UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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May
28, 2010
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PRINCIPLE
SECURITY INTERNATIONAL INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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333-145730
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98-0538119
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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65 S. Main Street, Ste A300, Pennington New
Jersey
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08543
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
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(609)
216-7938
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Unit
B – 2015 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6J
3H4
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report.)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
current report contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in
section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section
21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. These statements relate to future events or our future
financial performance. In some cases, you can identify
forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should",
"intends", "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates",
"predicts", "potential", or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other
comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the
risks in the section entitled "Risk Factors" on page 5 of this current report,
which may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity or
performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of
activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements.
Although
we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity or
performance. Except as required by applicable law, including the
securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the
forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual
results.
Unless
otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars
and all references to "common shares" refer to the common shares in our capital
stock.
As used
in this current report and unless otherwise indicated, the terms "we", "us",
"our", “company”, and “Principle” mean Principle Security International Ltd. and
our subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated.
ITEM
1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
On May
28, 2010, we entered into and closed a share exchange agreement with Leeward
Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation, and the shareholders of
Leeward. Pursuant to the terms of the share exchange agreement, we
have acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Leeward’s common stock
in exchange for the issuance by our company of 65,000,000 shares of our common
stock to the shareholders of Leeward.
Business of Leeward
Group, Inc
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Leeward
is a diversified retail insurance agency and risk consulting
group. It sells property, casualty, life and health insurance
products to customers and creates and administers insurance programs and risk
management services including reinsurance brokerage. It acts as a
broker or
agent. .
The
closing of the transactions contemplated in the share exchange agreement and the
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common stock in the capital of
Leeward occurred on May 28, 2010. Please refer to the information provided under
Item 2.01 of this current report for information related to the share exchange
agreement and our business as a result of the acquisition.
Concurrently
with the closing of the share exchange agreement, we entered into a stock
purchase agreement for the disposition of our wholly owned subsidiary, Principle
Security International Incorporated, to our former director and officer, Charles
Payne, for the purchase price of $1.00.
ITEM
2.01 COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
On May
28, 2010, we entered into a share exchange agreement with Leeward Group Inc. and
the shareholders of Leeward. The closing of the transactions contemplated in the
share exchange agreement and the acquisition of all of the issued and
outstanding common shares in the capital of Leeward also occurred on May 28,
2010. In accordance with the closing of the share exchange agreement,
we issued 65,000,000 shares of our common stock to the former shareholders of
Leeward in exchange for the acquisition, by our company, of all of the
12,105,802 issued and outstanding shares of Leeward.
As set
out in the share exchange agreement, the closing of the share exchange agreement
was subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, including,
among others, the following:
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The
representations and warranties of Leeward Group, Inc., it’s shareholders
and our company set forth in the share exchange agreement remain true,
correct and complete in all respects as of the closing;
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All
of the covenants and obligations that the respective parties are required
to perform or to comply with pursuant to the share exchange agreement at
or prior to the closing must have been performed and complied with in all
material respects;
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3.
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Leeward
Group, Inc. and our company having received duly executed copies of all
third party consents and approvals contemplated by the share exchange
agreement, if any;
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4.
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Leeward
Group, Inc. and our company having been reasonably satisfied with their
due diligence investigations of the other party that is reasonable and
customary in a similar transaction; and
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5.
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Leeward
Group, Inc. will have delivered to our company audited financial
statements prepared in accordance with United States GAAP and audited by
an independent auditor registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board in the United
States.
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Our
company had 23,010,225 common shares issued and outstanding as of May 28, 2010
immediately prior to the closing of the share exchange agreement, and
100,000,000 shares issued and outstanding upon closing of the share exchange
agreement, as a result of the issuance of 65,000,000 common shares in connection
with the closing of the share exchange agreement and the concurrent issuance of
11,989,775 to HE Capital. As of the closing date, the former
shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. held 65% of the issued and outstanding
common shares of our company. The issuance of the 65,000,000 common
shares to the former shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. was deemed to be a
reverse acquisition for accounting purposes. Leeward Group, Inc., the
acquired entity, is regarded as the predecessor entity as of May 28,
2010. Starting with the periodic report for the quarter in which the
acquisition was consummated, our company will file annual and quarterly reports
based on the December 31st fiscal year end of Leeward Group, Inc. Such financial
statements will depict the operating results of Leeward Group, Inc., including
the acquisition of our company, from May 28, 2010.
Concurrently
with the closing of the share exchange agreement, we entered into a stock
purchase agreement for the disposition of our wholly owned subsidiary, Principle
Security International Incorporated, to our former director and officer, Charles
Payne, for the purchase price of $1.00.
Because
we were a shell company before our acquisition of all of the common stock of
Leeward Group, Inc., we have included in this Current Report on Form 8-K, the
information on our company that would be required if we were filing a general
form for registration of securities on Form 10.
We are a
development stage company. For further details on our business, please see the
section entitled “Description of Our Business” beginning on page 3.
BUSINESS
General
Overview and Business Development over the Last Three Years
We were
incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 27, 2006. We have
been a development stage company. Through our wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary,
Principle Security International Incorporated, we were working towards the
establishment of a customer service oriented security firm specializing in
uniformed guard services, private investigations and a training facility for
security personnel. We have not yet generated or realized any revenues from our
business operations.
Since
inception, we had been implementing the early phases of our business plans,
including the establishment of our office, making application for our security
business license, making application and scouting locations for our accredited
security training facility, making application for our surety bond, registering
the URL address necessary to create our website, building a database of
potential clients, commencing interviews to hire a salesperson, designing our
corporate logos/badges and ordering uniforms. On December 15, 2006,
we obtained our surety bond in the amount of as required by the Private
Investigators and Security Agencies Act. This bond enabled us to make
application for a security business license. On January 3, 2007, we were granted
our security business license. On September 8, 2008, we received a
two-year approval to operate a security training school under the name
“Principle Security Training Academy”.
However,
we have not been able to achieve commercially viable operations for our proposed
security company business and as a result had been investigating further
opportunities to maintain and enhance shareholder value.
On May
28, 2010, we entered into a share exchange agreement with Leeward Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and the shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. The closing of
the transactions contemplated in the share exchange agreement and the
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of
Leeward Group, Inc. also occurred on May 28, 2010. In accordance with
the closing of the share exchange agreement, we issued 65,000,000 shares of our
common stock to the former shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. in exchange for
the acquisition, by our company, of all of the 12,105,802 issued and outstanding
shares of Leeward Group, Inc.
Corporate
History of Leeward Group, Inc. and Corporate Structure
Leeward
Group, Inc., a Delaware company, was incorporated on June 24, 2008.
Business
Subsequent to the Closing of the Share Exchange Agreement
As of the
closing date of the share exchange agreement on May 28, 2010 we commenced the
business of a diversified retail insurance agency and risk consulting
group. We sell property, casualty, life and health insurance products
to customers; we create and administer insurance programs and risk management
services including reinsurance brokerage. We act as a broker or
agent. We do not assume any underwriting risks. We provide
our customers with insurance contracts underwritten by insurance companies that
assume the underwriting risks. We are headquartered in Pennington,
New Jersey.
As of
December 31, 2009, our group employed 16 full time equivalent persons. Our
insurance agency and program business provides a broad range of insurance
products and services to commercial, professional and individual customers. We
have multiple locations in the northeast to provide sales and servicing for our
customers. The categories of insurance we principally sell include: property
insurance relating to physical damage to property; casualty insurance relating
to legal liabilities, workers’ compensation, commercial and private passenger
automobile coverages; and fidelity and surety bonds. In addition, we sell and
service group and individual life, accident, disability, health,
hospitalization, medical and dental insurance.
Our
program business markets specialty products and services to associations,
industries and businesses. We have three insurance programs: 1) hotel
umbrella insurance for franchise hotels; 2) personal umbrella for lawyers; and
3) mobile phone insurance program for telecommunications companies.
Our
Franchise Hotel Umbrella program provides umbrella insurance policies for
limited service franchise hotels and motels and offers limits of $5 Million, $10
Million and $15 Million.
Our
Personal Umbrella Product for Lawyers provides personal umbrella
insurance for lawyers with limits to $10 Million.
Our
Cellphone Program provides coverage for loss, theft or accidental damage to a
cellphone. It is distributed to consumers through rural telecommunications
companies nationwide.
We are
compensated for our services primarily by the commissions received from the sale
of insurance contracts to our clients. The commissions are usually a
percentage of the insurance premiums paid by the insured. Commission
rates generally vary with the type of insurance sold and the insurance company
that underwrites the insurance policy. We may also receive a “profit
sharing contingent commission” from an insurance company which is primarily
based on the underwriting results, growth, overall volume and/or
retention. The amount of revenue from commissions and fees fluctuates
based on factors such as insurance premiums, retention rates of existing
customers, growth rates of new customers, and the type of
insurance.
Employees
As of
December 31, 2009 we had 16 full time equivalent employees. None of
our employees are represented by a labor union, and we consider our relations
with our employees to be satisfactory.
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, approximately 9.6%, 6.8%, 6.0%, 5.8%, 5.5%
and 5.2%, respectively, of our total revenues were derived from insurance
policies underwritten by six separate insurance companies. If one or more of
these insurance companies were to seek to terminate their contract with us, we
believe that other insurance companies are available to underwrite the business,
although some additional expense and loss of market share could possibly result.
No other insurance company accounts for 5% or more of our total
revenues. No material part of our insurance agency and program
business is attributable to a single customer. During 2009,
commissions and fees from our largest single customer represented less than one
percent of the total commissions and fees revenue.
Competition
Competition
in the insurance intermediary sector is based on quality of service, price of
insurance premiums, policy coverage and innovation. Overall the
insurance intermediary industry is a highly competitive industry with multiple
distribution channels. There are numerous firms providing insurance
intermediary services: brokers, financial institutions, independent insurance
agents, and insurance companies through direct sales, internet sales and captive
insurance agents. A number of large regionally based insurance
intermediaries with substantially greater resources and market presence compete
with us in the northeast United States and elsewhere.
In 2008,
the US Insurance Industry had net premiums written of $1.1 Trillion with
approximately, $441 Billion in Property and Casualty insurance premiums written
and $628 Billion in Life and Health insurance premiums. There are
2,741 Property and Casualty insurance companies and 1,128 Life and Health
insurance companies in the United States. There are 2.3 million
people employed in the insurance industry with 907,000 employed in the insurance
intermediary sector. It is estimated, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers
of America in their 2008 Agency University Study released in 2009 that there are
approximately 37,500 independent insurance agencies in the United
States. Of that it is estimated that 17% of the independent insurance
agencies (6,375) had commission revenue less than $150,000; 54% of the agencies
(20,250) had commission revenues between $150,000 and $1.25
million. It is further estimated that 13% of the agencies
(4,875) had revenues between $1.25 million and $2.5 million; and 14% of the
agencies (5,250) had revenues between $2.5 million and $10 million.
The
distribution of insurance distribution channels are segmented as follows: direct
sales- insurance company sales to customers; captive insurance agency- agencies
owned by or franchised by insurance companies that market the insurance
company’s products and services; and the independent insurance agency- agencies
that are independently owned that market multiple products for multiple
insurance companies, and Internet.
Distribution
Our
products are distributed through our retail agencies and insurance producers;
and our insurance programs are distributed on a wholesale basis through
non-affiliated insurance agencies and associations.
We market
our products through referrals, signage, electronic marketing through the
internet, lead and appointment setting services. Our internet
capabilities allow us to provide an insurance indication for a potential
customer in minutes.
We are
licensed individually or corporately in 50 states with offices in New Jersey,
New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Compliance
with Government Regulation
The
insurance industry is a state-regulated industry. Insurance laws are
enacted, amended and adjudicated on a state level. Given our business
is concentrated in a few states, we have a greater risk exposure to unfavorable
changes in the regulatory environment, laws, judicial decisions, adverse
economic conditions, natural or other disasters in those states than more
geographically diversified insurance intermediaries.
We are
licensed individually or corporately in 50 states with offices in New Jersey,
New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We and/or designated
employees must be licensed to act as agents or brokers by state regulatory
authorities in states in which we conduct business. Regulations and
are often complex and vary by state. All
applicable
laws and regulations are subject to interpretation, change and/or amendment by
the individual state regulatory and/or legislative governing
bodies. Such regulatory authorities have broad discretion as to
granting, renewing and revoking licenses; issuing fines and/or
penalties. The possibility exists that we and/or our employees could
be excluded or temporarily suspended from conducting insurance intermediary
services and/or all of our activities by a particular state.
Subsidiaries
As of
this date, Leeward has two operating subsidiaries, Sangamon Associates, Inc. and
Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc.
Intellectual
Property
We do not
own, either legally or beneficially, any patent or trademark.
RISK
FACTORS
Our
business operations are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to those set forth below:
Risks
Related to our Business
Volatility
or declines in premiums or other adverse trends in the insurance industry may
seriously undermine Leeward’s profitability.
Leeward
derives much of its revenue from commissions and fees for its brokerage
services. Leeward does not determine the insurance premiums on which its
commissions are generally based. Moreover, insurance premiums are cyclical in
nature and may vary widely based on market conditions. Because of these market
cycles for insurance product pricing, which Leeward cannot predict or control,
its brokerage revenues and profitability can be volatile or remain depressed for
significant periods of time.
As
traditional risk-bearing insurance companies continue to outsource the
production of premium revenue to non-affiliated brokers or agents such as
Leeward, those insurance companies may seek to reduce further their expenses by
reducing the commission rates payable to insurance agents or brokers. The
reduction of these commission rates, along with general volatility and/or
declines in premiums, may significantly affect Leeward’s profitability. Because
Leeward does not determine the timing or extent of premium pricing changes,
Leeward cannot accurately forecast its commission revenues, including whether
they will significantly decline. As a result, Leeward’s budgets for future
acquisitions, capital expenditures, dividend payments, loan repayments and other
expenditures may have to be adjusted to account for unexpected changes in
revenues, and any decreases in premium rates may adversely affect the results of
its operations.
In
addition, there have been and may continue to be various trends in the insurance
industry toward alternative insurance markets including, among other things,
greater levels of self-insurance, captives, rent-a-captives, risk retention
groups and non-insurance capital markets-based solutions to traditional
insurance. While Leeward historically has been able to participate in certain of
these activities on behalf of its customers and obtain fee revenue for such
services, there can be no assurance that Leeward will realize revenues and
profitability as favorable as those realized from its traditional brokerage
activities.
Leeward
faces significant competitive pressures in each of its businesses.
The
insurance brokerage and service business is highly competitive and there are
many insurance brokerage and service organizations as well as individuals on a
global basis who actively compete with Leeward in one or more areas of its
business. Leeward competes with many firms that are significantly larger than
Leeward, in terms of revenues, in the brokerage markets. In addition, there are
various other competing firms that operate nationally or that are strong in a
particular region or locality and may have, in that region or locality, an
office that is as large as or larger than, in terms of revenues, the particular
local office of Leeward. Leeward believes that the primary factors determining
its competitive position with other organizations in its industry are the
quality of the services rendered and the overall costs to its clients. Losing
business to competitors offering similar products at lower prices or having
other competitive advantages would adversely affect Leeward’s
business.
In
addition, the increase in competition due to new legislative or industry
developments could adversely affect Leeward. These developments
include:
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An
increase in capital-raising by insurance underwriting companies, which
could result in new capital in the industry, which in turn may lead to
lower insurance premiums and
commissions;
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The
selling of insurance by insurance companies directly to insureds without
the involvement of a broker or other
intermediary;
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Changes
in Leeward’s business compensation model as a result of regulatory
developments;
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The
establishment of programs by Federal and state governments to provide
health insurance or, in certain cases, property insurance in
catastrophe-prone areas or other alternative market types of coverage,
which compete with, or completely replace, insurance products offered by
insurance carriers; and
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An
increase in competition from new market participants such as banks,
accounting firms and consulting firms offering risk management or
insurance brokerage services.
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New
competition as a result of these or other competitive or industry developments
could cause the demand for Leeward’s products and services to change, which
could in turn adversely affect Leeward’s results of operations and financial
condition.
The
current disruption in the global credit markets and instability of financial
systems, and a continuation or worsening of the current economic recession, may
adversely affect Leeward’s results of operations and financial
condition.
The
current disruption in the global credit markets, the repricing of credit risk
and the deterioration of the financial and real estate markets have created
increasingly difficult conditions for financial institutions and certain
insurance companies. These conditions include significant losses, greater
volatility, significantly less liquidity, widening of credit spreads and a lack
of price transparency in certain markets. These conditions have resulted in the
failure of a number of financial institutions and unprecedented action by
governmental authorities and central banks around the world, including investing
in or lending money to financial institutions and insurance companies that are
perceived to need additional capital. It is difficult to predict how long these
conditions will persist and the extent to which Leeward’s markets, products and
business will be adversely affected.
These
unprecedented disruptions in the credit and financial markets and the resulting
impact on a number of financial institutions have limited access to capital and
credit for many companies. The failure of a lender could adversely affect its
ability to borrow on that facility, which over time could negatively impact
Leeward’s ability to consummate significant acquisitions or make other
significant capital expenditures. Continued adverse conditions in the credit
markets in future years could adversely affect the availability and terms of
future borrowings, renewals or refinancings.
The
disruptions in the credit and financial markets also led to a general
deterioration in the economy, which could adversely impact Leeward in future
years as a result of reductions in the overall amount of insurance coverage that
its clients purchase due to reductions in their headcount, payroll, properties,
and the market values of assets, among other factors. Such reductions could also
adversely impact Leeward’s commission revenues when exposure audits by the
carriers are performed and if subsequent downward premium adjustments are
determined. The income effects of subsequent premium adjustments are recorded
when the adjustments become known, and, as a result, any improvement in
Leeward’s results of operations and financial condition may lag an improvement
in the economy. In addition, some of Leeward’s clients may cease operations
completely in the event of a prolonged deterioration in the economy, which would
have an adverse effect on Leeward’s results of operations and financial
condition. Leeward also has a significant amount of trade accounts receivable
from some of the insurance companies with which it places insurance. If those
insurance companies experience liquidity problems or other financial
difficulties, Leeward could encounter delays or defaults in payments owed to
Leeward, which could have a significant adverse impact on Leeward’s consolidated
financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if a significant
insurer fails or withdraws from writing certain insurance coverages that Leeward
offers its clients, overall capacity in the industry could be negatively
affected, which could reduce Leeward’s placement of certain lines and types of
insurance and, as a result, reduce its revenues and profitability. The failure
of an insurer with whom Leeward places business could also result in errors and
omissions claims by Leeward’s clients, which could adversely affect Leeward’s
results of operations and financial condition.
Leeward
has historically engaged in a number of acquisitions of insurance brokers and
agencies. Leeward may not be able to continue to implement such an acquisition
strategy in the future and there are risks associated with such
acquisitions.
In the
past several years, Leeward has completed numerous acquisitions of insurance
brokers and agencies and may continue to make such acquisitions in the future.
Leeward’s acquisition program has been an important part of its historical
growth and Leeward believes that similar acquisition activity will be critical
to maintaining comparable growth in the future. Failure to successfully identify
and complete acquisitions likely will result in Leeward achieving slower growth.
Moreover, even if Leeward is able to identify appropriate acquisition targets,
it may not be able to execute acquisition transactions on favorable terms or
integrate such targets following acquisition in a manner that allows Leeward to
realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions. Additionally, Leeward may
incur or assume unanticipated liabilities or contingencies in connection with
its acquisitions. If any of these developments occur, Leeward’s results of
operations could be adversely affected.
We
have incurred net losses since commencing business and expect losses to continue
for the foreseeable future.
We have
had modest revenues to date. We had a net loss of $242,957 for the year ended
December 31, 2009 and a net loss of $90,956 for the three months ended March 31,
2010. As at March 31, 2010, we had cash of $93,670 and a working capital deficit
of $140,029.
Our
ability to continue as a going concern is in substantial doubt.
The
ability of our company to continue as a going concern is in substantial doubt
and is dependent on achieving profitable operations and obtaining the necessary
financing in order to develop our business. The outcome of these matters cannot
be predicted at this time. Our future operations are dependent on the market’s
acceptance of our services in order to ultimately generate future profitable
operations, and our ability to secure sufficient financing to fund future
expansion or operations. There can be no assurance that our services will be
able to secure market acceptance. Management plans to raise additional equity
financing to enable our company to complete our development plans. However,
there can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional
financing. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might
result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
We
are subject to specific risks of litigation that are unique to the insurance
industry.
We are
subject to various potential claims relating principally to alleged errors and
omissions in connection with the placement or servicing of insurance in the
ordinary course of business. Because we often assist clients with matters
involving substantial amounts of money, including the placement of insurance,
clients may assert errors and omissions claims against us alleging potential
liability for all or part of the amounts in question. Claimants may seek large
damage awards, and these claims may involve potentially significant legal costs.
While most of the errors and omissions claims made against us would be covered
by our professional indemnity insurance, our business results of operations,
financial condition and liquidity may be adversely affected if, in the future,
our insurance coverage proves to be inadequate or unavailable. Our ability to
obtain professional indemnity insurance in the amounts and with the deductibles
we desire in the future may be adversely impacted by general developments in the
market for such insurance or our own claims experience. In addition, claims,
lawsuits and other proceedings may harm our reputation or divert management
resources away from operating our business.
We
have limited financial and management resources to pursue our growth
strategy.
Our
growth strategy may place a significant strain on our management, operational
and financial resources. We have negative cash flow from operations and continue
to seek additional capital. We will have to obtain additional capital either
through debt or equity financing. There can be no assurance, however, that we
will be able to obtain such financing on terms acceptable to our
company.
If we
raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible securities,
these new securities may contain certain rights, preferences or privileges that
are senior to those of our common shares. Additionally, the percentage of
ownership of our company held by existing shareholders will be
reduced.
We
are dependent upon our officers for management and direction, and the loss of
any of these persons could adversely affect our operations and
results.
We are
dependent upon our officers for execution of our business plan. The loss of any
of our officers could have a material adverse effect upon our results of
operations and financial position. We do not maintain “key person” life
insurance for any of our officers. The loss of any of our officers could delay
or prevent the achievement of our business objectives
Risks
Associated with Our Common Stock
Trading
on the OTC Bulletin Board may be volatile and sporadic, which could depress the
market price of our common stock and make it difficult for our stockholders to
resell their shares.
Our
common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board service of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority. Trading in stock quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board
is often thin and characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices, due to
many factors that may have little to do with our operations or business
prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of our common stock
for reasons unrelated to operating performance. Moreover, the OTC Bulletin Board
is not a stock exchange, and trading of securities on the OTC Bulletin Board is
often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on a quotation system
like NASDAQ or a stock exchange like Amex. Accordingly, shareholders may have
difficulty reselling any of their shares.
Our
stock is a penny stock. Trading of our stock may be restricted by the SEC’s
penny stock regulations and FINRA’s sales practice requirements, which may limit
a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.
Our stock
is a penny stock. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9
which generally defines “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a
market price (as defined) less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less
than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our securities are covered
by the penny stock rules, which impose additional sales practice requirements on
broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and
“accredited investors”. The term “accredited investor” refers generally to
institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with a net worth
in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly
with their spouse. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a
transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a
standardized risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the SEC which
provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the
penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with
current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the
broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction and monthly account
statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s
account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson
compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing
prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing
before or with the customer’s confirmation. In addition, the penny stock rules
require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from
these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that
the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the
purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements
may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary
market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock rules. Consequently,
these penny stock rules may affect the ability of broker-dealers to trade our
securities. We believe that the penny stock rules discourage investor interest
in, and limit the marketability of, our common stock.
In
addition to the “penny stock” rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has adopted rules that
require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must
have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that
customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their
non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to
obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment
objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority believes that there is a high
probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at
least some customers. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ’ requirements
make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy
our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our
stock.
Oher
Risks
Trends,
Risks and Uncertainties
We have
sought to identify what we believe to be the most significant risks to our
business, but we cannot predict whether, or to what extent, any of such risks
may be realized nor can we guarantee that we have identified all possible risks
that might arise. Investors should carefully consider all of such risk factors
before making an investment decision with respect to our common
stock.
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Plan
of Operation
We have
made insurance agency asset acquisitions each year, since beginning operations
in 2007. We intend to continue to acquire insurance agency
assets. We had an independent, certified appraisal performed on
company assets acquired as of March 31, 2009. This appraisal valued
our acquired insurance agency assets based on customer base and cash
flow. As of March 31, 2009 our assets acquired to date were valued at
over $1,800,000. We estimate that 26,000 independent insurance
agencies can be categorized as having less than 1.25 million in annual
commission revenue. Our target acquisition has less than $1.25
million in commission revenue. The company’s plan of action over the
next twelve months is to continue its operations to market and sell insurance
products and raise additional capital financing, if necessary, to acquire agency
assets and grow operations.
Acquisitions
will be based on our ability to internally finance from cash flow, raise equity
and/or debt to acquire the assets. The disruption in the credit and
financial markets had made the availability of equity and/or debt
uncertain.
Over the
next 12 months we anticipate that we will incur the following operating
expenses:
General,
Administrative and Corporate Expenses
|
$525,000
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$139,545
|
Salaries,
and wages
|
$650,000
|
Professional
fees
|
$60,000
|
Total
|
$1,374,545
|
Our
estimated negative cash flow from operations is estimated to be approximately
$90,000 and our cash position as at March 31, 2010 is $93,670. We will
need additional funds to meet our working capital requirements over the twelve
month period. We anticipate that we will have to raise additional
funds through private placements of our equity securities and/or debt financing
to complete our business plan. There is no assurance that the financing will be
completed as planned or at all. We have not yet been successful
raising the funding necessary to proceed with our business plan. If
we are unable to secure adequate capital to continue our planned operations, our
shareholders may lose some or all of their investment and our business may
fail.
Purchase
of Significant Equipment
We do not
intend to purchase any significant equipment over the next twelve
months.
Personnel
Plan
We do not
expect any material changes in the number of employees over the next 12 month
period.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
There are
no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a
current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital
expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
Our
principal capital resources have been through the subscription and issuance of
common stock, although we have also used stockholder loans and advances from
related parties and co-founders of the company.
Results of Operations of Leeward
Group, Inc
.
for the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
The
following summary of the results of operations of Leeward Group, Inc. should be
read in conjunction with its audited financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008.
|
|
Year
Ended
December
31
|
|
|
|
2009
|
2008
|
|
Revenue
|
$
|
1,226,304
|
|
$
|
839,140
|
|
Operating
Expenses
|
$
|
1,356,186
|
|
$
|
904,574
|
|
Net
Loss from Operations
Loss
per share
|
$
$
|
242,957
(0.02)
|
|
$
$
|
150,229
(0.08)
|
|
Revenues
We earned
revenues of $1,226,304 for the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to
revenues of $839,140 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The
increase in revenues was as a result of expanded operations from the previous
year.
Operating
Expenses
Leeward’s
operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 are outlined
in the table below:
|
|
Year
Ended
December
31
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Salaries
and wages
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
$
$
|
664,598
139,545
|
|
$
|
503,401
118,074
|
|
General
and Administrative
|
$
|
552,042
|
|
$
|
283,099
|
|
Increases
in salaries and wages are due primarily to the insurance agency asset
acquisitions made throughout the year. The acquisitions also led to
higher depreciation and amortization expenses as the acquired assets placed in
service during the year are now being amortized. General and
administrative expenses increased as a result of several
factors. Commissions paid as part of the agency acquisitions, related
acquisition expense and commissions paid to affiliated insurance
agency totaled approximately $200,000 during 2009 as compared to
approximately $21,000 in 2008. Rent expense increased from $38,000 to
$63,000 as a result of adding additional office space.
If net
income is recast to exclude the additional non-cash expenses incurred during
2009 and 2008, our operating net loss would have been approximately $9,600 and
$52,600, respectively.
Liquidity
and Financial Condition of Leeward for the Years Ended December 31,
2009 and 2008
Cash
Flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended
December
31, 2009
|
|
Year
Ended
December
31, 2008
|
|
Increase
/ (Decrease)
|
Net
Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
|
$
|
(89,272)
|
$
|
9,391
|
$
|
98,663
|
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities
|
$
|
20,000
|
$
|
2,100
|
$
|
17,900
|
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
$
|
64,995
|
$
|
284,876
|
$
|
(219,881)
|
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Cash
|
$
|
(44,277)
|
$
|
292,167
|
$
|
(336,444)
|
As of
December 31, 2009, our total current assets were $405,954 and our total current
liabilities were $471,064 and we had a working capital deficit of $65,110. Our
financial statements report a net loss of $242,957 for the year ended December
31, 2009.
We have
suffered recurring losses from operations. The continuation of our company is
dependent upon our company attaining and maintaining profitable operations and
raising additional capital as needed. In this regard we have raised additional
capital through equity offerings and loan transactions.
Results
of Operations of Leeward Group, Inc. for the three months ended March 31,
2010
The
following summary of the results of operations of Leeward Group, Inc. should be
read in conjunction with its unaudited financial statements for the three months
ended March 31, 2010.
|
|
Three
Months Ended
March
31
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Revenue
|
$
|
322,909
|
|
$
|
296,415
|
|
Operating
Expenses
|
$
|
381,142
|
|
$
|
285,089
|
|
Net
Loss from Operations
|
$
|
90,956
|
|
$
|
9,828
|
|
Revenues
We earned
revenues of $322,909 for the three month period ended March 31, 2010 as compared
to $296,415 for the prior period. The increase was as a result of the
acquisition of additional agencies in 2009.
Operating
Expenses
Leeward’s
operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 are outlined in the
table below:
|
|
Three
Months Ended
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$
|
32,194
|
|
$
|
36,713
|
|
Salaries
and Wages
|
$
|
209,575
|
|
$
|
157,108
|
|
General
and Administrative
|
$
|
139,373
|
|
$
|
91,268
|
|
Increases
in salaries and wages are due primarily to the insurance agency asset
acquisitions made throughout the year. General and administrative
expenses increased as a result of several factors. Commissions paid
as part of the agency acquisitions totaled approximately $36,675 during 2010 as
compared to approximately $30,947 in 2009. Rent expense increased
from $17,700 to $24,000 as a result of adding additional office
space. We also experienced increased legal and accounting fees
associated with the annual audits for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
of approximately $10,000.
If net
income is recast to exclude the additional non-cash expenses incurred during
2009 and 2008, our operating net loss would have been approximately $26,039 in
2010 and we would have had operating income of $48,000 in 2009.
Liquidity
and Financial Condition of Leeward for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and
2009
Cash
Flows
|
|
Three
Months Ended
March
31, 2009
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended
March
31, 2008
|
|
|
Increase
/ (Decrease)
|
Net
Cash Used in Operating Activities
|
$
|
65,530
|
|
$
|
39,038
|
|
$
|
26,492
|
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
Net
Cash Used in Financing Activities
|
$
|
49,477
|
|
$
|
166,086
|
|
$
|
-116,609
|
Effect
of Exchange Rate on Cash
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
Net
Decrease in Cash
|
$
|
115,007
|
|
$
|
205,124
|
|
$
|
-90,117
|
As of
March 31, 2010, our total current assets were $289,983 and our total current
liabilities were $430,012 and we had a working capital deficit of $140,029. Our
financial statements report a net loss of $90,956 for the three month period
ended March 31, 2010.
We have
suffered recurring losses from operations. The continuation of our company is
dependent upon our company attaining and maintaining profitable operations and
raising additional capital as needed. In this regard we have raised additional
capital through equity offerings and loan transactions.
Critical
Accounting Policies
|
Principles
of Consolidation
|
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sangamon Associates, Inc along with
its wholly-owned subsidiary Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc. All significant
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The
company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of
three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are
maintained with major financial institutions in the US. Deposits held with these
banks at times exceed $250,000 of insurance provided on such deposits. The
company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes that it is
not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents. At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, no excess existed.
As of
December 31, 2009 and 2008 the company had $183,361 and $237,313 of cash and
cash equivalents, respectively
.
Fixed Assets
Property,
plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets,
ranging from 3 to 7 years for furniture, fixtures, machinery and
equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of
the term of the lease or the economic life of the asset.
Long-lived
Assets
The
company continually monitors events and changes in circumstances that could
indicate carrying amounts of long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When such
events or changes in circumstances are present, the company assesses the
recoverability of long-lived assets by determining whether the carrying value of
such assets will be recovered through undiscounted expected future cash flows.
If the total of the future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those
assets, the company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the
carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are
reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less costs to
sell.
|
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
|
On
January 1, 2008, the company adopted ASC 820, “
Fair Value Measurements.
ASC
820 defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for
disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for
fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follows:
§
|
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
§
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
§
|
Level
3 inputs to valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the
fair measurement.
|
The
carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for the cash and cash
equivalents, receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial
instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short
period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected
realization and their current market rate of interest. The carrying value of
notes payable approximates fair value because negotiated terms and conditions
are consistent with current market rates as of December 31, 2009 and
2008.
Revenue
Recognition
The
company recognizes revenue according to ASC 740, when persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and
collectability is reasonably assured. These criteria are typically
met when a policy is signed. When policies are signed, the company
enters the sales into its policy management and tracking system which is when
revenue is recognized. Returns are booked as contra-revenue and are
generally less than 1% of all sales and thus no reserve or estimate of returns
is recorded. Cash for sales is either collected up-front in the form
of a non-refundable deposit which is greater than the commission portion due to
the company. The remaining sales are remitted on a monthly basis from
the insurance providers. No allowance for doubtful accounts is
recorded as all remittances are made from the insurance providers directly;
revenue is not recognized on cancelled policies.
Income
Taxes
The
company applies ASC 740, which requires the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes. The asset and liability method requires that
the current or deferred tax consequences of all events recognized in the
financial statements are measured by applying the provisions of enacted tax laws
to determine the amount of taxes payable or refundable currently or in future
years. Deferred tax assets are reviewed for recoverability and the company
records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets when it is more
likely than not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be
recovered.
