UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
14A
(Rule
14a-101)
Proxy
Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange
Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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by the Registrant
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Preliminary
Proxy Statement
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Confidential,
for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
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Definitive
Proxy Statement
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Definitive
Additional Materials
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Soliciting
Material Pursuant to
§240.14a-12
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Xcorporeal,
Inc.
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(Name
of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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(Name
of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the
Registrant)
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of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
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Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
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Title
of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:
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Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction applies:
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15,154,687
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Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is
calculated and state how it was determined):
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$2,300,000
(aggregate amount of cash to be received by the registrant) + $1,871,430
(the amount that is being paid to satisfy the registrant’s liability to
National Quality Care, Inc. (“NQCI”) for NQCI’s attorneys’ fees and costs
awarded by the arbitrator pursuant to the terms of the Partial Final Award
issued on April 13, 2009) + $0 (the aggregate value of royalty payments to
be received by the registrant, as such value cannot be determined at this
time).
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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$4,171,430
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$834.29
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previously paid with preliminary materials.
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box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
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Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement No.
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Xcorporeal,
Inc.
80
Empire Drive
Lake
Forest, CA 92630
January
___, 2010
Dear
Stockholders:
You are
cordially invited to attend a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special
Meeting”) of Xcorporeal, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on January ___, 2010
at
____ a.m., local
time
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The
Special Meeting will be held at ___________________. The Special
Meeting will consist of a discussion and voting on matters set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders.
The
Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders and a Proxy Statement, which more
fully describe the formal business to be conducted at the Special Meeting,
follow this letter.
Regardless
of whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting, your vote is important
and we encourage you to vote promptly. After reading the Proxy Statement, please
promptly mark, sign and date the enclosed proxy card and return it in the
prepaid envelope provided. The Proxy Statement and accompanying proxy
card are first being mailed to you on or about January ___, 2010.
We look
forward to seeing you at the Special Meeting.
Sincerely
yours,
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/s/
Kelly J.
McCrann
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Kelly
J. McCrann
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Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
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Xcorporeal,
Inc.
80
Empire Drive
Lake
Forest, CA 92630
NOTICE
OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD ON JANUARY ___, 2010
To
the Stockholders of Xcorporeal, Inc.:
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”)
of Xcorporeal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Xcorporeal” or the “Company”),
will be held at ___________________________, on January ___, 2010, at ____ a.m.,
local time. At the Special Meeting, you will be asked:
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to
approve the sale of substantially all of the assets (the “Assets”) of
Xcorporeal (the “Asset Sale”) pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement (the
“Asset Purchase Agreement”) by and among Fresenius USA,
Inc. (“FUSA”), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Xcorporeal,
Xcorporeal Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Xcorporeal, and National Quality Care, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, dated as of December 14, 2009, in the form attached to the
accompanying Proxy Statement as Exhibit A (the “Asset Sale
Proposal”);
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to
approve the voluntary dissolution and liquidation of Xcorporeal pursuant
to a Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution (the “Plan of
Liquidation”), attached to the accompanying Proxy Statement as
Exhibit B, providing for, among other things, in the event that the Asset
Sale is approved by our stockholders and the Asset Sale is subsequently
consummated, the transfer of all of our remaining assets, including rights
to certain payments under the Asset Purchase Agreement (collectively, the
“Remaining Assets”), together with all of our liabilities and obligations
not satisfied prior to our dissolution (collectively, the “Remaining
Liabilities”), to the Liquidating Trust (as defined in the Proxy
Statement) and, if the Asset Sale is not approved or consummated,
authority to our board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) to dispose
of all of our Assets, and, in either case, our complete liquidation and
dissolution (the “Plan of Liquidation
Proposal”);
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to
approve any proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date to
solicit additional proxies in favor of the approval of either the Asset
Sale Proposal or the Plan of Liquidation Proposal, if there are
insufficient votes for approval of either or both of such proposals at the
time of the Special Meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”);
and
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to
transact such other business as may properly come before the Special
Meeting and any adjournment or postponement
thereof.
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The
foregoing matters are described in more detail in the enclosed Proxy
Statement.
Our Board
of Directors has carefully reviewed and considered each of the foregoing
proposals and the terms and conditions of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the
Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation and has concluded that the Asset Purchase
Agreement, the Asset Sale, the transfer of all of the Remaining Assets and
Remaining Liabilities to the Liquidating Trust, subject to consummation of the
Asset Sale, and, if the Asset Sale is not approved or consummated, the
disposition of all of our Assets, and, in either case, the complete liquidation
and dissolution of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation, are all in
the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.
The
Board of Directors recommends that you vote: (1) “
FOR
” the approval of
the Asset Sale Proposal, (2) “
FOR
” the approval of
the Plan of Liquidation Proposal and (3) “
FOR
” the approval of
the Adjournment Proposal.
The
enclosed Proxy Statement is issued in connection with the solicitation of a
proxy on the enclosed form by our Board of Directors for use at the Special
Meeting. The Proxy Statement not only describes the items that our stockholders
are being asked to consider and vote on at the Special Meeting, but also
provides you with important information about us. Financial and other important
information concerning us is also contained in our 2008 Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, our Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009, our other reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and any amendments
thereto that we may file with the SEC.
The Board
of Directors believes that the consummation of the Asset Sale and the
liquidation of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation would maximize
stockholder value by increasing the probability that we will be able to
distribute liquidation proceeds, if any, from the Liquidating Trust to our
stockholders as soon as practicable, including any HD WAK Royalty or
Supersorbent Royalty payments (as defined in the Proxy Statement) by FUSA to
us. See “Proposal No. 2: Approval of the Plan of Liquidation and
Dissolution of Xcorporeal.” To the extent such amounts may become
available for distribution in the future, they will be distributed pro-rata from
the Liquidating Trust. We anticipate that at closing none of the cash proceeds
from the Asset Sale will be distributed to our stockholders in light of the fact
that currently our total liabilites and obligations significantly exceed our
total assets.
If the
Plan of Liquidation is not approved, we will proceed with the Asset Sale and
will use the cash received from the Asset Sale and the Remaining Assets to pay
off our liabilities and ongoing operating expenses, to the extent we have
available cash and assets to do so. In such event, our Board of
Directors may consider making a second attempt to solicit a vote of the
stockholders to approve the Plan of Liquidation.
If our
stockholders approve the Plan of Liquidation, but the Asset Sale is not approved
or is not consummated, we will move forward with our dissolution. If this
happens, our Board of Directors will be authorized to sell and liquidate our
Assets, on such terms and to such parties, which may include FUSA, as the Board
of Directors determines in its sole discretion without requiring further
stockholder approval. After an extensive review of a range of strategic
alternatives for the Company, including our continuing as an independent entity,
exploring mergers and acquisitions and any possible financing arrangements and
considerable efforts to maximize the value of our assets, the Board of Directors
believes that the Asset Purchase Agreement presents the best offer for the sale
of the Assets and that the consummation of the Asset Sale and the liquidation of
the Company pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation would maximize stockholder value
by increasing the probability that we will be able to distribute liquidation
proceeds. Our Board of Directors believes that if the Asset Sale is not
approved, we will be forced to discontinue operations and/or proceed with a
liquidation in bankruptcy and, in either case, there will not be funds or any
other assets available for a distribution to our stockholders.
If the
Asset Sale is not consummated and the Plan of Liquidation is not approved,
whether due to lack of stockholder approval or other reasons, we may attempt to
seek to contact other potential acquirers of the Company or our assets but the
likelihood of such sale is remote based upon our extremely limited
resources. If we are otherwise unsuccessful in consummating the sale
of our assets considering our recent financial performance and already
extremely limited resources, we would completely deplete our remaining resources
and will be forced to discontinue operations and/or proceed with a liquidation
in bankruptcy and, in either case, there will not be funds or any other assets
available for a distribution to our stockholders. Our Board of Directors
believes that if the Asset Sale is not consummated and the Plan of Liquidation
is not approved, we will be forced to discontinue operations and/or proceed with
a liquidation in bankruptcy and, in either case, there will not be funds or any
other assets available for a distribution to our stockholders.
We urge you to read the accompanying
Proxy Statement in its entirety and consider it carefully. Please pay
particular
attention
to (1) the “Risk Factors” beginning on page 53 for a discussion of the risks
related to the Asset Sale, the Plan of
Liquidation
and the risks related to our business, in the event the Asset Sale and/or the
Plan of Liquidation is not approved by our stockholders, and (2) “Proposal No.
2: Approval of the Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution of Xcorporeal
— Liquidating Distributions; Nature;
Amount;
Timing”, which reflects our current estimate of the timing of and the amounts
that may be ultimately available for liquidating distributions to our
stockholders.
The Board of Directors has fixed the
close of business on January ___, 2010 as the record date (the “Record Date”)
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the
Special Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Only our stockholders of record at
the close of business on Record Date will be entitled to notice of, and to vote
at, the Special Meeting.
You can
vote in one of three ways:
(1) Use
the toll-free telephone number on your proxy card to vote by phone;
(2) Visit
the website noted on your proxy card to vote via the Internet; or
(3) Sign,
date and return your proxy card in the enclosed envelope to vote by
mail.
Pursuant
to the rules promulgated by the SEC, we have elected to provide access to our
proxy materials both by sending you this Proxy Statement and a form of the proxy
card and by notifying you of the availability of such proxy materials on the
Internet. This Proxy Statement and a form of a proxy card are
available under “Investors”, sub-category “SEC Filings”, section of our web site
at www.xcorporeal.com. We began distributing this Proxy Statement and
a form of the proxy card on or about January ___, 2010.
The Company hopes you can attend the
Special Meeting. However, whether or not you plan to attend, please
vote either by Internet or by telephone or complete, sign, date and return the
accompanying proxy card as soon as possible in the enclosed envelope. If you
attend the Special Meeting, you may revoke your earlier vote if you wish and
vote personally. Each of the Asset Sale Proposal and the Plan of
Liquidation Proposal requires the approval of the holders of at least a majority
of shares of our common stock outstanding as of the Record Date and entitled to
vote thereon and the Adjournment Proposal requires the approval of the holders
of at least a majority of the shares of our common stock represented in person
or by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote
thereon. Therefore, it is very important that your shares be
represented.
By
order of the Board of Directors
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/s/ Robert Weinstein
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Robert
Weinstein
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Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
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Lake
Forest, California
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December
24, 2009
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YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
ALL
STOCKHOLDERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING IN PERSON. WHETHER OR NOT
YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING, YOU SHOULD READ THE ATTACHED PROXY
STATEMENT CAREFULLY, AND VOTE YOUR SHARES BY INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY
COMPLETING, DATING AND SIGNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE
AND RETURNING IT IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE PREPAID ENVELOPE. PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER,
THAT IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD OF RECORD BY A BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND
YOU WISH TO VOTE AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, YOU MUST OBTAIN FROM THE RECORD HOLDER
A PROXY ISSUED IN YOUR NAME OR BRING AN ACCOUNT STATEMENT OR LETTER FROM THE
NOMINEE INDICATING YOUR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP AS OF THE RECORD DATE.
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for Xcorporeal,
Inc.’s
Special
Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on January ___, 2010
The Proxy
Statement and a form of a proxy card are available at
http://www.xcorporeal.com/htmls/sec_filings.html.
Information on Xcorporeal’s
website
does not constitute a part of this Proxy Statement.
Neither the SEC nor any state
securities regulatory agency has approved or disapproved the Asset Sale
Proposal, the Plan of Liquidation Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, passed
upon the merits or fairness of the Asset Sale or the Plan of Liquidation nor
passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the disclosure in this
document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
XCORPOREAL,
INC.
80
Empire Drive
Lake
Forest, CA 92630
PROXY
STATEMENT
FOR
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD
JANUARY
___
, 2010
This
proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) is being furnished to the stockholders
of Xcorporeal, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in connection with the solicitation
of proxies on behalf of Xcorporeal’s board of directors to be used at a special
meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to be held on January ___,
2010 at ____ a.m., local time, at _____________________________, and any
adjournments thereof, for the purposes set forth herein and in the accompanying
Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders.
As
used in this Proxy Statement, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms
“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” and “Xcorporeal” refer to Xcorporeal, Inc.,
including all of its subsidiaries, and prior to October 12, 2007, the company
which is now our wholly-owned subsidiary and known as Xcorporeal Operations,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the term “Operations” refers solely to
Xcorporeal Operations, Inc.
This
Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card are first being mailed to all
stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting on or about January ___,
2010 (the “Mailing Date”).
Only
stockholders of record as of the close of business on January ___, 2010 (the
“Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting or
any adjournment or postponement thereof. At the close of business on the Record
Date, there were ______________ shares of our common stock and no shares of our
preferred stock outstanding. Each share of our common stock is
entitled to one vote. Shares cannot be voted at the Special Meeting unless the
holder thereof is present or represented by proxy.
YOUR
VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE VOTE
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SHARES ARE REPRESENTED AT THE SPECIAL
MEETING. TO VOTE YOUR SHARES, PLEASE EITHER VOTE BY INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR
COMPLETE, DATE, AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL
MEETING. VOTING BY INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY SENDING IN YOUR PROXY CARD WILL
NOT PREVENT YOU FROM VOTING YOUR SHARES AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, IF YOU DESIRE TO
DO SO, AS YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR EARLIER VOTE.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
TERM SHEET
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9
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Summary
of Terms of the Asset Sale
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12
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QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MEETING AND THE PROPOSALS
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SPECIAL
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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PROPOSAL
NO. 1: Approval of the Sale of Substantially All of the Assets of
Xcorporeal
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General
Overview
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Background
of the Asset Sale
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Description
of the Asset Purchase Agreement
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Purchase
and Sale of Assets
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Purchase
Price
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Assets
to be Retained by the Company
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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Representations
and Warranties of FUSA
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Conduct
Prior to Closing
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligations
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Conditions
Precedent to FUSA’s Obligations
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Conditions
Precedent to Xcorporeal’s Obligations
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The
Closing
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties and Indemnification
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Exclusivity
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Termination
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Side
Agreement
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Voting
Agreement
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Description
of the Arbitration Proceeding and Other Agreements Entered into with
NQCI
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Payments
of a Portion of the Aggregate Consideration to NQCI
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No
Opinion of Financial Advisor
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Interests
of Our Executive Officers and/or Directors in the Asset Sale and Plan of
Liquidation
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Accounting
Treatment
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Certain
Federal Income Tax Consequences to the Company
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Votes
Required for the Approval of the Sale of Substantially All of the Assets
of Xcorporeal
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Recommendation
of Our Board of Directors
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PROPOSAL
NO. 2: Approval of the Plan of Liquidation of Xcorporeal
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General
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Background
and Reasons for the Proposed Liquidation and Dissolution
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Transfers
to the Liquidating Trust; Nature; Amount; Timing
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Terms
of the Liquidating Trust
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Trading
of Interests in the Liquidating Trust
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Nature,
Amount and Timing of Liquidating Distributions
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The
Plan of Liquidation is Contingent Upon the Approval and Consummation of
the Asset Sale
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Estimated
Distributions to Stockholders
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Sale
of Our Assets
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Principal
Provisions of the Plan of Liquidation
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Conduct
Following Adoption of the Plan of Liquidation
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Contingent
Liabilities; Contingent Reserves
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Abandonment
and Amendment
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Plan
of Liquidation Expenses and Indemnification
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Trading
of Our Common Stock
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Interests
of Our Executive Officers and/or Directors in the Asset Sale and the
Plan of Liquidation
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Regulatory
Approvals
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Absence
of Appraisal Rights
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Material
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
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Tax
Consequences to the Company
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Tax
Consequences to Our Stockholders
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Liquidating
Trust
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Back-Up
Withholding
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Taxation
of Non-U.S. Stockholders
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State
and Local Income Taxes
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Votes
Required for the Approval of the Plan of Liquidation
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Recommendation
of Our Board of Directors
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PROPOSAL
NO. 3: Approval of Any Proposal to Adjourn the Special Meeting to Solicit
Additional Proxies
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In
Favor of the Approval of Either or Both of Proposal No. 1 and Proposal No.
2
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RISK
FACTORS
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Risks
Related to Dual Proposals No. 1 and No. 2
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Risks
Related to the Asset Sale
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Risks
Related to the Plan of Liquidation
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Risks
Related to Our Continuing Business Operations
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BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP
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Stock
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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Market
Information
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Dividend
Policy
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STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS
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HOUSEHOLDING
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WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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INCORPORATION
OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
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WHO
CAN HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
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OTHER
MATTERS
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IMPORTANT
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Exhibit
A – Asset Purchase Agreement
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A-1
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Exhibit
B – Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution
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B-1
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Exhibit
C – Form of Liquidating Trust Agreement
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C-1
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SUMMARY
TERM SHEET
This
summary highlights selected information from this Proxy Statement and may not
contain all of the information that is
important
to you. To fully understand the proposed Asset Sale transaction and subsequent
liquidation of the Company, you should
carefully
read this entire Proxy Statement and the exhibits attached to this Proxy
Statement.
Asset
Sale
Asset Purchase Agreement
On December 14, 2009, we, Operations
and National Quality Care, Inc. (“NQCI”, and collectively with the Company and
Operations, the “Sellers”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset
Purchase Agreement”) with Fresenius USA, Inc. (“FUSA”), a Massachusetts
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care Holdings,
Inc., in the form attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit A, which provides
for the sale of substantially all of each Sellers’ assets (the “Asset Sale”) to
FUSA for an aggregate cash purchase price of $8,000,000 (the “Cash Purchase
Price”) and certain other royalty payment rights (as more fully discussed
below). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the
Cash Purchase Price will be paid to the Sellers as follows: (a) an exclusivity
fee in the amount of $200,000 previously paid by FUSA to the Company, (b)
$3,800,000 on the date of closing (the “Closing Date”) of the transactions (the
“Transactions”) contemplated under the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Closing”),
of which the Company and NQCI shall receive $1,650,000 and $2,150,000,
respectively, (c) $2,000,000 on April 1, 2010, of which the Company and NQCI
shall receive $375,000 and $1,625,000, respectively, and (d) $2,000,000 on April
1, 2011, of which the Company and NQCI shall receive $75,000 and $1,925,000,
respectively. Of the Cash Purchase Price being paid to NQCI,
$1,871,430 is being paid to satisfy the Company’s liability to NQCI for NQCI’s
attorneys’ fees and costs awarded by the arbitrator pursuant to the terms of the
Partial Final Award issued on April 13, 2009.
In addition, during the life of the
patents included in the HD WAK Technology (as defined below) (the “HD WAK
Patents”) the Company will be entitled to certain royalty payments from the sale
of wearable hemodialysis (“HD WAK”) devices in each country where such sales
infringe valid and issued claims of the Sellers’ HD WAK Patents issued in such
country (“HD WAK Devices Royalty”) and the attendant disposables that
incorporate the HD WAK Technology (as defined below) (“Attendant Disposables”),
not to exceed a certain maximum amount per patient per week in a country where
such sales infringe valid and issued claims of the HD WAK Patents issued in such
country (the “Attendant Disposables Royalty”, and together with the HD WAK
Devices Royalty, the “HD WAK Royalty”). Such payment for Attendant
Disposables will not be payable with regard to Attendant Disposables that
incorporate any technology for which a Supersorbent Royalty (as defined below)
is paid by FUSA to any Seller or any of their affiliates. NQCI will be entitled
to certain amounts in respect of the HD WAK Royalty.
Additionally, during the life of any
patents included in the Supersorbent Technology (as defined below) (the
“Supersorbent Patents”), the Company will be entitled to certain royalty
payments on each supersorbent cartridge sold per patient in each country where
such sales infringe valid and issued claims of the Supersorbent Patents issued
in such country less any and all royalties payable to The Technion Research and
Development Foundation Ltd. (“TRDF”) pursuant to the Research Agreement and
Option for License, dated June 16, 2005 (the “Research Agreement”), or any
subsequently executed license agreement between TRDF and FUSA. Such payment for
supersorbent cartridges will not be payable with regard to supersorbent
cartridges that incorporate any HD WAK Technology for which a HD WAK Royalty is
paid by FUSA to any Seller or any of their affiliates (the “Supersorbent
Royalty,” and together with the HD WAK Royalty, the “Royalty Payments”). NQCI
will be entitled to certain amounts in respect of the Supersorbent Royalty. For
a more detailed discussion of the consideration to be provided under the Asset
Purchase Agreement, see “Proposal No. 1: Approval of the Sale of Substantially
All of the Assets of Xcorporeal — Description of the Asset Purchase Agreement —
Purchase
Price
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FUSA also granted to the Sellers an
option to obtain a perpetual, worldwide license to the Supersorbent Technology
for use in healthcare fields other than renal. The option will be exercisable
during the twelve-month period following FUSA’s receipt of regulatory approval
for the sale of a supersorbent product in the United States or European Union,
which the Company expects will require further development of the supersorbent
technology with TRDF and successful completion of clinical trials by FUSA. In
the event that such option becomes exercisable and a Seller exercises the
option, the consideration payable to FUSA by such Seller(s) for the exercise of
the option will consist of a payment in the amount of $7,500,000, payable in
immediately available funds, and a payment of an ongoing royalty in amount equal
to the lesser of $0.75 per supersorbent cartridge and $1.50 per patient per week
in each country where such sales infringe valid and issued claims of the
Supersorbent Patents issued in such country.
FUSA will
purchase our only business segment, which consists of the business related to
our
extra-corporeal
platform and development of any products to be derived therefrom.
Side
Agreement
In
connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a
side agreement, dated December 14, 2009 (the “Side Agreement”), with
FUSA pursuant to which (i) subject to the approval of the lessor, FUSA
agreed on the Closing Date to assume the lease agreement of our operating
facility located at 80 Empire Drive, Lake Forest, California 92630 (the “Lease”)
and in consideration of such assumption, we agreed to pay to FUSA on the Closing
Date the amount of $175,000, representing approximately six months of rent and
common area expenses that are expected to be incurred by FUSA under the Lease
following the Closing Date, (ii) FUSA engaged us to perform such
consulting, advisory and related services through certain Key Personnel (as
defined in the Side Agreement) to and for FUSA as may be reasonably requested
from time to time by FUSA and its affiliates (the “Services”), for the period
beginning on November 16, 2009 and ending on the Closing Date, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with the terms of the Side Agreement, and in
consideration for the Services rendered by us during such term, FUSA agreed to
pay to us a cash fee, payable in semi-monthly installments, at the annual rate
for the full-time services of each of the Key Personnel, as more fully described
in the Side Agreement, and (iii) in consideration of FUSA having incurred and
continuing to incur certain expenses on our behalf, we agreed to reimburse
FUSA for certain of its expenses reasonably incurred on our behalf,
including, tooling, prototyping and intellectual property maintenance expenses,
all reasonably documented third party expenses incurred by FUSA in negotiating
and documenting the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement
and the Side Agreement (including FUSA’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses), consulting fees and certain other miscellaneous consulting expenses,
in the event the closing under the Asset Purchase Agreement does not take place
as a result of the Company consummating a Superior
Proposal. The material terms of the Side Agreement are summarised
above and a copy of the Side Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1
to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2009.
Stockholders
are urged to carefully review the Side Agreement in its
entirety
.
Voting
Agreement
In
connection with the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement, certain of
the Sellers’ executive officers and/or directors executed a Stockholder Voting
Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”). Under the Voting Agreement, such
directors and/or executive officers of the Company have committed (i) to vote
all of the shares of the Company’s common stock owned by them as of
December 14, 2009, together with all shares of our common stock acquired by them
as a result of the exercise of any options owned by them as of such date, in
favor of the adoption of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the approval of the
Asset Sale, and (ii) subject to certain exceptions, not to enter into
discussions concerning or provide confidential information in connection with
alternative business combination transactions. The shares subject to the
Voting Agreement constitute approximately 41.9% of our outstanding common stock
as of November 12, 2009, and more than 50% of NQCI’s outstanding voting
securities. The material terms of the Voting Agreement are summarised
above and a copy of the Voting Agreement was filed as Exhibit 4.1
to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2009.
Stockholders
are urged to carefully review the Voting Agreement in its
entirety
.
On November 28, 2009, our Board of
Directors approved, subject to stockholder approval, the Asset Purchase
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder, including the sale of
substantially all of our assets to FUSA, and voted to recommend that our
stockholders approve the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Asset Sale. We are now
seeking stockholder approval of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Asset Sale.
For a more detailed discussion of the principal provisions of the Asset Purchase
Agreement, see “Proposal No. 1: Approval of the Asset Sale—Principal Provisions
of the Asset Purchase Agreement.”
Plan
of Liquidation
Prior to the mailing of this Proxy
Statement, our Board of Directors approved, subject to stockholder approval, a
Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution (the “Plan of Liquidation”), attached to
this Proxy Statement as Exhibit B, providing for, among other things, in the
event that the Asset Sale is approved by our stockholders and the Asset Sale is
subsequently consummated, the transfer of all of our remaining assets, including
rights to certain payments under the Asset Purchase Agreement (collectively, the
“Remaining Assets”), together with all liabilities, to the Liquidating Trust (as
defined below) and, if the Asset Sale is not approved or consummated, authority
to our Board of Directors to dispose of all of our Assets, and, in either case,
our complete liquidation and dissolution, and voted to recommend that our
stockholders approve the Plan of Liquidation. We are now seeking stockholder
approval for this Plan of Liquidation. The transfer of our Remaining Assets to
the Liquidating Trust pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation will be contingent
upon approval by our stockholders of the Asset Sale and the subsequent
consummation of the Asset Sale. For a more detailed discussion of the Plan of
Liquidation, see “Proposal No. 2: Approval of the Plan of Liquidation and
Dissolution — Principal Provisions of the Plan of Liquidation.”
