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): May 20, 2013
Mobivity Holdings Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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000-53851
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26-3439095
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission File
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(I.R.S. Employer
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of Incorporation)
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Number)
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Identification Number)
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58 West Buffalo Road, Suite 200
Chandler, AZ 85225
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
(866) 622-4261
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
FDI Asset Purchase Agreement
On May 20, 2013, Mobivity Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) acquired the assets of Front Door Insights, LLC, Michigan limited liability company (“FDI”), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated May 20, 2013 between the Company, FDI and the members of FDI. Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, the Company acquired all of the assets of FDI, except for certain existing service contracts, and assumed a commercial lease, in consideration of the Company’s payment of $100,000, delivery a promissory note in the principal amount of $1,400,000 and issuance of 7,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The assets acquired from FDI consisted of cash on hand of seller, accounts receivable, personal property including equipment, furniture, office equipment, all rights under all contracts other than excluded contracts, all prepaid expenses, and all technology and intellectual property rights.
The promissory delivered by the Company to FDI under the asset purchase agreement is non-interest bearing and is due and payable on August 20, 2013. In the event the Company fails to pay the entire principal amount under the note by such date, the unpaid principal amount shall convert automatically to a 10% Senior Secured Convertible Bridge Note of the Company.
The asset purchase agreement includes a working capital adjustment pursuant to which the number of shares issuable to the FDI will be increased, or decreased, in the event the working capital of FDI exceeds, or is less than, $10,000, respectively, as of the closing. In either event, the number of shares issuable to FDI will be increased or decreased, as the case may be, by a share amount equal to the amount by which the working capital as of the closing exceeds or is less than $10,000, divided by $0.25. Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, 25% of the shares to be issued to FDI, or 1,750,000 shares, will be held in escrow and available for offset against any claims for indemnification that might be brought by the Company against FDI or its members, during the first 12 months following the close, for certain breaches of the asset purchase agreement.
The asset purchase agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the parties, including each party’s agreement to indemnify the other against any claims or losses arising from their breach of the asset purchase agreement. FDI and its members have also agreed that for a period of three years following the closing not to engage in the business of providing interactive mobile marketing platforms or services or to solicit the pre-closing clients, vendors or employees of FDI, except in each case on behalf of the Company.
Bynum Employment
Agreement
In connection with the Company’s acquisition of FDI, on May 20, 2013, the board of directors of the Company appointed Michael K. Bynum to serve as president and a member of the board of directors of the Company and Tom Tolbert, the former chief executive officer of FDI, to serve as the executive vice president and chief sales officer of the Company. The board of directors of the Company also approved the employment agreements between the Company and Mr. Bynum and Mr. Tolbert described below. Dennis Becker, formerly the president of the Company, will continue to serve as chief executive officer of the Company.
Pursuant to his employment agreement with the Company, Mr. Bynum has agreed to serve as president of the Company for a three year term expiring on May 19, 2016, subject to automatic renewal for additional one year periods unless either party elects not to renew prior to the end of the then current term. Mr. Bynum’s duties and authorities include those typically associated with the office of president and Mr. Bynum has agreed to devote all of his business time to the affairs of the Company.
The Company has agreed to pay Mr. Bynum a base salary $200,000, subject to annual review by the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company. The Company has also agreed to pay Mr. Bynum a quarterly bonus of one percent (1%) of the gross revenues of the Company. Pursuant to his employment agreement with the Company, Mr. Bynum is eligible to participate in all benefits, plans, and programs, including improvements or modifications of the same, which are now, or may hereafter be, available to other executive employees of Company.
Mr. Bynum’s employment agreement contains standard provisions concerning noncompetition, nondisclosure and indemnification.
Pursuant to Mr. Bynum’s employment agreement, the Company has agreed, subject to its receipt of an additional $3 million of working capital in the form of cash, to grant Mr. Bynum an option to purchase a number of shares of Company common stock, over a five year period from the date of grant, equal to five percent (5%) of the number of outstanding shares of the Company following the financing. The exercise price of the option shall be equal to fair market value on date of grant. The option will vest and first become exercisable as follows: (a) 20% of the shares underlying the option will vest and first become exercisable upon the date of grant; (b) 40% of the shares underlying the option will vest and first become exercisable when the Company realizes $10,000,000 of gross revenue over any fiscal year; and (c) the final 40% of the shares underlying the option will vest and first become exercisable at the rate of 1/48th per month over a 48 month period commencing on date of grant
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provided that the vesting of the final 40% shall accelerate and become fully vested when the Company realizes $15,000,000 of gross revenue over any fiscal year. Mr. Bynum’s option shall otherwise be on terms and conditions the current equity incentive plan.
In the event Mr. Bynum’s employment with the Company is terminated by Mr. Bynum for good reason, by the Company without cause or the Company elects not to renew his agreement, the Company shall pay Mr. Bynum, in addition to all other amounts then due and payable, 12 additional monthly installments of his base salary.
Tolbert Employment Agreement
Pursuant to his employment agreement with the Company, Tom Tolbert has agreed to serve as executive vice president and chief sales officer of the Company for a three year term expiring on May 19, 2016, subject to automatic renewal for additional one year periods unless either party elects not to renew prior to the end of the then current term. Tolbert’s duties and authorities include those typically associated with the office of executive vice president and chief sales officer and Mr. Tolbert has agreed to devote all of his business time to the affairs of the Company.
The Company has agreed to pay Mr. Tolbert a base salary $175,000, subject to annual review by the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company. The Company has also agreed to pay Mr. Tolbert a quarterly bonus of one percent (1%) of the gross revenues of the Company. Pursuant to his employment agreement with the Company, Mr. Tolbert is eligible to participate in all benefits, plans, and programs, including improvements or modifications of the same, which are now, or may hereafter be, available to other executive employees of Company. Mr. Tolbert’s employment agreement contains standard provisions concerning noncompetition, nondisclosure and indemnification.
Pursuant to Mr. Tolbert’s employment agreement, the Company has agreed, subject to its receipt of an additional $3 million of working capital in the form of cash, to grant Mr. Tolbert an option to purchase a number of shares of Company common stock, over a five year period from the date of grant, equal to five percent (5%) of the number of outstanding shares of the Company following the financing. The exercise price of the option shall be equal to the fair market value on date of grant. The option will vest and first become exercisable as follows: (a) 20% of the shares underlying the option will vest and first become exercisable upon the date of grant; (b) 40% of the shares underlying the option will vest and first become exercisable when the Company realizes $10,000,000 of gross revenue over any fiscal year; and (c) the final 40% of the shares underlying the option will vest and first become exercisable at the rate of 1/48th per month over a 48 month period commencing on grant date
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provided that the vesting of the final 40% shall accelerate and become fully vested when the Company realizes $15,000,000 of gross revenue over any fiscal year. Mr. Tolbert’s option shall otherwise be on terms and conditions the current equity incentive plan.
In the event Mr. Tolbert’s employment with the Company is terminated by Mr. Tolbert for good reason, by the Company without cause or the Company elects not to renew his agreement, the Company shall pay Mr. Tolbert, in addition to all other amounts then due and payable, 12 additional monthly installments his base salary.
On May 22 and May 21, 2013, the Company issued separate press releases announcing the appointments of Messrs. Bynum and Tolbert and the closing of the FDI asset acquisition, respectively, described in this Item 1.01. Copies of the press releases are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On May 20, 2013, the Company acquired the assets of Front Door Insights, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“FDI”), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated May 20, 2013 between the Company, FDI and the members of FDI. The terms of the asset acquisition are reported in Item 1.01 above.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On May 20, 2013, the Company issued 7,000,000 shares of its common stock to Front Door Insights, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“FDI”), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated May 20, 2013 between the Company, FDI and the members of FDI. The terms of the transaction are reported in Item 1.01 above. The shares were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. There were no commissions or finder’s fees paid by the Company in connection with the issuance of the shares.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On May 20, 2013, and in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Front Door Insights, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“FDI”), the board of directors of the Company appointed Michael K. Bynum to serve as president and a member of the board of directors of the Company and Tom Tolbert, the former chief executive officer of FDI, to serve as the executive vice president and chief sales officer of the Company. The board of directors of the Company also approved the employment agreements between the Company and Mr. Bynum and Mr. Tolbert, each of which are described in Item 1.01 above and filed as Exhibits 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, to this Form 8-K. Dennis Becker, formerly the president of the Company, will continue to serve as chief executive officer of the Company. Mr. Tolbert is an officer and member of FDI, which is a party to an asset purchase agreement with the Company. The terms of the asset purchase agreement are described in Item 1.01 above and the asset purchase agreement and related promissory note are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this Form 8-K.
Mr. Bynum, age 58,
served as
chief executive officer
and president of Phone Directories Corp, a Utah-based publisher of yellow page phone books, from July 2007 through June 2010. Mr. Bynum was also an investor and a director.
From June 2006 until June 2010, Mr. Bynum was an investor and director of Canpages, the largest independent telephone directory publisher in Canada.
In May 1993, Mr. Bynum and seven partners founded TransWestern Publishing, an independent publisher of telephone directories. Mr. Bynum served as executive vice-president of sales until May 2003.
Mr. Bynum also serves as a director of the Oklahoma Wildlife Management Association, which he co-founded in 2006. Since 2010 Mr. Bynum has managed his private investments.
Mr. Tolbert, age 42, served as chief executive officer
of Front Door Insights, LLC, from 2009 to 2013, which was recently acquired by the Company. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Tolbert served as regional vice president and then senior vice president of sales at KW Brock Directories, a Pittsburg, Kansas based business engaged in delivering print and digital marketing services to local advertisers.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
As described in Item 1.01 above, on May 20, 2013, the board of directors of the Company appointed Michael K. Bynum to serve as president and a member of the board of directors of the Company. Dennis Becker, formerly the president of the Company, will continue to serve as chief executive officer of the Company. On May 20, 2013, and in connection with the Company’s appointment of Michael K. Bynum to serve as president of the Company, the board of directors of the Company approved certain amendments to the bylaws of the Company for purposes of creating the office of the chief executive officer and adjusting the terms of the office of president to reconcile that office to the newly created office of the chief executive officer.
Pursuant to the bylaw amendments, the chief executive officer of the Company shall, subject to the bylaws and the control of the board of directors, generally supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Company. The bylaw amendments provide that the president of the Company shall, subject to the bylaws, the control of the board of directors and the supervisory powers of the chief executive officer, have the responsibility for the general management and control of the business and affairs of the Company and the general supervision and direction of all of the officers, employees and agents of the Company, other than the chief executive officer.
A copy of the amendment to the bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Exhibit.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(a) and (b)
The Company intend to file by way of amendment to this Form 8-K the historical and pro forma financial statements of Front Door Insights, LLC required by this Item 9.01 within 71 days of the required filing date of this Form 8-K.
The following exhibits are filed with this report:
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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3.2
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Amendment No. 2 to the Bylaws of Mobivity Corp., effective as of May 20, 2013
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Filed herewith
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10.1
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Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 20, 2013 between the Registrant and Front Door Insights, LLC
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Filed herewith
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10.2
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Promissory Note dated May 20, 2013 made by the Registrant in favor of Front Door Insights, LLC
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Filed herewith
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10.3
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Employment Agreement dated May 20, 2013 between the Registrant and Michael K. Bynum
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Filed herewith
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10.4
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Employment Agreement dated May 20, 2013 between the Registrant and Tom Tolbert
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Filed herewith
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99.1
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Press release dated May 22, 2013 announcing the appointments of Michael K. Bynum and Tom Tolbert
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Filed herewith
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99.2
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Press release dated May 21, 2013 announcing the acquisition of Front Door Insights, LLC
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Filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MOBIVITY CORP.
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May 24, 2013
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By:
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/s/ Dennis Becker
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Dennis Becker,
Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
BYLAWS OF
MOBIVITY HOLDINGS CORP.
(FORMERLY, ARES VENTURES CORP.
AND COMMERCETEL CORPORATION)
1.
Amendment and Restatement of First Sentence of Article 4, Section 4.1.
The first sentence of Article 4,
Section 4.1 of the Bylaws of Mobivity Holdings Corp. (the “Corporation”) hereby is amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “The officers of the corporation shall be a chief executive officer, a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors.
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2.
Addition of New Article 4, Section 4.4.
Article 4 of the Bylaws of the Corporation hereby is amended is amended to add the new Section 4.4:
“4.4 Chief Executive Officer
The chief executive officer shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to these Bylaws and the control of the Board of Directors, shall generally supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders. He may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation and deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed. The chief executive officer shall generally perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.”
Former Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of Article 4 of the Corporation’s Bylaws are hereby renumbered as Sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 and 4.10, respectively.
3.
Amendment and Restatement of Article 4, Section 4.5 (formerly Section 4.4).
Article 4,
Section 4.5 (formerly Section 4.4) of the Bylaws of the Corporation hereby is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“4.5 President
Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and to the control of the Board of Directors, and subject to the supervisory powers of the chief executive officer (if the chief executive officer is an officer other than the president), and subject to such supervisory powers and authority as may be given by the Board of Directors to any other officer, the president shall have the responsibility for the general management the control of the business and affairs of the corporation and the general supervision and direction of all of the officers, employees and agents of the corporation (other than the chief executive officer, if the chief executive officer is an officer other than the president) and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of president or such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the chief executive officer or by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the chief executive officer or in the event of the chief executive officer's death, inability or refusal to act, the president shall perform the duties of the chief executive officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the chief executive officer. The president may sign, with the secretary or an assistant secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation the issuance of which have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors.”
4.
Certain References.
Article 2,
Section 2.2 and Article 3, Section 3.4 of the Bylaws of the Corporation hereby are amended by changing all references to “president” therein to “chief executive officer”.
Article 6, Section 6.1(a) of the Bylaws of the Corporation hereby is amended by changing the reference to “president or a vice-president” therein to “chief executive officer or president”.
The first sentence of Article 9, Section 9.1(a) of the Bylaws of the Corporation hereby is amended by changing the reference to “president, any vice-president, secretary or treasurer” therein to “chief executive officer, president, any vice president, secretary or treasurer”.
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The foregoing Amendment No. 2 to the Corporation’s Bylaws was approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors in accordance with Article 10, Section 10.1 of the Bylaws on May __, 2013.
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/s/ Dennis Becker
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Dennis Becker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and among MOBIVITY HOLDINGS CORP.,
MOBIVITY, INC., FRONT DOOR INSIGHTS LLC
and
THE CONTROLLING OWNERS IDENTIFIED HEREIN
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 20, 2013 (this “
A
gree
m
ent
”), by and among Mobivity Holdings Corp., a Nevada corporation (“
P
are
n
t
”), Mobivity, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“
B
uye
r
”), Front Door Insights LLC, a Michigan limited liability company ("
S
e
l
le
r
"), and the individuals listed on the signature pages hereto as “Controlling Owners” (the “
C
ontro
l
ling
Ow
ners
”).
WITNESSTH:
WHEREAS, Seller has heretofore conducted a business which provides an interactive mobile marketing platform and services, including under the name “Front Door Insights” (the “
B
usiness
”);
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Business from Seller, and Seller desires to sell substantially all of the assets of the Business to Buyer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ection
1.01
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efi
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(a) The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
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A
cquiror
S
ecur
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ti
e
s
” means the Parent Shares and the Buyer/Parent Note.
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C
losing
Ba
lance
S
hee
t
” means a balance sheet of the Business as at the close of business on the Closing Date, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices.
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C
losing
D
ate
” means the date of the Closing.
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E
nviron
m
ental
L
a
w
s
” means any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws (including common or case law), regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, judicial decisions, orders, decrees, codes, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions, relating to the environment or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic, radioactive or hazardous substances or wastes into the environment, including (without limitation) ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic, radioactive or hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.
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E
scrow
A
gent
” means Alliance Bank of Arizona.
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E
scrow
A
gree
m
ent
” means the Escrow Agreement to be entered into concurrently with the Closing by and among Seller, Buyer and the Escrow Agent. Under the Escrow Agreement,
(a)
the Escrowed Shares will be held in the escrow account and released in accordance with Section 2.09 of this Agreement, and (b) the costs and expenses of the Escrow Agent will be paid fifty percent (50%) by Seller and fifty percent (50%) by Buyer.
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Int
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ctu
a
l
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roperty
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i
ghts
” means all past, present, and future rights of the following types, which may exist or be created under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world: (i) rights associated with works of authorship, including exclusive exploitation rights, copyrights, moral rights, and mask works; (ii) trademark and trade name rights and similar rights; (iii) trade secret rights; (iv) patents and industrial property rights; (v) other proprietary rights in Technology of every kind and nature, whether arising by operation of law, by contract or license, or otherwise; and (vi) all registrations, applications, renewals, extensions, combinations, divisions, or reissues of, and applications for, any of the rights referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above.
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K
ey Indiv
i
dual
” means Tom Tolbert.
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L
ien
” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset.
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P
arent
S
h
ar
e
C
losing
Pr
ice
” means $0.25 per Parent Share.
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P
arent
S
h
ar
es
” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.
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P
er
m
itted
L
ien
” means (i) Liens for taxes not yet due or being contested in good faith,
and (ii) Liens which do not materially detract from the value of any Acquired Asset as now used, or materially interfere with any present or intended use of any Acquired Asset.
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P
erson
” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality.
“
P
ersonal
D
ata
” shall mean a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e- mail address, photograph, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or customer or account number, or any other piece of information that allows the identification of a natural person.
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P
ost-
C
lo
s
i
n
g
T
ax
P
eri
o
d
” means any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date.
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P
re-
C
lo
s
i
n
g
T
ax
P
eriod
” means any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the close of business on the Closing Date.
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P
rocee
d
in
g
” means any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation, suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or informal) commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or before any Governmental Entity or arbitrator.
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R
eali
z
able
N
et
W
orking
C
apita
l
” means the result of (i) all cash and cash equivalents reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet,
pl
u
s
(ii) all accounts receivable (net of any reserves for doubtful accounts) reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet that less than 90 days past due as of the Closing Date,
m
inus
(iii) the amount of Assumed Liabilities (including all obligations in respect of Seller Debt and Seller Deferred Revenue Obligations).
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R
egist
e
red
I
P
” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are registered or filed with or issued by any governmental authority, including all patents, registered copyrights, and registered trademarks and all applications for any of the foregoing.
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S
ell
e
r
D
e
f
erred
R
e
v
e
nue
O
blig
a
tions
” means all deferred or unearned revenue obligations reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet.
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S
ell
e
r
P
ri
v
acy
P
olicy
” shall mean each external or internal, past or present privacy policy of Seller (or any predecessor), including any policy relating to: (a) the privacy of users of any Seller Website or software application; (b) the collection, storage, disclosure, and transfer of any User Data or Personal Data; and (c) any employee Personal Data.
"Seller's Knowledge or Knowledge of Seller" shall mean the actual knowledge of any Controlling Owner.
"Seller Websites" shall mean each and every website operated by Seller as part of the Business (or any predecessor) as of or at any time prior to the date of this Agreement
"Taxes" means any net income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, uses, ad valorem, franchise, capital, paid-up capital, profits, greenmail, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, environmental
or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax.
“Technology” means all products, product developments, apparatus, data, databases and data collections, diagrams, inventions (whether or not patentable), know-how, logos, marks, methods, processes, proprietary information, protocols, schematics, specifications, algorithms, APIs, software, software code (in source code and executable code), techniques, user interfaces, URLs, web sites, works of authorship, network configurations and architectures, documentation, and other forms of technology (whether or not embodied in any tangible form and including all tangible embodiments of the foregoing such as instruction manuals, laboratory notebooks, prototypes, samples, studies, and summaries).
“User Data” shall mean any Personal Data or other data or information collected by or on behalf of Seller from users of any Seller Website or the software application.
(a)
Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
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2.03
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3.16(c)
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Recitals
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2.01(g)
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8.02
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2.03(a)
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2.07
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3.25(a)
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4.05
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2.01(d)
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7.02
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7.02
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2.06(c)
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3.16(c)
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2.02
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2.02(a)
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2.04
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3.03
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7.03
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3.01
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3.12
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2.06
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2.08
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2.08
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3.08
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Seller Balance Sheet Date
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3.06
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2.06(a)(ii)
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7.04(a)
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5.03(f)
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE
S
ection
2.01
Pu
rc
h
ase
a
nd
S
ale
. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller and Seller agrees to sell, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be sold, transferred, assigned and delivered, to Buyer at Closing, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, all of the assets, properties and business, other than the Excluded Assets, of every kind and description, wherever located, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, owned, held or used in the conduct of the Business by Seller as the same shall exist on the Closing Date, including all of the assets shown on the Seller Balance Sheet and not disposed of in the ordinary course of business, and all assets of the Business thereafter acquired by Seller (the “
A
cquired
A
ssets
”), and including, without limitation, all right, title and interest of Seller in, to and under:
(a)
All cash on hand of Seller;
(b)
All accounts and other receivables of Seller;
(c)
All personal property and interest therein, including equipment, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment;
(d)
All rights under all contracts, agreements, leases, licenses, commitments, sales and purchase orders and other instruments, including without limitation the items listed on
Se
ctions
3.11
and
3.16
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “
C
ontra
c
ts
”), other than the Excluded Contracts;
(e)
All prepaid expenses relating to the operation of the Business, including those identified on
S
ec
ti
on 2.01(e)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule;
(f)
All rights, claims, credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against third parties relating to the Acquired Assets, including (without limitation) un-liquidated rights under manufacturers’ and vendors’ warranties;
(g)
All Technology and Intellectual Property Rights, including but not limited to: (i) the goodwill associated with any trademarks or service; (ii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements or misappropriation of any Technology or Intellectual Property Rights, including the right to recover damages therefore, and the right to receive royalties, license fees and income from any Technology or Intellectual Property Rights; and (iii) any rights at common law directly arising from any Technology or Intellectual Property Rights and any licenses with respect to any Technology or Intellectual Property Rights (collectively the “
B
usiness
IP
R
ight
s
”), including, without limitation, those Business IP Rights listed on
S
ect
i
ons
3.15(a)
and
3.15(b)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule;
(h)
All social media presence related to the Business, including (without limitation) all associated passwords and other account management information in Seller’s possession;
(i)
All transferable licenses, permits or other governmental authorizations affecting, or relating in any way to, the Business, including (without limitation) the items listed on
S
e
c
tion 3.12
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule;
(j)
All books, records, files and papers, whether in hard copy or computer format, used in the Business (excluding all minute books and ownership records of Seller as noted below Section 2.02(b)), including (without limitation) engineering information, sales and promotional literature, manuals and data, sales and purchase correspondence, lists of present and former suppliers, lists of present and former customers (including, without limitation, “free trial” customers), and any information relating to Tax imposed on the Acquired Assets; and
(k)
All goodwill associated with the Business or the Acquired Assets, together with the right to represent to third parties that Buyer is the successors to the Business.
S
ection
2.02
E
xcl
ud
ed
A
ssets
. Buyer expressly understands and agrees that the following assets and properties of Seller (the “
E
xcluded
A
ssets
”) will be excluded from the Acquired Assets:
(a)
Any Contract listed on
S
chedule 2
.