The
company adopted ASC 740, at the beginning of fiscal year 2008. This
interpretation requires recognition and measurement of uncertain tax positions
using a “more-likely-than-not” approach, requiring the recognition and
measurement of uncertain tax positions. The adoption of ASC 740 had no material
impact on the company’s financial statements.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
company records stock-based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123R “Share
Based Payments”, using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or
services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments
are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the
fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably
measurable. Equity instruments issued to employees and the cost of the services
received as consideration are measured and recognized based on the fair value of
the equity instruments issued
.
PROPERTIES
Offices
As of the
date of this current report, our executive office is located at 65 S. Main
Street Suite A-300 Pennington NJ 08534 and our administrative, and operating
offices are located at 651 Orchard Street Suite 301, New Bedford MA 02744. We
lease approximately 2,125 square feet at a cost of $1,342 per month. We believe
these facilities are adequate for our current needs and that alternate
facilities on similar terms would be readily available if needed.
We have
five locations in the northeastern United States. We have one
location in New Jersey approximately 800 square feet; one location New York
approximately 600 square feet; one location Rhode Island approximately 1,400
square feet; and two locations in Massachusetts 600 square feet and 2,125 square
feet respectively.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth, as of May 28, 2010, certain information with respect
to the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each stockholder known by us
to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock and by each of
our current directors and executive officers, following completion of all share
issuances described herein. Each person has sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares of common
stock. Beneficial ownership consists of a direct interest in the
shares of common stock, except as otherwise indicated.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
Amount
and Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
|
Percentage
of
Class
(1)
|
Kevin
M. Coughlin
111
N. Central Ave.
Hartsdale,
NY 10530
|
28,473,072
|
28.47%
|
William
F. Cleave
65
S. Main Street
Pennington,
NJ 08534
|
28,473,072
|
28.47%
|
Digital
Application Corp.
769
S.W. 104
th
St. Ste 2
Miami,
FL 33156
|
8,053,856
|
8.05%
|
Directors
and Officers as a group
|
56,946,144
|
56.95%
|
(1)
|
Under
Rule 13d-3, a beneficial owner of a security includes any person who,
directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship, or otherwise has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes
the power to vote, or to direct the voting of shares; and (ii) investment
power, which includes the power to dispose or direct the disposition of
shares. Certain shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned
by more than one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote
or the power to dispose of the shares). In addition, shares are
deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to
acquire the shares (for example, upon exercise of an option) within 60
days of the date as of which the information is provided. In
computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares
outstanding is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned
by such person (and only such person) by reason of these acquisition
rights. As a result, the percentage of outstanding shares of
any person as shown in this table does not necessarily reflect the
person’s actual ownership or voting power with respect to the number of
shares of common stock actually outstanding on May 28, 2010. As
of May 28, 2010, there were 100,000,000 shares of our company’s
common stock issued and
outstanding.
|
Change
in Control
Upon
closing of the transactions contemplated by the share exchange agreement on May
28, 2010, we issued 65,000,000 shares of our common stock to the former
shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. in consideration for the acquisition of all
of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of Leeward Group,
Inc.
As of the
closing date, the former shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. held approximately
65% of the issued and outstanding common shares of our company.
DIRECTORS
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The
following individuals serve as the directors, executive officers and key
employees of our company. All directors of our company and our subsidiary hold
office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders or until their
successors have been elected and qualified. The executive officers of our
company and our subsidiaries are appointed by our board of directors and hold
office until their death, resignation or removal from office.
Name
|
Position
Held
with
the Company
|
Age
|
Date
First Elected or Appointed
|
Kevin
M. Coughlin
|
President/CEO,
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and
Director
|
44
|
May
28, 2010
|
William
F. Cleave
|
Vice
President, Chief Operational Officer, and Director
|
45
|
May
28, 2010
|
Business
Experience
The
following is a brief account of the education and business experience during at
least the past five years of each director, executive officer and key employee
of our company, indicating the person’s principal occupation during that period,
and the name and principal business of the organization in which such occupation
and employment were carried out.
Kevin
M. Coughlin, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Mr.
Coughlin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the company and
Chairman of the Board. Mr. Coughlin resides in Hartsdale New
York. Mr. Coughlin was one of the co-founders of Sangamon Associates,
Inc. and Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc. the operating subsidiaries of the
company. He has worked in the insurance and industry for over 18
years, with the last 10 years primarily in insurance agency
acquisitions. Mr. Coughlin is a licensed life and health insurance
broker. Mr. Coughlin has a BS from Manhattan College and an MA from
Fordham University.
William
F. Cleave, Vice President, Chief Operational Officer, and Director
Mr.
Cleave is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company
and a director of the board. Mr. Cleave resides in Pennington, New
Jersey. Mr. Cleave was one of the co-founders of Sangamon Associates,
Inc. and Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc. the operating subsidiaries of the
Company. He has worked in the insurance and industry for
approximately 20 years, with the last 10 years primarily in
reinsurance and risk management services. Mr. Cleave is
licensed as a property and casualty insurance agent or broker in 50 states and
holds the commercial property casualty underwriter (“CPCU”) designation and
Associate of Reinsurance (“ARe”) designation. Mr. Cleave has a BS from Bradley
University.
Audit
Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert
Our board
of directors has determined that it does not have a member of its audit
committee that qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined in
Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
Board
and Committee Meetings
Our board
of directors held no formal meetings, prior to the closing of the acquisition of
Leeward. All proceedings of the board of directors were conducted by resolutions
consented to in writing by all the directors and filed with the minutes of the
proceedings of the directors. Such resolutions consented to in writing by the
directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the directors are,
according to the Nevada General Corporate Law and our Bylaws, as valid and
effective as if they had been passed at a meeting of the directors duly called
and held.
Family
Relationships
There are
no family relationships among our directors or executive officers.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
Our
directors, executive officers and control persons have not been involved in any
of the following events during the past five years:
1.
|
any
bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person
was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the
bankruptcy or within two years prior to that
time;
|
2.
|
any
conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor
offenses);
|
3.
|
being
subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed,
suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently
or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his
involvement in any type of business, securities or banking
activities; or
|
4.
|
being
found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the
Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities
law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or
vacated.
|
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
The
particulars of compensation paid to the following persons:
(a) our
principal executive officer;
(b)
|
each
of our three most highly compensated executive officers who were serving
as executive officers at the end of the year ended December 31, 2009;
and
|
(c)
|
up
to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided
under (b) but for the fact that the individual was not serving as our
executive officer at the end of the year ended December 31,
2009,
|
who we
will collectively refer to as our named executive officers, of our company for
the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, are set out in the
following summary compensation table:
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
|
Name
and
Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
|
Change
in Pension
Value
and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
Kevin
Coughlin
President
and
CEO
|
2009
2008
|
$41,000
$
6,000
|
N/A
N/A
|
N/A
N/A
|
N/A
N/A
|
N/A
N/A
|
N/A
N/A
|
N/A
N/A
|
$41,000
$
6,000
|
William
Cleave
Vice
President and
COO
|
2009
2008
|
$62,190
$14,927
|
N/A
Nil
|
N/A
Nil
|
N/A
Nil
|
N/A
Nil
|
N/A
Nil
|
N/A
Nil
|
$62,190
$14,297
|
Other
than as set out below, there are no compensatory plans or arrangements with
respect to our directors, executive officers or key employees resulting from
their resignation, retirement or other termination of employment or from a
change of control. The officers and directors of the company do not
have an employment agreement. Mr. Coughlin is paid a salary and
commission on insurance policies he produces. Mr. Cleave is paid a
salary and commission on insurance policies he produces.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
As at
December 31, 2009, there were no unexercised options or stock that had not
vested in regards to our executive officers, and there were no equity incentive
plan awards for our executive officers during the year ended December 31,
2009.
Options
Grants in the Year Ended December 31, 2009
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, no stock options were granted to our executive
officers and directors.
Aggregated
Options Exercised in the Year Ended December 31, 2009 and Year End
Option Values
There
were no stock options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2009 and no
stock options held by our executive officers at the end of the year ended
December 31, 2009.
Repricing
of Options/SARS
We did
not reprice any options previously granted to our executive officers during the
year ended December 31, 2009.
Director
Compensation
Directors
of our company may be paid for their expenses incurred in attending each meeting
of the directors. In addition to expenses, directors may be paid a sum for
attending each meeting of the directors or may receive a stated salary as
director. No payment precludes any director from serving our company in any
other capacity and being compensated for such service. Members of special or
standing committees may be allowed similar reimbursement and compensation for
attending committee meetings. During the year ended December 31, 2009, we did
not pay any compensation or grant any stock options to our
directors.
Indebtedness
of Directors, Senior Officers, Executive Officers and Other
Management
None of
our directors or executive officers or any associate or affiliate of our company
during the last two fiscal years, is or has been indebted to our company by way
of guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar agreement or
understanding currently outstanding.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Except as
disclosed below, there have been no transactions or proposed transactions in
which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the
average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years
in which any of our directors, executive officers or beneficial holders of more
than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, or any of their
respective relatives, spouses, associates or affiliates, has had or will have
any direct or material indirect interest.
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, the company incurred $103,190 of commissions
and fees payable with companies in which officers and directors have ownership
interest at the time the fees were incurred.
We
currently act with two (2) directors, consisting of Kevin Coughlin and William
Cleave.
We have
determined that we do not have independent directors, as that term is used in
Rule 4200(a)(15) of the Rules of National Association of Securities
Dealers.
Our
entire board of directors currently functions as our audit committee. We believe
that our board of directors is capable of analyzing and evaluating our financial
statements and understanding internal controls and procedures for financial
reporting.
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
We know
of no material, existing or pending legal proceedings against our company, nor
are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation.
There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates,
or any registered or beneficial shareholder, is an adverse party or has a
material interest adverse to our interest.
MARKET
PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
National
Association of Securities Dealers OTC Bulletin Board
(1)(3)
|
Quarter
Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
May
31, 2010
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
February
28, 2010
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
November
30, 2009
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
August
31, 2009
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
May
31, 2009
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
February
28, 2009
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
November
30, 2008
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
August
31, 2008
|
$N/A
(2)
|
$N/A
(2)
|
(1) Over-the-counter
market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, mark-down
or commission, and may not represent actual transactions.
(2) No
trades occurred during this period.
(3) Our
common stock was quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on under the
symbol “PCPL” until October 5, 2009 at which time the symbol was changed to
“PCPZ”.
Our
shares are issued in registered form. Signature Stock Transfer, Inc. PMB 317,
2220 Coit Road, Suite 480, Plano, TX 75075, Telephone: (972) 612-4120;
Facsimile: (972) 612-4122 is the transfer agent for our common
shares.
On May
28, 2010, the shareholders' list showed 37 registered shareholders and
23,010,225 shares issued immediately prior to the completion of the share
exchange agreement.
Dividend
Policy
We have
not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and have no present intention of
paying any dividends on the shares of our common stock. Our current policy is to
retain earnings, if any, for use in our operations and in the development of our
business. Our future dividend policy will be determined from time to time by our
board of directors.
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
We have
not adopted any equity compensation plans.
RECENT
SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
The
following sets forth certain information concerning securities which were sold
or issued by us without the registration of the securities under the Securities
Act of 1933 in reliance on exemptions from such registration requirements within
the past three years that have not been previously disclosed in a current or
periodic report:
On May
28, 2010, we issued 11,989,775 common shares as compensation for services
rendered to our company. These shares were issued to one U.S. person
(as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) relying
upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.
On May
28, 2010, we issued 65,000,000 shares of our common stock to the former
shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation, in
consideration for the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common
shares in the capital of Leeward Group, Inc. These shares were issued
to three U.S. persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities
Act of 1933) relying upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of
1933.
DESCRIPTION
OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
General
Our
authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock at a par
value of $0.00001 per share and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par
value of $0.00001per share.
Common
Stock
As of the
closing of the share exchange agreement on May 28, 2010, there were
100,000,000
shares
of our common stock issued and outstanding that are held by the stockholders of
record.
Holders
of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters
submitted to a stockholder vote. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative
voting rights. Therefore, holders of a majority of the shares of common stock
voting for the election of directors can elect all of the directors. Holders of
our common stock representing a majority of the voting power of our capital
stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by
proxy, are necessary to constitute a quorum at any meeting of our stockholders.
A vote by the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares is required to
effectuate certain fundamental corporate changes such as liquidation, merger or
an amendment to our articles of incorporation.
Holders
of common stock are entitled to share in all dividends that the board of
directors, in its discretion, declares from legally available funds. In the
event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, each outstanding share
entitles its holder to participate pro rata in all assets that remain after
payment of liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any,
having preference over the common stock. Holders of our common stock have no
pre-emptive rights, no conversion rights and there are no redemption provisions
applicable to our common stock.
Preferred
Stock
We are
authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value
of $0.00001, for which the board of directors may fix and determine the
designations, rights, preferences or other variations of each class or series
within each class of the Preferred Shares.
As of the
date of this current report we have no preferred shares issued and
outstanding.
Dividend Policy
We have
never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently
intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our
business. As a result, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future.
Share
Purchase Warrants
We have
no share purchase warrants outstanding.
Options
We have
not issued and do not have outstanding any options to purchase shares of our
common stock.
INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The
Nevada Revised Statutes provide that:
·
|
a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful;
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·
|
a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment
in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner
which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue
or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of
competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be
liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the
action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction
determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the
case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses as the court deems proper;
and
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·
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to
the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation
has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys’
fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense.
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We may
make any discretionary indemnification only as authorized in the specific case
upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or
agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination must be
made:
·
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by
our board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to the action, suit or
proceeding;
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·
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if
a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties
to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel
in a written opinion;
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·
|
if
a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit
or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion; or
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Unless
limited by our articles of incorporation (which is not the case with our
articles of incorporation) a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to
which the director was a party because of being a director of the corporation
against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the
proceeding.
CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM
3.02 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
On May
28, 2010, we issued 11,989,775 common shares as compensation for services
rendered to our company. These shares were issued to one U.S. person
(as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) relying
upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.
On May
28, 2010, we issued 65,000,000 shares of our common stock to the former
shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation, in
consideration for the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common
shares in the capital of Leeward Group, Inc. These shares were issued
to three U.S. persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities
Act of 1933) relying upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of
1933.
ITEM
5.01 CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT
Upon
closing of the transactions contemplated by the share exchange agreement on May
28, 2010, we issued 65,000,000
shares of our common
stock to the former shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. in consideration for the
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of
Leeward Group, Inc.
As of the
closing date, the former shareholders of Leeward held 65% of the issued and
outstanding common shares of our company.
ITEM
5.02 – DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS
On May
28, 2010, in connection with the closing of the share exchange agreement, new
directors were appointed to our board of directors. At the same time,
Charles Payne and Stanley Chapman resigned as directors. The new directors are
Kevin Coughlin and William Cleave.
Descriptions
of business experience over the past five years and compensatory arrangements of
the new directors and officers can be found in the sections entitled “Directors,
Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons” and “Executive
Compensation”.
ITEM
5.03 CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
On May
28, 2010, in connection with the closing of the share exchange agreement, we
changed our fiscal year end to December 31
st
for
accounting purposes. Starting with the periodic report for the
quarter in which the acquisition was consummated, our company will file annual
and quarterly reports based on the December 31
st
fiscal
year end of Leeward. Such financial statements will depict the
operating results of Leeward.
ITEM
5.06 CHANGE IN SHELL COMPANY STATUS
Management
has determined that, as of the closing of the share exchange agreement, our
company has ceased to be a shell company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the United
States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Please refer to
Item 2.01 of this current report for a detailed description of the share
exchange agreement and the business of our company following the closing
date.
ITEM
9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a)
|
Financial
Statements for Leeward Group, Inc.
|
Exhibits
required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
(3)
|
Articles
of Incorporation and By-laws
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference from our Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 filed on August 27, 2007)
|
3.2
|
Bylaws (Incorporated
by reference from our Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on August
27, 2007)
|
(10)
|
Material
Contracts
|
10.1
|
Share
Exchange Agreement dated May 28, 2010 with Leeward Group,
Inc.
|
10.2
|
Agreement
of Sale between Sangamon Associates, Inc., and Flagship Insurance,
Inc.
|
10.3
|
Agreement
of Sale between Leeward Group, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries
Sangamon Associates, Inc., Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc., and
Brady-Rogers Inc.
|
10.4
|
Agreement
of Sale between Leeward Group, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries
Sangamon Associates, Inc., Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc., and Waughtal -
D. P. Domestic and International Insurance, LLC.
|
|
|
(99)
|
Additional
Exhibits
|
99.1
|
Financial
Statements for Leeward Group, Inc.
|
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
PRINCIPLE
SECURITY INTERNATIONAL INC.
/s/ Kevin Coughlin
By:
Kevin
Coughlin
President,
Chief Executive Officer,
Chief
Financial Officer and Director
Date: June
4, 2010
SHARE EXCHANGE
AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT is made effective as of the 28th day of May, 2010
AMONG:
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
, a Nevada corporation, of Unit B – 2015 Burrard Street, Vancouver,
British Columbia, V6J 3H4
(“
Pubco
”)
AND:
LEEWARD GROUP, INC.
, a
Delaware corporation with a registered office at 108 West 13
th
Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(“
Priveco
”)
AND:
THE
UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDERS OF PRIVECO AS LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 ATTACHED
HERETO
(the
“
Selling
Shareholders
”)
WHEREAS:
A.
|
The
Selling Shareholders are the registered and beneficial owners of all
12,106,002 issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of
Priveco;
|
B.
|
Pubco
has agreed to issue up to 65,000,000 common shares in the capital of Pubco
as of the Closing Date, as defined herein, to the Selling Shareholders as
consideration for the purchase by Pubco of the issued and outstanding
common shares of Priveco held by the Selling Shareholders;
and
|
C.
|
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
Selling Shareholders have agreed to sell all of the issued and outstanding
common shares of Priveco held by the Selling Shareholders to Pubco in
exchange for common shares of
Pubco.
|
THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged), the parties covenant and agree as follows:
1.1.
|
Definitions
.
The following terms have the following meanings, unless the context
indicates otherwise:
|
(a)
|
“
Agreement
” shall mean
this Agreement, and all the exhibits, schedules and other documents
attached to or referred to in this Agreement, and all amendments and
supplements, if any, to this
Agreement;
|
(b)
|
“Closing”
shall mean the completion of the Transaction, in accordance with Section 7
hereof, at which the Closing Documents shall be exchanged by the parties,
except for those documents or other items specifically required to be
exchanged at a later time;
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(c)
|
“Closing
Date” shall mean a date mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto in
writing and in accordance with Section 10.6 following the satisfaction or
waiver by Pubco and Priveco of the conditions precedent set out in
Sections 5.1 and 5.2 respectively, provided that such date shall be no
later than six (6) weeks after delivery of the Priveco Financial
Statements to be delivered under Section 5.1(j)
hereof;
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(d)
|
“Closing
Documents” shall mean the papers, instruments and documents required to be
executed and delivered at the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement;
|
(e)
|
“Exchange
Act” shall mean the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
|
(f)
|
“GAAP”
shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles applied
in a manner consistent with prior
periods;
|
(g)
|
“HE
Capital Shares” means 11,989,775 Pubco common shares to be issued to HE
Capital at Closing;
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(h)
|
“Liabilities”
shall include any direct or indirect indebtedness, guaranty, endorsement,
claim, loss, damage, deficiency, cost, expense, obligation or
responsibility, fixed or unfixed, known or unknown, asserted choate or
inchoate, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or
unsecured;
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(i)
|
“Priveco
Shares” shall mean the 12,106,002 common shares of Priveco held by the
Selling Shareholders, being all of the issued and outstanding common
shares of Priveco beneficially held, either directly or indirectly, by the
Selling Shareholders;
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(j)
|
“Pubco
Shares” shall mean the up to 65,000,000 fully paid and non-assessable
common shares of Pubco, to be issued to the Selling Shareholders by Pubco
on the Closing Date;
|
(k)
|
“SEC”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission;
|
(l)
|
“Securities
Act” shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended;
|
(m)
|
“Taxes”
shall include international, federal, state, provincial and local income
taxes, capital gains tax, value-added taxes, franchise, personal property
and real property taxes, levies, assessments, tariffs, duties (including
any customs duty), business license or other fees, sales, use and any
other taxes relating to the assets of the designated party or the business
of the designated party for all periods up to and including the Closing
Date, together with any related charge or amount, including interest,
fines, penalties and additions to tax, if any, arising out of tax
assessments; and
|
(n)
|
“Transaction”
shall mean the purchase of the Priveco Shares by Pubco from the Selling
Shareholders in consideration for the issuance of the Pubco
Shares.
|
1.2.
|
Schedules.
The
following schedules are attached to and form part of this
Agreement:
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Schedule
1
|
–
|
Selling
Shareholders
|
Schedule
2
|
–
|
Certificate
of U.S Shareholder
|
Schedule
3
|
–
|
National
Instrument 45-106 Investor Questionnaire
|
Schedule
4
|
–
|
Directors
and Officers of Priveco
|
Schedule
5
|
–
|
Directors
and Officers of Pubco
|
Schedule
6
|
–
|
Priveco
Leases, Subleases, Claims, Capital Expenditures, Taxes and Other Property
Interests
|
Schedule
7
|
–
|
Priveco
Intellectual Property
|
Schedule
8
|
–
|
Priveco
Material Contracts
|
Schedule
9
|
–
|
Priveco
Employment Agreements and Arrangements
|
|
|
|
1.3
Currency.
All
references to currency referred to in this Agreement are in United States
Dollars (US$), unless expressly stated otherwise.
2.
|
THE OFFER, PURCHASE
AND SALE OF SHARES
|
2.1.
|
Offer, Purchase and
Sale of Shares.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Selling Shareholders hereby covenant and agree to sell,
assign and transfer to Pubco, and Pubco hereby covenants and agrees to
purchase from the Selling Shareholders all of the Priveco Shares held by
the Selling Shareholders.
|
2.2.
|
Consideration.
As consideration for the sale of the Priveco Shares by the Selling
Shareholders to Pubco, Pubco shall allot and issue the Pubco Shares to the
Selling Shareholders in the amount set out opposite each Selling
Shareholder’s name in Schedule 1 on the basis of 5.3692375 Pubco Shares
for each Priveco Share held by each Selling Shareholder. The Selling
Shareholders acknowledge and agree that the Pubco Shares are being issued
pursuant to an exemption from the prospectus and registration requirements
of the Securities Act. As required by applicable securities law, the
Selling Shareholders agree to abide by all applicable resale restrictions
and hold periods imposed by all applicable securities legislation. All
certificates representing the Pubco Shares issued on Closing will be
endorsed with the following legend pursuant to the Securities Act in order
to reflect the fact that the Pubco Shares will be issued to the Selling
Shareholders pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act:
|
“NONE OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR ANY U.S. STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES (AS DEFINED HEREIN) OR TO U.S. PERSONS
EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT,
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR PURSUANT
TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1933
ACT. “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” ARE AS DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
1933 ACT.”
2.3.
|
Share Exchange
Procedure.
Each Selling Shareholder may exchange his, her or its
certificate representing the Priveco Shares by delivering such certificate
to Pubco duly executed and endorsed in blank (or accompanied by duly
executed stock powers duly endorsed in blank), in each case in proper form
for transfer, with signatures guaranteed, and, if applicable, with all
stock transfer and any other required documentary stamps affixed thereto
and with appropriate instructions to allow the transfer agent to issue
certificates for the Pubco Shares to the holder thereof, together
with
|
(a)
|
a
Certificate of U.S. Shareholder (the “Rule 506 Certificate”), a copy of
which is set out in Schedule 2;
and
|
(b)
|
a
National Instrument 45-106 Investor Questionnaire
(the “Questionnaire”), a copy of which is set out in Schedule
3.
|
2.4.
|
Fractional
Shares.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no
certificate for fractional shares of the Pubco Shares will be issued in
the Transaction. In lieu of any such fractional shares, if any of the
Selling Shareholders would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of
a share of the Pubco Shares upon surrender of certificates representing
the Priveco Shares for exchange pursuant to this Agreement, the Selling
Shareholders will be entitled to have such fraction rounded up to the
nearest whole number of Pubco Shares and will receive from Pubco a stock
certificate representing same.
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2.5.
|
Closing Date.
The Closing will take place, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date.
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2.6.
|
Restricted
Shares
. The Selling Shareholders acknowledge that the Pubco Shares
issued pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
will have such hold periods as are required under applicable securities
laws and as a result may not be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed,
except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in
each case only in accordance with all applicable securities
laws.
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2.7.
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Exemptions.
The
Selling Shareholders acknowledge that Pubco has advised such Selling
Shareholders that Pubco is relying upon the representations and warranties
of the Selling Shareholders set out in the Questionnaires to issue the
Pubco Shares under an exemption from the prospectus and registration
requirements of the British Columbia Securities Act (the “BC Securities
Act”) and, as a consequence, certain protections, rights and remedies
provided by such BC Securities Act, including statutory rights of
rescission or damages, will not be available to the Selling
Shareholders.
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2.8.
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Canadian Resale
Restrictions.
The Selling Shareholders acknowledge that there are
applicable hold periods under the BC Securities Act, and the Pubco Shares
may be subject to resale restrictions in Canada for such period of time.
Additionally, the Selling Shareholders acknowledge that resale of any of
the Pubco Shares by the Selling Shareholders in Canada is restricted
except pursuant to an exemption from applicable securities
legislation.
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PRIVECO
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As of the
Closing, Priveco and the Selling Shareholders, jointly and severally, represent
and warrant to Pubco, and acknowledge that Pubco is relying upon such
representations and warranties, in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, notwithstanding any investigation made by or on
behalf of Pubco, as follows:
3.1.
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Organization and Good
Standing.
Priveco is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and to carry on its
business as now being conducted. Priveco is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each of the
jurisdictions in which Priveco owns property, leases property, does
business, or is otherwise required to do so, where the failure to be so
qualified would have a material adverse effect on the business of Priveco
taken as a whole. Priveco has delivered to Pubco true and complete copes
of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of Priveco (the “Priveco
Charter Documents”).
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3.2.
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Authority.
Priveco has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and any other document contemplated by this
Agreement (collectively, the “Priveco Documents”) to be signed by Priveco
and to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of each of
the Priveco Documents by Priveco and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by Priveco’s board of
directors. No other corporate or shareholder proceedings on the part of
Priveco is necessary to authorize such documents or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been, and the other
Priveco Documents when executed and delivered by Priveco as contemplated
by this Agreement will be, duly executed and delivered by Priveco and this
Agreement is, and the other Priveco Documents when executed and delivered
by Priveco as contemplated hereby will be, valid and binding obligations
of Priveco enforceable in accordance with their respective terms
except:
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(a)
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as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’
rights generally;
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(b)
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as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies;
and
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(c)
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as
limited by public policy.
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3.3.
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Capitalization of
Priveco.
The entire authorized capital stock and other equity
securities of Priveco consists of 100,000,000 common shares (the “Priveco
Common Stock”), par value $0.01 per share. As of the date of
this Agreement, there are 12,106,002 shares of Priveco Common Stock issued
and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Priveco
Common Stock have been duly authorized, are validly issued, were not
issued in violation of any pre-emptive rights and are fully paid and
non-assessable, are not subject to pre-emptive rights and were issued in
full compliance with the laws of the State of Delaware the Priveco Charter
Documents, or any contract to which Priveco is a party or otherwise bound.
There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company
having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for,
securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of
Priveco Common Stock may vote. There are no outstanding options, warrants,
subscriptions, conversion rights, exchange rights, “phantom” stock rights,
stock appreciation rights, or other rights, agreements, or commitments
obligating Priveco to issue any additional common shares of Priveco Common
Stock, or any other securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or
evidencing the right to subscribe for or acquire from Priveco any common
shares of Priveco Common Stock. There are no agreements purporting to
restrict the transfer of the Priveco Common Stock, no voting agreements,
shareholders’ agreements, voting trusts, or other arrangements restricting
or affecting the voting of the Priveco Common
Stock.
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3.4.
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Shareholders of
Priveco Common Stock.
As of the Closing Date, Schedule 1 contains a
true and complete list of the holders of all issued and outstanding shares
of the Priveco Common Stock including each holder’s name, address and
number of Priveco Shares held.
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3.5.
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Directors and Officers
of Priveco
. The duly elected or appointed directors and the duly
appointed officers of Priveco are as set out in Schedule
4.
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3.6.
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Corporate Records of
Priveco.
The corporate records of Priveco, as required to be
maintained by it pursuant to all applicable laws, are accurate, complete
and current in all material respects, and the minute book of Priveco is,
in all material respects, correct and contains all records required by all
applicable laws, as applicable, in regards to all proceedings, consents,
actions and meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors of
Priveco.
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3.7.
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Non-Contravention.
Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the Transaction,
will:
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(a)
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conflict
with, result in a violation of, cause a default under (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) or give rise to a right of termination,
amendment, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation contained in or
the loss of any material benefit under, or result in the creation of any
lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the material
properties or assets of Priveco or any of its subsidiaries under any term,
condition or provision of any loan or credit agreement, note, debenture,
bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit,
license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to Priveco or any of its subsidiaries, or any of
their respective material property or assets;
or
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(b)
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violate
any provision of the Constitution, Articles of Association or any other
constating documents of Priveco, any of its subsidiaries or any applicable
laws.
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3.8.
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Actions and
Proceedings
. There is no basis for and there is no action, suit,
judgment, claim, demand or proceeding outstanding or pending, or
threatened against Priveco or which involves any of the business, or the
properties or assets of Priveco that, if adversely resolved or determined,
would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets,
properties, prospects, or conditions of Priveco taken as a whole (a
“Priveco Material Adverse Effect”). There is no reasonable basis for any
claim or action that, based upon the likelihood of its being asserted and
its success if asserted, would have such a Priveco Material Adverse
Effect.
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(a)
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To
the best knowledge of Priveco, Priveco is in compliance with, is not in
default or violation in any material respect under, and has not been
charged with or received any notice at any time of any material violation
of any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, decree or other
applicable regulation to the business or operations of
Priveco;
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(b)
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To
the best knowledge of Priveco, Priveco is not subject to any judgment,
order or decree entered in any lawsuit or proceeding applicable to its
business and operations that would constitute a Priveco Material Adverse
Effect; and
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(c)
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Priveco
has operated in material compliance with all laws, rules, statutes,
ordinances, orders and regulations applicable to its business. Priveco has
not received any notice of any violation thereof, nor is Priveco aware of
any valid basis therefore.
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3.10.
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Financial
Representations.
The consolidated audited balance sheets for
Priveco for its last two fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December
31, 2009 and the unaudited interim balance sheet for the three month
period ended March 31, 2010 (the “
Priveco Accounting
Date
”), together with related statements of income, cash flows, and
changes in shareholder’s equity for such fiscal years and interim period
then ended (collectively, the “
Priveco Financial
Statements
”) to be supplied on or before the Closing
Date:
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(a)
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are
in accordance with the books and records of
Priveco;
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(b)
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present
fairly the financial condition of Priveco as of the respective dates
indicated and the results of operations for such periods;
and
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(c)
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have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP by a Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) registered independent accounting
firm.
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Priveco
has not received any advice or notification from its independent certified
public accountants that Priveco has used any improper accounting practice that
would have the effect of not reflecting or incorrectly reflecting in the Priveco
Financial Statements or the books and records of Priveco, any properties,
assets, Liabilities, revenues, or expenses. The books, records, and accounts of
Priveco accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, the assets, and
Liabilities of Priveco. Priveco has not engaged in any transaction, maintained
any bank account, or used any funds of Priveco, except for transactions, bank
accounts, and funds which have been and are reflected in the normally maintained
books and records of Priveco.
3.11.
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Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities
. Priveco does not have any Liabilities or obligations
either direct or indirect, matured or unmatured, absolute, contingent or
otherwise, which:
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(a)
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are
not set forth in the Priveco Financial Statements or have not heretofore
been paid or discharged;
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(b)
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did
not arise in the regular and ordinary course of business under any
agreement, contract, commitment, lease or plan specifically disclosed in
writing to Pubco; or
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(c)
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have
not been incurred in amounts and pursuant to practices consistent with
past business practice, in or as a result of the regular and ordinary
course of its business since the date of the last Priveco Financial
Statements
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(a)
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As
of the date hereof:
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(i)
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Priveco
has timely filed all tax returns in connection with any Taxes which are
required to be filed on or prior to the date hereof, taking into account
any extensions of the filing deadlines which have been validly granted to
Priveco, and
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(ii)
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all
such returns are true and correct in all material
respects;
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(b)
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Priveco
has paid all Taxes that have become or are due with respect to any period
ended on or prior to the date hereof, and has established an adequate
reserve therefore on its balance sheets for those Taxes not yet due and
payable, except for any Taxes the non-payment of which will not have a
Priveco Material Adverse Effect;
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(c)
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Priveco
is not presently under or has not received notice of, any contemplated
investigation or audit by regulatory or governmental agency of body or any
foreign or state taxing authority concerning any fiscal year or period
ended prior to the date hereof;
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(d)
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all
Taxes required to be withheld on or prior to the date hereof from
employees for income Taxes, social security Taxes, unemployment Taxes and
other similar withholding Taxes have been properly withheld and, if
required on or prior to the date hereof, have been deposited with the
appropriate governmental agency;
and
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(e)
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to
the best knowledge of Priveco, the Priveco Financial Statements contain
full provision for all Taxes including any deferred Taxes that may be
assessed to Priveco for the accounting period ended on the Priveco
Accounting Date or for any prior period in respect of any transaction,
event or omission occurring, or any profit earned, on or prior to the
Priveco Accounting Date or for any profit earned by Priveco on or prior to
the Priveco Accounting Date or for which Priveco is accountable up to such
date and all contingent Liabilities for Taxes have been provided for or
disclosed in the Priveco Financial
Statements.
