Agreement for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding share capital of KHL Holdings, Inc.
Agreement
for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding share capital
of KHL
Holdings, Inc.
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Dated:
October 19, 2007
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OmniReliant
Corporation
ResponzeTV
PLC
(Purchaser)
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1
Dated
October
19, 0000
Xxxxxxx
(0)
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XxxxXxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
x
Xxxxxxx, XXX registered corporation of 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000, XXX (the Vendor);
and
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ResponzeTV
PLC a
corporation organised and existing under the laws of England and
Wales
whose registered office is at One Fleet Place, London EC44M 7WS (the
Purchaser).
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Recitals
The
Vendor has agreed to sell, or ensure the sale of, all of the issued and
outstanding share capital of the Company (Shares)
to the
Purchaser, on and subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
It
is agreed:
1
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Definitions
and Interpretation
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1.1
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In
this Agreement the following definitions
apply.
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Assignment
Agreement means
collectively one or more agreements dated the date of this agreement between
the
Vendor and the Company, relating to the transfer and/or sub-licence to the
Company of all rights of the Vendor to the various ‘Xxxxx Xxxxxx’ branded
licence agreements (with the exception of fragrances) and ancillary agreements
and all inventory, receivables and purchase orders of the Vendor.
Business
means
the
business of the creation, design, distribution and sale of luxury products,
including under the ‘Xxxxx Xxxxxx’ brand name pursuant to the Licence (as
defined in the Assignment Agreement), as carried on by the Vendor prior to
the
Transfer Date, but with the exception of fragrances (as more specifically stated
in the Assignment Agreement).
Company
means
KHL Holdings, Inc., a Florida registered limited liability corporation which
was
formed on 9 October 2007 by the Vendor with an issued share capital of 100
common shares.
Completion
means
completion of the obligations of the parties required by Clause 4
and Schedule 2.
Completion
Issue Price means,
in
respect of the Consideration Shares, 32p per Purchaser Share, being the closing
middle market price (derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock
Exchange) of such shares on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange as
at
the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of
this
Agreement.
Consideration
means
the total consideration for the Shares referred to in Clause 3.1.
Consideration
Shares
means
the 10,000,000 Purchaser Shares to be issued at the Completion Issue Price
pursuant to Clause 3.1.
Encumbrance
includes
any mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecation, lien, assignment by way of
security, title retention, option, right to acquire, right of pre-emption,
right
of set off, counterclaim, trust arrangement or any other security, preferential
right, equity or restriction, and any agreement to give or create any of the
foregoing.
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Intellectual
Property Rights
means
patents, trade marks, service marks, trade names, domain names, registered
designs, designs, semiconductor topography rights, database rights of unfair
extraction and reutilisation, copyrights and other forms of intellectual or
industrial property (in each case in any part of the world, whether or not
registered or registrable and if registered or registrable for their full period
of registration with all extensions and renewals, and including all applications
for registration or otherwise), know-how, inventions, formulae, confidential
or
secret processes and information, and any other protected rights and assets,
and
any licences and permissions in connection with the foregoing.
Purchaser
Shares
means
fully paid ordinary shares of 16p each in the capital of the
Purchaser.
Shares
has
the
meaning given in the Recitals.
Subscription
Agreement
means
the agreement dated the date of this agreement made between the Vendor and
the
Purchaser relating to the subscription for shares of the Purchaser by the
Vendor.
Tax
Authority
means
any body or organisation in any country having authority in relation to
taxation, duties or any like matter.
Transfer
Date means
the
close of business on the date of this agreement.
Vendor’s
Warranties means
the
representations and warranties set out in Clause 5.1 and Schedule
1.
1.2
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Interpretation
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In
this
Agreement, unless otherwise specified:
(a)
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references
to any Clause, paragraph or Schedule are to those contained in this
Agreement and all Schedules to this Agreement are an integral part
of this
Agreement;
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(b)
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headings
are for ease of reference only and shall not be taken into account
in
construing this Agreement;
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(c)
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reference
to any English legal concept, term, action, remedy, method of judicial
proceeding, legal document, legal status, court or official shall,
in
respect of any jurisdiction other than England and Wales, be deemed
to
refer to what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to that
reference;
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(d)
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the
expression this
Clause
shall unless followed by reference to a specific provision be deemed
to
refer to the whole clause (not merely the sub-clause, paragraph or
other
provision) in which the expression
occurs;
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(e)
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person
includes any individual, firm, company or other incorporated or
unincorporated body;
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(f)
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Business
Day
means a day (not being a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open
for
normal banking business in London and New York;
and
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(g)
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a
document is in the agreed
form
if
it is in the form of a draft agreed between and initialled by or
on behalf
of the parties on or before the date of this
Agreement.