02(a)
(the “
E
xcluded
C
ontra
c
ts
”);
(b)
All minute books and ownership records of Seller;
(c)
Seller’s rights under this Agreement;
(d)
Any asset listed on
S
ch
e
dule 2.02(d
)
; and
(e)
Any Acquired Assets sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of the operation of the Business and not in violation of any provisions of this Agreement during the period from the date hereof until the Closing Date.
S
ection
2.03
A
ss
u
m
p
tion
of
L
ia
b
il
i
t
i
es
. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees, effective at the time of the Closing to assume only the following liabilities and obligations of Seller (the “
A
ssu
m
ed
L
iabi
l
i
t
ies
”) :
(a)
Obligations under the Commercial Lease, dated September 11, 2012, between the Seller and W. Douglas Winters;
(b)
Trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and identified on
S
c
h
edule 2.03(
b
)
; and
(c)
Obligations to be performed after the Closing under the Contracts (other than the Excluded Contracts), but specifically excluding any liability or obligation to the extent that it arises out of or relates to any indemnification or warranty obligation thereunder or any default, breach, violation or failure to perform or comply with the terms thereof relating to periods prior to, or that occurred on or before, the Closing Date.
S
ection
2.04
E
xcl
ud
ed
L
ia
b
i
l
it
i
es
. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other writing to the contrary, Buyer is assuming only the Assumed Liabilities and is not assuming any other liability or obligation of Seller of whatever nature whether presently in existence or arising hereafter. All such other liabilities and obligations shall be retained by and remain obligations and liabilities of Seller (all such liabilities and obligations not being assumed being herein referred to as the “
E
xcluded
L
i
a
bil
i
ti
e
s
”), and Seller will pay all such Excluded Liabilities as they become due. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
S
ection
2.04
, none of the following shall be Assumed Liabilities for the purposes of this Agreement:
(a)
Any liability or obligation for Tax arising from or with respect to the Acquired Assets or the operations of the Business which is incurred in or attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period;
(b)
Any liability or obligation for any accounts payable or other accruals arising on or prior to the Closing Date, other than those set forth on
S
che
d
ule 2.03(b
)
;
(c)
Any liability or obligation under the Contracts that arises after the Closing Date but only to the extent it arises out of or relates to any default, breach, violation or failure to perform or comply with the terms thereof that occurred on or before the Closing Date;
(d)
Any liability or obligation under any Excluded Contract, whether arising before or after the Closing Date;
(e)
Any liability or obligation, including indemnification and warranty obligations, to the extent arising out of or related to any products or services, manufactured, distributed or sold in by Seller connection with the Business on or prior to the Closing Date;
(f)
Any liability or obligation relating to employees of, or independent contractors or consultants to, the Business for all periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, workers’ compensation claims, disability and occupational diseases in each case without regard to whether such injuries, claims, conditions, events and occurrences are known or otherwise manifest on or prior to the Closing Date and any bonuses (including, without limitation, a pro rata portion of any bonus paid by Buyer to any Transferred Employee in respect of any period, a portion of which includes the period on or prior to the Closing Date), vacation pay, or severance or retention obligations to such employees, whether or not accrued on Seller’s books and records; and
(g)
Any liability or obligation relating to any Excluded Asset.
S
ection
2.05
A
ssig
n
me
n
t
of
C
o
n
t
r
acts
a
n
d
R
ig
h
ts
. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Acquired Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom if an attempted assignment thereof, without the consent of a third party thereto, would constitute a breach or other contravention thereof to in any way adversely affect the rights of Buyer or Seller thereunder. Each of Seller and Buyer will use their best efforts (but without any payment of money by Seller or Buyer) to obtain the consent of the other parties to any such Acquired Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder for the assignment thereof to Buyer as Buyer may request. If such consent is not obtained, or if an attempted assignment thereof would be ineffective or would adversely affect the rights of Seller thereunder so that Buyer would not in fact receive all such rights, each of Seller and Buyer will cooperate in a mutually agreeable arrangement under which Buyer would obtain the benefits and assume the obligations thereunder in accordance with this Agreement, including subcontracting, sublicensing, or subleasing to Buyer, or under which Seller would enforce for the benefit of Buyer, with Buyer assuming Seller’s obligations, any and all rights of Seller against a third party thereto. Seller will promptly pay to Buyer when received all monies received by Seller under any Acquired Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder. In such event, Seller, and Buyer shall, to the extent the benefits therefrom and obligations thereunder have not been provided by alternative arrangements satisfactory to Buyer and Seller, negotiate in good faith an adjustment in the consideration paid by Buyer for the Acquired Assets.
Section 2.06
Pu
rc
h
ase
P
ric
e
;
E
scr
o
w
of
P
are
n
t
Sh
ares.
(a)
The purchase price for the Acquired Assets (the “
P
urchase
P
ric
e
”) is:
(i)
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in immediately available funds (“
C
ash
C
onsider
at
ion
”);
(ii)
A promissory note, substantially in the form of
E
xhibit
A
hereto, in the principal amount of $1,400,000 (the “
B
uyer/
P
a
re
nt
N
ote
”); and
(iii)
Seven Million (7,000,000) Parent Shares (the “
S
t
ock
P
ay
m
e
n
t
”).
(b)
The Purchase Price will be paid as provided in this
S
e
c
ti
o
n
2.06
and in
S
ec
t
ion
2.07
, and subject to adjustment as provided in
Se
ction 2.08
.
(c)
25% of the number of Parent Shares constituting the Stock Payment (the “
E
scro
w
ed
S
hares
”) will be held in escrow in accordance with
S
ect
i
on
2.09
as security for Seller’s obligations under
7.02(a)
.
S
ection
2.07
C
losi
n
g
. The closing (the “
C
losi
n
g
”) of the purchase and sale of the Acquired Assets and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities hereunder shall take place via electronic exchange of closing documentation in PDF or other mutually acceptable format as soon as possible, but in no event later than three business days, after the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article VI, or at such other time or place as Buyer and Seller may agree. At the Closing,
(a)
Buyer shall deliver to Seller the Cash Consideration by wire transfer to account(s) set forth in
S
chedule 2.0
7
(a)
(b)
Buyer shall deliver to Seller the Buyer/Parent Note;
(c)
Buyer shall deliver to Seller a stock certificate representing 75% of the number of Parent Shares constituting the Stock Payment;
(d)
Seller and Buyer shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as
E
xhi
b
it
B
;
(e)
Buyer and Key Individual shall enter into an Employment Agreement in the form attached hereto as
E
xhib
i
t
C
;
(f)
Buyer, Seller and the Escrow Agent shall enter into and deliver the Escrow Agreement;
(g)
Buyer and Seller shall enter into an Operating Services Agreement; and
(h)
Seller shall deliver to Buyer such deeds, bills of sale, assignment, certificates or title, documents and other instruments of transfer and conveyance as may reasonably be requested by Buyer, each in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer and its legal counsel and executed by Seller.
All Acquiror Securities to be issued hereunder shall be deemed “
restri
c
ted
s
e
cur
i
ti
e
s
” as defined in paragraph (a) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
S
ecu
ri
ties
Ac
t
”). All Acquiror Securities to be issued under the terms of this Agreement shall be issued pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder). Certificates representing the Acquiror Securities to be issued hereunder shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form:
The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered for sale, sold, or otherwise disposed of, except in compliance with the registration provisions of such Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration provisions, the availability of which is to be established to the satisfaction of the Company.
Seller agrees that, until the first anniversary of the Closing Date, it will not (a) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Parent Shares; or (b) enter into any swap, option, future, forward or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Parent Shares or any securities of Parent that are substantially similar to the Parent Shares, including, but not limited to, any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Parent Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (a) or (b) above is to be settled by delivery of Parent Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to the transfer of Parent Shares (i) to Seller’s members (as long as such members agree to be bound by the restrictions of this paragraph), bona fide gifting of Parent Shares, and/or transfers of Parent Shares solely for estate planning purposes.
S
ection
2.0
8
.
P
ost-
C
losi
n
g
Ad
j
u
stm
en
t
to
Pu
rc
h
ase
P
rice
.
Within five business days following the earlier of (i) the fifth business day following completion of Buyer’s audit of the financial statements of the Business for 2011 and 2012, and (ii) the 120th day following the Closing Date, Buyer will cause the Closing Balance Sheet to be prepared and will deliver to Seller its calculation of Seller’s Realizable Net Closing Working Capital (the “
RN
C
W
C
A
djust
m
ent
C
alcul
a
tion
s
”). After receipt of the Closing Balance Sheet, Seller shall have fifteen business days (the “
R
e
v
i
ew
P
eriod
”) to review the Closing Balance Sheet.
Within thirty days following Buyer’s delivery of the RNCWC Adjustment Calculations (and based on such calculations), but after the Review Period and any resolutions of disputed amounts, if applicable: (a) if the amount of Realizable Net Working Capital is greater than $10,000 (“
T
arget
RNCWC
”), then Parent will issue to Seller, as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, a number of Parent Shares equal to (A) the amount by Realizable Net Working Capital exceeds Target RNCWC,
divided
by
(B) twenty-five cents ($0.25). If the amount of Realizable Net Working Capital is less than Target RNCWC, then Seller will surrender to Parent, as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, a number of Parent Shares equal to (A) the amount by which Realizable Net Working Capital is less than Target RNCWC,
divided
b
y
(B) twenty-five cents ($0.25). In either case, the calculation will be rounded to the nearest whole number of Parent Shares. During the Review Period, Seller and Seller's accountants shall have full access to the relevant books and records of Buyer, the personnel of, and work papers prepared by, Buyer and/or Buyer's accountants to the extent that they relate to the Closing Balance Sheet and to such historical financial information (to the extent in Buyer's possession) relating to the Closing Balance Sheet as Seller may reasonably request. On or prior to the last day of the Review Period, Seller may object to the Closing Balance Sheet by delivering to Buyer a written statement and Buyer and Seller shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections within 15 business days after the delivery such objection (the “
R
es
o
l
ution
P
e
r
io
d
”). If Seller and Buyer fail to reach an agreement with respect to all of the matters set forth in the object before expiration of the Resolution Period, then any amounts remaining in dispute (“Disputed Amounts” and any amounts not so disputed, the "
U
ndispu
t
ed
A
m
ounts
") shall be submitted for resolution to the office of an impartial nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants other than Seller's Accountants or Buyer's Accountants (the “Independent Accountants”) who, acting as experts and not arbitrators, shall resolve the Disputed Amounts only and make any adjustments to the Seller’s Realizable Net Closing Working Capital, as the case may be, and the Closing Balance Sheet. The parties hereto agree that all adjustments shall be made without regard to materiality. The Seller will be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants; provided that if the Independent Accountants’ resolution of the Disputed Amounts results in an increase in Seller’s Realizable Net Closing Working Capital of greater than 10% from the calculation of Seller’s Realizable Net Closing Working Capital based on Buyer’s last proposal regarding the Dispute Amounts, then Buyer will be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants.
Section 2.09
E
scro
w
ed
S
h
ares
.
(a)
The Escrow Agent will hold the Escrowed Shares, as security for Seller’s obligations under
7.02
(
a)
, until the first anniversary of the Closing (the “
E
s
c
r
o
w
T
e
r
m
ination
D
ate
”). Subject to the terms hereof, Seller will have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Escrowed Shares, including without limitation, the right to vote the Escrowed Shares and receive any cash dividends declared thereon.
(b)
If at any time on or prior to the Escrow Termination Date, Buyer (i) believes in good faith that it or Parent is entitled to payment or that payment should be made to a third party pursuant to the terms of
S
ection 7.0
2
(a)
, and (ii) desires to make a claim for payment from the Escrowed Shares in connection therewith, then Buyer shall give written notice of such claim (a “
P
ay
m
ent Notic
e
”) to Seller, stating in reasonable detail the events or circumstances which are the basis for and amount (to the extent determined) of such claim. If Seller objects to such claim, Seller shall give written notice of such objection to Buyer within 60 days after the date of Seller’s receipt of the Payment Notice served either by certified mail, express mail or personal service (the “
O
bjec
t
ion
P
eriod
”), and shall state the basis for such objection in reasonable detail. If no objection to Buyer’s claim is made by Seller within the Objection Period, the claim set forth in the Payment Notice shall be deemed approved and accepted by Seller, the Controlling Owners and Buyer and Seller will instruct Escrow Agent to deliver the applicable portion of Escrowed Shares in satisfaction of the claim. Any Escrowed Shares withdrawn and applied by Escrow Agent in satisfaction of a claim under this
S
ection 2.
0
9
will be valued at price of twenty- five cents ($0.25) per Parent Share
.
If an objection to Buyer’s claim is made by Seller within the Objection Period, Buyer may initiate an arbitration proceeding under
S
ection 9.05
hereof to resolve the claim within 60 days following its receipt of Seller’s written objection. If Buyer fails to initiate an arbitration proceeding within such 60-day period, it will be deemed to have abandoned the claim and released its rights with respect to the specific subject matter of such claim.
(c)
Escrow Agent will hold and/or distribute any remaining Escrowed Shares (after deduction of amounts, if any, withdrawn and applied by Buyer pursuant to
S
ection
2.09(b)
) in accordance with the following:
(i)
If on the Escrow Termination Date there is any pending indemnification claim(s) asserted by Buyer or Parent under Article VII (a “
P
ending
C
lai
m
”), including (without limitation) any claim which Seller has objected to and Buyer has not abandoned pursuant to
S
ec
t
ion 2.09(b)
, a number of Escrowed Shares reasonably anticipated by Buyer and Seller to be necessary to satisfy such claim will be retained by Escrow Agent until such claim is resolved. On the Escrow Termination Date, Escrow Agent will distribute the remaining Escrowed Shares less the amount reserved for Pending Claims, as applicable, to Seller.
(ii)
If on the Escrow Termination Date there is no Pending Claim, Escrow Agent will distribute the remaining Escrowed Shares to Seller.
(iii)
Following the Escrow Termination Date, Pending Claims which are adjudicated or determined by arbitration in favor of Buyer or Parent, Escrow Agent will be distribute Escrowed Shares to Buyer in satisfaction of the claim. When no Pending Claims remain following the Escrow Termination Date, Escrow Agent will distribute the remaining Escrowed Shares following resolution of the Pending Claims existing on the Escrow Termination Date to Seller.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER AND CONTROLLING OWNERS
Seller and each Controlling Owner, jointly and severally, hereby represent and warrant to Buyer that:
S
ection
3.01
Orga
n
i
z
atio
n
.
(a)
Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all requisite power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Seller is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects (a “
Mate
r
i
a
l
A
dverse
Eff
ec
t
”) of the Business.
(b)
Seller does not have any direct or indirect subsidiaries, own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity or ownership interests in any other Person or have any direct or indirect equity or ownership interest in any business or other Person.
S
ection
3.02
Au
t
h
or
i
z
atio
n
. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby are within its organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action of Seller. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Seller and the Controlling Owners and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of them, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms.
S
ection
3.03
Gover
n
me
n
tal
Au
t
h
or
iz
atio
n
;
C
o
n
se
n
ts
.
(a)
The execution, delivery and performance by Seller and the Controlling Owners of this Agreement require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency, official or authority (a “
G
o
v
ern
m
ental
E
ntit
y
”)
.
(b)
Except as set forth on
Se
ction
3.03
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no consent, approval, waiver or other action by any Person (other than any Governmental Entity referred to in (a) above) under any contract, agreement, indenture, lease, instrument, or other document to which Seller or any Controlling Owner is a party or by which the Seller or any Controlling Owner is bound is required or necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Seller and the Controlling Owners or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
S
ection
3.04
N
o
n
-
C
o
n
trave
n
tio
n
. Except as set forth on
S
ection
3.
0
4
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, The execution, delivery and performance by Seller and the Controlling Owners of this Agreement do not and will not (i) contravene or conflict with the certificate of incorporation or constitution of Seller, (ii) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any law, regulation, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon or applicable to Seller or any Controlling Owner; (iii) constitute a default under or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation of Seller or any Controlling Owner or to a loss of any benefit to which Seller or any Controlling Owner is entitled under any provision of any agreement, contract, or other instrument binding upon Seller or any Controlling Owner or any license, franchise, permit or other similar authorization held by Seller or any Controlling Owner, except where such termination, cancellation, or acceleration would not have a Material Adverse effect on the Business, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Acquired Asset.
S
ection
3.05
Su
ffic
i
e
n
cy
of a
nd
T
itle
to
A
c
qu
ir
e
d
A
ssets
.
(a)
The Acquired Assets constitute, and on the Closing Date will constitute, all or the assets or property used or held for use by Seller in the Business.
(b)
Upon Closing, Buyer will have acquired good and marketable title in and to, or a valid leasehold interest in, each of the Acquired Assets, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens.
S
ection
3.06
F
i
n
a
n
cial
S
tate
m
e
n
ts
. Except as set forth in
S
ection
3.06
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the unaudited financial statements of operations for the Business taken as a whole for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012 and the three months ended March 31, 2013 (the “
Se
l
l
er
B
alan
c
e
S
heet
D
ate
”) previously delivered to Buyer fairly present, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (except as indicated in the notes thereto), the financial position of the Business taken as a whole as of the dates thereof and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended provided however the financial statements for the period ending on March 31, 2013 are subject to normal year-end adjustments (which shall not be material in the aggregate).
S
ection
3.07
Ab
se
n
ce
of
C
ertain
Ch
a
n
ges
. Except as set forth in
S
e
c
ti
o
n
3.07
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, since the Seller Balance Sheet Date, Seller has conducted the Business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices and have not:
(a)
suffered any material adverse change in the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Business;
(b)
sold, transferred, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of any Acquired Assets or any rights thereto (other than in the ordinary course of business);
(c)
declared, set aside or paid any dividend or other distribution with respect to any membership interest, or repurchased, redeemed or other acquired any outstanding membership interest or other securities or other ownership interests;
(d)
incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed money with respect to the Business;
(e)
permitted or allowed any of the Acquired Assets to be subjected to any Lien, other than Liens that will be released at or prior to the Closing;
(f)
made any loan, advance or capital contributions to or investment in any Person;
(g)
suffered any damage, destruction or other casualty loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting the Business or any Acquired Asset;
(h)
allowed any insurance policy covering the Business or the Acquired Assets to lapse or be cancelled or reduced the coverage or increased the deductible under any such insurance policy;
(i)
received any notice of termination of any Contract;
(j)
transferred or granted any rights under, or entered into any Contract regarding any Seller Technology or Intellectual Property Rights or similar rights (including, without limitation, any settlement regarding the breach or infringement or alleged breach or infringement thereof) or modified any existing rights with respect thereto;
(k)
instituted, been made a party to, settled or agreed to settle, any Proceeding or suffered any material adverse determination in any Proceeding;
(l)
made any transaction or commitment, or entered into any contract or agreement, relating to any Acquired Asset or the Business (including the acquisition or disposition of any assets) or relinquished any material contract or other right, other than transactions and commitments in the ordinary course consistent with past practices and those contemplated by this Agreement;
(m)
changed any method of accounting or accounting practice with respect to the Business, except for any such change after the date hereof required by reason of a concurrent change in generally accepted accounting principles;
(n)
(i) granted any severance or termination pay to any employee of the Business, (ii) entered into any employment, deferred compensation or other similar agreement (or any amendment to any such existing agreement) with any employee of the Business, (iii) increased benefits payable under an existing severance or termination pay policies or employment agreements or (iv) increased compensation, bonus or other benefits payable to employees of the Business; or
(o)
entered into any Contract or made any other commitment to take any of the types of actions described in paragraphs (a) through (n) above.
S
ection
3.08
N
o
Und
isclosed
L
ia
b
i
l
it
i
es
. Except as and to the extent set forth in
S
ection 3.08
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller has no material liabilities whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, other than:
(a)
Liabilities disclosed or provided for in the unaudited balance sheet of the Business as of March 31, 2013 (the “
S
ell
e
r
B
alance
S
h
eet
”) previously delivered to Buyer;
(b)
Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the Seller Balance Sheet Date, which were under the executory portion of any contract listed on Schedule 3.11(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule or which in the aggregate are not material to the Business; and
(c)
Liabilities not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be shown on the Seller Balance Sheet for reasons other than the contingent nature thereof or the difficulty of determining the amount thereof.
S
ection
3.09
P
ro
p
erti
e
s
. Seller has good and marketable title to, or in the case of leased property has valid leasehold interests in, all Acquired Assets (whether real or personal, tangible or intangible) reflected on the Seller Balance Sheet or acquired after the Seller Balance Sheet Date, except for properties and assets sold since the Seller Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or as contemplated by this Agreement. No Acquired Asset is subject to any Lien, except for Permitted Liens.
S
ection
3.10
L
itiga
t
io
n
.
S
ection
3
.
10
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all Proceedings currently or at any time within the last twenty-four months pending or to Seller’s Knowledge threatened against the Seller, the Business or involving the Acquired Assets. None of the matters set forth on
S
ection
3.10
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect of the Business.
S
ection
3.11
Mate
r
ial
C
o
n
tracts
.
(a)
Except for agreements, contracts, plans, leases, arrangements or commitments set forth in
S
ec
t
ion
3.11
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the Business, Seller is not a party to or subject to:
(i)
Any lease providing for annual rentals of $1,000 or more;
(ii)
Any contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets providing for annual payments of $1,000 or more;
(iii)
Any sales, distribution or other similar agreement providing for the sale of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets in excess of $1,000;
(iv)
Any partnership, joint venture or other similar contract or arrangement;
(v)
Any contract relating to indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset), except contracts relating to indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in an amount not exceeding $1,000;
(vi)
Any license agreement, franchise agreement or agreement in respect of similar rights granted to or held by Seller;
(vii)
Any agency, dealer, reseller, sales representative, affiliate or similar agreement;
(viii)
Any agreement, contract or commitment that imposes a restriction on Seller: (A) to compete with any other Person; (B) to acquire any product or other asset or any services from any other Person, to sell any product or other asset to or perform any services for any other Person or to transact business or deal in any other manner with any other Person; or (C) to develop or distribute any technology;
(ix)
Any agreement, contract or commitment: (A) granting exclusive rights to license, market, sell or deliver any of the products or services of Seller; or (B) otherwise contemplating an exclusive relationship between Seller and any other Person;
(x)
Any agreement, contract or commitment which is or relates to an agreement with or for the benefit of any affiliate of Seller; or
(xi)
Any other contract or commitment not made in the ordinary course of business that is material to the Business.
(b)
Seller has provided or otherwise made available to Buyer complete and accurate copies of all standard form agreements used by the Seller that relate to the Acquired Assets, including all customer agreements, development agreements, distributor or reseller agreements, employee agreements containing intellectual property assignments or licenses or confidentiality provisions, consulting or independent contractor agreements containing intellectual property assignments or licenses or confidentiality provisions, and confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements.
S
ection
3.11
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Contracts entered into by the Seller that include deviations from such standard form agreements.
