UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 7, 2014 (January 3, 2014)

 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   333-169152   68-0680859
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

641 Lexington Ave
Suite 1526
New York, NY 10022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212.634.6410

 

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition of Disposition of Assets.

 

On January 3, 2014, Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) consummated and closed (the “Closing”) the acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of Initio International Holdings Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Initio”) and its respective subsidiaries, including but not limited to Monroe Staffing Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Monroe,” and together with all of Initio’s subsidiaries, the “Subsidiaries”). The Acquisition was completed pursuant to that certain Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), dated October 30, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Share Purchase Agreement, dated December 10, 2013, by and among the Company and the shareholders of Initio (the “Initio Shareholders”).

 

Founded in the 1960’s, Initio is a United Kingdom (“UK”) domiciled full service staffing company with established brands in the United States (“US”), UK and Spain. Initio’s US division, Monroe, was established in 1969 and is a full-service consulting and staffing agency serving companies ranging from Fortune 100 companies to new startup organizations. Monroe has approximately 14 offices located in the US, including offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and North Carolina. Initio’s UK division, consisting of four distinct entities (the “Longbridge Entities”), was established in 1989 and is an international multi-sector recruitment company, catering to the sales and marketing, technology, legal and information technology solutions sectors. Initio’s Spain division, ALG Consulting de Recursos Humaos S.L. (“ALG”), was established in Madrid in 1994 and offers an array of human resources services, from training to permanent and temporary recruitment.

 

The aggregate consideration paid at the Closing by the Company to the Initio Shareholders for the sale and purchase of all the shares of Initio and the Subsidiaries was as follows: (i) $14.85 million (the "Purchase Price") in cash, shares and promissory notes of the Company; plus (ii) $500,000 (the "Fee Consideration") (the aggregate of (i) an (ii) together the “Total Purchase Price”) as follows:

 

(i) Cash Portion . At the Closing, the Company paid to the Initio Shareholders an aggregate of $6,440,000 in immediately available funds equal to 40% of the Closing Payment;
(ii) Shares . At the Closing, the Company issued 3,296,702 Shares, representing 33.3% of the Closing Payment, to the Initio Shareholders of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), valued at a price of $1.50 per shares, which such shares are subject to piggy-back registration rights; and
(iii) Promissory Notes . At the Closing, the Company executed and delivered to the Initio Shareholders a three year promissory note (subject to adjustment if certain post-closing results are not achieved) in the aggregate principal amount of $3,964,949 equal to 26.7% of the Closing Payment, and each Promissory Note bears interest at the rate of six (6%) percent per annum, amortized on a five year straight line basis.

 

In addition, upon Closing of the Acquisition, Mr. Brendan Flood was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and Mr. Matthew Briand was appointed as a director to the Board. Further, at Closing, Mr. Flood entered into an employment agreement with Initio whereby he will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Initio. At Closing, Mr. Briand entered into an employment agreement with Monroe whereby Mr. Briand will serve as Chief Executive Officer and will further be appointed as the Company’s Co-Chief Executive Officer. Each of Mr. Flood and Mr. Briand entered into a Deed of Restrictive Covenant with the Company, whereby each of them agreed that, among other things, for a period of three years from the Closing, neither of them, except in their capacity as an employee or director of the Company, will solicit, deal, contact or engage any Relevant Customer or supplier relevant Products or Services to the Company in the Restricted Area during the preceding 12 months prior to Closing.

 

 
 

 

In connection with the Acquisition, on January 3, 2014, the Company entered into that certain Deed of Warranties (the “Deed of Warranties”) and those certain minority Transfer Deeds (each a “Minority Transfer Deed”) with each of Mr. Flood and Mr. Briand and with certain minority shareholders of Initio and the Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Transferors”), respectively, whereby each of the Transferors set forth certain warranties and tax covenants for which they will abide in relation to the sale of their shares of Initio and the Subsidiaries. Further, at Closing and in connection with the disclosure contained in the Deed of Warranties, Mr. Flood and Mr. Briand issued a Disclosure Letter to the Company disclosing certain material items regarding Initio and its Subsidiaries.

 

As a result of the Acquisition, Initio became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. On January 6, 2014, Initio changed its name to Staffing 360 Solutions Limited.

 

The description of the Share Purchase Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the Share Purchase Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Share Purchase Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the Share Purchase Agreement, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, hereto. Additionally, the description of the Promissory Notes, Deed of Warranties, the Disclosure Letter and each of the Deed of Restrictive Covenants are qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text, which are filed with the SEC as Exhibits 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 respectively, hereto.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The Acquisition

 

Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, at Closing the Company issued an aggregate of 3,296,702 shares of its Common Stock to the Initio Shareholders and the minority shareholders and minority interest holders of the Subsidiaries (total of 14 persons) as a portion of the Purchase Price. The shares of Common Stock issued in connection with the Acquisition were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  These securities qualified for exemption promulgated under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act since the issuance of securities by the Company did not involve a “public offering.”  

 

Private Placement Offering

 

On January 3, 2014 and January 7, 2014, the Company completed its first and second closings, respectfully, in the aggregate amount of $8,261,500 for an aggregate of 330.46 Units to accredited investors. The closings are part of a “best efforts” private placement offering up to $10,000,000 (the “Private Placement Offering”) consisting of up to 400 units (the “Units”) of the Company, each Unit consisting of (i) 25,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Common Stock priced at $1.00 per share and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 12,500 shares (the “Warrant Shares”), at an exercise price of $2.00 per Warrant Share. The sale of the Units qualified for exemption under Rule 506(b) promulgated under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act since the issuance of these securities by the Company did not involve a “public offering” and the company only accepted investments from accredited investors.

 

 
 

 

In connection with the Private Placement Offering, the Company retained Accelerated Capital Group, Inc. as the placement agent. For acting as placement agent, the Company agreed to pay Accelerated Capital Group: (i) a fee in cash up to an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised by such broker in the Private Placement Offering, (ii) a non-accountable expense allowance of up to two percent (2%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised by such broker in the Private Placement Offering, and (iii) shares of Common Stock equal to an amount up to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued in connection with funds raised by the broker in the Private Placement Offering. As of the first and second closings, the Company paid the placement agent an aggregate consideration of $991,380 and issued an aggregate of 826,150 shares of Common Stock.

 

Further, in the event any purchaser of those certain 12% Unsecured Convertible Promissory Notes (each a “Note”) that were issued pursuant to Note Purchase Agreements in connection with a $1,750,000 Bridge Offering, as disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 12, 2013, elects to convert his or her Note, the Company will pay a commission to the placement agent, payable in shares of Common Stock, equal to 20% of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the conversion of any principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest.

 

The description of the Private Placement Offering is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Subscription Agreement which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto. The description of the Warrants is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Form of Warrant which is filed with the SEC as Exhibit 4.2 hereto.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On January 3, 2014, Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement (the “Amended Employment Agreement”) of Alfonso J. Cervantes, our President and Director, which amends that certain Employment Agreement, dated February 15, 2013, by and between the Company and Mr. Cervantes (the “Original Employment Agreement”), became effective. The Amended Employment Agreement, which was executed on December 31, 2013, amends the Original Employment Agreement by (i) extending the term of Mr. Cervantes’ employment through December 31, 2016, (ii) increasing Mr. Cervantes’ salary to $250,000 per annum (effective upon Closing) and (iii) providing for certain performance bonuses relating to certain milestones of the Company. In addition, Mr. Cervantes has been appointed Vice Chairman of the Board.

 

The description of the Amended Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Employment Agreement, which is filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.8 hereto.

 

On January 3, 2014, the Company’s Employment Agreement with Allan Hartley (the “Hartley Employment Agreement”) became effective. Pursuant to the Hartley Employment Agreement, Mr. Hartley will serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Hartley will be paid a salary of $250,000 per annum, plus other benefits including reimbursement for reasonable expenses and paid vacation. Mr. Hartley will also be entitled to certain performance bonuses based upon the Company achieving certain milestones. The Hartley Employment Agreement has a term through December 31, 2016.

 

The description of the Hartley Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Hartley Employment Agreement, which is filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.9 hereto.

 

On January 3, 2014, in connection with the Acquisition, Peter Goldstein resigned from his position as Chairman of the Board to focus on other business activities. Mr. Goldstein did not resign as a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

 

 
 

 

On January 3, 2014, in connection with the Acquisition, Mr. Briand entered into an employment agreement with Monroe and acknowledged by Initio and the Company (the “Briand Employment Agreement”). Pursuant to the Briand Employment Agreement, Mr. Briand will serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company (as well as Chief Executive Officer of Monroe). Mr. Briand will be paid a salary of $300,000 per annum, plus other benefits including reimbursement for reasonable expenses, paid vacation and insurance coverage, for his roles with both the Company and Monroe. Mr. Briand will also be entitled to an annual bonus of up to 50% of his annual base salary based on the Company and its Subsidiaries reaching certain financial milestones. The Briand Employment Agreement has a term of five years and will automatically renew thereafter unless 12 months written notice is provided by either party. Mr. Briand’s salary and bonus will be paid by Monroe. Aside from the Briand Employment Agreement, Mr. Briand has not been involved in any transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of the Regulation S-K.

 

The description of the Briand Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Briand Employment Agreement, which is filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.10 hereto.

 

In addition, and concurrently with the Acquisition, Mr. Briand was appointed to serve as a director on the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Mr. Briand, 41, has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Monroe since 2009 and has been employed by Monroe since 2001. Prior to accepting his current position at Monroe, Mr. Briand worked as the Vice President of Sales and Operations with Monroe. As Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Briand has final responsibility for all aspects of Monroe’s operations.  In addition, Mr. Briand is responsible for setting the vision and strategic direction of Monroe, directing its executive management team and building company culture.  Mr. Briand has more than 17 years of staffing industry experience, gaining extensive knowledge through recruitment, sales, management and executive roles. Mr. Briand was a recipient of the Fairfield County Business Journal 40 Under 40 in 2012.  He also gives both financial support, and time, to numerous non-profit’s and charities.  Mr. Briand received his Bachelor of Arts, Minor in Economics from Plymouth State College.

 

On January 3, 2013, in connection with the Acquisition, Mr. Flood entered into a services agreement with Initio and acknowledged by the Company (the “Flood Employment Agreement”). Pursuant to the Flood Employment Agreement, Mr. Flood will serve as Executive Chairman of the Board (as well as Chief Executive Officer of Initio). Mr. Flood will be paid a salary of £192,000 per annum, less statutory deductions, plus other benefits including reimbursement for reasonable expenses, paid vacation and insurance coverage, for his roles with both the Company and Initio. Mr. Flood’s salary will be adjusted (but not decreased) annually based upon the Consumer Price Index in UK for All Urban Consumers. Mr. Flood will also be entitled to an annual bonus of up to 50% of his annual base salary based on the Company and its Subsidiaries reaching certain financial milestones. The Flood Employment Agreement has a term of five years and will automatically renew thereafter unless 12 months written notice is provided by either party. Mr. Flood’s salary and bonus will be paid by Initio. Aside from the Flood Employment Agreement, Mr. Flood has not been involved in any transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of the Regulation S-K.

 

The description of the Flood Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Flood Employment Agreement, which is filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.11 hereto.

 

 
 

 

Mr. Flood, 48, has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Initio since January 2010 when he led management’s buyout from Faro Recruitment Group (“Faro”). From May 2009 to January 2010, Mr. Flood was the Chief Executive Officer of Faro’s Europe and North America operations. Prior to Faro and Initio, Mr. Flood spent seven years at Hudson Global, Inc. (“Hudson”; Nasdaq: HSON) in various roles in Europe and the US where he was Interim CFO at the time of the initial public offering of Hudson on the Nasdaq National Market in 2003. During 2004 and 2005 he was the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer for Hudson North America. Prior to its initial public offering in 2003, Hudson was part of what is now Monster Worldwide, Inc., the parent company of Monster.com for which Mr. Flood was acting CFO in 2002. As part of the global realignment of Monster Worldwide, Inc. in November 2001, Mr. Flood became Chief Financial Officer for all of its operations in the Americas. Mr. Flood graduated from Dublin City University (Ireland) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On January 7, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the Closing of the Acquisition , a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired .

 

 The financial statements of Initio for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2013 and the accompanying notes will be filed within 75 days after filing of this Current Report.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information .

 

The unaudited Pro Forma Consolidation Financial Statements of the Company and the accompanying notes will be filed within 75 days of the Closing.

 

(d) Exhibits .

 

The exhibits listed in the following Exhibit Index are filed as part of this current report.

 

Exhibit
No.
  Description
4.1   Form of Subscription Agreement
4.2   Form of Warrant
10.1   Share Purchase Agreement, dated October 30, 2013, by and among Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. and the shareholders of Initio International Holdings Limited
10.2   Amendment No. 1 to the Share Purchase Agreement, dated December 10, 2013, by and among Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. and the shareholders of Initio International Holdings Limited
10.3   Form of Promissory Note
10.4   Form of Deed of Warranties
10.5   Disclosure Letter
10.6   Form of Deed of Restrictive Covenant by and between Brendan Flood and the Company
10.7   Form of Deed of Restrictive Covenant by and between Matthew Briand and the Company
10.8   Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated December 31, 2013, by and among Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. and Alfonso J. Cervantes
10.9   Employment Agreement, dated December 31, 2013, by and among Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. and Allan Hartley
10.10   Employment Agreement, dated January 3, 2014, by and among Monroe Staffing Services, LLC and Matthew Briand
10.11   Employment Agreement, dated January 3, 2014, by and among Staffing 360 Solutions Limited (f/k/a Initio International Holdings Limited) and Brendan Flood
99.1   Press Release dated January 7, 2014

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: January 7, 2014

 

  STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Alfonso J. Cervantes
President

 

 

 

 

 

THE SECURITIES OFFERED INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK AND MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF YOUR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. ANY PERSON CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF THESE SECURITIES SHOULD CONSULT WITH HIS, HER OR ITS LEGAL, TAX AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS PRIOR TO MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES. THE SECURITIES SHOULD ONLY BE PURCHASED BY PERSONS WHO CAN AFFORD TO LOSE ALL OF THEIR INVESTMENT.

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Subscription Agreement (the “ Agreement ”), dated as of ______________, 2013 (the “ Agreement ”), is entered into by and between the undersigned subscriber, (the “ Subscriber ”) and Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is conducting a “best efforts” offering of up to 400 units (the “ Units ”) at an offering price of $25,000 per Unit (the “ Offering Price ”) for an aggregate offering amount of $10,000,000 (the “ Offering ”);

 

WHEREAS, each Unit consists of: (i) 25,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of Company common stock, par value $ 0.00001 per share (“ Common Stock ”) and (ii) a warrant (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase 12,500 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrant Shares ”) at an exercise price of $2.00 per Warrant Share, with each such Warrant exercisable until November 15, 2016 (the Units and underlying Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares, collectively, the “ Securities ”); and

 

WHEREAS, Subscriber desires to purchase the Securities for the Purchase Price (as defined below), and the Company desires to sell the Securities to the Subscriber for the Purchase Price.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, Subscriber and the Company agree as follows:

 

1.            Purchase and Sale of the Securities .

 

(a)          The Company hereby agrees to issue and to sell to Subscriber, and Subscriber hereby agrees to purchase from the Company, the Securities as indicated above.

 

(b)          Subscriber has hereby delivered and paid concurrently herewith the aggregate purchase price set forth on the signature page hereof in an amount required to purchase and pay for the Units subscribed for hereunder (the “ Purchase Price ”), which amount has been paid in U.S. Dollars by wire transfer or check, subject to collection, to the order of “Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.”

 

 
 

 

(c)          Registration Rights of Shares. If at any time the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for security holders of the Company for their account (or by the Company and by security holders of the Company), other than a registration statement (i) filed in connection with an offering of securities to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) filed on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor to such forms, (iii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing security holders, (iv)  for a dividend reinvestment plan, or (v) solely in connection with a merger, share capital exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, amalgamation, subsequent liquidation, or other similar business transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property of a non-capital raising bona fide business transaction, then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of the Shares and Warrant Shares as soon as practicable but in no event less than three (3) business days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the holder of the Shares and Warrant Shares in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of the Shares and Warrant Shares as such holders may request in writing within three (3) business days following receipt by such holder of such notice (a “ Piggy-Back Registration ”), provided, however, the holder of the Shares and Warrant Shares shall only be entitled to one Piggy-Back Registration right. The Company shall include in such registration statement such Shares and Warrant Shares that are requested to be included therein within three (3) business days after the receipt by such holder of any such notice, on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company. If at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each holder of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and (x) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Shares in connection with such registration, and (y) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay registering any Shares and Warrant Shares for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities. If the offering pursuant to a Piggy-Back Registration is to be an underwritten offering, then the holder making a request for its Shares and Warrant Shares to be included therein must permit the sale or other disposition of such Shares and Warrant Shares in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The holder of the Shares and Warrant Shares proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an underwriter or underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration and the holder of the Shares and Warrant Shares shall be responsible for any fees or commissions due to such underwriters in connection with the sale of such Shares and Warrant Shares.

 

(i)           Reduction of Offering . If the managing underwriter or underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the holder of Shares and Warrant Shares in writing that the dollar amount or number of the Common Stock which the Company desires to sell, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders of the Shares and Warrant Shares, the Shares and Warrant Shares as to which registration has been requested under this section, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other securityholders of the Company, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of securities that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of securities, as applicable, the “ Maximum Number of Securities ”), then the Company shall include in any such registration:

 

 
 

 

(1)          If the registration is undertaken for the Company’s account: (A) first, the shares of Common Stock that the Company desires to sell; and (B) to the extent of the Maximum Number of Securities, the shares of Common Stock, pro-rata among holders, for the account of any persons, including investors in this Offering for which the Company is obligated to register pursuant to contractual piggy-back registration rights such as in this Agreement.

 

(ii)          Withdrawal . Any holder of Shares and Warrant Shares may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of the Shares and Warrant Shares in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. The Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a registration statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of the Shares and Warrant Shares in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration.

 

(iii)         Limitations on Piggy-Back Registration Rights .  The Piggy-Back Registration Rights granted pursuant to this Section shall expire upon the date such Shares and Warrant Shares are eligible for sale without registration pursuant to Rule 144.  Further, the Company has the right to exclude the holder of the Shares and Warrant Shares from any registration statement in the event the Company is contractually obligated to exclude such securities. Furthermore, in the event that the registration statement covers shares of the Company, the Company, or the underwriter shall have a right to require the Holders to a six (6) month lock-up period from the date of effectiveness of the registration statement.

 

(iv)         Obligations of the Buyer .  In connection with any registration statement utilized by the Company to satisfy the registration rights pursuant to this section, the Buyer agrees to cooperate with the Company in connection with the preparation of the registration statement, and Buyer agrees that it will (i) respond within three (3) Business Days to any written request by the Company to provide or verify information regarding the holder or his Shares or Warrant Shares (including the proposed manner of sale) that may be required to be included in such registration statement and related prospectus pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and (ii) provide in a timely manner information regarding the proposed distribution by the holder of the Shares and Warrant Shares and such other information as may be requested by the Company from time to time in connection with the preparation of and for inclusion in the registration statement and related prospectus.

 

 
 

 

(d)          For a period of 2 years from the final closing of this Offering, the Shares sold in this Offering will be subject to “full ratchet” anti-dilution protection for subsequent offering of securities for the sale the Company’s Common Stock (or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock) at less than $1.00, provided, however, unless the financing is in the form of a SEC registered offering. Specifically, in the event the Company sells any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock below $1.00, then the investor is entitled to receive such shares as they would have received in this Offering had they purchase price in this Offering been equal to the purchase at which the Company is then offering the securities (less such shares received in this Offering), subject to a floor of $.80. This full ratchet protection is only available to the investor in this Offering and such anti-dilution protection is not transferrable.

 

(e)          For the longer of (i) one year following the final closing of this Offering or (ii) as long as a majority of the Shares issued at the closing of this Offering are held by the initial investors in this Offering, each investor in this Offering shall have a right to participate, on a pro rata basis based on the percentage of Units purchased in this Offering by such Investor, in any future equity capital raise undertaken by the Company, up to an aggregate amount equal to the amount raised in this Offering.

 

2.            Representations and Warranties of Subscriber . Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(a)          Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), and Subscriber is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of Subscriber’s investment in the Securities and has the ability and capacity to protect Subscriber’s interests.

 

(b)          Subscriber understands that the Securities have not been registered. Subscriber understands that the sale of Securities to Subscriber will not be registered under the Act on the ground that the issuance thereof is exempt under Section 4(2) of the Act as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering and that, in the view of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), the statutory basis for the exception claimed would not be present if any of the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement are untrue or, notwithstanding the Subscriber’s representations and warranties, the Subscriber currently has in mind acquiring any of the Securities for resale upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of some predetermined event.

 

(c)          Subscriber acknowledges and understands that the Securities are being purchased for investment purposes and not with a view to distribution or resale, nor with the intention of selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of all or any part thereof for any particular price, or at any particular time, or upon the happening of any particular event or circumstances, except selling, transferring, or disposing the Securities made in full compliance with all applicable provisions of the Act, the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder, and applicable state securities laws; and that an investment in the Securities is not a liquid investment.

 

 
 

 

(d)          Subscriber acknowledges that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available. Subscriber is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act which permit limited resale of common stock purchased in a private placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among other things, the existence of a public market for the common stock, the availability of certain current public information about the Company. In the event that the Company determines to register the Securities under the Act, Subscriber agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a registration statement, unless such Subscriber notifies the Company in writing of Subscriber’s election to exclude all of Subscriber’s Securities from the registration statement. Upon effectiveness of the registration statement, Subscriber further agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Securities pursuant to such registration statement.

 

(e)          Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from the Company or any person acting on its behalf concerning the Company and its business and to obtain any additional information, to the extent possessed by the Company (or to the extent it could have been acquired by the Company without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify the accuracy of the information received by Subscriber. In connection therewith, Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has had the opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with the Company’s management or any person acting on its behalf. Subscriber has had the opportunity to review the Company’s filings with the SEC, including the Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2013 (the “ SEC Reports ”) and Subscriber has received and reviewed the Subscription Booklet, and all the information, both written and oral, that it desires. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Subscriber has been furnished with or has had the opportunity to acquire, and to review, all information (including copies of all of the Company’s publicly available documents on the EDGAR system maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm and the SEC Reports), both written and oral, that it desires with respect to the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and prospects. In determining whether to make this investment, Subscriber has relied solely on Subscriber’s own knowledge and understanding of the Company and its business based upon Subscriber’s own due diligence investigations and the information furnished pursuant to this paragraph. Subscriber understands that no person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations which were not furnished pursuant to this paragraph and Subscriber has not relied on any other representations or information.

 

(f)           Subscriber has all requisite legal and other power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and to carry out and perform Subscriber’s obligations under the terms of this Subscription Agreement. This Subscription Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other general principals of equity, whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or law.

 

(g)          Subscriber has carefully considered and has discussed with Subscriber’s professional legal, tax, accounting and financial advisors, to the extent Subscriber has deemed necessary, the suitability of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement for Subscriber’s particular federal, state, local and foreign tax and financial situation and has determined that this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are a suitable investment for Subscriber. Subscriber relies solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. Subscriber understands that Subscriber (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Subscriber’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

 
 

 

(h)         This Subscription Agreement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact concerning Subscriber.

 

(i)          There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending against Subscriber or Subscriber’s properties before any court or governmental agency (nor, to Subscriber’s knowledge, is there any threat thereof) which would impair in any way Subscriber’s ability to enter into and fully perform Subscriber’s commitments and obligations under this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(j)          The execution, delivery and performance of and compliance with this Subscription Agreement, and the issuance of the Securities will not result in any material violation of, or conflict with, or constitute a material default under, any of Subscriber’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, if applicable, or any of Subscriber’s material agreements nor result in the creation of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or charge against any of the assets or properties of Subscriber or the Securities.

 

(k)          Subscriber acknowledges that the Securities are speculative and involve a high degree of risk and that Subscriber can bear the economic risk of the purchase of the Securities, including a total loss of its investment.

 

(l)           Subscriber fully understands that a portion of the proceeds from this Offering will be used for the repayment of certain 12% Promissory Notes issued in an offering that commenced October 22, 2013 unless such notes all converted into this Offering in accordance with their terms, the potential acquisition of future staffing companies and general working capital of the Company.

 

(m)         Subscriber recognizes that no federal, state or foreign agency has recommended or endorsed the purchase of the Securities.

 

(n)          Subscriber is aware that the Securities are and will be, when issued, “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 of the general rules and regulations under the Act.

 

(o)          Subscriber understands that any and all certificates representing the Securities and any and all securities issued in replacement thereof or in exchange therefor shall bear the following legend or one substantially similar thereto, which Subscriber has read and understands:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THIS CORPORATION, IS AVAILABLE.”

 

 
 

 

(p)         In addition, the certificates representing the Securities, and any and all securities issued in replacement thereof or in exchange therefor, shall bear such legend as may be required by the securities laws of the jurisdiction in which Subscriber resides.

 

(q)         Because of the restrictions imposed on resale, Subscriber understands that the Company shall have the right to note stop-transfer instructions in its stock transfer records, and Subscriber has been informed of the Company’s intention to do so. Any sales, transfers, or any other dispositions of the Securities by Subscriber, if any, will be in compliance with the Act.

 

(r)          Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and of making an informed investment decision.

 

(s)          Subscriber represents that (i) Subscriber is able to bear the economic risks of an investment in the Securities and to afford the complete loss of the investment; and (ii) (A) Subscriber could be reasonably assumed to have the capacity to protect its own interests in connection with this subscription; or (B) Subscriber has a pre-existing personal or business relationship with either the Company or any affiliate thereof of such duration and nature as would enable a reasonably prudent purchaser to be aware of the character, business acumen and general business and financial circumstances of the Company or such affiliate and is otherwise personally qualified to evaluate and assess the risks, nature and other aspects of this subscription.

 

(t)          Subscriber further represents that the address set forth below is his/her principal residence (or, if Subscriber is a company, partnership or other entity, the address of its principal place of business); that Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for Subscriber’s own account and not, in whole or in part, for the account of any other person; Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for investment and not with a view to resale or distribution; and that Subscriber has not formed any entity for the purpose of purchasing the Securities.

 

(u)          Subscriber understands that the Company shall have the unconditional right to accept or reject this subscription, in whole or in part, for any reason or without a specific reason, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company (even after receipt and clearance of Subscriber’s funds). This Subscription Agreement is not binding upon the Company until accepted by an authorized officer of the Company. In the event that the subscription is rejected, then Subscriber’s subscription funds will be returned without interest thereon or deduction therefrom.

 

(v)         Subscriber has not been furnished with any oral representation or oral information in connection with the Offering of the Securities that is not in this Subscription Booklet.

 

(w)         No representations or warranties have been made to Subscriber by the Company, or any officer, employee, agent, affiliate or subsidiary of the Company, other than the representations of the Company contained herein, and in subscribing for the Securities, Subscriber is not relying upon any representations other than those contained in this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber further acknowledges that the Company is a publicly reporting company and that additional information about the Company can be retrieved from the SEC’s website.

 

(x)          Subscriber represents and warrants, to the best of its knowledge, unless previously disclosed to the Company or its counsel, that no finder, broker, agent, financial advisor or other intermediary, nor any purchaser representative or any broker-dealer acting as a broker, is entitled to any compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

 
 

 

(y)         Subscriber represents and warrants that he, she or it is not an affiliate of the Company.

 

(z)          Subscriber understands that there is no minimum amount which must be raised before the Company holds an initial closing of this Offering and that the Company will not have enough money to implement its business plan unless it raises a substantial percentage of the Offering amount. Subscriber acknowledges that if the Company does not raise a substantial percentage of the Offering amount, it will lead to the complete loss of Subscriber’s investment.

 

3.            Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company . The Company represents, warrants and covenants to Subscriber as follows:

 

(a)          The Company will be duly organized and will validly exist as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Nevada.

 

(b)          The Company has all such corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform this Subscription Agreement.

 

(c)          All necessary corporate action has been duly and validly taken by the Company to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement by the Company, and the issuance and sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement. This Subscription Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.

 

4.            Indemnification . Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its shareholders, officers, directors, employees, promissory noteholders (if applicable) and affiliates, and any person acting on behalf of the Company, from and against any and all damage, loss, liability, cost and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) which any of them may incur by reason of the failure by Subscriber to fulfill any of the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement, or by reason of any breach of the representations and warranties made by Subscriber herein, or in any other document provided by Subscriber to the Company. All representations, warranties and covenants of each of Subscriber and the Company contained herein shall survive the acceptance of this subscription.

 

5.            Miscellaneous .

 

(a)          Subscriber agrees not to transfer or assign this Subscription Agreement or any of Subscriber’s interest herein and further agrees that the transfer or assignment of the Securities acquired pursuant hereto shall be made only in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

(b)          Subscriber agrees that Subscriber cannot cancel, terminate, or revoke this Subscription Agreement or any agreement of Subscriber made hereunder, and this Subscription Agreement shall survive the death or legal disability of Subscriber and shall be binding upon Subscriber’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and permitted assigns.

 

 
 

 

(c)          Subscriber has read and has accurately completed this entire Subscription Agreement.

 

(d)          This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by a written execution by all parties.

 

(e)          Subscriber acknowledges that it has been advised to consult with its own attorney regarding this subscription and Subscriber has done so to the extent that Subscriber deems appropriate.

 

(f)           Any notice or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to Subscriber shall be in writing and sent (i) by fax if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid) or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid).

 

If to the Company, at:

 

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

641 Lexington Avenue

Suite 1526

New York, New York 10022

 

with a copy to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

150 East 42 nd Street, 11 th Floor

New York, New York 10017

Attention : Sarah Williams, Esq.

 

or such other address as it shall have specified to Subscriber in writing.

 

(g)          Failure of the Company to exercise any right or remedy under this Subscription Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and Subscriber, or otherwise, or delay by the Company in exercising such right or remedy, will not operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by the Company will be effective unless and until it is in writing and signed by the Company.

 

(h)          This Subscription Agreement shall be enforced, governed and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as such laws are applied by the New York courts to agreements entered into and to be performed in New York by and between residents of New York, and shall be binding upon Subscriber, Subscriber’s heirs, estate, legal representatives, successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns.

 

(i)           If any provision of this Subscription Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof that may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions hereof.

 

 
 

 

(j)           The parties understand and agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of the Subscription Agreement by the Company or Subscriber and that the party against which such breach is committed shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, as a remedy for any such breach. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach by either party of the Subscription Agreement but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to the party against which such breach is committed.

 

(k)          All pronouns and any variations thereof used herein shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, singular or plural, as identity of the person or persons may require.

 

(l)          This Subscription Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have executed this Subscription Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

 

__________________________ X $25,000 for each Unit = $_____________________.
Number of Units subscribed for   Aggregate Purchase Price

 

Manner in which Title is to be held (Please Check One ):

 

1. ___ Individual   7. ___ Trust/Estate/Pension or Profit Sharing Plan
Date Opened:______________
             
2. ___ Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship   8. ___ As a Custodian for
________________________________
Under the Uniform Gift to Minors Act of the State of
________________________________
             
3. ___ Community Property   9. ___ Married with Separate Property
             
4. ___ Tenants in Common   10. ___ Keogh
             
5. ___ Corporation/Partnership/ Limited Liability Company   11. ___ Tenants by the Entirety
             
6. ___ IRA   12. ___ Foundation described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

   

IF MORE THAN ONE SUBSCRIBER, EACH SUBSCRIBER MUST SIGN:

 

· INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIBERS MUST COMPLETE PAGE 11

 

· SUBSCRIBERS WHICH ARE ENTITIES MUST COMPLETE PAGE 12

 

 
 

 

EXECUTION BY NATURAL PERSONS

 

_________________________________________________________________________________________
Exact Name in Which Title is to be Held

 

     
Name (Please Print)   Name of Additional Subscriber
     
     
Residence: Number and Street   Address of Additional Subscriber
     
     
City, State and Zip Code   City, State and Zip Code
     
     
Social Security Number   Social Security Number
     
     
Telephone Number   Telephone Number
     
     
Fax Number (if available)   Fax Number (if available)
     
     
E-Mail (if available)   E-Mail (if available)
     
(Signature)   (Signature of Additional Subscriber)
     
*If Subscriber is a Registered Representative with a FINRA member firm, have the following acknowledgement signed by the appropriate party:  
The undersigned FINRA member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by Rule 3050 of the FINRA Conduct Rules  

 

    ACCEPTED this ____ day of __________ 2013, on behalf of Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
Name of FINRA Firm    
     
By:     By:  
  Name:     Name:
  Title:     Title:

   

 
 

 

EXECUTION BY SUBSCRIBER WHICH IS AN ENTITY

 

(Corporation, Partnership, Trust, Etc.)

 

_________________________________________________________________________________________

Name of Entity (Please Print)

Date of Incorporation or Organization:

 

State of Principal Office:

 

Federal Taxpayer Identification Number: _________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________

Office Address

____________________________________________

City, State and Zip Code

____________________________________________

Telephone Number

____________________________________________

Fax Number (if available)

____________________________________________

E-Mail (if available)

 

     
[seal]   By:  
    Name:
Attest:     Title:
(If Entity is a Corporation)    

 

*If Subscriber is a Registered Representative with a FINRA member firm, have the following acknowledgement signed by the appropriate party:  
   
The undersigned FINRA member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by Rule 3050 of the FINRA Conduct Rules  

 

    ACCEPTED this ____ day of __________ 2013, on behalf of Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
Name of FINRA Firm    
     
By:     By:  
    Name:       Name:
    Title:       Title:

 

 

 

 

 

THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT OR SATISFACTORY ASSURANCES TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SALE, OFFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

OF

 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

Void after _________ , 2016

 

Warrant No. ___ Date of Issuance: _____________, 2013

 

This certifies that, for value received, _________________, a ________________________, or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (the “ Company ”), a Nevada corporation, __________________ (_______) (shares of the Common Stock of the Company (the “ Warrant Shares ”), upon surrender hereof, at the principal office of the Company referred to below and simultaneous payment therefor in lawful money of the United States or otherwise as hereinafter provided, at the Exercise Price as set forth in Section 2 below.

 

This warrant (the “ Warrant ”) is issued pursuant to the “Subscription Agreement” dated as of ____________, 2013, among the Company and certain “Purchasers” named therein (the “ Subscription Agreement ”). The number, character and Exercise Price of such shares of Common Stock (the “ Common Stock ”) are subject to adjustment as provided below. The term “Warrant” as used herein shall include this Warrant and any warrants delivered in substitution or exchange therefor as provided herein. Unless otherwise separately defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Warrant shall have the same meaning as is set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

The following terms shall apply to this Warrant:

 

1.             Term of Warrant . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, during the term commencing on the Date of Issuance, and ending at ___, 2016.

 

 
 

 

2.             Exercise Price . The Exercise Price per share of Common Stock at which this Warrant may be exercised shall be equal to $2.00 per share as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 10 below (the “ Exercise Price ”). If the Exercise Price is adjusted, then the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to this Warrant shall be appropriately adjusted, using the formula set forth in Section 10 hereof.

 

3.             Exercise of Warrant .

 

(a)          The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the Holder in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly completed and executed on behalf of the Holder, at the office of the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company), upon payment in cash or by check acceptable to the Company.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon exercise of this Warrant, the Holder may, at the Holder’s election exercise this Warrant by paying to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares being purchased.

 

(c)          This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the date of its surrender for exercise as provided above, and the person entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on such date. As promptly as practicable on or after such date, the Company at its expense shall issue and deliver to the person or persons entitled to receive the same a certificate or certificates for the number of shares issuable upon such exercise. In the event that this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor exercisable for the number of shares for which this Warrant may then be exercised.

 

4.             No Fractional Shares or Scrip . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional share to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall make a cash payment equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction.

 

5.             Replacement of Warrant . On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft, or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and amount.

 

6.             Rights of Stockholders . Until the Holder exercises this Warrant and the Company issues the Holder Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise hereof, as provided herein, the Holder shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof for any purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Holder, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent or assert dissenter’s rights with respect to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock, change of par value, or change of stock to no par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance, or otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise.

 

 
 

 

7.             Transfer of Warrant .

 

(a)           Warrant Register . The Company will maintain a register (the “ Warrant Register ”) containing the names and addresses of the Holder. The Holder may change his address as shown on the Warrant Register by written notice to the Company requesting such change. Any notice or written communication required or permitted to be given to the Holder may be delivered or given by mail to the Holder as shown on the Warrant Register and at the address shown on the Warrant Register. Until this Warrant is transferred on the Warrant Register, the Company may treat the Holder as shown on the Warrant Register as the absolute owner of this Warrant for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

(b)           Warrant Agent . The Company may, by written notice to the Holder, appoint an agent for the purpose of maintaining the Warrant Register referred to in Section 7(a) above, issuing the Common Stock or other securities then issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, exchanging this Warrant, replacing this Warrant, or any or all of the foregoing. Thereafter, any such registration, issuance, exchange, or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at the office of such agent.

 

(c)           Transferability and Non-negotiability of Warrant . This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without compliance with the terms of this Warrant and all applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and the transferee (including the delivery of investment representation letters reasonably satisfactory to the Company, if such are requested by the Company).

 

(d)           Compliance with Securities Laws .

 

(i)          The Warrant and the Warrant Shares are characterized as “restricted securities” under the 1933 Act inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering, and that under the 1933 Act and applicable regulations thereunder, such securities may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, the Holder represents that it is familiar with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) Rule 144, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the 1933 Act. The Company is under no obligation to register any of the securities sold hereunder, except as provided in Section 11 hereof. No public market now exists for this Warrant or the Warrant Shares and that it is uncertain whether a public market will ever exist for this Warrant or the Warrant Shares.

 

(ii)          This Warrant and all certificates for the Warrant Shares issued upon exercise hereof shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form (in addition to any legend required by state securities laws):

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THE SECURITES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT, (B) A “NO ACTION” LETTER OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SALE OR OFFER OR (C) SATISFACTORY ASSURANCES TO THE CORPORATION THAT REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS NOT REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SALE OR OFFER.”

 

 
 

 

Certificates evidencing the Warrant shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in this Section): (i) following a sale of such Warrant pursuant to an effective registration statement or (ii) following a sale of such Warrant pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC). Following such time as restrictive legends are not required to be placed on certificates representing the Warrant, the Company will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Holder to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing the Warrant containing a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder a certificate representing such Warrant that is free from the restrictive legend provided for in this Section. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the effective date of a registration statement covering the Warrant if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section. Certificates for the Warrant subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company system.

 

(e)          Disposition of the Holder's Rights .

 

(i)           Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant, substantially in the form attached hereto, duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

(ii)           New Warrants . This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 7(e)(i), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial exercise date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

(f)           Any entity to whom the Holder transfers any right to purchase the Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of such right shall become a “Holder” for purposes of this Section 7.

 

 
 

 

8.             Reservation of Stock . The Company covenants that during the term this Warrant is exercisable, the Company will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant and, from time to time, will take all steps necessary to amend its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate ”) as the same may be amended from time to time to provide sufficient reserves of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant. The Company further covenants that all shares that may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this Warrant, upon exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price, all as set forth herein, will be free from all taxes, liens, and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously or otherwise specified herein). The Company agrees that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.

  

9.             Amendments .

 

(a)          Any term of the Warrants, including this Warrant, may be amended, and any waiver of any term of the Warrants may be granted, with the written consent of the Company and the holders of Warrants exercisable for at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock for which all Warrants are exercisable. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9 shall be binding upon the Holder and each future holder of the Warrant and the Company, notwithstanding the fact that the Holder or such future holder did not consent to such amendment or waiver.

 

(b)          No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition or provision of the Warrants, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition or provision.

 

10.           Adjustments . The Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(a)           Reclassification, etc . If the Company at any time while this Warrant, or any portion thereof, remains outstanding and unexpired shall, by reclassification of securities or otherwise, change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or other change and the Exercise Price therefor shall be appropriately adjusted, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section 10.

 

(b)           Split, Subdivision or Combination of Warrant Shares . If the Company at any time while this Warrant, or any portion thereof, remains outstanding and unexpired shall split, subdivide or combine the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, into a different number of securities of the same class, the Exercise Price for such securities shall be proportionately decreased in the case of a split or subdivision or proportionately increased in the case of a combination.

 

 
 

 

(d)           Certificate as to Adjustments . Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 10, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the written request, at any time, of any such holder, furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments and readjustments; (ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect; and (iii) the number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

11.           Registration Rights . Upon exercise of this Warrant, the shares of Common Stock issued as a result of such exercise shall have the registration rights as set forth in Section 1(c) of the Subscription Agreement.

 

13.           Miscellaneous .

 

(a)           Additional Undertaking . The Holder hereby agrees to take whatever additional action and execute whatever additional documents the Company may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on either the Holder or the shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise hereof pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant.