Proposal
to Adjourn the Special Meeting
As
described above, our Board of Directors has determined that the foregoing
proposals are in the best interests of our stockholders. Because approval of
these proposals is a necessary step to completing the Asset Sale and the
dissolution and liquidation of the Company, we are seeking stockholder approval
to give us the right to elect to adjourn the Special Meeting to solicit
additional proxies in favor of either or both of these proposals if it appears
at the time of the Special Meeting that an insufficient number of votes will be
cast to approve either or both of these proposals.
Required
Vote
The affirmative vote of the holders of
a majority of the shares of our common stock issued and outstanding on the
Record Date is required for the approval of the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation. The approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock represented
in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Special
Meeting.
SUMMARY
OF TERMS OF THE ASSET SALE
The
Parties
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Xcorporeal,
Inc.
We
are a medical device company that has been engaged in developing an
innovative
extra-corporeal
platform technology to be used in devices to
replace the function of various human organs (the “Xcorporeal
Business”).
Xcorporeal
Operations, Inc.
Operations
is our wholly-owned subsidiary.
National
Quality Care, Inc.
NQCI
is a research and development company. NQCI’s platform technology is a
wearable artificial kidney for dialysis and other medical applications.
This device treats the blood of patients through a pulsating,
dual-chambered pump. NQCI has also been engaged in developing the
Supersorbent Technology jointly with the efforts of TRDF (collectively,
the “NQCI Business”, and together with the Xcorporeal Business, the
“Business”).
Fresenius
USA, Inc.
Fresenius
Medical Care Holdings, Inc. (“Fresenius Medical Care”) is the world's
largest integrated provider of products and services for individuals
undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney failure, a condition that
affects more than 1,770,000 individuals worldwide. Fresenius USA,
Inc. (“FUSA”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care
and a part of Fresenius SE, a global health care group with products and
services for dialysis, the hospital and the medical care of patients at
home.
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Assets
Proposed to be Sold to FUSA
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We
are proposing to sell to FUSA substantially all of our assets, properties
and intellectual property rights used in connection with the operation of
our business, excluding (i) our cash, restricted cash and cash
equivalents, (ii) our accounts receivable, (iii) our marketable
securities, (iv) our website and (v) our insurance policies.
As
consideration for the sale of substantially all of our assets to FUSA, on
the closing date of the Asset Sale (the “Closing Date”) we will receive
(a) $2,100,000, which is our portion of the Cash Purchase Price, in
addition to $200,000 which was previously paid to us as the exclusivity
fee, of which $1,650,000 will be paid to us on the Closing Date, $375,000
will be paid to us on April 1, 2010 and $75,000 will be paid to us on
April 1, 2011, and (b) our share of the Royalty Payments (as defined
below). In addition, of the portion of the Cash Purchase Price being paid
to NQCI, per the agreement of the Sellers, $1,871,430 is being paid to
satisfy our liability to NQCI for NQCI’s attorneys’ fees and costs awarded
by the arbitrator pursuant to the terms of the Partial Final Award issued
on April 13, 2009.
FUSA
will purchase our only business segment, which consists of the business
related to our
extra-corporeal
platform and development of any products to be derived
therefrom.
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Liabilities
Assumed by FUSA
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FUSA
will not assume any of the Sellers’ liabilities incurred prior to the
closing date of the transactions contemplated under the Asset Purchase
Agreement.
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Restrictions
on Our Ability to Solicit Third Party Proposals; Ability to enter into a
Superior Proposal
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Subject
to certain fiduciary out exceptions, the Asset Purchase Agreement contains
restrictions on our ability to solicit third party proposals and on our
ability to provide information and engage in discussions and negotiations
with unsolicited third
parties.
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Conditions
to the Closing of the Asset Sale
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The
obligations of the parties to complete the Asset Sale are subject to
certain conditions,
including:
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that
the representations and warranties of the Sellers contained in the Asset
Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all respects as of the date of
the Asset Purchase Agreement and as of the Closing
Date,
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the
approval of the Asset Sale by each of the Seller’s stockholders holding
the majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Seller (the
“Stockholder Approvals”);
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that
certain third party consents are obtained by the
Sellers;
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that
no Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) shall have occurred with
respect to the Assets or, recognizing the constraints of the Sellers’
financial situation, the Business since the date of the Asset Purchase
Agreement and no fact or circumstance shall have occurred or arisen since
the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement that would reasonably be expected
to have such a Material Adverse
Effect;
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that
the Research Agreement shall have been validly assigned to FUSA and the
exclusive license for use of the Supersorbent Technology in any and all
medical applications, as contemplated by the Research Agreement, shall
have been executed and delivered to FUSA;
and
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certain
other customary
conditions.
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Termination
of the Asset Purchase Agreement
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The
Asset Purchase Agreement may be terminated under certain
circumstances, including:
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by
the mutual agreement of FUSA and the
Sellers;
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by
the Sellers or FUSA if any governmental authority shall have issued a
final order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, which has the
effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
transactions contemplated under the Asset Purchase
Agreement;
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by
the Sellers if the board of directors of any Seller determines in good
faith that it has received a Superior Proposal (as defined below) and that
it is required to terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement in order to
comply with its fiduciary duties, and otherwise complies with certain
terms of the Asset Purchase
Agreement;
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by
FUSA if the Stockholder Approvals have not been obtained on or before
February 28, 2010; and
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subject
to certain limitations, by FUSA or any Seller, if the closing has not
occurred on or before February 28, 2010 and the Asset Purchase Agreement
has not previously been
terminated.
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In
connection with the termination as a result of any Seller proceeding with
a Superior Proposal, contemporaneously with the closing of a transaction
contemplated by a Superior Proposal, such terminating Seller shall be
obligated to pay a termination fee of $2,500,000 to FUSA. In the event
such terminating Seller is the Company, the Company also agreed to
reimburse FUSA for, among other things, all of its reasonably incurred
development expenses in connection with the provision of the Services (as
defined below) by certain personnel of the Company to FUSA.
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Payment
of Expenses
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All
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Asset Sale shall be
paid by the party incurring such expenses.
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Material
Income Tax Consequences of the Asset Sale
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We
believe that we will not incur any material federal or state income taxes
as a result of the Asset Sale because of our net operating loss carry
forwards and our basis in the assets being sold exceeds the sale proceeds
that will be received from
FUSA.
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Payment
of a Portion of the Transaction Proceeds to NQCI
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Pursuant
to the terms of the Binding Memorandum of Understanding, dated as of
August 7, 2009 (the “Memorandum”), the Sellers agreed to mutually
cooperate in order for us to consummate a transaction involving an
exclusive license and/or sale to a third party (the “Proposed
Transaction”) of a part, substantially all or all of our technology and
other intellectual property rights licensed to us by NQCI under the
License Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006, and which transaction
also contemplated an arrangement with respect to the Polymer Technology
(herein referred to as “supersorbent”) (the “Licensed Technology”), or any
other transaction (a “Transaction”) involving the sale, license or other
disposition by us of a part, substantially all or all of the Licensed
Technology. The Sellers further agreed that upon the consummation of a
Proposed Transaction, they will allocate any license fees and any other
additional consideration received in such transaction between the Sellers
under the terms of the Partial Final Award (as defined
below).
Pursuant
to the terms of the Memorandum and subject to the terms of the Asset
Purchase Agreement, NQCI was entitled to receive (i) 36.96% of the cash
proceeds to be received by us in a Proposed Transaction (which amount is
intended to represent an amount equal to 39% of the net royalty payments
provided for by the terms of the Partial Final Award issued on April 13,
2009 by the arbitrator in the arbitration proceeding between the Sellers
and NQCI (the “Partial Final Award”)), following the deduction therefrom
of our expenses incurred in connection with the Proposed Transaction, plus
$1,871,430 in attorneys’ fees and costs payable by us to NQCI pursuant to
the terms of the Partial Final Award, and (ii) 39% of any other
consideration to be received by us in connection with a Proposed
Transaction.
Therefore,
pursuant to the terms of the Memorandum, pursuant to the terms of the
Asset Purchase Agreement, NQCI shall receive $5,700,000 of the Cash
Purchase Price, $1,871,430 is being paid to satisfy our liability to NQCI
for NQCI’s attorneys’ fees and costs awarded by the arbitrator pursuant to
the terms of the Partial Final Award, and shall be entitled to receive 40%
of any HD WAK Royalty and 60% of any Supersorbent Royalty payments. For a
more detailed discussion of the payment arrangements between the Sellers
in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, see “Proposal No. 1:
Approval of the Asset Sale — Description of the Arbitration Proceeding and
Other Transactions Entered Into With NQCI; Payment of a Portion of the
Aggregate Consideration Under the Asset Purchase Agreement to
NQCI.”
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Summary of Terms of the Plan of
Liquidation and Complete Dissolution
Plan
of Liquidation
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The
consummation of the Plan of Liquidation is contingent upon our
stockholders approving the Plan of Liquidation. For detailed information
regarding the Plan of Liquidation, see “Proposal No. 2 – Approval of the
Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution.” A copy of the Plan of Liquidation is
attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit B.
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Modification
or Abandonment of the Plan of Liquidation
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Our
Board of Directors may modify, amend or abandon the Plan of Liquidation,
notwithstanding stockholder approval, to the extent permitted by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). We will not
amend the Plan of Liquidation under circumstances that would require
additional stockholder solicitations without complying with applicable
law.
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Liquidating
Trust
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Subject
to stockholder approval of the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation, the
consummation of the Asset Sale and our Board of Directors not
amending or abandoning our Plan of Liquidation, we anticipate transferring
to the Liquidating Trust all of our Remaining Assets and Remaining
Liabilities, any remainder of our portion of the Cash Purchase Price
remaining after payment of certain of our liabilities and our right to the
Royalty Payments. Prior to the mailing of this Proxy Statement, our Board
of Directors approved the terms of the Liquidating Trust Agreement, in the
form attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit C. We anticipate
establishing the Liquidating Trust contemporaneously with the closing of
the Asset Sale. The term of the Liquidating Trust will be 10 years and the
interests in the trust will be non-transferable, subject to certain
exceptions as required by law. Kelly J. McCrann, our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, will be the trustee of the Liquidating Trust (the
“Trustee”) and will receive certain compensation for such services, as
more fully discussed under Proposal No. 2. We anticipate that such
transfer to the Liquidating Trust will be made as soon as practicable
after the closing of the Asset Sale. For detailed information regarding
the terms of the Liquidating Trust, see “Proposal No. 2 – Approval of
the Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution – Terms of the Liquidating
Trust.”
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Anticipated
Timing and Projected Amount of Transfer to the Liquidating
Trust
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Subject
to stockholder approval of the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation, the
consummation of the Asset Sale, our Board of Directors not amending
or abandoning our Plan of Liquidation and satisfaction of our and the
Liquidating Trust’s liabilities and expenses, we anticipate that the
Trustee will make distribution(s) of the liquidation proceeds from
the Liquidating Trust, if any, upon the receipt of any Royalty Payments to
be paid to us by FUSA.
As
of the date hereof, we are unable to estimate what the liquidation
proceeds per share of our common stock outstanding as of the Record Date
would be. The actual distribution amount(s) will be determined and the
final distribution will be made by the Trustee in his sole discretion
after the realization over-time of the cash value, if any, of the Royalty
Payments, and settlement and satisfaction of all our and the Liquidating
Trust’s liabilities and expenses.
We
anticipate that none of the Cash Purchase Price will be distributed to our
stockholders in light of the fact that currently our total liabilities and
obligations significantly exceed our total
assets.
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QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MEETING AND THE PROPOSALS
Q:
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What
is the purpose of the Special
Meeting?
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At
the Special Meeting, our stockholders will consider and vote on the
following proposals:
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1.
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to
approve the sale (the “Asset Sale”) of substantially all of our assets
(the “Assets”) pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 14, 2009, entered into by and among FUSA, Xcorporeal, Operations
and NQCI, in the form attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit A (the
“Asset Sale Proposal”);
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to
approve our voluntary dissolution and liquidation pursuant to a Plan of
Liquidation and Dissolution (the “Plan of Liquidation”), attached to this
Proxy Statement as Exhibit B, providing for, among other things, in the
event that the Asset Sale is approved by our stockholders and the Asset
Sale is subsequently consummated, the transfer of all of our assets
remaining after the Asset Sale, including rights to certain payments under
the Asset Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Remaining Assets”),
together with all of our liabilities and obligations remaining prior to
such transfer (the “Remaining Liabilities”), to the Liquidating Trust (as
defined below) and, if the Asset Sale is not approved or consummated,
authority to our Board of Directors to dispose of all of our Assets, and,
in either case, our complete liquidation and dissolution contemplated by
the Plan of Liquidation (the “Plan of Liquidation Proposal”). The transfer
of all of our Remaining Assets and Remaining Liabilities to the
Liquidating Trust pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation will be contingent
upon approval by our stockholders of the Asset Sale and the subsequent
consummation of the Asset Sale. For a more detailed discussion of the Plan
of Liquidation, see “Proposal No. 2: Approval of the Plan of Liquidation
and Dissolution of Xcorporeal — Principal Provisions of the Plan of
Liquidation;”
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to
approve any proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date to
solicit additional proxies in favor of the approval of either or both of
the Asset Sale Proposal or the Plan of Liquidation Proposal, if there are
insufficient votes for approval of either or both of such proposals
at the time of the Special Meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”);
and
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to
transact such other business as may properly come before the Special
Meeting and any adjournment or postponement
thereof.
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Q:
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What
is our Board of Directors’ recommendation with respect to the Asset Sale
Proposal, the Plan of Liquidation Proposal and the Adjournment
Proposal?
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Our
Board of Directors (the “Board of
Directors”):
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determined
that the Asset Sale and other transactions contemplated by the Asset
Purchase Agreement, are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of us
and our stockholders;
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approved
in all respects the Asset Sale and the other transactions contemplated by
the Asset Purchase Agreement;
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determined
that the Plan of Liquidation, including the transfer of all our Remaining
Assets to the Liquidating Trust, subject to the approval of the Asset Sale
by our stockholders and the subsequent consummation of the Asset Sale, and
the other transactions contemplated by the Plan of Liquidation, are fair
to, advisable and in the best interests of us and our
stockholders;
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approved
and adopted in all respects the Plan of Liquidation and the transactions
contemplated thereby; and
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determined
that the adoption of the Adjournment Proposal is advisable and in the best
interests of us and our
stockholders.
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Accordingly,
our Board of Directors recommends that you vote: (1) “
FOR
” the approval of
the Asset Sale Proposal, (2) “
FOR
” the approval of
the Plan of Liquidation Proposal and (3) “
FOR
” the approval of
the Adjournment Proposal.
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Are there risks I should
consider before deciding on the
proposals?
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Yes.
You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth under the caption
“Risk Factors” beginning on page 53 of this Proxy Statement in evaluating
whether to approve the Asset Sale Proposal, the Plan of Liquidation
Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. These risk factors should be
considered along with any other information included or incorporated by
reference herein, including any forward-looking statements made herein.
See “Where You Can Find More
Information.”
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Q:
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What is Xcorporeal
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s current
business?
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We
are a medical device company that has been engaged in developing an
innovative
extra-corporeal
platform technology to be used in devices to
replace the function of various human organs. These devices will seek to
provide patients with improved, efficient and cost effective therapy. We
hope that the platform will lead to the following three
products:
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Portable Artificial Kidney, or “PAK”, for attended care Renal Replacement
Therapy, or “RRT”, for patients suffering from Acute Renal Failure, or
“ARF”
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PAK for home hemodialysis for patients suffering from End Stage Renal
Disease, or “ESRD”
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Wearable Artificial Kidney, or “WAK”, for continuous ambulatory
hemodialysis for treatment of ESRD
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We are a
development stage company and we have previously focused much of our efforts on
development of the PAK. We have generated no revenues to date and have been
unprofitable since our inception. Because of our lack of resources and
difficulty in obtaining financing, our existing cash reserves will not be
sufficient to satisfy our liabilities and other obligations and we will not be
able to develop any of our products, submit 510(k) notifications or PMA
applications to the FDA, conduct clinical trials or otherwise commercialize any
of our products, and therefore, are proposing to sell substantially
all of our assets to FUSA as described herein. If the Asset Sale is not
consummated or if the Plan of Liquidation is not approved by our stockholders
for any reason, we will discontinue our operations and liquidate our assets
and/or will be forced to seek protection under bankruptcy laws.
The Asset Sale and the Plan
of Liquidation and Possible Distribution(s) to Stockholders
Q:
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What
assets are we proposing to sell?
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We
are proposing to sell to FUSA substantially all of our assets consisting
of our assets, properties, intellectual property and intellectual property
rights used in connection with the operation of our business, excluding
the Remaining Assets, which consist of our (i) cash, restricted cash and
cash equivalents, (ii) accounts receivable, (iii) marketable securities
and (iv) website.
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FUSA will
purchase our only business segment, which consists of the business related to
our
extra-corporeal
platform and development of any products to be derived therefrom. For more
information about the Remaining Assets we will retain and payment terms under
the Asset Purchase Agreement, please see “Proposal No. 1: Approval of the Sale
of Substantially All of the Assets of Xcorporeal ─ Description of the Asset
Purchase Agreement ─
Assets
to be Retained by the Company
” and “Proposal No. 1: Approval of the Sale
of Substantially All of the Assets of Xcorporeal ─ Description of the Asset
Purchase Agreement ─
Purchase
Price
”, respectively.
Q:
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Why
has the Board of Directors recommended the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation?
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The
deterioration of the economy over the last 18 months and the economic
conditions particularly affecting development-stage health care related
companies, coupled with the prolonged delay in reaching a resolution with
respect to the arbitration proceeding with NQCI commenced in December 2006
(the “Arbitration”) and the consummation of the Technology Transaction (as
defined below) has significantly adversely affected us. Many of the
expectations on which we had based our 2008 and 2009 business development
plans slowly eroded as a result of the lengthy Arbitration which continued
into the second quarter of 2009. The possibility of an adverse decision in
the Arbitration with respect to our ownership right to the Technology (as
defined below) was a major factor in our inability to secure debt or
equity financing. Accordingly, we have had to modify or curtail our
activities and business operations. In addition, in response to the
general economic downturn affecting the development of our products and
liquidity condition, we instituted a variety of measures in an attempt to
conserve cash and reduce our operating expenses. As a result and after
making several attempts to identify and implement a business plan that
could be successful over the long term and an exhaustive search for a
strategic and product development partner, our Board of Directors
determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and our
stockholders to (i) enter into the Asset Purchase Agreement with FUSA and
consummate the Asset Sale, (ii) dissolve and liquidate the Company
pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation, including subject to the approval by
our stockholders of the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation and the
consummation of the Asset Sale, transfer all of our Remaining Assets and
Remaining Liabilities to the Liquidating Trust. After an extensive review
of a range of strategic alternatives for the Company, including our
continuing as an independent entity, exploring mergers and acquisitions
and any possible financing arrangements and considerable efforts to
maximize the value of our assets, the Board of Directors believes that the
Asset Purchase Agreement presents the best offer for the sale of the
Assets and to maximize stockholder value and recommends the Asset Sale to
our stockholders. Our Board of Directors also determined that the Plan of
Liquidation was the most advantageous plan for the dissolution and
liquidation of the Company and therefore approved and recommends the
Plan of Liquidation to our stockholders. See “Proposal No. 1: To Approve
the Sale of Substantially All of the Assets of the Company – History of
the Asset Sale” and “Proposal No. 2: To Approve the Plan of
Liquidation of the Company – Background and Reasons for the Proposed
Liquidation and Dissolution.”
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Q:
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Who
is the buyer in the Asset Sale?
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A:
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The
buyer is Fresenius USA, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. Fresenius
Medical Care is the world's largest integrated provider of products and
services for individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney
failure, a condition that affects more than 1,770,000 individuals
worldwide. Fresenius Medical Care is a part of Fresenius SE, a global
health care group with products and services for dialysis, the hospital
and the medical care of patients at home. The principal offices of
Fresenius Medical Care North America are located at 920 Winter Street,
Waltham, MA 02451-1457. The telephone number of Fresenius North America is
(781) 699-9000.
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Q:
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What
are the expected proceeds and other consideration to be received from the
Asset Sale?
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Pursuant
to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the aggregate cash consideration (the
“Cash Purchase Price”) that will be paid by FUSA to the Sellers on the
Closing Date is $8,000,000, $200,000 which was previously paid to us as an
exclusivity fee, $3,800,000 of which will be paid on the closing date of
the Asset Sale (the “Closing Date”), $2,000,000 will be paid on April 1,
2010 and $2,000,000 will be paid on April 1, 2011. $2,300,000 is our
portion of the Cash Purchase Price, of which $200,000 was previously paid
to us as the exclusivity fee, $1,650,000 will be paid to us on the
Closing Date, $375,000 will be payable to us on April 1, 2010 and $75,000
will be payable to us on April 1, 2011. Of the Cash Purchase Price being
paid to NQCI, per the agreement of the Sellers, $1,871,430 will be
paid to satisfy our liability to NQCI for NQCI’s attorneys’ fees and costs
awarded by the arbitrator pursuant to the terms of the Partial Final Award
issued on April 13, 2009.
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In
addition, during the life of the patents included in the HD WAK Technology (as
defined below) (the “HD WAK Patents”) the Company will be entitled to certain
royalty payments from the sale of wearable hemodialysis (“HD WAK”) devices in
each country where such sales infringe valid and issued claims of the Sellers’
HD WAK Patents issued in such country (“HD WAK Devices Royalty”) and the
attendant disposables that incorporate the HD WAK Technology (as defined below)
(“Attendant Disposables”), not to exceed a certain maximum amount per patient
per week in a country where such sales infringe valid and issued claims of the
HD WAK Patents issued in such country (the “Attendant Disposables Royalty”, and
together with the HD WAK Devices Royalty, the “HD WAK Royalty”). Such
payment for Attendant Disposables will not be payable with regard to Attendant
Disposables that incorporate any technology for which a Supersorbent Royalty (as
defined below) is paid by FUSA to any Seller or any of their affiliates. NQCI
will be entitled to certain amounts in respect of the HD WAK
Royalty.
Additionally,
during the life of any patents included in the Supersorbent Technology (as
defined below) (the “Supersorbent Patents”), the Company will be entitled to
certain royalty payments on each supersorbent cartridge sold per patient in each
country where such sales infringe valid and issued claims of the Supersorbent
Patents issued in such country less any and all royalties payable to The
Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. (“TRDF”) pursuant to the
Research Agreement and Option for License, dated June 16, 2005 (the “Research
Agreement”), or any subsequently executed license agreement between TRDF and
FUSA. Such payment for supersorbent cartridges will not be payable with regard
to supersorbent cartridges that incorporate any HD WAK Technology for which a HD
WAK Royalty is paid by FUSA to any Seller or any of their affiliates (the
“Supersorbent Royalty,” and together with the HD WAK Royalty, the “Royalty
Payments”). NQCI will be entitled to certain amounts in respect of the
Supersorbent Royalty. For a more detailed discussion of the principal provisions
of the Asset Purchase Agreement, see “Proposal No. 1: Approval of the Sale of
Substantially All of the Assets of Xcorporeal — Description of the Asset
Purchase Agreement” and for a more detailed discussion of the aggregate
consideration to be provided under the Asset Purchase Agreement, see “Proposal
No. 1: Approval of the Sale of Substantially all of the Assets of Xcorporeal —
Description of the Asset Purchase Agreement -
Purchase Price
.”
FUSA also
granted to the Sellers an option to obtain a perpetual, worldwide license to the
Supersorbent Technology for use in healthcare fields other than renal. The
option will be exercisable during the twelve-month period following FUSA’s
receipt of regulatory approval for the sale of a supersorbent product in the
United States or European Union, which the Company expects will require further
development of the supersorbent technology with TRDF and successful completion
of clinical trials by FUSA. In the event that such option becomes exercisable
and a Seller exercises the option, the consideration payable to FUSA by such
Seller(s) for the exercise of the option will consist of a payment in the amount
of $7,500,000, payable in immediately available funds, and a payment of an
ongoing royalty in amount equal to the lesser of $0.75 per supersorbent
cartridge and $1.50 per patient per week in each country where such sales
infringe valid and issued claims of the Supersorbent Patents issued in such
country.
We
anticipate that none of the Cash Purchase Price will be distributed to our
stockholders in light of the fact that currently our total liabilities and
obligations significantly exceed our total assets. See “Proposal No. 2:
Approval of the Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution of Xcorporeal — Estimated
Distribution to Stockholders.”
Q:
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How
was the amount of the aggregate consideration to be received in the Asset
Sale determined?
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A:
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The
Board of Directors organized a process in connection with the sale of the
Company or the Assets in order to maximize the net proceeds of any sale
transaction. The Board of Directors hired William Blair & Company, a
nationally-recognized investment bank and financial advisor (“William
Blair”), to broadly canvass the market with a view towards identifying all
possible acquirers of the Company or the Assets. William Blair and Synergy
Partners (a Pacific Rim investment banker and agent) approached
approximately 65 potential investors, partners and/or acquirers,
worldwide, to determine their level of interest in the Company’s
operations and technology. Once we and William Blair had identified those
parties with an interest in discussing a possible transaction, we engaged
in concurrent discussions with all such parties as a way of validating and
maximizing the purchase price, or potential economics of partnering to
further develop the Company’s technology and bringing related products to
market. In order to create an informal “auction” environment, we let each
prospective acquirer know that discussions with other parties were
taking place. In connection with these discussions, we made available to
the prospective acquirers information related to us necessary for the
conduct of their due diligence including, without limitation, publicly
available information, analyst reports, market data and relevant
publications highlighting the Company’s activities and accomplishments. In
addition, we evaluated partnering with certain strategic parties while
potentially selling certain of our assets to other parties worldwide. In
the case of FUSA, the negotiations involved considerable focus on the sale
of substantially all of the Assets. FUSA did not express any
interest in acquiring the equity of the Company. As the Company’s product
development has been focused on ultimately commercializing a hemodialyis
device for chronically ill patients to treat themselves at home, based
upon FUSA’s expertise in hemodialysis and its desire to develop a device
that can be marketed for home use for chronically ill dialysis patients,
FUSA recognized the potential value in the Company’s
technology.