(c)
Seller has provided to Buyer complete and accurate copies of all Contracts identified in
S
ec
t
ion
3.11
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, including all amendments or modifications thereto. There is no Contract (or amendment or modification thereto) that is not in written form. Each agreement, contract, plan, lease, arrangement and commitment required to be disclosed on
S
ection
3.11
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule is a valid and binding agreement of Seller and to Seller’s knowledge is in full force and effect, and neither Seller nor to Seller’s knowledge any other party thereto is in default in any material respect under the terms of any such agreement, contract, plan, lease, arrangement or commitment, nor to the knowledge of Seller, has any event or circumstance occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute any event of default thereunder. Except as set forth on
S
ection
3.11
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under each Contract prior to the Closing.
(d)
Except as set forth on
S
ection
3.
1
1
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not afford any other party the right to terminate, modify, or exercise any right to increased or accelerated performance under, any Contract and (ii) none of the Contracts (A) contains a provision preventing, prohibiting or requiring any consent or notice in connection with the transfer or assignment of such Contract to Buyer or (B) contains a “change of control” or similar provision triggered by the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
S
ection
3.12
L
ice
n
se
a
n
d
P
ermi
t
s
.
S
ection
3
.
12
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule correctly describes each license, franchise, permit or other similar authorization affecting, or relating in any way to, the Business, together with the name of the Governmental Entity issuing such license or permit (the “
P
er
m
its
”).
Except as set forth on
S
e
ct
ion
3.12
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, such Permits are valid and in full force and effect and are transferable by Seller, and none of the Permits will be terminated or impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. Upon consummation of such transactions, to Seller’s knowledge Buyer will have all right, title and interest to all such Permits.
S
ection
3.13
I
n
s
u
ra
n
ce
.
S
ection
3.13
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all insurance policies and fidelity bonds covering the Acquired Assets, the business and operations of the Business and its employees. There is no claim pending under any of such policies or bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies or bonds. All premiums payable under all such policies and bonds have been paid and Seller is otherwise in full compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all such policies and bonds. Such policies of insurance and bonds (or other policies and bonds providing substantially similar insurance coverage) are in effective for the coverage periods set forth in
S
chedule
3.13
and will remain in full force and effect through the Closing Date. Such policies of insurance and bonds are of the type and in amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting businesses similar to the Business. Seller does not have knowledge of any threatened termination of, or premium increase with respect to, any of such policies or bonds.
S
ection
3.14
C
om
p
lia
n
ce
w
ith
L
a
w
s
. Seller is not in violation of, has violated, or to Seller’s knowledge, is under investigation with respect to or has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, any law, rule, ordinance or regulation, or judgment, order or decree entered by any court, arbitrator or Governmental Entity applicable to the Acquired Assets or Seller’s conduct of the Business.
S
ection
3.15
I
n
tel
l
ect
u
a
l
P
ro
p
erty
.
(a)
S
ection
3.
1
5(a)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all Registered IP owned by or filed in the name of Seller.
(b)
S
ection
3.
1
5(b)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all Intellectual Property Rights or Technology licensed to Seller (other than non- customized, executable code, internal use software licenses for software that is not incorporated into, or used directly in the development, manufacturing, or distribution of, the Seller’s products or services and that is generally available on standard terms for less than $1,000 and used in the Business), and the corresponding Contracts in which such Intellectual Property Rights or Technology is licensed to the Seller.
(c)
S
ection
3.
1
5(c)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all Contracts in which any third party has been granted any license under, or otherwise transferred or conveyed any right or interest in, any Business IP Rights (other than non-exclusive, internal use licenses granted to end user customers in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Seller’s standard form of customer agreement provided to Buyer).
(d)
To Seller’s knowledge, neither Seller nor any product, information, or service included in the Acquired Assets or the Seller Business IP Rights has ever infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party. There are no pending or to Seller’s knowledge threatened infringement, misappropriation or similar claims or Proceedings against Seller or to Seller’s knowledge against any other Person who would be entitled to indemnification by Seller for any such claim or Proceeding. Neither Seller nor any direct or indirect subsidiary of Seller has ever received any notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise) of any actual, alleged, possible, potential or suspected infringement or misappropriation of any third party’s Intellectual Property Rights by Seller or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Seller or by any product or service developed, manufactured, distributed, provided or sold by or on behalf of Seller or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Seller.
(e)
To Seller’s knowledge, no third party has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, and no third party is currently infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating, any Business IP Rights.
(f)
Seller exclusively owns, and as of Closing, Buyer will exclusively own, free and clear of all Liens, all right, title, interest in and to the Business IP Rights, and the Business IP Rights include all Intellectual Property Rights and Technology needed to operate the Business as currently conducted.
(g)
Neither the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will result in, or give any other Person the right or option to cause or declare: (i) a loss of, or Lien or restriction on, any of the Business IP Rights; (ii) the release or delivery of any of the Business IP Rights to any other Person; or (iii) the grant, assignment or transfer to any other Person of any license or other right or interest under, to or in any of the Business IP Rights.
(h)
To Seller’s knowledge, none of the software (including firmware and other software embedded in hardware devices) owned, developed (or currently being developed), used, marketed, distributed, licensed or sold by Seller or included in the Acquired Assets (collectively, the “
Se
ll
e
r
S
o
f
t
w
are
”) contains any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other code designed or intended to have, or capable of performing, any of the following functions: (i) disrupting, disabling, harming or otherwise impeding in any manner the operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed; or (ii) damaging or destroying any data or file without the user’s consent.
(i)
Except as and to the extent set forth on
S
ec
t
i
o
n
3.11(
i
)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, to Seller’s knowledge, no Seller Software contains, is derived from, or is distributed with or developed using any “open source” code in a manner that: (i) imposes or could impose a requirement or condition that any Seller Software or part thereof: (A) be disclosed or distributed in source code form; (B) be licensed for the purpose of making modifications or derivative works; or (C) be redistributable at no charge; or (ii) imposes or purports to impose a requirement or condition that Seller grant any license, covenant not to sue or other right under or with respect to any Business IP Rights.
(j)
S
ection
3.
1
5(j
) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains each Seller Privacy Policy in effect at any time and identifies, with respect to each Seller Privacy Policy: (i) the period of time during which such privacy policy was or has been in effect; (ii) whether the terms of a later Seller Privacy Policy apply to the data or information collected under such privacy policy; and (iii) if applicable, the mechanism (such as opt-in, opt-out or notice only) used to apply a later Seller Privacy Policy to data or information previously collected under such privacy policy. Seller has complied at all times with all of the Seller Privacy Policies and with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to privacy, User Data or Personal Data (including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, 15 U.S.C. § 6501 et seq.). Seller has collected, stored, processed, transferred and deleted user data and Personal Data using commercially reasonable technical means designed to ensure the security and integrity of the user data and personal data. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements referred to in this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any such other agreements, nor Buyer’s possession or use of the user data or any data or information in the Seller Databases as permitted by or in accordance with the applicable Seller Privacy Policy, will result in any violation of any Seller Privacy Policy or any requirement of applicable law, rules or regulations pertaining to privacy, user data or personal data in effect as of the Closing.
(k)
S
ection
3.
1
5(k
) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule identifies and describes each distinct electronic or other database containing (in whole or in part) Personal Data maintained by or for Seller at any time (the “
S
ell
e
r
D
a
t
ab
a
ses
”), the types of personal data in each such database, and the security policies that have been adopted and maintained with respect to each such database. To Seller’s knowledge, there has been no unauthorized or illegal use of or access to any user data or personal data or any of the data or information in any of the Seller Databases. Seller is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, ordinances and regulations pertaining to data security.
(l)
S
ection
3.
1
5(l
) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule identifies and describes each social media presence maintained by or for Seller at any time, and the passwords and other account management information with respect to each such social media presence.
S
ection
3.16
E
m
p
loyees
.
(a)
Seller has no and has never had any employees.
S
ec
ti
on
3.16
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of the names, titles, annual wage rates for and other compensation of all consultants to the Seller. Except as set forth on
S
ec
t
ion 3.16
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller has no employment contract, agreement regarding proprietary information, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, confidentiality agreement, or any other similar contract or restrictive covenant, relating to the right of any employee or consultant of the Business.
(b)
In the conduct of the Business, Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all federal, state or other applicable laws, respecting employment and employment practices (including, without limitation, all laws pertaining to terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, employee classification, discrimination, affirmative action, civil rights, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and similar state laws (collectively, the “WARN Act”), occupational safety and health, collective bargaining, immigration, workers’ compensation and the collection, payment and withholding of Taxes) (except for violations or failures to comply which are not reasonably likely to result in penalties in excess of $5,000 in the aggregate), and have not received notice of, and are not engaged in, any unfair labor practice. Seller has not incurred any liability or obligation under the WARN Act in connection with the conduct of the Business that remains unsatisfied.
(c)
To Seller’s knowledge, no unfair labor practice complaint arising out of or relating to the conduct of the Business is pending before the National Labor Relations Board.
(d)
There is no labor strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage involving any employees of the Business actually pending against or affecting the Seller.
(e)
Except as set forth in
S
ection
3.
1
6
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, there are not, and in the past three years have not been, any material claims, grievances or arbitration proceedings, workers’ compensation proceedings, labor disputes (including charges of violations of any federal, state or local laws or regulations relating to current or former employees (including retirees) or current or former applicants for employment), governmental investigations, administrative proceedings or other Proceedings of any kind pending or threatened against Seller, in each case that relate to the conduct of the Business by Seller, the Seller’s employment practices, or operations as they pertain to conditions of employment; nor is Seller subject to any order or decree arising from any such matter.
(f)
No collective bargaining agreement covering any employee of the Business is currently in existence or is being negotiated by Seller. As of the date of this Agreement, no labor organization has been certified or recognized as the representative of any employees of Seller or is actively seeking such certification or recognition.
(g)
Except as set forth on
S
ection
3.
1
6
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller’s Contracts, if any, with temporary personnel agencies providing personnel to perform services for the Business represent bona-fide, arm’s-length agreements and the personnel provided by such agencies to perform services for the Business are not the Seller’s employees for purposes of any federal, state or local laws, including laws pertaining to tax withholding, provision of benefits or union representation. To the extent any Person performing services for the Business has not properly been treated by Seller as an employee in the past, any amount due such person if such person had been considered and treated as an employee of Seller shall be an Excluded Liability.
(h)
Except as set forth in
S
ection
3.
1
6
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, at the Closing, all salaries, wages, vacation pay, bonuses, commissions and other compensation due from Seller will have been paid.
(i)
Except as set forth in
Se
ction
3.16
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller does not have, or contribute to, any pension, profit-sharing, option, other incentive plan, or any other type of Employee Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended), or have any obligation to or customary arrangement with employees for bonuses, incentive compensation, vacations, severance pay, sick pay, sick leave, insurance, service award, relocation, disability, tuition refund, or other benefits, whether oral or written. Neither Seller nor any of its affiliates has incurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or other liability.
(j)
No employee of Seller will become entitled to any retirement, severance or similar benefit or enhanced benefit solely as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.
S
ection
3.17
En
viro
n
me
n
tal
C
om
pl
ia
n
ce
.
Seller has obtained all material approvals, authorization, certificates, consents, licenses, orders and permits or other similar authorizations of all governmental authorities, or from any other person, that are required under any Environmental Laws in connection with the Business. To Seller’s knowledge, there are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances, incidents, actions or omissions relating to or in any way affecting the Business or any Acquired Asset that violate or may violate any Environmental Law after the Closing Date or that may give rise to any environmental liability, or otherwise form the basis of any claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, hearing, study or investigation (i) under any Environmental Law, or (ii) based on or related to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage (including without limitation underground storage tanks), disposal, transport or handling, or the emission, discharge, release or threatened release of any hazardous substance.
S
ection
3.18
T
ax
Matte
r
s
. Except as set forth in
S
ection
3.
1
8
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule:
(a)
All Tax returns required to be filed by or on behalf of Seller have been timely and properly filed and are true, accurate and complete in all material respects.
(b)
Seller has timely paid all Taxes, and all interest and penalties due thereon and payable by them for the Pre-Closing Tax Period which will have been required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date, the non-payment of which would result in a Lien on any Acquired Asset, would otherwise adversely affect the Business or would result in Buyer becoming liable or responsible therefore.
(c)
Seller has established, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of preceding periods, adequate reserves for the payment of, and will timely pay all Tax liabilities, assessments, interest and penalties which arise from or with respect to the Acquired Assets or the operation of the Business and are incurred in or attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, the non-payment of which would result in a Lien on any Acquired Asset, would otherwise adversely affect the Business or would result in Buyer becoming liable or responsible therefore.
S
ection
3.19
Cu
stomer
s
.
S
ection
3.19
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all active customers of the Business and, for each such customer and lists all agreements or other arrangements between Seller and the customers. Seller has not received within the last ninety
(90)
days any written, oral or other notice (including by email, text message or otherwise) that any active customer of the Business expects or intends to cease doing business with Seller, reduce the amount of business such customer does with Seller or modify its relationship with Seller in a manner adverse to Seller.
S
ection
3.20
B
ooks
a
n
d
R
ecor
d
s
.
The records and documents of Seller accurately reflect in all material respects the information relating to the Business, the location of the Acquired Assets, and the nature of all transactions giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable of the Business.
S
ection
3.21
F
i
nd
ers’
Fe
es
. There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Seller who might be entitled to any fee or commission from Buyer or Parent or any of their respective affiliates upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
S
ection
3.22
Ab
se
n
ce
of
C
ertain
R
elatio
n
s
h
i
p
s
.
Except as set forth in
S
ection
3.22
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, to Seller’s knowledge, none of (a) Seller or any Controlling Owner, (b) any executive officer of Seller, or (c) any member of the immediate family of the Persons listed in (a) through (b) of this sentence, has any financial or employment interest in any material subcontractor, supplier, or customer of the Business (other than holdings in publicly held companies of less than 2% of the outstanding capital stock of any such publicly held company).
S
ection
3.23
N
o
Q
u
esti
o
n
a
b
le
P
ayme
n
ts
. Neither Seller nor any director, officer, agent, employee, or other person associated with, or acting on behalf of, Seller, nor any member of Seller has, directly or indirectly: used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment, or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, or other unlawful payment.
S
ection
3.24
C
om
p
lete
ne
ss
of
D
i
s
cl
o
s
u
re
. To Seller’s knowledge, no representation or warranty by Seller or the Controlling Owners in this Agreement contains or, and at the Closing Date will contain, an untrue statement of material fact or omits or, at the Closing Date, will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made not misleading.
S
ection
3.25
I
n
vestme
n
t
R
e
p
rese
n
t
a
tio
n
s a
n
d
C
ove
n
a
n
ts
.
(a)
Seller is acquiring the Acquiror Securities for investment for its own account and not with a view to distribution or resale thereof, and it will not sell or otherwise transfer the Acquiror Securities except in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
C
o
m
m
ission
”) and all applicable provisions of state securities laws and regulations. Seller further acknowledges that it understands the foregoing to mean that it will not sell or otherwise transfer any Acquiror Securities unless such securities are registered under the Securities Act and any other applicable federal or state securities laws, or it obtains an opinion of counsel satisfactory to Parent (both as to the issuer of the opinion and the form and substance thereof) that the Acquiror Securities may be transferred in reliance on an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of such laws.
(b)
Seller understands that acquisition of the Acquiror Securities is a speculative investment involving a high degree of risk of the loss, and it is qualified by knowledge and experience to evaluate investments of this type. It further acknowledges that it has carefully considered the potential risks relating to an investment in the Acquiror Securities.
(c)
Seller is able to bear the economic risk of losing its entire investment in the Acquiror Securities.
(d)
Seller understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state and, as a result thereof, are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer. It further acknowledges that the certificate or certificates representing the Acquiror Securities shall bear a legend in substantially the form set forth in
S
ec
t
ion 2.07
hereof.
(e)
Seller has made an independent examination and investigation of an investment in the Acquiror Securities and Parent and has depended on the advice of its legal and financial advisors and agrees that neither Parent nor Buyer will be responsible in anyway whatsoever for Seller’s decision to invest in the Acquiror Securities and Parent. Seller has been afforded access to all material information (including, without limitation, Parent’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the Commission on March 21, 2013 and all other reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed by Parent with the Commission) that it has requested relevant to its decision to acquire the Acquiror Securities and to ask questions of Parent’s management. Seller further acknowledges that, except as set forth herein, neither Parent nor Buyer nor anyone acting on behalf of Parent or Buyer has made any representations or warranties (written or oral) to Seller or any Controlling Owner (or any person acting on their behalf) which have induced, persuaded, or stimulated it to acquire the Acquiror Securities, including (without limitation) as to the future price or value of the Acquiror Securities.
(e)
Seller is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act. Either alone, or together with its investment advisor(s), Seller has the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Acquiror Securities, and Seller is and will be able to bear the economic risk of the investment in such Acquiror Securities.
(f)
Seller understands and agrees not to engage in any hedging transactions involving any of the Acquiror Securities unless such transactions are in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and in each case only in accordance with applicable state securities laws.
S
ection
3.26
N
o
Ot
h
er
R
e
p
rese
n
tatio
n
s
a
n
d
Warra
n
ties
. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article III (including the related portions of the Seller Disclosure Schedules), neither Seller, Controlling Owners nor any other Person has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of Seller, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Business and the Acquired Assets furnished or made available to Buyer or Parent (including any information, documents or material delivered to Buyer or Parent, management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the transactions contemplated hereby) or as to the future revenue, profitability or success of the Business, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in law.
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER AND PARENT
Except as disclosed in Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (“Qualifying SEC Report”) (other than (i) any information that is contained solely in the “Risk Factors” section of such Qualifying SEC Report, except to the extent such information contained in the “Risk Factors” section of such Qualifying SEC Report consists of factual historical statements, and (ii) any forward-looking statements, or other statements that are similarly predictive or forward-looking in nature, contained in such Qualifying SEC Report) or as set forth in
S
chedule
4.08
hereto, Buyer and Parent hereby represent and warrant to Seller and Controlling Owners as follows:
S
ection
4.01
Orga
n
i
z
atio
n
. Each of Parent and Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted, except in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect on either Parent or Buyer.
S
ection
4.02
C
or
p
orate
Au
t
h
or
i
z
atio
n
. The execution, delivery and performance by each of Parent and Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by each of Parent and Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby are within their respective corporate powers and will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of each of Parent and Buyer. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Buyer and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of Parent and Buyer, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms.
S
ection
4.03
Gover
n
me
n
tal
Au
t
h
or
iz
atio
n
;
C
o
n
se
n
ts
.
(a)
The execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Buyer of this Agreement require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Entity.
(b)
No consent, approval, waiver or other action by an Person (other than any Governmental Entity referred to in (a) above) under any contract, agreement, indenture, lease, instrument, or other document to which Parent or Buyer is a party or by which it is bound is required or necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent or Buyer or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
S
ection
4.04
N
o
n
-
C
o
n
trave
n
tio
n
. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Buyer of this Agreement do not and will not (i) contravene or conflict with the articles of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or Buyer, or (ii) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any law, regulation, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon or applicable to Parent or Buyer.
S
ection
4.05
L
itiga
t
io
n
. There is no action, suit, investigation, proceeding, review pending against, or to the knowledge of Parent and Buyer threatened against or affecting, Parent or Buyer before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Entity which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or materially delay the transactions contemplated hereby.
S
ection
4.06
F
i
nd
ers’
Fe
es
. There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Parent or Buyer who might be entitled to any fee or commission from Controlling Owners, Seller, or any of its affiliates upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
S
ection
4.07
V
ali
d
ity
o
f
P
are
nt
Sh
ares
to
b
e
I
s
s
u
e
d
. The Parent Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are validly authorized and, when such Parent Shares have been duly delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar right of stockholder. When the Parent Shares have been duly delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such Parent Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.
S
ection
4.08
C
a
p
itali
z
atio
n
;
I
nd
e
b
t
edn
ess
. The authorized capital stock of the Buyer consists of (i) 150,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock. As of the date hereof, 23,293,117 shares of Parent Common Stock were issued and outstanding. There are no issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (i) shares of capital stock of or other voting securities of or ownership interests in the Parent that were issued by the Parent, (ii) securities of Parent convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other voting securities of or ownership interests in Parent, (iii) warrants, calls, options or other rights, in each case, to acquire from Parent, or other obligation of Parent to issue, any capital stock or other voting securities or ownership interests in or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or other voting securities or ownership interests in Parent or (iv) restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights, in each case, that were issued by Parent and that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock or voting securities of Parent (the items in clauses (i) through (iv) being referred to collectively as the “
P
arent
S
ecur
i
tie
s
”). There are no outstanding obligations of Parent to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Parent Securities. Parent is not a party to any voting agreement with respect to the voting of any Parent Securities. Parent has not, during the period from December 31, 2012 to the date of this Agreement, issued any Parent Securities, other than upon the exercise of options or warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2012. Parent has made available to Seller a complete and correct copy of each loan or credit agreement, mortgage, promissory note, or indenture evidencing indebtedness of the Parent.
S
ection
4.09
N
o
Ot
h
er
R
e
p
rese
n
tatio
n
s
a
n
d
Warra
n
ties
. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article IV , neither Parent or Buyer nor any other Person has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of Parent or Buyer, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding Parent or Buyer furnished or made available to Seller (including any information, documents or material delivered to Seller, management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the transactions contemplated hereby) or as to the future revenue, profitability or success of Parent or Buyer, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in law.
S
ection
5.01
C
ove
n
a
n
ts
of
S
el
l
er
a
nd
t
he
C
o
n
trol
l
i
ng
Own
ers
. Seller and each Controlling Owner agree that:
(a)
N
o
I
n
co
n
siste
n
t
A
ctio
n
s
. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Closing Date, Seller will not (i) take or agree or commit to take any action that would make any representation and warranty of Seller inaccurate in any respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Closing Date, or (ii) omit or agree or commit to omit to take any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate in any respect at any such time.
(b)
C
o
n
fi
d
e
n
ti
a
lity
. Prior to the Closing Date and after any termination of this Agreement, Seller and its affiliates will hold, and will use best efforts to cause their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law, all confidential documents and information concerning Parent or Buyer furnished to Seller or its affiliates in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (i) previously known on a nonconfidential basis by Seller, (ii) in the public domain through no fault of Seller or
(iii)
later lawfully acquired by Seller from sources other than Parent and Buyer;
provided
that Seller may disclose such information to its officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement so long as such Persons are informed by Seller of the confidential nature of such information and are directed by Seller to treat such information confidentially. The obligation of Seller and its affiliates to hold such information in confidence shall be satisfied if they exercise the same care with respect to such information as they would take to preserve the confidentiality of their own similar information. If this Agreement is terminated, Seller and its affiliates will, and will use best efforts to cause their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to, destroy or deliver to Buyer, upon request, all documents and other materials, and all copies thereof, obtained by Seller and its affiliates or on their behalf from Parent or Buyer in connection with this Agreement that are subject to such confidence.
(c)
A
ccess
to
I
n
forma
t
i
o
n
. Upon reasonable written notice and subject to restrictions contained in confidentiality agreements to which such party is subject (from which such party shall use reasonable efforts to be released), Seller shall afford to the officers, employees, accountants, counsel and other representatives of Buyer, access, during normal business hours during the period prior to the Closing, to Seller’s properties, books, contracts, commitments and records to the extent relating to the Acquired Assets and, during such period, Seller shall furnish promptly to the other all information concerning the Acquired Assets as Buyer may reasonably request. Unless otherwise required by law or court order, Buyer will hold any such information which is nonpublic in confidence until such time as such information otherwise becomes publicly available through no wrongful act of Buyer, and in the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason Buyer shall promptly return all nonpublic documents obtained from Seller, and any copies or summaries made of such documents, to Seller.
