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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): JUNE 25, 1997
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CORE, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission file number 0-19600
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MASSACHUSETTS 04-2828817
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(State or other jurisdiction (IRS employer identification no.)
of incorporation)
18881 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1750, Irvine, California 92612
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714) 442-2100
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ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
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On June 25, 1997, SSDC Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CORE, INC., a
Massachusetts corporation ("CORE"), acquired the assets of Social Security
Disability Consultants Limited Partnership ("SSDC") and Disability Services,
Inc. ("DSI"), based in Novi, Michigan, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement
dated June 14, 1997 (the "Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement, all of the assets of SSDC/DSI were acquired in exchange for the
payment of an initial purchase price of $5 million, additional purchase price of
$1.5 million, payable quarterly through June 24, 1998, and up to an additional
$.920 million in future, performance-related payments. The purchase price, which
CORE paid from its liquid assets, is subject to certain adjustments as set forth
in the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price was the result of arms' length
negotiations between CORE and SSDC/DSI.
Prior to the consummation of this transaction, there was no material
relationship between SSDC, DSI or their stockholders and officers, R. Gary
Dolenga and Phylis M. Dolenga, and CORE or any of CORE's affiliates, directors
or officers, or any associate of any such director or officer.
With the SSDC/DSI assets, SSDC Corp. will continue to specialize in
social security disability benefits advocacy and Medicare coordination of
benefits for large Fortune 500 employers and others.
In connection with CORE's acquisition of SSDC/DSI, CORE also entered
into an Employment Agreement dated June 25, 1997 and an Option Agreement dated
June 14, 1997 with R. Gary Dolenga.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
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(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
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As of the date of filing of this Form 8-K, the financial statements
of Social Security Disability Consultants Limited Partnership and
Disability Services, Inc. that are required by this Item are
unavailable. The Registrant will file such financial statements as
soon as they are available, but in no event later than September 8,
1997.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
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As of the date of filing of this Form 8-K, the Registrant has found
it impracticable to complete the preparation of the pro forma
financial information required by this Item. The Registrant will file
such required pro forma financial information as soon as it is
available, but in no event later than September 8, 1997.
(c) Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number Description
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2.1 Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 14, 1997, by and among CORE,
INC., SSDC Corp., Social Security Disability Consultants Limited
Partnership, Disability Services, Inc., DSI Medicare Consultants,
Inc., R. Gary Dolenga and Phylis M. Dolenga, including Amendment No.
1 to Asset Purchase Agreement, dated June 25, 1997 and Exhibit A -
Performance Criteria (excluding other Exhibits and Schedules).
99.1 Option Agreement, dated June 14, 1997, by and between CORE, INC. and
R. Gary Dolenga.
99.2 Employment Agreement, dated June 25, 1997, by and between SSDC Corp.
and R. Gary Dolenga.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CORE, INC.
Date: July 14, 1997 By: /s/ William E. Nixon
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William E. Nixon
Chief Financial Officer, Executive
Vice President and Treasurer
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Exhibit 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
CORE, INC.,
SSDC CORP.,
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CONSULTANTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
DISABILITY SERVICES, INC.,
DSI MEDICARE CONSULTANTS, INC.
R. GARY DOLENGA
AND
PHYLIS M. DOLENGA
JUNE 14, 1997
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 14th day of
June, 1997 by and among CORE, INC., a Massachusetts corporation ("CORE"), SSDC
Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of CORE ("Purchaser"),
Social Security Disability Consultants Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited
partnership ("SSDC"), Disability Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation formerly
known as Professional Rehabilitation Services, Inc., the general partner of
Seller ("GP"), DSI Medicare Consultants, Inc., a Michigan corporation ("DMC")
(SSDC, GP and DMC shall be referred to individually, as "Seller" and
collectively as "Sellers") and R. Gary Dolenga (a limited partner of SSDC and
the sole stockholder of both GP and DMC) and Phylis M. Dolenga, individuals
having an address at 882 Andover Drive, Northville, Michigan 48167,
(collectively Mr. Dolenga and Mrs. Dolenga shall be referred to as "Founder").
W I T N E S E T H:
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WHEREAS, SSDC owns and operates a disability and government benefits
advocacy business and related services and businesses (collectively, as further
defined herein, the "Business");
WHEREAS, GP and DMC provide services and assets to SSDC to assist SSDC in
operating the Business;
WHEREAS, Purchaser desires to purchase from Sellers and Sellers desire to
sell to Purchaser, on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) substantially
all assets used in operating the Business;
WHEREAS, CORE is willing to guarantee Purchaser's obligations to Sellers
and Founder under this Agreement and related agreements;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants hereinafter set forth and
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE OF ASSETS; CONSIDERATION; CLOSING
SECTION 1.1 PURCHASE OF ASSETS BY PURCHASER
(a) Sale of Assets. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, SSDC, GP
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and DMC agree to sell and Purchaser agrees to purchase, at the Closing (as
defined in Section 1.5 below), all of the properties, assets, rights, claims and
contracts used by SSDC, GP and DMC in the
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disability and government benefits advocacy business and related services and
businesses (collectively, the "Business"), including, without limitation, the
following:
(a) All property, plant, equipment machinery, furniture, fixtures and
other tangible personal property (including supplies and
inventories) used in the Business, including those assets listed
on Schedule 2.6 hereto;
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(b) All computer and similar equipment and software, including
software used in the Business, including the equipment and
software listed on Schedules 2.6 and 2.7 hereto;
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(c) All patents, patent applications, trade secrets, processes and
techniques, know-how designs, inventions, copyrights, discoveries
and other proprietary or intangible rights and intellectual
properties used in the Business including the intellectual
property and Proprietary Rights listed on Schedule 2.7 hereto;
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(d) All rights to the name and marks "SSDC", "Social Security
Disability Consultants", "Disability Services, Inc.," "DSI", and
other trade names, service names, trade marks, service marks,
trade mark applications and service mark applications used in the
Business, including those names, marks and rights listed on
Schedule 2.7 hereto, excluding, however, the name and mark
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"Professional Rehabilitation Associates";
(e) All files, customer and supplier lists, mailing lists, accounting
records and other business records, all catalogs, printed
materials and sales aids and all other data relating to the
Business;
(f) Accounts receivable (to the extent described in Section 6.2)
prepaid expenses, short and long term assets and instruments of
every kind and description of any Seller related to the Business;
(g) All rights of every kind under all contracts and agreements
inuring to any Seller's benefit or with respect to the Business
including those the rights under contracts listed on Schedule
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2.10 hereto (the "Assigned Contracts") but excluding those
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contracts and agreements listed on Schedule 1.1 (x);
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(h) All real estate owned by any Seller, including only that listed
on Schedule 2.8 hereto;
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(i) Rights under real estate leases as listed on Schedule 2.8 hereto
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(the "Real Estate Leases"); and
(j) All documents and information relating to the Business and the
operations of each Seller, for the past five (5) years,
including, without limitation, customer lists and all books and
records relating to the operations of the Business.
The assets specified above to be sold to and purchased by Purchaser under
this Agreement are referred to collectively as the "Subject Assets". The
Subject Assets shall not include cash and accounts receivable in excess of the
Assumed Liabilities as described in Section 6.2 or any assets listed on Schedule
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1.1(x) (the "Excluded Assets").
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Each Seller and Founder jointly and severally represent and warrant to
Purchaser and CORE that the Subject Assets and the Excluded Assets constitute
all the assets of the Sellers and that the Subject Assets constitute all assets
utilized by the Sellers in the Business.
SECTION 1.2 LIMITED ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser
shall assume only those debts, liabilities, obligations, commitments and
contracts of the Sellers which are set forth on Schedule 1.2. THE PURCHASER IS
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NOT ASSUMING ANY OTHER LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, COMMITMENTS OR CONTRACTS
WHATSOEVER.
The debts, liabilities, obligations, commitments and contracts specified
above to be assumed by Purchaser under this Agreement are referred to
collectively as the "Assumed Liabilities". The Assumed Liabilities shall,
without limitation, exclude all debts, liabilities, obligations, commitments and
contracts not specifically identified in Schedule 1.2; (i) all tort claims
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asserted against any Seller or Founder or the Business or claims against any
Seller or Founder or the Business for breach of contract or breach of warranty,
which are based on acts or omissions occurring before the Closing; (ii) all
liability related to environmental matters which originate prior to the Closing
Date; (iii) any contract or agreement of any Seller not expressly listed as an
Assigned Contract on the Schedule 2.10 to this Agreement; (iv) any liabilities
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or obligations under any real property leases for periods prior to the Closing;
(v) any obligations or liabilities to any employee of any Seller unless
expressly set forth on Schedule 1.2 and then only in the amount set forth on
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said Schedule 1.2; and (vi) any liabilities for taxes of any kind, including,
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without limitation, sales, income or withholding taxes.
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SECTION 1.3 CONSIDERATION
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
consideration to be paid by Purchaser to Sellers for the Business and the
Subject Assets shall be:
(a) Subject to purchase price adjustments set forth in Section 9.16 hereof,
Purchaser shall pay to Sellers, in consideration of the transfer of the Business
and the Subject Assets, the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the "Cash
Purchase Price"), payable at Closing in the form of certified or bank cashier's
check.
(b) In addition to the Cash Purchase Price, Purchaser shall pay to the
Sellers additional aggregate consideration of up to $2,000,000 (the "Additional
Purchase Price") expressly contingent upon the Business obtaining performance
criteria based upon Seller projections (the "Performance Criteria"). The
Performance Criteria, the portions of the Additional Purchase Price payable and
the timing of such payments upon attainment of the Performance Criteria are set
forth on Exhibit A hereto.
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(c) The Cash Purchase Price and the Additional Purchase Price shall be paid
to and allocated among the Sellers as mutually agreed between Purchaser and
Sellers.
(d) In connection with the execution of this Agreement, CORE has issued to
R. Gary Dolenga a Warrant covering the purchase of up to 160,000 shares of CORE
Common Stock (the "Warrant"), such Warrant to be in substantially the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit B.
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(e) CORE hereby unconditionally guarantees the payment of all Purchaser's
obligations to Sellers and Founder under this Agreement and the other agreements
related to this Agreement. In connection with such guarantee CORE waives
presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the CORE of any of the
obligations, and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment
SECTION 1.4 ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
Purchaser will propose an allocation of the Purchase Price in accordance
with the allocation method required by Section 1060 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and the regulations thereunder. Subject to
Sellers' agreement with such allocation, which will not be unreasonably
withheld, Sellers and Purchaser each agree to report the federal, state and
local income and other tax consequences of the transactions contemplated herein,
and in particular to report the information required by Code Section 1060(b), in
a manner consistent with such allocation.
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SECTION 1.5 CLOSING DATE
The parties agree that time is of the essence and the closing under this
Agreement (the "Closing") will take place at 10:00 a.m. local time, on June 24,
1997, or at such other time and place as the parties may otherwise agree upon
(such time and such date being herein referred to as the "Time of Closing" and
such date being herein referred to as the "Closing Date"), at the offices of
CORE, 18881 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1750, Irvine, California (or at such other
place as the parties may otherwise agree upon).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CORE shall have the right in its absolute
discretion to postpone the Closing under this Agreement for a period of not more
than forty five days following the later of (i) June 24, 1997, or (ii) the date
all Schedules are delivered to CORE as described in Section 1.7 hereof, in which
event such date shall be referred to as the "Closing Date". In the event that
the Closing under the Agreement is not consummated on or before June 24, 1997,
(or such later date, if CORE elects to postpone the Closing) this Agreement
shall terminate unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.
SECTION 1.6 ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT CLOSING
(a) At the Closing, Sellers shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Purchaser the following:
(i) a Bill of Sale from each Seller in the form attached as Exhibit
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C;
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(ii) subject to Section 1.8, instruments of assignment of each of
the Assigned Contracts in the form set forth in Exhibit D,
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with such changes to such form approved by Purchaser, in its
sole discretion (the "Contract Assignments"), pursuant to which
Purchaser will assume all obligations under each such Assigned
Contract accruing after the Closing Date;
(iii) an agreement satisfactory to Purchaser and Sellers with respect
to DE's Suite at the Palace of Auburn Hills as described in
Section 5.15;
(iv) copies of UCC-1 financing statement searches conducted by a
reputable firm or company as of a date within three (3) days
prior to the Closing Date showing no financing statements,
liens or encumbrances on the Subject Assets except for
Temporary Encumbrances (as defined in Section 2.11), and
original, executed UCC termination statements in a form
acceptable to Purchaser and acceptable for filing for any
Temporary Encumbrances statements not yet terminated;
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(v) an opinion of counsel to Sellers and Founder covering the
matters set forth on Exhibit E in form reasonably satisfactory
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to Purchaser;
(vi) compliance certificates of each Seller and Founder, as
described in Section 9.3, dated the Closing Date, as to the
fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Sections 9.1 and
9.2;
(vii) written consents of all third parties required by any and all
agreements or documents to which any Seller, is a party and by
which the Subject Assets are bound in order to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(viii) certifications of all partners of SSDC duly and legally
authorizing execution and performance of this Agreement.
(ix) certified resolutions of the Board of Directors of GP and DMC
and certified votes of the stockholders of GP and DMC duly and
legally authorizing the execution and performance of this
Agreement;
(x) subject to Section 9.19, releases of employees as described in
Section 5.6;
(xi) subject to Section 9.19, acknowledgments of CORE's policies
from each Continuing Employee as described in Section 5.6;
(xii) subject to Section 9.19, Non-Competition Agreements as
described in Section 9.13;
(xiii) all such other documents, assignments and other instruments
as, in the opinion of Purchaser's counsel, are necessary to
vest in Purchaser title to the Subject Assets to be
transferred to it pursuant to this Agreement; and
(xiv) all other documents, endorsements, assignments, instruments,
writings and other items required to be delivered by Sellers
and Founder at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise required or reasonably requested in
connection herewith.
(b) At the Closing, Purchaser will deliver or cause to be delivered to
Seller, the following:
(i) The Cash Purchase Price in cash, or certified check;
(ii) an opinion of counsel to Purchaser and CORE covering the
matters set forth on Exhibit F in form reasonably satisfactory
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to Seller,;
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(iii) a compliance certificate of the Purchaser and CORE as described
in Section 8.3, dated the Closing Date, as to the fulfillment
of the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2;
(iv) certified resolutions of the Board of Directors of Purchaser
and CORE duly and legally authorizing the execution and
performance of this Agreement and ancillary agreements; and
(v) CORE's guaranty of Purchaser's obligations under this Agreement
and the ancillary agreements; and
(vi) all other documents, endorsements, assignments, instruments,
writings and other items required to be delivered by Purchaser
or CORE at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement
or otherwise required or reasonably requested in connection
herewith.
(c) CORE, Purchaser, Founder and Sellers shall execute, and deliver the
following to each other
(i) an Employment Agreement between Purchaser and Founder in the
form attached as Exhibit G (the "Dolenga Employment
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Agreement").
All instruments, agreements, certificates and other documents delivered at
Closing or otherwise delivered pursuant to this Agreement other than this
Agreement shall be referred to as the "Ancillary Documents".
SECTION 1.7 DELIVERY OF SCHEDULES
None of the 22 Schedules to be produced by Sellers and Founder to be
attached hereto have been finalized and delivered by Sellers and Founder and
accepted by Purchaser and CORE.
Notwithstanding the fact that such Schedules have not yet been completed
and delivered, all parties desire to execute this Agreement at this time.
