WHITE PINE SOFTWARE INC
8-K, 1998-07-23
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    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):      JULY 8, 1998
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                            WHITE PINE SOFTWARE, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         DELAWARE                     000-21415                  04-3151064
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission              (IRS employer
     of incorporation)              file number)           identification no.)


542 AMHERST STREET, NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE                              03063
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 (Address of principal executive offices)                           (Zip code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:     (603) 886-9050
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

     On July 8, 1998, White Pine Software, Inc. (the "Company") purchased 
certain assets (the "Assets"), including intellectual property, comprising 
certain T.120 whiteboarding and data collaboration technology from Labtam 
Communications Pty. Ltd. ("Labtam"), an Australian corporation with a 
principal place of business in Braeside, Victoria, Australia.

     The purchase price for the Assets consisted of (i) 900,000 shares (the 
"Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value US$0.01 per share; (ii) 
payment of a total of US$628,060 in July 1998; and (iii) payment of A$201,606 
(or approximately US$126,971, based upon the average of the exchange rates 
between the Australian dollar and the United States dollar as published in 
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL on July 22, 1998) due on January 15, 1999. The terms 
of, and consideration paid in, this transaction were the result of arm's 
length negotiations between the Company and Labtam, which have had no 
relationship prior to this transaction. The Company has used and intends to 
use its existing cash and cash equivalents to pay the cash portion of the 
purchase price.

     An aggregate of 450,000 Shares has been deposited in escrow as security for
potential claims by the Company against Labtam for breaches of certain
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the purchase
agreement relating to the Assets. In the absence of any such claims, 225,000 of
the escrowed Shares will be released to Labtam on January 8, 1999 and the
remaining 225,000 escrowed Shares will be released on July 8, 1999.

     A copy of the Company's press release entitled "White Pine Software to
Acquire T.120 Technology," as issued on July 20, 1998, is filed as an exhibit to
this Form 8-K.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

     (a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

         Not applicable.

     (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

         Not applicable.

     (c) Exhibits.

     Exhibit
     Number       Description
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      2.1         Sale of Assets Agreement dated as of July 6, 1998 by and 
                  among the Company, Labtam Communications Pty. Ltd., Creative
                  Software Technologies Pty. Ltd., Dawson Noy Johns and 
                  Anthony James Oxley

     99.1         Press Release entitled "White Pine Software to Acquire
                  T.120 Technology," as issued on July 20, 1998

Item 9.  Sales of Equity Securities Pursuant to Regulation S.

     The Shares were issued to Labtam pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The offer and sale of the Shares
occurred outside the United States. No underwriters, distributors or dealers
were engaged in connection with the issuance of the Shares and no underwriting
discount or commission, selling concession, fee or other remuneration was paid
in connection with the issuance of the Shares.

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                                   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.

                                      WHITE PINE SOFTWARE, INC.

Date: July 22, 1998                   By:    /s/ Christine J. Cox
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                                          Christine J. Cox
                                          Vice President of Finance


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                LABTAM COMMUNICATIONS PTY. LTD. (ACN 077 993 590)
                                   ("Vendor")

                                       AND

          CREATIVE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD. (SUBJECT TO DEED OF
                     COMPANY ARRANGEMENT))(ACN 058 917 089)

                                       AND

                            WHITE PINE SOFTWARE INC.
                                  ("Purchaser")

                                       AND

                    DAWSON NOY JOHNS and ANTHONY JAMES OXLEY
                                ("the Directors")


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                            SALE OF ASSETS AGREEMENT
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                            Anne Hodgson & Co Lawyers

                            Suite D, 2 Wallace Avenue
                              Toorak Victoria 3142
                             Telephone 03 9826 8078
                             Facsimile 03 9827 0533
                                 Our Ref: 98089

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                            SALE OF ASSETS AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as at the 6th day of July, One thousand nine hundred and
ninety-eight

BETWEEN:

LABTAM COMMUNICATIONS PTY. LTD. (ACN 077 993 590)
of 33 Malcolm Road Braeside Victoria Australia
                                                                  ("Vendor")
                                                               of the first part

AND

CREATIVE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD. (SUBJECT TO DEED OF COMPANY
ARRANGEMENT))(ACN 058 917 089) of 33 Malcolm Road Braeside Victoria
                                                                   ("CST")
                                                              of the second part

AND

WHITE PINE SOFTWARE INC. a Dellaware corporation having it's principal offices
at 542 Amherst Street Nashua New Hampshire 03063 United States of America
                                                              ("Purchaser")
                                                              of the third part

AND

DAWSON NOY JOHNS of 45 Old Mornington Road Mt. Eliza and ANTHONY JAMES OXLEY of
101 Frankston Flinders Road Shoreham
                                                              ("the Directors")
                                                              of the fourth part

WHEREAS

A.    CST is a research and development company which has developed products
      comprising computer hardware and software which enables amongst other
      things multimedia conferencing via any internet protocol network or
      internet based network. These products are known as and have been marketed
      and sold under and using the Business Names (detailed in Clause 1) ("the
      LC Products"). The elements comprising the LC Products were owned by
      and/or licensed to CST. The existing LC Products are as detailed in
      Schedule 1.

B.    By Sale of Assets Agreement dated 20 March, 1998 (as varied by Variation
      Agreement dated 20 May, 1998) (collectively the "CST Sale Agreement"),
      copies of which are attached as Schedule 2) between CST and the Vendor,
      the Vendor acquired the LC

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      Products.

C.    CST was placed in to administration on 26 March, 1998. On 20 May, 1998
      entered in to a Deed of Company Arrangement ("the CST DCA") with it's
      creditors which deed was varied by Variation Deed dated 2 July 1998
      ("collectively the CST DCA"). A copy of the CST DCA is attached as
      Schedule 3. A copy of the Variation Deed of the CST DCA is attached as
      Schedule 5.

D.    The Vendor owns the assets detailed in Recital A Clause 1 and Schedule 1.

E.    The Directors are the Directors of the Vendor and CST.

F.    The Vendor has the right to sell the Assets and CST has agreed to confirm
      issues in respect to the LC Products including the Vendor's right to sell
      them to the Purchaser subject to the provisions of the Sale Agreement and
      the CST DCA and has agreed to sell the Assets to the Purchaser on the
      terms contained in this Agreement.

THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS

1.     CONSTRUCTION
       In this Agreement:

      (a)   "Assets"          means:
                              (i)    the Business Names;
                              (ii)   the Confidential Information;
                              (iii)  the Goodwill;
                              (iv)   the Improvements;
                              (v)    the Intellectual Property;
                              (vi)   the LC Products
                              (vii)  the Patents and the Trade Marks
                              (viii) the Products
                              (ix)   the rights and benefits of the Vendor
                                     under the Software Licences; and
                              (xi)   the Technical Information;

      (b)   "Business Day"    means any day which is not Saturday, Sunday or a
                              public holiday;

      (c)   "Business Name"   means and all business and trading names which are
                              or have been used by the Vendor including and
                              using the names "CollabOrator" "LiveEye"
                              "My-T-Meeting" "Phone@" "SET Manager" "Tryst" and
                              "Wiz" and variations of those names;

      (d)   "Charges"         means the registered mortgage debenture charges
                              over CST and the Assets as detailed below:

                              1.    ANZ CHARGE

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                                    Chargor: Australia and New Zealand
                                    Banking Group Limited
                                    Chargee: CST
                                    Dated: 9 July 1996
                                    Registered Number 551794 at the ASC
                                    Stamped to: $510,000.00.
                                    Assigned to Labtam Pty. Ltd. On 7
                                    November, 1997