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Q:
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When
will the Asset Sale be completed?
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The
Asset Purchase Agreement provides that we must satisfy certain conditions
before the Asset Sale will close including, without limitation, (i) that
the representations and warranties of the Sellers contained in the Asset
Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all respects as of the date of
the Asset Purchase Agreement and as of the Closing Date, (ii) the
requirement to obtain the approval of the Asset Sale by each of the
Seller’s stockholders holding the majority of the outstanding voting
securities of such Seller (the “Stockholder Approvals”), (iii) that
certain third party consents are obtained by the Sellers, (iv) that no
Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) shall have occurred with
respect to the Assets or, recognizing the constraints of the Sellers’
financial situation, the Business since the date of the Asset Purchase
Agreement and no fact or circumstance shall have occurred or arisen since
the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement that would reasonably be expected
to have such a Material Adverse Effect, (v) that the Research Agreement
shall have been validly assigned to FUSA and the exclusive license for use
of the Supersorbent Technology in any and all medical applications, as
contemplated by the Research Agreement, shall have been executed and
delivered to FUSA, and (vi) certain other customary conditions. Subject to
the satisfaction of the closing conditions, we expect to consummate the
Asset Sale on or before February 28, 2010. We anticipate that the Asset
Sale will close soon after our stockholders approve the Asset Sale, if
they do.
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Q:
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What
will happen if the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation is
approved?
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If the
Asset Sale is consummated and the Plan of Liquidation is approved, we will move
forward with the complete liquidation and dissolution of the Company and will
transfer all of our Remaining Assets and Remaining Liabilities to the
Liquidating Trust. The Plan of Liquidation gives the trustee of the Liquidating
Trust (the “Trustee”) the authority to sell the Remaining Assets. Stockholder
approval of the Plan of Liquidation also will constitute approval of any and all
such future Remaining Asset sales. Pursuant to the terms of the Liquidating
Trust, the Trustee will pay or adequately provide for the payment of all of our
known obligations and liabilities prior to any distributions to our
stockholders. The Trustee then will be authorized to convert all of the
Remaining Assets into cash, on such terms and to such parties, as the Trustee
determines in his sole discretion without requiring further stockholder
approval, in order to pay off all of our liabilities and distribute any
remaining cash proceeds from the Liquidating Trust to our stockholders. We are
unable to determine at this point the amount(s) that will be distributed to our
stockholders from the Liquidating Trust. If any amounts become
available for distribution in the future, they will also be distributed
from the Liquidating Trust. See “Proposal No.2: Approval of the Plan
of Liquidation of Xcorporeal ─ Nature, Amount and Timing of Liquidating
Distributions.”
Q:
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What
will happen if the Asset Sale is not approved but the Plan of Liquidation
is approved?
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A:
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If
our stockholders approve the Plan of Liquidation, but the Asset Sale is
not approved or is not consummated, we will move forward with the complete
liquidation and dissolution of the Company. The Plan of Liquidation gives
our Board of Directors the authority to sell all of our assets.
Stockholder approval of the Plan of Liquidation also will constitute
approval of any and all such future asset sales. If this happens, our
Board of Directors will be authorized to sell and liquidate our assets,
including the Assets, on such terms and to such parties, which may include
FUSA, as the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion without
requiring further stockholder approval. Because the Board of
Directors believes that the Asset Purchase Agreement presents the best
offer for the sale of the Assets and because of our already extremely
limited resources, if the Asset Sale is not consummated for whatever
reason, we will be forced to discontinue our operations and/or proceed
with a liquidation in bankruptcy. Under such circumstances, it is
highly doubtful that there would be any assets to distribute to our
stockholders.
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Q:
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What
will happen if both the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation are not
approved?
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A:
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If
the Asset Sale is not consummated and the Plan of Liquidation is not
approved, whether due to lack of stockholder approval or other reasons,
and if we are otherwise unsuccessful in consummating the sale of our
assets, we expect that that we would not make any liquidating
distributions to our stockholders whatsoever. To the extent of
availability of our already substantially depleted assets, our Board of
Directors would continue to manage the Company as a publicly-owned entity
and would explore what, if any, alternatives would be then available for
the future of our business, including continuing to explore our
dissolution and other potential liquidation events for the Company,
including seeking to contact other potential acquirers, if any, of the
Company or our assets. Considering our recent financial performance and
our depleted assets, our assets would most likely be then reduced to 0
over the next 30 days. We will attempt, if possible, to further
reduce our monthly cash burn rate and take certain other additional
measures, including deferral of payments to certain parties, in order to
provide an additional 30 days for us to hold the Special Meeting to give
the opportunity to our stockholders to vote on the Asset Sale and the Plan
of Liquidation. All of our remaining assets most likely would then be used
to maintain our curtailed operations until such time that we would have
little or no assets and we will be forced to discontinue operations
and/or proceed with a liquidation in bankruptcy. Under such circumstances,
it is highly doubtful that there would be any assets to distribute to our
stockholders.
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Q:
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What
will happen if the Asset Sale is approved, but the Plan of Liquidation is
not approved?
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A:
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If
the Asset Sale is approved, but the Plan of Liquidation is not approved by
our stockholders, we would complete the Asset Sale under the Asset
Purchase Agreement. We would not make any liquidating distributions to our
stockholders in the near term and will attempt to maximize cash remaining
after satisfying our liabilities by negotiating possible reduced payments
for our remaining obligations. We would continue to manage the Company as
a publicly-owned entity, would expect to continue to incur the
substantial costs of being a public company and will explore what, if any,
alternatives are then available for the future of our business, including
“going dark.” However, our already substantially depleted resources and
proceeds of the Asset Sale would then be further diminished, which would
most likely result in the curtailment of our operations and/or require us
to file for bankruptcy. In such event, our Board of Directors may also
consider making a second attempt to solicit a vote of the stockholders to
approve the Plan of Liquidation. Under such circumstances, it is highly
doubtful that there would be any assets to distribute to our
stockholders.
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Q:
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How
will the Company use the Transaction Proceeds of the Asset
Sale?
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A:
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We
intend to use much of our share of the Cash Purchase Price to pay our
outstanding liabilities and obligations. It is anticipated that
currently none of the Cash Purchase Price will be available for
distribution to our stockholders
in
light of the fact that currently our total liabilities and obligations
significantly exceed our total assets
. We will attempt
to maximize cash remaining after satisfying our liabilities by negotiating
possible reduced payments for our remaining obligations. A portion of our
share of the Cash Purchase Price may also be used by to fund our
day-to-day operations prior to our dissolution. We intend to retain as
much of the non-cash Remaining Assets as possible for conversion into cash
and eventual distribution, if any, to our stockholders pursuant to the
Plan of Liquidation. In addition, cash distributions to our former
stockholders will be made from the Liquidating Trust to the extent the
Royalty Payments exceed the Remaining Liabilities and the expenses of the
Liquidating Trust. If the Plan of Liquidation is not approved by our
stockholders, our share of the Cash Purchase Price and our Remaining
Assets will be used by us to
satisfy
our liabilities and obligations, and to the extent any part of our
share of the Cash Purchase Price remains thereafter, to
fund our
attempt to obtain financing and to identify and establish a successful
business model for the Company. Considering our recent financial
performance and extremely limited resources, it is unlikely that we would
be able to obtain additional equity or debt financing. If we were unable
to obtain sufficient capital, we would deplete our available limited
resources and may be required to discontinue operations and/or proceed
with a liquidation in bankruptcy.
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Q:
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What
will our business be after the Asset Sale?
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After
the closing of the Asset Sale, if the Plan of Liquidation is approved by
our stockholders, we and Operations will file a certificate of dissolution
with the State of Delaware. Thereafter, our sole activities will relate to
the liquidation and winding up of the Company and Operations pursuant to
the Plan of Liquidation. If the Plan of Liquidation is not approved by our
stockholders, we will attempt to obtain financing and/or identify and
establish a successful business model. Considering our recent financial
performance, it is unlikely that we would be able to obtain additional
equity or debt financing. If we were unable to obtain
sufficient capital, we would deplete our available limited resources
and may be required to discontinue operations and/or proceed with a
liquidation in
bankruptcy.
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Q:
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What
actions will our Board of Directors take if the Plan of Liquidation is
approved?
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A:
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(i)
If the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation is approved by our
stockholders, we will take the following actions:
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·
complete the Asset Sale and the closing of the Asset Purchase
Agreement;
·
file a
certificate of dissolution for each of Xcorporeal and Operations with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
·
establish the Liquidating Trust and transfer to the Liquidating
Trust all of our Remaining Assets and the Remaining
Liabilities;
·
pursuant to the terms of the Liquidating Trust, the Trustee will
pay or adequately provide for the payment of all of our known obligations
and liabilities prior to any distributions to our
stockholders;
·
attempt
to maximize cash remaining after satisfying our liabilities by negotiating
possible reduced payments for our remaining obligations; and
·
the
trustee of the Liquidating Trust will distribute in accordance with the
Liquidating Trust’s governance documents pro rata in one or more
liquidating distributions over time to or for the benefit of our former
stockholders and beneficiaries of the Liquidating Trust any available cash
or cash equivalents obtained from the conversion into cash of all of the
rights and assets transferred to the Liquidating Trust.
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(ii)
If the Asset Sale is not approved by our stockholders, but the Plan of
Liquidation is approved by our stockholders, we will take the following
actions:
·
attempt
to sell all of our Assets on available terms most favorable to
us;
·
discontinuing our operations and liquidating our assets and conduct
our business operations only to the extent necessary to wind up our
business affairs;
·
file a
certificate of dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
·
attempt
to maximize cash remaining after satisfying our liabilities by negotiating
possible reduced payments for our remaining obligations;
·
attempt
to pay or adequately provide for the payment of all of our known
obligations and liabilities, to the extent of our then available
resources;
·
to the
extent of our then available resources, establish a contingency reserve
designed to satisfy any additional unknown or contingent liabilities or
acquire insurance to protect us against such liabilities;
and/or
·
seek
protection under bankruptcy laws. Due to the fact that our liabilities and
obligations significantly exceed our assets, it is highly doubtful that
there would be any cash or cash equivalents to distribute to our
stockholders.
For
more information, see “Proposal No. 2: To Approve the Plan of Liquidation
of the Company — Principal Provisions of the Plan of
Liquidation.”
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Q:
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What
is the Liquidating Trust?
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A:
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In
order to be able to take advantage of no-action positions taken by the
staff of the SEC in several No-Action Letters allowing registrants whose
securities are registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and who are otherwise
not eligible to deregister under applicable rules of the Exchange Act, to
deregister from their Section 13(a) and Section 15 reporting obligations,
we plan to establish a Liquidating Trust which will exist only for the
limited purpose of effecting liquidation of all of our assets and
liabilities within the 10-year period from the establishment date of the
Liquidating Trust. In connection therewith and pursuant to our Plan of
Liquidation, if the Plan of Liquidation and the Asset Sale are approved by
our stockholders, we intend to transfer to the Liquidating Trust all of
our Remaining Assets and all of our liabilities and obligations not paid
off as of the Closing Date (the “Remaining
Liabilities”).
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Q:
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What
are the terms of the Liquidating Trust?
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A;
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If
the Plan of Liquidation and the Asset Sale are approved by our
stockholders, our Board of Directors intends to transfer our share of the
right to any Royalty Payments and the other Remaining Assets, if any,
together with all of the Remaining Liabilities, to the Liquidating Trust
established for the benefit of our stockholders, which rights and assets
would thereafter be sold or distributed on terms approved by the Trustee
of such trust. The purpose of the Liquidating Trust would be to serve as a
temporary repository for the trust property prior to its disposition or
distribution to our stockholders, to distribute or sell such property on
terms satisfactory to the Trustee, and to distribute to our stockholders
any net proceeds of such sale after paying any liabilities assumed by the
Liquidating Trust. The Liquidating Trust will also assume all of our
Remaining Liabilities and will be obligated to pay any expenses and
Remaining Liabilities that remain unsatisfied.
The
Liquidating Trust will be established pursuant to a Liquidating Trust
Agreement to be entered into with an affiliate of Kelly J. McCrann, our
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to act as trustee thereunder, as
approved by our Board of Directors (the “Trustee”), substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C. The Liquidating Trust will assume all
of our obligations and liabilities with respect to the assets transferred
to the Liquidating Trust, including, without limitation, any unsatisfied
claims and unascertained or contingent liabilities relating to these
transferred assets, and any such conveyances to the Liquidating Trust will
be in trust for our stockholders. The transfer to the Liquidating Trust
and distribution of interests therein to our stockholders, if any, will
enable us to divest ourselves of the trust property and permit our
stockholders to enjoy the economic benefits of ownership of such property
and the Royalty Payments whose fair value on the date of this Proxy
Statement is uncertain.
Upon
the determination by the Trustee that all of the Liquidating Trust’s
liabilities have been satisfied, but in any event, not more than 10 years
from the date of its creation, the Liquidating Trust will, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, make a final distribution of any remaining assets
to the holders of the beneficial interests of the trust.
The
adoption of the Plan of Liquidation by our stockholders constitutes full
and complete stockholder approval of the appointment of the liquidating
trustee of the Liquidating Trust, the execution of Liquidating Trust
Agreement and the transfer of our assets to the Liquidating
Trusts.
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Q:
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What
will stockholders receive in the liquidation?
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A:
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As
of the date hereof, we cannot determine what amount(s) will be available
to distribute to our stockholders. If we receive our share of the Royalty
Payments, if the products underlying the technology being sold to FUSA as
part of the Assets is successfully developed and if we incur no additional
liabilities, amounts may become available for distribution to our
stockholders in the future, and if so, will be distrusted from the
Liquidating Trust. However, our Board of Directors has determined that
approving the Asset Sale would increase the probability that we will be
able to distribute liquidation proceeds from the Liquidating Trust to our
stockholders. See “Proposal No. 2: To Approve the Plan of Liquidation of
the Company — Nature, Amount and Timing of Liquidating
Distributions.”
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Q:
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When
will stockholders receive payment of any available liquidation
proceeds?
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A:
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We
presently expect to transfer the Remaining Assets and the Remaining
Liabilities to the Liquidation Trust, as soon as practicable after the
Special Meeting and in connection with the filing of a certificate of
dissolution for each of Xcorporeal and Operations with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware. Upon our receipt of our share of the
Royalty Payments, if any, and/or conversion into cash of the present value
of the stream of Royalty Payments due to us under the Asset Purchase
Agreement, if any, and after satisfaction of all of our liabilities and
obligations and the costs and liabilities associated with the
establishment and maintenance of the Liquidating Trust, the remaining cash
amounts, if any, will be distributed by the Trustee to our stockholders as
the Trustee determines in his sole discretion in accordance with the terms
of the Liquidating Trust. As of the date hereof, however, we are not able
to predict the precise nature, amount or timing of any distributions, due
primarily to our inability to predict the amount of our remaining
liabilities or the amount that we will expend during the course of the
liquidation and the amount, if any, of the Royalty Payments due to us or
the present value that the Trustee would be able to realize upon
conversion of the stream of Royalty Payments due to us under the Asset
Purchase Agreement into cash. If the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation is approved by our stockholders, once the Remaining Assets
have been transferred to the Liquidating Trust, the Trustee, in his sole
discretion, will determine the actual amount and timing of all
distributions to our stockholders. See, “Proposal No. 2: To Approve the
Plan of Liquidation of Xcorporeal — Liquidation Distributions” and
“Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Plan of
Liquidation.”
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Q:
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Do
our executive officers and/or directors have any interest in the Plan of
Liquidation or Asset Sale?
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A:
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Certain
of our executive officers have employment, change in control and other
agreements that provide for severance payments
full
vesting of all unvested equity awards if any such executive officer's
employment is terminated for any reason in connection with a change in
control or if we terminate their employment at any time without cause or
if they are constructively terminated and/or certain other payments in the
event we successfully consummate the Asset Sale.
The
consummation of the Asset Sale may be deemed a change of control under
these agreements and/or may trigger certain severance payments to our
executive officers. The employment of each of these executive officers
will be terminated by us either prior to or during the wind down of our
activities. In either case, such terminations may be deemed terminations
in connection with a change in control and/or require such other severance
payments. The change of control, severance payments and/or certain other
payments that would be due by the Company to our executive officers will
be in the amount up to $1,924,300, if our executive officers are
terminated as a result of the Asset Sale or if the Asset Sale is
successfully consummated, assuming no excise tax gross-up payments are
due. In particular, Kelly J. McCrann, our Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Robert Weinstein, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and
Dr. Victor Gura, our Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, may be entitled
to severance payments in the amount up to $325,000, $286,500 and
$1,312,800, respectively, under their employment agreements. In addition,
if the Asset Sale is consummated, Mr. McCrann will be entitled to a
payment of $432,500 as a sale transaction success fee. Furthermore, in
connection with certain restructuring efforts previously undertaken
by us to reduce our operating expenses, Messrs. McCrann and Weinstein
and Dr. Gura, may be entitled to receive deferred compensation in the
amount of approximately $95,563, $83,531 and $82,050,
respectively, our other employees may be entitled to receive deferred
compensation, in the aggregate, of approximately $60,000, and a member of
our Board of Directors may be entitled to receive deferred compensation in
the amount of approximately $70,000. Additionally, as of February 15,
2010, we estimate that certain of our employees would be entitled to
receive accrued vacation pay, in the aggregate, of approximately
$150,000.
In
addition, Mr. McCrann (or an entity affiliated with Mr. McCrann) will also
serve as the Trustee of the Liquidating Trust and under the terms of the
Liquidating Trust Agreement, in the form attached to this Proxy Statement
as Exhibit C, will receive the following compensation for his services as
the Trustee: 10% of the aggregate Royalty Payments received by the
Liquidating Trust up to $10 million and 5% of any Royalty Payments in
excess thereof. Mr. McCrann will also be entitled to reimbursement of his
expenses incurred as Trustee on behalf of the Liquidating
Trust.
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As
of September 30, 2009, there were 1.16 million shares of common stock
underlying unvested stock options held by our executive officers that will
vest as a result of the Asset Sale. The weighted-average exercise price of
those stock options is $3.25 per share. None of these stock options have
an exercise price at or below $0.065, the last reported sale price of our
common stock as quoted on the Pink Sheets Electronic OTC Market (the “Pink
Sheets”) on December 16, 2009. Since we do not anticipate that any
substantial amount of our share of the Cash Purchase Price will be
available for distribution to our stockholders, we anticipate that none of
these stock options will be exercised. In addition, as of November 12,
2009, our executive officers and/or directors also held 6,352,596 shares
of common stock that will be entitled to the same per share liquidating
distributions from the Liquidating Trust, if any, that will be made to the
other shares of common stock outstanding. See “Proposal No. 1: Approval of
the Asset Sale — Interests of Our Executive Officers and/or
Directors in the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation.”
Additionally,
on the Closing Date a joint venture to be formed by FUSA and Dr. Gura
may enter into an employment agreement with Dr. Gura, pursuant to which
Dr. Gura would assist FUSA in the further development of the Assets for a
certain period after Closing Date, at a set salary to be determined by
FUSA and Dr. Gura. In addition, Dr. Gura may receive an ownership stake in
such joint venture. On the Closing Date, FUSA will not enter into any
other employment or consulting arrangements with any of our executive
officers or employees. Other than described herein, we do not know whether
FUSA will enter into any employee or consulting arrangements thereafter
with any of our executive officers or employees and FUSA has not notified
us of any intention to do so to date.
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Q:
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What
happens to my shares of common stock after the dissolution of the
Company?
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A:
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If
the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation are approved by our
stockholders and the Asset Sale is consummated, the transfer of the
Remaining Assets and Remaining Liabilities to the Liquidating Trust under
the Plan of Liquidation or the wind up of our affairs under the Plan of
Liquidation will be in complete cancellation of all of the outstanding
shares of our common stock. From and after the effective date of the
certificate of dissolution to be filed by the Company with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware (the “Final Record Date”), and subject
to applicable law, our common stock will be treated as no longer being
outstanding and each holder of our common stock shall cease to have any
rights in respect thereof, except the right to receive distributions, if
any, pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan of Liquidation or the
trust agreement governing the Liquidating Trust, as applicable. To
the extent any amounts become available for distribution in the future as
a result of the Liquidating Trust receiving any Royalty Payments, they
will also be distributed pro-rata from the Liquidating Trust. The actual
distribution amount will be determined and the final distribution will be
made by the Trustee in his sole discretion after the realization over-time
of the cash value, if any, of the Royalty Payments, and settlement and
satisfaction of all our liabilities and
expenses.
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Q:
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Should
I send in my stock certificates now?
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A:
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No.
You should not forward your stock certificates before receiving
instructions to do so. As a condition to being a beneficiary of the
Liquidating Trust and receipt of any distribution to the stockholders as
beneficiaries thereof or receipt of any distribution pursuant to our Plan
of Liquidation, if the Asset Sale is not consummated for whatever reason,
our Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may require the
stockholders to (i) surrender their certificates evidencing their shares
of common stock to us or (ii) furnish us with evidence satisfactory to the
Board of Directors of the loss, theft or destruction of such certificates,
together with such surety bond or other security or indemnity as may be
required by and satisfactory to the Board of Directors. If surrender of
stock certificates should be required following the dissolution, we will
send you written instructions regarding such surrender. Any distributions
otherwise payable by us to our stockholders who have not surrendered their
stock certificates, if requested to do so, will be held in trust for such
stockholders, without interest, pending the surrender of such certificates
(subject to escheat pursuant to the laws relating to unclaimed
property).
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Q:
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Can
I still sell my shares?
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A:
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You
may sell your shares at this time in accordance with the federal and state
securities rules and regulations. If the Plan of Liquidation is approved
by our stockholders, the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion,
may direct that our stock cease being traded on the Pink Sheets and that
our stock transfer books be closed and recording of transfers of common
stock discontinued. From and after the Final Record Date, and subject
to applicable law, our common stock will be treated as no longer being
outstanding and each holder of our common stock shall cease to have any
rights in respect thereof, except the right to receive distributions
pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan of Liquidation and/or the
trust agreement governing the Liquidating Trust, as applicable.
Thereafter, certificates representing shares of our common stock will not
be assignable or transferable on the books of the Company except by will,
intestate succession or operation of law. See “Proposal No. 2: To Approve
the Plan of Liquidation of Xcorporeal — Trading of Interests in any
Liquidating Trust” and “Proposal No. 2: To Approve the Plan of Liquidation
of Xcorporeal — Trading of Our Common Stock.”
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Q:
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Does
the Asset Sale or the dissolution and liquidation of the Company require
any regulatory approvals?
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We
are not aware of any United States federal or state regulatory
requirements or governmental approvals or actions that may be required to
consummate the Asset Sale or the dissolution and liquidation of the
Company, except for compliance with the applicable regulations of the SEC
in connection with this Proxy Statement and compliance with the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). Additionally, the
dissolution of the Company requires that we obtain a certificate from the
department of revenue for the State of Delaware certifying that every
license fee, tax, increase, or penalty of the Company has been paid or
provided for.
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Q:
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Does
the Plan of Liquidation involve any risk of liability to
stockholders?
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As
of the date of this Proxy Statement, no distributions have been made to
our stockholders. However, as part of our Plan of Liquidation, we are
obligated to pay, or make provision for the payment of, our expenses and
our fixed and contingent liabilities. Under the DGCL, a stockholder
could be held personally liable to our creditors for any deficiency, to
the extent of such stockholder’s previous distributions from us in
liquidation, if we fail to make adequate provision for the payment of our
expenses and liabilities. Moreover, if a stockholder has paid
taxes on distributions previously received by the stockholder, a repayment
of all or a portion of the prior distribution could result in a
stockholder incurring a net tax cost if the stockholder’s repayment of an
amount previously distributed does not cause a commensurate reduction in
taxes payable by that stockholder. If we fail to create an adequate
contingency reserve for payment of our expenses and liabilities, each of
our stockholders could be held liable for payment to our creditors for
amounts owed to creditors in excess of the contingency reserve, up to the
amount actually distributed to such stockholder. Because no distributions
have been made to our stockholders as of the date hereof, we do not
believe there is any material risk of liability to our stockholders
resulting from our fixed and contingent liabilities.
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General Information About
Voting
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Who
is entitled to vote?
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The
Record Date for the Special Meeting is January ___, 2010. Only
stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting. At the close of
business on the Record Date there were _________ shares of our common
stock and no shares of our preferred stock outstanding. Except as
otherwise required by law, the holders of shares of our common stock vote
together as a single class on all matters presented to the
stockholders.
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Q:
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How
many votes are required to authorize and approve the Asset Sale Proposal,
the Plan of Liquidation Proposal and the Adjournment
Proposal?