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3.13.
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Absence of
Changes
. Since the Priveco Accounting Date, Priveco has
not:
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(a)
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incurred
any Liabilities, other than Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, or discharged or satisfied any
lien or encumbrance, or paid any Liabilities, other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, or failed to pay or
discharge when due any Liabilities of which the failure to pay or
discharge has caused or will cause any material damage or risk of material
loss to it or any of its assets or
properties;
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(b)
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sold,
encumbered, assigned or transferred any material fixed assets or
properties except for ordinary course business transactions consistent
with past practice;
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(c)
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created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness for money borrowed, or
mortgaged, pledged or subjected any of the material assets or properties
of Priveco or its subsidiaries to any mortgage, lien, pledge, security
interest, conditional sales contract or other encumbrance of any nature
whatsoever;
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(d)
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made
or suffered any amendment or termination of any material agreement,
contract, commitment, lease or plan to which it is a party or by which it
is bound, or cancelled, modified or waived any substantial debts or claims
held by it or waived any rights of substantial value, other than in the
ordinary course of business;
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(e)
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declared,
set aside or paid any dividend or made or agreed to make any other
distribution or payment in respect of its capital shares or redeemed,
purchased or otherwise acquired or agreed to redeem, purchase or acquire
any of its capital shares or equity
securities;
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(f)
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suffered
any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, that
materially and adversely effects its business, operations, assets,
properties or prospects;
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(g)
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suffered
any material adverse change in its business, operations, assets,
properties, prospects or condition (financial or
otherwise);
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(h)
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received
notice or had knowledge of any actual or threatened labor trouble,
termination, resignation, strike or other occurrence, event or condition
of any similar character which has had or might have an adverse effect on
its business, operations, assets, properties or
prospects;
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(i)
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made
commitments or agreements for capital expenditures or capital additions or
betterments;
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(j)
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other
than in the ordinary course of business, increased the salaries or other
compensation of, or made any advance (excluding advances for ordinary and
necessary business expenses) or loan to, any of its employees or directors
or made any increase in, or any addition to, other benefits to which any
of its employees or directors may be
entitled;
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(k)
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entered
into any transaction other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; or
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(l)
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agreed,
whether in writing or orally, to do any of the
foregoing.
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3.14.
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Absence of Certain
Changes or Events.
Since the Priveco Accounting Date, there has not
been:
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(a)
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a
Priveco Material Adverse Effect; or
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(b)
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any
material change by Priveco in its accounting methods, principles or
practices.
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3.15.
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Subsidiaries.
Priveco does not have any subsidiaries or agreements of any nature to
acquire any subsidiary or to acquire or lease any other business
operations.
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3.16.
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Personal
Property
. Priveco possesses, and has good and marketable title of
all property necessary for the continued operation of the business of
Priveco as presently conducted and as represented to Pubco. All such
property is used in the business of Priveco. All such property is in
reasonably good operating condition (normal wear and tear excepted), and
is reasonably fit for the purposes for which such property is presently
used. All material equipment, furniture, fixtures and other tangible
personal property and assets owned or leased by Priveco is owned by
Priveco free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges,
encumbrances, and other adverse claims, except as disclosed in Schedule
6.
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3.17.
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Intellectual
Property
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(a)
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Intellectual Property
Assets
. Priveco owns or holds an interest in all intellectual
property assets necessary for the operation of the business of Priveco as
it is currently conducted (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property
Assets
”), including:
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(i)
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all
functional business names, trading names, registered and unregistered
trademarks, service marks, and applications (collectively, the “
Marks
”);
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(ii)
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all
patents, patent applications, and inventions, methods, processes and
discoveries that may be patentable (collectively, the “
Patents
”);
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(iii)
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all
copyrights in both published works and unpublished works (collectively,
the “
Copyrights
”);
and
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(iv)
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all
know-how, trade secrets, confidential information, customer lists,
software, technical information, data, process technology, plans,
drawings, and blue prints owned, used, or licensed by Priveco as licensee
or licensor (collectively, the “
Trade
Secrets
”).
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(b)
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Agreements.
Schedule 7 contains a complete and accurate list and summary description,
including any royalties paid or received by Priveco, of all contracts and
agreements relating to the Intellectual Property Assets to which Priveco
is a party or by which Priveco is bound, except for any license implied by
the sale of a product and perpetual, paid-up licenses for commonly
available software programs with a value of less than $500 under which
Priveco is the licensee. To the best knowledge of Priveco, there are no
outstanding or threatened disputes or disagreements with respect to any
such agreement.
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(c)
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Intellectual Property
and Know-How Necessary for the Business.
Except as set forth in
Schedule 7, Priveco is the owner of all right, title, and interest in and
to each of the Intellectual Property Assets, free and clear of all liens,
security interests, charges, encumbrances, and other adverse claims, and
has the right to use without payment to a third party of all the
Intellectual Property Assets. Except as set forth in Schedule 7, all
former and current employees and contractors of Priveco have executed
written contracts, agreements or other undertakings with Priveco that
assign all rights to any inventions, improvements, discoveries, or
information relating to the business of Priveco. No employee, director,
officer or shareholder of Priveco owns directly or indirectly in whole or
in part, any Intellectual Property Asset which Priveco is presently using
or which is necessary for the conduct of its business. To the best
knowledge of Priveco, no employee or contractor of Priveco has entered
into any contract or agreement that restricts or limits in any way the
scope or type of work in which the employee may be engaged or requires the
employee to transfer, assign, or disclose information concerning his work
to anyone other than Priveco.
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(d)
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Patents.
Except
as set out in Schedule 7, Priveco does not hold any right, title or
interest in and to any Patent and Priveco has not filed any patent
application with any third party. To the best knowledge of Priveco, none
of the products manufactured and sold, nor any process or know-how used,
by Priveco infringes or is alleged to infringe any patent or other
proprietary night of any other person or
entity.
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(e)
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Trademarks.
Except as set out in Schedule 7, Priveco does not hold any right, title or
interest in and to any Mark and Priveco has not registered or filed any
application to register any Mark with any third party. To the best
knowledge of Priveco, none of the Marks, if any, used by Priveco infringes
or is alleged to infringe any trade name, trademark, or service mark of
any third party.
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(f)
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Copyrights.
Schedule 7 contains a complete and accurate list and summary description
of all Copyrights. Priveco is the owner of all right, title, and interest
in and to each of the Copyrights, free and clear of all liens, security
interests, charges, encumbrances, and other adverse claims. If applicable,
all registered Copyrights are currently in compliance with formal legal
requirements, are valid and enforceable, and are not subject to any
maintenance fees or taxes or actions falling due within ninety days after
the Closing Date. To the best knowledge of Priveco, no Copyright is
infringed or has been challenged or threatened in any way and none of the
subject matter of any of the Copyrights infringes or is alleged to
infringe any copyright of any third party or is a derivative work based on
the work of a third party. All works encompassed by the Copyrights have
been marked with the proper copyright
notice.
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(g)
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Trade Secrets.
Priveco has taken all reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality, and value of its Trade Secrets. Priveco has good title
and an absolute right to use the Trade Secrets. The Trade Secrets are not
part of the public knowledge or literature, and to the best knowledge of
Priveco, have not been used, divulged, or appropriated either for the
benefit of any person or entity or to the detriment of Priveco. No Trade
Secret is subject to any adverse claim or has been challenged or
threatened in any way.
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3.18.
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Insurance.
The
products sold by and the assets owned by Priveco are insured under various
policies of general product liability and other forms of insurance
consistent with prudent business practices. All such policies are in full
force and effect in accordance with their terms, no notice of cancellation
has been received, and there is no existing default by Priveco, or any
event which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default thereunder. All premiums to date have been paid in
full.
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3.19.
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Employees and
Consultants.
All employees and consultants of Priveco have been
paid all salaries, wages, income and any other sum due and owing to them
by Priveco, as at the end of the most recent completed pay period. Priveco
is not aware of any labor conflict with any employees that might
reasonably be expected to have a Priveco Material Adverse Effect. To the
best knowledge of Priveco, no employee of Priveco is in violation of any
term of any employment contract, non-disclosure agreement, non-competition
agreement or any other contract or agreement relating to the relationship
of such employee with Priveco or any other nature of the business
conducted or to be conducted by
Priveco.
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3.20.
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Real Property.
Priveco does not own any real property. Each of the leases, subleases,
claims or other real property interests (collectively, the “
Leases
”) to which
Priveco is a party or is bound, as set out in Schedule 6, is legal, valid,
binding, enforceable and in full force and effect in all material
respects. All rental and other payments required to be paid by Priveco
pursuant to any such Leases have been duly paid and no event has occurred
which, upon the passing of time, the giving of notice, or both, would
constitute a breach or default by any party under any of the Leases. The
Leases will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full
force and effect on identical terms following the Closing Date. Priveco
has not assigned, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged, deeded in trust, or
encumbered any interest in the Leases or the leasehold property pursuant
thereto.
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3.21.
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Material Contracts and
Transactions.
Schedule 8 attached hereto lists each material
contract, agreement, license, permit, arrangement, commitment, instrument
or contract to which Priveco is a party (each, a “
Contract
”). Each
Contract is in full force and effect, and there exists no material breach
or violation of or default by Priveco under any Contract, or any event
that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, will create a material
breach or violation thereof or default under any Contract by Priveco. The
continuation, validity, and effectiveness of each Contract will in no way
be affected by the consummation of the Transaction contemplated by this
Agreement. There exists no actual or threatened termination, cancellation,
or limitation of, or any amendment, modification, or change to any
Contract.
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3.22.
|
Certain
Transactions.
Priveco is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any
indebtedness of any third party, including any person, firm or
corporation.
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3.23.
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No Brokers.
Priveco has not incurred any independent obligation or liability to any
party for any brokerage fees, agent’s commissions, or finder’s fees in
connection with the Transaction contemplated by this
Agreement.
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3.24.
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Completeness of
Disclosure.
No representation or warranty by Priveco in this
Agreement nor any certificate, schedule, statement, document or instrument
furnished or to be furnished to Pubco pursuant hereto contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to
state a material fact required to be stated herein or therein or necessary
to make any statement herein or therein not materially
misleading.
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3.25.
|
Benefit Plans
.
Priveco does not have or maintain any collective bargaining agreement or
any bonus, pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation, incentive
compensation, share ownership, share purchase, share option, phantom
stock, retirement, vacation, severance, disability, death benefit,
hospitalization, medical or other plan, arrangement or understanding
(whether or not legally binding) providing benefits to any current or
former employee, officer or director of Priveco. As of the date
of this Agreement there are no severance or termination agreements or
arrangements between Priveco and any current or former employee, officer
or director of Priveco, nor does Priveco have any general severance plan
or policy.
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3.26.
|
Compliance With
Applicable Laws.
Priveco is in compliance with all applicable laws,
including those relating to occupational health and safety and the
environment, except for instances of noncompliance that, individually and
in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Priveco Material Adverse Effect. This Section
3.26 does not relate to matters with respect to Taxes, which are the
subject of Section 3.12.
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3.27.
|
Transactions With
Affiliates and Employees
. None of the officers or directors of
Priveco and, to the knowledge of Priveco, none of the employees of Priveco
is presently a party to any transaction with Priveco (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to
or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or
otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such
employee or, to the knowledge of Priveco, any entity in which any officer,
director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an
officer, director, trustee or
partner.
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3.28.
|
Application of
Takeover Protections.
Priveco has taken all necessary action, if
any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition,
business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a
rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under Priveco’s
charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or
could become applicable to the Selling Shareholders as a result of the
Selling Shareholders and Priveco fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the issuance of the Pubco Shares and the Selling Shareholders’
ownership of the Pubco Shares.
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3.29.
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No Additional
Agreements
. Priveco does not have any agreement or understanding
with the Selling Shareholder with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than as specified in this
Agreement.
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3.30.
|
Foreign Corrupt
Practices.
Neither Priveco, nor, to Priveco’s knowledge, any
director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of
Priveco has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, Priveco
(i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity;
(ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)
violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to
any foreign or domestic government official or
employee.
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PUBCO
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As of the
Closing, Pubco represents and warrants to Priveco and the Selling Shareholders
and acknowledges that Priveco and the Selling Shareholders are relying upon such
representations and warranties in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, notwithstanding any investigation made by or on
behalf of Priveco or the Selling Shareholders, as follows:
4.1.
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Organization and Good
Standing.
Pubco is duly incorporated, organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and to carry on its
business as now being conducted. Pubco is qualified to do business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation in each of the jurisdictions in
which it owns property, leases property, does business, or is otherwise
required to do so, where the failure to be so qualified would have a
material adverse effect on the businesses, operations, or financial
condition of Pubco.
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4.2.
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Authority.
Pubco has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and any other document contemplated by this
Agreement (collectively, the “
Pubco Documents
”) to be
signed by Pubco and to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of each
of the Pubco Documents by Pubco and the consummation by Pubco of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by its board of
directors and no other corporate or shareholder proceedings on the part of
Pubco is necessary to authorize such documents or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been, and the other
Pubco Documents when executed and delivered by Pubco as contemplated by
this Agreement will be, duly executed and delivered by Pubco and this
Agreement is, and the other Pubco Documents when executed and delivered by
Pubco, as contemplated hereby will be, valid and binding obligations of
Pubco enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
except:
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(a)
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as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’
rights generally;
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(b)
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as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies;
and
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(c)
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as
limited by public policy.
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4.3.
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Capitalization of
Pubco.
The entire authorized capital stock and other equity
securities of Pubco consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock with a
par value of $0.0001 (the “
Pubco Common Stock
”) and
100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of
$0.0001. As of the date of this Agreement, there are 23,010,225
shares of Pubco Common Stock issued and outstanding. All of the issued and
outstanding shares of Pubco Common Stock have been duly authorized, are
validly issued, were not issued in violation of any pre-emptive rights and
are fully paid and non-assessable, are not subject to pre-emptive rights
and were issued in full compliance with all federal, state, and local
laws, rules and regulations. There are no outstanding options, warrants,
subscriptions, phantom shares, conversion rights, or other rights,
agreements, or commitments obligating Pubco to issue any additional shares
of Pubco Common Stock, or any other securities convertible into,
exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for or acquire from
Pubco any shares of Pubco Common Stock as of the date of this Agreement.
There are no agreements purporting to restrict the transfer of the Pubco
Common Stock, no voting agreements, voting trusts, or other arrangements
restricting or affecting the voting of the Pubco Common
Stock.
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4.4.
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Directors and Officers
of Pubco.
The duly elected or appointed directors and the duly
appointed officers of Pubco are as listed on Schedule
5.
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4.5.
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Corporate Records of
Pubco.
The corporate records of Pubco, as required to be maintained
by it pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada, are accurate, complete
and current in all material respects, and the minute book of Pubco is, in
all material respects, correct and contains all material records required
by the law of the State of Nevada in regards to all proceedings, consents,
actions and meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors of
Pubco.
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4.6.
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Non-Contravention.
Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the Transaction,
will:
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(a)
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conflict
with, result in a violation of, cause a default under (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) or give rise to a right of termination,
amendment, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation contained in or
the loss of any material benefit under, or result in the creation of any
lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the material
properties or assets of Pubco under any term, condition or provision of
any loan or credit agreement, note, debenture, bond, mortgage, indenture,
lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, license, judgment, order,
decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Pubco or
any of its material property or
assets;
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(b)
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violate
any provision of the applicable incorporation or charter documents of
Pubco; or
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(c)
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violate
any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule, or regulation of any
court or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to Pubco or any
of its material property or assets.
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4.7.
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Validity of Pubco
Common Stock Issuable upon the Transaction.
The Pubco Shares to be
issued to the Selling Shareholders upon consummation of the Transaction in
accordance with this Agreement will, upon issuance, have been duly and
validly authorized and, when so issued in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
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4.8.
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Actions and
Proceedings.
To the best knowledge of Pubco, there is no claim,
charge, arbitration, grievance, action, suit, investigation or proceeding
by or before any court, arbiter, administrative agency or other
governmental authority now pending or, to the best knowledge of Pubco,
threatened against Pubco which involves any of the business, or the
properties or assets of Pubco that, if adversely resolved or determined,
would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets,
properties, prospects or conditions of Pubco taken as a whole (a “
Pubco Material Adverse
Effect
”). There is no reasonable basis for any claim or action
that, based upon the likelihood of its being asserted and its success if
asserted, would have such a Pubco Material Adverse
Effect.
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(a)
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To
the best knowledge of Pubco, Pubco is in compliance with, is not in
default or violation in any material respect under, and has not been
charged with or received any notice at any time of any material violation
of any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, decree or other
applicable regulation to the business or operations of
Pubco;
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(b)
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To
the best knowledge of Pubco, Pubco is not subject to any judgment, order
or decree entered in any lawsuit or proceeding applicable to its business
and operations that would constitute a Pubco Material Adverse
Effect;
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(c)
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Pubco
has operated in material compliance with all laws, rules, statutes,
ordinances, orders and regulations applicable to its business. Pubco has
not received any notice of any violation thereof, nor is Pubco aware of
any valid basis therefore.
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4.10.
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Filings, Consents and
Approvals.
No filing or registration with, no notice to and no
permit, authorization, consent, or approval of any public or governmental
body or authority or other person or entity is necessary for the
consummation by Pubco of the Transaction contemplated by this Agreement to
continue to conduct its business after the Closing Date in a manner which
is consistent with that in which it is presently
conducted.
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4.11.
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SEC Filings.
Pubco has furnished or made available to Priveco and the Selling
Shareholders a true and complete copy of each report, schedule,
registration statement and proxy statement filed by Pubco with the SEC
(collectively, and as such documents have since the time of their filing
been amended, the “Pubco SEC Documents”). As of their respective dates,
the Pubco SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, as the case may
be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such
Pubco SEC Documents. The Pubco SEC Documents constitute all of the
documents and reports that Pubco was required to file with the SEC
pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder by the SEC.
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4.12.
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Financial
Representations.
Included with the Pubco SEC Documents are true,
correct, and complete copies of audited balance sheets for Pubco dated as
of May 31, 2009 and unaudited balance sheets for Pubco dated as of
February 28, 2010 (the “
Pubco Accounting Date
”),
together with related statements of income, cash flows, and changes in
shareholder’s equity for the fiscal year and interim period then ended
(collectively, the “
Pubco
Financial Statements
”). The Pubco Financial
Statements:
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(a)
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are
in accordance with the books and records of
Pubco;
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(b)
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present
fairly the financial condition of Pubco as of the respective dates
indicated and the results of operations for such periods;
and
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(c)
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have
been prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
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Pubco has
not received any advice or notification from its independent certified public
accountants that Pubco has used any improper accounting practice that would have
the effect of not reflecting or incorrectly reflecting in the Pubco Financial
Statements or the books and records of Pubco, any properties, assets,
Liabilities, revenues, or expenses. The books, records, and accounts of Pubco
accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, the assets, and Liabilities
of Pubco. Pubco has not engaged in any transaction, maintained any bank account,
or used any funds of Pubco, except for transactions, bank accounts, and funds
which have been and are reflected in the normally maintained books and records
of Pubco.
4.13.
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Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities.
Pubco has no material Liabilities or obligations
either direct or indirect, matured or unmatured, absolute, contingent or
otherwise, which:
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(a)
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are
not set forth in the Pubco Financial Statements or have not heretofore
been paid or discharged;
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(b)
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did
not arise in the regular and ordinary course of business under any
agreement, contract, commitment, lease or plan specifically disclosed in
writing to Priveco; or
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(c)
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have
not been incurred in amounts and pursuant to practices consistent with
past business practice, in or as a result of the regular and ordinary
course of its business since the date of the last Pubco Financial
Statements.
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(a)
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As
of the date hereof:
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(i)
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Pubco
has timely filed all tax returns in connection with any Taxes which are
required to be filed on or prior to the date hereof, taking into account
any extensions of the filing deadlines which have been validly granted to
them, and
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(ii)
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all
such returns are true and correct in all material
respects;
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(b)
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Pubco
has paid all Taxes that have become or are due with respect to any period
ended on or prior to the date
hereof;
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(c)
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Pubco
is not presently under and has not received notice of, any contemplated
investigation or audit by the Canada Revenue Agency or the Internal
Revenue Service or any foreign or state taxing authority concerning any
fiscal year or period ended prior to the date
hereof;
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(d)
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All
Taxes required to be withheld on or prior to the date hereof from
employees for income Taxes, social security Taxes, unemployment Taxes and
other similar withholding Taxes have been properly withheld and, if
required on or prior to the date hereof, have been deposited with the
appropriate governmental agency;
and
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(e)
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To
the best knowledge of Pubco, the Pubco Financial Statements contain full
provision for all Taxes including any deferred Taxes that may be assessed
to Pubco for the accounting period ended on the Pubco Accounting Date or
for any prior period in respect of any transaction, event or omission
occurring, or any profit earned, on or prior to the Pubco Accounting Date
or for any profit earned by Pubco on or prior to the Pubco Accounting Date
or for which Pubco is accountable up to such date and all contingent
Liabilities for Taxes have been provided for or disclosed in the Pubco
Financial Statements.
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4.15.
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Absence of
Changes.
Since the Pubco Accounting Date, except as disclosed in
the Public SEC Documents and except as contemplated in this Agreement,
Pubco has not:
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(a)
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incurred
any Liabilities, other than Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, or discharged or satisfied any
lien or encumbrance, or paid any Liabilities, other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, or failed to pay or
discharge when due any Liabilities of which the failure to pay or
discharge has caused or will cause any material damage or risk of material
loss to it or any of its assets or
properties;
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(b)
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sold,
encumbered, assigned or transferred any material fixed assets or
properties;
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(c)
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created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness for money borrowed, or
mortgaged, pledged or subjected any of the material assets or properties
of Pubco to any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, conditional
sales contract or other encumbrance of any nature
whatsoever;
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(d)
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made
or suffered any amendment or termination of any material agreement,
contract, commitment, lease or plan to which it is a party or by which it
is bound, or cancelled, modified or waived any substantial debts or claims
held by it or waived any rights of substantial value, other than in the
ordinary course of business;
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(e)
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declared,
set aside or paid any dividend or made or agreed to make any other
distribution or payment in respect of its capital shares or redeemed,
purchased or otherwise acquired or agreed to redeem, purchase or acquire
any of its capital shares or equity
securities;
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(f)
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suffered
any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, that
materially and adversely effects its business, operations, assets,
properties or prospects;
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(g)
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suffered
any material adverse change in its business, operations, assets,
properties, prospects or condition (financial or
otherwise);
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(h)
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received
notice or had knowledge of any actual or threatened labor trouble,
termination, resignation, strike or other occurrence, event or condition
of any similar character which has had or might have an adverse effect on
its business, operations, assets, properties or
prospects;
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(i)
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made
commitments or agreements for capital expenditures or capital additions or
betterments exceeding in the aggregate
$10,000;
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(j)
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other
than in the ordinary course of business, increased the salaries or other
compensation of, or made any advance (excluding advances for ordinary and
necessary business expenses) or loan to, any of its employees or directors
or made any increase in, or any addition to, other benefits to which any
of its employees or directors may be
entitled;
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(k)
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entered
into any transaction other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; or
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(l)
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agreed,
whether in writing or orally, to do any of the
foregoing.
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4.16.
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Absence of Certain
Changes or Events.
Since the Pubco Accounting Date, except as and
to the extent disclosed in the Pubco SEC Documents, there has not
been:
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(a)
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a
Pubco Material Adverse Effect; or
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(b)
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any
material change by Pubco in its accounting methods, principles or
practices.
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4.17.
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Subsidiaries.
Pubco does not have any subsidiaries or agreements of any nature to
acquire any subsidiary or to acquire or lease any other business
operations, except as disclosed in the Pubco SEC
Documents.
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4.18.
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Personal
Property.
There are no material equipment, furniture, fixtures and
other tangible personal property and assets owned or leased by Pubco,
except as disclosed in the Pubco SEC
Documents.
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4.19.
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Employees and
Consultants.
Pubco does not have any employees or consultants,
except as disclosed in the Pubco SEC
Documents.
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4.20.
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Material Contracts and
Transactions.
Other than as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, there are no material contracts, agreements, licenses, permits,
arrangements, commitments, instruments, understandings or contracts,
whether written or oral, express or implied, contingent, fixed or
otherwise, to which Pubco is a party except as disclosed in writing to
Priveco or as disclosed in the Pubco SEC
Documents.
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4.21.
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No Brokers.
Pubco has not incurred any obligation or liability to any party for any
brokerage fees, agent’s commissions, or finder’s fees in connection with
the Transaction contemplated by this Agreement, with the exception of the
issuance of the HE Capital Shares at
Closing.
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4.22.
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Internal Accounting
Controls.
Pubco maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. Pubco’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of Pubco’s controls and procedures as of end of the filing
period prior to the filing date of the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
February 28, 2010 (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). Pubco presented in
its most recently filed Form 10-Q the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures
based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no significant changes in Pubco’s internal controls
(as such term is defined in Item 307 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange
Act) or, to Pubco’s knowledge, in other factors that could significantly
affect Pubco’s internal controls.
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4.23.
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Listing and
Maintenance Requirements.
Pubco is currently quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board and has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof,
received any notice from the OTC Bulletin Board or the NASD or any trading
market on which Pubco’s common stock is or has been listed or quoted to
the effect that Pubco is not in compliance with the quoting, listing or
maintenance requirements of the OTCBB or such other trading
market.
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4.24.
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Application of
Takeover Protections.
Pubco and its board of directors have taken
all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control
share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover
provision under Pubco’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or
similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that
is or could become applicable to Pubco as a result of the transactions
under this Agreement or the exercise of any rights pursuant to this
Agreement.
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4.25.
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No SEC or Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority Inquiries.
Neither the Pubco nor any
of its past or present officers or directors is the subject of any formal
or informal inquiry or investigation by the SEC or FINRA. Pubco currently
do not have any outstanding comment letters or other correspondences from
the SEC or FINRA.
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4.26.
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No Liabilities.
Upon Closing, Pubco shall have no direct, indirect or contingent
liabilities outstanding that exceed
$1,000.
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4.27.
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Completeness of
Disclosure.
No representation or warranty by Pubco in this
Agreement nor any certificate, schedule, statement, document or instrument
furnished or to be furnished to Priveco pursuant hereto contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to
state a material fact required to be stated herein or therein or necessary
to make any statement herein or therein not materially
misleading.
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5.1.
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Conditions Precedent
to Closing by Pubco.
The obligation of Pubco to consummate the
Transaction is subject to the satisfaction or written waiver of the
conditions set forth below by a date mutually agreed upon by the parties
hereto in writing and in accordance with Section 10.6. The Closing of the
Transaction contemplated by this Agreement will be deemed to mean a waiver
of all conditions to Closing. These conditions precedent are for the
benefit of Pubco and may be waived by Pubco in its sole
discretion.
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(a)
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Representations and
Warranties
. The representations and warranties of Priveco and the
Selling Shareholders set forth in this Agreement will be true, correct and
complete in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as
of the Closing Date and Priveco will have delivered to Pubco a certificate
dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and
warranties made by Priveco in this Agreement are true and
correct.
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(b)
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Performance
.
All of the covenants and obligations that Priveco and the Selling
Shareholders are required to perform or to comply with pursuant to this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing must have been performed and complied
with in all material respects.
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(c)
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Transaction
Documents
. This Agreement, the Priveco Documents, the Priveco
Financial Statements and all other documents necessary or reasonably
required to consummate the Transaction, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Pubco, will have been executed and delivered to
Pubco.
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(d)
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Secretary’s
Certificate – Priveco
. Pubco will have received a certificate from
the Secretary of Priveco attaching:
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(i)
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a
copy of Priveco’s Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation and all other
incorporation documents, as amended through the Closing Date;
and
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(ii)
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copies
of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of Priveco approving
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein.
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(e)
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Legal Opinion –
Priveco.
Pubco will have received an opinion, dated as of the
Closing Date, from counsel for Priveco, and such other local or special
counsel as is appropriate, all of which opinion will be in the form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Pubco and its
counsel.
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(f)
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Third Party
Consents
. Pubco will have received duly executed copies of all
third party consents and approvals contemplated by this Agreement, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Pubco.
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(g)
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Employment
Agreements
. Pubco will have received from Priveco copies of all
agreements or arrangements that evidence the employment of all of the
hourly and salaried employees of Priveco as set out on Schedule 9 attached
hereto, which constitute all of the employees reasonably necessary to
operate the business of Priveco substantially as presently
operated.
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(h)
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No Material Adverse
Change
. No Priveco Material Adverse Effect will have occurred since
the date of this Agreement.
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(i)
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Outstanding
Shares
. Priveco will have no more than 12,106,002 shares of Priveco
Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Closing
Date.
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(j)
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Delivery of Financial
Statements
. Priveco will have delivered to Pubco the Priveco
Financial Statements, which financial statements will include audited
financial statements for Priveco’s two fiscal years, prepared in
accordance with GAAP and audited by an independent auditor registered with
the PCAOB.
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(k)
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Due Diligence Review
of Financial Statements
. Pubco and its accountants will be
reasonably satisfied with their due diligence investigation and review of
the Priveco Financial Statements.
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(l)
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Due Diligence
Generally
. Pubco and its solicitors will be reasonably satisfied
with their due diligence investigation of Priveco that is reasonable and
customary in a transaction of a similar nature to that contemplated by the
Transaction, including:
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(i)
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materials,
documents and information in the possession and control of Priveco and the
Selling Shareholders which are reasonably germane to the
Transaction;
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(ii)
|
a
physical inspection of the assets of Priveco by Pubco or its
representatives; and
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(iii)
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title
to the material assets of Priveco.
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(m)
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Compliance with
Securities Laws
. Pubco will have received evidence satisfactory to
Pubco that the Pubco Shares issuable in the Transaction will be
issuable:
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(i)
|
without
registration pursuant to the Securities Act in reliance on a safe harbor
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, Regulation D and/or Regulation S;
and
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(ii)
|
in
reliance upon an exemption from the prospectus and registration
requirements of the BC Securities
Act.
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5.2.
|
In
order to establish the availability of the safe harbor from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and the prospectus and
registration requirements of the BC Securities Act for the issuance of
Pubco Shares to each Selling Shareholder, Priveco will deliver to Pubco on
Closing, a Rule 506 Certificate and a Questionnaire duly executed by each
Selling Shareholder.
Conditions Precedent
to Closing by Priveco.
The obligation of Priveco and the Selling
Shareholders to consummate the Transaction is subject to the satisfaction
or written waiver of the conditions set forth below by a date mutually
agreed upon by the parties hereto in writing and in accordance with
Section 10.6. The Closing of the Transaction will be deemed to mean a
waiver of all conditions to Closing. These conditions precedent are for
the benefit of Priveco and the Selling Shareholders and may be waived by
Priveco and the Selling Shareholders in their
discretion.
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(a)
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Representations and
Warranties
. The representations and warranties of Pubco set forth
in this Agreement will be true, correct and complete in all respects as of
the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date and Pubco
will have delivered to Priveco a certificate dated the Closing Date, to
the effect that the representations and warranties made by Pubco in this
Agreement are true and correct.
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(b)
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Performance
.
All of the covenants and obligations that Pubco are required to perform or
to comply with pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing must
have been performed and complied with in all material respects. Pubco must
have delivered each of the documents required to be delivered by it
pursuant to this Agreement.
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(c)
|
Transaction
Documents
. This Agreement, the Pubco Documents and all other
documents necessary or reasonably required to consummate the Transaction,
all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Priveco, will have
been executed and delivered by
Pubco.
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(d)
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Secretary’s
Certificate - Pubco.
Priveco will have received a certificate from
the Secretary of Pubco attaching:
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(i)
|
a
copy of Pubco’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended through
the Closing Date; and
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(ii)
|
copies
of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of Pubco approving
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein.
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(e)
|
Legal Opinion –
Pubco
. Priveco will have received a legal opinion, dated as of the
Closing Date, from counsel for Pubco, and such other local or special
legal counsel as is appropriate, all of which opinion shall be in the form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Priveco and its
counsel.
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(f)
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Third Party
Consents
. Priveco will have received from Pubco duly executed
copies of all third-party consents, permits, authorisations and approvals
of any public, regulatory (including the SEC) or governmental body or
authority or person or entity contemplated by this Agreement, in the form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Priveco.
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(g)
|
No Material Adverse
Change
. No Pubco Material Adverse Effect will have occurred since
the date of this Agreement.
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(h)
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No Action
. No
suit, action, or proceeding will be pending or threatened before any
governmental or regulatory authority wherein an unfavorable judgment,
order, decree, stipulation, injunction or charge would result in
and/or:
|
(i)
|
the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
or
|
(ii)
|
cause
the Transaction to be rescinded following
consummation.
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(i)
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Outstanding
Shares
. On the Closing Date, Pubco will have no more than
100,000,000 common shares issued and outstanding in the capital of Pubco
after giving effect to issuance of the Pubco Shares and the HE Capital
Shares.
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(j)
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Public Market
.
On the Closing Date, the shares of Pubco Common Stock will be quoted on
the OTC Bulletin Board.
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(k)
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Due Diligence Review
of Financial Statements
. Priveco and its accountants will be
reasonably satisfied with their due diligence investigation and review of
the Pubco Financial Statements, the Pubco SEC Documents, and the contents
thereof, prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
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(l)
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Due Diligence
Generally
. Priveco will be reasonably satisfied with their due
diligence investigation of Pubco that is reasonable and customary in a
transaction of a similar nature to that contemplated by the
Transaction.
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6.
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ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
OF THE PARTIES
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6.1.
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Notification of
Financial Liabilities.
Priveco will immediately notify Pubco
in
accordance
with Section 10.6 hereof, if Priveco receives any advice or notification
from its independent certified public accounts that Priveco has used any
improper accounting practice that would have the effect of not reflecting
or incorrectly reflecting in the books, records, and accounts of Priveco,
any properties, assets, Liabilities, revenues, or expenses.
Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary in this Agreement, this
covenant will survive Closing and continue in full force and
effect.
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6.2.
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Access and
Investigation.
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, Priveco, on the one hand, and Pubco, on the other hand, will, and
will cause each of their respective representatives
to:
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(a)
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afford
the other and its representatives full and free access to its personnel,
properties, assets, contracts, books and records, and other documents and
data;
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(b)
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furnish
the other and its representatives with copies of all such contracts, books
and records, and other existing documents and data as required by this
Agreement and as the other may otherwise reasonably request;
and
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(c)
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furnish
the other and its representatives with such additional financial,
operating, and other data and information as the other may reasonably
request.
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All of
such access, investigation and communication by a party and its representatives
will be conducted during normal business hours and in a manner designed not to
interfere unduly with the normal business operations of the other party. Each
party will instruct its auditors to co-operate with the other party and its
representatives in connection with such investigations.
6.3.
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Confidentiality
.
All information regarding the business of Priveco including, without
limitation, financial information that Priveco provides to Pubco during
Pubco’s due diligence investigation of Priveco will be kept in strict
confidence by Pubco and will not be used (except in connection with due
diligence), dealt with, exploited or commercialized by Pubco or disclosed
to any third party (other than Pubco’s professional accounting and legal
advisors) without the prior written consent of Priveco. If the Transaction
contemplated by this Agreement does not proceed for any reason, then upon
receipt of a written request from Priveco, Pubco will immediately return
to Priveco (or as directed by Priveco) any information received regarding
Priveco’s business. Likewise, all information regarding the business of
Pubco including, without limitation, financial information that Pubco
provides to Priveco during its due diligence investigation of Pubco will
be kept in strict confidence by Priveco and will not be used (except in
connection with due diligence), dealt with, exploited or commercialized by
Priveco or disclosed to any third party (other than Priveco’s professional
accounting and legal advisors) without Pubco’s prior written consent. If
the Transaction contemplated by this Agreement does not proceed for any
reason, then upon receipt of a written request from Pubco, Priveco will
immediately return to Pubco (or as directed by Pubco) any information
received regarding Pubco’s
business.
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6.4.
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Notification.
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, each of the
parties to this Agreement will promptly notify the other parties in
writing if it becomes aware of any fact or condition that causes or
constitutes a material breach of any of its representations and warranties
as of the date of this Agreement, if it becomes aware of the occurrence
after the date of this Agreement of any fact or condition that would cause
or constitute a material breach of any such representation or warranty had
such representation or warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or
discovery of such fact or condition. Should any such fact or condition
require any change in the Schedules relating to such party, such party
will promptly deliver to the other parties a supplement to the Schedules
specifying such change. During the same period, each party will promptly
notify the other parties of the occurrence of any material breach of any
of its covenants in this Agreement or of the occurrence of any event that
may make the satisfaction of such conditions impossible or
unlikely.
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6.5.
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Exclusivity.
Until such time, if any, as this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Agreement, Priveco and Pubco will not, directly or indirectly, solicit,
initiate, entertain or accept any inquiries or proposals from, discuss or
negotiate with, provide any non-public information to, or consider the
merits of any unsolicited inquiries or proposals from, any person or
entity relating to any transaction involving the sale of the business or
assets (other than in the ordinary course of business), or any of the
capital stock of Priveco or Pubco, as applicable, or any merger,
consolidation, business combination, or similar transaction other than as
contemplated by this Agreement.
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6.6.
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Conduct of Priveco and
Pubco Business Prior to Closing.
From the date of this Agreement to
the Closing Date, and except to the extent that Pubco otherwise consents
in writing, Priveco will operate its business substantially as presently
operated and only in the ordinary course and in compliance with all
applicable laws, and use its best efforts to preserve intact its good
reputation and present business organization and to preserve its
relationships with persons having business dealings with it. Likewise,
from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, and except to the
extent that Priveco otherwise consents in writing, Pubco will operate its
business substantially as presently operated and only in the ordinary
course and in compliance with all applicable laws, and use its best
efforts to preserve intact its good reputation and present business
organization and to preserve its relationships with persons having
business dealings with it.
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6.7.
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Certain Acts
Prohibited – Priveco
. Except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or for purposes in furtherance of this Agreement, between the
date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Priveco will not, without the
prior written consent of Pubco:
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(a)
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its
Constitution, Articles of Association or other incorporation
documents;
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(b)
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incur
any liability or obligation other than in the ordinary course of business
or encumber or permit the encumbrance of any properties or assets of
Priveco except in the ordinary course of
business;
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(c)
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dispose
of or contract to dispose of any Priveco property or assets, including the
Intellectual Property Assets, except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
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(d)
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issue,
deliver, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber or subject to any lien any
shares of the Priveco Common Stock, or any rights, warrants or options to
acquire, any such shares, voting securities or convertible
securities;
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(i)
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declare,
set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions in
respect of the Priveco Common Stock,
or
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(ii)
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split,
combine or reclassify any Priveco Common Stock or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of Priveco Common Stock;
or
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(f)
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not
materially increase benefits or compensation expenses of Priveco, other
than as contemplated by the terms of any employment agreement in existence
on the date of this Agreement, increase the cash compensation of any
director, executive officer or other key employee or pay any benefit or
amount not required by a plan or arrangement as in effect on the date of
this Agreement to any such person.
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6.8.
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Certain Acts
Prohibited - Pubco.
Except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Pubco
will not, without the prior written consent of
Priveco:
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(a)
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incur
any liability or obligation or encumber or permit the encumbrance of any
properties or assets of Pubco except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
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(b)
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dispose
of or contract to dispose of any Pubco property or assets except in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
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(c)
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declare,
set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions in
respect of the Pubco Common Stock;
or
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(d)
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materially
increase benefits or compensation expenses of Pubco, increase the cash
compensation of any director, executive officer or other key employee or
pay any benefit or amount to any such
person.
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6.9.
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Public
Announcements.
Pubco and Priveco each agree that they will not
release or issue any reports or statements or make any public
announcements relating to this Agreement or the Transaction contemplated
herein without the prior written consent of the other party, except as may
be required upon written advice of counsel to comply with applicable laws
or regulatory requirements after consulting with the other party hereto
and seeking their reasonable consent to such
announcement.
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6.10.
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Employment
Agreements.
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, Priveco will have made necessary arrangements to employ all of the
hourly and salaried employees of Priveco reasonably necessary to operate
such business substantially as presently operated. Priveco agrees to
provide copies of all such agreements and arrangements that evidence such
employment at or prior to Closing.
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6.11.
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Pubco Board of
Directors.
The current directors of Pubco will adopt resolutions
appointing William F. Cleave abd Kevin M. Coughlion to the Board of
Directors of Pubco and will accept the resignation of Charles Payne as a
director and officer of Pubco, which appointments and resignations will be
effective on Closing.
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7.1.
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Closing
. The
Closing shall take place on the Closing Date at the offices of the lawyers
for Pubco or at such other location as agreed to by the parties.
Notwithstanding the location of the Closing, each party agrees that the
Closing may be completed by the exchange of undertakings between the
respective legal counsel for Priveco and Pubco, provided such undertakings
are satisfactory to each party’s respective legal
counsel.
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7.2.
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Closing Deliveries of
Priveco and the Selling Shareholders.
At Closing, Priveco and the
Selling Shareholders will deliver or cause to be delivered the following,
fully executed and in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Pubco:
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(a)
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copies
of all resolutions and/or consent actions adopted by or on behalf of the
board of directors of Priveco evidencing approval of this Agreement and
the Transaction;
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(b)
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if
any of the Selling Shareholders appoint any person, by power of attorney
or equivalent, to execute this Agreement or any other agreement, document,
instrument or certificate contemplated by this agreement, on behalf of the
Selling Shareholder, a valid and binding power of attorney or equivalent
from such Selling Shareholder;
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(c)
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share
certificates representing the Priveco Shares as required by Section 2.3 of
this Agreement;
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(d)
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all
certificates and other documents required by Sections 2.3 and 5.1 of this
Agreement;
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(e)
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a
certificate of an officer of Priveco, dated as of Closing, certifying
that:
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(i)
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each
covenant and obligation of Priveco has been complied with;
and
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(ii)
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each
representation, warranty and covenant of Priveco is true and correct at
the Closing as if made on and as of the
Closing;
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(f)
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the
Priveco Documents, the Priveco Financial Statements and any other
necessary documents, each duly executed by Priveco, as required to give
effect to the Transaction;
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(g)
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copies
of all agreements and arrangements required by Section 6.10 of this
Agreement.
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7.3.
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Closing Deliveries of
Pubco.
At Closing, Pubco will deliver or cause to be delivered the
following, fully executed and in the form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Priveco:
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(a)
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copies
of all resolutions and/or consent actions adopted by or on behalf of the
board of directors of Pubco evidencing approval of this Agreement and the
Transaction;
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(b)
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all
certificates and other documents required by Section 5.2 of this
Agreement;
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(c)
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a
certificate of an officer of Pubco, dated as of Closing, certifying
that:
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(i)
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each
covenant and obligation of Pubco has been complied with;
and
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(ii)
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each
representation, warranty and covenant of Pubco is true and correct at the
Closing as if made on and as of the
Closing;
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(d)
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the
Pubco Documents and any other necessary documents, each duly executed by
Pubco, as required to give effect to the Transaction;
and
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(e)
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the
resolutions required to effect the changes contemplated in Sections 6.11
of this Agreement.
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7.4.
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Additional Closing
Delivery of Pubco
. At Closing, Pubco will deliver or cause to be
delivered the share certificates representing the Pubco Shares and the HE
Capital Shares.
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8.1.
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Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date
contemplated hereby by:
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(a)
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mutual
agreement of Pubco and Priveco;
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(b)
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Pubco,
if there has been a material breach by Priveco or any of the Selling
Shareholders of any material representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement set forth in this Agreement on the part of Priveco or the
Selling Shareholders that is not cured, to the reasonable satisfaction of
Pubco, within ten business days after notice of such breach is given by
Pubco (except that no cure period will be provided for a breach by Priveco
or the Selling Shareholders that by its nature cannot be
cured);
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(c)
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Priveco,
if there has been a material breach by Pubco of any material
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this
Agreement on the part of Pubco that is not cured by the breaching party,
to the reasonable satisfaction of Priveco, within ten business days after
notice of such breach is given by Priveco (except that no cure period will
be provided for a breach by Pubco that by its nature cannot be cured);
or
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(d)
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Pubco
or Priveco if any permanent injunction or other order of a governmental
entity of competent authority preventing the consummation of the
Transaction contemplated by this Agreement has become final and
non-appealable.
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8.2.
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Effect of Termination.
In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in
Section 8.1, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect,
provided, however, that no termination of this Agreement will relieve any
party of liability for any breaches of this Agreement that are based on a
wrongful refusal or failure to perform any
obligations.
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9.
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INDEMNIFICATION,
REMEDIES, SURVIVAL
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9.1.
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Certain
Definitions
. For the purposes of this Article 9 the terms “Loss”
and “Losses” mean any and all demands, claims, actions or causes of
action, assessments, losses, damages, Liabilities, costs, and expenses,
including without limitation, interest, penalties, fines and reasonable
attorneys, accountants and other professional fees and expenses, but
excluding any indirect, consequential or punitive damages suffered by
Pubco or Priveco including damages for lost profits or lost business
opportunities.
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9.2.
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Agreement of Priveco
to Indemnify
. Priveco will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, to
the full extent of the law, Pubco and its shareholders from, against, and
in respect of any and all Losses asserted against, relating to, imposed
upon, or incurred by Pubco and its shareholders by reason of, resulting
from, based upon or arising out of:
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(a)
|
the
breach by Priveco of any representation or warranty of Priveco contained
in or made pursuant to this Agreement, any Priveco Document or any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement;
or
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(b)
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the
breach or partial breach by Priveco of any covenant or agreement of
Priveco made in or pursuant to this Agreement, any Priveco Document or any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
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9.3.
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Agreement of the
Selling Shareholders to Indemnify.
The Selling Shareholders will
indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, to the full extent of the law, Pubco
and its shareholders from, against, and in respect of any and all Losses
asserted against, relating to, imposed upon, or incurred by Pubco and its
shareholders by reason of, resulting from, based upon or arising out
of:
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(a)
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any
breach by the Selling Shareholders of Section 2.2 of this Agreement;
or
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(b)
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any
misstatement, misrepresentation or breach of the representations and
warranties made by the Selling Shareholders contained in or made pursuant
to the Regulation S Certificate, Rule 506 Certificate or the Questionnaire
executed by each Selling Shareholder as part of the share exchange
procedure detailed in Section 2.3 of this
Agreement.
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9.4.
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Agreement of Pubco to
Indemnify.
Pubco will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, to the
full extent of the law, Priveco and the Selling Shareholders from,
against, for, and in respect of any and all Losses asserted against,
relating to, imposed upon, or incurred by Priveco and the Selling
Shareholders by reason of, resulting from, based upon or arising out
of:
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(a)
|
the
breach by Pubco of any representation or warranty of Pubco contained in or
made pursuant to this Agreement, any Pubco Document or any certificate or
other instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement;
or
|
(b)
|
the
breach or partial breach by Pubco of any covenant or agreement of Pubco
made in or pursuant to this Agreement, any Pubco Document or any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
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10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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10.1.
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Effectiveness of
Representations; Survival.
Each party is entitled to rely on the
representations, warranties and agreements of each of the other parties
and all such representation, warranties and agreement will be effective
regardless of any investigation that any party has undertaken or failed to
undertake. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, and except for
instances of fraud, the representations, warranties and agreements will
survive the Closing Date and continue in full force and effect until one
(1) year after the Closing Date.
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10.2.
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Further
Assurances.
Each of the parties hereto will co-operate with the
others and execute and deliver to the other parties hereto such other
instruments and documents and take such other actions as may be reasonably
requested from time to time by any other party hereto as necessary to
carry out, evidence, and confirm the intended purposes of this
Agreement.
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10.3.
|
Amendment.
This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by
each of the parties.
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10.4.
|
Expenses.
Pubco
will bear all costs incurred in connection with the preparation, execution
and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction contemplated hereby,
including all fees and expenses of agents, representatives and
accountants; provided that Pubco and Priveco will bear its respective
legal costs incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and
performance of this Agreement and the Transaction contemplated
hereby.
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10.5.
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Entire
Agreement.
This Agreement, the schedules attached hereto and the
other documents in connection with this transaction contain the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior arrangements and understandings, both written and
oral, expressed or implied, with respect thereto. Any preceding
correspondence or offers are expressly superseded and terminated by this
Agreement.
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10.6.
|
Notices.
All
notices and other communications required or permitted under this
Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed given if sent by personal
delivery, faxed with electronic confirmation of delivery,
internationally-recognized express courier or registered or certified mail
(return receipt requested), postage prepaid, to the parties at the
following addresses (or at such other address for a party as will be
specified by like notice):
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If to
Priveco or any of the Selling Shareholders:
Leeward
Group, Inc.
108 West
13
th
Street
Wilmington,
Delaware 19801
Attention:
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Kevin
Coughlin
|
Telephone:
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(609) 216-7938
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With a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Macdonald
Tuskey
Suite
1210, 777 Hornby Street
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1S4
Attention:
|
William
L. Macdonald
|
Telephone:
|
(604)
648-1670
|
Facsimile:
|
(604)
681-4760
|
If to
Pubco:
Principle
Security International, Inc.
Unit B –
2015 Burrard Street
Vancouver,
British Columbia, V6J 3H4
Telephone:
|
(604)
924-8000
|
Facsimile:
|
(604)
677-5900
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With a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Sichenzia
Ross Friedman Ference LLP
61
Broadway, 32nd Floor
New
York, NY 10006
Attention:
Andrea Cataneo
|
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Telephone:
212-930-9700
|
|
Facsimile:
212-930-9725
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All such
notices and other communications will be deemed to have been
received:
(a)
|
in
the case of personal delivery, on the date of such
delivery;
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(b)
|
in
the case of a fax, when the party sending such fax has received electronic
confirmation of its delivery;
|
(c)
|
in
the case of delivery by internationally-recognized express courier, on the
business day following dispatch;
and
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(d)
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in
the case of mailing, on the fifth business day following
mailing.
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10.7.
|
Headings.
The
headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience purposes only and
will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
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10.8.
|
Benefits.
This
Agreement is and will only be construed as for the benefit of or
enforceable by those persons party to this
Agreement.
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10.9.
|
Assignment.
This Agreement may not be assigned (except by operation of law) by any
party without the consent of the other
parties.
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10.10.
|
Governing Law.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be
performed therein.
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10.11.
|
Construction.
The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of
strict construction will be applied against any
party.
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10.12.
|
Gender.
All
references to any party will be read with such changes in number and
gender as the context or reference
requires.
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10.13.
|
Business Days.
If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action required or the
expiration of any rights granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in the Province of British Columbia, then such action may be
taken or right may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not a
Saturday, Sunday or such a legal
holiday.
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10.14.
|
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which
will be considered one and the same agreement and will become effective
when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and
delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need
not sign the same counterpart.
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10.15.
|
Fax Execution.
This Agreement may be executed by delivery of executed signature pages by
fax and such fax execution will be effective for all
purposes.
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10.16.
|
Schedules and
Exhibits.
The schedules and exhibits are attached to this Agreement
and incorporated herein.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written.
PRINCIPLE
SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
/s/
Stanley Chapman
By: Stanley Chapman, Director
THE
LEEWARD GROUP INC.
/s/
Kevin Coughlin
By: Kevin Coughlin, President
SCHEDULE
1
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
THE
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
Name
|
Address
|
Number
of Priveco Shares held before Closing
|
Total
Number of Pubco Shares to be issued by Pubco on Closing
|
Kevin
M. Coughlin
|
111
N. Central Ave.
Hartsdale,
NY 10530
|
5,303,001
|
28,473,072
|
William
F. Cleave
|
65
S. Main Street
Pennington,
NJ 08534
|
5,303,001
|
28,473,072
|
Digital
Application Corp.
|
769
S.W. 104
th
St. Ste 2
Miami,
FL 33156
|
1,500,000
|
8,053,856
|
|
Total
shares:
|
12,106,002
|
65,000,000
|
SCHEDULE
2
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
CERTIFICATE
OF U.S. SHAREHOLDER
In
connection with the issuance of common stock (the “Pubco Shares”) of PRINCIPLE
SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Pubco”), to the
undersigned, pursuant to that certain Share Exchange Agreement dated May____,
2010. (the “Agreement”), among Pubco, THE LEEWARD GROUP INC., a Delaware
corporation (“Priveco”) and the shareholders of Priveco as set out in the
Agreement (each, a “Selling Shareholder”), the undersigned Selling Shareholder
hereby agrees, acknowledges, represents and warrants that:
1. the
undersigned satisfies one or more of the categories of "Accredited Investors",
as defined by Regulation D promulgated under the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), as indicated below: (Please
initial in the space provide those categories, if any, of an "Accredited
Investor" which the undersigned satisfies.)
|
Category
1
|
An
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal
Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust or
partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares,
with total assets in excess of
US $5,000,000.
|
|
Category
2
|
A
natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that
person's spouse, on the date of purchase exceeds
US $1,000,000.
|
|
Category
3
|
A
natural person who had an individual income in excess of US $200,000
in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's
spouse in excess of US $300,000 in each of those years and has a
reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current
year.
|
|
Category
4
|
A
"bank" as defined under Section (3)(a)(2) of the 1933 Act or savings
and loan association or other institution as defined in
Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act acting in its individual or
fiduciary capacity; a broker dealer registered pursuant to Section 15
of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
(United States); an insurance company as
defined in Section 2(13) of the 1933 Act; an investment company
registered under the
Investment Company Act of
1940
(United States) or a business development company as defined
in Section 2(a)(48) of such Act; a Small Business Investment Company
licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under
Section 301(c) or (d) of the
Small Business Investment Act
of 1958
(United States); a plan with total assets in excess of
$5,000,000 established and maintained by a state, a political subdivision
thereof, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or a political
subdivision thereof, for the benefit of its employees; an employee benefit
plan within the meaning of the
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974
(United States) whose investment decisions are
made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act,
which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or
registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total
assets in excess of
$5,000,000,
or, if a self-directed plan, whose investment decisions are made solely by
persons that are accredited
investors.
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Category
5
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A
private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
of the
Investment
Advisers Act of 1940
(United
States).
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Category
6
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A
director or executive officer of the
Company.
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Category
7
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A
trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the Shares, whose purchase is directed by a
sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under the
1933 Act.
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Category
8
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An
entity in which all of the equity owners satisfy the requirements of one
or more of the foregoing
categories.
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Note that
for any of the Selling Shareholders claiming to satisfy one of the above
categories of Accredited Investor may be required to supply the Company with a
balance sheet, prior years' federal income tax returns or other appropriate
documentation to verify and substantiate the Subscriber's status as an
Accredited Investor.
If the
Selling Shareholder is an entity which initialled Category 8 in reliance upon
the Accredited Investor categories above, state the name, address, total
personal income from all sources for the previous calendar year, and the net
worth (exclusive of home, home furnishings and personal automobiles) for each
equity owner of the said entity:
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. none
of the Pubco Shares have been or will be registered under the U.S. Securities
Act, or under any state securities or “blue sky” laws of any state of the United
States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or, directly or
indirectly, to U.S. Persons, as that term is defined in Regulation S, except in
accordance with the provisions of Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from,
or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S.
Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state and foreign
securities laws;
3. the
Selling Shareholder understands and agrees that offers and sales of any of the
Pubco Shares shall be made only in compliance with the registration provisions
of the U.S. Securities Act or an exemption therefrom and in each case only in
accordance with applicable state and foreign securities laws;
4. the
Selling Shareholder understands and agrees not to engage in any hedging
transactions involving any of the Pubco Shares unless such transactions are in
compliance with the provisions of the U.S. Securities Act and in each case only
in accordance with applicable state and provincial securities laws;
5. the
Selling Shareholder is acquiring the Pubco Shares for investment only and not
with a view to resale or distribution and, in particular, it has no intention to
distribute either directly or indirectly any of the Pubco Shares in the United
States or to U.S. Persons;
6. Pubco
has not undertaken, and will have no obligation, to register any of the Pubco
Shares under the U.S. Securities Act;
7. Pubco
is entitled to rely on the acknowledgements, agreements, representations and
warranties and the statements and answers of the Selling Shareholder contained
in the Agreement and this Certificate, and the Selling Shareholder will hold
harmless Pubco from any loss or damage either one may suffer as a result of any
such acknowledgements, agreements, representations and/or warranties made by the
Selling Shareholder not being true and correct;
8. the
undersigned has been advised to consult their own respective legal, tax and
other advisors with respect to the merits and risks of an investment in the
Pubco Shares and, with respect to applicable resale restrictions, is solely
responsible (and Pubco is not in any way responsible) for compliance with
applicable resale restrictions;
9. the
undersigned and the undersigned’s advisor(s) have had a reasonable opportunity
to ask questions of and receive answers from Pubco in connection with the
acquisition of the Pubco Shares under the Agreement, and to obtain additional
information, to the extent possessed or obtainable by Pubco without unreasonable
effort or expense;
10. the
books and records of Pubco were available upon reasonable notice for inspection,
subject to certain confidentiality restrictions, by the undersigned during
reasonable business hours at its principal place of business and that all
documents, records and books in connection with the acquisition of the Pubco
Shares under the Agreement have been made available for inspection by the
undersigned, the undersigned’s attorney and/or advisor(s);
11. the
undersigned:
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(a)
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is
knowledgeable of, or has been independently advised as to, the applicable
securities laws of the securities regulators having application in the
jurisdiction in which the undersigned is resident (the “International
Jurisdiction”) which would apply to the acquisition of the Pubco
Shares;
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(b)
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the
undersigned is acquiring the Pubco Shares pursuant to exemptions from
prospectus or equivalent requirements under applicable securities laws or,
if such is not applicable, the undersigned is permitted to acquire the
Pubco Shares under the applicable securities laws of the securities
regulators in the International Jurisdiction without the need to rely on
any exemptions;
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(c)
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the
applicable securities laws of the authorities in the International
Jurisdiction do not require Pubco to make any filings or seek any
approvals of any kind whatsoever from any securities regulator of any kind
whatsoever in the International Jurisdiction in connection with the issue
and sale or resale of the Pubco Shares;
and
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(d)
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the
acquisition of the Pubco Shares by the undersigned does not
trigger:
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(i)
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any
obligation to prepare and file a prospectus or similar document, or any
other report with respect to such purchase in the International
Jurisdiction; or
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(ii)
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any
continuous disclosure reporting obligation of Pubco in the International
Jurisdiction; and
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the
undersigned will, if requested by Pubco, deliver to Pubco a certificate or
opinion of local counsel from the International Jurisdiction which will confirm
the matters referred to in Sections 11(c) and 11(d) above to the satisfaction of
Pubco, acting reasonably;
12. the
undersigned (i) is able to fend for itself in connection with the acquisition of
the Pubco Shares; (ii) has such knowledge and experience in business matters as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its prospective investment
in the Pubco Shares; and (iii) has the ability to bear the economic risks of its
prospective investment and can afford the complete loss of such
investment;
13. the
undersigned is not aware of any advertisement of any of the Pubco Shares and is
not acquiring the Pubco Shares as a result of any form of general solicitation
or general advertising including advertisements, articles, notices or other
communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or
broadcast over radio or television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees
have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising;
14. no
person has made to the undersigned any written or oral
representations:
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(a)
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that
any person will resell or repurchase any of the Pubco
Shares;
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(b)
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that
any person will refund the purchase price of any of the Pubco
Shares;
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(c)
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as
to the future price or value of any of the Pubco Shares;
or
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(d)
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that
any of the Pubco Shares will be listed and posted for trading on any stock
exchange or automated dealer quotation system or that application has been
made to list and post any of the Pubco Shares on any stock exchange or
automated dealer quotation system, except that currently certain market
makers make market in the common shares of Pubco on the OTC Bulletin
Board;
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15. none
of the Pubco Shares are listed on any stock exchange or automated dealer
quotation system and no representation has been made to the undersigned that any
of the Pubco Shares will become listed on any stock exchange or automated dealer
quotation system, except that currently certain market makers make market in the
common shares of Pubco on the OTC Bulletin Board;
16. the
undersigned is acquiring the Pubco Shares as principal for their own account,
for investment purposes only, and not with a view to, or for, resale,
distribution or fractionalization thereof, in whole or in part, and no other
person has a direct or indirect beneficial interest in the Pubco
Shares;
17. neither
the SEC nor any other securities commission or similar regulatory authority has
reviewed or passed on the merits of the Pubco Shares;
18. the
undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Pubco shall refuse to register any
transfer of Pubco Shares not made in accordance with the provisions of
Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the U.S. Securities Act, or
pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities
Act;
19. the
undersigned understands and agrees that the Pubco Shares will bear the following
legend:
“NONE OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR ANY U.S. STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES (AS DEFINED HEREIN) OR TO U.S. PERSONS
EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT,
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR PURSUANT
TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1933
ACT. “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” ARE AS DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
1933 ACT.”
20. the
address of the undersigned included herein is the sole address of the
undersigned as of the date of this certificate.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate of U.S.
Shareholder.
Date:
,
2010.
Signature
Print
Name
Title (if
applicable)
Address
SCHEDULE
3
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
NATIONAL
INSTRUMENT 45-106 INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
The
purpose of this Questionnaire is to assure Pubco that the Selling Shareholders
will meet certain requirements for the registration and prospectus exemptions
provided for under National Instrument 45-106 (“NI 45-106”), as adopted by
certain Provincial Securities Commissions in respect to the issuance of the
Pubco Shares pursuant to the Transaction. Pubco will rely on the information
contained in this Questionnaire for the purposes of such
determination.
The
undersigned Selling Shareholder covenants, represents and warrants to Pubco
that:
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1.
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the
Selling Shareholder is (check one or more of the following
boxes):
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(a)
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a
director, executive officer, employee or control person of Pubco or an
affiliate of Pubco
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[
]
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(b)
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a
spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a director,
executive officer or control person of Pubco or an affiliate of
Pubco
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[
]
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(c)
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a
parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a director,
executive officer or control person of Pubco or an affiliate of
Pubco
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[
]
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(d)
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a
close personal friend of a director, executive officer or control person
of Pubco or an affiliate of Pubco
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[
]
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(e)
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a
close business associate of a director, executive officer or control
person of Pubco or an affiliate of Pubco
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[
]
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(f)
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a
founder of Pubco or a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child,
close personal friend or close business associate of a founder of
Pubco
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[
]
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(g)
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a
parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a founder
of Pubco
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[
]
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(h)
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a
company, partnership or other entity which a majority of the voting
securities are beneficially owned by, or a majority of the directors are,
persons or companies as described in paragraphs (a) to (g)
above
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[
]
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(i)
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purchasing
the Pubco Shares as principal with an aggregate value of more than
CDN$150,000
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[
]
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(j)
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an
accredited investor
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[
]
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2.
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if
the Selling Shareholder has checked one or more of boxes b, c, d, e, f, g
or h in section 1 above, the director(s), executive officer(s), control
person(s) or founder(s) of Pubco with whom the Selling Shareholder has the
relationship is:
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(Instructions
to Selling Shareholder: fill in the name of each director, executive officer,
founder and control person which you have the above-mentioned relationship with.
If you have checked box h, also indicate which of a to g describes the
securityholders or directors which qualify you as box h and provide the names of
those individuals. Please attach a separate page if necessary).
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3.
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If
the Subscriber has ticked box j in section 1 above, the Selling
Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that Pubco shall not consider the
Selling Shareholder’s request for Pubco Shares for acceptance unless the
undersigned provides to Pubco:
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(i)
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the
information required in sections 4 and 5;
and
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(ii)
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such
other supporting documentation that Pubco or its legal counsel may request
to establish the Selling Shareholder’s qualification as an Accredited
Investor;
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4.
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the
Selling Shareholder has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the Transaction and the Selling Shareholder is able to bear the economic
risk of loss arising from such
Transaction;
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5.
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the
Selling Shareholder satisfies one or more of the categories of “accredited
investor” (as that term is defined in NI 45-106) indicated below (please
check the appropriate box):
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o
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an
individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly
or indirectly, financial assets (as defined in NI 45-106) having an
aggregate realizable value that, before taxes, but net of any related
liabilities, exceeds CDN$1,000,000;
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o
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an
individual whose net income before taxes exceeded CDN$200,000 in each of
the two most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes
combined with that of a spouse exceeded CDN$300,000 in each of those years
and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income
level in the current calendar year;
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o
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an
individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least
CDN$5,000,000;
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o
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an
entity, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets
of at least CDN$5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial
statements;
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o
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an
entity registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of
Canada as an advisor or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a
limited market dealer under one or both of the
Securities Act
(Ontario) or the
Securities Act
(Newfoundland and Labrador), or any entity organized in a foreign
jurisdiction that is analogous to any such person or entity;
or
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o
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an
entity in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct,
indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by law to be
owned by directors, are persons or companies that are accredited
investors.
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The
Selling Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that the Selling Shareholder may be
required by Pubco to provide such additional documentation as may be reasonably
required by Pubco and its legal counsel in determining the Selling Shareholder’s
eligibility to acquire the Pubco Shares under relevant securities
legislation.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Questionnaire as of the ____
day of
,
2010.
____________________________________
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Date:_____________________,
2010.
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Signature
____________________________________
Print
Name
____________________________________
Title (if
applicable)
____________________________________
Address
____________________________________
SCHEDULE
4
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS OF PRIVECO
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Directors:
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Kevin
M. Coughlin
William
F. Cleave
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Chairman
Director
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Officers:
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Kevin
M. Coughlin
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President
& CEO
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Kevin
M.
Coughlin
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Treasurer
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William
F.
Cleave
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Vice
President & COO
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William
F.
Cleave
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Secretary
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SCHEDULE
5
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS OF PUBCO
Directors:
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Charles
Payne
Stanley
Chapman
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Officers:
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Name
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Office
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Charles
Payne
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President,
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
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SCHEDULE
6
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
PRIVECO
LEASES, SUBLEASES, CLAIMS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES,
TAXES
AND OTHER PROPERTY INTERESTS
1.
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651
Orchard Street New Bedford MA 02744
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2.
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414
County Street New Bedford MA 02740
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3.
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111
N. Central Ave., Ste 350 Hartsdale NY
10530
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4.
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65
S. Main Street, Ste A 300 Pennington NJ
08534
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5.
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1935
Elmwood Ave., Warwick RI 02888
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6.
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4
Courthouse Lane, Ste 6, Chelmsford
MA
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7.
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Great
American Lease Phones
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SCHEDULE
7
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
PRIVECO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
None
SCHEDULE
8
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
PRIVECO
MATERIAL CONTRACTS
1.
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Asset
Purchase Agreement Flagship Insurance and
Sangamon
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2.
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Asset
Purchase Agreement Brady Rogers and Leeward
Group
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3.
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Asset
Purchase Agreement Waughtal DP Ins and Leeward
Group
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SCHEDULE
9
TO THE
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AMONG
PRINCIPLE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE LEEWARD GROUP INC. AND THE SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS AS SET OUT IN THE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
PRIVECO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS
None
AGREEMENT OF
SALE
AGREEMENT OF SALE
,
made August 1, 2007 between Sangamon Associates, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation, having an address at 50 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534
(“Purchaser”), and Flagship Insurance, Inc. a Massachusetts corporation, having
an address at 414 County Street, New Bedford MA 02741 (“Seller”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS
, Purchaser desires to
acquire, and Seller desires to sell, the assets of the business known as
Flagship Insurance hereinafter specified, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, and
NOW, THEREFORE
, in
consideration of the covenants and agreements hereafter set forth, and other
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Agreement
to Sell.