(d)
N
o
n
com
p
etitio
n
.
(i)
Each of Seller and each Controlling Owner agrees that for a period of three full years following the Closing Date, neither Seller nor any Controlling Owner nor any of their respective affiliates will (x) engage, either directly or indirectly, as a principal or for his own account or solely or jointly with others, or as an equity interest holder in (except as a passive investor and in any event with not more than a ten percent (10%) equity interest) or lender to, in any business that competes with the Business as it exists on the Closing Date anywhere in the world; (y) directly or indirectly solicit or induce any Person that was a customer or supplier or active prospective customer or supplier of the Business as of the Closing to terminate its business relationship with Buyer or to patronize any business directly in competition with the Business anywhere in the world or (z) employ or solicit, or receive or accept the performance of services by, any employee currently employed by the Business, other than for the activities specifically identified in
S
chedule 5
.
01(d)
.
(ii)
Each of Seller and each Controlling Owner acknowledges and agrees that (a) Seller is selling the goodwill related to the Business to Buyer in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the relationships that the Business has with its customers, and suppliers are significant relationships necessary for Buyer to continue to conduct the Business, (c) the Business has an international scope, and (d) Buyer has a reasonable, necessary and legitimate business interest in protecting the aforesaid assets and relationships, and that the covenants set forth in this
S
ection
5
.
01(d)
are reasonable in scope, duration and geographic area, and are necessary in order to protect these legitimate business interests. Each of Seller and each Controlling Owner also acknowledges and agrees that the covenants it or he makes herein will not prevent it or he from practicing its or his profession for clients in any industry other than those covered by the Business or as permitted herein, and that its or his skills and expertise are transferable to serve clients operating in other industries. Further, each of Seller and each Controlling Owner has been advised by the Buyer that the covenants and agreements set forth in this
S
ec
t
ion
5.01(d)
are a material reason Buyer has agreed to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(iii)
If any provision contained in this
Se
ct
i
on
5.01(d)
shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of this Section, but this Section shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. It is the intention of the parties that if any of the restrictions or covenants contained herein is held to cover a geographic area or to be for a length of time which is not permitted by applicable law, or in any way construed too broad or to any extent invalid, such provision shall not be construed to be null, void and of no effect, but to the extent such provision would be valid or enforceable under applicable law, a court of competent jurisdiction shall construe and interpret or reform this Section to provide for a covenant having the maximum enforceable geographic area, time period and other provisions (not greater than those contained herein) as shall be valid and enforceable under applicable law. Each of Seller and each Controlling Owner acknowledges that Buyer would be irreparably harmed by any breach of this Section and that there would be no adequate remedy at law or in damages to compensate Buyer for any such breach. Seller and the Controlling Owner agree that Buyer shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief requiring specific performance by Seller and the Controlling Owners of this Section, and each of Seller and each Controlling Owner consents to entry thereof.
(e)
Aud
it
C
oo
p
eratio
n
. Seller will use its best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably requested by Parent or Buyer to assist Parent and Buyer in their completion of their audit of the financial statements of the Business, which is expected to be completed within 75 days following the Closing. Without limiting the foregoing, Seller will (i) provide to Parent and Buyer a complete set of financial statements with all entries necessary to close the books and present the statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP having been posted along with all schedules necessary to support the balances in the statements, (ii) fulfill the financial statement auditor request list which will be provided by Buyer and (iii) make available to Parent and Buyer a qualified accounting professional to respond to auditor inquiries and requests for source documents through the duration of the audit.
(f)
T
ra
n
sition
of
Cu
stom
e
r
R
elatio
nsh
i
p
s
. Seller will take, or cause to be taken, at Buyer’s cost, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably requested by Parent or Buyer to assist Parent and Buyer in their transitioning to Buyer (as promptly as practicable following the Closing) any customer relationships that are the subject of an Excluded Contract.
S
ection
5.02
C
ove
n
a
n
ts of
Bu
yer
. Buyer agrees that:
(a)
N
o
I
n
co
n
siste
n
t
A
ctio
n
s
. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Closing Date, Parent and Buyer will not (i) take or agree or commit to take any action that would make any representation and warranty of Parent or Buyer inaccurate in any respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Closing Date or (ii) omit or agree or commit to omit to take any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate in any respect at any such time.
(b)
C
o
n
fi
d
e
n
ti
a
lity
. Prior to the Closing Date and after any termination of this Agreement, Buyer and its affiliates (including Parent) will hold, and will use best efforts to cause their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law, all confidential documents and information concerning Seller or the Acquired Assets furnished to Buyer or its affiliates in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (i) previously known on a nonconfidential basis by Buyer, (ii) in the public domain through no fault of Buyer or (iii) later lawfully acquired by Buyer from sources other than Seller;
provided
that Parent and Buyer may disclose such information to their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to their respective financing sources so long as such Persons are informed by Buyer of the confidential nature of such information and are directed by Buyer to treat such information confidentially. The obligation of Buyer and its affiliates to hold such information in confidence shall be satisfied if they exercise the same care with respect to such information as they would take to preserve the confidentiality of their own similar information. If this Agreement is terminated, Buyer and its affiliates will, and will use best efforts to cause their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to, destroy or deliver to Seller, upon request, all documents and other materials, and all copies thereof, obtained by Buyer and its affiliates or on their behalf from Seller in connection with this Agreement that are subject to such confidence.
S
ection
5.03
C
ove
n
a
n
ts of
A
ll
P
ar
ti
es
. Each party agrees that:
(a)
B
est
E
ffor
t
s
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto agrees to use its best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, 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. The parties each agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b)
C
ertain
F
i
lin
gs
. The parties will cooperate with one another (i) in determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Entity is require or any actions, consents, approvals or waivers are required to be obtained from parties to any material contracts, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) in taking such actions or making any such filings, furnishing information required in connection therewith and seeking timely to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers.
(c)
Pub
lic
An
no
un
ceme
n
t
s
. Seller and the Controlling Owner understand that Parent is a publicly traded corporation, and that the disclosure of information concerning Parent and its business affairs and financial condition is strictly regulated by the Commission and other legal and administrative bodies. Accordingly, Seller and the Controlling Owner hereby agree (i) that Parent may make or disseminate any public statement, press release or other disclosure concerning this Agreement, any schedule or exhibit attached hereto, or the transactions and relationships contemplated hereby and thereby as it deems necessary to comply with applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, the filing of this Agreement and its exhibits and schedules) and (ii) to take reasonable measures not to make or disseminate any public statement, press release or other disclosure concerning this Agreement, any schedule or exhibit attached hereto, or the transactions and relationships contemplated hereby and thereby, without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion).
(d)
N
otices
. Each of the parties shall give prompt notice to the other party of: (i) any notice of, or other communication relating to, a default or event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would become a default, received by it or any of its subsidiaries subsequent to the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing, under any agreement, indenture or instrument material to the financial condition, properties, businesses or results of operations of it and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party or is subject; and (ii) any notice or other communication from any third party alleging that the consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which consent, if required, would breach the representations contained in
A
rti
c
les
I
II
and
I
V
.
(e)
T
ax
C
oo
p
e
r
atio
n
;
A
ll
o
c
ation
of
T
a
xes
.
(i)
Seller and Buyer agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to each other, upon request, as promptly as practicable, such information and assistance relating to the Acquired Assets and the Business as is reasonably necessary for the filing of all Tax returns, and making of any election related to Taxes, the preparation for any audit by any taxing authority, and the prosecution or defense of any claim, suit or proceeding relating to any Tax return. Seller and Buyer shall cooperate with each other in the conduct of any audit or other proceeding related to Taxes involving the Business and each shall execute and deliver such powers of attorney and other documents as are necessary to carry out the intent of this
S
ection 5.
0
3(e)
.
(ii)
All real property, personal property and similar ad valorem obligations levied with respect to the Acquired Assets for a taxable period which includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date shall be apportioned between Seller and Buyer as of the Closing Date based on the number of days of such taxable period included in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the number of days of such taxable period included in the Post-Closing Tax Period. Seller shall be liable for the proportionate amount of such taxes that is attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, and Buyer shall be liable for the proportionate amount of such taxes that is attributable to the Post-Closing Tax Period. Within 90 days after the Closing, Seller and Buyer shall present a statement to the other setting forth the amount of reimbursement to which each is entitled under this
S
ec
t
ion
5.03(e)
together with such supporting evidence as is reasonably necessary to calculate the proration amount. The proration amount shall be paid by the party owing it to the other within 30 days after receipt of such statement by certified mail, express mail or personal service. Thereafter, Seller shall notify Buyer upon receipt of any bill for real or personal property taxes relating to the Acquired Assets, part or all of which are attributable to the Post-Closing Period, and shall promptly deliver such bill to Buyer who shall pay the same to the appropriate taxing authority, provided that if such bill covers the Pre-Tax Closing Period, Seller shall also remit prior to the due date of assessment to Buyer payment for the proportionate amount of such bill that is attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period. In the event that either Seller or Buyer shall thereafter make a payment for which it is entitled to reimbursement under this
S
e
ct
ion
5.03(
e
)
, the other party shall make such reimbursement promptly, but in no event later than 30 days after the presentation of a statement setting forth the amount of reimbursement to which the presenting party is entitled along with such supporting evidence as is reasonably necessary to calculate the amount of reimbursement. Any payment required under this Section and not made within 30 days after receipt of the statement by certified mail, express mail or personal service shall bear interest at a rate of 10% per annum.
(iii)
Any transfer, documentary, sales, use or other Taxes assessed upon or with respect to the transfer of the Acquired Assets to Buyer and any recording or filing fees with respect thereto shall be the responsibility of Seller.
(f)
E
m
p
loyee
Matt
e
rs
. On the Closing Date, Buyer and Key Individual will enter into an employment agreement in the form attached hereto as
E
xhibit
C
.
ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS
S
ection
6.01
C
o
nd
itio
ns
to
E
ach
P
arty's
O
b
liga
t
io
n
s
. The obligation of each party to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)
All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of, or declarations or filings with, or expirations or terminations of waiting periods imposed by, any Governmental Entity, and all required third party consents (as set forth on
S
ection
3
.
03
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule), shall have been filed, occurred or been obtained.
(b)
No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any court or governmental authority which prohibits the consummation of the Closing and shall be in effect.
S
ection
6.02
C
o
nd
itio
n
s
to
O
b
lig
a
t
io
n
s
of
P
a
r
e
nt
a
nd
Bu
yer
. The obligations of Parent and Buyer to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the following further conditions:
(a)
The representations and warranties of Seller and the Controlling Owners set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement, and shall also be true in all material respects (except for such changes as are contemplated by the terms of this Agreement and such changes as would be required to be made in the exhibits to this Agreement if such schedules were to speak as of the Closing Date) on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date.
(b)
Each of Seller and each Controlling Owner shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it or him under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c)
Buyer shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer(s) of Seller confirming
S
ections 6.02(a)
and (b)
.
(d)
Buyer shall have received (i) resolutions duly adopted by the members of Seller approving the execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other necessary or proper organizational action to enable Seller to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) all other documents it may reasonably request relating to the existence of Seller and the authority of Seller for this Agreement, all in form and substance reasonable satisfactory to Buyer.
S
ection
6.03
C
o
nd
itio
ns
to
O
b
lig
a
tion
of
Se
ller
. The obligation of Seller to consummate the Closing is subject to the following further conditions:
(a)
The representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement, and shall also be true in all material respects (except for such changes as are contemplated by the terms of this Agreement and such changes as would be required to be made in the exhibits to this Agreement if such schedules were to speak as of the Closing Date) on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date.
(b)
Parent and Buyer shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c)
Seller shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of each of Parent and Buyer confirming
Section 6.0
3
(
a) and (
b
)
.
(d)
Seller shall have received (i) resolutions duly adopted by the Boards of Directors of Parent and Buyer approving the execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other necessary or proper corporate action to enable Buyer to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) all other documents it may reasonably request relating to the existence of Parent and Buyer and the authority of Parent and Buyer for this Agreement, all in form and substance reasonable satisfactory to Seller.
ARTICLE VII
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION
S
ection
7.01
Su
rvival
. Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and shall remain in full force and effect until the date that is twelve (12) months from the Closing Date; provided, however, that the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.01 – 3.04, 3.05(b), 3.15 and 3.18 and 4.01 – 4.04 (the “
F
unda
m
e
ntal
R
ep
r
es
e
nta
t
ions
”) shall survive the Closing and shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations (including any extensions thereto). None of the covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date other than those which by their terms contemplate performance after the Closing Date, and each such surviving covenant and agreement shall survive the Closing for the period contemplated by its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice form the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of such survival period and such claims shall survive until finally resolved.
Section 7.02
I
nd
em
n
if
ic
atio
n
.
(a)
Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article VII, Seller and each Controlling Owner shall indemnify Parent and Buyer against and agrees to hold them harmless from any and all damage, loss, liability and expense (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with any action, suit or proceeding) (“
D
a
m
ages
”) incurred or suffered by Parent or Buyer arising out of: (i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Seller or Controlling Owners contained in this Agreement; (ii) any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Seller or any Controlling Owner pursuant to this Agreement; or (iii) the failure of Seller to perform any Excluded Liability or any obligation or liability of the Business relating to the Excluded Assets.
(b)
Subject to the other terms and conditions of this
Ar
ti
c
le
V
II
, each of Buyer and Parent, jointly and severally, shall indemnify Seller and Controlling Owners against and agrees to hold them harmless from any and all Damages incurred or suffered by Seller arising out of (i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Buyer or Parent contained in this Agreement; (ii) any breach or non- fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Buyer or Parent pursuant to this Agreement; or (iii) the failure of Buyer or Parent to perform any Assumed Liability.
S
ection
7.03
C
ertain
L
imit
a
tio
n
s
. The party(ies) making a claim under this
A
r
t
i
cl
e
V
II
is referred to as the “Indemnified Party”, and the party against whom such claims are asserted under this
A
rt
ic
le
V
II
is referred to as the “Indemnifying Party”. The indemnification provided for in Section 7.02 shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a)
The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for indemnification under Section 7.02(a)(i) or 7.02(b)(i) until the aggregate amount of all Damages in respect of indemnification under Section 7.02(a)(i) or (b)(i), as applicable, (without giving effect to any materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar qualification limiting the scope of any representation or warranty that is the subject of an indemnification claim) exceeds $25,000 (the “Deductible”), in which event the Indemnifying Party shall only be required to pay or be liable for Damages in excess of the Deductible.
(b)
The aggregate amount of all Damages for which an Indemnifying Party shall be liable pursuant to (i) Sections 7.02(a)(i) or (b)(i) (other than in respect of the Fundamental Representations) shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the Purchase Price, (i) Sections 7.02(a)(i) or (b)(i) (in respect of any of the Fundamental Representations) shall not exceed the Purchase Price and (iii) Sections 7.02(a)(ii), (a)(iii), (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) shall not exceed the Purchase Price. In addition, the aggregate amount of all Damages for which an Indemnifying Party shall be liable pursuant to 7.02(a) or (b) shall not exceed the Purchase Price. For purposes of
A
rticle
V
II
, Seller and Controlling Owners, on the one hand, and Buyer and Parent, on the other, are together considered an Indemnify Party. Such limitations shall not apply in the case of fraud.
(c)
Payments by an Indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 7.02 in respect of any Damages shall be limited to the amount of any liability or damage that remains after deducting therefrom any insurance proceeds received or reasonably expected to be received by the Indemnified Party in respect of any such claim, in each case net of deductibles, and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of recovery of such proceeds (it being understood that no Indemnified Party shall have any obligation to acquire or maintain any insurance coverage).
(d)
In no event shall any Indemnifying Party be liable to any Indemnified Party for any: (i) damages that are remote or unforeseeable; or (ii) any punitive or exemplary damages except to the extent paid or payable by any Indemnified Party to any third party. Such limitations shall not apply in the case of fraud.
(e)
Each Controlling Owner’s liability under this
Ar
ti
c
le
V
II
shall be limited to be no more than the product of Damages for which Buyer is entitled to Indemnification and such Controlling Owner’s the pro rata portion of ownership interest in the Seller immediately prior to Closing. Such limitation shall not apply, as to any Controlling Owner, in the case of fraud by such Controlling Owner.
S
ection
7.04
P
roce
du
res
.
(a)
Th
ird
P
ar
t
y
C
laims.
If any Indemnified Party receives notice of the assertion or commencement of any action, suit, claim or other legal proceeding made or brought by any Person who is not a party to this Agreement or an affiliate of a party to this Agreement (a “Third Party Claim”) against such Indemnified Party with respect to which the Indemnifying Party is obligated to provide indemnification under this Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party prompt written notice thereof. The failure to give such prompt written notice shall not, however, relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations, except and only to the extent that the Indemnifying Party forfeits rights or defenses by reason of such failure. Such notice by the Indemnified Party shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail, shall include copies of all material written evidence thereof and shall indicate the estimated amount, if reasonably practicable, of the Damages that has been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, and will (upon receipt of written notice from the Indemnified Party), assume the defense of any Third Party Claim at the Indemnifying Party's expense and by the Indemnifying Party’s own counsel (reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party); provided that the Indemnifying Party shall have no obligation to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim with respect to which it is contesting its obligation to provide indemnification under this Agreement. In the event that the Indemnifying Party (at the election of the Indemnified Party) assumes the defense of any Third Party Claim, subject to Section 7.04(b) (i) it shall have the right to take such action as it deems necessary to avoid, dispute, defend, or appeal pertaining to any such Third Party Claim in the name and on behalf of the Indemnified Party and (ii) the Indemnified Party shall have the right, at its own cost and expense, to participate in the defense of such Third Party Claim with counsel selected by it subject to the Indemnifying Party's right to control the defense thereof. If the Indemnified Party elects to compromise or defend such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party may, subject to Section 7.04(b) pay, compromise, defend such Third Party Claim and seek indemnification for any and all Damages based upon, arising from or relating to such Third Party Claim. The parties shall cooperate with each other in all reasonable respects in connection with the defense of any Third Party Claim, including making available (subject to the provisions of Sections 5.01(b) and 5.02(b)) records relating to such Third Party Claim and furnishing, without expense (other than reimbursement of actual out-of-pocket expenses) to the defending party, management employees of the non-defending party as may be reasonably necessary for the preparation of the defense of such Third Party Claim.
(b)
S
ettl
e
me
n
t
of
Th
ird
P
arty
C
la
im
s.
The Indemnified Party shall have the right to settle, adjust or compromise any Third Party Claim;
provide
d
, ho
w
ever,
that if the Indemnified Party settles, adjusts or compromises any such Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnifying Party, such settlement, adjustment or compromise shall not be determinative of whether the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification hereunder (or the amount of Damages incurred by the Indemnified Party) in connection with such Third Party Claim (it being understood that if the Indemnified Party requests that the Indemnifying Party’s consent to a settlement, adjustment or compromise, the Indemnifying Party shall not unreasonably withhold or delay such consent). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Indemnified Party elects to have the Indemnifying Party assume the defense of a Third Party Claim pursuant to Section 7.04(a), the Indemnifying Party shall not enter into settlement of the Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as provided in this Section 7.04(b). If a firm offer is made to settle the Third Party Claim without leading to liability or the creation of a financial or other obligation on the part of the Indemnified Party and provides, in customary form, for the unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such Third Party Claim and the Indemnifying Party desires to accept and agree to such offer, the Indemnifying Party shall give written notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within ten (10) days after its receipt of such notice, the Indemnified Party may continue to contest or defend such Third Party Claim and in such event, the maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party as to such Third Party Claim shall not exceed the amount of such settlement offer. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer and also fails to assume defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party may settle the Third Party Claim upon the terms set forth in such firm offer to settle such Third Party Claim.
(c)
Or
d
er
o
f
C
laim
s
;
P
a
y
me
n
t
of
Cl
aims
. Neither Buyer nor Parent shall seek to satisfy a claim for indemnification directly from the Seller or Controlling Owners until the aggregate dollar amount of all unresolved claims for indemnification of the Buyer Indemnified Parties exceeds the remaining amount of the Escrowed Shares. Neither Buyer shall nor Parent shall seek to satisfy a claim for indemnification directly from the Controlling Owners unless Seller shall have failed to pay any amount owing to Parent or Buyer hereunder within ten (10) days following the date such amount becomes payable to Parent or Buyer. Seller and/or Controlling Owners may use Parent Shares to pay claims. When Parent Shares are used by Seller and/or Controlling Owners to pay any such obligations the value of such shares shall be based on a share price equal to the greater of (a) the Parent Share Closing Price and (b) the average of the volume weighted average trading prices of the Parent Shares for the immediately prior thirty (30) trading days
S
ection
7.05
R
ig
h
t
to
W
i
t
hh
old
a
nd
Off
s
et.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent and Buyer may withhold the aggregate amounts of any indemnification claims then pending or unresolved against Seller pursuant to
S
ection
7.02(a)
(including, without limitation, the amount of any Damages or reasonably anticipated Damages for which Parent or Buyer would be entitled to be indemnified for pursuant to
S
ec
t
ion
7
.02(a)
) against amounts otherwise payable to Seller hereunder (including, without, limitation, any payment of the Buyer Note or any security issued upon conversion or exchange of the Buyer Note) as security for the Seller’s obligations under this
Ar
ti
c
le
V
II
. If any claim for indemnification pursuant to
S
ec
t
ion
7.02(a)
is resolved, in whole or in part, in favor of Parent or Buyer, then the amount determined to be due Parent or Buyer may be off-set by Buyer against amounts otherwise payable to Seller hereunder. Any portion of an amount previously withheld by Buyer in respect of any claim that is determined not to be payable to Parent or Buyer shall forthwith be paid to the Seller. The right of set-off described in this
S
ection
7.05
shall not preclude Parent or Buyer from pursuing any other remedy under this Agreement or seeking injunctive relief or specific performance to enforce specifically the terms of this Agreement to the extent permitted by applicable law.
S
ection
7.06
E
xcl
u
sive
R
eme
d
ies
.
Subject to Sections 5.01(d) and 9.06 and except in the case of fraud, the parties acknowledge and agree that their sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation set forth herein or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this
A
rti
c
le
V
II
. In furtherance of the foregoing, except in the case of fraud each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted under law, any and all rights, claims and causes of action for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation set forth herein or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement it may have against the other parties hereto and their affiliates arising under or based upon any law, except pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this
A
rti
c
le
V
II
.Nothing in this Section 7.05 shall limit a party’s right to seek and obtain any equitable relief to which such party shall be entitled pursuant to Sections 5.01(d) or 9.06.