 

(b)           Governing Law . This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.

 

(c)           Successors and Assigns . The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors and assigns and upon the Holder, the Holder's permitted assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of the Holder's estate, whether or not any such person shall have become a party to this Warrant and have agreed in writing to join herein and be bound by the terms hereof.

 

(d)           Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant . The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

(e)           Jurisdiction . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

 

(f)            Notices . Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

 

 
 

 

(g)           Limitation of Liability . No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

(h)           Remedies . The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(Signatures appear on the following page.)

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated as of ___________ , 2013.

 

  STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 
 


NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

  To: Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

 

(1)          The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant.

 

Such exercise is made pursuant to Section 1(a) and the undersigned herewith makes payment of the Warrant Price for such shares in full in the amount of $___________.

 

(2)          In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the shares of Common Stock have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), and are restricted securities under the 1933 Act and that the undersigned will not offer, sell, or otherwise dispose of any such shares of Common Stock except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the 1933 Act or any state securities laws.

 

(3)          Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

  Name  
     
  Name  

 

(4) Please issue a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of the attached Warrant in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

  Name  
     
  Name  

 

Signature:    

 

Date:    

 

 

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

AMONG

 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

AND

 

THE SHAREHOLDERS OF INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

Dated October 30, 2013

 

 
 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated 30 th October 2013 (the “ Effective Date ”), is by and among Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Purchaser ”) (1) and those Persons listed on Schedule 1 hereto (individually a “ Shareholder ”, and individually and collectively the “ Shareholders ”) (2). The Purchaser and the Shareholders are collectively referred to herein as the “ Parties .”

 

RECITALS

 

Under this Agreement the Purchaser is to purchase from the Shareholders all of the issued shares of Initio in consideration of the Purchase Price (as defined below). Upon completion of which transaction the Purchaser will own all of the issued shares of Initio and Initio will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser.

 

Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises herein made, and in consideration of the representations, warranties, and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

1.1           Definitions. In addition to the capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, including the recitals, the following capitalized terms, when used herein, shall have the following meanings:

 

Accounting Policies ” means the accounting policies and practices used in the preparation of the Accounts that are in accordance with accounting standards policies principles and practices generally accepted in the United Kingdom (including all applicable statements of Standard Accounting Practice and Financial Reporting Standards) including the policies and practices listed in Section 2 of Schedule 2.

 

Accounts ” means the audited consolidated financial statements of Initio and the Group for the year ended 31 December 2012;

 

Adjusted EBITDA ” means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and also excludes business reorganization costs, impairment of goodwill, and costs incurred outside of the normal course of business or non-recurring costs in accordance with the Accounting Policies.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person or member of a group of Persons acting together that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by or is under common Control with, the specified Person.

 

“Agreement,” “this Agreement,” “hereto,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “hereby , and similar expressions refer to this Stock Purchase Agreement, including the Schedules and exhibits attached hereto, and not any particular article, section, subsection or other subdivision hereof or thereof.

 

“Business Day” means a day, other than Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in London, England, are open to the public for the transaction of their normal banking business.

 

“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4 hereof.

 

“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4 hereof.

 

“Closing Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 
 

 

“Control” (including the terms “Controlling,” “Controlled By,” and “under Common Control With”) means the holding of the majority of the voting rights attaching to the equity shares or stock of any company that carries the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that company.

 

" Covenantors " means Brendan Flood and Matthew Briand.

 

"Covenantors' and Shareholders' Representatives " means Brendan Flood and Matthew Briand.

“Deed of Warranties” means, the Deed of Warranties and Tax Covenant between the Purchaser and the Covenantors in the agreed form, subject to such amendments as may be agreed between the Purchaser and the Covenantors prior to the Closing.

 

" Disclosure Letter " means the letter dated as at the Closing Date from the Covenantors to the Purchaser and which is delivered to the Purchaser immediately before Closing (and which includes the Disclosure Bundle).

 

Disclosure Bundle means the bundle of documents annexed to, or forming the bundle of documents referred to in, the Disclosure Letter (and which forms part of the Disclosure Letter).

 

“EBITDA” means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, calculated in accordance with Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 2.

 

“Employment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

" Gross Profit " means Revenue less direct costs of services, consisting of payroll, payroll taxes, insurance costs and reimbursable expenses, calculated in accordance with Section 1 of Schedule 2.

 

" Group " means Initio and the Subsidiaries and " Group Company " means any one of them.

 

“Governmental Body” means any foreign, federal, state, provincial or local governmental body or political subdivision thereof, and any agency or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government, including, without limitation, all taxing authorities.

 

" HMRC " means Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the United Kingdom.

 

Holder ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8 hereof.

 

“in the agreed form” means in the form of the document agreed by the Parties and initialed by the Parties for identification.

 

" Initio " means Initio International Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 7116112 whose registered office is at Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square, Hardwicks Way, Wandsworth, London, England SW18 4AW.

 

Investment ” shall mean, as applied to any Person, (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by such Person of any notes, obligations, instruments, stock, securities or ownership interest (including without limitation partnership interests and joint venture interests) of any Person and (ii) any capital contribution by such Person to any other Person.

 

“Key Employee” means an employee of Initio who meets any one or more of the following criteria: (i) owns at least five percent of the issued and outstanding stock of Initio (excluding Simon Lythgoe); or (ii) is an officer or member of the Board of Directors of Initio.

 

 
 

 

“Lien” means any interest, consensual or otherwise, in property securing a monetary obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, including without limitation, all liens, mortgages, security interests, pledges, deeds of trust, statutory liens for unpaid rentals, options or other charges and encumbrances.

 

“Material” or “Materially ” (whether or not capitalized) means (a) a contract with a potential value in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), either individually or in an aggregate basis, or (b) a potential effect on Initio in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), either individually or in an aggregate basis or (c) which is otherwise material in the context of the financial position or trading of the Group.

 

“Material Adverse Change” or “Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts that is, or is reasonably likely to be, Materially adverse to the business and/or financial condition, of Initio or its Subsidiaries (on a combined basis), other than any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts relating to the economy in general.

 

" Minority Shareholders " means those persons (other than Initio) who are shareholders in the Subsidiaries and whose names and addresses are set out in column 1 of Schedule 4.

 

" Minority Shareholder Deeds " means the deeds in the agreed form to be entered into by each of the Minority Shareholders and the Purchaser pursuant to which the Purchaser will agree to purchase the Minority Shareholder's shareholding in the Subsidiaries for such consideration as it set out opposite such Minority Shareholder's name in Schedule 4.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or partnership, unincorporated association, trust, joint venture or other organization or entity.

 

Piggy-Back Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8 hereof.

 

"Profit Payments" means the payments to be made to each of the Right Holders on Closing, in accordance with the scheme operated by Monroe Staffing Services LLC.

 

“Promissory Note” means promissory notes in the agreed form, to be issued by the Purchaser to the Shareholders under Section 2.3(c) below.

 

“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

Purchaser Common Stock ” means the Purchaser’s common stock, $.00001 par value per share.

 

" Purchaser's Group " means the Purchaser, any parent undertaking and/or subsidiary undertaking (each as defined in section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006) of the Purchaser.

 

“Purchaser Shares” means the Purchaser Common Stock issued to the Shareholders pursuant to section 2.3(b) hereof and any additional Purchaser Common Stock issued to the Shareholders pursuant to section 2.2(d).

 

" Revenue " means revenue of the Group, determined as follows: (i) revenue for temporary services (recognized at the time that the service is provided and revenue is recorded on a time and materials basis); (ii) temporary contracting revenue (recognized as gross when the company acts as principal in the transaction and is at risk for collection); (iii) revenue that does not meet the criteria for gross revenue reporting (reported on a net basis); (iv) revenue generated when the company permanently places an individual with a client on a contingent basis (recorded at the time of acceptance of employment); and (v) revenue generated when the company places an individual with a client on a retained basis (recorded ratably over the period the services are rendered), in a manner as consistently applied by the Group.

 

" Rights Holders " means those persons whose names are set out in column 1 of Schedule 5.

 

 
 

 

“Schedule” means any Schedule to this Agreement.

 

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

Selling Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8 hereof.

 

Selling Holder ” means a holder who elects to include Purchaser Shares in a Piggy-Back Registration in accordance with Section 5.8 hereof.

 

" September Accounts " means the consolidated management accounts of the Group for the twelve month period ending on September 30, 2013 showing the EBITDA of the Group for the twelve month period to September 30, 2013, such accounts having been prepared in accordance with the Accounting and the Principle applied in calculating Gross Profit and Revenue of the Group, and agreed by the Purchaser and Shareholder prior to Closing.

 

“Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof.

 

Subsidiaries ” means each of the companies listed in Part 2 of Schedule 4.

 

Trading Market ” means the following markets, exchanges or listing platforms on which the Purchaser Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board or the OTC Markets Group.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement and the other agreements, documents and instruments contemplated hereby, including but not limited to the Promissory Note, the Deed of Warranties, Deed of Restrictive Covenant, Minority Shareholders Deeds, and Employment Agreements.

 

" Working Capital Additional Payment " has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e) hereof.

 

" Working Capital Reduction Payment " has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e) hereof.

 

Work in Process” or “WIP ” means the right to receive payment from a client of Initio or any of its Subsidiaries for services provided by Initio or its Subsidiaries (whether the services are complete or incomplete) before the Closing Date and which, as of the Closing Date, has not been included in an invoice sent to the client. Work in Process is separate and distinct from Initio’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ accounts receivable, for purposes of this Agreement.

 

1.2          Meaning of “Knowledge.”

 

For the purposes of this Agreement, any reference to the existence or absence of facts which is indicated to be based on the Knowledge of Initio means the actual knowledge of the Covenantors and the directors and officers of Initio and the Subsidiaries who would know. Any reference to the Knowledge of the Purchaser shall mean the actual knowledge of Alfonso J. Cervantes, the Purchaser’s President.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Purchase and Sale of Shares

 

2.1          Sale and Delivery.

 

(a)          Purchase of Shares. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Shareholders hereby agrees to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase all of the issued shares of Initio held by the Shareholders in the amounts shown opposite their respective names in Column (2) of Schedule 1, which on the Closing Date shall collectively constitute one hundred percent (100%) of the issued shares of Initio (the “ Shares ”). The Shares shall be sold by the Shareholders with full title guarantee free and clear of any and all Liens and with all rights attaching to them at the Closing Date.

 

 
 

 

2.2          Total Purchase Price. The aggregate consideration to be paid by the Purchaser to the Shareholders for the sale and purchase of the Shares shall be the sum of:

 

(i) 4.5 x the EBITDA of the Group for the calendar year ending December 31, 2013 calculated in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 of this Agreement and the principles applied in calculating Gross Profit and Revenue, save that the minimum aggregate amount payable by the Purchaser to the Shareholders shall be the sum of $14.58 million and the maximum aggregate amount payable by the Purchaser to the Shareholders shall be the sum of £17.82 million (the " Purchase Price "); plus

 

(ii) U.S. $500,000 (the " Fee Consideration ");

 

(iii) plus any Working Capital Additional Payment; or

 

(iv) less any Working Capital Reduction Payment,

 

(the aggregate of (i) to (iv) together the “ Total Purchase Price ”).

 

2.3          Closing Payment. At Closing the Purchaser shall pay to the Shareholders an aggregate sum equal to:

 

(i) 4.5 x the EBITDA of the Group for the 12 month period ending September 30, 2013 as set out in the September Accounts (the " Closing Payment "). Such Closing Payment shall be payable by the Purchaser as set forth in Sections 2.3(a), (b) and (c) below and each Shareholder shall receive such proportion of the Closing Payment as set out in Schedule 1; and

 

(ii) the Fee Consideration, which shall be payable by the Purchaser to the Shareholders in cash in immediately available funds by wire transfer to accounts specified by the Shareholders and in such proportions as set out in Schedule 1.

 

(a)          Cash. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay to the Shareholders an amount equal to 40% of the Closing Payment, in cash in immediately available funds by (i) wire transfer to accounts specified by the Shareholders or (ii) if requested by a Shareholder, by a certified or bank cashier’s check payable to, or upon the order of, such Shareholder. Each Shareholder will receive such amount of the Closing Payment in cash as is set out opposite his name in Schedule 1.

 

(b)          Purchaser Shares. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay in satisfaction of 33.3% of the Closing Payment, by the issuance to the Shareholders of approximately 3,236,760 Purchaser Common Stock valued at a price of $1.50 per shares. Each Shareholder will receive such number of the Purchaser Shares as is set out opposite his name in Schedule 1. The Purchaser Shares will be issued free and clear of all Liens, and will have all rights attached to the Purchaser’s Common Stock issued to or held by all the other shareholders of the Purchaser at the Closing Date and the registration rights as provided set forth in Section 5.8 below.

 

(c)          Promissory Note. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall execute and deliver to the Shareholders a three year promissory note in the aggregate amount equal to 26.7% of the Closing Payment. Each Shareholder will receive such nominal value of Promissory Notes as is set out opposite his name in Schedule 1. Subject to the terms of the Promissory Notes, each Promissory Note will bear interest at the rate of six (6%) percent per annum, amortized on a five year straight line basis. Payment of the Promissory Note shall commence in the month after the Closing Date and continue monthly thereafter in accordance with the terms of the Promissory Notes.

 

 
 

 

(d)          Purchase Price/Closing Payment Adjustment. Upon completion of the audit of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2013, the Purchase Price shall be calculated and the Closing Payment shall be adjusted accordingly to reflect the Adjusted EBITDA of the Group for the calendar year ending December 31, 2013 based upon the audited financial statements of Initio for the year ended December 31, 2013, prepared and agreed in accordance with Schedule 2 (the " Audited Financial Statements "). Accordingly, should the Purchase Price exceed the Closing Payment the Purchaser shall pay to the Shareholders the amount by which the Purchase Price exceeds the Closing Payment, subject to a maximum aggregate additional payment to the Shareholders of $17.82m (the " Additional Amount ") or should the Purchase Price be lower than the Closing Payment, the Shareholders shall repay to the Purchaser the amount by which the Closing Payment exceeds the Purchase Price, subject to a minimum aggregate receipt by the Shareholders of $14.85 million (the " Reduction Amount "). Any Additional Amount payable by the Purchaser shall be paid by the Purchaser to the Shareholders as to 33.3% in Purchaser Common Stock (valued at $1.50 per share), 40% in cash and 26.7% in Promissory Notes. Any Reduction Amount shall be paid by the Shareholders to the Purchaser by cancellation of such number of Purchaser Shares (valued at $1.50 per share) as shall equal the amount of the Reduction Amount. Any payment of an Additional Amount or Reduction Amount required pursuant to this Section 2.2(d) shall be made within 30 days of receiving the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 and in any case no later than March 31, 2014.

 

(e)          Minimum Working Capital. The Parties hereby agree that at Closing the Group shall maintain a minimum working capital (being the current assets of the Group less the current liabilities of the Group) of at least $500,000 (“ Minimum Working Capital Requirement ”) and a maximum working capital of $750,000 (" Maximum Working Capital Requirement "), and such Minimum Working Capital Requirement and Maximum Working Capital Requirement will be reviewed by the Parent’s accountants prior to Closing to determine the amount of Working Capital that the Company should maintain for its operations. The Minimum Working Capital Requirement and the Maximum Working Capital Requirement shall be so adjusted as shall be mutually agreed to by the Shareholders and the Purchaser. On Closing the Shareholders shall procure that management accounts of the Group for the period from 1 October, 2013 to the Closing Date are produced and delivered to the Purchaser detailing the working capital of the Group at Closing as calculated in accordance with the principles applied in calculating Gross Profit and Revenue and the pro-forma set out in Schedule 3 (the " Working Capital Amount "). The Purchaser shall have 20 Business Days following submission to it of such management accounts and Working Capital Amount (" Response Period ") to notify the Shareholders in writing (" Purchaser Response ") that does not agree with the Working Capital Amount and setting out in reasonable detail the points of disagreement and the adjustments which the Purchaser believes are required. Any items not identified in the Purchaser Response will be deemed to be agreed and, if no Purchaser Response is received during the Response Period, the Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted the Working Capital Amount and such amount will (in the absence of fraud or manifest error) be binding on the parties. If a Purchaser Response is received by the Shareholders during the Response Period then the Purchaser and Shareholders will have until the date falling 20 Business Days after the date on which the Purchaser Response is received by the Shareholders (the " Resolution Period ") to agree the items in dispute and therefore the Working Capital Amount. The amount so agreed will (in the absence of fraud or manifest error) be final and binding on the Parties. If agreement cannot be reached during the Resolution Period then the matter shall be referred to the Expert for final decision in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, who will decide the Working Capital Amount. Once the Working Capital Amount has been agreed or determined then, within 5 Business Days of such agreement or determination: (i) in the event that the Working Capital Amount is less than the Minimum Working Capital Requirement, the Shareholders shall pay the difference between the Minimum Working Capital Requirement and the Working Capital Amount to the Purchaser by the cancellation of such number of Purchase Shares (valued at $1.50 per share) as shall equal 33.3% of the amount of the Reduction Amount, 40% of the Reduction Amount in cash and 26.7% of the Reduction Amount shall be applied in reducing the principal amount of the Promissory Note (together with accrued interest thereon) (the " Working Capital Reduction Payment "), or (ii) in the event that the Working Capital Amount is more than the Maximum Working Capital Requirement the Total Purchase Price shall be increased to reflect any excess amount over the Maximum Working Capital Requirement (the " Working Capital Additional Payment ") and the Purchaser shall pay such amount to the Shareholders (in such proportions as set out in Schedule 1) as to 33.3% in Purchaser Common Stock (valued at $1.50 per share), 40% in cash and 26.7% in Promissory Notes.

 

2.4          Employment Agreements. As of the Closing, each of Brendan Flood and Matthew Briand will, and the Purchaser shall procure that Initio, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser, will enter into an employment agreement, in the agreed form (the “ Employment Agreement(s) ”). In addition, the Purchaser agrees to, on a case-by-case basis, and with the insight of Mr. Flood, determine which Key Employees of Initio, if any, shall be offered employment with the Purchaser. In addition, as of the Closing, each of the Covenantors will enter into the Restrictive Covenant Deed.

 

 
 

 

2.5          The Shareholders and Initio. The Parties agree that a due diligence exercise is to be conducted in relation to Initio and the Shareholders in the period prior to the Closing and that on the Closing the Covenantors and the Purchaser will enter into the Deed of Warranties. The Parties agree that in the period prior to the Closing, they will undertake the following measures to enable the due diligence to be completed prior to the Closing:

 

(a)          The Purchaser will prepare and submit to the Shareholders a list of due diligence questions and requests for information (the “ DD Questions ”).

 

(b)          As soon as possible and in any event within 10 Business Days after the DD Questions have been delivered to the Shareholders, the Shareholders will prepare a dataroom in which copies of all documentation reasonably requested is made available to the Purchaser and its professional advisers and the Shareholders, will respond, where reasonably possible, to all of the DD Questions.

 

(c)          The Purchaser will undertake a due diligence exercise in reviewing the documentation and information provided by the Shareholders and raise any additional requests for documentation and information that the Shareholders will deal with in a reasonably timely manner.

 

(d)          The Deed of Warranties will be subject to amendment by the Purchaser and by the Covenantors to take account of the due diligence exercise and such additional provisions as the Parties may consider reasonable and appropriate having regard to the nature of the transaction. The Deed of Warranties shall be given subject to the matters fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Letter.

 

(e)          The Parties will use all reasonable endeavors to procure that the due diligence exercise is completed and the Deed of Warranties is in an agreed form that may be executed by the Parties on or before the Closing.

 

(iii)        Closing. The purchase and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall occur on such date, hour and place as shall be agreed upon in writing by the Shareholders and the Purchaser, but not later than five (5) days from the date on which the last of the Conditions is satisfied, which of completion of the last Condition has been provided to each party, said date being generally referred to as the “ Closing Date ”. The parties will agree on the Closing Date at least five (5) business days in advance, in order for Seller to provide required notice of the Closing Date to interested third parties, provided always that the Closing Date shall take place no later than January 3, 2014.

 

(iv)        Board Appointment. Immediately on Closing, Purchaser shall appoint Mr. Brendan Flood and Mr. Matthew Briand (the “ Initial Appointment ”) to the Board of Directors of Purchaser for a period of one (1) year. Following the Initial Appointment, the Board of Directors of Purchaser shall take all reasonable action such that Mr. Flood and Mr. Briand are nominated at the Purchaser’s annual shareholder meeting to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Purchaser the following year after the Initial Appointment.

 

ARTICLE III

 

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ARTICLE IIIA

 

Warranties

Concerning the Shareholders

 

Each Shareholder, severally as to such Shareholder only, and not jointly and severally, warrants to the Purchaser, that:

 

 
 

 

3A.1       Consents. All consents, approvals and waivers necessary for the execution and delivery by such Shareholder of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Shareholder is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been obtained or will be obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, and such Shareholder has, and immediately prior to the Closing will have the capacity to enter into and perform fully his or her obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

3A.2       Authorization. Each Shareholder has full legal and valid title to the shares as set forth opposite his name in Schedule 1 to this Agreement and such shares are not subject to (i) any encumbrance or liens or (ii) preemptive rights or rights of first refusal (other than those which are the subject of a waiver). Each Shareholder has all requisite capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which he or she is a party. This Agreement and other Transaction Documents to which such Shareholder is a party, when executed and delivered by such Shareholder, shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms except: (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; or (b) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

3A.3       No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by such Shareholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by such Shareholder will not conflict with, require consent or result in a breach or violation of any term or provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Shareholder is a party or by which any of such Shareholder’s assets are bound.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Representations and Warranties of Purchaser

 

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Initio and the Shareholders, unless otherwise disclosed in the Transaction Documents or in the Purchaser’s Exchange Act documents, that:

 

All references to schedules provided in this Section shall be provided at the Closing.

 

4.1           Organization and Good Standing. The Purchaser has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full power and authority (corporate and otherwise) to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, to issues the Purchaser Shares contemplated hereby, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and to carry on its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted. The Purchaser is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser or its business.

 

4.2           Authorization; Compliance with Law. Each of this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents, including but not limited to the Promissory Note, to be executed and delivered by Purchaser hereunder has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser, and each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Purchaser is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable principles. The Purchaser is in compliance, in all material respects, with all federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to it and its business, including without limitation the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

4.3           Purchaser Shares. The Purchaser Shares will, at the Closing have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and when issued at Closing, shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all Liens. The sale of the Purchaser Shares is not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with.

 

 
 

 

4.4          No Conflicts. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Purchaser is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor the issuance of the Purchaser Shares, will Materially conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any term or provision of, or (with or without notice or passage of time, or both) constitute a default under, or otherwise give any person or entity a basis for nonperformance under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, or other agreement or instrument to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Purchaser is subject, nor will such action result in the violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Purchaser or any statute applicable to it the Purchaser (including, without limitation, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the regulations promulgated thereunder) , or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Body applicable to the Purchaser, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or any arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or any of its property or assets. The issuance and sale of the Purchaser's Shares hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Purchaser are listed or designated.

 

4.5          Compliance with Other Instruments and Laws. The Purchaser is not in violation or default of any term of its charter or its bylaws, or of any provision of any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or instrument which is filed with the SEC as an exhibit to any report filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act or of any judgment, decree, order or writ. The Purchaser is not in violation of any applicable statute, rule, regulation, order or restriction of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof in respect of the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties, except where such violation would not have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser or its business. The Purchaser has all franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, the lack of which could materially and adversely affect the business, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Purchaser.

 

4.6          Consents. All consents, authorizations and approvals of any competent Governmental Body or any arbitrator or any other Person required to be obtained by the Purchaser as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation the issuance of the Purchaser Shares, have been obtained.

 

4.7           Registration Rights. Except as set forth in the Purchaser Exchange Act Documents and except as provided on Schedule 4.7, the Purchaser has not granted any rights, to register under the Securities Act any of the Purchaser’s currently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may hereafter be issued. Capital Stock and Related Matters; Subsidiaries and Investments.

 

(a)          The authorized capital stock of the Purchaser consists of 220,000,000 authorized shares, (i) 200,000,000 of which are designated as Purchaser Common Stock, and 13,170,588 shares of which are issued and outstanding as of October 28, 2013, and (ii) 20,000,000 of which are designated as preferred stock, $.00001 par value per share, no shares of which are issued and outstanding as of October 28, 2013.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in the Purchaser Exchange Act Documents, and except as set forth on Schedule 4.7, the Purchaser has no outstanding stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares for its capital stock or containing any profit participation features, nor does it have outstanding any rights or options to subscribe for or purchase its capital stock or any stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares for its capital stock or any stock appreciation rights or phantom stock plans. The Purchaser is not subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its capital stock or any warrants, options or other rights to acquire its capital stock. All of the outstanding shares of the Purchaser’s capital stock have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(c)          All of the outstanding shares of the Purchaser’s capital stock have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

Except as set forth in the Purchaser Exchange Act Documents, the Purchaser does not own any Subsidiaries.

 

 
 

 

4.8           Financial Statements. The (i) audited balance sheets of the Purchaser as of May 31, 2012 and May 31, 2013 and (ii) audited consolidated income statements of the Purchaser for the years ended May 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 contained in the Purchaser Exchange Act Documents (collectively, the “Purchaser Financial Statements”) have been prepared by the Purchaser on the basis of the books and records maintained by the Purchaser in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistently used and applied throughout the periods involved. The Purchaser Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly the assets, liabilities and the financial condition of the Purchaser as at the respective dates thereof.

 

4.9           Interim Operations. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, since August 31, 2013, and except as specifically disclosed in a report filed by the Purchaser under the Exchange Act since August 31, 2013: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Purchaser has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) the Purchaser has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Purchaser has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Purchaser has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity compensation plans. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Purchaser or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Purchaser under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Business Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

4.10          Undisclosed Liabilities. The Purchaser does not have any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for liabilities or obligations (i) disclosed on Schedule 4.11hereto, (ii) disclosed in the Purchaser Financial Statements, or (iii) arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since August 31, 2013.

 

4.11          Sarbanes-Oxley; Disclosure Controls and Procedures; Internal Accounting Controls. We may not be in compliance with Sarbens-Oxley.

 

4.12          Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Purchaser Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

4.13          Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Purchaser, nor to the knowledge of the Purchaser, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Purchaser, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Purchaser (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Purchaser is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended. Taxes. The Purchaser and each of its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Purchaser has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Purchaser or any of its subsidiaries.

 

4.14          Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16 hereto, there is no claim, legal action, suit, arbitration, or mediation proceeding or other legal, administrative or governmental investigation, inquiry or proceeding pending or threatened, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the consummation hereof or thereof.

 

4.15          Offering Valid . Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Shareholders contained in Article IIIA, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchaser Shares as contemplated by this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and will have been registered or qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification) under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable state securities laws.

 

 
 

 

4.16          Exchange Act Documents . Purchaser is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all forms, reports and documents (together with any required amendments thereto) required to be filed by Purchaser with the SEC. All such required forms, reports and documents (including those that Purchaser may file subsequent to the date hereof) are referred to herein as the “Purchaser Exchange Act Documents.” As of their respective dates, the Purchaser Exchange Act Documents (i) were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Purchaser Exchange Act Documents.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Covenants

 

The Covenantors and the Purchaser where applicable hereby covenant as follows:

 

5.1           Ordinary Course. Prior to the Closing Date, the Shareholders shall cause each of Initio and Subsidiaries to conduct its business in the usual and ordinary course, in substantially the same manner as theretofore conducted, use commercially reasonable efforts (in compliance with this Agreement) to preserve intact its current business and goodwill, to maintain its equipment in good condition and repair, to keep available the services of its current officers and Key Employees and to preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it. For purposes of this Agreement, “ usual and ordinary course ” shall mean so as not to have a Material impact on Initio and the Subsidiaries. The Shareholders shall obtain prior approval of the Purchaser before transacting any transactions not in the ordinary course of business

 

5.2           Dividends; Capital Stock. Prior to the Closing Date, neither Initio nor Subsidiaries shall (i) declare any dividends on, or make other distributions in respect of, any shares of its capital stock; (ii) issue, authorize or propose the issuance of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares capital stock or of Initio or the Subsidiaries or securities convertible into or exchangeable with securities of Initio or Subsidiaries; (iii) change the outstanding shares of Initio’s or Subsidiaries’ capital stock into a different number of shares of the same or different class by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, forward stock split, reverse stock split, combination, exchange of shares or readjustment, or declare a stock dividend thereon; or (iv) obligate itself to do any of the foregoing.

 

5.3           Covenant to Change Name. After the Closing, the Shareholders shall work with the Purchaser and take all reasonable actions necessary on behalf of Purchaser, to have the name of Initio changed to “Staffing 360 Solutions – UK” or such other name as approved by the Board of Directors of the Purchaser.

 

5.4           Confidentiality. Any information (except publicly available or freely usable material obtained from another source) respecting any Party or its Affiliates will be kept in strict confidence by all other Parties to this Agreement and their agents. Except as required by law, each Party and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents, will not disclose the terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder at any time, currently, or on or after the Closing, regardless of whether the Closing takes place, except as necessary to their attorneys, accountants, third parties, or professional advisors, in which instance such persons and any employees or agents shall be advised of the confidential nature of the terms of the transaction and shall themselves be required by the applicable Party to keep such information confidential. Except as required by law, each Party shall retain all information obtained from the other and their lawyers on a confidential basis except as necessary to their attorneys, accountants and professional advisors, in which instance such persons and any employees or agents of such Party shall be advised of the confidential nature of the terms of the transaction and shall themselves be required by such Party to keep such information confidential. Notwithstanding the information in this provision, the Purchaser shall be permitted to disclose this Agreement and related transaction in SEC Filings to prospective investors in connection with future financings, provided, however, such potential investors shall enter into a non-disclosure agreement regarding this transaction.

 

5.5           Publicity. If mutually desired by Purchaser and the Shareholders, the Purchaser and the Shareholders will cooperate with each other in the development and distribution of any news releases and other public disclosures relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, following the Closing, relating to the Business generally. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable in the event a Party hereto is required to make public disclosure pursuant to the laws of any Governmental Body or securities exchange.

 

 
 

 

5.6          Required Information. In connection with the preparation of any report, statement, filing notice or application made by or on behalf of Purchaser to any Governmental Body, FINRA, the SEC or other third Person, including prospective investors to the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and for such other reasonable purposes, the Shareholders shall, upon request by Purchaser, furnish Purchaser with all information concerning themselves, Initio, Subsidiaries, and directors, officers and employees of Initio or Subsidiaries, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any other report, statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Purchaser to any third party and/ or any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.7          Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, transaction privilege, stamp, registration and other such taxes and fees incurred in connection with this Agreement, if any, shall be borne by the Purchaser.

 

5.8          Registration Rights.

 

(a)          Piggy-Back Rights. If at any time prior to the election by the Agent (as set forth below) to include Purchaser Shares in a registration statement, the Purchaser proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the Purchaser for its own account or for security holders of the Purchaser for their account (or by the Purchaser and by security holders of the Purchaser), other than a registration statement (i) filed solely in connection with an offering of securities to employees or directors of Purchaser pursuant to any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) filed on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor to such forms, (iii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Purchaser’s existing security holders, (iv)  for a dividend reinvestment plan, or (v) solely in connection with a merger, share capital exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, amalgamation, subsequent liquidation, or other similar business transaction that results in all of the Purchaser’s shareholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property of a non-capital raising bona fide business transaction, then the Purchaser shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to [Mr. Flood], as agent for the holders (the “Agent”) of the Purchaser Shares (each a “Holder” and, collectively the “Holders”) as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the Holders in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of the Purchaser Shares as the Holders may request in writing within ten (10) following receipt by the Agent of such notice (a “Piggy-Back Registration”). Purchaser shall include in such registration statement such Purchaser Shares that are requested to be included therein within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Agent of any such notice, on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Purchaser. If at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Purchaser shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Purchaser may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to by the Agent of such Holders, and (x) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Purchaser Shares in connection with such registration, and (y) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay registering any Purchaser Shares for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities. If the offering pursuant to a Piggy-Back Registration is to be an underwritten offering, then the holder making a request for its Purchaser Shares to be included therein must permit the sale or other disposition of such Purchaser Shares in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The holder of the Purchaser Shares proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an underwriter or underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration and the holder of the Purchaser Shares shall be responsible for any fees or commissions due to such underwriters in connection with the sale of such Purchaser Shares (“Selling Expenses”).

 

 
 

 

(A)          Reduction of Offering. If the managing underwriter or underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Purchaser and the holder of Purchaser Shares in writing that the dollar amount or number of the Common Stock which the Purchaser desires to sell, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders of the Purchaser Shares, the Purchaser Shares as to which registration has been requested under this section, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other security holders of the Purchaser, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of securities that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of securities, as applicable, the “ Maximum Number of Securities ”), then the Purchaser shall include in any such registration :

 

(1)          If the registration is undertaken for the Purchaser’s account: (A) first, the shares of Common Stock that the Purchaser desires to sell; and (B) to the extent of the Maximum Number of Securities, the shares of Common Stock, pro-rata among holders, for the account of any persons, including investors in this Offering for which the Purchaser is obligated to register pursuant to contractual piggy-back registration rights such as in this Agreement.

 

(B)          Withdrawal. Any Holder may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of the Purchaser Shares in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Purchaser of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. The Purchaser (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a registration statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement.

 

(b)          Expenses. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications hereunder, including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchaser; shall be borne and paid by the Purchaser. All Selling Expenses relating to Purchaser Shares registered pursuant hereto shall be borne and paid by the Selling Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Purchaser Shares registered on their behalf.

 

(c)          Termination of Registration Rights. The right of any Holder to request inclusion of Purchaser Shares in any registration pursuant hereto shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:

 

a. the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event;

 

(C)          such time as Rule 144 or another similar exemption under the Securities Act; and

 

(D)          with respect to any Purchaser Shares, at such time as such Purchaser Shares have been registered.

 

(E)          Further, the Purchaser has the right to exclude the holder of the Purchaser Shares from any registration statement in the event the Purchaser is contractually obligated to exclude such securities. Furthermore, in the event that the registration statement covers shares of the Purchaser, the Purchaser, or the underwriter shall have a right to require the holders to a six (6) month lock-up period from the date of effectiveness of the registration statement. Obligations of the Buyer.  In connection with any registration statement utilized by the Purchaser to satisfy the registration rights pursuant to this section, the Buyer agrees to cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with the preparation of the registration statement, and holder agrees that it will (i) respond within three (3) Business Days to any written request by the Purchaser to provide or verify information regarding holder or his purchase Shares (including the proposed manner of sale) that may be required to be included in such registration statement and related prospectus pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and (ii) provide in a timely manner information regarding the proposed distribution by the holder of the Purchaser Shares and such other information as may be requested by the Purchaser from time to time in connection with the preparation of and for inclusion in the registration statement and related prospectus.

 

 
 

 

(d)          Indemnification. So long as at the time of the filing of a registration statement the Covenantors are not an executive officer or director of the Purchaser, if any Purchaser Shares are included in a registration statement hereunder:

 

a. To the extent permitted by law, the Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) selected by the Purchaser and each Person, if any, who controls such Selling Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Purchaser; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law (collectively, “Damages”), and the Purchaser will pay to each such Selling Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result; provided, however, the foregoing indemnity shall not apply if any Damages resulting from information referenced in items (i), (ii) and (iii) above were provided by the Covenantors, or that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall the Purchaser be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Selling Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person expressly for use in connection with such registration.

 

b. To the extent permitted by law, each Selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, and each of its directors, each of its officers, each person (if any), who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Purchaser, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement, and any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Selling Holder will pay to the Purchaser and each other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Majority Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;, except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.

 

Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party hereunder, give the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such action

 

 
 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Conditions Precedent to Closing

 

6.1          Conditions of the Purchaser. The obligations of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by Purchaser:

 

(a)          the due diligence exercise contemplated by Section 2.4 shall have been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the Purchaser in its sole discretion;

 

(b)          the Deed of Warranties shall have been completed and delivered by the Covenantors to Purchaser in the agreed form with such amendments as may be agreed by the Purchaser and the Covenantors, provided always that the terms of the warranties shall be subject to the Covenantors delivering to the Purchaser the Disclosure Letter;

 

(c)          the warranties of the Covenantors in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Covenantors shall have complied with all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents on or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(d)          each of the Minority Shareholders entering into a Minority Shareholders Deed;

 

(e)          each of the Shareholders shall have delivered to the Purchaser (i) the original certificate or certificates for the Shares being transferred hereunder , and share transfer forms in respect of all the Shares duly executed by the Shareholders, together with or (ii) an indemnity for lost share certificate in an agreed form, certifying as to the loss or destruction of such certificate(s), or certifying that a stock certificate representing such Shares was never issued to the Shareholders, in each case in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser’s counsel;

 

(f)           each of the Covenantors shall have delivered to the Purchaser their Employment Agreement and the Restrictive Covenant Deed duly executed;

 

(g)          Purchaser shall have received the opinion of the Shareholder’s counsel, dated as of the Closing, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, for a transaction of this type, in a form to be mutually agreed to by the Parties prior to Closing.

 

6.2          Conditions of the Shareholders. The obligations of the Shareholders to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the Shareholders:

 

(a)          the Purchaser shall pay the cash element of the Closing Payment as required by Section 2.2(a) hereof ; shall issue the Promissory Note; and shall duly execute and deliver to Shareholders either (i) certificates representing the Purchaser Shares or (ii) evidence reasonably satisfactory to Shareholders counsel that the Purchaser Shares have been duly issued to Shareholders and that Shareholders are reflected as the owner thereof on the books and records of the Purchaser;

 

 
 

 

(b)          the representations and warranties of the Purchaser in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Purchaser shall have complied with all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part stated to be performed or satisfied under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document prior to the Closing Date;

 

(c)          the Purchaser shall appoint each of Brendan Flood and Matthew Briand to the Purchaser’s board of directors;

 

(d)          HMRC having given clearances in respect of the proposed acquisition of the Sale Shares under section 701 of the Income Tax Act 2007 and section 138 of the Capital Gains Taxes Act 1992 in terms reasonably satisfactory to the Shareholders and not having withdrawn them;

 

(e)          the Purchaser shall deliver to Initio and the Shareholders such documents, certificates and instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Shareholders in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;

 

(f)           the Purchaser entering into the Minority Shareholder Deeds;

 

(g)          the Purchaser making the Profit Payments to the Rights Holders, as set out in Schedule 5;

 

(h)          the consent of ABN AMRO and Wells Fargo to the transaction in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;

 

(i)           the Purchase providing the Shareholders with an opinion (in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Shareholders) from Counsel that (i) the Purchase Shares will be fully paid and non-assessable; (ii) this Agreement has been properly authorized; and (iii) compliance with anti-takeover laws in the state of Nevada, in a form to be mutually agreed to by the Parties prior to Closing;

 

(j)           the Purchaser shall deliver to each of the Shareholders his or her respective Employment Agreement, executed by the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.3(g).

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Termination, Amendment and Waiver

 

7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing Date:

 

(a)          by mutual agreement of the Parties hereto;

 

(b)          by the Purchaser if: (i) at any time there has been a material misrepresentation, breach of warranty or breach of covenant by the Shareholders under this Agreement; or (ii) any condition precedent to Closing set forth in Section 6.1 of this Agreement is not capable of being satisfied or has not been met on the Closing Date;

 

(c)          by a majority of the Shareholders if: (i) at any time there has been a material misrepresentation, breach of warranty or breach of covenant by Purchaser under this Agreement; or (ii) any condition precedent to Closing set forth in Section 6.2 of this Agreement is not capable of being satisfied or has not been met on the Closing Date , ; and

 

7.2          Effect. In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.1 hereof, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability for any reason on the part of any Party hereto, or any officer, director, employee, agent or representative of any Party hereto or any person who Controls a Party hereto, except for willful breach.

 

7.3          Amendment. This Agreement may be amended at any time only by a written instrument executed by the Purchaser and the Shareholders.

 

 
 

 

7.4          Waiver. Compliance with or performance under any term or provision of this Agreement may be waived in writing by mutual agreement of the Purchaser, Initio and the Shareholders.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

General Provisions

 

8.1          Complete Agreement and other Matters.

 

(a)          This Agreement (i) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous promises, covenants, understandings, representations, warranties, agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; (ii) is not intended to confer upon any person or entity any rights or remedies hereunder or with respect to the subject matter hereof except an specifically provided in this Agreement; (iii) shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise; (iv) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of New York; (v) may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute a single agreement; (vi) may be executed by facsimile signature, provided that the original thereof is provided to the other Parties promptly thereafter; and (vii) shall be construed without regard to headings or captions, or gender, or whether a reference is to the singular or plural. Initio, the Shareholders and the Purchaser agree that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at his, her or its address specified in or pursuant to Section 8.5 is reasonably calculated to give actual notice.