This is an asset purchase only and Purchaser is not
and will not assume any liabilities of the Seller other than those explicitly
stated in Exhibit J. Seller agrees to sell, transfer and deliver to
Purchaser, and Purchaser agrees to purchase, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the following assets of the business known as Flagship
Insurance (collectively, the “Assets” or “Business Assets”):
(a) The
supplies, furniture, equipment, fixtures and improvements described in Exhibit D
herein and all similar items acquired or owned by the business on or before the
closing date as the same shall exist on the closing date.
(b) The
entire book of business (including all books and records and renewal rights) of
all property and casualty insurance business of the Seller thereof (the
“Business”).
(c) The
goodwill of the business.
(d) The
trade name(s) associated with the business; as well all telephone numbers and
listings, as more fully described below at section (10) and Exhibit
G.
2.
Purchase
Price
. The purchase price to be paid by Purchaser for the
Assets of the Business (as described in section “1”, supra) is Seven Hundred
Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($700,000.00), payable as follows:
(a)(i)
Six Hundred Thousand ($600,000.00) to be paid to Seller at the time
and place of closing; and (ii) the balance of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and
00/100 ($100,000.00) to be paid to Seller in equal monthly installments as
follows: Eleven (11) consecutive monthly payments in the amount of
Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Three and 33/100 Dollars ($8,333.33 ) per
month, and one final payment in the amount of Eight Thousand
Three
Hundred
Thirty Three and 37/100 Dollars ($8,333.37), commencing with the first monthly
installment payment due on 90 days after the closing of this Agreement -November
1, 2007. These monthly payments are comprised of interest and
principal as set forth in the schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit “I”, in order
to comply with applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations. The
parties will execute and deliver a Promissory Note by Purchaser to Seller in
said amount, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto (the “Promissory
Note”).
(b)
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Security
Interest In Receivables
: With respect to the Twelve (12)
periodic monthly payments owed by Purchaser to Seller as detailed in
paragraph “2(a)(ii)”, in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and
00/100 ($100,000.00), as collateral security for said stated obligations,
Purchaser grants the following security interest to Seller: (a)
To secure payment of the sums described in paragraph 2(a)(ii) hereof,
Purchaser’s subsidiary Flagship Landing Insurance Agency, Inc. (the
licensed entity that will be operating the brokerage being purchased from
Seller) hereby grants to Seller a security interest in and to the Assets,
as of the closing date, which are purchased from Seller pursuant to this
Agreement.
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(c)
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Adjustments
to Payout
.
Payments pursuant to Section 2(a)ii are contingent upon the revenue of the
assets acquired to be in excess of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars 00/100
($700,000) for the most recent 12 month period of the
payment. In the event that revenue fall below said amount, the
payment for that period will be adjusted on a pro rata basis, calculated
as follows total revenue for the most recent 12 months
dividend by Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars 00/100 times the
payment.
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3.
Acceptable
Funds.
All money payable under this agreement, unless
otherwise specified, shall be paid either: (a) in cash, but not more than
$1,000.00 shall be paid in cash; (b) by good certified check of Purchaser, or
official check of any bank, savings bank, trust company, or savings and loan
association which is a member of the New York Clearing House, payable to the
direct order of Seller; (c) wire transfer or (d) as otherwise agreed to in
writing by the parties or their attorneys.
4.
The
Closing.
The “closing” means the settlement of the obligations
of Seller and Purchaser to each other under this agreement, including the
payment of the purchase price to Seller as provided in Article 2 hereof and the
delivery of the closing documents provided for in Article 5
hereof. The closing shall be held at the offices of Seller at 10:00
a.m. on or about August 1, 2007 (the “closing date”).
5.
Effective
Date of Transfer of Business and Obligations, and Rights to Commissions and
other Business Income
.
All of the
Seller’s assets conveyed under the terms of this Agreement shall be transferred
as of the closing date. With respect to those assets consisting of
commission income, fees, and any other income streams earned by the Seller in
the ordinary course of operating the brokerage, said assets shall be conveyed
pursuant to the following procedures:
A.
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For
“agency bill” policies (which are defined as policies written by the
business/brokerage where premiums – including earned commission –
are
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billed
for by and/or are collected directly by the business/brokerage), the
policy inception date will be deemed the day on which the policy was
written, and Purchaser shall be entitled to all agency bill commissions
for policies (by whomever written) with an inception date on or subsequent
to the closing date. For Agency billed policies, for which the Seller has
received full payment of its commission prior to the closing date, for a
period of 120 days after closing any Agency billed cancellations in which
commissions were paid to Seller shall be offset against payment due as
stated in section 2.b.ii.
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B.
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Purchaser
shall be entitled to all commissions for “direct bill” policies (which are
defined as policies written by the business/brokerage where premiums –
including earned commissions – are billed for and/or are collected
directly by the insurance company with whom the policy was placed), or
other positive statement balances associated with direct bill Policies (by
whomever written) for all policies with an inception date on or subsequent
to the Closing Date.
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C.
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Purchaser
shall be entitled to all policy fees (including but not limited to all
copy fees, administrative fees, broker fees, specialty fees, MVR fees,
etc.) for all policies (by whomever written) which are received by Seller
or Purchaser from any person on or after the closing date. If
Purchaser becomes aware of any commissions paid to Seller but otherwise
owed to Purchaser as described above, Purchaser may offset any amounts due
Seller pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(ii), if any, or Purchaser may demand
reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller agrees to fully and
promptly reimburse Purchaser.
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D.
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The
Purchaser shall pay to the Seller a pro rata share of bonus paid by
insurance companies for business produced in the calendar year 2007
including but not limited to OneBeacon, Encompass, etc, that
the Seller was appointed to prior to acquisition. The pro rata
share shall be based on the months of ownership prior to the purchase,
which in this case will be 7 months of the 12 months or 58% of said bonus
for the calendar year 2007. Any and all such bonuses earned as
a result of policies/risks written by Seller prior to the Closing Date
shall be the property of Seller and payable to Seller by Purchaser if
received by Purchaser after the Closing Date. In the event that
the insurance company does not pay a bonus for business written in 2007,
the Purchaser shall have no further obligation to the
Seller.
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E.
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Seller
shall be liable for all debts, premiums, claims, statement balances
reflected on insurance company statements dated prior to the closing date,
and other obligations incurred prior to the closing date. All
accounts receivables for policies written prior to the closing date shall
remain the separate property of the Seller, although such accounts
receivables will be collected by Purchaser, provided that Seller pays all
debts, premiums, claims, statement balances reflected on such company
statements dated prior to the closing date, and other obligations incurred
prior to closing date. Seller acknowledges that the value of
the assets sold pursuant to this Agreement might be diminished if Seller
does not promptly pay its obligations to Customers, Companies and/or other
Persons for agency related expenses, including without limitation, the net
policy premiums (or return premiums) on policies written (or cancelled)
prior to the closing date. As such, if Purchaser becomes aware
that any such pre-closing agency related expenses have not been paid when
due, then Purchaser may elect, but is not obligated, to pay any such
amounts on behalf
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of
Seller, in which event, at Purchaser’s sole option, Purchaser may offset
any amounts due Seller pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(ii), if any, or
Purchaser may demand reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller
agrees to fully and promptly reimburse
Purchaser.
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F.
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Purchaser,
on behalf of Seller, will attempt to collect all funds, including all
accounts receivable, owed to Seller for any policies written prior to the
closing date. Seller shall appoint Purchaser as its attorney in
fact to endorse checks made payable to Seller by policy owners, Companies
or other Persons by executing a limited power of attorney for such
purpose, which is attached hereto as Exhibit H and incorporated herein by
this reference. Any funds collected by Purchaser for the Seller
will be remitted to Seller on a monthly basis, net of any outstanding
pre-closing debts, premiums, claims, or statement balances reflected on
Company statements dated prior to the closing date, and other pre-closing
unsatisfied obligations for which Seller is responsible pursuant to this
Agreement. Accompanying each such monthly payment to Seller
shall be a simple accounting of income received, and liabilities (if any)
deducted, with supporting documentation. For no less than a
period of ninety (90) days after closing, Purchaser shall provide Seller
with access to monthly agent statements for the specific purpose of
verifying the amount of “agency billed” premiums deposited to Purchaser’s
receipt trust account which may be due Seller for agency bill Policies
written prior to the closing date and attributable to Policies that are
part of the book of business sold pursuant to this
Agreement. Such access shall be upon reasonable request, and
during such times and upon such conditions as shall not unreasonably
impair the operations of Purchaser. Seller agrees to respect
the confidential nature of such information. Seller agrees that
in the event there are outstanding debts, premiums, return premiums,
claims, statement balances and/or other obligations on Policies written
prior to the closing date, Purchaser, at its sole discretion, may offset
any amounts collected pursuant to this paragraph 5(c) from amounts owed to
Seller pursuant to this paragraph 5(c). In the event such
amounts collected are insufficient to satisfy any outstanding debts,
premiums, return premiums, claims, statement balances and/or other
obligations on Policies, at Purchaser’s sole option, Purchaser may offset
any remaining amounts due Seller pursuant to paragraph 2(d), if any, or
Purchaser may demand reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller
agrees to fully and promptly reimburse
Purchaser.
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G.
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For
120 days after the closing date Seller shall be responsible for payment to
Purchaser of commissions on any reduction of premiums which result from
policy cancellations for any policies Seller produced, and which are
reflected on any Company statement dated after the closing
date. After the closing date, Seller shall be responsible for
any additional amounts due Customer, Companies or other Persons which
result from policy cancellations, policy endorsements, or policy audits
for policies which are reflected on any Company statement dated prior to
(or first recorded on Company statements dated prior to) the closing
date.
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H.
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Seller
shall remit to Purchaser on the closing date any funds received by Seller
for Policies written on or subsequent to the closing
date.
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I.
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Purchaser
shall be entitled to all profit sharing commissions, bonus commissions,
performance compensation, prizes and trips, advertising allowances or
override commissions on policies produced or written on or after the
closing date which might be received by Seller or Purchaser after the
closing date, except as provided for in Section
6(D).
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6.
Closing
Documents.
At the closing Seller shall execute and deliver to
Purchaser:
(a) A
Bill of Sale substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(b) Assets
free and clear of all encumbrances.
(c) Such
other instruments as may be necessary or proper to transfer to Purchaser all
other ownership interests in the Assets to be transferred under this
agreement.
At the
closing, Purchaser shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, to Seller:
(d) The
Promissory Note in the form of Exhibit H hereto as provided for in Article 2
hereof.
7.
Closing
Adjustments.
The following items shall be apportioned as of
midnight of the day preceding the closing date, where applicable:
Any error
or omissions in computing apportionments shall be corrected after the
closing. This provision shall survive the closing.
8.
Use of
Purchase Price to Pay Encumbrances.
If there is any lien or
encumbrance against Assets, or anything else affecting this sale, which Seller
is obligated to pay and discharge at the closing, Seller may use any portion of
the balance of the purchase price to discharge it, or Seller may allow to
Purchaser the amount thereof as a credit at the closing. Purchaser
agrees to provide separate certified checks as reasonably requested to assist in
clearing up these matters.
(a)
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Whereas the Seller has identified Oak Street Funding in the amount
of Three Hundred Forty Six Thousand, Eight Hundred Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars 23/100 (346,825.23)
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(b)
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Whereas the Seller has identified Insurance Innovators in the amount of
Once Hundred Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Nine Dollars 26/100
($118,439.26)
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9.
Use of
Names and PO Box and Telephone Numbers
. As a result of the
sale contemplated herein, the Purchaser shall on and after the date of closing
be entitled to the use of the Seller’s name and trade names described in
paragraph 1 hereof and listed on Exhibit G attached
hereto. Furthermore, the Seller shall not use or authorize anyone
else to use said name or trade names. The Purchaser shall acquire all
rights to
the
telephone listings, telephone numbers, telefax numbers, email addresses,
websites, physical addresses, and post office boxes listed under Seller’s or
said trade names. The Seller will provide the Purchaser with the
corporate resolution for the name change from Flagship Insurance, Inc.
to Kestenbaum Holdings, Inc., within 90 days of closing.
10.
Compliance
with all Applicable Massachusetts State Insurance Laws, Insurance Department
Rules and regulations, and MAIP Rules and Regulations
.
Purchaser
represents that it is an insurance broker duly licensed in the Massachusetts to
act as such, in good standing with the Massachusetts State Department of
Insurance. Purchaser also represents to Seller that it is duly
authorized to open, maintain and monitor a trust/escrow/premium account pursuant
to applicable State laws and regulations. To that end, at the time of
closing Purchaser shall show proof of the existence of an appropriate
trust/escrow/premium account, and shall transfer as allowed by law all funds
held in trust by Seller for the benefit of insureds or insurers into Purchaser’s
account, unless to do so at the time of closing is contrary to Insurance
Department laws or rules. In such a case, from the point of closing
forward all new funds properly belonging in such a trust/escrow/premium account
for new business written by Purchaser’s new licensee shall be deposited into
Purchaser’s trust/escrow/premium account, and Seller shall maintain its existing
account until all trust/escrow/premium funds therein are dispersed to the
appropriate payees. From and after the date of closing Seller shall
have no liability for any irregularities in Purchaser’s trust/escrow/premium
accounts, and in the event of any disciplinary inquiry, hearing or enforcement
by the Department of Insurance or the MAIP arising from any post-closing
transactions or irregularities, Purchaser agrees to defend, indemnify and hold
harmless the seller from any all costs, liabilities, and damages arising from
same, including but not limited to attorneys fees and fines and
penalties.
11.
Representations
and Warranties of Seller.
Seller represents and warrants to
Purchaser as follows:
(a) Seller
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
Massachusetts, and is duly licensed as an insurance broker in MA, NY, CT, and
RI.. Seller has full power and authority to conduct its business as
now carried on, and to carry out and perform its undertakings and obligations as
provided herein.
(b) No
action, approval, consent or authorization of any government authority is
necessary for Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except
to the extent that applicable laws might require seller to notify the
Massachusetts Insurance Department of a change of address or status as
licensee.
(c) Seller
is the owner of and has good and marketable title and /or rights of ownership to
the Assets, free of all liens, claims and encumbrances, except as may be set
forth herein.
(d) There
are no violations of any law or governmental rule or regulations pending against
Seller or the Assets hereto.
(e) There
are no judgments, liens, suits, actions or proceedings pending
against
Seller or the Assets.
(f)
Seller owns the rights to the insurance expirations and these are delivered with
good title.
(g) Seller
will use its best efforts to assist the Purchaser with transferring the
Insurance Company Appointments to the Purchaser.
(h)
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Seller
has had no material adverse changes in its
business.
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(i)
Seller and Bruce Kestenbaum, individually (collectively, the “Selling
Parties”)agree that they
will
not engage directly or indirectly in the business of selling Policies in or
within a fifty (50) mile radius of 414 County Street New Bedford, MA for a
period of three (3) years from and after the closing date except as an employee
or broker for the Purchaser. Selling Parties further agree that for a
period of five (5) years from and after the termination of Bruce Kestenbaum or
closing date whichever is greater, they will not directly or indirectly solicit
or write Policies for any customers that are a part of the book of business sold
pursuant to this Agreement and will not directly or indirectly attempt to divert
any customer that is a part of the book of business sold pursuant to this
Agreement from continuing to do business with Purchaser. In addition,
Selling Parties agree not to make any disparaging statements about Purchaser,
its assigns or the Agency Assets. Selling Parties agree not to
provide any customer lists, customer records, customer files, customer renewal
or expiration lists, or other confidential information regarding the Customer
Accounts sold pursuant to this Agreement to any Person without Purchaser’s prior
written consent. Finally, Selling Parties agree that they will not,
for a period of two (2) years following the closing date, directly or
indirectly, solicit any of the producers or employees associated with the Agency
Assets to work for or contract with Seller. The parties acknowledge and agree
that the period associated with any of the restrictive covenants contained in
this paragraph 10(i) shall be suspended during any period of violation and/or
any period of time required to enforce this covenant by settlement, mediation,
arbitration, litigation, threat of arbitration or threat of litigation.
Moreover, Selling Parties agree that violation of the covenants set forth in
this paragraph 10(i) will cause Purchaser irreparable harm and Purchaser shall
be entitled to the immediate issuance of a temporary restraining order for any
violations hereof. The parties also acknowledge that the covenants
set forth in this paragraph 10(i) are material to this agreement, that the
covenants contained in this paragraph 10(i) are reasonable and necessary, and
that Seller has received sufficient and adequate consideration for
same.
12.
Representations
and Warranties of Purchaser.
Purchaser represents and warrants
to Seller as follows:
(a) Purchaser
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of New
Jersey, and is duly licensed as an insurance broker by the State of
Massachusetts. Purchaser has full power and authority to carry out
and perform its undertakings and obligations as provided herein, including the
legal right and capacity to open and maintain a trust/escrow/premium account as
described in section “11’, supra.. The execution and delivery by
Purchaser
of this
agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been
duly authorized by the Board of Directors of Purchaser and will not conflict
with or breach any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws of
Purchaser.
(b) No
action, approval, consent or authorization of any governmental authority is
necessary for Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c)
There are not judgments, liens, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the
best of Purchaser's knowledge, threatened against Purchaser or its
property.
13.
No Other
Representations.
Purchaser acknowledges that neither Seller
nor any representative or agent of Seller has made any representation or
warranty (expressed or implied) regarding the Assets or the business, or any
matter or thing affecting or relating to this agreement, except as specifically
set forth in this agreement. Seller shall not be liable or bound in
any manner by any oral or written statement, representation, warranty, agreement
or information pertaining to the Assets or the business or this
agreement. Purchaser has inspected the Assets, Purchaser agrees to
take the Assets “as is” and in their present condition, subject to reasonable
use, wear, tear and deterioration between now and the closing date.
14.
Conduct
of the Business.
Seller, until the closing, shall conduct the
business in the normal, useful and regular manner.
Unless
and until the closing shall take place, Purchaser shall hold in confidence all
information obtained in connections with this agreement, and, if for any reason
the closing shall not take place, Purchaser shall return to Seller all documents
received hereunder.
15.
Income
and Expenses Before and After the Closing
. Except as setforth
in Section 5(A-I) or otherwise provided in this agreement, Seller shall be
liable for the payment of all bills for payroll, accrued vacations, merchandise,
goods, services, utilities, inventory delivered to the business, and any other
liability incurred before the closing; and Purchaser shall be liable for the
payment of all bills for payroll, vacation, merchandise, goods, services,
utilities and inventory delivered to the business, and any other liability,
incurred on or after the date of closing.
The
provisions of this Article shall survive the closing.
16.
Conditions
to Closing
: The obligations of the parties to close hereunder
are subject to the following conditions:
(a) All
of the terms, covenants and conditions to be complied with or performed by the
other parties under this agreement on or before the closing shall have been
complied with or performed in all material respects.
(b) Execution
of Employment and/or Broker/Producer Agreements between the Purchaser and Bruce
Kestenbaum and Brian Breton .
(b) All
representations or warranties of the other parties herein are true in
all
material respects as of the closing date.
(c) On
the closing date, there shall be no liens or encumbrances against the
Assets.
17.
Risk of
Loss
The risk of loss to the assets of the business sold
hereunder, until the closing, is assumed and shall be borne by
Seller.
18.
Default
(a) In the event that
the Purchaser shall fail to pay the amount due on the date of closing as
described in paragraph 2(a,b,c) hereof, then this Agreement shall immediately
become null and void and the Seller shall be entitled to retain the earnest
money described in paragraph 2(a) hereof as liquidated damages. In
said event, this Agreement shall thereafter be null and void.
(b) In
the event that the Purchaser shall fail to make any of the installment payments
described in paragraph 2(a) hereof within fifteen (15) days of the payment due
date, then the Seller, or their authorized agents, shall give written notice of
such default to the Purchaser at the address shown hereinafter. In
the event Purchaser fails to cure its default within thirty (30) days, Seller
shall be entitled to exercise the rights and remedies available to Seller
allowed by applicable law.
19.
Brokerage
. The
parties hereto represent and warrant to each other that they have not dealt with
any broker, consultant or finder in connection with this agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, other than NEW WORLD CAPITAL GROUP,INC., and
no other consultant or any other person is entitled to receive any brokerage
commission, finder's fee, advisory fee or similar compensation in connection
with this agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of
the parties shall indemnify and hold the other parties harmless from and against
all liability, claim, loss damage or expense, including reasonable attorney's
fees, pertaining to any other broker, finder or other person with whom such
party has dealt. The provisions of this Article 19 shall survive the
closing.
Purchaser
shall pay the advisory (broker's) fee and said fee is only due and owning to NEW
WORLD CAPITAL GROUP, INC. upon closing of this Agreement. Purchaser
shall also pay any and all brokerage fees to NEW WORLD CAPITAL GROUP, INC. owing
for the sale of business referred to herein.
20.
Assignment.
It
is agreed that Purchaser has the unconditional right to assign or transfer any
or all of Purchaser’s rights and obligations obtained or incurred pursuant to
this agreement to a qualified assignee or purchaser capable and having financial
resources to honor all commitments contained herein, as may be determined by
Purchaser. In the event of any such assignment or transfer, Purchaser
hereby guaranties all payments due Seller under the terms of this
Agreement.
21.
Notices.
All
notices, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if
delivered by hand or by Federal Express courier or by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, to Seller or Purchaser, as
the case may be, at their addresses first above written, or at such other
addresses as they may designate by notice given hereunder. Copies of
all such notices, demands and other communications simultaneously shall be given
in the aforesaid manner to
Seller's
attorney,
and
to Purchaser, Sangamon Associates, Inc. PO Box 471 Pennington, NJ
08534. The respective attorneys or representatives for the parties
hereby are authorized to give any notice required or permitted hereunder and to
agree to adjournments of the closing.
22.
Survival.
None
of the representations, warranties, covenants, or other obligations of Seller
hereunder shall survive the closing, except as expressly provided herein and
then only for a period of one year from the closing date. Acceptance
of the Bill of Sale by Purchaser shall be deemed full and complete performance
and discharge of every agreement and obligations on the part of Seller
hereunder, except those, if any, which expressly are stated herein to survive
the closing, and then such survival shall be only for a period of one
year.
23.
Entire
Agreement.
This agreement contains all of the terms agreed
upon between Seller and Purchaser with respect to the subject matter
hereof. This agreement has been entered into after full
investigation. All prior oral or written statements, representations,
promises, understandings and agreements of Seller and Purchaser are merged into
and superseded by this agreement, which alone fully and completely expresses
their agreement.
24.
Changes
Must be in Writing.
No delay or omission by either Seller or
Purchaser in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of such right or any
other right. This agreement may not be altered, amended, changed,
modified, waived or terminated in any waiver by any party of any waiver or any
breach hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach.
25.
Captions
and Exhibits.
The captions in this agreement are for
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing this
agreement. The Exhibits annexed to this agreement are an integral
part of this agreement, and where there is any reference to this Agreement it
shall be deemed to include said Exhibits.
26.
Governing
Law.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey. If any
provisions of this agreement shall be unenforceable or invalid, such
enforceability or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
agreement.
27.
Binding
Effect.
This agreement shall not be considered an offer or an acceptance
of an offer by Seller, and shall not be binding upon Seller until executed and
delivered by both Seller and Purchaser. Upon such execution and
delivery, this agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and permitted assigns.
28.
Hold
Harmless Guaranty
. (a) Seller hereby agrees and promises
to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless for any and all liability that
may arise by reason of Seller's or Seller's owner’s, directors, officers,
employees and independent contractors negligence or failure to renew, issue or
otherwise service any policy prior to the date of closing, it being agreed that
any liability for such errors and omissions in the transaction of business shall
vest solely with Seller. Further, Seller hereby agrees and promises
to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless from and against any and all
claims made by any Person for Seller’s, Seller’s owners, directors, officers,
employees and independent contractors actions and/or inactions prior to the
closing date.
(b)
Purchaser hereby agrees and promises to hold Seller harmless for any and all
liability that may arise by reason of Purchaser’s or Purchaser’s owners,
directors, officers, employees and independent contractors negligence or failure
to renew, issue or otherwise service any Policy on or after the date of closing,
it being agreed that any liability for such errors and omissions in the
transaction of business shall vest solely with Purchaser. Further, Purchaser
hereby agrees and promises to indemnify, defend and hold Seller harmless from
and against any and all claims made by any Person or entity for Purchaser’s, or
Purchaser’s owners, directors, officers, employees and independent contractors
actions and/or inactions on or after the closing date, including but not limited
to any fines and penalties assessed or levied by the Department of Insurance
arising from any conduct of the Purchaser.
29.
Mediation
Any
issue, claim or dispute that may arise out of or in connection with this
Agreement (including any exhibits, addenda or other document executed in
connection herewith) and which Purchaser and Seller are not able to resolve
themselves by negotiation, shall be in the first instance submitted to mediation
in a manner agreed to by Purchaser and Seller. Purchaser and Seller
agree to use mediation to attempt to resolve such issue, claim or dispute prior
to filing any legal proceedings in court. Purchaser and Seller will
select an independent mediator agreeable to both parties. The
mediator will communicate with the parties to arrange and convene the mediation
process that will be most efficient, convenient and effective for both
parties. The costs of the mediation and fees of the mediator will be
borne equally by Purchaser and Seller. The parties will cooperate
with the mediator in coming to a reasonable agreement on the mediation
arrangements which will include the time and place for conducting the mediation,
who will attend or participate in the mediation and what information and written
material will be exchanged before the mediation. The mediation will
be conducted at a place agreeable to both Purchaser and Seller.
30.
Legal
Fees In the Event of Litigation
.
In the event that
any legal proceeding is brought with respect to this Agreement, the prevailing
party shall be entitled to be reimbursed for and/or have judgment for all of
their costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and legal
expenses.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the
parties have executed this agreement the date first above written.
ATTEST: SANGAMON
ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/ Kevin
Couglin
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Kevin
Coughlin,
By: William F. Cleave,
Chief
Executive
Officer President
FLAGSHIP
INSURANCE, INC.
/s/
Bruce Kestenbaum
By:
Bruce Kestenbaum,
President
EXHIBIT
A.
AGREEMENT
NOT TO SOLICIT OR COMPETE, DISPARAGE, ETC.
The
undersigned agree(s) to and is (are) bound by the covenants/representations set
forth in paragraph 12(i) herein and specifically acknowledge that the covenants
contained in said paragraph are assignable and are reasonable and necessary and
that the undersigned has received ample consideration for same.
/s/ Bruce Kestenbaum
By: Bruce Kestenbaum,
individually
Exhibit B
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
BILL
OF SALE
Now on
this 3rd day of August, 2007, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, Flagship Insurance, Inc., as Seller, hereby
sells, transfers, assigns and conveys unto Sangamon Associates, Inc., as
Purchaser, all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Agency
Assets carried under the name of Flagship Insurance Inc.., or any variation
thereof, located at and used in the agency operations located at 414 County
Street, New Bedford, MA. Such sale shall consist of and include
Seller’s: general “book of insurance business”; all customer accounts associated
with all Policies related to Insurance Services, Investment Services, Banking
Services and Credit Services; goodwill; all electronic and paper customer lists;
all electronic and paper customer records; all electronic and paper customer
files; all customer renewals; all telephone numbers, post office boxes,
addresses, trade names; all sweep accounts and other business related bank
accounts; and all other intangible assets associated with Seller’s
agency. Such sale shall also include the office equipment and other
personal property specifically identified on the listing attached
hereto.
All
assets are hereby conveyed unto Purchaser, free and clear of any claims, liens,
taxes and encumbrances whatever.
SELLER
/s/
Bruce Kestenbaum
Name: Bruce
Kestenbaum
Title: President
State
of Massachusetts )
ss:
County
of Bristol
)
Be it
remembered that on this 3rd day of August, 2007 , before me, a Notary
Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, appeared Bruce Kestenbaum who
is known to me and who executed the above and foregoing Bill of
Sale.
/s/ Sharon Lee Rocha
Notary Public
Notary
Seal: Sharon Lee Rocha
Notary Public
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
My
Commission Expires: February 7, 2014
Exhibit C
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
TRANSFER
LETTER
(Date)
ATTENTION: Agency
Licensing / Agency Contracting / Marketing Department / Underwriting Department
/ Accounting Department
Re: Transfer
of Flagship Insurance, Inc. (Agency Code No._____________)
To Whom
It May Concern:
Be
advised that
Flagship
Insurance, Inc. of New Bedford MA
has sold its agency assets to Sangamon
Associates, Inc. effective on July 31, 2007. Please route this
transfer letter to the proper department so that the agent of record for the
policies assigned to Flagship Insurance, Inc. will be transferred to Sangamon
Associates, Inc.
The
following information about Sangamon Associates, Inc. is provided to expedite
the process:
Primary
Contact William
F. Cleave
Voice Phone
Number 609
818 9534
Fax Phone
Number 609
818 9535
Email
Address bcleave@sangamonassociates.com
Street
Address: 50
S. Main Street
City,
State and Zip
Code: Pennington,
NJ 08534
Tax Identification
Number:
Sangamon
Associates, Inc. accepts transfer of the referenced policies.
Thank you
for your time and attention to this matter.
_____________________________
By:
Title:
Exhibit D
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
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1. All
tangible assets too numerous to mention, affixed to the property or not,
located at the Seller's agency facilities or associated with Seller's
agency operations at 414 County Street, New Bedford MA
02741. Such assets include but are not limited to fax machines,
phones, website, typewriters, copiers, printers, supplies, office
furniture, appliances, office equipment and office
decorations.
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The above
listing specifically identifies the office equipment and personal property which
are a part of the assets being sold pursuant to our Agreement and further
identifies the office equipment and personal property specifically excluded from
the assets being sold. Seller agrees that any office equipment and
personal property not specifically excluded herein shall be construed as office
equipment and personal property which are part of the assets being sold pursuant
to this Agreement.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/
Bruce
Kestenbaum
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Bruce
Kestenbaum
By: William F. Cleave
Title:
President
Title: President
/s/ Kevin M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
Exhibit E
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
AFFIDAVIT
STATE
OF MASSACHUSETTS )
SS:
COUNTY
OF BRISTOL
)
COMES
NOW, the undersigned, having first been duly sworn on oath, states and alleges
as follows:
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1.The
undersigned is sufficiently familiar with insurance industry accounting
processes to understand what documents are required by Flagship Insurance,
Inc. to verify commissions from independent sources such as insurance
companies and managing general agents and these documents are
attached.
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2.The
attached documents are originals or copies certified by the undersigned to
be accurate representations of the originals. The attached
documents are full and complete records and have not been
altered.
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3.The
undersigned is not aware of any circumstances which would make the
attached documents unreliable for forecasting future
commissions. Such circumstances could include (a) the actual or
pending cancellation or non-renewal of policies which are not recorded on
the attached documents; (b) insurance company changes in underwriting,
organization, premiums or management; (c) the actual, pending or
threatened Company contract cancellation, whether written or verbal; or
(d) regulatory changes.
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4.The
attached documents include full and complete statements for the following
listing of insurance companies and general agents for the period of _____,
_____ to ______, ______.
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Dated:
August 1, 2007
SEE ATTACHED LISTING
The
attached documents are originals or certified copies of original documents
necessary for Flagship Insurance, Inc.. to verify commissions from independent
sources pursuant to paragraph 10(B) of the Agreement and the undersigned hereby
certifies the attached to be accurate originals thereof or representations of
originals.
SELLER:
/s/
Bruce Kestenbaum
Name: Bruce
Kestenbaum
Title: President
State
of Massachusetts
)
ss:
County of
Bristol
)
Be
it remembered that on this 3rd day of August, 2007, before me, a Notary
Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, appeared James Hambric who is
known to me and who executed the above and foregoing Affidavit.
/s/ Sharon Lee
Rocha
Notary Public
Notary
Seal: Sharon Lee Rocha
Notary Public
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
My
Commission Expires: February 7, 2014
Exhibit F
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF AGREEMENTS
The above
listing specifically identifies all written and verbal agreements that Seller
currently has, or has had during the past twelve (12) months, with licensed
producers, representatives, agents or other Persons related to Seller’s Agency
Assets.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/ Bruce
Kestenbaum /s/
William F. Cleave
By: Bruce
Kestenbaum William
F. Cleave
Title:
President Title:
President
/s/ Kevin
M. Coughlin
Kevin M. Coughlin
Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit G
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF TRADE NAMES, ETC.
1. Trade
Names: Flagship
Insurance
Rutkowski
& Kestenbaum
R&K
2. Business
addresses:
414 County Street, New Bedford, MA 02741
3. Websites/Email
Addresses: www.flagshipins.com
4. Telephone
and telefax
numbers: _______________________
(telephone)
_______________________
(fax)
_______________________
(cell)
5. Former
owners: _________________________________
6. Secondary
Locations: NONE
7. Former
Locations: NONE
8. Home
Address of
owner: ___________________________________
Seller
warrants and represents the above listing specifically identifies all trade
names Seller currently uses or has used; all locations at or from which Seller
conducts or has conducted agency business; all websites and email addresses; all
telephone and telefax numbers; Seller’s chief executive office if Seller
conducts business at more than one location; place of individual Seller’s
current and past places of residence (past five (5) years) and the period during
which Seller resided at such place; names of prior owners of any of the Agency
Assets; all sweep accounts and other business related bank accounts; and the
location of Agency Assets for preceding five (5) years.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/ Bruce
Kestenbaum
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Bruce
Kestenbaum
By: William F. Cleave
Title:
President
Title: President
Kevin M. Coughlin
By:
Kevin M.
Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
EXHIBIT
H.
PROMISSORY
NOTE
$100,000.00
August 1, 2007
FOR VALUE RECEIVED
, the
undersigned, Sangamon Associates, Inc, a New Jersey corporation (the "Maker"),
promises to pay to Bruce Kestenbaum, individually ("Holder"), or order, the
principal sum of One Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($100,000.00), without
interest in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the
Purchase Agreement dated August 1, 2007 and herein contained and set
forth.
1.