Accordingly, the parties agree upon the following procedure for finalization and
delivery of the remaining Schedules:
(a) Sellers and Founder shall complete and forward to CORE final completed
Schedules on or before the close of business on June 19, 1997 (the
"Schedule Due Date");
(b) Provided timely delivery of Schedules is made to CORE, CORE shall have
until the close of business on June 23, 1997 to accept or reject the
Schedules in its sole
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discretion (including, without limitation rejection based upon Section
9.26 Due Diligence; Schedules);
(c) In the event that: (i) Sellers and Founder have not completed and
forwarded all of the Schedules to CORE by the Schedule Due Date, or
(ii) CORE rejects the Schedules on or prior to June 23, 1997, then
CORE shall have the option to terminate this Agreement by delivery to
Sellers and Founder of written notice of such termination; and
SECTION 1.8 ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTS
Notwithstanding the description of assignment of contracts in this
Agreement and the consents to assignment of contracts, the Closing under this
Agreement shall be contingent on the establishment of an arrangement whereby the
benefits and burdens of the Sellers' contracts shall be transferred to Purchaser
in a manner acceptable to Purchaser. Without limitation, such arrangement may,
but is not required to be in the form of a management services agreement between
Purchaser and Sellers.
SECTION 1.9 FURTHER ASSURANCES
From time to time after the Closing at the request of Purchaser and without
further consideration each Seller and Founder shall execute and deliver further
instruments of transfer and assignment (in addition to those delivered under
Section 1.6) and take such other action as Purchaser may require or request to
more effectively transfer and assign to, and vest in, Purchaser each of the
Subject Assets. To the extent that the assignment of any contract or right
shall require the consent of other parties thereto, this Agreement shall not
constitute an assignment thereof; however, Sellers and Founder shall use all
reasonable efforts before and after the Closing to obtain any necessary consents
or waivers and to otherwise assure Purchaser of the benefits of the assigned
contracts.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS AND FOUNDER
Each Seller and Founder, jointly and severally, hereby represent and
warrant to Purchaser and CORE that:
SECTION 2.1 ORGANIZATION
Each Seller is, and on the Closing Date will be, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of
incorporation or organization; have, and on the Closing Date will have, the
power and authority to conduct all of the activities
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conducted by then and to own or lease all of the assets owned or leased by them.
Each Seller is qualified as a foreign corporation (or otherwise qualified to do
business) in all states and jurisdictions in which such qualification is
required. A complete and correct copy of the (i) the Partnership Agreement of
SSDC and all related documents and (ii) Certificate of Incorporation and all
amendments thereto and the Bylaws of GP and DMC has been delivered to CORE. No
changes to any such documents will be made subsequent to the date hereof and on
or prior to the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of CORE.
Sellers and Founder do not and will not on the Closing Date directly or
indirectly own any shares of stock or any other securities, of any corporation
or have any direct or indirect interest in any firm, partnership, limited
liability company association or other entity which, in any way, directly or
indirectly, are related to the Business. Nothing herein contained shall prevent
Founder or any Seller from holding or making an investment in securities listed
on a national securities exchange or sold in the over-the-counter market,
provided such investments do not exceed in the aggregate five percent (5%) of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of a corporation which is a competitor
of Purchaser or CORE.
SECTION 2.2 AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSACTION
Each Seller and Founder has the power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement, to consummate the transactions hereby contemplated and to take
all other actions required to be taken by each of them pursuant to the
provisions hereof. This Agreement is valid, binding and enforceable against each
Seller and Founder in accordance with its terms.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation
of the transactions hereby contemplated will (a) contravene or conflict with the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of GP or DMC; or contravene or conflict
with the partnership agreement or other obligations of SSDC, (b) constitute any
violation or breach of any material provision of any material contract or other
instrument to which any Seller or Founder is a party or by which any of the
assets of SSDC, GP or DMC may be affected or secured; (c) constitute any
violation or breach of any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, statute,
rule or regulation or will result in the creation of any lien, charge or
encumbrance binding on or applicable to or contravene or conflict with the
organizational documents of any Seller or Founder or the Subject Assets; or (d)
conflict with, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination or
cancellation of, or right to accelerate, any material agreement, contract or
other instrument binding upon any Seller or Founder or any material license,
franchise, permit or other similar authorization held by any Seller or Founder.
The execution, any delivery and performance by each Seller and Founder of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions by each Seller and
Founder require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental
body, agency, official or authority.
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SECTION 2.3 CAPITALIZATION
(a) SSDC is a duly constituted partnership and a complete and accurate
list of partners and equity holders is set forth on Schedule 2.3 hereto.
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(b) The authorized capital stock of GP and DMC and a complete and accurate
list of stockholders and optionholders of GP and DMC is set forth in Schedule
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2.3 hereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.3, there are not authorized or
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outstanding any options, warrants or other rights to purchase any shares of
capital stock of GP and DMC.
(c) Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date, no Seller
will issue or acquire any shares of its stock or partnership interests. Except
as set forth on Schedule 2.3, no Seller has any outstanding, and on the Closing
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Date will not have outstanding, any options to purchase stock or partnership
interests or other equity or any other options to purchase stock or partnership
interests or other equity or any rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any
contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or
partnership interests or other equity or any such warrants, convertible
securities or obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.3, Sellers will
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not have outstanding any warrants, options, convertible securities or any other
type of right.
There are no outstanding obligations of any Seller to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any Seller's securities stock or equity interests.
SECTION 2.4 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Schedule 2.4 attached hereto consists of the following financial statements
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(the "Financial Statements"): (i) unaudited financial statements of Sellers,
which include the balance sheets of Sellers, as of December 31, 1995 and 1996,
and the related statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for
the years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996, with footnotes thereto for the
period then ended (the balance sheet of Sellers, as of December 31, 1996, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Balance Sheet") and (ii) unaudited financial
statement for each month ending after December 1996. The financial statements
included in Schedule 2.4 are in accordance with the books and records of
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Sellers, are complete and correct in all material respects and fairly present
the financial position of Sellers as of the dates therein indicated and the
results of the operations of Sellers for the periods so ended (subject to normal
year end adjustments in the case of any interim financial statements for which
full year financial statements have been delivered), all in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and practices applied on a consistent
basis with prior periods ("GAAP") (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto). The notes and accounts receivable reflected in the Balance Sheet, net
of reserves therein reflected, are, except to the extent heretofore collected,
fully collectible and subject to no counterclaims or set-offs.
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SECTION 2.5 TITLE TO ASSETS; ENCUMBRANCES; CONDITIONAL SALES
Except for the liens, mortgages, pledges and encumbrances set forth in
Schedule 2.5 hereto (the "Temporary Encumbrances"), Sellers have good and
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marketable title to all of the Subject Assets. All Temporary Encumbrances shall
be terminated at or before Closing and at Closing Sellers shall have good and
marketable title to the Subject Assets. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, no officer, director, stockholder, partner or affiliate of any Seller
(or any member of their families) own any asset, tangible or intangible, which
is used in the Business. None of the assets of any Seller is held or will be
held on the Closing Date by a Seller as lessee under any lease or as conditional
sale vendee under a conditional sale contract or other title retention
agreement, except as expanding set forth in Schedule 2.5 or as otherwise
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expressly permitted herein.
Each Seller and Founder, jointly and severally, represents that the Bill of
Sale and other documents and instruments of transfer delivered to Purchaser at
Closing shall effectively vest in Purchaser good and marketable title to the
Subject Assets, free and clear of all liens, restrictions and encumbrances.
At Closing, the Subject Assets shall include all the assets which in any
way relate to the Business.
SECTION 2.6 MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, FIXTURES
Attached hereto as Schedule 2.6 is a complete and correct list and a brief
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description of all machinery, vehicles, equipment and fixtures, office equipment
and furniture and/or other personal property owned by Sellers on December 31,
1996, with a book value or fair market value more than $1,000.
SECTION 2.7 PROPRIETARY RIGHTS; PATENTS; TRADEMARKS; SOFTWARE; ETC.
For the purposes of this Agreement, "Proprietary Rights" means any of the
following which are material to or used in the Business (i) patents, patent
applications, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and
whether or not reduced to practice), (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade
dress, trade names and corporate names and registrations and applications for
registration thereof, (iii) copyrights and registrations and applications for
registration thereof, (iv) mask works and registrations and applications for
registration thereof, (v) computer software, data and documentation, (vi) trade
secrets and other confidential information (including, without limitation,
ideas, formulas, compositions, know-how, manufacturing and production processes
and techniques, research and development information, drawings, specifications,
designs, plans, proposals, technical data, copyrightable works, financial and
marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information), (vii) other
intellectual
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property rights, and (viii) copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever
form or medium).
Schedule 2.7 attached hereto contains a complete and accurate list of (i)
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all patented and registered Proprietary Rights owned by any Seller, (ii) all
pending patent applications and applications for registrations of other
Proprietary Rights filed by any Seller, (iii) all trade names and corporate
names owned or used by any Seller, (iv) all trademarks, service marks,
copyrighted works and computer software which are material to the financial
condition, operating results, assets, operations or business prospects of
Sellers, and (v) all licenses and other rights granted by any Seller to any
third party with respect to any Proprietary Rights and all licenses and other
rights granted by any third party to any Seller, with respect to any Proprietary
Right. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.7, Sellers owns and possesses all
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right, title and interest in and to, or have the right to use pursuant to a
valid license, all Proprietary Rights necessary for the operation of the
business of Sellers as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be
conducted. All of such Proprietary Rights of Sellers will remain in effect and
good standing as and to the extent existing on the date of this Agreement
notwithstanding the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.7, the loss or expiration of any
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Proprietary Right or related group of Proprietary Rights would not have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, operating results, assets,
operations or business prospects of Sellers and no such loss or expiration is
threatened, pending or reasonably foreseeable. Sellers and Founder have taken
all actions which Sellers and Founder, in their reasonable business judgment,
deem necessary and desirable to maintain and protect the Proprietary Rights
which any Seller owns and uses. Except as indicated on Schedule 2.7, (i) there
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have been no claims which have been made or are currently outstanding or are
threatened against any Seller or Founder asserting the invalidity, misuse,
unenforceability, or contesting the ownership, of any of the Proprietary Rights
which Sellers own or use, and, after reasonable inquiry, there are no grounds
for the same, (ii) the conduct of Sellers' Business and has not infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise conflicted with, and does not infringe,
misappropriate or otherwise conflict with, any Proprietary Rights of other
persons or entities, and present conduct of the Sellers and Founder will not
infringe, misappropriate or conflict with any Proprietary Rights of other
persons or entities, and (iii) the Proprietary Rights owned or used by Sellers
has not been infringed or misappropriated by, or otherwise conflict with, other
persons or entities.
SECTION 2.8 REAL PROPERTY
Schedule 2.8 includes a complete and correct list of all real property
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which is presently owned or leased by any Seller and which will be owned or
leased by a Seller on the Closing Date together with a brief description of all
plants and structures thereon. None of such owned real property is subject to
any liens, encumbrances or restrictions whether of record or otherwise, except
as particularly described in said Schedule 2.8. The real estate leases set
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in Schedule 2.8 are in full force and effect and will continue to be in full
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force and effect on identical terms following consummation of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.9 INSURANCE
Sellers maintain the insurance described in Schedule 2.9 attached hereto,
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and all of the policies set forth therein are in full force and effect.
SECTION 2.10 CONTRACTS
Attached hereto as Schedule 2.10 is a brief description of all contracts
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and other agreements related to the Business, whether written or oral, if any,
to which a Seller is a party or which are binding on a Seller with the exception
of the following:
(a) contracts or commitments for services, the purchase of materials,
inventory and supplies by a Seller entered into in the ordinary and
usual course of business which do not individually exceed one thousand
($1,000.00);
(b) contracts or commitments for the sale of goods or products by a Seller
entered into in the ordinary and usual course of business which do not
individually involve an amount or value in excess of one thousand
($1,000.00).
Schedule 2.10 also contains a list of all contracts or agreements relating
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to the Business, whether written or oral, valid within the past 36 months or in
the future pursuant to which a Seller is a party on one hand, and any affiliate
of any Seller including without limitation any director, officer, partner or
stockholder of a Seller (or any member of their respective families) is a party
on the other hand.
Except as set forth in Schedule 2.10, Sellers are neither in default under
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any material provision of said contracts and agreements nor is any default or
failure to perform by any Seller alleged by any party to any such contracts and
agreements, and no act or event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time,
or both, would constitute a default by any Seller under any such contracts and
agreements or permit modification, cancellation, acceleration or termination of
any such contract or agreement or result in the creation of any security
interest upon, or any person or entity obtaining any right to acquire any
property, assets or rights of a Seller.
Sellers have delivered to Purchaser a correct and complete copy of each
written contract listed on Schedule 2.10 (including all amendments). Each such
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contract and agreement is in full force and effect and is valid and legally
binding in accordance with its terms. To the best knowledge of Sellers and
Founder there are no unresolved disputes involving or with respect to any such
agreement, and no party to any such agreement has advised any Seller or Founder
that
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it intends either to terminate a material agreement or to refuse to renew a
material agreement upon the expiration of the term thereof.
SECTION 2.11 OTHER MATERIAL CONTRACTS
Sellers and Founder do not have any contract not specified in this
Agreement or the Schedules hereto which is binding on a Seller or Founder or on
any other party and which might materially (adversely or favorably) affect its
properties, business or the financial condition of Sellers.
SECTION 2.12 EMPLOYEES
Schedule 2.12 attached hereto contains (a) a true and correct list of the
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names of each employee and consultant of each Seller and the current annual rate
of regular compensation and all bonuses or anticipated bonuses paid or payable
by Sellers not otherwise described in item (b) (including payments which are not
reflected on the records of Sellers to each such employee and consultant); and
(b) a list and/or description of all pension, retirement, incentive, bonus,
profit sharing, vacation, holiday, health, life insurance or other plans or
policies for the benefit of any employees or consultants of Sellers. Except as
shown on Schedule 2.12, there are no currently effective employment or
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consulting or other material agreements with individual employees or consultants
to which any Seller is a party. To the best of Founder's and each Seller's
knowledge, no executive, key employee, or group of employees has any plans to
terminate employment with any Seller. No Seller is a party to nor bound by any
collective bargaining agreement. There is no pending or threatened material
dispute between Sellers and any of their respective employees.
No employee or consultant affiliated with any Seller is presently on
suspension or subject to pending suspension or revocation, which was or may be
imposed by any private or governmental body. Except as expressly set forth on
Schedule 2.12 all employees of the Sellers are employees at will.
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SECTION 2.13 EMPLOYEE PLANS
Sellers do not have any pension, retirement, bonus, deferred compensation,
stock purchase, profit sharing, insurance or similar plan or arrangement for the
benefit of employees, oral or written other than arrangements described in
Schedule 2.13 attached hereto. In connection with any such plan or arrangement
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listed in said Schedule 2.13, there have not been, and on the Closing Date there
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will not have been, any "prohibited transactions" within the meaning of Section
406(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and
there have not been, and on the Closing Date there will not have been, any
"reportable events" within the meaning of Section 4043(b) of ERISA. All reports
and filings with respect
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to said fringe benefit plans required to be made pursuant to state or federal
law have been, and on the Closing Date will have been, timely filed, except as
otherwise set forth in Schedule 2.13.