                              2.    BELGRAVIA CHARGE
                                    Chargor: Belgravia Investments Pty. Ltd.
                                    Chargee: CST
                                    Dated: 26/7/1996
                                    Registered Number 554409 at the ASC
                                    Stamped to: $150,000.00

                              3.    SOLUTION 6 CHARGE
                                    Chargor: Solution 6 Holdings Limited
                                    Chargee: CST
                                    Dated: 10/9/96
                                    Registered Number 559628 at the ASC
                                    Stamped to: $100,000.00
                                    Assigned to Labtam Pty. Ltd. On 7
                                    November, 1997

                              4.    NAB CHARGE
                                    Chargor: National Australia Bank Limited
                                    Chargee: CST
                                    Dated: 7 November, 1997
                                    Registered Number 618712 at the ASC

                              5.    NAB CHARGE
                                    Chargor: National Australia Bank Limited
                                    Chargee: The Vendor
                                    Dated: 22 May, 1998
                                    To be registered at the ASC

      (e)   "Confidential Information" means:

                              (i)   all trade secrets and all financial,
                                    accounting, marketing and technical
                                    information, customer and supplier lists,
                                    ideas, concepts, know-how, technology,
                                    operating procedures, processes and other
                                    information belonging to, used by or
                                    relating to the Assets and transactions and
                                    affairs relevant to the Assets whether or
                                    not it is in the public domain;

                              (ii)  all notes and reports incorporating or
                                    derived from information referred to in
                                    paragraph (i); and

                              (iii) all copies of the information, notes and

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                                    reports referred to in paragraphs (i) & (ii)

      (f)   "Encumbrance"     includes any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien and
                              any other encumbrance.


      (f)   "Goodwill"        means the goodwill in respect to the Assets and
                              includes:

                              (i)   the Business Names;

                              (ii)  the Vendor's customer list (comprising
                                    details of existing and potential customers
                                    of the Vendor in respect to the LC Products)
                                    and the Vendor's supplier list in respect to
                                    the LC Products;

                              (iii) all other intangible assets of the Vendor
                                    relevant to the Assets;

      (g)   "Improvements"    means any improvements, modifications or
                              alterations in or to the inventions which are the
                              subject of the Intellectual Property including the
                              Patents and the Trade Marks.

      (h)   "Intellectual
            Property"         means the intellectual property and proprietary
                              rights (whether registered or unregistered)
                              licensed or used or to be used or to be acquired
                              by the Purchaser in connection with the LC
                              Products and the Intellectual Property detailed in
                              Schedule 1 including the Patents, Trade Marks,
                              Confidential Information, Technical Information
                              Improvements and circuit layouts and source codes.

      (i)   "LC Products"     means the products owned by and/or licensed to the
                              Vendor (being those detailed in Recital A and
                              Schedule 1) being the Assets sold by the Vendor to
                              the Purchaser hereunder.

      (j)   "Patents"         means all present and future patents and
                              applications for patents, any patents granted from
                              such patent applications, and patents or patent
                              applications in respect of the Intellectual
                              Property (including without limitation the Patents
                              detailed in Schedule 1).

      (k)   "Products"        means all computer software and hardware which
                              uses or incorporates any of the Intellectual
                              Property of the Vendor including the products
                              listed in Schedule 1 (including but not limited to
                              the LC Products) and includes any derivatives

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                              thereof.

      (l)   "Purchase Price"  means the price to be paid by the Purchaser to the
                              Vendor for the Assets.

      (m)   "Settlement"      means settlement under this Agreement at 12:00
                              noon on the Settlement Date or such other time as
                              the parties mutually agree;

      (n)   "Software
            Licence"          means all of the right title and interest of the
                              Vendor in all contracts, agreements, arrangements
                              and licences concerning the use by the Vendor of
                              computer software or products in connection with
                              the LC Products.