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At
the Special Meeting, our stockholders will consider and vote on the Asset
Sale Proposal, the Plan of Liquidation Proposal and the Adjournment
Proposal as separate proposals. The approval of each of the Asset Sale
Proposal and the Plan of Liquidation Proposal requires the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of shares of our common stock
outstanding as of the Record Date and entitled to vote thereon. The
approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock represented in
person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. Members of our Board of
Directors and our executive officers who hold (or are deemed to hold) as
of November 12, 2009 an aggregate of 6,352,596 shares of our common stock
(approximately ___% of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of
the Record Date) have indicated that they will vote for the approval of
each of the proposals at the Special Meeting.
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Q:
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Do
I have dissenters’ rights?
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No.
Under the DGCL, stockholders will not have dissenters’ rights in
connection with the Asset Sale or the Plan of Liquidation. Section 262 of
the DGCL provides that appraisal rights shall be available for the shares
of any class or series of stock of a constituent corporation in a merger
or consolidation to be effected pursuant to Section 251 of the DGCL.
Because the transactions contemplated under the Asset Purchase Agreement
or by the Plan of Liquidation will not involve a merger or consolidation
of the Company, our stockholders will not have appraisal rights in
connection with the Asset Sale or the Plan of
Liquidation.
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Q:
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What
if my shares are held in “street name” by a broker?
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A:
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If
you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” by a broker
(or banker or other nominee), your broker, as the record holder of the
shares, is required to vote those shares in accordance with your
instructions. Stockholders should follow the directions provided by
brokers regarding how to instruct brokers to vote the
shares.
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Q:
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How
many shares must be present to hold the Special Meeting and how are votes
counted?
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A:
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A
quorum must be present at the Special Meeting for any business to be
conducted. The presence at the Special Meeting, in person or by proxy, of
the holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock outstanding on
the Record Date will constitute a quorum. Your shares will be considered
part of the quorum if you return a signed and dated proxy card, if you
vote by telephone or by the Internet, or if you vote at the Special
Meeting. Proxies received but marked as abstentions or broker non-votes
will be included in the calculation of the number of shares considered to
be present at the Special Meeting.
Under
the rules of various national and regional securities exchanges, an
abstaining vote and a broker non-vote are counted as present and are,
therefore, included for purposes of determining whether a quorum of shares
is present at the Special Meeting. A broker non-vote occurs when a broker
submits a proxy card with respect to shares held in a fiduciary capacity
(generally referred to as being held in “street name”) but declines to
vote on a particular matter because the broker has not received voting
instructions from the beneficial owner. Under the rules that govern
brokers who are voting with respect to shares held in street name, brokers
have the discretion to vote such shares on routine matters, but not on
non-routine matters such as the approval of the Asset Sale Proposal and
the Plan of Liquidation Proposal. If you do not vote or do not instruct
your broker or bank how to
vote,
it will have the same effect as voting “AGAINST” the Asset Sale Proposal
and the Plan of Liquidation Proposal and will have no effect on the
Adjournment Proposal.
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Q:
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What
if a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting?
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A:
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If
we do not have a quorum at the Special Meeting or if we do not have
sufficient affirmative votes in favor of the foregoing
proposals,
we may, subject to stockholder approval of the Adjournment Proposal,
adjourn the Special Meeting to a later time to permit further solicitation
of proxies, if necessary, to obtain additional votes in favor of the
foregoing proposals. In addition, we may adjourn the Special Meeting
without notice, other than by the announcement made at the Special
Meeting. Under our Bylaws, we can adjourn the Special Meeting by approval
of the holders of a majority of Common Stock having voting power present
in person or represented by proxy thereat. We are soliciting proxies to
vote in favor of adjournment of the Special Meeting, regardless of whether
a quorum is present, if necessary to provide additional time to solicit
votes in favor of approval of either or both of the Asset Sale Proposal
and the Plan of Liquidation
Proposal.
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Q:
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Who
is bearing the costs of the solicitation of proxies in connection with the
Special Meeting?
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A:
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We
will bear the cost of the solicitation of proxies from its stockholders.
In addition to solicitation by mail, our directors, officers and employees
may solicit proxies from our stockholders by telephone, facsimile or other
electronic means or in person. Following the original mailing of the Proxy
Statement and other soliciting materials, we will request brokers,
custodians, nominees and other record holders to forward copies of the
Proxy Statement and other soliciting materials to persons for whom they
hold shares of our common stock and to request authority for the exercise
of proxies. We will reimburse any of these custodians, nominees and
fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in doing so. We
may engage an agent to assist us in the solicitation of proxies. If we do
so, such agent’s fee and services will be consistent with our past
arrangements and within the range of what is common for companies with
similar operations and a number of stockholders similar to
us.
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Q:
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How
do I vote?
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All
stockholders may vote by mail. Registered stockholders (who own their
shares in their own name) and most beneficial stockholders (who own shares
through a bank, broker or other nominee) also may vote by telephone or the
Internet. If one of these options is available to you, we strongly
encourage you to use it because it is faster and less costly. Registered
stockholders can vote by telephone by calling 1-800-_________ or on the
Internet at www.___________.com. Please have your proxy card in hand when
calling or going online. To vote by mail, please sign, date and mail
your proxy card in the envelope provided.
If
you own your shares through a bank, broker or other nominee you should
follow the separate instructions that the record stockholder provides to
you. Although most banks and brokers now offer telephone and Internet
voting, availability and specific processes will depend on their voting
arrangements.
If
you attend the Special Meeting in person, you may request a ballot when
you arrive. If your shares are held in the name of your bank, broker or
other nominee, you need to bring an account statement or letter from the
nominee indicating that you were the beneficial owner of the shares on the
Record Date for voting.
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Q:
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Can
I change my vote after I submit my proxy?
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Yes,
you may revoke your proxy and change your vote at any time before the
polls close at the meeting by:
• voting
again by Internet or by telephone;
• signing
another proxy with a later date;
• giving
written notice of the revocation of your proxy to our Secretary prior to
the Special Meeting; or
• voting
in person at the Special Meeting.
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Q:
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What
happens if I do not give specific voting instructions?
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A:
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Stockholders of Record
.
If you are a stockholder of record and you:
• Indicate
when voting on the Internet or telephone that you wish to vote as
recommended by our Board of Directors or
• if
you sign and return a proxy card without giving specific voting
instructions,
then
the proxy holders will vote your shares in the manner recommended by our
Board of Directors on all matters presented in this Proxy Statement and as
the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to any
other matters properly presented for a vote at the Special
Meeting.
Beneficial Owners of Shares
Held in Street Name
. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held
in street name and do not provide the nominee who holds your shares with
specific voting instructions, the nominee will inform our inspector of
election that it does not have the authority to vote on this matter with
respect to your shares. This is generally referred to as a “broker
non-vote.” When our inspector of election tabulates the votes for any
particular matter, broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of
determining whether a quorum is present, but will not otherwise be
counted.
ABSTENTIONS AND
BROKER NON-VOTES WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF A VOTE “
AGAINST”
THE APPROVAL OF THE ASSET SALE
PROPOSAL AND PLAN OF LIQUIDATION PROPOSAL.
Please provide voting
instructions to the nominee that holds your shares by carefully following
their instructions.
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Q:
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How
do I access proxy materials on the Internet?
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A:
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Stockholders
can access our Notice of Special Meeting and Proxy Statement and a form of
a proxy card on the Internet on the “Investors”, sub-category “SEC
Filings”, section of our website at www.xcorporeal.com. Our public filings
can also be accessed at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. See “Where You
Can Find More
Information.”
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Q:
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What
if other matters come up at the Special Meeting?
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A:
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The
matters described in this Proxy Statement are the only matters we know of
that will be voted on at the Special Meeting. If any other matter or
matters are properly brought before the Special Meeting or any adjournment
or postponement of the Special Meeting, it is the intention of the persons
named in the accompanying form of proxy to vote the proxy on such matters
in accordance with their best judgment.
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Q:
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What
do stockholders need to do now?
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A:
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After
carefully reading and considering the information contained and
incorporated by reference in this Proxy Statement, each stockholder should
vote by Internet or by telephone or complete and sign his or her proxy
card and return it in the enclosed return envelope as soon as
possible so that his or her shares may be represented at the meeting. A
majority of shares entitled to vote must be represented at the meeting to
enable us to conduct business at the meeting.
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Q:
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Who
should I contact with questions?
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A:
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If
you have any additional questions about the Asset Sale Proposal, the Plan
of Liquidation Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal or if you need
additional copies of this Proxy Statement or any public filings referred
to in this Proxy Statement, you should contact our Investor Relations
Department at Xcorporeal, Inc., 80 Empire Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630 or
(949) 600-4640. Our public filings can also be accessed at the SEC’s web
site at www.sec.gov. See “Where You Can Find More
Information.”
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SPECIAL
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
Proxy Statement and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the financial condition, results
of operations, business strategies, operating efficiencies or synergies,
competitive positions, growth opportunities for existing products, plans and
objectives of management, markets for our stock and other matters. Statements in
this Proxy Statement that are not historical facts are “forward-looking
statements” for the purpose of the safe harbor provided by Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). These
forward-looking statements are only predictions and reflect our current
expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements generally
can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,”
“will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “believe,” “project,”
“continue,” “plan,” “forecast,” or other similar words. Such forward-looking
statements, including, without limitation, those relating to our future business
prospects, revenues and income, wherever they occur, are necessarily estimates
reflecting the best judgment of our senior management on the date on which they
were made, or if no date is stated, as of the date of this Proxy Statement.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, including those described below under the caption “Risk Factors”,
in the section captioned “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K
(the “Annual Report”) filed with the SEC on March 31, 2009, and in the sections
captioned “Risk Factors” of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (each, a
“Quarterly Report”), filed with the SEC on May 15, 2009, August 13, 2009 and
November 16, 2009, respectively, that may affect the operations, performance,
development and results of our business. Because these factors could cause our
actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, you should not
place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. New factors emerge
from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will
arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business
or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statements.
You
should understand that, in addition to those factors discussed below under the
caption “Risk Factors” and in the section captioned “Risk Factors” of our
Annual Report and our Quarterly Reports, factors that could affect our future
results and could cause our actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in such forward-looking statements, as well as factors that could
affect the Sellers’ ability to consummate the Asset Sale, include, but are not
limited to:
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the effect of receiving a “going
concern” statement in our independent registered public accounting firm’s
report on our 2008 financial
statements;
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our significant capital needs and
ability to obtain financing both on a short-term and a long-term
basis;
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our ability to successfully
research and develop marketable products and our ability to obtain
regulatory approval to market and distribute such
products;
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anticipated trends and conditions
in the industry in which we operate, including regulatory
changes;
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general economic
conditions;
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the
Sellers’ ability to obtain the approval of the assets sale and plan of
liquidation by the Sellers’
stockholders;
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the
Company’s ability to satisfy its liabilities and obligations out of the
proceeds of the transactions described herein and other available
resources, if any;
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the
Company’s ability to distribute any remaining cash to its stockholders;
and
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other
risks and uncertainties as may be detailed from time to time in our public
announcements and filings with the
SEC.
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Although
we believe that our expectations are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our
expectations will prove to be correct. Should any one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those described in this Proxy Statement
as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected or intended.
These
factors are not exhaustive, and new factors may emerge or changes to the
foregoing factors may occur that could impact our business. Except to the extent
required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or any other reason. All subsequent forward-looking statements
attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in
their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein. In
light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events
discussed in this Proxy Statement may not occur. You should review carefully
sections captioned “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report and our
Quarterly Reports and the risks discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” below
for a more complete discussion of these and other factors that may affect our
business.
PROPOSAL
NO. 1: APPROVAL OF THE SALE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE ASSETS OF
XCORPOREAL
General
Overview
At the
Special Meeting, our stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon a
proposal to approve the sale of substantially all of our Assets to FUSA,
including all of our assets, properties and rights used in our business,
excluding our (i) cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents, (ii) accounts
receivable, (iii) marketable securities, (iv) website and (v) insurance
policies.
As
consideration for the sale of substantially all of our assets to FUSA, on the
closing date of the Asset Sale (the “Closing Date”) we will receive (a)
$2,100,000, which is our portion of the Cash Purchase Price, in addition to
$200,000 which was previously paid to us as the exclusivity fee, of which
$1,650,000 will be paid to us on the Closing Date, $375,000 will be paid to us
on April 1, 2010 and $75,000 will be paid to us on April 1, 2011, and (b) our
share of the Royalty Payments (as defined below). In addition, of the portion of
the Cash Purchase Price being paid to NQCI, per the agreement of the Sellers,
$1,871,430 is being paid to satisfy our liability to NQCI for NQCI’s attorneys’
fees and costs awarded by the arbitrator pursuant to the terms of the Partial
Final Award issued on April 13, 2009.
The Asset
Sale will be made pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement. The material terms
of the Asset Purchase Agreement are presented below under the caption “
Description of the Asset Purchase
Agreement
”
and a
copy of the Asset Purchase Agreement is attached to this Proxy Statement as
Exhibit A. Stockholders are urged to carefully review the Asset Purchase
Agreement in its entirety.
Background
of the Asset Sale
In late
2007, we began to explore strategic alternatives available to us, including the
possible sale of some of our assets or the equity of the Company. In February
2008, we engaged William Blair & Company (“William Blair”) as our financial
advisor in connection with a possible private placement or the sale of our
securities or merger, sale or exchange of 50% or more of our authorized capital
stock or sale of some or all of our assets. At such time, our intent was to
execute our modified business plan to continue the development of the
PAK. Around this time, based on deteriorating economic conditions and our
inability to obtain debt or equity financing, our Board of Directors began to
discuss whether to sell the equity of the Company as a single entity or to sell
certain of our assets in one or more transactions at an acceptable
price. We did not believe that raising additional capital through an equity
or debt offering was achievable given the ongoing arbitration with NQCI and the
private investors which we contacted regarding such capital investments
specifically indicated to us that the uncertainty of the outcome of the
arbitration with NQCI was the reason why capital financing was unavailable to
us. After extensive discussions, our Board of Directors concluded that sale
of certain of our assets was the preferred course of action insofar as the
proceeds of such sale would have allowed us to continue to develop certain of
our products to be derived from the
extra-corporeal
platform
technology. Moreover, the Board of Directors noted that even if a single buyer
existed, a better aggregate price might be obtained by selling individual assets
to buyers with a specific interest in them.
In March
2008, in light of our continuing deteriorating liquidity position, ongoing
severe economic recession and our inability to obtain additional debt or equity
financing, the Board of Directors reconsidered its strategy of selling certain
of our assets and concluded that sale of the equity of the Company to a single
buyer was the preferred course of action insofar as it would save time, minimize
transaction expenses and provide the greatest possibility of a distribution to
our stockholders. However, the Board of Directors also noted that there might
not be a single buyer for our range of technologies. As a result of the
foregoing considerations, the Board of Directors authorized our management to
explore the sale of the equity of the Company to a single buyer as a preferred
course of action, but agreed to study the response of buyers in order to
validate the decision to pursue a single transaction.
We,
William Blair and Synergy Partners, a Pacific Rim investment banker and agent
(“Synergy”), prepared a list of more than 60 prospective acquirers and financing
sources and we began making contact with them in March 2008. More than 30
prospective acquirers and investors expressed preliminary interest in all or
parts of the Company and requested additional information, and out of those 5
potential acquirers also visited us. By late 2008, we concluded that none of the
prospective buyers were interested in acquiring the equity of the Company and
that either no bids would be forthcoming or bids would be significantly below
what our Board of Directors believed to be the fair value of the Company due to
the all-or-none requirement. However, a few prospective acquirers had a strong
interest in acquiring our technology related to the PAK.
In
September 2008, our former Chief Executive Officer, Dan Goldberger, visited two
potential acquirers to determine their level of interest in either partnering
with us or acquiring the equity of the Company. Both of these parties agreed to
conduct further due diligence and provide their level of interest in a
transaction.
In
October 2008, Kelly J. McCrann, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
traveled to several locations worldwide to gauge the level of interest of three
other potential strategic partners that expressed interest in a possible
transaction with us.
In
November 2008, Mr. McCrann, Dr. Victor Gura, our Chief Medical Officer, Barry
Fulkerson (our chief engineer) and Robert Weinstein, our Chief Financial
Officer, attended the American Society of Nephrology conference held in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We privately debuted, under signed confidentiality
agreements, our PAK prototype and displayed our WAK to a select group of parties
that we believed might be interested such devices, some of which had already
been contact by us. Based upon Mr. McCrann’s visits to the three potential
strategic partners, we were approached by a third-party which is engaged in the
manufacture and commercialization of dialysis and other medical devices
(“Development Partner”), regarding an interest in partnering with us to develop
a continuous renal replacement therapy (“CRRT”) device using our platform
technology. As a result of our initial discussions, we facilitated the
start of its due diligence process.
Several
discussions and meetings, both at our headquarters and offices of the
Development Partner, were held between Mr. McCrann, Dr. Gura, and two of our
senior product engineers along with the Development Partner’s senior product
development team. After several discussions and meetings, a
preliminary term sheet for the development of a CRRT device was drafted in
December 2008. After subsequent negotiations over the contents of the term
sheet, in March 2009, the Development Partner provided the Company a draft
memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) expanding the terms outlined in the December
2008 term sheet. After providing the MOU, the Development Partner informed us
that they would have to postpone their decision to move forward with this
project based upon general economic conditions and other development projects
the Development Partner was pursuing.
In light
of our then diminishing resources, consisting primarily of capital raised
through a private placement that closed during the fourth quarter 2006, and the
apparent lack of interest in the Assets by the prospective acquirers exploring
the acquisition of all of our assets in a single transaction, our Board of
Directors continued to consider strategies for continuing to operate the Company
as a going concern, again exploring the sale of some of the Assets, this time to
a wider group of prospective acquirers without the requirement of buying the
equity of the Company, or shutting down the Company’s business operations,
liquidating assets and distributing any remaining cash proceeds to our
stockholders. However, at such time, few prospective acquirers expressed an
interest in aggressively pursuing the acquisition of our Assets due to the
uncertain surrounding the outcome of the arbitration proceeding with NQCI, which
commenced in 2006 and continued into the second quarter of
2009.
Given
these circumstances, in late March 2009, Mr. McCrann began a preliminary
dialogue with Mr. Ben Lipps, Chairman of the Board of Fresenius Medical Care
Holdings, Inc. (“Fresenius Medical Care”), to determine the interest of
Fresenius Medical Care to acquire certain or all of our Assets. From April 2009
to June 2009, Mr. McCrann and Mr. Lipps, along with Mohsen Reihany, senior
advisor to Mr. Lipps, exchanged numerous telephone calls concerning a potential
proposal by Fresenius Medical Care to purchase substantially all of our Assets.
During the same period that discussions with Fresenius Medical Care were taking
place, Mr. McCrann also held several preliminary discussions with another
potential acquirer, whom he visited in October 2008. The other party expressed
interest in acquiring certain of our assets but did not submit a final offer nor
pursued extensive due diligence of the Company or our assets.
In June
2009, Fresenius Medical Care commenced its extensive due diligence review of our
Company and our assets.
During
the period from September 2008 to late September 2009, our Board of Directors
held nine meetings to discuss the potential financing sources, strategic
partners and potential third parties who may have been interested in acquiring
our assets. The Board of Directors provided guidance relating to the Development
Partner transaction, the ongoing discussions with companies interested in
acquiring certain of our assets and the final decision to pursue the sale of
substantially all of our assets to Fresenius Medical Care or its
affiliates.
In
addition, in the spring of 2009, Mr. McCrann engaged in discussions with a
certain third party introduced to us by Synergy. Following the initial rounds of
preliminary discussions to determine the third party’s interest in purchasing
certain of the Assets, the chairman of the board and the head of the
medical group of such third party visited our operating facility in Lake Forest
in order to observe the demonstration of certain of our products. These meetings
were followed by the engineers and sales representatives of the third party also
visiting our operating facility later in the spring of 2009. However, following
such discussions and visits of our operating facility, the third party
informally indicated that it was only interested in our PAK technology, and
subsequently ceased all discussions with us. During such discussions, our
management apprised our Board of Directors of the status of the dialogue and the
third party’s acquisition intent (or the lack thereof) with respect to our
Assets. Our efforts to engage in further discussions with this party have
not provided any meaningful results or proposals since.
Additionally,
during the later parts of the summer 2009 and beginning of September 2009, Mr.
McCrann engaged in discussions with another potential strategic acquirer to
gauge its interest in purchasing certain and/or all of our Assets. Such
strategic acquirer expressed an informal interest in certain of our assets, and
specifically the WAK. During this time, the head of development for renal
technology of such strategic acquirer visited our operating facility to further
discuss its expression of interest, however, as a result of such visits no
formal expression of interest was indicated to us and our efforts to engage in
further discussions with this party have not provided any meaningful results or
proposals to date. Throughout this process, our management apprised our Board of
Directors of the status of the talks and this potential strategic acquirer’s
intent (or the lack thereof) with respect to our Assets.
On August
6, 2009, our Board of Directors held a telephonic meeting with our management
and counsel to the Company to discuss the status of negotiations with interested
bidders. Management also discussed the current status of discussions with
Fresenius Medical Care and was authorized to negotiate a letter of intent with
Fresenius Medical Care or its affiliates. Management reported to the Board of
Directors that discussions with the Development Partner continued and that other
discussions now were focused on specific assets, rather than a transaction for
the equity of the Company.
On
September 9, 2009, we reviewed the terms of a transaction proposed by FUSA, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care, in a draft non-binding term
sheet for the acquisition of all of the Assets, which also included proposed
provisions prohibiting us from soliciting other offers. The non-binding term
sheet indicated that any further efforts by FUSA would be subject to its
remaining due diligence and confirmation by FUSA and its counsel of certain
approvals that would allow it to proceed with the
transaction.
Following
our review of FUSA’s non-binding term sheet, our management had several
telephonic discussions with FUSA, including its willingness to increase their
purchase price. In connection with such discussions, FUSA continued to
indicate that it was not interested in acquiring the equity of the Company
through the purchase of all of our outstanding shares of common
stock.
On
September 21, 2009, the Sellers and FUSA executed an exclusivity letter (the
“Exclusivity Letter”) pursuant to which the Sellers agreed to grant FUSA access
to the books, records, personnel, properties, contracts and other data of the
Sellers, subject to reasonable time, location and other restrictions for the
purpose of FUSA further conducting its’ “due diligence” of the Seller’s
operations in connection with FUSA’s intent in purchasing substantially all of
the assets of the Sellers. The Sellers also agreed that, until the later of (i)
December 21, 2009 and (ii) the date on which any of the parties provided the
others with written notice that negotiations to execute a definitive agreement
were terminated (which any of the parties were entitled to do in their sole
discretion), they would not directly or indirectly (i) solicit or take any other
action to facilitate any offers from third parties with respect to the
acquisition of the Company or a part or all of the Assets, (ii) enter into an
agreement to facilitate, approve or endorse such proposal or in connection with
such proposal, abandon or terminate the proposed transaction between the Sellers
and FUSA or (iii) enter into discussions, inquire or furnish information with
respect to any such proposal (a “Acquisition Proposal”).
The Board
of Directors held telephonic meetings with management to discuss the status of
the transaction with FUSA, including a detailed discussion of the terms of the
non-binding term sheet with FUSA. During the later of such meetings, the Board
of Directors determined that the Asset Sale would maximize stockholder value and
that the Company’s best change to receive any royalty payment(s) from the sale
of its assets is to consummate the Asset Sale and thereby, indirectly partnering
with FUSA, the world's largest integrated provider of products and services for
individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney failure. The Board of
Directors also determined that approving the Asset Sale would increase the
probability that we will be able to distribute liquidation proceeds from the
Liquidating Trust to our stockholders.
On
November 28, 2009, our Board of Directors approved the Asset Purchase Agreement
and the sale of the Assets to FUSA as described in this Proxy
Statement. Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Sellers have agreed to
restrictions similar to those contained in the Exclusivity Letter until the
earlier of the consummation of the Asset Sale and the termination of the Asset
Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms; provided, that we may prior to
obtaining approval of the Asset Sale contemplated by this Proxy Statement engage
in negotiations or discussions with any party that has made an unsolicited bona
fide Acquisition Proposal and, subject to certain conditions, furnish nonpublic
information regarding the Company to such party, provided that our Board of
Directors may only take such actions if it has determined in good faith, after
consultation with its advisors, that such action is required in order for the
Board of Directors to comply with its fiduciary obligations to our stockholders
under applicable law. We agreed to promptly notify FUSA of any Acquisition
Proposal, the terms thereof and requests related thereto. In addition, in
consideration of FUSA signing the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Sellers agreed
that in connection with the termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement as a
result of any Seller proceeding with a Superior Proposal, contemporaneously with
the closing of a transaction contemplated by a Superior Proposal, such
terminating Seller shall be obligated to pay a termination fee of $2,500,000 to
FUSA. In the event such terminating Seller is the Company, the
Company also agreed to reimburse FUSA for, among other things, all its
reasonably incurred development expenses in connection with the provision of the
Services (as defined below) by certain personnel of the Company to
FUSA.
We will
promptly consider in good faith any proposed alteration of the terms of the
Asset Purchase Agreement in response to any Acquisition Proposal.
The
Sellers and FUSA executed the Asset Purchase Agreement on December 14, 2009 and
we publicly announced this transaction on December 18, 2009.
THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF THE PROXY
STATEMENT DESCRIBES MATERIAL ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED SALE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL
OF OUR ASSETS. WHILE WE BELIEVE THAT THE DESCRIPTION COVERS THE MATERIAL TERMS
OF THE ASSET SALE, THIS SUMMARY MAY NOT CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT MAY
BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. YOU SHOULD READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT AND THE OTHER
DOCUMENTS WE REFER TO CAREFULLY FOR A MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASSET
SALE.