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2
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Sale
and purchase
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2.1
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The
Vendor shall sell and the Purchaser shall purchase the Shares free
from
any Encumbrance and with all rights attached or accruing to them
on and
after the date of this Agreement, with effect from the Transfer Date.
It
is agreed that the Purchaser shall have full management control of
the
Company as from the Transfer Date.
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3
2.2 |
Completion
of this agreement shall be subject to and conditional on the Subscription
Agreement becoming unconditional in all respects (except for completion
of
this agreement) and the provisions of clauses 2.2 and 2.3 of the
Subscription Agreement shall apply to this
agreement.
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3
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Consideration
and Indebtedness
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3.1
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The
consideration for the sale of the Shares shall be the allotment and
issue
by the Purchaser to the Vendors on Completion of the Consideration
Shares.
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3.2
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The
Consideration Shares shall be allotted and issued free from any lien,
charge, option, restriction or Encumbrance and credited as fully
paid so
as to rank pari passu with all Purchaser Shares in issue on the date
of
allotment and together with all rights and privileges attaching to
Purchaser Shares at the allotment
date.
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4
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Completion
arrangements
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4.1
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Completion
shall take place simultaneously with completion of the Subscription
Agreement at such place as the parties may agree at which the documents
described in Schedule 2 shall be delivered.
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4.2
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The
Purchaser shall not be obliged to complete the sale and purchase
of any of
the Shares unless the sale and purchase of all the Shares is completed
simultaneously.
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5
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Representations
and Warranties
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5.1
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The
Vendor represents and warrants to the Purchaser for itself and as
trustee
for its assignees (being permitted assignees under this Agreement)
that
each of the statements in Schedule 1 is true and accurate and not
misleading and the Vendor covenants that the same will be the case
as at
the date of completion of this agreement.
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5.2
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The
Vendor’s Warranties shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
Completion.
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5.3
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For
the purposes of this Agreement, where any warranty or statement is
qualified by the expression "so far as the Vendor is aware" or "to
the
best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Vendor " or
by any
similar qualification, the Vendor warrants that it has made due,
diligent
and careful enquiries before giving such warranty or making such
statement
and the warranty shall be construed by reference to the actual knowledge
(but not any constructive knowledge) of the
Vendor.
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5.4
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The
Vendor covenants with the Purchaser for itself and as trustee for
its
assignees (being permitted assignees under this Agreement) and the
Company
to pay to the Purchaser and the Company from time to time on demand
(by
way of adjustment to and repayment of the Consideration) such amounts
as
are equal to the amount of all loss, damage, liability and expense
and/or
the amount of any depletion or diminution in the value of any assets
of
the Company in each case directly or indirectly suffered or incurred
in
connection with or in relation to any matter or matters giving rise
to any
claim for breach or non-observance by the Vendor of any of any Vendor’s
Warranty or any other provision of this Agreement. In calculating
any
loss, damage, liability or expense in respect of a claim under this
Agreement, account shall be taken of all payments made or procured
to be
made under this Agreement and not only the Consideration.
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5.5
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The
provisions of this Clause and of Clause 6 shall continue to apply
after
Completion or termination of this Agreement without limit in
time.
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6
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Limitations
on Warranty liability
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6.1
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The
Vendor shall have no liability in respect of a claim under the Vendor’s
Warranties:
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(a)
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unless
notice in writing of the claim is given by or on behalf of the Purchaser
to the Vendor stating in reasonable detail the nature of the claim
and, if
practical, the amount claimed (i) in the case of a claim relating
to a
matter other than taxation, on or before 31 December 2008 and (ii)
in the
case of a claim relating to taxation, on or before the seventh anniversary
of Completion;
and
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(b)
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unless
the liability in respect of the claim, when aggregated with the liability
in respect of all claims under the Vendor’s Warranties, exceeds $200,000,
in which case the Vendor shall be liable for the whole amount and
not
merely the excess.
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6.2
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The
aggregate liability under the Vendor’s Warranties shall not exceed
US$3,000,000 plus costs and fees.
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6.3
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Clauses 6.1
and 6.2 shall not apply to any claim (a) in respect of the Vendor’s
Warranties set out in paragraph 2
(Ownership of capital) of Schedule 1 or (b) resulting from fraud
or from
the Vendor (or any person(s) on behalf of the Vendor) making any
statement, promise or forecast known by that person or persons to
be
misleading, false or deceptive, or dishonestly concealing any material
fact or recklessly making (dishonestly or otherwise) a statement,
promise
or forecast which is misleading, false or
deceptive.
