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)
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February 27, 2008
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Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-13011
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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777 Post Oak Boulevard,
Suite 500 Houston, Texas
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77056
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrants
telephone number, including area code
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(713) 830-9600
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last
report.)
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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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Effective
February 29, 2008, Comfort Systems USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the Company) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement By and Between the
Company and James P. Young to acquire all of the issued and outstanding stock
of Riddleberger Brothers, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the Agreement).
The purchase price included a cash payment of twenty three million
dollars ($23,000,000.00); the Companys delivery to seller of a note payable in
the amount of eleven million dollars ($11,000,000), which note is payable in
three annual installments at an interest rate of 6% per annum; and a three-year
earn-out agreement with Mr. Young.
The
foregoing summary of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby
does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its
entirety by, the full text of the Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1.01
and incorporated herein by reference. The Agreement and the Earn-Out
Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding its
terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about
the parties to the Agreement. The representations, warranties and
covenants contained in the Agreement were made only for purposes of such
Agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting
parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures exchanged
between the parties in connection with the execution of the Agreement. Investors
are not third-party beneficiaries under the Agreement, and should not rely on
the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as
characterizations of the actual state of facts or conditions of the parties to
the Agreement or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.
Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the
representations and warranties may change after the date of the Agreement,
which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the public
disclosures of any contracting party.
ITEM
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
In
accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the following
information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), nor shall it
be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
A
press release, in the form filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, dated February 28,
2008 announcing the acquisition of Riddleberger Brothers, Inc.
ITEM
8.01 Other Events.
Attached
and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.2 is a copy of a press
release of the Company dated February 27, 2008 reporting the Companys
declaration of a quarterly dividend on the Companys common stock to
shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date, March 10,
2008.
On
February 27, 2008, the Company announced that its Board of Directors has
approved an amendment to the Companys stock repurchase program to increase the
shares authorized and remaining as available to purchase back up to 1,000,000
shares by authorizing the Company to acquire up to 712,083 additional shares of
its outstanding common stock. The Companys existing stock repurchase program
had previously authorized the repurchase of up to 1,401,200 shares of the
Companys outstanding stock.
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Through
February 26, 2008, the Company had repurchased 1,113,283 shares of the
Companys common stock at an aggregate price of $13.8 million. This
extension of the stock repurchase program will permit the Company to repurchase
up to an additional one million shares of its currently outstanding common
stock beyond what the Company had already repurchased as of February 26,
2008. These share repurchases will be made from time to time at the
Companys discretion in the open market or privately negotiated transactions as
permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, and subject to
market conditions and other factors. The Company expects that the share
repurchases will be financed with available cash. The Companys Board of
Directors may modify, suspend, extend or terminate the program at any time.
A
copy of the press release announcing this amendment to the stock repurchase
plan is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.3.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
The following Exhibits are included herein:
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Exhibit 1.01
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Stock Purchase Agreement by and
between Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (Comfort and/or Purchaser)
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and James P. Young dated as of
February 29, 2008.
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Exhibit 99.1 |
Press Release of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. dated February 28, 2008 announcing that it has acquired |
Riddleberger Brothers, Inc., a full service commercial HVAC company based in Mount Crawford, Virginia. |
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Exhibit 99.2 |
Press Release of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. dated February 27, 2008 reporting the Companys |
declaration of a quarterly dividend on the Companys common stock to shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date, March 10, 2008. |
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Exhibit 99.3 |
Press release dated February 27, 2008 announcing the Boards approval of the amended stock |
repurchase program. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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COMFORT SYSTEMS USA, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Trent T. McKenna
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Trent T. McKenna
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Vice President and General Counsel
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Date:
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February 29, 2008
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EXHIBIT
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Exhibit Number
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Exhibit Title
or Description
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Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (Comfort and/or Purchaser) and James P. Young dated as of February 29, 2008. |
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99.1 |
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Press Release of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. dated February 28, 2008 announcing that it has acquired Riddleberger Brothers, Inc., a full service commercial HVAC company based in Mount Crawford, Virginia. |
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Press Release of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. dated February 27, 2008 reporting the Companys declaration of a quarterly dividend on the Companys common stock to shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date, March 10, 2008. |
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Press release dated February 27, 2008 announcing the Boards approval of the amended stock repurchase program. |
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Exhibit 1.01
Riddleberger Brothers Stock Purchase
Agreement
Execution Version
STOCK
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY
AND BETWEEN
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA, INC.
(Comfort and/or Purchaser)
and
JAMES P. YOUNG
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 29, 2008
Table of Contents
RECITALS
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ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE; CLOSING
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SECTION 1.1 PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCK.
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SECTION 1.2 PURCHASE PRICE.
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SECTION 1.3 WORKING CAPITAL PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENT.
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SECTION 1.4 CLOSING DATE.
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SECTION 1.5 CLOSING DELIVERIES.
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
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SECTION 2.1 ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION.
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SECTION 2.2 CAPITALIZATION.
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SECTION 2.3 AUTHORITY.
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SECTION 2.4 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS; NO VIOLATION.
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SECTION 2.5 BOOKS AND RECORDS.
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SECTION 2.6 ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES.
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SECTION 2.7 ABSENCE OF UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES.
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SECTION 2.8 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE.
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SECTION 2.9 INVENTORY.
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SECTION 2.10 LITIGATION.
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SECTION 2.11 TAX MATTERS.
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SECTION 2.12 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.
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SECTION 2.13 EMPLOYMENT MATTERS.
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SECTION 2.14 CONTRACTS.
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SECTION 2.15 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS.
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SECTION 2.16 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
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SECTION 2.17 INSURANCE.
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SECTION 2.18 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
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SECTION 2.19 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
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SECTION 2.20 CONDITION AND SUFFICIENCY OF ASSETS.
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SECTION 2.21 REAL PROPERTY.
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SECTION 2.22 PERSONAL PROPERTY.
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SECTION 2.23 BROKERS; FINANCIAL ADVISORS.
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SECTION 2.24 BANK ACCOUNTS; POWERS OF ATTORNEY.
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SECTION 2.25 INDEBTEDNESS.
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SECTION 2.26 SUBSIDIARIES AND PREDECESSORS.
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SECTION 2.27 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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SECTION 2.28 WIP SCHEDULE.
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SECTION 2.29 CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS.
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SECTION 2.30 REPRESENTATIONS NOT MISLEADING.
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
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SECTION 3.1 ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITY.
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SECTION 3.2 AUTHORITY.
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SECTION 3.3 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS.
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ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.1 NONCOMPETITION.
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SECTION 4.2 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
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SECTION 4.3 PERSONAL GUARANTEES.
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SECTION 4.4 EXPENSES.
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SECTION 4.5 FURTHER ASSURANCES.
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SECTION 4.6 FURTHER CONSENTS.
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SECTION 4.7 COOPERATION; ACCESS TO RECORDS.
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SECTION 4.8 EMPLOYEES.
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ARTICLE V INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION 5.1 RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION NOT AFFECTED BY KNOWLEDGE.
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SECTION 5.2 INDEMNIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF DAMAGES BY SELLER.
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SECTION 5.3 INDEMNIFICATION BY PURCHASER.
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SECTION 5.4 NOTICE AND DEFENSE OF THIRD PARTY CLAIMS.
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SECTION 5.5 PAYMENT; INTEREST.
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SECTION 5.6 INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS.
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SECTION 5.7 LIMITATIONS.
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ARTICLE VI TAX MATTERS
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SECTION 6.1 TAX PERIODS ENDING ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.
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SECTION 6.2 TAX PERIODS BEGINNING BEFORE AND ENDING AFTER THE CLOSING
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SECTION 6.3 COOPERATION ON TAX MATTERS.
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SECTION 6.4 ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE; SECTION 338(H)(10)
ELECTION.
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 7.1 ENTIRE AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENT.
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SECTION 7.2 REFORMATION AND SEVERABILITY.
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SECTION 7.3 NOTICES.
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SECTION 7.4 GOVERNING LAW.
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SECTION 7.5 GENDER; INCLUDING IS NOT LIMITING; DESCRIPTIVE
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SECTION 7.6 PARTIES IN INTEREST.
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SECTION 7.7 COUNTERPARTS.
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SECTION 7.8 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.
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SECTION 7.9 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
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SECTION 7.10 CONSTRUCTION.
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Stock Purchase Agreement (this Agreement),
dated as of February 29, 2008, is by and between Comfort Systems USA, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (Comfort and/or Purchaser) and James P. Young, an
individual resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia (Seller). Comfort and Seller are sometimes individually
referred to herein as a Party and collectively as the Parties.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller owns all of the issued and
outstanding common stock, no par value per share, of Riddleberger Brothers, Inc.,
a Virginia corporation (Riddleberger or the Company), such stock
constituting all of the issued and outstanding capital stock (of all classes)
of the Company (the Stock);
WHEREAS, Purchaser desires to purchase from
Seller, and Seller desires to sell to Purchaser, all of the Stock upon the
terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Seller is making certain
representations, warranties and indemnities herein as an additional inducement
to enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties
have agreed to the sale and purchase of the Stock pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Exhibit A attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the respective representations, warranties and covenants contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE; CLOSING
SECTION 1.1 Purchase and
Sale of Stock. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, Seller hereby sells, conveys, transfers and
delivers to Purchaser, and Purchaser hereby purchases, all of the Stock, free
and clear of all Encumbrances.
SECTION 1.2 Purchase
Price. In reliance upon the
representations, warranties and agreements of Seller contained herein, the
aggregate purchase price for the Stock (the Purchase Price) shall
equal Thirty Four Million Dollars and No Cents ($34,000,000.00). The Purchase Price shall be subject to a
post-closing adjustment as provided in Section 1.3 below. The Purchase Price shall be paid by Purchaser
to Sellers by (i) a one-time cash payment in immediately available funds
of Twenty Three Million Dollars and No Cents ($23,000,000.00) payable at
closing to Seller, which cash payment shall be allocated as set forth on Schedule 1.2(a); and (ii) the
execution and delivery to Seller of a note in the amount of Eleven Million
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Dollars and No
Cents ($11,000,000.00) in the form of a promissory note to Seller in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B
accruing interest at 6% per annum, which interest shall be compounded
quarterly, and payable in three equal annual installments (the Note). Further, at the time and on the terms set
forth in the Earn-Out Agreement attached as Exhibit C (the Earn-Out Agreement), Purchaser shall
pay to Seller the Earn-Out, if any (as that term is defined in the Earn-Out
Agreement).
SECTION 1.3 Working
Capital Purchase Price Adjustment.
The Parties hereby agree that the Purchase Price is based on the
requirement that the Company have Working Capital of at least 10.4% of trailing
twelve months revenues at the time of Closing (Required Working Capital). Following the Closing, and within 60 days,
Seller shall undertake and prepare an analysis that in accordance with GAAP
determines what the Companys Working Capital, if any, was as of Closing (Closing
Working Capital), including the Sellers calculation of the Required Working
Capital, and shall, at that time, provide Purchaser with such calculation (the Sellers
Statement). Within 45 days after
receipt of Sellers Statement the Purchaser shall either accept Sellers
Statement, which statement will then be deemed the final statement (Final
Statement) or certify to Seller its alternate calculation of the Closing
Working Capital and Required Working Capital (the Purchasers Statement). The Parties shall then make good faith
efforts to meet and resolve the differences between the Sellers Statement and
the Purchasers Statement. If within 30
days after receipt by Seller of the Purchasers Statement, the Parties have
been unable to reach agreement, the Parties within 15 days thereafter shall
jointly select an independent certified public accounting firm, or if they are
unable to do so, within 20 days thereafter either Purchaser or Seller shall
request the American Arbitration Association to designate a firm of independent
certified public accountants, having no past or current affiliation with
Seller, Sellers Affiliates, Purchaser, or Purchasers Affiliates (such
selected accounting firm being referred to herein as the Arbitrator), to
determine which calculation of the Closing Working Capital and Required Working
Capital is more accurate, the Sellers Statement or the Purchasers Statement,
and will certify the Arbitrators choice as the Final Statement. The Arbitrator shall certify this decision in
writing to Purchaser and Seller, and shall have no other choice but to select
either the Sellers Statement in its entirety or the Purchasers Statement in
its entirety. The Arbitrators
determination shall be final and binding on the parties. The fees, costs, and expenses of the
Arbitrator, including any attorneys fees related thereto, shall be borne by
the Seller if the Purchasers Statement is selected by the Arbitrator as most
accurate and shall be borne by the Purchaser if the Sellers Statement is
selected by the Arbitrator as most accurate.
Once the Final Statement has been determined pursuant to this paragraph,
the Closing Working Capital reflected on the Final Statement shall be deemed
the Final Working Capital (Final Working Capital). If the Final Working Capital is less than the
Required Working Capital, Seller shall pay such shortfall within 15 days of the determination of the
Final Statement. Any amounts owed
pursuant to this section that are not paid within 90 days after the Closing
Date shall earn interest at an annual rate of 6%, compounded quarterly, from
the Closing Date until paid.
