of any easements, roads,
sidewalks, or street lighting; there are no donations of land or payments
(other than general real estate taxes) for parking, schools, parks, fire
stations or other public facilities required of any Company or any owner of the
Real Estate that were agreed to by or binding on any Company. There is no existing, pending or threatened (i)
change in limitations on use of streets or roads abutting the Owned Real Estate
or (ii) special tax or assessment to be levied against any part of the Owned Real
Estate.
f. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.8, each Company has full, uninterrupted and encumbered rights
of ingress and egress from the Owned Real Estate, to and from public roads
abutting or adjacent to the Real Estate for all pedestrians and vehicles
utilizing the Owned Real Estate.
g. There are no outstanding work
orders or other requirements or notices relating to the Real Estate which have
been issued by any police or fire department, sanitation, health or factory
authorities or departments or by any federal state, municipal or other
governmental authority, agency, department or board or any board of fire
underwriters or any insurer or any notices or matters under discussion with any
such departments or authorities relating to work orders or other requirements
or notices.
h. The Companies currently occupy
all of the Real Estate for the operation of the Business, and there are no
other parties occupying, or with a right to occupy, the Real Estate. None of the Companies could be required to
expend more than $10,000 in causing any Leased Real Estate to comply with the
surrender conditions set forth in the applicable lease other than under leases
to AJP. The Companies have performed all
of its obligations under any termination agreements other than under leases to
AJP pursuant to which it has terminated any leases of real property that are no
longer in effect and has no continuing liability with respect to such
terminated real property leases.
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i. Neither Sellers nor the
Companies have any information or knowledge that there are any Legal
Requirements or restrictions, or any change contemplated therein, or any
judicial or administrative action, or any action by adjacent landowners, or natural
or artificial conditions upon any Real Estate, or any other facts or conditions
which could, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect upon any Real
Estate. Neither the Sellers nor the
Companies have received any notice from any insurance company of any defects or
inadequacies in any Real Estate which could materially and adversely affect the
insurability of such Real Estate.
j. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.8, all improvements existing on the Owned Real Estate have, if
required, been constructed and installed in accordance with plans and
specifications approved by all governmental authorities having jurisdiction and
no improvements on or use of the Real Estate violate any Legal Requirements,
restrictive covenants or easements affecting the Real Estate.
4.9. Encumbrances. All the respective Companies properties and
assets shall as of the Closing be free and clear of all encumbrances and the Owned
Real Estate shall not be subject to any encumbrances, rights of way, building
use restrictions, exceptions, variances, reservations or limitations of any
nature whatsoever, except non-monetary encumbrances reflected in the respective
Companies owners title insurance policies Made Available to Purchaser and
except, (i) with respect to all such properties and assets, liens for current
taxes not yet due, and (ii) as to the Owned Real Estate, (a) minor
imperfections of title, which are disclosed on Schedule 4.9 and labeled as
such, none of which is substantial in amount, impairs the use of the property
subject to them, or impairs the operations of any Company and (b) zoning laws and
other land use restrictions that do not impair the present or anticipated use
of the property subject to them (such exceptions, collectively, Permitted
Encumbrances). There are no pending or,
to the knowledge of Sellers or the Companies, threatened, requests,
applications or proceedings to alter the zoning or impose other restrictions
applicable to the Real Estate.
4.10. Accounts
Receivable. All accounts receivable of
the Companies that are reflected on the most recent Financials or on the accounting
records of the Companies as of the Closing Date (referred to collectively as
the Accounts Receivable) represent or will represent valid obligations
arising from sales actually made or services actually performed in the regular
and ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, are carried at values determined in
accordance with GAAP, are not subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim, do
not represent obligations for goods sold on consignment, on approval or on a
sale-or-return basis or subject to any other repurchase or return arrangement
and are collectible except to the extent of reserves therefor set forth in the
Financials or, for receivables arising subsequent to the most recent
Financials, as reflected on the books and records of the Company (which
receivables are recorded in accordance with GAAP). The Companies have delivered to the Purchaser
a list of all Accounts Receivable of the Companies (together with an aging schedule indicating a range of days elapsed
since invoice) as of the date of the Interim Financials, which list is
correct and complete in all material respects and sets forth the aging of such
Accounts
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Receivable. No person has any lien on any Accounts
Receivable of the Companies except as disclosed on Schedule 4.10, and no
request or agreement for deduction or discount has been made with respect to
any Accounts Receivable of the Companies.
4.11. Inventory. All inventory of each of the Companies has
been valued in accordance with the policy set forth on attached Schedule 4.11,
consistently applied with the Financials.
All such inventory (i) is of commercially reasonable quality, (ii) is
useable and saleable in a reasonably acceptable time period and (iii) is of a quantity that is appropriate for the size of the
Business as conducted in the regular and ordinary course consistent with past
practice.
4.12. Taxes.
a. For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term Tax or, collectively, Taxes shall mean (i) any and
all U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities, including taxes
based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and
occupation, and value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding,
payroll, recapture, employment, excise and property taxes, together with all
interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts, (ii) any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause (i) of this Section 4.12.a as a result of being a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period, and
(iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described
in clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 4.12.a as a result of any
express or implied obligation to indemnify any other person or as a result of
any obligations under any agreements or arrangements with any other person with
respect to such amounts and including any liability for taxes of a predecessor
or transferor entity.
b. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.12, each of the Companies has filed or caused to be filed (on a
timely basis) all required federal, state, local and foreign returns,
estimates, information statements and reports (the Tax Returns) relating to
any and all Taxes concerning or attributable to it or its operations. Each of the Companies has delivered to
Purchaser copies of, and Schedule 4.12 lists, all Tax Returns filed since December
2002. All Taxes that such Company is or
was required by Legal Requirements to withhold or collect or report (including
all Taxes required to be paid or withheld with respect to its employees and
other third parties and those payable under the Federal Insurance Contribution
Act and Federal Unemployment Tax Act and corresponding state statutes) have
been duly withheld or collected or reported and, to the extent required, have
been timely paid to the proper federal, state, local or foreign governmental
body or other person. All Tax Returns
filed by each Company are true and correct and completed in accordance with
applicable Legal Requirements. Each
Company has timely paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes that
have or may have become due whether or not shown to be due on the Tax Returns,
or otherwise, or pursuant
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to any assessment
received by that Company, or pursuant to other federal, state, local or foreign
requirements, except such Taxes, if any, as are set forth in Schedule 4.12
and are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves
(determined in accordance with GAAP) have been provided in the Financials. The charges, accruals and reserves with
respect to Taxes on the books of the respective Companies are adequate
(determined in accordance with GAAP) and are at least equal to the respective
Companies liability for Taxes.
c. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.12, no Tax Return relating to any Company is presently being
audited or examined, nor to the knowledge of the Sellers or the Companies, has
any such audit or examination been proposed by any Tax Authority. No adjustments or deficiencies to the Tax
Returns filed by any Company have been made or proposed. There exists no proposed tax assessment
against any Company except as disclosed in the Financials or in Schedule 4.12.
Except as set forth in Schedule 4.12,
no Company has given or been requested to give waivers or extensions (or is or
would be subject to a waiver or extension given by any other person) of any
statute of limitations relating to the payment of Taxes of any Company or for
which any Company may be liable. There
is no tax sharing agreement that will require any payment by any Company after
the date of this Agreement.
d. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.12, none of the Companies is, or has been at any
time, a United States Real Property Holding Corporation within the meaning of
Section 897(c)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
e. None
of the Companies
has engaged in a reportable transaction, as set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.6011-4(b), or any
transaction that is the same as or substantially similar to one of the types of
transactions that the Internal Revenue Service has determined to be a tax
avoidance transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of
published guidance as a listed transaction, as set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.6011-4(b)(2).
f. For federal and applicable state
and local income Tax purposes, since its respective date of incorporation and
through the date of this Agreement, each of R-Vision and AJP (together,
the S Corporations) has properly qualified as, and has made valid and
timely elections to be treated as, an S corporation within the meaning
of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code and within the meaning of analogous
state or local Legal Requirements in all jurisdictions in which each such
S Corporation is subject to Tax.
Each S Corporation will qualify as an S corporation through
and until the Closing Date in all jurisdictions in which the respective
corporation is subject to Tax. Since its
respective date of incorporation, neither of the S Corporations has ever
been subject to income Tax as a C corporation within the meaning of
Section 1361(a) of the Code or within the meaning of analogous state or
local Legal Requirements. Neither of the
S Corporations has, in the past ten years, acquired assets from another
corporation in a transaction in which its Tax basis
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for the acquired
assets was determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the Tax basis for
the acquired assets (or any other property) in the hands of the transferor.
g. Each of R-Vision Motorized,
Roadmaster and Bison has been treated as a partnership for Tax purposes since
its inception.
4.13. No
Material Adverse Change. Except as
disclosed in this Agreement and the Schedules to this Agreement, since the most
recent combined balance sheet there has not been any material adverse change in
the business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities (financial or
otherwise), condition, results of operations of the Companies, or relationships
with the respective Companies customers, vendors, employees or governmental
bodies.
4.14. Employee Benefit
Plans. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.14:
a. Schedule 4.14 lists: (i) each employee welfare benefit plan, as
defined in Section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (ERISA), including, but not limited to, any medical plan,
life insurance plan, severance pay, short-term or long-term disability plan or
dental plan; (ii) each employee pension benefit plan, as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA, including, but not limited to, any excess benefit
plan, top hat plan or deferred compensation plan or arrangement, nonqualified
retirement plan or arrangement, qualified defined contribution or defined
benefit arrangement; and (iii) each other material benefit plan, policy,
program, arrangement or agreement, including, but not limited to, any material
bonus or incentive plan, stock option, restricted stock, stock bonus, vacation
pay, bonus program, service award, moving expense, deferred bonus plan, salary
reduction agreement, change-of-control agreement, employment agreement,
consulting agreement, or fringe benefit plan or program, which in all cases, is
sponsored, contributed to or maintained by any of the Companies or other person
that, together with a Company, is treated as a single employer under Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code (each a Plan Affiliate) or with respect
to which any of the Companies or any Plan Affiliate have any liability or
obligation to contribute. (Each employee
benefit plan, program or arrangement listed on Schedule 4.14 relating to
current or former employees, officers or directors (or others
of like capacity) of any Company or any Plan Affiliate is
referred to herein as an Employee Plan). Each Employee Plan can be amended,
terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Closing Date, without material
liability to the Companies, Purchaser or any affiliates thereof (other than
ordinary administration expenses), provided that Purchaser does not increase
benefits in connection with any such amendment.
b. The Sellers have made available
to Purchaser: (i) a correct and complete
copy of each written Employee Plan and summary plan description as in effect on
the date hereof; (ii) a copy of each trust agreement, insurance contract and
other funding vehicle with respect to each such Employee Plan; (iii) a copy of
the most recently received IRS determination, opinion, notification and
advisory
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letters, if any, and
any and all rulings or notices issued by a governmental authority relating to
each Employee Plan; (iv) a copy of the Form 5500 Annual Report, if
any, for the most recent plan year for each such Employee Plan and (v)
all communications material to any current or former Companies employees
relating to any Employee Plan or proposed Employee Plan, in each case, relating
to any amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in
benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events which
would result in any material liability to the Companies. The Companies do not have any plan or
commitment to establish any new Employee Plan, to modify any Employee Plan
(except to the extent required by Legal Requirements or to conform any such Employee
Plan to the requirements of any applicable Legal Requirement, in each case as
previously disclosed to Purchaser in writing), or to adopt or enter into any
Employee Plan.
c. Each Employee Plan (and each
related trust, insurance contract and fund) (i) has been operated, maintained,
funded and administered in compliance with its terms (except as otherwise
required by Legal Requirements), (ii) materially complies in form and operation
with all applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code, other applicable Legal
Requirements, any applicable collective bargaining agreements, and with any
applicable reporting and disclosure requirements, including but not limited to
the requirement of Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and
Section 4980B of the Code (COBRA), and (iii) has been and is operated
and funded in such a manner as to qualify, where appropriate, for both federal
and state purposes, for income tax exclusions to its participants, tax-exempt
income for its funding vehicle, and the allowance of deductions and credits at
the time contributions are made thereto.