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
S
ection
8.01
T
ermi
n
a
t
i
o
n
. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:
(a)
by mutual consent of Buyer and Seller;
(b)
by either Buyer or Seller if the Closing shall not have been consummated before June 30, 2013 (unless the failure to consummate the Closing by such date shall be due to the action or failure to act of the party seeking to terminate this Agreement); or
(c)
by either Buyer or Seller if (i) the conditions to such party's obligations shall have become impossible to satisfy or (ii) any permanent injunction or other order of a court or other competent authority preventing the consummation of the Closing shall have become final and non-appealable.
S
ection
8.02
E
ffect
of
Te
rmi
n
a
t
io
n
. In the event of the termination and abandonment of this Agreement pursuant to
S
ect
i
on 8.01
hereof, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of any party hereto or its affiliates, directors, officers or stockholders, other than the provisions of
S
ec
t
i
o
ns
5.01(b)
a
nd
5.02(b)
. Nothing contained in this
S
e
c
t
i
on 8.02
shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement.
S
ection
8.03
A
me
nd
me
n
t
. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
S
ection
8.04
E
xte
n
sio
n
;
Waiver
. At any time prior to the Closing Date, the parties hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party.
S
ection
9.01
N
otices
. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing (and shall be deemed given upon receipt) if delivered personally, telecopied (which is confirmed) or mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
(a)
if to Parent or Buyer, to: and
Mobivity Holdings Corp.
58 W. Buffalo Street, Suite 200
Chandler, AZ 85225 Attn: Dennis Becker, CEO
(b)
if to Seller or the Controlling Owners, to
Front Door Insights LLC 22 Oneida Trail
Malvern, OH 44644 Attn: Bryan Shaw
With a copy to: Bodman PLC
6th Floor at Ford Field
1901 St. Antoine Street Attn: Forrest O. Dillon
S
ection
9.02
D
escri
p
ti
v
e
Hea
d
i
n
gs
. The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
S
ection
9.03
C
o
un
ter
p
arts
. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when two or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.
S
ection
9.04
En
tire
A
g
r
eeme
nt
;
As
sig
n
me
n
t
. This Agreement (a) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof (other than any confidentiality agreement between the parties; any provisions of such agreements which are inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement being waived hereby) and (b) shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise, provided that Buyer may assign its rights and obligations to any other wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Buyer, but no such assignment shall relieve Buyer of its obligations hereunder if such assignee does not perform such obligations.
S
ection
9.05
Gover
n
i
n
g
L
a
w
; J
u
ris
d
ictio
n
.
(a)
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York as applied to agreements among the residents of such state made and to be performed entirely within such state (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws).
(b)
Any dispute, controversy or claim, whether based on contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation or any other legal theory (a “
D
ispute
”) between the Buyer or Parent, on the one hand, and Seller or the Controlling Owner, on the other hand, arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any obligations hereunder or the relationship of the parties under this Agreement shall be settled by binding arbitration conducted in Chandler, Arizona, in accordance with the then current arbitration rules of JAMS as modified by the following provisions of this Agreement:
(i)
If the amount in dispute exceeds $500,000, three neutral arbitrators shall be selected by the parties from the JAMS panel list, one of whom shall be chosen by the Seller, one of whom shall be chosen by the Buyer and the third to be chosen by the two arbitrators chosen by the Seller and the Buyer;
pro
v
i
d
ed
, that if the two arbitrators chosen by the Seller and the Buyer are unable to reach agreement with respect to the third arbitrator, the third shall be chosen in accordance with the appointment rules of JAMS. If the amount in dispute is less than $500,000, selection of one neutral arbitrator by the parties shall be from JAMS panel list and shall be chosen by the Seller and the Buyer together;
p
r
ovided
, that if the Seller and the Buyer are unable to reach agreement with respect to the arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with appointment rules of JAMS. The arbitrators shall be experienced in complex business matters and mergers and acquisitions transactions.
(ii)
The arbitration process shall be conducted on an expedited basis by the regional office of JAMS located nearest to Chandler, Arizona. Proceedings in arbitration shall begin no later than 45 days after the filing of the Dispute with JAMS and shall be scheduled to conclude no later than 180 days after the filing of the Dispute (including delivery of the written judgment under clause (vi) below). All hearings, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, shall be held in Chandler, Arizona.
(iii)
The Seller and the Buyer may obtain and take discovery, including requests for production, interrogatories, requests for admissions and depositions, as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;
provi
d
ed
that the arbitrator(s) may, in his, her or their discretion, set parameters on the timing and/or completion of this discovery and may order additional pre-hearing exchange of information, including, without limitation, exchange of summaries of testimony or exchange of statements of positions.
(iv)
The arbitration proceedings and all testimony, filings, documents and information relating to or presented during the arbitration proceedings shall be disclosed exclusively for the purpose of facilitating the arbitration process and for no other purpose;
(v)
The award of the arbitrator(s) shall be made in a written opinion containing a concise reasoned analysis of the basis upon which the award was made.
(vi)
A judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
(vii)
The parties to any arbitration shall share equally the fees and costs of JAMS and the arbitrator(s). The prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover from the adverse parties his, her or its actual reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with the arbitration and the enforcement thereof.
(viii)
Any party may apply to a court having jurisdiction to: (A) enforce this agreement to arbitrate; (B) seek provisional injunctive relief so as to maintain the status quo until the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved; (C) avoid the expiration of any applicable limitations period; (D) preserve a superior position with respect to other creditors; or (E) challenge or vacate any final judgment, award or decision of the arbitrator(s) that does not comport with the express provisions of
S
ection 9.0
5
(b)
(
ix)
.
(ix)
The arbitrator(s) are only authorized to, and only have the consent of the parties to, interpret and apply the terms and conditions of this Agreement in accordance with the governing law. The arbitrator(s) are not authorized to, and shall not, order any remedy not permitted by this Agreement and shall not change any term or condition of this Agreement, deprive either party of any remedy expressly provided hereunder or provide any right or remedy that has not been expressly provided hereunder. In the event that the arbitrator(s) exceed their authority under this Agreement and violate this provision, either party may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to vacate the arbitration award on the grounds that the arbitrator(s) exceeded their authority.
(x)
The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1 through 14 (as amended and including any successor provision), except as modified hereby, shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of this
S
ec
t
i
o
n 9.05(b)
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties shall continue performing their respective obligations under this Agreement while the Dispute is being resolved unless and until such obligations are terminated or expire in accordance with the provisions hereof.
S
ection
9.06
Sp
ecif
i
c
Pe
rforma
nc
e
. The parties hereto agree that if any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached, irreparable damage would occur, no adequate remedy at law would exist and damages would be difficult to determine, and that the parties shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or equity
S
ection
9.07
E
x
p
e
n
ses
. Whether or not the Closing is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.
S
ection
9.08
Bu
lk
S
ales
L
a
w
s
. Buyer and Seller each hereby waive compliance by Seller with the “bulk sales”, “bulk transfer” or similar laws of any state. Each of Seller and the Controlling Owner agrees to indemnify and Buyer harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by Buyer or any of its affiliates as a result of any failure to comply with any such “bulk sales”, “bulk transfer” or similar laws.
S
ection
9.09
P
arties
in
I
n
tere
s
t
. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or persons any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the date first written above.
MOBIVITY HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
Name: Dennis Becker
Title: Chief Executive Officer
MOBIVITY, INC.
By:
Name: Dennis Becker
Title: Chief Executive Officer
FRONT DOOR INSIGHTS LLC
By:
Name:
Title: Chief Executive Officer
CONTROLLING OWNERS:
Etien D’Hollander
Bryan Shaw
Tom Tolbert
Exhibit 10.2
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO MOBIVITY HOLDINGS CORP. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MOBIVITY HOLDINGS CORP., a Nevada corporation (“Mobivity Holdings”), and MOBIVITY, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Mobivity Corp.,” and together with Mobivity Holdings the “Maker”), promises to pay to FRONT DOOR INSIGHTS LLC, 22 Oneida Trail, Malvern, OH 44644 (the “Holder”) the sum of One Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000.00) on August 19, 2013 (the “Maturity Date”) .
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of May 20, 2013 by and among the Maker, the Holder and the other parties named therein (as amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Asset Purchase Agreement”).
The following terms shall apply to this Subordinated Promissory Note (this“Note”):
INTEREST AND PAYMENTS
1.1
Interest Rate
. No interest shall accrue or be payable on the outstanding principal amount of this Note (the “Principal Amount”).
1.2
Principal Payments
. Payment of the Principal Amount shall be made in in full in cash by the Maker on the Maturity Date. If payment has not been made on or before the Maturity Date, this Note shall automatically convert into a like principal amount of the Maker’s 10% Senior Secured Convertible Bridge Notes, in the form of Exhibit A hereto as the same may be extended or amended from time to time by agreement of Mobivity Holdings and the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of such notes (the “Bridge Notes”). Upon such event, Mobivity Holdings shall issue, execute and deliver to Seller its Bridge Note and cause Seller to become a party to the securities purchase agreement and security agreement executed in conjunction with the Bridge Notes.
1.3
Optional Prepayment
. The Maker may prepay this Note, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty.
SUBORDINATION
2.1
Subordination
. All payments due under this Note shall be subordinated and made junior, in all respects to the payment in full of all principal, all interest accrued on and all other amounts due on any and all Senior Indebtedness; provided, that unless and until an event of default has occurred (and has not been cured) and is continuing with respect to the payment of principal or interest due with respect to either Senior Indebtedness the Maker shall be permitted to pay, and shall pay, to the Holder, all amounts due hereunder. “Senior Indebtedness” means all indebtedness owed by or incurred by Maker, from time to time, under (a) the Bridge Notes or any replacement financing therefor or (b) other senior securities, credit facilities or other financing arrangements of the Maker, but in any event not to exceed $4,000,000.
ARTICLE III
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
3.1
Events of Default
. The occurrence of any of the following events set forth in this Section 3.1 shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”) hereunder:
(a)
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Failure to Pay or Effect Conversion. The Maker fails to comply with its obligations under Section 1.2 of this Note; or
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(b)
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Bankruptcy. The Maker shall (i) apply for, consent to or suffer to exist the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (v) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, or (vi) acquiesce to, without challenge within ten (10) days of the filing thereof, or failure to have dismissed, within thirty (30) days, any petition filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws.
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3.2
Rights on Default
. Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Holder, at its option, may demand repayment in full of all obligations and liabilities owing by the Maker to the Holder under this Note and in such case the principal balance outstanding under this Note shall bear interest at the per annum default rate of 12%.
3.3
Waiver
. Maker waives demand, presentment for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest, notice of acceleration, and diligence in collecting this Note.
MISCELLANEOUS
4.1
No Assignment
. The Holder shall not assign or transfer this Note without the Maker’s consent, which may be granted or withheld in the Maker’s sole discretion. Maker shall not assign or transfer this Note without the Holder’s consent, which may be granted or withheld in the Holder’s sole discretion. Any assignment or transfer of this Note or any rights herein which is not in compliance with this provision shall be void.
4.2
Right to Offset
. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Maker shall have the right (a) to withhold from payments due hereunder the aggregate amounts of any indemnification claims then pending or unresolved against the Holder under the Asset Purchase Agreement and (b) to off-set against payments due hereunder the aggregate amounts of any such indemnification claims resolved in favor of the Maker.
4.3
Binding Nature
. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon the Maker and its representatives, successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and permitted assigns.
4.4
Amendment Provision
. The term “Note” and all references thereto, as used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or supplemented, and any successor instrument as such successor instrument may be amended or supplemented.
(a)
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
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(b)
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THE MAKER AND THE HOLDER HEREBY CONSENT AND AGREE THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA, STATE OF ARIZONA SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE MAKER, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE HOLDER, ON THE OTHER HAND, PERTAINING TO THIS NOTE OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE. THE MAKER AND THE HOLDER EACH EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS.
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4.6
Joint and Several
. Maker’s liability under this Note shall be joint and several.
4.7
Construction
. Each party acknowledges that its legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Note and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Note to favor any party against the other.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Maker has caused this Note to be signed in its name effective as of this 20th day of May, 2013.
MOBIVITY HOLDINGS CORP.
By: /s/ Dennis Becker
Name: Dennis Becker
Title: CEO
MOBIVITY, INC.
By: /s/ Dennis Becker
Name: Dennis Becker
Exhibit A to Subordinated Promissory Note
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY LAWS,” AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED ABSENT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER SUCH ACT, OR UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
10% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE BRIDGE NOTE DUE OCTOBER 15, 2013
Mobivity Holdings Corp.
Date: , 2013 US
$ .00
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, in cash and other consideration, Mobivity Holdings Corp.,
Nevada corporation
(“Borrower”),
hereby
promises
to
pay to or
its
registered assigns (“Holder”), the sum of ____________ Dollars (US $
.00) (the “Principal”).
(1)
Payments of Principal
. On the Maturity Date, unless the sums due hereunder shall be due sooner as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall pay to Holder the entire principal amount (the “Principal Amount”) under this Secured Promissory Note (this “Note”), plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, together with all other fees and costs due by Borrower under any of the Transaction Documents: (i) in cash, or (ii) at the option of the Holder, in whole or in part, in securities to be issued by Borrower in the Financing at the lower of (a) the same price paid for such securities by other investors investing in the Financing or (b) $.25 per share (subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split, reclassification or the like) (the “Conversion Option”). The “Maturity Date” shall be the earlier of (A) the date Borrower completes a financing transaction (the “Financing”) for the offer and sale of shares of Borrower’s common stock (the“Common Stock”), including securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in an aggregate amount of no less than 125% of the principal amounts evidenced by this Note and a series of identical notes issued on or around the date hereof (collectively, the “Notes”), and (B) October 15, 2013. Borrower may prepay all or any portion of the amounts owing under this Note at any time without fee, charge or premium. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if greater than 70% of the Notes agree to exercise the Conversion Option, such Conversion Option shall be binding on the Holder and on all other holders of the Notes. The Maturity Date may be further extended subject to the approval of the holders of Notes representing at least 70% of the aggregate principal amount then outstanding under all Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder of the Note shall have the right to convert the Note, including accrued and unpaid interest, in accordance with the Conversion Option at any time (an “Optional Conversion”) at $.25. If a Financing has not occurred at the time of an Optional Conversion, the conversion shall be at $.25 per share as described above.
(2)
Interest
. This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum payable in full on the Maturity Date.
(3)
Issuance of Additional Securities
.
(a)
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In addition to the repayment of the principal amount and all accrued interest hereunder, whether or not such amounts shall have been prepaid as permitted hereunder, on the Maturity Date, Borrower shall issue to Holder, at Holder’s option, (i) three year warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Principal Amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest divided by the per share purchase price of the Common stock offered and sold in the Financing (the “Offering Price”) which Warrants shall be exercisable at the Offering Price and shall include cashless exercise provisions commencing 18 months from the date of issuance of the Warrants if there is not at that time an effective registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock exercisable upon exercise of the Warrants, or (ii) that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product arrived at by multiplying (x) the Principal Amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest divided by the Offering Price and (y) 0.33 (the “Share Option”).
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(b)
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Borrower shall not issue to Holder shares of Common Stock whether upon exercise of the Share Option or the Warrants, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise the Share Option or the Warrants, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, Holder (together with Holder’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of exercise of the Share Option or the Warrants, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in Borrower’s most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The limitation of this Section (3)(b) may not be waived by Holder except on no less than 61-day prior written notice.
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(4)
Security Interest
. Borrower’s performance of the obligations and covenants of this Note, including but not limited to repayment, shall be secured by a first priority lien and security interest in all of Borrower’s assets as set forth in that certain pledge and security agreement of even date herewith among Borrower and the holders of the Notes.
(5)
Event of Default
.
(a)
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Event of Default
. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:
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(i)
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Borrower's failure to pay to the Holder any amount when and as due under this Note for a period of ten (10) Business Days after notice of such failure; or
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(ii)
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Borrower shall either (i) fail to pay, when due, or within any applicable grace period, any payment in respect of any Indebtedness in excess of
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(iii)
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$100,000, individually or in the aggregate, due to any third party, other than, with respect to unsecured indebtedness only, payments contested by the Borrower in good faith by proper proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof, or otherwise be in breach or violation of any agreement for monies owed or owing in respect of any indebtedness in an amount in excess of $250,000, individually or in the aggregate, which breach or violation permits the other party thereto to declare a default or otherwise accelerate amounts due thereunder, or (ii) suffer to exist any other circumstance or event that would, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, result in a default or event of default under any agreement binding Borrower, which default or event of default would or is likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, prospects of financial condition of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate;
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(iv)
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Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief of debtors generally (collectively, “Bankruptcy Law”), (A) commences a voluntary case, consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official for substantially all of its assets (a “Custodian”), (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due; a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for substantially all of its assets, or (C) orders the liquidation of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(v)
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a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $250,000 are rendered against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the $250,000 amount set forth above; and
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(vi)
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Borrower breaches any covenant or other term or condition or any material representation or warranty of any of the Transaction Documents, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition which is curable, and provided that Borrower delivers prompt notice of such breach to the Holder, only if such breach continues for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days.
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(b)
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Acceleration
. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under this Note, Holder shall have, at its option, the right, without further notice or demand, which Borrower hereby expressly waives, to declare the unpaid principal and interest immediately due and payable and to exercise any other rights and remedies that Holder may have. Holder’s failure to accelerate the payment of this Note upon the occurrence of one or more events of default shall not constitute a waiver of Holder’s right to exercise such options at any subsequent time with respect to the same or any other event of default. Holder’s acceptance of any payment under this Note which is less than payment in full of all amounts then due and payable shall not constitute a waiver by Holder of any right to declare a default hereunder or to pursue any remedy available under this Note, at law or in equity, or under any other agreement, instrument or document entered into by and between Borrower and Holder.
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(6)
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Registration Rights
.
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(a)
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Definitions
. As used in this Section 6, the following terms shall have the following meanings.
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(i)
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The term “Holder” shall mean Holder or any of Holder’s permitted transferees.
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(ii)
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The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or order of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
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(iii)
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The term “Registrable Securities” shall mean: (i) Common Stock issued to Holder upon exercise of the Conversion Option, (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and (iii) shares issuable upon exercise of the Share Option, provided, however, that securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if and only for so long as they (A) have not been disposed of pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the SEC; (B) have not been sold in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are removed upon the consummation of such sale; (C) are held by Holder or a permitted transferee of Holder pursuant to this Section 6; and (D) may not be disposed of under Rule 144 without restriction.
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(b)
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Shelf Registration
. If at any time Borrower shall propose the filing of a Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of any of Borrower’s securities, but excluding Registration Statements relating to any employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization, then Borrower shall give Holder notice of such proposed registration and shall include in any Registration Statement relating to such securities all or a portion of Holder’s Registrable Securities as Holder shall request, by notice given by Holder to Borrower within twenty days after the giving of such notice by Borrower, to be so included. In the event of the inclusion of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6, Borrower shall bear all of the costs and expenses of such registration excluding (i) legal expenses of the Holder and (ii) underwriting discounts and commissions relating to Registrable Securities. In the event the distribution of securities of Borrower covered by a Registration Statement referred to in this Section 6 is to be underwritten, then Borrower’s obligation to include Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement shall be subject, at the option of the Borrower, to the following further conditions:
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(i)
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The distribution for the account of the Holder shall be underwritten by the same underwriters who are underwriting the distribution of the securities for the account of Borrower and/or any other persons whose securities are covered by such Registration Statement, and the holder will enter into an agreement with such underwriters containing customary provisions;
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(ii)
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If the underwriting agreement entered into with the aforesaid underwriters contains restrictions upon the sale of Borrower’s securities, other than the securities which are to be included in the proposed distribution, for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of the Registration Statement, then such restrictions will be binding upon the Holder and, if requested by Borrower, the Holder will enter into a written agreement to that effect; and
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(iii)
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If the underwriters state in writing that they are unwilling to include any or all of the Holder’s securities in the proposed offering because such inclusion will materially interfere with the orderly sale and distribution of the securities being offered by Borrower, then the number of the Holder’s Registrable Securities to be included will be reduced in accordance with such statement by the underwriters.
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(c)
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Furnish Information
. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of Borrower to take any action pursuant to this Section 6 with respect to the Registrable Securities of the Holder that Holder shall furnish to Borrower such information regarding the Holder, the Registrable Securities held by the Holder, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be reasonably required by Borrower to effect the registration of Holder’s Registrable Securities.
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(a)
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Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (Pacific time) on a Business Day, (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on any Business Day, (c) the 2nd Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth below:
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If to Borrower:
Mobivity Holdings Corp
58 W. Buffalo, Suite #200
Chandler AZ, 85225 Attn.: Dennis Becker Fax: (619) 725-0958
With a copy to: Daniel Donahue
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
3161 Michelson Drive
Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92612
If to Holder:
with a copy to:
(b)
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Payments
. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by Borrower to any Person pursuant to this Note, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a check drawn on the account of Borrower and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at the address provided for notice pursuant to Section 7(a) above, or as subsequently provided to the other party in writing; provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing Borrower with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder's wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.
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(8)
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Cancellation
. After all principal, interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been indefeasibly paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to Borrower for cancellation and shall not be reissued, and the security interest granted in the Collateral shall terminate. The Holder agrees to promptly execute, file and/or deliver any and all documents reasonably required or requested to further evidence such termination.
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(9)
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Waivers by Borrower
. Borrower (a) waives diligence, grace, demand, presentment for payment, exhibition of this Note, protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor, notice of demand, notice of nonpayment, and any or all other notices whatsoever, and any and all exemption rights against the indebtedness evidenced by this Note; (b) agrees to any and all extensions or renewals from time to time without notice and to any partial payments of this Note; (c) consents to offsets of any sums owed to Borrower by Holder at any time and to any release of all or any part of the security for this Note, or to any release of any party liable for payment of this Note; and (d) agrees that any such waiver, extension, renewal, release, consent, or partial payment may be made without notice to Borrower or any other party and shall not release or discharge any one or all of them from the obligation of payment of this Note or any installment of this Note or any other liability under this Note. Any security given for the obligations of Borrower may be waived, exchanged, surrendered or otherwise dealt with by Holder without affecting the liability of Borrower or any other party who might subsequently become liable hereon.
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(10)
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Governing Law
; Jurisdiction; Severability; Jury Trial. This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of California. Borrower hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commercial Court sitting in the City of San Diego, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. In the event that any provision of this Note is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Note. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against Borrower in any other jurisdiction to collect on Borrower's obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder.
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(11)
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Usury Savings
.
Borrower and Holder intend to contract in compliance with all state and federal usury laws governing the loan evidenced by this Note. Holder and Borrower agree that none of the terms of this Note shall be construed to require payment of interest at a rate in excess of the maximum interest rate allowed by any applicable state, federal or foreign usury laws. If Holder receives sums which constitute interest that would otherwise increase the effective interest rate on this Note to a rate in excess of that permitted by any applicable law, then all such sums constituting interest in excess of the maximum lawful rate shall at Holder’s option either be credited to the payment of principal or returned to Borrower. The provisions of this Section 11 control the other provisions of this Note and any other agreement between Borrower and Holder.
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(12)
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Severability
. All provisions hereof are severable. If any provision hereof is declared invalid for any reason, that invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Note, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.
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[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the set forth above.