Amortization
. Principal
shall be payable in Eleven (11) monthly installments of Eight Thousand Three
Hundred Thirty Three Dollars and 33/100 ($8,333.33), less any adjustments
pursuant to Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement and One monthly payment of Eight
Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Three Dollars and 37/200
($8,333.37). If not sooner paid, the entire unpaid principal balance
hereof, together with all other sums, if any, due hereunder shall be and become
due and payable Fifteen (15) months after the date of the closing of the
Purchase Agreement subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2(a) thereof
("Maturity", or the "Maturity "Date").
2.
Acceleration
. Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder the whole sum of principal and
all sums due hereunder, if any, shall become immediately due and payable at the
option of the Holder, without notice to or demand upon the Maker.
3.
Default
Interest
. Upon and following the occurrence of any Event of
Default, and so long as the same shall continue, each and every delinquent
payment, if any, including the entire principal balance shall bear interest to
the extent permitted by law at the rate which is equal to ten percent (10%) per
annum (the "Default Rate").
4.
Event of
Default
. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of
Default hereunder, and, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, all
obligations hereunder shall, at the option of the Holder, become immediately due
and payable: (i) any sum owing hereunder is not paid within fifteen
(15) days of the date when due and continues unpaid for a period of twenty (20)
days following notice of nonpayment from Holder to Maker; (ii) any
petition or application for a custodian, as defined by Title 11, United States
Code (the "Bankruptcy Code"), or for any form of relief under any provision of
the Bankruptcy Code or any other law pertaining to reorganization, insolvency or
readjustment of debts is filed by or against the undersigned, or any surety or
guarantor of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note (hereinafter referred to as
"said surety or guarantor"), their respective assets or affairs; (iii) the
undersigned makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or is granted an
order for relief under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code; (iv) a custodian, as
defined by the Bankruptcy Code, takes charge of any property of any of the
undersigned (or said surety or guarantor); or (v) garnishment, attachment, levy
or execution is used against any of the property or effects of the undersigned
(or said surety or guarantor) unless released within fifteen (15)
days.
5.
Non-Waivers
. It is
expressly agreed that the acceptance by the Holder of any performance which does
not comply strictly with the terms of this Note shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of any right of the Holder.
6.
Collection
Charges
. In the event of any Event of Default, the undersigned
agrees to pay all costs and collection charges. Should suit or other action be
instituted to collect this Note, or any portion thereof, the prevailing party
shall be entitled to recover from the losing party, in addition to costs and
disbursements allowed by law, such additional sums as attorneys' fees as the
Judge of the Court may adjudge reasonable in such suit or action.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has caused this Note to be executed this 1st day of
August, 2007.
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MAKER:
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Sangamon
Associates, Inc..
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/s/
Kevin M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin
Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit
I
Amortization
Schedule
Exhibit
J.
Liabilities
Assumed
1) GE
Capital
Furniture $8,591.04 (19
payments at $452.16 with $1.00 buyout)
2) GE
Capital
Scanner $1,254.12
(21 payments at $59.72 with $1.00 buyout)
3) GE
Capital
DocStar $1,691.80 (4
payments at $422.95 with $1.00 buyout)
4) Great
American Phone $16,509.40 (46 payments at
$358.90 with Fair Market Value buyout)
5) Marlin
Computers $11,141.55
(27 payments at $412.65 with $1.00 buyout)
AGREEMENT OF
SALE
AGREEMENT OF SALE
,
made December 31, 2008 between (Leeward Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries Sangamon Associates, Inc., a New
Jersey corporation, Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc., et al., having an address
at 414 County Street, New Bedford MA 02740 (“Purchaser”), and Brady-Rogers Inc.
a Rhode Island corporation, having an address at 1935 Elmwood Avenue Warwick RI
02888 (“Seller”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS
, Purchaser desires to
acquire, and Seller desires to sell, the assets of the business known as
Brady-Rogers hereinafter specified, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, and
NOW, THEREFORE
, in
consideration of the covenants and agreements hereafter set forth, and other
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Agreement
to Sell.
This is an asset purchase only and Purchaser is not
and will not assume any liabilities of the Seller other than those explicitly
stated in Exhibit I. Seller agrees to sell, transfer and deliver to
Purchaser, and Purchaser agrees to purchase, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the following assets of the business known as
Brady-Rogers (collectively, the “Assets” or “Business Assets”):
(a) The
supplies, furniture, equipment, fixtures and improvements described in Exhibit D
herein and all similar items acquired or owned by the business on or before the
closing date as the same shall exist on the closing date.
(b) The
entire book of business (including all books and records and renewal rights) of
all property and casualty and life, accident and health and any other insurance
business of the Seller thereof (the “Business”).
(c) The
goodwill of the business.
(d) The
trade name(s) associated with the business; all websites; as well all telephone
numbers and listings, as more fully described below at section (9) and Exhibit
G.
2.
Purchase
Price
. The purchase price to be paid by Purchaser for the
Assets of the Business (as described in section “1”, supra) is Seven Hundred
Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($750,000.00), this is based on 2 times a
minimum of Three Hundred Seventy Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($375,000.00)
of commission revenue, payable as follows:
(a)(i)
One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($125,000.00) to
be paid to Seller at the time and place of closing; (ii) Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) to be paid on December 31, 2009 or the
One Year anniversary date of the closing of this Agreement; and (iii) the
balance of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($600,000.00) to
be paid to Seller as follows: a) Twenty Five Percent (25%) of
commissions received by the Buyer from insurance companies for which the
Business was placed for the next 12 months following the closing, paid
quarterly
commencing 90 days after the closing of this Agreement with the first quarterly
payment to be made April 15, 2009; b) Thirty Percent (30%) of commissions
received by the Buyer from the insurance companies for which the Business was
placed for the ensuing 36 months following the closing to be paid quarterly
commencing on April 15, 2010. Final Payment, if any, of the balance
due to be paid on April 15, 2013, whereas the “Final Payment” is defined as the
difference between the amount due in 2(a)(iii) and the total amount of payments
made pursuant to 2(a)(iii), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d) and 2(e).
(
b) The Buyer further
agrees to pay the Seller Fifty Percent (50%) of the profit contingency income
received from the book of Business acquired herein during the Four year payout
period, provided the Buyer receives any such profit contingency income on the
book of Business.
(c)
Security Interest In Receivables
: With respect to the periodic
quarterly payments owed by Purchaser to Seller as detailed in paragraph
“2(a)(iii)”, in the amount of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and 00/100
($600,000.00), as collateral security for said stated obligations, Purchaser
grants the Seller a security interest on the Assets acquired herein subordinate
to any bank or financial institution.
(d)
Adjustments to Payout. Payments
pursuant to Section 2(a)ii are contingent
upon the minimum commission revenue of the Assets acquired to be in excess of
Three Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars 00/100 ($375,000.00) for the most
recent 12 month period of the payment. In the event that the book of
Business is less than said amount, the payments will be reduced by 2 times the
difference of current twelve months and $375,000.00 and further divided by the
number of quarters remaining in the payout as per Section
2(a)(iii).
(e)
Life Insurance
The Buyer will purchase a 5-year term life
insurance policy with a face amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and 00/100
($500,000.00) on each individual (Jay Rogers and Merridythe
Rogers). Further, these individuals will be named as contingent
beneficiaries for the difference between the policy face amount and the balance
of the amount owed Seller pursuant to Section 2(a)(iii).
3.
Acceptable
Funds.
All money payable under this agreement, unless
otherwise specified, shall be paid either: (a) in cash, but not more than
$1,000.00 shall be paid in cash; (b) by good certified check of Purchaser, or
official check of any bank, savings bank, trust company, or savings and loan
association which is a member of the New York Clearing House, payable to the
direct order of Seller; (c) wire transfer or (d) as otherwise agreed to in
writing by the parties or their attorneys.
4.
The
Closing.
The “closing” means the settlement of the obligations
of Seller and Purchaser to each other under this agreement, including the
payment of the purchase price to Seller as provided in Article 2 hereof and the
delivery of the closing documents provided for in Article 5
hereof. The closing shall be held at the offices of Seller at 10:00
a.m. on or about December 31, 2008 (the “closing date”).
5.
Effective
Date of Transfer of Business and Obligations, and Rights to Commissions and
other Business Income
.
All of the
Seller’s Assets conveyed under the terms of this Agreement shall be transferred
as of the closing date. With respect to those Assets consisting of
commission income, fees, and any other income streams earned by the Seller in
the ordinary course of operating the brokerage, said assets shall be conveyed
pursuant to the following procedures:
A.
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For
“agency bill” policies (which are defined as policies written by the
business/brokerage where premiums – including earned commission – are
billed for by and/or are collected directly by the business/brokerage),
the policy inception date will be deemed the day on which the policy was
written, and Purchaser shall be entitled to all agency bill commissions
for policies (by whomever written) with an inception date on or subsequent
to the closing date. For Agency billed policies, for which the Seller has
received full payment of its commission prior to the closing date, for a
period of 120 days after closing any cancellations in which commissions
were paid to Seller shall be offset against payment due as stated in
section 2(a)(.iii).
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B.
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Purchaser
shall be entitled to all commissions for “direct bill” policies (which are
defined as policies written by the business/brokerage where premiums –
including earned commissions – are billed for and/or are collected
directly by the insurance company with whom the policy was placed), or
other positive statement balances associated with direct bill Policies (by
whomever written) for all policies with an inception date on or subsequent
to the Closing Date.
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C.
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Purchaser
shall be entitled to all policy fees (including but not limited to all
copy fees, administrative fees, broker fees, specialty fees, MVR fees,
etc.) for all policies (by whomever written) that are received by Seller
or Purchaser from any person on or after the closing date. If
Purchaser becomes aware of any commissions paid to Seller but otherwise
owed to Purchaser as described above, Purchaser may offset any amounts due
Seller pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(iii), if any, or Purchaser may demand
reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller agrees to fully and
promptly reimburse Purchaser.
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D.
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The
Purchaser shall pay to the Seller the profit contingency bonus paid by
insurance companies for the Business produced in the calendar year 2008
with those insurance companies that Seller was appointed with prior to the
acquisition. Any and all such bonuses earned as a result of
policies/risks written by Seller prior to the Closing Date shall be the
property of Seller and payable to Seller by Purchaser if received by
Purchaser after the Closing Date. In the event that the
insurance company does not pay a bonus for business written in 2008, the
Purchaser shall have no further obligation to the Seller for any profit
contingency income on business bound prior to the
acquisition.
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E.
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Seller
shall be liable for all debts, premiums, claims, statement balances
incurred prior to the closing date, and other obligations incurred prior
to the closing date. All account receivables for policies
written prior to the closing date shall remain the separate property of
the Seller, although such account receivables will be collected by
Purchaser. Purchaser will promptly remit balances due Seller,
provided that Seller pays all debts, premiums, claims, statement
balances dated prior to the closing date, and other obligations
incurred prior to closing date. Seller acknowledges that the
value of the assets sold pursuant to this Agreement might be diminished if
Seller does not promptly pay its obligations to Customers, Companies
and/or other Persons for agency related expenses, including without
limitation, the net policy premiums (or return premiums) on policies
written (or cancelled) prior to the closing date. As such, if
Purchaser becomes aware that any such pre-closing agency related expenses
have not been paid when due, then Purchaser may elect, but is not
obligated, to pay any such amounts on behalf of Seller, in which event, at
Purchaser’s sole option, Purchaser may offset any amounts due Seller
pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(iii), if any, or Purchaser may demand
reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller agrees to fully and
promptly reimburse Purchaser.
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F.
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Purchaser,
on behalf of Seller, will attempt to collect all funds, including all
accounts receivable, owed to Seller for any policies written prior to the
closing date. Seller shall appoint Purchaser as its attorney in
fact to endorse checks made payable to Seller by policy owners, Companies
or other Persons by executing a limited power of attorney for such
purpose, which is attached hereto as Exhibit H and incorporated herein by
this reference. Any funds collected by Purchaser for the Seller
will be remitted to Seller on a monthly basis, net of any outstanding
pre-closing debts, premiums, claims, or statement balances reflected on
Company statements dated prior to the closing date, and other pre-closing
unsatisfied obligations for which Seller is responsible pursuant to this
Agreement.
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G.
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Accompanying
each such monthly payment to Seller shall be a simple accounting of income
received, and liabilities (if any) deducted, with supporting
documentation. For no less than a period of One Hundred Twenty
(120) days after closing, Purchaser shall provide Seller with access to
monthly agent statements for the specific purpose of verifying the amount
of “agency billed” premiums deposited to Purchaser’s receipt trust account
which may be due Seller for agency bill Policies written prior to the
closing date and attributable to Policies that are part of the book of
business sold pursuant to this Agreement. Such access shall be
upon reasonable request, and during such times and upon such conditions as
shall not unreasonably impair the operations of
Purchaser. Seller agrees to respect the confidential nature of
such information. Seller agrees that in the event there are
outstanding debts, premiums, return premiums, claims, statement balances
and/or other obligations on Policies written prior to the closing date,
Purchaser, at its sole discretion, may offset any amounts collected
pursuant to this paragraph 5 from amounts owed to Seller pursuant to this
paragraph 5. In the event such amounts collected are
insufficient to satisfy any outstanding debts, premiums, return premiums,
claims, statement balances and/or other obligations on Policies, at
Purchaser’s sole option, Purchaser may offset any remaining amounts due
Seller pursuant to paragraph 2(d), if any, or Purchaser may demand
reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller agrees to fully and
promptly reimburse Purchaser.
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H.
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For
120 days after the closing date Seller shall be responsible for payment to
Purchaser of commissions on any reduction of premiums which result from
policy cancellations for any policies Seller produced, and which are
reflected on any Company statement dated after the closing
date. After the closing date, Seller shall be responsible for
any additional amounts due Customer, Companies or other Persons which
result from policy cancellations, policy endorsements, or policy audits
for policies which are reflected on any Company statement dated prior to
(or first recorded on Company statements dated prior to) the closing
date. Any adjustment pursuant to Section 6(H), will be subject
to a minimum aggregate threshold of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) once
this limit has been exceeded then adjustments will be
effected.
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I.
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Seller
shall remit to Purchaser on the closing date any funds received by Seller
for Policies written on or subsequent to the closing
date.
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J.
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Purchaser
shall be entitled to all profit sharing commissions, bonus commissions,
performance compensation, prizes and trips, advertising allowances or
override commissions on policies produced or written on or after the
closing date which might be received by Seller or Purchaser after the
closing date, except as provided for in Section
5(D).
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6.
Closing
Documents.
At the closing Seller shall execute and deliver to
Purchaser:
(a) A
Bill of Sale substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(b) Assets
free and clear of all encumbrances.
(c) Such
other instruments as may be necessary or proper to transfer to Purchaser all
other ownership interests in the Assets to be transferred under this
agreement.
7.
Closing
Adjustments.
The following items shall be apportioned as of
midnight of the day preceding the closing date, where applicable: any error or
omissions in computing commissions shall be corrected after the
closing. This provision shall survive the closing.
8.
Use of
Purchase Price to Pay Encumbrances.
If there is any lien or
encumbrance against Assets, or anything else affecting this sale, which Seller
is obligated to pay and discharge at the closing, Seller may use any portion of
the balance of the purchase price to discharge it, or Seller may allow to
Purchaser the amount thereof as a credit at the closing. Purchaser
agrees to provide separate certified checks as reasonably requested to assist in
clearing up these matters.
9.
Use of
Names and PO Box and Telephone Numbers
. As a result of the
sale contemplated herein, the Purchaser shall on and after the date of closing
be entitled to the use of the Seller’s name and trade names described in
paragraph 1 hereof and listed on Exhibit G attached
hereto. Furthermore, the Seller shall not use or authorize anyone
else to use said name or trade names. The Purchaser shall acquire all
rights to the telephone listings, telephone numbers, telefax numbers, email
addresses, websites, physical addresses, and post office boxes listed under
Seller’s or said trade names. The Seller will provide the Purchaser
with the corporate resolution for the name change from Brady-Rogers, Inc.
to
______________________
,
within 90 days of closing.
10.
Compliance
with all Applicable New Jersey State Insurance Laws, Insurance Department Rules
and regulations,
Purchaser represents that it is an insurance broker duly
licensed in New Jersey to act as such, in good standing with the New Jersey
State Department of Insurance. Purchaser also represents to Seller
that it is duly authorized to open, maintain and monitor a trust/escrow/premium
account pursuant to applicable State laws and regulations. To that
end, at the time of closing Purchaser shall show proof of the existence of an
appropriate trust/escrow/premium account, and shall transfer as allowed by law
all funds held in trust by Seller for the benefit of insureds or insurers into
Purchaser’s account, unless to do so at the time of closing is contrary to
Insurance Department laws or rules. In such a case, from the point of
closing forward all new funds properly belonging in such a trust/escrow/premium
account for new business written by Purchaser’s new licensee shall be deposited
into Purchaser’s trust/escrow/premium account, and Seller shall maintain its
existing account until all trust/escrow/premium funds therein are dispersed to
the appropriate payees. From and after the date of closing Seller
shall have no liability for any irregularities in Purchaser’s
trust/escrow/premium accounts, and in the event of any disciplinary inquiry,
hearing or enforcement by the Department of Insurance arising from any
post-closing transactions or irregularities, Purchaser agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless Seller from any all costs, liabilities, and damages
arising from same, including but not limited to attorneys fees and fines and
penalties.
11.
Representations
and Warranties of Seller.
Seller represents and warrants to
Purchaser as follows:
(a) Seller
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Rhode
Island, and is duly licensed as an insurance broker in RI, MA, and
CT. Seller has full power and authority to conduct its business as
now carried on, and to carry out and perform its undertakings and obligations as
provided herein.
(b) No
action, approval, consent or authorization of any government authority is
necessary for Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except
to the extent that applicable laws might require seller to notify the Rhode
Island Insurance Department of a change of address or status as
licensee.
(c) Seller
is the owner of and has good and marketable title and /or rights of ownership to
the Assets, free of all liens, claims and encumbrances, except as may be set
forth herein.
(d) There
are no violations of any law or governmental rule or regulations pending against
Seller or the Assets hereto.
(e) There
are no judgments, liens, suits, actions or proceedings pending against Seller or
the Assets except as disclosed in Exhibit J.
(f) Seller
owns the rights to the insurance expirations and these are delivered with good
title.
(g) Seller
will use its best efforts to assist the Purchaser with transferring the
Insurance Company Appointments to the Purchaser.
(h)
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Seller has had no material adverse changes in its
business.
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(i) Seller
and Jay F. Rogers and Merridythe Rogers, individually (collectively, the
“Selling Parties”)agree that they
will
not engage directly or indirectly in the business of selling Policies in or
within a fifty (50) mile radius of 1935 Elmwood Avenue, Warwick, RI for a period
of three (3) years from and after the closing date except as an employee or
broker for the Purchaser. Selling Parties further agree that for a
period of five (5) years from and after the termination of Jay Rogers or closing
date whichever is greater, they will not directly or indirectly solicit or write
Policies for any customers that are a part of the book of business sold pursuant
to this Agreement and will not directly or indirectly attempt to divert any
customer that is a part of the book of business sold pursuant to this Agreement
from continuing to do business with Purchaser. In addition, Selling
Parties agree not to make any disparaging statements about Purchaser, its
assigns or the Agency Assets. Selling Parties agree not to provide
any customer lists, customer records, customer files, customer renewal or
expiration lists, or other confidential information regarding the Customer
Accounts sold pursuant to this Agreement to any Person without Purchaser’s prior
written consent. Finally, Selling Parties agree that they will not,
for a period of two (2) years following the closing date, directly or
indirectly, solicit any of the producers or employees associated with the Agency
Assets to work for or contract with Seller. The parties acknowledge and agree
that the period associated with any of the restrictive covenants contained in
this paragraph 11(i) shall be suspended during any period of violation and/or
any period of time required to enforce this covenant by settlement, mediation,
arbitration, litigation, threat of arbitration or threat of litigation.
Moreover, Selling Parties agree that violation of the covenants set forth in
this paragraph 11(i) will cause Purchaser irreparable harm and Purchaser shall
be entitled to the immediate issuance of a temporary restraining order for any
violations hereof. The parties also acknowledge that the covenants
set forth in this paragraph 11(i) are material to this agreement, that the
covenants contained in this paragraph 11(i) are reasonable and necessary, and
that Seller has received sufficient and adequate consideration for
same.
12.
Representations
and Warranties of Purchaser.
Purchaser represents and warrants
to Seller as follows:
(a) Purchaser
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of New
Jersey. Purchaser has full power and authority to carry out and
perform its undertakings and obligations as provided herein, including the legal
right and capacity to open and maintain a trust/escrow/premium account as
described in section “10’, supra.. The execution and delivery by
Purchaser of this agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of
Purchaser and will not conflict with or breach any provision of the Certificate
of Incorporation or by-laws of Purchaser.
(b) No
action, approval, consent or authorization of any governmental authority is
necessary for Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c)
There are not judgments, liens, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the
best of Purchaser's knowledge, threatened against Purchaser or its property that
would preclude such agreement.
13.
No Other
Representations.
Purchaser acknowledges that neither Seller
nor any representative or agent of Seller has made any representation or
warranty (expressed or implied) regarding the Assets or the business, or any
matter or thing affecting or relating to this agreement, except as specifically
set forth in this agreement. Seller shall not be liable or bound in
any manner by any oral or written statement, representation, warranty, agreement
or information pertaining to the Assets or the business or this
agreement. Purchaser has inspected the Assets, Purchaser agrees to
take the Assets “as is” and in their present condition, subject to reasonable
use, wear, tear and deterioration between now and the closing date.
14.
Conduct
of the Business.
Seller, until the closing, shall conduct the
business in the normal, useful and regular manner.
Unless
and until the closing shall take place, Purchaser shall hold in confidence all
information obtained in connections with this agreement, and, if for any reason
the closing shall not take place, Purchaser shall return to Seller all documents
received hereunder.
15.
Income
and Expenses Before and After the Closing
. Except as set forth
in Section 5(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H)(I)(J) or otherwise provided in this
agreement, Seller shall be liable for the payment of all bills for payroll,
accrued vacations, merchandise, goods, services, utilities, inventory delivered
to the business, and any other liability incurred before the closing; and
Purchaser shall be liable for the payment of all bills for payroll, vacation,
merchandise, goods, services, utilities and inventory delivered to the business,
and any other liability, incurred on or after the date of closing.
The
provisions of this Article shall survive the closing.
16.
Conditions
to Closing
: The obligations of the parties to close hereunder
are subject to the following conditions:
(a) All
of the terms, covenants and conditions to be complied with or performed by the
other parties under this agreement on or before the closing shall have been
complied with or performed in all material respects.
(b) All
representations or warranties of the other parties herein are true in all
material respects as of the closing date.
(c) On
the closing date, there shall be no liens or encumbrances against the
Assets.
17.
Risk of
Loss
The risk of loss to the assets of the business sold
hereunder, until the closing, is assumed and shall be borne by
Seller.
18.
Default
(a) In the event that
the Purchaser shall fail to pay the amount due on the date of closing as
described in paragraph 2(a)(i). In said event, this Agreement shall
thereafter be null and void.
(b) In
the event that the Purchaser shall fail to make any of the installment payments
described in paragraph 2(a)(i)(ii)(iii) hereof within fifteen (15) days of the
payment due date, then the Seller, or their authorized agents, shall give
written notice of such default to the Purchaser at the address shown
hereinafter. In the event Purchaser fails to cure its default within
thirty (30) days, Seller shall be entitled to exercise the rights and remedies
available to Seller allowed by applicable law.
19.
Brokerage
. The
parties hereto represent and warrant to each other that they have not dealt with
any broker, consultant or finder in connection with this agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, and no other consultant or any other person is
entitled to receive any brokerage commission, finder's fee, advisory fee or
similar compensation in connection with this agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. Each of the parties shall indemnify and hold the
other parties harmless from and against all liability, claim, loss damage or
expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, pertaining to any other broker,
finder or other person with whom such party has dealt. The provisions of this
Article 19 shall survive the closing.
20.
Assignment.
It
is agreed that Purchaser has the unconditional right to assign or transfer any
or all of Purchaser’s rights and obligations obtained or incurred pursuant to
this agreement to a qualified assignee or purchaser capable and having financial
resources to honor all commitments contained herein, as may be determined by
Purchaser. In the event of any such assignment or transfer, Purchaser
hereby guaranties all payments due Seller under the terms of this
Agreement.
21.
Notices.
All
notices, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if
delivered by hand or by Federal Express courier or by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, to Seller or Purchaser, as
the case may be, at their addresses first above written, or at such other
addresses as they may designate by notice given hereunder. Copies of
all such notices, demands and other communications simultaneously shall be given
in the aforesaid manner to Seller's attorney
57 Benjamin Reynolds Road,
West Greenwich RI and
to Purchaser, Sangamon Associates, Inc. 414 County
Street New Bedford, MA 02740. The respective attorneys or
representatives for the parties hereby are authorized to give any notice
required or permitted hereunder and to agree to adjournments of the
closing.
22.
Survival.
None
of the representations, warranties, covenants, or other obligations of Seller
hereunder shall survive the closing, except as expressly provided herein and
then only for a period of one year from the closing date. Acceptance
of the Bill of Sale by Purchaser shall be deemed full and complete performance
and discharge of every agreement and obligations on the part of Seller
hereunder, except those, if any, which expressly are stated herein to survive
the closing, and then such survival shall be only for a period of one
year.
23.
Entire
Agreement.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS ALL OF THE TERMS AGREED
UPON BETWEEN SELLER AND PURCHASER WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
HEREOF. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO AFTER FULL
INVESTIGATION. ALL PRIOR ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS,
PROMISES, UNDERSTANDINGS, LETTER OF INTENT AND AGREEMENTS OF SELLER AND
PURCHASER ARE MERGED INTO AND SUPERSEDED BY THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH ALONE FULLY
AND COMPLETELY EXPRESSES THEIR AGREEMENT.
24.
Changes
Must be in Writing.
No delay or omission by either Seller or
Purchaser in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of such right or any
other right. This agreement may not be altered, amended, changed,
modified, waived or terminated in any waiver by any party of any waiver or any
breach hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach.
25.
Captions
and Exhibits.
The captions in this agreement are for
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing this
agreement. The Exhibits annexed to this agreement are an integral
part of this agreement, and where there is any reference to this Agreement it
shall be deemed to include said Exhibits.
26.
Governing
Law.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey. If any
provisions of this agreement shall be unenforceable or invalid, such
enforceability or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
agreement.
27.
Binding
Effect.
This agreement shall not be considered an offer or an acceptance
of an offer by Seller, and shall not be binding upon Seller until executed and
delivered by both Seller and Purchaser. Upon such execution and
delivery, this agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and permitted assigns.
28.
Hold
Harmless Guaranty
. (a) Seller hereby agrees and promises
to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless for any and all liability that
may arise by reason of Seller's or Seller's owner’s, directors, officers,
employees and independent contractors negligence or failure to renew, issue or
otherwise service any policy prior to the date of closing, it being agreed that
any liability for such errors and omissions in the transaction of business shall
vest solely with Seller. Further, Seller hereby agrees and promises
to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless from and against any and all
claims made by any Person for Seller’s, Seller’s owners, directors, officers,
employees and independent contractors actions and/or inactions prior to the
closing date.
(b)
Purchaser hereby agrees and promises to hold Seller harmless for any and all
liability that may arise by reason of Purchaser’s or Purchaser’s owners,
directors, officers, employees and independent contractors negligence or failure
to renew, issue or otherwise service any Policy on or after the date of closing,
it being agreed that any liability for such errors and
omissions
in the transaction of business shall vest solely with Purchaser. Further,
Purchaser hereby agrees and promises to indemnify, defend and hold Seller
harmless from and against any and all claims made by any Person or entity for
Purchaser’s, or Purchaser’s owners, directors, officers, employees and
independent contractors actions and/or inactions on or after the closing date,
including but not limited to any fines and penalties assessed or levied by the
Department of Insurance arising from any conduct of the Purchaser.
29.
Mediation
Any
issue, claim or dispute that may arise out of or in connection with this
Agreement (including any exhibits, addenda or other document executed in
connection herewith) and which Purchaser and Seller are not able to resolve
themselves by negotiation, shall be in the first instance submitted to mediation
in a manner agreed to by Purchaser and Seller. Purchaser and Seller
agree to use mediation to attempt to resolve such issue, claim or dispute prior
to filing any legal proceedings in court. Purchaser and Seller will
select an independent mediator agreeable to both parties. The
mediator will communicate with the parties to arrange and convene the mediation
process that will be most efficient, convenient and effective for both
parties. The costs of the mediation and fees of the mediator will be
borne equally by Purchaser and Seller. The parties will cooperate
with the mediator in coming to a reasonable agreement on the mediation
arrangements which will include the time and place for conducting the mediation,
who will attend or participate in the mediation and what information and written
material will be exchanged before the mediation. The mediation will
be conducted at a place agreeable to both Purchaser and Seller.
30.
Legal
Fees In the Event of Litigation
.
In the event that
any legal proceeding is brought with respect to this Agreement, the prevailing
party shall be entitled to be reimbursed for and/or have judgment for all of
their costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and legal
expenses.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the
parties have executed this agreement the date first above written.
ATTEST:
SANGAMON
ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/ Kevin
M.
Coughlin /s/
William F. Cleave
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin By:
William F. Cleave
Chief
Executive
Officer
President
ATTEST:
BRADY-ROGERS,
INC.
/s/
Merridythe
Rogers
Jay R. Rogers
By: Merridythe
Rogers
By: Jay R. Rogers
Secretary
President
EXHIBIT
A. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
AGREEMENT
NOT TO SOLICIT OR COMPETE, DISPARAGE, ETC.
The
undersigned agree(s) to and is (are) bound by the covenants/representations set
forth in paragraph 11(i) of this Agreement herein and specifically acknowledge
that the covenants contained in said paragraph are assignable and are reasonable
and necessary and that the undersigned has received ample consideration for
same.
/s/ Jay F. Rogers
By: Jay F. Rogers,
individually
/s/ Merridythe Rogers
By: Merridythe Rogers,
individually
Exhibit B
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
BILL
OF SALE
Now on
this ___ day of ________________, 2008, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Brady-Rogers, Inc., as Seller, hereby
sells, transfers, assigns and conveys unto Sangamon Associates, Inc., as
Purchaser, all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Agency
Assets carried under the name of Brady-Rogers Inc.., or any variation thereof,
located at and used in the agency operations located at 1935 Elmwood Ave.,
Warwick RI. Such sale shall consist of and include Seller’s: general
“book of insurance business”; all customer accounts associated with all Policies
related to Insurance Services, Investment Services, Banking Services and Credit
Services; goodwill; all electronic and paper customer lists; all electronic and
paper customer records; all electronic and paper customer files; all customer
renewals; all telephone numbers, post office boxes, addresses, trade names;
websites and email addresses, all sweep accounts and other business related bank
accounts; and all other intangible assets associated with Seller’s
agency. Such sale shall also include the office equipment and other
personal property specifically identified on the listing attached
hereto.
All
assets are hereby conveyed unto Purchaser, free and clear of any claims, liens,
taxes and encumbrances whatever.
SELLER
/s/ Jay F. Rogers
Name: Jay
F. Rogers
Title: President
State of
______________________ )
County
of ____________________ )
Be it
remembered that on this ___ day of ____________________, 2007 , before me, a
Notary Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, appeared Jay F. Rogers
who is known to me and who executed the above and foregoing Bill of
Sale.
______________________________
Notary Public
My
Commission Expires: ______________________
Exhibit
C. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
TRANSFER
LETTER
(Date)
ATTENTION: Agency
Licensing / Agency Contracting / Marketing Department / Underwriting Department
/ Accounting Department
Re: Transfer
of Brady-Rogers, Inc. (Agency Code No. ______ )
To Whom
It May Concern:
Be
advised that
Brady-Rogers, Inc. of
Warwick RI has sold
its agency assets to Sangamon Associates, Inc.
effective on December 31, 2008. Please route this transfer letter to
the proper department so that the agent of record for the policies assigned to
Brady-Rogers, Inc. will be transferred to Sangamon Associates, Inc.
The
following information about Sangamon Associates, Inc. is provided to expedite
the process:
Primary
Contact William
F. Cleave
Voice Phone
Number 508
994 9688
Fax Phone
Number 508
991 5461
Email
Address
bcleave@flagshipins.com
Street
Address:
414 County Street
City,
State and Zip
Code: New
Bedford, MA 02740
Tax Identification
Number:
Sangamon
Associates, Inc. accepts transfer of the referenced policies.
Thank you
for your time and attention to this matter.
/s/ Jay
Rogers
By: Jay
Rogers
Title:
President
Exhibit D
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
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1. All
tangible assets too numerous to mention, affixed to the property or not,
located at the Seller's agency facilities or associated with Seller's
agency operations at 1935 Elmwood Ave., Warwick RI. Such assets
include but are not limited to fax machines, phones, websites and email
addresses, typewriters, copiers, printers, supplies, office furniture,
appliances, office equipment, cameras, and office
decorations.
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The above
listing specifically identifies the office equipment and personal property which
are a part of the assets being sold pursuant to our Agreement and further
identifies the office equipment and personal property specifically excluded from
the assets being sold. Seller agrees that any office equipment and
personal property not specifically excluded herein shall be construed as office
equipment and personal property which are part of the assets being sold pursuant
to this Agreement.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/
Jay F.
Rogers /s/
William F. Cleave
By:
Jay F.
Rogers By:
William F. Cleave
Title:
President
Title: President
/s/ Kevin M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M. Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
Exhibit E
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF
________________ )
COUNTY OF
______________ )
COMES
NOW, the undersigned, having first been duly sworn on oath, states and alleges
as follows:
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1.The
undersigned is sufficiently familiar with insurance industry accounting
processes to understand what documents are required by Brady-Rogers, Inc.
to verify commissions from independent sources such as insurance companies
and managing general agents and these documents are
attached.
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2.The
attached documents are originals or copies certified by the undersigned to
be accurate representations of the originals. The attached
documents are full and complete records and have not been
altered.
