Operation of the Business Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, Seller shall:
Condition of the Business (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that Seller is not making any representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given by Seller in Article V hereof (as modified by the Seller Schedules as supplemented or amended), and Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties contained therein, the Purchased Assets and the Business are being transferred on a “where is” and, as to condition, “as is” basis. Any claims Purchaser may have for breach of representation or warranty shall be based solely on the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article V hereof (as modified by the Seller Schedules as supplemented or amended). Purchaser further represents that neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates nor any other Person has made any representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding Seller, the Purchased Assets, the Business or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or as to the accuracy or completeness of any information not expressly set forth in this Agreement and neither Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates has relied on any such express or implied representation or warranty. Purchaser further agrees that none of Seller, any of its Affiliates or any other Person will have or be subject to any liability to Purchaser or any other Person resulting from the distribution to Purchaser or its representatives or Purchaser’s use of, any such information, including any confidential memoranda distributed on behalf of Seller relating to the Business or other publications or data room information provided to Purchaser or its representatives, or any other document or information in any form provided to Purchaser or its representatives in connection with the sale of the Business and the transactions contemplated hereby. Purchaser acknowledges that it has conducted to its satisfaction, its own independent investigation of the Business and, in making the determination to proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser has relied on the results of its own independent investigation.
The Business The parties acknowledge that the Company is engaged in the development, marketing and sale of certain proprietary technologies, processes and related products in the areas of chemical detection, technical processes, and technical/business services, and that the Company may also from time to time become or may intend to become engaged in other business endeavors (individually and collectively, the "BUSINESS"). The Company shall be deemed to intend to become engaged in a business endeavor if it has devoted or expended any significant resources, either financial or human resources, towards the proposed endeavor, either in planning or implementing the undertaking of such planned endeavor.
Capitalization of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) The authorized stock of the Company consists of 25,800,000 shares of Preferred Stock, of which 25,000,000 are designated Series B Stock and 800,000 are designated Series A Stock, and 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of February 20, 2007, 13,972,365 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, 149,962 shares of Series A Stock were issued and outstanding and 4,500,000 shares of Series B Stock were outstanding. All such shares of Common Stock, Series A Stock and Series B Stock outstanding as of such date have been duly authorized, validly issued, and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights or other similar rights. The Company has no commitments to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock, except that, as of February 20, 2007, a total of 1,090,265 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding Company Options, 702,680 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding Company Common Warrants, 8,283,000 shares of Series B Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase Series B Stock, 22,077 shares of Common Stock were required for issuance upon conversion and in accordance with the terms of outstanding Debentures, 458,134 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon conversion of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 12,783,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon conversion of shares of Series B Stock (both outstanding and issuable upon exercise of warrants to purchase Series B Stock). All outstanding Company Options are governed by the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2003 Stock Plan and the standard form of stock option agreement used for such plans, respectively. All outstanding Company Common Warrants are governed by the terms and conditions of a warrant agreement, the form of which is included as an exhibit to a Company Report. Except as set forth in this paragraph, there are no authorized or outstanding debt or equity securities of the Company, and the Company has no obligations to authorize or issue additional debt or equity securities of the Company.
Conduct of the Business Each of the Company and Parent covenants and agrees that:
Business Purposes The Loan is solely for the business purpose of Borrower, and is not for personal, family, household, or agricultural purposes.
Certain Business Matters No member of any Group shall have any duty to refrain from (i) engaging in the same or similar activities or lines of business as any member of any other Group, (ii) doing business with any potential or actual supplier or customer of any member of any other Group, or (iii) engaging in, or refraining from, any other activities whatsoever relating to any of the potential or actual suppliers or customers of any member of any other Group.
Assumed Business Names Borrower has filed or recorded all documents or filings required by law relating to all assumed business names used by Borrower. Excluding the name of Borrower, the following is a complete list of all assumed business names under which Borrower does business: None.
Business Assets The Company Assets comprise all of the property and assets of the Business, and none of the Vendor or the Significant Shareholders nor any other person, firm or corporation owns any assets used by the Company in operating the Business, whether under a lease, rental agreement or other arrangement;
Know-How Necessary for the Business The Intellectual Property Rights are all those necessary for the operation of the Company’s businesses as it is currently conducted or as represented, in writing, to the Purchasers to be conducted. The Company is the owner of all right, title, and interest in and to each of the Intellectual Property Rights, free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges, encumbrances, equities, and other adverse claims, and has the right to use all of the Intellectual Property Rights. To the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company has entered into any contract that restricts or limits in any way the scope or type of work in which the employee may be engaged or requires the employee to transfer, assign, or disclose information concerning his work to anyone other than of the Company.