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Sellers do not have any oral or written contract or agreement of employment
with any officer, salesman or other employee, or agency, territorial franchise,
sales representative or other service agreement, not terminable without penalty
on notice of one month or less, or with any labor union, except those described
in Schedule 2.13 attached hereto.
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SECTION 2.14 GOVERNMENTAL LICENSES AND PERMITS
Sellers have been granted all certificates, licenses, permits, authorities
and franchises from any federal, state or municipal or other governmental
instrumentality, agency or commission or similar body which may be necessary
lawfully to carry on their respective businesses and the Business. Schedule
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2.14 contains a list of all such certificates, permits, licenses and franchises.
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All certificates, licenses permits, authorities and franchises of the
Business are validly held by the Sellers. The Sellers have complied with all
requirements in connection therewith and the same will not be subject to
suspension or revocation as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby. All certificates, licenses, permits,
authorities and franchises issued or granted by local, state or federal
authorities or agencies which are necessary for the conduct of the Business and
which are held in the name of any employee, officer, director, shareholder,
partner, agent or otherwise of the Business shall be deemed included under this
representation and warranty, and Sellers and Founder warrant that such
certificates, licenses, permits, authorizations and franchises shall be duly and
validly transferred to the Purchaser, without additional consideration at
Closing.
SECTION 2.15 LIABILITIES
Except as set forth in Schedule 2.15, Sellers have no liabilities or
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obligations of any nature (whether known or unknown and whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) except for (a) liabilities or obligations
disclosed or provided for in the Balance Sheet (including the notes thereto); or
(b) liabilities or obligations incurred since the date of the Balance Sheet in
the ordinary and usual course of business or which do not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of any
Seller or on the conduct of its business and which are set forth in the monthly
balance sheets delivered to CORE pursuant to Section 5.12 hereof; or (c)
liabilities under this Agreement.
SECTION 2.16 TAXES
Sellers have prepared and filed when due all appropriate federal, state,
local and other tax returns of every kind and nature for all periods on or
before the due dates of such returns
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(as extended by any valid extensions of time) and have paid all taxes shown to
be due by said returns or on any assessments received by any Seller or have made
adequate provision for the payment thereof. Sellers have delivered to CORE
complete and accrual copies of Sellers' federal, state and local tax returns for
the years 1991-1996. All such tax returns are materially correct.
The provisions for taxes (federal, state, local and other), and interest
and penalties, if any, with respect thereto, reflected in the Balance Sheets of
Sellers are adequate to cover any and all taxes and any interest and penalties
in connection therewith which have been or may be assessed with respect to the
properties, business and operations of Sellers, respectively, for the period
ended on the date of said Balance Sheet and all prior periods. No claim or
liability is pending or has been assessed or threatened against any Seller in
connection with any such taxes except as reflected in the Balance Sheet. The
federal income tax returns of Sellers have been audited by the IRS for the year
ended October 31, 1990, and no additional taxes are due.
Sellers are not, and on the Closing Date will not be, a consenting
corporation within the meaning of Section 341(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.
All taxes or other assessments and levies which Sellers are or were
required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld and collected,
and have been paid over to the proper governmental authorities or are held by
Sellers in separate bank accounts for such payment and all such withholdings and
collections and all other payments due in connection therewith are duly set
forth on the books of Sellers.
SECTION 2.17 LITIGATION; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
Except as set forth in Schedule 2.17 attached hereto, there are no actions,
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suits, or proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting any Seller or
Founder or the Subject Assets or the property of Sellers in any court or before
any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission,
board or other instrumentality or before any arbitrators (all of which claims
are adequately covered by insurance, or are adequately reserved for in Sellers'
financial statements).
Sellers have complied in all material respects with all applicable laws
including, without limitation, environmental laws (including rules, regulations,
codes, plans, injunctions, judgments, orders, decrees, rulings, and charges
thereunder) of federal, state, local, and foreign governments (and all agencies
thereof) and there are no pending or, to the best knowledge of each Seller and
Founder, threatened governmental investigations involving any Seller or Founder,
including inquiries, citations, or complaints by any federal, state, local or
foreign government and agencies thereof. There are no outstanding orders,
decrees or stipulations to which any Seller or Founder is a party affecting any
Seller or Founder or any of their respective services or products, and Sellers
and Founder are not in default with respect to any judgment,
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order, decree, award, rule or regulation of any court of any such department,
commission, board or other instrumentality or arbitrators.
SECTION 2.18 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE; CONTINGENT FEES
The accounts receivable set forth in the Balance Sheet are and the accounts
receivable set forth in the monthly financial statement delivered to CORE
pursuant to Section 5.12 will be bona fide, fully collectible (except to the
extent previously collected and except for any reserves set forth in the Balance
Sheet) and arose in the ordinary course of business.
Attached hereto as Schedule 2.18 is a list of all Sellers' clients and
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cases in processes (including contingent fee cases), including client's name,
number of open cases, number of providers, fees and expenses of provider and the
status of the case.
Sellers and Founder know of no fact or pending or proposed change in laws,
regulations or procedures relating to Sellers' Business which would materially
and adversely effect the continued prosecution of the open cases. Accordingly,
to best of Sellers' and Founder's knowledge, future fees from the open cases
(including contingent fee cases) are expected to be consistent with the Seller's
past experience with similar cases (including contingent fee cases).
SECTION 2.19 POWERS OF ATTORNEY; GUARANTIES
There are no outstanding powers of attorney executed on behalf of any
Seller. No Seller is a guarantor or otherwise liable for any liability or
obligation (including indebtedness) of any third party.
SECTION 2.20 SERVICE WARRANTIES
Every service provided by Sellers ("Sellers' Services") has been in
substantial conformity with all material applicable contractual commitments and
all express and implied warranties, and Sellers have no liability (and there is
no basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing,
investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand against any of them giving
rise to any liability) for warranty work or other additional related services or
other damages in connection therewith, subject only to the reserve for warranty
claims set forth on the Balance Sheet. The Sellers' Services are not subject to
any guaranty, warranty, or other indemnity beyond the applicable standard terms
and conditions of sale, license or lease. Schedule 2.20 hereto includes copies
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of the standard terms and conditions of sale, license or lease for the Sellers'
Services.
SECTION 2.21 EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO BALANCE SHEET DATE
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.21, since December 31, 1996, the date of
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the Balance
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Sheet, there has not been (except as otherwise disclosed in the Schedules hereto
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or expressly contemplated herein) and will not be on the Closing Date:
(a) Any material adverse change in assets, liabilities, financial
condition, business, business organization or personnel of Sellers
taken as a whole or in relationships with suppliers, customers,
clients, landlords or others;
(b) Any disposition, sale or issuance by any Seller of any of its capital
stock or partnership interests or grant of any option or right to
acquire any of its capital stock or partnership interests or any
acquisition or retirement for a consideration by any Seller of any of
its capital stock or any declaration or payment by any Seller of any
dividend or other distribution of or with respect to its capital stock
or partnership interests;
(c) Any sale, mortgage, pledge or other disposition of any material asset
owned by Sellers at the close of business on the date of the Balance
Sheet, or acquired by Sellers since said date other than in the
ordinary and usual course of business;
(d) Any material expenditure or commitment by Sellers for the acquisition
of assets of any kind, other than inventories and supplies acquired in
the ordinary course of business;
(e) Any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not insured) materially
and adversely affecting the property or business of Sellers;
(f) Any general wage or salary increase by Sellers outside the ordinary
course of business;
(g) Any increase in the compensation payable or to become payable by
Sellers to any officer or key employee;
(h) Any loans or advances by or to Sellers other than renewals or
extensions of existing indebtedness or any increase in indebtedness
for borrowed money or capitalized leases of Sellers, except in the
ordinary course of business;
(i) Any cancellation by Sellers of any material indebtedness owing to it
or any cancellation or settlement by Sellers of any material claims
against others;
(j) Any sale, assignment or transfer by Sellers of any material patent,
trademark, tradename, copyright, license, franchise, certificate,
permit or other intangible asset;
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(k) Any acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation of any
agreement, contract, lease or license involving more than $5,000 to
which any Seller is a party or by which any Seller is bound;
(l) Any delay or postponement of the payment of accounts payable or other
liabilities of Sellers outside the ordinary course of business;
(m) Any loan or other transaction between any Seller, on one hand, and any
director, officer, partner or stockholder of any Seller on the other;
(n) Any transaction of any kind not in the ordinary and usual course of
business, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;
(o) Any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock or partnership
interests of Sellers;
(p) Any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by Seller of any
outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of, or other
ownership interests in, Seller;
(q) Any amendment of any term of any outstanding securities or equity of
any Seller;
(r) Any material reduction in the amounts of coverages provided by
existing casualty and liability insurance policies with respect to the
business of Sellers;
(s) Any new or amendment to or alteration of any existing bonus, incentive
compensation, severance, stock option, stock appreciation right,
pension, matching gift, profit-sharing, employee stock ownership,
retirement, pension group insurance, death benefit, or other fringe
benefit plan, arrangement or trust agreement adopted or implemented by
Sellers which would result in a material increase in cost to Sellers;
or
(t) Any commitment by Sellers or Founder to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 2.22 NO BROKER
No agent or broker or other person acting pursuant to authority of Sellers
or Founder is entitled to any commission or finder's fee in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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SECTION 2.23 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The officers and directors and partners of Sellers are as listed in
Schedule 2.23 attached hereto.
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SECTION 2.24 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of GP and DMC have duly authorized
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly
authorized by SSDC and its partners.
SECTION 2.25 TRADE NAMES
Schedule 2.25 hereto sets forth all business names and addresses used by
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Sellers within the past five (5) years. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.25,
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the Sellers have always conducted their respective businesses only under their
proper names. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.25, Sellers have never operated
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under or used an assumed or fictitious name. Sellers have not received notice
that the manner in which they conduct their respective businesses conflicts with
any rights of third parties to trade names, trademarks, trademark applications,
trademark registrations, trademark licenses and sublicenses, service marks,
service mark applications, service mark registrations, service mark licenses and
sublicenses, copyrights, copyright applications, copyright registrations,
copyright licenses and sublicenses, patents, patent applications and patent
licenses and sublicenses. To the best of Seller's and Founder's knowledge,
Purchaser's use of the marks "SSDC" and "DSI" will not subject Purchaser to any
claim from third parties.
Sellers shall not use any other business name or address from the date of
this Agreement through the Closing Date. Schedule 2.25 also contains (i) all
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locations (including county and judicial districts) of the Subject Assets and
Sellers' places of business and chief executive offices.
SECTION 2.26 ARMS LENGTH TRANSACTIONS
All transactions by the Sellers with outside parties have been conducted on
an arms length basis, and the directors, stockholders and officers and partners
of Sellers (including their immediate family and their affiliates) have not
since January 1, 1990 had any material direct or indirect ownership of or a
profit participation in any outside business enterprises with which the Sellers
had significant purchases, sales, or business dealings.
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SECTION 2.27 OTHER LIABILITIES OF SELLER
Sellers shall retain all of their liabilities other than the Assumed
Liabilities (the "Retained Liabilities"). Sellers and Founder represent and
warrant that Schedule 2.27 attached hereto contains a list of all Retained
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Liabilities. Sellers shall apply the Purchase Price to payment of the Retained
Liabilities so that all liabilities of Sellers to their creditors (other than
the Assumed Liabilities) shall have been discharged. Purchaser shall have no
liability whatsoever for any of the Retained Liabilities.
SECTION 2.28 DISCLOSURE; EFFECT OF TRANSACTION
Neither this Agreement nor any statement, list or certificate furnished or
to be furnished by Sellers or Founder or their representatives to Purchaser or
CORE pursuant hereto or in connection with this Agreement or any of the
transactions hereby contemplated, contains or will contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained herein and therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. To the best of Sellers'
and Founder's knowledge, there is no fact regarding Sellers or Founder or their
respective prospects which CORE or Purchaser would reasonably consider material
in making a decision with respect to the purchase of the Subject Assets which
has not been disclosed to CORE or Purchaser in this Agreement including the
Exhibits hereto.
No creditor, employee, consultant, client or other customer or other person
having a material business relationship with Sellers has informed Sellers that,
or to the knowledge of Sellers or Founder, such person or entity intends to
change the relationship because of the purchase and sale of the Subject Assets
as contemplated hereby, which change would have a material adverse effect on
Business.
SECTION 2.29 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE
In addition to Sellers' and Founder's obligations under Section 1.7 hereof,
prior to and through Closing Seller and Founder shall have the continuing
obligation promptly to supplement or amend the Schedules hereto with respect to
any material matter hereafter arising or discovered which, if existing or known
at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or
described in such Schedules; provided, however, that for the purpose of the
rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, any such supplemental or
amended disclosure shall not be deemed to have been disclosed as of the date of
this Agreement unless expressly so agreed to in writing by Purchaser and CORE.
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SECTION 2.30 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AT CLOSING
On the Closing Date, all of the representations and warranties of Sellers
and Founder contained in this Agreement will be true and correct in all material
respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though
made at and as of the Closing Date, except for changes contemplated or permitted
by this Agreement.
SECTION 2.31 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS
The representations and warranties of the Sellers and Founder contained in
this Agreement and any Ancillary Documents shall survive the Closing hereunder
for a period of five (5) years from the Closing Date, notwithstanding any
investigation which may be made by or on behalf of Purchaser or CORE.
Notwithstanding the five year limitation to the representations and warranties
of Sellers and Founders in the prior sentence, without limitation as to time, in
no event shall Purchaser's liabilities assumed from Sellers or Founder exceed
the Assumed Liabilities listed in Schedule 1.2.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CORE
CORE hereby represents and warrants to Sellers and Founder that:
SECTION 3.1 ORGANIZATION
CORE is, and on the Closing Date will be, a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; and has, and on the Closing Date will have, the power and
authority to conduct all of the activities conducted by it and to own or lease
all of the assets owned or leased by it. CORE is qualified as a foreign
corporation in all states and jurisdictions in which such qualification is
required, except where the lack of such qualification would not materially and
adversely affect the ability to do business or financial condition of CORE.
A complete and correct copy of the Articles of Organization and all
amendments thereto and the Bylaws of CORE have been made available to Sellers
and Founder.
SECTION 3.2 AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSACTION
CORE has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to
consummate the transactions hereby contemplated and to take all other actions
required to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions hereof. This Agreement is
valid, binding and enforceable against CORE in accordance with its terms.
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Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation
of the transactions hereby contemplated will (a) contravene or conflict with the
articles of organization or by-laws of CORE, (b) constitute any violation or
breach of any material provision of any material contract or other instrument to
which CORE is a party; (c) constitute any violation or breach of any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation, (d) conflict
with, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination or
cancellation of, or right to accelerate, any material agreement, contract or
other instrument binding upon CORE.
The execution, any delivery and performance by CORE of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions by CORE require no action by or in respect
of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency, official or authority.
SECTION 3.3 BROKER
No agent or broker or other person acting pursuant to authority of CORE is
entitled to any commission or finder's fee in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 3.4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVAL
The Board of Directors of CORE has duly authorized the execution and
delivery and performance of this Agreement by CORE.
SECTION 3.5 CORE SEC FILINGS
CORE has since October 18, 1991 filed all proxy statements, schedules and
reports required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act (collectively the "CORE SEC
Filings").
CORE has made available to Sellers and Founder: its annual report on Form
10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, its quarterly report on Form
10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended March 30, 1997: its proxy statements relating
to meeting of the stockholders of CORE to be held on June 25, 1997.