 

(b)          Each party acknowledges and agrees that it has not entered into this Agreement in reliance on any statement or representation of any person (whether a party to this Agreement or not) which is not expressly incorporated in this Agreement. No party will have any right or remedy for pre-contractual misrepresentation or negligent misstatement or otherwise in respect of any statement or representation of any person (whether a party to this Agreement or not) which is not expressly incorporated in this Agreement.

 

(c)          No party will have any right or remedy for any representation or statement made or incorporated in this Agreement other than in contract.

 

(d)          Nothing in this Agreement or in any other document referred to in it will be read or construed as excluding any liability or remedy as a result of fraud.

 

8.2          Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party or Parties incurring the same, but shall not be paid by the Company.

 

8.3          Broker’s Fees. Each of the Purchaser, Initio and Shareholders agree to pay the fees of any broker hired by it and to indemnify and hold the other Parties harmless from any claim by any broker, finder, banker or intermediary hired or claiming to have been hired by it.

 

8.4          Further Action. Subject to the terms and conditions provided in this Agreement, each of the Parties hereto agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If at any time after the Closing Date any further action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, the Shareholders or Purchaser, as the case may be, shall take, or cause to be taken, all such necessary action.

 

8.5          Notice.

 

(e)          All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder will be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given: (i) upon receipt if delivered personally; (ii) one (1) Business Day following the date sent when sent by reputable overnight courier (such as FedEx) and (iii) three (3) Business Days following the date mailed when mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, at the following addresses:

 

 
 

 

(a)          As to Purchaser:

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

641 Lexington Avenue

Suite 1526

New York, NY  10022

Attention: Alfonso J. Cervantes, President

 

With a copy to:

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

150 East 42 nd Street, 11 th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Attention: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.         

 

(b)          As to Covenantors' and Shareholders' Representative:  
   

With a Copy to:

 

 

Mishcon de Reya

Summit House

12 Red Lion Square

London WC1R 4QD

 

Attention: Nick Davis

 

or to such other address, or to such other authorized recipient of any notice hereunder, as any Party shall in writing deliver to all other Parties in accordance with this Section 10.5.

 

(f)          The Purchaser irrevocably appoints Nicolas Roche of Thomas Eggar LLP, 14 New Street, London EC2M 4HE as its agent to receive on its behalf in England and Wales service of any proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Service will be deemed completed on delivery to that agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by its principal). If for any reason that agent ceases to be able to act as agent or no longer has an address within England or Wales, the Purchaser will immediately appoint a substitute and give notice to the other parties of the new agent's name and address within England or Wales. Nothing in this Agreement affects the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(g)          The Shareholders irrevocably appoints Lawrence Spector of Pryor Cashman LLP, 7 Times Square, New York, New York, USA as its agent to receive service of any proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Service will be deemed completed on delivery to that agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by its principal). If for any reason that agent ceases to be able to act as agent or no longer has an address within the State of New York, the shareholders will the State of New York. Nothing in this Agreement affects the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

8.6          Covenantors' and Shareholders' Representative.

 

(h)          Any notice, consent, agreement, direction or waiver required or permitted to be given or made by all or some of the Shareholders or the Covenantors (as the case may be) under this Agreement will be validly given or made on their behalf if given or made by the Covenantors' and Shareholders' Representative for the purposes of this Agreement and will be binding on the relevant Shareholders or Covenantors, as appropriate.

 

(i)           The Shareholders and the Covenantors authorise the Covenantors' and Shareholders' Representative to act in the way contemplated by this Agreement and to take any decision as he may decide in his absolute discretion and, provided he acts in good faith, the Covenantors' and Shareholders' Representative will have and accepts no liability to the Shareholders and the Covenantors or to any other person other than the Purchaser in connection with or as a result of anything which the Covenantors' and Shareholders' Representative does, refrains from doing or neglects or omits to do in connection with any matter relating to this Agreement.

 

 
 

 

8.7          Survival. The covenants and agreements of the Parties shall survive the Closing indefinitely unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement.

 

8.8          Severable Provisions.

 

(j)           If any provision of this Agreement is void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction then it will be severed from this Agreement insofar as it relates to that jurisdiction only and that invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the other provisions of this Agreement or the relevant provisions in any other jurisdiction which will remain in full effect.

 

(k)          If any provision of this Agreement is so found to be invalid or unenforceable but would be valid or enforceable if some part of the provision were deleted or the period, area or scope of application of the provision were reduced, the provision in question will apply with any modification(s) that may be necessary to make it valid and enforceable in the relevant jurisdiction but will continue to apply without any modification in all other relevant jurisdictions.

 

(l)          The parties agree, in the circumstances referred to in Section 8.8(j) and if Section 8.8(k) does not apply to attempt to substitute for any invalid or unenforceable provision in respect of any jurisdiction in which it has been held to be invalid or unenforceable a valid and enforceable provision which achieves to the greatest extent possible the same effect as would have been achieved by the provision which is invalid or unenforceable in that jurisdiction. The obligations of the parties in the relevant jurisdiction under any invalid or unenforceable provision of this Agreement will be suspended while the parties attempt to agree the substitution.

 

8.9          Remedies

 

(a)          The Purchaser and the Shareholders may not rescind or terminate this Agreement after Closing in any circumstances.

 

(b)          The only remedy available to the Purchaser or the Shareholders for breach of this Agreement after Closing will be damages for breach of contract.

 

(c)          This agreement will be actionable only by the Purchaser or assigns and no other person will be entitled to make any claim or take any action whatsoever against the Shareholders under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction Document.

 

8.10 Set-off. The Purchaser shall be entitled to set off any claims that relate to this Agreement only, against any obligation under this Agreement, against the Promissory Note.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

THE SHAREHOLDERS

 

Shareholder
name and
address
  Number and
class of shares
held in Initio
  Total aggregate
% of Purchase
Price to be
received
  Total aggregate
% of Additional
Amount to be
received
  Total aggregate
amount (in $) of
Closing Payment
to be received
    Amount of
cash to be
received at
Closing
    Nominal value
of Promissory
Notes to be
received at
Closing
    Total number of
Purchase Shares
to be allotted to
Shareholder at
Closing
  % of Working
Capital
Additional
Amount to be
received or %
of Working
Capital
Reduction
Amount to be
paid to
Purchaser
Brendan Flood
 
  870,000
Ordinary Shares
    TBD     7,589,247       2,732,840       2,038,506     1,783,024
($2,674,537)
  TBD
Matthew Briand
 
  79,091
Ordinary Shares
      TBD     1,277,432       863,472       184,213     153,164
($229,747)
  TBD
Simon Lythgoe   112,987
Ordinary Shares
      TBD     985,617       390,693       264,741     220,127
($330,190)
  TBD
Kate Hughes   22,598
Ordinary Shares
      TBD     197,123       78,136       52,949     44,025
($66,038)
  TBD
Sukong Pang   22,598
Ordinary Shares
      TBD     197,123       144,174       52,949     nil   TBD
Masahiro Nishimura
  22,598
Ordinary Shares
      TBD     197,123       144,174       52,949     nil   TBD

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

PREPARATION AND FINALISATION OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ADJUSTED EBITDA

 

1.          ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of preparation of Accounts

 

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards .

 

Basis of consolidation

 

The group financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the company and its subsidiary undertakings.

 

Subsidiary undertakings are included using the acquisitions method of accounting. Under this method the group profit and loss account and statement of cashflows include the results and cashflows of subsidiaries from the date of acquisition and to the date of sale outside the group in the case of disposals of subsidiaries. The purchase consideration has been allocated to the assets and liabilities on the basis of fair value at the date of acquisition.

 

Revenue

 

Revenue " means revenue of the Group, determined as follows: (i) revenue for temporary services (recognized at the time that the service is provided and revenue is recorded on a time and materials basis); (ii) temporary contracting revenue (recognized as gross when the company acts as principal in the transaction and is at risk for collection); (iii) revenue that does not meet the criteria for gross revenue reporting (reported on a net basis); (iv) revenue generated when the company permanently places an individual with a client on a contingent basis (recorded at the time of acceptance of employment); and (v) revenue generated when the company places an individual with a client on a retained basis (recorded ratably over the period the services are rendered), in a manner as consistently applied by the Group .

 

Goodwill

 

Positive goodwill is capitalised , classified as an asset on the balance sheet and amortised on a straight line basis over its useful economic life. It is reviewed for impairment at the end of the first full financial year following the acquisition and in other periods if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.

 

If a subsidiary, associate or business is subsequently sold or closed, any goodwill arising on acquisition that was written off directly to reserves or that has not been amortised through the profit and loss account is taken into account in determining the profit or loss on sale or closure.

 

Amortisation

 

Atomisation is provided on intangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life

 

Depreciation

 

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation , less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:

 

 
 

 

Asset class

 

Asset class  
Plant and machinery Straight Line over Three Years
Fixtures, fittings and equipment Straight Line over Three Years
Computer equipment Straight Line over Three Years

 

Current asset investments

 

Current asset investments are included at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

 

Deferred tax

 

Deferred tax is recognised , without discounting , in respect of all material timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes , which have arisen but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except as required by FRS 19.

 

Deferred tax is measured at the rates that are expected to apply in the periods when the timing differences are expected to reverse, based on the tax rates and law enacted at the balance sheet date .

 

Foreign currency

 

Company

 

Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction.

 

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the closing rates at the balance sheet date . All exchange differences are included in the profit and loss account.

 

Group

 

The financial statements of overseas subsidiary undertakings are translated at the rate ruling at the balance sheet date in respect of assets and liabilities , and at the average rate in respect of revenue and expenditure. The exchange differences arising on the retranslation of opening net assets is taken directly to reserves. All other translation differences are taken to the profit and loss account with the exception of differences on foreign currency borrowings to the extent that they are used to finance or provide a hedge against group equity investments in foreign enterprises , which are taken to reserves together with the exchange difference on the net investment in these enterprises. Tax charges and credits attributable to exchange differences on those borrowings are also taken to reserves.

 

Hire purchase and leasing

 

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the lease term.

 

Financial instruments

 

Financ i al instruments are classified and accounted for , according to the substance of the contractual arrangement , as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments . An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the group after deducting all of its liabilities . Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the group is presented as a liability in the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expense in the profit and loss account .

 

 
 

 

Gross Profit

 

" Gross Profit " means Revenue less direct costs of services, consisting of payroll, payroll taxes, insurance costs and reimbursable expenses

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

Adjusted EBITDA ” means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and also excludes business reorganization costs, impairment of goodwill, and costs incurred outside of the normal course of business or non-recurring costs

 

2.   DETERMINING EBITDA FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD TO DECEMBER 31, 2013

 

2.1           The Shareholders shall procure that:

 

2.1.1            the auditors of the Group prepare consolidated accounts in respect of the calendar year ended December 31, 2013 as required by statute and in accordance with the Accounting Policies and Practices and that the accounts are audited (at the expense of Initio); and

 

2.1.2           as soon as practical and in any event by not later than the date which is three months after December 31, 2013, the draft audited consolidated accounts of Initio and the Subsidiaries (" Relevant Accounts ") are delivered to the Shareholders and the Purchaser, together with a draft statement stating the amount of the Adjusted EBITDA for the 12 month period to December 31, 2013 and the amount of the Purchase Price (the " EBITDA Statement ").

 

2.2           The Purchaser may on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after submission to them of the Relevant Accounts and the draft EBITDA Statement (the " Response Deadline "), notify the Representatives of the Shareholders in writing (the " Response Notice ") that they do not agree the Purchase Price as stated in the draft EBITDA Statement. The Response Notice must set out in reasonable detail the area(s) of disagreement or in which further information or explanation or investigation is required and the adjustments (with a suitable explanation) which, in the opinion of the Purchaser, are required to be made. The items not identified in the Response Notice as being in dispute or subject to further clarification will be deemed to be agreed. If no Response Notice is received by the Representatives of the Shareholders on or before the Response Deadline, the Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted the amount of the Purchase Price set out in the draft EBITDA Statement and such amount will (in the absence of fraud or manifest error) be final and binding on the parties.

 

2.3           If a Response Notice is received by the Representatives of the Shareholders on or before the Response Deadline, the Representatives of the Shareholders and the Purchaser will have until the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which the Response Notice is received (the " Resolution Date ") to agree the items in dispute and therefore the amounts of the Purchase Price. The amount so agreed will (in the absence of fraud or manifest error) be final and binding on the parties.

 

2.4           If a Response Notice is given and therefore the amounts of the Purchase Price do not become final and binding under paragraph 2.3 by the Resolution Date then the matters outstanding or in dispute must be referred to the Expert for final decision in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Schedule 2. The Expert will decide:

 

2.4.1           the matters outstanding or in dispute and therefore what revisions (if any) are required to be made to the EBITDA Statement in order for it to comply with this Agreement; and

 

2.4.2           the amount of the Purchase Price.

 

2.5           Each party must procure (so far as they are able) that Initio's auditors, the Shareholders and the Purchaser and their respective Accountants are given any documents and information as are reasonably required by the other (and not including advice on the Relevant Accounts and the Profit Statement given to a party by its own Accountants) for the purpose of preparing or reviewing the Relevant Accounts and the Profit Statement and are given access on reasonable notice and during normal working hours to relevant personnel, records and information in the control of the relevant party .

 

 
 

 

2.6           The Sellers and the Purchaser will each pay the costs of their own Accountants and Initio shall pay the cost of the auditors in preparing the draft Relevant Accounts.

 

3.    ADJUSTMENTS

 

3.1           In determining the Purchase Price there will be added back those items that are agreed between the parties as being exceptional in nature during and following the due diligence process

 

3.2           EBITDA for the calendar year ended on December 31, 2013 will not take into account, (whether by way of a deduction, provision or otherwise) any matter giving rise to a claim under the Warranties or the Tax Covenant to the extent that it has been satisfied.

 

3.3           EBITDA for the calendar year ended on December 31, 2013 will not take into account any deduction, provision or otherwise which would fall to be made in respect of a matter which will be capable of giving rise to a claim if and to the extent that the Shareholders have made payment to the Purchaser of that amount or have acknowledged in writing to the Purchaser their responsibility for the matter and their acceptance of any potential claim.

 

3.4           There will be made any other adjustments as may be agreed in writing between the Shareholders and the Purchaser as being fair and reasonable.

 

4.    REFERENCES TO EXPERT

 

4.1           Any matter or dispute which, under the terms of this Agreement, is to be determined under this paragraph 4 will be determined by an independent firm of chartered accountants appointed under this paragraph 4 (the " Expert ").

 

4.2            The Shareholders and the Purchaser will use reasonable endeavours to agree the identity of the Expert and terms of engagement complying with this Agreement with that person by no later than the date 15 Business Days after either of the Purchaser or the Sellers' Representative first requests the other to approve a named firm for the purpose and provides draft terms of engagement of that firm. If terms of engagement have not been signed by or on behalf of that firm, the Shareholders and the Purchaser by that date, either the Purchaser or the Shareholders may apply to have the Expert chosen by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The Shareholders and the Purchaser will cooperate in good faith to agree terms of engagement complying with this Agreement with the firm chosen (" Terms ") by no later than 10 Business Days after the date on which the terms of engagement of the firm chosen by the President as aforesaid are received by both of them. Neither will unreasonably withhold consent to the terms of engagement of the firm chosen. However, if either the Shareholders or the Purchaser fails to sign Terms, the firm chosen will be deemed to have been appointed on the Terms (if any) signed by the other and all the parties to this Agreement will be bound by the terms of the appointment and able to enforce them as if they had been signed by them. The party which signs the terms (absent its proven fraud or willful default) will not be liable to any of the other parties or any other person by reason of or otherwise in relation to that appointment. Without limiting the signing party's ability to agree the terms, the parties agree that the terms may (if the party which signs them deems fit) contain an indemnity in favour of the Expert and cap on the Expert's liability in terms not materially more onerous than typical terms agreed by the firm in question for expert determination instructions on transactions of a similar nature.

 

4.3           The Expert will act on the following basis:

 

 
 

 

4.3.1           as an expert and not as an arbitrator and his written determination will be final and binding on the parties (save in the event of fraud or manifest error, in which case the error must be rectified as soon as practical)

 

4.3.2           the Expert will only be required to decide the matters which this Agreement provides should be decided by the Expert under this paragraph and not any additional or separate issues subsequently raised by the parties;

 

4.3.3           the Expert will provide his decision and any calculation, statement or accounts to be provided by the Expert in writing to the parties on or before the date falling 20 Business Days after the date of the Expert's engagement;

 

4.3.4           the Shareholders and the Purchaser may make representations to the Expert in writing (and each will copy their representations to the other party); and

 

4.3.5           except as set out in this paragraph 4, the Expert may decide on the procedure to be followed in reaching his decision.

 

4.4           The parties will each use all reasonable endeavours to co-operate with the Expert to enable the decision to be reached in the time provided in this Agreement. They will give, and so far as they are able to do so will procure that Initio will give, the Expert all facilities, information and access to their respective premises and personnel, papers, books, accounts and records as the Expert may require for the purposes of the Expert's decision. If any party does not comply with any request within any time specified by the Expert, the Expert may make any assumption for the purposes of giving a decision under this Agreement, including any decision to costs, as the Expert may decide.

 

4.5           The costs of the Expert will be shared equally by the Purchaser on the one hand and the Shareholders on the other, unless the Expert decides otherwise.

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

WORKING CAPITAL CALCUALTION

 

The Working Capital of the Group will be calculated in line with the Accounting Policies and consistent with UK GAAP as consistently applied by the group.

 

Working Capital is the difference between the total accounting value of Current Assets and the total accounting value of Current Liabilities.

 

Current Assets means any asset of the Group which can be realised into cash within a twelve month period

 

Current Liabilities means any liability of the Group which is expected to be settled within a twelve month period

 

The pro-forma performance of the Group’s Working Capital across 2013 (per Management Accounts, unaudited) is as follows;

 

    Jan-13     Feb-13     Mar-13     Apr-13     May-13     Jun-13     Jul-13     Aug-13     Sep-13  
    Act     Act     Act     Act     Act     Act     Act     Act     Act  
    GBP     GBP     GBP     GBP     GBP     GBP     GBP     GBP     GBP  
Current Assets                                                                        
Billed Receivables     6,158,050       6,044,984       6,327,490       6,526,967       6,607,951       6,629,931       6,565,984       6,717,397       7,033,647  
Unbilled Receviables     120,937       164,789       138,647       149,396       152,641       169,059       121,812       150,493       156,529  
Other Current Assets     449,418       576,321       595,219       626,016       630,398       565,387       554,324       579,155       488,087  
Balance With Initio     0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Cash     605,405       467,337       690,948       688,944       422,166       788,509       540,932       664,039       789,450  
                                                                         
Total Current Assets     7,333,810       7,253,430       7,752,303       7,991,323       7,813,155       8,152,886       7,783,052       8,111,083       8,467,712  
                                                                         
Current Liabilities                                                                        
Creditors & Accruals     (2,719,845 )     (2,829,575 )     (3,009,516 )     (2,995,396 )     (2,969,937 )     (3,181,083 )     (3,037,615 )     (3,059,418 )     (2,985,916 )
Asset-Backed Lending     (4,471,618 )     (4,288,357 )     (4,617,371 )     (4,824,030 )     (4,662,954 )     (4,794,069 )     (4,640,405 )     (4,974,983 )     (5,265,763 )
Balance With Initio     0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Other CL     0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
                                                                         
Total Current Liabilities     (7,191,463 )     (7,117,931 )     (7,626,887 )     (7,819,426 )     (7,632,891 )     (7,975,152 )     (7,678,020 )     (8,034,401 )     (8,251,679 )
                                                                         
Total Working Capital     142,348       135,499       125,416       171,897       180,264       177,734       105,032       76,682       216,033  

 

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 4

 

MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS

 

Minority
Shareholder's
name and
address
  Entity in which
shares are held
and number of
shares held
  Total aggregate
consideration to
be received (in
$)
    Consideration to
be received in
cash (in $)
    Consideration to
be received in
Promissory
Notes (in $)
    Consideration to
be received in
Purchaser
Shares (number
of shares)
Darren Carroll   Longbridge Recruitment (Sales & Marketing) Limited     79,305       31,336       21,346     $26,623 (17,749 shares)
Daniel Lewis   Longbridge Recruitment (Law) Limited     25,749       10,174       6,931     $8,644 (5,763 shares)
Mark Newton   Longbridge Recruitment (Technology Solutions) Limited     2,078       2,078       nil     nil
Monica Rodrigues-Arias   Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited     15,661       6,188       4,215     $5,258 (3,613 shares)
Michal Wasilewski   Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited     15,661       6,188       4,215     $5,258 (3,613 shares)

  

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

PROFIT RIGHTS HOLDERS SHAREHOLDERS (MONROE STAFFING)

 

Minority
Shareholder's
name and
address
  Entity in
which rights
are held
  Total aggregate
consideration to
be received (in
$)
    Consideration to
be received in
cash (in $)
    Consideration to
be received in
Promissory
Notes (in $)
    Consideration to
be received in
Purchaser
Shares (number
of shares)
Matt Briand   Monroe Staffing Services LLC     3,458,962       1,489,766       876,293     1,092,903 (728,602 shares)
Steve Miller   Monroe Staffing Services LLC     276,717       109,708       74,319     92,690 (61,793 shares)
Steve Thompson   Monroe Staffing Services LLC     276,717       109,708       74,319     92,690 (61,793 shares)
Paul Polito   Monroe Staffing Services LLC     276,717       109,708       74,319     92,690 (61,793 shares)
Erik Schwarz   Monroe Staffing Services LLC     276,717       109,708       74,319     92,690 (61,793 shares)

 

Note: Post Closing Adjustment to be determined

Matt Briand consideration is in addition to Schedule 1

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties hereto has executed this Agreement, or has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by a representative duly authorized, as an instrument under seal, all as of the date first above set forth.

 

  PURCHASER:
   
  Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
   
  By:  
    Name: Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Title: President
   
  SHAREHOLDERS:
   
   
  Brendan Flood
   
   
  Matthew Briand
   
   
  Simon Lythgoe
   
   
  Kate Hughes
   
   
  Sukong Pang
   
   
  Masahiro Nishimura
   

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO THE

SHARE PURCHAS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT (this “ Amendment ”) to the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of October 30, 2013 (the “ Share Purchase Agreement ”), by and among Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ” or “ Purchaser ”), and the Shareholders (the “ Shareholders ”) of Initio International Holdings Limited (“ Initio ”), is entered into by the parties hereto as of this 10 th day of December, 2013.

 

RECI T ALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Shareholders entered into that certain Share Purchase Agreement, which such Share Purchase Agreement was to be non-binding until the completion of certain actions including, but not limited to, deep due diligence and securing the necessary financing to complete the transaction;

 

WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Shareholders have conducted analysis and provided relevant calculations regarding the Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company has determined that the Adjusted EBITDA for the 12 months ended September 30, 2013 was approximately $3.0 million and the Shareholders have determined that the Adjusted EBITDA for the 12 months ended September 20, 2013 was approximately $3.3 million;

 

WHEREAS, the Share Purchase Agreement contemplated a post-closing adjustment to the Purchase Price based upon the Adjusted EBITDA for the 12 month ending December 31, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, after negotiations, the parties have agreed to proceed with the transaction contemplated by that Share Purchase Agreement based upon a fixed Purchase Price of $14.85 million with no post-closing adjustment based upon the December 31, 2013 Adjusted EBITDA results and no post-closing working capital adjustment;

 

WHEREAS, the provisions set forth in this Amendment are hereby deemed to supersede and replace certain provisions of that Share Purchase Agreement and upon execution of this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.             All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Initial Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

2.             The first Recital of the Share Purchase Price is hereby amended such that the term "Purchase Price" shall be deleted and replaced with the term "Total Purchase Price" .

 

3.             Section 1.1 of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by the deletion of the following capitalized terms and their meanings in their entirety:

 

Accounting Policies means the accounting policies and practices used in the preparation of the Accounts that are in accordance with accounting standards policies principles and practices generally accepted in the United Kingdom (including all applicable statements of Standard Accounting Practice and Financial Reporting Standards) including the policies and practices listed in Section 2 of Schedule 2.

 

 
 

 

Adjusted EBITDA means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and also excludes business reorganization costs, impairment of goodwill, and costs incurred outside of the normal course of business or non-recurring costs in accordance with the Accounting Policies.
   
“EBITDA” means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, calculated in accordance with Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 2.
   
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
   
" September Accounts " means the consolidated management accounts of the Group for the twelve month period ending on September 30, 2013 showing the EBITDA of the Group for the twelve month period to September 30, 2013, such accounts having been prepared in accordance with the Accounting and the Principle applied in calculating Gross Profit and Revenue of the Group, and agreed by the Purchaser and Shareholder prior to Closing.

 

4.             Section 2.2(i) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(i) the aggregate amount payable by the Purchase to the Shareholders shall be $14.85 million (the “ Closing Payment ”), plus:”

 

5.             Section 2.3(i) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(i) the Closing Payment shall be paid by the Purchaser on the Closing Date and shall be payable by the Purchaser as set forth in Sections 2.3(a), (b) and (c) below and each Shareholder shall receive such proportion of the Closing Payment as set forth in Schedule 1; and”.

 

6.             Section 2.3(d) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

 

7.             Within 1 week from the execution of this Amendment, the Shareholders and Initio shall deliver to the Company completed and final copies of the Deed of Warranties and the Disclosure Letter with disclosure satisfactory to the Purchaser.

 

8.             Section 2.3(e) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

 
 

 

“(e)  Minimum Working Capital. The Parties hereby agree that at Closing, the Group shall maintain a minimum working capital (being the current assets of the Group less the current liabilities of the Group) of at least $299,000 (the “ Working Capital Requirement ”). On Closing the Shareholders shall procure that management accounts of the Group for the period from 1 October, 2013 to the Closing Date are produced and delivered to the Purchaser detailing the working capital of the Group at Closing as calculated in accordance with the principles applied in calculating Gross Profit and Revenue and the pro-forma set out in Schedule 3 (the " Working Capital Amount "). The Purchaser shall have 20 Business Days following submission to it of such management accounts and Working Capital Amount (" Response Period ") to notify the Shareholders in writing (" Purchaser Response ") that does not agree with the Working Capital Amount and setting out in reasonable detail the points of disagreement and the adjustments which the Purchaser believes are required. Any items not identified in the Purchaser Response will be deemed to be agreed and, if no Purchaser Response is received during the Response Period, the Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted the Working Capital Amount and such amount will (in the absence of fraud or manifest error) be binding on the parties. If a Purchaser Response is received by the Shareholders during the Response Period then the Purchaser and Shareholders will have until the date falling 20 Business Days after the date on which the Purchaser Response is received by the Shareholders (the " Resolution Period ") to agree the items in dispute and therefore the Working Capital Amount. The amount so agreed will (in the absence of fraud or manifest error) be final and binding on the Parties. If agreement cannot be reached during the Resolution Period then the matter shall be referred to the Expert for final decision in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, who will decide the Working Capital Amount. Once the Working Capital Amount has been agreed or determined then, within 5 Business Days of such agreement or determination: (i) in the event that the Working Capital Amount is less than the Minimum Working Capital Requirement, the Shareholders shall pay the difference between the Working Capital Requirement and the Working Capital Amount to the Purchaser by the cancellation of such number of Purchase Shares (valued at $1.50 per share) as shall equal 33.3% of the amount of the Reduction Amount, 40% of the Reduction Amount in cash and 26.7% of the Reduction Amount shall be applied in reducing the principal amount of the Promissory Note (together with accrued interest thereon) (the " Working Capital Reduction Payment "), or (ii) in the event that the Working Capital Amount is more than the Working Capital Requirement the Total Purchase Price shall be increased to reflect any excess amount over the Working Capital Requirement (the " Working Capital Additional Payment ") and the Purchaser shall pay such amount to the Shareholders (in such proportions as set out in Schedule 1) as to 33.3% in Purchaser Common Stock (valued at $1.50 per share), 40% in cash and 26.7% in Promissory Notes.”

 

9.             Schedules 1, 4 and 5 are hereby deleted in their entirety and shall be replaced with such Schedules as shall be provided by the Covenantors' and Sellers' Representatives at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

 

10.           The Parties hereby agree that the Closing Date of the transaction shall be on or about January 3, 2014.

 

11.           Except as modified hereby, all other provisions in the Share Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

12.           This Amendment (a) may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute a single agreement; (b) may be executed by facsimile signature, provided that the original thereof is provided to the other Parties promptly thereafter; (c) shall be construed without regard to headings or captions, or gender, or whether a reference is to the singular or plural; and (d) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of New York

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above-written.     

    

  PURCHASER:
   
  Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
   
  By:  
    Name: Alfonso J. Cervantes
    Title: President
   
  SHAREHOLDERS:
   
   
  Brendan Flood
   
   
  Matthew Briand
   
   
  Simon Lythgoe, acting by his attorney Brendan Flood
   
   
  Kate Hughes, acting by her attorney Brendan Flood
   
   
  Sukong Pang, acting by his attorney Brendan Flood
   
   
  Masahiro Nishimura, acting by his attorney Brendan Flood

 

 

 

 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. NO SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT OR AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT OR RECEIPT OF A NO-ACTION LETTER FROM THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

 

6% UNSECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Issuance Date:

Principal Amount: $

 

For value received, Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), promises to pay to the order of ________________ (“ Holder ”) the principal sum of $___________, together with interest accrued but unpaid thereon, at the rate and on the terms set forth below in this promissory note (the “ Note ”). The date of this Note is January 3, 2014 (the “ Issuance Date ”). This Note is being issued in connection with that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated October 30, 2013 as amended December 10, 2013 (the “ SPA ”), by and between the Company, Initio International Holdings, Inc. and the Shareholders of Initio. All terms not defined herein are defined in the SPA.

 

1           Repayment. All payments of interest and principal shall be in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at the address of the Holder on the books of the Company or at such other place, or by wire transfer of funds to such account of the Holder, as the Holder may designate in writing to the Company. All payments shall be applied first to accrued interest, and thereafter to principal and no Suspension of Payments occurs. Unless the Note is paid as set forth herein, unless as Suspension of Payment occurs, and is continuing payments of principal shall be made in monthly installments in the monthly amount of 1/60 th of the principal due on the Issuance Date along with the accrued interests payments, the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all unpaid accrued interest on, the Note shall be due and payable on the 36 month anniversary of the Issuance Date (the “ Maturity Date ”), provided, however, in the event a Suspension of Payment occurs pursuant to Section 3, below, the Maturity Date shall be extended after the 36 month anniversary equal to the time that a Suspension of Payment shall continue.

 

2           Interest Rate and Payments; No Security Interest. Interest on the outstanding principal amount shall accrue daily at a rate equal to six percent (6%) per annum. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. Interest will accrue from the date hereof until the outstanding principal amount is converted, prepaid or paid in full. Interest and principal shall be payable on a monthly basis, within the fifteenth (15th) day of such month (a “ Payment Date ”), and such payments of principal and interest shall begin on the first such Payment Date which shall be within the calendar month following the Issuance Date. On the Maturity Date, the Company will pay a balloon payment of the remaining principal amount due under the Note, including all accrued but unpaid interests. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a business day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding business day. This Note is an unsecured promissory note.

 

 
 

 

3           Suspension of Payments of Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Note, payments due hereunder and the accrual of interest shall immediately be suspended (a " Suspension of Payment ") if the Gross Profit of Initio for any twelve (12) month run rate after 31 December 2013 is less than the Gross Profit of Initio for the trailing twelve (12) month run rate on the Issuance Date, in an amount of twenty percent (20%) or more, and shall only be reinstated upon the date which the Gross Margin of Initio exceeds eighty percent (80%) of the Gross Profit for the financial year ended on 31 December 2013 provided, however , that no such suspension shall occur if the shortfall in Gross Margin of Initio referred to in the prior clause results from directly (a) legal or regulatory action (other than caused by a default of Initio and/or the Subsidiaries) that directly impacts Initio in a materially negative manner or (b) is attributable to or is increased directly as a result of any act, omission, transaction or arrangement carried out by or at the written request of the Parent or the Company. For purposes of this Section 3, (i) “ Gross Profit ” and/or “ Gross Margin ” shall mean means Revenue less direct costs of services, consisting of payroll, payroll taxes, insurance costs and reimbursable expenses, in a manner as consistently applied by the Group, and in accordance with the Accounting Policies (ii) “ Gross Revenues ” shall mean total income received from business operations of Initio, conducted as a separate subsidiary or, if Initio is not operated as a separate subsidiary of the Company, the Gross Profit of the division or other internal organization of the Company which includes the business formerly conducted by Initio, prior to any deductions or allowances, as determined in accordance with United Kingdom generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (“ GAAP ”) and in accordance with the Accounting Policies and reflected in the financial statements of the Company as audited by the Company’s independent accounting firm (“ Audited Statements ”) for the relevant fiscal year, (iii) “ Cost of Sales ” means the direct costs to generate the Gross Revenues including, without limitation, payroll to independent contractors, payroll burdens and insurance obligations for such contractors, as determined in accordance with GAAP and reflected in Audited Statements for the relevant fiscal year; and (iv) " Revenue " means revenue of the Group, determined as follows: (i) revenue for temporary services (recognized at the time that the service is provided and revenue is recorded on a time and materials basis); (ii) temporary contracting revenue (recognized as gross when the company acts as principal in the transaction and is at risk for collection); (iii) revenue that does not meet the criteria for gross revenue reporting (reported on a net basis); (iv) revenue generated when the company permanently places an individual with a client on a contingent basis (recorded at the time of acceptance of employment); and (v) revenue generated when the company places an individual with a client on a retained basis (recorded ratably over the period the services are rendered), in a manner as consistently applied by the Group in accordance with the Accounting Policies.

 

4           Liquidity Event or Change of Control Prior to Maturity Date . If a Liquidity Event occurs before the Maturity Date, then the Company shall pay to Holder, as part of the Liquidity Event, the amount that Holder would have received had the Note been repaid at the Maturity Date, in full satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under this Note, and Holder shall surrender the original Note to the Company.

 

For purposes of this Section 4:

 

Liquidity Event ” means (a) a merger of the Company with or into another entity (if after such merger the holders of a majority of the Company’s voting securities immediately prior to the transaction do not hold a majority of the voting securities of the successor entity) or (b) a sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets to an unaffiliated third party.

 

The Company shall give Holder at least 10 days’ written notice prior to a Liquidity Event.

 

5          Prepayment. The Company may, in its discretion, prepay this Note in whole or in part prior to the Maturity Date.

 

6          Controlling Law.  This Note and all questions relating to its validity, interpretation or performance and enforcement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts wholly performed within the borders of such state and without reference to choice-of-law principles thereof. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts located in New York, New York and further agrees that in the event of any dispute hereunder, any litigation to resolve such dispute may only be brought in such jurisdiction. Each party hereto waives any claim to forum non-conveniens.

 

 
 

 

7            Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND HOLDER KNOWINGLY, IRREVOCABLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BASED ON THIS NOTE, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENT (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY THERETO. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THE LOAN TRANSACTION EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE.

 

8            Notices . All notices or communications given or made hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or delivered by reputable overnight courier, to the party at the address set forth below, or at such other place as the Company or Holder may designate by written notice to the other.  Notices given by mail will be deemed to have been given on the third business day after the business day on which the notice is deposited in the mail.  Notices given by overnight courier will be deemed given on the next business day after the business day on which the notice is deposited with the overnight courier. Notices may also be given by e-mail if receipt is acknowledged by the recipient.

 

9            Transfer; Successors and Assigns; Rights as Stockholder .  The terms and conditions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holder may not assign, pledge, or otherwise transfer this Note without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent may be withheld at the Company’s discretion. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Note may be transferred only upon surrender of the original Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a duly executed written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company. Thereupon, a new note for the same principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Principal and interest, or any

 

10          Events of Default and Remedies

 

A. Events of Default . Each of the following shall constitute an “ Event of Default ”:

 

(a)          If either of Brendan Flood or Matthew Briand cease to be employed by the Company (except where either of them voluntarily resigns or is dismissed for gross misconduct or fraud);

 

(b)          The failure of the Company to pay the principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest on the Maturity Date;

 

(c)          The material default by the Company under any of its material covenants or representations under the Stock Purchase Agreement, which default is not cured within 30 days after receipt of written notice of such default delivered to the Company by the Holder;

 

(d)          A decree, judgment, or order by a court of competent jurisdiction shall have been entered adjudging the Company as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization of the Company under any bankruptcy or similar law, and such decree of order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or a decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction ordering the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company, or for the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, shall have been entered, and such decree, judgment, or order shall have remained in force undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 

 
 

 

(e)          The Company shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization under any bankruptcy or similar law or similar statute, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or any of its assets or property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

 

B. Acceleration of Maturity Date . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then, and in every such case, unless the principal of this Note shall have already become due and payable, the Holder by written notice to the Company (an “Acceleration Notice”), may declare all of the principal of the Note, together with accrued interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default occurs, all principal of and accrued interest on this Note ipso facto shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Holder.

 

C. Waiver . No delay or omission by the Holders to exercise any right or remedy arising upon any Event of Default shall impair the exercise of any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default. Every right and remedy given by this Section or by law to the Holder may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Holder. No provision of this Note may be waived unless in writing signed by Holder, and waiver of any one provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other provision.

 

11          Waiver and Amendment; Enforceability. Any provision of this Note, including, without limitation, the Maturity Date hereof, and the observance of any term hereof, may be amended, waived or modified (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. If one or more provisions of this Note are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provisions shall be excluded from this Note, and the balance of this Note shall be interpreted as if such provisions were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

12          Lost or Stolen Note.   If this Note is lost, stolen, mutilated or otherwise destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver to Holder a new promissory note containing the same terms, and in the same form, as this Note. In such event, Holder shall deliver to the Company an affidavit of lost instrument and customary indemnity in respect thereof as a condition to the delivery of any such new promissory note.

 

13          Amendment . This Note is being issued in a series of Notes relating to that certain SPA. This Note may be amended only by a majority of the holders of such Notes issued in connection with that certain SPA.

 

[ signature page follows ]

 

 
 

 

Company:
 
STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
By:  
  Name: A.J. Cervantes
  Title: President

 

[Signature page to Promissory Note of Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.]

 

 

 

 

 
   
  Date: January 3, 2014
 

 

BRENDAN CHRISTOPHER FLOOD AND MATTHEW BRIAND

 

and

 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC.

 

DEED OF WARRANTIES

 

containing warranties, indemnities and covenants relating to the sale and purchase of all the issued shares in

 

INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

  Ref: NAR/GF/45125802

Thomas Eggar LLP

14 New Street London EC2M 4HE

 

Telephone  +44 (0)207 9729720

Facsimile   +44 (0)207 9729722

DX no.        88 London

 

www.thomaseggar.com

 

 
 

 

Contents

 

Clause   Page Number
     
1 Definitions and Interpretation 3
     
2 Warranties 13
     
3 Tax Covenant 14
     
4 Notices 23
     
5 Assignment 24
     
6 General 25
     
7 Contract Rights of Third Parties 26
     
8 Law and Jurisdiction 26
     
9 Severance 26
     
10 Counterparts 27
     
11 Entire Agreement 27
     
Schedule 1 28
   
  The Covenantors 28
     
Schedule 2 29
   
  Part A:  Details of the Company 29
     
  Part B:  Details of Subsidiaries 30
     
Schedule 3 The Warranties 38
   
Schedule 4 Limitation of Covenantors’ Liability 56

 

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THIS DEED is made the 3rd day of January 2014

 

Parties:

 

(1) THE PERSONS whose names and addresses are listed in column (1) of Schedule 1 (the " Covenantors " and each a “ Covenantor ”); and

 

(2) STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC. , (Company No. 4447620), a Nevada Corporation, whose registered offices is at 641 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1526, New York, NY 10022, USA (the “Purchaser” ).

 

RECITALS:

 

(A) Initio International Holdings Limited is a company registered in England and Wales under Company No. 07116112, and details of the Company are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.

 

(B) The Purchaser is to acquire all of the issued share capital of the Company for the consideration as set out in the SPA.

 

(C) The Covenantors are directors and shareholders of the Company and beneficial owners of the numbers of the Sale Shares (as hereinafter defined) in the capital of the Company set opposite their respective names in column (2) of Schedule 1 hereto and have agreed to enter into this Deed for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing.