Description
of the Asset Purchase Agreement
The
following is a brief summary of certain key provisions of the Asset Purchase
Agreement. This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Asset Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Proxy Statement
as
Exhibit A.
Stockholders are urged to read the Asset Purchase Agreement in its
entirety.
Purchase and Sale
of Assets
Out of
the assets being sold by the Sellers to FUSA, we agreed to sell and FUSA agreed
to purchase all of the Assets and rights of the Company consisting of the
following:
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all
of our patents, trademarks, trade names, and other intellectual property,
including domain names (the “Business IP Rights”) that comprise, are used,
are held for use, or are intended for use by the Company in connection
with or relating to the designs for portable hemodialysis devices (the
“PAK Technology”);
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the
Business IP Rights that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Company in connection with or relating to the designs for continuous renal
replacement therapy devices (the “CRRT
Technology”);
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the
Business IP Rights that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Company in connection with or relating to the designs for wearable
hemodialysis devices (the “HD WAK
Technology”);
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the
Business IP Rights that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Company in connection with or relating to the designs for wearable
ultrafiltration devices (the “WUD
Technology”);
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the
Business IP Rights that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Company in connection with or relating to the designs for wearable
continuous renal replacement therapy devices (the “WAK CRRT
Technology”);
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the
Business IP Rights that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Company in connection with or relating to the development of the
supersorbent technology (the “Supersorbent
Technology”);
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all
of our other intellectual property used in connection with our
business;
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all
software used internally by the Company (and collectively with the PAK
Technology, the CRRT Technology, the HD WAK Technology, the WUD
Technology, the WAK CRRT Technology and the Supersorbent Technology, the
“Business Intellectual Property”);
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our
tangible property and equipment;
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all
of our personal property leases;
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certain
contracts or agreements to which we are a party relating to our
business;
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all
permits relating to our business to the extent that such permits are
transferable;
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subject
to certain exceptions, all of our books and records relating to our
business; and
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all
goodwill associated with our business and the Business Intellectual
Property.
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FUSA will
not be assuming any liabilities arising out of the operation of the business or
liabilities associated with the Sellers’ ownership or use of any of the Assets
prior to the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
The
aggregate consideration (the “Aggregate Consideration”) for the Assets to be
paid by FUSA to the Sellers consists of the following:
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aggregate
cash payments in the amount of $8,000,000 (the “Cash Purchase Price). The
Cash Purchase Price shall be paid to the Sellers as follows: (a) an
exclusivity fee in the amount of $200,000 previously paid by FUSA to us,
(b) $3,800,000 on the date of closing (the “Closing Date”) of the
transactions (the “Transactions”) contemplated under the Asset Purchase
Agreement (the “Closing”), of which we and NQCI will receive $1,650,000
and $2,150,000, respectively, (c) $2,000,000 on April 1, 2010 (the “First
Installment”), of which we and NQCI will receive $375,000 and $1,625,000,
respectively, and (d) $2,000,000 on April 1, 2011 (the “Second
Installment”), of which the Company and NQCI will receive $75,000 and
$1,925,000, respectively. In the aggregate, if the Asset Sale is
consummated, we will receive $2,300,000 and NQCI will receive $5,700,000
of the Cash Purchase Price. In addition, of the Cash Purchase Price being
paid to NQCI, $1,871,430 is being paid to satisfy our liability to NQCI
for NQCI’s attorneys’ fees and costs awarded by the arbitrator pursuant to
the terms of the Partial Final Award issued on April 13, 2009 (the
“Partial Final Award”).
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during
the life of the patents included in the HD WAK Technology (the “HD WAK
Patents”) we will be entitled to royalty payments equal to 60% of (i) 2%
of the net revenues received by FUSA from the sale of wearable
hemodialysis (“HD WAK”) devices in each country where such sales infringe
valid and issued claims of the Sellers’ HD WAK Patents issued in such
country (“HD WAK Devices Royalty”) plus (ii) $0.75 per treatment for the
attendant disposables that incorporate the HD WAK Technology (“Attendant
Disposables”), not to exceed a maximum of $1.50 per patient per week in a
country where such sales infringe valid and issues claims of the HD WAK
Patents issued in such country (the “Attendant Disposables Royalty”, and
together with the HD WAK Devices Royalty, the “HD WAK Royalty”). Such
payment for Attendant Disposables will not be payable with regard to
Attendant Disposables that incorporate any technology for which a
Supersorbent Royalty (as defined below) is paid by FUSA to any Seller or
any of their affiliates. NQCI will be entitled to the remaining
40% share of the HD WAK Royalty;
and
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During
the life of any patents included in the Supersorbent Technology (the
“Supersorbent Patents”), we will be entitled to royalty payments equal in
an amount to 40% of (i) the lesser of $0.75 per supersorbent cartridge or
$1.50 per patient per week in each country where such sales infringe valid
and issued claims of the Supersorbent Patents issued in such country less
(B) any and all royalties payable to The Technion Research and Development
Foundation Ltd. (“TRDF”) pursuant to the Research Agreement and Option for
License, dated June 16, 2005 (the “Research Agreement”), or any
subsequently executed license agreement between TRDF and FUSA. Such
payment for supersorbent cartridges will not be payable with regard to
supersorbent cartridges that incorporate any HD WAK Technology for which a
HD WAK Royalty is paid by FUSA to any Seller or any of their affiliates
(the “Supersorbent Royalty,” and together with the HD WAK Royalty, the
“Royalty Payments”). NQCI will be entitled to the remaining 60% share of
the Supersorbent Royalty.
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The
allocation of the Aggregate Consideration between the Sellers is consistent and
was agreed to in accordance with the terms of the Memorandum (as defined below)
and the Partial Final Award.
FUSA also
granted to the Sellers an option to obtain a perpetual, worldwide license to the
Supersorbent Technology for use in healthcare fields other than renal. The
option will be exercisable during the twelve-month period following FUSA’s
receipt of regulatory approval for the sale of a supersorbent product in the
United States or European Union, which the Company expects will require further
development of the supersorbent technology with TRDF and successful completion
of clinical trials by FUSA. In the event that such option becomes exercisable
and a Seller exercises the option, the consideration payable to FUSA by such
Seller(s) for the exercise of the option will consist of a payment in the amount
of $7,500,000, payable in immediately available funds, and a payment of an
ongoing royalty in the amount equal to the lesser of $0.75 per supersorbent
cartridge and $1.50 per patient per week in each country where such sales
infringe valid and issued claims of the Supersorbent Patents issued in such
country.
Assets to be
Retained by the Company
We will
retain all assets not sold to FUSA, including the following:
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our
cash, restricted cash and cash
equivalents;
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our
accounts receivable;
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our
marketable securities;
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our
website, including its content, look and feel, verbiage and
images;
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our
insurance policies;
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security
deposits for our corporate and operating
facilities;
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our
share of the Cash Purchase Price, which is equal to
$2,300,000;
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our
share of the Royalty Payments;
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certain
computer and office equipment; and
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our
minute book, stock records, corporate seal and our and our employees’
corporate and personal, financial and SEC
records.
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FUSA will
purchase our only business segment, which consists of the business related to
our
extra-corporeal
platform and development of any products to be derived therefrom.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
In the
Asset Purchase Agreement, we made certain customary representations and
warranties to FUSA regarding:
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organization,
standing and power, and authority;
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condition
of acquired tangible assets; taxes; title to the purchased
assets;
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lack
of infringement of or by our intellectual
property;
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compliance
with laws, licenses and permits;
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employee
benefits, labor, and environmental matters;
and
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absence
of litigation, required consents, and broker, finder and investment
banking fees.
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These
representations and warranties may be subject to certain exceptions that are set
forth in exhibits and schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement.
Representations
and Warranties of
FUSA
FUSA made
certain customary representations and warranties to the Sellers regarding
organization and standing, authority and authorization, absence of litigation
that is effecting or which could affect the legality, validity or enforceability
of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Transactions, brokers’ fees and
availability of funds to pay the cash portion of the Aggregate Consideration for
the Assets.
Conduct Prior to
Closing
In order
to obtain the approval of the Asset Sale, the Asset Purchase Agreement and the
Transactions by our stockholders, our Board of Directors agreed: (a) to hold a
meeting of our stockholders for the purpose of voting to approve and adopt the
Asset Purchase Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby and, subject
to the fiduciary duties of our Board of Directors, to (i) recommend
approval and adoption of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Transactions by
our stockholders and include in any proxy or information statement such
recommendation and (ii) take all reasonable and lawful action to solicit
and obtain such approval, (b) as promptly as practicable to prepare this Proxy
Statement, (c) at or prior to the closing, to deliver to FUSA a certificate of
our Secretary setting forth the voting results from our stockholder meeting and
(d) otherwise to use our reasonable best efforts to hold our stockholders
meeting as soon as practicable after the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
In addition, NQCI agreed, acting through its board of directors, subject to and
in accordance with applicable law and its certificate of incorporation and
by-laws, as soon as practicable, to solicit the written consent of its
stockholders to approve and adopt the Asset Purchase Agreement and the
Transactions.
Until the
closing of Asset Purchase Agreement, we are obligated to carry on our business
in the ordinary course in substantially the same manner as previously conducted
immediately prior to the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement. We also
agreed to: (a) use our best efforts to carry on our business and our affairs in
such a manner so that our representations, warranties and covenants contained in
the Asset Purchase Agreement shall continue to be accurate and correct
throughout such period, and on and as of the Closing Date as if made by us on
the Closing Date, (b) promptly notify FUSA, in writing, of any material
development with respect to our business or any of our assets or properties, (c)
confer with FUSA concerning operational matters of a material nature, and (d)
use our best efforts, recognizing the constraints of our financial condition,
(i) to preserve intact our present business organization, (ii) to keep
available the services of our present officers and employees, (iii) to
preserve our relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business
dealings with us, and (iv) not to do or permit to be done any action that would
result in a Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect” means
(in the case of either (x) or (y)) that (x) there has not been any fact,
event, circumstance or change affecting or relating to Xcorporeal, Operations
which, individually or, in the aggregate, has had a material adverse effect on
the financial condition or results of operations of Xcorporeal and Operations,
taken as a whole and (y) there has not been any fact, event, circumstance or
change affecting or relating to NQCI which, individually or in the aggregate,
has had a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of
operations of NQCI.
The
parties further agreed not to issue or make any press release or other public
statements or otherwise announce the transactions described in the Asset
Purchase Agreement, except as approved by the parties in writing.
Until the
closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement, we will afford FUSA and its officers,
authorized employees, accountants, counsel and other authorized representatives
reasonable access during normal business hours to the properties, books, records
and personnel of the business, as FUSA may reasonably request (subject to any
limitations that are reasonably required to preserve any applicable attorney
client privilege or third party confidentiality obligation).
The
Sellers also agreed to certain other covenants customary of the transactions of
this nature.
Conditions
Precedent to Each Party
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s
Obligations
The
obligation of the parties to effect the Transactions is subject to the
satisfaction, at or before the closing, of the following
conditions:
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the
approval of the Asset Sale by each of the Seller’s stockholders holding
the majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Seller (the
“Stockholder Approvals”);
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that
no governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have
enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order (whether
temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and having the
effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting or
materially restricting consummation of the Transactions; provided,
however, that the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause
any such decree, judgment, injunction or other order to be vacated or
lifted; and
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certain third party consents are obtained by the
Sellers.
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Conditions Precedent to FUSA’s
Obligations
The
obligation of FUSA to purchase the Assets is subject to the satisfaction,
at or before the closing, of the following conditions:
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that
the representations and warranties of the Sellers contained in the Asset
Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all respects as of the date of
the Asset Purchase Agreement and as of the Closing
Date;
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the
Sellers shall have performed in all material respects all obligations
required to be performed by them under the Asset Purchase Agreement at or
prior to the closing;
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that
no Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) shall have occurred with
respect to the Assets or, recognizing the constraints of the Sellers’
financial situation, the Business since the date of the Asset Purchase
Agreement and no fact or circumstance shall have occurred or arisen since
the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement that would reasonably be expected
to have such a Material Adverse
Effect;
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no
fact or condition shall have arisen that would preclude in any material
respect FUSA from taking title in the
Assets;
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prior
to or concurrently with the closing, FUSA and us shall have negotiated and
delivered a WAK/PAK Technology Assignment of License assigning to FUSA all
of our licensed rights to current and future intellectual property
comprised of certain U.S. patents and patent applications relating to PAK
Technology and WAK HD Technology;
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FUSA
shall have received from counsel to the Sellers, one or more customary
legal opinions; and
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the
Research Agreement shall have been validly assigned to FUSA and the
exclusive license for use of the Supersorbent Technology in any and all
medical applications, as contemplated by the Research Agreement, shall
have been executed and delivered on terms and conditions substantially as
set forth in Appendix C to the Research Agreement and otherwise on terms
and conditions reasonably satisfactory to FUSA; such license shall be in
the name of and for the benefit of FUSA or shall be in the name of and for
the benefit of NQCI and shall be assigned to FUSA at the Closing with the
written consent of TRDF.
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Conditions
Precedent to Our Obligations
Our
obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase
Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
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that
the representations and warranties of FUSA shall be true and correct in
all respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality”
or “material adverse effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein)
as of the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement, and except to the extent
such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date, as of the
Closing Date as though made on and as of the closing;
and
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that
FUSA shall have performed in all material respects all obligations
required to be performed by it under the Asset Purchase Agreement at or
prior to closing.
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The
Closing
The
closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement will take place on such date and at such
time and place as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties as soon as
practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions in the Asset
Purchase Agreement.
Survival of
Representations and Warranties and Indemnification
From the closing until April 1, 2011
(the “Survival Period”), in the event either of the Sellers, on one hand, and
FUSA, on the other hand (each, as applicable, an “Indemnifying Party ”) breaches
any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in the Asset
Purchase Agreement, except that the representations and warranties of the
Sellers with respect to organization and standing, authority, the Assets being
free and clear of all encumbrances (except as provided in the disclosure
schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement), certain other representation and
warranties regarding the Assets, intellectual property and brokers shall survive
as long as FUSA is required to pay the Royalty Payments to the Sellers or until
termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms, and
provided that FUSA, in the event of a breach by any of the Sellers, or the
Sellers, in the event of a breach by FUSA (each, as applicable, an “ Indemnified
Party ”) makes a written claim for indemnification to the other, then the
Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party, in
the event the Indemnifying Party is FUSA, from and against any and all Damages
incurred by or suffered to Sellers or its affiliates by reason of (a) any
of the Assumed Liabilities (as defined below), including the failure of FUSA to
pay, discharge or perform any of the Assumed Liabilities as and when due; and
(b) any breach of any representation or warranty of FUSA contained herein,
and in the event the Indemnifying Parties are the Sellers, from and against any
and all Damages incurred by or suffered to FUSA or its affiliates by reason of
(x) any liability or obligation relating to any Seller or the Assets, other
than Assumed Liabilities, and (y) any breach of any representation or
warranty of Sellers contained in the Asset Purchase Agreement. In the
event of the final determination of any liability under the Asset Purchase
Agreement from Sellers to FUSA, FUSA may, upon written notice to Sellers, setoff
or recoup, in whole or in part, such amounts from the First Installment, the
Second Installment and the Royalty Payments. “Damages” means any loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense, including reasonable attorneys’
fees.
The
indemnification liability for the Sellers is capped at $2,000,000
plus
the amount of Royalty Payments that have been paid, or are due and payable, to
Sellers under the Asset Purchase Agreement. In addition, neither Seller will
have any indemnification liability (for indemnification or otherwise) until the
aggregate amount of all Damages actually incurred or suffered by FUSA under the
Asset Purchase Agreement exceeds $50,000 (the “Threshold Amount”) and then only
for the amount of the damages exceeding the Threshold Amount.
Exclusivity
The
Sellers have agreed, similar to the restrictions contained in the Exclusivity
Letter, that until the earlier of the consummation of the Asset Sale and the
termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms (the
“Termination Date”), they would not directly or indirectly (i) solicit or take
any other action to facilitate any offers from third parties with respect to the
acquisition of the Company or a part or all of the Assets, (ii) enter into an
agreement to facilitate, approve or endorse such proposal or in connection with
such proposal, abandon or terminate the Asset Sale transaction or (iii) enter
into discussions, inquire or furnish information with respect to any such
proposal (a “Acquisition Proposal”); provided, that the Sellers may prior to
obtaining approval of the Asset Sale contemplated by this Proxy Statement engage
in negotiations or discussions with any party that has made an unsolicited bona
fide Acquisition Proposal and, subject to certain conditions, furnish nonpublic
information regarding the Company to such party, provided that our Board of
Directors may only take such actions if it has determined in good faith,
after consultation with its advisors, that such action is required in order for
the Board of Directors to comply with its fiduciary obligations to our
stockholders under applicable law (the “Superior Proposal”). We agreed to
promptly notify FUSA of any Acquisition Proposal, the terms thereof and requests
related thereto. We will promptly consider in good faith any proposed alteration
of the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement in response to any Acquisition
Proposal. In addition, the parties agreed that in connection with the
termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement as a result of any Seller proceeding
with a Superior Proposal, contemporaneously with the closing of a transaction
contemplated by a Superior Proposal, such terminating Seller shall be
obligated to pay a termination fee of $2,500,000 to FUSA. In the
event such terminating Seller is the Company, the Company also agreed to
reimburse FUSA for, among other things, all its reasonably incurred development
expenses in connection with the provision of the Services (as defined below) by
certain personnel of the Company to FUSA.
Termination
The Asset
Purchase Agreement may be terminated under certain circumstances,
including:
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the mutual agreement of FUSA and the
Sellers;
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the Sellers or FUSA if any governmental authority shall have issued a
final order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, which has the
effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
transactions contemplated under the Asset Purchase
Agreement;
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by
the Sellers if the board of directors of any Seller determines in good
faith that it has received a Superior Proposal (as defined below) and that
it is required to terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement in order to
comply with its fiduciary duties, and otherwise complies with certain
terms of the Asset Purchase
Agreement;
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FUSA if the Stockholder Approvals have not been obtained on or before
February 28, 2010; and
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subject
to certain limitations, by FUSA or any Seller, if the closing has not
occurred on or before February 28, 2010 and the Asset Purchase Agreement
has not previously been terminated.
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Any
termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement would be effective immediately upon
delivery of a valid written notice of the terminating party to the other
parties. If any party terminates the Asset Purchase Agreement, all obligations
of the parties terminate without any liability of any party to any other party
(except for any liability of any party for willful breaches of the Asset
Purchase Agreement).
In
connection with the termination as a result of any Seller proceeding with a
Superior Proposal, contemporaneously with the closing of a transaction
contemplated by a Superior Proposal, such terminating Seller shall be obligated
to pay a termination fee of $2,500,000 to FUSA. In the event such terminating
Seller is the Company, we also agreed to reimburse FUSA for, among other things,
all of its reasonably incurred development expenses in connection with the
provision of the Services (as defined below) by certain of our personnel to
FUSA.
Side
Agreement
In
connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a
side agreement, dated December 14, 2009 (the “Side Agreement”), with
FUSA pursuant to which (i) subject to the approval of the lessor, FUSA
agreed on the Closing Date to assume the lease agreement of our operating
facility located at 80 Empire Drive, Lake Forest, California 92630 (the “Lease”)
and in consideration of such assumption, we agreed to pay to FUSA on the Closing
Date the amount of $175,000, representing approximately six months of rent and
common area expenses that are expected to be incurred by FUSA under the Lease
following the Closing Date, (ii) FUSA engaged us to perform such
consulting, advisory and related services through certain Key Personnel (as
defined in the Side Agreement) to and for FUSA as may be reasonably requested
from time to time by FUSA and its affiliates (the “Services”), for the period
beginning on November 16, 2009 and ending on the Closing Date, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with the terms of the Side Agreement, and in
consideration for the Services rendered by us during such term, FUSA agreed to
pay to us a cash fee, payable in semi-monthly installments, at the annual rate
for the full-time services of each of the Key Personnel, as more fully described
in the Side Agreement, and (iii) in consideration of FUSA having incurred and
continuing to incur certain expenses on our behalf, we agreed to reimburse
FUSA for certain of its expenses reasonably incurred on our behalf,
including, tooling, prototyping and intellectual property maintenance expenses,
all reasonably documented third party expenses incurred by FUSA in negotiating
and documenting the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement
and the Side Agreement (including FUSA’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses), consulting fees and certain other miscellaneous consulting expenses,
in the event the closing under the Asset Purchase Agreement does not take place
as a result of the Company consummating a Superior
Proposal. The material terms of the Side Agreement
are
summarized above
and a copy of
the Side
Agreement
was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2009.
Stockholders
are urged to carefully review the Side Agreement in its
entirety.
Voting
Agreement
In
connection with the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement, certain of
the Sellers’ executive officers and/or directors executed a Stockholder Voting
Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”). Under the Voting Agreement, such
directors and/or executive officers of the Company have committed (i) to vote
all of the shares of the Company’s common stock owned by them as of
December 14, 2009, together with all shares of our common stock acquired by them
as a result of the exercise of any options owned by them as of such date, in
favor of the adoption of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the approval of the
Asset Sale, and (ii) subject to certain exceptions, not to enter into
discussions concerning or provide confidential information in connection with
alternative business combination transactions. The shares subject to the
Voting Agreement constitute approximately 41.9% of our outstanding common stock
as of November 12, 2009, and more than 50% of NQCI’s outstanding voting
securities. The terms of the Voting Agreement are summarized above
and a copy of the Voting Agreement was filed as
Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
December 18, 2009.
Stockholders
are urged to carefully review the Voting Agreement in its
entirety.
On
November 28, 2009, our Board of Directors approved, subject to stockholder
approval, the Asset Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereunder, including the sale of substantially all of our assets to FUSA, and
voted to recommend that our stockholders approve the Asset Purchase Agreement
and the Asset Sale. We are now seeking stockholder approval of the Asset
Purchase Agreement and the Asset Sale.
Description
of the Arbitration Proceeding and Other Agreements Entered Into With
NQCI
The
following is a brief summary of certain key provisions of the Partial Final
Award issued on April 13, 2009 in our arbitration proceeding with NQCI as such
relate to the Asset Purchase Agreement and certain key provisions of the Binding
Memorandum of Understanding and the Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2009 (the
“Memorandum”), and Stipulation Regarding Partial Final Award, dated as of August
7, 2009 (the “Stipulation”), entered into between us, Operations and NQCI. These
descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the descriptions of
our legal proceedings set forth in our Annual Report and Quarterly Reports and
by reference to the Memorandum and the Stipulation, copies of which were
attached to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30,
2009, as Exhibits 10.1 and 99.2, respectively. Stockholders are urged to read
the full descriptions of our legal proceedings set forth in our Annual Report
and Quarterly Reports and the Memorandum and the Stipulation in their
entirety.
Arbitration
Proceeding with NQCI and the Issuance of the Partial Final Award
On
December 1, 2006, we initiated the arbitration proceeding (the “Proceeding”)
against NQCI for its alleged breach of the License Agreement (as defined below).
On April 13, 2009, the arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) in the Proceeding issued a
Partial Final Award, which resolved the remaining issues that were
pending for decision in the Proceeding. The Partial Final Award provided that we
shall have a perpetual exclusive license (the “Perpetual License”) in the
Technology (as defined in the Merger Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006,
or the “Merger Agreement”, among the Sellers and the License Agreement, dated as
of September 1, 2006 (the “License Agreement”), between us and NQCI) primarily
related to the WAK and any other Technology contemplated to be transferred
under the Technology Transaction. Under the terms of the Partial Final Award, in
consideration of the award of the Perpetual License to us, NQCI was awarded a
royalty of 39% of all net income, ordinary or extraordinary, to be received by
us (the “Royalty”) and NQCI is to receive 39% of any shares received in any
merger transaction to which Xcorporeal or Operations may become a party. In
addition, the Partial Final Award provided that we were obligated to pay NQCI
$1,871,430 for its attorneys’ fees and costs previously awarded by the
Arbitrator in an order issued on August 13, 2008, that NQCI’s application for
interim royalties and expenses was denied and that NQCI was not entitled to
recover any additional attorneys’ fees.
Binding
Memorandum of Understanding
On August
7, 2009, to clarify, resolve and settle certain issues and any disputes that
have arisen between us and NQCI with respect to the Partial Final Award, we and
Operations entered into the Memorandum with NQCI. Under the terms of the
Memorandum, among other things, the parties agreed to: (i) assign and transfer
all of their rights, title and interest in and to certain technology
comprised of a certain U.S. Patent Application and related intellectual property
(as described in the Memorandum) (the “Polymer Technology”) to a limited
liability company to be formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
“Joint Venture”), which was to be jointly owned by the parties and through which
the parties would jointly pursue the development and exploitation of the Polymer
Technology, and (ii) negotiate, execute and deliver within 60 days following the
date of the Special Meeting an operating agreement governing the operation of
the Joint Venture based on the terms set forth in the Memorandum (the “Operating
Agreement”). However, as a result of the execution of the Asset Purchase
Agreement and the intended transfer of all or substantially all of the Sellers’
assets thereunder, including all of the Sellers’ intellectual property, to FUSA,
the parties have since abandoned their efforts to pursue the Operating
Agreement.
Agreement
and Stipulation Regarding Partial Final Award
In
connection with the issuance of the Partial Final Award and the execution of the
Memorandum, on August 7, 2009 Operations entered into the Stipulation with NQCI.
Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation, Operations and NQCI agreed (i) not to
challenge the terms of the Partial Final Award or any portion of such award,
(ii) that any of the parties may, at any time, seek to confirm all but not part
of the Partial Final Award through the filing of an appropriate petition or
motion with the appropriate court and in response to such action to confirm the
Partial Final Award, no party will oppose, object to or in any way seek to
hinder or delay the court’s confirmation of the Partial Final Award, but will in
fact support and stipulate to such confirmation, and (iii) to waive any and all
right to appeal from, seek appellate review of, file or prosecute any lawsuit,
action, motion or proceeding, in law, equity, or otherwise, challenging,
opposing, seeking to modify or otherwise attacking the confirmed Partial Final
Award or the judgment thereon. In addition, under the terms of the Stipulations,
as of December 1, 2009, NQCI has not attempted to execute on or file any
motion, petition or application or commence any proceeding seeking the
collection of any attorneys’ fees that have been awarded in NQCI’s favor under
the terms of the Partial Final Award (the “Collection Action”), which was
intended to allow the Parties a sufficient period within which to execute the
Asset Purchase Agreement. In addition, in accordance with the terms of the
Memorandum and as a result of the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement,
NQCI agreed not to proceed with the Collection Action until April 1, 2010 (the
“Extension Date”) and the Extension Date shall automatically be further extended
for a period of 60 days for each amendment to this Proxy Statement that we will
file with the SEC in response to comments made by the SEC.
Payment
of a Portion of the Aggregate Consideration to NQCI
Pursuant to the terms of the Memorandum
and the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and subject to the consummation of
the Asset Sale, the Sellers have agreed that upon the consummation of the Asset
Sale, they will allocate the Cash Purchase Price, the Royalty Payments and any
other additional consideration received pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement
as follows:
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Cash Purchase Price shall be paid to the Sellers as
follows:
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exclusivity fee in the amount of $200,000 previously paid by FUSA to the
Company,
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on the Closing Date (the “Initial
Payment”),
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on April 1, 2010 as the First
Installment,
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$2,000,000
on April 1, 2011 as the Second
Installment,
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the Initial Payment, we and NQCI shall receive $1,650,000 and $2,150,000,
respectively,
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the First Installment, we and NQCI shall receive $375,000 and $1,625,000,
respectively, and
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the Second Installment, we and NQCI shall receive $75,000 and $1,925,000,
respectively,
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during
the life of any HD WAK Patents, we will be entitled to 60% of the HD WAK
Royalty and NQCI will be entitled to the remaining 40% share of the HD WAK
Royalty, and
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during
the life of any Supersorbent Patents, we will be entitled 40% of the
Supersorbent Royalty payments NQCI will be entitled to the remaining 60%
share of the Supersorbent Royalty.
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In the
aggregate, if the Asset Sale is consummated, we would receive $2,300,000
(including the exclusivity fee of $200,000) and NQCI shall receive $5,700,000 of
the Cash Purchase Price. In addition, of the Cash Purchase Price
being paid to NQCI, $1,871,430 is being paid to satisfy our liability
to NQCI for NQCI’s attorneys’ fees and costs awarded by the arbitrator pursuant
to the terms of the Partial Final Award.
In the
event that for any reason the timing or the amount of the payments under the
terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement is other than as contemplated above,
pursuant to the terms of the Memorandum the Sellers agreed to make such
equitable adjustments as are required to preserve, to the maximum extent
possible, the intent of the distribution of Transaction Proceeds pursuant to the
provisions of the Memorandum. In the event that Asset Sale is not approved by
our stockholders or we do not consummate the Asset Sale or if the terms of the
Asset Sale are other than what is contemplated under the Memorandum and the
Sellers instead consummate an alternative transaction, the Sellers agreed to
apply the methodology specified in the Memorandum to the maximum extent possible
in order to allocate between them the proceeds of such Transaction.
Interests
of Our Executive Officers and/or Directors in the Asset Sale and Plan of
Liquidation.
Certain
of our executive officers have employment, change in control and other
agreements that provide for severance payments full vesting of all unvested
equity awards if any such executive officer's employment is terminated for any
reason in connection with a change in control or if we terminate their
employment at any time without cause or if they are constructively terminated
and/or certain other payments in the event we successfully consummate the Asset
Sale.
The
consummation of the Asset Sale may be deemed a change of control under these
agreements and/or may trigger certain severance payments to our executive
officers. The employment of each of these executive officers will be terminated
by us either prior to or during the wind down of our activities. In either case,
such terminations may be deemed terminations in connection with a change in
control and/or require such other severance payments. The change of control,
severance payments and/or certain other payments that would be due by the
Company to our executive officers will be in the amount up to $1,924,300, if our
executive officers are terminated as a result of the Asset Sale or if the Asset
Sale is successfully consummated, assuming no excise tax gross-up payments are
due. In particular, Kelly J. McCrann, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Robert Weinstein, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and Dr. Victor
Gura, our Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, may be entitled
to severance payments in the amount up to $325,000, $286,500 and
$1,312,800, respectively, under their employment agreements. In addition, if the
Asset Sale is consummated, Mr. McCrann will be entitled to a payment of $432,500
as a sale transaction success fee. Furthermore, in connection with
certain restructuring efforts previously undertaken by us to reduce our
operating expenses, Messrs. McCrann and Weinstein and Dr. Gura, may be entitled
to receive deferred compensation in the amount of approximately
$95,563, $83,531 and $82,050, respectively, our other employees may be
entitled to receive deferred compensation, in the aggregate, of approximately
$60,000, and a member of our Board of Directors may be entitled to receive
deferred compensation in the amount of approximately
$70,000. Additionally, as of February 15, 2010, we estimate that
certain of our employees would be entitled to receive accrued vacation pay, in
the aggregate, of approximately $150,000.
In
addition, Mr. McCrann (or an entity affiliated with Mr. McCrann) will also serve
as the Trustee of the Liquidating Trust and under the terms of the Liquidating
Trust Agreement, in the form attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit C, will
receive the following compensation for his services as the Trustee: 10% of the
aggregate Royalty Payments received by the Liquidating Trust up to $10 million
and 5% of any Royalty Payments in excess thereof. Mr. McCrann will also be
entitled to reimbursement of his expenses incurred as Trustee on behalf of the
Liquidating Trust.
As of
September 30, 2009, there were 1.16 million shares of common stock underlying
unvested stock options held by our executive officers that will vest as a result
of the Asset Sale. The weighted-average exercise price of those stock options is
$3.25 per share. None of these stock options have an exercise price at or below
$0.065, the last reported sale price of our common stock as quoted on the Pink
Sheets on December 16, 2009. Since we do not anticipate that any substantial
amount of our share of the Cash Purchase Price will be available for
distribution to our stockholders, we anticipate that none of these stock options
will be exercised. In addition, as of November 12, 2009, our executive officers
and/or directors also held 6,352,596 shares of common stock that will be
entitled to the same per share liquidating distributions from the Liquidating
Trust, if any, that will be made to the other shares of common stock
outstanding.
Additionally,
on the Closing Date a joint venture to be formed by FUSA and Dr. Gura may
enter into an employment agreement with Dr. Gura, pursuant to which Dr. Gura
would assist FUSA in the further development of the Assets for a certain period
after Closing Date, at a set salary to be determined by FUSA and Dr. Gura. In
addition, Dr. Gura may receive an ownership stake in such joint venture. On the
Closing Date, FUSA will not enter into any other employment or consulting
arrangements with any of our executive officers or employees. Other than
described herein, we do not know whether FUSA will enter into any employee or
consulting arrangements thereafter with any of our executive officers or
employees and FUSA has not notified us of any intention to do so to
date.
No
Opinion of Financial Advisor
Our Board
of Directors has not received any opinion from a financial advisor or other
third party that the cash payment to be received by us in the Asset Sale is
fair, from a financial point of view, to us and our stockholders. Over the past
several months, we have engaged in extensive discussions and negotiations with
other potential interested acquisition parties. As a result, our Board of
Directors believes that it has a good understanding of the perceived market
value of the Assets and what a disinterested third party would be willing to
pay. Accordingly, our Board of Directors believes that the financial
consideration offered by FUSA is fair to us and our
stockholders.
Accounting
Treatment
Under
generally accepted accounting principles, upon consummation of the Asset Sale,
we will remove the net assets sold from our consolidated balance sheet and
record the gain or loss on the sale, net of transaction, severance and other
related costs in its consolidated statement of operations.
Certain
Federal Income Tax Consequences to the Company
The
following summary of the anticipated federal income tax consequences to us of
the Asset Sale is not intended as tax advice and is not intended to be a
complete description of the federal income tax consequences of the Asset Sale.
This summary is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as
presently in effect, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, current
administrative interpretations and court decisions. No assurance can be given
that future legislation, regulations, administrative interpretations or court
decisions will not significantly change these authorities, possibly with
retroactive effect. No rulings have been requested or received from the Internal
Revenue Service (“IRS”) as to the matters discussed and there is no intent to
seek any such ruling. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the IRS will
not challenge the tax treatment of certain matters discussed or, if it does
challenge the tax treatment, that it will not be successful.
The Asset Sale will be treated for
federal income tax purposes as a taxable sale upon which gain or loss will be
recognized by us. The amount of gain or loss recognized by us with respect to
the sale of a particular asset will be measured by the difference between the
amount realized by us on the sale of that asset and our tax basis in that asset.
The amount realized by us on the Asset Sale will include the amount of cash
received, the fair market value of any other property received, and total
liabilities assumed or taken subject to by FUSA. For purposes of determining the
amount realized by us with respect to specific assets, the total amount realized
by us will generally be allocated among the assets according to the rules
prescribed under Section 1060(a) of the Code. Our basis in our assets is
generally equal to their cost, as adjusted for certain items, such as
depreciation. The determination of whether gain or loss is recognized by us will
be made with respect to each of the assets to be sold. Accordingly, we may
recognize gain on the sale of certain assets and loss on the sale of certain
others, depending on the amount of consideration allocated to an asset as
compared with the basis of that asset.
Generally, the proposed sale of
substantially all of our operating assets will not produce any separate and
independent federal income tax consequences to our stockholders.
Each stockholder is urged to consult
his or her own tax advisor as to the federal income tax consequences of the
Asset Sale, and as to any state, local, foreign or other tax consequences based
on his or her particular facts and circumstances.
EACH STOCKHOLDER SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN
TAX ADVISOR TO DETERMINE THE STOCKHOLDER’S PARTICULAR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX
CONSEQUENCES AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THE STOCKHOLDER OF THE ASSET SALE,
INCLUDING ANY STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX LAWS AND THE EFFECT OF ANY CHANGES IN
SUCH LAWS.
Votes
Required for the Approval of the Sale of Substantially All of the Assets of
Xcorporeal
The approval of the Asset Sale requires
the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
our common stock.
Recommendation
of Our Board of Directors
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS DETERMINED
THAT THE ASSET SALE IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMPANY AND OUR
STOCKHOLDERS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS APPROVED THE ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “
FOR
” THE ASSET SALE
PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL
NO. 2: APPROVAL OF THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION OF XCORPOREAL
General
At the
Special Meeting, our stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon a
proposal to voluntarily dissolve and liquidate the Company and to transfer to
the Liquidating Trust any available proceeds and payment rights received from
the sale of our assets and any other assets not used to satisfy our liabilities
and obligations. If this proposal is approved and the Asset Sale is consummated,
the trustee of the Liquidating Trust may make distributions to our stockholders
in the future as beneficiaries of the trust. A copy of the Plan of Liquidation
and the Liquidating Trust Agreement is attached to this Proxy
Statement as Exhibit B and Exhibit C, respectively.
Stockholders
are urged to carefully review the Plan of Liquidation and the Liquidating Trust
Agreement in their entirety.
Background
and Reasons for the Proposed Liquidation and Dissolution
The
deterioration of the economy over the last 18 months, coupled with the prolonged
delay in our ability to reach a resolution with respect to the consummation of
the Technology Transaction, has significantly adversely affected us. Many of the
expectations on which we had based our 2008 and 2009 business development plans
slowly eroded as a result of the lengthy arbitration proceeding with NQCI
commenced in 2006 and continuing into the second quarter of 2009. The
possibility of an adverse decision in the arbitration proceeding with respect to
our ownership right to the Technology has been a major factor in our inability
to secure debt or equity financing. Accordingly, during the first nine months of
2009, we modified certain of our activities and business and instituted a
variety of measures in an attempt to conserve cash and reduce our operating
expenses. Our actions included: termination of employment of 20 of our employees
or a reduction of approximately 77% of our labor force, deferral of compensation
for 5 of our 6 employees with continued deferral for 3 of our 6 employees,
reaching an agreement with the landlord for our operating facility in Lake
Forest, CA, to apply $88,865, in lieu of reimbursement of such amount to us
expended for the incurred improvements at such facility, toward rent payments
with $45,605 applied as of September 30, 2009, refocusing our available assets
and employee resources on the development of the PAK, agreeing to a direct
reimbursement arrangement for PAK related research and development expenses with
a certain third party with which we have agreed to an exclusivity period to
negotiate a potential cooperative transaction, continuing vigorous efforts to
minimize or defer our operating expenses, searching to obtain additional
financing to support our operations and to satisfy our ongoing capital
requirements in order to improve our liquidity position and continuing to
prosecute our patents and take other steps to perfect our intellectual property
rights. In light of the unprecedented economic slowdown, lack of access to
capital markets and prolonged arbitration proceeding with NQCI, we were
compelled to undertake the efforts outlined above in order to remain in the
position to continue our operations. For a more detailed discussion of our
restructuring efforts, please see section entitled “Item 2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
— Recent Developments” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine
month period ended September 30, 2009, filed with the SEC on November 16,
2009.
Due to
our continuing substantially deteriorating financial position, we have continued
some of the actions outlined above and will continue our efforts to streamline
our operations in order to conserve any available resources. Our management
evaluated any possible strategic alternatives, including entering into a
transaction for the sale of substantially all or all of our assets, a business
combination with another entity in a transaction where we would not be the
surviving entity, licensing of certain of our intellectual property rights, as a
means to further develop our technologies, discontinuing our operations and
liquidating our assets and/or seeking protection under bankruptcy
laws.
Unfortunately,
none of the strategic alternatives that we pursued resulted in any agreements or
transactions that offered long range success for the Company or means of
securing additional financing. Because we have been unable to raise financing
sufficient to support our operations and to satisfy our ongoing financing
requirements, we have been unable to develop any of our products, submit 510(k)
notifications to the FDA, conduct clinical trials or otherwise commercialize any
of our products. In addition, we have been unable to take any efforts to
continue the development of the PAK.
After an
extensive review of a range of our strategic alternatives, including our
continuing as an independent entity, exploring mergers and acquisitions and any
possible financing arrangements and considerable efforts to maximize the value
of our assets, our Board of Directors believes that the Asset Purchase Agreement
presents the best offer for the sale of the Assets that will maximize
stockholder value. If the Asset Sale is consummated and the Plan of Liquidation
is approved, the Board of Directors believes that such actions would increase
the probability that we will be able to distribute liquidation proceeds
from the Liquidating Trust to our stockholders as soon as practicable,
including any Royalty Payments made to us by FUSA that could be available in the
future for distribution to our stockholders.
As a
result of the conditions outlined above and in connection with the execution of
the Asset Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors has determined that it is
in the Company’s and our stockholders’ best interests to proceed with the Plan
of Liquidation.
As of
September 30, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities
of approximately $0.3 million, excluding restricted cash. Based upon our
restructuring efforts taken to date, including the voluntary deferral of 50% of
the salaries of our three officers, we have been expending cash at a rate below
$0.1 million per month, and expect to expend such resources at the same
rate for the remainder of the 2009 fiscal year. Under the current economic
conditions and based on our current cash and cash equivalent resources and
salary deferrals, including the exclusivity fee in the amount of $200,000
received by us in September 2009, and using assumptions that by nature are
imprecise, our management believes that we will run out of cash in less than 30
days. We will attempt, if possible, to further reduce our monthly cash burn rate
and take certain other additional measures, including deferral of payments to
certain parties, in order to provide an additional 60 days for us to hold the
Special Meeting to give the opportunity to our stockholders to vote on the Asset
Sale and the Plan of Liquidation. In addition, in accordance with the terms of
the Stipulation and the Memorandum, we are obligated to pay damages, costs and
legal fees in connection with the arbitration proceeding with NQCI described
above in an amount of $1,871,430.
Moreover, our current
liabilities significantly exceeded our current assets as of September 30, 2009
and as of the date of this Proxy Statement. Therefore, because we have been
unsuccessful in our efforts to secure additional capital or sell any or all of
our Assets, this has caused a material adverse effect on our plan of
operations and unless the Asset Sale is consummated, we will forced to file
for bankruptcy and/or cease our operations.
Prior to
the mailing of this Proxy Statement, in connection with the Asset Sale, our
Board of Directors adopted the Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution of
Xcorporeal, Inc. and directed that it be submitted to our stockholders for
approval at the Special Meeting.
In
considering the Plan of Liquidation, our Board of Directors carefully considered
the terms of the Plan of Liquidation and the dissolution process under Delaware
law, as well as other available strategic alternatives. As part of our Board of
Directors’ evaluation process, they considered the risks and timing of each
alternative available to us, as well as management’s financial projections, and
consulted with management and our legal and financial advisors. In approving the
Plan of Liquidation, our Board of Directors considered several of the factors
set out above as well as the following factors:
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seeking
to make available for distribution to our stockholders rights with the
potential to yield the maximum amount of cash in the quickest period of
time and taking such actions would increase the probability that we will
be able to distribute liquidation proceeds from the Liquidating Trust to
our stockholders as soon as practicable, including any Royalty Payments
made to us by FUSA under the Asset Purchase
Agreement;
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the
Board of Directors believes that such actions would increase the
probability that we will be able to distribute liquidation proceeds from
the Liquidating Trust to our stockholders as soon as practicable,
including any Royalty Payments;
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the
significant costs associated with our ongoing operations, which we had
already reduced to the extent management believed reasonable to permit
continuation of our operations;
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the
significant uncertainties as to our ability to obtain the future financing
required to permit us to execute our business strategy given the crises in
the debt and equity capital
markets;
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the
substantial accounting, legal and other expenses associated with being a
small publicly-traded company in light of our existing and expected
history of losses;
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the
ability to settle contingent liabilities and if such contingent
liabilities cannot be settled to the satisfaction of our Board,
the ability to seek confirmation from a court that all liabilities
are satisfied prior to liquidation;
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the
terms and conditions of the Plan of Liquidation, including the provisions
that permit our Board to revoke the plan if our Board determines that, in
light of new proposals presented or changes in circumstances, dissolution
and liquidation are no longer advisable and in the best interests of the
Company and our stockholders;
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the
fact that Delaware corporate law requires that the Plan of Liquidation be
approved by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of
our common stock entitled to vote, which ensures that our Board will not
be taking actions of which a significant portion of our stockholders
disapprove; and
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the
reduced cost of setting up the Liquidating Trust and implementing the Plan
of Liquidation, coupled with the termination of our registration and
reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, compared to the cost of
operating a scaled-down public
company.
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Our Board
of Directors also considered a number of potentially countervailing factors in
its deliberations concerning the Plan of Liquidation, including:
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the
uncertainty of the timing, nature and amount of any Royalty Payments and
resulting liquidating distributions to
stockholders;
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the
risks associated with the sale of the Assets to FUSA and any remaining
non-cash assets as part of the Plan of Liquidation;
and
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the
fact that, if the Plan of Liquidation is approved by our stockholders,
stockholders would generally not be permitted to transfer shares of our
common stock after the effective date of the Plan of
Liquidation.
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The preceding discussion is not meant
to be an exhaustive description of the information and factors considered by our
Board of Directors, but addresses the material information and factors
considered. In view of the wide variety of factors considered in connection with
its evaluation of the Plan of Liquidation and the complexity of these
matters, our Board of Directors did not quantify or otherwise attempt to assign
relative weights to the various factors considered in reaching its
determination. In considering the factors described above, individual members of
our Board of Directors may have given different weight to different
factors. After taking into account all of the factors set forth above, as
well as others, our Board of Directors agreed that the benefits of
the Asset Sale followed by our liquidation and dissolution outweigh the
risks.
Transfer
to the Liquidating Trust; Nature; Amount; Timing
The Cash
Purchase Price and net cash proceeds, if any, of our remaining assets, together
with any other cash held by us, will not be distributed to our stockholders, as
we expect that after deduction for expenses and a Contingency Reserve (as
defined below), our liabilities will exceed our assets. However, we intend to
transfer to the Liquidating Trust, after deduction of expenses, our share of the
rights to any Royalty Payments and any other rights and assets remaining after
the Asset Sale (the “Remaining Assets”) and not used to satisfy our liabilities
and obligations, if any, together with all of our then remaining liabilities and
obligations not satisfied prior our liquidation (the “Remaining Liabilities”).
We intend that any distributions to our stockholders by the Trustee of the
Liquidating Trust (as defined below) will be in the form of cash. Nevertheless,
no distributions will be made until such time as we have determined the amount
of the Contingency Reserve, which is not expected to occur until after the
closing of the Asset Sale, and until the Trustee has determined the monetary
value of the Royalty Payments and other Remaining Assets, if any, and the
Trustee has been able to monetize such payment rights and assets.
The
proportionate interests of all of our stockholders in the Royalty Payments and
other Remaining Assets, if any, to be transferred to the Liquidating Trust, will
be fixed on the basis of their respective stock holdings at the close of
business on the Final Record Date, and after such date, any distributions made
by the Liquidating Trust will be made solely to stockholders of record on the
Final Record Date. The actual nature, amount and timing of all distributions
will be determined by the Trustee, in his sole discretion, and will depend upon
the Trustee’s ability to convert the Royalty Payments and other Remaining
Assets, if any, into cash and pay and settle our Remaining Liabilities, as well
as the expenses associated with the Liquidating Trust. However, there can be no
assurances that even if the Asset Sale is consummated and the Plan of
Liquidation is approved, there will be sufficient assets for the Trustee to make
eventual distributions to our stockholders. Further, our Board of Directors has
the right to abandon or amend the Plan of Liquidation to the extent permitted by
the DGCL. If our Board of Directors determines that the abandonment or amendment
of the Plan of Liquidation would be in the best interest of our stockholders and
therefore abandons or amends the terms of the Plan of Liquidation, transfer
and distribution of liquidation proceeds and other rights may be significantly
delayed and may not occur as currently contemplated in the Plan of Liquidation.
See below “─ Abandonment and Amendment.”
If
the Asset Sale is consummated, our Board of Directors believes that we will not
have sufficient assets to pay our current liabilities and obligations and to
make cash distributions directly to our stockholders (not as a result of any
distributions from the Liquidating Trust). We will attempt to maximize cash
remaining after satisfying our liabilities by negotiating possible reduced
payments for our remaining obligations. The actual distribution amount(s) of any
distribution(s) will be determined and the final distribution will be made by
the Trustee in his sole discretion after the realization over-time of the cash
value, if any, of the Royalty Payments, and settlement and satisfaction of all
our liabilities and expenses.
Other
factors that may affect the per share distribution amount to stockholders
include the actual amount of expenses we incur for such things as legal and
accounting fees related to the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation, operating
expenses and other liabilities we incur that would reduce the per share
distribution amount. Such factors could reduce the estimated distribution
amounts and, in particular, could reduce the estimated distribution amount at
the low recovery end of the range to zero.
Terms
of the Liquidating Trust
If the
Plan of Liquidation and the Asset Sale are approved by our stockholders, our
Board of Directors intends to transfer our share of the right to any Royalty
Payments and the other Remaining Assets, if any, together with all of the
Remaining Liabilities, to the Liquidating Trust established for the benefit of
our stockholders, which rights and assets would thereafter be sold or
distributed on terms approved by the Trustee of such trust. The purpose of the
Liquidating Trust would be to serve as a temporary repository for the trust
property prior to its disposition or distribution to our stockholders, to
distribute or sell such property on terms satisfactory to the Trustee, and to
distribute to our stockholders any net proceeds of such sale after paying any
liabilities assumed by the Liquidating Trust. Our Board of Directors may
amend the provisions of our Plan of Liquidation without approval by our
stockholders, to the extent permitted by the DGCL; provided, however, that our
Board of Directors shall not abandon the Plan of Liquidation following the
filing of the Certificate of Dissolution without first obtaining stockholder
consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a distribution from,
or transfer to, the Liquidating Trust of any asset or property cannot be
effected without the consent of a governmental authority, no such distribution
or transfer will be effected without such consent. The Liquidating Trust will
also assume all of our Remaining Liabilities and will be obligated to pay any
expenses and Remaining Liabilities that remain unsatisfied. If the Contingency
Reserve transferred to the Liquidating Trust is exhausted, such expenses and
liabilities will be satisfied out of the Liquidating Trust’s other unsold
assets.