Each Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal
Revenue Service with respect to all law changes prior to the Economic Growth
and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and nothing has occurred since the
date of such determination that could reasonably be expected to adversely
affect the qualified status of any Employee Plan.
d. None of the Companies nor Plan
Affiliates maintains, contributes to, is required to contribute to, has any
actual or contingent liability (including withdrawal liability as defined in
Section 4201 of ERISA) under or with respect to any employee benefit plan,
program or arrangement which (i) is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001 of ERISA, (ii) is a multiemployer plan within the meaning
of Section 3(37) of ERISA, (iii) is a multiple employer plan within the
meaning of Code Section 413(c), (iv) is a multiple employer welfare
arrangement within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA, (v) is subject
to the funding requirements of Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of
ERISA, or (vi) provides for post-retirement medical, life insurance or other
welfare-type benefits for current, future, retired or terminated directors,
officers or employees of the Companies or any other person (other than as
required by COBRA). No asset of any of
the Companies is subject to any lien or encumbrance arising under
Section 4068 of ERISA.
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e. There has been no prohibited
transaction, as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Code
Section 4975, with respect to any Employee Plan or any employee benefit
plan, program, or arrangement of any kind maintained by a Plan Affiliate. Except as could not reasonably be expected to
result in material liability to the Companies, no fiduciary has any liability
for breach of fiduciary duty or any other failure to act or comply in
connection with the administration or investment of the assets of any Employee
Plan. No action, suit, proceeding,
hearing, or investigation with respect to the administration or the investment
of the assets of any Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) is
pending or to the knowledge of Sellers or the Companies, threatened.
f. The Companies have, for purposes
of each relevant Employee Plan, correctly classified those individuals
performing services for the Companies as common law employees, leased employees,
independent contractors or agents of the Companies.
g. All required reports and
descriptions (including Form 5500 annual reports, summary annual reports,
and summary plan descriptions) have been timely filed and/or distributed in
accordance with the applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code with respect
to each Employee Plan. The requirements
of COBRA have been met with respect to each Employee Plan and any employee
benefit plan, program, or arrangement maintained by a Plan Affiliate that is an
employee welfare benefit plan subject to COBRA.
h. No Employee Plan or any other
agreement, program, policy or other arrangement by or to which any of the
Companies is a party, are bound or are otherwise liable, by its terms or in
effect could reasonably be expected to require any payment or transfer of
money, property or other consideration on account of or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any subsequent termination of
employment under the current terms of such employment which payment could
constitute an excess parachute payment within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code.
i. To the knowledge of Sellers and
the Companies, no Employee Plan is (i) a non-qualified deferred
compensation plan as defined in Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) non-compliant
with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, based on a reasonable
interpretation of the guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service of the
United States as of the date first stated above.
j. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14.j
the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any
additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Employee Plan,
trust or loan that will or may result in any payment (whether of severance pay
or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting,
distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect
to any current or former employees, officers or directors (or others of like
capacity) of the Companies. Upon payment
of the amounts set forth
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in the Spreadsheet,
none of the Companies, Purchaser or Parent will have any further obligations with
respect to any such payment,
acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in
benefits or obligation to fund benefits (other than as expressly set forth in
this Agreement).
4.15. Compliance With Laws;
Governmental Authorities.
a. Schedule 4.15.a identifies
each governmental authorization that is held by any of the Companies or that
otherwise relates to the business of, or to any of the assets owned or used by,
any of the Companies. Each of such authorizations
is valid and in full force and effect.
b. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.15.b:
(i) (a)
the Companies are in possession of all governmental authorizations required by
applicable law (collectively, Authorizations), (b) the Companies are, and at
all times have been, in compliance in all material respects with each Legal
Requirement that is applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its
business or the ownership or use of any of its assets, and
(c) the Companies are, and at all times have been, in
compliance in all material respects with all of the terms and requirements of
each Authorization identified or required to be identified in Schedule 4.15;
(ii) no
event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that would (with
or without notice or lapse of time) constitute or result directly or indirectly
in a material violation by the Companies of, or a material failure on the part
of the Companies to comply with, any Legal Requirement or any term or
requirement of any governmental authorization identified or required to be
identified on Schedule 4.15;
(iii) none
of the Companies or Sellers has received any notice or other communication
(whether oral or written) from any governmental body or any other person
regarding (a) any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation of, or
failure to comply with, any Legal Requirement, or any term or requirement of
any governmental authorization identified or required to be identified on
Schedule 4.15; or (b) any actual, alleged, possible or potential obligation
on the part of the Companies to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the
cost of, any remedial action of any nature;
(iv) the
Companies have complied in all material respects with all Legal Requirements
relating to immigration matters relating to any of their respective current
employees; and
(v) all
applications required to have been filed for the renewal of the governmental
authorizations required to be identified in Schedule 4.15 have been duly
filed on a timely basis with the appropriate
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governmental bodies, and all other filings
required to have been made with respect to such governmental authorizations
have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate governmental bodies.
4.16. Legal Proceedings; Orders.
a. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16,
there is no pending or ongoing proceeding, dispute, claim or investigation:
(i) (a)
that has been commenced by, or against any of the Companies or the Sellers, (b)
that relates to the Business or (c) to the knowledge of Sellers and the
Companies, could be reasonably expected to materially adversely affect the
business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, any of the Companies; or
(ii) that
challenges and might have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or
otherwise interfering with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
To the knowledge
of Sellers and the Companies, no such proceeding, dispute, claim or
investigation has been threatened.
Sellers or the Companies have delivered to Purchaser copies of all
pleadings, correspondence and other documents relating to each proceeding,
dispute, claim or investigation identified in Schedule 4.16.
b. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.16:
(i) except
for garnishment and similar proceedings involving employees of any of the
Companies, there is no order of any court or governmental authority or
arbitration (Order) to which any of the Companies, or any of the assets owned
or used by any of the Companies, are subject;
(ii) to
the knowledge of the Sellers or the Companies, no officer, director or employee
(or others of like capacity) of any of the Companies is subject to any Order
that prohibits such officer, director or employee from engaging in or
continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the business of any of
the Companies.
4.17. Absence of Certain Changes And
Events.
a. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.17 or as contemplated by Section 2.3.b, since the date of the
most recent Financials or other date specifically indicated for a particular
subsection of this Section 4.17, each of the Companies has conducted, and
through the Closing Date will conduct, its business only in the regular and
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and there has not
been, and through the Closing Date will not be, any:
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(i) material
adverse effect on the properties, assets, business or financial condition of
the Companies;
(ii) change
in the Companies authorized or issued capital stock; grant of any option or
right to purchase shares of capital stock or other units of ownership or equity
interests of the Companies; issuance of any security convertible into such
capital stock or other units of ownership or equity interests; grant of any
registration rights; purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition by
the Companies of any shares of any such capital stock or other units of
ownership or equity interests; or declaration or payment of any dividend or other
distribution or payment in respect of shares of capital stock or other units of
ownership or equity interests; provided, however, that the
Companies (other than AJP) shall be entitled to make distributions (the Tax
Distributions) for the estimated income tax liability of the Sellers that is
attributable to the taxable income of the Companies through the Closing
Date. The Tax Distributions will be
computed on a per Company basis in accordance with the methodology set forth in
Schedule 4.17.a(ii) (the Tax Distribution Methodology); provided, further,
that a proposed final determination of the Tax Distributions in accordance with
the Tax Distribution Methodology shall be prepared by the Sellers and submitted
to Purchaser in writing at least three business days prior to the Closing Date,
which determination shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
Purchaser (the Final Tax Distribution);
(iii) amendment
to the organizational documents of any of the Companies;
(iv) conduct
of business or entering into any transaction other than in the regular and
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the Companies;
(v) increase in or other change to the salary
or other compensation payable or to become
payable by any of the Companies to any of their respective officers, directors, employees or advisors
(or others in like capacity), or the declaration, payment or commitment or
obligation of any kind for the payment (whether in cash or equity) by Companies
of a severance payment, termination payment, bonus or other additional salary
or compensation to any such person;
(vi) hiring, promotion, demotion or termination
or other change to the employment status or title of any employee of any
Company, except in the regular and ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
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(vii) adoption
of, or increase in, any profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, savings,
insurance, pension, retirement, or other employee benefit plan for or with any
employees of any of the Companies;
(viii) any
material damage, destruction, or loss to any asset or property of any of the
Companies, whether or not covered by insurance, affecting the properties,
assets, business or financial condition of the Companies;
(ix) entry
into, termination, or receipt of notice of termination of (i) any license,
distributorship, dealer, sales representative, joint venture, credit, or
similar agreement, or (ii) any contract or transaction involving a material commitment
by any of the Companies, except inventory purchase and sale orders in the
regular and ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(x) sale
(other than sales of inventory in the regular and ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices), lease, license or other disposition of any asset
or property of any of the Companies or mortgage, pledge, or imposition of any
lien or other encumbrance on any material asset or property of any of the
Companies, including, without limitation, the sale, lease, license or other
disposition of any intellectual property assets;
(xi) cancellation
or waiver of any material claims or rights;
(xii) any
change in the accounting methods followed by any of the Companies including
filing any application with the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing
authorities, requesting or which could result in a change in any of the
Companies method of accounting;
(xiii) loan
by any of the Companies to any person or entity, or purchase by any of the
Companies of any debt securities of any person or entity;
(xiv) indebtedness
incurred by the Companies, amendment of the terms of any outstanding loan
agreement, guarantee by the Companies of any indebtedness, issuance or sale of
any debt securities of the Companies or guarantee of any debt securities of
others, except for advances to employees for travel and business expenses in
the regular and ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(xv) change
in any of the Companies practices regarding the payment of payables or
purchase or disposition of inventory;
(xvi) agreement
to purchase or sell any interest in real property, grant of any security
interest in any real property, lease of any real
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property or alteration, amendment,
modification, violation or termination of any of the terms of any leases of the
Leased Real Estate; or
(xvii) agreement,
whether or not in writing, to do any of the foregoing by any of the Companies.
4.18. Contracts;
No Defaults.
a. Schedule 4.18 lists (except
for purchase orders, entered into in the regular and ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, to which any of the Companies are party
or by which any of the Companies or their assets are subject or bound (Purchase
Orders)), and either the Seller or the Companies has delivered to Purchaser
copies of, all contracts described below in this Section 4.18 to which any
of the Companies are party or by which any of the Companies are bound:
(i) Each
agreement, contract or commitment that involves performance of services or
delivery of goods and/or materials by or to any of the Companies of an amount
or value in excess of $25,000;
(ii) Each
agreement, contract or commitment not in the regular and ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices involving expenditures or receipts of any
of the Companies in excess of $25,000;
(iii) Each
lease, rental or occupancy agreement, license, installment and conditional sale
agreement, and other contract affecting the ownership of, leasing of, title to,
use of, or any leasehold or other interest in, any real or personal property,
except personal property leases and installment and conditional sales
agreements having aggregate payments of less than $10,000 and with terms of
less than one year;
(iv) Each
licensing agreement or other contract with respect to patents, trademarks,
copyrights, or other intellectual property, including agreements with current
or former employees, consultants, or contractors regarding the appropriation or
the non-disclosure of intellectual property assets;
(v) Each
agreement or contract with any of the Companies to which any employee, consultant,
or contractor of any of the Companies is bound which in any manner purports to (a)
restrict such employees, consultants, or contractors freedom to engage in
any line of business or to compete with any other person, or (b) assign to any
other person such employees, consultants, or contractors rights to any
invention, improvement, or discovery;
(vi) Each
employment, contractor or consulting agreement, contract or commitment with an
employee or individual consultant, contractor, or salesperson, any agreement,
contract or commitment to
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grant any severance or termination pay (in
cash or otherwise) to any employee, or any contractor, consulting or sales
agreement, contract, or commitment with a firm or other organization;
(vii) Each
collective bargaining agreement or other contract to or with any labor union or
other employee representative of a group of employees relating to wages, hours,
and other conditions of employment;
(viii) Each
joint venture, partnership or other contract (however named) involving a
sharing of profits, losses, costs, or liabilities by the Companies with any
other person;
(ix) Each
sales, dealer, distribution, joint
marketing, repurchase or development contract or
agreement;
(x) Each
agreement, contract or commitment containing covenants which in any way purport
to restrict any of the Companies business activity or purport to limit the
freedom of any of the Companies to engage in any line of business or to compete
with any person;
(xi) Each
power of attorney which is currently effective and outstanding;
(xii) Each
fidelity or surety bond or completion bond;
(xiii) Each
mortgage, indenture, guarantee, loan or credit agreement, indemnification, security
agreement or other agreement or instrument relating to the
borrowing of money, extension of credit or
indebtedness of any person or entity;
(xiv) Each
contract of indemnification, written warranty, guaranty or other similar
undertaking with respect to contractual performance extended by any of the
Companies;
(xv) Each agreement, contract or commitment
relating to the disposition or acquisition of assets or any interest in any
business enterprise outside the regular and ordinary course of the Companies
business;
(xvi) Each agreement, contract, or commitment,
any of the benefits or penalties of which will be increased, or the
vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the
benefits or penalties of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(xvii) Each
agreement, contract or commitment relating to the issuance of any equity
interest of any Company;
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(xviii) Each agreement, contract, or commitment
between or among any of the Sellers, the Companies or any affiliates, family
members, directors or officers (or others of like capacity) thereof;
(xix) Each agreement, contract, or commitment
with any director, officer or managing member of any Company;
(xx) Each
amendment, supplement, and modification (whether written or oral) in respect of
any of the foregoing; and
(xxi) Each
other agreement, contract, or
commitment material to the Companies.
b. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.18, all of the contracts listed pursuant to Section 4.18.a
above and all Purchase
Orders, are in full force
and effect, are valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other Legal Requirements affecting creditors rights generally, and to the
knowledge of the Seller or the Companies, no condition exists or event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default or a basis for force majeure or other claim of excusable delay or
non-performance under them.
c. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.18, the transactions provided for in this Agreement (i) will
not give any party the right to terminate, change the terms or provisions of,
or renegotiate any of the contracts listed on Schedule 4.18; or any
Purchase Orders (ii) do not violate or result in a breach of any of the
contracts listed on Schedule 4.18 or any Purchase Orders; and (iii) do not
require the consent of, or the giving of notice to, any party to any of the contracts
listed on Schedule 4.18 or any Purchase Orders.
d. There are no renegotiations of,
or attempts to renegotiate, or outstanding rights to renegotiate, any material
amounts paid or payable to any of the Companies under current or completed
contracts with any person having the contractual or statutory right to demand
or require such renegotiation. No such
person has made written demand for such renegotiation.
e. The contracts relating to the
sale, design, manufacture, or provision of products or services by any of the
Companies have been entered into (i) in the regular and ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices and (ii) without the commission of any
act, alone or in concert with any other person, or any consideration having
been paid or promised, which is or would be in violation of any Legal
Requirement.
4.19. Insurance.
a. Schedule 4.19 contains an
accurate and complete list of all policies of property, fire and casualty, product
liability, workers compensation, and other forms of insurance owned or held by any
of the Companies, including the type of
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coverage, the
carrier, the amount of coverage, the term and the annual premiums of such
policies. Copies of such policies have been
delivered to Purchaser. There is no
claim by the Companies pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which
coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such
policies and bonds have been paid, and the Companies are otherwise in material
compliance with the terms of such policies and bonds.
b. Neither the Sellers nor the
Companies have received: (i) any notice
of cancellation of any policy described in Section 4.19 or refusal of
coverage under it; (ii) any notice that any issuer of such policy has filed for
protection under applicable bankruptcy laws or is otherwise in the process of
liquidating or has been liquidated; or (iii) any other indication that such
policies are no longer in full force or effect, that the issuer of any such
policy is no longer willing or able to perform its obligations under it or that
there is any plan to materially increase the premiums of any policy.
4.20. Environmental
Matters. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.20:
a. Each of the Companies is, and at
all times has been, in compliance in all material respects with all, and has
not been and is not in violation of or liable under any, Environmental Laws
applicable to it or to the ownership or operation of its assets (including any
of the Real Estate) or the operation of its business. The Sellers have no knowledge of, and have
not received any order, notice, or other communication from (i) any
governmental body, including but not limited to those administering or
enforcing any Environmental Law, or (ii) the owner of any real property or
other facility, of any alleged, actual, or potential violation and/or failure
to comply with any Environmental Law, or of any alleged, actual, or potential
obligation to undertake or bear the cost of any environmental liabilities with
respect to any of the Real Estate or any other properties or assets (real,
personal and mixed, tangible and intangible) in which any of the Companies had
an interest, or with respect to any property or facility to which Hazardous
Materials generated, manufactured, refined, transferred, imported, used or processed
by the Companies have been transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred,
disposed, recycled or received.
Hazardous
Materials are defined as any substance which is listed, defined, designated or
classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, toxic, radioactive or
dangerous, or otherwise regulated, under any Environmental Law, whether by type
or by quantity, including any material containing any such substance as a
component, and includes, but shall not be limited to, any (i) hazardous
substance, pollutant or contaminant (as defined in Sections 101(14),
(33) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601(14), (33) or the regulations designated
pursuant to Section 102 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9602 and found at 40
C.F.R. Part 302), including any element, compound, mixture, solution, or
substance which is or may be designated pursuant to Section 102 of CERCLA;
(ii) substance which is or may be designated pursuant to Section 311(b)(2)(A)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.
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§§ 1251, 1321(b)(2)(A), as amended (FWPCA); (iii) hazardous waste
having the characteristics which are identified under or listed pursuant to
Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 6901,6921, as amended (RCRA) or having such characteristics which
shall be considered under RCRA to constitute a hazardous waste; (iv) substance
containing petroleum, as that term is defined in Section 9001(8) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.
§ 991(8) or 40 C.F.R. Part 280; (v) toxic pollutant which is or may
be listed under Section 307(a) of the FWPCA, 33 U.S.C. § 1317(a); (vi)
hazardous air pollutant which is or may be listed under Section 112 of the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401, 7412, as amended; (vii) imminently
hazardous chemical substance or mixture with respect to which action has been
or may be taken pursuant to Section 7 of the Toxic Substances Control Act,
15 U.S.C. §§ 2601, 2606, as amended; (viii) waste oil and other petroleum
products; (ix) asbestos, asbestos containing material or urea formaldehyde or
material which contains it; or (x) source, special nuclear or by-product
material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
§ 3011 et seq.
Environmental
Laws are defined as all Legal Requirements, directives, guidance, orders,
judgments and decrees promulgated by any governmental authority which prohibit,
regulate or control any Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Material Activity.
Hazardous
Materials Activities are defined as the transportation, transfer, recycling,
storage, use, treatment, manufacture, removal, remediation, release, exposure
of others to, sale, or distribution of any Hazardous Material or any product or
waste containing a Hazardous Material, or product manufactured with Ozone
depleting substances, including, without limitation, any required labeling,
payment of waste fees or charges.
b. Set forth in Schedule 4.20
are all the authorizations, clearances, consents, licenses, permits, approvals,
and certificates held by the Companies on the date of this Agreement under
Environmental Laws (Environmental Permits).
The Companies have, at all times prior to Closing, maintained the assets
and conducted the businesses of the Companies in compliance in all material
respects with the terms and conditions of all such Environmental Permits, and
all required filings and all required applications with respect to and for
renewal have been timely made and filed.
All such consents, licenses, permits, approvals, and certificates are in
full force and effect and there are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge
of Sellers and the Companies, threatened, that seek the revocation, cancellation,
suspension, or adverse modification of any of them.
c. Except as would not be
reasonably likely to result in liability in excess of $50,000, individually or
in the aggregate, to any of the Companies, and except as would not result in a
requirement that any of the Companies undertake any investigative, remedial or
corrective action under Environmental Laws, (i) there are no Hazardous
Materials on or in any of the Real Estate; (ii) there are no Hazardous
Materials on any real property other than the Real Estate for which the
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Companies have, or
have assumed, any liability; and (iii) the Companies have not generated,
manufactured, refined, transported, treated, stored, handled, disposed,
transferred, produced, imported, used or processed any Hazardous Materials.
d. To the knowledge of Sellers and
the Companies, there has been no release or threat of release, of any Hazardous
Materials at or from any of the Real Estate or from or by any other properties
and assets (real, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible) in which the Companies
has or had an interest.
e. The Hazardous Materials
Activities of the Companies prior to the Closing have not resulted in the
exposure of any person to a Hazardous Material in a manner which has caused or
could reasonably be expected to cause an adverse health effect to any such
person. The Companies have transferred
or released Hazardous Materials only to those landfills, recycling sites or
disposal sites set forth on Schedule 4.20.
f. Sellers are not aware of any
fact or circumstance, which could result in any environmental liability which
could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the
properties, assets, business or financial condition of the Companies. Except for loan documents which will be
terminated as of the Closing, none of the Companies have entered into any
agreement that may require it to guarantee, reimburse, pledge, defend, hold
harmless or indemnify any other party with respect to liabilities arising out
of Environmental Laws or the Hazardous Materials Activities of any of the
Companies.
g. The Sellers have delivered to
Purchaser or Made Available for inspection by Purchaser all records in any of
the Sellers or the Companies possession concerning the Hazardous Materials
Activities of the Companies and all environmental audits and environmental
assessments of any Real Estate and any other real property formerly occupied by
any of the Companies conducted at the request of, or otherwise in the
possession of any Seller or any of the Companies. Each Seller and each of the Companies have
complied with all environmental disclosure obligations imposed by applicable Legal
Requirement with respect to this transaction.
4.21. Employees.
Schedule 4.21 contains a current
list setting forth information in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Parent for (i) each employee of each of the Companies and (ii) each employee of
Warrick Corporation who performs substantial services for the Companies or
whose duties relate primarily to the Business (Transferred Warrick Employees).
4.22. Labor
Disputes; Compliance. The Companies
have not been and are not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor
contract. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.22, there has not been, and there is not pending or existing,
or, to the knowledge of Sellers or the Companies, threatened, any strike,
slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, labor arbitration or proceeding in respect
of the grievance of any employee, an application or complaint filed by an
employee or union with the National
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Labor Relations Board or any comparable governmental body,
organizational activity or other labor dispute against or affecting any of the Companies
and no application for certification of a collective bargaining agent is
pending, or, to the knowledge of Sellers or the Companies, threatened. There is no lockout of any employees by any
of the Companies, nor is any such action contemplated. Each of the Companies has complied in all
material respects with all Legal Requirements relating to employment, equal
employment opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages, hours, benefits,
collective bargaining, the payment of social security and similar taxes,
occupational safety and health and plant closing.
4.23. Intellectual Property.
a. Intellectual Property Assets
The term Intellectual Property Assets includes any of the following items,
which are owned, used or licensed by any of the Companies (whether as licensee
or licensor): the Companies names, all fictitious business names, trade names,
registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks and applications
(collectively Marks); all patents and patent applications (collectively Patents);
all copyrights in both published works and unpublished works (Copyrights);
and all know-how, trade secrets, confidential information, software, technical
information, process technology, plans, drawings and blue prints (Trade
Secrets).
b. Agreements Except for any
license implied by the sale of a product and publicly
available software programs with a value of less than $10,000,
Schedule 4.23 is an accurate and complete listing and summary description,
including any royalties or fees paid or received by any of the Companies, of
all agreements relating to the Intellectual Property Assets to which any of the
Companies employees is a party. There
are no outstanding and, to the knowledge of Seller or the Companies, no
threatened disputes or disagreements with respect to any such agreement.
c. Patents, Marks, Copyrights and
Trade Secrets
(i) Schedule 4.23
contains an accurate and complete listing and summary description of all
Patents, Marks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets of each of the Companies.
(ii) Except
as disclosed in Schedule 4.23, the Companies have made all necessary
filings and recordations for all Patents, Marks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets
of each of the Companies.
(iii) The
Companies right, title and interest in and to each of the Patents, Marks,
Copyrights and Trade Secrets is free and clear of all liens, security
interests, charges, encumbrances, equities and other adverse claims (other than
those described in the most recent Financials).
To the knowledge of Sellers and the Companies, no Patent or Mark or
Copyright
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is infringed, misappropriated or has been
challenged or threatened in any way.
(iv) The operation of the business of the
Companies as it is currently conducted or contemplated to be conducted
does not, and none of (a) the Intellectual Property Assets, (b) the products
manufactured and sold by any of the Companies or (c) any processes or know-how
used by any of the Companies, infringe
or are alleged to infringe any intellectual property right, patent or other
proprietary right of any other person,
or constitute unfair competition or trade practices under the laws of any
jurisdiction.
(v) Sellers
and the Companies are not aware of any potentially interfering Mark application
of any third party.