SECTION 3.6 DISCLOSURE
Neither this Agreement nor any statement, list or certificate furnished or
to be furnished, to Founder or Sellers by or on behalf of CORE pursuant hereto
or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and
therein, in light of the circumstances on which they are made, not misleading.
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SECTION 3.7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AT CLOSING
On the Closing Date, all of the representations and warranties of CORE
contained in this Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects at
and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made at and
as of the Closing Date, except for changes contemplated or permitted by this
Agreement.
SECTION 3.9 POST-CLOSING FINANCING
Following the Closing, CORE shall finance the operations of Purchaser as
CORE, in its reasonable discretion deems appropriate.
SECTION 3.10 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS
The representations and warranties of CORE contained in this Agreement and
any Ancillary Documents shall survive the Closing hereunder for a period of five
(5) years from the Closing Date, notwithstanding any investigation which may be
made by or on behalf of Sellers or Purchaser.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Sellers and Founder that:
SECTION 4.1 ORGANIZATION
Purchaser is, and on the Closing Date will be, a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Delaware;
and has, and on the Closing Date will have, the power and authority to conduct
all of the activities conducted by it and to own or lease all of the assets
owned or leased by it. Purchaser is qualified as a foreign corporation in all
states and jurisdictions in which such qualification is required, except where
the lack of such qualification would not materially and adversely affect the
ability to do business or financial condition of Purchaser.
A complete and correct copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and the
Bylaws of Purchaser has been made available to Sellers and Founder.
SECTION 4.2 AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSACTION
Purchaser has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to consummate the transactions hereby contemplated and to take all
other actions required to be
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taken by it pursuant to the provisions hereof, and this Agreement is valid,
binding and enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation
of the transactions hereby contemplated will (a) contravene or conflict with the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Purchaser, (b) constitute any
violation or breach of any material provision of any material contract or other
instrument to which Purchaser is a party; (c) constitute any violation or breach
of any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation,
(d) conflict with, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination
or cancellation of, or right to accelerate, any material agreement, contract or
other instrument binding upon Purchaser.
The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions by Purchaser require no action by or in
respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency, official or
authority.
SECTION 4.3 BROKER
No agent or broker or other person acting pursuant to authority of
Purchaser is entitled to any commission or finder's fee in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 4.4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVAL
The Board of Directors of Purchaser has duly authorized the execution and
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the ancillary agreements by
Purchaser.
SECTION 4.5 DISCLOSURE
Neither this Agreement nor any statement, lists or certificate furnished or
to be furnished to Sellers by or on behalf of Purchaser pursuant hereto or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains or will contain
any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and
therein, in light of the circumstances on which they are made, not misleading.
SECTION 4.6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AT CLOSING
On the Closing Date, all of the representations and warranties of Purchaser
contained in this Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects at
and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made at and
as of the Closing Date, except for changes contemplated or permitted by this
Agreement.
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SECTION 4.7 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS
The representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement
and any Ancillary Documents shall survive the Closing hereunder for a period of
five (5) years from the Closing Date, notwithstanding any investigation which
may be made by or on behalf of Sellers or Purchaser.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF SELLERS AND FOUNDER
Sellers and Founder each, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees as
follows:
SECTION 5.1 OPERATION OF BUSINESS
Each Seller will each, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the
Closing Date:
(a) continue in all material respects to conduct its business, maintain
its assets, carry on its business practices and keep its books of
account, records and files in the ordinary course;
(b) use its reasonable best efforts to preserve the good will of its
suppliers and customers and others having business relations with it;
(c) use its reasonable best efforts to continue the employment of key
personnel (except as otherwise permitted by Purchaser in writing);
(d) pay and perform all of its debts, obligations and liabilities as and
when due under all leases, agreements, contracts and other commitments
to which it is a party in accordance with the terms and provisions
thereof; and
(e) comply in all material respects with all laws and/or other
governmental regulations that may be applicable to its business.
SECTION 5.2 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Seller will not, pending the Closing, without the express written
consent of Purchaser,
(a) enter into any leases, agreements, contracts or other commitments,
whether written or oral, other than commitments for the purchase of
inventory or supplies
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or for the furnishing of services, in each case entered into in the
ordinary and regular course of such entity's business and not of
unusual size or duration;
(b) make any change in its corporate charter, bylaws, partnership
agreement or other organizational agreements and documents;
(c) sell, assign, lease or otherwise transfer or dispose of or encumber
any property (real or personal) or equipment, except for replacement
of any worn-out equipment in the ordinary and usual course of
business;
(d) merge or consolidate with or into any other corporation or entity;
(e) grant any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or obtain any
of its capital stock, partnership interests or equity or issue, sell
or otherwise dispose of any of its capital stock, partnership
interests or equity (except upon the conversion or exercise of
options, warrants, and other rights currently outstanding;
(f) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or distribution with respect to
its capital stock (whether in cash or in kind), or redeem, repurchase,
or otherwise acquire any of its capital stock, partnership interests
or equity interests;
(g) issue any note, bond, or other debt security or create, incur, assume,
or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money or capitalized lease
obligation outside the ordinary course of business;
(h) make any capital investment in, make any loan to, or acquire the
securities or assets of any other person or entity;
(i) make any change in employment terms for any of its directors,
officers, partners and employees (except as otherwise permitted by
Purchaser in writing);
(j) conduct its business or take any other action otherwise than in the
ordinary and usual course of business; or
(k) incur any additional indebtedness for borrowed money;
(l) amend or change the period of exercisability or accelerate the
exercisability of any outstanding options or warrants to acquire
shares of capital stock, partnership interests or equity interests;
(m) agree or commit to any of the foregoing.
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SECTION 5.3 NO BREACHES OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Sellers and Founder will not take any action which would cause or
constitute a breach, or would, if it had been taken immediately prior to the
date hereof, have caused or constituted a breach, of any of the representations
and warranties of Sellers or Founder set forth herein. Sellers and Founder
will, in the event of, and promptly after the occurrence of or the impending or
threatened occurrence of, any event which would cause or constitute a breach or
would, if it had occurred immediately prior to the date hereof, have caused or
constituted a breach of any of the representations and warranties of Sellers or
Founder set forth herein, give detailed notice to CORE; and Sellers and Founder
will use their best efforts to prevent or promptly to remedy such breach.
SECTION 5.4 FORM 8-K
Sellers and Founder each agree to provide information to CORE and otherwise
assist CORE with respect to disclosures concerning Sellers to be included in the
Form 8-K to be filed by CORE with the Securities and Exchange Commission
following the Closing of the transaction described in this Agreement.
SECTION 5.5 ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Sellers and Founder will give to CORE and its representatives, from and
after the date of execution of this Agreement full access during normal business
hours to all of the properties, books, contracts, documents and records of
Sellers, and will furnish to CORE and its representatives all additional
financial statements, all information with respect to its business affairs, and
copies of all relevant contracts and other documents, which CORE may reasonably
request.
SECTION 5.6 RELEASES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EMPLOYEES
Except as provided in Section 9.19, Sellers will deliver or cause to be
delivered to Purchaser at the Closing (i) the certificate of each officer,
director, partner and key employee of each Seller that he or she has no claims
of any kind against Sellers or Founder, except for his or her unpaid salary with
respect to the month in which the Closing occurs accrued to the Closing, and
stating the amount thereof; and (ii) CORE shall have received from each
Continuing Employee and key consultant of Sellers a binding agreement, in form
acceptable to CORE, which sets forth an acknowledgement of CORE's policies
concerning non-disclosure and an acknowledgment of CORE's ownership of the
intellectual property of Sellers being transferred to CORE.
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SECTION 5.7 MAINTAIN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
Sellers will use their best efforts until the Closing to preserve its
business organization intact, and to preserve the relationships of Sellers with
employees, suppliers, customers, landlords, and others, all to the end that the
going business of Sellers will be unimpaired at the Time of Closing.
SECTION 5.8 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ITEMS
Sellers shall operate the business of Sellers so that as of the Closing
Date, the Sellers' cash and accounts receivable minus the Assumed Liabilities
(as each is set forth on a properly prepared Closing Balance Sheet) is greater
than zero (the "Minimum Cash and A/R Account").
SECTION 5.9 MAINTAIN INSURANCE AND PROPERTIES
Sellers will use their best efforts to cause the existing liability and
property damage, fire, casualty and other insurance of Sellers described in
Schedule 2.9 to be continued in force up to and through the Time of Closing.
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Sellers will each maintain its properties and operations in good repair and
operating conditions until the Time of each Closing.
SECTION 5.10 EXCLUSIVITY
Neither Founder nor any Seller nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, partners, stockholders, agents, affiliates or
representatives will (i) solicit, initiate, or encourage the submission of any
proposal or offer relating to the acquisition of any capital stock, equity
interest, partnership interest or other voting securities, or any substantial
portion of the assets of any Seller or (ii) participate in any discussions or
negotiations regarding, furnish any information with respect to, assist or
participate in, or facilitate in any other manner any effort or attempt by any
person or entity to do or seek any of the foregoing. Additionally, Sellers and
Founder will notify CORE immediately if any person or entity makes any proposal,
offer, inquiry, or contact with respect to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 5.11 NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENTS
Founder and Sellers will give prompt written notice to CORE of any
development causing a breach or impending breach of any of the representations
and warranties of Founder or Sellers in this Agreement. No disclosure by
Founder or Sellers pursuant to this Section 5.11, however, shall be deemed to
amend or supplement the disclosure schedules or to prevent or cure any
misrepresentation, breach of warranty, or breach of covenant.
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SECTION 5.12 MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(a) Monthly Financial Statements. Upon Purchaser's request, Sellers shall
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deliver to CORE a balance sheet and related statements of income and retained
earnings and cash flows for the interim period ending at the end of the prior
month, which financial statements shall not reflect any material adverse change
in the financial condition or liabilities of Sellers. Such financial
statements, when delivered to CORE, shall be in accordance with the books and
records of Sellers, will be complete and correct in all material respects and
fairly present the financial position of Sellers as of dates therein indicated
and the results of the operations of Sellers for the periods so ended (subject
to normal year end adjustments in the case of any interim financial statements
for which full year financial statements have been delivered), all in conformity
with GAAP.
(b) Audited Financial Statements. On or before June 20, 1997, Sellers
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shall deliver to CORE financial statements of Sellers audited by Correll-Porvin
Associates for the three years ended December 31, 1996 and audited statements of
operations and cash flows for the same years and any other period deemed
necessary or appropriate by CORE in connection with CORE's disclosure
obligations under the federal securities laws (the "Audited Financial
Statements"). Such Audited Financial Statements shall be substantially similar
to the unaudited financial statements of Sellers set forth in Exhibit 2.4 hereof
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for the same periods and include Seller's independent auditors' opinion in a
form satisfactory to CORE. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Audited Financial Statements shall not be substantially similar to the
unaudited financial statements of Sellers if for any period revenues or net
income vary by more than 5%.
SECTION 5.13 BULK SALES LAW
Sellers and Founder shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold
Purchaser and CORE harmless from any loss, cost or liability (including
reasonable attorney's fees) incurred by Purchaser or CORE as a result of non-
compliance with any applicable bulk sales law, fraudulent conveyance law or
similar law with respect to the transactions contemplated herein.
SECTION 5.14 NAME CHANGE
At the request of Purchaser, including a request made after the Closing,
each Seller shall change its name to a name that does not contain any reference
to "SSDC" or "Social Security Disability Consultants" or any derivatives
thereof.
SECTION 5.15 DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT ASSETS
At Closing, Founder and Sellers shall cause Diamond Entertainment, Inc., a
Michigan corporation in which Founder is the sole stockholder ("DE"), to enter
into an agreement with
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Purchaser, in a form acceptable to Purchaser and Sellers, which provides for
Purchaser's use of DE's suite at the Palace of Auburn Hills for appropriate
consideration. Founder and each Seller, jointly and severally, represent and
warrant that DE's license for the suite in the Palace at Auburn Hills is the
sole asset of DE.
SECTION 5.16 NON-COMPETITION; NON-SOLICITATION
Founder and each Seller hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date
through the "Covenant End Date" (as defined below) none of them shall (a) serve,
directly or indirectly, as an operator, owner, partner, consultant, officer,
director, or employee of any firm, entity or business or corporation engaged in
the business presently being conducted by a Seller (or any business related
thereto) within the United States; (b) solicit or attempt to solicit, or accept
business from, any entity which is a client or customer of CORE, Purchaser, any
Seller (including CORE's subsidiaries) or which at any time during the twelve
month period prior to the Closing Date, was a client or customer of any of the
Business, for the purpose of doing business with such client or customer in
competition with Purchaser or CORE (including CORE's subsidiaries) (for the
purpose of this covenant, the clients and customers of Purchaser shall include
those entities with which Sellers had held discussions or negotiations
concerning the Business within the twelve month period prior to the Closing
Date), or (c) solicit, attempt to hire, or hire any employee or consultant of
Purchaser (including Continuing Employees) or CORE (including CORE's
subsidiaries), or assist in such solicitation or hiring by any other person or
entity, or encourage any employee or consultant or Purchaser (including
Continuing Employees) or CORE (including CORE's subsidiaries) to terminate his
or her relationship with Purchaser or CORE.
For purposes of this Agreement, "Covenant End Date" shall mean the date
ending one year after R. Gary Dolenga's termination of employment with Purchaser
(or any of Purchaser's affiliated corporations) for any reason but not later
than July 1, 2000.
It is agreed that the remedy at law for any breach of the foregoing shall
be inadequate and that CORE and Purchaser shall be entitled to any other remedy
permitted by law. In the event that this Section shall be determined by
arbitrators or by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by
reason of its extending for too great a period of time or over too large a
geographic area or over too great a range of activities, it shall be interpreted
to extend only over the maximum period of time, geographic area or range of
activities as to which it may be enforceable. Nothing herein contained shall
prevent Founder or any Seller from holding or making an investment in securities
listed on a national securities exchange or sold in the over-the-counter market,
provided such investments do not exceed in the aggregate five percent (5%) of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of a corporation which is a competitor
within the meaning of this Section.
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SECTION 5.17 BEST EFFORTS
Sellers and Founder each will use their best efforts to effectuate the
transactions hereby contemplated, to perform all the covenants and agreements
contained herein and to fulfill the conditions of CORE's obligations under this
Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF CORE AND PURCHASER
SECTION 6.1 EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
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(a) Purchaser intends to offer employment, commencing as of the
Closing Date, at substantially the same wages, salary, benefits, hours and
conditions in effect immediately prior to the Closing, to all employees listed
on Schedule 2.12 with such changes in the ordinary course of business of which
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any Seller notifies Purchaser (other than those employees listed on Schedule 6.1
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including Purchaser's revisions to Schedule 6.1 at or prior to Closing);
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provided, however, Purchaser reserves the right to make changes to such wages,
salary, benefits, hours and conditions. Those employees who shall accept said
offer of employment with Purchaser and who shall actually commence active
employment with Purchaser shall collectively be referred to as the "Continuing
Employees."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without breaching the foregoing,
Purchaser reserves the right to review staffing levels, wages, benefits and
conditions of employment after the Closing, and to make appropriate changes, if
in its judgment such changes are necessary in light of then existing business
conditions.
