EX-2.1 2 c36819_ex2-1.txt EXHIBIT 2.1 STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE SHAREHOLDERS OF PWI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND INCENTRA SOLUTIONS, INC. DATED AS OF MARCH 30, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ---- RECITALS 8 ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES 8 SECTION 1.1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES 8 SECTION 1.2. CONSIDERATION 8 SECTION 1.3 CLOSING 11 ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARANTIES OF THE COMPANY 12 SECTION 2.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING AND CORPORATE POWER 12 SECTION 2.2 SUBSIDIARIES 12 SECTION 2.3 CAPITAL STRUCTURE 12 SECTION 2.4 AUTHORITY; NONCONTRAVENTION 13 SECTION 2.5 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES 14 SECTION 2.6 MATERIAL CONTRACTS 16 SECTION 2.7 PERMITS; COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS 17 SECTION 2.8 ABSENCE OF LITIGATION 17 SECTION 2.9 TAX MATTERS 17 SECTION 2.10 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS 19 SECTION 2.11 LABOR MATTERS 22 SECTION 2.12 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS 23 SECTION 2.13 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 25 SECTION 2.14 INSURANCE MATTERS 27 SECTION 2.15 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES 27 SECTION 2.16 VOTING REQUIREMENTS 27 SECTION 2.17 BROKERS 28 SECTION 2.18 REAL PROPERTY 28 SECTION 2.19 TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY 29 SECTION 2.20 INVESTMENT COMPANY 29 SECTION 2.21 BOARD APPROVAL 29 SECTION 2.22 BOOKS AND RECORDS 29 SECTION 2.23 STATUS OF SHARES BEING TRANSFERRED 29 SECTION 2.24 INVESTMENT IN PURCHASER COMMON STOCK 29 SECTION 2.25 DISCLOSURE 30 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER 31 SECTION 3.1 ORGANIZATION; STANDING AND CORPORATE POWER 31 Page 2 SECTION 3.2 CAPITAL STRUCTURE 31 SECTION 3.3 AUTHORITY; NONCONTRAVENTION 32 SECTION 3.4 PURCHASER DOCUMENTS 33 SECTION 3.5 VOTING REQUIREMENTS 33 SECTION 3.6 BROKERS 34 SECTION 3.7 BOARD APPROVAL 34 SECTION 3.8 BOOKS AND RECORDS 34 SECTION 3.9 SARBANES OXLEY ACT COMPLIANCE 34 ARTICLE IV COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS 34 SECTION 4.1 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE COMPANY 34 SECTION 4.2 ADVICE OF CHANGES 36 SECTION 4.3 NO SOLICITATION BY THE COMPANY 36 SECTION 4.4 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY PURCHASER 37 SECTION 4.5 TRANSITION 37 ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 37 SECTION 5.1 ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY 37 SECTION 5.2 COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS 38 SECTION 5.3 FEES AND EXPENSES 38 SECTION 5.4 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 38 SECTION 5.5 REGULATION D 38 SECTION 5.6 PURCHASER'S STOP TRANSFER ON ALLEGED BREACH OF SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 39 SECTION 5.7 PURCHASER'S ASSUMPTION AND PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS PERSONALLY GUARANTEED BY SHAREHOLDERS 39 SECTION 5.8 RULE 144 COMPLIANCE 37 SECTION 5.9 SHAREHOLDERS COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE 39 SECTION 5.10 SHAREHOLDER AFFILIATED COMPANIES TRADE PAYABLES TO THE COMPANY; SECURITY INTEREST 40 ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 40 SECTION 6.1 CONDITIONS TO EACH PARTY'S OBLIGATION TO EFFECT THE PURCHASE 40 SECTION 6.2 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER 41 SECTION 6.3 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS 43 SECTION 6.4 FRUSTRATION OF CLOSING CONDITIONS 44 Page 3 ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION; ARBITRATION 44 SECTION 7.1 INDEMNIFICATION 44 SECTION 7.2 CLAIMS AND PROCEDURE 46 SECTION 7.3 ARBITRATION 47 ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER 48 SECTION 8.1 TERMINATION 48 SECTION 8.2 EFFECT OF TERMINATION 49 SECTION 8.3 AMENDMENT 50 SECTION 8.4 EXTENSION; WAIVER 50 ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS 50 SECTION 9.1 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS 50 SECTION 9.2 NOTICES 50 SECTION 9.3 DEFINITIONS 51 SECTION 9.4 INTERPRETATION 52 SECTION 9.5 COUNTERPARTS 52 SECTION 9.6 ENTIRE AGREEMENT; NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES 52 SECTION 9.7 GOVERNING LAW 52 SECTION 9.8 ASSIGNMENT 53 SECTION 9.9 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION 53 SECTION 9.10 HEADINGS 53 SECTION 9.11 SEVERABILITY 53 SECTION 9.12 ENFORCEMENT 53 Page 4 EXHIBITS Exhibit A - Form of Employment Agreements Exhibit B - Form of Registration Rights Agreement Exhibit C - Form of Security Agreement Exhibit D - Form of Settlement Agreement Exhibit E - Form of Debt Assignment Exhibit F - Form of Debt Forgiveness SCHEDULES Company Disclosure Schedule Addendum to Company Disclosure Schedule Page 5 INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS DEFINED TERMS DEFINED SECTION ------------- ------- affiliate Section 9.3(a) Agreement Preamble AI Section 5.10 Closing Section 1.3 Closing Date Section 1.3 Closing Payment Section 1.2(a) Code Section 2.9(e) Company Preamble Company Acquisition Proposal Section 4.3(a) Company Certificate of Incorporation Section 2.2(b) Company Common Stock Section 2.3(a) Company Disclosure Schedule Article II Company Financial Statements Section 2.5(a) Company IP Agreements Section 2.13(g) Company Material Contracts Section 2.6(b) Company Permitted Lien Section 2.19 Competing Business Section 5.9 Dispute Section 7.3 Earn Out Payment Section 1.1 EBITDA Section 1.2(b) Employee Plans Section 2.10(a) Employment Agreements Section 6.2(h) encumbrance Section 9.3(b) Environmental Laws Section 2.12(d)(i) Environmental Permits Section 2.12(d)(ii) ERISA Section 2.10(a) ERISA Affiliate Section 2.10(a) Fiduciary Section 2.10(e) GAAP Section 2.5(a) Government Entities Section 2.4(c) Governmental Entity Section 2.4(c) Hazardous Substances Section 2.12(d)(iii) indemnified party Section 7.2(a) indemnifying party Section 7.2(a) Initial Consideration Section 1.1 Intellectual Property Section 2.13(a) IRS Section 2.10(g) knowledge Section 9.3(c) Liens Section 2.4(d) material adverse change Section 9.3(d) Page 6 material adverse effect Section 9.3(d) Multi-Employer Plans Section 2.10(d) Other Company Documents Section 2.7(c) person Section 9.3(e) Purchaser Preamble Purchaser Common Stock Section 3.2(a) Purchaser Employee Stock Options Section 3.2(a) Purchaser Purchaser Indemnified Parties Section 7.1(a) Purchaser Losses Section 7.1(a) Purchaser SEC Documents Section 3.4(a) Purchaser Preferred Stock Section 3.2(a) Purchaser Stock Plans Section 3.2(a) Permits Section 2.7(a) Release Section 2.12(d)(iv) Registration Rights Agreement Section 6.2(i) Requisite Regulatory Approvals Section 6.1(b) Restraints Section 6.1(c) Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 3.9 SEC Section 3.4(a) Securities Act Section 2.24(a) Seller Indemnified Parties Section 7.1(b) Seller Losses Section 7.1(b) Shareholder Affiliated Companies Section 5.9 Shareholders Preamble Shares Recitals Software Section 2.13(a) subsidiary Section 9.3(f) Tangible Personal Property Section 2.18 Tax Section 2.9(i)(i) Taxes Section 2.9(i)(i) Tax Return Section 2.9(i)(ii) Third Party Rights Section 2.13(d) Page 7 STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") dated as of March ___, 2005, by and between INCENTRA SOLUTIONS, INC., a Nevada corporation ("Purchaser") and the persons whose names and signatures appear at the end of this Agreement, all of whom are shareholders of PWI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Washington corporation (the "Company"), referred to collectively as "Shareholders" and individually as "Shareholder". RECITALS WHEREAS, Shareholders own all of the outstanding shares of capital stock (the "Shares") of the Company; WHEREAS, Shareholders intend to sell and Purchaser intends to purchase the Shares; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound do hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES SECTION 1.1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Shareholders agree to sell, convey, assign and transfer, and Purchaser agrees to purchase, the Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances (as defined in Section 9.3(b) hereof) for the initial aggregate sum of One Million One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($1,135,000.00), consisting of Three Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($335,000.00) in cash and Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) in Purchaser's unregistered common stock (together the "Initial Consideration"); together with further consideration consisting of the transfer to or retention by the Shareholders of the receivables and debt instruments referenced in Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as described and limited in Section 5.11. Purchaser shall pay Shareholders additional consideration pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.2(b), if, and only if, the conditions of such Section 1.2(b) are satisfied and only to the extent satisfied (the "Earn Out Payment"). At the Closing (as defined in Section 1.3) each Shareholder will transfer to Purchaser the Shares listed after his or her name in Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, which together will constitute all of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company. Page 8 SECTION 1.2. CONSIDERATION. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, in consideration of the sale, conveyance, assignment and transfer of the Shares to Purchaser at the Closing, Purchaser agrees to: (1) Pay to each Shareholder his or her pro rata share, as defined below, of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) at the Closing (the "Closing Payment"); (2) As of the Closing Date, issue to each Shareholder, or to his or her designee, his or her pro rata share, as defined below, of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock. The total number of shares of Purchaser's unregistered common stock to be issued pursuant to this Section 1.2(a)(2) shall be determined by dividing Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) by the average closing price of Purchaser's publicly traded common stock for the fifteen (15) trading day period ending, and including, one day prior to the Closing Date. (b) Purchaser shall pay Shareholder Gary Henderson ("Henderson") the sum of Two Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($235,000.00) in twelve (12) equal monthly installments of Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Three and 33/100 Dollars ($19,583.33) on the first day of each month beginning May 1, 2005 and ending April 1, 2006. (c) On or before March 31, 2006, and subject to the conditions set forth below, Purchaser will pay Shareholders an Earn Out Payment as follows: (1) In the event Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization, as defined below, ("EBITDA") of PWI Technologies, Inc. for the twelve (12) month period beginning February 1, 2005 and ending January 31, 2006 reaches Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00), Purchaser shall pay to each Shareholder his or her pro rata share, as defined below, of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) within forty-five (45) days of the end of the month in which such EBITDA level is reached; and, (2) In the event Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization, as defined below, ("EBITDA") of PWI Technologies, Inc. for the twelve (12) month period beginning February 1, 2005 and ending January 31, 2006 is equal to or greater than Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00), but less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), Purchaser shall issue to each Shareholder his or her pro rata share, as defined below, of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock, with the total Page 9 number of shares to be issued determined by dividing Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) by the average closing price of Purchaser's publicly traded common stock for the fifteen (15) trading day period ending, and including, one day prior to the Closing Date, adjusted for any stock split, reverse split, stock dividends or other adjustments to Purchaser common stock; or, (3) In the event EBITDA of PWI Technologies, Inc. for the twelve (12) month period beginning February 1, 2005 and ending January 31, 2006 is equal to or greater than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) but less than One Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,050,000.00), Purchaser shall and shall issue to each Shareholder his or her pro rata share, as defined below, of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock plus One Dollar ($1.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock for each One Dollar ($1.00) of EBITDA in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for such period, with the total number of shares to be issued determined by dividing the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) plus One Dollar ($1.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock for each One Dollar ($1.00) of EBITDA in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for such period by the average closing price of Purchaser's publicly traded common stock for the fifteen (15) trading day period ending, and including, one day prior to the Closing Date; adjusted for any stock split, reverse split, stock dividends or other adjustments to Purchaser common stock; or, (4) In the event EBITDA of PWI Technologies, Inc. for the twelve (12) month period beginning February 1, 2005 and ending January 31, 2006 is equal to or greater than One Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,050,000.00), Purchaser shall pay to each Shareholder his or her pro rata share, as defined below, of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) and shall issue to each Shareholder his or her pro rata share, as defined below, of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock plus One Dollar ($1.