SECTION 1.4 Closing Date. The closing of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (the Closing) shall take place on or before February 29,
2008 (or such date either prior or subsequent thereto as the Parties hereto
shall mutually agree), in the offices of Lenhart
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Obenshain, 90
North Main Street, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801, who shall hold all documents
in trust until a fully executed original is delivered to all Parties to this
Agreement (or at such other place as the Parties hereto shall mutually
agree). The date of the closing is
herein referred to as the Closing Date. The Parties contemplate that executed
versions of the documents required to be delivered at Closing by Purchaser and
the Seller will be delivered by facsimile or e-mail transmissions and that the
originals of such documents will be delivered by overnight courier. Facsimile or digitally-scanned signatures on
such documents shall be given effect as originals, and the amounts payable to
Seller will be paid upon the Parties receipt of all such fully executed
documents.
SECTION 1.5 Closing Deliveries.
(a) At
the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser:
(i) certificates
representing the Stock, duly endorsed (or accompanied by duly executed stock
powers) for transfer to Purchaser, which shall transfer to Purchaser good and
marketable title to the Stock, free and clear of all Encumbrances;
(ii) all of the books and
records of the Company;
(iii) a general release in
favor of the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D,
executed by each Seller, individually, and binding on each of them;
(iv) evidence of any consents,
including those identified on the Disclosure Schedules, required by this
Agreement to be obtained prior to Closing, or, if the same cannot be obtained,
an equivalent of that license, lease, Contract or other agreement or instrument
or Governmental Authorization, effective as of and after the Closing Date and
reasonably acceptable to Purchaser;
(v) a certificate, dated as
of a recent date, of the Commonwealth of Virginia as to the due incorporation,
valid existence and good standing of the Company;
(vi) a certificate (in such
form as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser) conforming to the
requirements of Treasury Regulations 1.1445-2(c)(3) and 1.897-2(h);
(vii) the Earn-Out Agreement
executed by Seller;
(viii) the Employment Agreement
in substantially the same form as Exhibit E attached hereto
executed by Seller; and
(ix) such other documents as
may be required by this Agreement or reasonably requested by Purchaser.
(b) At
the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller:
(i) the Purchase Price in
accordance with Section 1.2;
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(ii) the Earn-Out Agreement
executed by Purchaser;
(iii) the Employment Agreement
in substantially the same form as Exhibit E attached hereto, which
the Purchaser has caused the Company to execute; and
(iv) such other documents as
may be required by this Agreement or reasonably requested by Seller.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller hereby
makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Article II
to Purchaser. Seller has delivered to
Purchaser the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement referred to in this Article II
on the date hereof. The disclosures in
the Disclosure Schedules relate only to the representations and warranties in the
Section of the Agreement to which they expressly relate and not to any
other representation or warranty in this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the
statements in the body of this Agreement and those in the Disclosure Schedules
(other than an exception expressly set forth as such in the Disclosure
Schedules with respect to a specifically identified representation or
warranty), the statements in the body of this Agreement will control. All representations and warranties made by
the Seller in this Agreement or in any certificate, schedule, statement,
document or instrument furnished hereunder shall survive the Closing until the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations with respect to any and all
claims in connection therewith.
SECTION 2.1 Organization
and Qualification. Riddleberger is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Riddleberger has no Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Riddleberger has all requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and
to own, lease and operate its properties and assets as now owned, leased or
operated. True, correct and complete
copies of the articles of incorporation (certified as of a recent date by the
Commonwealth of Virginia and bylaws of the Company, with all amendments thereto
through the date of this Agreement, have been delivered by Seller to
Purchaser. The nature of the businesses
and activities of the Company, as currently conducted, do not require the
Company to be qualified to do business in any foreign jurisdiction, except as
set forth on Schedule 2.1. In any jurisdiction set forth on such Schedule 2.1, the Company is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation.
SECTION 2.2 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 15,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share, 365 shares
of which are issued and outstanding, and no shares of which are held in
treasury. The Seller is the sole and
exclusive record and beneficial owner and holder of, and has good, valid and
indefeasible record and beneficial title to, the Stock, free and clear of any
Encumbrances. Immediately after the
Closing, Purchaser shall be the sole and exclusive record and beneficial holder
and owner of the Stock, free and clear of all Encumbrances. There are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, convertible
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securities,
rights, warrants, calls or other agreements or commitments of any kind issued
or granted by, or binding upon, the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire
any security of or equity interest in the Company. There are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, convertible securities, rights, warrants, calls or other agreements or
commitments of any kind obligating the Company to issue or any Seller to sell
any securities of the Company, or irrevocable proxies or any agreements
restricting the transfer of or otherwise relating to shares of the Companys
capital stock of any class. All of the
Stock has been duly authorized, validly issued and is fully paid and
nonassessable. All dividends and other
distributions declared prior to the date hereof with respect to the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock (of all classes) of the Company have been
paid or distributed.
SECTION 2.3 Authority. Seller has the absolute and unrestricted
right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement, to
perform the obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes the
legal, valid and binding agreement of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and to general principles
of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law
or in equity.
SECTION 2.4 Consents and
Approvals; No Violation. Except as
set forth on Schedule 2.4,
with respect to Seller and the Company no filing or registration with, no
notice to and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Person,
including any Governmental Authority, is necessary for the Seller and the
Company to execute this Agreement, and any documents delivered by Seller
pursuant to this Agreement, and consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.4, neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the obligations hereunder, nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, as of the
Closing Date, (a) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision
of the organizational and charter documents of the Company or any resolution
adopted by the board of directors or stockholders of the Company; (b) result
in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse
of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any note, Contract, bond, mortgage, indenture, license, lease, pledge
agreement or other instrument or obligation to which Seller or the Company is a
party or by which any of their respective properties or assets may be bound; (c) give
rise to any Encumbrance on any of the properties or assets of Seller or the
Company; or (d) violate any Legal Requirement applicable to Seller or the
Company.
SECTION 2.5 Books and
Records. The books of account,
minute books, share record books and other records of the Company, all of which
have been provided to Purchaser, are true, complete and correct in all material
respects and have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices
and Legal Requirements. The minute books
of the Company contain accurate and complete records of all corporate action
taken by the shareholders and board of directors of the Company and no
corporate action has been taken for which minutes have not been prepared and
are not contained in such minute books.
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SECTION 2.6 Absence of
Certain Changes.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 2.6,
since the date of the balance sheet included in the Year-end Financial
Statements the Company has conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course
of Business consistent with the Companys past practices and policies and (i) there
has not been: (a) any material adverse change, or any event, condition or
contingency that is likely to result in a material adverse change, in the
business, operations, financial condition, prospects, properties, assets or
Liabilities of the Company; (b) any damage, destruction or loss, whether
covered by insurance or not, materially and adversely affecting the properties
or business of the Company; (c) other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business, any increase in or creation of compensation payable or to become
payable by the Company to any of its directors, officers, employees or agents
in any stock option, bonus payment, service award, pension, retirement,
severance, savings, insurance, expense allowance or other plan, agreement or
arrangement made to or with any of them; (d) other than in the Ordinary
Course of Business, any sale, assignment, lease, transfer, license, abandonment
or other disposition by the Company of any interest in its assets; (e) any
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution on
or in respect of shares of the capital stock of the Company, or any direct or
indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition by the Company
of any such shares, other than distributions to Seller as set forth on Schedule 2.6 to the extent
necessary to cover Sellers federal and state tax liabilities resulting from
the Companys S corporation status and consistent with the Companys and Sellers
past practices; (f) any stock dividend, stock split, reorganization,
recapitalization or other change of any type whatsoever in the outstanding
capital stock of the Company; (g) any amendment to the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Company; (h) any material change in the
accounting methods followed by the Company; (i) any entry into,
termination or receipt of notice of termination of any material Contract; (j) any
payment of any obligation or Liability other than current liabilities or
obligations disclosed in the Companys books and records and current
liabilities or obligations incurred since the date of the Year-end Financial
Statements in the Ordinary Course of Business; (k) any incurrence, other
than immaterial obligations or Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of
Business, of any obligations or Liabilities; (l) any waiver, cancellation,
writing off or writing down, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, of
any rights or claims of the Company; (m) any material change in the manner
of the Companys billings, or the credit terms made available by it, to any of
its customers; (n) any failure to replenish inventories and supplies other
than in the Ordinary Course of Business; (o) any distribution of property
or assets by the Company other than in the Ordinary Course of Business; (p) made
or rescinded any material Tax election or settled or compromised any material
Tax Liability; (q) allowed any Encumbrance to be imposed upon any of the
assets, properties or rights of the Company; (r) defaulted on any material
obligation or obligations; (s) entered into any transaction not in the
Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practices; or (ii) any
agreement to do any of the foregoing.
(b) Without
limitation of the foregoing, since December 31, 2007, except as set forth
on Schedule 2.6, there has not been: (a) any increase in, promise
of increase, or creation of compensation payable or to become payable by the
Company to any of its directors, officers, employees, consultants, or agents in
any stock option, bonus payment, service award, pension, retirement, severance,
savings, insurance, expense allowance or other plan, agreement or
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arrangement
made to or with any of them; (b) any sale, assignment, lease, transfer,
license, abandonment or other disposition by the Company of any interest in its
assets other than in the Ordinary Course of business and less than $50,000 in
the aggregate; (c) any waiver, cancellation, writing off or writing down
of any rights or claims of the Company other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business and consistent with past practices; (d) any entry into any new
line of business or acquisition of any business organization or division
thereof; (e) except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, any loan or
advance of any money or other property to, or entry into any other transaction
with, any Company Employee or Affiliate of the Company; (f) any
establishment, adoption, entry into, amendment, or termination of any
compensation plan, agreement, program, policy, trust, or fund of the Company; (g) any
settlement of any litigation providing for injunctive or other equitable
relief; (h) any entry into any joint venture, partnership or similar
arrangement for the conduct of business; (i) any new and material capital
expenditures or agreements to make any new and material capital expenditures; (j) any
delay or postponement of any payment of accounts payable and other Liabilities;
(k) any authorization or agreement or commitment to do any of the
foregoing actions.
SECTION 2.7 Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as and
to the extent set forth on the face of the balance sheet included in the
Year-end Financial Statements or (b) disclosed on Schedule 2.7, the Company does not have
any Liabilities, including, without limitation, any Liabilities resulting from
failure to comply with any applicable Legal Requirement or any Tax Liabilities
due or to become due and whether incurred in respect of or measured by the
income or sales of the Company for any period, or arising out of any
transaction entered into or any state of facts existing on or before the date
hereof. There is no basis for any
assertion against the Company of any Liabilities of any nature not set forth on
the face of the balance sheet included in the Year-end Financial Statements. Since the date of the balance sheet included
in the Year-end Financial Statements, the Company has not incurred any
Liabilities except contractual Liabilities in the Ordinary Course of Business
consistent with past practice or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement.
SECTION 2.8 Accounts
Receivable. Except for the amounts
set forth on Schedule 2.8,
all notes, accounts receivable and costs in excess of billings of the Company
(collectively, the Accounts Receivable) are reflected properly on the
Companys books and records, and these Accounts Receivable represent legal,
valid, binding and enforceable obligations arising from sales actually made or
services actually performed in the Ordinary Course of Business. The Accounts Receivable are current and will
be collected in full within twelve (12) months after the Closing Date except
for the bad debt and write-offs that are within the levels of reserves as of
Closing for the same. There is no
contest, claim or right of set-off other than returns in the Ordinary Course of
Business under any Contract with any obligor of an Accounts Receivable relating
to the amount or validity of such Accounts Receivable.
SECTION 2.9 Inventory. All of the inventory of the Company, whether
or not reflected in the Financial Statements consists of a quality and quantity
usable and salable in the Ordinary Course of Business, except for obsolete
items and items of below-standard quality, all of which have been written off
or written down to net realizable value and are properly reflected as such on
the Financial Statements. Since the date
of the balance sheet included in the Year-end
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Financial Statements, no inventory has been sold or disposed of except
through sales in the Ordinary Course of Business.
SECTION 2.10 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10, there are no actions,
suits, claims, investigations, reviews or other proceedings pending, or to
Sellers Knowledge, threatened against the Company, or involving any of its
properties or assets, or against the Stock, at law or in equity, before or by
any Governmental Authority or other instrumentality or Person (a Proceeding). Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10, neither the Company nor
Seller is subject to any formal or informal order, decree, consent, agreement,
memorandum of understanding or enforcement action with any Governmental
Authority.
SECTION 2.11 Tax Matters. Except as disclosed on Schedule 2.11:
(a) All Tax Returns
required to be filed by or on behalf of the Company have been timely
filed. Such Tax Returns were correct and
complete in all material respects and have been prepared in compliance with all
applicable Legal Requirements. All Taxes
due and owing by or with respect to the Company for the periods covered by such
Tax Returns (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been paid or are
adequately reserved for on the Companys books and records. With respect to the periods for which Tax
Returns have not been filed, the Company has established adequate reserves for
the payment of all Taxes. The Company is
currently not the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any
Tax Return. No claim has ever been made
by an authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns
that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(b) No deficiencies for
any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company that are
not adequately provided for on the Companys books and records and no request
for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes has been granted or are
pending. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(b), the Company
is not involved in any audit examination, deficiency or refund litigation or
material matter in controversy with respect to any Taxes. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Seller shall control the defense of all pending tax matters set
forth in Schedule 2.11(b); however,
Seller shall consult with Purchaser prior to advocating any position that could
economically impact Purchaser. All Taxes
due by the Company with respect to completed and settled examinations or
concluded litigation have been paid or adequately reserved for. The Company has not executed an extension or
waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any Tax
due that is currently in effect.