(vi) Each of the Companies and the Sellers has
taken all reasonable steps that are required or necessary to protect the
Companies rights in its confidential information and Trade Secrets or provided
by any other person to the Companies or the Sellers.
(vii) All Intellectual Property Assets
will be fully
transferable, alienable or licensable by the Companies at and
after the Closing and/or Purchaser without restriction and without payment of any kind to any third
party.
4.24. Product Warranties;
Product Liability; Safety and Recalls.
a. The Companies provide, and have
provided for the past five years, only the product warranties attached as Schedule 4.24.
b. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.24, there is not, and there has not been for the past five
years, any claim, pending or overtly threatened, against the Companies for
injury to person or property of the Companies employees or any third parties
suffered as a result of the sale, manufacture or design of any product or
performance of any service by the Companies, including claims arising out of
the defective or unsafe nature of its products or services,
nor are the Companies or the Sellers aware of any basis for any such claim.
c. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.24, there is not, and there has not been for the past five
years, any pending or, to the knowledge of the Companies and Sellers,
threatened recall or investigation of any product sold, manufactured or
designed by the Companies.
d. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.24,
each motorhome, trailer or other vehicle manufactured or sold by the Companies:
(i) complies with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards
promulgated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
(ii) is free of any defect related to motor vehicle safety within the meaning
of the National Traffic and
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Motor Vehicle Safety
Act and NHTSA regulations, (iii) complies in all material respects with any
applicable construction code requirements of the state into which the product
was initially shipped for resale and (iv) complies in all material respects with
the road use laws of the various states.
e. Each of the Companies and its
conduct of the Business is compliant with the requirements of the
Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation Act and
implementing regulations of the NHTSA, including but not limited to the
Reporting of Early Warning Information Regulation (49 CFR Part 579, subpart C),
and Reporting of Safety Recalls and Other Safety Campaigns in Foreign Countries
Regulation (49 CFR Part 579, subpart B).
4.25. Brokers
or Finders. None of Sellers, the Companies
nor their respective agents have incurred any obligation or liability,
contingent or otherwise, for brokerage or finders fees or agents commissions
or other like payment in connection with this Agreement for which the Companies
or Purchaser will have any liability.
4.26. Banks. Schedule 4.26 identifies all bank
accounts, safe deposit boxes and credit cards and credit facilities of the Companies
and the persons with access to such items.
4.27. Disclosure. No representation or warranty of Sellers and
the Companies contained in this Article 4.0 or statement in any of the
Schedules delivered pursuant to this Article 4.0 contains to their
knowledge any untrue statement of a material fact; and no representation or
warranty of Sellers and the Companies contained in this Article 4.0 or
statement in any of the Schedules omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
4.28. Anti-Takeover
Statute Not Applicable. No business
combination, fair price, moratorium, control share acquisition or other
similar anti-takeover statute or regulation under Indiana law is applicable to
the Companies, the Shares, the Units or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
4.29. Absence
of Certain Payments. None of the
Companies or any of their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees
or agents or other people acting on behalf of any of them have (i) engaged in
any activity prohibited by the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977 or any other similar Legal Requirement, regulation, decree, directive or
order of any other country and (ii) without limiting the generality of the
preceding clause (i), used any corporate or other funds for unlawful
contributions, payments, gifts or entertainment, or made any unlawful
expenditures relating to political activity to government officials or
others. None of the Companies or any of
their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents of other
persons acting on behalf of any of them, has accepted or received any unlawful contributions,
payments, gifts or expenditures.
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4.30. Customers. Schedule 4.30 sets forth a list of the
Companies ten largest customers in terms of gross sales for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004. Except as set
forth in Schedule 4.30, no customer of the Companies
accounted for more than five percent of the revenues of the
Companies, taken as whole, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. Since December 31, 2004, no material customer
has canceled or otherwise terminated its relationship with any of the
Companies, or has materially decreased its purchase of the Companies products,
and to the knowledge of the Companies and Sellers, no material customer intends
to cancel or otherwise terminate its relationship with any of the Companies or
to decrease materially its purchase of the Companies products.
5.0. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND
WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER.
Purchaser
represents, covenants and warrants to Sellers as follows, which
representations, covenants and warranties shall be deemed to have been made as
of the Closing Date. When used in this
Agreement, references to the knowledge of Purchaser or similar phrase, means
the knowledge which any executive officer of Purchaser actually had.
5.1. Authority. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in
accordance with its terms. Purchaser has
the corporate right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this
Agreement, and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement nor the consummation or performance of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement directly or indirectly contravenes, conflicts
with or results (with or without notice of lapse of time) in a violation of any
agreement, order or contract to which Purchaser or any of Purchasers assets
are subject or may be bound that would prevent Purchaser from consummating the
transactions contemplated hereby.
5.2. Organization,
Standing and Power. Purchaser is a limited
liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Delaware
with full power and authority to carry out its business as it is now being
conducted, to own, lease and operate the properties and assets which it owns or
holds under lease, and to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement.
5.3. No
Conflict. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary action, including action by the sole member
of Purchaser. Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation or performance of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will directly or indirectly:
a. Contravene, conflict with or
result (with or without notice or lapse of time) in a violation of (i) any of
the provisions of the organizational documents of Purchaser or (ii) any resolution
adopted by the member of Purchaser, except as would not prevent Purchaser from
consummating the transactions contemplated hereby; or
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b. Contravene, conflict with or
result (with or without notice or lapse of time) in a material violation of any
applicable Legal Requirement or any material order to which Purchaser, or any
of the assets owned or used by Purchaser, are subject, except as would not
prevent Purchaser from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby.
Except as
required under the HSR Act or as set forth on Schedule 5.3, Purchaser is
not and will not be required to give any notice to or obtain any consent from,
any person in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or
the consummation or performance of any of the contemplated transactions, except
for any notice or consent, the failure of which to obtain, would not prevent
Purchaser from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.4. Investment
Intent, Related Matters. Purchaser
is purchasing the Shares and the Units for its own account and has the present
intention of holding the Shares and the Units for investment purposes and not
with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution in violation
of any federal or state securities laws.
Purchaser is an accredited investor within the definition set forth in
Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
5.5. Litigation. There is no action pending or to the
knowledge of Purchaser threatened (i) against Purchaser, which has had a
material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or (ii) which seeks rescission of or seeks to enjoin or
otherwise prevent or impede the consummation of this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated in it.
5.6. Brokers,
Etc. No broker, finder, investment
bank or similar agent is entitled to any brokerage or finders fee in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon
agreements or arrangements made by or on behalf of Purchaser, for which any Seller
will have any liability.
5.7. Financial
Ability. Purchaser has the necessary
financial resources or credit to pay the Purchase Price for the Shares and the
Units and to consummate the transactions provided for in this Agreement by the
Closing Date.
6.0. AGREEMENTS CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT
AND COMPETITION.
In connection
with the purchase and sale of the Shares and the Units, Purchaser, Parent, the
Companies and the Sellers agree as follows:
6.1. Employment.
a. Purchaser expects to retain, or
to cause the Companies to retain, substantially all employees, including key
management personnel, of each Company. Each
of the Sellers and the Companies agrees to use its best efforts to cause
substantially all employees, including the key employees set forth on Schedule 6.1.a
(the Key Employees), of each Company (including the
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Transferred Warrick
Employees) to be retained and to continue employment with Purchaser or an
affiliate thereof.
b. Sellers shall cause each of the
Companies to, and each of the Companies shall, contingent upon payment of the
Closing Compensation Liability as set forth in Section 2.3.b, terminate all
agreements (including the supplemental employment consideration agreements) set
forth on Schedule 6.1.b (the Terminated Employment Agreements) immediately
prior to the Closing, satisfy all of the respective Companys obligations with
respect to termination of such agreements and obtain waivers from
each of the affected persons with respect to any future claims under such
agreements. Sellers
and the Companies agree and acknowledge that, except as set forth in Section
2.3.b, none of Purchaser, its affiliates or the Companies at and after the
Closing shall have any liability with respect to the agreements set forth on
Schedule 6.1.b or on Schedule 4.14.j (Closing
Compensation Liability).
6.2. Competition.
a. In consideration of the
transactions provided for in this Agreement, from which Sellers expect to
benefit, Sellers (other than as set forth on Schedule 6.2.a) hereby agree to
refrain from competing with the Companies or Purchaser (and their respective
affiliates and successors or assigns), directly or indirectly, in any way
(whether as an employee, consultant, agent, principal, owner, sponsor, partner,
shareholder, lender, director, representative or in any other capacity in any
company, firm or organization) from the Closing Date to the third anniversary
of the Closing Date (the Term) in the Business throughout the world, or
within 100 miles of where any of the Companies or Purchaser has conducted
business before the Closing Date, or with any person, firm or entity which was
a customer or supplier of any of the Companies before the Closing Date, or with
any person, firm or entity which was a customer or supplier of any of the Companies
or their respective successors or assigns after the Closing Date. The covenant set forth in this Section 6.2.a
shall only apply to the Business, regardless of where customers are located, it
being understood that Purchaser and its affiliates, directly or through any one
or all of the Companies, intends to market, sell and deliver products and
services in the Business throughout the world.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Seller may acquire as a passive
investment not more than one percent of the capital stock of a competing
business whose stock is traded on a national securities exchange or market.
b. Sellers hereby agree to refrain
from directly or indirectly diverting, taking, soliciting, employing, accepting
or attempting to divert or take, whether on Sellers or any Sellers own behalf
or on behalf of any other party, any customer or potential customer or any
employee or independent representative or contractor of any of the Companies or
Purchaser or their respective affiliates and successors or assigns in the
Business during the Term.
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7.0. PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS.
7.1. Operation
of Business, Related Matters. From
the date of this Agreement and on and prior to the Closing Date, except as
otherwise permitted or required by this Agreement, Sellers will cause the Companies
to, and the Companies will, conduct the Business in the regular and ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices and as presently operated and
use best efforts to maintain the Business as a going concern. The Companies and Sellers will use their best
efforts from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date to preserve the
relationships of the Companies with its employees, agents, customers and
suppliers and others having business relationships with the Companies, in
respect of the Business. In addition,
Sellers will cause the Companies not to, and the Companies will not, take any
of the actions described in Section 4.17 (disregarding for the purposes of this
Section 7.1 all exceptions set forth on Schedule 4.17), other than as set forth
on Schedule 7.1, without the prior written consent of Purchaser, provided
that the Companies may make the Final Tax Distribution in accordance with
Section 4.17.a(ii).
7.2. Preparation
for Closing. Purchaser and Parent on
the one hand and Sellers and the Companies on the other hand will each use
their reasonable best efforts to bring about the fulfillment of each of the
conditions precedent to the obligations of the other set forth in this
Agreement. Sellers and the Companies
shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain estoppel certificates from all
lessors, licensors, sublessees and licensees of the Real Estate confirming that
the applicable leases are in full force and effect and that there are no defaults
thereunder. Sellers shall cause the
Companies to, and the Companies shall, provide Purchaser, concurrently with the
Closing upon payment of the Purchase Price, all agreements, instruments,
certificates and other documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Purchaser, that are necessary or appropriate to effect the release of all
liens set forth in Schedule 7.2.a
and the termination of all documents evidencing or related to the Indebtedness,
including the obligations secured by such liens, including the documents listed
on Schedule 7.2.b. Each of the Sellers
shall take all actions reasonably necessary and within its power to transfer
all right, title and interest (including technical and administrative control)
in and to all Marks that constitute Intellectual Property Assets or that are
used in the Business and are not owned by, or registered in the name of, a
Company, including all such Marks registered in the name of the Warrick
Corporation (collectively, the Seller Marks) to Purchaser as of the
Closing. If as of the Closing Date the
Sellers have failed to transfer ownership and control of any Seller Marks to
Purchaser, the Sellers (or the Sellers Representative) shall promptly deliver
to Purchaser a power of attorney in favor of the appropriate Seller with
respect to the transfer of ownership and control of any such Seller Mark.
7.3. Consents. Each of the Companies and Sellers shall use
its reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary consents, waivers and
approvals of any parties to any contract as are required thereunder in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or for
any such contracts to remain in full force and effect, all of which are listed
in Schedule 4.18, so as to preserve all rights of, and benefits to, the
Companies under such contract from and after the Closing. Such consents, waivers and approvals shall be
in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser.