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3.The
undersigned is not aware of any circumstances which would make the
attached documents unreliable for forecasting future
commissions. Such circumstances could include (a) the actual or
pending cancellation or non-renewal of policies which are not recorded on
the attached documents; (b) insurance company changes in underwriting,
organization, premiums or management; (c) the actual, pending or
threatened Company contract cancellation, whether written or verbal; or
(d) regulatory changes.
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4.The
attached documents include full and complete statements for the following
listing of insurance companies and general agents for the period of _____,
_____ to ______, ______.
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Dated:_________________
SEE ATTACHED LISTING
The
attached documents are originals or certified copies of original documents
necessary for Brady-Rogers, Inc.. to verify commissions from independent sources
pursuant to paragraph 10(B) of the Agreement and the undersigned hereby
certifies the attached to be accurate originals thereof or representations of
originals.
SELLER:
By:_______________________
Name: Jay
F. Rogers
Title: President
State of
______________________ )
County of
____________________ )
Be
it remembered that on this ____ day of _______________, 2006, before me, a
Notary Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, appeared Jay F. Rogers
who is known to me and who executed the above and foregoing
Affidavit.
______________________________
Notary
Public
My
Commission Expires:______________
Exhibit F
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF AGREEMENTS
NONE
The above
listing specifically identifies all written and verbal agreements that Seller
currently has, or has had during the past twelve (12) months, with licensed
producers, sub-producers, co-brokers, representatives, agents or other Persons
related to Seller’s Agency Assets.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/ Jay R.
Rogers
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Jay R.
Rogers
By: William F. Cleave
Title:
President Title:
President
/s/ Kevin
M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
Exhibit G
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF TRADE NAMES, ETC.
1. Trade
Names: Brady-Rogers
2. Business
addresses: 1935
Elmwood Ave., Warwick RI
3. Websites/Email
Addresses: www.bradyrogers.com
4. Telephone
and telefax
numbers:
404 461 4941 (telephone)
401
461 4943 (fax)
401 658 6164 (cell)
5. Former
owners: _________________________________
6. Secondary
Locations: NONE
7. Former
Locations:
NONE
8. Home
Address of
owner:
57 Benjamin Reynolds Road, West Greenwich RI
Seller
warrants and represents the above listing specifically identifies all trade
names Seller currently uses or has used; all locations at or from which Seller
conducts or has conducted agency business; all websites and email addresses; all
telephone and telefax numbers; Seller’s chief executive office if Seller
conducts business at more than one location; place of individual Seller’s
current and past places of residence (past five (5) years) and the period during
which Seller resided at such place; names of prior owners of any of the Agency
Assets; all sweep accounts and other business related bank accounts; and the
location of Agency Assets for preceding five (5) years.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/ Jay R.
Rogers
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Jay
R.
Rogers
By: William F. Cleave
Title:
President
Title: President
/s/ Kevin
M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
Exhibit H
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
Amortization
Schedule
Exhibit
I. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
Liabilities
Assumed
1)
Scanner Canon DR 9080c $2,696.40, with 14 payments of
$192.60
2)
Copy/Fax Kyocera Mita KM 255 $3,474.18, with18 payments of $206.51
3) Sign
$6,041.52 , with 33 payments of $235.72
Exhibit
J. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
Legal
Claims and/or Judgments
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The above
listing specifically identifies all judgments, claims including errors and
omissions insurance claims, liens, suits, actions, or proceeding pending,
settled or dismissed that Seller currently has, or has had during the past Five
(5) years, with any individual, company, corporation, limited liability company
or other such entity.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/ Jay R.
Rogers /s/
William F. Cleave
By: Jay
R.
Rogers
By: William F. Cleave
Title:
President Title:
President
/s/ Kevin
M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M. Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
AGREEMENT OF
SALE
AGREEMENT OF SALE
,
made December 17, 2009 between Leeward Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries Sangamon Associates, Inc., a New
Jersey corporation, Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc., et al., having an address
at 414 County Street, New Bedford MA 02740 (“Purchaser”), and Waughtal - D. P.
Domestic and International Insurance, LLC. a Commonwealth of
Massachusetts corporation, having an address at 4 Courthouse Lane,
Suite 16, Chelmsford, MA 01824 (“Seller”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS
, Purchaser desires to
acquire, and Seller desires to sell, the assets of the business known as
Waughtal Insurance Agency hereinafter specified, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, and
NOW, THEREFORE
, in
consideration of the covenants and agreements hereafter set forth, and other
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Agreement
to Sell.
This is an asset purchase only and Purchaser is not
and will not assume any liabilities of the Seller other than those explicitly
stated in Exhibit I. Seller agrees to sell, transfer and deliver to
Purchaser, and Purchaser agrees to purchase, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the following assets of the business known as Waughtal
Insurance Agency (collectively, the “Assets” or “Business Assets”):
(a) The
supplies, furniture, equipment, fixtures and improvements described in Exhibit D
herein and all similar items acquired or owned by the business on or before the
closing date as the same shall exist on the closing date.
(b) The
entire book of business (including all books and records and renewal rights) of
all property and casualty and life, accident and health and any other insurance
business of the Seller thereof (the “Business”).
(c) The
goodwill of the business.
(d) The
trade name(s) associated with the business; all websites; as well all telephone
numbers and listings, as more fully described below at section (9) and Exhibit
G.
2.
Purchase
Price
. The purchase price to be paid by Purchaser for the
Assets of the Business (as described in section “1”, supra) is Forty Thousand
and 00/100 Dollars ($40,000.00), this is based a minimum of Seventy
Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($75,000.00) of commission revenue, payable as
follows:
(a)(i)
Twenty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($20,000.00) to be paid to Seller
at the time and place of closing; (ii) Twenty Thousand Dollars and 00/100
Dollars ($20,000.00) to be paid in Ten equal payments on the 10
Th
of the
month beginning on January 25
th
,
2010.
(b)
Adjustments to Payout. Payments
pursuant to Section 2(a)ii are contingent
upon the minimum commission revenue of the Assets acquired to be in excess of
Seventy Five Thousand Dollars 00/100 ($75,000.00) for the most recent 12 month
period of the payment. In the event that the book of Business is less
than Ninety percent (90%) of said amount, the payments will be
reduced by .53 times the difference of current twelve months.
3.
Acceptable
Funds.
All money payable under this agreement, unless
otherwise specified, shall be paid either: (a) in cash, but not more than
$1,000.00 shall be paid in cash; (b) by good certified check of Purchaser, or
official check of any bank, savings bank, trust company, or savings and loan
association which is a member of the New York Clearing House, payable to the
direct order of Seller; (c) wire transfer or (d) as otherwise agreed to in
writing by the parties or their attorneys.
4.
The
Closing.
The “closing” means the settlement of the obligations
of Seller and Purchaser to each other under this agreement, including the
payment of the purchase price to Seller as provided in Article 2 hereof and the
delivery of the closing documents provided for in Article 5
hereof. The closing shall be held at the offices of Seller at 10:00
a.m. on or about December 31, 2009 (the “closing date”).
5.
Effective
Date of Transfer of Business and Obligations, and Rights to Commissions and
other Business Income
.
All of the
Seller’s Assets conveyed under the terms of this Agreement shall be transferred
as of the closing date. With respect to those Assets consisting of
commission income, fees, and any other income streams earned by the Seller in
the ordinary course of operating the brokerage, said assets shall be conveyed
pursuant to the following procedures:
A.
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For
“agency bill” policies (which are defined as policies written by the
business/brokerage where premiums – including earned commission – are
billed for by and/or are collected directly by the business/brokerage),
the policy inception date will be deemed the day on which the policy was
written, and Purchaser shall be entitled to all agency bill commissions
for policies (by whomever written) with an inception date on or subsequent
to the closing date. For Agency billed policies, for which the Seller has
received full payment of its commission prior to the closing date, for a
period of 120 days after closing any cancellations in which commissions
were paid to Seller shall be offset against payment due as stated in
section 2(a)(i).
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B.
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Purchaser
shall be entitled to all commissions for “direct bill” policies (which are
defined as policies written by the business/brokerage where premiums –
including earned commissions – are billed for and/or are collected
directly by the insurance company with whom the policy was placed), or
other positive statement balances associated with direct bill Policies (by
whomever written) for all policies with an inception date on or subsequent
to the Closing Date. For 120 days after the closing date Seller shall be
responsible for payment to Purchaser of commissions on any reduction of
premiums which result from policy cancellations for any policies Seller
produced, and which are reflected on any Company statement dated after the
closing date. After the closing date, Seller shall be
responsible for any additional amounts due Customer, Companies or other
Persons which result from policy cancellations, policy endorsements, or
policy audits for policies which are reflected on any Company statement
dated prior to (or first recorded on Company statements dated prior to)
the closing date.
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C.
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If
Purchaser becomes aware of any commissions paid to Seller but otherwise
owed to Purchaser as described above, Purchaser may offset any amounts due
Seller pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(i), if any, or Purchaser may demand
reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller agrees to fully and
promptly reimburse Purchaser.
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D.
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Seller
shall be liable for all debts, premiums, claims, statement balances
incurred prior to the closing date, and other obligations incurred prior
to the closing date. All account receivables for policies
written prior to the closing date shall remain the separate property of
the Seller, although such account receivables will be collected by
Purchaser. Purchaser will promptly remit balances due Seller,
provided that Seller pays all debts, premiums, claims, statement
balances dated prior to the closing date, and other obligations
incurred prior to closing date. Seller acknowledges that the
value of the assets sold pursuant to this Agreement might be diminished if
Seller does not promptly pay its obligations to Customers, Companies
and/or other Persons for agency related expenses, including without
limitation, the net policy premiums (or return premiums) on policies
written (or cancelled) prior to the closing date. As such, if
Purchaser becomes aware that any such pre-closing agency related expenses
have not been paid when due, then Purchaser may elect, but is not
obligated, to pay any such amounts on behalf of Seller, in which event, at
Purchaser’s sole option, Purchaser may offset any amounts due Seller
pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(iii), if any, or Purchaser may demand
reimbursement from Seller, in which case Seller agrees to fully and
promptly reimburse Purchaser.
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Purchaser,
on behalf of Seller, will attempt to collect all funds, including all
accounts receivable, owed to Seller for any policies written prior to the
closing date. Seller shall appoint Purchaser as its attorney in
fact to endorse checks made payable to Seller by policy owners, Companies
or other Persons by executing a limited power of attorney for such
purpose, which is attached hereto as Exhibit H and incorporated herein by
this reference. Any funds collected by Purchaser for the Seller
will be remitted to Seller on a monthly basis, net of any outstanding
pre-closing debts, premiums, claims, or statement balances reflected on
Company statements dated prior to the closing date, and other pre-closing
unsatisfied obligations for which Seller is responsible pursuant to this
Agreement.
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F.
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Seller
shall remit to Purchaser on the closing date any funds received by Seller
for Policies written on or subsequent to the closing
date.
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6.
Closing
Documents.
At the closing Seller shall execute and deliver to
Purchaser:
(a) A
Bill of Sale substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(b) Assets
free and clear of all encumbrances.
(c) Such
other instruments as may be necessary or proper to transfer to Purchaser all
other ownership interests in the Assets to be transferred under this
agreement.
7.
Closing
Adjustments.
The following items: commissions
Income, shall be apportioned as of midnight of the day preceding the
closing date, where applicable. Any error or omissions in computing
commissions shall be corrected after the closing. This provision
shall survive the closing.
8.
Use of
Purchase Price to Pay Encumbrances.
If there is any lien or
encumbrance against Assets, or anything else affecting this sale, which Seller
is obligated to pay and discharge at the closing, Seller may use any portion of
the balance of the purchase price to discharge it, or Seller may allow to
Purchaser the amount thereof as a credit at the closing. Purchaser
agrees to provide separate certified checks as reasonably requested to assist in
clearing up these matters.
9.
Use of
Names and PO Box and Telephone Numbers
. As a result of the
sale contemplated herein, the Purchaser shall on and after the date of closing
be entitled to the use of the Seller’s name and trade names described in
paragraph 1 hereof and listed on Exhibit G attached
hereto. Furthermore, the Seller shall not use or authorize anyone
else to use said name or trade names. The Purchaser shall acquire all
rights to the telephone listings, telephone numbers, telefax numbers, email
addresses, websites, physical addresses, and post office boxes listed under
Seller’s or said trade names. The Seller will provide the Purchaser
with the corporate resolution for the dissolution of Waughtal - D. P. Domestic
and International Insurance, LLC within 180 days of
closing.
10.
Compliance
with all Applicable New Jersey State Insurance Laws, Insurance Department Rules
and regulations,
Purchaser represents that it is an insurance broker duly
licensed in New Jersey to act as such, in good standing with the New Jersey
State Department of Insurance. Purchaser also represents to Seller
that it is duly authorized to open, maintain and monitor a trust/escrow/premium
account pursuant to applicable State laws and regulations.
11.
Representations
and Warranties of Seller.
Seller represents and warrants to
Purchaser as follows:
(a) Seller
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Rhode
Island, and is duly licensed as an insurance broker in RI, MA, and
CT. Seller has full power and authority to conduct its business as
now carried on, and to carry out and perform its undertakings and obligations as
provided herein.
(b) No
action, approval, consent or authorization of any government authority is
necessary for Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except
to the extent that applicable laws might require seller to notify the Rhode
Island Insurance Department of a change of address or status as
licensee.
(c) Seller
is the owner of and has good and marketable title and /or rights of ownership to
the Assets, free of all liens, claims and encumbrances, except as may be set
forth herein.
(d) There
are no violations of any law or governmental rule or regulations pending against
Seller or the Assets hereto.
(e) There
are no judgments, liens, suits, actions or proceedings pending against Seller or
the Assets except as disclosed in Exhibit J.
(f)
Seller owns the rights to the insurance expirations and these are delivered with
good title.
(g) Seller
will use its best efforts to assist the Purchaser with transferring the
Insurance Company Appointments to the Purchaser.
(h)
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Seller
has had no material adverse changes in its
business.
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(i)
Seller and Deborah Waughtal, individually (collectively, the “Selling
Parties”)agree that they
will
not engage directly or indirectly in the business of selling Policies in or
within a fifty (50) mile radius of 4 Courthouse Lane, Suite 16, Chelmsford, MA
01824 for a period of three (3) years from and after the closing date except as
an employee or broker for the Purchaser. Selling Parties further
agree that for a period of Three (3) years from and after the termination of
Deborah Waughtal or closing date whichever is greater, they will not directly or
indirectly solicit or write Policies for any customers that are a part of the
book of business sold pursuant to this Agreement and will not
directly
or indirectly attempt to divert any customer that is a part of the book of
business sold pursuant to this Agreement from continuing to do business with
Purchaser. In addition, Selling Parties agree not to make any
disparaging statements about Purchaser, its assigns or the Agency
Assets. Selling Parties agree not to provide any customer lists,
customer records, customer files, customer renewal or expiration lists, or other
confidential information regarding the Customer Accounts sold pursuant to this
Agreement to any Person without Purchaser’s prior written
consent. Finally, Selling Parties agree that they will not, for a
period of two (2) years following the closing date, directly or indirectly,
solicit any of the producers or employees associated with the Agency Assets to
work for or contract with Seller. The parties acknowledge and agree that the
period associated with any of the restrictive covenants contained in this
paragraph 11(i) shall be suspended during any period of violation and/or any
period of time required to enforce this covenant by settlement, mediation,
arbitration, litigation, threat of arbitration or threat of litigation.
Moreover, Selling Parties agree that violation of the covenants set forth in
this paragraph 11(i) will cause Purchaser irreparable harm and Purchaser shall
be entitled to the immediate issuance of a temporary restraining order for any
violations hereof. The parties also acknowledge that the covenants
set forth in this paragraph 11(i) are material to this agreement, that the
covenants contained in this paragraph 11(i) are reasonable and necessary, and
that Seller has received sufficient and adequate consideration for
same.
12.
Representations
and Warranties of Purchaser.
Purchaser represents and warrants
to Seller as follows:
(a) Purchaser
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of New
Jersey. Purchaser has full power and authority to carry out and
perform its undertakings and obligations as provided herein, including the legal
right and capacity to open and maintain a trust/escrow/premium account as
described in section “10’, supra.. The execution and delivery by
Purchaser of this agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of
Purchaser and will not conflict with or breach any provision of the Certificate
of Incorporation or by-laws of Purchaser.
(b) No
action, approval, consent or authorization of any governmental authority is
necessary for Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c)
There are not judgments, liens, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the
best of Purchaser's knowledge, threatened against Purchaser or its property that
would preclude such agreement.
(d)
Purchaser is licensed individually and/or corporately in MA, RI, CT, VT, NH, NY,
NJ and PA.
13.
No Other
Representations.
Purchaser acknowledges that neither Seller
nor any representative or agent of Seller has made any representation or
warranty (expressed or implied) regarding the Assets or the business, or any
matter or thing affecting or relating to this agreement, except as specifically
set forth in this agreement. Seller shall not be liable or bound in
any manner by any oral or written statement, representation, warranty, agreement
or information pertaining to the Assets or the business or this
agreement. Purchaser has inspected the Assets, Purchaser agrees to
take the Assets “as is” and in their present condition, subject to reasonable
use, wear, tear and deterioration between now and the closing date.
14.
Conduct
of the Business.
Seller, until the closing, shall conduct the
business in the normal, useful and regular manner.
Unless
and until the closing shall take place, Purchaser shall hold in confidence all
information obtained in connections with this agreement, and, if for any reason
the closing shall not take place, Purchaser shall return to Seller all documents
received hereunder.
15.
Income
and Expenses Before and After the Closing
. Except as set forth
in Section 5or otherwise provided in this agreement, Seller shall be liable for
the payment of all bills for payroll, accrued vacations, merchandise, goods,
services, utilities, inventory delivered to the business, and any other
liability incurred before the closing; and Purchaser shall be liable for the
payment of all bills for payroll, vacation, merchandise, goods, services,
utilities and inventory delivered to the business, and any other liability,
incurred on or after the date of closing.
The
provisions of this Article shall survive the closing.
16.
Conditions
to Closing
: The obligations of the parties to close hereunder
are subject to the following conditions:
(a) All
of the terms, covenants and conditions to be complied with or performed by the
other parties under this agreement on or before the closing shall have been
complied with or performed in all material respects.
(b) All
representations or warranties of the other parties herein are true in all
material respects as of the closing date.
(c) On
the closing date, there shall be no liens or encumbrances against the
Assets.
17.
Risk of
Loss
The risk of loss to the assets of the business sold
hereunder, until the closing, is assumed and shall be borne by
Seller.
18.
Default
(a) In the event that
the Purchaser shall fail to pay the amount due on the date of closing as
described in paragraph 2(a)(i). In said event, this Agreement shall
thereafter be null and void.
(b) In
the event that the Purchaser shall fail to make any of the installment payments
described in paragraph 2(a)(i) hereof within fifteen (15) days of the payment
due date, then the Seller, or their authorized agents, shall give written notice
of such default to the Purchaser at the address shown hereinafter. In
the event Purchaser fails to cure its default within thirty (30) days of written
notice, Seller shall be entitled to exercise the rights and remedies available
to Seller allowed by applicable law.
19.
Brokerage
. The
parties hereto represent and warrant to each other that they have not dealt with
any broker, consultant or finder in connection with this agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, and no other consultant or any other person is
entitled to receive any brokerage commission, finder's fee, advisory fee or
similar compensation in connection with this agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. Each of the parties shall indemnify and hold the
other parties harmless from and against all liability, claim, loss damage or
expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, pertaining to any other broker,
finder or other person with whom such party has dealt. The provisions of this
Article 19 shall survive the closing.
20.
Assignment.
It
is agreed that Purchaser has the unconditional right to assign or transfer any
or all of Purchaser’s rights and obligations obtained or incurred pursuant to
this agreement to a qualified assignee or purchaser capable and having financial
resources to honor all commitments contained herein, as may be determined by
Purchaser. In the event of any such assignment or transfer, Purchaser
hereby guaranties all payments due Seller under the terms of this
Agreement.
21.
Notices.
All
notices, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if
delivered by hand or by Federal Express courier or by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, to Seller or Purchaser, as
the case may be, at their addresses first above written, or at such other
addresses as they may designate by notice given hereunder. Copies of
all such notices, demands and other communications simultaneously shall be given
in the aforesaid manner to Seller's attorney 50 Beacon Street, Woburn, MA 01801
and to Purchaser, Flagship Insurance Agency 414 County Street New
Bedford, MA 02740. The respective attorneys or representatives for
the parties hereby are authorized to give any notice required or permitted
hereunder and to agree to adjournments of the closing.
22.
Survival.
None
of the representations, warranties, covenants, or other obligations of Seller
hereunder shall survive the closing, except as expressly provided herein and
then only for a period of one year from the closing date. Acceptance
of the Bill of Sale by Purchaser shall be deemed full and complete performance
and discharge of every agreement and obligations on the part of Seller
hereunder, except those, if any, which expressly are stated herein to survive
the closing, and then such survival shall be only for a period of one
year.
23.
Entire
Agreement.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS ALL OF THE TERMS AGREED
UPON BETWEEN SELLER AND PURCHASER WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
HEREOF. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO AFTER FULL
INVESTIGATION. ALL PRIOR ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS,
PROMISES, UNDERSTANDINGS, LETTER OF INTENT AND AGREEMENTS OF SELLER AND
PURCHASER ARE MERGED INTO AND SUPERSEDED BY THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH ALONE FULLY
AND COMPLETELY EXPRESSES THEIR AGREEMENT.
24.
Changes
Must be in Writing.
No delay or omission by either Seller or
Purchaser in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of such right or any
other right. This agreement may not be altered, amended, changed,
modified, waived or terminated in any waiver by any party of any waiver or any
breach hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach.
25.
Captions
and Exhibits.
The captions in this agreement are for
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing this
agreement. The Exhibits annexed to this agreement are an integral
part of this agreement, and where there is any reference to this Agreement it
shall be deemed to include said Exhibits.
26.
Governing
Law.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey. If any
provisions of this agreement shall be unenforceable or invalid, such
enforceability or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
agreement.
27.
Binding
Effect.
This agreement shall not be considered an offer or an acceptance
of an offer by Seller, and shall not be binding upon Seller until executed and
delivered by both Seller and Purchaser. Upon such execution and
delivery, this agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and permitted assigns.
28.
Hold
Harmless Guaranty
. (a) Seller hereby agrees and promises
to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless for any and all liability that
may arise by reason of Seller's or Seller's owner’s, directors, officers,
employees and independent contractors negligence or failure to renew, issue or
otherwise service any policy prior to the date of closing, it being agreed that
any liability for such errors and omissions in the transaction of business shall
vest solely with Seller. Further, Seller hereby agrees and promises
to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless from and against any and all
claims made by any Person for Seller’s, Seller’s owners, directors, officers,
employees and independent contractors actions and/or inactions prior to the
closing date.
(b)
Purchaser hereby agrees and promises to hold Seller harmless for any and all
liability that may arise by reason of Purchaser’s or Purchaser’s owners,
directors, officers, employees and independent contractors negligence or failure
to renew, issue or otherwise service any Policy on or after the date of closing,
it being agreed that any liability for such errors and omissions in the
transaction of business shall vest solely with Purchaser. Further, Purchaser
hereby agrees and promises to indemnify, defend and hold Seller harmless from
and against any and all claims made by any Person or entity for Purchaser’s, or
Purchaser’s owners, directors, officers, employees and independent contractors
actions and/or inactions on or after the closing date, including but not limited
to any fines and penalties assessed or levied by the Department of Insurance
arising from any conduct of the Purchaser.
29.
Mediation
Any
issue, claim or dispute that may arise out of or in connection with this
Agreement (including any exhibits, addenda or other document executed in
connection herewith) and which Purchaser and Seller are not able to resolve
themselves by negotiation, shall be in the first instance submitted to mediation
in a manner agreed to by Purchaser and Seller. Purchaser and Seller
agree to use mediation to attempt to resolve such issue, claim or dispute prior
to filing any legal proceedings in court. Purchaser and Seller will
select an independent mediator agreeable to both parties. The
mediator will communicate with the parties to arrange and convene the mediation
process that will be most efficient, convenient and effective for both
parties. The costs of the mediation and fees of the mediator will be
borne equally by Purchaser and Seller. The parties will cooperate
with the mediator in coming to a reasonable agreement on the mediation
arrangements which will include the time and place for conducting the mediation,
who will attend or participate in the mediation and what information and written
material will be exchanged before the mediation. The mediation will
be conducted at a place agreeable to both Purchaser and Seller.
30.
Legal
Fees In the Event of Litigation
.
In the event that
any legal proceeding is brought with respect to this Agreement, the prevailing
party shall be entitled to be reimbursed for and/or have judgment for all of
their costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and legal
expenses.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the
parties have executed this agreement the date first above written.
ATTEST: LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
Kevin M.
Coughlin
William F. Cleave
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin
By: William F. Cleave
Chief
Executive
Officer President
WAUGHTAL
- D. P. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE, LLC
/s/ Deborah Waughtal
By: Deborah Waughtal
President
EXHIBIT
A. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
AGREEMENT
NOT TO SOLICIT OR COMPETE, DISPARAGE, ETC.
The
undersigned agree(s) to and is (are) bound by the covenants/representations set
forth in paragraph 11(i) of this Agreement herein and specifically acknowledge
that the covenants contained in said paragraph are assignable and are reasonable
and necessary and that the undersigned has received ample consideration for
same.
/s/ Deborah Waughtal
By: Deborah Waughtal
Exhibit B
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
BILL
OF SALE
Now on
this ___ day of ________________, 2009, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Waughtal - D. P. Domestic and
International Insurance, LLC, as Seller, hereby sells, transfers, assigns and
conveys unto Sangamon Associates, Inc., as Purchaser, all of the Seller's right,
title and interest in and to the Agency Assets carried under the name of
Waughtal - D. P. Domestic and International Insurance, LLC.., or any variation
thereof, located at and used in the agency operations located at 4 Courthouse
Lane, Suite 16, Chelmsford, MA 01824. Such sale shall consist of and
include Seller’s: general “book of insurance business”; all customer accounts
associated with all Policies related to Insurance Services, Investment Services,
Banking Services and Credit Services; goodwill; all electronic and paper
customer lists; all electronic and paper customer records; all electronic and
paper customer files; all customer renewals; all telephone numbers, post office
boxes, addresses, trade names; websites and email addresses, all sweep accounts
and other business related bank accounts; and all other intangible assets
associated with Seller’s agency. Such sale shall also include the
office equipment and other personal property specifically identified on the
listing attached hereto.
All
assets are hereby conveyed unto Purchaser, free and clear of any claims, liens,
taxes and encumbrances whatever.
SELLER
By:_________________
Name: Deborah
Waughtal
Title: President
State of
______________________ )
County
of ____________________ )
Be it
remembered that on this ___ day of ____________________, 2009 , before me, a
Notary Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, appeared Deborah
Waughtal who is known to me and who executed the above and foregoing Bill of
Sale.
______________________________
Notary
Public
My
Commission Expires: ______________________
Exhibit
C. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
TRANSFER
LETTER
(Date)
ATTENTION: Agency
Licensing / Agency Contracting / Marketing Department / Underwriting Department
/ Accounting Department
Re: Transfer
of Waughtal - D. P. Domestic and International Insurance, LLC (Agency Code
No_____ )
To Whom
It May Concern:
Be
advised that Waughtal - D. P. Domestic and International Insurance, LLC of
Chelmsford, MA has sold its agency assets to Sangamon Associates, Inc. effective
on December 31, 2010. Please route this transfer letter to the proper
department so that the agent of record for the policies assigned to Waughtal -
D. P. Domestic and International Insurance, LLC will be transferred to Flagship
Insurance Agency, Inc.
The
following information about Sangamon Associates, Inc. is provided to expedite
the process:
Primary
Contact William
F. Cleave
Voice Phone
Number 508
994 9688
Fax Phone
Number 508
991 5461
Email
Address
bcleave@flagshipins.com
Street
Address: 414
County Street
City,
State and Zip
Code: New
Bedford, MA 02740
Tax Identification
Number:
Flagship
Insurance Agency, Inc. accepts transfer of the referenced policies.
Thank you
for your time and attention to this matter.
/s/ Deborah
Waughtal
By: Deborah
Waughtal
Title:
President
Exhibit D
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
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1. All
tangible assets too numerous to mention, affixed to the property or not,
located at the Seller's agency facilities or associated with Seller's
agency operations at 4 Courthouse Lane, Suite 16, Chelmsford, MA
01824. Such assets include but are not limited to fax machines,
phones, websites and email addresses, typewriters, copiers, printers,
supplies, office furniture, appliances, office equipment, cameras, and
office decorations.
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The above
listing specifically identifies the office equipment and personal property which
are a part of the assets being sold pursuant to our Agreement and further
identifies the office equipment and personal property specifically excluded from
the assets being sold. Seller agrees that any office equipment and
personal property not specifically excluded herein shall be construed as office
equipment and personal property which are part of the assets being sold pursuant
to this Agreement.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/ Deborah
Waughtal
/s/ William F. Cleave
Deborah
Waughtal
William F. Cleave
Title:
President
Title: President
/s/ Kevin M. Coughlin
Kevin M. Coughlin
Chief
Executive Officer
Exhibit E
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF
________________ )
COUNTY OF
______________ )
COMES
NOW, the undersigned, having first been duly sworn on oath, states and alleges
as follows:
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1.The
undersigned is sufficiently familiar with insurance industry accounting
processes to understand what documents are required by Waughtal - D. P.
Domestic and International Insurance, LLC to verify commissions from
independent sources such as insurance companies and managing general
agents and these documents are
attached.
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2.The
attached documents are originals or copies certified by the undersigned to
be accurate representations of the originals. The attached
documents are full and complete records and have not been
altered.
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3.The
undersigned is not aware of any circumstances which would make the
attached documents unreliable for forecasting future
commissions. Such circumstances could include (a) the actual or
pending cancellation or non-renewal of policies which are not recorded on
the attached documents; (b) insurance company changes in underwriting,
organization, premiums or management; (c) the actual, pending or
threatened Company contract cancellation, whether written or verbal; or
(d) regulatory changes.
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4.The
attached documents include full and complete statements for the following
listing of insurance companies and general agents for the period of _____,
_____ to ______, ______.
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Dated:_________________
SEE ATTACHED LISTING
The
attached documents are originals or certified copies of original documents
necessary for Waughtal - D. P. Domestic and International Insurance, LLC. to
verify commissions from independent sources pursuant to paragraph 10(B) of the
Agreement and the undersigned hereby certifies the attached to be accurate
originals thereof or representations of originals.
SELLER:
By:_______________________
Name: Deborah
Waughtal
Title: President
State of
______________________ )
County of
____________________ )
Be
it remembered that on this ____ day of _______________, 2009, before me, a
Notary Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, appeared Deborah
Waughtal who is known to me and who executed the above and foregoing
Affidavit.
__________________________________
Notary
Public
My
Commission Expires:______________
Exhibit F
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF AGREEMENTS
NONE
The above
listing specifically identifies all written and verbal agreements that Seller
currently has, or has had during the past twelve (12) months, with licensed
producers, sub-producers, co-brokers, representatives, agents or other Persons
related to Seller’s Agency Assets.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/ Deborah
Waughtal
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Deborah
Waughtal By:
William F. Cleave
Title:
President
Title: President
/s/ Kevin
M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
Exhibit G
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
LISTING
OF TRADE NAMES, ETC.
1. Trade
Names: Waughtal
Insurance Agency
2. Business
addresses:
4 Courthouse Suite 16, Chelmsford, MA 01824
3. Websites/Email
Addresses:
4. Telephone
and telefax
numbers: 978
674 8171 (telephone)
____________ (fax)
___________ (cell)
5. Former
owners:
_________________________________
6. Secondary
Locations: NONE
7. Former
Locations: NONE
8. Home
Address of
Owner:
_____________________________
Seller
warrants and represents the above listing specifically identifies all trade
names Seller currently uses or has used; all locations at or from which Seller
conducts or has conducted agency business; all websites and email addresses; all
telephone and telefax numbers; Seller’s chief executive office if Seller
conducts business at more than one location; place of individual Seller’s
current and past places of residence (past five (5) years) and the period during
which Seller resided at such place; names of prior owners of any of the Agency
Assets; all sweep accounts and other business related bank accounts; and the
location of Agency Assets for preceding five (5) years.
Seller:
Purchaser:
/s/
Deborah
Waughtal
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Deborah
Waughtal By:
William F. Cleave
Title:
President Title:
President
/s/ Kevin M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M.
Coughlin
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
Exhibit H
to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
Amortization
Schedule
Exhibit
I. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
Liabilities
Assumed
NONE
Exhibit
J. to Agreement for Purchase of Agency Assets
Legal
Claims and/or Judgments
None.
The above
listing specifically identifies all judgments, claims including errors and
omissions insurance claims, liens, suits, actions, or proceeding pending,
settled or dismissed that Seller currently has, or has had during the past Five
(5) years, with any individual, company, corporation, limited liability company
or other such entity.