 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

In this Deed, unless the context otherwise requires:-

 

1 Definitions and Interpretation

 

1.1 In this Deed (including the Recitals), unless the context otherwise requires the following words and phrases have the meanings set out opposite each of them below:-

 

Accounts ” means the audited consolidated financial statements of Initio and the Group for the year ended 31 December 2012;

 

"Accounts Date": means 31 December 2012;

 

“Affiliate”: means, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person or member of a group of Persons acting together that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by or is under common Control with, the specified Person;

 

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"Audited Financial Statements": shall have the meaning given in the SPA;

 

"Business Day": means a day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in the City of London;

 

"Claim" has the meaning given in Schedule 4;

 

"Claim for Tax": means any notice, demand, assessment, return, accounts, computations, letter or other document issued by or on behalf of any Taxing Authority or the taking of any other action by or on behalf of any Taxing Authority from which it appears that any member of the Group has or may be likely to have any Liability to Tax;

 

"Companies Act": means the Companies Act 2006;

 

"Company": means Initio International Holdings Limited particulars of which are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2;

 

"Completion": means completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares by the Purchaser under the SPA;

 

"Confidential Information": means all confidential information used in or otherwise relating to the Group or its business or affairs including (without limitation) customer and client lists, information relating to its operations and processes, technical information, know how information relating to future business development or planning, future projects, commercial relationships, information relating to litigation or legal advice, in each case, in whatever form held;

 

"Connected Person": means in relation to any other person, a person who is connected with that other person within the meaning of 1122 of the CTA 2010 and a "Group of Connected Persons" means a group of persons who are so connected with one another;

 

"Contract ": means any agreement or commitment whether conditional or unconditional and whether by deed, under hand, oral or otherwise;

 

"Covenantors Solicitors": means Mishcon de Reya of Summit House, 12 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4QD;

 

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CTA 2009 ”: means Corporation Tax 2009;

 

CTA 2010 ”: means Corporation Tax 2010;

 

" Data Room ": means the documents and information contained or referred to in the electronic data room, as updated from time to time, virtually hosted and maintained by the Covenantors' Solicitors, made available to, amongst others, the Purchaser and its advisers by the Covenantors' Solicitors;

 

"Disclosure Letter": means the letter of the same date as this Deed in the agreed terms from the Covenantors to the Purchaser and delivered to the Purchaser’s Solicitors (and which includes the Disclosure Materials);

 

“Disclosure Materials”: means (i) the documents and materials listed in Schedule 5 and (ii) each and every document contained in the Data Room, which have been disclosed to the Purchaser for the purpose of the Disclosure Letter and which form part of the Disclosure Letter.

 

"Encumbrance": means any Lien or other interest or equity of any person (including any right to acquire, option or right of pre-emption) or any mortgage, charge, pledge, claim lien, assignment, hypothecation, security, interest, title, negative pledge, retention or any other security agreement or arrangement (whether monetary or not) or any agreement or commitment to give or create any of the foregoing;

 

"Enlarged Group": means the Purchaser, the Company and the Subsidiaries;

 

"Event": means the existence of any state of affairs or a transaction, act, event, payment, occurrence or omission of whatever nature, including without limitation the acquisition, disposal or realisation of any asset and the making of any claim relevant for Taxation purposes and, without limitation, shall include the receipt or deemed receipt for the purposes of Tax Legislation of any profits, income or gains; and any reference to an Event occurring on or before the date of Completion shall include:-

 

(a) an Event which is deemed for the purposes of any Tax Legislation to have occurred or which is otherwise treated or regarded as having occurred on or before the date of Completion; and

 

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(b) an Event which occurred or is deemed to have occurred after the date of Completion if the combined effect of that Event and any Event or Events which occurred or are deemed for the purposes of any Tax Legislation to have occurred on or before Completion is to give rise to a Liability to Taxation or increased Liability to Taxation;

 

"Group": means the Company and the Subsidiaries and " member of the Group " or " Group Company " means any one of them;

 

“Governmental Body”; means any foreign, federal, state, provincial or local governmental body or political subdivision thereof, and any agency or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government, including, without limitation, all taxing authorities;

 

"IP Rights": means patents, trademarks and registered designs (including applications for the same and unregistered marks and designs), service marks trade names copyrights trade secrets discoveries, improvements, designs, techniques, technical information, knowhow and show how, engineering and technical data, specifications, formulae, computer programs and other confidential processes, methods and information and other protected rights, assets and know how of any kind;

 

Key Employee ”: means an employee of the Company who meets any one or more of the following criteria: (i) owns either directly or indirectly at least five percent of the issued shares of the Company (excluding Simon Lythgoe); or (ii) is an officer or member of the board of directors of the Company and Subsidiaries.

 

Latest Balance Sheet ” means the statement of assets liabilities and shareholders equity of the Company and the Subsidiaries on a combined basis for the year to date ending 30 September 2013 and the related statements of revenue and expenditure for the period then ended;

 

“Lien ”: means any interest, consensual or otherwise, in property securing a monetary obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, including without limitation, all liens, mortgages, security interests, pledges, deeds of trust, statutory liens for unpaid rentals, options or other charges and encumbrances;

 

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"Liability to Taxation": means any liability of any member of the Group to make a payment of or in respect of Taxation whether or not the same is primarily payable by any member of the Group and whether or not any member of the Group has or may have any right of reimbursement against any other person or persons:-

 

(a) the Loss of any Relief where such Relief has been taken into account in computing and so reducing or eliminating any provision for Taxation which appears in the Accounts or which but for such Relief was treated as an asset of the Company in the Accounts or was taken into account in computing ( and so reducing or eliminating) any provision for deferred Taxation which appears in the Accounts in which case the amount of the Liability for Taxation shall be the amount of Taxation which would (on the basis of tax rates current at the date of such Loss) have been saved but for such Loss assuming for this purpose that the Company has sufficient profits or was otherwise in a position to use the Relief in which case the amount of the Liability for Taxation shall be the amount of the actual payment or the amount that otherwise would be payable;

 

(b) the Loss of any Relief which could be utilised against Tax due on future profits of the Group (whether of an income or capital nature) in which case the amount of the Liability for Taxation shall be the amount of Taxation which would (on the basis of tax rates current at the time of use of such Loss) have been saved; and

 

(c) the Loss of any right to repayment of Taxation (including any repayment supplement) which was treated as an asset in the Accounts in which case the amount of the Liability to Taxation shall be the amount of the right to repayment and any related repayment supplement;

 

" Loss ": means any reduction, modification, nullification, utilisation, disallowance or clawback for whatever reason;

 

"Management Accounts": means unaudited profit and loss account and balance sheet for the Company as at and for the period to the 31 October 2013, a copy of which is attached to the Disclosure Letter;

 

“Material” or “Materially” (whether or not capitalized) means (a) a contract with a potential value in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), either individually or in an aggregate basis, or (b) a potential effect on Initio in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), either individually or in an aggregate basis or (c) which is otherwise material in the context of the financial position or trading of the Group.

 

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Material Adverse Change ” or “ Material Adverse Effect ” means any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts that is, or is reasonably likely to be, Materially adverse to the business and/or financial condition, assets, results of operations of Initio or its Subsidiaries (on a combined basis), other than any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts relating to the economy in general.

 

" Net Asset Value " means the total value of the assets (tangible and intangible) of the Group less the total liabilities of the Group applying the accounting policies and practices used in the preparation of the Last Balance Sheet;

 

" Ordinary Shares ": means the ordinary share in the capital of the Company with a nominal value of 0.1p each;

 

" Overprovision ": the amount by which any provision in the Accounts or the Audited Financial Statements relating to Tax is overstated, applying the accounting policies, principles and practices adopted in relation to the preparation of the Accounts and/or the Audited Financial Statements (and ignoring the effect of any change in law made after Completion);

 

"Profits": means in relation to any Liability to Tax within the United Kingdom, has the meaning given in section 2(2) of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 and, in relation to any Liability to Tax outside the United Kingdom, includes income, profits, gains (including capital gains) or the value of supplies and any other consideration, value or receipts used or charged for taxation purposes;

 

"Property": the properties detailed in Schedule 5;

 

"Purchaser's Group" : means the Purchaser, any parent undertaking and/or subsidiary undertaking (each as defined in section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006) of the Purchaser;

 

" Purchaser's Solicitors ": means Thomas Eggar LLP of 14 New Street, London EC2M 4HE;

 

"Relevant Claim": means any claim for breach of any of the Warranties or under the Tax Covenant;

 

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"Relevant Percentage" means 50.43% in relation to Brendan Flood and 31.57% in relation to Matthew Briand;

 

"Relevant Tax Assessment" means a Tax Assessment which may give rise to a Relevant Claim ;

 

"Relief": means any loss, relief, exemption, allowance, set-off, deduction or credit relevant to the computation of any liability to make a payment of or relating to Taxation or claimable or available pursuant to any Tax Legislation or any deduction in computing income profits or gains for the purpose of Taxation or any right to the repayment of Tax;

 

"Sale Shares": means the Ordinary Shares to be acquired by the Purchaser on completion of the SPA;

 

"SPA": means the Agreement dated 30 October 2013 between the Purchaser and the owners of shares in the Company for the sale and purchase of all the issued shares in the Company, as amended on 10 December 2013;

 

"Straddle Tax Returns": means the following Tax Returns, in each case being Tax Returns to be filed after Completion in respect of accounting periods which have commenced prior to Completion but which end after Completion:

 

(d) UK corporation tax returns for Initio International Holdings Limited; Initio International Limited; BB Professional Solutions Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Sales and Marketing) Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Law) Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited; and Longbridge Recruitment (Technology Solutions) Limited in respect of the year ending 31 December 2013;

 

(e) US tax returns for Monroe Staffing Services LLC and Faro Recruitment America Inc in respect of the year ending 31 December 2013:

 

(i) US Corporation Income Tax Return;

 

(ii) Nevada Corporate Income Tax Return;

 

(iii) Connecticut State Income Tax Return;

 

(iv) Rhode Island State Income Tax Return;

 

(v) Massachusetts State Income Tax Return;

 

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(vi) New Hampshire State Income Tax Return;

 

(vii) North Carolina State Income Tax Return;

 

(viii) California Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(ix) Delaware Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(x) Georgia Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xi) Illinois Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xii) Indiana Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xiii) Kansas Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xiv) Maryland Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xv) New Jersey Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xvi) New York Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xvii) Texas Sales and Payroll Return;

 

(xviii) Utah Sales and Payroll Return;and

 

(xix) Virginia Sales and Payroll Return.

 

(f) Payroll tax return for Initio International Holdings Limited; Initio International Limited; BB Professional Solutions Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Sales and Marketing) Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Law) Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited; and Longbridge Recruitment (Technology Solutions) Limited for the month ending 30 November 2013;

 

(g) Payroll tax return for Monroe Staffing Services LLC and Faro Recruitment America Inc for the month ending 30 November 2013;

 

(h) VAT return for Initio International Holdings Limited; Initio International Limited; BB Professional Solutions Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Sales and Marketing) Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Law) Limited; Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited; and Longbridge Recruitment (Technology Solutions) Limited for the period ending 30 November 2013.

 

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"Subsidiaries": means each of the companies, particulars of which are set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2;

 

"Tax" or "Taxation": means all forms of taxation duties imposts charges levies and withholdings and whenever imposed and whether of the United Kingdom or elsewhere and without prejudice to the foregoing includes:-

 

(i) in relation to the United Kingdom, income tax, (including for the avoidance of doubt income tax required to be deducted from or accounted for in respect of any payment) corporation tax, capital gains tax, value added tax, inheritance tax; stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax; customs and excise duties; import duty; national insurance contributions; and social security contributions;

 

(j) occupation; franchise, value added, sales, and purchase in relation to any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom any tax, duty, charge or withholding in the nature of taxation, including (without limitation) taxes on gross or net income, profits or gains; taxes on receipts, sales, use; and

 

(k) any interest, surcharge, fine, penalty or charge payable in connection with any of the foregoing;

 

"Tax Covenant" : means the covenant in respect of Taxation given by the Covenantors in clause 4 of this Deed;

 

"Tax Claim" has the meaning given in Schedule 4;

 

"Tax Legislation": means any legislation imposing or relating to Taxation;

 

"Taxing Authority": means HM Revenue and Customs, Department of Work and Pension and any other statutory or governmental authority or body whatsoever of the United Kingdom or in any other jurisdiction which seeks to determine liability for and/or administer Taxation;

 

"Tax Warranties": means the Warranties contained in paragraphs 31 to 38 of Schedule 3;

 

"Transaction Document": shall have the meaning given in the SPA;

 

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"Warranties": means the warranties set out in Schedule 3 of this Deed and in Sections 3A and 5 of the SPA.

 

1.2 In this Deed (including the Recitals) unless inconsistent with the subject or context:

 

1.2.1 an expression which is defined in or to which a meaning is assigned for the purpose of the Companies Acts or the Insolvency Act 1986 has the same meaning;

 

1.2.2 a reference to "writing" , or any cognate expression, includes a reference to any communication effected by facsimile transmission or comparable means (but not emails);

 

1.2.3 a reference to a document "in the agreed terms" or "in agreed form" is a reference to the form of the draft initialled for the purposes of identification by or on behalf of each of the parties;

 

1.2.4 a reference to a "Clause" or a "Schedule" is a reference to a clause of or a schedule to this Deed and a reference to this Deed includes a reference to each Schedule;

 

1.2.5 any phrase introduced by the terms "including" , "include" , "in particular" , "inter alia" or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;

 

1.2.6 words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, references to one gender shall include the other gender and references to "persons" shall include references to natural persons, partnerships, bodies corporate or unincorporated associations;

 

1.2.7 headings and sub-headings are included for ease of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Deed;

 

1.2.8 any reference to any statute or statutory provision shall include that statute or statutory provisions as from time to time amended, modified, replaced or re-enacted (whether before, on or after the date of this Deed) and any order, regulation, instrument, bye-law or other subordinate legislation made under it;

 

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1.2.9 any reference to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official, person or any other legal concept shall, in respect of any other jurisdiction, be treated as including that which In their nature and effect most nearly approximate in that jurisdiction to the English legal term;

 

1.2.10 if a Warranty is qualified by the expressions "to the best of the Covenantors' knowledge information and belief" or "so far as the Covenantors are aware" or any similar expression, that expression shall be deemed to include a warranty by the makers of the statement that the statement has been made by them after making reasonable enquiry of each of the directors or officers and employees reasonably having such knowledge of the Company and the Subsidiaries who would know; and

 

1.2.11 references to a "Tax Assessment" mean any notice, demand, assessment return, accounts, letter or other document in each case issued by or action taken by any Tax Authority or any self-assessment return prepared by or on behalf of any Group Company indicating that:

 

(a) the Purchaser or a Group Company is or may be placed under a liability; or

 

(b) any Relief of any Group Company is or may be lost, set off or applied in computing Profits or Taxation; or

 

(c) any of the assets of any Group Company or the Purchaser (including any shares in the Company) are subject to any charge or any power of sale, mortgage or charge resulting from or in consequence of any liability to inheritance tax, in respect of which a Relevant Claim arises or may arise.

 

2 Warranties

 

2.1 The Covenantors severally warrant to the Purchaser in the terms of the Warranties.

 

2.2 The Warranties are qualified and the Covenantors shall not be liable for any claim or demand to the extent that the facts and/or matters giving rise to the claim or demand are fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Letter.

 

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2.3 Each Warranty is to be construed independently and is not limited or restricted by any other Warranty or any other term of this Deed.

 

2.4 No Covenantor will be liable for any claim or demand under this Deed, the SPA or any Transaction Document if the matter or facts giving rise to such claim or demand was known to the Purchaser or director or, officers at the date of this Deed.

 

2.5 The Covenantors shall not make any claim or demand or exercise any other right or remedy which the Covenantors may have against any of the employees, officers, consultants or professional advisers of the Company or any Subsidiary and the Purchaser in connection with this transaction (including the provision of information contained or reflected in the Disclosure Letter), save in the case of fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, wilful deception or deliberate concealment.

 

2.6 Schedule 4 shall apply to limit or exclude, in accordance with its terms, any liability which the Covenantors might otherwise have in respect of a Claim or Tax Claim, provided that no limitation placed upon the liability of the Covenantors pursuant to Schedule 4 (whether as to amount, time or otherwise) shall apply in relation to any claim by the Purchaser which is the consequence of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or wilful non-disclosure by the Covenantors.

 

3 Tax Covenant

 

3.1 The Covenantors severally covenant to pay (as directed by the Purchaser) to the Purchaser or to any member of the Group an amount equal to any Liability to Taxation of the Group resulting from:-

 

3.1.1 any Event occurring or deemed, for Taxation purposes, to have occurred on or before Completion; or

 

3.1.2 any Profits earned, accrued or received in respect of any period ending on or before Completion; or

 

3.1.3 any Liability to Taxation of the Group arising as a result of any Claim for Taxation in respect of payments made by the Group to any directors or employees of the Group during any period prior to Completion that has not been provided for in the Accounts and whether such payments have been treated as repayment of loans owing to such directors and employees or as remuneration or benefits provided by any member of the Group to such employees or directors at any time prior to Completion and including any tax arising or payable by the Company on the exercise of any share option in the Company granted by the Company prior to Completion by any employee or director at any time including after Completion; or

 

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3.1.4 the reasonable costs and expenses properly incurred by any member of the Enlarged Group in relation to a successful Claim in relation to Taxation pursuant to the provisions of clauses 3.1.1 to 3.1.3 (inclusive).

 

3.2 The amount of the Liability to Taxation of the Group resulting from a Claim for Tax and which is payable to the Purchaser under this Deed shall be the amount of the actual payment made by or Loss of Relief by the relevant member of the Group in respect of the Liability to Taxation.

 

3.3 The Covenantors shall not have a liability under the Tax Covenant to the extent that:-

 

3.3.1 provision, reserve or allowance in respect of such Liability to Taxation was made in the Accounts (including any provision for deferred tax) or in the case of a general provision, reserve or allowance the Liability to Taxation was taken into account when preparing such general provision, reserve or allowance; or

 

3.3.2 the Liability to Taxation either, (a) comprises United Kingdom corporation tax on income profits or gains earned by the Group, or (b) arises as a result of an Event occurring, in the ordinary course of the trading activities of the Group during the period beginning immediately after the Accounts Date and ending on Completion; or

 

3.3.3 the Profits in respect of which the said Liability to Taxation arises were actually earned, accrued or received by the Group but were not reflected in the Accounts; or

 

3.3.4 it arises or is increased as a result only of any change in the law of Tax announced and coming into force after Completion (whether relating to rates of Tax or otherwise) or the withdrawal of any extra-statutory concession previously made by a Taxation Authority (whether or not the change purports to be effective retrospectively in whole or in part); or

 

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3.3.5 it would not have arisen but for a change after Completion in the accounting bases on which the Company or any member of the Enlarged Group values its assets; or

 

3.3.6 the Purchaser is compensated for any such matter under any other provision of this agreement; or

 

3.3.7 there is available to the Company or any member of the Group any Relief which relates to any period prior to Completion; or

 

3.3.7 it would not have arisen but for a voluntary act, transaction or omission of the Company or any member of the Enlarged Group outside the ordinary course of business after Completion and which the Purchaser was aware or ought reasonably to have been aware would give rise to the Liability for Taxation or other liability in question.

 

Conduct of Claims

 

3.4 If the Purchaser or any Group Company becomes aware of or receives any Relevant Tax Assessment, the Purchaser shall as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event within 15 Business Days thereof give written notice of the Relevant Tax Assessment to the with reasonable details in respect of the same.

 

3.5 Subject to the Covenantors fulfilling their obligations under this clause 3.5, including the provision of security and unless the circumstances require immediate action to prevent further damage or loss, the Purchaser shall, or shall procure that each of the relevant Group Companies shall take only such action and give all such information and assistance to the Sellers' Representative in connection with the affairs of the Group Company as the Sellers' Representative may reasonably and in writing request to admit, resist, appeal or compromise a Relevant Tax Assessment. The Sellers hereby agree to indemnify the Company and the Purchaser against all losses, costs, interest, damages and expenses reasonably and property incurred by the Purchaser or any Group Company (including, without limitation, interest on overdue Taxation and any Taxation which has to be paid before a Relevant Tax Assessment can be appealed) which may arise as a result of any such action which the Sellers' Representative requests.  The Sellers shall provide such security as the Purchaser reasonably requests in respect of the Sellers' obligation to provide this indemnity. 

 

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3.6 If a Relevant Tax Assessment would become final unless appealed against within applicable time limits, at the written request of the Sellers' Representative, the Purchaser shall procure that the relevant Group Companies file an appeal. The Purchaser shall not be obliged to procure that the Company appeals against any Relevant Tax Assessment if, having given the Sellers written notice of that Relevant Tax Assessment in accordance with clause 3.4, it has not within ten Business Days of the giving of such notice, and no later than ten Business Days before the expiry of any time limit for the making of an appeal, received written instructions from the Sellers' Representative to do so and, where payment of or in respect of the Tax concerned is required before the making of the appeal, received in cleared funds the amount required so to be paid from the Sellers.

 

3.7 The Sellers shall not be entitled to request that the Purchaser takes any action or procure that any action is taken under clauses 3.4 to 3.10 (inclusive) if it is alleged by the Taxation Authority in question (in connection with the Relevant Tax Assessment) that the Sellers have, or any Group Company whilst it was under the control of the Sellers has, committed acts or omissions which may constitute fraud or misfeasance.

 

3.8 The actions which the Sellers' Representative may request under clause 3.5 shall include a Group Company applying to postpone (so far as legally possible) the payment of any Tax but the Sellers shall not be entitled to have the conduct of any proceedings arising in connection with the Tax Assessment in question.  The Purchaser shall, and shall procure that the relevant Group Company shall, promptly provide the Sellers with copies of all material correspondence entered into and notes of any material conversations or meetings with any Taxation Authority to the extent that such correspondence or notes relate to the Tax Assessment in question.  The Sellers shall keep all such information confidential.

 

3.9 The relevant Group Company or the Purchaser (as the case may be) shall be at liberty without reference to the Sellers to admit, compromise or otherwise deal with any Relevant Tax Assessment after whichever is the earliest of:

 

3.9.1 the receipt of a written notice from the Sellers' Representative  to the effect that he considers the Relevant Tax Assessment should no longer be resisted; and

 

3.9.2 the expiry of a period of 20 Business Days following the service of a notice by the Purchaser on the Sellers requiring the Sellers to clarify or explain the terms of any request made under paragraph 3.5 if no satisfactory written clarification or explanation for the delay is received by the Purchaser within that period.

 

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3.10 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clauses 3.4 to 3.10 (inclusive), the Purchaser shall not be obliged to procure that any Group Company appeals against any Relevant Tax Assessment in any forum beyond the first relevant appellate body unless independent tax counsel of at least six years' call advises in writing that, in that counsel's opinion, the chances of success in such a further appeal would be greater than the chances of failure.

 

3.11 Neither any member of the Group nor the Purchaser shall be obliged to appeal against any assessment to Tax raised on it if, having given the Covenantors written notice of the receipt of such assessment, it has not within 515 Business Days of the date for issuing any appeal received instructions in writing from the Covenantors in accordance with clauses 3.4 to 3.10 (inclusive) to do so.

 

3.12 If the Covenantors are entitled to participate in any matter relating to a Claim for Tax pursuant to clause clauses 3.4 to 3.10 (inclusive), the Purchaser shall keep the Covenantors informed of all matters relating to the Claim for Tax and the Covenantors shall be entitled to see copies of all material correspondence and/or their professional advisers reasonable access to and to take or make copies of such records, correspondence and documents as are in the possession and control of the Purchaser so as to enable the Covenantors and/or their professional advisers to determine the action to be taken under clauses 3.4 to 3.10 (inclusive) .

 

Overprovisions and Consequential Savings

 

3.13 The Covenantors may at their own expense require the auditors of the Group to certify whether there exists any Overprovision and the Purchaser shall procure that the Group shall instruct its auditors to that effect and provide all such information in any Group's control or possession as the Covenantors or the auditors of the Group may require for these purposes. It is agreed that the auditors shall act as experts and take account of representations made by the Covenantors and the Purchaser.

 

3.14 Within 10 Business Days of the Purchaser or any member of the Group becoming aware that an Overprovision exists, the Purchaser shall notify the Covenantors of the same providing details of the same and the manner in which the amount of the Overprovision was calculated.

 

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3.15 The amount of the Overprovision (a “ Relevant Amount ”), shall be dealt with in accordance with clause 3.19.

 

3.16 If the Covenantors have made any payment to the Purchaser under this Agreement of the amount of any liability to Tax  (including any grossed-up payment in respect of any Tax liability incurred at source by way of any withholding from any payment or deemed payment) of the Purchaser or that of any member of the Group, and the discharge of such liability in respect of the amount paid by the Covenantors does or would have (if it had been discharged within 5 Business Days of the date of the payment by the Covenantors) entitled the Purchaser or any member of the Group to a Relief, then the amount of Tax saved on the utilization of the Relief (also a “ Relevant Amount ”) shall be dealt with in accordance with clause 3.19.

 

3.17 If on the utilization after the Accounts Date by any member of the Group of any Relief which arises to any member of the Group before Completion saves any Tax for any member of the Group (for which no claim arises against the Covenantors under this Agreement) or where such Relief is a right to repayment of Tax, the relevant member of the Company receives a payment after the Accounts Date,  the amount of the Tax saved or the payment received less all costs reasonably and properly incurred by any member of the Group in connection with the utilization of the Relief or the obtaining of the repayment, shall be dealt with in accordance with clause 3.19.

 

3.18 If an instalment payment of Tax pursuant to The Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/3175) made before Completion is greater than it needed to have been, the amount of the overpayment shall be dealt with under clause 3.19 as a Relevant Amount.

 

3.19 The Relevant Amount that has been paid by the Covenantors to the Purchaser shall on a claim by the Covenantors to that effect:

 

3.19.1 first be set off and thereby reduce any amounts then payable by the Covenantors to the Purchaser under this Agreement;

 

3.19.2 to the extent that there remains a surplus, a refund  shall be made to the Covenantors of the payments previously made by the Covenantors to the Purchaser under the Agreement and not refunded previously under this Agreement up to the amount of the surplus;

 

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3.19.3 to the extent that the surplus referred to in clause 3.19.2 is not exhausted under that clause, it shall be carried forward and set against any future liability of the Covenantors to make any payments to the Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

Tax Computations

 

3.20 The Covenantors shall give all such assistance, supply or procure to be supplied all such information, and facilitate access to such accounting and other records as are within their control or possession as the Purchaser may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling the Purchaser and each member of the Group to deal with enquiries of and returns to Taxation Authorities and to negotiate any liability a member of the Group may have to Taxation, to the extent that it relates to Events occurring on or before Completion.

 

3.21 The Covenantors' Representative or their duly authorised agents shall and the Purchaser shall procure that the Covenantors are entitled to, at the expense of the Company, prepare the Tax returns and associated, notifications, claims, elections computations for each member of the Group for all accounting periods ended on or prior to Completion which remain outstanding at Completion (the "outstanding returns"). The Purchaser will procure that the relevant member of the Group shall sign and submit the outstanding returns to the relevant Taxation Authorities without amendment or with such amendments as the Purchaser may reasonably require within the applicable time limits. Nothing in clauses 3.20 to 3.23 (inclusive) shall oblige the Purchaser to procure the signing of any outstanding returns which the Purchaser in its reasonable opinion considers to be misleading or inaccurate or not compiled in accordance with the law.

 

3.22 If the Purchaser becomes aware of a Relevant Tax Assessment, clauses 3.4 to 3.10 (inclusive) , and not clauses 3.20 to 3.23 (inclusive), shall apply in respect thereof.

 

3.23 The Purchaser shall procure that the relevant member of the Group compiles and files Straddle Tax Returns in accordance with the Law and to the extent that such Straddle Tax Returns relate to Events occurring on or before Completion, shall provide the Covenantors' Representative with a copy of the draft such Straddle Tax Return in advance of the date on which it is due so as to enable the Covenantors' Representative reasonable time to consider the same and shall take account of all timely and reasonable comments reasonably made by the Covenantors' Representative and shall provide the Covenantors' Representative with material information and documents related to such Straddle Tax Returns as are within the control or possession of the Purchaser or any member of the Group which the Covenantors' Representative may reasonably request.

 

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Recovery from Third Parties

 

3.24 Where a payment has been made by the Covenantors under this Deed in full discharge of a liability under that clause or paragraph and the Company or any other member of the Purchaser’s Tax Group has recovered or subsequently recovers from any person (other than the Purchaser, the Company or any member of the Purchaser’s Tax Group or any employee or director of any of them but including a Tax Authority) any sum in respect of such Tax Liability (other than by reason of the use or set off of a Purchaser’s Relief), the Purchaser shall inform the Covenantors and shall at the written request of the Covenantors (and shall procure that the Company or the relevant member of the Purchaser’s Tax Group shall) account to the Covenantors for the lesser of:

 

3.24.1 any amount recovered and actually received by the Company or the member of the Purchaser’s Tax Group as applicable net of any Tax on such amount and net of any Tax that would have been payable but for the use or set off of any Relief; and

 

3.24.2 the amount paid by the Covenantors in respect of that Tax Liability.

 

3.25 Any payment by the Purchaser to the Covenantors under clauses 3.24 to 3.25 (inclusive) shall be reduced by the amount of any losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses suffered or incurred by the Company and the Purchaser and any other member of the Purchaser’s Tax Group in recovering any amount from any third party and shall be further reduced by any amount of the payment by the Covenantors referred to in clause 3.24 which has previously been repaid to the Covenantors.

 

Preservation of Records

 

3.26 The Purchaser shall procure that in respect of Events which occur on or before Completion and Profits arising on or before Completion, each of the Group Companies shall preserve and make available to the Covenantors all such records of any member of the Group as they exist at the time of Completion, and in respect of Events which occur after Completion and Profits which arise after Completion, the Group Companies shall maintain in an organised manner and make available records of all such Events and Profits as may be reasonably required by the Covenantors for the purposes of exercising or enforcing their rights or discharging their obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Purchaser's Covenant

 

3.27 The Purchaser hereby covenants to pay each Seller an amount equal to any Relevant Tax assessed on the Seller and all costs reasonably and properly incurred by the Seller in connection with such Tax and the claim demand notice or assessment made against the Seller relating to it.

 

3.28 Relevant Tax for the purposes of clause 3.27 means:

 

3.28.1 a liability to Tax which is a secondary liability of the Seller pursuant to sections 713 to 715 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 and/or sections 189 and 190 of the Capital Gains Act 1992 where the related primary liability is that of any member of the Group in respect of which primary liability no claim arises against the Covenantors under the Tax Covenant or where any such claim arising has been discharged by the Covenantors; or

 

3.28.2 a liability to Tax arising as a consequence of any member of the Group not discharging a Tax liability in respect of which recovery has been made against the Covenantors under this Agreement within five Business Days of the date of recovery.

 

3.29 The amount payable by the Purchaser under clause 3.27 shall be paid in Pounds Sterling and in cleared funds on the later of:

 

3.29.1 10 Business Days after demand for the payment; and

 

3.29.2 10 Business Days before the date on which the relevant Tax is due and payable (without incurring the risk of interest fined or penalties) by the Seller to the relevant Tax Authority.

 

3.30 Paragraph 2 of Part IV shall apply mutatis mutandis to any amount payable under clauses 3.27 to 3.31 (inclusive), or pursuant to any undertaking or indemnity given by, the Purchaser to the Covenantors or any of them under this agreement.

 

3.31 The covenant contained in clause 3.27 shall not apply to Taxation which has been recovered by the Covenantors under section 717(2) Corporation Tax Act 2010.

 

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4 Notices

 

4.1 Any notice or other communication given in connection with this Deed will be in writing (which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include e mail) and will be delivered personally or by fax or sent by pre-paid first class post (or air mail if overseas) to the recipient’s address and fax number as set out in this Deed or to any other address or fax number which the recipient has notified in writing to the sender received not less than five Business Days before the notice was despatched.

 

4.2 A notice or other communication is deemed given:-

 

4.2.1 if delivered personally, upon delivery at the address provided for in this clause; or

 

4.2.2 if sent by fax at time of transmission provided that the message was properly addressed and dispatched to the fax machine of the recipient and there was no evidence the fax transmission had been interrupted; or

 

4.2.3 if sent by prepaid first class post, on the second Business Day after posting it;

 

provided that, if it is delivered personally on a day which is not a Business Day or after 5.00 p.m. on a Business Day, it will instead be deemed to have been given or made on the next Business Day.

 

4.3 Any notice or other communication addressed to any of the Covenantor’s personal representatives, following his death notwithstanding that no grant of representation has yet been made in respect of that Covenantor’s estate, at that Covenantor’s address in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause or at such other address as may have been notified by the personal representatives in writing to the sender as being their address for service, and otherwise served in accordance with the foregoing provisions, will be deemed valid service to that Covenantor’s.

 

4.4 The provisions of this clause will not apply, in the case of service of court documents, to the extent that such provisions are inconsistent with the Civil Procedure Rules.

 

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4.5 The Purchaser irrevocably appoints Nicolas Roche of Thomas Eggar LLP of 14 New Street, London EC2M 4HE as its agent to receive on its behalf in England and Wales service of any proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Deed. Service will be deemed completed on delivery to that agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by its principal). If for any reason that agent ceases to be able to act as agent or no longer has an address within England or Wales, the Purchaser will immediately appoint a substitute and give notice to the other parties of the new agent's name and address within England or Wales. Nothing in this Deed affects the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

4.6 Matthew Briand and Brendan Flood irrevocably appoint Mishcon de Reya of Summit House, 12 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4QD as its agent to receive on its behalf in England and Wales service of any proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Deed. Service will be deemed completed on delivery to that agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by its principal). If for any reason that agent ceases to be able to act as agent or no longer has an address within England or Wales, the Purchaser will immediately appoint a substitute and give notice to the other parties of the new agent's name and address within England or Wales. Nothing in this Deed affects the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

4.7 The Covenantors irrevocably appoints Lawrence Spector of Pryor Cashman LLP, 7 Times Square, New York, New York, USA as its agent to receive service of any proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Service will be deemed completed on delivery to that agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by its principal). If for any reason that agent ceases to be able to act as agent or no longer has an address within the State of New York, the shareholders will the State of New York. Nothing in this Agreement affects the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

5 Assignment

 

5.1 No party may assign subcontract or delegate the benefit of, or any of their rights under, this Deed save that the Purchaser may assign the benefit of this Deed to any holding company of the Purchaser or any subsidiary thereof to which the Sale Shares are transferred.

 

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5.2 This Deed will be binding and enure for the benefit of the personal representatives, and successors in title of each of the parties and references to the parties will be construed accordingly.

 

6 General

 

6.1 The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Deed shall not affect the other provisions of this Deed.

 

6.2 Unless otherwise provided, any outstanding obligation contained in this Deed will remain in force notwithstanding Completion.

 

6.3 Each party will do, or procure the doing of, all acts and things and execute, or procure the execution of, all documents as any other party reasonably considers necessary to give full effect to the terms of this Deed.

 

6.4 Failure or delay by any party in exercising any right or remedy under this Deed will not in any circumstances operate as a waiver of it, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy in any circumstances preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

6.5 Any waiver of any breach of, or any default under, any of the terms of this Deed will not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and will in no way affect the other terms of this Deed.

 

6.6 The Purchaser may release or compromise the liability of, or grant time or any other indulgence to, any person who is a party to this Deed without in any way prejudicing or affecting the liability (whether joint and several or otherwise) of any other person who is a party to this Deed.

 

6.7 The rights and remedies expressly provided for by this Deed will not exclude any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

6.8 No variation of this Deed will be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each party to this Deed.

 

6.9 No waiver by any party of any breach of this Deed shall be binding unless made expressly and in writing and any such waiver shall relate only to the breach to which it expressly relates and shall not apply to any subsequent or other breach.

 

6.10 The rights of the Purchaser in respect of a breach of any provision of this Deed shall not be affected by Completion nor by the giving of any time or other indulgence by the Purchaser to any person by any other cause whatsoever except a specific waiver or release by the Purchaser in writing and any such waiver or release shall not prejudice or affect any remaining rights of the Purchaser.

 

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7 Contract Rights of Third Parties

 

7.1 Subject to clause 7.2, the parties to this Deed do not intend that any term of this Deed should be enforceable, by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who is not a party to this Deed.

 

7.2 This Deed shall be enforceable by and is for the benefit of all members of the Group and the Purchaser and its holding companies.

 

8 Law and Jurisdiction

 

8.1 This Deed (and any document, notice, instrument or agreement made, issued or entered into pursuant to or in connection with this Deed) and any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the law of England.

 

8.2 The parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts as regards any claim, dispute or matter arising out of or relating to this Deed. its implementation or effect, or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

 

9 Severance

 

9.1 If any provision (or part of any provision) of this Deed is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any relevant jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability in that jurisdiction of the remainder of that provision (where appropriate) and of all other provisions of this Deed shall not be in any way affected or impaired.

 

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9.2 If any provision of this Deed is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any relevant jurisdiction and that provision would be valid and enforceable if some part of the provision were modified, the provision in question shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary to make it valid.

 

9.3 If any liability or obligation of any of the Covenantors under this Deed is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, that shall not affect or impair the liability or obligation of the other Covenantors.

 

10 Counterparts

 

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when executed and delivered will be an original, but all the counterparts will together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

11 Entire Agreement

 

11.1 This Deed and the documents referred to or incorporated in it constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Deed and supersede and extinguish any prior drafts, agreements, undertakings, representations, warranties and arrangements of any nature whatsoever, whether or not in writing, between the parties in relation to the subject matter of this Deed.

 

11.2 Each party acknowledges and agrees that it has not entered into this Deed in reliance on any statement or representation of any person (whether a party to this Deed or not) which is not expressly incorporated in this Deed. No party will have any right or remedy for pre-contractual misrepresentation or negligent misstatement or otherwise in respect of any statement or representation of any person (whether a party to this Deed or not) which is not expressly incorporated in this Deed.

 

11.3 No party will have any right or remedy for any representation or statement made or incorporated in this Deed other than in contract.

 

11.4 Nothing in this Deed or in any other document referred to in it will be read or construed as excluding any liability or remedy as a result of fraud.

 

IN WITNESS whereof this document has been executed and delivered as a Deed on the date and year first before written.

 

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Schedule 1

 

The Covenantors

 

 

(1)

Name

 

(2)

Address

 

(3)

Number of Sale Shares

Brendan Christopher Flood  

5A Acacia Road, Hampton TW12 3DP

 

 

870,000

(Ordinary Shares)

Matthew Briand   45 Cutlers Farm Road, Monroe, CT 06468  

79,091

(Ordinary Shares)

 

 

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Schedule 2

 

Part 1: Details of the Company

 

Name : Initio International Holdings Limited
     
Registered Number : 07116112
     
Date of Incorporation : 5 January 2010
     
Place of Incorporation : England and Wales
     
Registered Office :

Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square

Hardwicks Way

Wandsworth

London SW18 4AW

     
Issued Share Capital : 1,129,872 Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each
     
Company Secretary : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Company Directors : Brendan Christopher Flood
Matthew Briand
     
Charges : None
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Grace Frank LLP

 

 

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Part 2: Details of Subsidiaries

 

 

Name : Initio International Limited
     
Registered Number : 06745176
     
Date of Incorporation : 10 November 2008
     
Place of Incorporation : England and Wales
     
Registered Office :

Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square

Hardwicks Way

Wandsworth

London SW18 4AW

     
Issued Share Capital : 495,711 ordinary shares of £1.00 each all held by the Company
     
Company Secretary : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Company Directors : Brendan Christopher Flood
Matthew Briand
     
Charges : Charge granted to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Limited for asset-backed lending facility
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Grace Frank LLP

 

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Name : BB Professional Solutions Limited
     
Registered Number : 07175331
     
Date of Incorporation : 2 March 2010
     
Place of Incorporation : England and Wales
     
Registered Office :

Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square

Hardwicks Way

Wandsworth

London SW18 4AW

     
Issued Share Capital : 100 ordinary shares of £1 each
     
Company Secretary : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Company Directors : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Charges : None
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Grace Frank LLP

 

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Name : Longbridge Recruitment (Sales & Marketing) Limited
     
Registered Number : 07250883
     
Date of Incorporation : 12 May 2010
     
Place of Incorporation : England and Wales
     
Registered Office :

Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square

Hardwicks Way

Wandsworth

London SW18 4AW

     
Issued Share Capital : 65,000 A ordinary shares of £0.001 each and 25,000 B ordinary shares of £0.001 each
     
Company Secretary : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Company Directors : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Charges : Charge granted to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Limited for asset-backed lending facility
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Grace Frank LLP

 

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Name : Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited
     
Registered Number : 07250883
     
Date of Incorporation : 12 May 2010
     
Place of Incorporation : England and Wales
     
Registered Office :

Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square

Hardwicks Way

Wandsworth

London SW18 4AW

     
Issued Share Capital : 100,000 A ordinary shares of £0.001 each
     
Company Secretary : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Company Directors : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Charges : Charge granted to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Limited for asset-backed lending facility
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Grace Frank LLP

 

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Name : Longbridge Recruitment (Law) Limited
     
Registered Number : 01022604
     
Date of Incorporation : 27 August 1971
     
Place of Incorporation : England and Wales
     
Registered Office :

Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square

Hardwicks Way

Wandsworth

London SW18 4AW

     
Issued Share Capital : 800,000 A ordinary shares of £0.001 each and 300,000 B ordinary shares of £0.001 each
     
Company Secretary : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Company Directors : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Charges : Charge granted to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Limited for asset-backed lending facility
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Grace Frank LLP

 

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Name : Longbridge Recruitment (Technology Solutions) Limited
     
Registered Number : 08211980
     
Date of Incorporation : 12 September 2012
     
Place of Incorporation : England and Wales
     
Registered Office :

Suite 002, 1-9 Hardwicks Square

Hardwicks Way

Wandsworth

London SW18 4AW

     
Issued Share Capital : 100,000 ordinary shares of £0.001 each
     
Company Secretary : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Company Directors : Brendan Christopher Flood
     
Charges : Charge granted to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Limited for asset-backed lending facility
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Grace Frank LLP

 

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Name : Faro Recruitment America Inc.
     