In the event
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that the other
parties to any such contract, including lessor or licensor of any Real Estate,
conditions its grant of a consent, waiver or approval (including by threatening
to exercise a recapture or other termination right) upon, or otherwise
requires in response to a notice or consent request regarding this Agreement,
the payment of a consent fee, profit sharing payment or other consideration
(including increased rent payments or other payments under the contract) or the
provision of additional security (including a guaranty), Sellers shall be
responsible for making all payments required to obtain such consent, waiver or
approval and shall indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless the Indemnified
Parties (as defined below) from all Losses arising from the same.
7.4. HSR
Filing. If required, the parties
will prepare and file (at Purchasers expense), with the appropriate
governmental authorities, a notification with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the HSR Act, and the parties will
supply all information requested by governmental authorities in connection with
the HSR Act, take commercially reasonable steps to cause the waiting period
under the HSR Act to terminate or expire at the earliest possible date and
cooperate with each other in responding to any such request.
7.5. Access
to Companies. The Companies shall
afford to Purchaser, Parent and their representatives reasonable access during
normal business hours to the offices, properties and financial and other
records of the Companies and furnish (including, without limitation, for the
purpose of performing such invasive environmental tests and investigations as
Purchaser or Parent deems necessary at Purchasers cost, provided that the
environmental tests and investigations that Purchaser or Parent has requested
to be performed by Sellers consultant prior to the date hereof shall be at
Sellers cost) to Purchaser and Parent and their representatives such
additional data and information as it may from time to time reasonably request
concerning the Companies.
7.6. Spreadsheet. At least three business days prior to the
Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser a spreadsheet, which spreadsheet
shall be certified as complete and correct by the Sellers Representative as of
the Closing, setting forth (i) all of the Indebtedness as of the Closing Date,
including for each holder of any Indebtedness, the name and address, date of
issuance, amounts paid, outstanding principal amount and all accrued interest and
any other amounts payable thereunder and (ii) all Closing Compensation
Liability as of the Closing Date, including the identity of each of the
recipients of any payments with respect thereto and the amounts due and payable
with respect to each Terminated Employment Agreement (the Spreadsheet). Purchaser and Parent shall each have the
right to direct the appropriate portion of the Purchase Price to, and take
other appropriate action with respect to, each such holder of Indebtedness and
each employee in connection with Closing Compensation Liability, in an amount
sufficient to pay off all such liability, including any Indebtedness secured by
Real Estate or any other assets of the Companies and any Closing Compensation
Liability related to Terminated Employee Agreements. The Sellers shall obtain pay-off statements
dated as of the Closing Date from each holder of Indebtedness in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent (Pay-Off Statements).
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7.7. Expenses, Etc. All costs, fees, or expenses (including,
without limitation, legal fees and any
fees due or payable to Crowe Capital, subject to Section 7.4) incurred
by the Companies or the Sellers in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated in it (in the aggregate, such expenses of the
Companies and Sellers, Transaction Expenses) shall be borne by the Sellers
or, if borne by the Companies, deducted from the Purchase Price pursuant to
Section 2.3.b. The Seller shall provide
Purchaser with a bona fide statement of estimated Transaction Expenses incurred
by the Company as of the Closing Date at least three business days prior to the
Closing Date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser (the Statement
of Expenses). The Sellers shall use
their best efforts to obtain, at least two business days prior to the Closing
Date, final invoices from its legal, financial advisory, consulting and other
similar advisors reflecting the portion of Transaction Expenses payable to each
such advisor as of the Closing Date, including a statement from each such
advisor that the amount reflected on such invoice represents payment in full
for all services rendered to the Companies and the Sellers and in return for
such payment, fully releasing the Companies, the Sellers, Purchaser and Parent
from any and all liability arising for services performed prior to the
Effective Time (the Final Invoices).
All costs, fees or expenses (including without limitation legal fees)
incurred by Purchaser and Parent in connection with this Agreement shall be
borne by Purchaser and Parent.
7.9. Public
Communications. None of the
Companies, Sellers nor any of their respective representatives shall issue any
statement or communication to any third party (other than its agents that are
bound by confidentiality restrictions) regarding the subject matter of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including, if applicable,
the termination of this Agreement and the reasons therefor, without the prior written
consent of Purchaser or Parent.
7.10. Notification
of Certain Matters. The Companies or
the Sellers or Purchaser, as the case may be, shall give prompt notice to the
other parties of: (i) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event, the
occurrence or non-occurrence of which is likely to cause any representation or
warranty of any Company or Seller or Purchaser, respectively and as the case
may be, contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate at or prior to
the Closing, and (ii) any failure of any Company or any Seller or
Purchaser, as the case may be, to comply with or satisfy any covenant,
condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder; provided,
however, that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.10 shall
not (a) limit or otherwise affect any remedies available to the party
receiving such notice or (b) constitute an acknowledgment or admission of
a breach of this Agreement. No disclosure by any Company or any Seller or
Purchaser pursuant to this Section 7.10, however, shall be deemed to amend or
supplement the Schedules to Article 4.0 or Article 5.0 or prevent or cure
any misrepresentations, breach of warranty or breach of covenant.
7.11. Liquidation of the Subsidiary. The Companies and the Sellers shall take all
action necessary to liquidate and dissolve the Subsidiary prior to the Closing.
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8.0. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS.
8.1. Records:
Cooperation. Purchaser shall, for a
period of seven years after the Closing, during normal business hours, provide
Sellers and their authorized representatives with such access to the books and
records retained by Purchaser relating to the Business as may be reasonably
required by Sellers in connection with tax and other legal matters relating to
the operation of the Business prior to the Closing. Sellers shall be entitled, at their own
expense, to make extracts and copies of such books and records that they
reasonably require. Purchaser agrees
that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to not, during such seven
year period, destroy or cause to be destroyed any books or records without
first notifying Sellers Representative and providing Sellers Representative
opportunity to take possession of such materials. Purchaser shall not be obligated to give
Sellers or any such authorized representatives access to any material relating
to any period subsequent to the Closing including, without limitation, tax
returns for such subsequent periods. Sellers
shall keep, and shall cause their authorized representatives to keep, all
information obtained under this Section in strictest confidence, and shall not
disclose any of it except as may be required by Legal Requirements (after
giving Purchaser such notice as may be practicable in the circumstances), and
shall not use or permit the use of such information in competition with
Purchaser.
8.2. No
Securities Law Violation. Neither Purchaser
nor Parent shall take any action subsequent to the Closing with respect to the
Shares or the Units which will result in, or create, violations of the
securities laws of the United States of America or any state or political
subdivision thereof for which any of the Sellers would reasonably be expected
to incur any liability (Sellers Securities Liability). Purchaser shall indemnify and hold each of
the Sellers harmless from, against, for and in respect of any Losses incurred
by any Seller in connection with any successful action, suit, proceeding,
demand, assessment or judgment incident to any Sellers Securities Liability.
8.3. Further
Assurances. Each party, upon the
request from time to time of any other party after the Closing, and at the
expense of the requesting party (unless otherwise specified in this Agreement) but
without further consideration, will use its reasonable best efforts to do each
and every act and thing as may be necessary or reasonably requested to completely
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in an orderly
fashion, whether before or after the Closing.
The Sellers agree that they will use their reasonable best efforts to
provide Purchaser and Parent with such transition services as they reasonably
request in connection with running the Business after the Closing for reasonable
payment therefore.
8.4. Tax Election
under 338(h)(10).
a. Election.
(i) Purchaser
and the Sellers shall (and shall cause the S Corporations to) join in an
election pursuant to Section 338(h)(10) of the Code regarding the S corporations
(the Election), and the Purchaser and
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the Sellers shall (and shall cause the S corporations
to) join in all comparable elections under state and local tax laws, unless
such state or locality does not have a provision comparable to
Section 338(h)(10) in which case no election shall be made in such state
or locality (together with the Election, the Section 338 Elections).
(ii) Purchaser
and each Seller shall report, for Tax purposes, the transactions contemplated
herein in a manner consistent with the Section 338(h)(10) Elections and shall
take no Tax position in any Tax Return, any discussion with or proceeding
before any governmental entity, or otherwise, or take any action contrary
thereto or inconsistent therewith unless and to the extent required under
applicable Legal Requirements, or pursuant to a determination (as defined in
Section 1313(a) of the Code or any similar provision of state or local laws).
b. Forms.
(i) Purchaser
agrees that it shall be responsible for the preparation of all forms and
schedules required to be filed in connection with the Section 338
Elections (Section 338 Forms), including Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Form 8023 and all attachments required to be filed with it pursuant to the
applicable Treasury Regulations (Form 8023). To facilitate the Section 338(h)(10)
Elections, contemporaneously with this Agreement, Purchaser shall deliver to
the Sellers completed copies of the Section 338 Forms. The Section 338 Forms shall be duly
executed by the Purchaser and the Sellers at the Closing. Purchaser shall be responsible for filing the
Section 338 Forms with the proper taxing authorities, provided that
the Sellers shall be responsible for filing any Section 338 Form that must
be filed with a Tax Return that the Sellers are responsible for preparing and
filing.
(ii) As
soon as practicable after the Closing Date but no later than 45 days prior to
the latest date for filing IRS Form 8883, the Purchaser shall furnish the
Sellers with a copy prepared by Purchaser.
The Sellers Representative shall review such Form 8883 and provide
any proposed revisions to Purchaser at least 30 days prior to the due date of
such Form 8883. Purchaser and the
Sellers Representative agree to negotiate in good faith such proposed
revisions and to attempt to resolve any differences between the parties. In the event the parties reach agreement as
to the information to be reflected on such Form 8883, the Form 8883
shall be revised and timely filed by each party as required by Legal
Requirements. Purchaser and each of the
Sellers shall report the allocation of the aggregate deemed sales price (and
any adjustments thereto) for Tax purposes and file its Tax Returns (including
the Form 8883) in a manner consistent with any mutually-agreed allocations
determined pursuant to this Section 8.4.b(ii). In the event the parties do not reach
agreement on the information to be reflected on such
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Form 8883, each party shall provide to
the other party its final version of such Form 8883 and shall timely file
its final version of such Form 8883 in the manner required by Legal
Requirements.
8.5. Continued
Qualification as an S Corporation. None of the
S Corporations, the Subsidiary nor any Seller has taken (or will take) or
has omitted (or will omit) to take any action, or knows of any fact or
circumstances, which action, omission, fact or circumstance could result in the
loss by either S Corporation of its status as an S corporation within
the meaning of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code (or any comparable state
Legal Requirement). Each S Corporation shall be a valid
electing S corporation up to and including the Closing Date, and the Sellers
agree to indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless against any Tax liability or
other damages (including interest and penalties) resulting from either
S Corporations failure to qualify as an S corporation at all times
during the period from its inception up to and including the Closing Date.
8.6. Tax
Cooperation. The Sellers and
Purchaser shall each (and Purchaser after Closing shall cause the Companies
to): (i) cooperate in the preparation of any Tax Returns of the Companies
which the other is responsible for preparing and filing; (ii) cooperate
fully in preparing for any audits of, or disputes with Tax authorities
regarding, any Tax liability of the Companies; (iii) make available to any
Tax authority, as reasonably requested, all information, records, and documents
relating to any Tax; (iv) provide timely notice to the other in writing of
any written notice received concerning any pending or threatened audits or
assessments relating to any Tax liability of the Companies; and (v) furnish
the other with copies of all correspondence received from any Tax authority in
connection with any audit or information request with respect to any Tax
liability of the Companies. In addition,
Purchaser and the Sellers agree to retain or cause to be retained all books and
records pertinent to the Companies until all applicable periods for assessment
under applicable Legal Requirements (giving effect to any and all extensions or
waivers) have expired, and to abide by or cause the abidance with all record
retention agreements entered into with any Tax authority. Purchaser agrees to cause the Companies to
give the Sellers Representative reasonable notice prior to transferring,
discarding or destroying any such books and records relating to Tax matters,
and if the Sellers Representative so requests, Purchaser agrees to cause the Companies
to allow the Sellers to take possession of such books and records.