      (n)   "Settlement
            Date"             As at the 6th day of July, 1998;

      (o)   "Technical
            Information"      means all technical, scientific and business
                              information which is in the possession or control
                              of the Vendor in respect to the Intellectual
                              Property and which the Vendor shall transfer to
                              the Purchaser at Settlement.

      (p)   "Trade Marks"     means all present (including registered and
                              unregistered trade marks) and future trade marks
                              and applications for trade marks, any trade marks
                              granted from such trade mark applications and
                              trade marks or trade mark applications in respect
                              to Improvements (including without limitation the
                              trade marks detailed in Schedule 1).

      (q)   "Warranties"      means the warranties made by the Vendor to the
                              Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement including the
                              warranties in Clause 15 and Schedule 6.

      (r)   words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;

      (s)   words importing any gender include the other genders;

      (t)   a reference to an individual or person includes a corporation,
            partnership, joint venture, association, authority, trust or body
            politic;

      (u)   a reference to a person includes the legal personal representatives
            of that person;

      (v)   a reference to this or any other document includes the document as
            varied or replaced, and notwithstanding any change in the identity
            of the parties;

      (w)   if a word or phrase is defined, cognate words and phrases have
            corresponding definitions;

      (x)   a recital, schedule, annexure or a description of the parties forms
            part of this document.

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2.    HEADS OF AGREEMENT/TERM SHEET

      The Vendor and the Purchaser executed Heads of Agreement/Term Sheet dated
      30 May, 1998.

3.    DUE DILIGENCE

      The Purchaser has carried out and completed its due diligence in respect
      to the Vendor and the Assets and advised the Vendor that it wishes to
      proceed with the transaction evidenced by this Agreement.

4.    AGREEMENT TO SELL

4.1   The Vendor agrees to sell and the Purchaser agrees to purchase the Assets
      and the Vendor agrees to transfer/assign to and the Purchaser agrees to
      have assigned/transferred to it (or to enter in to new arrangements with
      the other party) the Agreements (as detailed in Clause 4.4 and Schedule
      1).

4.2   On Settlement the Assets shall be transferred to the Purchaser free from
      any mortgage, charge, pledge or other encumbrance.

4.3   The Charge over the Assets in favour of Belgravia Investments Pty. Ltd
      (formerly Belgravia Group Pty. Ltd.("Belgravia") has been released and the
      relevant ASC Form 312 was lodged at the Australian Securities Commission
      on 1 July 1998. The Vendor shall provide releases of the Charges (except
      the Belgravia Charge) to the Purchaser at Settlement.

4.4   The Vendor shall provide all reasonable assistance to the Purchaser to
      have any and all licenses software development agreements co-marketing
      agreements and distribution agreements in respect to the Intellectual
      Property and specifically the LC Products (including but not limited to
      those agreements detailed in Schedule 1) transferred/assigned to (or new
      documents entered in to by) the Purchaser (and/or nominee) on and from
      Settlement.

5.    PURCHASE PRICE

5.1   Purchase Price - Payment

      The Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price as detailed in this Clause 5:

      (a)   the sum of US$500,000.00 to be paid on the Settlement Date; and

      (b)   900,000 shares of the common stock, par value $00.01 per share in
            the Purchaser ("the White Pines Shares")(subject to Clause 5.3) to
            be handed to the Vendor at Settlement

5.2   The Purchaser instructed the Vendor to put a proposal to the Administrator
      and the creditors of CST. The proposal was put to and accepted by the
      creditors of CST on 2 July 1998 and is embodied in the Variation Deed of
      the CST DCA (a copy of which is attached as Schedule 5). The Purchaser
      shall ensure that the Vendor is provided with the funds (to a maximum of
      A$445,793.56) necessary to meet the payments to the CST creditors detailed
      therein. The Purchaser shall not be responsible for payment of the
      Administrator's fees and expenses.