(c) None of the assets
or properties of the Company is subject to any Tax lien, other than such liens
for Taxes that are not due and payable, that may thereafter be paid without
penalty or the validity of which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate provisions are being maintained.
(d) The Company has (i) collected
and withheld all Taxes that it has been required to collect or withhold in
connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party and (ii) has timely
submitted and paid all such collected and withheld amounts to the appropriate
authorities. The Company is in
compliance with the back-up withholding and information reporting requirements
under (i) the
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Code and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) all other applicable Legal
Requirements.
(e) Company has been a
validly electing S corporation within the meaning of Code sections 1361 and
1362 at all times since February 1, 2006, and Company will be an S
corporation up to and including the Closing Date. Since the effective date of the Companys
election to be taxed in accordance with Subchapter S of the Code, Seller and
Company have not taken any action or failed to take any action that would
result in the Company failing to qualify pursuant to Subchapter S of the Code.
SECTION 2.12 Employee
Benefit Plans. The following
statements are true and correct:
(a) Schedule 2.12 lists each deferred
compensation plan, bonus and incentive arrangement, stock option plan,
restricted stock arrangement, cafeteria plan as described in Section 125
of the Code and any other employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA), each employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA) maintained by the Company or to which the Company contributes or is
required to contribute and all other similar plans, programs and arrangements (Benefit
Plans).
(b) Except as disclosed
on Schedule 2.12,
no Benefit Plan provides for continuing benefits or coverage for any
participant, beneficiary or former employee after such participants or former
employees termination of employment except as may be required by Section 4980B
of the Code or ERISA.
(c) All of the Benefit
Plans and any related funding instruments comply, and have complied during the
applicable statute of limitations, both as to form and operation in all
material respects with the provisions of ERISA, the Code and with all other
applicable Legal Requirements.
(d) The Company has
never maintained or contributed to, and has not participated in or agreed to
participate in, a multi-employer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA), and the Company could not have any Liability under any such
multi-employer plan.
(e) Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.12,
there are no Proceedings pending with respect to or under any Benefit Plan
other than routine claims for plan benefits, and there are no disputes or
Proceedings pending or, to Sellers Knowledge, threatened with respect to any such
plans and no such dispute or Proceeding appears reasonably likely to arise.
(f) Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.12,
neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment to be
made by the Company or Purchaser (including, without limitation, severance,
unemployment compensation, golden parachute (as defined in Section 280G of
the Code) or otherwise) becoming due to any employee of the Company, or (ii) increase
or vest any benefits otherwise payable under any Benefit Plan. No Benefit Plan that is a nonqualified
deferred compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code has been
materially modified (as defined under Section 409A of the Code) on or
after October 3, 2004 and all such nonqualified deferred
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compensation
plans have been operated and administered in good faith compliance with Section 409A
of the Code from the period beginning January 1, 2005 through the Closing
Date.
SECTION 2.13 Employment
Matters.
(a) Except as disclosed
on Schedule 2.13,
the Company is not a party to any Contracts granting benefits or rights to
employees or consultants, any collective bargaining agreement or any
conciliation agreement with the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission or any other Governmental Authority. There are no unfair labor practice complaints
pending against the Company before the National Labor Relations Board and no
similar claims pending before any other Governmental Authority, and to Sellers
Knowledge, no such claims are threatened.
There is no activity or Proceeding of any labor organization (or
representative thereof) or employee group to organize any employees of the Company,
nor any strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages, lockouts or, to Sellers Knowledge,
threats thereof, by or with respect to any such employees. The Company is in material compliance with
all applicable Legal Requirements respecting employment and employment
practices and terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and the
Company is not engaged in any unfair labor practices. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Company is in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986 and maintains a current Form I-9, as required by such Act, in
the personnel file of each Employee.
(b) Schedule 2.13(b) contains a
true, correct and complete list of all employees of the Company, together with
each employees rate of compensation and, if applicable, the amount of any
accrued but unpaid bonuses and vacation benefits attributable to such employee
as of the date hereof.
SECTION 2.14 Contracts.
(a) Schedule 2.14(a) contains a
listing of all material Contracts (defined for the purpose of this Section 2.14
as Contracts that provide for the purchase or sale of goods and/or services in
excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($50,000.00)) to which the
Company is a party or is otherwise subject or by which the Company is bound. True, correct and complete copies of all of
the Contracts on Schedule 2.14(a) have
been delivered to Purchaser or are attached hereto as part of Schedule 2.14(a).
(b) Except as expressly
set forth on Schedule 2.14(a),
all of the Contracts listed on Schedule 2.14(a) are
free from renegotiations of, or attempts to renegotiate or exercise any
outstanding right to renegotiate, any material amounts paid or payable to the
Company under current or completed Contracts with any Person that has the
contractual or statutory right to demand or require such renegotiation, and no
Person has made written demand for such renegotiation. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of
Seller, any other party to any Contract is in breach or violation of, or
default under, or has repudiated any provision of, any Contract.
SECTION 2.15 Related
Party Transactions. Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.15,
there are no Contracts, instruments, extensions of credit or other contractual
agreements of any kind
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between or
among the Company (whether on its own behalf or in its capacity as trustee or
custodian for the funds of any employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA)) and
the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller.
Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.20,
neither the Seller nor any of his Affiliates owns any asset used in, or
necessary to, the business of the Company.
SECTION 2.16 Compliance with Laws.
(a) Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.16,
the Company is not in default with respect to or in violation (or has at any
time been in violation prior to the date hereof) of any applicable Legal
Requirement where such default or violation has, or reasonably can be expected
to have, a material adverse effect on the Company. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute such a default or violation
as to the Company. The Company has all
material Governmental Authorizations required to conduct its business as it is
now being conducted, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not constitute a violation of the terms and conditions of
any Governmental Authorizations. Except
as set forth on Schedule 2.16,
immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Company will have materially the same rights as it had prior to
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in such
Governmental Authorizations.
(b) Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.16,
the Company has all Governmental Authorizations necessary to permit it to own,
operate, use and maintain its assets in the manner in which they are now
operated and maintained and to conduct its business as now being
conducted. All required filings with
respect to such Governmental Authorizations have been timely made and all
required applications for renewal thereof have been timely filed. All such Governmental Authorizations are in
full force and effect and there are no Proceedings pending or, to Sellers
Knowledge, threatened that seek the revocation, cancellation, suspension or
adverse modification thereof.
(c) In the conduct of
the business of the Company, neither the Company nor Seller, nor, to Sellers
Knowledge, any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, has (a) directly
or indirectly, given, or agreed to give, any illegal gift, contribution,
payment or similar benefit to any supplier, customer, governmental official or
employee or other Person who was, is or may be in a position to help or hinder
the Company (or assist in connection with any actual or proposed transaction)
or made, or agreed to make, any illegal contribution, or reimbursed any illegal
political gift or contribution made by any other Person, to any candidate for
federal, state, local or foreign public office or (b) established or
maintained any unrecorded fund or asset or made any false entries on any books
or records for any such purpose.
SECTION 2.17 Insurance.
(a) Schedule 2.17 contains an accurate
and complete description of all policies of property, fire and casualty,
product liability, workers compensation, liability and other forms of
insurance owned or held by the Company or otherwise insuring the Company or its
respective assets or businesses. Such
description provides reasonably complete details concerning such policies,
identifying among other things, (i) the issuer of each such policy, (ii) the
amount of
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coverage still
available and outstanding under each such policy, (iii) whether each such
policy is a claims made or an occurrences policy and (iv) any
retrospective premium adjustments. True,
correct and complete copies of such policies have been delivered to Purchaser.
(b) Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.17,
neither the Company nor Seller has received (i) any notice of cancellation
of any policy described in paragraph (a) hereof or refusal of coverage
thereunder, (ii) any notice that any issuer of such policy has filed for
protection under applicable bankruptcy or other insolvency laws or is otherwise
in the process of liquidating or has been liquidated or (iii) any other
indication that such policies are no longer in full force or effect or that the
issuer of any such policy is no longer willing or able to perform its
obligations or plans to raise the premiums for or materially alter the coverage
thereunder.
SECTION 2.18 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Schedule 2.18 sets forth a list of (i) all
Intellectual Property owned by the Company and/or used in its business and (ii) all
agreements under which the Company is licensed or otherwise permitted, or
licenses or otherwise permits a third party, to use any Intellectual Property
used in its businesses.
(b) The Company directly
or indirectly owns, or is licensed or otherwise possesses valid rights to use,
all Intellectual Property used in its business as currently conducted, and to
Sellers Knowledge, no Person is challenging, infringing or otherwise violating
the Intellectual Property of the Company.
To Sellers Knowledge, the conduct by the Company of its business does
not infringe upon or violate the Intellectual Property of any other Person, and
neither the Company nor Seller has received any notice of any claim of any such
infringement or violation.
SECTION 2.19 Environmental
Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.19:
(a) Neither the Company
nor any Business Facility, is in violation of, or has violated or has been or
is in material non-compliance with, any Environmental Laws in connection with
the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of, or conduct of the business of
the Company or any Business Facility.
(b) No Materials of
Environmental Concern have been released or are present on, under or about any
Business Facility in quantities or concentrations that exceed any applicable
standard established by Environmental Laws, and the Company has not received
any notice of any release or threatened release of Materials of Environmental
Concern, or of any Remediation obligation under Environmental Laws or
Environmental Permits, relating to the ownership, use, maintenance, or
operation of any Business Facility.
(c) The Company is not
subject to any consent order, compliance order or administrative order relating
to or issued under any Environmental Law, or any other known, pending or, to
Sellers Knowledge, threatened Environmental Claims.
(d) No Materials of
Environmental Concern generated from any Business Facility, or for which the
Company or any of its current or former Subsidiaries arranged for disposal,
have
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been treated,
stored, disposed of or released at a location that has been nominated or
identified as a facility that is subject to an existing or potential claim
under Environmental Laws.
(e) The Company has not
voluntarily undertaken Remediation of any Business Facility or other site, or
entered into any agreement for the payment of costs associated with such
activity, and there are no obligations, undertakings or Liabilities arising out
of or relating to Environmental Laws that the Company has agreed to, assumed or
retained, by contract or otherwise.
(f) Seller is not aware
of any requirement of Environmental Laws that will require future compliance
costs on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (assuming that the
conduct and scope of their respective businesses conforms to the conduct and
scope of their businesses prior to Closing) in excess of $25,000 above costs
currently expended in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(g) The Company has
filed and/or maintain all notices, notifications, financial assurance,
environmental management plans, worker protection plans, applications or other
documents or instruments that are required to be maintained or filed by the
Company for the operation of its business or the ownership or operation of any
Business Facility.
SECTION 2.20 Condition
and Sufficiency of Assets. Except as
set forth on Schedule 2.20,
the buildings, plants, structures and equipment leased or owned by the Company
are structurally sound with no known material defects, are in good operating
condition and repair and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put,
and none of such buildings, plants, structures, or equipment is in need of
maintenance, repairs or replacement except for ordinary, routine maintenance,
repair or replacement not material in nature or cost. The building, plants, structures and
equipment leased or owned by the Company are sufficient for the continued
conduct of its business after the Closing in substantially the same manner as
conducted prior to the Closing.
SECTION 2.21 Real
Property. Seller has previously
provided Purchaser with true, correct and complete copies of all Contracts
relating to or affecting real property or any interests therein, including
leasehold interests, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or
any of its real property is in any way bound or affected, together with all
amendments and supplements thereto and modifications thereof. All such Contracts, amendments, supplements
and modifications are legally valid and binding and in full force and effect,
and there are no defaults by the Company thereunder or by any other party
thereto. The Company does not purport to
have any leasehold or other interest in real property except as described on Schedule 2.21. No leasehold or other interest of the Company
in real property is or will be subject or subordinate to any Encumbrance,
except as described on Schedule 2.21
and except for (a) mortgages or security interests shown as securing specified
Liabilities with respect to which no default (or event that, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) exists, (b) liens for
current Taxes not yet due and (c) with respect to real property, (i) minor
imperfections of title, if any, none of which is substantial in amount,
materially detracts from the value or impairs the use of the property subject
thereto, or impairs the operations of the Company, and (ii) zoning laws
and other land use restrictions that do not impair the present use of the
subject
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property by
such companies (collectively, Permitted Encumbrances). None of the rights of the Company under any
such leasehold or other interest in real property will be impaired by the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all of
such rights will be enforceable by the Company after the Closing without the
consent or agreement of any other Person except for consents and agreements
specifically described on Schedule 2.21.
SECTION 2.22 Personal
Property. Seller has listed on Schedule 2.22 all equipment and other
tangible personal property that (a) is owned or used by the Company and
covered by any lease of personal property to which the Company is a party and (b) has
a book value of at least $10,000. Seller
has previously provided Purchaser with true, correct and complete copies of all
leases pertaining to the property listed on Schedule 2.22. All
such Contracts, amendments, supplements and modifications are legally valid and
binding and in full force and effect and there are no defaults by the Company
thereunder or by any other party thereto.
No interest of the Company in tangible personal property is subject or
subordinate to any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) except as
described on Schedule 2.22. None of the rights of the Company under any
such leasehold or other interest in tangible personal property will be impaired
by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all
of such rights will be enforceable by the Company after the Closing without the
consent or agreement of any other Person except for consents and agreements
specifically described on Schedule 2.22.