(b) Unless expressly listed as an Assumed Liability, Sellers shall retain
responsibility for any hospital, medical, dental, life insurance, disability,
workers' compensation and other employee welfare benefit plan premiums due and
payable for coverage prior to the Closing Date. Hospital, medical, dental, life
insurance, disability, workers' compensation and other employee welfare benefit
plans listed on Schedule 2.13 for which premiums will be accrued and payable for
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coverage of the Continuing Employees on or after the Closing Date shall be the
responsibility of Purchaser. Unless expressly listed as an Assumed Liability on
Schedule 1.2, Sellers shall remain responsible for paying all unpaid vacation,
sick-leave or other time-off pay accrued by all employees through the Closing
Date.
(c) Unless expressly listed as an Assumed Liability on Schedule 1.2,
Sellers shall pay to all Continuing Employees all benefits accrued to such
employees prior to the Closing Date (including, without limitation, vacation pay
and time-off pay) as soon as practicable after Closing, but in no event more
than 14 days after Closing.
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(d) At closing CORE shall grant Incentive Stock Options for 140,000
shares of CORE Common Stock to Continuing Employees (the "SSDC Employee ISOs").
Allocation of the options among Continuing Employees shall be as mutually agreed
between CORE, Founder and Sellers. The documentation evidencing the SSDC
Employee ISOs shall be in the form substantially similar to the form used for
CORE employees, except the Incentive Stock Option Agreement will provide for
full accelerated vesting upon death, disability or retirement of the employee.
At the end of each calendar quarter of each year, provided Founder is
an employee of Purchaser, CORE shall grant to Founder incentive stock options
for the purchase of CORE Common Stock (with an exercise price equal to the
stock's then current fair market value, a five year vesting schedule, including
20% vesting at grant and a 5 year term) in an amount equal to the number of SSDC
Employee ISOs terminated, without exercise, during the prior calendar quarter.
(e) No provision of this Section 6.1 shall create any third-party-
beneficiary rights in any employee or former employee (including any beneficiary
thereof) of any Seller or Purchaser.
SECTION 6.2 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE; CASH AND A/R ACCOUNT
For the purposes of this Agreement "Cash and A/R Account" shall consist of
cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable (net of reserves) of Sellers
transferred to Purchaser at Closing. Founder and Sellers agree that the amount
of the Cash and A/R Account transferred to Purchaser at Closing shall be equal
to the amount of Assumed Liabilities as such liabilities would be set forth on a
properly prepared balance sheet. Cash and accounts receivable of Sellers in
excess of the Cash and A/R Account required to satisfy the preceding sentence
shall be retained by Sellers.
SECTION 6.3 NO BREACHES OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Between the date hereof and Closing, CORE will not take any action which
would cause or constitute a breach, or would, if it had been taken immediately
prior to the date hereof, have caused or constituted a breach, of any of the
representations and warranties of CORE set forth herein. CORE will, in the event
of, and promptly after the occurrence of or the impending or threatened
occurrence of, any event which would cause or constitute a breach or would, if
it had occurred immediately prior to the date hereof, have caused or constituted
a breach of any of the representations and warranties of CORE set forth herein,
give detailed notice to Sellers; and CORE will use its reasonable best efforts
to prevent or promptly to remedy such breach.
SECTION 6.4 BEST EFFORTS
CORE will use its reasonable best efforts to effectuate the transactions
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contemplated, to perform all the covenants and agreements contained herein, and
to fulfill the conditions of CORE's obligations under this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNITY BY THE SELLERS AND FOUNDER
SECTION 7.1 INDEMNIFICATION
Each Seller and Founder, jointly and severally, hereby agree to indemnify,
defend, save and hold CORE and Purchaser harmless from and against, and will
reimburse CORE and its subsidiaries or Purchaser, and any person serving as
officers, directors, agents, counsel or employees thereof, as the case may be,
for all losses, liabilities, costs, damages, assessments, taxes, judgments,
deficiencies, and expenses of any nature whatsoever (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incident to any suit, action or
proceeding) incurred by CORE or Purchaser which shall arise out of or result
from or constitute any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or
agreement of any Seller or Founder in this Agreement, or in any certificate,
schedule or exhibit delivered pursuant hereto, and for any undisclosed
liabilities of any Seller or Founder incurred prior to the Closing Date. Each
Seller and Founder hereby releases every other Seller and Founder from any
obligation of contribution, indemnity or the like relating to any claims under
this Article.
The amount of the indemnity to which CORE and Purchaser shall be entitled
hereunder shall be measured by the sum of (a) the amount of cash required to
restore the circumstances or condition which constitutes the breach of any such
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement or non-fulfillment of any such
obligation to what it would have been on the Closing Date had such breach or
non-fulfillment not occurred and (b) all reasonable attorneys' fees and other
costs and expenses incident to any suit, action or proceeding relating thereto.
SECTION 7.2 DETERMINATION OF LIABILITY
In the event that at any time or from time to time, CORE shall determine
that it or Purchaser is entitled to indemnification under Section 7.1 hereof, it
shall give written notice to the Sellers and Founder specifying the cause, the
amount of such claim and the 20 day objection period described in the next
sentence. Sellers or Founder may object to the claim by delivering written
notice thereof to CORE within twenty (20) days after receipt of CORE's written
notice. Failure on the part of Sellers or Founder so to object shall constitute
an acceptance of the CORE's claim and if the amount to which CORE or Purchaser
is entitled is not paid by Sellers or Founder within ten (10) days of such
determination, then CORE shall have the right to satisfy all or part of such
indemnification obligations of Seller by offset against the Additional Purchase
Price. In the event such claim exceeds the amount of the Additional Purchase
Price, or the Additional Purchase Price has previously been paid, or the
Additional Purchase Price is
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otherwise insufficient to fully satisfy such claim, Founder and Sellers shall be
jointly and severally liable to CORE and Purchase for payment of such claim.
In the event that Sellers or Founder shall so object and CORE and Sellers
or Founder shall fail to reach an agreement as to the entitlement of CORE or
Purchaser to indemnification or the amount thereof within sixty (60) days after
the written notice by Sellers or Founder objecting to the claim, then so much of
the matter as may be in dispute shall be submitted to the American Arbitration
Association in Orange County, California for settlement in accordance with its
rules, and the decision as to the disputed matter rendered by the arbitrator or
arbitrators shall be binding on all parties to this Agreement. CORE, Purchaser,
Sellers and Founder shall act upon such award in like manner as though it
constituted an agreement reached between the parties. CORE or Purchaser, on one
hand, and Seller and Founder on the other hand, shall each bear the cost of
their respective expenses and shall each pay fifty percent (50%) of the
arbitrators' charges.
SECTION 7.3 DEFENSE OF CLAIMS
After receipt by CORE or Purchaser of notice of the existence of any claim
made or threatened by a third party, to which the indemnification obligations
hereunder apply, CORE shall give written notice thereof to Founder and Sellers,
but the omission to so notify Founder and Sellers will not relieve Founder and
Sellers from any liability except to the extent that Founder and Sellers shall
have been materially prejudiced as a result of the failure in giving such
notice. Such notice shall state the information then available regarding the
amount and nature of such claim and shall specify the provision or provisions of
this Agreement under which the liability or obligation is asserted. If within
ten (10) days after receiving such notice, Founder or any Seller gives written
notice to CORE stating that he or it disputes and intends to defend against such
claim at Founder or Seller's own cost and expense (subject to the consent of
CORE which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld but which consent may be
conditional upon bonding or other evidence of ability to pay upon a judgment)
provided Seller's or Founder's counsel in such defense is acceptable to CORE,
then CORE shall make no payment on such claim as long as Seller is conducting a
good faith and diligent defense. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, CORE and Purchaser shall at all times have the right to fully
participate in such defense at CORE's and Purchaser's own expense directly or
through counsel; provided, however, if the named parties to the action include
both (i) any Seller or Founder and (ii) Purchaser or CORE and representation of
both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable
standards of professional conduct, the expense of one separate counsel for CORE
or Purchaser shall be paid by Founder and Sellers. If no timely notice of intent
to dispute and defend is given by any Seller or Founder, or if such diligent
good faith defense is not being or ceases to be conducted, after written notice
to Founder and Sellers and the failure of any Seller to initiate or conduct such
a defense within ten (10) days after such notice, CORE, at the expense of
Founder and Sellers, shall undertake the defense of such claim, liability or
expense, and shall have the right to compromise or settle the same. If such
claim,
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liability or expense is one that by its nature cannot be defended solely by a
Founder or Seller then CORE and Purchaser shall make available all information
and assistance that Founder or Sellers may reasonably request and shall
cooperate with the Founder or Sellers in such defense provided, Founder or
Sellers shall reimburse CORE and Purchaser for their costs and expenses in
providing such assistance.
SECTION 7.4 RECOURSE TO SELLERS AND FOUNDER
Any amounts offset against the Additional Purchase Price shall in no way
limit CORE's or Purchaser's rights in law or equity to recover from Founder and
Sellers in respect of any claims of CORE or Purchaser not fully satisfied by
such offsets.
SECTION 7.5 NOTIFICATION
To simplify notification and communications pursuant to this Article VII,
each Seller hereby appoints Founder to act as its agent and attorney-in-fact to
receive and deliver notices under this Article VII and to negotiate settlements
on its behalf. Accordingly, a notice by CORE or Purchaser to either Founder or
to any Seller shall be deemed to be a notice to each of Founder and all Sellers.
Similarly, an instruction notice, waiver or objection from either Founder or any
Seller shall be deemed to be an instruction, notice, waiver or objection from
each of Founder and all Sellers.
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLERS AND FOUNDER
The obligations of Sellers and Founder to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement on the terms and conditions contained herein
shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing Date of each of
the following conditions, any or all of which may be waived in whole or in part
by Founder or Sellers but only in a writing signed by Sellers and Founder:
SECTION 8.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The representations and warranties of CORE and Purchaser contained in this
Agreement expressly made as of the Closing Date shall be true at and as of the
Closing Date in all material respects, and all of the other representations and
warranties contained shall be true in all material respects at and as of the
Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made at and as
of such time.
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SECTION 8.2 COMPLIANCE BY CORE AND PURCHASER
CORE and Purchaser shall have performed and complied with all agreements
and conditions on its part required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with prior to or at the Closing Date.
SECTION 8.3 CLOSING CERTIFICATES
Seller shall have received certificates of CORE and Purchaser executed by
the President and Chief Financial Officer of each corporation dated the Closing
Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 8.1
and 8.2 of this Article VIII and such other evidence with respect to the
fulfillment of any said conditions as Seller may reasonably request upon
reasonable prior notice.
SECTION 8.4 LEGAL OPINION
Seller shall have received an opinion of Rich, May, Bilodeau & Flaherty,
P.C., counsel for CORE and Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for Seller substantially to the
effect as set forth on Exhibit F.
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Such opinion shall cover such related matters as Seller may reasonably
require, and may contain customary assumptions and exceptions.
SECTION 8.5 CERTIFIED RESOLUTIONS
CORE and Purchaser shall have furnished to Seller certified resolutions and
resolutions of their respective Boards of Directors duly and legally authorizing
the execution, performance of this Agreement by CORE, and such other
documentation as Seller shall reasonably request.
ARTICLE IX
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF CORE AND PURCHASER
The obligations of CORE and Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior
to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any or all of which may
be waived in whole or in part by CORE and Purchaser but only in a writing signed
by CORE and Purchaser:
SECTION 9.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The representations and warranties of Sellers and Founder contained in
this Agreement expressly made as of the Closing Date, and all of the other
representations and warranties of
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Sellers and Founder contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects at and as of the Closing Date.
SECTION 9.2 COMPLIANCE BY SELLER AND FOUNDER
Sellers and Founder shall have performed and complied with all agreements,
covenants and conditions on their part required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with prior to or at the Closing Date.
SECTION 9.3 CLOSING CERTIFICATE
CORE shall have received a certificate of each Seller executed by the
President (or Chief Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer of Seller and
dated the Closing Date, and from Founder, dated the Closing Date, certifying to
the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of this
Article IX; and such other evidence with respect to the fulfillment of any said
conditions as CORE may reasonably request upon reasonable prior notice.
SECTION 9.4 LEGAL OPINION
CORE and Purchaser shall have received an opinion of James D. White,
counsel for Sellers and Founder, dated the Closing Date, reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to counsel for CORE, substantially to the effect as set
forth on Exhibit E.
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Such opinion shall cover such related matters, as CORE or Purchaser may
reasonably require, and may contain customary assumptions and exceptions.
SECTION 9.5 CERTIFIED RESOLUTIONS AND VOTES
GP and DMC shall have furnished CORE with certified resolutions and votes
of their respective Board of Directors and stockholders duly and legally
authorizing the execution and performance of this Agreement by GP and DMC, and
such other documentation as CORE shall reasonably request.
SSDC shall have furnished CORE with documentation evidencing authorization
of the execution and performance of this Agreement by SSDC, and such other
documentation as CORE shall reasonably request.
SECTION 9.6 NO LITIGATION
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, no suit or action
or legal, administrative, arbitration or other proceeding shall have been
instituted, or threatened, against
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any Seller or Founder or which might adversely affect the financial condition of
any Seller or the conduct of Sellers' Business.
SECTION 9.7 PRESERVATION OF BUSINESS
The going business of Sellers and their business organizations and
personnel shall have been substantially preserved intact and shall not have been
materially impaired. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date,
the key employees of Sellers shall have continued in the employ of Sellers,
Sellers shall not have discontinued any lines of business or changed in any
material respect the nature of its business from those existing on the date
hereof. There shall have been no material adverse change in Sellers since
December 31, 1996.
SECTION 9.8 RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS
The relations of Sellers with their customers, suppliers, landlords and
others shall have been substantially preserved intact and not materially
impaired.
SECTION 9.9 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION; MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Sellers and Founder shall have provided CORE with such additional
documentation as CORE shall reasonably request.
CORE shall have received the monthly financial statements and the
Audited Financial Statements of Sellers as described in Section 4.12 hereof.
SECTION 9.10 CORPORATE AND OTHER RECORDS
There shall have been delivered to CORE the books and records of Sellers as
described in Section 1.1(j).
SECTION 9.11 MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS
At the Closing, Sellers shall have good and marketable title to all of the
Subject Assets, including personal property, real estate, intellectual property,
free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges and encumbrances. The
properties, machinery and equipment of Sellers shall have been maintained in
good repair and operating condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
SECTION 9.12 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT; RELEASES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF EMPLOYEES
Founder shall have executed an Employment Agreement with Purchaser in
substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G.
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.19, CORE shall have received
from all Continuing Employees the releases and acknowledgements described in
Section 5.6.
SECTION 9.13 NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENTS
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.19, each of the persons
listed on Schedule 9.13 shall have executed a Non-Competition Agreement with
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CORE in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit H, pursuant to which
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such persons will agree not to engage in competition with the business of Seller
purchased by Purchaser or any business of CORE and its affiliated corporations
within the geographical area of the United States for the period of time stated
therein.
SECTION 9.14 CONSENTS
Sellers shall have (i) delivered to CORE and Purchaser all consents of
third parties required by any and all agreements or documents to which any
Seller is a party or bound, in order to give effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby or (ii) established arrangements acceptable to Purchaser, in
its sole discretion, as described in Section 1.8. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to the extent required or requested by CORE and
Purchaser, such consents shall include consents of (i) the parties to the
contracts and agreement listed on Schedule 2.10; (ii) except as otherwise
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provided in Section 9.19, the employees or consultants with whom Seller has
contracts or agreements; and (iii) landlord of the Real Estate Lease. There
shall have been delivered to CORE all assignments, deeds, bills of sale,
insurance policies, contracts, leases, franchises, permits and all other
documents pertaining to the Subject Assets.