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5.3   Escrow Arrangements

      5.3.1 At Settlement, 450,000 of the White Pine Shares shall be handed to
            the Purchaser absolutely.

      5.3.2 At Settlement, 450,000 of the White Pine Shares shall be held upon
            the terms detailed in the Escrow Agreement attached as Schedule 7
            ("the Escrow Agreement") by the Escrow Agent detailed in such
            Agreement ("the Escrow Agent"). The Escrow Agreement shall provide
            that 225,000 of the White Pine Shares shall be held by the Escrow
            Agent for a period of six months and the other 225,000 White Pine
            Shares shall be held by the Escrow Agent for a period of twelve
            months as surety to the Purchaser for the accuracy of the warranties
            provided by the Vendor and the Directors concerning clear title to
            the Assets being provided to the Purchaser under this Agreement.

5.4   By their execution hereof the Vendor and CST hereby confirm that the
      Vendor's obligations under the CST Sale Agreement (including it's
      obligations to pay royalties to CST thereunder) shall terminate forthwith
      upon Settlement. This shall be without prejudice to the Purchaser's
      obligations to pay the amounts payable by the Purchaser under Clause 5.2.

5.5   CST by it's execution of this Agreement confirms that the Vendor has the
      power to enter in to this Agreement and to give good and clear title to
      the Assets to the Purchaser.

5.6   All amounts payable by the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be paid by
      cheque or telegraphic transfer, to the Vendor or as the Vendor directs in
      writing.

5.7   At Settlement:

      5.7.1 the Purchaser shall hand to the Vendor the share scrip for 450,000
            White Pine Shares; and

      5.7.2 the Purchaser shall provide the Vendor with evidence that the share
            scrip for the other 450,000 White Pine Shares has been deposited
            with the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and Clause
            5.3.; and

      5.7.3 the Vendor shall provide the Purchaser with releases of the Charges
            (except the Belgravia Charge) and relevant ASC Forms 312.

      5.7.4 the Vendor shall deliver to the Purchaser a Stock Power in the form
            of Annexure "A" duly executed by the Vendor.

6.    TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND RISK

6.1   Title and Property Pass on the Settlement Date

      6.1.1 Subject to Clauses 5.1 and 5.3, title to and property in and all
            risks associated with the Assets included in the sale under this
            Agreement shall pass to the Purchaser on the Settlement Date.

      6.1.2 To ensure that all the Vendor's right title and interest in the
            Intellectual Property including the LC Products passes to the
            Purchaser at Settlement, the Vendor and the Purchaser shall execute
            the Intellectual Property Assignment Deed attached as Schedule 4.
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6.2   Risk Until Settlement

      The Assets included in this sale shall remain at the Vendor's risk until
      the Settlement Date.

7.    BOOK DEBTS

7.1   Vendor's Entitlement

      The Vendor is entitled to all debts owing to the Vendor as at the
      Settlement Date.

7.2   Purchaser's Obligation

      If any debtor of the Vendor pays the debt to the Purchaser, the Purchaser
      agrees to pay the amount collected to the Vendor within seven (7) days,
      subject to clearance of cheques through the Purchaser's bank.

8.    VENDOR'S LIABILITIES

8.1   The Purchaser assumes no liability for the Vendor's debts and liabilities.

8.2   Vendor's Indemnity

      The Vendor hereby indemnifies and shall keep indemnified the Purchaser
      against all claims and proceedings, including legal costs which may be
      incurred by the Purchaser, in connection with the Vendor's debts or
      liabilities in respect of the Vendor's business other than those
      contemplated under this Agreement.