8.7. Tax
Returns. The Sellers shall cause the
Companies to, and the Companies shall, properly prepare or cause to be properly
prepared in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements and past practices, and
the Companies shall file, in a timely manner, all Tax Returns for the Companies
for all periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date. The Sellers shall permit Purchaser to review
at least 30 days prior to the filing date and approve each such Tax Return,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Purchaser shall properly prepare or cause to
be properly prepared in a timely manner and file all income tax returns for the
Companies for all periods ending after the Closing Date. Purchaser shall promptly pay or cause to be
paid to the Sellers all refunds of Taxes received by Purchaser, an affiliate of
Purchaser or the Companies attributed to Taxes paid by the Sellers (but not Taxes
paid by the Companies) with respect to any tax
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period or portions of a tax period ending before or on the Closing Date
(a Pre-Closing Tax Period).
8.8. Payment of Taxes.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Sellers shall jointly and
severally indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless for any and all (i) income
Taxes imposed on the Companies or the Subsidiary for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii) Taxes resulting from the Section 338(h)(10)
Elections; (iii) Taxes of any Seller for any taxable period or portion
thereof; and (iv) transfer, real estate, excise, documentary, sales, use,
stamp, registration and other such Taxes and fees (including any penalties and
interest) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (items (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) collectively, Pre-Closing
Taxes). To the extent that Purchaser is
required to remit any such Taxes that are the responsibility of the Sellers
pursuant to this Section 8.8, the Sellers shall remit to Purchaser any
such Taxes at least ten days prior to the due date for payment of such Taxes.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Purchaser shall indemnify and hold
each of the Sellers harmless for any and all income Taxes imposed on the
Companies with respect to any tax period beginning after the Closing that are
not the responsibility of the Sellers pursuant to this Agreement (Post-Closing
Taxes). To the extent that any Seller
is required to remit any such Post-Closing Taxes that are the responsibility of
Purchaser pursuant to this Section 8.8, Purchaser shall remit to such
Seller any such Post-Closing Taxes at least ten days prior to the due date for
payment of such Post-Closing Taxes.
8.9. FIRPTA
Certificate. On or prior to the
Closing Date, each of the Companies shall provide to Purchaser a properly
executed statement in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser for purposes of
satisfying Purchasers obligations under Treas. Reg. § 1.1445-2(c)(3).
8.10. Tax Audits Relating to the Companies.
a. Purchaser shall promptly notify
Sellers Representative in writing of the commencement of any claim, audit,
examination, or other proposed change or adjustment of which it or any of its
affiliates has been informed of by any taxing authority relating to the Companies
Tax Returns for any Pre-Closing Tax Period (a Tax Audit). Such notice shall describe the asserted Tax
Audit in reasonable detail and shall include copies of any notices and other
documents received from any taxing authority in respect of any such Tax Audit.
b. Sellers Representative shall
control the defense of any Tax Audit to the extent it relates to Tax
liabilities which will be payable by the Sellers as former shareholder of the Companies
(including any subsequent court proceeding), at Sellers own expense; provided,
however, that to the extent the outcome of any such Tax Audit will
affect the Taxes of any Company after the Closing, Purchaser shall control the
defense of such Tax Audit and Sellers
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Representative shall
have the right to participate in such defense. Each party shall cooperate with the other
party with respect to such Tax Audit.
8.11. Environmental Remediation.
a. Sellers have engaged Roberts
Environmental Services, LLC to perform Phase II environmental investigations at
the Real Estate of the Companies where manufacturing operations occur which are
identified in the Preliminary Findings Summary and Progress Report Limited
Subsurface Investigation and Miscellaneous Investigative Activities Three (3)
Warrick Corporation Facilities, Warsaw, Goshen and Milford, Indiana dated
November 4, 2005 and prepared by Roberts Environmental Services, LLC (the RES
Phase II Reports). In addition, the
Sellers hired JFNew to perform a wetlands survey on the Roadmaster Real Estate
located at 310 Steury Avenue, Goshen, Indiana (the Wetlands Report). The Wetlands Report and the RES Phase II
Reports have identified areas where there may be violations of, or where
Remedial Activities (as defined below) may be required, pursuant to
Environmental Law or as required by a governmental authority (collectively, the
Known Environmental Conditions):
(i) 2666
Country Club Road, Warsaw, Indiana One volatile organic compound (cis
1,2-Dichloroethene) is present in the groundwater in the mound septic system
and two others (Trichloroethene and Tetrachloroethene) are present in soil at
boring B-9. Past testing of well water
used for drinking water at the site in Plants 2 and 3 showed the presence of
Tetrachloroethene at levels below the MCLs.
Three areas of this property show substantially elevated levels of
petroleum hydrocarbons in soil (borings NE CB Plant 3, C-1 and C-5).
(ii) 310 Steury Avenue, Goshen, Indiana Results of soil sampling at
borings B-1, B-2 and B-4 in the vicinity of the former fill area, indicate an
impact of petroleum products (TPH-ERO and TPH-DRO). Soil samples at boring B-2 also indicate the
presence of heavy metals and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) at levels above
those of regulatory concern.
Additionally, two nearby groundwater samples indicate one PAH at levels
above regulatory concern. The Wetlands Report indicates that various
wetland areas of this property have been filled more than five years ago
without notification or approval (if required) of the US Army Corps of
Engineers. This facility does not
currently have the required stormwater permit.
(iii) 804 South Higbee, Mildford, Indiana (Bison Plant) This facility does not
currently have the required stormwater permit.
(iv) Other
environmental issues of concern identified in, or which should be identified
in, a final RES Phase II Report, which report is expected to be delivered prior
to the Closing.
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b. Promptly following the Closing,
Purchaser shall engage an environmental consultant of its choosing to address
the Known Environmental Conditions (including pursuant to the requirements
under 40 CFR Part 312 - Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquires,
referred to herein as the All Appropriate Inquiry Standard). Purchaser, in conjunction with its
consultant, shall undertake, at its discretion, all Remedial Activities (as
defined below) reasonably necessary to comply with Environmental Law
(including, without limitation, the All Appropriate Inquiry Standard) or
requirements of any governmental authority, such activities to include, for
example, reporting of sampling results and submitting reports to the relevant
governmental authorities, preparing risk assessments and performing removal or
other remedial activities (the Environmental Remediation). If Purchaser shall elect to enter the Indiana
Voluntary Remediation Program, it shall allow Sellers to join in its
application. In performing the
Environmental Remediation, Purchaser shall provide Sellers copies of any
reports to be submitted to any governmental authorities for review and comment
before such submission, shall notify Sellers of any meetings with governmental
authorities so that Sellers may have a representative present and shall consult
with Sellers prior to the performance of any Remedial Activities. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term Remedial
Activities shall mean reporting, investigation, feasibility study,
remediation, treatment, removal, transport, disposal, characterization,
sampling, surveying, repairing, monitoring, health assessment, risk assessment,
encapsulation, study, report, wetlands mitigation (or payments in lieu thereof),
fines, penalties and assessments, assessment or analysis of Hazardous Material
and construction of improvements, requirement of any modification or
improvement to wastewater treatment systems and provision of potable water
supplies. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, the Remedial Activities for the Known
Environmental Conditions shall also include costs to disconnect the restroom
water supply at the Bison Plant phosphate wash building (Phosphate Building
Restroom) from the existing groundwater well and the extension of potable
water to the Phosphate Building Restroom.
9.0. INDEMNIFICATION.
9.1. Indemnification of
Purchaser. Sellers, jointly
and severally (each an Indemnifying Party), shall indemnify and hold Purchaser
and each of its affiliates and its and their respective shareholders,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and directors, employees and agents and
their respective successors and assigns (each an Indemnified Party) harmless
from, against, for and in respect of (subject to this
Article 9.0):
a. Any and all damages, losses,
settlement payments, obligations, liabilities, claims, actions or causes of
action, encumbrances, reduction in value, lost profits and reasonable costs and
expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys fees, interest and
penalties (Losses), suffered, sustained, incurred or required to be paid by
any Indemnified Party arising out of or relating to (i) the untruth,
inaccuracy or breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of
Sellers or the Companies contained in this Agreement, (ii) a NBV
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Adjustment under
Section 2.4.d, if any, that is not paid when due, (iii) any Pre-Closing
Taxes, (iv) any Closing Compensation Liability, (v) any Indebtedness, (vi) any
Transaction Expenses, (vii) the Bison Payment and (viii) the Environmental
Remediation.
b. Other than with respect to the
Real Estate, any Losses suffered, sustained, incurred or required to be paid by
any Indemnified Party arising out of or relating to any of the Companies or
their affiliates current or previous ownership of real property or interest in
real property (Other Real Estate Losses), provided that the Sellers
shall not have liability to indemnify the Indemnified Parties for Other Real
Estate Losses not otherwise recovered from the Environmental Holdback to the
extent that the aggregate of all claims for indemnification against the Sellers
under this Section 9.1.b exceeds the portion of the Purchase Price allocated to
the AJP Shares in Section 2.2.
9.2. Environmental Holdback.
a. By virtue of this Agreement and
as security for the indemnity obligations provided for in Section 9.1 with
respect to the Environmental Remediation and the covenants made in Section 8.11
with respect to the Environmental Remediation, without any act by any
Indemnifying Party, Purchaser will retain $750,000 (the Environmental Holdback
Amount) from the Purchase Price, such retention of the Environmental Holdback
Amount to constitute an environmental holdback (the Environmental Holdback),
to be governed by the terms set forth herein.
The Environmental Holdback shall be available to compensate an
Indemnified Party for any Losses to which it is entitled to recovery under
Sections 8.11 and 9.1 with respect to Losses incurred in connection with the
Environmental Remediation or Other Real Estate Losses. The parties hereto each acknowledge that such
Losses, if any, would relate to circumstances existing at the Closing, which if
resolved at the Closing, would have led to a reduction in the Purchase Price.
b. Subject to the following
requirements, the Environmental Holdback shall be in existence immediately
following the Closing and shall terminate at such time as the Environmental Remediation
is complete (the Environmental Holdback Period), and the remaining amount of
funds in the Environmental Holdback shall be distributed to the Sellers
Representative within ten business days of expiration of the Environmental
Holdback Period; provided, however, that the Environmental
Holdback shall not terminate with respect to any amount which is necessary, in
the reasonable good faith judgment of Purchaser, to satisfy any unsatisfied
claims specified in any Officers Certificate (as defined below) delivered to
the Sellers Representative prior to the end of the Environmental Holdback
Period with respect to facts and circumstances
existing prior to the end of the Environmental Holdback
Period. As soon as each such unsatisfied
claim has been resolved, Purchaser shall deliver the remaining portion of the
Environmental Holdback, if any, to the Sellers Representative not required to
satisfy such claim or any remaining claims.
Notwithstanding the retention of
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any portion of the
Environmental Holdback by Purchaser in accordance herewith, nothing herein
shall prohibit Purchaser from pursuing recourse with respect to the
Environmental Remediation or Other Real Estate Losses pursuant to Section 9.1.