SECTION 2.23 Brokers;
Financial Advisors. Except as set
forth in Schedule 2.23,
neither the Company nor Seller has employed any investment bank, financial
advisor, broker or finder or incurred any liability for any investment bank,
financial advisory, brokerage or finders fees or commission in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 2.24 Bank
Accounts; Powers of Attorney. Seller
has set forth on Schedule 2.24:
(a) the name of each bank, savings and loan, credit union or other
financial institution in which the Company has any account, certificate of
deposit or other investment or safe deposit box, the style and number of each
such account or safe deposit box and the names of all Persons authorized to
draw thereon or have access thereto, and (b) the name of each Person holding
a general or special power of attorney from the Company and a summary of the
terms thereof.
SECTION 2.25 Indebtedness. The Company does not have any material
Indebtedness (defined for purposes of this Section 2.25 as (i) Indebtedness
incurred not in the Ordinary Course of Business; (ii) Indebtedness in
excess of $10,000.00; or (iii) Indebtedness for borrowed money other than
as set forth on Schedule 2.25
or the Financial Statements in Schedule
2.27.
SECTION 2.26 Subsidiaries and Predecessors. Schedule
2.26 sets forth all names under which the Company does business,
and any other entity from which the Company previously acquired significant
assets. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.26, the Company does not own
any interest in any other entity. The
Company has never had any Subsidiaries.
SECTION 2.27 Financial
Statements. Complete and correct
copies of the following financial statements are attached as Schedule 2.27:
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(i) the balance sheets of the Company as
of December 31, 2006 and the related statements of operations, shareholders
equity and cash flow for the eleventh-month period ended December 31,
2006, together with the related notes and schedules, along with balance sheets
of the Company as of January 31, 2006 and the related statements of
operations, shareholders equity and cash flow for the twelve-month period
ended January 31, 2006, together with the related notes and schedules
(such balance sheets, the related statements of operations, shareholders
equity and cash flows and the related notes and schedules are referred to
herein as the Year-end Financial Statements (the Year-end Financial Statements);
and
(ii) the balance sheets
of the Company as of December 31, 2007 and the related statements of
operations, shareholders equity and cash flow for the twelve-month period
ended December 31, 2007, together with the related notes and schedules
(such balance sheets, the related statements of operations, shareholders
equity and cash flows and the related notes and schedules are referred to
herein as the Interim Financial Statements (the Interim Financial Statements). The Year-end Financial Statements and the
Interim Financial Statements are collectively referred to herein as the Financial
Statements (the Financial Statements).
The Financial
Statements are materially complete, correct, and have been prepared from, and
are consistent with, the books and records of the Company in conformity with
GAAP on a basis consistent with preceding years and throughout the periods
involved and present fairly the financial position and results of operations of
the Company as of the dates of such statements and for the periods covered
thereby (subject, in the case of the Financial Statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments consistent with prior periods). The books of account of the Company have been
kept accurately in all material respects in the Ordinary Course of Business,
the transactions entered therein represent bona fide transactions, and the
revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of the Company have been properly
recorded therein in all material respects.
SECTION 2.28 WIP
Schedule. The Company has delivered
to Purchaser a work in progress schedule for each of its contracts as of December 31,
2007, attached as Schedule 2.28,
which has been thoroughly reviewed by Seller.
The WIP schedule, in the aggregate, fairly represents, in all material
respects, the total estimated contract costs (taking into account man-hours
required, project duration, cost of labor and materials, including any
escalation thereof, subcontractor costs and other elements of contract costs),
earned revenues to date, estimated gross profits (in dollar and in percentage)
and actual gross profit recognized to date (in dollars). Each WIP Schedule also includes with respect
to contracts as of December 31, 2007, the following information: job
number, job name, the contract price, the dollar amount of pending change
orders, total estimated contract price, actual billings to date, costs to date,
total estimated contract costs. Except
as set forth on Schedule 2.28,
the Seller and the Company have not been notified of or been made aware of any
dispute over amounts billed by the Company or of any intention to hold back
amounts in excess of contractually permitted holdbacks.
SECTION 2.29 Customers
and Suppliers. Schedule 2.29 sets forth a complete and
accurate list of (a) the ten largest customers of the Company (measured by
aggregate billings) during the fiscal year ended on the date of the balance
sheet included in the Year-end Financial Statements, indicating the existing
Contracts with each such Customer by product or service provided and (b) the
ten largest suppliers of materials, products or services to the Company
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(measured by
the aggregate amount purchased by the Company) during the fiscal year ended on
the date of the balance sheet included in the Year-end Financial Statements,
indicating the Contracts for continued supply from each such supplier. The relationships of the Company with the
customers and the suppliers required to be listed on Schedule 2.29 are, to the Sellers
Knowledge, good commercial working relationships and none of such customers or
the suppliers has canceled, terminated or otherwise materially altered
(including any material reduction in the rate or amount of sales or purchases
or material increase in the prices charged or paid, as the case may be) or
notified the Company of any intention to do any of the foregoing or otherwise
threatened in writing to cancel, terminate or materially alter (including any
material reduction in the rate or amount of sales or purchases, as the case may
be) its relationship with the Company other than cancellations, termination or
alterations that are not material and are made in the Ordinary Course of
Business.
SECTION 2.30 Representations
Not Misleading. Seller hereby
represents and warrants that, to Sellers Knowledge, no representation or
warranty by Seller in this Agreement, nor any certificate, exhibit or schedule
furnished to Purchaser by Seller under and pursuant to this Agreement, contains
or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or
therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Purchaser hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Article III to
Seller. All representations and
warranties made by the Purchaser in this Agreement shall survive the Closing
until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations with respect to
any and all claims in connection therewith.
SECTION 3.1 Organization
and Authority. Purchaser is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and carry out its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.2 Authority. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the performance of the obligations hereunder and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and
approved by Purchasers board of directors, and no further corporate actions or
proceedings on the part of Purchaser or its shareholders are necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of its
obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding agreement of Purchaser enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with
its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or
similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or
in equity.
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SECTION 3.3 Consents and
Approvals. With respect to
Purchaser, no filing or registration with, and no permit, authorization,
consent or approval of, any party, including any Governmental Authority, is
necessary for Purchaser to execute this Agreement and consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of
the obligations hereunder, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will, as of the Closing Date, (a) conflict with or result in any
breach of any provision of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of
Purchaser or any resolution adopted by the board of directors or stockholders
of purchaser; (b) result in a material violation or breach of, or
constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a material
default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note,
Contract, bond, mortgage, indenture, license, lease, pledge agreement or other
instrument or obligation to which Purchaser is a party or by which any of its
properties or assets may be bound; or (c) violate any Legal Requirement
applicable to Purchaser.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1 Noncompetition.
(a) Except as provided
in Schedule 4.1,
after the Closing and until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the Noncompete
Term), Seller shall not conduct, or be an Affiliate of, any business
engaged in the business of HVAC, plumbing, or mechanical construction
contracting, or provide service or sales representation related thereto, within
200 miles of Mt. Crawford, VA, USA or anywhere else the Company regularly does
business unless Seller is performing such otherwise prohibited work for or on
behalf of Purchaser. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this paragraph, Seller, together with his Affiliates,
may be a passive investor owning, in the aggregate, no more than one percent
(1%) of the outstanding equity securities of any corporation the equity
securities of which are listed on a national securities exchange or traded on
the NASDAQ National Market System and with which such Seller or his Affiliates
has no other connection whatsoever.
(b) Unless otherwise
required by law or expressly authorized in writing by the Company, Seller shall
not, and Seller shall use his best efforts to cause each of his Affiliates not
to, disclose to any Person not in the employ of the Company any information
concerning the business conducted by the Company prior to the Closing Date not
rightfully in the public domain, including, without limitation, lists of
customers or suppliers, pricing strategies, business files and records, trade
secrets and financial information.
(c) During the
Noncompete Term, Seller shall not, and Seller shall use his best efforts to
cause each of his Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly solicit the
employment or services of, or cause or attempt to cause to leave the employment
or services of, any employee of the Company employed on the date hereof who
continues his or her employment with the Company after the date hereof.
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(d) During
the Noncompete Term, Seller shall not, and Seller shall use his best efforts to
cause each of his Affiliates not to, engage or participate in any effort or act
to induce any customer, supplier, associate, employee, sales agent or
independent contractor of the Company to take any action disadvantageous to the
Company.
(e) Seller
acknowledges that the damages that would be suffered by the Company and
Purchaser as a result of any breach of the provisions of this Section 4.1
may not be calculable and that an award of a monetary judgment for such a
breach would be an inadequate remedy.
Consequently, the Company and Purchaser shall have the right, in
addition to any other rights they may have, to obtain, in any court of
competent jurisdiction, injunctive relief to restrain any breach or threatened
breach of any provision of this Section 4.1 or otherwise to
specifically enforce any of the provisions hereof. This remedy is in addition to monetary
damages for any Damages directly or indirectly suffered by the Company or
Purchaser and reasonable attorneys fees.
(f) The
Parties hereto agree that the duration and area for which the covenants in this
Section 4.1 are to be effective are reasonable. In the event that any court of competent
jurisdiction finally determines that the time period or the geographic scope of
any such covenant is unreasonable or excessive and any covenant is ruled to be
unenforceable by said court, the Parties agree that the restrictions of this Section 4.1
shall remain in full force and effect for the greatest time period and within
the greatest geographic area that would not render it unenforceable, and each
Party hereby consents to said courts alteration of this Section 4.1
as necessary to render it enforceable.
The Parties intend that each of the covenants in Sections 4.1(a),
(b), (c) and (d) shall be deemed to be a separate
covenant.
(g) The
covenants of Seller contained in this Section 4.1 are independent
of any covenants of the Company or Purchaser contained herein or in any other
document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or pursuant hereto, and
any breach by the Company or Purchaser of any such covenant shall not justify
any breach by the Seller of its covenants under this Section 4.1.
(h) It
is specifically agreed that the period of five (5) years stated at the
beginning of this section, during which the agreements and covenants of Seller
made in this section shall be effective, shall be computed by excluding from
such computation any time during which Seller is in violation of any provision
of this section.
SECTION 4.2 Confidential
Information. Except in response to
legal process (where Seller has, to the extent permitted by law, promptly
notified the Company so that it may seek appropriate relief), Seller shall not
divulge, furnish or make accessible to anyone or use in any way any
confidential or secret knowledge or information of the Company, including,
without limitation, trade secrets, confidential or secret designs, processes,
formulae, plans, devices or material (whether or not patented or patentable)
directly or indirectly useful in any aspect of the business of the Company, any
customer or supplier lists of the Company, any confidential or secret
development or research work of the Company or any other confidential
information or secret aspects of the business of the Company including with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Agreement
itself. Seller acknowledges that the
above-
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described
knowledge or information constitutes a unique and valuable asset of the Company
and represents a substantial investment of time and expense by the Company, and
that any disclosure or other use of such knowledge or information other than
for the sole benefit of the Company would be wrongful and would cause
irreparable harm to the Company and Purchaser.
SECTION 4.3 Personal
Guarantees. On or before the
sixtieth (60th) day following the Closing, Purchaser will cause the
Company to obtain a full release of any personal guarantees of Seller set forth
on Schedule 4.3, and from
and after the Closing the Company will indemnify, defend and hold Seller
harmless from and against any claims of any Person made with respect to any of
such personal guarantees to the extent (but only to the extent) such claims
relate to the failure of the Company to perform its obligations after the
Closing Date.
SECTION 4.4 Expenses. Except for the exceptions set forth on Schedule 4.4, each Party to this Agreement
will bear its respective expenses incurred in connection with the preparation,
execution and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
herein, including all fees and expenses of its Representatives. Seller shall be responsible for all expenses
incurred by the Company prior to the Closing in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein.
SECTION 4.5 Further
Assurances. From time to time after
the Closing, at a Partys reasonable request but without further consideration,
the other Party will execute and deliver such other instruments of conveyance
and transfer and take such other action as the other Party may reasonably
require to more effectively vest good and marketable title to the Stock in the
Purchaser and to carry out the intent of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.6 Further
Consents. If the transfer of the
Stock to Purchaser at the Closing without the consent or approval of a third
person would constitute a breach of any Contract or other obligation to which
the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties are
bound or create in any other Person the right to declare a default in respect
of, or to cancel or terminate, any such Contract or other obligation or any
Governmental Authorization, license, permit, franchise or other right of the
Company, and if such consent or approval (or an effective waiver thereof) is
not obtained prior to the Closing, then Purchaser shall have the right by an
instrument executed in writing and delivered to Seller at the Closing to cause
the transfer of the Stock not to carry with it an assignment of the item or
items that necessitate such consent or approval until such consent or approval
(or an effective waiver thereof) shall have been obtained. In such an event, Seller will continue after
Closing to use his best efforts promptly to obtain such consents and approvals,
or effective waivers thereof, and will cooperate with Purchaser in any
reasonable arrangement designed to provide Purchaser with the benefit of the
Companys rights thereunder.
SECTION 4.7 Cooperation;
Access to Records. The Parties shall
reasonably cooperate with each other and provide each other reasonable access
to books, records and personnel for the purpose of preparing Tax Returns and
defending any Tax claim or audit.
SECTION 4.8 Employees. Seller, the Company and their respective
Affiliates have taken all actions necessary to keep available the services of
the Companys employees following
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the Closing
and will not take any actions inconsistent with maintaining the availability of
the services of such employees following the Closing.