The
Liquidating Trust will be established pursuant to a Liquidating Trust Agreement,
in the form attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit C, to be entered into
between us and Mr. McCrann, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, or an
entity appointed by Mr. McCrann to act as trustee thereunder, as approved by our
Board of Directors (the “Trustee”). Under a standard liquidating trust, property
is transferred to one or more liquidating trustees, to be held in trust for the
benefit of the stockholder beneficiaries subject to the terms of the applicable
liquidating trust agreement and immediately thereafter or when the Trustee deems
appropriate to do so, interests in the liquidating trust are distributed to the
trust’s beneficiaries. The Trustee, in his, her or its capacity as trustee, will
assume all of our obligations and liabilities with respect to the assets
transferred to the Liquidating Trust, including, without limitation, any
unsatisfied claims and unascertained or contingent liabilities relating to these
transferred assets, and any such conveyances to the Trustee will be in trust for
our stockholders. The transfer to the Liquidating Trust and distribution of
interests therein to our stockholders, if any, will enable us to divest
ourselves of the trust property and permit our stockholders to enjoy the
economic benefits of ownership of such property and the Royalty Payments whose
fair value on the date of this Proxy Statement is uncertain. We anticipate that
the interests would be evidenced only by the records of the Liquidating Trust,
that there would be no certificates or other tangible evidence of such
interests, and that no holder of our stock would be required to pay any cash or
other consideration for the interests to be received in the distribution, if
any, subject to the surrender of the stock certificates held by such
stockholder. Such interests in the Liquidating Trust will not be transferable
other than by will, intestate succession or operation of law.
Upon the
determination by the Trustee that all of the Liquidating Trust’s liabilities
have been satisfied, but in any event, not more than 10 years from the date of
its creation, the Liquidating Trust will, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, make a final distribution of any remaining assets to the holders of the
beneficial interests of the trust.
The
adoption of the Plan of Liquidation by our stockholders constitutes full and
complete stockholder approval of the appointment of the liquidating trustee(s)
of the Liquidating Trust, the execution of Liquidating Trust Agreement and the
transfer of our assets to the Liquidating Trusts. As more fully discussed
herein, subject to stockholder approval of the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation, we intend to transfer our share of the Royalty Payments and the
other Remaining Assets, if any, together with all of our Remaining Liabilities,
to the Liquidating Trust. In addition, our Board of Directors believes the
flexibility provided by the Plan of Liquidation with respect to the Liquidating
Trust to be necessary, advisable, and appropriate.
Trading
of Interests in the Liquidating Trust
Interests
in the Liquidating Trust that may be distributed to our stockholders will not be
transferable other than by will, intestate succession or operation of
law.
We have
an obligation to continue to comply with the applicable reporting requirements
of the Exchange Act even though compliance with such reporting requirements is
economically substantially burdensome. In order to curtail expenses, we intend
to, after filing our certificate of dissolution, to rely on the positions taken
by the staff of the SEC in a series of no-action letters issued to third parties
not related to us allowing registrants whose securities are registered under
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and who are otherwise not eligible to
deregister under applicable rules of the Exchange Act, to deregister from their
Section 13(a) reporting obligations. In order to be able to take advantage of
such no-action positions taking by the staff of the SEC, we plan to establish
the Liquidating Trust which will exist only for the limited purpose of effecting
liquidation of all of our assets remaining after the Asset Sale and liabilities
within the 10-year period from the establishment date of the trust. In
connection therewith, the terms of the Liquidating Trust will restrict the
ability of the beneficiaries of the trust to transfer their interests in the
Liquidating Trust. We anticipate that, if such relief were granted, we would
continue to file Current Reports on Form 8-K to disclose material events
relating to our dissolution and liquidation along with any other reports that
the SEC might require. However, the SEC may not grant any such relief and we or
the Liquidating Trust, as applicable, may be required to continue to comply with
the periodic reporting and proxy requirements of the Exchange Act and incur the
costs associated with such reporting requirements which will reduce the cash
available for distribution to our stockholders, if any.
As our
stockholders may be deemed to have received a liquidating distribution equal to
their pro rata share of the value of the net assets distributed to the
Liquidating Trust which is treated as a grantor trust for tax purposes, the
distribution of non-transferable interests could result in tax liability to the
Liquidating Trust interest holders, even though such holders will not readily be
able to realize the value of such interests to pay such taxes or otherwise. See
“Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Plan of Liquidation or the
Receipt of Non-liquidating Distributions” below.
Nature,
Amount and Timing of Liquidating Distributions
The
amount of the Liquidating Trust’s distributions will depend on a number of
factors, including, but not limited to, the value of the any Royalty Payments
received by us, our liabilities existing on the date of the approval and
adoption of the Plan of Liquidation (including severance payments), our
operating expenses that accrue following approval and adoption of the Plan of
Liquidation and the amount of any claims that may be asserted against us.
The expenses of the Liquidating Trust will include professional fees and other
expenses of liquidation and although we intend to work diligently to minimize
such expenses, they may be significant.
Other
factors that may affect the per share distribution amount to stockholders
include the actual amount of expenses we incur for such things as legal and
accounting fees related to the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation, operating
expenses and other liabilities we incur that would reduce the per share
distribution amount. Such factors could reduce the estimated distribution
amounts and, in particular, could reduce the estimated distribution amount at
the low recovery end of the range to zero.
The
Plan of Liquidation is Contingent Upon the Approval and Consummation of the
Asset Sale
In lieu
of satisfying all of our liabilities and obligations prior to making any
transfers to the Liquidating Trust and eventual distributions by the Trustee to
our stockholders, we may instead reserve assets deemed by management and our
Board of Directors to be adequate to provide for such liabilities and
obligations.
Uncertainties
as to the precise value of the Royalty Payments and the ultimate amount of our
liabilities make it impracticable to predict the aggregate net value ultimately
distributable to stockholders. Claims, liabilities and expenses from operations
(including, but not limited to, operating costs such as salaries, directors'
fees, income taxes, payroll and local taxes, legal, accounting and miscellaneous
office expenses), although currently declining, will continue to be incurred
following stockholder approval of the Asset Sale and the approval and adoption
of the Plan of Liquidation. These expenses will reduce the amount of assets
available for ultimate distribution to our stockholders, if any, and, while a
precise estimate of those expenses cannot currently be made, our management and
Board of Directors estimates that available cash will be adequate to provide for
our obligations, liabilities, expenses and claims (including contingent
liabilities) and we will make every effort to maximize any distributions to be
made to our stockholders. However, no assurances can be given that available
cash and amounts received on the Asset Sale and the sale of our remaining assets
will be adequate to provide for our obligations, liabilities, expenses and
claims and to make cash distributions to stockholders. If such available cash
and amounts received on the Asset Sale and the sale of our remaining assets
are not adequate to provide for our obligations, liabilities, expenses and
claims, distributions of cash to our stockholders will be reduced and could be
eliminated.
Estimated
Distribution to Stockholders
Subject
to the approval of our stockholders of the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation and the consummation of the Asset Sale, the following table shows
our management's estimate of cash proceeds and outlines our best estimate of
potential distributions that could be made by the Trustee from the Liquidating
Trust to our stockholders as of the date of this Proxy Statement. Our
independent registered public accounting firm has not performed any procedures
with respect to the information in the following table and, accordingly, does
not express any form of assurance on that information. The following estimates
are not guarantees and they do not reflect the total range of possible
outcomes. The actual amount of Royalty Payments that may be received by us,
if any, cannot be determined as of the date of this Proxy Statement. The table
assumes that we will complete the proposed Asset Sale by February 28, 2010. Our
current intention is to file the Certificate of Dissolution of the Company as
soon as practicable after the completion of the Asset Sale. As the Trustee
liquidates the Royalty Payments, if any, due to us by FUSA under the Asset
Purchase Agreement and we liquidate any other Remaining Assets and pay off our
outstanding liabilities, the Trustee may distribute liquidation proceeds, if
any, to our stockholders as the Trustee deems appropriate in its sole discretion
under the terms of the Liquidating Trust. A creditor could seek an injunction
against the making of distributions to our stockholders on the ground that the
amounts to be distributed were needed to provide for the payment of our
liabilities and expenses. To the extent the closing of the Asset Sale is delayed
beyond February 28, 2010, the date on which FUSA has the right to terminate the
Asset Purchase Agreement, we anticipate that we will be unable to continue as a
going concern and will be forced to liquidate and/or file for
bankruptcy.
The amount, if any, that the Trustee
will ultimately distribute to our stockholders following liquidation, is heavily
dependent on the su
ccess
of the technology being sold to
FUSA
and the value of the Royalty
Payments.
The actual
amount of Royalty Payments that may be received by us, if any, cannot be
determined as of the date of this Proxy Statement.
The
following table is not a guarantee of the final result of the potential
contractual liabilities referenced above, but rather, merely presents possible
outcomes of our highest and lowest estimates in the amount of our contractual
liabilities that will exist as of the Closing Date and the per share amount of
our portion of the Cash Purchase Price that would be then available for
distribution, if any, by the Trustee to our stockholders depending on certain
possible outcomes related to the value of such contractual liabilities. The
actual amount of Royalty Payments that may be received by us in the future, if
any, cannot be determined as of the date of this Proxy Statement.
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High
(1)
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Low
(2)
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(in
thousands, except per share)
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Assets
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Net
Proceeds of Asset Sale (3)
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$
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2,262
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$
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2,262
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Cash
& cash equivalents at closing
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$
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0
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$
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0
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All
other assets
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$
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0
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$
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0
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Total
Assets
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$
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2,262
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$
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2,262
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Liabilities
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Accounts
payable
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$
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1,096
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$
|
584
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Accrued
expenses (4)
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$
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401
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$
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329
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Asset
Sale expenses (5)
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$
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1,016
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$
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616
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Wind
down liabilities
(6)
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$
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3,095
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$
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1,040
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Total
Liabilities
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$
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5,608
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$
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2,569
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Net
negative balance of cash available as a result of the Asset
Sale
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$
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(3,346)
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$
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(307)
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Net
cash available for transfer to the Liquidating Trust as of the Closing
Date
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$
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0
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$
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0
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($
per share based on 15,154,687 shares outstanding as of December 18,
2009)
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$
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N/A
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$
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N/A
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(1)
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The
low estimate assumes the highest amount of our contractual liabilities
that we would expect to be liable for as of the Closing
Date.
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(2)
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The
high estimate assumes the most favorable resolution of our known
contractual liabilities existing as of the Closing
Date.
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(3)
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Represents
$2,100,000 as our portion of the Cash Purchase Price (not including
$200,000 received by us as the exclusivity fee) and includes receipt of
$300,000 underlying the letter of credit issued to the landlord of our
operating facility less $175,000 payable to FUSA in connection with
its assumption of such lease pursuant to a side agreement, dated as of
December 14, 2009, plus return of our a security deposit of $37,000
deposited with the landlord upon the execution of such
lease.
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(4)
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Includes
$261,144 of deferred compensation payable to our executive
officers.
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(5)
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Includes
$432,500 of sale transaction success bonus payable to our Chief Executive
Officer.
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(6)
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Wind
down liabilities primarily consist of the estimated severance costs of
$611,500 and up to approximately $1.924 million that may be due to
our executive officers less amounts paid through the expected Closing Date
(as more fully discussed herein), and a range of estimates on additional
expenses including up to approximately $740,000 as the remaining payments
due under the lease of our principal executive offices and legal fees
associated with the wind down of approximately
$88,000.
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We will
attempt, if possible, to negotiate and take certain other additional measures,
including deferral of payments to certain parties, in order to reduce our
aggregate liabilities.
Sale
of our Assets
Subject
to the approval of our stockholders of the Plan of Liquidation, the Plan of
Liquidation gives our Board of Directors the authority to sell all or
substantially all our remaining assets following our
dissolution. Approval of the Plan of Liquidation constitutes
stockholder approval of any and all such sales and we do not anticipate that we
will require any further stockholder vote with respect to the approval of the
specific terms of any particular asset sale approved by our Board of
Directors. We may conduct sales by any means, including by competitive
bidding or private negotiations. The prices at which we will be able to
sell our rights to any Royalty Payments will depend largely on factors beyond
our control, including, without limitation, the value of such rights, the
condition of the technology being sold to FUSA, FUSA’s ability to develop such
technology, the financial condition of FUSA, the condition of financial markets,
the availability of financing to prospective purchasers of our rights to Royalty
Payments and regulatory approvals, as applicable. In addition, we may
not obtain as high a price for any rights to Royalty Payments as we might secure
if we were not in liquidation.
If the
Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation is approved by our stockholders, we
intend to transfer to the Liquidating Trust our rights to Royalty Payments and
other Remaining Assets, if any, together with all of our Remaining
Liabilities.
Our sale
of an appreciated asset will result in the recognition of taxable gain to the
extent that the proceeds from the sale of such asset exceeds our tax basis in
such asset. We believe that we have sufficient useable net operating losses
to offset substantially all of the federal income or gain that could be
recognized by us for federal income tax purposes. As a result, we
anticipate being subject only to the alternative minimum tax and related state
tax liabilities, if any.
Principal
Provisions of the Plan of Liquidation
Once the
Plan of Liquidation is effective, the steps below will be completed at such
times as our Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary,
appropriate or advisable. A copy of the Plan of Liquidation is attached to this
Proxy Statement as Exhibit B.
If
the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation is approved by our stockholders, we
will take the following actions.
We will
complete the Asset Sale and the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement. Our
officers will negotiate and consummate the sales of our other Remaining Assets
and settle our contractual commitments and other liabilities insofar as our
Board of Directors deems such sales necessary, appropriate or advisable. It is
not anticipated that any further stockholder votes will be solicited with
respect to the approval of the specific terms of any particular sales of assets
approved by our Board of Directors. On or before the date of the Special
Meeting, we will establish the Liquidating Trust on the terms of the Liquidating
Trust Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit C, and as summarized
herein.
We will
file certificate of dissolution with the State of Delaware pursuant to
Section 275 of the DGCL. Our dissolution will become effective, in
accordance with Section 275 of the DGCL, upon proper filing of the
certificate of dissolution with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the
“Dissolution Date”). Pursuant to the DGCL, we will continue to exist for three
years after the Dissolution Date or for such longer period as the
Delaware Court of Chancery shall direct, for the purpose of prosecuting and
defending suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, by or against us,
and enabling us to settle and close our business, to dispose of and convey our
property, to discharge our liabilities and to distribute to our stockholders any
remaining assets, but not for the purpose of continuing the business for which
we were organized. Moreover, we will continue after such period for the purpose
of pending legal actions.
Pursuant to the terms of the
Liquidating Trust, the Trustee will pay or adequately provide for the payment of
all of our known obligations and liabilities prior to any distributions to our
stockholders. The Trustee of the Liquidating Trust will then distribute in
accordance with the trust’s governance documents pro rata in one or more
liquidating distributions over time to or for the benefit of our former
stockholders and beneficiaries of the Liquidating Trust any available amount(s)
of the Royalty Payments due to us or the present value that the Trustee would be
able to realize upon conversion of the stream of Royalty Payments due to us
under the Asset Purchase Agreement into cash.
We intend
to transfer to the Liquidating Trust our share of the rights to Royalty Payments
and our other Remaining Assets, if any, and all of our Remaining
Liabilities.
If
the Asset Sale is not approved by our stockholders, but the Plan of Liquidation
is approved by our stockholders, we will take the following
actions.
We will
attempt to sell all our assets on available terms most favorable to us. Our
officers will negotiate and consummate the sales of all of our assets and
properties insofar as our Board of Directors deems such sales necessary,
appropriate or advisable. It is not anticipated that any further
stockholder votes will be solicited with respect to the approval of the specific
terms of any particular sales of assets approved by our Board of
Directors.
If the
Asset Sale is not approved by our stockholders, but the Plan of Liquidation is
approved by our stockholders, due to our recent financial conditioned, our
already substantially depleted resources and in light of our aggregate
liabilities exceeding our assets, we will be forced to discontinue our
operations and/or seek protection under bankruptcy laws. In such
event, we do not believe that any cash or cash equivalents will be available for
distribution to our stockholders.
We will
file a certificate of dissolution with the State of Delaware pursuant to
Section 275 of the DGCL. Our dissolution will become effective, in
accordance with Section 275 of the DGCL, on the Dissolution Date. Pursuant
to the DGCL, we will continue to exist for three years after the Dissolution
Date or for such longer period as the Delaware Court of Chancery shall direct,
for the purpose of prosecuting and defending suits, whether civil, criminal or
administrative, by or against us, and enabling us to settle and close our
business, to dispose of and convey our property, to discharge our liabilities
and to distribute to our stockholders any remaining assets, but not for the
purpose of continuing the business for which we were organized. Moreover, we
will continue after such period for the purpose of pending legal
actions.
From and
after the Dissolution Date, we will not engage in any business activities except
to the extent necessary to preserve the value of our assets, wind down our
business and affairs, and distribute our assets in accordance with the Plan of
Liquidation and pursuant to Section 278 of the DGCL.
We will
pay or adequately provide for the payment of all of our known obligations and
liabilities. We will establish a contingency reserve designed to satisfy any
additional unknown or contingent liabilities or acquire insurance to protect us
and our stockholders against such liabilities. Finally, we will distribute pro
rata in one or more liquidating distributions to or for the benefit of our
stockholders any available cash or cash equivalents obtained from the conversion
of all of our assets into cash, net of our liabilities. Due to our liabilities
and obligations significantly exceeding our assets, most likely we would have no
cash or cash equivalents to distribute to our stockholders.
Plan
of Liquidation
The Plan
of Liquidation provides that our Board of Directors will liquidate our assets in
accordance with any applicable provision of the DGCL, including
Sections 280 or 281. Without limiting the flexibility of our Board of
Directors, our Board may, at its option, cause us to follow the procedures set
forth in Sections 280 and 281(a) of the DGCL, which provide for us to:
(1) give notice of the dissolution to all persons having a claim against us
and publish such notice, (2) offer to any claimant on a contract whose
claim is contingent, conditional or unmatured security in an amount sufficient
to provide compensation to the claimant if the claim matures, and petition the
Delaware Court of Chancery to determine the amount and form of security
sufficient to provide compensation to any such claimant who rejects such offer
in accordance with Section 280 of the DGCL, (3) petition the Delaware
Court of Chancery to determine the amount and form of security that would be
reasonably likely to be sufficient to provide compensation for (A) claims
that are the subject of pending litigation against us and not barred under
Section 280, (B) claims of contingent creditors who have rejected our
offer of security, and (C) claims that have not been made known to us at
the time of dissolution, but that, based on facts known to us, are likely to
arise or become known within five years (or longer, but no more than
10 years, in the discretion of the Delaware Court of Chancery),
(4) pay all claims made against us and not rejected, (5) post all
security offered and not rejected and all security ordered by the Delaware Court
of Chancery in accordance with Section 280 of the DGCL, and (6) pay or
make provision for all other claims that are mature, known and uncontested or
finally determined to be owing. In connection with any such proceedings, the
Court may appoint a guardian to protect the interests of unknown future
claimants.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, we will not be required to follow the procedures described in
Section 280 of the DGCL, and the adoption of the Plan of Liquidation by our
stockholders will constitute full and complete authority for our Board and
officers, without further stockholder action, to proceed with our dissolution
and liquidation in accordance with Section 281(b) of the DGCL, which
requires the adoption of a plan of distribution pursuant to which the dissolved
corporation is to pay or make reasonable provision for all claims and
obligations known to the corporation, make such provision as is reasonably
likely to compensate any claim against the corporation that is the subject of a
pending action, and make such provision as is reasonably likely to compensate
certain potential future claimants. If there are insufficient assets, the plan
must provide for payment according to priority, and pro rata distribution to
creditors of equal priority. Any remaining assets may be distributed to
stockholders.
We may,
from time to time, make liquidating distributions of our remaining funds and
unsold assets, if any, in cash or in kind, to the holders of record of shares of
our common stock at the close of business on the Dissolution Date. Such
liquidating distributions, if any, will be made to the holders of shares of our
Common Stock on a pro rata basis; all determinations as to the time for and the
amount and kind of distributions will be made by our Board, in its absolute
discretion. No assurances can be given that available cash and amounts received
on the sale of assets will be adequate to provide for our obligations,
liabilities, expenses and claims, and to make any cash distributions to our
stockholders.
We will
close our stock transfer books and discontinue recording transfers of shares of
our common stock on the Dissolution Date, at which time our capital stock and
stock certificates evidencing shares of our common stock will not be assignable
or transferable on our books.
Conduct
Following Adoption of the Plan of Liquidation
Assuming
that the Plan of Liquidation is approved and adopted, subject to our
stockholders’ approval of the Asset Sale and the subsequent consummation of the
Asset Sale, we intend to continue the process of scaling back our operations and
winding down our affairs.
If the
Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation is approved by our stockholders,
following the Dissolution Date our activities will be limited to winding down
our affairs and transferring our Remaining Assets and Remaining Liabilities to
the Liquidating Trust.
If the
Asset Sale is not approved by our stockholders, but the Plan of Liquidation is
approved by our stockholders, following the Dissolution Date our activities will
be limited to winding down our affairs, taking such action as may be necessary
to preserve the value of our assets and distributing our assets in accordance
with the Plan of Liquidation. We will seek to distribute or liquidate all of our
assets in such manner and upon such terms as our Board determines to be in our
and our stockholders’ best interests.
Pursuant
to the Plan of Liquidation, we will continue to indemnify our officers,
directors, employees and agents in accordance with our Certificate of
Incorporation and our Bylaws and any contractual arrangements for actions taken
in connection with the Plan of Liquidation and the winding down of our affairs.
Our Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, is authorized to obtain and
maintain insurance as may be necessary, appropriate or advisable to cover our
indemnification obligations under the Plan of Liquidation. Upon the Liquidation
Effective Time, we will obtain and fully pay for insurance policies that provide
coverage for events occurring on or before the Liquidation Effective Time with a
claims period of six years from and after the Liquidation Effective Time from
insurance carriers with the same or better credit ratings as our current
insurance carriers with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
with benefits and levels of coverage that are no less favorable than those on
our existing policies.
In
connection with the winding down of our affairs, it is also our intent to reduce
the size of our Board of Directors following the completion of the Asset Sale
and prior to the Liquidation Effective Time to the extent our Board of Directors
deems appropriate. To the extent not necessary to comply with any applicable
laws, some of our directors may also resign from our Board of Directors prior to
the completion of the Asset Sale.
Contingent
Liabilities; Contingency Reserve
Under the
DGCL, we are required, in connection with our dissolution, to pay or provide for
payment of all of our liabilities and obligations. Following the Dissolution
Date, we will pay, to the extent of our funds and assets available, all expenses
and fixed and other known liabilities, or set aside as a contingency reserve,
assets which we believe to be adequate for payment thereof (the “Contingency
Reserve”).
We are
currently unable to estimate with precision the amount of any Contingency
Reserve that may be required, but any such amount will be deducted before the
determination of amounts available for distribution to
stockholders.
The actual amount of any Contingency
Reserve will be based upon estimates and opinions of management and our Board of
Directors and derived from review of our estimated operating expenses,
including, but not limited to, accrued liabilities, anticipated compensation
payments, estimated legal and accounting fees, rent, payroll and other taxes
payable, miscellaneous office expenses, other expenses accrued in our financial
statements, and contractual liability claims related to our real estate leases.
There can be no assurance that the Contingency Reserve in fact will be
sufficient. After the liabilities, expenses and obligations for which the
Contingency Reserve had been established have been satisfied in full, we will
distribute to our stockholders any remaining portion of the Contingency Reserve.
The remaining portion of the Contingency Reserve will be paid to the holders of
shares of our common stock on a pro rata basis.
Abandonment
and Amendment
Under the
Plan of Liquidation, our Board of Directors may modify, amend or abandon the
Plan of Liquidation, notwithstanding stockholder approval, to the extent
permitted by the DGCL. We will not amend or modify the Plan of Liquidation under
circumstances that would require additional stockholder solicitations under the
DGCL or the federal securities laws without complying with the DGCL or the
federal securities laws, as applicable. We have no present plan or intention to
modify, amend or abandon the Plan of Liquidation.
If our
Board of Directors determines that the abandonment or amendment of the Plan of
Liquidation would be in the best interest of our stockholders and therefore
abandons or amends the terms of the Plan of Liquidation, distribution of
liquidation proceeds may be significantly delayed and may not occur as currently
contemplated in the Plan of Liquidation. The most likely reason for abandoning
the Plan of Liquidation would be to pursue a strategic transaction of some kind,
which likely would require us to seek stockholder approval.
Plan
of Liquidation Expenses and Indemnification
In
addition, in connection with and for the purpose of implementing and assuring
completion of the Plan of Liquidation, we may, in the absolute discretion of our
Board of Directors, pay any brokerage, agency, legal and other fees and expenses
of persons rendering services to us in connection with the collection, sale,
exchange or other disposition of our property and assets and the implementation
of the Plan of Liquidation, including, but not limited to, the payment of
retainer fees to any such persons.
Pursuant
to the Plan of Liquidation, we will continue to indemnify our officers,
directors, employees and agents in accordance with our Certificate of
Incorporation and our Bylaws and any contractual arrangements for actions taken
in connection with the Plan of Liquidation and the winding down of our affairs.
Our Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, is authorized to obtain and
maintain insurance as may be necessary, appropriate or advisable to cover our
indemnification obligations under the Plan of Liquidation. On or before the date
we transfer to the Liquidating Trust our rights to Royalty Payments and other
Remaining Assets, if any, together with all of our Remaining Liabilities (the
“Liquidation Effective Time”), we will obtain and fully pay for insurance
policies that provide coverage for events occurring on or before the Liquidation
Effective Time with a claims period of six years from and after the Liquidation
Effective Time from insurance carriers with the same or better credit ratings as
our current insurance carriers with respect to directors’ and officers’
liability insurance with benefits and levels of coverage that are no less
favorable than those on our existing policies.
Listing
and Trading of Our Common Stock
After we close our stock transfer
books, the prices of our common stock will cease to be reported on the Pink
Sheets Electronic OTC Market (the “Pink Sheets”). During the liquidation period,
we would continue to be subject to certain public company obligations and public
company reporting requirements under the federal securities laws. After the
Final Record Date, we will make appropriate filings with the SEC to allow us to
cease filing certain periodic and current reports and other information with the
SEC.