SECTION 9.15 PROCEEDINGS
All corporate or other proceedings taken or required to be taken in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby at or prior to the Closing
and all documents incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to CORE and its counsel.
SECTION 9.16 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ITEMS; CASH PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENT
(a) On the Closing Date, the financial statement items set forth in Section
5.8 shall have been maintained and satisfied.
(b) Purchase Price Adjustments at Closing. In the event the financial
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statement items set forth in Section 5.8 hereof are not satisfied as evidenced
by the most recent unaudited balance sheets of Sellers provided to CORE pursuant
to Section 5.12 hereof, at CORE's option, CORE may elect to consummate the
transaction upon payment from Sellers of an amount equal to the deficiency in
the Minimum Cash and A/R Account.
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(c) Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment. Notwithstanding whether
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or not the Purchase Price Adjustment in Section 9.16(b) has been made, within 90
days of the Closing Date or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable,
Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to the Founder and Sellers a balance sheet
for Purchaser and Sellers as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Balance Sheet").
The Closing Balance Sheet shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.
If the Closing Balance Sheet indicates that the financial conditions set
forth in Section 5.8 were not satisfied at Closing, the Founders and Sellers
shall immediately pay to CORE an amount equal to the deficiency in the Minimum
Cash and A/R Account.
Any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 9.16(c), shall be equitably
adjusted to reflect any adjustments made pursuant to Section 9.16(b).
SECTION 9.17 GOVERNMENTAL CONSENT AND APPROVALS; STATUTES, LICENSES, PERMITS,
ETC.
All statutory requirements for the valid consummation of the transaction
described in this Agreement shall have been complied with, including the receipt
of all required authorizations, consents and approvals of federal and state
governmental agencies. No statute, rule, regulations, executive order, decree,
injunction or restraining order shall have been enacted, promulgated or enforced
(and not repealed, superseded or otherwise made inapplicable) by any court or
governmental authority which prohibits the consummation of the transaction
described in this Agreement.
Purchaser shall have received or have been granted any and all necessary
certificates, licenses, permits authorities and franchises by the appropriate
local, state and federal government agencies in order for Purchaser to conduct
the Business (the "Permits and Licenses") Seller and Founder shall cooperate and
employ their best effort to assist Buyer in receiving the Permits and Licenses.
SECTION 9.18 DUE DILIGENCE; SCHEDULES
In addition to the delivery and acceptance of the Schedules described in
Section 1.7, and CORE's acceptance of a procedure for transfer of contracts as
described in Section 1.8, CORE and Purchaser shall have completed its due
diligence investigation of the business of Sellers, including, without
limitation, review of financial statements, assets, liabilities, products,
services, inventory, methods of accounting, margins and financial and other
business records and investigation of Sellers' customers and suppliers. In this
connection, Sellers and Founder agree to make necessary information available
and to authorize reasonable visits to Sellers' premises with such staff,
consultants and experts as Purchaser deems necessary or desirable. Purchaser and
CORE agree to coordinate closely all such activities with Sellers and to conduct
any such inquiries with appropriate discretion and sensitivity to Sellers'
relationships with its employees,
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customers and suppliers. Such due diligence shall include a valuation of all
the assets and goodwill of Sellers and an allocation of the Purchase Price over
such Assets including goodwill. A satisfactory conclusion, in the opinion of
CORE (in its sole discretion), of this due diligence study is a condition to
CORE and Purchaser consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 9.19 POST-CLOSING MATTERS
At the election of CORE and Purchaser, in lieu of delivery at Closing of
consents, agreements and documents from employees or other third parties, CORE
and Purchaser may permit Sellers and Founders to obtain and delivery such
consents, agreements and documents immediately after the Closing. Sellers and
Founder hereby represent and warrant to CORE and Purchaser that if the Closing
occurs without delivery by Seller's and Founder of the consents, agreements and
documents as described in Sections 5.6 and 9.13, then Sellers and Founders
jointly and severally agree to indemnify Purchaser and CORE pursuant to Article
VII hereof for the failure to deliver such consents, agreements or documents.
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION OR ABANDONMENT
SECTION 10.1 TERMINATION OR ABANDONMENT
This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein may be terminated
and abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Date:
a) by mutual consent of CORE, Purchaser, Founder and Sellers;
b) by CORE if (i) any of the representations or warranties of Sellers or
Founder contained herein shall have been untrue or incorrect in any material
respect on the date hereof or (ii) any Seller or Founder shall be in material
breach of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder and such
breach shall continue uncured until the earlier of (x) the scheduled Closing
Date, or (y) the third day following the receipt by the breaching party of
notice thereof;
c) by Founder or Sellers if (i) any of the representations or warranties of
CORE or Purchaser contained herein shall have been untrue or incorrect in any
material respect on the date hereof or (ii) CORE or Purchaser shall be in
material breach of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder and
such breach shall continue uncured until the earlier of (x) the scheduled
Closing Date, or (y) the third day following the receipt by the breaching party
of notice thereof;
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d) by either Founder, any Seller, Purchaser or CORE if, without fault of
such terminating party, the Closing has not become effective by September 30,
1997, or such other date, if any, as Founder and CORE shall agree in writing
upon;
e) by CORE pursuant to Section 1.7 hereof or if the conditions set forth in
Section 9.18 (Due Diligence) have not been satisfied on or prior to the Closing
Date;
f) by CORE if the conditions set forth in Article IX hereof have not been
satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date;
g) by Founder or any Seller if the conditions set forth in Article VIII
hereof have not been satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date.
SECTION 10.2 EFFECT OF TERMINATION OR ABANDONMENT
In the event of the termination and abandonment of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 10.1, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other
parties and this Agreement shall become void and have no effect without
liability of any party to any other party except as set forth below, except the
provisions of Section 11.10 (Expenses); Section 11.12 (Confidentiality; Press
Releases and Public Announcements) and Section 10.3 (Arbitration re:
Termination), shall survive.
In the event the parties hereto do not consummate the transactions
described in this Agreement due to the breach of this Agreement by Sellers or
Founders and on or before June 30, 1998, and any Seller (or any Seller's
stockholders or partner) is involved in a merger, sale or transfer of a
significant portion of any Seller's assets or stock or equity interests,
directly or indirectly which is not related to R. Gary's Dolenga's death or
disability (a "Significant Transaction"), then in such event, Founder and
Sellers shall pay to CORE a fee of $1,000,000 immediately upon the occurrence of
the Significant Transaction (such payment shall accrue interest at 15% per annum
if not paid on the date of the Significant Transaction).
All parties hereto agree that the $1,000,000 fee is reasonable in light of
potential expenses and exposure of CORE and potential loss of the benefits of
its bargain in connection with the proposed transaction described in this
Agreement.
Except for the fee related to a Significant Transaction as described above,
which shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement, the
parties hereto acknowledge that the Closing hereunder is subject to further due
diligence and contingencies. Accordingly, the parties agree that no fee, penalty
or other damages shall be due or payable for termination of this Agreement, with
or without cause, by any party hereto.
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The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and each agree that it may be
difficult, if not impossible, to accurately determine the amount of damages that
may be incurred for a breach of this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties agree
that the amounts payable (or not payable) and other rights granted under the
circumstances described in this Article X are reasonable.
SECTION 10.3 ARBITRATION RE: TERMINATION
If there is a dispute concerning termination pursuant to this Article X
such dispute shall be immediately submitted to arbitration in Orange County,
California before a panel of three arbitrators in accordance with the rules of
the American Arbitration Association and the party electing to terminate this
Agreement shall have the burden of proving its right to terminate. The
arbitrators shall not have authority to change the amount of the payments or
credits due hereunder. The decision of the arbitrators shall be final and
binding upon all parties, and judgment upon the decision may be entered in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
ARTICLE XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 CONFIDENTIALITY
CORE will use its reasonable best efforts to keep confidential any and
all information furnished to it by Seller or its independent public accountants
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the
business and financial review and investigation conducted by CORE, except to the
extent any such information may be generally available to the public; provided,
however, that (i) any disclosure of such information may be made by CORE to the
extent required by applicable law or regulation or judicial or regulatory
process, and (ii) such information may be used by CORE as evidence in or in
connection with any pending or threatened litigation relating to this Agreement
or any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 11.2 CLOSING DOCUMENTS
The parties will make every good faith effort to reach agreement as to the
form of the documentation to be delivered in connection with the Closing
hereunder, except as provided in Section 1.7, 1.8 and 9.18 concerning CORE and
Purchaser's acceptance and review of Schedules and due diligence matters which
remain in CORE's and Purchaser's sole discretion.
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SECTION 11.3 NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
This Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person or
entity other than the parties hereto.
SECTION 11.4 WAIVERS; BEST KNOWLEDGE
Sellers, Founder, CORE or Purchaser may extend the time for or waive the
performance of any of the obligations of the other, waive any inaccuracies in
the representations or warranties of the other, or waive compliance by the other
with any of the covenants or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any such
extension or waiver shall be in writing and signed by a duly authorized officer
of the extending or waiving party.
SECTION 11.5 NOTICES
Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided in this
Agreement that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or
other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties
by another, or whenever any of the parties desires to give or serve upon another
any communication with respect to this Agreement, each such notice, demand,
request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be (a) in
writing and shall be deemed to be given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) on
the third business day after deposit in a regularly maintained receptacle of the
United Stated mail as registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, (iii) one business day after deposit with a recognized national
private courier service, or (iv) on the day on which the party to whom such
notice is addressed refuses delivery by mail or by private courier service, and
(b) addressed as follows:
if to CORE or
Purchaser to: CORE, INC.
18881 Von Karman Ave. - Suite 1750
Irvine, CA 92612
Attn: George C. Carpenter IV, Chief Executive
Officer
Telephone: (714) 442-2100
Fax: (714) 442-2102
with a copy to: Rich, May, Bilodeau & Flaherty, P.C.
294 Washington Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Attention: Stephen M. Kane, Esq.
Telephone: (617) 482-1360
Fax: (617) 556-3889
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if to any Seller or
Founder to:
SSDC
39500 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 350
Novi, Michigan 48375-5373
Attn: R. Gary Dolenga
Telephone: (810) 344-4444 x 266
Fax: (248) 344-1623
with a copy to: James D. White, Esq.
1085 Canyon View
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Telephone: (714) 497-3102
Fax: (714) 497-3102
or to such other address as may be designated in writing by either party from
time to time in accordance herewith.
To simplify notices and communications hereunder, Founder and each Seller
agree that notices or communications addressed, sent to or received by Founder
or any Seller shall be deemed to be addressed, sent or received by Founder and
all Sellers.
SECTION 11.6 OMITTED
SECTION 11.7 SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS; REFERENCES TO SELLERS
All covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of
any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors, heirs, personal representatives and permitted assigns of the parties
hereto.
References to "Sellers" shall include, to the extent the context permits,
each and every Seller jointly and severally.
SECTION 11.8 COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original.
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SECTION 11.9 GOVERNING LAW; AMENDMENTS
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein and
cannot be changed, amended or terminated orally, but only in writing duly signed
on behalf of all parties hereto.
SECTION 11.10 EXPENSES
The parties shall bear their own expenses with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 11.11 HEADINGS AND CAPTIONS
The section headings and captions contained in this Agreement are inserted
for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.12 CONFIDENTIALITY; PRESS RELEASES AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Founder and each Seller acknowledge that CORE is a publicly-traded
corporation and accordingly, disclosure of information and news concerning CORE
must be effected in a systematic, controlled manner. Accordingly, Founder and
Sellers shall keep confidential and not disclose to any person or entity (except
for their respective tax, accounting and legal advisors and any employee on a
"need to know" basis and then only when the confidentiality and non-disclosure
obligations have been fully explained and accepted by such persons) any
information about this Agreement, the proposed transaction or any added matter.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither any Seller nor
Founder shall issue any press release or make any public announcement relating
to the subject matter of this Agreement without the prior written approval of
CORE; provided, however, that CORE may make any public disclosure it believes in
good faith is required by or prudent under applicable law or any listing or
trading agreement concerning its publicly-traded securities (in which case CORE
will consult Founder and Sellers prior to making the disclosure).
SECTION 11.13 SEVERABILITY
Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in
any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity of
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or
enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in
any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION 11.14 INCORPORATION OF SCHEDULES
The Schedules identified in this Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof.
SECTION 11.15 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement (including the documents referred to herein) constitutes the
entire agreement among the parties and supersedes any prior understandings,
agreements, or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, to the
extent they have related in any way to the subject matter hereof. Each of the
parties hereto acknowledges that they have participated in the drafting of this
Agreement, and agrees that no provision of this Agreement shall be construed for
or against any party solely on the basis of its contribution, or lack of
contribution, to the drafting of such provision.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
CORE, INC.
Attest: ("CORE")
By: /s/ William E. Nixon By: /s/ George C. Carpenter IV
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William E. Nixon George C. Carpenter IV
Clerk Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
SSDC Corp.
Attest: ("Purchaser")
By: /s/ William E. Nixon By: /s/ George C. Carpenter IV
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William E. Nixon George C. Carpenter IV
Secretary Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CONSULTANTS
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: /s/ Phylis M. Dolenga ("SSDC")
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Name_____________________________
Title____________________________ By: /s/ R. Gary Dolenga
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R. Gary Dolenga, as President of Disability
Services, Inc., the General Partner of SSDC
Attest: DISABILITY SERVICES, INC.
("GP")
By: /s/ Phylis M. Dolenga
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Name:____________________________ By: /s/ R. Gary Dolenga
Title:___________________________ ----------------------------------------
Name: R. Gary Dolenga
Title:_____________________________________
Attest: DSI MEDICARE CONSULTANTS, INC.
By: /s/ R. Gary Dolenga By: /s/ Phylis M. Dolenga
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Name:____________________________ Name: Phylis M. Dolenga
Title:___________________________ Title:_____________________________________
/s/ Phylis M. Dolenga
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Phylis M. Dolenga, individually
(a "Founder")
/s/ R. Gary Dolenga
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R. Gary Dolenga, individually
(a "Founder")
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
The Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of june 14, 1997 by and among the
undersigned is hereby amended as of June 24, 1997, as follows:
1. Section 1.3(b). Section 1.3(b) of the Asset Purchase Agreement is
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hereby amended to ready in its entirety as follows:
(b) In addition to the Cash Purchase Price, Purchaser shall pay
to Sellers (i) the amount of $1,500,000, payable in four equal
installments of $375,000 on each of September 24, 1997, December
24, 1997, March 24, 1998 and June 24, 1998 (the "Quarterly
Payments") and (ii) additional aggregate consideration of up to
$920,000, expressly contingent upon the Business obtaining
performance criteria based upon Sellers' projections (the
"Performance Criteria"). The Performance Criteria and the timing
of such payments upon attainment of the Performance Criteria are
set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The Quarterly Payments and
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payments for satisfaction of Performance Criteria shall be
referred to as "Additional Purchase Price".
2. Exhibit A. Exhibit A is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set
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forth in Exhibit A to this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 to Asset
Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.
CORE, INC.
Attest: ("CORE")
By: /s/ William E. Nixon By: /s/ George C. Carpenter IV
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William E. Nixon George C. Carpenter IV
Clerk Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
SSDC Corp.