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 5.1 Right to
Indemnification Not Affected by Knowledge.
The right to indemnification in accordance with the provisions of this Article V
will not be affected by any investigation conducted by Purchaser or its
Representatives with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being
acquired) by Purchaser or its Representatives at any time, whether before or
after the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with
respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with any representation,
warranty, covenant or obligation. The waiver of any condition based on the
accuracy of any representation or warranty (as may be modified by any
Disclosure Schedule), or on the performance of or compliance with any covenant
or obligation, will not affect the right to indemnification in accordance with
the provisions of this Article V, unless such waiver shall
expressly state that it includes a waiver of rights to indemnification under
this Article V.
SECTION 5.2 Indemnification
and Payment of Damages by Seller.
From and after the Closing, Seller will indemnify, defend and hold
harmless Purchaser, the Company and their respective Representatives and
Affiliates (collectively, the Purchaser Indemnified Persons) for any
Damages sustained or incurred by any Purchaser Indemnified Person to the extent
relating to, resulting from or arising out of, or of any allegation by any
third party of:
(a) any
breach of or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by Seller in
this Agreement or any certificate delivered hereunder (without regard to any
materiality or Knowledge qualifications in the representations and warranties
made by Seller);
(b) any
breach or nonfulfillment by Seller of any covenant or obligation of Seller in
this Agreement or any certificate delivered hereunder;
(c) any
claim by any Person for brokerage or finders fees or commissions or similar
payments based upon any agreement or understanding alleged to have been made by
any such Person with Seller or the Company (or any of their respective
Representatives) in connection with any of the transactions contemplated in
this Agreement;
(d) the
business, ownership and operation of the Company or any Business Facility on or
prior to the Closing Date; or
(e) any
claims or Proceedings resulting from, arising out of, relating to or caused by
any Liability of the Company for any Taxes of the Company with respect to any
Tax year or portion thereof ending on or before the Closing Date (or for any
Tax year beginning before and ending after the Closing Date to the extent
allocable (determined in a manner consistent with Section 6.2
hereof) to the portion of such period beginning before and ending on the
Closing
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Date) and to
the extent such Taxes are not reflected in the reserve for Tax Liability on the
Companys books and records.
To the extent that Seller
becomes obligated to make any monetary payment to Purchaser, such amount shall
first be offset against any earnout amounts that are payable to Seller, and to
the extent such earnout is insufficient, then such amount may, at Purchasers
election, then be offset against any remaining obligations owed to Seller under
the Note, in each instance, on a dollar for dollar basis. Any offset that is later determined to be
improper will bear interest at the rate and on the terms set forth in Section 5.5
below.
With respect to indemnification
matters not involving Proceedings brought or asserted by third parties, within
ten (10) days after receipt of written notification from the Purchaser
Indemnified Persons supported by reasonable documentation setting forth the
nature of the circumstances entitling the Purchaser Indemnified Persons to
indemnity hereunder, Seller, at no cost or expense to the Purchaser Indemnified
Persons, shall diligently commence resolution of such matters in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Indemnified Persons and shall diligently
and timely prosecute such resolution to completion. If Seller, within ten (10) days after
their receipt of such notice (or such shorter time as may be necessary under
the circumstances), fail to diligently commence resolution of such matters in a
manner reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Indemnified Persons, the
Purchaser Indemnified Persons shall have the right to undertake all appropriate
and reasonable actions to resolve or otherwise address such matters at the sole
expense of Seller. With respect to those
claims that Seller is not disputing in good faith and that may be satisfied by
payment of a liquidated sum of money, including, without limitation, claims for
reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with any circumstances
entitling the Purchaser Indemnified Persons to indemnity hereunder, Seller
shall pay the full amount so claimed to the extent supported by reasonable
documentation within fifteen (15) days of such resolution. If Seller disputes his Liability in
connection with such claim, he shall pay any undisputed part of such Liability
and Purchaser and Seller shall have thirty (30) days to resolve any remaining
dispute. If litigation or any other
Proceeding is commenced between Seller and any Purchaser Indemnified Person,
the prevailing party in such litigation or other Proceeding shall be entitled
to recover all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with such
litigation or other Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys
fees. If litigation or any other
Proceeding is commenced or threatened by any third party for which the
Purchaser Indemnified Persons are entitled to indemnification under this Section 5.2,
the provisions of Section 5.4 shall control.
SECTION 5.3 Indemnification
by Purchaser. From and after the
Closing, Purchaser will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller and his
Representatives and Affiliates (collectively, the Seller Indemnified
Persons) for any Damages sustained or incurred by any Seller Indemnified
Person to the extent relating to, resulting from or arising out of, or any
allegation by any third party of:
(a) any
breach of or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by Purchaser in
this Agreement;
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(b) any
breach or nonfulfillment by Purchaser of any covenant or obligation of
Purchaser in this Agreement; or
(c) any
claim by any Person for brokerage or finders fees or commissions or similar
payments based upon any agreement or understanding alleged to have been made by
such Person with Purchaser (or any of its Representatives) in connection with
any of the transactions contemplated herein.
(d) any
claims related to the business, ownership and operations of the Company or any
Business Facility that accrue after the Closing Date.
(e) [Intentionally
Omitted]
Except in cases of claims of,
or causes of action arising from, fraud or willful or criminal misconduct, and
except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, Seller acknowledges that
his sole and exclusive remedy after the Closing with respect to any and all
claims and Damages relating to this Agreement and any transactions contemplated
herein shall be pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this
Article. With respect to matters not
involving Proceedings brought or asserted by third parties, within ten (10) days
after receipt of written notification from the Seller Indemnified Persons
supported by reasonable documentation setting forth the nature of the
circumstances entitling the Seller Indemnified Persons to indemnity hereunder,
Purchaser, at no cost or expense to the Seller Indemnified Persons, shall
diligently commence resolution of such matters in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the Seller Indemnified Persons and shall diligently and timely
prosecute such resolution to completion.
If Purchaser, within ten (10) days after its receipt of such notice
(or such shorter time as may be necessary under the circumstances), fails to
diligently commence resolution of such matters in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the Seller Indemnified Persons, the Seller Indemnified Persons
shall have the right to undertake all appropriate and reasonable actions to
resolve or otherwise address such matters at the sole expense of Purchaser to
the extent such matters are subject to indemnification under this Section 5.3. With respect to those claims that Purchaser
is not disputing in good faith and that may be satisfied by payment of a
liquidated sum of money, including, without limitation, claims for
reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with any circumstances
entitling the Seller Indemnified Persons to indemnity hereunder, Purchaser
shall pay the full amount so claimed to the extent supported by reasonable
documentation within fifteen (15) days of such resolution. If Purchaser disputes its Liability in
connection with such claim, it shall pay any undisputed part of such Liability
and Seller and Purchaser shall have thirty (30) days to resolve any remaining
dispute. If litigation or any other
Proceeding is commenced between Purchaser and any Seller Indemnified Person,
the prevailing party in such litigation or other Proceeding shall be entitled
to recover all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with such
litigation or other Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys
fees. If litigation or any other
Proceeding is commenced or threatened by any third party for
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which the Seller Indemnified Persons are
entitled to indemnification under this Section 5.3, the provisions
of Section 5.4 shall control.
SECTION 5.4 Notice and
Defense of Third Party Claims. If
any Proceeding (including any Proceeding relating to Taxes) shall be brought or
asserted under this Article against an indemnified party or any successor
thereto (the Indemnified Person) in respect of which indemnity may be
sought under this Article from an indemnifying person or any successor
thereto (the Indemnifying Person), the Indemnified Person shall give
prompt written notice of such Proceeding to the Indemnifying Person who shall
assume the defense and reasonable control thereof, including the employment of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person and the payment of
all expenses so long as the Indemnifying Person gives written notice to the
Indemnified Person within 15 days after the Indemnified Person has given the
Indemnifying Person notice of the Proceeding that the Indemnifying Person will
indemnify the Indemnified Person from and against the entirety of any and all
Damages that the Indemnified Person may suffer resulting from, arising out of,
relating to, in the nature of, or caused by the Proceeding. In no event shall any Indemnified Person be
required to make any expenditure or bring any cause of action to enforce the
Indemnifying Persons obligations and Liability under and pursuant to the
indemnifications set forth in this Article.
The Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel
in any of the foregoing Proceedings and to participate in the defense thereof,
but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the
Indemnified Person unless the Indemnified Person shall in good faith determine
that there exist actual or potential conflicts of interest that make
representation by the same counsel inappropriate. The Indemnified Persons right to participate
in the defense or response to any Proceeding should not be deemed to limit or
otherwise modify its obligations under this Article. In the event that the Indemnifying Person,
within five (5) days after notice of any such Proceeding, fails to assume
the defense thereof, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to undertake
the defense, compromise or settlement of such Proceeding for the account and at
the expense of the Indemnifying Person, subject to the right of the
Indemnifying Person to assume the defense and reasonable control of such
Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person at
any time prior to the settlement, compromise or final determination
thereof. Anything in this Article to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Indemnifying Person shall not, without the
Indemnified Persons prior written consent, settle or compromise any Proceeding
or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any Proceeding; provided, however, that
the Indemnifying Person may, without the Indemnified Persons prior written
consent, settle or compromise any such Proceeding or consent to entry of any
judgment with respect to any such Proceeding that requires solely the payment
of money damages by the Indemnifying Person and that includes as an
unconditional term thereof the release by the claimant or the plaintiff of the
Indemnified Person from all Liability whatsoever in respect of such
Proceeding. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Indemnifying Person may not assume the defense of such a
Proceeding if (i) the Indemnified Person determines in good faith that the
amount necessary to resolve such claims would exceed the amount recoverable
from the Indemnifying Person hereunder, (ii) the Proceeding relates to or
arises in connection with any criminal charge or regulatory enforcement action,
(iii) the Proceeding involves an injunction or equitable relief, (iv) the
Proceeding involves a purported class action, (v) the Indemnified Person
reasonably determines that it would be inappropriate for a single counsel to
represent all parties
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under
applicable standards of legal ethics, or (vi) the Indemnifying Person is
also a party to such Proceeding. If the
Indemnifying Person assumes the defense of a Proceeding, the Indemnifying
Person shall not, without the Indemnified Persons prior written consent,
settle or compromise any Proceeding or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to any Proceeding unless such settlement, compromise or judgment; (i) requires
solely the payment of money damages by the Indemnifying Person and such damages
are paid by the Indemnifying Person, (ii) includes as an unconditional
term thereof the release by the claimant or the plaintiff of the Indemnified
Person from all liability in respect of such Proceeding and (iii) involves
no finding or admission of any liability of the Indemnified Person or violation
of any Legal Requirement or the rights of any Person and no effect on any other
claims that may be made against the Indemnifying Person. If the Indemnifying Person assumes defense of
a Proceeding, the Indemnified Person shall not be entitled to recovery from the
Indemnifying Person with respect to any compromise or settlement thereof
effected by the Indemnified Person without the consent of the Indemnifying
Person unless the Indemnified Person has retained or reassumed the defense of
such Proceeding pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.4.
SECTION 5.5 Payment;
Interest. The Indemnifying Party
shall make any payment required to be made under this Article in cash and
on demand. Any Damages or other payments
required to be paid by an Indemnifying Party under this Article V
that are not paid within fifteen (15) business days of receipt by the
Indemnifying Party of the Indemnified Partys demand therefore shall thereafter
be deemed delinquent, and the Indemnifying Party shall pay to the Indemnified
Party immediately upon demand, interest at the rate of 6% per annum, not to
exceed the maximum non-usurious rate allowed by applicable law, from the date
such payment becomes delinquent to the date of payment of such delinquent sums.
SECTION 5.6 Inconsistent
Provisions. The provisions of this Article shall
govern and control over any inconsistent provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.7 Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, schedule, statement,
document or instrument furnished hereunder, Sellers and Purchasers
obligations of indemnification are limited as set forth in this Section 5.7.
(a) Basket. The Parties shall not be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement unless and until the aggregate of
all Damages with respect to any such indemnification matters exceeds One
Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($170,000.00) (the Basket Amount),
in which event the Party or person seeking indemnity may recover all Damages
incurred in excess of the Basket Amount from the first dollar above the Basket
Amount.
(b) Cap. [Intentionally Omitted]
(c) Survival. The representations and warranties of the
Parties contained in this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
after the Closing according to their express terms; provided, however, if no such express terms are so
specified, the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of
the Parties shall terminate on the two-year
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anniversary of
the Closing Date, other than (i) the representations and warranties
contained in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and the corresponding indemnification
obligations thereto, which representations, warranties and obligations shall
continue without termination, and (ii) the representations and warranties
contained in Sections 2.11, 2.12, and 2.19 and the corresponding
indemnification obligations thereto, which representations, warranties and
obligations shall terminate upon the expiration of the statute of limitations
(as at any time extended) applicable to the claim related thereto.
(d) Insurance;
tax affect. The amount of Damages that
the Purchaser Indemnified Persons shall be entitled to recover under Section 5.2
shall be determined (i) net of any amounts paid by any third party
insurance carrier to the indemnified party with respect to such Damages and (ii) after
taking into account any tax benefit realized by the Purchaser Indemnified
Persons with regard to such Damages.
ARTICLE VI
TAX MATTERS
SECTION 6.1 Tax Periods
Ending on or Before the Closing Date.