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock for each One Dollar ($1.00) of EBITDA in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for such period, with the total number of shares to be issued determined by dividing the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) plus One Dollar ($1.00) of Purchaser's unregistered common stock for each One Dollar ($1.00) of EBITDA in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for such period by the average closing price of Purchaser's publicly traded common stock for the fifteen (15) trading day period ending, and including, one day prior to the Closing Date; adjusted for any stock split, reverse split, stock dividends or other adjustments to Purchaser common stock. Page 10 (5) For purposes of this Agreement, EBITDA shall be defined as the net income of the Company, as determined by generally accepted accounting principles, plus interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and subject to the other restrictions or limitations on allocation of expenses as provided in this Agreement. The parties agree that no headquarters or overhead expenses or costs of Purchaser or its affiliates or subsidiaries or other charges of or from Purchaser will be allocated or charged to Company for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement. Page 11 (c) For purposes of this Agreement, a Shareholder's pro rata share shall be determined by dividing the number of Shares held and transferred by such Shareholder by the total number of the Shares. (d) For purposes of the Earn Out Payment only, the right of Shareholder Barry Andersen ("Andersen") to receive his pro rata share of any such payment shall be subject to his continued employment with the Company as follows: (1) In the event Andersen terminates his employment with the Company or such employment is terminated for cause, as defined in his employment agreement with the Company, within 180 days of the Closing, Andersen shall not be entitled to receive any portion of his pro rata share of any Earn Out Payment that otherwise becomes due; and (2) in the event Andersen terminates his employment with the Company or such employment is terminated for cause, as defined in his employment agreement with the Company, more than 180 days after the Closing but within 365 days of the Closing, then Andersen shall be entitled to receive a portion of any Earn Out Payment that otherwise becomes due that is equal to his pro rata share of such payment times a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days employment he completed after the Closing and the denominator of which is 365 days. (3) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the termination of Andersen's employment by reason of his death or disability shall not affect his entitlement to receive his pro rata share of any Earn Out Payment. SECTION 1.3 CLOSING. Subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waiver of the conditions to consummation of the Purchase contained in Article VI hereof, the closing of the Purchase (the "Closing") shall take place at 10:00 a.m., Denver time, on a date specified by the parties (the "Closing Date"), which date shall not be later than the third business day following satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waiver of the conditions to consummation of the Purchase contained in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waiver of those conditions), unless another time or date is agreed to by the parties hereto. The Closing will be held at the offices of Purchaser, located at 1140 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302 or at such other location as is agreed to by the parties hereto. Page 12 ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule delivered by the Company to Purchaser prior to the execution of this Agreement which hereby is incorporated by reference in and constitutes an integral part of this Agreement (the "COMPANY DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE"), the Shareholders hereby represent and warrant to Purchaser as follows: SECTION 2.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING AND CORPORATE POWER. (a) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as presently being conducted. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to conduct business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company. (b) The Company has delivered or made available to Purchaser prior to the execution of this Agreement complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, each as in effect at the date of this Agreement. (c) SECTION 2.2. SUBSIDIARIES. Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the names and jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of all the subsidiaries of the Company, whether consolidated or unconsolidated. The outstanding securities of the subsidiaries of Company are set forth in Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedules and all outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, each such subsidiary: (i) have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) are owned directly or indirectly by Company, free and clear of all Liens. Except as set forth above or in Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock of or other equity or voting interests in any person. SECTION 2.3. CAPITAL STRUCTURE. As of the date hereof: (a) (i) The only class of capital stock authorized by the Company is common stock ("Company Common Stock"); (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock are authorized and 800,000 shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding, all held by Shareholders in the amounts set forth next to their respective names in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule; and (iii) no shares of Page 13 Company Common Stock are held by the Company in its treasury and no shares of Company Common Stock are held by subsidiaries of the Company (b) Except as set forth on Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to preemptive rights created by statute, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the "COMPANY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION") or any agreement to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound. (c) Except as set forth in Section 2.3(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are outstanding (i) no shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company, (ii) no securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, and (iii) no options or other rights to acquire from the Company, and no obligation of the Company to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock of the Company. SECTION 2.4. AUTHORITY; NONCONTRAVENTION. (a) Shareholders have the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other agreements to be executed and delivered by Shareholders in connection herewith and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. All acts and proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of Shareholders to authorize Shareholders to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other agreements to be executed and delivered by Shareholders in connection herewith and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly taken. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement, and the other agreements to be executed and delivered by Shareholders in connection herewith when so executed and delivered will constitute valid and binding agreements, of Shareholders. (b) Except as set forth in Section 2.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, conflict with or result in a violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation under (i) any provision of the Company Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws, (ii) any material loan or credit agreement, note, mortgage, indenture, lease or other material agreement or (iii) material instrument, permit, license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its properties or assets. Page 14 (c) The execution, delivery and performance by the Shareholders of this Agreement and the consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares by the Shareholders require no consent, approval, order or authorization of, action by or in respect of, or registration or filing with, any governmental body, court, agency, official or authority (each, a "GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY", collectively "GOVERNMENT ENTITIES"). (d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares will not result in the creation of any pledges, claims, liens, charges, encumbrances, adverse claims, mortgages and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively, "LIENS") upon any asset of the Company. (e) Except as set forth in Section 2.4(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no consent, approval, waiver or other action by any person (other than the Governmental Entities referred to in (d) above) under any Company Material Contract is required or necessary for, or made necessary by reason of, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Shareholders or the consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares. SECTION 2.5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES. (a) The Company has furnished to the Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of: (i) balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2001, December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003 compiled by the Company; (ii) income statements of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2001, December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003 compiled by the Company, (iii) a balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow and statement of Shareholders' equity of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 audited by the Company's independent accountants, and (iv) an income statement and statement of cash flows for the Company for the period from January 1, 2005 through and including March 21, 2005, and a balance sheet for the Company as of March 21, 2005 (collectively, the "Company Financial Statements"). Except as set forth in Section 2.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company Financial Statements have been prepared by the Company on the basis of the books and records maintained by the Company in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistently used and applied throughout the periods involved and the accounting practices and procedures have been applied consistently for interim periods after the periods of the Company Financial Statements. Except as set forth in Section 2.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, The Company Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof. Page 15 (b) Except for liabilities (i) set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) reflected in the Company Financial Statements or described in any notes thereto (or for which neither accrual nor footnote disclosure is required pursuant to GAAP), or (iii) incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any material liabilities or obligations of any nature. The Company is not in default in respect of any terms or conditions of any indebtedness. (c) Other than changes in the usual and ordinary conduct of business since December 31, 2004, there have been, and at the Closing Date there will be, no changes in the financial condition of the Company. None of these changes is, and at the Closing Date none will be, materially adverse. Specifically, but, not by way of limitation, since its balance sheet of December 31, 2004 the Company has not, and prior to the Closing Date will not have: (i) Issued or sold any stock, bond, or other Company securities; (ii) Except for current liabilities incurred and obligations under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and except as set forth in Section 2.5(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, incurred any obligation or liability, absolute or contingent; (iii) Except for current liabilities shown on the balance sheet and current liabilities incurred since that date in the ordinary course of business and except as set forth in Section 2.5(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, discharged or satisfied any lien or encumbrance, or paid any obligation or liability, absolute or contingent; (iv) Mortgaged, pledged or subjected to lien or any other encumbrance, any of its assets, tangible or intangible; (v) Except in the ordinary course of business, sold or transferred any of its tangible assets or canceled any debts or claims; (vi) Sold, assigned, or transferred any patents, formulas, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, or other intangible assets; (vii) Suffered any extraordinary losses, been subjected to any strikes or other labor disturbances, or waived any rights of any substantial value; or Page 16 (viii) Except for transactions contemplated by this Agreement, entered into any transaction other than in the ordinary course of business. (d) Subject to any changes that may have occurred in the ordinary and usual course of business, the assets of the Company at the Closing Date will be substantially those owned by it and shown on the Company Financial Statements. (e) Except to the extent that an allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established on its books and is reflected in the Company Financial Statements, all accounts receivable and notes receivable of the Company are current and collectible. Such accounts receivable of the Company have arisen in the ordinary course of business in arms-length transactions for goods actually sold and services actually performed or to be performed. (f) All inventory to be transferred to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement is in saleable condition. SECTION 2.6. MATERIAL CONTRACTS. (a) Each Company Material Contract is valid and binding on and enforceable against the Company (or, to the extent a subsidiary is a party, such subsidiary) and each other party thereto and is in full force and effect. Except as set forth in Section 2.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in breach or default under any Company Material Contract. Except as set forth in Section 2.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries knows of, and has not received notice of, any violation or default under (nor, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, does there exist any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would result in such a violation or default under) any Company Material Contract by any other party thereto. Prior to the date hereof, the Company has made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts. (b) As used in this Agreement, "COMPANY MATERIAL CONTRACTS" shall mean any contract, license agreement, commitment, lease, or restriction of any kind to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' assets are subject which involve payments to or from the Company of at least $50,000. Page 17 SECTION 2.7. PERMITS; COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. (a) The Company and its subsidiaries own and/or possess all material permits, licenses, variances, authorizations, exemptions, orders, registrations and approvals of all Governmental Entities which are required for the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "PERMITS") as presently conducted. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the Permits. All the Permits are in full force and effect and no suspension, modification or revocation of any of them is pending or threatened nor do grounds exist for any such action. (b) Except as set forth in Section 2.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, Permits, rules, writs, judgments, orders, decrees and arbitration awards of each Governmental Entity applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries. (c) Except for filings with respect to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 2.9 and not covered by this Section 2.7(c) and except as set forth in Section 2.7(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of its subsidiaries has timely filed all regulatory reports, schedules, forms, registrations and other documents, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file with each Governmental Entity (the "OTHER COMPANY DOCUMENTS"), and have timely paid all fees and assessments, if any, due and payable in connection therewith, except where the failure to make such payments and filings individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on the Company. SECTION 2.8. ABSENCE OF LITIGATION. Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and current summary description of each pending and, to the Shareholders' knowledge, threatened litigation, action, suit, case, proceeding, investigation or arbitration. Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no action, inquiry, demand, charge, requirement or investigation by any Governmental Entity and no litigation, action, suit, case, proceeding, investigation or arbitration by any person or Governmental Entity, in each case with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or Permits, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, threatened. SECTION 2.9. TAX MATTERS. (a) Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has (i) filed with the appropriate Governmental Entities all United States federal and state income and other material Tax Page 18 Returns required to be filed by it (giving effect to all extensions) and such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects; (ii) paid in full all United States federal income and other material Taxes required to have been paid by it; and (iii) made adequate provision for all accrued Taxes not yet due. The accruals and provisions for Taxes reflected in the Company Financial Statements are adequate in accordance with GAAP for all Taxes accrued or accruable through the date of such statements. (b) Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement, no Federal, state, local or foreign audits or other administrative proceedings or court proceedings are presently pending with regard to any Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received a written notice of any material pending or proposed claims, audits or proceedings with respect to Taxes. (c) Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no deficiency or proposed adjustment which has not been settled or otherwise resolved for any amount of Tax has been proposed, asserted, or assessed in writing by any Governmental Entity against, or with respect to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries. There is no action, suit or audit now in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to any material Tax. (d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been included in any "consolidated," "unitary" or "combined" Tax Return (other than Tax Returns which include only the Company) provided for under the laws of the United States, any foreign jurisdiction or any state or locality with respect to Taxes for any taxable year. (e) No election under Section 341(f) of the Internal Revenue Code as from time to time amended (the "Code") has been made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. (f) No claim has been made in writing by any Governmental Entities in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that the Company is, or may be, subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. (g) Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has made available to Purchaser correct and complete copies of (i) all of its material Tax Returns filed within the past three (3) years, (ii) all audit reports, letter rulings, technical advice memoranda and similar documents issued by a Governmental Entity within the past three (3) years relating to the Federal, state, local or foreign Taxes due from or with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (iii) any closing letters or agreements entered Page 19 into by the Company with any Governmental Entities within the past three (3) years with respect to Taxes. (h) Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of deficiency or assessment from any Governmental Entity for any amount of Tax that has not been fully settled or satisfied, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such deficiency or assessment is proposed. (i) For purposes of this Agreement: (i) "TAX" or "TAXES" shall mean all federal, state, county, local, foreign and other taxes of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, income, profits, premium, excise, sales, use, occupancy, gross receipts, franchise, ad valorem, severance, capital levy, production, transfer, license, stamp, environmental, withholding, employment, unemployment compensation, payroll related and property taxes, import duties and other governmental charges and assessments), whether or not measured in whole or in part by net income, and including deficiencies, interest, additions to tax or interest, and penalties with respect thereto, and including expenses associated with contesting any proposed adjustment related to any of the foregoing. (ii) "TAX RETURN" shall mean any return, information report or filing with respect to Taxes, including any schedules attached thereto and including any amendments thereof. SECTION 2.10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. (a) Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of all pension, stock option, stock purchase, benefit, welfare, profit-sharing, retirement, disability, vacation, severance, hospitalization, insurance, incentive, deferred compensation and other similar fringe or employee benefit plans, funds, programs or arrangements, whether written or oral, in each of the foregoing cases which (i) covers, is maintained for the benefit of, or relates to any or all current or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any other entity ("ERISA AFFILIATE") related to the Company under Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Code and (ii) is not a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") or Section 414 of the Code (the "EMPLOYEE PLANS"). Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies and includes but is not limited to, each of the Employee Plans that is Page 20 subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any commitment or formal plan, whether or not legally binding, to create any additional employee benefit plan or modify or change any existing Employee Plan other than as may be required by the express terms of such Employee Plan or applicable law. (b) With respect to each Employee Plan that has been qualified or is intended to be qualified under the Code or that is an "Employee Benefit Plan" within the meaning of Section 3.3 of ERISA, such Employee Plan has been duly approved and adopted by all necessary and appropriate action of the Board of Directors of the Company (or a duly constituted committee thereof). (c) Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the Employee Plans, all required contributions for all periods ending before the Closing Date have been or will be paid in full by the Closing Date. Subject only to normal retrospective adjustments in the ordinary course, all required insurance premiums have been or will be paid in full with regard to such Employee Plans for policy years or other applicable policy periods ending on or before the Closing Date by the Closing Date. As of the date hereof, none of the Employee Plans has unfunded benefit liabilities, as defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA. (d) The Company has no "multi-employer plans," as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414 ("MULTI-EMPLOYER PLANS"), and never has had any such plans. (e) With respect to each Employee Plan (i) no prohibited transactions as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code have occurred or are expected to occur as a result of the Purchase or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) no action, suit, grievance, arbitration or other type of litigation, or claim with respect to the assets of any Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits made in the ordinary course of plan administration for which plan administrative review procedures have not been exhausted) is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or imminent against the Company, any ERISA Affiliate or any fiduciary, as such term is defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA ("FIDUCIARY"), including, but not limited to, any action, suit, grievance, arbitration or other type of litigation, or claim regarding conduct that allegedly interferes with the attainment of rights under any Employee Plan. To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company, nor its directors, officers, employees nor any Fiduciary has any liability for failure to comply with ERISA or the Code for any action or failure to act in connection with the administration or investment of such plan. None of the Employee Plans is subject to any pending investigations or to the knowledge of the Company threatened investigations from any Governmental Agencies who enforce applicable laws under ERISA and the Code. Page 21 (f) Each of the Employee Plans is, and has been, operated in accordance with its terms and each of the Employee Plans, and administration thereof, is, and has been, in all material respects in compliance with the requirements of any and all applicable statutes, orders or governmental rules or regulations currently in effect, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all required reports and descriptions of the Employee Plans (including but not limited to Form 5500 Annual Reports, Form 1024 Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(a), Summary Annual Reports and Summary Plan Descriptions) have been timely filed and distributed as required by ERISA and the Code. Any notices required by ERISA or the Code or any other state or federal law or any ruling or regulation of any state or federal administrative agency with respect to the Employee Plans, including but not limited to any notices required by Section 4980B of the Code, have been appropriately given. (g) The Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") has issued a favorable determination letter or opinion letter with respect to each Employee Plan intended to be "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code that has not been revoked and, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, no circumstances exist that could adversely affect the qualified status of any such plan and the exemption under Section 501(a) of the Code of the trust maintained thereunder. Each Employee Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 125, 501(c)(9) or 501(c)(17) of the Code has satisfied such requirements in all material respects. (h) With respect to each Employee Plan to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate made, or was required to make, contributions on behalf of any employee during the five-year period ending on the last day of the most recent plan year end prior to the Closing Date, (i) no liability under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA has been incurred by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that has not been satisfied in full, and (ii) to the knowledge of the Shareholders, no condition exists that presents a material risk to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of incurring any such liability and (iii) the present value of accrued benefits under such plan, based upon the actuarial assumptions used for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial report prepared by such plan's actuary with respect to such plan did not exceed, as of its latest valuation date, the then current value of the assets of such plan allocable to such accrued benefits. No Employee Plan or any trust established thereunder has incurred any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year. (i) Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Employee Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization, death or similar benefits (whether or not insured) for employees for periods extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than (i) coverage mandated by Section 4980B of the Code, Section 601 of ERISA or other applicable law, (ii) death benefits under any "pension plan," (iii) benefits the full cost of which is borne by the employee Page 22 (or his beneficiary) or (iv) Employee Plans that can be amended or terminated by the Company without consent. The Company does not have any current or projected liability with respect to post-employment or post-retirement welfare benefits for retired, former, or current employees of the Company. (j) No material amounts payable under the Employee Plans will fail to be deductible for Federal income tax purposes by virtue of Section 162(m) of the Code. (k) To the extent that the Company is deemed to be a fiduciary with respect to any Plan that is subject to ERISA, the Company (i) during the past five years has complied with the requirements of ERISA and the Code in the performance of its duties and responsibilities with respect to such employee benefit plan and (ii) has not knowingly caused any of the trusts for which it serves as an investment manager, as defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA, to enter into any transaction that would constitute a "prohibited transaction" under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, with respect to any such trusts, except for transactions that are the subject of a statutory or administrative exemption. (l) No person will be entitled to a "gross up" or other similar payment in respect of excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Code with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (m) None of the Employee Plans have been completely or partially terminated and none has been the subject of a "reportable event" as that term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA. No amendment has been adopted which would require the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to provide security pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29) of the Code. SECTION 2.11. LABOR MATTERS. (a) With respect to employees of the Company or its subsidiaries: (i) to the knowledge of the Shareholders, no senior executive or key employee has any plans to terminate employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint against the Company pending or, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any other comparable Governmental Entity; (iii) there is no demand for recognition made by any labor organization or petition for election filed with the National Labor Relations Board or any other comparable Governmental Entity; (iv) no grievance or any arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending and, to the knowledge of Shareholders, no claims therefor have been threatened other than grievances or arbitrations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (v) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and Page 23 thereby will not give rise to termination of any existing collective bargaining agreement or permit any labor organization to commence or initiate any negotiations in respect of wages, hours, benefits, severance or working conditions under any such existing collective bargaining agreements; and (vi) there is no litigation, arbitration proceeding, governmental investigation, administrative charge, citation or action of any kind pending or, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, proposed or threatened against the Company relating to employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment or wages, benefits, severance and hours. (b) Section 2.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the name, title, date of employment and current annual salary of each current salaried employee whose annual salary exceeds $100,000. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, tax gross-up, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any current or former director, employee or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, from the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Employee Plan or other agreement, (ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Employee Plan or other agreement, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, exercise or vesting of any such benefits. (c) Section 2.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all contracts, agreements, plans or arrangements covering any employee of the Company or its subsidiaries containing "change of control," "stay-put," transition, retention, severance or similar provisions, and sets forth the names and titles of all such employees, the amounts payable under such provisions, whether such provisions would become payable as a result of the Purchase and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and when such amounts would be payable to such employees, all of which are in writing, have heretofore been duly approved by the Company's Shareholders, and true and complete copies of all of which have heretofore been delivered to Purchaser. There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement (oral or written) covering any employee of the Company that individually or collectively could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to the terms of Section 280G of the Code. SECTION 2.12 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except for such matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company or are listed in Section 2.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the best of Shareholder's knowledge: (a) COMPLIANCE. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written communication from any person or governmental entity that alleges that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is not in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws; and (iii) there have not been any Page 24 Releases of Hazardous Substances by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, by any other party, at any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that occurred during the period of the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' ownership or operation of such property. (b) ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS. The Company and its subsidiaries have all Environmental Permits necessary for the conduct and operation of its business, and all such permits are in good standing or, where applicable, a renewal application has been timely filed and is pending agency approval, and the Company or its subsidiaries are in compliance with all terms and conditions of all such Environmental Permits and is not required to make any expenditure in order to obtain or renew any Environmental Permits. (c) ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS. There are no Environmental Claims pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened, against the Company, or against any real or personal property or operation that the Company owns, leases or manages. (d) As used in this Agreement: (i) "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" shall mean any and all binding and applicable local, municipal, state, federal or international law, statute, treaty, directive, decision, judgment, award, regulation, decree, rule, code of practice, guidance, order, direction, consent, authorization, permit or similar requirement, approval or standard concerning (A) occupational, consumer and/or public health and safety, and/or (B) environmental matters (including clean-up standards and practices), with respect to buildings, equipment, soil, sub-surface strata, air, surface water, or ground water, whether set forth in applicable law or applied in practice, whether to facilities such as those of the Company Properties in the jurisdictions in which the Company Properties are located or to facilities such as those used for the transportation, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances generated by the Company or otherwise. (ii) "ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS" shall mean Permits required by Environmental Laws. (iii) "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES" shall mean any and all dangerous substances, hazardous substances, toxic substances, radioactive substances, hazardous wastes, special wastes, controlled wastes, oils, petroleum and petroleum products, computer component parts, hazardous chemicals and any other materials which are regulated by the Environmental Laws or otherwise found or determined to be potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Page 25 (iv) "RELEASE" shall mean any spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping or disposing of Hazardous Substances (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing Hazardous Substances) into the environment. SECTION 2.13 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. (a) Section 2.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for the Intellectual Property (as defined below) owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a complete and accurate list of all U.S. and foreign (i) patents and patent applications, (ii) trademarks and service marks which are registered or the subject of an application for registration and material unregistered trademarks or service marks , (iii) copyrights which are registered or the subject of an application for registration, and (iv) Internet domain names. The Company or one of its subsidiaries owns or has the valid right to use all patents and patent applications, patent rights, trademarks, service marks, trademark or service mark registrations and applications, trade names, logos, designs, Internet domain names, slogans and general intangibles of like nature, together with all goodwill related to the foregoing, copyrights, copyright registrations, renewals and applications, Software (as defined below), technology, inventions, discoveries, trade secrets and other confidential information, know-how, proprietary processes, designs, processes, techniques, formulae, algorithms, models and methodologies, licenses, and all other proprietary rights (collectively, the "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY") that it owns or purports to own or is licensed to Company in a manner sufficient for the conduct of the business of the Company as it currently is conducted. "SOFTWARE" means any and all (i) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code, (ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (iii) descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, (iv) the technology supporting and content contained on any owned or operated Internet site(s), and (v) all documentation, including user manuals and training materials, relating to any of the foregoing. (B) Except as set forth in Section 2.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all of the Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries is free and clear of all Liens. The Company or one of its subsidiaries is listed in the records of the appropriate United States, state or foreign agency as, the sole owner of record for each patent and patent application and trademark, service mark and copyright which is registered or the subject of an application for registration that is listed in Section 2.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. (c) All of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks and copyrights owned or purported to be owned by the Company which have been Page 26 issued by, or registered or the subject of an application filed with, as applicable, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to the items listed in Section 2.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule are subsisting, enforceable, in full force and effect, and have not been cancelled, expired, abandoned or otherwise terminated and all renewal fees in respect thereof have been duly paid and are currently in compliance with all formal legal requirements (including the timely post-registration filing of affidavits of use and incontestability and renewal applications) and are, to the Shareholders' knowledge, valid. There is no pending or, to the Shareholders' knowledge, threatened opposition, interference, invalidation or cancellation proceeding before any court or registration authority in any jurisdiction against any of the items listed in Section 2.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or, to the Shareholders' knowledge, against any other Intellectual Property used by the Company or its subsidiaries. (d) The conduct of the Company's or each of its subsidiaries' business as currently conducted does not infringe upon (either directly or indirectly such as through contributory infringement or inducement to infringe), dilute, misappropriate or otherwise violate (i) any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by any third party ("THIRD PARTY RIGHTS"), other than the rights of any third party under any patent, or (ii) to the Shareholders' knowledge, the rights of any third party under any patent. There are no pending, or, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, threatened claims against the Company or any of its subsidiaries alleging that the operation of the business as currently conducted, infringes on or conflicts with any Third Party Rights. (e) To the Shareholders' knowledge, no third party is misappropriating, infringing, diluting, or violating any Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by or licensed to or by the Company or its subsidiaries and no such claims have been made against a third party by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. (f) Each material item of Software, which is used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the operation of its business as currently conducted, is either (i) owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) currently in the public domain or otherwise available to the Company without the need of a license, lease or consent of any third party, or (iii) used under rights granted to the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a written agreement, license or lease from a third party. (g) Section 2.13(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all agreements under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is granted rights to acquire or use the Intellectual Property of a third party (other than shrink-wrap or click on-downloadable general purpose software) (the "COMPANY IP AGREEMENTS"). Except as set forth in Section 2.13(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not under any obligation to pay royalties or other payments in connection with any Company IP Agreement, nor Page 27 restricted from assigning its rights respecting Intellectual Property nor will the Company otherwise be, as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, in breach of any Company IP Agreement. Each Company IP Agreement is in full force and effect and has not been amended. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, any other party thereto, is in default or breach under any such Company IP Agreement. No event has occurred which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would cause a breach of or default by the Company under any of the Company IP Agreements and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no breach or anticipated breach by any other party to any Company IP Agreement. (h) To the Shareholders' knowledge, the Company does not sell any products that intentionally contain any "viruses", "time-bombs", "key-locks", or any other devices intentionally created that could disrupt or interfere with the operation of the products or the integrity of the data, information or signals they produce in a manner adverse to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any licensee or recipient. (i) To the Shareholders' knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has embedded any open source, copyleft or community source code in any of its Products which are generally available or in development, including but not limited to any libraries or code licensed under the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License or similar license arrangement. SECTION 2.14 INSURANCE MATTERS. Subject to Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, The Company and its subsidiaries have all material primary insurance providing insurance coverage that is customary in amount and scope for other companies in the industry in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate. All such policies are in full force and effect, all premiums due and payable thereon have been paid and no written or oral notice of cancellation or termination has been received and is outstanding. SECTION 2.15 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except as set forth on Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding amounts payable to or receivable from, loans, leases or other existing agreements between the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any member, officer, manager, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of the Shareholder Affiliated Companies, as defined in Section 5.9 below or any family member or affiliate of such member, officer, manager, employee or affiliate on the other hand. SECTION 2.16 VOTING REQUIREMENTS. The affirmative vote (in person or by duly authorized and valid proxy at a Company Shareholders' meeting or by written consent) of the holders of all of the outstanding Shares in favor of the adoption of this Agreement is the only vote of the holders of any class Page 28 or series of the Company's Shares required by applicable law and the Company's organizational instruments to duly effect such adoption. SECTION 2.17 BROKERS. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor, finder, consultant or other person is entitled to any broker's, finder's, financial advisor's or other similar fee, compensation or commission, however and whenever payable, in connection with the Purchase and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company. SECTION 2.18 REAL PROPERTY. (a) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real properties owned by it and all buildings, structures and other improvements located thereon and valid leaseholds in all real estate leased by it, other than Company Permitted Liens. Section 2.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all (i) real property owned by the Company or its subsidiaries as of the date hereof and (ii) real property leased, subleased, or otherwise occupied or used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries as lessee. With respect to each parcel of real property leased, subleased, or otherwise occupied or used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries as lessee: (i) the Company or the applicable subsidiary has a valid leasehold interest or other right of use and occupancy, free and clear of any Liens on such leasehold interest or other rights of use and occupancy, or any covenants, easements or title defects known to or created by the Company or the applicable subsidiary, except as do not materially affect the occupancy or uses of such property. Each of the Company's and its subsidiaries' agreement with respect to real property leased, subleased, or otherwise occupied or used by the Company as lessee is in full force and effect and has not been amended. Neither the Company nor the applicable subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Shareholders or the applicable subsidiary, any other party thereto, is in material default or material breach under any such agreement. No event has occurred which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would cause a breach of or default by the Company or the applicable subsidiary under any of such agreement and, to the knowledge of the Company or the applicable subsidiary, there is no breach or anticipated breach by any other party to such agreements. (b) As used in this Agreement, Company Permitted Liens shall mean: (i) Any Lien reflected in Section 2.18(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) Liens for Taxes not yet due or delinquent or as to which there is a good faith dispute and for which there are adequate provisions on the books and records of the Company in accordance with GAAP, (iii) with respect to real property, any Lien, encumbrance or other title defect which is not in a liquidated amount (whether material or immaterial) and which does not, individually or in the aggregate, interfere materially with the current use or materially detract from the value or marketability of such property (assuming its continued use in the manner in which it is currently used) and (iv) inchoate materialmen's, mechanics', carriers', workmen's and repairmen's liens arising in Page 29 the ordinary course and not past due and payable or the payment of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. SECTION 2.19 TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. Except as would not materially impair the Company and its operations, the machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and other tangible personal property (the "Tangible Personal Property") owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in the aggregate sufficient and adequate to carry on business in all material respects as presently conducted and is, in the aggregate and in all material respects, in good operating condition and repair, normal wear and tear excepted. The Company is in possession of and has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in or valid rights under contract to use, the Tangible Personal Property material to the Company, taken as a whole, free and clear of all Liens, other than those set forth in Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule ("Company Permitted Liens"). SECTION 2.20 INVESTMENT COMPANY. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is an investment company required to be registered as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act. SECTION 2.21 BOARD APPROVAL. Pursuant to meetings duly noticed and convened in accordance with all applicable laws and at each of which a quorum was present, the Board of Directors of the Company, after full and deliberate consideration, unanimously (other than for directors who abstain) has (i) duly approved this Agreement and resolved that the transactions contemplated hereby are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company's shareholders, (ii) resolved to unanimously recommend that the Company's shareholders approve the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) directed that the Purchase be submitted for consideration by the holders of the Shares. SECTION 2.22 BOOKS AND RECORDS. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries maintains and has maintained accurate books and records reflecting its assets and liabilities and accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely basis. SECTION 2.23 STATUS OF SHARES BEING TRANSFERRED. Subject to Section 2.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Shareholders own all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company. The Shareholders have full power to convey good and marketable title to their Shares, free of any liens, charges, or encumbrances of any nature. SECTION 2.24 INVESTMENT IN PURCHASER COMMON STOCK. (a) Each Shareholder is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Page 30 (b) Except as to shares designated by Shareholders to be issued to GE Access pursuant to the Settlement Agreement (as defined in Section 6.2(g)(i)), each Shareholder is acquiring the shares of common stock of Purchaser to be issued hereunder for investment for his or her own account, and not for the account of another Person, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution, assignment, or resale of any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act, nor with any present intention of any such distribution, assignment, or resale. Except as to shares designated by Shareholders to be issued to GE Access pursuant to the Settlement Agreement (as defined in Section 6.2(g)(i)), each Shareholder understands that the shares of Purchaser Common Stock to be issued to him or her hereunder have not, and will not be, registered in the United States under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement and may not be sold, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or unless disposed of in a transaction exempt from such laws, such as in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC, and that certificates representing the shares of Purchaser Common Stock shall bear legends to this effect. Each Shareholder understands that Purchaser's issuance of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock contemplated by this Agreement is intended to be exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, the availability of which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of Shareholders' representations as expressed herein. Each of Shareholders is neither a party to nor bound by any agreement regarding the ownership or disposition of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock other than this Agreement, the Settlement Agreement. (c) Shareholders, and each of them, have made independent investigation of Purchaser and related matters as (i) he or she deems to be necessary or advisable in connection with the his or her investment in and acceptance of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock to be issued to him or her hereunder and (ii) he or she believes to be necessary in order to reach an informed decision as to the advisability of making an investment in and accepting the shares of Purchaser Common Stock to be issued to him or her hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, each Shareholder has reviewed the Purchaser SEC Documents (as hereinafter defined) and the Purchaser's other publicly-available SEC filings. In evaluating his or her investment in and acceptance of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock to be issued to them hereunder, Shareholders have not relied upon any representation or other information (oral or written) other than as set forth in this Agreement or in such Purchaser SEC Documents and other SEC filings. (d) Each Shareholder has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of his investment in the Purchaser Common Stock as contemplated by this Agreement, and is able to bear the economic risk of such investment for an indefinite period of time. Shareholders are not relying on Purchaser for advice with respect to economic considerations involved in its acquisition and acceptance of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock. SECTION 2.25 DISCLOSURE. On the date of this Agreement, the Shareholders have, and at the Closing Date they will have, disclosed all events, conditions, and facts materially affecting the business and prospects of the Company. Page 31 Shareholders have not now and will not have, at the Closing Date, withheld knowledge of any such events, conditions, and facts which they know, or have reasonable ground to know, may materially affect the business and prospects of the Company. None of the representations and warranties made by Shareholders in this Agreement and contained in any certificate or other instrument furnished or to be furnished to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained in this Agreement not misleading. ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Shareholders as follows: SECTION 3.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING AND CORPORATE POWER. (a) Each of Purchaser and its subsidiaries is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and has the requisite corporate power and requisite authority to carry on its business as presently being conducted. Each of Purchaser and its subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Purchaser. (b) Purchaser has delivered or made available to the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational documents of Purchaser and its subsidiaries, each as in effect at the date of this Agreement. SECTION 3.2 CAPITAL STRUCTURE. (a) The authorized capital stock of Purchaser consists of 200,000,000 shares of common stock, $.001 par value (the "Purchaser Common Stock"), and 5,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share, of Purchaser ("PURCHASER PREFERRED STOCK"). As of the date hereof: (i) 116,233,895 shares of Purchaser Common Stock were issued and outstanding; (ii) 1,433,639 shares of Purchaser Common Stock were held by Purchaser in its treasury; (iii) no shares of Purchaser Common Stock were held by subsidiaries of Purchaser; (iv) approximately 21,563,337 shares of Purchaser Page 32 Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to stock-based plans (such plans, collectively, the "PURCHASER STOCK PLANS"), all of which are subject to outstanding employee stock options or other rights to purchase or receive Purchaser Common Stock granted under the Purchaser Stock Plans (collectively, "PURCHASER EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS"); (v) 21,143,333 shares of Purchaser Common Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant to convertible notes, (vi) 15,101,026 shares of Purchaser Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants. As of the date hereof, (w) 2,466,971 shares of Purchaser Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; (x) no shares of Purchaser Preferred Stock were held by Purchaser in its treasury; (y) no shares of Purchaser Preferred Stock were held by subsidiaries of Purchaser; and (z) 33,029 shares of Purchaser Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants. (b) All outstanding shares of capital stock of Purchaser have been, and all shares thereof which may be issued pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise (including upon the conversion of the Purchaser Series A Preferred Stock) will be, when issued, duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to preemptive rights created by statute, the Purchaser's articles of incorporation or any agreement to which Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser may be bound. Except as set forth in this Section and except for changes since the date of this Agreement resulting from the exercise of Purchaser's employee stock options outstanding on such date, there are outstanding (i) no shares of capital stock or other voting securities of Purchaser, (ii) no securities of Purchaser convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of Purchaser, and (iii) no options or other rights to acquire from Purchaser, other than Employee Stock Options, and no obligation of Purchaser to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock of Purchaser. (c) Purchaser has a sufficient number of duly authorized but unissued shares of Purchaser Common Stock to issue the maximum number of such shares contemplated by Article I of this Agreement as the Purchase Consideration. As soon as practicable after the Closing, Purchaser shall take all necessary actions, including but not limited to, amending Purchaser's articles of incorporation, to ensure that Purchaser will have sufficient shares of duly authorized but unissued Purchaser Common Stock reserved to issue upon any such shares being due as a part of the Earn Out Payment. The shares of Purchaser common stock to be issued and delivered hereunder will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Encumbrances. SECTION 3.3 AUTHORITY; NONCONTRAVENTION. Purchaser has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other agreements to be executed and delivered by Purchaser in connection herewith and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. All corporate acts and proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of Purchaser to authorize Purchaser to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other agreements to be executed and delivered by Purchaser in connection herewith and to consummate the transactions Page 33 contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly taken. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement, and the other agreements to be executed and delivered by Purchaser in connection herewith when so executed and delivered will constitute valid and binding agreements, of Purchaser. SECTION 3.4 PURCHASER DOCUMENTS. (a) As of their respective filing dates, (i) all reports filed by Purchaser and which must be filed by Purchaser in the future with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Exchange Act (the "PURCHASER SEC DOCUMENTS") complied and, with respect to future filings, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Purchaser SEC Documents, and (ii) no Purchaser SEC Documents, as of their respective dates contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, and no Purchaser SEC Document filed subsequent to the date hereof will omit as of their respective dates, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of registration statements of the Purchaser under the Securities Act, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. (b) The financial statements of Purchaser included in the Purchaser SEC Documents (including the related notes) complied as to form, as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC, in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Quarterly Report Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods and at the dates involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial condition of Purchaser and its subsidiaries at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of Purchaser and its subsidiaries for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that were not material in amount or effect). Except for liabilities (i) reflected in Purchaser's unaudited balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 or described in any notes thereto (or for which neither accrual nor footnote disclosure is required pursuant to GAAP), or (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2004 consistent with past practice or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, neither Purchaser nor any of its subsidiaries has any material liabilities or obligations of any nature. SECTION 3.5 VOTING REQUIREMENTS. No consent or approval of the holders of the outstanding shares of Purchaser Common Stock or any other class of Purchaser capital stock is required to approve the Purchase and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under applicable law or the Purchaser's organizational instruments. Page 34 SECTION 3.6 BROKERS. Except for Inveraray Partners, LLC, no broker, investment banker, financial advisor, finder, consultant or other person is entitled to any broker's, finder's, financial advisor's or other similar fee, compensation or commission, however and whenever payable, in connection with the Purchase and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Purchaser. Purchaser shall be solely responsible for any fees charged by Inveraray Partners LLC. and such fees will not be included as an expense of the Company for the purpose of computing Company's EBITDA for 2005 pursuant to Section 1.2(b). SECTION 3.7 BOARD APPROVAL. Pursuant to meetings duly noticed and convened in accordance with all applicable laws and at each of which a quorum was present, the Board of Directors of Purchaser, after full and deliberate consideration, unanimously (other than for directors who abstain) has duly adopted this Agreement and resolved that the Purchase and the transactions contemplated hereby are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Purchaser's Shareholders. The Board of Directors of Purchaser unanimously has duly approved this Agreement and has determined that the Purchase is advisable. SECTION 3.8 BOOKS AND RECORDS. Each of Purchaser and its subsidiaries maintains and has maintained accurate books and records reflecting its assets and liabilities and accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely basis. SECTION 3.9 SARBANES OXLEY ACT COMPLIANCE. Purchaser is in compliance with all presently effective and applicable provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (the "SARBANES OXLEY ACT") and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with other provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act upon the effectiveness or applicability to Purchaser of such provisions. Purchaser is currently in compliance and will use its reasonable efforts to continue to comply in all material respects with all public reporting requirements necessary to permit sales of its restricted shares by Shareholders pursuant to Rule 144. ARTICLE IV COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS SECTION 4.1 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE COMPANY. Except as required by applicable law or regulation and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to, conduct its and their respective businesses in the ordinary course and consistent with past practices. Except as set forth in Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as required by applicable law or regulation and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or except as previously consented to by Purchaser, in writing, after the date hereof and until the earlier Page 35 of the termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, the Company shall not and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries to: (a) amend or otherwise change its Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws; (b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of (i) any shares of any class, or options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire shares, or any other ownership