Registered Number : 090403000197
     
Date of Incorporation : 3 April 2009
     
Place of Incorporation : United States of America
     
Registered Office : 405 Lexington Avenue, 26 th Floor, New York NY 10174
     
Company Secretary : Steve Miller
     
Company Directors : Brendan Flood and Matthew Briand
     
Charges : None
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : None

 

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Name : Monroe Staffing Services LLC.
     
Registered Number : 020207000010
     
Date of Incorporation : 7 February 2002
     
Place of Incorporation : United States of America
     
Registered Office : 405 Lexington Avenue, 26 th Floor, New York NY 10174
     
Company Secretary : Steve Miller
     
Company Directors : Brendan Flood and Matthew Briand
     
Charges : Charge in favour of Wells Fargo in relation to an asset backed lending facility
     
Accounting Reference Date : 31 December
     
Auditors : Plum Shapiro LLP

 

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Schedule 3
The Warranties

 

In this Schedule 3:

 

(a) references to the Company shall, unless otherwise explicitly excluded, also include each of the Subsidiaries; and

 

(b) any warranty which references a specific piece of UK legislation shall be deemed to include, where the context requires, a reference to the equivalent piece of legislation in which the Subsidiaries are located.

 

1. General

 

1.1 The information in respect of the Company contained in Schedule 2, Part 1 and Part 2 is true and accurate in all Material respects.

 

1.2 The Company is a company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of England and Wales.

 

1.3 The Company has no subsidiaries or subsidiary undertakings other than the Subsidiaries.

 

1.4 The copies of the memorandum and articles of association of the Company attached to the Disclosure Letter are complete and fully set out all of the rights and restrictions attaching to each class of shares and loan capital of the Company.

 

1.5 The Company has complied in all material respects with all provisions and requirements of the Companies Act in the United Kingdom as are or have been in force and all returns, particulars, resolutions and other documents, including accounts, required under any such legislation to be delivered on behalf of the Company to the Registrar of Companies or to any governmental or other competent authority have been properly made and delivered.

 

1.6 The Company is duly qualified, licensed or admitted to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the operation of its business or the ownership of its assets requires it to be so qualified, licensed, admitted or in good standing. The Company and/or its Subsidiaries carry on business in Nevada; Connecticut; Rhode Island; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; North Carolina; California; Delaware; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kansas; Maryland Sales; New Jersey; New York; Texas; Utah; Virginia and the United Kingdom.

 

1.7 Each of the Subsidiaries that is not registered in England and Wales has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction shown in Part 2 of Schedule 2 in respect of that Subsidiary, respectively, with full power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted.

 

1.8 The registers of shareholders and other statutory books and records of the Company have been properly kept and contain a true, complete and accurate record of all the matters which are required to be dealt with therein. All returns, particulars, resolutions and other documents that the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is required by law to file with or deliver to any authority in any jurisdiction (including, in particular, the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales) have been correctly made up and filed or, as the case may be, delivered.

 

1.9 No person has the right (whether exercisable presently or in the future and whether contingent or not) to call for the issue of any share or debenture of the Company or to convert any securities into shares or debentures, or shares or debentures of a different class in the Company.

 

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1.10 The Covenantors have all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Deed in accordance with its terms and the other documents referred to in it.

 

1.11 This Deed and the other documents referred to in it constitute (or shall constitute when executed) valid, legal and binding obligations on the Covenantors in the terms of the agreement and such other documents.

 

1.12 Compliance with the terms of this Deed, the SPA and the documents referred to in it shall not breach or constitute a default under any of the following:

 

1.12.1 any agreement or instrument to which any Covenantor is a party or by which any Covenantor is bound; or

 

1.12.2 any order, judgment, decree or other restriction applicable to any Covenantor.

 

1.13 The Company is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the whole allotted and issued share capital of each of the Subsidiaries as provided in Part 2 of Schedule 2.

 

1.14 The issued shares of the Subsidiaries are fully paid up.

 

1.15 The execution, delivery and performance of this Deed and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any term or provision of, or constitute a default under, the charter or bylaws of the Company, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, or (ii) so far as the Covenantors are aware, violate or conflict with any law or order to which the Company is subject.

 

2. Share Capital

 

2.1 The Sale Shares have been properly allotted and issued, are fully paid and the Sale Shares set out against the names of the Covenantors in Schedule 1 of the SPA are legally and beneficially owned and registered by the Covenantors free from any Encumbrance or any claim to, or Contract to grant, any Encumbrance. No person is alleged to be entitled to an Encumbrance in relation to any of the Sale Shares held by the Covenantors.

 

2.2 No Contract has been entered into which requires or may require the Company or any Subsidiary to allot or issue any share or loan capital and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has allotted or issued any securities which are convertible into share or loan capital.

 

2.3 None of the shares in the Company was, or represents assets which were, the subject of a transfer at an undervalue (within the meaning of section 238 or 339 of the Insolvency Act 1986) or any other transaction capable of being set aside or varied under any insolvency laws within the past five years.

 

2.4 There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or pre-emptive rights and rights of first refusal or similar rights) or agreements, orally or in writing, to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of any class of capital stock, or any securities or other instruments convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, and no commitments to issue any such securities or instruments. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of Subsidiaries is set forth in Part 2 of Schedule 2. At the Completion, the Subsidiaries Shares shall constitute all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Subsidiaries.

 

2.5 All dividends or distributions declared, made or paid by the Company and the Subsidiaries have been declared, made or paid in accordance with its memorandum, articles of association, all applicable laws and regulations and any agreements or arrangements made with any third party regulating the payment of dividends and distributions.

 

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3. Directors

 

3.1 The persons as named in Part 1 of Schedule 2 are all the directors of the Company at the date hereof and there is no person who is, or could be deemed to be, a shadow director.

 

3.2 The persons as named in Part 2 of Schedule 2 are all the directors of the Subsidiaries at the date hereof and there is no person who is, or could be deemed to be, a shadow director.

 

4. The Accounts

 

4.1 The Accounts comply with the provisions of the Companies Acts and have been prepared in accordance with accounting standards ,policies ,principles and practices generally accepted in the United Kingdom (including all applicable Statements of Standard Accounting Practice and Financial Reporting Standards) under the historical cost convention and on basis and principles consistent with those on which the audited accounts of the Company for the immediately preceding two financial years have been prepared.

 

4.2 Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing:-

 

(a) the fixed assets are shown in the Accounts at cost less depreciation or amortisation consistently computed;

 

(b) the Accounts make full and proper provision for, or (if appropriate) disclosure in a note, all liabilities of the Company as at the Accounts Date (whether present or future or ascertained or contingent), deferred tax, depreciation and amortisation, obsolete or slow moving stock, and all commitments undertaken or authorised as at the Accounts Date;

 

(c) the Accounts do not include any unusual or extraordinary item of income or expenditure;

 

(d) the Accounts fully provide for all bad and doubtful debts as at the Accounts Date; and

 

(e) the Accounts do not understate any liability.

 

4.3 The Accounts give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and the Subsidiaries (and, in relation to the consolidated accounts, of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and of the Group as a whole) as at the Accounts Date and of the profit or loss of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and of the Group, for the financial year ended on that date.

 

4.4 The Accounts contain either proper provision adequate to cover, or reasonably detailed particulars in notes to cover, all Taxation (including deferred Taxation) and other liabilities (whether quantified, contingent, disputed or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at the Accounts Date.

 

4.5 The Accounts have been sent to each shareholder of the Company in accordance with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations.

 

4.6 The Management Accounts have been carefully and honestly prepared and (having regard to their format and the purpose for which they have been prepared) fairly represent the assets and liabilities and the profits and losses of the Company and the Subsidiaries as at and to the date at which they have been prepared and are not materially misleading.

 

5. Financial and Other Records

 

5.1 All accounts, books, ledgers, financial and other records of the Company:-

 

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5.1.1 have been properly prepared and maintained;

 

5.1.2 constitute an accurate record of all matters required by law to appear in them;

 

5.1.3 do not contain any material inaccuracies or discrepancies; and

 

5.1.4 are in the possession of the Company or the Subsidiary to which they relate.

 

5.2 No notice has been received or allegation made that any of those records are incorrect or should be rectified.

 

5.3 All statutory records, including accounting records, required to be kept or filed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries have been properly kept or filed and comply with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations.

 

5.4 All deeds and documents belonging to the Company are in the possession of the Company and those belonging to the Subsidiaries are in the possession of the Subsidiary to which they belong.

 

5.5 As at 31 October 2013, the Net Asset Value of the Group was not less than £1.6 million.

 

6. Business

 

Since the Accounts Date:-

 

6.1 no dividend has been declared, paid or made;

 

6.2 no resolution of the shareholders of the Company has been passed;

 

6.3 no change has been made in the accounting reference date of the Company;

 

6.4 no payment (other than remuneration in respect of their employment) has been made by the Company to, or benefit conferred (directly or indirectly) by the Company on, any of the Covenantors, or any past or present director of or any person who is or was at the relevant time connected (as defined in section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010) with any of the Covenantors or any such director;

 

6.5 the Company has not made any payment or incurred any obligation to make a payment which will be prevented (whether on the grounds of being a distribution or for any other reason) from being fully deductible for corporation tax;

 

6.6 no disposal or deemed disposal which might give rise to a liability for corporation tax on chargeable gains has been made by the Company;

 

6.7 the Company has not been involved in any transaction which has given or may give rise to a liability to Taxation on the Company (or would have given or might give rise to such a liability but for the availability of any relief, allowance, deduction or credit) other than corporation tax on accrued trading income of the Company arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business of the Company; and

 

6.8 the Company has not agreed (conditionally or unconditionally) to do any of the things referred to in any of the foregoing paragraphs.

 

7. Effect of Sale of the Sale Shares

 

7.1 Neither the acquisition of the Sale Shares by the Purchaser nor compliance with the terms of this Deed or the SPA will:-

 

7.1.1 cause the Company to lose the benefit of any right or privilege it presently enjoys; or

 

7.1.2 relieve any person of any obligation to the Company (whether contractual or otherwise), or enable any person to determine any such obligation or any right or benefit enjoyed by the Company , or to exercise any right in respect of the Company; or

 

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7.1.3 entitle any person to receive from the Company any finder's fee, brokerage or other commission in connection with the purchase of the Sale Shares by the Purchaser; or

 

7.1.4 result in any customer or supplier being entitled to cease dealing with the Company or to reduce substantially its existing level of business or to change the terms on which it deals with the Company ; or

 

7.1.5 so far as the Covenantors are aware, result in any officer or senior employee leaving the Company; or

 

7.1.6 so far as the Covenantors are aware result in a breach of contract, law, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, undertaking, decree or other like imposition; or

 

7.1.7 so far as the Covenantors are aware result in the loss or impairment of or any default under any licence, authorisation or consent required by the Company for the purposes of its business.

 

8. Title to Property: Encumbrances

 

8.1 Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has, and immediately prior to the Completion each of the Company and Subsidiaries will have, good, clear and marketable title to all real property and good, clear and valid title to all personal property reflected on the Accounts and all real property and personal property acquired by the Company and Subsidiaries since June 30, 2013, in each case free and clear of all Liens except (i) as set forth in the Disclosure Materials and (ii) for Permitted Liens. The term “Permitted Liens,” as used in this Deed, shall mean (i) statutory liens for taxes or assessments not at the time due, (ii) liens in respect of pledges or deposits under workers’ compensation laws or similar legislation, (iii) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, laborers’ and material men’s liens if the obligations secured by such liens are not then delinquent, (iv) encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property if the same do not detract from the value of the property encumbered thereby or impair the use of such property in the business of The Company or Subsidiaries, as applicable.

 

8.2 All real property, personal property leases and licenses pursuant to which the Company or Subsidiaries leases or licenses from others real or personal property are valid, subsisting and effective in accordance with their respective terms, and there is not, under any real property lease, license or personal property lease, any existing default or event of default of the Company, Subsidiaries or any other party thereto. The Disclosure Materials contains details of all real property leases, licenses and personal property leases under which the Company and/or Subsidiaries is the lessee or licensee. True and complete copies of all real property leases, licenses and personal property leases are contained in the Disclosure Materials. Except as disclosed, no such lease or license will require the consent of the lessor or licensor to or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Deed. The Company and Subsidiaries do not own any real property.

 

9. Insurance

 

Folder K, subfolder "Insurances", Folder L, subfolder "Insurances" and Folder S, subfolder "Insurances" of the Disclosure Materials together contain a true and accurate list of all insurance policies currently in force that cover or purport to cover risks or losses to or associated with the Company’s and Subsidiaries’ business, operations, premises, properties, assets, employees, agents and directors and, so far as the Covenantors are aware, all such policies are in full force and effect. The Company and Subsidiaries have not received notice advising them that they will be unable to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when the same shall expire upon terms at least as favorable as those currently in effect, other than possible increases in premiums. Except as disclosed, neither the Company nor Subsidiaries has received any notice that any insurer under any policy referred to in this Section 10.1 is denying liability with respect to a claim thereunder or defending under a reservation of rights clause.

 

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10. Indebtedness

 

10.1 The Company has no liability or obligation for Indebtedness except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials. Subsidiaries have no liability or obligation for Indebtedness except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials. The term “Indebtedness”, as used in this Deed, shall mean: (a) any liability of the Company or Subsidiaries created or assumed by the Company or Subsidiaries, as applicable: (i) for borrowed money; (ii) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation, deed of trust or mortgage) given in connection with the acquisition of, or exchange for, any property or assets (other than inventory or similar property acquired and consumed or to be consumed in the ordinary course of the Company’s or Subsidiaries’ business), including securities and debt instruments; (iii) in respect of letters of credit issued for the Company’s or Subsidiaries’ account and “swaps” of interest and currency exchange rates (and other interest and currency exchange rate hedging agreements) to which the Company or Subsidiaries is a party; or (iv) for the payment of money as lessee under leases that are consistent with the past practice of the Company or Subsidiaries described in the Accounts recorded as capital leases for financial reporting purposes; and (b) any amendment, renewal, extension, revision or refunding of any such liability or obligation; provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not include any liability for: (1) compensation of the Company or Subsidiaries employees in the ordinary course of business; (2) interest that has been accrued and is not yet due and payable; (3) inventory or similar property acquired and consumed or to be consumed in the ordinary course of the Company’s or Subsidiaries’ business; (4) services in the ordinary course of business; (5) rent or other amounts payable under real or personal property leases that have been as disclosed elsewhere herein, other than capital leases as described in subsection (a)(iv) above; (6) amounts payable on credit cards to the extent used to acquire inventory or similar property; and (7) utility bills, property taxes and other accounts payable.

 

10.2 The Company has not entered into any agreement or indenture relating to the borrowing of money or to the mortgaging, pledging, guaranteeing or otherwise placing a Lien on any asset or group of assets of the Company or Subsidiaries; any partnership, joint venture, joint development, joint design, collaboration, joint marketing, equity holders’ or other similar contract with any Person; any obligation, or guarantee of any obligation, for borrowed money or otherwise; and agreement with respect to the lending or investing of its funds; and any licensing of intellectual property

 

11. Litigation

 

11.1 There is no claim, legal action, suit, arbitration, or mediation proceeding or other legal, administrative or governmental investigation, inquiry or proceeding to which the Company has been notified in writing or, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the Covenantors pending or threatened, against or affecting the Company, Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or business or any director, officer, employee or agent (in his, her or its capacity as such) of the Company or Subsidiaries or any Shareholder or to which any assets of the Company or Subsidiaries are subject, or to which any of the shares of the Company or Subsidiaries capital stock is subject or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Deed or the other Transaction Documents or the consummation hereof or thereof.

 

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11.2 Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is subject to or bound by any currently existing judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree.

 

11.3 So far as the Covenantors are aware, the Company and the Subsidiaries are not in default with respect to any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court or of any governmental agency or instrumentality, or of any decision of any arbitrator, mediator or other dispute resolution proceeding.

 

12. Employee Benefit Matters

 

12.1 The Disclosure Materials contain details of each employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(l) of ERISA or any similar United Kingdom statute (an “Employee Welfare Plan”)) currently maintained by the Company or Subsidiaries or to which The Company or Subsidiaries contributes or is required to contribute.

 

12.2 The Disclosure Materials contain details of each employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA or any similar United Kingdom statute (an “Employee Pension Plan”)) currently maintained by the Company or Subsidiaries or to which the Company or Subsidiaries contributes or is required to contribute. The Employee Welfare Plans and the Employee Pension Plans are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Plans.”

 

12.3 With respect to each current Plan, the Purchaser has been provided heretofore true and complete copies of all Plan documents and all documents or instruments establishing or constituting any related trust, annuity contract or other funding instrument, and any amendments thereto.

 

12.4 With respect to each Plan, so far as the Covenantors are aware, all premiums, and accruals for all periods ending prior to or as of the Completion Date shall have been made or provided for and there is no material unfunded liability which is not reflected on the Latest Balance Sheet. So far as the Covenantors are aware, all Plans are fully insured with no claim accrual liabilities.

 

12.5 So far as the Covenantors are aware, each Plan has been maintained, funded and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable laws, including ERISA and the Code and similar United Kingdom statutes. With respect to each Plan, so far as the Covenantors are aware (i) there have been no exempt prohibited transactions, and (ii) no breach of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA or any similar United Kingdom statute) or any other failure to act or comply in connection with the administration or investment of the assets of such Plan. No action with respect to any Plan (other than routine claims for benefits and appeals of denials of such claims) is pending or so far as the Covenantors are aware threatened.

 

12.6 So far as the Covenantors are aware, the transfer of the Sale Shares contemplated by the SPA will not cause the acceleration of vesting in, or payment of, any compensation or benefits under any Plan and will not otherwise accelerate or increase any current or potential liability or obligation under any Plan.

 

13. Material Contracts

 

13.1 Folder D13 of the Data Room contains a true and complete list as of the date hereof of each agreement of the Company and Subsidiaries with their customers and clients (“Customer Agreements”) in which the Company and/or the Subsidiaries have performed and invoiced services to such customers and clients in an aggregate amount of at least $250,000 over the period from September 30, 2012 through September 30, 2013. All Customer Agreements have been entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company and Subsidiaries and reflect terms customarily offered by the Company and Subsidiaries.

 

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13.2 Folder S, subfolder "Contractors" of the Data Room contains a true and complete list as of the Completion Date of each material agreement of the Company or Subsidiaries with its consultants and independent contractors (“ Consultant Agreements ”), in which the Company and/or the Subsidiaries have performed and invoiced services to such consultants and independent contractors in an aggregate amount of at least $250,000 for clients and $250,000 for temporary workers/contractors over the previous twelve months from 1 January 2013. All Consultant Agreements have been entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company and Subsidiaries, and reflect terms customarily offered by the Company and Subsidiaries.

 

13.3 Folder J4 of the Data Room contains a copy of each material agreement of the Company or Subsidiaries with its licensees and partners (“Licensee Agreements”), and true and complete copies of the same have been delivered to Purchaser heretofore. All Licensee Agreements have been entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company and Subsidiaries.

 

13.4 The Disclosure Letter contains details of all material non competition and non-disclosure agreements and non-disclosure covenants under which either of the Company, Subsidiaries, or any Shareholder or Key Employee is or are obligated, and true and complete copies of the same have been delivered to Purchaser heretofore (excluding those entered into with the Purchaser). The Company and Subsidiaries are not restricted by any agreement from carrying on their respective business or engaging in any other activity anywhere in the world, and, so far as the Covenators are aware, no Shareholder or Key Employee is a party to or otherwise bound or affected by any agreement, covenant or other arrangement or understanding that would restrict or impair his or her ability to perform diligently his or her duties to the Company and Subsidiaries.

 

13.5 Folder B3, subfolders "Monroe" and "Corporate" of the Data Room contain a copy or details of all material contracts, agreements, employment agreements, understandings arrangements and commitments, written or oral, of the Company and Subsidiaries with any Key Employee or any officer or director of the Company or Subsidiaries, including without limitation severance agreements; in each case, a true and complete copy of such contract, agreement, understanding, arrangement or commitment has been delivered to Purchaser heretofore.

 

13.6 There are no other material contracts, agreements, understandings, arrangements and commitments, written or oral, of the Company and Subsidiaries by which they or their respective properties, rights or assets are bound that are not otherwise disclosed in this Deed or the Schedules hereto.

 

13.7 So far as the Covenators are aware, no event or condition has occurred or is alleged to have occurred that constitutes or, with notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default or a basis of force majeure or other claim of excusable delay or non performance by the Company or Subsidiaries, or any other person or entity, under any contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or other understanding, written or oral, described above in this Section 13, which default, or the delay or non performance of which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. So far as the Covenators are aware, no person or entity with whom the Company or Subsidiaries has such a contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or other understanding is in default thereunder or has failed to perform fully thereunder by reason of force majeure or other claim of excusable delay or non performance thereunder, which default, or the delay or non performance of which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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14. Employees and Labour Matters

 

14.1 Neither the Company nor Subsidiaries has been, nor is now, a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor contract. So far as the Covenantors are aware, the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, and wages and hours. Folder B3, subfolder "Corporate" of the Data Room contains a list of the Key Employees and any independent contractors who have employment contracts or loans or other agreements with the Company or Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $150,000 over the previous twelve (12) months from the Effective Date, true, complete copies of which have been delivered to the Purchaser prior to Completion.

 

14.2 True, correct and complete copies of the Company's and each of the Subsidiary's respective Employee Manuals and Handbooks and list of benefits have been provided to the Purchaser.

 

14.3 No Key Employee, or group of employees of the Company or Subsidiaries has notified the Company or Subsidiaries of such person’s or group’s intent to terminate employment with the Company or Subsidiaries, and so far as the Covenantors are aware, there are no pending or threatened Material disputes, disagreements or controversies between the Company or Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any employee or consultant of the Company or Subsidiaries on the other hand.

 

14.4 Any notice required under any law applicable to the Company or Subsidiaries in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Deed has been or, prior to Completion, will be given.

 

15. Principal Customers and Suppliers

 

15.1 Folder D13 of the Data Room states a total of all sales of the Company and Subsidiaries for the period from September 30, 2012 through September 30, 2013 to each of the customers that constitute the ten (10) largest customers of the Company and Subsidiaries, on a combined basis, in terms of the Company’s and Subsidiaries’ sales of services during such period, and lists each of such ten (10) largest customers. None of such customers has given notice in writing of its intention to terminate their business with the Company or Subsidiaries or take any other action, for any reason, which would adversely affect the Company’s or Subsidiaries’ business or relationship with such customer.

 

15.2 None of the ten (10) largest suppliers of the Company and Subsidiaries, on a combined basis, as listed in Folder D13 of the Data Room in terms of the Company’s and Subsidiaries’ purchase of goods or services during the six months ended on September 30, 2013 has terminated its relationship with the Company or Subsidiaries, or imposed Materially more adverse terms on its relationship with the Company or Subsidiaries, on a combined basis, or indicated (for any reason) its intention to terminate such relationship or take such adverse action with respect thereto.

 

16. Adverse Changes and Undisclosed liabilities

 

16.1 So far as the Covenantors are aware since September 30, 2013, there has not occurred any event, circumstance or occurrence that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and Subsidiaries, on a combined basis.

 

16.2 The Company and Subsidiaries have no liability and there is no basis for any claim with respect to any liability that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and Subsidiaries, on a combined basis, except in either case for (a) liabilities set forth on the Latest Balance Sheet, and (b) liabilities which have arisen since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business.

 

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17. Legal Compliance

 

17.1 Neither the Company nor Subsidiaries has received any communication, written or otherwise, during the past three (3) years from a Governmental Body that alleges that the Company or Subsidiaries is not in compliance with any law applicable to the conduct of its business, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and Subsidiaries, on a combined basis.

 

17.2 So far as the Covenantors are aware, the Company and Subsidiaries possess all certificates, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals made or issued pursuant to or under, or required by, laws applicable to the Company or Subsidiaries to own, lease and operate its assets and to conduct the business of the Company and Subsidiaries as currently conducted.

 

17.3 So far as the Covenantors are aware neither the Company, Subsidiaries, any officer, director or employee of the Company or Subsidiaries has: (a) used any funds of the Company or Subsidiaries for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any payment in violation of applicable law to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any foreign or domestic political party or campaign or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (c) made any other payment in violation of applicable law.

 

17.4 So far as the Covenantors are aware the operations of the Company and Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with money laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Body (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action involving the Company or Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to so far as the Covenantors are aware, threatened

 

18. Affiliate Transactions

 

18.1 Except as related to employment, (i) there are no agreements, understandings, arrangements (in each case whether written or oral), liabilities or obligations between the Company or Subsidiaries or any of the Shareholders, any trustee of the Shareholders, or any current or former shareholder, member, partner, officer, director or manager of the Company, Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of any such Person, on the other hand, (ii) the Company and Subsidiaries do not provide or cause to be provided any assets, services or facilities to any Person described in clause (i) foregoing, (iii) no Person described in clause (i) foregoing provides or causes to be provided any assets, services or facilities to the Company or Subsidiaries, and (iv) the Company and Subsidiaries do not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, any interests or investment assets of any Person described in clause (i).

 

18.2 Except for the ownership by Shareholders of the Shares and the ownership by the Company of the Subsidiaries Shares, none of the Company or the Shareholders nor any of their Affiliates, as the case may be, have any interest of any nature in any of the assets and properties used for or related to the business or operations of the Company or Subsidiaries.

 

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19. Accounts Receivable

 

The accounts receivable of the Company and Subsidiaries: (a) are collectible in the ordinary course of business in amounts similar to amounts historically collected (net of contractual allowances and bad debt reserves established in accordance with prior practice), (b) represent legal, valid and binding obligations for services actually performed by the Company or Subsidiaries, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as modified by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors), (c) so far as the Covenantors are aware, there are no contests, claims, counterclaims, rights of set off or other defences with respect to such accounts receivable, and (d) have arisen only from bona fide sales transactions in the ordinary course of business and are payable on ordinary trade terms. Folder S. subfolder "Aged Debtors", Folder H, subfolder "Longbridge", subfolder "2013" contain lists of all of the Company’s and Subsidiaries’, respectively, of any account receivables that have been due and payable for longer than 90 days prior to execution of this Agreement.

 

20. Environmental Matters

 

20.1 So far as the Covenantors are aware, the Company and Subsidiaries have complied with and are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and no proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Companyso far as the Covenantors are aware, threatened, alleging any failure to so comply.

 

20.2 The Company and Subsidiaries have not received any notice of any pending or, so far as the Covenantors are aware, threatened litigation, proceeding or claim to the effect that the Company or Subsidiaries may be liable to any Person, or responsible or potentially responsible for the costs of any remedies or removal action or other cleanup costs, as a result of non-compliance with any Environmental Law. There is no past or present action, activity, condition or circumstance that could be expected to give rise to any such liability on the part of the Company or Subsidiaries to any Person for such cleanup costs.

 

20.3 As used herein, the term “Environmental Law” means any foreign, federal, state, provincial or local law, permit or agreement with any governmental body relating to the environment in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Company or Subsidiaries owns or leases property or conducts any business.

 

21. Disclosure

 

21.1 Neither this Deed, the Disclosure Letter nor any of the Disclosure Materials other schedules, attachments or exhibits hereto contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

22. Intellectual Property Rights

 

22.1 All IP Rights used in, or held in relation to the business of the Company are solely legally and beneficially owned by the Company free from any Encumbrance or are validly licensed to the Company.

 

22.2 All IP Rights used in, or held in relation to, the business which are registered or the subject of applications for registration or which are unregistered trade marks are listed in the Disclosure Letter, are in the case of the patents registered in the name of the Company and comprise a complete and accurate list of all IP Rights owned or used by the Company and are all valid, subsisting and enforceable.

 

22.3 In respect of registered IP Rights, all renewal or maintenance fees have been duly paid on time, all steps required for their maintenance and protection have been taken and the Covenantors are not aware of any grounds on which any person is or will be able to seek cancellation, rectification or any other modification of any registration.

 

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22.4 No proceedings, actions or claims impugning the title, validity or enforceability of IP Rights or claiming any right or interest in such IP Rights have been notified to and received by the Company and the Covenantors are not aware of any such proceedings actions, or claims that are pending or threatened.

 

22.5 There is, and has been, no infringement of IP Rights and none is pending or threatened.

 

22.6 No agreement or consent in respect of any of the IP Rights has been entered into or given by the Company in favour of any third party other than those contained in the Disclosure Letter.

 

22.7 The past and present activities of the Company:-

 

(a) are not, and have not been, subject to the licence, consent or permission of, or payment to, any other party;

 

(b) do not infringe and have not infringed any IP Rights of any third party; and

 

(c) so far the Covenantors are aware, have not and will not, result in a claim in respect of IP Rights against the Company.

 

22.8 Save as required by law or regulation, neither the Covenantors nor the Company have disclosed, nor are obliged to disclose, any know-how or other Confidential Information to any third party, other than those of officers or employees who are bound by obligations of confidence. Save for such officers or employees, no third party has had access to any of the know-how or other Confidential Information relating to or held by the Company.

 

22.9 Complete and accurate copies of all licences, sub-licences and other agreements whereby the Company is licensed or otherwise authorised to use the IP Rights of a third party or whereby the Company licenses or otherwise authorises a third party to use IP Rights are set out in the Data Room and are all valid, subsisting and enforceable. No notices have been given to terminate any such agreements, and the obligations of all parties in respect of them have been fully complied with and no disputes have arisen in respect of them.

 

22.10 The Disclosure Letter contains a full list of domain names and other addresses in connection with the Internet or Worldwide Web which are owned by the Company.

 

22.11 In respect of any patent application made or currently proposed to be made by the Company no objection or challenge has been raised as to the proprietorship or validity of such patent.

 

22.12 In respect of the trade marks (including unregistered trade marks and applications for registration) which form part of the IP Rights, the Company has not been notified of any opposition or objection to the registration of any trade mark or that the Registrar of Trade Marks considers the mark to be incapable of registration, or in the case if registered trade marks, of any grounds for or proceedings in respect of rectification of the Register or similar action.

 

22.13 The Company does not use any corporate, business and trading name other than ‘Initio', 'Monroe' and 'Longbridge'.

 

22.14 The Company does not require any IP Rights other than those set out in Paragraph 11.2and 11.8 above in order to carry out its activities and develop and manufacture the products it sells.

 

22.15 All confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) owned or used by the Company has been kept confidential and has not been disclosed to third parties (other than parties who have signed written confidentiality undertakings in respect of such information, details of which refer to undertakings are set out in the Disclosure Letter).

 

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22.16 The activities of the Company and of any licensee of IP Rights granted by the Company:

 

22.16.1 21.16.1 have not infringed, do not infringe and are not likely to infringe the IP Rights of any third party; or

 

22.16.2 21.16.2 have not constituted, do not constitute and are not likely to constitute any breach of confidence, passing off or actionable act of unfair competition; or

 

22.16.3 21.16.3 have not given and do not give rise to any obligation to pay any royalty, fee, compensation or any other sum whatsoever.

 

23. Information Technology

 

23.1 The definitions in this paragraph apply in this Deed.

 

IT System: all computer hardware (including network and telecommunications equipment) and software (including associated preparatory materials, user manuals and other related documentation) owned, used, leased or licensed by or to the Company.

 

IT Contracts: all arrangements and agreements under which any third party (including, without limitation, any source code deposit agents) provides any element of, or services relating to, the IT System, including leasing, hire-purchase, licensing, maintenance and services agreements.

 

23.2 Complete and accurate particulars of the IT System and all IT Contracts are set out in Folder J of the Data Room.

 

23.3 Save to the extent provided in the IT Contracts, the Company is the owners of the IT System free from Encumbrances. The Company has obtained all necessary rights from third parties to enable them to make exclusive and unrestricted use of the IT System.

 

23.4 The IT Contracts are valid and binding and no act or omission has occurred which would, if necessary with the giving of notice or lapse of time, constitute a breach of any such contract.

 

23.5 There are and have been no claims, disputes or proceedings arising or threatened under any IT Contracts.

 

23.6 None of the IT Contracts is liable to be terminated or otherwise materially affected by an acquisition of the Company by the Purchaser and the Covenantors have no reason to believe that any IT Contracts will not be renewed on the same or substantially the same terms when they expire.

 

23.7 The elements of the IT System:

 

23.7.1 are functioning properly and in accordance with all applicable specifications;

 

23.7.2 are not defective in any respect and have not been materially defective or materially failed to function during the last three years;

 

23.7.3 do not contain any software virus and have not within the last 12 months been infected by any software virus or accessed by any unauthorised person;

 

23.7.4 have sufficient capacity and performance to meet the current and foreseeable business requirements of the Company;

 

23.7.5 include sufficient user information to enable reasonably skilled personnel in the field to use and operate the IT System without the need for further assistance; and

 

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23.7.6 have been satisfactorily and regularly maintained and the IT System has the benefit of appropriate maintenance and support agreements, complete and accurate particulars of which are set out in Folder J of the Data Room.

 

23.8 The Company has implemented appropriate procedures, (including in relation to off-site working where applicable) for ensuring the security of the IT System and the confidentiality and integrity of all data stored in it.

 

23.9 The Company has in place a disaster recovery plan which is fully documented and would enable the business of the Company to continue if there were significant damage to or destruction of some or all of the IT System.

 

24. Data Protection

 

24.1 The Company has notified registrable particulars under the Data Protection Act 1998 of all personal data held by them and:

 

24.1.1 have renewed such notifications and have notified any changes occurring in between such notifications as required by that Act;

 

24.1.2 have paid all fees payable in respect of such notifications;

 

24.1.3 the contents of such notifications (copies of which are attached to the Disclosure Letter) are complete and accurate; and

 

24.1.4 there has been no unauthorised disclosure of personal data outside the terms of such notifications.

 

24.2 No personal data have been transferred outside the European Economic Area.

 

25. Property

 

25.1 The particulars of the Property as set out in the leases contained in Folder C1 of the Data Roomare complete true and accurate and the Property is the only property occupied by the Company.

 

25.2 The Company does not own and has not ever owned, is or been in occupation of or is entitled to any estate or interest in or has any liability (actual or contingent) for any freehold or leasehold property other than the Property.

 

25.3 The Property is occupied exclusively by the Company which is entitled to vacant possession of the Property and no other person has any right (actual or contingent) to possession or occupation of the Property, or any interest in it.

 

25.4 The use of the Property for the purpose stated in the leases contained in Folder C1 of the Data Room corresponds to the use to which it is in fact put and complies with the provisions of all relevant legislation from time to time.

 

25.5 The Company has complied in all respects with all covenants, obligations, restrictions and provisions binding upon it in relation to the Property.

 

25.6 The Company has not at any time assigned or otherwise disposed of any freehold or leasehold property in respect of which the Company has any continuing liability either as original contracting party or by virtue of any direct covenant or under an authorised guarantee agreement given on a sale or assignment to or from the Company or as a surety for the obligations of any other person in relation to any real property and no claim has been made against the Company in respect of any leasehold property formerly held by it or in respect of which it acted as a guarantor nor is any such claim anticipated.

 

25.7 No notices under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 have been served on the Company.

 

25.8 There is no subsisting breach of any obligation relating to the Property or its present use under any legislation, agreement, covenant, condition, licence or consent and, so far as the Covenantors are aware or might reasonably be aware, there are no subsisting allegations of such a breach by any competent authority or other person or any circumstances which might give rise to such a breach.

 

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25.9 The Property is in a good state of repair and condition.

 

26. The Company's Liabilities

 

26.1 The Company has no liability (present or future or ascertained or contingent) in respect of:-

 

(a) any guarantee, indemnity, bond or similar obligation created or given, or agreed to be created or given, by it;

 

(b) any warranty or representation given by it, except a warranty or representation implied by law or any warranties given in the Contracts disclosed to the Purchaser in respect of a transaction entered into by the Company in the ordinary course of its trading;

 

(c) any claim against it by the Covenantors or any Connected Person of the Covenantors or any indebtedness or Covenantors of the Company to the Covenantors or any Connected Person of the Covenantors; or

 

(d) any shares, debentures or other securities of which it is or has been the registered proprietor or beneficial owner.

 

26.2 There is not outstanding any debt owing by the Company which ought in the ordinary course to have been paid.

 

27. The Company’s Business

 

27.1 The business of the Company is managed exclusively by its relevant officers and employees and no person has authority to bind the Company other than their relevant officers and employees acting in the ordinary and ostensible course of their duties.

 

27.2 The Company is not a member of any partnership, consortium, trade association or any other association of persons (whether incorporated or not incorporated).

 

27.3 The Company does not carry on any business except the business disclosed to the Purchaser.

 

28. General Legal Compliance

 

28.1 The Company has obtained all necessary licences, consents, permits and authorities (public and private) to enable it to carry on its business effectively in the places and in the manner in which such business is now carried on. All such licences, consents, permits and authorities are valid and subsisting and have been complied with in all respects and there is no reason why any of them should be suspended, cancelled or revoked.

 

28.2 So far as the Covenantors are aware, there is not pending, or in existence, any investigation or enquiry by, or on behalf of, any governmental or other body in respect of the affairs of the Company or any of the Covenantors.

 

29. Competition

 

29.1 The definition in this paragraph applies in this Deed.

 

Competition Law: the national and directly effective legislation of any jurisdiction which governs the conduct of companies or individuals in relation to restrictive or other anti-competitive agreements or practices (including, but not limited to, cartels, pricing, resale pricing, market sharing, bid rigging, terms of trading, purchase or supply and joint ventures), dominant or monopoly market positions (whether held individually or collectively) and the control of acquisitions or mergers.

 

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29.2 The Company is not engaged in any agreement, arrangement, practice or conduct which amounts to an infringement of the Competition Law of any jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and no director is engaged in any activity which would be an offence or infringement under any such Competition Law.

 

29.3 The Company is not the subject of any investigation, inquiry or proceedings by any relevant government body, agency or authority in connection with any actual or alleged infringement of the Competition Law of any jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business.

 

29.4 No such investigation, inquiry or proceedings as mentioned in paragraph 22.3 have been threatened or are pending and there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such investigation, inquiry or proceedings.

 

30. Insolvency

 

30.1 No meeting has been convened at which a resolution will be proposed, no petition has been presented, no order has been made and no resolution has been passed for the winding-up of the Company or for the appointment of any provisional liquidator, and no formal or informal meeting of all or any of its creditors has been convened.

 

30.2 No administrative receiver, receiver or manager has been appointed of the whole or any part of the property, assets or undertaking of the Company.

 

30.3 No administration order has been made appointing an administrator in respect of the Company and no petition has been presented for an administration order in respect of the Company.

 

30.4 No voluntary arrangement has been proposed or approved under Part I Insolvency Act 1986 and no compromise or arrangement has been proposed, agreed to or sanctioned under section 425 Insolvency Act 1986 in respect of the Company.

 

30.5 No distress, execution or other process has been levied on or applied for in respect of any asset of the Company.

 

30.6 The Company has not stopped or suspended the payment of their debts or received a written demand pursuant to section 123(1)(a) Insolvency Act 1986 and the Company is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 Insolvency Act 1986.

 

30.7 No disqualification order has at any time been made pursuant to the provisions of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 against any former or current officer of the Company or any of the Covenantors.

 

30.8 There are no facts in existence which are likely to lead to any of the events or circumstances referred to in this paragraph 23.

 

30.9 The Company has not been a party to any transaction at an undervalue as defined in section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 nor given or received any preference as defined in section 239 of the Insolvency Act 1986, in either case within the period of 2 years ending on the date of this Deed.

 

31. Anti-corruption

 

31.1 The following definition in this paragraph applies in this Deed:

 

Associated Person: means in relation to a company, a person (including an employee, agent or subsidiary) who performs or has performed services for or on that company's behalf.

 

31.2 The Company is and has not at any time engaged in any activity, practice or conduct which would constitute an offence under the Bribery Act 2010.