Attest: ("Purchaser")
By: /s/ William E. Nixon By: /s/ George C. Carpenter IV
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William E. Nixon George C. Carpenter IV
Secretary Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CONSULTANTS
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: /s/ Phylis M. Dolenga ("SSDC")
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Name_____________________________
Title____________________________ By: /s/ R. Gary Dolenga
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R. Gary Dolenga, as President of Disability
Services, Inc., the General Partner of SSDC
Attest: DISABILITY SERVICES, INC.
("GP")
By: /s/ Phylis M. Dolenga
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Name:____________________________ By: /s/ R. Gary Dolenga
Title:___________________________ ---------------------------------------
Name: R. Gary Dolenga
Title:____________________________________
Attest: DSI MEDICARE CONSULTANTS, INC.
By: /s/ R. Gary Dolenga By: /s/ Phylis M. Dolenga
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Title:___________________________ Title:____________________________________
/s/ Phylis M. Dolenga
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Phylis M. Dolenga, individually
(a "Founder")
/s/ R. Gary Dolenga
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R. Gary Dolenga, individually
(a "Founder")
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EXHIBIT A
TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Notwithstanding any other term or condition of the Asset Purchase Agreement
or this Exhibit A or any formula or description described herein, in no event
shall more than $920,000 ($600,000 maximum for Fiscal Period One and $320,000
for Fiscal Period Two) Additional Purchase Price consideration be due Sellers
for satisfaction of Financial Performance Criteria.
ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE CONSIDERATION FOR FISCAL PERIOD ONE
Additional Purchase Price consideration shall be made to the Sellers if the
following Financial Performance Criteria are met or exceeded by the Business of
the Purchaser for the periods indicated:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended Target Pre-tax Net Income Additional Purchase Price
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<S> <C> <C>
Fiscal Period One:
09/30/97 $1,000,000 $150,000
12/31/97 $1,000,000 $150,000
03/31/98 $ 825,000 $150,000
06/30/98 $ 825,000 $150,000
TOTAL: $3,650,000 TOTAL: $600,000
</TABLE>
For each quarter of Fiscal Period One, if Purchaser's Pre-tax Net Income
equals or exceeds 70% of the Target Pre-tax Net Income indicated, Sellers shall
be entitled to the Additional Purchase Price consideration indicated. If for any
quarter in Fiscal Period One, Purchaser's Pretax Net income is less than the
indicated Target Pre-tax Net Income and greater than 70%, then Sellers shall be
entitled to Additional Purchase price consideration in an amount equal to the
maximum quarterly Additional Purchase Price ($150,000) multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the actual Pre-Tax Net Income and the denominator of
which is the Target Pre-Tax Net Income. For example and without limitation, if
Purchaser's Pre-tax Net Income for the quarter ended 3/31/98 is $660,000 (80% of
the Target), the Additional Purchase Price consideration for such quarter shall
be $120,000 (80% of $150,000).
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Furthermore, if less than $600,000 Additional Purchase Price consideration
is due or has been paid Sellers for the four quarters ended June 30, 1998,
Sellers shall receive Additional Purchase Price consideration, above the
quarterly Additional Purchase Price consideration, so that the percentage of the
$600,000 Additional Purchase Price consideration due Sellers is not less than
the percentage of (x) actual Pre-Tax Net Income plus Core Added Value (as
defined below) divided by (y) $3,650,000; provided no payment under this
sentence shall be due if the percentage is less than 70% for the entire four
quarter period.
When earned, Additional Purchase Price consideration will be paid within 45
days following the end of the applicable quarter.
For the purposes of this Agreement, Pre-tax Net Income is defined as all
Business revenues of Purchaser less all Business expenses of Purchaser excluding
interest expense and income taxes related to the Business operation. Business
expenses of Purchaser include those expenses relating to the operation of the
Business of Purchaser (SSDC Corp.) and include without limitation, all direct
expenses, general and administrative expenses, sales and marketing expenses and
depreciation expense.
CORE Added Value shall equal 10% of the amount of total first year sales
(exclusive of implementation fees and other direct cost reimbursement expenses)
of CORE's services or products (other than services and products of Sellers,
Purchaser or the Business) initiated within 24 months of the Closing Date and
made to an entity (i) which was a client of Sellers as of June 14, 1997, or (ii)
for which R. Gary Dolenga or SSDC Corp. acted as and was identified as the lead
sales contact and/or procuring cause.
That portion of Additional Purchase Price consideration due to Sellers
based on CORE Added Value (i.e., first year sales to new CORE clients) shall be
earned, on the earlier of when a contract is signed between CORE and the new
client or when services actually begin; however, payment of such amount shall be
expressly contingent on receipt of payment(s) from the new client and payable to
Sellers within 45 days of such receipt.
CORE shall deliver timely monthly financial statements to R. Gary Dolenga.
Such statements will be prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP). R. Gary Dolenga shall have the right to audit or
review the financial statements at his expense.
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
For the purposes of the Employment Agreement between Purchaser and R. Gary
Dolenga, and for Additional Purchase Price Criteria for Fiscal Period Two, the
following are the Financial Performance Criteria to be met or exceeded by the
Business of Purchaser for the periods indicated:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended Target Pre-tax Net Income
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plus CORE Added Value Additional Purchase Price
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<S> <C> <C>
Fiscal Period Two:
09/30/98 $825,000 $ 80,000
12/31/98 $825,000 $ 80,000
03/31/99 $744,000 $ 80,000
06/30/99 $744,000 $ 80,000
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TOTAL: $320,000
</TABLE>
LIMIT ON ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE CONSIDERATION
Notwithstanding any other term or condition of the Asset Purchase Agreement
or this Exhibit A or any formula or description described herein, in no event
shall more than $920,000 ($600,000 maximum for Fiscal Period One and $320,000
for Fiscal Period Two) Additional Purchase Price consideration be due Sellers
for satisfaction of Financial Performance Criteria.
Under no circumstances shall the Quarterly Payments be reduced on account
of Financial Performance Criteria.
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Exhibit 99.1
CORE, INC.
OPTION AGREEMENT
This Option Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of the 14th day of June,
1997 (the "Grant Date") by and between CORE, INC., a Massachusetts corporation
("CORE"), and R. Gary Dolenga (the "Holder").
WHEREAS, Holder, CORE and others have entered into an Asset Purchase
Agreement, dated as of June 14, 1997 (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") pursuant
to which corporations and a partnership controlled by Holder have agreed to sell
substantially all their assets to SSDC Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CORE;
WHEREAS, in connection with Holder's agreement to (a) provide consulting
services to CORE and SSDC Corp. during the period between the date hereof and
the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement), and
(b) enter into an Employment Agreement with SSDC Corp. to serve as the President
thereof after the Closing (as such term is defined in the Asset Purchase
Agreement), the Board of Directors of CORE have agreed to issue to Holder an
Option to purchase shares of CORE's Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and intending to be
legally bound, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
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CORE grants to Holder an Option ("Option") to purchase from CORE, at an exercise
price of $8.25 per share (the "Exercise Price"), 160,000 shares of CORE's common
stock (the "Option Shares"). Holder's right to purchase Option Shares shall
vest over two years as set forth in Section 3.4.
2. Term of Option. Unless earlier exercised or terminated pursuant to
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Section 3 below, this Option shall terminate on, and shall not be exercisable
after June 14, 2002 (five (5) years from the Grant Date).
3. Exercise.
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3.1 Exercisability. Subject to vesting and the terms and conditions
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of this Agreement, the Option may be exercised by Holder with respect to all or
any portion of the shares of common stock covered by the Option at any time on
or after the date hereof; provided that the Option may not be exercised at any
one time with respect to less than one hundred (100) shares of common stock of
CORE, unless the number of shares with respect to which the Option is exercised
is the total number of shares with respect to which the Option is exercisable at
that time.
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3.2 Notice of Exercise. Holder shall exercise the Option by
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delivering to CORE, either in person or by certified or registered mail, written
notice of election to exercise and payment in full of the purchase price as
provided in Subsection 3.3 below. The written notice shall set forth the whole
number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised.
3.3 Payment of Purchase Price. (a) The purchase price for any shares
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of common stock with respect to which Holder exercises this Option shall be paid
in full at the time Holder delivers to CORE the written notice of election to
exercise. Except as provided in 3.3(b), the purchase price shall be paid in cash
or by check.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if the
Current Market Value of one share of Common Stock of CORE is greater than the
Exercise Price for one share of Underlying Common Stock (at the date of the
calculation as set forth below), in lieu of paying the Exercise Price in cash,
the Holder may elect to receive shares of Underlying Common Stock equal to the
value (as determined below) of this Option (or the portion thereof being
exercised) by surrender of this Option at the principal office of CORE together
with a properly completed Notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in
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which event CORE shall issue to the Holder that number of shares of underlying
Common Stock computed using the following formula:
UCS = UWCS (CMV-EP)
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CMV
Where
UCS = the number of shares of Underlying Common Stock to
be issued to the Holder.
UWCS = the number of shares of Underlying Common Stock
purchasable under this Option, or, if only a
portion of this Option is being exercised, the
portion of this Option being exercised and
canceled (at the date of such calculation).
CMV = the Current Market Value of one share of
Underlying Common Stock (at the date of such
calculation).
EP = the per share Exercise Price (as adjusted to the
date of such calculation).
Underlying Common Stock means the shares of Common Stock of CORE subject to
this Option.
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Current Market Value means, at the date of determination, the closing price
per share of Common Stock of CORE on the trading date immediately preceding the
date of such determination, as such closing price is reported on the Nasdaq
National Market or, if the Common Stock is not then traded on the Nasdaq
National Market, on such other exchange or market on which the Common Stock is
then traded.
3.4 Vesting. This Option shall be 50% exercisable on June 14, 1988
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(one year from the Grant Date) and 100% exercisable on June 14, 1999 (two years
from the Grant Date). The June 14, 1999 vesting of the second 50% is contingent
upon R. Gary Dolenga's continued employment with CORE or a CORE subsidiary
through June 14, 1999, provided termination of employment due to disability or
without "Cause" (as defined in the Employment Agreement between R. Gary Dolenga
and SSDC Corp.) shall not prevent vesting pursuant to this sentence. This Option
shall be 100% exercisable upon a "Change in Control" of CORE, as defined in
Section 10.6 hereof, during R. Gary Dolenga's employment with CORE or a CORE
subsidiary. Subject to earlier termination events, this Option shall be
exercisable as follows:
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First Date Last Date
Number of Shares Percent of Exercise of Exercise
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
80,000 50% 6/14/1998 6/14/2002
80,000 50% 6/14/1999 6/14/2002
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TOTAL: 160,000 100%
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3.5 Earlier Termination Events. Notwithstanding the scheduled
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expiration date set forth in Section 2, this Option shall terminate (i)
immediately upon termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to Article
X thereof; or (ii) on September 30, 1997 or such later date as determined by
CORE in its sole discretion if (A) the Closing under the Asset Purchase
Agreement has not occurred, or (B) R. Gary Dolenga has not executed an
Employment Agreement with SSDC Corp. prior to such date.
4. Issuance of Shares. Promptly after CORE's receipt of the written
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notice of election provided for in Subsection 3.2 above and Holder's payment in
full of the purchase price pursuant to Section 3.3(a) or (b), CORE shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered to Holder certificates for the whole number of
shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised by Holder. Shares
shall be registered in the name of the Holder.
5. No Fractional Shares. In no event shall CORE be required to
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issue fractional shares upon the exercise of any portion of the Option.
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6. Rights as Stockholder. Holder shall have no rights as a
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stockholder of CORE with respect to any shares covered by the Option until the
date of exercise of an Option for such shares. No adjustment shall be made for
dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether cash, securities, or other
property) or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to
the date such share certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 7
below.
7. Recapitalization or Reorganization of CORE. Except as otherwise
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provided herein, appropriate and proportionate adjustments shall be made in the
number and class of shares subject to the Option and the purchase price of such
shares in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, separation, or like
change in the capital structure of CORE. In the event of a liquidation of CORE
or a merger, reorganization, or consolidation of CORE with any other corporation
in which CORE is not the surviving corporation or CORE becomes a subsidiary of
another corporation, or the sale of substantially all other assets of CORE or
more than 50 percent of the then outstanding stock of CORE to another
corporation or entity, any unexercised portion of the Option shall be deemed
cancelled unless the surviving corporation in any such merger, reorganization,
or consolidation elects to assume the Option or to issue substitute options in
place thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Option otherwise would be
cancelled in accordance with the preceding sentence, Holder shall receive
advance notice of at least 30 days and have the right, exercisable during a
thirty (30) day period ending on the fifth (5th) day prior to such liquidation,
merger, consolidation, sale of assets or change of control, to exercise the
Option in whole or in part. Such exercise may be contingent upon the closing of
the proposed transaction and revocable by Holder if such transaction does not
close. Additionally, for the purposes of the foregoing three sentences, such
transaction shall be deemed to be a "Change in Control" upon Holder's exercise
of this Option even if such exercise is prior to the actual closing of the
transaction. To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate to stock or
securities of CORE, such adjustments shall be made by the Board, the
determination of which shall be final, binding, and conclusive.
8. Permitted Transfer of Option. This Option shall not be
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assignable or transferable, provided, however, this Option may be transferred to
the spouse or issue of Holder, the legal representative of any trust or estate
in which the Holder or his or her spouse or issue shall have the principal
beneficial interest, or any charitable remainder trust. In order for the
transfer to be effective, transferee and CORE shall execute a new Option
Agreement with the same terms and provisions as this Agreement.
9. Investment Representation. Holder hereby represents and Options
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to CORE that Holder is acquiring the Option and the common stock subject thereto
for Holder's own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with
any distribution thereof. Holder hereby further represents and Options to, and
agrees with, CORE that, if Holder exercises the Option in whole or in part at a
time when there is not in effect under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a
registration statement covering the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option
and available for delivery a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section
10(a)(3) of said Act, that Holder may be required, as a condition of issuance of
the shares of common
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stock of CORE covered by the Option, to represent to CORE that the shares issued
pursuant to the exercise of the Option are being acquired for investment and
without a view to distribution thereof; and that in such case CORE may place a
legend on the certificate(s) evidencing the shares of the common stock of CORE
issued upon exercise of the Option reflecting the fact that the shares were
acquired for investment and cannot be sold or transferred unless registered
under said Act or unless counsel for CORE is satisfied that the circumstances of
the proposed transfer do not require such registration.
10. Option not an Incentive Stock Option. CORE and the Holder acknowledge
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and agree that the Option is not and shall not be construed to be an "Incentive
Stock Option" (as such term is defined under (S)422 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
11. General Provisions.
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11.1 Entire Agreement; Effect. This Agreement contains the
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entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and supersedes any and all prior written or oral agreements between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, including, without
limitation, that certain Warrant Agreement of even date herewith by and between
CORE and R. Gary Dolenga. There are no representations, agreements,
arrangements, or understandings, either written or oral, between or among the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof which are not set forth in
this Agreement.
11.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
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construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
11.3 Notices. Any notice given pursuant to this Agreement may be
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served personally on the party to be notified or may be mailed, with postage
thereon fully prepaid, by certified or registered mail, with return receipt
requested, addressed as set forth by the party's signature of this Agreement or
at such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to time.
Any notice given as provided in the preceding sentence shall be deemed delivered
when given, if personally served, or ten (10) business days after mailing, if
mailed.