interest, thereof, or (ii) any of its assets, tangible or intangible; (c) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, property or otherwise, with respect to its shares; (d) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its shares; (e) (i) acquire (including, without limitation, for cash or shares of stock, by Purchase, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest in any corporation, partnership or other business organization or division thereof, or make any investment either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions of capital or property transfer, or, except in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, purchase any property or assets of any other person, (ii) except in the ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any person, or make any loans or advances, or (iii) enter into any Company Material Contract; (f) make any capital expenditure in excess of $25,000 or enter into any contract or commitment therefore; (b) amend, terminate or extend any Company Material Contract; (h) delay or accelerate payment of any account payable or other liability of the Company beyond or in advance of its due date or the date when such liability would have been paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or Page 36 (i) agree, in writing or otherwise, to take or authorize any of the foregoing actions or any action which would make any representation or warranty contained in Article III untrue or incorrect. SECTION 4.2 ADVICE OF CHANGES. Each of the Shareholders and the Company shall promptly advise the Purchaser orally and in writing to the extent it has knowledge of (i) any representation or warranty made by them contained in this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, (ii) the failure by any of them to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by them under this Agreement; (iii) any suspension, termination, limitation, modification, change or other alteration of any agreement, arrangement, business or other relationship with any of the Company's customers, suppliers or sales or design personnel; or (iv) any change or event having, or which, insofar as reasonably can be foreseen, could have a material adverse effect on the Company or on the accuracy and completeness of its representations and warranties or the ability of the Shareholders or the Company to satisfy the conditions set forth in Article VII; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties (or remedies with respect thereto) or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement; and PROVIDED FURTHER that a failure to comply with this Section 4.2 shall not constitute a failure to be satisfied of any condition set forth in Article VII unless the underlying untruth, inaccuracy, failure to comply or satisfy, or change or event would independently result in a failure of a condition set forth in Article VII to be satisfied. SECTION 4.3 NO SOLICITATION BY THE COMPANY. (a) The Company will promptly notify Purchaser after receipt of any offer or indication that any person is considering making an offer with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information relating to the Company or for access to the properties, books or records of the Company by any person that may be considering making, or has made, an offer with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal and will keep Purchaser fully informed of the status and details of any such offer, indication or request. "Company Acquisition Proposal" means any proposal for a Purchase or other business combination involving the Company or the acquisition of any equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) From the date hereof until the termination hereof pursuant to Section 8.1, the Company and the officers of the Company will not and the Company will use its best efforts to cause its directors, employees and agents not to, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action to solicit, initiate or encourage any offer or indication of interest from any person or entity with respect to any Company Acquisition Proposal, (ii) engage in negotiations with, or disclose any nonpublic information relating to the Page 37 Company or (iii) afford access to the properties, books or records of the Company to, any person or entity that may be considering making, or has made, an offer with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal. SECTION 4.4 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY PURCHASER. Purchaser will conduct its business in substantially the same manner as before. SECTION 4.5 TRANSITION. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Purchaser and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees to, use their commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the integration of the Company and its subsidiaries with the businesses of Purchaser and its subsidiaries to be effective as of the Closing Date. ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS SECTION 5.1 ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY. (c) The Company and Shareholders shall, and shall cause the Company's subsidiaries to, afford to Purchaser and to the officers, current employees, accountants, counsel, financial advisors, agents, lenders and other representatives of Purchaser, reasonable access during normal business hours during the period prior to the Effective Date to all the Company's properties, books, contracts, commitments, personnel and records and, during such period, shall furnish promptly to Purchaser (i) a copy of each material report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by it with any Governmental Entity, and (ii) all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Purchaser may reasonably request. (b) The parties will hold, and will use their best efforts to cause their officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law, all confidential documents and information concerning the other party and its subsidiaries furnished to it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (i) previously known on a nonconfidential basis by the receiving party, (ii) in the public domain through no fault of the receiving party, or (iii) later lawfully acquired by the receiving party from other sources; PROVIDED that each party may disclose such information to its officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors and agents in connection with the Purchase so long as such persons are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are directed to treat such information confidentially. Each parties' obligation to hold such information in confidence shall be satisfied if it exercises the same care with respect to such information as it would exercise to preserve the Page 38 confidentiality of its own similar information. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if this Agreement is terminated, such confidentiality shall be maintained and all confidential materials shall be destroyed or delivered to their owner, upon request. SECTION 5.2 COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS. Except where otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate the Purchase as soon as practicable after the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article VI hereof, PROVIDED that the foregoing shall not require the Company or Purchaser to take any action or agree to any condition that might, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Purchaser, as the case may be, have a material adverse effect on the Company or Purchaser, respectively. SECTION 5.3 FEES AND EXPENSES. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Purchase, this Agreement (including all instruments and agreements prepared and delivered in connection herewith), and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses; provided, however, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Purchaser shall bear the expense of the audit of the Company's financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, and all such costs, fees and expenses will not be included as an expense of the Company for the purpose of computing Company's EBITDA for 2005 pursuant to Section 1.2(b). SECTION 5.4 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. Purchaser, Shareholders and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing, and shall provide each other the opportunity to review, comment upon and concur with, and shall use reasonable efforts to agree on, any press release or other public statements or announcements (including pursuant to Rule 165 under the Securities Act and Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act) and any broadly distributed internal communications with respect to the Purchase, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement or announcement prior to such consultation, except as either party may determine is required by applicable law or court process (provided prior notice is given to the other party with a copy of any such disclosure). The parties agree that the initial press releases (or joint press release if the parties so determine) to be issued with respect to the Purchase, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in the form heretofore agreed to by the parties. SECTION 5.5 REGULATION D. Each party hereto shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the shares of Purchaser Common Stock to be issued hereunder in connection with the Purchase to be issued in accordance with Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Each party hereto shall cooperate with the other parties hereto with respect to all filings required pursuant to Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and shall not knowingly take any action or fail to act to the extent such Page 39 action or failure to act would jeopardize the issuance of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock hereunder in accordance with such Regulation D. SECTION 5.6 PURCHASER'S STOP TRANSFER ON ALLEGED BREACH OF SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. In the event of an alleged breach of a Shareholder representation and warranty contained in Article II of this Agreement, Purchaser shall be entitled to stop the transfer of Purchaser Common Stock held by the Shareholders equal in value to the amount of the damages alleged to have resulted from the such breach until such time as the dispute over the breach is resolved by mutual agreement, binding arbitration, or entry of a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock subject to this provision shall be determined by dividing the amount of the alleged damages by value per share as determined pursuant to Section 1.2(a)(2) at the time of Closing. SECTION 5.7 PURCHASER'S ASSUMPTION AND PAYMENTS OF OBLIGATIONS PERSONALLY GUARANTEED BY SHAREHOLDERS. Purchaser shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the release at Closing of all Shareholder personal guarantees of Company debts set forth in Section 5.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. If after reasonable efforts such releases cannot be obtained, then Purchaser shall indemnify and hold Shareholders harmless from any claims and/or liability arising from such personal guarantees of Shareholders. Purchaser's obligation under this Section to indemnify and hold Shareholder's harmless from such guarantees shall not be subject to or limited by the minimum damage amounts and time limitations for bringing claims which are described in Section 7.1 (b), (c) and (e) below. SECTION 5.8 RULE 144 COMPLIANCE. Until the earlier of thirty-one (31) months after the Closing Date or such time as Shareholders have sold all of the Purchaser Common Stock issued to them as consideration pursuant to this Agreement, Purchaser shall use it reasonable efforts to ensure in all material respects it meets the public reporting requirements necessary to permit Shareholders to sell shares of Purchaser common stock in accordance with Rule 144 as promulgated by the SEC. Purchaser's obligation under Section 7.1 to indemnify and hold Shareholder's harmless from the failure to maintain Purchaser's reporting obligations shall be subject to and limited by a 33 month (from the date of Closing) time limitation for bringing a claim rather than the lesser time limitation described in Section 7.1 (c) and (e) below. SECTION 5.9 SHAREHOLDERS COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE. Without the prior written consent of the Purchaser's Chief Executive Officer, for two (2) years after the Closing Date, Shareholders (i) will not, directly or indirectly, whether as owner, partner, shareholder, consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise, engage, participate, assist or invest in any Competing Business (as hereinafter defined); (ii) will refrain from directly or indirectly employing, attempting to employ, recruiting or otherwise soliciting, inducing or influencing any person to leave employment with the Company or Purchaser; and (iii) will refrain from soliciting or encouraging any customer or supplier to terminate or otherwise modify adversely its business relationship with the Company or Purchaser. Each of the Shareholders understands that the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.9 are intended to protect the Purchaser's and Company's interests in Page 40 their respective Confidential Information and established employee, customer and supplier relationships and goodwill, and agrees that such restrictions are reasonable and appropriate for this purpose. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Competing Business" shall mean any business that provides the same or similar types of services or products as those currently provided by the Company in any geographic area now served or targeted by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Shareholders may own up to two percent (2%) of the outstanding stock of a publicly held corporation that is engaged in a Competing Business and Shareholders' ownership and involvement with the following companies and the businesses and industries they are currently involved in as and to the extent described in Section 5.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule is not a violation of this Section 5.9: TradeTrans, Inc., CAE Northwest, Inc., AI Acquisition, Inc. d/b/a Arcessa and CAE Northwest Export, Inc. (together the "Shareholder Affiliated Companies") SECTION 5.10 SHAREHOLDER AFFILIATED COMPANIES TRADE PAYABLES TO THE COMPANY; SECURITY Interest. (a) Shareholders shall cause the Shareholder Affiliated Companies to pay their trade payables due the Company as follows:(i) The commission due from AI Acquisition, Inc. d/b/a Arcessa ("AI") in the amount of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) shall be paid to the Company not later than May 15, 2005; and (ii) The trade payable due from AI in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty Three Thousand Dollars One Hundred Fourteen ($383,114.00) shall be paid to the Company not later than March 31, 2006. (b) Shareholders shall grant to the Company a security interest in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Security Agreement"), which shall be a first lien on all of the assets of AI, other than with respect to the equipment leased from Puget Sound Leasing. (c) All other payables due from the Shareholder Affiliated Companies to the Company shall be paid prior to or at the Closing in accordance with Section 6.2(g). SECTION 5.11 PAYMENT OF DEBTS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS; RECEIPT OR RETENTION OF CERTAIN RECEIVABLES BY SHAREHOLDERS. Incentra shall perform all of its obligations under the Settlement Agreement. Whether or not clearly described in the Company Disclosure Sshecule, the parties acknowledge that the following receivables and debt instruments will be transferred to or retained by the Shareholders and that the Company will not have the right to enforce or collect such obligations, which obligations were owed to Company, endorsed to GE Access and are being released as provided in the Settlement Agreement: the Barry R. Andersen receivable of approximately $591,596.37 owed to Company, the Gary L. Henderson receivable of approximately $ 576,596.37 owed to Company, the TradeTrans, Inc. receivable of approximately $821,967.17 owed to Company, the AI Page 41 Acquisition, Inc. dba Arcessa receivable of approximately $508,422.93 owed to Company and the H&A Associates receivable of approximately $176,298.00 owed to Company. ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT SECTION 6.1 CONDITIONS TO EACH PARTY'S OBLIGATION TO EFFECT THE PURCHASE. The respective obligation of each party to affect the Purchase is subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waiver by each of Purchaser and the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions: (a) SHAREHOLDER APPROVALS. Each of the Company and Purchaser shall have obtained the consent of its Board of Directors to the Purchase, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as in each case required. (b) GOVERNMENTAL AND REGULATORY APPROVALS. All consents, approvals and actions of, filings with and notices to any Governmental Entity required by the Company, Purchaser or any of their subsidiaries under applicable law or regulation to consummate the Purchase and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the failure of which to be obtained or made would result in a material adverse effect on Purchaser's ability to conduct the business of the Company in substantially the same manner as presently conducted, shall have been obtained or made (all such approvals and the expiration of all such waiting periods, the "REQUISITE REGULATORY APPROVALS") (c) NO INJUNCTIONS OR RESTRAINTS. No judgment, order, restraining order and/or injunction (temporary or otherwise), decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation, entered, enacted, promulgated, enforced or issued by any court or other Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or prohibition (collectively, "RESTRAINTS") shall be in effect preventing or materially delaying the consummation of the Purchase; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each of the parties shall have used its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Restraint lifted, vacated or rescinded. SECTION 6.2 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER . The obligation of Purchaser to affect the Purchase is further subject to satisfaction or waiver as part of Closing or on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions: (a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein and in the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Page 42 Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date). Purchaser shall have received a certificate of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer to the foregoing effect. (b) PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. The Company and the Shareholders shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them at or prior to the Closing Date under this Agreement. Purchaser shall have received a certificate of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer to the foregoing effect. (c) REGULATORY CONDITION. No condition or requirement shall have been imposed by one or more Governmental Entities in connection with any required approval by them of the Purchase that requires the Company or any of its subsidiaries to be operated in a manner that would have a material adverse effect on the Company. (d) NO COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. There shall not be or exist any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that has had, has or which reasonably could be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the Company. (e) INTEREST TO GE ACCESS. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall have paid all interest due to GE Access through the day immediately prior to the Closing Date. (f) GE ACCESS AND SHAREHOLDER AFFILIATED COMPANIES DEBT. The Shareholders, the Company, each of the Shareholder Affiliated Companies, Purchaser and GE Access shall have executed a Settlement Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D and made a part hereof (the "Settlement Agreement") which provides in substantial part that as part of Closing and at the Closing, the Company debt to GE Access shall be satisfied in full. Page 43 (g) EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. Each of the Company employees designated below shall have executed Employment Agreements in the respective forms attached hereto as EXHIBIT A (the "Employment Agreements"): (1) Barry R. Andersen (h) REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. Purchaser and the Shareholders shall have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Registration Rights Agreement"). (i) SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF DUE DILIGENCE. Purchaser shall have completed to its satisfaction legal, accounting and business due diligence as to the Company. (j) RESIGNATION OF DIRECTORS. There shall have been delivered to Purchaser the written resignations of the directors of the Company. (k) REMOVAL OF SHAREHOLDER AFFILIATED COMPANY EMPLOYEES FROM COMPANY BENEFITS AND COMPANY PAYROLL. In accordance with the Addendum to Company Disclosure Schedule, on or prior to April 1, 2005, all employee benefits of Shareholder Affiliated Companies shall have been removed and separated from those of the Company and all employees of Shareholder Affiliated Companies shall have been removed from the Company payroll system. (l) PAYMENT OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION JUDGMENT. AI shall have paid the balance due on those judgments entered against AI and the Company in connection with King County Superior Court Cause No. 04-13562-1SEA and that Forbearance Agreement by and among General Electric Capital Corporation, AI and the Company on or about September 24, 2004. (m) SECURITY AGREEMENT. AI shall have executed the Security Agreement as defined in Section 5.10(b) above. (n) CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING. Purchaser shall have received prior to or at the Closing a certificate of good standing regarding the Company from the Secretary of State of the State of Washington dated not more than fifteen (15) days prior to Closing. Page 44 SECTION 6.3 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS. The obligation of the Shareholders to affect the Purchase is further subject to satisfaction or waiver on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions: (a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and warranties of Purchaser set forth herein and in the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date). The Company shall have received a certificate of Purchaser's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to the foregoing effect. (b) PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER. Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date under this Agreement. The Company shall have received a certificate of Purchaser's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to the foregoing effect. (c) REGULATORY CONDITION. No condition or requirement shall have been imposed by one or more Governmental Entities in connection with any required approval by them of the Purchase that requires Purchaser or any of its subsidiaries to be operated in a manner that would have a material adverse effect on Purchaser. (d) NO PURCHASER MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. There shall not be or exist any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that has had, has or which reasonably could be expected to have, a material adverse effect on Purchaser. (e) REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. Purchaser and the Shareholders shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement. SECTION 6.4 FRUSTRATION OF CLOSING CONDITIONS. Neither Purchaser nor the Company may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in Section 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3, as the case may be, to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such party's failure to use its own commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as required by and subject to Section 5.2. Page 45 ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION; ARBITRATION SECTION 7.1. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) Subject to the limitations and compliance with the procedure set forth herein and in Section 7.2 below, Purchaser and its officers, directors and Affiliates (the "Purchaser Indemnified Parties") shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Shareholders, and each of them, jointly and severally, against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of investigation (hereinafter individually a "Purchaser Loss" and collectively "Purchaser Losses") incurred by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties directly or indirectly as a result of: (i) any inaccuracy of a representation or warranty of Shareholders contained in this Agreement, (ii) any failure by Shareholders to perform or comply with any covenant contained in this Agreement, (iii) the settlement agreement by and between General Electric Capital, Arcessa, Inc, and the Company dated as of September 24, 2004 and the stipulated judgment entered against the Company in King County Superior Court Case No. 04-2-13562-1SEA, (iv) any and all liability which may arise from any automobile leases to which the Company is a party at the Closing and/or the operation of the automobiles that are the subject of such leases, whether such liability arises from breach of contract negligence or otherwise, and (v) liability of the Company in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for sales tax liability currently being reviewed by the State of Washington ; PROVIDED that, except as specifically provided above, no Purchaser Indemnified Party shall be entitled to receive indemnification payments under clause (i) above with respect to any Purchaser Loss unless and until the aggregate deductible amount of the Purchaser Losses exceeds $25,000 and then only to the extent of the Purchaser Losses in excess of such aggregate amount; and PROVIDED FURTHER that in determining the amount of any Purchaser Losses suffered by any Purchaser Indemnified Party which give rise to liability of Shareholders hereunder, there shall have been taken into account (x) the amount of any tax benefits actually realized by such Purchaser Indemnified Party attributable to such Purchaser Losses or derived therefrom in any period to and including the end of the taxable year following the year in which the Loss was incurred; and (y) the amount of any insurance benefits actually realized by such Purchaser Indemnified Party attributable to such Purchaser Losses or derived therefrom. In the event liability for any Purchaser Losses hereunder shall be incurred prior to the payment of the cash portion of any Earn Out Payment that may become due under this Agreement, such Purchaser Losses shall, at the option of Purchaser, be satisfied first from and to the extent of such cash portion of the Earn Out Payment that becomes due. (b) Shareholders (the "Seller Indemnified Parties") shall be indemnified and held harmless by Purchaser against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of investigation (hereinafter individually a "Seller Loss" and collectively "Seller Losses") incurred by the Seller Indemnified Parties directly or indirectly as a result of: (i) any inaccuracy of a representation or warranty of Purchaser contained in this Agreement or (ii) any failure by Purchaser to perform or comply with any covenant Page 46 contained in this Agreement; PROVIDED that the Seller Indemnifies Parties shall not be entitled to receive indemnification payments with respect to any Seller Loss under (i) above unless and until the aggregate deductible amount of the Seller Losses incurred by any Seller Indemnified Parties exceeds $25,000 and then only to the extent of the Seller Losses in excess of such aggregate amount; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, in determining the amount of any Seller Losses suffered by any Seller Indemnified Party which give rise to liability of Purchaser hereunder, there shall have been taken into account (x) the amount of any tax benefits actually realized by such Seller Indemnified Party attributable to such Seller Losses or derived therefrom in any period to and including the end of the taxable year following the year in which the Seller Loss was incurred; and (y) the amount of any insurance benefits actually realized by such Seller Indemnified Party attributable to such Seller Losses or derived therefrom. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Shareholders' indemnification obligations for Purchaser Losses incurred by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties directly or indirectly as a result of any inaccuracy of a representation or warranty of Shareholders contained in this Agreement or any failure by Shareholders to perform or comply with any covenant contained in this Agreement shall terminate on April 1, 2007 and the aggregate of all claims for indemnity by Purchaser Indemnified Parties under this Agreement shall be limited to and not exceed the actual purchase price paid to Shareholders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Purchaser's indemnification obligations for Seller Losses incurred by the Seller Indemnified Parties directly or indirectly as a result of any inaccuracy of a representation or warranty of Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall terminate on April 1, 2007. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the existence of this Article VII and of the rights and restrictions set forth herein do not limit any legal remedy for claims based on common law fraud. (e) Any claim for the recovery of Seller Losses or Purchaser Losses shall be made by giving notice thereof in accordance with Section 7.2 below and, such notice shall be given prior to April 1, 2007. SECTION 7.2 CLAIMS AND PROCEDURE (a) Claims. Whenever any claim shall arise for indemnification, the party seeking indemnification hereunder (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") shall notify the party or parties from whom indemnification is sought (collectively, the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") of the claim pursuant to SECTION 7.2 (C) hereunder and, when known, the facts constituting the basis for such claim and the amount or estimate of the amount of the liability arising from such claim. The indemnified party shall not settle or compromise any claim by a third party for which the indemnified party is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless (i) suit shall have been instituted against the indemnified party and (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have taken control of such suit as provided in SECTION 7.2 (B) within 25 days after notification thereof. Page 47 (b) Defense by Indemnifying Party. In connection with any claim giving rise to indemnity hereunder resulting from or arising out of any claim or legal proceeding by a third party, the indemnifying party, at its sole cost and expense, may, upon written notice to the indemnified party, assume the defense of any such claim or legal proceeding. If the indemnifying party assumes the defense of any such claim or legal proceeding, the indemnifying party shall select counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnified party to conduct the defense of such claims or legal proceedings and at the indemnifying party's sole cost and expense shall take all reasonable steps necessary in the defense or settlement thereof. The indemnifying party shall not consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such claim or legal proceeding, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, unless (a) the indemnifying party admits in writing its liability to hold the indemnified party harmless from and against any losses, damages, expenses and liabilities arising out of such settlement, (b) concurrently with such settlement the indemnifying party pays into court the full amount of all losses, damages, expenses and liabilities to be paid by the indemnifying party in connection with such settlement and obtains a full release of any liability of the indemnified party which is not conditioned upon any further payment and (c) such settlement would not otherwise have a material adverse effect on the indemnified party. The indemnified party shall be entitled to participate in (but not control) the defense of any such action, with its own counsel and at its own expense. If the indemnifying party does not assume the defense of any such claim or litigation resulting therefrom in accordance with the terms hereof, the indemnified party may defend against such claim or litigation in such manner as it may deem appropriate including, but not limited to, settling such claim or litigation, after giving notice of the same to the indemnifying party, on such terms as the indemnified party may deem appropriate. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any action by the indemnified party, which participation shall be limited to contributing information to the defense and being advised of its status. In any action by the indemnified party seeking indemnification from the indemnifying party in accordance with the provisions of this Section, if the indemnifying party did not assume the defense of any such claim or litigation, the indemnifying party shall not be entitled to question the manner in which the indemnified party defended such claim or litigation or the amount or nature of any such settlement. (c) Notice. In the event of any occurrence which may give rise to a claim by an indemnified party against an indemnifying party hereunder, the indemnified party will give notice thereof to the indemnifying party within 20 days of the indemnified party becoming aware of events giving rise to the possibility of a right to indemnification and the first opportunity to reduce, remedy or incur the damages or potential damages caused by such occurrence; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that failure of the indemnified party to timely give the notice provided in this SECTION 7.2 (C) shall not be a defense to the liability of an indemnifying party for such claim, but such indemnifying party may recover from the indemnified party any actual damages arising from the indemnified party's failure to give such timely notice; provided, further that Purchaser may take preemptive legal action of a pressing nature, with respect to a third party Claim, without first contacting the Shareholders, if reasonable to do so. Page 48 (d) Manner of Indemnification. All claims by Purchaser Indemnified Parties for indemnification shall be recovered first by way of set-off from or against any contingent payments due Shareholders pursuant to Section_1.2(b) before such parties may recover from Shareholders directly. If EBITDA for calendar year 2005, as described in Section 1.2 (b) above, has not yet been computed at the time a claim is made by Purchaser Indemnified Parties, Purchaser Indemnified Parties agree that collection or indemnity enforcement activity against Shareholders shall be suspended until EBITDA is calculated and the additional consideration, if any, described in Section 1.2 (b) is also calculated, at which time Purchaser Indemnified Parties would have to first set off the amount of any claims against such consideration before pursuing Shareholders for claims in excess of the value of such additional consideration (as such value is determined at Closing). (e) Access to Information. Regardless of which party shall assume the defense of a claim, each party shall provide to the other parties, upon written request, all information and documentation in the possession or control of such party and reasonably necessary to support and verify any Purchaser or Seller Losses which give rise to such claim for indemnification and shall provide reasonable access to all books, records and personnel in such party's possession or control which would have a bearing on such claim. SECTION 7.3 ARBITRATION. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement (a "Dispute"), shall be settled by binding arbitration. Any such arbitration proceeding shall be conducted by one arbitrator mutually agreeable to Shareholders and Purchaser. In the event that within 45 days after submission of any Dispute to arbitration, Shareholders and Purchaser cannot mutually agree on one arbitrator, Shareholders and Purchaser shall each select one arbitrator, and the two arbitrators so selected shall select a third arbitrator who will arbitrate the case on his own. The agreed upon arbitrator or the third arbitrator , as the case may be, shall set a limited time period and establish procedures designed to reduce the cost and time for discovery while allowing the parties an opportunity, adequate in the sole judgment of the arbitrator or third arbitrator, as the case may be, to discover relevant information from the opposing parties about the subject matter of the Dispute. The arbitrator or the third arbitrator, as the case may be, shall rule upon motions to compel or limit discovery and shall have the authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys' fees and costs, to the same extent as a competent court of law or equity, should the arbitrator or third arbitrator, as the case may be, determine that discovery was sought without substantial justification or that discovery was refused or objected to without substantial justification. The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement. Such decision shall be written and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusions which shall set forth the award, judgment, decree or order awarded by the arbitrator(s). Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Any such arbitration shall be held in Seattle, WA under the rules then in effect of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services. The substantially non-prevailing party shall pay all expenses relating to the arbitration, including without limitation, the respective expenses of each party, the fees of each arbitrator and applicable administrative fees. Page 49 ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER SECTION 8.1 TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing: (a) by mutual written consent of Purchaser and the Shareholders; (b) by either Purchaser or the Shareholders; (i) if the Purchase shall not have been consummated at or prior to 5:00 p.m., Denver, CO, time, on April 1, 2005, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to any party whose failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement results in the failure of the Purchase to be consummated by such time and date; provided further that either party may extend the Closing Date by notice to the other to a date not later than April 10, 2005. (ii) if any Restraint having any of the effects set forth in Section 6.1(c) shall be in effect and shall have become final and nonappealable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(b) (ii) shall have used its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the entry of such Restraint and to have such Restraint vacated or removed; (iii) if any Governmental Entity that must grant a Requisite Regulatory Approval shall have denied the applicable Requisite Regulatory Approval and such denial shall have become final and nonappealable; or (c) by Purchaser, if the Shareholders or the Company shall have breached any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach (i) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) or (b), and (ii) is either incapable of being cured by the Company or the Shareholders, or if curable, is not cured within 15 days of receipt from Purchaser of written notice thereof; or (d) by the Shareholders, if Purchaser shall have breached any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach (i) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Page 50 (b), and (ii) is either incapable of being cured by Purchaser or, if curable, is not cured within 15 days of receipt from the Company of written notice thereof. The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1 shall provide written notice of such termination to the other party in accordance with Section 8.2, specifying in reasonable detail the provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is effected. SECTION 8.2 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. (a) If this Agreement is terminated by either the Shareholders or Purchaser as provided in Section 8.1, this Agreement forthwith shall become void and have no effect, without any liability or obligation on the part of Purchaser or the Shareholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing herein shall relieve any party from any liability (in contract, tort or otherwise, and whether pursuant to an action at law or in equity) for any knowing or willful breach by such party of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement or in respect of fraud by any party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article VIII, Section 5.1(b), Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 9.8 and Section 9.11 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. (b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if any of the conditions specified in Article VI hereof for its benefit have not been satisfied, Purchaser and/or the Shareholders (as applicable) shall have the right to waive the satisfaction thereof and to proceed with the transactions contemplated hereby. SECTION 8.3 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended by the parties at any time. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of all of the parties to be bound thereby. SECTION 8.4 EXTENSION; WAIVER. At any time prior to the Closing, a party may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (c) subject to the provisions of Section 8.3, waive compliance by the other party with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure of any party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of such rights. Page 51 ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 9.1 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES ANDAGREEMENTS. The representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date for a period of one (1) year. This Section 9.1 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance after the Closing Date. SECTION 9.2 NOTICES. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, telecopied (which is confirmed) or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice): (a) If to Purchaser, to: Incentra Solutions, Inc. 1140 Pearl Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 Fax No.: (303) 440-7114 Attention: Thomas P. Sweeney III with a copy (which shall not constitute notice pursuant to this Section 9.2 to: Reed Guest, Esq. 94 Underhill Road Orinda, CA 94563 Fax No.: (925) 254-9226. (b) if to the Shareholders, to: Barry Andersen 10508 Exeter Ave. NE. Seattle WA 98125 and to: Gary Henderson 5511 105th Ave NE Kirkland WA 98033 with a copy (which shall not constitute notice pursuant to this Section 9.2) to: Daniel M. Hendrickson O'Shea Barnard Martin P.S. Suite 1500 10900 NE 4th Street Bellevue WA 98004 Fax No.: 425-454-6575 Page 52 SECTION 9.3 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement: (a) an "AFFILIATE" of any person means another person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first person, where "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, as trustee or executor, or otherwise. (b) "ENCUMBRANCES" shall mean Liens, security interests, deeds of trust, encroachments, reservations, orders of Governmental Entities, decrees, judgments, contract rights, claims or equity of any kind. (c) "KNOWLEDGE" means, (i) with respect to the Shareholders, the actual knowledge, of either of the Shareholders or of the Company's executive officers and (ii) with respect to Purchaser, the actual knowledge, of any of Purchaser's executive officers. (d) "MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" or "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means, when used in reference to the Company or Purchaser, any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that is, or which reasonably could be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), cash flows or results of operations of such party and its subsidiaries, considered as an entirety. (e) "PERSON" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity. (f) a "SUBSIDIARY" of any person means another person, an amount of the voting securities, other voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect not less than a majority of its Board of Directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first person. SECTION 9.4 INTERPRETATION. Whenever the words "include," "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation." The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Page 53 Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. SECTION 9.5 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties. A facsimile copy of a signature page shall be deemed to be an original signature page. SECTION 9.6 ENTIRE AGREEMENT; NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein) (a) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and (b) except for the provisions of Section 6.4 which shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the persons referred to therein, are not intended to confer upon any person other than the parties any rights or remedies and (c) all Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement are incorporated into this Agreement by reference. SECTION 9.7 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal substantive and procedural laws of the State of Washington, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law of such state. SECTION 9.8 ASSIGNMENT. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns. SECTION 9.9 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. Each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of any State or Federal court located in the State of Washington in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and arbitration is first demanded or suit is first filed by Purchaser, (b) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of any Federal court located in the State of Colorado in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and arbitration is first demanded or suit is first filed by Shareholders, (c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (d) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than a court as provided in (a) above with respect to claims by Purchaser or (b) with respect to claims by Shareholders. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the Page 54 laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any State or Federal court as provided above, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. SECTION 9.10 HEADINGS. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. SECTION 9.11 SEVERABILITY. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible. SECTION 9.12 ENFORCEMENT. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. [The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.] Page 55 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Shareholders, and Purchaser have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above. INCENTRA SOLUTIONS, INC. By: /s/ THOMAS P. SWEENEY III ------------------------- Name: Thomas P. Sweeney III Title: Chief Executive Officer SHAREHOLDERS: /s/ BARRY R. ANDERSEN --------------------- Barry R. Andersen /s/ GARY L. HENDERSON --------------------- Gary L. Henderson Page 56