9.    DELIVERY TO PURCHASER ON THE SETTLEMENT DATE

      On the Settlement Date, the Vendor will deliver or pay to the Purchaser;

      (a)   executed assignments, or transfers of any asset included in the
            Assets where such asset requires a specifically executed document to
            assign the asset;

      (b)   duly signed by the Vendor, the required form to notify the change of
            ownership of the Vendor's registered business name (if any);

      (c)   the Vendor's customer list and records relating to the customers of
            the Vendor;

      (d)   the Vendor's suppliers list

      (e)   all orders, correspondence and records relating to inquiries or
            approaches made to the Vendor by prospective customers and relating
            to concluded or pending negotiations for customer orders, so that
            the Purchaser will receive at Settlement the benefit of pending
            negotiations for customer orders;

      (f)   the Assets;

      (g)   the releases and ASC Forms 311 in respect to the Charges (except the
            Belgravia Charge); and

      (h)   a CD Rom containing the source code for the Intellectual Property.
            The parties acknowledge that the relevant CD Rom is held on behalf
            of the Vendor by Foley Hoag & Eliot (US Attorneys for the Purchaser)
            pursuant to an Undertaking dated 3 July, 1998.

11.   TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

      The Vendor shall, until Settlement, remain in possession of the Assets and
      shall carry on business (so far as it is able to do) in the ordinary
      course of business.
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12.   BUSINESS NAMES

      The Vendor uses but has not registered nor sought to register the Business
      Names or any of them or any name including them. The Vendor acknowledges
      that the Purchaser shall be entitled to use the Business Names and any
      names including them, and the Vendor shall cease to use the Business Names
      and any names including them as and from the Settlement Date.

13.   POST SETTLEMENT

      The Vendor shall use its best endeavours to assist the Purchaser in
      retaining the goodwill and business of existing and potential customers of
      the Vendor and in seeking to induce the same to source their future
      requirements of the LC Products from the Purchaser.

14.   EXCLUSION OF PRE-CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER REPRESENTATIONS

14.1  Entire Agreement

      This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Vendor and the
      Purchaser relating to the sale of the Assets.

14.2  Earlier Agreements Supplanted

      This Agreement supplants and supersedes any previous written or oral
      negotiations or preliminary agreements between the parties in relation to
      the matters contained in this Agreement, which are deemed to have ceased
      to be legally effective from the date when the parties entered into this
      Agreement.

15.   VENDOR'S WARRANTIES

15.1  The Vendor warrants to the Purchaser as at the date hereof and at
      Settlement that:

      (a)   The Vendor has full title, capacity and authority to enter into this
            Agreement and to sell the Assets.

      (b)   The Vendor has not received:

            (i)   any notice, petition or order for winding up;

            (ii)  any notice or order for the appointment of a
                  receiver/liquidator or other controller or administrator.

      (c)   The Vendor is not aware of any unsatisfied judgments, orders or
            writs of execution affecting the Assets sold under this Agreement.

      (d)   The Vendor has and will as at the Settlement Date, have absolute
            title to the Assets sold under this Agreement.

15.2  The Vendor further warrants to the Purchaser the Warranties detailed in
      Schedule 6.

15.3  The Directors jointly and severally provide the Warranties to the
      Purchaser and confirm that the Warranties are true and correct.

16.   INDEMNITIES

      The Vendor CST the Directors and each of them hereby jointly and severally
      indemnify and shall keep indemnified the Purchaser in respect to any and
      all claims made by any third party in respect to the Assets and in respect
      of any Warranty breached or not being true and correct. The Purchaser
      shall first have recourse to the White Pine Shares held in escrow pursuant
      to Clause 5.7 in respect to any damages to which it is entitled under

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      this Indemnity.

17.   SERVICE OF NOTICES

      All notices that are required or authorised to be given under this
      Agreement shall be in writing and may be served by sending express air
      mail post, personal delivery or facsimile to the registered or business
      office of the other party and shall be deemed to have been duly served in
      the case of such postage on the third business day after the date upon
      which the notice was properly addressed and so posted or in the case of
      personal delivery upon actual delivery or in the case of facsimile when
      the error-free correct answer back code is received by the sender.

18.   GOVERNING LAW

      This Agreement is governed and construed in accordance with the law of
      Victoria Australia.