Seller shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be
filed all Tax Returns for the Company for all periods ending on or prior to the
Closing Date that are filed after the Closing Date, including but not limited
to, any short-period return resulting from the transactions contemplated
herein. Such Tax Returns shall be
prepared in a manner consistent with the prior practice of the Company. Seller shall provide copies of such Tax
Returns to Purchaser and its authorized representatives for review at least
thirty (30) days prior to the due date and shall make such revisions to such
Tax Returns as are reasonably requested by Purchaser. Seller shall pay or cause to be paid all
Taxes with respect to such periods.
SECTION 6.2 Tax Periods
Beginning Before and Ending After the Closing Date. Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be
prepared and file or cause to be filed any Tax Returns of the Company for Tax
periods that begin before the Closing Date and end after the Closing Date (Straddle
Period). Any Tax Return for any
Straddle Period shall be prepared in a manner and utilizing judgments consistent
with the Companys prior practice, unless such practices, manner or judgments
are unreasonable or improper. Purchaser
shall provide Seller and its authorized representatives with copies of such Tax
Returns at least thirty (30) days prior to the due date and shall make such
revisions to such Tax Returns as are reasonably requested by Seller. Seller shall pay to Purchaser within ten (10) days
of the receipt of a request by Purchaser, accompanied by supporting
documentation, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the portion of such
Taxes that relates to the portion of such Tax period ending on the Closing Date
over (b) the Taxes reflected in any reserve for Tax Liability
contained in the Companys books and records.
For purposes of this Section 6.2, in the case of any Taxes
that are imposed on a periodic basis and are payable for a Straddle Period, the
portion of such Tax that relates to the portion of such Straddle Period ending
on the Closing Date shall be (i) in the case of any Taxes (including real
property Taxes and other property Taxes) other than Taxes based upon or related
to income or receipts (or imposed in connection with any sale or other transfer
or assignment of property or any other specifically identifiable transaction or
event), be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Straddle Period
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in
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the Straddle
Period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of
days in the entire Straddle Period, and (ii) in the case of any Tax based
upon or related to income or receipts (including franchise Taxes) or imposed in
connection with any sale or other transfer or assignment of property or any
other specifically identifiable transaction or event, the Tax payable by Seller
shall be deemed equal to the amount that would be payable if the relevant
Straddle Period ended on the Closing Date based on an interim closing of the
books as of the end of the Closing Date.
All determinations necessary to give effect to the foregoing allocations
shall be made in a manner consistent with prior practice of the Company.
SECTION 6.3 Cooperation on Tax Matters.
(a) Purchaser,
the Company and Seller shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably
requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns
pursuant to this Article VI and any audit, litigation or other
Proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such
cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other partys request)
the provision of records and information that are reasonably relevant to any
such audit, litigation or other Proceeding and making employees available on a
mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of
any material provided hereunder. The
Company and Seller shall (i) retain all books and records with respect to
Tax matters pertinent to the Company relating to any taxable period beginning
before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations
(and, to the extent notified by Purchaser or Seller, any extensions thereof) of
the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements
entered into with any taxing authority, and (ii) give the other party
reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any
such books and records and, if the other party so requests, the Company or
Seller, as the case may be, shall allow the other party to take possession of
such books and records.
(b) Purchaser
and Seller further agree, upon request, to use their reasonable efforts to
obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental Authority or any
other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Tax that
could be imposed (including, but not limited to, with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby).
(c) Purchaser
and Seller further agree, upon request, to provide the other party with all
information that either party may be required to report pursuant to Sections
6043 or 6043A of the Code and all Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 6.4 Allocation of Purchase Price; Section 338(h)(10) Election.
(a) With
respect to the Sellers sale of the Stock to the Purchaser, the Seller and Purchaser
shall jointly make a timely and irrevocable election under section 338(h)(10) of
the Code (and any corresponding election under state and local Tax law)
(collectively, the Elections). The
Seller shall reasonably cooperate with the Purchaser to take all necessary and
appropriate (including, timely preparing and filing such additional forms, Tax
Returns, elections, schedules and other documents separately or jointly with
the Purchaser) as may be required to effect and preserve timely Elections in accordance
with section 338(h)(10) of the Code, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, and any corresponding provisions of state, local or foreign
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Tax law. The Seller, the Purchaser, and the Company
shall report the purchase by the Purchaser of the shares in a manner consistent
with the Elections and shall take no position inconsistent therewith in any Tax
Return or Tax audit or otherwise.
(b) To
the extent possible, the Purchaser, the Seller, and the Company shall execute
at the Closing any and all forms necessary to effectuate the Elections with
respect to the purchase and sale of the Stock.
In the event, however, any such form or forms are not executed at the
Closing, the Purchaser, the Seller, and the Company shall prepare and complete
each such form no later than 15 days prior to the date such form is required to
be filed. The Purchaser, the Seller, and
the Company shall each cause the forms to be duly executed by an authorized
person for the Purchaser, the Seller, and the Company, and in each case, shall
duly and timely file the forms in accordance with applicable Tax laws and the
terms of this Agreement.
(c) As
soon as practicable after the Closing, the Seller and the Purchaser shall agree
upon (i) the allocation of the purchase price among the assets of the
Company (the Purchase Price Allocation); and (ii) the fair market value
of the assets of the Company and the allocation of the deemed sales price of
the assets of the Company resulting from the Elections (as required pursuant to
Section 338(h)(10) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder and any comparable provisions of state or local law, as appropriate)
among such assets (the Section 338 Allocation and, collectively with the
Purchase Price Allocation, the Allocations).
Consistent with the provisions above, such Allocations shall be set
forth on a schedule to be prepared jointly by the Purchaser and the Seller
within 135 days of the Closing. If
during such period the Purchaser and the Seller cannot agree on such
Allocations, such dispute shall be submitted to a mutually-acceptable
nationally-recognized accounting firm (such allocation as adjusted either as a
result of negotiation between the parties or as a result of the accounting firms
decision). The Purchaser, the Seller and
the Company (A) shall be bound by, (B) shall file all Tax Returns on
a basis consistent with, and (C) shall take no position in any Tax Return
or Tax audit or otherwise that is inconsistent with the Allocations. Seller and Purchaser hereby acknowledge that
subject to review and valuation, they each believe that the book value of the
assets of the Company as of Closing reasonably approximates the fair market
value.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.1 Entire
Agreement; Assignment. This
Agreement, including the Disclosure Schedules and exhibits hereto, the
documents, instruments and schedules referred to herein and all other documents
dated as of the date hereof and on the Closing, including but not limited to
the Earn-out Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements
and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties or any of them with
respect to the subject matter hereof, including but not limited to the letter
agreement dated December 12, 2007 by and between the Parties. This Agreement and all of the provisions
hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns, but neither this Agreement
nor any of the rights, interests and obligations hereunder
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shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior
written consent of the other parties; provided, however, that Purchaser may assign its rights under this
Agreement to (i) any Affiliate of Purchaser, or (ii) its lenders as
collateral in connection with the financing of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
SECTION 7.2 Reformation
and Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
separable and a determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal, unenforceable or void shall not affect the validity, legality or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. In case any provision of this Agreement shall
be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or void, it shall, to the extent possible,
be modified and/or interpreted in such manner as to be valid, legal and
enforceable, but so as to most nearly retain the intent of the Parties, and if
such modification is not possible, such provision shall be severed from this
Agreement, and in either case, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. Any court of competent
jurisdiction is authorized and directed by the parties to enforce any otherwise
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision in part, to modify it, to enforce
it only to a degree and not fully, or otherwise to enforce that provision only
in a manner and to an extent, or for a shorter period of time, that renders the
provision valid or enforceable. The
intent of the parties is that this Agreement be enforceable and enforced to the
maximum extent possible after excising (or deeming excised) all invalid or
unenforceable provisions, whether or not the remaining provisions are
grammatically correct.
SECTION 7.3 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 facsimile (with receipt confirmed)
or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested)
as follows:
if to
Purchaser:
Comfort
Systems USA, Inc.
Office of the
General Counsel
777 Post Oak
Blvd., Suite 500
Houston, TX
77056
(713) 830-9659
(fax)
and if to Seller:
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James P. Young
1336 Windsor Lane
Mt. Crawford, VA 22841
With a copy to (which copy shall not
constitute legal notice)
Jeffrey G. Lenhart, Esq.
Lenhart Obenshain PC
P. O. Box 1287
Harrisonburg, VA 22803
FAX: (540) 437-3101
or to such other address as the Person to
whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in
the manner set forth above (provided that notice of any change of address shall
be effective only upon receipt thereof).
SECTION 7.4 Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF.
SECTION 7.5 Gender; Including
is Not Limiting; Descriptive Headings.
The masculine and neuter genders used in this Agreement each includes
the masculine, feminine and neuter genders, and the singular number includes
the plural, each where appropriate, and vice versa. Wherever the term including or a similar
term is used in this Agreement, it shall be read as if it were written including
by way of example only and without in any way limiting the generality of the
clause or concept referred to. The
descriptive headings are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.6 Parties in
Interest. 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 confer upon any other
Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of
this Agreement.
SECTION 7.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously
in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all
of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Facsimile or scanned and emailed (i.e., Portable Document Format (pdf)) transmission of any
signed original document or retransmission of any signed facsimile or scanned
and emailed (pdf) transmission shall constitute enforceable original documents
and will be deemed the same as delivery of an original. At the request of any party, the parties will
confirm facsimile or scanned and emailed transmission by signing a duplicate
original document.
SECTION 7.8 Incorporation
by Reference. Any and all schedules
(including the Disclosure Schedules), exhibits, annexes, statements, reports,
certificates or other documents or
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instruments
referred to herein or attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference
hereto as though fully set forth at the point referred to in the Agreement.
SECTION 7.9 Consent to
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
The Parties hereto irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the United
States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and/or any state
court of the Commonwealth of Virginia located in Albemarle County in any
action, suit or proceeding brought by or against such party in connection with,
arising from or relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated
hereby and any document contemplated herein or otherwise relating hereto, and
each party hereby waives and further agrees not to assert as a defense in any
such suit, action or proceeding any claim that such party is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such courts, that the venue of the suit,
action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that this Agreement
or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such courts. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE IRREVOCABLY ANY AND
ALL RIGHTS TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR
OTHERWISE RELATED HERETO.
SECTION 7.10 Construction. The Parties have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.
In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties
and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any
party by virtue of the authorship of this Agreement, and the Parties agree to
mutually negotiate and draft any amendments necessary to conform the Agreement
to the original intent of the Parties.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS
Accounts
Receivable has the meaning given to it in Section 2.8.
Affiliate
as used in this Agreement means, with respect to (i) any Person that,
directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control
with, such Person in question, (ii) any officer, director or shareholder
of such Person in question, or member of the immediate family of such officer,
director or shareholder and (iii) any Person that, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, any officer,
director or shareholder of such Person in question or member of the immediate
family of such officer, director or shareholder. For the purposes of the definition of
Affiliate, control (including, with correlative meaning, the terms controlled
by and under common control with) as used with respect to any Person, shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
Agreement
has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
Allocations
has the meaning given to it in Section 6.4(c).
Arbitrator has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Basket
Amount has the meaning given to it in Section 5.8(a).
Business
Facility includes any property (whether real or personal) that
the Company currently leases, operates or owns or manages in any manner or
which the Company or any of its organizational predecessors formerly leased,
operated, owned or managed in any manner.
CERCLA
means the Comprehensive, Environmental, Response Compensation and Liability
Act. 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. and any
amendments thereto or reauthorizations thereof and any similar state statutes.
Closing
has the meaning given to it in Section 1.4.
Closing
Working Capital has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Comfort
has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
Company
has the meaning given to it in the recitals to this Agreement.
Contract
means, with respect to any Person, any agreement, contract, obligation,
promise, commitment, arrangement, understanding or undertaking (whether written
or oral and whether express or implied), regardless of whether such agreement,
contract, obligation, promise, commitment, arrangement, understanding or
undertaking is or is not legally binding.
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Damages
includes damages, losses (including, but not limited to, any diminution in
value), shortages, Liabilities (including, without limitation, STRICT LIABILITY), payments, obligations, penalties, claims,
causes of action, litigation, demands, defenses, judgments, suits, Proceedings,
Encumbrances, Taxes, orders or other determinations by any Governmental
Authority, dues, assessments, fines, costs, disbursements or expenses
(including, without limitation, fees, disbursements and expenses of attorneys,
accountants and other professional advisors and of expert witnesses, costs of
investigation, testing, sampling, monitoring and preparation) or amounts paid
in settlement of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by an Indemnified
Person.
Disclosure
Schedules means the disclosure schedules delivered by Sellers
to Purchaser concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
Earn-Out Agreement has the meaning given to it in Section 1.2.
Elections
has the meaning given to it in Section 6.4(a).
Encumbrance
means any charge, claim, community or other martial property interest,
condition, equitable interest, encumbrance, lien, license, option, pledge,
security interest, right of first offer or refusal, mortgage, right of way,
easement, encroachments, servitude or restriction or covenant of any kind,
including any restriction on use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or
exercise of any other attribute of ownership.