Seller: Purchaser:
/s/ Deborah
Waughtal
/s/ William F. Cleave
By: Deborah
Waughtal By:
William F. Cleave
Title:
President Title:
President
/s/ Kevin
M. Coughlin
By: Kevin M. Coughlin
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March
31, 2010 AND 2009
UNAUDITED
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
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March
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
$
|
93,670
|
|
$
|
183,361
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
87,769
|
|
|
113,085
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
108,544
|
|
|
102,841
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
-
|
|
|
6,667
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Assets
|
|
289,983
|
|
|
405,954
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
|
6,212
|
|
|
8,049
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
|
596,351
|
|
|
626,708
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
892,546
|
|
$
|
1,040,711
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
22,885
|
|
$
|
24,201
|
|
Premiums
in trust
|
|
74,607
|
|
|
96,122
|
|
Capital
leases
|
|
15,641
|
|
|
17,586
|
|
Related
party note payable
|
|
32,466
|
|
|
33,590
|
|
Short-term
notes payable
|
|
234,000
|
|
|
249,901
|
|
Notes
payable, current portion
|
|
50,413
|
|
|
49,664
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
430,012
|
|
|
471,064
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable, net of current portion
|
|
580,213
|
|
|
596,370
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
|
|
1,010,225
|
|
|
1,067,434
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock; $0.01 par value,100,000,000 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
authorized;
12,105,802 and 12,105,802 shares issued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
outstanding, respectively
|
|
121,058
|
|
|
121,058
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
367,866
|
|
|
367,866
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
(606,603)
|
|
|
(515,647)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
|
|
(117,679)
|
|
|
(26,723)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
$
|
892,546
|
|
$
|
1,040,711
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
|
Statements
of Operations
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUES
|
|
$
|
322,909
|
|
$
|
296,415
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
32,194
|
|
|
36,713
|
|
|
Salaries
and wages
|
|
209,575
|
|
|
157,108
|
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
139,373
|
|
|
91,268
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
381,142
|
|
|
285,089
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
|
(58,233)
|
|
|
11,326
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
137
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
(32,860)
|
|
|
(21,308)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Other Income (Expense)
|
|
(32,723)
|
|
|
(21,154)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
|
(90,956)
|
|
|
(9,828)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
TAX EXPENSE
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS
|
|
$
|
(90,956)
|
|
$
|
(9,828)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BASIC
AND DILUTED LOSS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER
SHARE
|
|
$
|
(0.01)
|
|
$
|
(0.00)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NUMBER
OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
|
|
12,105,802
|
|
|
12,105,802
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
|
Statements
of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
|
Deficit
|
|
(Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
12,105,802
|
|
$
|
121,058
|
$
|
329,042
|
|
$
|
(272,690)
|
|
$
|
177,410
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value
of beneficial conversion feature
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
38,824
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
38,824
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ended
December 31, 2009
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
(242,957)
|
|
|
(242,957)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2009
|
12,105,802
|
|
|
121,058
|
|
367,866
|
|
|
(515,647)
|
|
|
(26,723)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss for the three months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ended
March 31, 2010
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
(90,956)
|
|
|
(90,956)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
March 31, 2010
|
12,105,802
|
|
$
|
121,058
|
$
|
367,866
|
|
$
|
(606,603)
|
|
$
|
(117,679)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
|
Statements
of Cash Flows
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(90,956)
|
|
$
|
(9,828)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
net
cash used by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
32,194
|
|
|
36,713
|
|
|
|
Amortization
of benefical conversion feature
|
|
15,099
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
(5,703)
|
|
|
(34,755)
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
6,667
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
(1,316)
|
|
|
(431)
|
|
|
|
Premiums
in trust
|
|
(21,515)
|
|
|
(30,737)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Used in Operating Activities
|
|
(65,530)
|
|
|
(39,038)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTING
ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business
acquisitions
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment
of capital leases
|
|
(1,945)
|
|
|
(6,748)
|
|
|
|
Repayments
of related party note payable
|
|
(1,124)
|
|
|
(3,404)
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from notes payable
|
|
-
|
|
|
24,668
|
|
|
|
Repayments
of notes payable
|
|
(46,408)
|
|
|
(180,602)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Used in Financing Activities
|
|
(49,477)
|
|
|
(166,086)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
|
|
(115,007)
|
|
|
(205,124)
|
|
|
|
CASH
AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
|
296,446
|
|
|
340,723
|
|
|
|
CASH
AT END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
181,439
|
|
$
|
135,599
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURES OF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
PAID FOR:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
$
|
9,595
|
|
$
|
19,492
|
|
|
|
Income
taxes
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON
CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business
acquisitions using notes payable
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31,
2010 and 2009
NOTE
1 – CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Company without
audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include
only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial
position, results of operations, and cash flows at March 31, 2010, and for all
periods presented herein, have been made.
Certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America have been condensed or omitted. It is
suggested that these condensed financial statements be read in conjunction with
the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's December
31, 2009 audited financial statements. The results of operations for
the period ended March 31, 2010 is not necessarily indicative of the operating
results for the full year.
NOTE
2 - GOING CONCERN
The
Company's financial statements are prepared using generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America applicable to a going concern which
contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the
normal course of business. The Company has not yet established an ongoing source
of revenues sufficient to cover its operating costs and allow it to continue as
a going concern. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is
dependent on the Company obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses
until it becomes profitable. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate
capital, it could be forced to cease operations.
In order
to continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things,
additional capital resources. Management's plan is to obtain such resources for
the Company by obtaining capital from management and significant shareholders
sufficient to meet its minimal operating expenses and seeking equity and/or debt
financing. However management cannot provide any assurances that the Company
will be successful in accomplishing any of its plans.
The
ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its
ability to successfully accomplish the plans described in the preceding
paragraph and eventually secure other sources of financing and attain profitable
operations. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going
concern.
NOTE 3
– SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31,
2010 and 2009
NOTE 3
– SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
Below is
a listing of the most recent accounting pronouncements issued since the December
31, 2009 audited financial statements of the Company were released and through
May 28, 2010. The Company has evaluated these pronouncements and does not expect
their adoption to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, or
statements.
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-17 Revenue Recognition- Milestone Method (Topic
605): Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition – a consensus of the FASB
emerging issues task force. Effective for fiscal years on or after June
15, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-12 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Accounting for Certain
Tax Effects of the 2010 Health Care Reform Acts (SEC Update). Effective
July 1, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-11Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Scope
Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-09 Subsequent Events (topic 855): Amendments to
Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-06 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic
820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. Effective July
1, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-05 Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic718):
Escrowed share arrangements and the Presumption of Compensation (SEC
Update). Effective July 1, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-04 (ASU 2010-04), Accounting for Various
Topics-Technical Corrections to SEC Paragraphs. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
NOTE 4
– RELATED PARTY NOTES PAYABLE
As of
March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had borrowed a total of
$32,466 and $33,590 from related parties. These notes bear no
interest, are unsecured and are due on demand.
As of
March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 the Company had an SBA loan with an
outstanding balance of $630,626 and $646,034. The original note was
entered into during October of 2009, had a principle balance was $650,000 at a
fixed interest rate of 6%. The loan matures on September 30, 2019 and
is collateralized by the assets of the Company and all of its wholly owned
subsidiaries.
As of
March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 the Company also owed the shareholders of
Brady Rogers, Inc. $-0- and $25,000 pursuant to the purchase agreement dated
December 31, 2008.
On
November 6, 2009 the Company entered into a convertible note payable with a
third party. Pursuant to the note agreement, the Company borrowed
$220,000, including accrued interest, due on February 2, 2010. The
note is payable in cash or can be converted into shares of the Company’s common
stock at a 15% discount to the market price on the date of
conversion.
In
accordance with ASC 470, the Company has analyzed the beneficial nature of the
conversion terms and determined that a beneficial conversion feature (BCF)
exists. The Company calculated the value of the BCF
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31,
2010 and 2009
using the
intrinsic method as stipulated in ASC 470. Based on the stockprice on
the day of commitment, the discount as agreed to in the note, and the number of
convertible shares, the BCF was valued at $38,824. The BCF has been
recorded as a discount to the debenture payable and an increase in Additional
Paid-in Capital.
In
accordance with ASC 470, the Company is amortizing the BCF over the life of the
contract, which is 90 days. During the three months ended March 31,
2010 the Company recognized $15,099 in amortization which has been charged to
interest expense resulting in a carrying value of $220,000 as of March 31,
2010.
NOTE 6
– SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On May
28, 2010, we issued 11,989,775 common shares as compensation for services
rendered to our company. These shares were issued to one U.S. person
(as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) relying
upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.
On May
28, 2010, we issued 65,000,000 shares of our common stock to the former
shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation, in consideration for
the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the
capital of Leeward Group, Inc. These shares were issued to three U.S.
persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act
of 1933) relying upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of
1933.
As of the
closing date, the former shareholders of Leeward held 65% of the issued and
outstanding common shares of our company.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
AUDIT
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
AND
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Audit
Report of Independent
Accountants
2
Consolidated
Balance Sheets – December 31, 2009 and
2008
3
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
4
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholder’s Equity for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
5
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
6
Notes to
Consolidated Financial
Statements
7
_______________________________________
S
ADLER
, G
IBB
& A
SSOCIATES,
L.L.C.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors
Leeward
Group, Inc.
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Leeward Group, Inc. as of
December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of income, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not
required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal
control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal
control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Leeward Group, Inc. as of December
31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for
the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company
will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial
statements, the Company had losses from operations of $129,882, an accumulated
deficit of $515,647, and working capital deficit of $97,137, which raises
substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s
plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 3. The financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of
this uncertainty.
SADLER,
GIBB AND ASSOCIATES, LLC
Salt Lake
City, UT
May 28,
2010
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
|
Balance
Sheets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
$
|
183,361
|
|
$
|
237,313
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
113,085
|
|
|
103,410
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
102,841
|
|
|
65,260
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
6,667
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Assets
|
|
405,954
|
|
|
405,983
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
|
8,049
|
|
|
25,946
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
|
626,708
|
|
|
708,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
1,040,711
|
|
$
|
1,140,285
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
24,201
|
|
$
|
17,761
|
|
Premiums
in trust
|
|
96,122
|
|
|
87,899
|
|
Capital
leases
|
|
17,586
|
|
|
34,050
|
|
Related
party note payable
|
|
33,590
|
|
|
38,318
|
|
Short-term
notes payable
|
|
249,901
|
|
|
17,914
|
|
Notes
payable, current portion
|
|
49,664
|
|
|
263,596
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
471,064
|
|
|
459,538
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable, net of current portion
|
|
596,370
|
|
|
503,337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
|
|
1,067,434
|
|
|
962,875
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock; $0.01 par value,100,000,000 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
authorized;
12,106,000 and 12,106,000 shares issued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
outstanding, respectively
|
|
121,058
|
|
|
121,058
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
367,866
|
|
|
329,042
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
(515,647)
|
|
|
(272,690)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
|
(26,723)
|
|
|
177,410
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
1,040,711
|
|
$
|
1,140,285
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
|
Statements
of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the Year Ended
|
|
|
For the Year Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUES
|
|
$
|
1,226,304
|
|
$
|
839,140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
139,545
|
|
|
118,074
|
|
|
Salaries
and wages
|
|
664,598
|
|
|
503,401
|
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
552,043
|
|
|
283,099
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
1,356,186
|
|
|
904,574
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
|
(129,882)
|
|
|
(65,434)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
252
|
|
|
9,169
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
(113,327)
|
|
|
(93,964)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Other Income (Expense)
|
|
(113,075)
|
|
|
(84,795)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
|
(242,957)
|
|
|
(150,229)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
TAX EXPENSE
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS
|
|
$
|
(242,957)
|
|
$
|
(150,229)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BASIC
AND DILUTED LOSS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER
SHARE
|
|
$
|
(0.02)
|
|
$
|
(0.08)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NUMBER
OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
|
|
10,610,112
|
|
|
1,830,627
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
|
Statements
of Stockholders' Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
Retained
|
|
Stockholders'
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
|
Earnings
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
2
|
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
100
|
|
$
|
(122,461)
|
|
$
|
(122,361)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock issued in Share Exchange
|
10,605,800
|
|
|
106,058
|
|
(106,058)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock issued in for cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
at
$0.30 per share
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
435,000
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ended
December 31, 2008
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
(150,229)
|
|
|
(150,229)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
12,105,802
|
|
|
121,058
|
|
329,042
|
|
|
(272,690)
|
|
|
177,410
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value
of beneficial conversion feature
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
38,824
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
38,824
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ended
December 31, 2009
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
(242,957)
|
|
|
(242,957)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2009
|
12,105,802
|
|
$
|
121,058
|
$
|
367,866
|
|
$
|
(515,647)
|
|
$
|
(26,723)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
|
Statements
of Cash Flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the
|
|
For
the
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended
|
|
Year
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(242,957)
|
|
$
|
(150,229)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
net
cash used by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
139,545
|
|
|
118,074
|
|
|
|
Beneifical
conversion feature
|
|
23,725
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
(37,581)
|
|
|
(64,114)
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
13,333
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
6,440
|
|
|
17,761
|
|
|
|
Premiums
in trust
|
|
8,223
|
|
|
87,899
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Used in Operating Activities
|
|
(89,272)
|
|
|
9,391
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTING
ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
-
|
|
|
(2,100)
|
|
|
|
Business
acquisitions
|
|
(20,000)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities
|
|
(20,000)
|
|
|
(2,100)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment
of capital leases
|
|
(16,464)
|
|
|
(15,397)
|
|
|
|
Repayments
of related party note payable
|
|
(4,728)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from related party notes payable
|
|
-
|
|
|
38,318
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from notes payable
|
|
850,000
|
|
|
17,914
|
|
|
|
Repayments
of notes payable
|
|
(763,813)
|
|
|
(205,959)
|
|
|
|
Common
stock sold for cash
|
|
-
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
|
64,995
|
|
|
284,876
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
|
|
(44,277)
|
|
|
292,167
|
|
|
|
CASH
AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
|
340,723
|
|
|
48,556
|
|
|
|
CASH
AT END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
296,446
|
|
$
|
340,723
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURES OF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
PAID FOR:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
$
|
(76,269)
|
|
$
|
(93,964)
|
|
|
|
Income
taxes
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON
CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business
acquisitions using notes payable
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
163,299
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
|
NOTE
1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS
|
Leeward
Group, Inc, (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware on June 24, 2008. The Company operates as a general
insurance agency that markets and sells insurance products, including property
and casualty insurance products as well as life, health and group health
insurance products. The Company has one wholly-owned subsidiary,
Sangamon Associates, Inc., which it acquired through a share exchange entered
into on October 30, 2008. Sangamon Associates, Inc has its own
wholly-owned subsidiary, Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc. which it acquired on
August 1, 2007. The financial statements are prepared on a
consolidated basis.
|
NOTE
2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
|
These
consolidated financial statements and related notes are presented in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and are
expressed in US dollars. The Company’s fiscal year-end is December
31.
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
|
Principles of
Consolidation
|
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sangamon Associates, Inc along with
its wholly-owned subsidiary Flagship Insurance Agency, Inc. All significant
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of
three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are
maintained with major financial institutions in the US. Deposits held with these
banks at times exceed $250,000 of insurance provided on such deposits. The
Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes that it is
not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents. At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, no excess existed.
As of
December 31, 2009 and 2008 the Company had $296,446 and $340,723 of cash and
cash equivalents, respectively.
Property,
plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets,
ranging from 3 to 7 years for furniture, fixtures, machinery and
equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of
the term of the lease or the economic life of the asset.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Long-lived
Assets
The
Company continually monitors events and changes in circumstances that could
indicate carrying amounts of long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When such
events or changes in circumstances are present, the Company assesses the
recoverability of long-lived assets by determining whether the carrying value of
such assets will be recovered through undiscounted expected future cash flows.
If the total of the future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those
assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the
carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are
reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less costs to
sell.
|
Fair Value of
Financial Instruments
|
On
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted ASC 820, “
Fair Value Measurements.
ASC
820 defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for
disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for
fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follows:
§
|
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
§
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
§
|
Level
3 inputs to valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the
fair measurement.
|
The
carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for the cash and cash
equivalents, receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial
instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short
period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected
realization and their current market rate of interest. The carrying value of
notes payable approximates fair value because negotiated terms and conditions
are consistent with current market rates as of December 31, 2009 and
2008.
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company recognizes revenue according to ASC 740, when persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and
collectability is reasonably assured. These criteria are typically
met when a policy is signed. When policies are signed, the Company
enters the sales into its policy management and tracking system which is when
revenue is recognized. Returns are booked as contra-revenue and are
generally less than 1% of all sales and thus no reserve or estimate of returns
is recorded. Cash for sales is either collected up-front in the form
of a non-refundable deposit which is greater than the commission portion due to
the Company. The remaining sales are remitted on a monthly basis from
the insurance providers. No allowance for doubtful accounts is
recorded as all remittances are made from the insurance providers directly;
revenue is not recognized on cancelled policies.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Income
Taxes
The
Company applies ASC 740, which requires the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes. The asset and liability method requires that
the current or deferred tax consequences of all events recognized in the
financial statements are measured by applying the provisions of enacted tax laws
to determine the amount of taxes payable or refundable currently or in future
years. Deferred tax assets are reviewed for recoverability and the Company
records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets when it is more
likely than not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be
recovered.
The
Company adopted ASC 740, at the beginning of fiscal year 2008. This
interpretation requires recognition and measurement of uncertain tax positions
using a “more-likely-than-not” approach, requiring the recognition and
measurement of uncertain tax positions. The adoption of ASC 740 had no material
impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123R “Share
Based Payments”, using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or
services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments
are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the
fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably
measurable. Equity instruments issued to employees and the cost of the services
received as consideration are measured and recognized based on the fair value of
the equity instruments issued.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
Below is
a listing of the most recent accounting pronouncements issued since the October
31, 2009 audited financial statements of the Company were released and through
May 28, 2010. The Company has evaluated these pronouncements and does not expect
their adoption to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, or
statements.
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-18-Receivables (Topic 310): Effect of a loan
modification when the loan is part of a pool that is accounted for as a
single asset-a consensus of the FASB emerging issues task force. Effective
for fiscal years on or after July 15,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-17 Revenue Recognition- Milestone Method (Topic
605): Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition – a consensus of the FASB
emerging issues task force. Effective for fiscal years on or after June
15, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-16 Entertainment- Casinos (Topic 924): Accruals for
casino jackpot liabilities – a consensus of the FASB emerging issues task
force. Effective December 15, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-15 Financial Services-Insurance (Topic 994): How
investments held through separate accounts affect an insurer’s
consolidation analysis of those investments- a consensus of the FASB
Emerging Issues Task Force. Effective December 15,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-14 Accounting for Extractive Activities – Oil &
Gas- amendments to paragraph 932-10-S99-1(SEC
update)
|
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements (continued)
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-12 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Accounting for Certain
Tax Effects of the 2010 Health Care Reform Acts (SEC Update). Effective
July 1, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-11Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Scope
Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-10 Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments for Certain
Investment Funds. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-09 Subsequent Events (topic 855): Amendments to
Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-08 Technical Corrections to Various
Topics
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-07 Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958):
Not-for-profit Entities: Mergers and Acquisitions. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-06 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic
820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. Effective July
1, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-05 Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic718):
Escrowed share arrangements and the Presumption of Compensation (SEC
Update). Effective July 1, 2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-04 (ASU 2010-04), Accounting for Various
Topics-Technical Corrections to SEC Paragraphs. Effective July 1,
2010.
|
§
|
Accounting
Standards Update 2010-03 (ASU 2010-03),
Extractive Activities—Oil and
Gas (Topic 932): Oil and Gas Reserve Estimation and
Disclosures.
(January 2010) Effective for annual reporting
periods ending on or after December 31, 2009. Early adoption is not
permitted.
|
NOTE
3 – GOING CONCERN
The
Company's financial statements are prepared using generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America applicable to a going concern which
contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the
normal course of business. The Company has not yet established an ongoing source
of revenues sufficient to cover its operating costs and allow it to continue as
a going concern. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is
dependent on the Company obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses
until it becomes profitable. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate
capital, it could be forced to cease operations.
In order
to continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things,
additional capital resources. Management's plan is to obtain such resources for
the Company by obtaining capital from management and significant shareholders
sufficient to meet its minimal operating expenses and seeking equity and/or debt
financing. However management cannot provide any assurances that the Company
will be successful in accomplishing any of its plans.
The
ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its
ability to successfully accomplish the plans described in the preceding
paragraph and eventually secure other sources of financing and attain profitable
operations. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going
concern.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property
and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31, 2009:
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
Furniture
& Office Equipment
|
|
$
|
2,100)
|
|
$
|
2,100)
|
Leased
equipment
|
|
|
49,447)
|
|
|
49,447)
|
Total
Property and Equipment
|
|
|
51,547)
|
|
|
51,547)
|
Less:
Accumulated Depreciation
|
|
|
(43,498)
|
|
|
(25,601)
|
Net
Property and Equipment
|
|
$
|
8,049)
|
|
$
|
25,946)
|
NOTE
5 – ACQUISITIONS
Year ended December 31,
2009
On
December 17, 2009 the Company acquired the book of business (the “Assets”) of
Waughtal Insurance Agency (“Waughtal”). Pursuant to the agreement,
the Company agreed to pay Waughtal 1) $20,000 at the date of the sale and 2)
$20,000 to be paid in ten equal payments starting on January 25
th
. Also
pursuant to the agreement, the payments outlined above are contingent upon the
minimum commission revenue of the Assets acquired to be in excess of $75,000 for
the most recent 12 month period of the payment. In the event that the
book of business is less than 90 percent of the said amount, the payments will
be reduced by 0.53 times the difference of current twelve months.
The
Company has valued the assets acquired based on the $40,000 purchase price and
recorded it as an intangible asset. The Company amortizes this asset
over its estimated useful life of 7 years. As of December 31, 2009
and 2008 the Company has recognized amortization expense of $219 and $-0-,
respectively.
Year ended December 31,
2008
On
December 31, 2008, the Company acquired the book of business (the “Assets”) of
Brady Rogers, Inc (“Brady Rogers”) located in Warwick, Rhode
Island. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay
Brady Rogers, Inc. 1) $125,000 at the date of the sale, 2) $25,000 to be paid on
December 31, 2009 or the anniversary date, 3) 25 percent commissions received by
the Company from insurance companies for which the business was placed for the
next 12 months following the closing, 4) 30 percent commissions received by the
Company from insurance companies for which the business was placed for the
subsequent 36 months following the anniversary of the closing, 5) 50
percent of profit contingency income received from the assets acquired during
the four year payout period (if any is received), and 6) the Company will
purchase and pay two 5-year term life insurance policies with a face amount of
$500,000 each. The Company also assumed three capital leases valued
at a total of $13,299.
The
Company has valued the assets acquired based on the $150,000 purchase price and
recorded it as an intangible asset. The Company amortizes this asset
over its estimated useful life of 7 years. As of December 31, 2009
and 2008 the Company has recognized amortization expense of $21,429 and $-0-,
respectively.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
5 – ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
On
October 30, 2008, Leeward Group, Inc. and Sangamon Associates Inc. (“Sangamon”)
entered into a share exchange agreement wherein Sangamon gave to the Company
100% of the 200 shares issued and outstanding in exchange for 10,606,000 of the
Company’s common stock. Due to the fact that both
entities are under common control, i.e. the sole shareholders of the Company
(Kevin Coughlin, CEO and William Cleave, President) were also the sole
shareholders of Sangamon, the Company is required to account for this
transaction as a pooling of interest, referenced in ASC 805-10.
The
standard refers to APB 16 for detail on how to account for a transaction
according to the pooling-of-interest method. Under that standard the
Company accounted for the share exchange agreement by recording assets and
liabilities of the separate companies as the recorded assets and liabilities of
the combined corporation. The combined corporation has appropriately
recorded the historical-cost based amounts of the assets and liabilities of the
separate companies because the existing basis of accounting
continues. The stockholders' equities of the separate companies were
also combined as a part of the pooling-of-interests method of accounting. The
combined corporation recorded as capital the capital stock and additional
paid-in capital of the separate companies. Additionally, retained earnings of
the separate companies were combined and recognized as retained earnings of the
combined corporation. The amount of outstanding shares of stock of the combined
corporation at par exceeded the total amount of capital stock of the combined
company. Thus the excess was deducted from the combined additional balance in
paid-in capital.
The
Company reported results of operations for the period in which the combination
occurs as though the companies had been combined as of the beginning of the
period. Results of operations for that period thus comprise those of the
separate companies combined from the beginning of the period to the date the
combination is consummated and those of the combined operations from that date
to the end of the period. All effects of intercompany transactions from
operations before the date of combination reports operations before and after
the date of combination were eliminated.
Finally,
balance sheets and other financial information of the separate companies as of
the beginning of the period have been presented as though the companies had been
combined at that date. Financial statements and financial information of the
separate companies presented for prior years have also been restated on a
combined basis to furnish comparative information. All restated financial
statements and financial summaries indicate clearly that financial data of the
previously separate companies are combined.
Impairment of Intangible
Assets
Company
management reviews the carrying value of all intangible assets on an annual
basis or when events transpire that may require impairment. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, the Company relied on a third-party valuation of
the fair value of the combined assets of Leeward Group, Inc. This
valuation yielded a fair value for Leeward Group, Inc. in excess of $1,800,000
as of March 31, 2009.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
5 – ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
The
appraisal was based primarily on a discounted future cash flow
valuation. Cash flow is based on recast net income, which is net
income less depreciation, amortization and non-recurring charges. The
non-recurring charges consist of loan origination and closing fees along with
fees incurred during the acquisitions made during the
year. Management uses a conservative 2-3 percent growth rate when in
actuality revenue growth has outpaced this estimate. The discount
rate is equal the incremental borrowing cost to the Company.
Impairment of Intangible
Assets
As of
December 31, 2009 the Company performed its own evaluation of the fair value of
the assets held by updating the model used in the evaluation for the results of
the Company during the year ended December 31, 2009. Based on this
evaluation, the Company feels that there has been no decrease in the fair value
of the assets, and the carrying value of the Company’s intangible assets do not
exceed their fair value.
NOTE
6 – RESTRICTED CASH AND PREMIUMS IN TRUST
As normal
part of its business, the Company receives customer deposits that are to be
remitted to the insurance carriers. In some cases the customers pay
the entire policy upfront or a portion of the policy as a down
payment. These funds are directly billed by the Company then remitted
to the insurance carriers are typically held for an average of 30 days before
being remitted to the insurance carriers. However, before remittance,
the Company deducts a commission percentage earned, which averages 15% of the
collected amounts. The remaining amounts being remitted are
classified as restricted cash with an offset to current
liabilities. The Company records the amount to a liability account
called premiums in trust to offset the restricted cash held in the Company’s
trust accounts.
As of
December 31, 2009 and 2008 the Company had $113,085 and $103,410 in restricted
cash and premiums in trust.
NOTE
7 – CAPITAL LEASES
As part
of the asset purchases the Company assumed the existing leases owned by the
various offices. The Company evaluated these leases at the time of
purchase and because they contain beneficial by-out options at the end of the
lease, they have been classified as capital leases. The Company
has used the discounted value of future payments as the fair value of these
assets and has recorded the discounted value of the remaining payments as a
liability.
As of
December 31, 2009 and 2008 the net book value of these leased assets is $6,649
and $23,846 as the Company recognizes $17,586 and $34,050 in remaining lease
obligations.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
7 – CAPITAL LEASES (CONTINUED)
Total
future minimum lease payments under capitalized lease obligations together with
the net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2009, are as
follows:
Year
Ended December 31, 2009
|
2010
|
$
|
11,327
|
2011
|
|
6,843
|
Thereafter
|
|
-
|
|
|
18,170
|
Less
Interest Portion
|
|
584
|
Net
value of payments
|
|
17,586
|
Current
Maturities
|
|
8,266
|
Long-term
Obligations
|
$
|
9,320
|
NOTE
8 – RELATED PARTY NOTES PAYABLE
During
the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had borrowed a total of
$33,590 and $38,318 from related parties. These notes bear no
interest, are unsecured and are due on demand.
As of
December 31, 2009 the Company had an SBA loan with an outstanding balance of
$646,034. The original note was entered into during October of 2009,
had a principle balance was $650,000 at a fixed interest rate of
6%. The loan matures on September 30, 2019 and is collateralized by
the assets of the Company and all of its wholly owned subsidiaries.
As of
December 31, 2009 the Company also owed the shareholders of Brady Rogers, Inc.
$25,000 pursuant to the purchase agreement dated December 31, 2008.
On
November 6, 2009 the Company entered into a convertible note payable with a
third party. Pursuant to the note agreement, the Company borrowed
$220,000, including accrued interest, due on February 2, 2010. The
note is payable in cash or can be converted into shares of the Company’s common
stock at a 15% discount to the market price on the date of
conversion.
In
accordance with ASC 470, the Company has analyzed the beneficial nature of the
conversion terms and determined that a beneficial conversion feature (BCF)
exists. The Company calculated the value of the BCF using the
intrinsic method as stipulated in ASC 470. Based on the stock price
on the day of commitment, the discount as agreed to in the note, and the number
of convertible shares, the BCF was valued at $38,824. The BCF
has been recorded as a discount to the debenture payable and to Additional
Paid-in Capital.
In
accordance with ASC 470, the Company is amortizing the BCF over the life of the
contract, which is 90 days. As of December 31, 2009 the Company has
recognized $23,725 in amortization which has been charges to interest expense
resulting in a carrying value of $204,901 as of December 31, 2009.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
9 – NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
As of
December 31, 2008 the Company had a note payable of $616,895 to CFG, LLC The
original principle balance was $773,481with an interest at the greater of 10%
per annum or prime rate plus 5% per annum adjusted on the first business day of
the month with monthly principal and interest payments of
$16,543. The loan was to mature on August 10, 2012 and is
collateralized by the assets of Sangamon Associates, Inc a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company. During October 2009, the Company paid this
balance in full from the proceeds of the SBA loan noted above.
As of
December 31, 2008 the Company had a subordinated note payable of $150,000 to
Brady Rogers, Inc. with an interest rate of 5% per annum with one payment of
$125,000 due at closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and
Brady Rogers, Inc. for the assets of Brady Rogers and one payment of $25,000 due
January 15, 2010. The loan is collateralized, subordinated to any
bank or third party financing source, by the assets of Brady Rogers,
Inc.
As of
December 31, 2008 the Company maintained an operating line of credit with
interest at Bank of America prime plus 12% per annum with monthly interest and
principle payments. The outstanding balance as of December 31, 2008
is $17,952.
At
December 31, 2009, total future minimum payments required under all note payable
agreements, excluding the capital lease obligations, are as
follows:
Year
Ended December 31, 2009
|
2010
|
$
|
333,154
|
2011
|
|
52,728
|
2012
|
|
55,980
|
2013
|
|
59,433
|
2014
|
|
63,098
|
Thereafter
|
|
365,132
|
Total
|
$
|
929,525
|
|
NOTE
10 – EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
|
The
Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock. As
of December 31, 2009 and 2008 there were 12,105,802 shares issued and
outstanding.
On
October 30, 2008 the Company issued 10,606,000 common shares of the Company in a
share exchange with Sangamon Associates, Inc pursuant to a share exchange
agreement and in accordance with the Company’s by-laws.
On
October 30, 2008 the Company issued 1,500,000 common shares of the Company at
$0.30 per common share in accordance with the Company’s by-laws.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
11 – INCOME TAXES
The FASB
has issued FASB ASC 740-10 which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in
income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements. This
standard requires a company to determine whether it is more likely than not that
a tax position will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical
merits of the position. If the more-likely-than-not threshold is met, a
company must measure the tax position to determine the amount to recognize in
the financial statements. As a result of the implementation of this
standard, the Company performed a review of its material tax positions in
accordance with recognition and measurement standards established by FASB ASC
740-10.
Deferred
tax assets and the valuation account are as follows:
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
Deferred
tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOL
carryover
|
$
|
185,961
|
|
$
|
106,349
|
Valuation
allowance
|
|
(185,961)
|
|
|
(106,349)
|
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
The
income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by
applying the U.S. federal and state income tax rates of 39% to pretax income
from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. The
components of income tax expense are as follows:
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
Book
income (loss)
|
$
|
(94,753)
|
|
$
|
(150,229)
|
Value
of beneficial conversion feature
|
|
15,141
|
|
|
-
|
Valuation
allowance
|
|
79,612
|
|
|
150,229
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
Due to
the uncertainty of the utilization of net operating loss carry forwards, an
evaluation allowance has been made to the extent of any tax benefit that net
operating losses may generate. A provision for income taxes has not
been made due to net operating loss carry-forwards of $476,823 and $272,690 as
of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which may be offset against future
taxable income through 2029. No tax benefit has been reported in the financial
statements.
The
Company includes interest and penalties arising from the underpayment of income
taxes in the consolidated statements of operations in the provision for income
taxes. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had no accrued
interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
The tax
years that remain subject to examination by major taxing jurisdictions are for
the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007.
LEEWARD
GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2009 and 2008
NOTE
12 - COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES
Operating
Leases
The
Company currently leases office space in three locations. The first
lease was signed on August 1, 2007 for office space located in New Bedford,
MA. This lease terminates on July 31, 2010. The second
lease was signed on March 31, 2009 for office space located in Hartsdale,
NY. This lease terminates on March 31, 2010. The third
lease was entered into on November 1, 2009 for office space located in New
Bedford, MA. This lease terminates on December 31, 2015. The
following table summarizes the Company’s future minimum lease payments under
operating lease agreements for the five years subsequent to December 31,
2009:
Year
Ended
|
December
31, 2009
|
2010
|
$
|
36,465
|
2011
|
|
16,140
|
2012
|
|
16,140
|
2013
|
|
16,140
|
2014
|
|
16,140
|
Thereafter
|
|
16,140
|
Total
|
$
|
117,165
|
The
Company recognizes lease expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the
lease agreement. Contingent rent expense is recognized as it is incurred. Total
rent expense in continuing operations from operating lease agreements was
$62,820 and $38,059 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
Litigation
The
Company may be involved from time to time in ordinary litigation that will not
have a material effect on its operations or finances. The Company is not aware
of any pending or threatened litigation, except as outlined below, against the
Company or the Company's officers and directors in their capacity as such that
could have a material impact on the Company's operations or
finances.
NOTE
13 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On May
28, 2010, we issued 11,989,775 common shares as compensation for services
rendered to our company. These shares were issued to one U.S. person
(as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) relying
upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.
On May
28, 2010, we issued 65,000,000 shares of our common stock to the former
shareholders of Leeward Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation, in consideration for
the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the
capital of Leeward Group, Inc. These shares were issued to three U.S.
persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933)
relying upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of
1933.
As of the
closing date, the former shareholders of Leeward held 65% of the issued and
outstanding common shares of our company.