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7
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Provision
of information after
Completion
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The
Vendor shall for a period of seven years from Completion (a) use best endeavours
to retain in the possession and control of the Vendor and (b) promptly, at
the
Purchaser's request and free of charge, permit the Purchaser or its duly
authorised advisers and representatives to inspect and take copies of all books,
records, accounts and documents (including computer programs and information
stored in them) relating to the Business or the Vendor or the Company not passed
to the Purchaser at Completion.
The
obligations in this Clause shall continue to apply after Completion or
termination of this Agreement without limit in time.
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Confidentiality
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8.1
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In
this Clause:
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Confidential
Information
means
all information received or obtained by a party as a result of entering into
or
performing this Agreement and which relates to the negotiations concerning
this
Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement or another party.
Confidential
Business Information
means
all information not publicly known, used in or otherwise relating to the Vendor,
the Business or the Company and/or their business, customers or financial or
other affairs.
8.2
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Save
as provided by Clause 8.4, each party shall, and shall procure that
any person connected with it and its officers and employees shall,
keep
confidential and not disclose to any person any Confidential
Information.
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8.3
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Save
as permitted by Clause 8.4, the Vendor covenants with the Purchaser
that it shall not, and shall procure that no person connected with
it
shall, make use of or disclose to any person any Confidential Business
Information.
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8.4
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A
party may disclose or permit the disclosure of Confidential Information
and disclose or permit the disclosure of Confidential Business Information
(a) when required to do so by law or by or pursuant to the rules
or any
order of any court, tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction,
(b) to
the extent that the Confidential Information or Confidential Business
Information has become publicly available or generally known to the
public
at the time of such disclosure otherwise than as a result of a breach
of
this Clause or (c) when required by any securities exchange, regulatory
or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the party seeking to make
disclosure including the Financial Services Authority, London Stock
Exchange or the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, whether or not the
requirement for disclosure has the force of
law.
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8.5
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The
obligations in this Clause shall continue to apply after Completion
or
termination of this Agreement without limit in
time.
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9
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Announcements
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9.1
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Except
as provided in Clause 9.2, a party shall not make (and shall procure
that no person connected with it nor any of its directors, officers
or
employees shall make) any public announcement concerning the subject
matter of this Agreement without the prior written approval of the
other
parties, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
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9.2
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A
party may make a public announcement concerning the subject matter
of this
Agreement if required by (a) law or by or pursuant to the rules or
any
order of any court, tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction
or (b)
any securities exchange, regulatory or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it including the Financial Services Authority,
London
Stock Exchange or the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, whether or
not the
requirement for announcement has the force of
law
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9.3
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The
obligations in this Clause shall continue to apply after Completion
or
termination of this Agreement without limit in
time.
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10
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Costs
and expenses
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Each
party will be responsible for its own costs and expenses in relation to the
negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement and
all
documents ancillary to it.
11
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Assignment
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The
Purchaser may assign, hold in trust or otherwise transfer its rights and
benefits under this Agreement, or any document entered into pursuant to this
Agreement, to or in favour of any person.
12
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Remedies
and waiver
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12.1
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No
breach by any party of any provision of this Agreement shall be waived
or
discharged except with the express written consent of the other
parties.
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12.2
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No
failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege
under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that right, power
or
privilege and no single or partial exercise by any party of any right,
power or privilege shall preclude any further exercise of that right,
power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege.
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12.3
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The
parties do not intend that any term of this Agreement shall be enforceable
solely by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000
by
any person who is not a party to this Agreement.
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13
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Time
of essence
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Time
is
of the essence of this Agreement.
14
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Further
assurance
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Each
party shall after Completion from time to time execute and do (or procure the
execution and doing of) all such deeds, documents, acts and things as the other
party shall reasonably require on or after Completion for carrying into effect
the terms of this Agreement. The obligations in this Clause shall continue
to
apply after Completion or termination of this Agreement without limit in
time.
15
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Counterparts
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. Any party may enter
into this Agreement by executing any counterpart but this Agreement shall not
be
effective until each party has executed at least one counterpart. Each
counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement but all the
counterparts together constitute the same instrument.
16
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Notices
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16.1
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Any
notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement shall
be in
writing and shall be delivered by hand, sent by prepaid first class
post,
(or registered airmail in the case of an address outside the United
Kingdom), or shall be transmitted by fax, and shall be addressed
to the
party to be served at the address or fax number specified
below:
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Vendors:
address: |
0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx,, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, XXX
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Fax number: |
x0
000 000 0000
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Purchaser:
address: |
00000,
00xx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx Xxxxxxxxxx XX 00000,
XXX
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Fax number: |
x0
000 000 0000
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or
to
such other address as a party may notify to each other party in writing as
being
its address for such purpose.