Environmental
Claim(s) means any claim; litigation; demand; action; cause of
action; suit; loss; cost, including attorneys fees, diminution in value, and
experts fees; damage; punitive damage; fine, penalty, expense, liability
(including STRICT LIABILITY), criminal liability, judgment, governmental or
private investigation and testing; notification of status of being potentially
responsible for clean-up of any facility or for being in violation or in
potential violation of any Requirement of Environmental Law; Proceeding;
consent or administrative orders, agreements or decrees; lien; personal injury
or death of any person; or property damage, whether threatened, sought, brought
or imposed, that is related to or seeks to recover Damages under applicable
Environmental Laws related to, or that seeks to impose liability under
applicable Environmental Laws for: (i) improper
use or treatment of wetlands or other protected land or wildlife; (ii) noise;
(iii) radioactive materials (including naturally occurring radioactive
materials); (iv) explosives; (v) pollution, contamination,
preservation, protection, decontamination, remediation or clean-up of the air,
surface water, groundwater, soil or protected lands related to Materials of
Environmental Concern; (vi) exposure of persons or property to Materials
of Environmental Concern and the effects thereof; (vii) the release or
threatened release (into the indoor or outdoor environment), generation,
extraction, mining, beneficiating, manufacture, processing, distribution in
commerce, use, transfer, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal or
Remediation of Materials of Environmental Concern; (viii) injury to or
death of or threat to the health or safety of any person or persons caused
directly or indirectly by Materials of Environmental Concern; (ix) destruction
caused directly or indirectly by Materials of Environmental Concern or the
release or threatened release of any Materials of Environmental Concern on any
property (whether real or personal); (x) the implementation of spill
prevention and/or disaster plans relating to Materials of Environmental
Concern; (xi) violation of or
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noncompliance with Environmental Laws; (xii)
community right-to-know and other disclosure laws; or (xiii) maintaining,
disclosing or reporting information to Governmental Authorities or any other
third person under any applicable Environmental Laws. The term, Environmental Claim also
includes, without limitation, any Damages incurred in reasonable or necessary
testing to determine whether Remediation is required under Requirements of
Environmental Law or for breach or violation of any Requirements of
Environmental Laws; monitoring or responding to efforts to require Remediation
under Requirements of Environmental Law and any claim based upon any asserted
or actual breach or violation of any Requirements of Environmental Law.
Environmental
Laws means any and all treaties, statutes, laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, orders, consent agreements, orders on consent, or
guidance documents now or hereafter in effect of any applicable international,
federal, state or local executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, or
administrative agency, board, tribunal, or authority or any associated judicial
or administrative decision that relate in any manner to health, the
environment, pollution, the emission, discharge, release, treatment, storage,
disposal, management, or response to Materials of Environmental Concern, a
communitys right to know, or worker protection.
Environmental Permit means all permits, licenses,
certificates, registrations, identification numbers, applications, consents,
approvals, variances, notices of intent, and exemptions necessary for the
ownership, use and/or operation of any Business Facility to comply with
Environmental Laws.
ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Excess Working Capital has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Final Statement has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Final
Working Capital has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Financial
Statements has the meaning given to in Section 2.27(ii).
GAAP
means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time. To the extent a dispute
arises related to the proper way to interpret or apply GAAP, Purchasers past
and current accounting practices will be dispositive in resolving such dispute.
Governmental
Authority means any foreign governmental authority, the United
States of America, any State of the United States of America, any local or
municipal authority and any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, any
multi-national organization or body, any agency, department, division,
commission, board, bureau, court or other authority of any of the foregoing, or
any quasi-governmental or private body (including, without limitation, any
board of arbitration or similar entity) exercising, or purporting to exercise,
any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, police, regulatory or
taxing authority or power of any nature.
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Governmental
Authorization means any permit, Environmental Permit, license,
franchise, approval, certificate, consent, ratification, permission,
confirmation, endorsement, waiver, certification, privilege, right,
registration, qualification or other similar authorization issued, granted,
given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental
Authority with applicable jurisdiction or pursuant to any applicable Legal Requirement.
Income
Tax Basis means the historical basis upon which the Company has
prepared and filed its income Tax Returns, to the extent consistent with
Statement of Accounting Standards (SAS) 62.
Indebtedness means all obligations of the Company (i) for
borrowed money; (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments (including, without limitation, any seller notes issued in
connection with any acquisition undertaken by the Company); (iii) under
any capitalized lease liabilities; (iv) for the deferred purchase price of
property, goods or services (other than trade payables or accruals incurred in
the Ordinary Course of Business), (v) in respect of letters of credit and
bankers acceptances, (vi) for Contracts relating to interest rate
protection, swap and collar agreements, (vii) in the nature of guarantees
of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (vii) above of
any other Person; and (viii) for any accrued interest, prepayment premiums
or penalties or other fees, costs or expenses related to any of the foregoing,
in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and, to the extent consistent
therewith, the Companys past practices, consistently applied.
Indemnified
Person has the meaning given to it in Section 5.3.
Indemnifying
Person has the meaning given to it in Section 5.3.
Intellectual
Property means all names, trade names, fictitious business
names, brand names, registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks and
applications, all patents and patent applications, all copyrights in both
published and unpublished works, and all inventions, processes, formulas,
patterns, designs, know-how, trade secrets, software, technical information,
process technology, plans, drawings and blue prints.
Interim
Financial Statements has the meaning given to it in Section 2.27(ii).
Interim
Net Income means the Companys net income as
defined by GAAP from 12:01 A.M. January 1, 2008 until the Closing
Date.
Knowledge
An individual shall be deemed to have knowledge of or to have known a
particular fact or other matter if (i) such individual is actually aware
of such fact or other matter or (ii) a reasonably prudent business person
would be expected to have discovered or otherwise become aware of such fact or
other matter. A Person that is not a
natural person shall be deemed to have knowledge of or to have known a
particular fact or other matter if any individual who is serving as a director,
officer, manager, general partner or senior operational personnel (or in any
similar capacity) of such Person has knowledge of such fact or other matter
after reasonable investigation.
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Legal
Requirement means any law (including Environmental Laws),
statute, standard, code, resolution, promulgation, ordinance, decree,
requirement, order, judgment, writ, injunction, treaty, proclamation,
convention, rule or regulation (or interpretation of any of the foregoing)
of, and the terms of any Governmental Authorization issued by, any Governmental
Authority with applicable jurisdiction or any license, franchise, permit or
similar right granted under any of the foregoing, or any other similar
provision having the force or effect of law.
Liability
means any debt, obligation, duty or liability of any nature (including any
unknown, undisclosed, unfixed, unliquidated, unsecured, unmatured, unaccrued,
unasserted, contingent, conditional, inchoate, implied, vicarious, STRICT,
joint, several or secondary liability), regardless of whether such debt,
obligation, duty or liability would be required to be disclosed on a balance
sheet prepared in conformity with the Income Tax Basis or otherwise.
Materials
of Environmental Concern means:
(i) those substances included within the statutory and/or
regulatory definitions or listings of hazardous substance, medical waste, special
waste, solid waste, hazardous waste, extremely hazardous substance, regulated
substance, hazardous materials, toxic substances, or contaminant under
any applicable Environmental Law; (ii) any material, waste or substance
which is or contains: (A) petroleum,
oil or a fraction thereof, (B) explosives, (C) radioactive materials
(including naturally occurring radioactive materials), or (D) solid wastes
that pose imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment;
and (iii) such other substances, materials, or wastes that are classified
or regulated under any applicable Environmental Law. To the extent that the laws or regulations of
any applicable state or local jurisdiction establish a meaning for any term
defined herein through reference to applicable federal Environmental Laws which
is broader than the meaning under such federal Environmental Laws, such broader
meaning shall apply in any such state or local jurisdiction.
Net
Asset Value means the amount calculated by
subtracting the liabilities of the Company from the assets of the Company in
accordance with GAAP.
Note
has the meaning given to it in Section 1.2.
Ordinary
Course of Business shall mean an action taken by
any Person in the ordinary course of such Persons business which is consistent
with past customs and practices of such Person (including past practice with
respect to quantity, amount, magnitude and frequency, standard employment and
payroll practice with respect to management of working capital) which is taken
in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person.
Permitted
Encumbrances has the meaning given to it in Section 2.21.
Person
means any individual, entity or Governmental Authority.
Proceeding
has the meaning given to it in Section 2.10.
Purchase
Price has the meaning given it in Section 1.2.
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Purchase
Price Allocation has the meaning given to it in Section 6.4(c).
Purchaser
has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
Purchaser
Indemnified Persons has the meaning given to it in Section 5.1.
Purchasers
Statement has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Remediation
means (i) any removal or remedial action necessary to comply with and
ensure compliance with requirements of Environmental Laws and (ii) the
taking of all reasonably necessary precautions required under applicable
Environmental Laws to protect against and/or respond to, remove or remediate or
monitor the release or threatened release of Materials of Environmental Concern
at, on, in, about, under, within or near the air, soil, surface water,
groundwater or soil vapor at any Business Facility or any public domain
affected by the business of the Company.
Representative
means, with respect to a particular Person, any director, officer, employee,
agent, consultant, advisor or other representative of such Person, including
legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors.
Required
Working Capital has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Section 338
Allocation has the meaning given to it in Section 6.4(c).
Seller
has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
Seller
Indemnified Persons has the meaning given to it in Section 5.2.
Sellers
Statement has the meaning given to it in Section 1.3.
Stock
has the meaning given to it in the recitals to this Agreement.
Subsidiary
shall mean, when used with reference to a particular Person, any corporation,
at least twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding voting securities of which is
owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such Person, or if less than
twenty percent (20%) of such voting securities are so owned or controlled, any
corporation in regard to which such Person possesses, directly or indirectly,
the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such
corporation. Any partnership, joint
venture or other enterprise shall be a Subsidiary of a particular Person if
that Person has, directly or indirectly, a twenty percent (20%) or greater
equity interest or in regard to which such Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of management and
policies of such entity.
Tax
Return means any return (including any information return),
report, statement, declaration, schedule, notice, notification, form,
certificate, claim of refund or other document or information filed with or
submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental
Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or
payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or
enforcement of or
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compliance with any Legal Requirement
relating to any Tax, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and
including any amendment thereof.
Tax
or Taxes
means (i) any tax (including without limitation any income tax, franchise
tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, excise
tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax,
inventory tax, occupancy tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, gift tax, estate
tax or inheritance tax), levy, assessment, tariff, impost, imposition, toll,
duty (including any customs duty), deficiency or fee, and any related charge or
amount (including any fine, penalty or interest), imposed, assessed or
collected by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority or (ii) any
Liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in (i) of
this definition payable pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement or pursuant to
any other contract relating to the sharing or payment of any such tax, levy,
assessment, tariff, impost, imposition, toll, duty, deficiency or fee or
otherwise as a result of being liable for another Persons taxes as a
transferee or successor, by Contract or otherwise.
Working
Capital shall mean the Companys current assets
minus current liabilities as calculated pursuant to GAAP, provided, however,
Working Capital shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to include: (i) any
retention receivable, even if receipt of the retention is not expected within
the ensuing year; and (ii) the cash surrender value of life insurance
owned by the Corporation; further, the value of inventory and other current
assets included in Working Capital shall not be affected by any subsequent
valuation for tax purposes for purposes of this definition.
Year-end
Financial Statements has the meaning given to it
in Section 2.27(i).
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Exhibit C
EARN-OUT
AGREEMENT
BY
AND BETWEEN
COMFORT
SYSTEMS USA, INC.
(Comfort
and/or Purchaser)
and
JAMES
P. YOUNG
DATED
AS OF FEBRUARY 29, 2008
EARN-OUT AGREEMENT
This Earn-Out Agreement (this Agreement),
dated as of February 29, 2008, is by and between Comfort Systems USA, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (Comfort and/or Purchaser) and James
P. Young (Young), an individual resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, (Seller). Comfort and Seller are sometimes individually
referred to herein as a Party and collectively as the Parties.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller owns
all of the issued and outstanding common stock, no par value, of Riddleberger
Brothers, Inc. (the Company), such stock constituting all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock (of all classes) of the Company (the Stock);
WHEREAS, pursuant to a
Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 29, 2008, it is a condition to
closing that the Parties execute and deliver this Agreement to each other.
WHEREAS, pursuant to
the Stock Purchase Agreement, Purchaser will acquire all of the Stock;
WHEREAS, capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Stock Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties intend to provide for the
payment of additional Purchase Price to Seller based on the future financial
performance of the Company following the Closing (Earn-Out);
WHEREAS, Seller has
directed Purchaser to distribute a portion of Earn-Out Purchase Price to
certain individuals;
WHEREAS, these
payments of Purchase Price that are directed to such individuals will be
required to be reported to the individuals involved as ordinary income.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
respective representations, warranties and covenants contained herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
SECTION 1 Calculation of Earn-Out. Sellers Earn-Out shall be based on the EBIT
of the Company determined as follows (EBIT shall mean the Companys earnings
before interest and taxes and shall be calculated on a basis consistent with
GAAP):
(i) in the 0-12 month period following the Closing Date under the
Stock Purchase Agreement (the Closing), the Earn-Out shall be equal to fifty
percent (50%) of the
EBIT of the Company that is in excess of Two Million Dollars and No
Cents ($2,000,000.00);
(ii) in the 13-24 month period following
the Closing, the Earn-Out shall be equal to forty percent (40%) of the EBIT of
the Company that is in excess of Two Million Dollars and No Cents
($2,000,000.00);
(iii) in the 25-36 month period
following the Closing, the Earn-Out shall be equal to thirty percent (30%) of
the EBIT of the Company that is in excess of Two Million Dollars and No Cents
($2,000,000.00).