Borrower:
Mobivity Holdings Corp
By:
Dennis Becker, President & CEO
Date:
Exhibit 10.3
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(this “
Agreement
”) is made, entered into and effective as of this __ day of _________, 2013 (the “
Effective Date
”) by and between
Mobivity Corporation
, a Nevada corporation (the “
Company
”), and
_________________
, an individual resident of the State of _______________ (“
Employee
”).
WHEREAS
, the Company and Employee desire to set forth in a written agreement the terms and conditions pursuant to which Employee shall be employed as President by the Company; and
WHEREAS
, the parties intend to supersede all prior oral and written communications, correspondence, letters and negotiations between them with the terms set forth herein with regard to the terms of Employee’s employment.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each party hereby agrees as follows:
1.
Definitions
. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the definitions set forth below. Other capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not defined in this
Section 1
shall have the definitions given to them in this Agreement.
(a)
“
Board
” means the Board of Directors of the Company, including any authorized committee(s) thereof.
(b)
“
Cause
” means:
(i)
commission by Employee of a felony;
(ii)
Employee’s insobriety, use of illegal drugs, abuse of prescription drugs or abuse of alcohol which adversely and directly effects the company or its reputation l;
(iii)
Employee’s engaging in fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, deceit or other unlawful act or similar acts involving dishonesty or moral turpitude on the part of Employee which adversely and directly effects the company or its reputation;
(iv)
Employee’s insubordination, commission of an act of dishonesty, gross negligence, self dealing, willful misconduct, deceit or other unlawful act in connection with the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder, including without limitation, misappropriation of funds or property of the Company, securing or attempting to secure personally any profit in connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of the Company;
(v)
Employee’s willful act or gross negligence having the effect of injuring the reputation, business or business relationships of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates;
(vi)
Employee’s disregard of (A) any provision of any policy, work rule, procedure or standard of the Company; or (B) any directive of the Company or the Board;
(vii)
Employee’s violation of any fiduciary obligation to the Company;
(viii)
Employee’s violation of any provision of the policies, work rules, procedures or standards of the Company;
(ix)
Employee’s failure to perform his duties under this Agreement; or
(x)
Employee’s violation of any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any other agreement with the Company.
With respect to subparts (vi) through (x) only (but not with respect to subparts (i) through (v)), if the Company believes that Employee has engaged in conduct that would support a termination for Cause, the Company shall provide Employee written notice of such act or failure to act, and Employee shall have ten (10) days following receipt of such notice by the Company to cure such act or failure to act, and if Employee cures such act or failure to act within such ten (10) day period, such act or failure to act shall not be considered Cause under this Agreement.
“
Confidential Information
” means any data or information concerning the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, or the operations of the Company or its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, other than Trade Secrets, without regard to form, that is valuable to the Company or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates and is not generally known by the public or competitors of the Company or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information about the business practices, customers of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates (including, without limitation, mailing lists and customer lists and records), lists of the current or potential customers, vendors and suppliers, lists of and other information about the executives and employees, financial information, business strategies, business methods, product information, contracts and contractual arrangements, marketing plans, the type and volume of the business of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, personnel information, information about the Company’s vendors, suppliers and strategic partners, price lists, pricing policies, pricing information, business methods, research and development techniques and activities of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and all information located in the books and records of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates. Confidential Information also includes any information or data described above which the Company or any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company obtains from another party and which the Company or such parent, subsidiary or affiliate treats as proprietary or designates as confidential information whether or not owned or developed by the Company or such parent, subsidiary or affiliate.
(c)
“
Disability
” means that Employee qualifies for benefits under the long-term disability plan or policy maintained by the Company, or, in the absence of such a plan or policy, a physical or mental impairment that renders Employee substantially incapable of performing the essential functions of his job as determined by the Company, with or without reasonable accommodations as contemplated by Americans with Disabilities Act.
(d)
“
Free Cash Flow
” means operating cash flows (net income plus amortization and depreciation) minus capital expenditures and dividends.
(e)
“
Good Reason
” means (i) a reduction by the Company of Employee’s salary, benefits or any other form of remuneration or perquisites,
provided
such reduction is not applied to all similarly situated employees in the same fashion; or (ii) any breach by the Company of any material provision of this Agreement after written notice by Employee thereof, and such breach remaining uncured following an opportunity for Company to cure same within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice.
(f)
“
Sale Transaction
” means any transaction or series of related transactions involving (i) an acquisition (whether of stock, equity securities or assets), merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination pursuant to which the business of the Company is combined with another unaffiliated third party; (ii) the purchase of all or substantially all of the business of another unaffiliated third party or parties (whether by way of merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale of all or substantially all assets or securities); or (iii) the formation of a joint venture or partnership by or with the Company for the purpose of effecting a transfer of control of, or a material interest in, the Company, or any such purchases by a person or entity that has such an effect.
(g)
“
Territory
” means the United States of America. The parties acknowledge and agree that the foregoing description of the Territory is reasonable and embodies locations where the Company currently conducts its business and operations or reasonably expects to conduct the business in accordance with the Company’s business plan.
(h)
“
Trade Secret
” means information of the Company or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, without regard to form, including, but not limited to, technical or nontechnical data, a formula, a pattern, a compilation, a program, a device, a method, a technique, a drawing, a design, a process, financial data, financial plans, product plans, technology plans, marketing plans, acquisition strategies, strategic plans, or a list of actual or potential customers or suppliers which is not commonly known by or available to the public and which information: (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. Trade Secrets also includes any information or data described above which the Company or any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company obtains from another party and which the Company treats as proprietary or designates as trade secrets, whether or not owned or developed by the Company or such parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.
(i)
“
Work Product
” means all discoveries, designs, artwork, Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, trademarks, data, analyses, materials, formulas, strategic plans, acquisition strategies, research, documentation, computer programs, information technology systems, communication systems, audio systems, manufacturing systems, system designs, inventions (whether or not patentable), copyrightable subject matter, works of authorship, and other proprietary information or work product (including all worldwide rights therein under patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidential information, moral rights and other property rights), which Employee has made or conceived, or may make or conceive, either solely or jointly with others, while providing services to the Company or its subsidiaries or with the use of the time, material or facilities of the Company or its subsidiaries or relating to any actual or anticipated business of the Company or its subsidiaries known to Employee while employed at the Company, or suggested by or resulting from any task assigned to Employee or work performed by Employee for or on behalf of the Company.
2.
Employment, Duties and Term
.
(a)
Subject to the terms hereof, the Company hereby employs Employee as President, and Employee accepts such employment with the Company on the terms set forth in this Agreement. In such capacity, Employee shall perform the duties appropriate to such office or position, and such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with such position as are assigned to him from time to time by the Board or its designees.
(b)
Employee shall devote his full working time and best efforts to the performance of his duties under this Agreement for and on behalf of the Company and shall not work for anyone else or engage in any activity in competition with or detrimental to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall be permitted to serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, so long as the Board consents in advance in writing to such activities, and such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of his responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement.
(c)
Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall be for an initial term commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third (3
rd
) anniversary of the Effective Date (the “
Initial Term
”). Unless earlier terminated as set forth herein, at the conclusion of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for additional one-year renewal terms (each a “
Renewal Term
”), unless either Employee or the Company notifies the other in writing of its desire not to renew this Agreement at least ninety (90) days prior to the conclusion of the Initial Term or any subsequent Renewal Term. The date on which this Agreement is terminated or expires as provided herein is herein called the “
Termination Date
,” and the period from the Effective Date through the Termination Date is herein called the “
Term
.”
3.
Compensation
.
(a)
Base Salary
. In consideration of the services rendered by Employee, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company shall pay Employee during the Term an annual base salary of at least $200,000 (the “
Base Salary
”). The Base Salary shall be subject to increase, if at all, based on an annual salary review by the Board commencing on December 31, 2013, and each 12 month period thereafter. The Base Salary shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices as in effect from time to time.
(b)
Bonus
. In addition to the Base Salary, the Company shall pay Employee a Bonus of one percent (1%) of collected quarterly gross revenues (“Quarterly Bonus”). The Quarterly Bonus shall be paid at the earlier of forty five days (45) from the closing of the previous quarter, or when collected by the Company.
(c)
Vacation
. Employee shall receive vacation in accordance with the policies of the Company;
provided
,
however
, that Employee shall be given at a minimum four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (and pro-rated for any partial calendar year). Beginning in the calendar year 2012, at the completion of each calendar year, the Company shall pay Employee a cash lump sum payment for any unused vacation time from the recently completed calendar year. Any unused vacation may not be carried forward to a subsequent year.
(d)
Benefits
. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to participate in any other employee benefit plans generally provided by the Company to its full-time employees from time to time, but only to the extent provided in such employee benefit plans and for so long as the Company provides or offers such benefit plans. The Company reserves the right to modify, amend or terminate such benefit plans at any time without prior notice.
(e)
Expense Reimbursement
. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to be reimbursed in accordance with the policies of the Company, as adopted from time to time, for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Employee in connection with the performance of Employee’s duties of employment hereunder. Unless the expense policies provide otherwise, Employee shall submit written requests for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company reasonably may require no later than thirty (30) days following the end of the calendar year in which such fees and expenses are incurred, and reimbursement payments shall be made within thirty (30) days after the Company’s receipt of Employee’s written request.
(f)
Stock Options
. Following a financing of Mobivity of $3 million or more (“The Financing”), employee shall be granted a number of stock options equivalent to five percent (5%) of the number of outstanding shares of the Company following The Financing, and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company’s incentive stock option plan. The Option Shares will vest as follows: (a) as to 20% of the Option Shares, upon the date of The Financing, and (b) as to another 40% of the Option Shares, when the Company reaches $10,000,000 of Gross Revenue during the Company’s fiscal year, (c) and as to the final 40% of the Option Shares (or such lower percentage then constituting the remainder of the Performance Option Shares) will vest at the earlier of the Company’s current Stock Option Plan and regular vesting schedule of 1/48
th
per month for Forty Eight (48) Months, or upon the company reaching $15,000,000 of Gross Revenue during the Company’s fiscal year. Vesting will, of course, depend on your continued employment with the Company. The option will be subject to the terms of Parent’s current Stock Option Plan and the Stock Option Agreement between you and Parent.
(g)
Termination
.
(h)
This Agreement may be terminated during the Term as follows:
(i)
by mutual agreement of the Company and Employee;
(ii)
by the Company, immediately, without any advance notice from the Company, for Cause;
(iii)
by the Company, upon the death or Disability of Employee;
(iv)
by the Company, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice, without Cause;
(v)
by Employee, upon ninety (90) days prior written notice, without Good Reason; or
(vi)
by Employee, immediately, without any advance notice from Employee, for Good Reason.
(i)
Upon Employee’s separation from service following the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to Employee the following: (i) all Base Salary earned or accrued through the Termination Date; (ii) all accrued and unused vacation time for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs; and (iii) reimbursement for any expenses under
Section 3(d)
that were incurred by Employee prior to the Termination Date.
(j)
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(ii)
(by the Company for Cause), , pursuant to
Section 4(a)(v)
(by Employee without Good Reason), or due to Employee providing notice to the Company that Employee is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then Employee shall only be entitled to receive those payments set forth in
Section 4(b)
, and Employee shall not be entitled to any further payments whatsoever.
(k)
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(i)
(mutual agreement), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(iv)
(by the Company without Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(vi)
(by Employee with Good Reason) or due to the Company providing notice to Employee that the Company is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then, in addition to the payments set forth in
Section 4(b)
above, the Company shall pay Employee twelve months (12) months of Base Salary, at the rate in effect as of the Termination Date, which payments shall commence within thirty (30) days following Employee’s separation from service, payable as described in
Section 4(e)
, and which shall be made in accordance with the regular payroll practices of the Company (the “
Separation Payments
”). Additionally, the Employee’s stock options shall continue to vest for three (3) months following the date of termination and the Employee’s option to exercise such options shall be extended per the period defined in the Company’s Employee Stock Option Plan from the three (3) month anniversary of the Termination Date.
(l)
To receive the Separation Payments described in
Section 4(d)
, Employee must execute, not later than ten (10) days following Employee’s separation from service a release of claims against the Company, its affiliates and their respective managers, directors, officers and equity holders, in the form and substance of
Exhibit A
, and Employee must not have thereafter revoked such release. If Employee has not executed the release of claims in favor of the Company and returned it to the Company by the date the payment described in
Section 4(d)
becomes due or if Employee revokes an executed release, Employee shall forfeit all rights to such payment under this Agreement.
(m)
“
Separation from service
” as used in this
Section 4
to determine the date of any payment, shall mean the date of Employee’s “separation from service” as defined by Section 409A of the Internal Code Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations and formal guidance issued thereunder.
4.
Confidential Relationship and Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
. In the course of Employee’s employment by the Company, Employee has had access to and shall have access to the Company’s most sensitive and most valuable Trade Secrets, proprietary information, and Confidential Information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries, their present and future business plans, development projects, artwork, designs, products, formulas, suppliers, customers, acquisition strategies and business affairs which constitute valuable business assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, the use, application or disclosure of any of which shall cause substantial and possible irreparable damage to the business and asset value of the Company. Accordingly, Employee accepts and agrees to be bound by the following provisions:
(a)
At any time, upon the request of the Company and in any event upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, Employee shall deliver to the Company all analyses, strategies, plans, acquisition strategies, artwork, technology plans, memoranda, notes, records, drawings, manuals, files or other documents, and all copies of each, concerning or constituting Confidential Information or Trade Secrets and any other property or files belonging to the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are in the possession of Employee, whether made or compiled by Employee or furnished to or acquired by Employee from the Company.
(b)
To protect the Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, Employee agrees that:
(i)
Employee shall hold in confidence the Trade Secrets. Except in the performance of services for the Company, Employee shall not at any time use, disclose, reproduce, distribute, transmit, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or transfer the Trade Secrets or any portion thereof.
(ii)
Employee shall hold in confidence the Confidential Information. Except in the performance of services for the Company, Employee shall not, at any time during the Term of this Agreement and for two (2) years thereafter, use, disclose, reproduce, distribute, transmit, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or transfer the Confidential Information or any portion thereof.
5.
Restrictive Covenants
. For purposes of this
Section 6
, the “
Company
” shall include the Company and its parents and subsidiaries.
(a)
Restricted Period
. For purposes hereof, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(ii)
(by the Company for Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(v)
(by Employee without Good Reason), or due to Employee providing notice to the Company that Employee is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then the “
Restricted Period
” shall last until the two (2) year anniversary of the Termination Date. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(i)
(mutual agreement), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(iv)
(by the Company without Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(vi)
(by Employee with Good Reason), or due to the Company providing notice to Employee that the Company is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then the “
Restricted Period
” shall last until the date that is one week after the date of the last Separation Payment paid by the Company.
(b)
Non-Solicitation
. Employee agrees that for purposes hereof, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(ii)
(by the Company for Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(v)
(by Employee without Good Reason), or due to Employee providing notice to the Company that Employee is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then during the Term of this Agreement and in the event of any termination or expiration of this Agreement, until the expiration of the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, anywhere within the Territory, without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service of or on behalf of others, (i) solicit, contact, call upon, communicate with or attempt to communicate with any supplier of goods or services to the Company, any customer of the Company or prospective customer of the Company, or any representative of any customer or prospective customer of the Company with a view to selling or providing any product, deliverable or service competitive or potentially competitive with any product, deliverable or service sold or provided or under development by the Company during the period of two (2) years immediately preceding the Termination Date (
provided
that the foregoing restrictions shall apply only to customers or prospective customers of the Company, or representatives of customers or prospective customers of the Company with which Employee had material contact during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the Termination Date); (ii) solicit, induce or encourage any supplier of the Company to terminate or modify any business relationship with the Company; or (iii) otherwise take any action which may reasonably be anticipated to interfere with or disrupt any past, present or prospective business relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any customer, supplier or agent of the Company. The actions prohibited by this
Section 6(b)
shall not be engaged in by Employee directly or indirectly, whether as employee, independent contractor, manager, salesperson, agent, technical support technician, sales or service representative, or otherwise.
(c)
Non-Recruitment
. During the Term of this Agreement, and in the event of any termination or expiration of this Agreement until the expiration of the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service of or on behalf of others, solicit or attempt to solicit for employment any person employed by the Company in the Territory, whether or not such person is a full-time employee or a temporary employee of the Company, and whether or not such employment is pursuant to a written agreement or independent contractor agreement and whether or not such employment is for a determined period or is at will.
(d)
Non-Disparagement
. Employee covenants and agrees not to make any statements of any kind, oral or written, that are derogatory or disparaging toward the Company or the management, products, employees, customers or services of the Company;
provided
,
however
, that nothing contained herein shall limit Employee’s obligation to give truthful testimony to a court or governmental agency, when required to do so by subpoena, court order, law or administrative regulation.
(e)
Reasonableness
. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the covenants contained in this
Section 6
(“
Restrictive Covenants
”) are reasonable and valid in all respects. Further, if any Restrictive Covenants, or portion thereof, are declared to be invalid or unenforceable, Employee shall, as soon as possible, execute a supplemental agreement with the Company granting to the Company, to the extent legally permissible, the protection intended to be afforded to the Company by the Restrictive Covenants, or portion thereof, so declared invalid or unenforceable.
(f)
Tolling
. Employee agrees that in the event the enforceability of any of the terms of this
Section 6
shall be challenged in court and Employee is not enjoined from breaching the Restrictive Covenants set forth in this
Section 6
, then if a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the challenged covenants are enforceable, the time period restrictions specified in this
Section 6
shall be deemed tolled upon the filing of the lawsuit involving the enforceability of this
Section 6
until the dispute is finally resolved and all periods of appeal have expired.
6.
Work Product
. All Work Product shall be the exclusive property of the Company. If any of the Work Product may not, by operation of law or otherwise, be considered the exclusive property of the Company, or if ownership of all right, title, and interest to the legal rights therein shall not otherwise vest exclusively in the Company, Employee hereby assigns to the Company, and upon the future creation thereof automatically assigns to the Company, without further consideration, the ownership of all Work Product. The Company shall have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, registrations, and any other protection available in the Work Product. Employee shall promptly disclose any and all such Work Product to the Company. Employee agrees to perform, during or after termination of Employee’s employment by the Company, and without requiring the Company to provide any further consideration therefore, such further acts as may be necessary or desirable to transfer, perfect and defend the Company’s ownership of the Work Product as requested by the Company.
7.
License
. To the extent that any pre-existing materials are contained in the materials Employee delivers to the Company or the Company’s customers, and such preexisting materials are not Work Product, Employee grants to the Company an irrevocable, exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: (i) use and distribute (internally or externally) copies of, and prepare derivative works based upon, such pre-existing materials and derivative works thereof and (ii) authorize others to do any of the foregoing. Employee shall notify the Company in writing of any and all pre-existing materials delivered to the Company by Employee. Employee acknowledges that the Company does not wish to incorporate any unlicensed or unauthorized materials into its products or technology. Therefore, Employee agrees that Employee shall not knowingly disclose to the Company, use in the Company’s business, or cause the Company to use, any information or material which is confidential to any third party unless the Company has a written agreement with such third party or the Company otherwise has the right to receive and use such information. Employee shall not incorporate into Employee’s work any material which is subject to the copyrights, patent or other proprietary right of any third party unless the Company has a written agreement with such third party or otherwise has the right to receive and use such material.
8.
Defense or Prosecution of Claims
. Employee agrees that during his employment and following the termination of his employment for any reason, he shall cooperate at the request of the Company in the defense or prosecution of any lawsuits or claims in which the Company, its affiliates and their respective managers, directors, employees, officers or equity holders may be or become involved and which relate to matters occurring while he was employed by the Company, unless and to the extent that (a) Employee receives a written opinion of counsel, which is provided to the Company, that Employee shall suffer material harm or material prejudice as a result of such cooperation or (b) a material conflict of interest arises or exists with respect to such cooperation, and in each such case Employee shall cooperate to the maximum extent possible without incurring material harm or material prejudice or a material conflict of interest.
9.
Specific Enforcement
. The Company and Employee agree that any violation of
Sections 5
,
6
,
7
,
8
, or
9
of this Agreement shall cause irreparable injury to the Company and its affiliates and that, accordingly, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have at law or in equity, to seek an injunction enjoining and restraining Employee from doing or planning to do any such act and any other violation or threatened violation of
Sections 5
,
6
,
7
,
8
, or
9
. Employee agrees that the Company shall be entitled to recover from Employee all of the Company’s costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Company in the course of successfully defending or enforcing this Agreement.
10.
No Conflicting Obligations
. Each party represents and warrants to the other party that it or he is not now under any obligation of a contractual or other nature to any person or entity which is inconsistent or in conflict with this Agreement, or which would prevent, limit or impair in any way the performance by it or him of its or his obligations hereunder.
11.
Indemnity
. Employee shall indemnify the Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns from and against any and all actions, suits, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees) arising out of or in connection with any breach or threatened breach by Employee of any one or more provisions of this Agreement. The existence of any claim, demand, action or cause of action of Employee against the Company shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of any of the covenants or agreements herein.
12.
Governing Law
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
13.
Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial
.
(a)
Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United States of America located in the State of California, for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement (and the parties agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts), and further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered or certified mail to such party’s principal place of business shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any such court. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement, in the above-named courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives his or its right and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(b)
TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES AND COVENANTS NOT TO ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE OR ACTION, CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION OR SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), INQUIRY, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
14.
Remedies Cumulative
. The provisions of this Agreement do not in any way limit or abridge any rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or other affiliates under the law of unfair competition, trade secret, copyright, patent, trademark or any other applicable law(s), all of which are in addition to and cumulative of the Company’s rights under this Agreement.
15.
Severability
. Each of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed separate and severable each from the other. In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions or portions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unreasonable or unenforceable, in whole or in part, as written, Employee hereby consents to and affirmatively requests that such court reform such provision or portion of this Agreement so as to be reasonable and enforceable and that such court enforce such provision or portion of this Agreement as so reformed.
16.
No Defense
. The existence of any claim, demand, action or cause of action of Employee against the Company, whether or not based upon this Agreement, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of any covenant or agreement of Employee contained herein.
17.
No Attachment
. Except as required by law, no right to receive payments under this Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation, alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge or hypothecation, or to execution, attachment, levy or similar process or assignment by operation of law, and any attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to effect any such action shall be null, void and of no effect; provided, however, that this provision shall not prevent Employee from designating one or more beneficiaries to receive any amount after his death and shall not preclude his executor or administrator from assigning any right hereunder to the person or persons entitled thereto, and in the event of Employee’s death or a judicial determination of Employee’s incompetence, Employee’s rights under this Agreement shall survive and shall inure to the benefit of Employee’s heirs, beneficiaries and legal representatives.
18.
Source of Payments
. All payments provided under this Agreement shall be paid in cash from the general funds of the Company, and no special or separate fund shall be established and no other segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment.
19.
Tax Withholding
. The Company may withhold from any compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling.
20.
Notices
. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, by any overnight courier or other service providing evidence of delivery, by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), or by facsimile or e-mail with a copy delivered the next business day by any overnight courier or other service providing evidence of delivery, to the respective parties at the following address:
|
If to the Company:
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Mobivity Corporation
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|
Attention:
|
Chairman of the Board
|
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Facsimile:
|
(619) 725-0958
|
|
If to Employee:
|
______________
|
|
E-mail:
|
__________________
|
21.