 

31.3 No Associated Person of the Company has bribed another person (within the meaning given in section 7(3) of the Bribery Act 2010) intending to obtain or retain business or an advantage in the conduct of business for the Company.

 

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31.4 Neither the Company nor any of its Associated Persons is or has been the subject of any investigation, inquiry or enforcement proceedings by any governmental, administrative or regulatory body or any customer regarding any offence or alleged offence under the Bribery Act 2010, and no such investigation, inquiry or proceedings have been threatened or are pending and there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such investigation, inquiry or proceedings.

 

32. Taxation General

 

32.1 Provisions or reserve (as appropriate) has been made in the Accounts for all Taxation liable to be assessed on the Company or for which the Company is accountable (whether primarily or otherwise) in respect of all income, profits or gains earned, accrued or received on or before the Accounts Date or deemed to have been or treated as earned, accrued or received for taxation purposes on or before the Accounts Date and/or in respect of any event occurring or deemed to have occurred on or before the Accounts Date, including distributions made on or before the Accounts Date or provided for in the Accounts.

 

33. Compliance

 

33.1 The Company has made all returns, claims for relief, applications, notifications, computations and assessments (whether physically in existence or electronically stored) (" Returns ") that they are required by law to make. All Returns have been properly submitted (whether physically or electronically) within any relevant time limits to all relevant taxation authorities (whether of the United Kingdom or elsewhere and the Returns are true, complete and accurate in all Material respects, give full disclosure of all material facts and circumstances and, so far as the Covenantors are aware, are not the subject of any question or dispute.

 

33.2 The Company has prepared, kept and preserved full and sufficient records as required by law and to enable it to deliver correct and complete Returns and to calculate any present or, so far as possible future liability for Taxation of the Company, including without limitation in relation to a future disposal of any of its assets, or its entitlement to any deduction, relief or repayment of Taxation. Such records are accurate and up to date.

 

33.3 The Company is not involved in any dispute with any Taxation Authority nor has, within the past 12 months, been subject to any visit, audit, investigation, discovery or access order by any Taxation Authority. So far as the Covenantors are aware the Covenantors there are no circumstances existing which make it likely that a visit, audit, investigation, discovery or access order will be made in the next 12 months.

 

34. Taxation

 

34.1 All payments by the Company to any person which ought to have been made under deduction of Taxation have been so made and the Company has (if required by law to do so) provided a certificate of deduction to such person in the required form and property and punctually accounted to the relevant taxation authority so deducted. The Company has properly and punctually paid all Taxation which they have become liable to pay (and any penalty, fine, surcharge or interest in connection with Taxation).

 

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34.2 The Company has accurately prepared and duly and timely filed all Tax Returns which it is required to file and have paid all Taxes required to be paid with respect to the periods covered by such Tax Returns. Such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects. No deficiencies for any Taxes have been asserted in writing or assessed against Company which remain unpaid and no state of facts exists or has existed which would constitute grounds for the assessment of any additional Taxes for any period for which Tax Returns have been filed. So far as the Covenantors are aware, there are , no pending or threatened actions, proceedings, investigations, audits or claims related to Taxes of the Company. The Company has properly withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authorities all Taxes required by it so to be withheld. There are no agreements, waivers or arrangements providing for the extension of time with respect to the assessment of any Tax owed by the Company. There are no tax liens upon any assets of the Company. The Company has not made any payments, are not obligated to make any payments, and are not a party to any agreements that under any circumstances could obligate them to make any payments that will not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. The Company is not party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement. The Company has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897 (c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.

 

35. US Subsidiaries

 

35.1 The US Subsidiary is current with the filing and reporting of  all applicable federal, state  and local tax returns and obligations, including , but not limited to, income, excise, sales, use , franchise and employment taxes.

 

35.2 Save in the ordinary course of business, there are currently no taxes due, including but not limited to,income, excise, sales, use , franchise, trust fund and employment taxes in connection with the US Subsidiary.

 

35.3 The US Subsidiary has not received any communications, written or oral, from federal, state or local taxing authorities in connection with the filing and reporting of its tax returns, including, but not limited to income, excise, sales, use, franchise and employment taxes.

 

36. Distributions

 

The Company has not since the Accounts Date made or agreed to make any distributions save as provided in the Accounts.

 

37. Value Added Tax

 

37.1 The Company is registered and a taxable person for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and have complied with and observed in all respects the terms of all statutory provisions, directions, conditions, notices and agreements with any Taxing Authority relating to value added tax.

 

38. Employees

 

38.1 The Company has not remunerated any employee, officer or person rendering services and there are no arrangements to pay any employee, officer or person rendering services other than in cash payable to that employee, officer or person and in respect of which the Company has a liability to account for tax under PAYE or to make National Insurance contributions.

 

39. Stamp Duties

 

39.1 There is no instrument which is necessary to establish the rights of the Company or the title of the Company to any asset which is liable to stamp duty (or any like duty or tax in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom) which has not been duly stamped or which would attract stamp duty, interest or penalties if brought within the relevant jurisdiction.

 

40. International

 

The Company is and always has been resident only in the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated for Taxation purposes and for the purposes of any double taxation agreement. The Company is not liable to, and have at no time incurred any, Taxation in any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated.

 

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Schedule 4
Limitation of Covenantors’ Liability

 

1. Definitions

 

Claim means a claim for breach of the Warranties (other than the Tax Warranties) or any other claim for breach of or in relation to this Deed and/or the SPA but does not include a claim under or in respect of the Tax Covenant;

 

Tax Claim means a claim under or in respect of the Tax Covenant or for breach of the Tax Warranties; and

 

Tax Liability has the same meaning as a Liability to Taxation.

 

2. Financial Limits

 

2.1 The Covenantors will not be liable for any Claim or Tax Claim unless the Covenantors have a liability in respect of that Claim or Tax Claim in excess of £15,000, excluding any liability for costs and interest.

 

2.2 The Covenantors will not be liable for any Claim or Tax Claim unless the Covenantors have a total liability in respect of all those claims (excluding those for which no liability arises under paragraph 2.1) in excess of US $100,000 excluding any liability for costs and interest, in which case the Covenantors' total liability will be for the whole amount and not merely the excess.

 

2.3 The Warranties and covenants contained in the Tax Covenant are given by each Covenantor on a several basis. No Covenantor will be liable in respect of any Claim or Tax Claim for an amount greater than his Relevant Percentage of that claim. The total liability of each Covenantor for all Claims and Tax Claims, including for costs and interest, will not exceed the total value of the cash consideration and the Promissory Notes received by him.

 

2.4 If the Purchaser brings a successful Claim or Tax Claim against any Covenantor, any amount to be paid by such Covenantor pursuant to such successful Claim or Tax Claim, shall be paid to the Purchaser by the Covenantor: (i) firstly in a reduction of the accrued interest and principal amount of the Promissory Notes, in the aggregate, held by that Covenantor and (ii) secondly, only once the entirety of the accrued interest and principal amount of the Promissory Notes held by that Covenantor has been exhausted, by a payment by that Covenantor to the Purchaser of the relevant amount of the cash consideration received by him.

 

3. Notice

 

If the Purchaser becomes aware of any matter which gives or might give rise to a Claim or Tax Claim, taking no account of paragraph 2.2 for this purpose, the Covenantors will not be liable unless the Purchaser gives notice of the Claim as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 25 Business Days of becoming aware of that matter. The notice must specify in reasonable detail the nature of the Claim or Tax Claim, the breach that results, unless the Claim or Tax Claim is then contingent, a calculation of the amount claimed and attach any supporting evidence as may then be available to the Purchaser.

 

4. Time Limits

 

4.1 The Covenantors will not be liable in respect of a Claim or Tax Claim unless notice of that claim complying with paragraph 3 has been given to the Covenantors before the date (the expiry date) falling:

 

4.1.1 in respect of any Tax Claim, four years from Completion;

 

4.1.2 in respect of any other Claim, 24 months from Completion.

 

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4.2 The Claim will be deemed to be withdrawn (if it has not been previously satisfied, settled or withdrawn) and no new Claim may be made in respect of the facts giving rise to the withdrawn claim) unless proceedings in respect of that Claim have been commenced by being both issued and served before the date falling six months after the date on which the claim is notified in accordance with paragraph 4.1 or in respect of a liability which becomes actual and quantifiable having been contingent, six months after notice is received in accordance with paragraph 5.

 

5. Contingent Claims

 

Before the expiry date set out in paragraph 4.1, no Covenantor will be liable for any Claim or any claim for breach of a Tax Warranty to the extent that it relates to a liability which is contingent unless it is notified in accordance with paragraph 3 and recoverable when it becomes an actual and quantifiable liability.

 

6. Conduct Of Third Party Claims

 

6.1 If notice is given of a Claim under paragraph 3 which arises as a result of or in relation to a liability or alleged liability to a third party (other than to a Tax Authority) (a third party claim ):

 

6.1.1 the Purchaser will, and will procure the relevant Group Company to, keep the Covenantors informed of the progress of the relevant third party claim and provides the Covenantors with copies of all correspondence and other written communications in relation to the third party claim other than those which have been prepared by the Purchaser or its professional advisers with a view to assessing the merits of the claim or are otherwise subject to legal professional privilege;

 

6.1.2 the Purchaser will not, and will procure the members of the Purchaser's Group nor any relevant Group Company not to admit liability, settle or compromise the third party claim or do anything likely to affect the liability of any relevant Group Company or the Purchaser in respect of that third party claim without the prior written consent of the Covenantors which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;

 

6.1.3 the Purchaser will, and will procure the relevant Group Company to, give reasonable access to all relevant documents, records and personnel to enable the Covenantors to evaluate and exercise their rights under this paragraph 5.

 

6.2 If notice is given of a Claim under paragraph 3 which arises as a result of or in relation to a third party claim, the Covenantors may give notice to the Purchaser at any time requiring:

 

6.2.1 the Purchaser to, or procure the relevant Group Company to, take any action as the Covenantors may reasonably request to conduct, avoid, dispute, resist, defend, remedy, resolve, appeal, settle or compromise the third party claim (or any event or fact which has or may give rise to it);

 

6.2.2 the Purchaser to allow the Covenantors, in the name or on behalf of the Purchaser or the relevant Group Company, to conduct, avoid, dispute, resist, defend, remedy, resolve, appeal, settle or compromise the third party claim.

 

6.3 The obligations of the Purchaser under paragraph 6.2:

 

6.3.1 are subject to the Covenantors first indemnifying the relevant Group Company and the Purchaser to the Purchaser's reasonable satisfaction against all losses, costs, damages and expenses which may be incurred by those acts requested by or carried out by the Covenantors; and

 

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6.3.2 will not require the Purchaser to take any action and will not permit the Covenantors to take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Purchaser, is materially harmful to the goodwill of the Group Companies.

 

7. Recovery From Third Parties

 

7.1 Where the Purchaser or any Group Company or member of the Purchaser's Group is entitled to recover from a third party (other than a Tax Authority) an amount which relates to a Claim or potential Claim, the Purchaser will procure that it or the relevant Group Company or that member of the Purchaser's Group takes all possible steps to enforce the recovery before making a Claim against the Covenantors.

 

7.2 If the Purchaser or any Group Company or member of the Purchaser's Group recovers (whether by payment, discount, credit, relief or otherwise) from a third party (other than a Tax Authority) an amount which relates to a Claim, that amount (less any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in obtaining that recovery less any Taxation attributable to the recovery after taking account of any tax relief available in respect of any matter giving rise to the Claim) will reduce or satisfy, as the case may be, that Claim.

 

7.3 If the Covenantor pays an amount in respect of a Claim and the Purchaser or any Group Company or member of the Purchaser's Group subsequently recovers (whether by payment, discount, credit, relief or otherwise) from a third party (other than a Tax Authority) an amount which relates to the Claim, the Purchaser will procure that it or the relevant Group Company or that member of the Purchaser's Group, will pay to that Covenantor an amount equal to the lesser of the amount recovered from the third party (less any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in obtaining that recovery and less any Taxation attributable to the recovery after taking account of any tax relief available in respect of any matter giving rise to the Claim) and the amount previously paid by the Covenantor to the Purchaser.

 

8. Insurance

 

Without affecting the Purchaser's duty to mitigate loss in respect of any breach of this Deed, if in respect of any matter which could give rise to a Claim, the Purchaser or any Group Company is entitled to claim under any policy of insurance (or would have been entitled if it had maintained in force its cover current at Completion), the amount of insurance money recovered (less any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in obtaining that recovery) will reduce or satisfy, as the case may be, that Claim.

 

9. Acts of the Purchaser

 

9.1 No Covenantor will be liable in respect of a Claim or a Tax Claim if that Claim or Tax Claim is attributable to, or is increased directly or indirectly as a result of:

 

9.1.1 any act, omission, transaction or arrangement carried out at the request of the Purchaser before or at Completion;

 

9.1.2 any act, transaction or arrangement carried out by the Purchaser or the member of the Purchaser Group by the Board of Directors of the Parent knowing the affect on or after Completion not in the ordinary course of business, where there is a fault on behalf of the Purchaser or member of the Purchaser Group and would not have caused the consequence but for the fault of the Purchaser or member of the Purchaser Group;

 

9.1.3 any admission of liability made by or on behalf of the Purchaser or by or on behalf of any member of the Purchaser's Group on or after Completion in respect of a liability that is subject to a bona fide dispute on grounds that would excuse the Company, save to the extent that the admission of liability is made at the express request of or with the written consent of the Covenantors;

 

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9.1.4 any breach by the Purchaser of any of its obligations under this Deed or any of the documents referred to or incorporated in it or any obligations entered into pursuant to it; or

 

9.1.5 any reorganisation or change in ownership of any member of the Purchaser's Group on or after Completion.

 

10. Other Exclusions

 

10.1 The Covenantor will be liable in respect of a Claim to the extent that it relates to any liability or obligation by any Group Company:

 

10.1.1 in respect of which allowance, provision or reserve or a note was made in terms that identify the liability or obligations in the Accounts, the Management Accounts or the Audited Financial Statements;

 

10.1.2 which would not have arisen but for, or is increased directly or indirectly as a result of the passing of, or a change in, a law, rule, regulation, interpretation of the law or administrative practice of a government, governmental department, agency or regulatory body occurring on or after the date of this Deed;

 

10.1.3 which arises as a result of any change after Completion of the date to which any Group Company makes up its accounts or the change to any accounting policy, base, method, practice or estimation technique;

 

10.1.4 which occurs as a result of or in connection with any change in the nature of the business of the Company as carried on at Completion or the manner of conducting it at Completion.

 

11. Remedies

 

11.1 The Purchaser may not rescind or terminate this Deed after Completion in any circumstances.

 

11.2 The only remedy available to the Purchaser for breach of Warranty after Completion will be damages for breach of contract. Those damages will be assessed on the basis of the diminution in value of the Sale Shares (which value will not be taken to be greater than the Consideration after taking into account all compensating factors) and not on the basis of the loss or cost to a Group Company in respect of the matter giving rise to the Claim.

 

11.3 This Deed will be actionable only by the Purchaser and no other person will be entitled to make any Claim or Tax Claim or take any action whatsoever against a Covenantor under or arising out of or in connection with this Deed.

 

12. Ringfencing of Tax Claims

 

No claim under or in relation to this Deed, the SPA or any Transaction Document may be made against a Covenantor to the extent that the claim relates to or is in connection with Taxation or any Tax Liability except that claims in relation to or in connection with Taxation or any Tax Liability may be made under the Tax Warranties or the Tax Covenant.

 

13. General

 

13.1 The Purchaser will procure that all reasonable steps are taken by it and any Group Company and each member of the Purchaser's Group and all reasonable assistance is given by it and any Group Company and each member of the Purchaser's Group to avoid or mitigate any loss or liability (without prejudice to any similar obligation existing at law generally or any other specific term of this Deed) which might give rise to any Claim.

 

13.2 The Purchaser will not be entitled to recover any loss or amount more than once under this Deed.

 

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Schedule 5

 

The Properties

 

Company   Property address
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   Mall Area, Building 7, Durfee Union Mills, 187 Plymouth Avenue, Fall River MA02722
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   Suites 15A, 15B & 15C, 855 Worcester Road, Framingham, Massachusetts
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   First Floor and use of Lower Level, 887 Main Street, Manchester, Connecticut
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   Unit 104, 814 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   Nashua Telegraph Building, 60 North Main Street, Nashua, NH
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   Suite 23 Calart Tower, 400 Reservoir Avenue, Providence R.I. 02907
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   718 Jake Alexander Boulevard West, Salisbury, North Carolina
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   Third Floor, 1985 Main Street, Northgate Professional Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   1800 Barnum Avenue, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   35 Corporate Drive, Trumbull, Connecticut 06611
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   Suite 1, 20 North Plain Industrial Road, Wallingford, CT 06492
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   767 Wolcott Street, Waterbury, Connecticut CT 06705
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   973 Orange Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut
     
Monroe Staffing Services LLC   29 Mountain Street East, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
     
Initio International   One Hardwicks Square, Hardwicks Way, Wandsworth, London SW18 4AW

 

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SIGNED and DELIVERED as a )    
       
DEED by STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS )    
       
INC, acting by _____________________ )    
       
a director,  in the presence of )    

 

Witness Signature:  
   
Witness Name:  
   
Address:  
   
   
   
Occupation:  

 

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Dated January 2014

 

 


DISCLOSURE LETTER
 

 

Mishcon de Reya

Summit House

12 Red Lion Square

London WC1R 4QD

Tel: 020 7440 7000

Fax: 020 7404 5982

Ref: NMD/LC/32548.8

 

 
 

 

DISCLOSURE LETTER

 

To: STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.
(the Purchaser )

 

From: BRENDAN CHRISTOPHER FLOOD; and
MATTHEW BRIAND
(together, the Covenantors )

 

January 2014

 

Dear Sirs,

 

INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (the Company)

 

1. We refer to:

 

1.1 the agreement (the Share Purchase Agreement ) entered into on 30 October 2013 between, inter alias, (1) the Covenantors and (2) the Purchaser relating to the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of the Company, as subsequently varied by a variation agreement dated 10 December 2013; and

 

1.2 the deed of warranties (the Deed of Warranties ) to be entered into today between (1) the Covenantors and (2) the Purchaser as referred to in the Share Purchase Agreement,

 

together, the Agreements .

 

2. Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in this letter have the meanings given to them in the Agreements and the interpretation provisions set out in Article I of the Share Purchase Agreement and clause 1 of the Deed of Warranties apply equally in this letter. In the event of any inconsistency between the meanings given to words and expressions in the Agreements, the meaning given in the Deed of Warranties shall apply.

 

3. This is the Disclosure Letter referred to in the Agreements and constitutes formal disclosure to the Purchaser for the purposes of the Agreements of the facts and circumstances which are deemed to qualify the Warranties. Certain specific disclosures are set out in Appendix A. For the sake of convenience, these specific disclosures are made by reference to particular Warranties. The references to particular Warranties are, however, made for convenience only and will not in any way limit the effect of any disclosure, each of which is made against the Warranties as a whole. A disclosure or qualification made by reference to any particular Warranty is deemed to be made also in respect of any other Warranty to which the disclosure or qualification may be applicable, provided, however, only if it is clear that the disclosure provides Purchaser with clear information that it is given against such warranty.

 

4. The disclosure of any matter or document does not imply any representation, warranty or undertaking which is not expressly given in the Agreement. Nor will that disclosure extend the scope of any Warranty or of the Tax Covenant.

 

 
 

 

5. The documents contained in the electronic data room virtually hosted and maintained by Mishcon de Reya (the Data Room ), an index to which is attached as Appendix B to this letter and an agreed form CD-Rom copy of which is enclosed with this letter, constitute the Disclosure Bundle for the purposes of this letter. All information in the documents contained in the Disclosure Bundle is deemed to be disclosed. In the event of any inconsistency between the contents of a document in the Disclosure Bundle (a Disclosure Document ) and this Disclosure Letter, this Disclosure Letter will prevail and the Covenantors will have no liability in relation to that inconsistency.

 

6. The following matters are treated as incorporated into this Disclosure Letter by reference:

 

6.1 the information in the Agreements or in the agreed form documents mentioned in them or in the Tax Covenant;

 

6.2 all information in:

 

6.2.1 the written replies, written statements and documents given by the Shareholders, the Company or any of their advisers in response to enquiries raised by any of the Purchaser or its advisers, copies of which are contained in the Data Room and at the document entitled "Information Requirement Listing Staff 360 17.12.13 Final" which is contained in the Due Diligence Folder of the Data Room; and

 

6.2.2 the contents of all correspondence (together with all documents attached to or enclosed with that correspondence) supplied or passed to the Purchaser or any of its advisers by or from the Shareholders, the Company or any of their advisers, copies of which are contained in the Data Room,

 

provided that the contents of the documents, papers, correspondence, replies and statements referred to in paragraphs 6.2.1 and 6.2.2, are deemed to be superseded by the contents of any later documents, papers, correspondence, replies or statements, which are disclosed by virtue of paragraph 6.2.1 or 6.2.2 or otherwise pursuant to this Disclosure Letter, to the extent that they expressly deal with the same subject matter;

 

6.3 all information apparent from the operating leases to the Property and other documents relating to the Property, copies of which are contained at folder C1 of the Data Room;

 

6.4 any information that would be disclosed by searches of the files of the Company and the Subsidiaries at the Companies Registry in England and Wales and the States of Nevada, New York and Delaware, United States of America, undertaken the Business Day before Completion, whether or not any search or inspection has been made;

 

6.5 all information and all documents that would be disclosed by inspection or a search made at the Trade Marks Registry in England, Spain, and the States of Nevada , New York and Delaware, United States of America, undertaken two Business Days before Completion, whether or not any search or inspection has been made;

 

6.6 all entries and information recorded or referred to in the statutory registers and minute books of the Company and the Subsidiaries, copies of which are contained at folders A1 to A9 of the Data Room;

 

6.7 all matters contained in the Accounts and the Management Accounts.

 

 
 

 

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning the enclosed duplicate.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

       
Brendan Christopher Flood   Matthew Briand  

 

 

 

We hereby acknowledge receipt of this letter.

 

Signed: ___________________

On behalf of Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

 

Dated: ____________________

 

 
 

 

APPENDIX A - Specific Disclosures

 

The following references are to paragraph numbers schedule 3 to the Deed of Warranties as indicated.

 

Disclosure
Number
  Warranty   Disclosure
         
1.   1.2   Faro Recruitment America Inc is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of New Jersey and Monroe Staffing LLC is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Delaware
         
2.   1.8   The Annual Return for Longbridge Recruitment (Law) Limited for the period to 25 March 2013 and filed on 23 April 2013 was incorrect when filed.  A clarificatory Annual Return for the period to 25 March 2013 was filed on 16 September 2013.
         
3.   1.13   Darren Carroll holds 25,000 B shares in Longbridge Recruitment (Sales & Marketing) Limited
         
    18.2   Daniel Lewis holds 250,000 B shares in Longbridge Recruitment (Law) Limited
         
        Mark Newton holds 24,500 ordinary shares in Longbridge Recruitment (Technology Solutions) Limited
         
        Each of Monica Rodrigues-Arias and Michal Wasilewski hold 7,500 ordinary shares in Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited.
         
4.   1.15   The consent of ABN AMRO Commercial Finance plc and Wells Fargo is required in order for completion to take place without there having been a violation of the Group's banking arrangements with such banks.  The consent of ABN AMRO Commercial Finance plc was received on 17 December 2013 (please see a copy of the consent contained in folder C3, subfolder "Longbridge").   The consent of Wells Fargo was received on 2 January 2014 (please see a copy of the consent contained in folder S, subfolder "Wells Fargo").

 

 
 

 

5.   4.2(c)  

The Accounts include the following exceptional, non-recurring items:

 

1.    Bonus of up to $175,000 paid to Matthew Briand which has been paid weekly across mid May to December;

 

2.    Bonus of up to £170,000 paid to Brendan Flood which has been paid monthly across July to December;

 

3.    Bonuses to senior management;

 

4.    Trust fund payments for the 5 senior managers;

 

5.    Termination of employment costs;

 

6.    Duplication of office costs;

 

7.    Historical workers' claims;

 

8.    Insurance premium for policy against bad debts; and

 

9.    Early termination fees payable to Sterling National Bank.

         
6.  

4.2(e)

 

4.3

 

4.6

 

5.1.3

 

16.2

 

The worker’s compensation methodology utilised by Monroe Staffing LLC records expenses and collateral requirements at the time of demand and payment required by the Captive Insurance Program TSIL. These determinations based on historical claims experience of the insured entity, and the Captive as a whole, are made twice a year and are reflected in the semi-annual financial statements.

 

Owing to the level of claims and incidents in the past three years, there has been an increase in the rate modification (mod) factor for 2013 to 1.6. It is likely that the rate modification (mod) factor for the calendar year 2014 will be more than 1.6 and the rate modification (mod) factor for the calendar year 2015 year will be in a similar range.

 

There is a provision in the Accounts for worker's compensation of $448,000 but it is anticipated that this is likely to be will be an underprovision and we understand indicated by the Purchaser's expert in worker's compensation that they consider that the maximum exposure to Monroe Staffing Services LLC for the 2013 policy term could be as much as $2,685,922.

 

 
 

 

7.  

5.3

 

14.1

 

28.3

 

33.3

 

35.3

 

The Department of Labour ("DOL") has previously made enquiries regarding the way that overtime was being calculated and the classification of employees.

 

Monroe had expected, based on discussions with its previous DOL case manager, that it would receive at most a $3,000 to $4,000 penalty. However, on 18 December 2013, at a meeting with Brian Cleasby, the new case manager/investigator for the DOL, Monroe was informed that the claim could be in the region of $150,000. Monroe has not yet received any formal penalty from the DOL.

 

Monroe is not sure whether the new DOL case manager is making a name for himself or whether the alleged $150,000 claim is, in fact, a real probability. Monroe is taking legal advice on the issue and will fight any penalty, if it is advised that it has a good case.

 

Monroe is also looking to see whether or not this will be covered by any umbrella or PLI insurance.

         
8.  

6.4

 

18.1

 

Since the Accounts Date the following payments have been made to the Covenantors:

 

1.    $150,000 trust fund payment in respect of Matthew Briand;

 

2.    a bonus of not more than $175,000 in respect of Boca Rotan has been paid to Matthew Briand; and

 

3.    a bonus of not more than £170,000 in respect of Boca Rotan has been paid to Brendan Flood.

 

The trust fund payments and any bonus payments in relation to Boca Rotan will no longer be payable following completion.

         
9.   7.1.1   The consent of ABN AMRO Commercial Finance plc and Wells Fargo is required in order for completion of the SPA and Deed to take place without causing the Group to lose the benefit of its banking arrangements.   Please see above.
         
10.   7.1.3   On 13 February 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with Duet Partners Ltd (a copy of which is contained in folder K of the Data Room) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to pay Duet (i) a monthly retainer fee of £6,000 per month for the first three months; (ii) a success fee, payable on completion of the purchaser of the Sale Shares by the Purchaser, of 4% of the first £5,000,000 of consideration paid by the Purchaser and 3% of the consideration above £5,000,000.  This amount will be paid from the consideration received by the Sellers, Minority Shareholders and Rightsholders.

 

 
 

 

11.   8.1  

Initio International Limited entered into an agreement with Pitney Bowes on 20 January 2011, pursuant to which Pitney Bowes leases a Digital Mailing System to Initio International Limited. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder L of the Data Room.

 

Initio International Limited leases its franking machines.

 

Monroe Staffing Services LLC entered into:

 

1.    a lease agreement with Canon Solutions America on 30 January 2013, pursuant to which Canon leases the equipment and software listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "Operations".

 

2.    a lease agreement with Canon Solutions America on 21 March 2013, pursuant to which Canon leases the equipment and software listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked " lease of office equipment".

 

3.     a lease agreement with FKA Qualifies Resources International LLC on 31 December 2009, pursuant to which FKA Qualifies Resources International LLC leases the equipment listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "lease of office equipment".

 

4.    a lease agreement with Konika Minolta on 12 March 2012, pursuant to which Konika Minolta leases the equipment listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "lease of office equipment".

 

5.    a lease agreement with Konika Minolta on 25 April 2012, pursuant to which Konika Minolta leases the equipment listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "lease of office equipment".

 

6.    a lease agreement with OCE on 15 June 2010, pursuant to which OCE leases the equipment listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "lease of office equipment".

         

 

 
 

 

       

7.    a lease agreement with OCE on 1 September 2010, pursuant to which OCE leases the equipment listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "lease of office equipment".

 

8.    a lease agreement with OCE on 1 March 2011, pursuant to which OCE leases the equipment listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "lease of office equipment".

 

9.    into a lease agreement (under its previous name Qualified Resources International LLC) with Toshiba in February 2009, pursuant to which Toshiba leases the equipment and software listed in the agreement to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. Please see a copy of the agreement in Folder S and the sub-folder marked "lease of office equipment".

         
12.   10.1  

Monroe Staffing Services LLC is indebted to Wells Fargo pursuant to a loan and security agreement entered into in October 2012. Please see Folder S, subfolder "Wells Fargo" for a copy of the agreement.

 

ABN AMBRO Commercial Finance plc has made a facility available to the Longbridge entities.

 

Initio International Limited has granted a guarantee and indemnity in favour of ABN AMBRO Commercial Finance plc in relation to the facility made available by ABN AMBRO Commercial Finance plc to the Longbridge entities. A copy of this document is contained in folder C3, subfolder "Longbridge"

 

Initio International Limited has an overdraft facility with Lloyds Bank, the credit limit of which is £25,000. A letter from Lloyds Bank relating to the facility is contained in folder C2, subfolder "Initio". Brendan Flood has given a personal guarantee to Lloyds Bank in relation to this overdraft.

         
13.  

11.1

 

14.3

 

A temporary worker has brought a discrimination claim against Monroe Staffing Services LLC. A mediation hearing has been set by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination for 24 February 2014.

 

A temporary worker, Daniel Collazo, was killed in December 2011 whist working for a client. The death was caused through a traumatic accident in a blender at a hummus factory. The compensation claim in respect of his employment has been closed. However, a civil claim has not been brought and, in the State of Massachusetts, there is no time limit on the bringing of a civil claim.

 

 
 

 

        The TSIL covered the insurance and it was the exceptional settlement of $292,000 highlighted by the Purchaser's expert in workers compensation which led to his extrapolation for worst case scenario costs.
         
14.   12.2  

Monroe Staffing Services LLC operates a 401k plan for its employees. Details of this plan are included in Folder B11, subfolder "Monroe".

 

The UK entities operate a stakeholder pension plan which is available to all employees. The scheme is administered by Scottish Widows.

         
15.   13.3  

On 3 December 2013 Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited entered into an agreement with Monster pursuant to which Monster provides online recruitment resources/tools to Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder J4, subfolder "Longbridge".

 

On 15 February 2013 Longbridge Technology entered into an agreement with Bond International Software (UK) Limited pursuant to which Bond provides access to Adapt, a fully managed ASP system online recruitment resources/tools to Longbridge Technology. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder J4, subfolder "Longbridge".

 

On 28 November 2012 Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited entered into an agreement with Broadgreen Technology pursuant to which Broadgreen Technology provides Aplitrak and search services online to Longbridge Recruitment (Technical) Limited. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder J4, subfolder "Longbridge".

 

Monroe Staffing Services LLC has entered into agreements with careerbuilder.com pursuant to which careerbuilder.com provides online recruitment resources/tools to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder J4, subfolder "Monroe".

 

Monroe Staffing Services LLC has entered into an agreement with Dice pursuant to which Dice provides online recruitment resources/tools to Monroe Staffing Services LLC. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder J4, subfolder "Monroe".

 

 
 

 

16.   13.4  

The standard employment contracts to which the Key Employees and Shareholders are a party contain standard confidentiality provisions.

 

Initio International Limited entered into a non-disclosure agreement with Poolia AB on 3 May 2013 when Initio International Limited and Poolia AB were considering entering into a business relationship together. Pursuant to the NDA, both Poolia and Initio International Limited agreed to keep the other's confidential information confidential. In addition, Initio International Limited agreed that for 12 months from the signing of the NDA, neither it nor its group companies would not solicit or hire any Poolia UK employees. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder L, subfolder "Acquisition Documents"

 

On 12 March 2013, Monroe Staffing Services LLC entered into a non-disclosure agreement with Dumaine Service Inc. Pursuant to the NDA, Monroe Staffing Services LLC agreed to keep Dumaine's confidential information confidential. In addition, Monroe agreed not to solicit customer, employees or contacts of Dumiane for a period of 12 months from the date of the agreement. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder S, subfolder "Acquisitions", subfolder "Point Staffing"

         
17.   13.6   Office leases have been entered into by Monroe Staffing Services LLC and by Initio International Limited in relation to the properties used by the Group.  Please see the leases contained in Folder C1.
         
18.   18.1   Initio International Limited has agreed terms to sell its Spanish subsidiary, ALG Consulting De Recursos Humanos, S.L to Luis Miguel Carmona Moya for €1.  The share purchase agreement has been signed by Initio International Limited however, owing to the unavaliability of Luis Miguel Carmona Moya prior to completion of the sale of Initio International Holdings Limited, it has been arranged that the share purchase agreement will be signed by him on 7 January 2014.  ALG Consulting De Recursos Humanos, S.L is insolvent.
         
19.   22.2   Initio International Limited registered the trademark "Longbridge" in April 2010.  A copy of the letter from the Intellectual Property Office is included at Folder V, subfolder "Longbridge Trademark" of the Data Room.
         
20.   22.5  

Longbridge PWM infringed the Longbridge Trademark. In April 2010, Initio International Limited instructed Mishcon de Reya to write to Longbridge PWM to ensure that they ceased infringing the trademark. The infringement ceased in 2010. A copy of the letter from Mishcon de Reya is contained in folder V, subfolder "Longbridge PWM" of the Data Room.

 

Longridge Law infringed the Longbridge Trademark. In January 2013, Initio International Limited instructed Mishcon de Reya to write to Longridge Law to ensure that they ceased infringing the trademark. The infringement ceased. A copy of the letters between Mishcon de Reya and Longridge Law are contained in folder V, subfolder "Longbridge Law" of the Data Room.

 

 
 

  

21.   22.7   There remain some payments to be made by Monroe Staffing Services LLC under to the acquisition agreement pursuant to which Point Staffing was purchased.  A copy of the acquisition agreement is included in Folder S, subfolder "Acquisitions", subfolder "Point Staffing"
         
22.   22.8  

Initio International Limited entered into a non-disclosure agreement with Poolia AB on 3 May 2013 when Initio International Limited and Poolia AB were considering entering into a business relationship together. Pursuant to the NDA, both Poolia and Initio International Limited agreed to keep the other's confidential information confidential. In addition, Initio International Limited agreed that for 12 months from the signing of the NDA, neither it nor its group companies would not solicit or hire any Poolia UK employees. A copy of this agreement is included in Folder L, subfolder "Acquisition Documents" of the Data Room

 

A confidential memorandum containing information regarding the Group was sent to various third parties, of whom the Purchaser was one. Before the memorandum was sent to any party, they were required to enter into an NDA, of the form which the Purchaser was required to executed before it received the confidential memorandum.

         
23.   22.9  

The Data Room does not contain copies of each licence, sub-licence or agreement pursuant to which the Company or the Subsidiaries use IP Rights.

 

In addition to the agreement and licences referred to at disclosure 13.3, the Company and the Subsidiaries has software licences, for example with Microsoft. Please refer to the documents included in Folder J4, subfolder "Longbridge" of the Data Room

         
24.   22.10   Please refer to Folder J4, subfolder "Corporate".
         
25.   23.8.4   It is anticipated that the Company's and the Subsidiaries' IT System will be upgraded in 2014, in the ordinary course of business.
         
26.   23.10   The UK entities within the Group do not have a disaster recovery plan, other than having the ability to work remotely.  

 

 
 

 

27.   24.2   Occasionally the Company places workers in Russia and accordingly the Company is sometime required to send CVs into Russia.  The data held by the US entities is held outside the European Economic Area.
         
28.   26.1(a)  

Initio International Limited and the Company have each granted a guarantee and indemnity in favour of ABN AMBRO Commercial Finance plc in relation to the facility made available by ABN AMBRO Commercial Finance plc to Longbridge Recruitment (Technology Solutions) Limited. A copy of these documents are contained in folder C3, subfolder "Longbridge"

 

There are indemnities included in Monroe's standard terms and conditions with their clients. Claims under such indemnities are covered by Monroe's insurance policy.

         
29.   27.2  

Longbridge is a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

 

Monroe Staffing Services LLC is a member of the Staffing Industry Analysts.

         
30.  

30.2

 

30.4

  On 3 July 2012 Longbridge Recruitment (UK) Limited entered members voluntary liquidation.  Please see Folder W of the Data Room for details of the documentation in relation to the liquidation.
         
31.   34.1   Monroe Staffing Services LLC was a day late in paying its payroll taxes (owing to an error whereby the monies were sent to the incorrect account) for the period to May 2013.  As a consequence, Monroe Staffing Services LLC was fined $10,000, which was paid on 13 December 2013.
         
32.   38.1   A person who provided services to Monroe Staffing Services LLC on a consultancy basis it to become an employee of the Company.

 

 
 

 

APPENDIX B – Data Room Index

 

 

 

 
   
  Date:                                     January 2014
   
 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC

 

and

 

INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

and

 

Brendan Flood

 

relating to

 

DEED OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT

 

  Ref:  NAR/45125802

Thomas Eggar LLP

14 New Street London EC2M 4HE

 

Telephone  +44 (0)207 9729720

Facsimile    +44 (0)207 9729722

DX no.        88 London

 

www.thomaseggar.com

 

 
 

 

THIS DEED is made the                        day of January 2014

 

Parties:

 

(1) STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC (Company No 4447620), a Nevada corporation whose registered office is at 641 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1526, New-York, NY 10022 USA (the “ Purchaser ”); and

 

(2) Initio International Holdings Limited , and

 

(3) Brendan Flood of 5A Acacia Road, Hampton, Middlesex TW12 3DP (“Mr Flood”).

 

1 Introduction

 

1.1 By an Agreement of even date between the parties to this Deed (the “ Sale and Purchase Agreement ”) the Purchaser as agreed, subject to the conditions contained in the Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire all of the issued shares of Initio International Holdings Limited (“ Initio ”) in exchange for the payment of the Total Purchase Price by the Purchaser. Words and phrases that bear a defined meaning in the Sale and Purchase Agreement will have the same meaning in this Deed.

 

1.2 As a condition of the Purchaser completing the Sale and Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser has required that, subject to the conditions in the Sale and Purchase Agreement being satisfied and completion thereof taking place by no later than 3 January 2014 each of the parties of this Deed should enter into the respective covenants and undertakings on their part contained in this Deed in order to support the goodwill of the Group and the value attributed to its assets and businesses.

 

2 Restrictive Covenants

 

2.1 In this Deed:

 

"Restricted Area" means the US States of New England, New York, New Jersey and North Carolina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
   
"Relevant
Companies"
means Initio and the Subsidiaries and with effect from Closing, the Purchaser;

 

 
 

 

"Relevant Customer"

 

means any person who is or at any time during the period of twelve months immediately preceding Completion:

 

(a)   negotiating with any of the Relevant Companies, or for the supply by it of Relevant Products or Services; or

 

(b)   a client or customer of any of the Relevant Companies in relation to Relevant Products or Services.

   
"Relevant Products
or Services"
means the recruitment of permanent and temporary staff in the engineering, information technology, light industrial, accounting and finance and administration sectors.

 

2.2 Mr Flood undertakes to the Purchaser that he will not (whether alone or in conjunction with, or on behalf of, another person and whether directly or indirectly), other than in his capacity as an employee or a director on behalf of the Purchaser or any member of the Group for the period of three (3) years from the Closing Date:

 

2.2.1 canvass, solicit or approach, or cause to be canvassed, solicited or approached, any Relevant Customer for the sale or supply of Relevant Products or Services;

 

2.2.2 deal or contract with any Relevant Customer in relation to the sale or supply of Relevant Products or Services;

 

2.2.3 in relation to the provision of Relevant Products or Services in the Restricted Area, solicit or entice away, or endeavour to solicit or entice away, from any Relevant Company or employ, any person employed by, or who is or was a consultant to, any Relevant Company at Completion or at any time during the period of twelve months immediately preceding Completion where the person in question either has Confidential Information or would be in a position to exploit any trade connections of any Relevant Company;

 

2.2.4 be engaged, concerned, connected with or interested in, any other business which supplies Relevant Products or Services in the Restricted Area or whose business is in competition with the business of the Relevant Companies in the Restricted Area;

 

 
 

 

2.2.5 interfere, or seek to interfere, with the continuance of the introduction of business opportunities to any Relevant Company from any person who has effected such an introduction to any Relevant Company at any time during the twelve months immediately preceding Completion if such interference causes or would cause that person to cease effecting introductions as aforesaid; and

 

2.2.6 without prejudice to any rights relating to passing off or trade or service mark infringement (or similar rights in any territory), use in connection with any business which is competitive with the business of the Company, any name (in whatever form) which includes the name of the Company or any trading style or get up which is confusingly similar to that used by the Company as at Completion.