19.   READING DOWN AND SEVERABILITY

      19.1  If any provision of this Agreement is void or voidable or
            unenforceable in accordance with its terms, but would not be void,
            voidable, unenforceable or illegal if it were read down and, it is
            capable of being read down, such provision shall be read down
            accordingly.

      19.2  If, notwithstanding Clause 19.2, a provision is still void,
            voidable, unenforceable or illegal:

            20.2.1  if the provision would not be void, voidable, unenforceable
                    or illegal if a word or words were omitted, that word or
                    those words are hereby severed; and

            20.2.2  in any other case, the whole provision is hereby severed;
                    and the remainder of this Agreement shall be of full force
                    and effect.

20.   COMPLIANCE WITH NOTICES ON BUSINESS DAY

      If under the provisions of this Agreement or under any notice or demand
      anything is required to be done on a day which is not a Business day, the
      day or the last day for compliance is deemed to be the immediately
      following Business day.

21.   CO-OPERATION

      The parties mutually covenant and agree that they will each do all acts
      and things and execute all deeds and documents and other writings as shall
      from time to time be reasonably required for the purposes of or to give
      effect to this Agreement.

22.   PAYMENT

      The Parties shall bear their own costs of and incidental to the
      negotiation, preparation execution and settlement of this Agreement, and
      the Purchaser shall bear all stamp duties (if any) assessed in relation to
      this Agreement and any associated documentation.

23.   COUNTERPART EXECUTION

      23.1  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
            which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
            constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart may be used
            as proof of this Agreement.
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      23.2  The parties hereby agree that any party may execute a counterpart of
            this Agreement and a facsimile copy hereof may be treated as a
            counterpart hereof. Any party which has provided a facsimile copy
            executed counterpart hereof shall promptly remit the original
            executed counterpart to the other party.

24.   AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

      Where this Agreement is executed by a party by their authorized
      representative, that authorized representative by his execution of this
      Agreement confirms that the relevant party has authorized him to execute
      this Agreement and that he is duly authorized to do so. He further
      acknowledges that the other parties to this Agreement will act in reliance
      on this representation of authority to act.

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EXECUTED AS AN AGREEMENT

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THE COMMON SEAL of LABTAM                         [SEAL]
COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD 
(ACN 077 993 590) was 
hereunto affixed in 
accordance with its Articles of
Association by authority of a
resolution of its Board of
Directors in the presence of:
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/s/ Anthony Oxley                   /s/ Dawson Johns
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Signature of Director               Signature of Director and/or Secretary
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ANTHONY OXLEY                       DAWSON JOHNS
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Name of Director                    Name of Director and/or Secretary
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THE COMMON SEAL CREATIVE                         [SEAL]
SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD.
(SUBJECT TO DEED OF COMPANY
ARRANGEMENT)(ACN 058 917 089)
was hereunto affixed in
accordance with its Articles of
Association by authority of a
resolution of its Board of
Directors in the presence of:

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/s/ Anthony Oxley                   /s/ Dawson Johns
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Signature of Director               Signature of Director and/or Secretary
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ANTHONY OXLEY                       DAWSON JOHNS
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Name of Director                    Name of Director and/or Secretary
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SIGNED by DAWSON NOY JOHNS and
ANTHONY JAMES OXLEY in the
presence of:

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/s/ Dawson Johns                    /s/ Elizabeth Anne Hodgson
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Signature of DAWSON NOY JOHNS       Signature of Witness
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/s/ Anthony Oxley                   ELIZABETH ANNE HODGSON
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Signature of ANTHONY JAMES OXLEY    Name of Witness
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SIGNED by WHITE PINE SOFTWARE
INC. by it's Authorized
Representative in the presence
of:

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/s/ Killko Caballero                /s/ Jean-Paul Rottier
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Signature of KILLKO CABALLERO       Signature of Witness
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                                    JEAN-PAUL ROTTIER
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Title: President                    Name of Witness
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                  Schedules to the Sale of Assets Agreement