Amendment and Waiver
. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified, unless such amendment or modification is in writing and signed by the Company and by Employee. No waiver by either party hereto of any breach by the other party hereto of any condition or any provisions of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent breach of such condition or provision or waiver of a similar or dissimilar condition or provision at the same time or any subsequent time.
22.
Assignment; Successors in Interest
. No assignment or transfer by either party of such party’s rights and obligations hereunder shall be made except with the prior written consent of the other party hereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and any reference to a party shall also be a reference to the successors and permitted assigns thereof, including, without limitation, successors through merger, consolidation, or sale of substantially all of the Company’s equity interests or assets, and shall be binding upon Employee.
23.
Prior Agreements
. This Agreement supersedes all previous agreements between the Company and Employee concerning terms and conditions of the employment of Employee by the Company, and all such previous agreements are hereby canceled by mutual consent.
24.
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to Employee’s employment with the Company, and no statements, representations, promises or inducements made by any party hereto, or agreement of either party, which is not contained in this Agreement or in a writing signed by both parties and expressly providing that it is supplemental to this Agreement, shall be valid or binding.
25.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
26.
Section 409A
. This Agreement shall be construed in a manner consistent with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the formal guidance issued thereunder (“
Section 409A
”), and the Company, in its sole discretion and without the consent of Employee, may amend the provisions of this Agreement if and to the extent the Company determines that such amendment is necessary or appropriate to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A. If a payment date that complies with Section 409A is not otherwise provided herein for any payment (in cash or in-kind) or reimbursement that would otherwise constitute a “deferral of compensation” under Section 409A, then such payment or reimbursement, to the extent such payment or reimbursement becomes due hereunder, shall in all events be made not later than two and one-half (2½) months after the end of the later of the fiscal year or the calendar year in which the payment or reimbursement is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. The Company shall only reimburse those amounts eligible to reimbursed under this Agreement for which Employee submits, within thirty (30) days following the end of the calendar year in which the expense was incurred, written requests for payments accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company may reasonably require and as may be needed to comply with applicable IRS rules and Treasury regulations.
27.
Independent Review and Advice
. Employee represents and warrants that he executes this Agreement with full knowledge of the contents of this Agreement, the legal consequences thereof, and any and all rights which each party may have with respect to one another; that Employee has had the opportunity to receive independent legal advice with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement and with respect to the rights and asserted rights arising out of such matters; and that Employee is entering into this Agreement of his own free will.
28.
Survival
. The obligations of the parties under
Sections 3(d)
,
4(b)
,
4(c)
,
4(d)
,
4(e)
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
22
,
23
,
24
,
25
,
27
and
29
shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement and shall not be extinguished thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, Employee has hereunder set his hand and seal, and the Company has caused this Employment Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer, to be effective as of the Effective Date.
“
EMPLOYEE
”:
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_______________, individually
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“
COMPANY
”:
Mobivity Corporation
By:
Name:
Dennis Becker
Title:
CEO
[Signature Page to
Employment Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIAL GENERAL RELEASE
In consideration of the promises, rights and benefits set forth in the Employment Agreement dated as of __________ _____, 2013, (the “
Agreement
”) by and between
Mobivity Corporation
, a Nevada corporation (the “
Company
”), and
_______________
, an individual resident of the State of California (“
Employee
”), Employee hereby executes this Confidential General Release (“
Release
”):
1.
Employee hereby releases the Company, its past and present parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, assigns, related companies, entities or divisions, its or their past and present employee benefit plans, trustees, fiduciaries and administrators, and any and all of its and their respective past and present officers, directors, partners, insurers, equity holders, agents, representatives, attorneys and employees, including, without limitation, each of their affiliates (all collectively included in the term “
Company
” for purposes of this Release), from any and all claims, demands or causes of action which Employee, or Employee’s heirs, executors, administrators, agents, attorneys, representatives or assigns (all collectively included in the term “
Employee
” for purposes of this Release), have, had or may have against the Company, based on any events or circumstances arising or occurring prior to and including the date of Employee’s execution of this Release to the fullest extent permitted by law, regardless of whether such claims are now known or are later discovered, including but not limited to, any claims relating to Employee’s employment or termination of employment by the Company, any rights of continued employment, reinstatement or reemployment by Company, and any costs or attorneys’ fees incurred by Employee;
provided
,
however
, Employee is not waiving, releasing or giving up any rights to vested benefits under any pension or savings plan, or to enforce the Agreement, or any other rights which cannot be waived as a matter of law. In the event any claim or suit is filed on Employee’s behalf, Employee waives any and all rights to receive monetary damages or injunctive relief in favor of Employee.
2.
Employee agrees and acknowledges: that, except for any rights to vested benefits under any pension or savings plan, or to enforce this Agreement, or any other rights which cannot be waived as a matter of law, this Release is intended to be a general release that extinguishes all claims by Employee against the Company; that Employee is waiving any claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and all other federal, state and local statutes, acts, ordinances and common law, including, but not limited to, any and all claims alleging personal injury, emotional distress or other torts, or breach of contract, to the fullest extent permitted by law; that Employee is waiving all claims against the Company, known or unknown, arising or occurring prior to and including the date of Employee’s execution of this Release; that the consideration that Employee will receive in exchange for Employee’s waiver of the claims specified herein exceeds anything of value to which Employee is already entitled; that Employee was hereby informed by the Company in writing to consult with an attorney and that Employee was provided at least twenty-one (21) days to consider this Release; that Employee has entered into this Release knowingly and voluntarily with full understanding of its terms and after having had the opportunity to seek and having received advice from counsel of Employee’s choosing; and that Employee has had a reasonable period of time within which to consider this Release. Employee represents that Employee has not assigned any claim against the Company to any person or entity. Employee agrees not to apply for or seek future employment by the Company.
Employee acknowledges that Employee may hereafter discover facts different from or in addition to those it now knows or believes to be true with respect to the matters released herein. Employee acknowledges that the releases contained herein shall remain effective in all respects notwithstanding such different or additional facts. Seller consequently executes this Release herein voluntarily, with full knowledge of its significance, and with the express intention of waiving Section 1542 of the California Civil Code regarding the extinguishment of all obligations and claims, whether known or unknown. Section 1542 of the California Civil Code reads as follows:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
3.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2, Employee will remain eligible for indemnification pursuant to the provisions of the Company’s organizational documents, including its articles of incorporation and bylaws.
4.
Employee agrees to keep the terms of this Release confidential and not to disclose the terms of this Release to anyone except to Employee’s attorneys, tax consultants or as otherwise required by law, and agrees to take all steps necessary to assure confidentiality by those recipients of this information.
5.
Employee hereby agrees and acknowledges that Employee has carefully read this Release, fully understands what this Release means, and is signing this Release knowingly and voluntarily, that no other promises or agreements have been made to Employee other than those set forth in the Agreement or this Release, and that Employee has not relied on any statement by anyone associated with Company that is not contained in the Agreement or this Release in deciding to sign this Release.
6.
The rights and obligations of the parties under this Release shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, and all disputes arising under this Release shall be submitted to the courts in California.
Employee will deliver an executed copy of the Release to:
Mobivity Corporation
58 W. Buffalo St.
Chandler, AZ 85225
Attention: Chairman of the Board
Facsimile: (619) 725-0958
Employee may revoke this Release within seven (7) calendar days after it is executed by Employee by delivering a written notice of revocation to the addresses above no later than the close of business on the seventh (7th) calendar day after this Release was signed by Employee. If Employee revokes this Release, the Company shall have no obligation to provide any severance benefits set forth in the Agreement.
EMPLOYEE:
Signature:
Print name:
_____________
Date:
Exhibit 10.4
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(this “
Agreement
”) is made, entered into and effective as of this __ day of _________, 2013 (the “
Effective Date
”) by and between
Mobivity Corporation
, a Nevada corporation (the “
Company
”), and
_________________
, an individual resident of the State of _______________ (“
Employee
”).
WHEREAS
, the Company and Employee desire to set forth in a written agreement the terms and conditions pursuant to which Employee shall be employed as Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer by the Company; and
WHEREAS
, the parties intend to supersede all prior oral and written communications, correspondence, letters and negotiations between them with the terms set forth herein with regard to the terms of Employee’s employment.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each party hereby agrees as follows:
1.
Definitions
. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the definitions set forth below. Other capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not defined in this
Section 1
shall have the definitions given to them in this Agreement.
(a)
“
Board
” means the Board of Directors of the Company, including any authorized committee(s) thereof.
(b)
“
Cause
” means:
(i)
commission by Employee of a felony;
(ii)
Employee’s insobriety, use of illegal drugs, abuse of prescription drugs or abuse of alcohol which adversely and directly effects the company or its reputation l;
(iii)
Employee’s engaging in fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, deceit or other unlawful act or similar acts involving dishonesty or moral turpitude on the part of Employee which adversely and directly effects the company or its reputation;
(iv)
Employee’s insubordination, commission of an act of dishonesty, gross negligence, self dealing, willful misconduct, deceit or other unlawful act in connection with the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder, including without limitation, misappropriation of funds or property of the Company, securing or attempting to secure personally any profit in connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of the Company;
(v)
Employee’s willful act or gross negligence having the effect of injuring the reputation, business or business relationships of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates;
(vi)
Employee’s disregard of (A) any provision of any policy, work rule, procedure or standard of the Company; or (B) any directive of the Company or the Board;
(vii)
Employee’s violation of any fiduciary obligation to the Company;
(viii)
Employee’s violation of any provision of the policies, work rules, procedures or standards of the Company;
(ix)
Employee’s failure to perform his duties under this Agreement; or
(x)
Employee’s violation of any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any other agreement with the Company.
With respect to subparts (vi) through (x) only (but not with respect to subparts (i) through (v)), if the Company believes that Employee has engaged in conduct that would support a termination for Cause, the Company shall provide Employee written notice of such act or failure to act, and Employee shall have ten (10) days following receipt of such notice by the Company to cure such act or failure to act, and if Employee cures such act or failure to act within such ten (10) day period, such act or failure to act shall not be considered Cause under this Agreement.
“
Confidential Information
” means any data or information concerning the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, or the operations of the Company or its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, other than Trade Secrets, without regard to form, that is valuable to the Company or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates and is not generally known by the public or competitors of the Company or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information about the business practices, customers of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates (including, without limitation, mailing lists and customer lists and records), lists of the current or potential customers, vendors and suppliers, lists of and other information about the executives and employees, financial information, business strategies, business methods, product information, contracts and contractual arrangements, marketing plans, the type and volume of the business of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, personnel information, information about the Company’s vendors, suppliers and strategic partners, price lists, pricing policies, pricing information, business methods, research and development techniques and activities of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and all information located in the books and records of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates. Confidential Information also includes any information or data described above which the Company or any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company obtains from another party and which the Company or such parent, subsidiary or affiliate treats as proprietary or designates as confidential information whether or not owned or developed by the Company or such parent, subsidiary or affiliate.
(c)
“
Disability
” means that Employee qualifies for benefits under the long-term disability plan or policy maintained by the Company, or, in the absence of such a plan or policy, a physical or mental impairment that renders Employee substantially incapable of performing the essential functions of his job as determined by the Company, with or without reasonable accommodations as contemplated by Americans with Disabilities Act.
(d)
“
Free Cash Flow
” means operating cash flows (net income plus amortization and depreciation) minus capital expenditures and dividends.
(e)
“
Good Reason
” means (i) a reduction by the Company of Employee’s salary, benefits or any other form of remuneration or perquisites,
provided
such reduction is not applied to all similarly situated employees in the same fashion; or (ii) any breach by the Company of any material provision of this Agreement after written notice by Employee thereof, and such breach remaining uncured following an opportunity for Company to cure same within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice.
(f)
“
Sale Transaction
” means any transaction or series of related transactions involving (i) an acquisition (whether of stock, equity securities or assets), merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination pursuant to which the business of the Company is combined with another unaffiliated third party; (ii) the purchase of all or substantially all of the business of another unaffiliated third party or parties (whether by way of merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale of all or substantially all assets or securities); or (iii) the formation of a joint venture or partnership by or with the Company for the purpose of effecting a transfer of control of, or a material interest in, the Company, or any such purchases by a person or entity that has such an effect.
(g)
“
Territory
” means the United States of America. The parties acknowledge and agree that the foregoing description of the Territory is reasonable and embodies locations where the Company currently conducts its business and operations or reasonably expects to conduct the business in accordance with the Company’s business plan.
(h)
“
Trade Secret
” means information of the Company or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, without regard to form, including, but not limited to, technical or nontechnical data, a formula, a pattern, a compilation, a program, a device, a method, a technique, a drawing, a design, a process, financial data, financial plans, product plans, technology plans, marketing plans, acquisition strategies, strategic plans, or a list of actual or potential customers or suppliers which is not commonly known by or available to the public and which information: (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. Trade Secrets also includes any information or data described above which the Company or any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company obtains from another party and which the Company treats as proprietary or designates as trade secrets, whether or not owned or developed by the Company or such parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.
(i)
“
Work Product
” means all discoveries, designs, artwork, Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, trademarks, data, analyses, materials, formulas, strategic plans, acquisition strategies, research, documentation, computer programs, information technology systems, communication systems, audio systems, manufacturing systems, system designs, inventions (whether or not patentable), copyrightable subject matter, works of authorship, and other proprietary information or work product (including all worldwide rights therein under patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidential information, moral rights and other property rights), which Employee has made or conceived, or may make or conceive, either solely or jointly with others, while providing services to the Company or its subsidiaries or with the use of the time, material or facilities of the Company or its subsidiaries or relating to any actual or anticipated business of the Company or its subsidiaries known to Employee while employed at the Company, or suggested by or resulting from any task assigned to Employee or work performed by Employee for or on behalf of the Company.
2.
Employment, Duties and Term
.
(a)
Subject to the terms hereof, the Company hereby employs Employee as Chief Sales Officer, and Employee accepts such employment with the Company on the terms set forth in this Agreement. In such capacity, Employee shall perform the duties appropriate to such office or position, and such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with such position as are assigned to him from time to time by the Board or its designees.
(b)
Employee shall devote his full working time and best efforts to the performance of his duties under this Agreement for and on behalf of the Company and shall not work for anyone else or engage in any activity in competition with or detrimental to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall be permitted to serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, so long as the Board consents in advance in writing to such activities, and such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of his responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement.
(c)
Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall be for an initial term commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third (3
rd
) anniversary of the Effective Date (the “
Initial Term
”). Unless earlier terminated as set forth herein, at the conclusion of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for additional one-year renewal terms (each a “
Renewal Term
”), unless either Employee or the Company notifies the other in writing of its desire not to renew this Agreement at least ninety (90) days prior to the conclusion of the Initial Term or any subsequent Renewal Term. The date on which this Agreement is terminated or expires as provided herein is herein called the “
Termination Date
,” and the period from the Effective Date through the Termination Date is herein called the “
Term
.”
3.
Compensation
.
(a)
Base Salary
. In consideration of the services rendered by Employee, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company shall pay Employee during the Term an annual base salary of at least $175,000 (the “
Base Salary
”). The Base Salary shall be subject to increase, if at all, based on an annual salary review by the Board commencing on December 31, 2013, and each 12 month period thereafter. The Base Salary shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices as in effect from time to time.
(b)
Bonus
. In addition to the Base Salary, the Company shall pay Employee a Bonus of one percent (1%) of collected quarterly gross revenues (“Quarterly Bonus”). The Quarterly Bonus shall be paid at the earlier of forty five days (45) from the closing of the previous quarter, or when collected by the Company.
(c)
Vacation
. Employee shall receive vacation in accordance with the policies of the Company;
provided
,
however
, that Employee shall be given at a minimum four (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year (and pro-rated for any partial calendar year). Beginning in the calendar year 2012, at the completion of each calendar year, the Company shall pay Employee a cash lump sum payment for any unused vacation time from the recently completed calendar year. Any unused vacation may not be carried forward to a subsequent year.
(d)
Benefits
. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to participate in any other employee benefit plans generally provided by the Company to its full-time employees from time to time, but only to the extent provided in such employee benefit plans and for so long as the Company provides or offers such benefit plans. The Company reserves the right to modify, amend or terminate such benefit plans at any time without prior notice.
(e)
Expense Reimbursement
. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to be reimbursed in accordance with the policies of the Company, as adopted from time to time, for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Employee in connection with the performance of Employee’s duties of employment hereunder. Unless the expense policies provide otherwise, Employee shall submit written requests for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company reasonably may require no later than thirty (30) days following the end of the calendar year in which such fees and expenses are incurred, and reimbursement payments shall be made within thirty (30) days after the Company’s receipt of Employee’s written request.
(f)
Stock Options
. Following a financing of Mobivity of $3 million or more (“The Financing”), employee shall be granted a number of stock options equivalent to five percent (5%) of the number of outstanding shares of the Company following The Financing, and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company’s incentive stock option plan. The Option Shares will vest as follows: (a) as to 20% of the Option Shares, upon the date of The Financing, and (b) as to another 40% of the Option Shares, when the Company reaches $10,000,000 of Gross Revenue during the Company’s fiscal year, (c) and as to the final 40% of the Option Shares (or such lower percentage then constituting the remainder of the Performance Option Shares) will vest at the earlier of the Company’s current Stock Option Plan and regular vesting schedule of 1/48
th
per month for Forty Eight (48) Months, or upon the company reaching $15,000,000 of Gross Revenue during the Company’s fiscal year. Vesting will, of course, depend on your continued employment with the Company. The option will be subject to the terms of Parent’s current Stock Option Plan and the Stock Option Agreement between you and Parent.
(g)
Termination
.
(h)
This Agreement may be terminated during the Term as follows:
(i)
by mutual agreement of the Company and Employee;
(ii)
by the Company, immediately, without any advance notice from the Company, for Cause;
(iii)
by the Company, upon the death or Disability of Employee;
(iv)
by the Company, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice, without Cause;
(v)
by Employee, upon ninety (90) days prior written notice, without Good Reason; or
(vi)
by Employee, immediately, without any advance notice from Employee, for Good Reason.
(i)
Upon Employee’s separation from service following the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to Employee the following: (i) all Base Salary earned or accrued through the Termination Date; (ii) all accrued and unused vacation time for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs; and (iii) reimbursement for any expenses under
Section 3(d)
that were incurred by Employee prior to the Termination Date.
(j)
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(ii)
(by the Company for Cause), , pursuant to
Section 4(a)(v)
(by Employee without Good Reason), or due to Employee providing notice to the Company that Employee is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then Employee shall only be entitled to receive those payments set forth in
Section 4(b)
, and Employee shall not be entitled to any further payments whatsoever.
(k)
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(i)
(mutual agreement), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(iv)
(by the Company without Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(vi)
(by Employee with Good Reason) or due to the Company providing notice to Employee that the Company is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then, in addition to the payments set forth in
Section 4(b)
above, the Company shall pay Employee twelve months (12) months of Base Salary, at the rate in effect as of the Termination Date, which payments shall commence within thirty (30) days following Employee’s separation from service, payable as described in
Section 4(e)
, and which shall be made in accordance with the regular payroll practices of the Company (the “
Separation Payments
”). Additionally, the Employee’s stock options shall continue to vest for three (3) months following the date of termination and the Employee’s option to exercise such options shall be extended per the period defined in the Company’s Employee Stock Option Plan from the three (3) month anniversary of the Termination Date.
(l)
To receive the Separation Payments described in
Section 4(d)
, Employee must execute, not later than ten (10) days following Employee’s separation from service a release of claims against the Company, its affiliates and their respective managers, directors, officers and equity holders, in the form and substance of
Exhibit A
, and Employee must not have thereafter revoked such release. If Employee has not executed the release of claims in favor of the Company and returned it to the Company by the date the payment described in
Section 4(d)
becomes due or if Employee revokes an executed release, Employee shall forfeit all rights to such payment under this Agreement.
(m)
“
Separation from service
” as used in this
Section 4
to determine the date of any payment, shall mean the date of Employee’s “separation from service” as defined by Section 409A of the Internal Code Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations and formal guidance issued thereunder.
4.
Confidential Relationship and Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
. In the course of Employee’s employment by the Company, Employee has had access to and shall have access to the Company’s most sensitive and most valuable Trade Secrets, proprietary information, and Confidential Information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries, their present and future business plans, development projects, artwork, designs, products, formulas, suppliers, customers, acquisition strategies and business affairs which constitute valuable business assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, the use, application or disclosure of any of which shall cause substantial and possible irreparable damage to the business and asset value of the Company. Accordingly, Employee accepts and agrees to be bound by the following provisions:
(a)
At any time, upon the request of the Company and in any event upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, Employee shall deliver to the Company all analyses, strategies, plans, acquisition strategies, artwork, technology plans, memoranda, notes, records, drawings, manuals, files or other documents, and all copies of each, concerning or constituting Confidential Information or Trade Secrets and any other property or files belonging to the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are in the possession of Employee, whether made or compiled by Employee or furnished to or acquired by Employee from the Company.
(b)
To protect the Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, Employee agrees that:
(i)
Employee shall hold in confidence the Trade Secrets. Except in the performance of services for the Company, Employee shall not at any time use, disclose, reproduce, distribute, transmit, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or transfer the Trade Secrets or any portion thereof.
(ii)
Employee shall hold in confidence the Confidential Information. Except in the performance of services for the Company, Employee shall not, at any time during the Term of this Agreement and for two (2) years thereafter, use, disclose, reproduce, distribute, transmit, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or transfer the Confidential Information or any portion thereof.
5.
Restrictive Covenants
. For purposes of this
Section 6
, the “
Company
” shall include the Company and its parents and subsidiaries.
(a)
Restricted Period
. For purposes hereof, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(ii)
(by the Company for Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(v)
(by Employee without Good Reason), or due to Employee providing notice to the Company that Employee is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then the “
Restricted Period
” shall last until the two (2) year anniversary of the Termination Date. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(i)
(mutual agreement), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(iv)
(by the Company without Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(vi)
(by Employee with Good Reason), or due to the Company providing notice to Employee that the Company is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then the “
Restricted Period
” shall last until the date that is one week after the date of the last Separation Payment paid by the Company.
(b)
Non-Solicitation
. Employee agrees that for purposes hereof, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4(a)(ii)
(by the Company for Cause), pursuant to
Section 4(a)(v)
(by Employee without Good Reason), or due to Employee providing notice to the Company that Employee is not renewing this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(c)
, then during the Term of this Agreement and in the event of any termination or expiration of this Agreement, until the expiration of the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, anywhere within the Territory, without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service of or on behalf of others, (i) solicit, contact, call upon, communicate with or attempt to communicate with any supplier of goods or services to the Company, any customer of the Company or prospective customer of the Company, or any representative of any customer or prospective customer of the Company with a view to selling or providing any product, deliverable or service competitive or potentially competitive with any product, deliverable or service sold or provided or under development by the Company during the period of two (2) years immediately preceding the Termination Date (
provided
that the foregoing restrictions shall apply only to customers or prospective customers of the Company, or representatives of customers or prospective customers of the Company with which Employee had material contact during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the Termination Date); (ii) solicit, induce or encourage any supplier of the Company to terminate or modify any business relationship with the Company; or (iii) otherwise take any action which may reasonably be anticipated to interfere with or disrupt any past, present or prospective business relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any customer, supplier or agent of the Company. The actions prohibited by this
Section 6(b)
shall not be engaged in by Employee directly or indirectly, whether as employee, independent contractor, manager, salesperson, agent, technical support technician, sales or service representative, or otherwise.