 

2.3 Nothing in this Deed shall prevent Mr Flood from holding for investment purposes only:

 

2.3.1 any units of any authorised unit trust; or

 

2.3.2 not more than 5% of any class of shares or securities of any company traded on a recognised investment exchange (as such term is defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or amended from time to time).

 

2.4 Each of the undertakings set out in this Clause 2 is separate and severable and enforceable accordingly, and if any one or more of such undertakings or part of an undertaking is held to be against the public interest or unlawful or in any way an unreasonable restraint of trade, the remaining undertakings or remaining part of the undertakings will continue in full force and effect and will bind Mr Flood.

 

3 General

 

3.1 The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Deed shall not affect the other provisions of this Deed.

 

3.2 Each party will do, or procure the doing of, all acts and things and execute, or procure the execution of, all documents as any other party reasonably considers necessary to give full effect to the terms of this Deed.

 

3.3 Failure or delay by any party in exercising any right or remedy under this Deed will not in any circumstances operate as a waiver of it, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy in any circumstances preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

 
 

 

3.4 Any waiver of any breach of, or any default under, any of the terms of this Deed will not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and will in no way affect the other terms of this Deed.

 

3.5 The rights and remedies expressly provided for by this Deed will not exclude any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

3.6 No variation of this Deed will be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each party to this Deed.

 

4 Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

4.1 This Deed will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, provided, however, the governing law shall be in accordance with the laws of the State of New York in the event the alleged violation occurs in the United States.

 

4.2 The courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which arises out of or in connection with this Deed and the parties irrevocably agree to submit to that jurisdiction, provided, however, the courts of the State of New York shall be the exclusive jurisdiction in the event the alleged violation occurs in the United States.

 

5 Counterparts

 

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when executed and delivered will be an original, but all the counterparts will together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

6. Remedies

 

Mr Flood agrees that his obligations hereunder are necessary and reasonable in order to protect the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s business. Each party agrees and acknowledges that any such violation or threatened violation may cause irreparable injury to the Purchaser and that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, in law, in equity or otherwise, the Purchaser may be entitled to injunctive relief against the breach or threatened breach of this Agreement or the continuation of any such breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages if the venue is in the United States.

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS whereof this Deed has been executed and delivered as a Deed on the date and year first before written.

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by )
STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC. )
Acting by _____________________, a director )
In the presence of: )

 

Witness Signature:  
Witness Name:  
Address:  
   

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by )
INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED )
Acting by _____________________, a director )
In the presence of: )

 

Witness Signature:  
Witness Name:  
Address:  
   

 

SIGNED and DELIVERED as a )
DEED by BRENDAN FLOOD )
In the presence of: )

 

Witness Signature:  
Witness Name:  
Address:  
   

 

 

 

 

 
   
  Date:                                     January 2014
   
 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC

 

and

 

INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

and

 

Matthew Briand

 

relating to

 

DEED OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT

 

  Ref:  NAR/45125802

Thomas Eggar LLP

14 New Street London EC2M 4HE

 

 

Telephone  +44 (0)207 9729720

Facsimile   +44 (0)207 9729722

DX no.       88 London

 

www.thomaseggar.com

 

 
 

 

THIS DEED is made the                        day of January 2014

 

Parties:

 

(1) STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC (Company No 4447620), a Nevada corporation whose registered office is at 641 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1526, New-York, NY 10022 USA (the “ Purchaser ”); and

 

(2) Initio International Holdings Limited , and

 

(3) Matthew Briand of 45 Cutlers Farm Road, Monroe, CT 06468 (“Mr Briand ”).

 

1 Introduction

 

1.1 By an Agreement of even date between the parties to this Deed (the “ Sale and Purchase Agreement ”) the Purchaser as agreed, subject to the conditions contained in the Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire all of the issued shares of Initio International Holdings Limited (“ Initio ”) in exchange for the payment of the Total Purchase Price by the Purchaser. Words and phrases that bear a defined meaning in the Sale and Purchase Agreement will have the same meaning in this Deed.

 

1.2 As a condition of the Purchaser completing the Sale and Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser has required that, subject to the conditions in the Sale and Purchase Agreement being satisfied and completion thereof taking place by no later than 3 January 2014 each of the parties of this Deed should enter into the respective covenants and undertakings on their part contained in this Deed in order to support the goodwill of the Group and the value attributed to its assets and businesses.

 

2 Restrictive Covenants

 

2.1 In this Deed:

 

"Restricted Area" means the US States of New England, New York, New Jersey and North Carolina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
   
"Relevant
Companies"
means Initio and the Subsidiaries and with effect from Closing, the Purchaser;

 

 
 

 

"Relevant Customer"

 

means any person who is or at any time during the period of twelve months immediately preceding Completion:

 

(a)   negotiating with any of the Relevant Companies, or for the supply by it of Relevant Products or Services; or

 

(b)   a client or customer of any of the Relevant Companies in relation to Relevant Products or Services.

 

"Relevant Products
or Services"
means the recruitment of permanent and temporary staff in the engineering, information technology, light industrial, accounting and finance and administration sectors.

 

2.2 Mr Briand undertakes to the Purchaser that he will not (whether alone or in conjunction with, or on behalf of, another person and whether directly or indirectly), other than in his capacity as an employee or a director on behalf of the Purchaser or any member of the Group for the period of three (3) years from the Closing Date:

 

2.2.1 canvass, solicit or approach, or cause to be canvassed, solicited or approached, any Relevant Customer for the sale or supply of Relevant Products or Services;

 

2.2.2 deal or contract with any Relevant Customer in relation to the sale or supply of Relevant Products or Services;

 

2.2.3 in relation to the provision of Relevant Products or Services in the Restricted Area, solicit or entice away, or endeavour to solicit or entice away, from any Relevant Company or employ, any person employed by, or who is or was a consultant to, any Relevant Company at Completion or at any time during the period of twelve months immediately preceding Completion where the person in question either has Confidential Information or would be in a position to exploit any trade connections of any Relevant Company;

 

2.2.4 be engaged, concerned, connected with or interested in, any other business which supplies Relevant Products or Services in the Restricted Area or whose business is in competition with the business of the Relevant Companies in the Restricted Area;

 

 
 

 

2.2.5 interfere, or seek to interfere, with the continuance of the introduction of business opportunities to any Relevant Company from any person who has effected such an introduction to any Relevant Company at any time during the twelve months immediately preceding Completion if such interference causes or would cause that person to cease effecting introductions as aforesaid; and

 

2.2.6 without prejudice to any rights relating to passing off or trade or service mark infringement (or similar rights in any territory), use in connection with any business which is competitive with the business of the Company, any name (in whatever form) which includes the name of the Company or any trading style or get up which is confusingly similar to that used by the Company as at Completion.

 

2.3 Nothing in this Deed shall prevent Mr Briand from holding for investment purposes only:

 

2.3.1 any units of any authorised unit trust; or

 

2.3.2 not more than 5% of any class of shares or securities of any company traded on a recognised investment exchange (as such term is defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or amended from time to time).

 

2.4 Each of the undertakings set out in this Clause 2 is separate and severable and enforceable accordingly, and if any one or more of such undertakings or part of an undertaking is held to be against the public interest or unlawful or in any way an unreasonable restraint of trade, the remaining undertakings or remaining part of the undertakings will continue in full force and effect and will bind Mr Briand.

 

3 General

 

3.1 The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Deed shall not affect the other provisions of this Deed.

 

3.2 Each party will do, or procure the doing of, all acts and things and execute, or procure the execution of, all documents as any other party reasonably considers necessary to give full effect to the terms of this Deed.

 

3.3 Failure or delay by any party in exercising any right or remedy under this Deed will not in any circumstances operate as a waiver of it, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy in any circumstances preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

 
 

 

3.4 Any waiver of any breach of, or any default under, any of the terms of this Deed will not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and will in no way affect the other terms of this Deed.

 

3.5 The rights and remedies expressly provided for by this Deed will not exclude any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

3.6 No variation of this Deed will be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each party to this Deed.

 

4 Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

4.1 This Deed will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York, provided, however, the governing law shall be in accordance with the laws of the State of New York in the event the alleged violation occurs in the United States.

 

4.2 The courts of the State of New York will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which arises out of or in connection with this Deed and the parties irrevocably agree to submit to that jurisdiction, provided, however, the courts of the State of New York shall be the exclusive jurisdiction in the event the alleged violation occurs in the United States.

 

5 Counterparts

 

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when executed and delivered will be an original, but all the counterparts will together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

6. Remedies

 

Mr Briand agrees that his obligations hereunder are necessary and reasonable in order to protect the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s business. Each party agrees and acknowledges that any such violation or threatened violation may cause irreparable injury to the Purchaser and that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, in law, in equity or otherwise, the Purchaser may be entitled to injunctive relief against the breach or threatened breach of this Agreement or the continuation of any such breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages if the venue is in the United States.

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS whereof this Deed has been executed and delivered as a Deed on the date and year first before written.

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by )
STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS INC. )
Acting by _____________________, a director )
In the presence of: )

 

Witness Signature:  
Witness Name:  
Address:  
   

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by )
INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED )
Acting by _____________________, a director )
In the presence of: )

 

Witness Signature:  
Witness Name:  
Address:  
   

 

SIGNED and DELIVERED as a )
DEED by MATTHEW BRIAND )
In the presence of: )

 

Witness Signature:  
Witness Name:  
Address:  
   

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NO.1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment No.1 (the "Amendment") dated December 31, 2013, to that certain Employment Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated February 15, 2013, between Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) and Alfonso J. Cervantes (“Cervantes”).

 

By mutual agreement of the parties, the Company and Cervantes hereby agree to amend the Agreement, effective on the date hereof, as follows:

 

1.           Section 1(a) of Engagement and Responsibilities is amended in its entirety as follows:

 

“(a)         Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company hereby employs Cervantes as President of the Company and to serve as a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Cervantes hereby accepts such employment. Cervantes shall have such title or titles as the Board may from time to time determine.”

 

2.           Section 2, Definitions, “Term” is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

“” Term ” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at the close of business on December 31, 2016.”

 

3.           Section 3(a) Salary of the Agreement is amended in its entirety as follows:

 

“(a)         Salary . The Compensation will commence at an annualized salary of $250,000 beginning upon the closing date of the proposed acquisition of Initio International Holdings Limited (the “Initio Acquisition”). The base salary shall be payable twice monthly on the same basis as other executives of the Company. Cervantes’ base salary shall be increased by the increase in the Consumer Price Index as released by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.”

 

4.          The Agreement is hereby amended to include a new Section 3(f) Performance Bonus as follows:

 

“(f)  Performance Bonus . Cervantes shall be entitled to certain performance based compensation in the event that the Company achieves certain milestones as follows:

 

  (i) In the event the Company closes the Initio Acquisition, then Cervantes shall be entitled to a one-time issuance of non-qualified stock options to purchase up to 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $2.00 per share, exercisable for a period of five (5) years;

 

  (ii)

In the event the Company closes one or more acquisitions of a target company (which shall exclude the Initio Acquisition) whereby such acquisition or acquisitions, as the case may be, is valued at an aggregate of $10 million or more, then Cervantes shall also be entitled to a one-time issuance of non-qualified stock options to purchase up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $2.00 per share for a period of five (5) years;

 

  (iii) In the event the Company closes the proposed acquisition of Initio International Holdings Limited, then Cervantes shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $100,000;

 

  (iv)

In addition, in the event the Company’s revenue based on the Company’s filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K during the term of this Agreement for the four quarters proceeding such filing is in excess of $150 million, then Cervantes shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $250,000 within 30 days of such filing;

 

 
 

 

  (v)

In addition, in the event the Company’s revenue based on the Company’s filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K during the term of this Agreement for the four quarters proceeding such filing is in excess of $200 million, then Cervantes shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $250,000 within 30 days of such filing; and

 

  (vi) In addition, in the event the Company’s annualized revenue based on the Company’s filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K during the term of this Agreement for the four quarters proceeding such filing is in excess of $250 million, then Cervantes shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $250,000 within 30 days of such filing.

  

5.         The Agreement is hereby amended to include a new Section 4(f) of the Term of Employment as follows:

 

“(f)         December 31, 2016.” 

 

6.  No Other Amendments; Governing Law; Counterparts. Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, there are no other amendments to the Agreement and the Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or any other form of electronic delivery, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment to the Agreement as of the sate first set forth above.

 

THE COMPANY:
Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
 
By:  
Name:
Title

  

EMPLOYEE:
 
 
Alfonso J. Cervantes

 

 

 

 

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of December 31, 2013 by and between Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc . , a Nevada corporation (“ S360 ” or the “ Company ”), and Allan Hartley (“ HARTLEY ”).

 

1) Engagement and Responsibilities

 

a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company hereby employs HARTLEY as the co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company. HARTLEY hereby accepts such employment. HARTLEY shall have such title or titles as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

b) HARTLEY’s duties and responsibilities shall be those incident to the positions described in Section 1(a) as set forth in the Bylaws of the Company and those which are normally and customarily vested in such offices of a corporation. In addition, HARTLEY’s duties shall include those duties and services for the Company and its affiliates as the Board shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time reasonably direct which are not inconsistent with HARTLEY’s position described in Section 1(a).

 

c) HARTLEY agrees to devote, on an exclusive basis, the necessary time, energy and efforts to the business of the Company and will use his best efforts and abilities faithfully and diligently to promote the Company’s business interests. It is understood between the Company and HARTLEY that he will devote no less than 40 hours per week in the execution of his duties. For as long as HARTLEY is employed by the Company, HARTLEY shall not, directly or indirectly, either as an employee, employer, consultant, agent, investor, principal, partner, stockholder (except as the holder of less than 1% of the issued and outstanding stock of a publicly held corporation), corporate officer or director, or in any other individual or representative capacity, engage or participate in any business that is in competition in any manner whatsoever with the business of the Company, as such businesses are now or hereafter conducted, or any business which the Company contemplates conducting or intends to conduct.

 

2) Definitions

 

Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Disability ,” with respect to HARTLEY, shall mean that, for physical or mental reasons, HARTLEY is unable to perform the essential functions of HARTLEY’S duties under this Agreement for 30 consecutive days, or 60 days during any one six month period. HARTLEY agrees to submit to a reasonable number of examinations by a medical doctor advising the Company as to whether HARTLEY shall have suffered a disability and HARTLEY hereby authorizes the disclosure and release to the Company and its agents and representatives all supporting medical records. If HARTLEY is not legally competent, HARTLEY’S legal guardian or duly authorized attorney-in-fact will act in HARTLEY’S stead for the purposes of submitting HARTLEY to the examinations, and providing the authorization of disclosure.

  

Effective Date ” shall mean on completion of the acquisition of Initio International Holdings Limited by S360.

 

For Cause ” shall mean, in the context of a basis for termination of HARTLEY’S employment with the Company, that:

 

a) HARTLEY breaches any obligation, duty or agreement under this Agreement, which breach is not cured or corrected within 15 days of written notice thereof from the Company (except for breaches of Sections 1(c), 6 or 7 of this Agreement, which cannot be cured and for which the Company need not give any opportunity to cure); or

 

 
 

 

b) HARTLEY is grossly negligent in the performance of services to the Company, or commits any act of personal dishonesty, fraud, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty or trust against the Company; or

 

c) HARTLEY is indicted for, or convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere with respect to, theft, fraud, a crime involving moral turpitude, or a felony under federal or applicable state law; or

 

d) HARTLEY commits continued and repeated substantive violations of specific written directions of the Board, which directions are consistent with this Agreement and HARTLEY’S position as an executive officer, or continued and repeated substantive failure to perform duties assigned by or pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

e) HARTLEY continues to neglect his duties after receipt of notice thereof from the Company (and the Company need give such notice only once).

 

Person ” shall mean an individual or a partnership, corporation, trust, association, Limited Liability Company, governmental authority or other entity.

 

Portfolio Company ” shall mean any person which has engaged the Company for the provision of services.

 

Term ” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at the close of business on December 31, 2013.

 

3) Compensation and Benefits

 

For as long as HARTLEY shall be employed by the Company, HARTLEY shall receive the compensation and benefits set forth in this Section 3.

 

 

(a) Salary . The Compensation will commence at an annualized salary of $250,000 beginning upon the Effective Date. The base salary shall be payable twice monthly on the same basis as other executives of the Company. HARTLEY’s base salary shall be increased by the increase in the Consumer Price Index as released by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

(b) Expense Reimbursement . HARTLEY shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses which HARTLEY incurs in connection with the performance of HARTLEY’s duties and obligations under this Agreement in a manner consistent with the Company’s practices and policies therefore.

 

(c) Vacation . HARTLEY shall be entitled to three weeks paid vacation per year (based on the Effective Date).

 

(d) Disability . In the event of any Disability HARTLEY shall receive the compensation and benefits specified herein for 30 days. Such compensation and benefits shall be received at the end of the disability.

 

(e) Withholding . At HARTLEY’s election, the Company may deduct from any compensation payable to HARTLEY (including payments made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement in connection with or following termination of employment) amounts it believes are required to be withheld under federal and state law, including applicable federal, state and/or local income tax withholding, old-age and survivors’ and other social security payments, state disability and other insurance premiums and payments.

 

(f) Key Man Insurance.  The Company may, at its own expense, purchase a key man life insurance policy at an amount to be determined naming the Company as a beneficiary. At the time that HARTLEY is no longer employed by the Company, HARTLEY will have the right to retain the policy. It is expressly understood between the Company and HARTLEY that the Company will not have any further obligation with respect to the policy following HARTLEY’s employment by the Company.

 

 
 

 

(g)  Performance Bonus . HARTLEY shall be entitled to certain performance based compensation in the event that the Company achieves certain milestones as follows:

 

  (i) In the event the Company closes the proposed acquisition of Initio International Holdings Limited, then HARTLEY shall be entitled to a one-time issuance of non-qualified stock options purchase up to 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $2.00 per share for a period of five (5) years;

 

  (ii)

In the event the Company closes one or more acquisitions of a target company (which shall exclude the acquisition of International Holdings Limited) whereby such acquisition or acquisitions, as the case may be, is valued at an aggregate of $10 million or more, then HARTLEY shall also be entitled to a one-time issuance of non-qualified stock options to purchase up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $2.00 per share for a period of five (5) years;

 

  (iii) In the event the Company closes the proposed acquisition of Initio International Holdings Limited, then HARTLEY shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $25,000;

 

  (iv)

In addition, in the event the Company’s revenue based on the Company’s filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K during the term of this Agreement for the four quarters proceeding such filing is in excess of $150 million, then HARTLEY shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $50,000 within 30 days of such filing;

 

  (v)

In addition, in the event the Company’s revenue based on the Company’s filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K during the term of this Agreement for the four quarters proceeding such filing is in excess of $200 million, then HARTLEY shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $50,000 within 30 days of such filing; and

 

  (vi) In addition, in the event the Company’s annualized revenue based on the Company’s filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K during the term of this Agreement for the four quarters proceeding such filing is in excess of $250 million, then HARTLEY shall be entitled to a one-time cash bonus of $50,000 within 30 days of such filing.

   

4) Term of Employment

 

HARTLEY’S employment pursuant to this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date, as defined in Section 2 and shall terminate on the earliest to occur of the following:

 

a) upon the date set forth in a written notice of termination from HARTLEY to the Company (which date shall be at least four months after the effective date and at least 30 days after the delivery of that notice);  provided, however , that in the event HARTLEY delivers such notice to the Company, the Company shall have the right to accelerate such termination by written notice thereof to HARTLEY (and such termination by the Company shall be deemed to be a termination of employment pursuant to this Section 4(a), and not a termination pursuant to Section 4(d) or 4(e) hereof);

 

b) upon the death of HARTLEY;

 

c) upon delivery to HARTLEY of written notice of termination by the Company if HARTLEY shall suffer a Disability;

 

d) upon delivery to HARTLEY of written notice of termination by the Company For Cause;

 

 
 

 

e) upon delivery to HARTLEY of written notice of termination by the Company Without Cause; or

 

f) December 31, 2016.

 

5) Confidentiality .

 

HARTLEY agrees not to disclose or use at any time (whether during or after HARTLEY’s employment with the Company) for HARTLEY’s own benefit or purposes or the benefit or purposes of any other Person any databases, trade secrets, proprietary data, or other confidential information, development programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financial methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company generally,  provided  that the foregoing shall not apply to information which is not unique to the Company or which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of HARTLEY’s employment with the company. HARTLEY agrees that upon termination of his employment with the Company for any reason, he will return to the Company immediately all memoranda, books, papers, plans, information, letters and other data, and all copies thereof or therefrom, in any way relating to the business of the Company and/or any Portfolio Company, except that he may retain personal notes, notebooks, diaries and addresses and phone numbers. HARTLEY further agrees that he will not retain or use for his account at any time any trade names, trademark or other proprietary business designation used or owned in connection with the business of the Company.

  

6) Miscellaneous

 

a) Notices .  All notices, requests, demands and other communications (collectively, “ Notices ”) given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be delivered by personal service, courier, facsimile transmission or by United States first class, registered or certified mail, addressed to the following addresses:

 

If to the Company, to:

 

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

Alfonso J. Cervantes, President

641 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1526

New York, NY 10022

 

If to HARTLEY, to:

 

Allan Hartley

71 Alba Road

Wellesley, MA 02481

 

Any Notice, other than a Notice sent by registered or certified mail, shall be effective when received; a Notice sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, shall be effective on the earlier of when received or the third day following deposit in the United States mails. Any party may from time to time change its address for further Notices hereunder by giving notice to the other party in the manner prescribed in this Section.

 

b) Entire Agreement .  This Agreement contains the sole and entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the entire subject matter of this Agreement, and any and all prior discussions, negotiations, commitments and understandings, whether oral or otherwise, related to the subject matter of this Agreement are hereby merged herein.  Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement supersedes those certain term sheets and/or agreements dated prior to date hereof. No representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, other than those contained in this Agreement have been relied upon by any party to this Agreement.

 

c) Severability . In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

 
 

 

d) Governing Law .  This Agreement has been made and entered into in the State of New York and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

e) Captions .  The various captions of this Agreement are for reference only and shall not be considered or referred to in resolving questions of interpretation of this Agreement.

 

f) Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

g) Attorneys’ Fees .  If any action or proceeding is brought to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover as an element of its costs, and not its damages, its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses.  The prevailing party is the party who is entitled to recover its costs in the action or proceeding.  A party not entitled to recover its costs may not recover attorneys’ fees.  No sum for attorneys’ fees shall be counted in calculating the amount of a judgment for purposes of determining whether a party is entitled to recover its costs or attorneys’ fees.

 

In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
   
  By:  
   
  Its: President
   
   
  Allan Hartley

 

 

 

 

DATED                                         3 JANUARY 2014

 

MONROE STAFFING SERVICES LLC

 

and

 

MATTHEW BRIAND

  

 

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

  

 

 

 
 

 

THIS AGREEMENT IS DATED                                3 JANUARY 2014

 

PARTIES:

 

(1) Monroe Staffing Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose principal office is located at 35 Corporate Drive, Trumbull, CT 06611 (the " Employer "); and

 

(2) Matthew Briand of 45 Cutlers Farm Road, Monroe, CT 06468 (" you " or “Executive” )

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , Executive was an employee of, and had an employment agreement with, the Employer, which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Staffing 360 Solutions Limited (f/k/a Initio International Holdings Limited) , a United Kingdom Company (the “Company” );

 

WHEREAS , the Company was acquired by Parent (as defined below) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) and the Company changed its name to “Staffing Solutions 360 Limited”;

 

WHEREAS , the Employer is engaged in the business of providing staffing services and Executive is knowledgeable and experienced in the staffing services business;

 

WHEREAS , in connection with the Transaction (as defined below), the parties wish to replace the existing employment agreement and enter into a new employment agreement pursuant to which Executive shall be employed by the Employer.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREED TERMS:

 

1. Definitions

 

1.1 In this agreement (this “Agreement” ) , the following terms have the following meanings:

 

the " Board " means the board of directors of the Parent or any committee of the board of directors duly appointed by it;

 

“Disability” means your material inability, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, to render your agreed upon full-time services to the Employer due to physical and/or mental infirmity, with or without a reasonable accommodation, for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days; or an aggregate period of time exceeding ninety (90) days in any consecutive twelve (12) month period

 

the "Effective Date" means the date on which the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of the Transaction occurs;

 

" Employment " means your employment under this Agreement;

 

" Group " means the Employer, the Company, Parent and any subsidiary or parent of the Employer, the Company or Parent;

 

"Parent" means Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation;

 

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“Purchase Agreement” means the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2013 (as amended on 10 December 2013), by and among, Parent and the shareholders of the Company.

 

“Transaction” means the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, including the sale and purchase of the Shares.

 

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

2. Appointment and term

 

2.1 You will be employed as Chief Executive Officer of the Employer as well as Chief Executive Officer for Parent. As such, you shall be responsible for implementing business plans and budgets adopted from time to time by the respective boards of the Parent and Company and you shall have such other responsibilities and duties consistent with your position as may be assigned you by the Parent Board and the Chairman of the Parent. You will report to the Board and to the Chairman of the Parent.

 

2.2 The term of this Agreement (the “Term” ) will commence on the Effective Date and will, subject to the terms of this Agreement, continue for an initial period until the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. After that date, the contract shall automatically renew for one year periods on each subsequent anniversary of the Effective Date. The Term may be terminated earlier by either party giving to the other not less than 12 months' advance notice in writing provided always that the Employer may not serve such notice until on or after the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

2.3 Your previous employment with the Employer from July 1, 2001 shall count as part of your continuous employment with the Employer for all seniority or benefit eligibility purposes.

 

3. Duties

 

3.1 During the Employment you will:

 

3.1.1 abide by your statutory, fiduciary and common law duties to the Employer;

 

3.1.2 comply with the limited liability company operating agreement of the Employer (as amended from time to time);

 

3.1.3 devote the whole of your working time, attention and abilities to the business of the Employer and the other members of the Group as set forth herein; and

 

3.1.4 adhere to all securities laws, rules and regulations, as presented under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “33 Act”) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “34 Act”), that an executive officer of a public reporting company is typically required to comply with.

 

3.2 In addition, you further agree to accept election and to serve during all or any part of the Term as a director of Parent without any compensation therefor other than that specified in this Agreement. Parent shall use its best efforts to cause you to be elected as a director during the Term and shall include you in the slate for election as a director at every stockholders meeting during the Term at which your term as a director would otherwise expire.

 

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4. Hours and place of work

 

4.1 Your normal place of work is 35 Corporate Drive, Trumbull, CT 06611; provided that the Employer may move your normal place of work to anywhere within 50 miles of Monroe, CT.

 

4.2 You agree to travel as and when required for the proper performance of your duties. However, you will not be required to work outside your normal place of work for any continuous period of more than one month.

 

5. Remuneration

 

5.1 You will be paid a salary at the rate of $300,000 per annum, which will accrue from day to day commencing on the Effective Date and shall be payable payable in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Employer.

 

5.2 Your base salary shall be increased (but shall not be decreased) at each anniversary of the Effective Date by the increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for all items over the prior year of the Term, as determined by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

5.3 You will be eligible to receive a bonus and other incentive payments calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 hereto.

 

6. Expenses

 

The Employer, the Company or Parent will reimburse all reasonable expenses wholly, properly and necessarily incurred by you in the performance of your duties under this Agreement, subject to production of such receipts or other appropriate evidence as the Employer may require. In lieu of any other automobile expense reimbursement, Executive shall receive a monthly automobile expense payment in accordance with the policies currently in place with the Employer.

 

7. VACATION

 

7.1 You will be entitled to no less than 35 days' paid vacation in each calendar year, together with the usual bank and other public holidays. In the respective calendar years in which the Term commences or terminates, your vacation entitlement will be calculated on a pro rata basis for each complete month of service during the relevant year.

 

7.2 Vacation can only be taken with the advance approval of the Employer (which approval shall be given by the Board and shall not be unreasonably withheld). You may carry forward unused vacation days from one calendar year to the next succeeding calendar year. You are not entitled to receive any payment in respect of any unused vacation days except on termination of Employment.

 

8. Sick DAYS

 

8.1 Provided you comply with the sickness absence procedures below (or such additional or alternative procedures as the Employer shall notify from time to time), you will continue to receive your full salary and contractual benefits during any absence from work due to illness or injury for an aggregate of up to 60 working days in any period of 12 months. Such payments will be inclusive of any statutory sick pay that may be due and the Employer may deduct from such payments the amount of any social security or other benefits that you may be entitled to receive.

 

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9. other benefits

 

9.1 You shall be entitled to participate in all Employer, Company and Parent health, disability and life insurance benefits now in effect or subsequently provided to other senior executives of the Employer, the Company or Parent generally, to the extent you are eligible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu of participation in any other Employer, Company or Parent sponsored disability and life insurance plans, the Employer shall reimburse you for monthly (i) disability insurance premiums paid by you up to $5,000 annually during the Term and (ii) life insurance premiums paid by you up to $15,000 annually during the Term for a life insurance policy on your life naming a beneficiary designated by you. In addition to the foregoing, Employer (or the Company or Parent) shall maintain a life insurance policy on your life during the Term in the amount of $1,000,000 naming a beneficiary designated by you. Further, Employer (or the Company or Parent) shall obtain or shall continue in force full family medical coverage and comprehensive major medical and hospitalization coverage, including dental and vision coverage, for you and your dependents, with terms reasonably satisfactory to you, which policy Employer (or the Company or Parent) shall keep in effect at its sole cost through the Term and any extension or renewal.

 

10. Other interests

 

10.1 You shall not, without the prior written consent of the Parent, at any time during the Term of the Employment and for a period of twelve (12) months after Termination of Employment: (a) accept employment with, or render services of a business, professional or commercial nature to, any person or entity other than the Employer, the Company or Parent (excluding equity interests you may own in such other entity, provided that such equity is not provided to you as direct compensation for such services); (b) engage in, own or provide financial or other assistance to any person, venture or activity which is competitive with the Employer, the Company or Parent, whether directly or indirectly, alone or with any other person as a principal, agent, shareholder, participant, partner, promoter, director, officer, manager, employee, consultant, sales representative or otherwise; or (c) engage in any venture or business activity which interferes with your performance of your duties or which is competitive with the business of the Employer, the Company or Parent. You shall make full and prompt disclosure to the Employer and Parent of any business opportunity of which you become aware and which relates to the business of the Employer, the Company or Parent, its respective subsidiaries, affiliates or parent; provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to ownership of up to three percent (3%) of the securities of a publicly owned entity.

 

11. Termination

 

11.1 The Employer may terminate the Employment at any time with immediate effect without notice if you:

 

11.1.1 are guilty of gross negligence, wilful misconduct or commit any material or (after formal written warning) repeated or continued breach of your obligations to the Employer;

 

11.1.2 are guilty of any serious fraud or dishonesty or act in a manner which brings the Employer or any member of the Group into disrepute;

 

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11.1.3 are convicted of any criminal offense (other than a motoring offence for which a non-custodial penalty is imposed) or any offense under any regulation or legislation relating to insider trading.

 

11.1.4 in the event of your Death or Disability.

 

11.2 If the Employment is terminated for any reason set in clause 11.1 above, the Employer (or Parent) shall pay you any earned but unpaid base salary, any unpaid Bonus, any unpaid Profit Appreciation Participation, any accrued but unpaid vested benefits up to the date of such termination and any accrued but unpaid paid time off (including accrued but unused vacation) up to the date of such termination (collectively, “Accrued Compensation and Benefits” ). If the Employment terminates as a result of your death or Disability, no compensation or payments will be made other than the Accrued Compensation and Benefits to your estate, beneficiary or other legal representative, to include unpaid base salary, unpaid bonus, accrued/unused vacation, and unreimbursed business expenses, within 10 business days following death or Disability. Full vesting, as of the date of death or Disability, for all unvested benefits, shares and options shall apply.

 

11.3 The Employment may be terminated by you upon your election by written notice to the Board to terminate employment by reason of a material breach by the Employer, the Company or Parent of any material obligation under this Agreement and the failure of the Employer, the Company or Parent to cure such breach, if capable of cure, within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice from you.

 

11.4 If the Employment is terminated for any reason other than the reasons set out in clause 11.1, the Employer (or Parent, as applicable) shall pay you the Accrued Compensation and Benefits and, in addition, the following shall occur (collectively, the “Severance Payments” ):

 

11.4.1 an amount equal to the base salary that would be payable for the following twelve (12) months shall be paid in one lump sum within thirty (30) business days of the termination of the Employment;

 

11.4.2 all unvested stock options and/or restricted securities awarded to you by the Employer, the Company or Parent shall become immediately exercisable or non-forfeitable, as the case may be;

 

11.4.3 the Employer, the Company or Parent will continue to maintain you as a participant in its health insurance plan for a period of twelve (12) months following termination to the extent permitted by such plan and applicable law. If such participation is not permitted, the Employer’s, the Company’s and Parent’s sole responsibility shall be to reimburse you for the cost of COBRA benefits for such twelve (12) month period;

 

11.4.4 any Bonus that would have been earned by you payable for the following twelve (12) months, shall be calculated based on actual financial results of the Employer, the Company or Parent, and shall be paid, in accordance with Schedule 1; and

 

11.4.5 any Profit Appreciation Participation that would have been earned by you payable for the following twelve (12) months, shall be calculated based on actual financial results of the Employer, the Company or Parent, and shall be paid, in accordance with Schedule 1.

 

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11.5 If, during the Employment, you cease to be a director of Parent (other than due to voluntary resignation by you), the Employment may be terminated by you and you will be entitled to the Severance Payments.

 

12. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

 

12.1 The Employer, the Company and Parent shall defend, indemnify, and hold you harmless to the full extent permitted by law against any and all costs, expenses, or liability asserted against or incurred by you in connection with the defense, any settlement, or any judgment awarded in any action, suit, or proceeding in which you are made a party by reason of your Corporate Status. Without limiting the foregoing, the Employer, the Company or Parent shall advance all Expenses incurred by you or on your behalf in connection with any proceeding by reason of your Corporate Status within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Employer of a statement or statements from you requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by you and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by you or on your behalf to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that you are not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Such right of indemnification is not deemed exclusive of any right to which you may be entitled under the applicable law. The Employer, the Company and/or Parent shall purchase and maintain insurance that protects you against any liability asserted against or incurred by you in your capacity as or arising out of your status as an officer, employee or director, in such amounts as is customary for similarly situated officers of public companies.

 

12.2 “Expenses ” for purposes of clause 12.1 shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any proceeding. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on you as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by you or the amount of judgments or fines against you.

 

12.3 Corporate Status ” for purposes of clause 12.1 describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Employer, the Company Parent, any other member of the Group or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of the Employer, the Company or Parent.

 

13. Notices

 

Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and sent by prepaid, certified or registered mail, by prepaid nationally recognized courier service or hand delivered as follows:

 

If to the Employer: Monroe Staffing Services, LLC
  Attention: Mr B Flood

 

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If to the Company or Parent: Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.
  641 Lexington Avenue
  Suite 1526
  New York, New York 10022

 

If to Executive: Matthew Briand
  45 Cutlers Farm Road
  Monroe, CT 06468

 

or to such other address as any party may designate in writing. Notice shall be effective the third business day after mailing or the date of receipt in the case of delivery by courier service or hand delivery.

 

14. Former Agreements

 

14.1 This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties and is in substitution for any previous letters of appointment, agreements or arrangements, whether written, oral or implied, relating to your employment or engagement, which shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual consent and superseded as from the commencement of this Agreement.

 

14.2 You hereby warrant and represent to the Employer that you will not, in entering into this Agreement or carrying out your duties under this Agreement, be in breach of any other terms of employment whether express or implied or any other obligation binding upon you.

 

15. Construction

 

15.1 The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect its construction.

 

15.2 Any reference to a statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of such provision (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) for the time being in force.

 

15.3 The schedules to this Agreement, if any, form part of and are incorporated into this Agreement.

 

15.4 No modification, variation or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless such modification, variation or amendment is in writing (not including e-mail) and has been signed by or on behalf of both parties.

 

16. Counterparts

 

This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be an original, and all the counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

17. GOVERNING Law

 

17.1 Any claim or matter of whatever nature arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its subject matter (including, but not limited to, non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by, and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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17.2 Each party irrevocably agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York over any claim or matter arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its subject matter (including, but not limited to, non-contractual disputes or claims).

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, intending the Agreement to become binding and effective as of the date and year first written above.

 

  MONROE STAFFING SERVICES, LLC
     
  By:  
    Brendan Flood
    Chairman
     
   
  Matthew Briand

 

Accepted and Agreed:

 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

By:  

 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS LIMITED

 

By:  

 

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Schedule 1– Bonus arrangements

 

The Employer agrees to pay you an annual bonus (the “Bonus” ) up to fifty percent (50%) of your annual base salary. The Bonus shall be calculated as follows:

 

1.1. A comparison will be made of the annual Adjusted EBITDA of the Group with the previous year's Adjusted EBITDA of the Group;

 

1.2. If the Adjusted EBITDA in the current financial year matches the previous year's Adjusted EBITDA, you will receive a Bonus payment of 25% of your then current base salary;

 

1.3. For every 1% increase to the Adjusted EBITDA, you will received a further 1% of base salary in your Bonus, up to a maximum of a further 25% of your then current annual base salary; and

 

1.4. If the current financial year's Adjusted EBITDA is between 80% and 100% of the previous financial year's Adjusted EBITDA, you will be entitled to a bonus of 1.25% of your then current annual base salary for every 1% that the current financial year's Adjusted EBITDA exceeds 80% of the previous financial years Adjusted EBITDA (up to a maximum of 25% of base salary).

 

1.5. If the current financial year's Adjusted EBITDA is less than 80% of the previous year's Adjusted EBITDA, you will not receive any Bonus.

 

The Bonus for each Employer financial year during the Term shall be paid in cash within thirty days following Parent’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing Parent’s and Employer’s consolidated audited financial statements (“Form 10-K Filing”).

 

The Employer agrees to pay you an annual fee based on an increase from the Group’s prior fiscal year’s Gross Profit (the “Gross Profit Appreciation Participation” ) calculated as follows:

 

3.1. Parent will calculate, on an annual basis, the difference between the Base Amount (defined below) of the Group’s 2013 Gross Profit and any increase in the subsequent year’s annual Gross Profit of the Group as determined by Parent’s auditors in an amount greater than 120% of the Base Amount. Any amount of the Group’s Gross Profit above the Base Amount is referred to as “Excess Gross Profit” . The Gross Profit Appreciation Participation owed to you will be calculated at 10% of the Excess Gross Profit, if any, for the applicable annual period in an amount not to exceed $400,000 per year (of which you are entitled to 37.5%);

 

3.2. the Gross Profit Appreciation Participation for each Parent fiscal year during the Term shall be paid in cash within thirty days following Parent’s Form 10-K Filing.

 

Additional Bonus Payments: you shall be entitled to receive, in addition to all other compensation, such bonus payments, if any, as the Board of Directors of Parent or the Employer may specify in accordance with certain performance criteria adopted by the Board of Directors of Parent within a reasonable time after the commencement of each calendar year, taking into account the business plan for such year.

 

Stock Incentives: you shall be entitled to participate in any and all stock incentive programs offered to other senior executives of the Employer, the Company or Parent;

 

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In this Schedule, the following terms as defined below:

 

6.1. " Adjusted EBITDA" means earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and also excludes business reorganization costs, impairment of goodwill, and costs incurred outside of the normal course of business or non-recurring costs, as consistently applied by the Group;

 

6.2. "Base Amount" means the Initio Division Gross Profit for the twelve months ending on 31 December 2013.

 

6.3. " Initio Division Gross Profit " means Revenue less direct costs of services, consisting of payroll, payroll taxes, insurance costs and reimbursable expenses, calculated in a manner as consistently applied by the Group.

 

6.4. "Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Agreement;

 

6.5. " Revenue " means revenue of the Group, determined as follows: (i) revenue for temporary services (recognized at the time that the service is provided and revenue is recorded on a time and materials basis); (ii) temporary contracting revenue (recognized as gross when the company acts as principal in the transaction and is at risk for collection); (iii) revenue that does not meet the criteria for gross revenue reporting (reported on a net basis); (iv) revenue generated when the company permanently places an individual with a client on a contingent basis (recorded at the time of acceptance of employment); and (v) revenue generated when the company places an individual with a client on a retained basis (recorded ratably over the period the services are rendered), in a manner as consistently applied by the Group.