11.4 Further Acts. Each party to this Agreement agrees to perform
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such further acts and to execute and deliver such other and additional documents
as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
11.5 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of
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this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity, illegality, or
unenforceability shall not affect any of the other terms, provisions, covenants,
or conditions of this Agreement, each of which shall be binding and enforceable.
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11.6 Definition of Change in Control of CORE. As used in Section 3.4
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hereof, a "Change in Control" of CORE shall be deemed to have occurred if:
(i) there is a merger or consolidation of CORE in which CORE is not
the continuing or surviving corporation;
(ii) CORE sells substantially all its assets to a single purchaser or
to a group of associated purchasers;
(iii) at least two-thirds of the outstanding common stock of CORE is
sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of in one transaction or in
a series of related transactions;
(iv) any person or entity becomes directly or indirectly the owner or
beneficial owner of 50% or more of CORE's outstanding stock;
(v) individuals who at the date hereof constitute the Board of
Directors of CORE cease to constitute a majority thereof,
provided that such change is the direct or indirect result of a
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proxy fight and contested election for positions on the Board; or
(vi) the Board of Directors of CORE determines in its sole and absolute
discretion that there has been a change in control of CORE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Option Agreement as
of the date first written above.
CORE, INC.
By: /s/ George C. Carpenter IV
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George C. Carpenter IV
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ R. Gary Dolenga
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R. Gary Dolenga
("Holder")
Attachment
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Exhibit A - Form of Notice of Cashless Exercise
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Exhibit A
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Notice of Election to Exercise Net Exercise Rights
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The undersigned Holder of the attached Option to purchase
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( ) shares of Common Stock of CORE, INC. hereby exercises said Option
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in its entirety* by electing to receive, in cancellation of the enclosed Option*
that number of shares of Underlying Common Stock computed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.3(b) of the attached Option.
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("Holder")
Dated:
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* (or, if applicable with respect to a designated smaller number of shares)
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Exhibit 99.2
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, entered into as of June 25, 1997, between
SSDC Corp., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), and R.
Gary Dolenga of Northville, Michigan (hereinafter called "Executive").
In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged by both
parties hereto, Company and Executive agree as follows:
1. Employment. Company will employ Executive and Executive will serve
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Company as its President upon the terms and conditions provided herein.
2. Duties. The Executive shall report to the President and/or Chief
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Executive Officer of CORE, INC. ("CORE") and, subject to the ultimate authority
of the Board of Directors of SSDC Corp., perform those duties and have
responsibility for those matters assigned or delegated to the Executive by
CORE's President and/or Chief Executive Officer. At the request of CORE,
Executive agrees to serve as a director of SSDC Corp. without any additional
consideration.
3. Term. The term of Executive's employment hereunder shall be for the
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period beginning June 25, 1997, and ending June 25, 1999 (the "Term"). This
Employment Agreement is subject to earlier termination as set forth in Section 8
hereof.
4. Commitment of Executive. During the term of this Agreement, the
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Executive shall be employed by Company on a full-time basis, and shall perform
his duties as President during the normal business hours of Company. During the
term of this Agreement, the Executive shall not perform work for compensation
within the industry in which the Company or CORE are active for any person or
entity other than Company without first obtaining the prior written consent of
the Board of Directors of Company which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
5. Compensation. During the Term of this Agreement, Company agrees
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to compensate the Executive at the rate of not less than ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND Dollars ($150,000) per annum. The Executive's compensation shall be
paid in installments pursuant to Company's personnel policies, as they may be
amended from time to time, less any applicable federal, state or local payroll
tax deductions incident on the Executive.
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6. Ethical Conduct. The Executive agrees to adhere to all recognized
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professional ethics and customs, and to avoid all actions or conduct which might
injure in any way, directly or indirectly, the professional standing and
reputation of Company or any of Company's affiliated corporations or employees.
Executive represents and warrants he is free to enter into the Employment
Agreement and that there are no employment contracts, restrictive covenants or
other obligations preventing full performance of his duties hereunder.
7. Fringe Benefits.
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(a) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to a vacation period
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of four weeks in any calendar year of his employment without loss of
compensation. In the event that the Executive's employment is terminated for any
reason prior to the expiration of a full calendar year, the vacation period to
which he is entitled shall be prorated, and he shall receive compensation on
account of any unused vacation days in addition to his regular compensation for
the period prior to his termination. The Executive shall not be entitled to
carry previously allowed vacation time over to the following calendar years
beyond a maximum of six weeks.
(b) Holidays and Sick Leave. In addition to his vacation time, the
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Executive shall be entitled without loss of compensation to those holidays to
which employees of Company are entitled under the personnel policies of Company.
Sick leave shall be accumulated for the Executive in accordance with the
personnel policies of Company.
(c) Health Care Benefits. The Executive shall be furnished with a
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health care benefit package consistent with benefits available to other Company
employees.
(d) Disability Benefits. Company agrees to continue the Executive's
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full salary and fringe benefits for a period of short-term disability not to
exceed one hundred eighty (180) days during which the Executive is unable to
work on account of illness or injury. Company shall provide the Executive at
Company's expense a long term disability benefit which shall be substantially
similar to long term disability benefits available to other Company employees.
Additionally, Company shall maintain disability and life insurance coverage
presently applicable to Executive from The Provident, Prudential and
Northwestern Mutual Life Company, provided, however, Company may substitute
substantially similar coverage with other carriers. No other fringe benefits
shall be continued during the period of any long-term disability.
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(e) Option. Pursuant to an Option Agreement, dated as of June 14,
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1997, Company has caused CORE to grant to Executive options for the purchase of
up to 160,000 shares of common stock of CORE. The terms and conditions of such
options are set forth in said Option Agreement.
(f) Other Fringe Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to
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additional fringe benefits consistent with the personnel policies of Company.
8. Termination of Agreement.
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(a) Cause. This Agreement may be terminated immediately by Company
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for Cause (as defined below). For the purpose of this Agreement, "Cause" shall
include:
(i) willful breach or habitual neglect of the duties Executive
is required to perform hereunder which materially
adversely impacts the Company, the Company's reputation or
the Executive's reputation;
(ii) any illegal, immoral or dishonest act or omission by
Executive which materially adversely impacts the Company,
the Company's reputation or the Executive's reputation;
(iii) the Executive's engagement in gross misconduct which
materially adversely impacts the Company, the Company's
reputation or the Executive's reputation;
(iv) the Executive's commission of any crime which constitutes
a felony in the jurisdiction committed (whether or not
involving Company);
(v) The Company's failure to satisfy 100% of the Financial
Performance Criteria after July 1, 1998, set forth in
Exhibit A to the Asset Purchase Agreement;
(vi) a material breach by the Executive of any material
provision of this Agreement.
If Company desires to terminate the Agreement for Cause, Company shall give
the Executive written notice of the termination date and shall specify in said
notice the termination provision of the Agreement and the factual basis upon
which the termination action is based.
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(b) Disability. This Agreement may also be terminated at the election
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of Company in the event that the Executive is disabled from performing his
duties hereunder for one hundred eighty (180) days or more (whether or not
consecutive) in any twelve-month period during the Term hereof. In the event
that this Agreement is terminated by Company because of the disability of the
Executive, Company shall give the Executive notice of a termination date, which
shall not be less than thirty (30) days subsequent to the date of the notice,
and this Agreement shall terminate on the termination date as so established by
Company.
(c) Executive's Election. This Agreement may also be terminated at
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the election of Executive for any reason on or after March 31, 1998. In the
event Executive chooses to so terminate his employment with Company, Executive
shall provide Company with no less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of
such election.
(d) Death. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the
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death of the Executive.
(e) Effect of Termination for Cause, Disability or Death. If the
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Executive's employment terminates pursuant to Section 8(a), 8(b), 8(c) or 8(d),
Company shall pay Executive his full salary and other benefits (including
accrued and unused vacation and sick time for such year) through the date of
termination of Executive's employment at the rate then in effect, and Company
shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement, except
for continuation of benefits required by applicable law.
9. Covenant Not to Compete; Non-Solicitation; Confidential Information.
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(a) In consideration of and as an inducement to Company to enter into
this Employment Agreement, Executive shall not, for a period commencing on the
date hereof and ending one year after Executive's termination of employment with
Company and its Affiliates (as defined in Section 9(h), below), for any reason,
but not later than July 1, 2000 (the end of such one year period, or July 1,
2000, if applicable, shall be referred to as the "Covenant End Date"), serve,
directly or indirectly, as an operator, owner, partner, consultant, officer,
director, or employee of any firm, company, corporation or entity (other than
CORE or one of CORE's wholly-owned subsidiaries) engaged within the geographical
area of North America in competition with the business of Company or any
business of CORE or its Affiliates.
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(b) Executive agrees that for a period commencing with the date of
this Agreement and ending on the Covenant End Date:
(i) Executive will not directly or indirectly solicit, hire or
attempt to hire for any purpose whatsoever (whether as an employee, consultant,
advisor, independent contractor or otherwise) any employee or consultant of
Company and its Affiliates or any person who was an employee or consultant of
any such corporations (and will use best efforts to prevent any subsequent
employer of Executive or related entity or person from taking any such actions);
(ii) Executive will not induce or attempt to induce any
customer, client supplier, licensee or other business relation of Company and
its Affiliates to cease doing business with Company and its Affiliates, or in
any way interfere with the relationship or potential relationship between any
such customer, client, supplier, licensee or business relation and Company and
its Affiliates; and
(iii) Executive shall not solicit or attempt to solicit, or
accept business from, any entity which at any time during the twelve month
period prior to the date of termination of Executive's employment with Company
and its Affiliates, was a client or customer of Company and its Affiliates, for
the purpose of doing business with such client or customer in competition with
Company and its Affiliates. For the purpose of this covenant, the clients and
customers of Company and its Affiliates shall include those entities with which
Company and its Affiliates had held discussions or negotiations concerning
services of Company and its Affiliates.
(c) Injunctive Relief. Without intending to limit the remedies
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available to Company and its Affiliates, Executive acknowledges that a breach of
any of the covenants contained in this Agreement could result in material
irreparable injury to Company and its Affiliates for which there might be no
adequate remedy at law, and that, in the event of such a breach or threat
thereof, Company shall be entitled to obtain a temporary restraining order
and/or a preliminary and permanent injunction restraining Executive from
engaging in any activities prohibited by this Agreement or such other equitable
relief as may be required to enforce specifically any of the covenants of this
Agreement.
(d) Nothing herein contained shall prevent Executive from holding or
making an investment in securities listed on a national securities exchange or
sold in the over-the-counter
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market, provided that such investments do not exceed in the aggregate five
percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of a corporation which
is a competitor within the meaning of this Section.
(e) Confidential Information. Executive acknowledges that the
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Confidential Information (as defined below) relating to the business of the
Company and its Affiliates which Executive has obtained or will obtain during
the course of his association with the Company (including, without limitation,
Executive's association with entities that are parties to the Asset Purchase
Agreement) is the property of the Company and its Affiliates. Executive agrees
that he will not disclose or use at any time, either during or after his
employment with the Company, any Confidential Information without the written
consent of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). Executive
agrees to deliver to the Company upon termination of his employment with the
Company, or at any other time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes,
plans, records, documentation and other materials (and copies thereof)
containing Confidential Information relating to the business of the Company and
its Affiliates no matter where such material is located and no matter what form
the material may be in, which Executive may then possess or have under his
control. If requested by the Company, Executive shall provide the Company with
written confirmation that all such materials have been delivered to the Company.
Executive shall take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information
and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.
(f) Definition of "Confidential Information". "Confidential
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Information" shall mean proprietary information which is not generally known
within the health care, disability management or government advocacy industries
and which is used, developed, or obtained by the Company and its Affiliates
(including acquisition of such information pursuant to the Asset Purchase
Agreement) relating to its business and its customers' businesses including, but
not limited to: services or products; fees, costs and pricing structure;
designs; analyses; drawings; photographs; reports; computer software, manuals
and documentation; data bases; business and operating plans; accounting and
business methods; budgets; inventions and new developments and methods, whether
patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice; formulas; all
copyrightable works; the customers of the Company and its Affiliates and the
customers' Confidential Information; and all similar and related information in
whatever form.
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Confidential Information shall not include any information which (i) is publicly
disclosed by law or in response to an order of a court or governmental agency,
(ii) becomes publicly available through no fault of Executive, or (iii) has been
published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date upon
which Executive proposes to disclose such information. Information shall not be
deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the
information have been separately published, but only if all the material
features comprising such information have been published in combination.
(g) The parties are of the view that the restrictions placed on
Executive herein, in the light of all the circumstances (including, without
limitation the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement), are reasonable as to
scope, period of time and geographical area. Nevertheless, it is the intent of
the parties that this Agreement be enforceable and restrict Executive's
activities only to the extent permitted by law. Accordingly, in the event that
any provisions in this Agreement shall be determined by arbitrators or by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its extending
for too great a period of time over too large a geographic area or range of
activities, it shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of
time, geographic area or range of activities as to which it may be enforceable.
(h) Definition of "Company and its Affiliates". For the purposes of
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Sections 9 and 10, "Company and its Affiliates" shall mean Company, CORE, INC.,
all direct and indirect subsidiaries of CORE, INC. and Company.
10. Company Records. Upon the termination of his employment, the
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Executive shall not be entitled to retain any records or charts of Company and
its Affiliates in his possession.
11. Arbitration. Except for equitable remedies set forth in Section 9
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hereof, and except for disputes in excess of $100,000, any controversy or claim
arising under or relating to this Agreement, or breach thereof, shall be settled
by arbitration in Orange County, California in accordance with the rules of the
American Arbitration Association as in effect from time to time. Judgment upon
the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
12. Assignability. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the
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successors and assigns of Company. However, this Agreement is personal to
Executive, and he may not assign any of his rights or obligations hereunder.
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13. Amendments. No amendment of or variation in the terms of this
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Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by Executive and a
duly authorized representative of Company. CORE and Executive shall enter into
CORE's standard form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers.
14. Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall
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be sufficient if in writing and if sent by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, to the parties at the following addresses:
To Company at:
George C. Carpenter IV
SSDC Corp.
c/o CORE, INC.
18881 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1750
Irvine, California 92612
with a copy to:
Stephen M. Kane, Esq.
Rich, May, Bilodeau & Flaherty, P.C.
294 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108-4675
To Executive at:
Mr. R. Gary Dolenga
882 Andover Drive
Northville, Michigan 48167
15. Rules of Construction; Headings and Validity. This Agreement shall be
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construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware.
The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision of this Agreement.
If any provision of this Agreement or portion of such provision, or the
application thereof under any circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of
this Agreement (or the remainder of such provision) and the application thereof
under other circumstances shall not be affected by such partial invalidity.
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16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
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Agreement between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions,
whether oral or written of the parties, and there are no warranties,
representations or other agreements between the parties in connection with the
subject matter hereof, except as are specifically set forth herein. This
Agreement has been entered into simultaneously with the closing of the Asset
Purchase Agreement, dated June 14, 1996, by and among CORE, Company, Executive
and a partnership and corporations controlled by Executive, as said Asset
Purchase Agreement was amended as the date hereof (as so amended, the "Asset
Purchase Agreement"). Except as otherwise provided by this agreement, no
supplement, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be
binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. No waiver
of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a
waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such
waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have caused the same
to be executed as of the 25th day of June, 1997.
SSDC CORP.
By: /s/ George. C. Carpenter IV
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George C. Carpenter IV
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ R. Gary Dolenga
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R. Gary Dolenga
("Executive")
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