(c)
Non-Recruitment
. During the Term of this Agreement, and in the event of any termination or expiration of this Agreement until the expiration of the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service of or on behalf of others, solicit or attempt to solicit for employment any person employed by the Company in the Territory, whether or not such person is a full-time employee or a temporary employee of the Company, and whether or not such employment is pursuant to a written agreement or independent contractor agreement and whether or not such employment is for a determined period or is at will.
(d)
Non-Disparagement
. Employee covenants and agrees not to make any statements of any kind, oral or written, that are derogatory or disparaging toward the Company or the management, products, employees, customers or services of the Company;
provided
,
however
, that nothing contained herein shall limit Employee’s obligation to give truthful testimony to a court or governmental agency, when required to do so by subpoena, court order, law or administrative regulation.
(e)
Reasonableness
. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the covenants contained in this
Section 6
(“
Restrictive Covenants
”) are reasonable and valid in all respects. Further, if any Restrictive Covenants, or portion thereof, are declared to be invalid or unenforceable, Employee shall, as soon as possible, execute a supplemental agreement with the Company granting to the Company, to the extent legally permissible, the protection intended to be afforded to the Company by the Restrictive Covenants, or portion thereof, so declared invalid or unenforceable.
(f)
Tolling
. Employee agrees that in the event the enforceability of any of the terms of this
Section 6
shall be challenged in court and Employee is not enjoined from breaching the Restrictive Covenants set forth in this
Section 6
, then if a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the challenged covenants are enforceable, the time period restrictions specified in this
Section 6
shall be deemed tolled upon the filing of the lawsuit involving the enforceability of this
Section 6
until the dispute is finally resolved and all periods of appeal have expired.
6.
Work Product
. All Work Product shall be the exclusive property of the Company. If any of the Work Product may not, by operation of law or otherwise, be considered the exclusive property of the Company, or if ownership of all right, title, and interest to the legal rights therein shall not otherwise vest exclusively in the Company, Employee hereby assigns to the Company, and upon the future creation thereof automatically assigns to the Company, without further consideration, the ownership of all Work Product. The Company shall have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, registrations, and any other protection available in the Work Product. Employee shall promptly disclose any and all such Work Product to the Company. Employee agrees to perform, during or after termination of Employee’s employment by the Company, and without requiring the Company to provide any further consideration therefore, such further acts as may be necessary or desirable to transfer, perfect and defend the Company’s ownership of the Work Product as requested by the Company.
7.
License
. To the extent that any pre-existing materials are contained in the materials Employee delivers to the Company or the Company’s customers, and such preexisting materials are not Work Product, Employee grants to the Company an irrevocable, exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: (i) use and distribute (internally or externally) copies of, and prepare derivative works based upon, such pre-existing materials and derivative works thereof and (ii) authorize others to do any of the foregoing. Employee shall notify the Company in writing of any and all pre-existing materials delivered to the Company by Employee. Employee acknowledges that the Company does not wish to incorporate any unlicensed or unauthorized materials into its products or technology. Therefore, Employee agrees that Employee shall not knowingly disclose to the Company, use in the Company’s business, or cause the Company to use, any information or material which is confidential to any third party unless the Company has a written agreement with such third party or the Company otherwise has the right to receive and use such information. Employee shall not incorporate into Employee’s work any material which is subject to the copyrights, patent or other proprietary right of any third party unless the Company has a written agreement with such third party or otherwise has the right to receive and use such material.
8.
Defense or Prosecution of Claims
. Employee agrees that during his employment and following the termination of his employment for any reason, he shall cooperate at the request of the Company in the defense or prosecution of any lawsuits or claims in which the Company, its affiliates and their respective managers, directors, employees, officers or equity holders may be or become involved and which relate to matters occurring while he was employed by the Company, unless and to the extent that (a) Employee receives a written opinion of counsel, which is provided to the Company, that Employee shall suffer material harm or material prejudice as a result of such cooperation or (b) a material conflict of interest arises or exists with respect to such cooperation, and in each such case Employee shall cooperate to the maximum extent possible without incurring material harm or material prejudice or a material conflict of interest.
9.
Specific Enforcement
. The Company and Employee agree that any violation of
Sections 5
,
6
,
7
,
8
, or
9
of this Agreement shall cause irreparable injury to the Company and its affiliates and that, accordingly, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have at law or in equity, to seek an injunction enjoining and restraining Employee from doing or planning to do any such act and any other violation or threatened violation of
Sections 5
,
6
,
7
,
8
, or
9
. Employee agrees that the Company shall be entitled to recover from Employee all of the Company’s costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Company in the course of successfully defending or enforcing this Agreement.
10.
No Conflicting Obligations
. Each party represents and warrants to the other party that it or he is not now under any obligation of a contractual or other nature to any person or entity which is inconsistent or in conflict with this Agreement, or which would prevent, limit or impair in any way the performance by it or him of its or his obligations hereunder.
11.
Indemnity
. Employee shall indemnify the Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns from and against any and all actions, suits, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees) arising out of or in connection with any breach or threatened breach by Employee of any one or more provisions of this Agreement. The existence of any claim, demand, action or cause of action of Employee against the Company shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of any of the covenants or agreements herein.
12.
Governing Law
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
13.
Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial
.
(a)
Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United States of America located in the State of California, for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement (and the parties agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts), and further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered or certified mail to such party’s principal place of business shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any such court. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement, in the above-named courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives his or its right and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(b)
TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES AND COVENANTS NOT TO ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE OR ACTION, CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION OR SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), INQUIRY, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
14.
Remedies Cumulative
. The provisions of this Agreement do not in any way limit or abridge any rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or other affiliates under the law of unfair competition, trade secret, copyright, patent, trademark or any other applicable law(s), all of which are in addition to and cumulative of the Company’s rights under this Agreement.
15.
Severability
. Each of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed separate and severable each from the other. In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions or portions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unreasonable or unenforceable, in whole or in part, as written, Employee hereby consents to and affirmatively requests that such court reform such provision or portion of this Agreement so as to be reasonable and enforceable and that such court enforce such provision or portion of this Agreement as so reformed.
16.
No Defense
. The existence of any claim, demand, action or cause of action of Employee against the Company, whether or not based upon this Agreement, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of any covenant or agreement of Employee contained herein.
17.
No Attachment
. Except as required by law, no right to receive payments under this Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation, alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge or hypothecation, or to execution, attachment, levy or similar process or assignment by operation of law, and any attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to effect any such action shall be null, void and of no effect; provided, however, that this provision shall not prevent Employee from designating one or more beneficiaries to receive any amount after his death and shall not preclude his executor or administrator from assigning any right hereunder to the person or persons entitled thereto, and in the event of Employee’s death or a judicial determination of Employee’s incompetence, Employee’s rights under this Agreement shall survive and shall inure to the benefit of Employee’s heirs, beneficiaries and legal representatives.
18.
Source of Payments
. All payments provided under this Agreement shall be paid in cash from the general funds of the Company, and no special or separate fund shall be established and no other segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment.
19.
Tax Withholding
. The Company may withhold from any compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling.
20.
Notices
. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, by any overnight courier or other service providing evidence of delivery, by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), or by facsimile or e-mail with a copy delivered the next business day by any overnight courier or other service providing evidence of delivery, to the respective parties at the following address:
|
If to the Company:
|
Mobivity Corporation
|
|
Attention:
|
Chairman of the Board
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(619) 725-0958
|
|
If to Employee:
|
______________
|
|
E-mail:
|
__________________
|
21.
Amendment and Waiver
. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified, unless such amendment or modification is in writing and signed by the Company and by Employee. No waiver by either party hereto of any breach by the other party hereto of any condition or any provisions of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent breach of such condition or provision or waiver of a similar or dissimilar condition or provision at the same time or any subsequent time.
22.
Assignment; Successors in Interest
. No assignment or transfer by either party of such party’s rights and obligations hereunder shall be made except with the prior written consent of the other party hereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and any reference to a party shall also be a reference to the successors and permitted assigns thereof, including, without limitation, successors through merger, consolidation, or sale of substantially all of the Company’s equity interests or assets, and shall be binding upon Employee.
23.
Prior Agreements
. This Agreement supersedes all previous agreements between the Company and Employee concerning terms and conditions of the employment of Employee by the Company, and all such previous agreements are hereby canceled by mutual consent.
24.
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to Employee’s employment with the Company, and no statements, representations, promises or inducements made by any party hereto, or agreement of either party, which is not contained in this Agreement or in a writing signed by both parties and expressly providing that it is supplemental to this Agreement, shall be valid or binding.
25.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
26.
Section 409A
. This Agreement shall be construed in a manner consistent with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the formal guidance issued thereunder (“
Section 409A
”), and the Company, in its sole discretion and without the consent of Employee, may amend the provisions of this Agreement if and to the extent the Company determines that such amendment is necessary or appropriate to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A. If a payment date that complies with Section 409A is not otherwise provided herein for any payment (in cash or in-kind) or reimbursement that would otherwise constitute a “deferral of compensation” under Section 409A, then such payment or reimbursement, to the extent such payment or reimbursement becomes due hereunder, shall in all events be made not later than two and one-half (2½) months after the end of the later of the fiscal year or the calendar year in which the payment or reimbursement is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. The Company shall only reimburse those amounts eligible to reimbursed under this Agreement for which Employee submits, within thirty (30) days following the end of the calendar year in which the expense was incurred, written requests for payments accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company may reasonably require and as may be needed to comply with applicable IRS rules and Treasury regulations.
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Independent Review and Advice
. Employee represents and warrants that he executes this Agreement with full knowledge of the contents of this Agreement, the legal consequences thereof, and any and all rights which each party may have with respect to one another; that Employee has had the opportunity to receive independent legal advice with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement and with respect to the rights and asserted rights arising out of such matters; and that Employee is entering into this Agreement of his own free will.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, Employee has hereunder set his hand and seal, and the Company has caused this Employment Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer, to be effective as of the Effective Date.
“
EMPLOYEE
”:
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_______________, individually
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“
COMPANY
”:
Mobivity Corporation
By:
Name:
Dennis Becker
Title:
CEO
[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIAL GENERAL RELEASE
In consideration of the promises, rights and benefits set forth in the Employment Agreement dated as of __________ _____, 2013, (the “
Agreement
”) by and between
Mobivity Corporation
, a Nevada corporation (the “
Company
”), and
_______________
, an individual resident of the State of California (“
Employee
”), Employee hereby executes this Confidential General Release (“
Release
”):
1.
Employee hereby releases the Company, its past and present parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, assigns, related companies, entities or divisions, its or their past and present employee benefit plans, trustees, fiduciaries and administrators, and any and all of its and their respective past and present officers, directors, partners, insurers, equity holders, agents, representatives, attorneys and employees, including, without limitation, each of their affiliates (all collectively included in the term “
Company
” for purposes of this Release), from any and all claims, demands or causes of action which Employee, or Employee’s heirs, executors, administrators, agents, attorneys, representatives or assigns (all collectively included in the term “
Employee
” for purposes of this Release), have, had or may have against the Company, based on any events or circumstances arising or occurring prior to and including the date of Employee’s execution of this Release to the fullest extent permitted by law, regardless of whether such claims are now known or are later discovered, including but not limited to, any claims relating to Employee’s employment or termination of employment by the Company, any rights of continued employment, reinstatement or reemployment by Company, and any costs or attorneys’ fees incurred by Employee;
provided
,
however
, Employee is not waiving, releasing or giving up any rights to vested benefits under any pension or savings plan, or to enforce the Agreement, or any other rights which cannot be waived as a matter of law. In the event any claim or suit is filed on Employee’s behalf, Employee waives any and all rights to receive monetary damages or injunctive relief in favor of Employee.
2.
Employee agrees and acknowledges: that, except for any rights to vested benefits under any pension or savings plan, or to enforce this Agreement, or any other rights which cannot be waived as a matter of law, this Release is intended to be a general release that extinguishes all claims by Employee against the Company; that Employee is waiving any claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and all other federal, state and local statutes, acts, ordinances and common law, including, but not limited to, any and all claims alleging personal injury, emotional distress or other torts, or breach of contract, to the fullest extent permitted by law; that Employee is waiving all claims against the Company, known or unknown, arising or occurring prior to and including the date of Employee’s execution of this Release; that the consideration that Employee will receive in exchange for Employee’s waiver of the claims specified herein exceeds anything of value to which Employee is already entitled; that Employee was hereby informed by the Company in writing to consult with an attorney and that Employee was provided at least twenty-one (21) days to consider this Release; that Employee has entered into this Release knowingly and voluntarily with full understanding of its terms and after having had the opportunity to seek and having received advice from counsel of Employee’s choosing; and that Employee has had a reasonable period of time within which to consider this Release. Employee represents that Employee has not assigned any claim against the Company to any person or entity. Employee agrees not to apply for or seek future employment by the Company.
Employee acknowledges that Employee may hereafter discover facts different from or in addition to those it now knows or believes to be true with respect to the matters released herein. Employee acknowledges that the releases contained herein shall remain effective in all respects notwithstanding such different or additional facts. Seller consequently executes this Release herein voluntarily, with full knowledge of its significance, and with the express intention of waiving Section 1542 of the California Civil Code regarding the extinguishment of all obligations and claims, whether known or unknown. Section 1542 of the California Civil Code reads as follows:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
3.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2, Employee will remain eligible for indemnification pursuant to the provisions of the Company’s organizational documents, including its articles of incorporation and bylaws.
4.
Employee agrees to keep the terms of this Release confidential and not to disclose the terms of this Release to anyone except to Employee’s attorneys, tax consultants or as otherwise required by law, and agrees to take all steps necessary to assure confidentiality by those recipients of this information.
5.
Employee hereby agrees and acknowledges that Employee has carefully read this Release, fully understands what this Release means, and is signing this Release knowingly and voluntarily, that no other promises or agreements have been made to Employee other than those set forth in the Agreement or this Release, and that Employee has not relied on any statement by anyone associated with Company that is not contained in the Agreement or this Release in deciding to sign this Release.
6.
The rights and obligations of the parties under this Release shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, and all disputes arising under this Release shall be submitted to the courts in California.
Employee will deliver an executed copy of the Release to:
Mobivity Corporation
58 W. Buffalo St.
Chandler, AZ 85225
Attention: Chairman of the Board
Facsimile: (619) 725-0958
Employee may revoke this Release within seven (7) calendar days after it is executed by Employee by delivering a written notice of revocation to the addresses above no later than the close of business on the seventh (7th) calendar day after this Release was signed by Employee. If Employee revokes this Release, the Company shall have no obligation to provide any severance benefits set forth in the Agreement.
EMPLOYEE:
Signature:
Print name:
_____________
Date:
Exhibit 99.1
- Press release dated May 22, 2013 announcing the appointments of Michael K. Bynum and Tom Tolbert
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwired - May 22, 2013) - Mobivity Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: MFON), an award-winning provider of proprietary mobile marketing technologies and solutions, announced that it has appointed Michael K. Bynum as President and Director. The Company has also appointed Tom Tolbert, former CEO of Front Door Insights (FDI), as Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer.
Michael K. Bynum's career began in 1985 with a small independent company purchased by TransWestern Publishing, an independent publisher of print and digital advertising services to local merchants. He ultimately rose to the position of Executive Vice President of TransWestern Publishing. Bynum and eight other senior managers acquired TransWestern Publishing in 1993 for $32 million. In 2005, the Company was sold to Yellow Book for $1.575 billion. In 2007 he was appointed by HM Capital (formerly known as Hicks Muse Capital) as President & CEO of PDC (Phone Directories Company), the fourth largest independent yellow page publisher in the U.S. Bynum was also an investor and Director at Canpages, a Canadian publisher of print and online local advertising services to local merchants, which was acquired by Yellow Pages Group of Canada for $225M in 2010.
Mr. Bynum said: "I believe the shift to mobile platforms is revealing unprecedented opportunities to evolve the multi-billion dollar local marketing industry. This is an ideal opportunity to utilize my two decades of experience to take a well-positioned technology company to the next stage of its development. What attracted me to Mobivity, as both an investor and management team member, was the unique combination of intellectual property, name brand clientele, and proven scale as I've watched Mobivity accumulate thousands of local advertisers in a short period of time. I greatly look forward to joining Mobivity's leadership team and helping to realize the goal of growing a dominant position in the local mobile marketing space."
Tom Tolbert brings to Mobivity more than twenty years of experience in growing sales teams focused on local advertising products and services. Tolbert was most recently CEO of Front Door Insights, which was recently acquired by Mobivity. Prior to FDI, Tolbert took over the sales operations for a local advertising company where he was instrumental in growing revenues from $15 million to $45 million. Tom previously served as Senior Vice President of Sales at KW Brock Directories where he grew the customer base from 15,000 to 45,000 customers while delivering print and digital marketing services to local advertisers. While at KW Brock, Tolbert also expanded the business from 38 to 65 markets in just over five years.
"Mobivity brings an exciting opportunity to deliver an industry leading technology solution to millions of prospective local merchants. I believe that mobile has many advantages over print and other digital solutions for the local advertiser and that Mobivity can lead the industry in both product and technology," added Tolbert. "I'm excited to bring my experience growing large sales organizations to Mobivity and taking part in leading this exciting growth opportunity."
As President and Director, Bynum will be responsible for all revenue generating operations of the Company including key talent acquisition and strategic relationships. Tolbert will lead Mobivity's next phase of sales expansion including plans to scale outside sales operations, and the deployment of direct sales resources nationwide.
"I am elated to have the opportunity of bringing Mike and Tom's wealth of experience to the Mobivity management team," said Dennis Becker, Chief Executive Officer of Mobivity. "They both have an exceptional track record of building and operating large sales organizations which will be critical to our next phase of growth."
Mobivity
(www.mobivity.com) is an award-winning provider of patented mobile marketing technologies and the inventor of C4, a unique, enterprise-grade platform empowering brands to engage mobile consumers across multiple channels. The only system of its kind, C4 is a cloud-based solution, which provides broad mobile communications and extensive CRM features to clients. C4 is integrated with multiple tier-one PSTN/IP carriers and micropayment processing facilities as well as with carrier premium SMS billing systems. Additionally, Mobivity offers a unique HD graphical system through their Display Technology, which allows fans to interact with their mobile phones and high definition video boards and screens in real time. Mobivity's clients include CNN, Disney, NFL, Sony Pictures, AT&T, USTA, Chick-fil-A, the Golf Channel, NBC Universal, numerous professional sports teams, and many others.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Mobivity Corp. within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Those forward-looking statements include statements regarding expectations for the growth of the Company's operations, sales force and revenue; the advantages and growth prospects of the mobile marketing industry; and the expected contributions to the Company's success by its recent additions to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual circumstances, events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences include, but are not limited to, our ability to successfully integrate our recent additions to management; our ability to develop the sales force required to achieve our development and revenue goals; our ability to raise additional working capital as and when needed; changes in the laws and regulations affecting the mobile marketing industry and those other risks set forth in Mobivity Corp.'s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the SEC on March 21, 2013 and subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Mobivity Corp. cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Mobivity Corp does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.
Contact:
For additional information, contact:
MDM Worldwide
Investor Relations
Mobivity
264 W. 40th, Suite 602
New York, NY, 10018, USA
(646) 403-3554
Exhibit 99.2
- Press release dated May 21, 2013 announcing the acquisition of Front Door Insights, LLC
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - Mobivity Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: MFON), an award-winning provider of proprietary mobile marketing technologies and solutions, announced that it has acquired the assets of Front Door Insights LLC, a provider of mobile marketing solutions that enable 25 plus Directory Publishers to deliver mobile marketing solutions to more than 5,000 local merchants across the United States.
Directory Publishers distribute local merchant information across multiple platforms such as print (i.e. "yellow pages"), Internet directories, search engines and mobile websites. With reach to millions of local merchants nationwide, Directory publishers can evolve from legacy print and online products and transition to new monetization strategies by licensing FDI's suite of mobile marketing services under their own brand. More than 25 independent Directory and Association of Directory Publisher (ADP) members currently license Front Door Insights' mobile marketing platform.
"The print directory space is in quick transition while continuing to serve long standing relationships with millions of local advertisers," said Dennis Becker, Chief Executive Officer of Mobivity. "FDI has staked out a leadership position in putting mobile marketing solutions at the epicenter of this transition. I'm extremely excited to couple FDI's market position in the Directory space with our patented technology in furthering our mission to become the leader in delivering mobile marketing products to the local advertiser industry."
With more than 5,000 local merchants licensing mobile marketing solutions through FDI's 25 Directory resellers, Mobivity's technology will now reach more than 11,700 local advertisers across the United States. Mobivity's intellectual property, economies of scale, and Stampt smartphone loyalty application are expected to drive increased value to FDI's products and services.
"We believe Mobivity's combination of technology, intellectual property, national brand relationships, and scale are huge assets in supporting the magnitude of customers the Directory publisher channel can yield," added Tom Tolbert, Chief Executive Officer of FDI. "Still a several billion dollar industry, serving millions of businesses, the Directory space offers broad reach to the local advertiser industry which we are much better equipped to support by combining with Mobivity. We are very excited to be a key part of Mobivity's mission to dominate the local mobile marketing space."
The terms of the transaction are more fully described by Mobivity in a report on Form 8-K to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mobivity
(www.mobivity.com) is an award-winning provider of patented mobile marketing technologies and the inventor of C4, a unique, enterprise-grade platform empowering brands to engage mobile consumers across multiple channels. The only system of its kind, C4 is a cloud-based solution, which provides broad mobile communications and extensive CRM features to clients. C4 is integrated with multiple tier-one PSTN/IP carriers and micropayment processing facilities as well as with carrier premium SMS billing systems. Additionally, Mobivity offers a unique HD graphical system through their Display Technology, which allows fans to interact with their mobile phones and high definition video boards and screens in real time. Mobivity's clients include CNN, Disney, NFL, Sony Pictures, AT&T, USTA, Chick-fil-A, the Golf Channel, NBC Universal, numerous professional sports teams, and many others.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Mobivity Corp. within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Those forward-looking statements include statements regarding expectations for the growth of the Company's operations, sales force and revenue; the advantages and growth prospects of the mobile marketing industry; and the expected contributions to the Company's success by its recent acquisition of Front Door Insights LLC. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual circumstances, events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences include, but are not limited to, our ability to successfully integrate our recent acquisition of Front Door Insights LLC; our ability to develop the sales force required to achieve our development and revenue goals; our ability to raise additional working capital as and when needed; changes in the laws and regulations affecting the mobile marketing industry and those other risks set forth in Mobivity Corp.'s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the SEC on March 21, 2013 and subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Mobivity Corp. cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Mobivity Corp does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.
Contact:
For additional information, contact:
MDM Worldwide
Investor Relations | Mobivity
264 W. 40th, Suite 602
New York, NY, 10018, USA
(646) 403-3554