9.3. Rules
Regarding Indemnification. The
obligations and liabilities concerning indemnification and the holdbacks set
forth herein shall be subject to the following terms, conditions and
limitations:
a. No claim shall be brought for
indemnification under this Agreement against any of the Sellers for any
inaccuracy, untruth or breach of a representation or warranty contained in
Article 3.0 or Article 4.0 (a Warranty Breach) unless and only to the extent
the aggregate of all claims for indemnification under this Agreement against
Sellers (individually or in the aggregate), exceeds $500,000 (the Basket),
and once the Basket is exceeded, any and all amounts with respect to claims by
an Indemnified Party against an Indemnifying Party in excess of the Basket may
be brought. The Sellers shall not have
liability to indemnify the Indemnified Parties for a Warranty Breach under this
Agreement or for Losses in connection with the Environmental Remediation not
otherwise recovered from the Environmental Holdback to the extent that the
aggregate of all claims for indemnification against the Sellers under Section 9.1
exceeds $5,000,000 (the Cap). For
purposes of determining the amount of a claim for indemnification under
Section 9.1 or satisfaction of the Basket or Cap, all limitations or
thresholds with respect to the existence of materiality, a material adverse
change or a material adverse effect shall be ignored. Notwithstanding the foregoing, claims based
upon a NBV Adjustment, the Bison Payment, Transaction Expenses, Closing
Compensation Liability, Indebtedness, Pre-Closing Taxes, Section 3.2 Stock
Ownership, Section 3.3 Membership Interest, Section 4.2 Authority
No Conflict, Section 4.3 Capitalization, Section 4.12 Taxes, Section 4.26
Brokers or Finders or the additional covenants under Article 6.0, Article 7.0
and Article 8.0 shall not be counted in determining whether the Basket or
Cap has been attained, and the Indemnifying Parties shall be obligated to
indemnify the Indemnified Parties for the entire amount of such claims,
regardless of the Basket or Cap, provided that Losses in connection with
the Environmental Remediation not otherwise recovered from the Environmental
Holdback shall be counted in determining whether the Cap has been attained.
b. No claim may be brought for
indemnification under this Agreement more than two years after the Closing Date,
except with respect to Other Real Estate Losses and except (i) with respect to
the matters addressed in Articles 6.0 and 8.0 and the representations,
warranties and covenants made in Section 4.12 Taxes, which shall survive
until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, provided
that the claim period for claims arising from Tax liabilities asserted by
states that the Sellers and the Companies reasonably believed did not have
proper nexus as of the Closing shall survive for a period of six years after
the Closing Date, and (ii) with respect to the representations,
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warranties and
covenants made in Section 4.20 Environmental Matters, which shall survive for
a period of four years after the Closing Date.
c. From and after the Closing the
sole and exclusive remedy of the parties hereto with respect to any and all
claims relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, other than claims
based on fraud, willful misrepresentation or the Other Real Estate Losses,
shall be pursuant to the indemnification and holdback provisions set forth herein.
d. Upon making any payment to an
indemnified party for any indemnification claim pursuant to this Agreement, the
indemnifying party shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to any
rights which the indemnified party may have against other persons with respect
to the subject matter underlying such indemnification claim.
e. The Sellers Representative or
Purchaser may at any time on or before the termination of the relevant period
during which a claim for indemnification or against the Environmental Holdback may
be asserted hereunder, submit to the other a certificate describing with
reasonable particularity any claim for indemnification which the Sellers or
Purchaser, as the case may be, may claim against the other (an Officers
Certificate); provided, however, that Purchaser may (in its
discretion) retain any NBV Adjustment from the Holdback in accordance with
Section 2.4 and shall have no obligation to deliver an Officers Certificate
with respect thereto. Failure by the recipient
to object in writing within the 30-day period after delivery of the Officers
Certificate shall be an irrevocable acknowledgment by such recipient that the
indemnified party is entitled to the full amount of the claim for Losses set
forth in such Officers Certificate; and, with respect to the Environmental
Holdback, Purchaser shall, subject to the procedures set forth in Section 9.2.b
and this Section 9.3, be entitled to permanently retain the portion of the
Environmental Holdback equal to such Losses set forth in such Officers
Certificate. The recipient of an Officers
Certificate may object in a written statement to the claim made in the Officers
Certificate (an Objection Notice), provided such Objection Notice is delivered
to the party which gave the Officers Certificate to which it relates prior to
the expiration of such 30 -day period.
f. In case an Objection Notice is
given in accordance with Section 9.3.e, the Sellers Representative and
Purchaser shall attempt in good faith to agree upon the rights of the
respective parties with respect to each of such claims. If the Sellers Representative and Purchaser
should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared
and signed by both parties and such memorandum shall be final and binding on
the parties hereto.
g. If no such agreement can be
reached after good faith negotiation and prior to 30 days after delivery of an
Objection Notice, either Purchaser or the Sellers Representative may demand
arbitration of the matter unless the amount of the Loss is at issue in pending
litigation with a third party, in which event
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arbitration shall
not be commenced until such amount is ascertained or both parties agree to
arbitration, and in either such event the matter shall be settled by arbitration
as set forth in Section 9.3.h.
h. Any dispute submitted to arbitration
pursuant to this Article 9.0 or Section 16.7 shall be finally and
conclusively determined by the decision of a board of arbitration consisting of
one arbitrator, if Purchaser and the Sellers Representative agree upon such
arbitrator, or if they do not agree on one arbitrator, consisting of three
members (the Board of Arbitration) selected as follows. The indemnified party and the indemnifying party
shall each select one member and the third member shall be selected by mutual
agreement of the other two members, or if the other two members fail to reach
agreement on a third member within 20 days after their selection, such third
member shall be selected by the American Arbitration Association upon
application made to it for a third member possessing expertise or experience
appropriate to the dispute jointly by the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party or by the other members.
The Board of Arbitration shall meet in Elkhart, Indiana or such other
place in Indiana as a majority of the members of the Board of Arbitration
determines more appropriate, and shall reach and render a decision in writing
(concurred in by a majority of the members of the Board of Arbitration) with respect
to the amount, if any, which the indemnifying party is required to pay to the
indemnified party in respect of a claim filed by the indemnified party. In connection with rendering its decisions,
the Board of Arbitration shall adopt and follow such rules and procedures as a
majority of the members of the Board of Arbitration deems necessary or
appropriate but must follow the substantive and procedural requirements
contained in this Agreement, to the extent applicable. To the extent practical, decisions of the
Board of Arbitration shall be rendered no more than 30 days following formation
of the Board of Arbitration. The Board
of Arbitration shall cause its written decision to be delivered to the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party.
Any decision made by the Board of Arbitration (either prior to or after
the expiration of such 30 calendar day period) shall be final, binding and
conclusive on the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (including, with
respect to the Environmental Holdback, the retention of funds by Purchaser in
accordance with the terms hereof) and entitled to be enforced to the fullest
extent permitted by law and entered in any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each party to any
arbitration shall bear its own expenses including but not limited to such partys
attorneys fees, if any, and the expenses and fees of the Board of Arbitration
shall be divided between the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in
the same proportion as the portion of the related claim determined by the Board
of Arbitration to be payable to the indemnified party bears to the portion of
such claim determined not to be so payable.
9.4. Third Party Claims. In the event
Purchaser becomes aware of a third party claim (a Third
Party Claim), which Purchaser reasonably
believes may result in indemnification pursuant to this Agreement,
Purchaser shall promptly notify the Sellers Representative of such claim
(failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not affect any rights of
the Indemnified Party unless and only to the extent the Indemnifying
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Party is materially prejudiced by the failure or delay), and the
Sellers Representative shall be entitled on behalf of the Sellers, at their
expense, to participate in, but not to determine or conduct, the defense of such
Third Party Claim. Purchaser shall have
the right in its sole discretion to conduct the defense of and to settle any
such claim; provided, however, that except with
the consent of the Sellers Representative, no settlement of any such Third
Party Claim with third party claimants shall be determinative
of the amount of Losses relating to such matter.
9.5. Claims Made by Sellers. If Sellers (acting by means of the Sellers
Representative) bring an action against Purchaser or Parent relating to
(i) the inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of
Purchaser contained herein or (ii) a breach of any covenant or agreement
of Purchaser contained herein, then Sellers may recover from Purchaser or
Parent for any Loss directly arising from (i) or (ii) above in accordance with
this Agreement.
10.0. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION TO CLOSE OF PURCHASER.
The
obligations of Purchaser to consummate the Closing under this Agreement are
subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of all of the
following conditions, compliance with which, or the occurrence of which, may be
waived prior to the Closing in writing by Purchaser in its sole discretion.
10.1. Continued
Accuracy of Representations and Warranties.
The representations and
warranties of the Companies and the Sellers in this Agreement (other than the
representations and warranties of the Companies and the Sellers as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct as of such date) shall have
been true and correct on the date they were made and shall be true and correct
in all material respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to material,
materiality, material adverse change or material adverse effect set forth
therein) on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and
warranties were made on and as of such date.
10.2. Performance
of Agreements. The Sellers and the Companies
shall have performed and satisfied in all material respects all covenants and
agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or satisfied by them at
or prior to the Closing.
10.3. Sellers
Closing Certificate. At the Closing,
the Sellers shall furnish a certificate dated the Closing Date, signed by the Sellers
Representative, to the effect that the conditions specified in Sections 10.1,
10.2, 10.4 and 10.9 have been satisfied.
10.4. No
Material Adverse Change. Since
January 1, 2005, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the
business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities (financial or otherwise),
condition, results of operations or prospects of the Companies.
10.5. Legality;
Governmental Authorization; Litigation.
The acquisition of the Shares and the Units and the consummation of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not be prohibited by
any applicable Legal Requirements. No
action shall have been instituted at or prior to the Closing by any person
other than a party to this Agreement or any affiliate of such party, or
instituted by any governmental authority,
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relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by
it, which has a reasonable likelihood of success and the result of which would
be reasonably likely to (i) prevent or make illegal the consummation of any
such transaction or (ii) have a material
adverse effect on the properties, assets, business or financial condition of
the Companies.
10.6. Opinion
of Counsel. The Sellers and the
Companies shall have furnished Purchaser with a favorable opinion of Barnes
& Thornburg LLP, special counsel to the Sellers and the Companies in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Purchaser.
10.7. General. All proceedings required to be taken on the
part of the Sellers and the Companies in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been taken. Purchaser shall have received copies of such
officers certificates, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates and
other customary closing documents as Purchaser may reasonably request in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
10.8. Consents. The Companies and Sellers shall have
delivered to Purchaser all necessary consents, waivers and approvals of parties
to any contract set forth on Schedules 4.18 and 10.8 as are required thereunder
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
or for any such contract to remain in full force and effect without limitation,
modification or alteration after the Closing.
10.9. Employment
Arrangements.
a. Each of the Employment
Agreements with the Key Employees shall be in full force and effect and none of
the Key Employees shall have terminated employment with the Companies or, to
the knowledge of the Sellers and the Companies, indicated that such employee is
likely to terminate his or her relationship with the Companies or Purchaser.
b. Contingent upon payment of the
Closing Compensation Liability as set forth in Section 2.3.b, each of the
Terminated Employment Agreements shall have been terminated, all of the
respective Companys obligations with respect to such agreements shall have
been satisfied and Purchaser shall have no liability with respect thereto and
received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it with respect thereto.
10.10. Release of Liens. Concurrently with the payment of the Purchase
Price, Purchaser shall have received from the Sellers a duly and validly
executed copy of all agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, that are necessary
or appropriate to evidence the release of all liens set forth on Schedules 7.2
and 10.10 and deemed sufficient by Meridian Title Corporation, as to liens
secured by Real Estate to clear the liens from title and permit Meridian Title
Corporation to issue title policy without excepting such liens.
10.11. Spreadsheet. The Sellers
shall have delivered the Spreadsheet and Pay-Off Statements to Purchaser at
least three business days prior to the Closing Date, which
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shall have
been certified as true and correct by the Sellers Representative as of the
Closing.
10.12. Statement of Expenses.
10.13.
The Sellers shall have delivered the Statement of Expenses and the Final
Invoices to Purchaser at least three business days prior to the Closing Date.
10.14. Title Insurance. Meridian Title Corporation shall be
irrevocably committed to issue policies of owners title insurance to Purchaser
with respect to the Owned Real Estate, free and clear of
all liens and encumbrances, except for Permitted
Encumbrances.
10.15. Liquidation of the Subsidiary. Purchaser shall have received from the
Sellers evidence satisfactory to Purchaser that the Subsidiary has been
liquidated and dissolved prior to the Closing.
11.0. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION TO CLOSE OF THE SELLERS AND THE
COMPANIES.
The
obligations of the Sellers and the Companies to consummate the Closing under
this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of
all of the following conditions, compliance with which, or the occurrence of
which, may be waived prior to the Closing in writing by the Sellers
Representative in its sole discretion.
11.1. Continued
Accuracy of Representations and Warranties.
The representations and
warranties of Purchaser in this Agreement (other than the representations and
warranties of Purchaser as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct
as of such date) shall have been true and correct on the date they were made
and shall be true and correct in all material respects (without giving effect
to any limitation as to material, materiality, material adverse change or
material adverse effect set forth therein) on and as of the Closing Date as
though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date.
11.2. Performance
of Agreements. Purchaser shall have
performed and satisfied in all material respects all covenants and agreements
required by this Agreement to be performed or satisfied by it at or prior to
the Closing.
11.3. Purchasers
Closing Certificate. At the Closing,
Purchaser shall furnish a certificate, signed by an executive officer of
Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified
in Sections 11.1 and 11.2, have been satisfied.
11.4. Legality;
Governmental Authorization; Litigation.
The acquisition of the Shares and the Units and the consummation of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not be prohibited by
any applicable Legal Requirements.
11.5. General. All corporate proceedings reasonably required
to be taken on the part of Purchaser in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been taken. The Sellers Representative shall have
received from Purchaser
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copies of such officers certificates, good standing certificates,
incumbency certificates and other customary closing documents as the Sellers
Representative may reasonably request in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
12.0. CLOSING DELIVERIES:
SELLERS AND THE COMPANIES.