16.2
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Any
notice or communication delivered by hand shall be deemed to have
been
received at the time of delivery, any notice or communication sent
by post
shall be deemed to have been received on the second Business Day
(for
inland mail) or the fifth Business Day (for overseas mail) after
the date
of posting, and any notice or communication transmitted by fax shall
be
deemed to have been received on the Business Day following the date
of
transmission.
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Governing
law
and jurisdiction
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This
Agreement shall
be
governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The
parties irrevocably
agree that the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any
dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.
As
witness
the
hands of the duly authorised representatives of the parties hereto the day
and
year first above written
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Schedule
1- Vendor’s Representations and Warranties
1
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The
Vendor
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(a)
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The
Vendor has full power and authority, without requiring or obtaining
the
consent of any other person, authority or body, to enter into and
perform
its obligations under this Agreement and any other document to be
executed
by it pursuant to or in connection with this
Agreement.
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(b)
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This
Agreement and any other document to be executed by the Vendor or
the
Company (including the Assignment Agreement) pursuant to or in connection
with this Agreement will upon execution constitute valid and binding
obligations of the relevant parties to those documents in accordance
with
their respective terms and will not result in a breach of any agreement,
licence or other instrument or of any order, judgment or decree of
any
court governmental agency or regulatory body to which any of them
is a
party or by which any of them is
bound.
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2
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Ownership
of Capital/Liabilities
and Assets
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(a)
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The
Vendor is the legal and beneficial owner of the
Shares.
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(b)
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The
Shares constitute the whole of the issued and outstanding share capital
of
the Company and are all fully paid or properly credited as fully
paid.
There is no Encumbrance on any of the Shares or on any uncalled or
unissued share capital of the Company, and no claim has been made
by any
person to be entitled to any such Encumbrance.
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(c)
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No
person has the right (whether exercisable now or in the future and
whether
contingent or not) to call for the allotment, conversion, issue,
sale or
transfer of any share or loan capital or any other security of any
kind
giving rise to a right over the capital of the
Company.
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(d)
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The
Company has no assets or liabilities of any nature whatsoever, except
as
specifically stated in the Assignment Agreement, and has no subsidiaries
or subsidiary undertakings.
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(e)
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The
Company has not entered into any contracts other than the Assignment
Agreement.
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(f)
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The
Company has duly (i) maintained all records, (ii) filed all returns,
computations, notices, reports and other documents,(iii) furnished
all
information and (iv) made all payments for tax purposes, and there
is no
dispute or open enquiry with any Tax Authority nor is there likely
to be
any dispute or enquiry with any Tax Authority.
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(g)
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The
Company is the sole owner of the inventory identified in the Assignment
Agreement and there is no Encumbrance on the whole or any part of
the
Company's assets, undertaking or goodwill and no claim has been made
by
any person to be entitled to any such Encumbrance. Such
inventory is in good condition and meets all relevant statutory,
regulatory and industry accepted standards or contractual specifications.
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3
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Corporate
affairs
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The
Company is a duly organised limited liability company validly existing under
the
laws of Florida, USA and has been in continuous existence since its
incorporation.
4
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Regulatory
and compliance/Litigation
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(a)
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The
Company and its directors, officers and employees have at all times
complied in all material respects with all applicable law. All licences,
consents, permissions and authorisations required to enable the Company
to
carry on the Business as it has previously been carried on by the
Vendor
have been obtained, are in full force and effect and in the name
of the
Company and are not limited in duration or subject to onerous conditions.
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(b)
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No
act, event or omission has occurred or is alleged as a result of
which any
licence, consent, permission or authorisation may be suspended, cancelled,
revoked or not renewed and there are no events or circumstances (including
the signature or performance of this Agreement) likely to lead to
any such
suspension, cancellation, revocation or
non-renewal.
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(c)
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No
litigation, arbitration, dispute resolution, administrative or criminal
proceedings are threatened or pending by or against the Company or
the
Vendor or in relation to the Business and there are no events or
circumstances (including the signature or performance of this Agreement)
which are likely to give rise to any such litigation, arbitration,
dispute
resolution, administrative or criminal
proceedings.
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5
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Trading
and contractual matters
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(a)
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All
agreements by which the Company or the Vendor is bound (or to the
benefit
of which they are entitled) are valid, binding and enforceable and
have
been complied with by all the parties to them. There are no events
or
circumstances likely to give rise to the termination, rescission,
avoidance or repudiation of any of those agreements and no notice
of
termination or of intention to terminate has been given or received
in
respect of any of them.