The following Schedules to the Sale of Assets Agreement are omitted pursuant 
to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-B promulgated by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission. Copies of the Schedules will be provided to the 
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

Schedule 1 - Assets
Schedule 2 - Sale of Assets Agreement dated as of March 20, 1998 between 
             Labtam Communications Pty. Ltd. and Creative Software 
             Technologies Pty. Ltd.
Schedule 3 - Deed of Company Arrangement dated May 20, 1998 between Creative 
             Software Technologies Pty. Ltd. and Graeme Lloyd Smith, as 
             Administrator
Schedule 4 - Form of Intellectual Property Assignment Deed between White Pine 
             Software, Inc. and Labtam Communications Pty. Ltd.
Schedule 5 - Deed Varying Deed of Company Arrangement dated July 3, 1998 
             between Creative Software Technologies Pty. Ltd. (subject to 
             Deed of Company Arrangement) and Graeme Lloyd Smith, as 
             Administrator
Schedule 6 - Warranties
Schedule 7 - Form of Escrow Agreement among White Pine Software, Inc., Labtam 
             Communications Pty. Ltd. and State Street Bank and Trust Company

Annexure A - Form of Stock Power

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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

White Pine Software, Inc.
542 Amherst Street
Nashua, NH 03063
Phone: 603-886-9050
Fax: 603-886-9051
World Wide Web: http://www.wpine.com                               PRESS RELEASE

CONTACTS:

Tanya Prather                                    Alisa Valudes
White Pine Software                              Merritt Group
603.886.9050 ext. 359                            703.435.6000 ext. 115
[email protected]                               [email protected]

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                 WHITE PINE SOFTWARE TO ACQUIRE T.120 TECHNOLOGY

     ACQUISITION OF ASSETS OF LABTAM COMMUNICATIONS ADDS DATA COLLABORATION
CAPABILITIES, EXTENDING WHITE PINE'S LEADERSHIP IN MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCING

NASHUA, New Hampshire - July 20, 1998 - White Pine Software, Inc. 
(NASDAQ:WPNE), a leading provider of multimedia conferencing applications for 
the Internet and intranets, today announced it has signed a definitive 
agreement to acquire assets and intellectual property, including T.120 
whiteboarding and data collaboration technology, from privately-held Labtam 
Communications Pty of Victoria, Australia. Terms of the agreement were not 
disclosed.

White Pine Software -- maker of CU-SeeMe(R), MeetingPoint(TM), and 
ClassPoint(TM) -- plans to incorporate this key technology into its 
MeetingPoint and ClassPoint conferencing solutions. T.120 is the protocol 
that defines whiteboarding, application sharing and data collaboration for 
multipoint conferencing applications.

"From a strategic standpoint, this acquisition is very important as we continue
to evolve our products into multimedia conferencing applications tailored to
business, education, and training," said Killko Caballero, president of White
Pine Software. "By acquiring this technology, White Pine is strengthening its
H.323-related technology capital and has reinforced its commitment to open
standards. We are extending our reach to new levels of data and bringing a core
competency in-house that will enable tighter integration between T.120 and H.323
for faster and better delivery of solutions as we continue to develop
conferencing applications for both business and education." This acquisition of
T.120 technology complements White Pine's recent announcement regarding the
integration of Microsoft NetMeeting's whiteboarding and application sharing
features into its ClassPoint distance learning product.

ABOUT WHITE PINE SOFTWARE

White Pine develops multimedia conferencing applications tailored to business,
education, and training. The company is focused on providing
application-specific solutions that enrich the way people interact, moderate,
and administer conferences in real-world conference situations. The company's
vision is to enable the convergence of audio, video and data to provide users an
enjoyable and rewarding conferencing experience. White Pine Software can be
found on the World Wide Web at HTTP://WWW.WPINE.COM.

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