 

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DATED                                               3 JANUARY 2014

 

STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS LIMITED

 

(FORMERLY INITIO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED) (1)

 

and

 

BRENDAN FLOOD (2)

 

 

 

SERVICE AGREEMENT

 

 

 

Mishcon de Reya

Summit House

12 Red Lion Square

London WC1R 4QD

Tel: 020 7440 7000

Fax: 020 7404 5982

 

 
 

 

THIS AGREEMENT IS DATED                          3  JANUARY 2014

 

PARTIES:

 

(1) Staffing 360 Solutions Limited (formerly Initio International Holdings Limited) whose registered office is at Suite 002, 1-9, Hardwicks Square, Hardwicks Way, Wandsworth, London SW18 4AW (the " Employer "); and

 

(2) Brendan Flood 5A Acacia Road, Hampton, Middlesex TW12 3DP (" you ")

 

AGREED TERMS:

 

1. Definitions

 

1.1 In this agreement, the following expressions have the following meanings:

 

" Board " means the board of directors for the time being of the Employer or any committee of the board of directors duly appointed by it;

 

“Capacity” means as agent, consultant, director, employee, owner, partner, shareholder or in any other capacity.

 

“Confidential Information” means information (whether or not recorded in documentary form, or stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory) relating to the business, products, affairs and finances of the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group for the time being confidential to any such company and trade secrets including, without limitation, technical data and know-how relating to the business of any such company or any of its or their business contacts.

 

"Effective Date" means the date on which the Closing (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) of the Transaction occurs;

 

" Employment " means your employment under this agreement;

 

" Group " means the Employer, any subsidiary undertaking or parent undertaking of the Employer and any subsidiary undertaking of any such parent undertaking and " member of the Group " includes any undertaking in the Group. In this Agreement, "subsidiary undertaking" and "parent undertaking" have the meanings set out in sections 1161 and 1162 of the Companies Act 2006, modified so that: sections 1162(2) and 1162(4) do not apply; and in section 1162(3)(b), without limitation, a person is deemed to be "acting on behalf of" an undertaking or any of its subsidiary undertakings if any of that undertaking's shares are registered in the name of that person (i) as bare nominee; or (ii) by way of security or in connection with the taking of security. For the avoidance of doubt, the definition of "undertaking" in section 1161, without limitation, includes limited liability partnerships;

 

" HMRC " means HM Revenue and Customs;

 

Intellectual Property Rights” means patents, rights to Inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks, trade names and domain names, rights in get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, topography rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.

 

 
 

 

"Parent" means Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.;

 

"Parent Board" means the board of directors of the Parent;

 

"Purchase Agreement" means the Stock Purchase Agreement dated 30 October 2013 (as amended on 10 December 2013), by and among Initio International Holdings Limited ( “Initio” ), Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation and the shareholders of Initio.

 

“Restricted Business” means the business of recruitment of permanent and temporary staff in the engineering, information technology, light industrial, accounting and finance and administration sectors and those parts of the business of the Employer, the Parent and/or of any member of the Group with which you were involved to a material extent in the 12 months before the Termination Date.

 

“Restricted Customer”: any firm, company or person who, during the 12 months before the Termination Date, was a customer or prospective customer of or was in the habit of dealing with the Employer, the Parent and/or any member of the Group with whom the Employee had contact or about whom he became aware or informed in the course of the Employment.

 

“Restricted Person”: anyone employed or engaged by the Employer, the Parent and/or any member of the Group at the level of director or officer or above and who could materially damage the interests of such company if they were involved in any Capacity in any business concern which competes with any Restricted Business and with whom the Employee dealt in the 12 months before the Termination Date in the course of the Employment.

 

“Staff Handbook” means the Company's staff handbook as amended from time to time.

 

"Termination Date” means the date of termination of the Employment howsoever arising.

 

Capitalised terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

2. Appointment and term

 

2.1 You will be employed as Chief Executive Officer of the Employer. You will also be the Executive Chairman of the Parent. You will report to the Board.

 

2.2 The Employment will commence on the Effective Date and will, subject to the remaining terms of this agreement, continue for an initial period until the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. After that date, the contract shall automatically renew for one year on each anniversary of the Effective Date. The Employment may be terminated earlier by either party giving to the other not less than 12 months' advance notice in writing provided always that the Employer may not serve such notice until on or after the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Closing does not occur, this agreement shall have no effect and shall not bind the Employer, Parent or you in any way.

 

 
 

 

2.3 Your previous employment with Initio from 1 January 2009 counts as part of your continuous employment with the Employer.

 

3. Duties

 

3.1 During the Employment you will:

 

3.1.1 act as a director of the Employer;

 

3.1.2 diligently exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to you by the Board commensurate with your role and seniority;

 

3.1.3 abide by your statutory, fiduciary and common law duties to the Employer and in respect of your duties for the Parent, those of the Parent;

 

3.1.4 comply with the articles of association (as amended from time to time) of the Employer and in respect of your duties for the Parent, those of the Parent;

 

3.1.5 comply with all reasonable and lawful directions given to you by the Board;

 

3.1.6 provide such reports to the Board in connection with the affairs of the Employer and/or any member of the Group, on such matters and at such times as are reasonably required;

 

3.1.7 devote the whole of your working time, attention and abilities to the business of the Employer;

 

3.1.8 not do anything that would cause you to be disqualified from acting as a director;

 

3.1.9 report to the Board your own wrongdoing and any wrongdoing or proposed wrongdoing of any other employee or director of the Employer and/or any member of the Group immediately on becoming aware of it;

 

3.1.10 comply with the Employer’s policies and procedures from time to time, whether in the Staff Handbook from time to time or otherwise, including but not limited to those in respect of anti-corruption, anti-bribery and electronic communications; and

 

3.1.11 adhere to all securities laws, rules and regulations, as presented under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “33 Act”) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “34 Act”), that an executive officer of a public reporting company is typically required to comply with.

 

4. Hours and place of work

 

4.1 Your normal working hours are 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday together with such additional hours as may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties (without additional remuneration).

 

4.2 The Working Time Regulations 1998 provides a limit on weekly working time of an average of 48 hours. However, you acknowledge that you may be required to work in excess of these hours and you agree that the limit on working time will not apply to your employment. You are entitled to terminate this opt-out at any time by giving not less than three months' written notice addressed to the Board.

 

 
 

 

4.3 Your normal place of work is 1-9 Hardwicks Square, Wandsworth SW18 4AW but the Employer may require you to work at any place within train fare zones 1-4 in Central London on either a temporary or an indefinite basis.

 

4.4 You agree to travel (both within the United Kingdom and abroad) as and when required for the proper performance of your duties. However, you will not be required to work outside the United Kingdom for any continuous period of more than one month.

 

5. Remuneration

 

5.1 You will be paid a salary of £192,000 per annum, less statutory deductions, which will accrue from day to day and be payable by equal monthly instalments, paid on or earlier than the final working day of each month (“Basic Salary”).

 

5.2 Your base salary shall be increased (but shall not be decreased) at each anniversary of the Effective Date by the increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for all items over the prior year of the Term, as determined by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

5.3 You will be eligible to receive by way of further remuneration a bonus and other incentive payments calculated in accordance Schedule 1 up to the Termination Date and as otherwise set out in this agreement.

 

5.4 Any bonus payments shall not be pensionable.

 

5.5 To the extent permitted by law, the Employer may deduct from your Basic Salary or any other payments due to you any sums owed by you to the Employer or the Parent at any time.

 

6. Expenses & PENSION

 

6.1 The Employer or Parent will reimburse all reasonable expenses wholly, properly and necessarily incurred by you in the performance of your duties under this agreement, subject to production of such receipts or other appropriate evidence as the Employer may require.

 

6.2 There is no pension scheme in which you are entitled to participate. There is no contracting-out certificate in force.

 

7. Holidays

 

7.1 You will be entitled to 35 days' paid holiday in each holiday year (being the period from 1 January to 31 December) together with the usual 8 public holidays in England and Wales. In the respective holiday years in which the Employment commences or terminates, your holiday entitlement will be calculated on a pro rata basis for each complete month of service during the relevant year.

 

7.2 Holiday can only be taken with the advance approval of the Employer. You may carry forward holiday entitlement from one holiday year to the next. You are not entitled to receive any payment in lieu in respect of any unused entitlement, save on termination of the Employment when payment shall be made in the amount of 1/260 th of your Basic Salary for each untaken day of entitlement. If on termination of your employment, you have taken in excess of your accrued holiday entitlement, the Employer shall be entitled to recover from you, by way of deduction from any payments due to you or otherwise (one day's pay calculated at 1/260th of your Basic Salary for each excess day).

 

 
 

 

7.3 If either party has served notice to terminate the employment, the Board may require you to take any accrued but unused holiday entitlement during the notice period. Any accrued but unused holiday entitlement shall be deemed to be taken during any period of Garden Leave.

 

8. Sickness absence

 

8.1 Provided you comply with the sickness absence procedures below (or such additional or alternative procedures as the Employer shall notify from time to time), you will continue to receive your Basic Salary and contractual benefits (including bonus) during any absence from work due to illness or injury for an aggregate of up to 60 working days in any period of 12 months. Such payments will be inclusive of any statutory sick pay that may be due and the Employer may deduct from such payments the amount of any social security or other benefits that you may be entitled to receive and, to the extent that damages for loss of earnings are recoverable from any third party in relation to such incapacity, any payments under this clause will constitute a loan repayable to the Employer on demand at such time as you receive such third party payment (provided that you will not be required to repay a sum in excess of the amount of damages recovered).

 

8.2 You will notify the Board as soon as possible on the first day of absence of the reasons for your absence and how long it is likely to last. You will be required to complete self-certification forms in respect of any period of absence and to provide a medical certificate for any period of incapacity of more than seven days (including weekends). Further certificates must be provided to cover any further periods of incapacity.

 

8.3 If you are on sick leave for a consecutive period of 20 working days or longer, you agree to undergo to medical examinations (at the Employer's expense) by a doctor nominated by the Employer. You agree that any report produced in connection with any such examination may be disclosed to the Employer and the Employer may discuss the contents of the report with the relevant doctor.

 

9. other benefits

 

9.1 You and (where specified in Schedule 2) your spouse and children will be entitled to participate in all and any health, welfare and other benefit programs, including stock option awards, adopted from time to time by the Employer or the Parent that are consistent with those provided to other executives of the Employer and Parent but no less favourable than those provided to you prior to the execution of this agreement. Such benefits are as set out in Schedule 2 to this agreement plus any further benefits put in place.

 

10. Other interests

 

10.1 You shall not, without the prior written consent of the Employer or Parent, at any time during the term of this agreement:

 

10.1.1 accept employment with, or render services of a business, professional or commercial nature to, any person or entity other than the Employer or Parent (excluding equity interests you may own in such other entity, provided that such equity is not provided to you as direct compensation for such services);

 

10.1.2 engage in, own or provide financial or other assistance (whether you are paid or unpaid) to any person, venture or activity which is competitive with the Employer or Parent, whether directly or indirectly, alone or with any other person as a principal, agent, shareholder, participant, partner, promoter, director, officer, manager, employee, consultant, sales representative or otherwise; or

 

 
 

 

10.1.3 engage in any venture or business activity (whether you are paid or unpaid) which interferes with your performance of your duties or which is competitive with the business of the Employer or Parent;

 

provided, however, that the provisions of this clause 10.1 shall not apply to ownership of up to five percent (5%) of the securities of a publicly owned entity.

 

10.2 You shall make full and prompt disclosure to the Employer and Parent of any business opportunity of which you become aware and which relates to the business of the Employer or Parent, its respective subsidiaries, affiliates or parent.

 

11. Termination

 

11.1 The Employer may terminate the Employment at any time with immediate effect without notice and with no liability to make any further payment to you (other than in respect of amounts accrued due at the date of termination) if you:

 

11.1.1 are guilty of gross misconduct, serious negligence or commit any material or (after warning) repeated or continued breach of your obligations to the Employer;

 

11.1.2 are guilty of any fraud or dishonesty or act in a manner which brings or, in the reasonable opinion of the Employer, is likely to bring the Employer or any member of the Group into disrepute;

 

11.1.3 are convicted of any criminal offence (other than a motoring offence for which a non-custodial penalty is imposed) or any offence under any regulation or legislation relating to insider dealing;

 

11.1.4 are disqualified from acting as a director or voluntarily resign as a director from the Employer or the Parent without the prior written approval of the Board;

 

11.1.5 are, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, seriously negligent in the performance of your duties;

 

11.1.6 are declared bankrupt or make any arrangement with or for the benefit of your creditors; or

 

11.1.7 become of unsound mind (which includes lacking capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005), or a patient under any statute relating to mental health.

 

11.2 If the Employment is terminated for any reason set in clause 11.1 above, the Employer (or Parent) shall pay you any earned but unpaid base salary, any unpaid Bonus, any unpaid Profit Appreciation Participation, any accrued but unpaid vested benefits up to the date of such termination and any accrued but unpaid paid time off (including accrued but untaken holiday) up to the date of such termination (collectively, “Accrued Compensation and Benefits” ). If the Employment terminates as a result of your death or disability, no compensation or payments will be made other than the Accrued Compensation and Benefits to your estate, beneficiary or other legal representative, to include unpaid base salary, unpaid bonus, accrued/unused vacation, and unreimbursed business expenses within 10 business days following death or disability. Full vesting, as of the date of death or disability, for all unvested benefits, shares and options shall apply up to the date of death or the date or disability.

 

 
 

 

11.3 If the Employment is terminated for any reason other than the reasons set out in clause 11.1 or 11.2, the Employer (or the Parent, as applicable) shall pay you up until the Termination Date and, in addition, the following (collectively, the “Severance Payments” ):

 

11.3.1 the base salary that would be payable for the following twelve (12) months, such payment to be made in one lump sum within five working days of the termination of Employment;

 

11.3.2 all unvested stock options and/or restricted securities awarded to you by the Employer or Parent shall become immediately vested and/or exercisable, as the case may be. Further, any unvested stock options and/or restricted securities awarded to you shall be non-forfeitable;

 

11.3.3 the Employer or Parent will seek to continue to maintain you as a participant in its health insurance plan for the following twelve (12) months subject always to the terms of the plan;

 

11.3.4 any Bonus that would have been earned by you payable for the following twelve (12) months, calculated based on actual financial results of the Employer or Parent and paid in accordance with Schedule 1; and

 

11.3.5 any Profit Appreciation Participation that would have been earned by you payable for the following twelve (12) months, calculated based on actual financial results of the Employer or Parent and paid in accordance with Schedule 1.

 

11.4 The rights of the Employer to terminate under this clause are without prejudice to any other rights it may have at law.

 

12. GARDEN LEAVE

 

12.1 Following service of notice to terminate the Employment by either party, or if you purport to terminate the Employment in breach of contract, the Board may by written notice place you on Garden Leave for the whole or part of the remainder of the Employment.

 

12.2 During any period of Garden Leave:

 

12.2.1 the Employer shall be under no obligation to provide any work to you and may revoke any powers you hold on behalf of the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group;

 

12.2.2 the Employer may require you to carry out alternative duties or to only perform such specific duties as are expressly assigned to you, at such location (including your home) as the Employer may decide;

 

12.2.3 you shall continue to receive your Basic Salary and all contractual benefits (including bonus) in the usual way and subject to the terms of any benefit arrangement;

 

12.2.4 you shall remain an employee of the Employer and bound by the terms of this agreement (including any implied duties of good faith and fidelity);

 

 
 

 

12.2.5 you shall ensure that the Chairman knows where you will be and how you can be contacted during each working day (except during any periods taken as holiday in the usual way);

 

12.2.6 the Employer may exclude you from any premises of the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group; and

 

12.2.7 the Employer may require you not to contact or deal with (or attempt to contact or deal with) any officer, employee, consultant, client, customer, supplier, agent, distributor, shareholder, adviser or other business contact of the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group.

 

13. Obligations on termination

 

13.1 On termination of the Employment (however arising) or, if earlier, at the start of a period of Garden Leave provided that you are not required to carry out any duties during any period of Garden Leave), you shall:

 

13.1.1 resign immediately without compensation from any office or trusteeship that he holds in or on behalf of the Employer, the Parent or any Member of the Group;

 

13.1.2 subject to clause 13.2, immediately deliver to the Employer all documents, books, materials, records, correspondence, papers and information (on whatever media and wherever located) relating to the business or affairs of the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group or its business contacts, any keys, credit card and any other property of the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group including any car provided to you, which is in your possession or under your control;

 

13.1.3 irretrievably delete any information relating to the business of the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory and all matter derived from such sources which is in your possession or under your control outside the Employer's premises; and

 

13.1.4 provide a signed statement that you have complied fully with your obligations under this clause 13.1 together with such reasonable evidence of compliance as the Employer may request.

 

13.2 Where you have been placed on Garden Leave you shall not be required to return until the end of the Garden Leave period, any property provided to you as a contractual benefit for private use during the Employment.

 

13.3 You hereby irrevocably appoint the Employer to be your attorney to execute any such instrument or thing for the purpose of giving the Employer or its nominee the full benefit of clause 13.1.1.

 

14. Post-Termination Restrictions

 

14.1 In order to protect the Confidential Information and business connections of the Employer, the Parent and each Member of the Group to which you have access as a result of the Employment, you covenant with the Employer (for itself and as trustee and agent for the Parent and for each Member of the Group) that you shall not:

 

 
 

 

14.1.1 for 12 months after the Termination Date solicit or endeavour to entice away from the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group the business or custom of a Restricted Customer with a view to providing goods or services to that Restricted Customer in competition with any Restricted Business;

 

14.1.2 for 12 months after the Termination Date in the course of any business concern which is in competition with any Restricted Business, offer to employ or engage or otherwise endeavour to entice away from the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group any Restricted Person;

 

14.1.3 for 12 months after the Termination Date in the course of any business concern which is in competition with any Restricted Business, employ or engage or otherwise facilitate the employment or engagement of any Restricted Person, whether or not such person would be in breach of contract as a result of such employment or engagement;

 

14.1.4 for 12 months after the Termination Date, be involved in any Capacity with any business concern which is (or intends to be) in competition with any Restricted Business;

 

14.1.5 for 12 months after the Termination Date be involved with the provision of goods or services to (or otherwise have any business dealings with) any Restricted Customer in the course of any business concern which is in competition with any Restricted Business; or

 

14.1.6 at any time after the Termination Date, represent himself as connected with the Employer, the Parent or any Member of the Group in any Capacity, other than as a former employee, or use any registered business names or trading names associated with the Employer, the Parent and/or any Member of the Group.

 

14.2 None of the restrictions in clause 14.1 shall prevent you from:

 

14.2.1 holding an investment by way of shares or other securities of not more than 5% of the total issued share capital of any company, whether or not it is listed or dealt in on a recognised stock exchange;

 

14.2.2 being engaged or concerned in any business concern insofar as your duties or work shall relate solely to geographical areas where the business concern is not in competition with any Restricted Business; or

 

14.3 The restrictions imposed on you by this clause 14 apply to you acting:

 

14.3.1 directly or indirectly; and

 

14.3.2 on your own behalf or on behalf of, or in conjunction with, any firm, company or person.

 

14.4 The periods for which the restrictions in clause 14 apply shall be reduced by any period that you spend on Garden Leave immediately before the Termination Date.

 

14.5 If you receive an offer to be involved in a business concern during the Employment, or before the expiry of the last of the covenants in this clause 14, the Employee shall give the person making the offer a copy of this clause 14 and shall tell the Employer the identity of that person as soon as possible.

 

 
 

 

14.6 The Employer and you entered into the restrictions in this clause 14 having been separately legally advised.

 

14.7 Each of the restrictions in this clause 14 is intended to be separate and severable. If any of the restrictions shall be held to be void but would be valid if part of their wording were deleted, such restriction shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it valid or effective.

 

14.8 If the Employment is transferred to any firm, company, person or entity other than a Member of the Group (the "New Employer") pursuant to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, you will, if required, enter into an agreement with the New Employer containing post-termination restrictions corresponding to those restrictions in this clause 14, protecting the Confidential Information, trade secrets and business connections of the New Employer.

 

14.9 You will, at the request and expense of the Employer, enter into a separate agreement with the Parent or any Member of the Group in which you agree to be bound by restrictions corresponding to those restrictions in this clause 14 (or such of those restrictions as the Employer deems appropriate) in relation to that Member of the Group.

 

15. Disciplinary and grievance procedures

 

15.1 You are subject to the Employer's disciplinary and grievance procedures, copies of which are available from Board of Directors. These procedures do not form part of your contract of employment.

 

15.2 If you want to raise a grievance, you may apply in writing to Board of Directors in accordance with the Employer's grievance procedure.

 

15.3 If you wish to appeal against a disciplinary decision you may apply in writing to Board of Directors in accordance with the Employer's disciplinary procedure.

 

15.4 The Board may suspend you from any or all of your duties for a period of up to 14 days during any period in which the Employer is investigating any disciplinary matter involving you or while any disciplinary procedure against you is outstanding.

 

15.5 During any period of suspension:

 

15.5.1 you shall continue to receive your Basic Salary and all contractual benefits (including bonus) in the usual way and subject to the terms of any benefit arrangement;

 

15.5.2 you shall remain an employee of the Employer and bound by the terms of this agreement;

 

15.5.3 you shall ensure that Board of Directors knows where you will be and how you can be contacted during each working day (except during any periods taken as holiday in the usual way);

 

15.5.4 the Board may exclude you from your place of work or any other premises of the Employer, of the Parent and/or of any Member of the Group; and

 

15.5.5 the Board may require you not to contact or deal with (or attempt to contact or deal with) any officer, employee, consultant, client, customer, supplier, agent, distributor, shareholder, adviser or other business contact of the Employer, the Parent and/or of any Member of the Group.

 

 
 

 

16. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

 

16.1 You acknowledge that in the course of the Employment you will have access to Confidential Information. You have therefore agreed to accept the restrictions in this clause16.

 

16.2 You shall not (except in the proper course of your duties), either during the Employment or at any time after its termination (however arising), use or disclose to any person, company or other organisation whatsoever (and shall use his best endeavours to prevent the publication or disclosure of) any Confidential Information. This shall not apply to:

 

16.2.1 any use or disclosure authorised by the Board or required by law;

 

16.2.2 any information which is already in, or comes into, the public domain other than through your unauthorised disclosure;

 

16.2.3 any protected disclosure within the meaning of section 43A of the Employment Rights Act 1996; or

 

16.2.4 any information obligated by mandatory applicable law, regulatory rule or judicial administrative order to disclose such information or any portion thereof to any government authority or court, provided, however, prior to such disclosure you provide prompt written notice to Employer so that the Employer may seek a protective order or other remedy regarding the disclosure of such information.

 

17. Intellectual Property

 

17.1 You shall give the Employer full written details of all Inventions and of all works embodying Intellectual Property Rights made wholly or partially by you at any time during the course of the Employment which relates to, or are reasonably capable of being used in, the business of the Employer, the Parent or any member of the Group Company. You acknowledge that all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting (or which may in the future subsist) in all such Inventions and works shall automatically, on creation, vest in the Employer absolutely. To the extent that they do not vest automatically, you hold them on trust for the Employer. You agree promptly to execute all documents and do all acts as may, in the opinion of the Employer, be necessary to give effect to this clause 17.

 

17.2 You hereby irrevocably waive all moral rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (and all similar rights in other jurisdictions) which you have or will have in any existing or future works referred to in clause 17.1.

 

17.3 You irrevocably appoint the Employer to be your attorney in your name and on your behalf to execute documents, use your name and do all things which are necessary or desirable for the Employer to obtain for itself or its nominee the full benefit of this clause. A certificate in writing, signed by any director or the secretary of the Employer, that any instrument or act falls within the authority conferred by this agreement shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case so far as any third party is concerned.

 

 
 

 

18. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

 

18.1 The Employer shall defend, indemnify, and hold you harmless to the full extent permitted by law against any and all costs or expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred by you in the defense of, settlement of or payment of a judgment of any action, suit, or proceeding in which you are made a party by reason of your Corporate Status provided always that you have conducted yourself in accordance with the terms of this agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Employer or Parent shall advance all such reasonable and necessary Expenses incurred by you directly by reason of your Corporate Status within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Employer of a statement or statements from you requesting such payment from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by you and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by you or on your behalf to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that you are not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Such right of indemnification is not deemed exclusive of any right to which you may be entitled under the applicable law.The Employer and/or Parent shall purchase and maintain insurance that protects you against any liability asserted against or incurred by you in your capacity as or arising out of your status as an officer, employee or director, in such amounts as is customary for similarly situated officers of public companies.

 

18.2 “Expenses ” for purposes of clause 18.1 shall include all reasonable and necessary legal fees, court costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any proceeding provided such Expenses relate wholly in relation to a matter as described in clause 18.1. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on you as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by you or the amount of judgments or fines against you.

 

18.3 Corporate Status ” for purposes of clause 18.1 describes the status of a person who is or was at the time of the issue, a director, officer or fiduciary of the Employer, Parent, any other member of the Group.

 

19. DATA PROTECTION

 

19.1 You hereby consent to the Employer, Parent or any member of the Group Company processing data relating to the Employee for legal, personnel, administrative and management purposes and in particular to the processing of any sensitive personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) relating to you, including, as appropriate:

 

19.1.1 information about your physical or mental health or condition in order to monitor sick leave and take decisions as to your fitness for work;

 

19.1.2 your racial or ethnic origin or religious or similar information in order to monitor compliance with equal opportunities legislation; and

 

19.1.3 information relating to any criminal proceedings in which you have been involved for insurance purposes and in order to comply with legal requirements and obligations to third parties.

 

19.2 The Employer make such information available to the Parent and/or any member of the Group (such as advisers and payroll administrators), regulatory authorities, potential or future employers, governmental or quasi-governmental organisations and potential purchasers of the Employer or the business in which you work.

 

 
 

 

19.3 You consent to the transfer of such information to the Parent and/or to any Member of the Group or to its or their business contacts (or those of the Employer_outside the European Economic Area in order to further its or their business interests even where the country or territory in question does not maintain adequate data protection standards.

 

20. COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

 

There is no collective agreement which directly affects the Employment.

 

21. Notices

 

Any notice to be given under this agreement shall be in writing. Notices may be given by either party by personal delivery or post or by fax addressed to the other party at (in the case of the Employer) its registered office for the time being and (in the case of you) either to your address shown in this agreement or to your last known address and shall be deemed to have been served at the time at which it was delivered personally or transmitted or, if sent by post, would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. For the avoidance of doubt, no notices may be served by e-mail except with the written consent of the other party.

 

22. Former Agreements

 

22.1 This agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties and is in substitution for any previous letters of appointment, agreements or arrangements, whether written, oral or implied, relating to your employment or engagement, which shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual consent as from the commencement of this agreement.

 

22.2 You hereby warrant and represent to the Employer that you will not, in entering into this agreement or carrying out your duties under this agreement, be in breach of any other terms of employment whether express or implied or any other obligation binding upon you.

 

23. Construction

 

23.1 The headings in this agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect its construction.

 

23.2 Any reference to a statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of such provision (whether before or after the date of this agreement) for the time being in force.

 

23.3 The schedules to this agreement, if any, form part of and are incorporated into this agreement.

 

23.4 No modification, variation or amendment to this agreement shall be effective unless such modification, variation or amendment is in writing (not including e-mail) and has been signed by or on behalf of both parties.

 

 
 

 

24. Third Party Rights

 

The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to this agreement and no person other than you, the Employer, the Parent and any member of the Group shall have any rights under it.

 

25. Counterparts

 

This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be an original, and all the counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

26. Proper Law

 

26.1 Any claim or matter of whatever nature arising out of or relating to this agreement or its subject matter (including, but not limited to, non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by, and this agreement shall be construed in all respects in accordance with, the law of England and Wales.

 

26.2 Each party irrevocably agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales over any claim or matter arising out of or relating to this agreement or its subject matter (including, but not limited to, non-contractual disputes or claims).

 

This agreement has been executed as a deed and is delivered and takes effect on the date stated at the beginning of it.

  

EXECUTED as a deed by

 

Staffing 360 Solutions Limited (formerly Initio International Holdings Limited)

 

acting by a director, in the presence of:

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

Director

 

   

Print name

 

 

 

 

 

Witness signature  

 

Name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)  

 

Address  
   
   

 

 
 

 

SIGNED as a deed by Brendan Flood

 

in the presence of:

 

Signature

 

 

Witness signature  

 

Name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)  

 

Address  
   
   

 

 

EXECUTED as a deed by

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

acting by an authorised signatory

 

Signature

 

   

Print name

 

     

 

Witness signature  

 

Name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)  

 

Address  

 

 
 

 

 Schedule 1 – Bonus arrangements

 

1. The Employer agrees to pay you an annual bonus (the “Bonus” ) of up to fifty (50%) of your annual base salary. The Bonus shall be calculated as follows:

 

1.1. A comparison will be made of the annual Adjusted EBITDA of the Initio Group with the previous year's Adjusted EBITDA of the Initio Group;

 

1.2. If the Adjusted EBITDA in the current financial year matches the previous year's Adjusted EBITDA, you will receive a Bonus of 25% of your then current annual base salary;

 

1.3. For every 1% increase to the Adjusted EBITDA, you will received a further 1% of base salary in your Bonus, up to a maximum of a further 25% of your then current annual base salary; and

 

1.4. If the current financial year's Adjusted EBITDA is between 80% and 100% of the previous financial year's Adjusted EBITDA, you will be entitled to a bonus of 1.25% of your then current annual base salary for every 1% that the current financial year's Adjusted EBITDA exceeds 80% of the previous financial years Adjusted EBITDA (up to a maximum of 25% of base salary).

 

1.5. If the current financial year's Adjusted EBITDA is less than 80% of the previous year's Adjusted EBITDA, you will not receive any Bonus.

 

2. The Bonus for each Employer financial year during the term shall be paid in cash within thirty days following the Parent’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing the Parent’s and Employer’s consolidated audited financial statements (“Form 10-K Filing”).

 

3. The Employer agrees to pay you an annual fee based on an increase from the Initio Group's prior fiscal year’s Gross Profit (the “Gross Profit Appreciation Participation” ) calculated as follows:

 

3.1. the Parent will calculate, on an annual basis, the difference between the Base Amount (defined below) of the 2013 Initio Group Gross Profit and any increase in the subsequent year’s annual Initio Group Gross Profit as determined by the Parent’s auditors in an amount greater than 120% of the Base Amount. Any amount of Initio Group Gross Profit above the Base Amount is referred to as “Excess Gross Profit” . The Gross Profit Appreciation Participation owed and to be paid to you will be calculated as an amount equal to 10% of the Excess Gross Profit, if any, for the applicable annual period, such amount not to exceed the sum of $400,000 per year (of which you are entitled to 62.5%);

 

3.2. the Gross Profit Appreciation Participation for each Parent fiscal year during the term shall be paid in cash within thirty days following the Parent’s Form 10-K Filing.

 

4. Additional Bonus Payments: you shall be entitled to receive, in addition to all other compensation, such bonus payments, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Parent or Employer may specify in accordance with certain performance criteria adopted by the Board of Directors of the Parent within a reasonable time after the commencement of each calendar year, taking into account the business plan for such year.

 

5. Stock Incentives: you shall be entitled to participate in any and all stock incentive programs offered to other senior executives of the Employer or Parent subject to their terms;

 

 
 

 

6. In this Schedule, the following terms as as defined below:

 

6.1. " Adjusted EBITDA" means earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and also excludes business reorganization costs, impairment of goodwill, and costs incurred outside of the normal course of business or non-recurring costs, as consistently applied by the Group;

 

6.2. "Base Amount" means the Initio Division Gross Profit for the twelve months ending on 31 December 2013.

 

6.3. " Initio Division Gross Profit " means Revenue less direct costs of services, consisting of payroll, payroll taxes, insurance costs and reimbursable expenses, calculated in a manner as consistently applied by the Group.

 

6.4. "Initio Group" means the Employer and its subsidiaries;

 

6.5. " Revenue " means revenue of the Group, determined as follows: (i) revenue for temporary services (recognized at the time that the service is provided and revenue is recorded on a time and materials basis); (ii) temporary contracting revenue (recognized as gross when the company acts as principal in the transaction and is at risk for collection); (iii) revenue that does not meet the criteria for gross revenue reporting (reported on a net basis); (iv) revenue generated when the company permanently places an individual with a client on a contingent basis (recorded at the time of acceptance of employment); and (v) revenue generated when the company places an individual with a client on a retained basis (recorded ratably over the period the services are rendered), in a manner as consistently applied by the Group.

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 2 – BENEFITS

 

Private Medical Insurance

 

1. You and your wife and your children shall be entitled to participate in the Employer’s private medical insurance, subject to:

 

1.1. the terms of that scheme, as amended from time to time;

 

1.2. the rules or insurance policy of the relevant insurance provider, as amended from time to time; and

 

1.3. you and your wife and your children satisfying the normal underwriting requirements of the relevant insurance provider and the premium being at a rate which the Employer considers reasonable.

 

2. If the insurance provider refuses for any reason to provide private medical insurance benefit to you or your wife or your children, the Company shall not be liable to provide any replacement benefit of the same or similar kind or to pay any compensation in lieu of such benefit.

 

3. The Employer its sole and absolute discretion reserves the right to discontinue, vary or amend the scheme (including the level of cover provided) at any time on reasonable notice to you.

 

Death In Service/Life Insurance

 

4. You shall be entitled to participate in the Employer’s life assurance scheme which shall pay to your dependants a sum of no less than £1m if you die during the Employment. Participation is subject to:

 

4.1. the terms of the life assurance scheme, as amended from time to time;

 

4.2. the rules or the insurance policy of the relevant insurance provider, as amended from time to time; and

 

4.3. you satisfying the normal underwriting requirements of the relevant insurance provider and the premium being at a rate which the Employer considers reasonable.

 

5. If the insurance provider refuses for any reason to provide life assurance benefit to you, the Employer shall not be liable to provide you any replacement benefit of the same or similar kind or to pay any compensation in lieu of such benefit.

 

6. The Employer in its sole and absolute discretion reserves the right to discontinue, vary or amend its life assurance scheme (including the level of the cover provided ) at any time on reasonable notice to you.

 

 

 

 

 

Staffing 360 Solutions Completes Acquisition of

Initio International Holdings Limited

 

Closing of the Initio Acquisition Significantly Expands Staffing 360’s Growing Presence in the International Staffing Industry

 

New York, NY – January 7, 2014 – Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: STAF), a public company engaged in the provision of international staffing services in IT, financial, accounting, healthcare, and cybersecurity industries, announced today that it has closed the acquisition of Initio International Holdings Limited, a full-service staffing company with established brands in the United Kingdom and United States. Initio generated approximately $80 million in revenues (unaudited) during 2013.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition that was completed January 3, 2014, Staffing 360 Solutions acquired all the issued and outstanding stock of Initio, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. As a result of the acquisition, Brendan Flood, a staffing industry veteran and Chairman of Initio, became Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Staffing 360 Solutions. Included in Mr. Flood’s significant industry experience are his roles as the former CFO of the Americas for Monster Worldwide, Inc., which generated approximately $1.8 billion of annualized revenue during 2002, and CFO/COO of Hudson Global, Inc. (a NASDAQ listed company).

 

“I’m pleased to announce the close of this major acquisition and I look forward to boosting Staffing 360 Solutions’ growth trajectory as we take this company to the next level,” stated Brendan Flood, Staffing 360 Solutions’ new Executive Chairman. “With a long career in senior management positions in the staffing industry, I know what it takes to lead publicly listed companies and build them into highly successful global enterprises. Our collective vision is to do the same for Staffing 360 Solutions as we expand our global footprint and maximize growth potential around the world. I firmly believe that Staffing 360’s publicly stated objective of $300 million in revenues over the next several years is highly achievable.”

 

In addition to Brendan Flood becoming Executive Chairman, Matt Briand, the President and CEO of Monroe Staffing Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Initio, was appointed to the position of Co-CEO of Staffing 360 Solutions. Allan Hartley, the Company’s former CEO will also be a Co-CEO of Staffing 360 Solutions along with Mr. Briand.

 

“Completing the acquisition of Initio and adding Brendan Flood and Matt Briand to our growing roster of highly skilled industry experts is a game-changing event in our corporate history,” stated A.J. Cervantes, Vice Chairman of Staffing 360 Solutions. “Not only does it demonstrate our ability to deliver accretive acquisitions from our pipeline, Initio boosts our overall size and scale by a significant margin, expands our cross-border presence in Europe, and brings decades of industry expertise by combining our executive management teams into a publicly traded vehicle.”

 

 
 

 

Matt Briand, Allan Hartley’s new counterpart as Staffing 360 Solutions’ Co-CEO, added, “Initio’s employees in the UK and US are extremely excited about our future with Staffing 360 Solutions. Both of our firms have unique specialties that, when combined, provide a wider breadth of solutions, greater visibility, more access to capital markets and substantial new growth opportunities on a global basis. We believe Initio is a highly synergistic complement to Staffing 360 Solutions’ strategic growth plans as we join forces in the industry.”

 

Initio’s UK division, Longbridge Recruitment, was established in 1989 and is an international multi-sector recruitment company, with a long history of success catering to the sales & marketing, technology, legal and IT solutions sectors. Initio’s US division, Monroe Staffing, was established in 1969 and is a full-service consulting and staffing agency serving clients ranging from new startup organizations to Fortune 100 companies. Monroe has 3 on-site programs, as well as 14 offices located in the US.

 

“This acquisition represents a major inflection point for our company,” commented Allan Hartley, Co-CEO of Staffing 360 Solutions. “The pure size of the Initio acquisition, which represents approximately $80 million in fiscal 2013 revenues, combined with our existing operations places us in the top 30 public staffing companies in the United States. As we continue to extend our reach in countries around the globe, we look forward to relaying our exciting developments and important milestones, all while maintaining a steadfast commitment to growth in revenue, earnings and ultimately shareholder value.

 

Other management and board changes as a result of the Initio acquisition include A. J. Cervantes assuming the role of Vice Chairman of Staffing 360 Solutions, in addition to his current title of President. Peter Goldstein, former Chairman and a director, resigned his positions concurrent with the Initio acquisition, but remains an advisor to the Company.

 

Staffing 360 Solutions believes that a consolidation strategy is ideally suited for the highly fragmented temporary staffing industry. The management team has been engaged in the development of a comprehensive program to create a robust pipeline of prospective acquisitions. Staffing 360 Solutions’ latest acquisition of Initio is a key validator of this strategy’s successful implementation.

 

About Brendan Flood

 

Brendan Flood, 48, is now the Executive Chairman of Staffing 360 Solutions. Prior to this, Mr. Flood was Chairman and CEO of Initio International Holdings Limited. At Initio he spearheaded the management buyout in January 2010 from Faro Recruitment Group, where he was the CEO of Europe and North America. Mr. Flood also spent seven years at Hudson Global, Inc. (a NASDAQ listed company) in various roles in Europe and the United States culminating in him leading the IPO of this business on the NASDAQ National Market in 2003. During 2004 and 2005 he was the CFO/COO for Hudson North America returning this business to profitability after several loss-making years. Prior to the IPO in 2003, Hudson was part of what is now Monster Worldwide, Inc., the parent company of Monster.com for which Mr. Flood was acting as CFO in 2002. As part of the global realignment of Monster Worldwide, Inc. in November 2001, Mr. Flood became CFO for all of the company’s operations in the Americas which amounted to $1.8 billion of annualized revenues, moving to New York City and living there for five years. Prior to settling in the UK, he graduated from Dublin City University (Ireland) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance.

 

 
 

 

About Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

 

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: STAF) is a public company in the global staffing sector engaged in the acquisition of international staffing organizations with operations in the US, Europe and India. As part of its targeted consolidation model, Staffing 360 Solutions is pursuing broad spectrum staffing companies in the IT, financial, accounting, healthcare and cybersecurity industries . The Company believes the staffing industry offers opportunities to create a successful public company with a longer term objective of accretive acquisitions that will drive annual revenues to $300 million. For more information, please visit: www.staffing360solutions.com

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain matters discussed within this press release are forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, entering into new agreements, the ability to enter into any additional acquisitions, or the size of future revenue. Although Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Staffing 360 Solutions does not undertake any duty to update any statements contained herein (including any forward-looking statements), except as required by law. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include general industry considerations, regulatory changes, changes in local or national economic conditions and other risks detailed from time to time in Staffing 360 Solutions’ reports filed with the SEC, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form 10-K.

 

Company Contact:

 

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.

A.J. Cervantes, President and Vice Chairman

212.634.6410

info@staffing360solutions.com

 

Financial Communications:

 

Trilogy Capital Partners, Inc.

Darren Minton, President

212.634.6413

info@trilogy-capital.com