For purposes of calculating
EBIT for this Section 1: (i) all allocations of operating costs and
expenses that are borne by Purchaser shall be reasonable and shall be
consistent with allocations for comparable Purchaser subsidiaries (but shall in
no case include management fees or reimbursement for time spent by employees of
the Purchaser); (ii) EBIT will not include depreciation and amortization
amounts that arise solely or primarily as a result of this transaction; (iii) EBIT
shall be reduced by incentive amounts paid to the Companys President even if
such is not otherwise accounted for on the Companys books; and (iv) EBIT
shall be increased by one-half of the rebate amount that is attributed to the
Company in the Purchasers Presidents incentive calculation. For clarification purposes of the above, it
is the express intention of the Parties that the calculation shall fairly
reflect the true economic return of the Company as an incremental part of the
Purchaser.
SECTION 2 Payment of Earn-Out. On or before 60 days after the first, second,
and third annual anniversaries of the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to
Seller a written calculation of the Earn-Out earned (if any). Within ten days after the Earn-Out is finally
determined pursuant to Section 4 herein, Purchaser shall pay the Earn-Out
(if any) to those individuals and in the percentage amount as set forth on Exhibit 2.
SECTION 3 Maximum Cap on Earn-Out. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the combined total of all payments made to Seller or
Seller-identified employees pursuant to Section 1 and Section 2
above, shall not exceed Nine Million Dollars and No Cents ($9,000,000.00).
SECTION 4 Resolution of Dispute. If Seller disputes Purchasers calculation of
the Earn-Out, Seller shall so notify Purchaser in writing within thirty (30)
days after receipt of the written calculation referred to in Section 2,
and shall promptly submit Sellers calculation of the Earn-Out. The Parties shall then make a good faith
effort to meet and resolve the difference between Sellers calculation and
Purchasers calculation. If within 30
days after receipt of Sellers calculation the Parties have been unable to
reach agreement, the Parties within 15 days thereafter shall jointly select an
independent certified public accounting firm, or if they are unable to do so,
within 20 days thereafter either Party shall request the American Arbitration
Association to designate a firm of independent certified public accountants,
having no past or current affiliation with Seller, Sellers Affiliates,
Purchaser, or Purchasers Affiliates (such selected accounting firm being
referred to herein as the Arbitrator), to determine whether Sellers or
Purchasers calculation is most accurate.
The Arbitrator shall certify this decision in writing to the Parties,
and shall have no choice but to select either the Sellers calculation in its
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entirety or the Purchasers calculation in
its entirety. The Arbitrators
determination shall be final and binding on the parties. The fees, costs, and expenses of the
Arbitrator, including any attorneys fees related thereto, shall be borne by
the non-prevailing Party. If Sellers
calculation prevails, the Earn-Out amount that should have been paid shall bear
interest at the annual rate of six (6%) from the date the Sellers written
calculation was due under Section 2 until paid.
SECTION 5 Modification and Waiver of Breach. No waiver or modification of this Agreement
shall be binding unless it is in writing signed by the Parties hereto. No waiver of a breach hereof shall be deemed
to constitute a waiver of a future breach, whether of a similar or dissimilar
nature.
SECTION 6 Assignment. The rights and obligations of Purchaser
under this Agreement may, without the consent of Seller, be assigned by
Purchaser, in its sole and unfettered discretion (a) to any person, firm,
corporation, or other business entity that acquires all or substantially all of
the assets or business of the Company or Purchaser, (b) to any subsidiary
or affiliate of Purchaser, or any transferee, whether by purchase, merger or
otherwise that directly or indirectly acquires all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or Purchaser of such subsidiary or affiliate, or (c) any
lender or provider of financing to the Purchaser or any subsidiary or affiliate
of the Purchaser; provided, however, such assignment shall not discharge
Purchasers liability to Seller hereunder.
SECTION 7 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 facsimile (with receipt confirmed)
or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested)
as follows:
if to Purchaser:
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
Office of the General
Counsel
777 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 500
Houston, TX 77056
(713) 830-9659 (fax)
and if to Seller:
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James P. Young
1336 Windsor Lane
Mt. Crawford, VA 22841
With a copy to (which shall not constitute legal
notice):
Jeffrey G. Lenhart, Esq.
Lenhart Obenshain PC
P.O. Box 1287
Harrisonburg, VA 22803
SECTION 8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without
regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof.
SECTION 9 Gender; Including is Not Limiting;
Descriptive Headings. The masculine
and neuter genders used in this Agreement each includes the masculine, feminine
and neuter genders, and the singular number includes the plural, each where
appropriate, and vice versa. Wherever
the term including or a similar term is used in this Agreement, it shall be
read as if it were written including by way of example only and without in any
way limiting the generality of the clause or concept referred to. The descriptive headings are inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
SECTION 10 Parties in Interest. 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 confer upon any other Person any
rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this
Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of Sellers death, Sellers
personal representatives and heirs shall be entitled to the rights and benefits
conferred on Seller by virtue of this Agreement.
SECTION 11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously
in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all
of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Facsimile or scanned and emailed (i.e., Portable Document Format (pdf)) transmission of any
signed original document or retransmission of any signed facsimile or scanned
and emailed (pdf) transmission shall constitute enforceable original documents
and will be deemed the same as delivery of an original. At the request of any party, the parties will
confirm facsimile or scanned and emailed transmission by signing a duplicate
original document.
SECTION 12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and all other documents dated
as of the date hereof and on the Closing constitutes the entire agreement among
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties
or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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SECTION 13 Reformation and Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
separable and a determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal, unenforceable or void shall not affect the validity, legality or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. In case any provision of this Agreement shall
be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or void, it shall, to the extent possible,
be modified and/or interpreted in such manner as to be valid, legal and
enforceable, but so as to most nearly retain the intent of the Parties, and if
such modification is not possible, such provision shall be severed from this
Agreement, and in either case, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. Any court of competent
jurisdiction is authorized and directed by the parties to enforce any otherwise
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision in part, to modify it, to enforce
it only to a degree and not fully, or otherwise to enforce that provision only
in a manner and to an extent, or for a shorter period of time, that renders the
provision valid or enforceable. The
intent of the parties is that this Agreement be enforceable and enforced to the
maximum extent possible after excising (or deeming excised) all invalid or
unenforceable provisions, whether or not the remaining provisions are
grammatically correct.
SECTION 14 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury
Trial. The Parties hereto
irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Western District of Virginia, and/or any state court of the Commonwealth of
Virginia located in Albemarle County in any action, suit or proceeding brought
by or against such party in connection with, arising from or relating to this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and any document contemplated
herein or otherwise relating hereto, and each party hereby waives and further
agrees not to assert as a defense in any such suit, action or proceeding any
claim that such party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such
courts, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not
be enforced in or by such courts. THE
PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE IRREVOCABLY ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY
DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR OTHERWISE RELATED HERETO.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first above written.
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Exhibit 2
to Exhibit C
Earn-Out
Payment Allocations
Payee
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Kelly R.S. Blosser
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Exhibit 99.1
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777 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 500
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William
George
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Houston, Texas 77056
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Chief
Financial Officer
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713-830-9600
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(713)
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Fax: 713-830-9696
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA ACQUIRES MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR
Houston, TX February 28, 2008 Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
(NYSE: FIX), a leading provider of commercial, industrial and
institutional heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) services,
today announced that it has agreed to acquire Riddleberger Brothers, Inc. (Riddleberger), a full service commercial
HVAC company based in Mt. Crawford, Virginia.
Riddleberger had 2007 revenues of approximately $65 million, and if
Riddleberger had been part of Comfort Systems in 2007 we believe it would have
contributed earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of
at least $7 million.
Bill
Murdy noted, We are very pleased to bring Riddleberger into the Comfort
Systems USA family of companies.
Riddleberger has a long and storied history, and brings with it an
outstanding reputation for construction and service excellence in the
Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia.
Given their top-notch workforce and their excellent team culture, we fully
expect Riddleberger to continue its rich tradition of technical excellence and
solid financial performance.
Comfort
Systems USAÒ is a premier provider of business solutions
addressing workplace comfort, with 65 locations in 53 cities around the
nation. For more information, visit the
Companys website at
www.comfortsystemsusa.com.
This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are based on the current plans and expectations of Comfort Systems
USA, Inc. and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
future activities and results of operations to be materially different from
those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ include, among others, national or regional weakness in
non-residential construction activity, difficulty in obtaining or increased
costs associated with bonding, shortages of labor and specialty building
materials, the use of incorrect estimates for bidding a fixed price contract,
undertaking contractual commitments that exceed our labor resources, retention
of key management, the Companys backlog failing to translate into actual
revenue or profits, errors in the Companys percentage of completion method of
accounting, the result of competition in the Companys markets, seasonal
fluctuations in the demand for HVAC systems, the imposition of past and future
liability from environmental, safety, and health regulations including the
inherent risk associated with self-insurance, adverse litigation results and
other risks detailed in the Companys reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Important factors
that could cause actual results to differ are discussed under Item 1A. Company
Risk Factors in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any
change in Comfort Systems USA, Inc.s expectations with regard thereto or
any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement
is based.
Exhibit 99.2
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777 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 500
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CONTACT:
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William
George
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Houston, Texas 77056
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Chief
Financial Officer
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713-830-9600
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(713)
830-9600
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Fax 713-830-9696
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
Houston, TX February 27, 2008 Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
(NYSE: FIX), a leading provider of commercial, industrial and
institutional heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) services,
today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of
$0.045 per share on Comfort Systems USA, Inc. common stock. The dividend is payable on March 20,
2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 10, 2008.
Comfort Systems USA® is a premier provider of business solutions
addressing workplace comfort, with 64 locations in 52 cities around the
nation. For more information, visit the
Companys website at
www.comfortsystemsusa.com.
This
press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current
plans and expectations of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual future activities and results of
operations to be materially different from those set forth in the
forward-looking statements. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ include, among others,
national or regional weakness in non-residential construction activity,
difficulty in obtaining or increased costs associated with bonding, shortages
of labor and specialty building materials, the use of incorrect estimates for
bidding a fixed price contract, undertaking contractual commitments that exceed
our labor resources, retention of key management, the Companys backlog failing
to translate into actual revenue or profits, errors in the Companys percentage
of completion method of accounting, the result of competition in the Companys
markets, seasonal fluctuations in the demand for HVAC systems, the imposition
of past and future liability from environmental, safety, and health regulations
including the inherent risk associated with self-insurance, adverse litigation
results and other risks detailed in the Companys reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ are discussed under Item 1A.
Company Risk Factors in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any
change in Comfort Systems USA, Inc.s expectations with regard thereto or
any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement
is based.
Exhibit 99.3
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CONTACT:
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William
George
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Houston, Texas 77056
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Chief
Financial Officer
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713-830-9600
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713-830-9600
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Fax 713-830-9696
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMFORT SYSTEMS INCREASES STOCK
REPURCHASE PROGRAM
Houston, TX February 27, 2008 Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
(NYSE: FIX), a leading provider of commercial, industrial and institutional
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) services, today announced
that its Board of Directors has approved an amendment to the companys stock
repurchase program to increase the shares authorized and remaining as available
to purchase back up to 1,000,000 shares by authorizing the Company to acquire
up to 712,083 additional shares of its outstanding common stock. The
Companys existing stock repurchase program had previously authorized
the repurchase of up to 1,401,200 shares of the companys outstanding
common stock.
Through February 26, 2008, the Company had repurchased 1,113,283
shares of the Companys common stock at an aggregate price of $13.8
million. This extension of the stock repurchase program will top up the
plan and permit the Company to repurchase up to an additional one million
shares of its currently outstanding common stock beyond what had already been
repurchased as of February 26, 2008.
The
share repurchases will be made from time to time at the Companys discretion in
the open market or privately negotiated transactions as permitted by securities
laws and other legal requirements, and subject to market conditions and other
factors. The Company expects that the share repurchases will be financed
with available cash. The Companys Board of Directors may modify,
suspend, extend or terminate the program at any time.
Comfort
Systems USAÒ is a premier
provider of business solutions addressing workplace comfort, with 64 locations
in 52 cities around the nation. For more
information, visit the Companys website at
www.comfortsystemsusa.com.
This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are based on the current plans and expectations of Comfort Systems
USA, Inc. and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
future activities and results of operations to be materially different from
those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ include, among others, national or regional weakness in
non-residential construction activity, difficulty in obtaining or increased
costs associated with bonding, shortages of labor and specialty building
materials, the use of incorrect estimates for bidding a fixed price contract,
undertaking contractual commitments that exceed our labor resources, retention
of key management, the Companys backlog failing to translate into actual
revenue or profits, errors in the Companys percentage of completion method of
accounting, the result of competition in the Companys markets, seasonal fluctuations
in the demand for HVAC systems, the imposition of past and future liability
from environmental, safety, and health regulations including the inherent risk
associated with self-insurance, adverse litigation results and other risks
detailed in the Companys reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ are discussed under Item 1A. Company Risk
Factors in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007. These forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date of this release.
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking
statement
contained herein to reflect any change in Comfort
Systems USA, Inc.s expectations with regard thereto or any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.