On the Closing
Date, Sellers and the Companies shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Purchaser:
12.1. Share and
Unit Certificates and Stock and Unit Powers. The certificates or other instruments evidencing
the Shares and the Units, and stock powers and membership interest powers, or
other appropriate instruments assigning the Shares and the Units to Purchaser,
and required by Section 2.3.a of this Agreement.
12.2. Resignations. Resignations of all current members of the
Board of Directors, Managing Members and Boards of Managers of the Companies
and all officers of the Companies.
12.3. Legal
Opinion. The opinions of Sellers
and the Companies legal counsel in the form attached as Schedule 10.6.
12.4. Records
and Title Closing Documents. All
corporate, accounting, business and tax records of the Companies and gap
indemnities, owners affidavits and such other closing documents as may be
required by Meridian Title Corporation to issue new title policies as may be
reasonably required by Purchaser as to the Owned Real Estate as of the Closing
Date.
12.5. Consents. All necessary consents, waivers and approvals
of parties to any contract set forth on Schedules 4.18 and 10.8, which
consents, waivers and approvals shall be reasonably acceptable to Purchaser in
form and substance.
12.6. Other
Documents. Any other documents provided
for in this Agreement or which Purchaser may reasonably request in order to
transfer good and marketable title in and to the Shares and the Units, and to
consummate the transactions provided for in this Agreement.
13.0. CLOSING DELIVERIES:
PURCHASER.
As conditions
to Sellers and the Companies obligations to close the transactions provided
for in this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to
be delivered the Closing Payment as provided for in Section 2.3.b.
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14.0. TERMINATION.
14.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be abandoned at any time before
the Closing:
a. By mutual written agreement of
Sellers Representative and Purchaser;
b. By Sellers Representative on
behalf of Sellers or by Purchaser, (i) in the event of a material breach of
this Agreement by the non-terminating party if such non-terminating party fails
to cure such breach within ten days following notification by the terminating
party or (ii) upon notification of the non-terminating party by the terminating
party that the satisfaction of any condition to the terminating partys
obligations under this Agreement becomes impossible or impracticable with the use
of commercially reasonable efforts if the failure of such condition to be
satisfied is not caused by a breach of this Agreement by the terminating party;
c. by Sellers Representative on
behalf of Sellers or by Purchaser if the Closing Date shall not have occurred by December
15, 2005; provided, however, that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 14.1.c not be available to any party
whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the
failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date and such action or
failure to act constitutes breach of this Agreement;
d. by
Purchaser or Seller if any governmental authority shall have enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree, injunction, order or other legal restraint which is in effect
and which has the effect of making the transactions contemplated hereby
illegal; and
e. by
Purchaser if there shall be any action taken, or any statute, rule, regulation or
order enacted, promulgated or issued or deemed applicable to the transactions
contemplated hereby, which would: (i) prohibit Purchasers ownership or
operation of any portion of the business of the Companies or (ii) compel
Purchaser or any of the Companies to dispose of or hold separate all or any
portion of the business or assets of the Companies or Purchaser as a result of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
14.2. Effect of
Termination. If this Agreement is
validly terminated pursuant to Section 14.1, this Agreement will thereupon
become null and void, except (i) that Article 16 will continue to apply
following any such termination and (ii) any party hereto shall continue to have
liability with respect to this Agreement after termination for its fraud,
willful misrepresentation or breach of this Agreement.
14.3. Casualty
or Condemnation. In the event that,
prior to the Closing Date, any Owned Real Estate shall be destroyed or
materially damaged, or if condemnation proceedings are commenced against any
Owned Real Estate or any material part thereof,
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then Purchaser shall have the option, in Purchasers sole discretion,
(i) to terminate this Agreement, in which event the provisions of Section 14.2
shall apply, or (ii) to proceed to Closing as provided under this Agreement, in
which event Purchaser shall receive any and all insurance and condemnation
proceeds attributable to the casualty or condemnation, which proceeds may, if
transferred to Sellers, at Purchasers election, be credited against the
purchase price payable by Purchaser at Closing.
15.0. SELLERS REPRESENTATIVE.
Each of the
Sellers hereby designates and appoints the Sellers Representative to perform
all such acts as are required, authorized or contemplated by this Agreement to
be performed by the Sellers, including, without limitation, any payments out of
the NBV Holdback or the Environmental Holdback, the execution and delivery of
any waivers, consents, approvals, extensions, amendments and other agreements,
the giving and receipt of notices, the resolution of disputes and any matters
or proceedings referred to in Article 9.0 and hereby acknowledges that the
Sellers Representative shall be the only person authorized to take any action
so required, authorized or contemplated by this Agreement by any of the
Sellers. Each of the Sellers further
designates and appoints the Sellers Representative such Sellers agent for
service of process with respect to any disputes regarding or arising out of
this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each of the Sellers acknowledges that the
foregoing appointments and designations shall be coupled with an interest and
shall survive the death or incapacity of such Seller and that the Sellers Representative
shall not be liable for any such action taken in good faith. Each Seller hereby authorizes the other
parties hereto to disregard any notice delivered or other action taken by any
Seller pursuant to this Agreement except for the Sellers Representative. The other parties hereto are and will be
entitled to rely on any action so taken or any notice given by the Sellers
Representative and are and will be entitled and authorized to give notices only
to the Sellers Representative for any notice contemplated by this Agreement to
be given to any Seller. Purchaser is
hereby relieved from any liability to any person or entity for any acts done by
it in accordance with any decision, act, consent or instruction of the Sellers
Representative hereunder.
16.0. MISCELLANEOUS.
16.1. Parties
in Interest: Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure
to the benefit of, and be enforceable by Sellers and their respective heirs,
personal representatives, successors and assigns, and Purchaser and its
successors and assigns. No right or
obligation under this Agreement shall be assigned or delegated (whether by
operation of law or otherwise) by any party except with the prior written
consent of the other parties, provided that Purchaser may assign any right or
obligation hereunder to Parent.
16.2. Confidentiality. Each of Purchaser and the Sellers recognizes
and acknowledges that it has in the past and currently has access to certain
confidential information of the Companies, such as operational policies, and
pricing and cost policies that are valuable and special and unique assets of
the Companies business. Purchaser agrees
that, prior to the Closing or if the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are not consummated, and Sellers agree that after the Closing, they
will not use or disclose
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such confidential information to any person, firm, corporation,
association or other entity for any purpose or reason whatsoever, unless (i) such
information becomes known to the public generally through no fault of the disclosing
party or its affiliates or agents, (ii) disclosure is required by Legal
Requirements or the order of any governmental authority under color of law, provided,
that prior to disclosing any information pursuant to this clause (ii), the
disclosing party shall, if possible, give prior written notice to the appropriate
party and provide such party with the opportunity to contest such disclosure
(except that the disclosing party may make any disclosure without providing the
opportunity to contest if such party is required to make such disclosure
pursuant to (x) the securities laws of the United States of America or any
state or political subdivision thereof or (y) the rules or regulations of any
national securities exchange or market) or (iii) the disclosing party
reasonably believes that such disclosure is required in connection with the
defense of a lawsuit against such party, provided, that prior to
disclosing any information pursuant to this clause (iii), the disclosing
party shall, if possible, give prior written notice to the appropriate party
and provide such party with the opportunity to attempt to obtain confidential
treatment of such information. If the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, Purchaser will
return or destroy all confidential information regarding the Companies. The Confidentiality Agreement dated August 10,
2005 executed by Purchaser in favor of the Companies, remains in full force and
effect.
16.3. Entire
Agreement; Amendments. This
Agreement and the other writings referred to in it or delivered in connection
with it contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its
subject matter. This Agreement may be
amended only by a written instrument duly executed by the Sellers
Representative and Purchaser.
16.4. Headings. The section and subsection headings contained
in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any
way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
16.5. Notices. All notices, claims, certificates, requests,
demands and other communications (Communications) under this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and received when
sent by telecopy, followed by deposit into the U.S. Mail of a copy sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid as follows:
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If to
Purchaser or Parent:
Monaco Coach Corporation
91320 Industrial Way
Coburg, Oregon 97408
Attention: President
Facsimile: (541)
302-3800
and
Monaco Coach Corporation, Indiana
606 Nelsons Parkway
Wakarusa, IN 46573
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (574)
862-7313
With a copy
to:
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill
Road
Palo Alto,
California 94304
Attention: Henry
P. Massey
Robert T.
Ishii
Facsimile: (650) 493-6811
If to Sellers,
to Sellers Representative at such address and telecopy number as is provided
in writing in accordance with this Section.
With a copy
to:
Barnes &
Thornburg LLP
Suite 200
121 West
Franklin Street
Elkhart,
Indiana 46516
Attention: Samuel S. Thompson
Facsimile: (574) 296-2535
or to such
other persons address and telecopy number as the person to whom a Communication
is to be given may have furnished to the others in writing in accordance with
this Section. A Communication given by
any other means shall be deemed duly given when actually received by the
addressees.
16.6. Waiver. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement
shall be effective unless in writing signed by Sellers Representative and
Purchaser. The waiver by any party of a
breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as
a waiver of any subsequent, same or different breach.
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16.7. Governing
Law; Forum; No Jury. This Agreement
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Indiana applicable to contracts
made and to be wholly performed in the State of Indiana. Any and all litigation between the parties
pertaining to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions provided for
in it, shall be brought and maintained in a state or federal court located in
Elkhart or St. Joseph Counties, Indiana and the parties irrevocably consent to
the subject matter and personal jurisdiction of such courts and waive all
rights to a trial by jury as to all or any part of any such litigation, provided
however that any claim for indemnification under this Agreement may be
submitted to binding arbitration by the party or parties asserting or
contesting such claim for indemnification as provided in Section 9.3.h.
16.8. Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties made by the Companies and the Sellers
in this Agreement concerning states of fact as of the date of this Agreement or
as of the Closing Date shall survive after the Closing Date until the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, except as set forth in Section 9.3.b. The representations and warranties of
Purchaser or Parent contained in this Agreement shall terminate at the Closing.
16.9. Parent Guarantee. Parent does hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantee the performance by Purchaser of each and every
obligation of Purchaser under this Agreement, including the obligation to make
all payments which become due from Purchaser hereunder. In addition, Parent shall be responsible for
the accuracy of each and every representation and warranty made by Purchaser
under this Agreement. The guaranty set
forth in this Section 16.9 shall in all respects be a continuing, absolute and
unconditional guaranty, and shall remain in full force until all guaranteed
obligations are performed in full.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall be entitled to assert any
defenses to payment or performance that would be available to Purchaser in any
action commenced by any party hereto to enforce the foregoing guaranty
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William L. Warrick
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/s/ Arlen
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Arlen J. Paul
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/s/ Dennis
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Dennis Bailey
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/s/ William
Devos
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William Devos
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/s/ Ruth
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Ruth A. Hollingsworth
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/s/ Shannon
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Shannon E. Warrick
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/s/ Bradford
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Bradford J. Warrick
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/s/ William
Lewis Warrick
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William Lewis Warrick
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/s/ Jodie
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Jodie D. Warrick Konold
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/s/ Helen
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Warrick LP
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partner
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President
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/s/ William
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William L. Warrick, as Trustee of the
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William Warrick 1998 Irrevocable Trust for
the Benefit of Shannon Elizabeth Warrick
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/s/ William
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William L. Warrick, as Trustee of the
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William Warrick 1998 Irrevocable Trust for
the Benefit of William Lewis Warrick
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/s/ William
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William L. Warrick, as Trustee of the
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William Warrick 1998 Irrevocable Trust for
the Benefit of Bradford James Warrick
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William L. Warrick, as Trustee of the
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William Warrick 1998 Irrevocable Trust for
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COMPANIES
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R-VISION, INC.
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an Indiana corporation
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/s/ Dennis
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R-VISION MOTORIZED LLC
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an Indiana limited liability company
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/s/ Dennis
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ROADMASTER LLC
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/s/ William
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COMPANIES
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BISON MANUFACTURING, LLC
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/s/ William
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/s/ Arlen
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PARENT
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MONACO COACH CORPORATION
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PURCHASER
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R-VISION HOLDINGS LLC
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a Delaware limited liability company
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SELLERS REPRESENTATIVE
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/s/ William
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William L. Warrick
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