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(b)
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The
Company has not given any guarantee, indemnity, warranty, or made
any
representation, in respect of assets, goods or services supplied
or agreed
to be supplied by it or accepted any liability or obligation that
would
apply after any such goods or services had been supplied by
it.
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(c)
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The
Business has not manufactured, sold or supplied any product or service
which was, is or may become in any material respect faulty, defective
or
dangerous or which does not comply in any material respect with any
warranties or representations expressly or impliedly made by it or
with
all applicable laws, regulations or
standards.
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6
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Intellectual
Property Rights
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(a)
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Particulars
of all Intellectual Property Rights owned by and registered in the
name of
the Company or in respect of which the Vendor or the Company have
applied
for registration, are listed in the Assignment
Agreement.
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(b)
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All
Intellectual Property Rights owned or used by the Company are (i)
valid,
enforceable and in full force and effect, (ii) registered (so far
as are
capable of registration) in its sole name, (iii) in its sole and
exclusive
legal and beneficial ownership free from any Encumbrance or claimed
Encumbrance, (iv) individually transferable by it without the requirement
for any licence, consent or permission from or payment to any third
party
and (v) not the subject of any current or threatened claim, opposition,
attack or unauthorised use.
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(c)
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All
fees for the grant or renewal of such Intellectual Property Rights
have
been paid promptly and no circumstance exists which might lead to
the
cancellation, forfeiture or modification of any Intellectual Property
Rights owned or used by the
Company.
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(d)
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Neither
Vendor nor the Company has granted any licences or assignments under
or in
respect of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned or used
by it for
its business, or disclosed or provided to any person any confidential
or
secret material in which any Intellectual Property Rights exist,
and no
person has been authorised to make any use whatsoever of any such
Intellectual Property Rights.
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7
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Information
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All
information contained in or annexed to this Agreement and all other written
information made available by or on behalf of the Vendor or the Company to
the
Purchaser or its agents, employees or professional advisers in the course of
any
investigation or negotiation leading to this Agreement was when given and
remains true and accurate and not misleading in any material respect. There
is
no fact, matter or circumstance not disclosed in writing to the Purchaser or
any
of its advisers which renders any of that information untrue, inaccurate or
misleading in any material respect or which if disclosed might influence the
decision of a reasonable purchaser to purchase the Shares on the terms contained
in this Agreement.
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Employees,
etc.
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(a)
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The
Company has no employees except for Xxx Xxxxxxx. Full details of
her
employment terms have been disclosed to the Purchaser.
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(b)
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No
offer of employment or engagement as a consultant, agent or director
has
been made by the Company to any person who at the date of this Agreement
has not accepted or commenced such employment or engagement.
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9
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Property
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The
Company has no interest in any land or buildings.
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Schedule
2 -
Completion arrangements
Vendors’
obligations at Completion
1 |
At
Completion (if not held before) the Vendor shall procure that a board
meeting of the Company is duly convened and held at which valid
resolutions are passed:
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·
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to
approve the transfers referred to in paragraph 2 below for entry
in the
statutory books of the Company;
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·
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to
appoint with effect from the end of the meeting as officers and directors
of the Company such persons as the Purchaser may
nominate;
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·
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to
cancel current instructions to banks and replace them with any new
instructions required by the
Purchaser;
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·
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to
approve such firm as the Purchaser shall designate as auditors of
the
Company;
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2 |
At
Completion the Vendor shall deliver or make available to the
Purchaser:
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·
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minutes
certified as true by the Secretary of the Company, of the board meeting
referred to in paragraph 1 above;
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·
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duly
executed transfers of the Shares in favour of the Purchaser or its
nominees together with the relevant share certificates (if
any);
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·
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the
statutory books and registers up to date immediately prior to Completion,
certificate(s) of incorporation and of incorporation on change of
name,
bye-laws and the common seal of the Company;
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·
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all
instructions to bankers referred to in paragraph 1 and cheque books
containing unused cheques relating to all bank accounts of the Company;
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·
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the
Assignment Agreement, duly signed by all parties to such
agreement;
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·
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all
books, records, journals, ledgers, accounts, agreements and other
documents of the Company together with such information and things
as the
Purchaser will need to access any of the
foregoing.
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Signed
by
duly
authorised for and
on
behalf of
OmniReliant
Corporation
|
)
)
)
)
|
Signed
by
duly
authorised for and
on
behalf of
ResponzeTV
PLC
|
)
)
)
)
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