Interests
of Our Executive Officers and/or Directors in the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation
For information regarding severance,
change of control and other payments that would be triggered by the Asset Sale
and the interests of our executive officers and/or directors in the Plan of
Liquidation, see “Proposal No. 1: Approval of the Asset Sale—Interests of
Our Executive Officers and/or Directors in the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation.”
Regulatory
Approvals
No United States federal or state
regulatory requirements must be complied with or approvals obtained in
connection with the dissolution.
Absence
of Appraisal Rights
Under
Delaware law, our stockholders are not entitled to appraisal rights for their
shares of our common stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Plan of Liquidation or to any similar rights of dissenters under Delaware
law.
Material
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
The
following discussion is a general summary of the material U.S. Federal income
tax consequences of the Plan of Liquidation or the receipt of non-liquidating
distributions to us and our stockholders, but does not purport to be a complete
analysis of all the potential tax effects.
EACH STOCKHOLDER IS ADVISED TO
CONSULT HIS, HER OR ITS TAX ADVISOR FOR ACTUAL TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HIM, HER OR
IT OF THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION OR THE RECEIPT OF NON-LIQUIDATING
DISTRIBUTIONS.
The discussion addresses neither the tax
consequences that may be relevant to particular categories of investors subject
to special treatment under certain federal income tax laws (such as dealers in
securities, banks, insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, and foreign
individuals and entities) nor any tax consequences arising under the laws of any
state, local or foreign jurisdiction. The discussion is based upon the Code,
Treasury Regulations, the IRS rulings and judicial decisions now in effect, all
of which are subject to change at any time; any such changes may be applied
retroactively. The following discussion has no binding effect on the IRS or the
courts. Distributions may occur at various times and in more than one tax year,
and it is possible that no distribution will be made. No assurances can be given
that the tax treatment described herein will remain unchanged at the time of
such distributions. No ruling has been requested from the IRS with respect to
the anticipated tax treatment of the Plan of Liquidation or the receipt of
non-liquidating distributions, and we will not seek an opinion of counsel with
respect to the anticipated tax treatment. The failure to obtain a ruling from
the IRS or an opinion of counsel results in less certainty that the anticipated
tax treatment summarized herein will be obtained. If any of the conclusions
stated herein proves to be incorrect, the result could be increased taxation at
the Company’s and/or our stockholder level, thus reducing the benefit to our
stockholders and us from the liquidation or from non-liquidating
distributions.
Tax
Consequences to the Company
After the
approval of the Plan of Liquidation and until the liquidation is complete, we
will continue to be subject to tax on our taxable income. We will generally
recognize income, gain or loss on sales of our property or collection of claims
pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation. Upon any distribution of property to our
stockholders, we will generally recognize gain or loss as if such property was
being sold to our stockholders at its fair market value.
Tax
Consequences to Our Stockholders
As a
result of our liquidation, a stockholder generally will recognize gain or loss
equal to the difference between (1) the sum of the amount of cash and the
fair market value of any property distributed to such stockholder, if any, less
any known liabilities assumed by the stockholder or to which the distributed
property is subject, and (2) such stockholder's tax basis for his, her or
its shares of our common stock. A stockholder's tax basis in his or her shares
will depend upon various factors, including, but not limited to, the
stockholder's cost and the amount and nature of any distributions received with
respect thereto. A stockholder's gain or loss will be computed on a “per share”
basis. We expect to make more than one liquidating distribution to our
stockholders, each of which will be allocated proportionately to each share of
our common stock owned by a stockholder. The value of each liquidating
distribution will be applied against and reduce a stockholder's tax basis
in his or her shares of our common stock. Gain will be recognized by reason of a
liquidating distribution only to the extent that the aggregate value of such
distributions received by a stockholder with respect to a share exceeds his, her
or its tax basis for that share. Any loss will generally be recognized only
when the final distribution from us has been received and then only if the
aggregate value of the liquidating distributions with respect to a share is less
than the stockholder's tax basis for that share. If a stockholder is required to
return any distribution, any payments by a stockholder in satisfaction of any
liability not covered by the Contingency Reserve, which is described in greater
detail elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, generally would produce a loss in
the year paid, which loss could fail to cause a reduction in taxes payable in an
amount equal to the amount of the taxes paid on amounts previously distributed.
Gain or loss recognized by a stockholder will generally be treated as capital
gain or loss provided the shares are held as capital assets. Such gain or loss
will be subject to tax at the short-term or long-term capital gain tax rate,
depending on the period for which such shares are held by the stockholder.
Long-term capital gain of non-corporate taxpayers may be subject to more
favorable tax rates than ordinary income or short-term capital gain. The
deductibility of capital losses is subject to various limitations. We will
provide our stockholders and the IRS with a statement each year of the amount of
cash and the fair market value of any property distributed to the stockholders
during that year, at such time and in such manner as required by the Treasury
Regulations.
Liquidating
Trust
In the
event we transfers our Remaining Assets to the Liquidating Trust for the benefit
of the stockholders, we intend to
treat any
such liquidating trust as a grantor trust of the stockholders. Assuming the
liquidating trust is properly characterized as a
grantor
trust, our stockholders will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as
first having constructively received their pro
rata
share of the property transferred to the Liquidating Trust in a taxable
transaction and then having contributed such property to the trust. The amount
of the deemed distribution to the stockholders, if any, generally will be
reduced by the amount of any known liabilities assumed by the Liquidating Trust
or to which the transferred property is subject. A liquidating trust qualifying
as a grantor trust is itself not subject to U.S. federal income tax. Former
holders of common stock of the Company, as owners of the liquidating
trust,
would be required to take into account for U.S. federal income tax purposes
their respective allocable portions of any income, gain or loss recognized by
such liquidating trust, whether or not they receive any actual distributions
from the liquidating trust, and accordingly may recognize taxable income without
the receipt of cash. As a result, our stockholders will not be taxable when
distributions are actually made by the Liquidating Trust and, if our
stockholders never receive an amount previously treated as income as a
distribution from the Liquidating Trust, the stockholders may be entitled to a
loss deduction. Our stockholders would receive annual statements from the
Liquidating Trust reporting their respective allocable shares of the various tax
items of the trust.
Back-Up
Withholding
Unless a
stockholder complies with certain reporting and/or Form W-9 certification
procedures or is an exempt recipient under applicable provisions of the Code and
Treasury Regulations, he, she or it may be subject to back-up withholding tax
with respect to any payments received pursuant to the Plan of
Liquidation. The back-up withholding tax is currently imposed at a
rate of 28%. Back-up withholding generally will not apply to payments made to
some exempt recipients such as a corporation or financial institution or to a
stockholder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number or provides a
certificate of foreign status and provides certain other required information.
If back-up withholding applies, the amount withheld is not an additional tax,
but is credited against the stockholder's U.S. federal income tax
liability.
Taxation of N
on-
U.S.
Stockholders
Foreign
corporations or persons who are not citizens or residents of the United States
should consult their tax advisors with respect to the U.S. and non-U.S. tax
consequences of the Plan of Liquidation or the receipt of non-liquidating
distributions.
State
and Local Income Tax Consequences
Stockholders
may also be subject to liability for state and local taxes with respect to the
receipt of liquidating or non-liquidating distributions. State and local tax
laws may differ in various respects from federal income tax law. Stockholders
should consult their tax advisors with respect to the state and local tax
consequences of the Plan of Liquidation or the receipt of non-liquidating
distributions.
The foregoing summary of certain income
tax consequences is included for general information only and does not
constitute legal advice to any stockholder. The tax consequences of the Plan of
Liquidation may vary depending upon the particular circumstances of the
stockholder. We recommend that each stockholder consult his, her or its own
tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the Plan of Liquidation or the
receipt of non-liquidating distributions.
Votes
Required for the Approval of the Plan of Liquidation
The approval of the Plan of Liquidation
requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of our common stock.
Recommendation
of Our Board of Directors
PRIOR TO THE MAILING OF THIS PROXY
STATEMENT, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS: (1) DETERMINED THAT THE LIQUIDATION, AND
THE OTHER TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, ARE FAIR TO, ADVISABLE AND IN THE
BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STOCKHOLDERS, (2) APPROVED IN ALL RESPECTS THE PLAN
OF LIQUIDATION AND THE OTHER TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY AND
(3) RECOMMENDED THAT OUR STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “
FOR
” THE APPROVAL AND
ADOPTION OF THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION.
PROPOSAL
NO. 3: APPROVAL OF ANY PROPOSAL TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING
TO
SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF EITHER OR BOTH
OF
PROPOSAL
NO. 1 AND PROPOSAL NO. 2
As
described above, our Board of Directors has determined that Proposals No. 1 and
No. 2 are in the best interests of our stockholders and recommends that you vote
“
FOR
” both of
these proposals. Because approval of these proposals is a necessary step to
completing the Asset Sale and the dissolution and liquidation of the Company, we
may elect to adjourn the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies in favor
of either or both of these proposals if it appears at the time of the Special
Meeting that an insufficient number of votes will be cast to approve either or
both of these proposals.
Votes
Required for the Approval to Adjourn the Special Meeting to Solicit Additional
Proxies in Favor of the Approval of Either or Both of Proposals No. 1 and No.
2
The approval of the Adjournment
Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
shares of our common stock represented in person or by proxy and entitled to
vote thereon.
OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “
FOR
” APPROVAL OF
PROPOSAL NO. 3 TO APPROVE ANY PROPOSAL TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING TO A LATER
DATE TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF EITHER OR BOTH OF
PROPOSALS NO. 1 AND NO. 2, IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES FOR SUCH APPROVAL AT
THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING.
RISK
FACTORS
You
should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all the other
information included in this Proxy Statement, before making a decision about
voting on the proposals submitted for your consideration.
Risks
Related to Dual Proposals No. 1 and No. 2
Our stockholders
could approve the Asset Sale but vote against the Plan of Liquidation, or
disapprove of the Asset Sale but appro
ve the Plan of
Liquidation.
If
our stockholders approve and we complete the Asset Sale, we will have minimal
operations and assets with which to generate revenues and cash, and expect to
retain only those employees required to wind down our business. We do not intend
to invest in another operating business. If the Plan of Liquidation is not
approved, we will proceed with the Asset Sale, pay all of our liabilities and
obligations that are not assumed by FUSA to the extent we have available cash
and assets to do so, and use some of the cash received from the Asset Sale to
pay ongoing operating expenses. In such event, our Board of Directors may
consider making a second attempt to solicit a vote of the stockholders to
approve the Plan of Liquidation.
If
the Asset Sale is not approved or is otherwise not consummated, we will continue
to explore dissolution and other potential liquidation events for the Company,
and will seek to contact other potential acquirers of the Company or our assets.
After an extensive review of a range of strategic alternatives for the Company,
including our continuing as an independent entity, exploring mergers and
acquisitions and any possible financing arrangements and considerable efforts to
maximize the value of our assets, the Board of Directors believes that the Asset
Purchase Agreement presents the best offer for the sale of the Assets and
increases the probability that our stockholders may receive any distributions in
the future as a result of our share of any Royalty Payments to be paid by FUSA
to the Sellers. If stockholders approve the Plan of Liquidation, but the Asset
Sale is not approved or is not consummated, we will move forward with
dissolution. If this happens, our Board of Directors will be authorized to sell
and liquidate our Assets, on such terms and to such parties, which may include
FUSA, as the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion without
requiring further stockholder approval.
Even if the Asset Sale is consummated,
we cannot be certain of the amount, if any, of the distribution to our
stockholders under the Plan of Liquidation.
Liquidation
and dissolution may not create value to our stockholders or result in any
remaining capital for distribution to our stockholders. However, these
distributions are dependent upon the consummation of the Asset Sale, as well as
proceeding with our anticipated Plan of Liquidation, and we cannot be certain of
the precise amount available for distribution to our stockholders pursuant to
the Plan of Liquidation. In addition, the amount available for distribution
to our stockholders will primarily depend on how much proceeds we generate from
the value of the Royalty Payments. As of the date of this Proxy Statement, we
are unable to determine the value of the Royalty Payments.
Claims,
liabilities and expenses from operations (including, but not limited to,
operating costs such as salaries, directors’ fees, directors’ and officers’
insurance, payroll and local taxes, legal and accounting fees and miscellaneous
office expenses) will continue to be incurred by us as we seek to close the
Asset Sale and liquidate our Remaining Assets and provide for our liabilities in
dissolution by transferring our Remaining Assets and all of our Remaining
Liabilities to the Liquidating Trust. Satisfaction of these claims, liabilities
and expenses from the Liquidating Trust will reduce the amount of assets
available for ultimate distribution to our stockholders, if any. If available
cash and amounts received on the sale of our assets are not adequate to provide
for our obligations, liabilities, expenses and claims, the Trustee may not be
able to distribute meaningful cash, or any cash at all, to our
stockholders.
Risks
Related to the Asset Sale
Because of the
closi
ng conditions in
the Asset Purchase Agreement and the possibility that
FUSA
may terminate
the Asset Purchase Agreement in specific instances, we cannot be sure when, or
even if, the Asset Sale will be completed.
The
closing of the Asset Sale is subject to the satisfaction of a number of closing
conditions, including, among others, the requirement that each of the Sellers
obtain approval of the Asset Sale by their respective stockholder. In addition,
FUSA may terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement if the closing of the Asset Sale
does not occur prior to February 28, 2010. We cannot guarantee that we will be
able to meet the closing conditions of the Asset Purchase Agreement. If we are
unable to meet the closing conditions, FUSA will not be obligated to purchase
the Assets. We also cannot be sure that other circumstances, for example, a
Material Adverse Effect, will not arise that would allow FUSA to terminate the
Asset Purchase Agreement prior to closing of the Asset Sale. If the Asset Sale
is not approved or does not close, our Board of Directors will be forced to
evaluate other alternatives, which are expected to be far less favorable to us
and our stockholders than the Asset Sale.
Failure to
complete the Asset Sale may seriously affect
our liquidity
and ability to continue as a going concern.
The
Board of Directors approved the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation in part
because we believe that our cash flows and assets will be sufficient only over
the next 30 days to cover our operating expenses. We will attempt, if possible,
to further reduce our monthly cash burn rate and take certain other additional
measures, including deferral of payments to certain parties, in order to provide
an additional 30 days for us to hold the Special Meeting to give the opportunity
to our stockholders to vote on the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation.
If
we do not complete the Asset Sale for whatever reason, our Board of Directors
believes that we will be unable to obtain any form of financing to continue
funding our operations. In the absence of the approval of the Asset Sale, we
will not be able to meet our operating expenses and will be forced to terminate
operations and/or seek protection under applicable United States bankruptcy
laws, in either case, there will not be funds available for distribution to our
stockholders.
We
will incur significant costs in connection with the Asset Sale, whether or not
it is completed.
We
currently expect to incur approximately between $600,000 and up to $1,000,000 of
costs related to the Asset Sale depending on our ability to negotiate with our
service providers to reduce such expense amounts. These expenses include, but
are not limited to, financial advisory, legal and accounting fees and expenses,
employee expenses, filing fees, printing expenses, proxy solicitation and other
related charges. We may also incur additional unanticipated expenses in
connection with the Asset Sale. Approximately $150,000 of the costs related to
the Asset Sale, such as legal fees, will be incurred regardless of whether the
Asset Sale is completed. These payments will additionally decrease the remaining
cash available for eventual distribution from the Liquidating Trust to our
stockholders, if any, in connection with our dissolution and liquidation. If the
Asset Sale is not consummated, we will be forced to cease our operations and/or
resort to, bankruptcy protection and, in either case, there will not be funds
available for distribution to our stockholders.
Our
executive officers and/or directors have interests in the Asset Sale and the
Plan of Liquidation other than, or in addition to, their interests as our
stockholders generally.
Certain
of our executive officers have employment, change in control and other
agreements that provide for severance payments full vesting of all unvested
equity awards if any such executive officer's employment is terminated for any
reason in connection with a change in control or if we terminate their
employment at any time without cause or if they are constructively terminated
and/or certain other payments in the event we successfully consummate the Asset
Sale.
The
consummation of the Asset Sale may be deemed a change of control under these
agreements and/or may trigger certain severance payments to our executive
officers. The employment of each of these executive officers will be terminated
by us either prior to or during the wind down of our activities. In either case,
such terminations may be deemed terminations in connection with a change in
control and/or require such other severance payments. The change of control,
severance payments and/or certain other payments that would be due by the
Company to our executive officers will be in the amount up to $1,924,300, if our
executive officers are terminated as a result of the Asset Sale or if the Asset
Sale is successfully consummated, assuming no excise tax gross-up payments are
due. In particular, Kelly J. McCrann, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Robert Weinstein, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and Dr. Victor
Gura, our Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, may be entitled
to severance payments in the amount up to $325,000, $286,500 and
$1,312,800, respectively, under their employment agreements. In addition, if the
Asset Sale is consummated, Mr. McCrann will be entitled to a payment of $432,500
as a sale transaction success fee. Furthermore, in connection with
certain restructuring efforts previously undertaken by us to reduce our
operating expenses, Messrs. McCrann and Weinstein and Dr. Gura, may be entitled
to receive deferred compensation in the amount of approximately
$95,563, $83,531 and $82,050, respectively, our other employees may be
entitled to receive deferred compensation, in the aggregate, of approximately
$60,000, and a member of our Board of Directors may be entitled to receive
deferred compensation in the amount of approximately
$70,000. Additionally, as of February 15, 2010, we estimate that
certain of our employees would be entitled to receive accrued vacation pay, in
the aggregate, of approximately $150,000.
In
addition, Mr. McCrann (or an entity affiliated with Mr. McCrann) will also serve
as the Trustee of the Liquidating Trust and under the terms of the Liquidating
Trust Agreement, in the form attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit C, will
receive the following compensation for his services as the Trustee: 10% of the
aggregate Royalty Payments received by the Liquidating Trust up to $10 million
and 5% of any Royalty Payments in excess thereof. Mr. McCrann will also be
entitled to reimbursement of his expenses incurred as Trustee on behalf of the
Liquidating Trust.
As of
September 30, 2009, there were 1.16 million shares of common stock underlying
unvested stock options held by our executive officers that will vest as a result
of the Asset Sale. The weighted-average exercise price of those stock options is
$3.25 per share. None of these stock options have an exercise price at or below
$0.065, the last reported sale price of our common stock as quoted on the Pink
Sheets Electronic OTC Market (the “Pink Sheets”) on December 16, 2009. Since we
do not anticipate that any substantial amount of our share of the Cash Purchase
Price will be available for distribution to our stockholders, we anticipate that
none of these stock options will be exercised. In addition, as of November 12,
2009, our executive officers and/or directors also held 6,352,596 shares of
common stock that will be entitled to the same per share liquidating
distributions from the Liquidating Trust, if any, that will be made to the other
shares of common stock outstanding. See “Proposal No. 1: Approval of the Asset
Sale — Interests of Our Executive Officers and/or Directors in the
Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation.”
Additionally,
on the Closing Date a joint venture to be formed by FUSA and Dr. Gura may
enter into an employment agreement with Dr. Gura, pursuant to which Dr. Gura
would assist FUSA in the further development of the Assets for a certain period
after Closing Date, at a set salary to be determined by FUSA and Dr. Gura. In
addition, Dr. Gura may receive an ownership stake in such joint venture. On the
Closing Date, FUSA will not enter into any other employment or consulting
arrangements with any of our executive officers or employees. Other than
described herein, we do not know whether FUSA will enter into any employee or
consulting arrangements thereafter with any of our executive officers or
employees and FUSA has not notified us of any intention to do so to
date.
Risks
Related to the Plan of Liquidation
If we receive
less from the Asset Sale than we expect or if we must pay more for our
liabilities and operating expenses than we anticipate, the rights and/or assets
we transfer to the Liquidating Trust a
nd in turn, the
Trustee may not be able to distribute meaningful cash, or any cash at all, to
our stockholders.
The
amount of cash ultimately distributed to stockholders from the Liquidating Trust
depends on the value of the consideration we obtain from the sale of our assets
and the amount of our liabilities during the liquidation process. We have
attempted to estimate such revenues, liabilities and costs. However, those
estimates may be inaccurate. Factors that could impact our estimates include,
but are not limited to, the following:
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If
any of the estimates regarding our Plan of Liquidation, including the
recovery of our estimated asset amounts (including, without limitation,
our marketable securities), and the settlement of our outstanding
obligations during the liquidation process, are inaccurate, the amount we
transfer to the Liquidating Trust and that the Trustee may ultimate
distribute to our stockholders may be reduced. For instance, if claims are
asserted against us and are successful, the Trustee will have to pay these
claims before making distributions, if any, to our stockholders from
the Liquidating Trust.
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We
have made certain estimates regarding the cost of personnel required and
other operating costs (including legal and consulting fees) necessary to
liquidate and dissolve the Company, many of which could vary significantly
and are dependent on the timing of closing of the Asset Sale and the sale
of our other remaining assets. If the timing differs from our plans, then
we may incur additional costs above our current estimates and may transfer
fewer assets to the Liquidating Trust and reduce the cash that may be
distributed by the Trustee to our stockholders, if
any.
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We
are required to obtain certain third party consents and approvals as a
condition to closing the Asset Sale. Currently, we do not expect that the
cost of these consents and approvals will be significant. However, if our
expectation is incorrect, the amount we distribute to our common
stockholders may be reduced.
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If our
stockholders do not approve our voluntary dissolution and liquidation, we will
not have the resources to continue operations without seeking additional
capital, which we believe
would be very
difficult to obtain, and our resources may diminish
completely.
We
have very limited cash resources and these resources continue to diminish. As of
September 30, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities
of approximately $0.3 million, excluding restricted cash. We project to expend
cash at a rate below $0.1 million per month for the remainder of the 2009 fiscal
year and the next few months based upon the recent restructuring effected by us
going forward and until our cash resources run out.
We expect
to continue to incur negative cash flows and net losses going forward, and
absent an unforeseen source of additional capital, we expect that our cash
resources will run out in the next 30 days. We will attempt, if possible, to
further reduce our monthly cash burn rate and take certain other additional
measures, including deferral of payments to certain parties, in order to provide
an additional 30 days for us to hold the Special Meeting to give the opportunity
to our stockholders to vote on the Asset Sale and the Plan of Liquidation.
Considering our recent financial performance, it is unlikely that we would be
able to obtain additional equity or debt financing. Therefore, unless we are
able to consummate the Asset Sale by February 28, 2010, we would completely
deplete our already significantly limited resources and will be forced to
discontinue our operations and/or file for bankruptcy.
In
addition, pursuant to the terms of the Partial Final Award, NQCI was awarded
$1,871,430 in attorneys’ fees and costs consistent with the arbitrator’s order
issued on August 13, 2008 related to the same. Of the portion of the Cash
Purchase Price being paid to NQCI, $1,871,430 is being paid to satisfy our
liability to NQCI for NQCI’s attorneys’ fees and costs awarded by the arbitrator
pursuant to the terms of the Partial Final Award. Furthermore, pursuant to the
terms of the Stipulation, NQCI agreed not to attempt to execute on or file
any motion, petition or application or commence any proceeding seeking the
collection of such attorneys’ fees (the “Collection Action”), which was intended
to allow the parties a sufficient period within which to execute the Asset
Purchase Agreement. In addition, in accordance with the terms of the Memorandum
and as a result of the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement, NQCI agreed
not to proceed with the Collection Action until April 1, 2010 (the “Extension
Date”) and the Extension Date shall automatically be further extended for a
period of 60 days for each amendment to this Proxy Statement that we will file
with the SEC in response to comments made by the SEC.
If we are
unable to otherwise comply with the deadlines and requirements summarized above,
under the terms of the Stipulation, NQCI will have the right to execute on or
file any motion, petition or application or commence any proceeding seeking the
collection of the sum of $1,871,430 in attorneys’ fees and costs that have been
awarded in NQCI’s favor under the terms of the Partial Final Award, which may
impact our ability to consummate the Asset Sale, if such transaction remains
available to us at that time, or any other transaction, and would have a
material adverse effect on our business and results of operations and will cause
us to cease our operations and/or file for bankruptcy.
Distributions
to our stockholders could be delayed.
All or a
portion of the distribution(s) from the Liquidating Trust to our stockholders
could be delayed, depending on many factors, including if a creditor seeks an
injunction against the making of distributions to our stockholders on the ground
that the amounts to be distributed were needed to provide for the payment of our
liabilities and expenses. Any action of this type could delay or substantially
diminish the amount available for distribution to our stockholders. As a
result of these and other factors, the Trustee may need to hold back, for
transfer to the Liquidating Trust at a later date, if at all, some or all of the
estimated distributions that we expect to be made to our
stockholders.
Your
ability to buy or sell shares of our common stock will be impaired when our
stock no longer is traded on the Pink Sheets. You may not buy or sell shares
after the Plan of Liquidation is implemented when we close our stock transfer
books.
Upon
dissolution, our stock will no longer trade on the Pink Sheets. When our common
stock ceases to trade on the Pink Sheets, your ability to obtain price
quotations and buy and sell shares will be materially impaired. In addition, we
will close our stock transfer books after the filing of the Certificate of
Dissolution in Delaware, after which you will no longer be able to transfer
shares.
Each stockholder
may be liable to our creditors for an amount up to the amount dist
ributed to such
stockholder by us if our reserves for payments to creditors are
inadequate.
Once we file the certificate of
dissolution with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the legal effect will be to
dissolve the Company. In the event we fail to create an adequate contingency
reserve for payment of our expenses and liabilities, each of our stockholders
could be held liable for payment to our creditors up to the amount distributed
to such stockholder in the liquidation. In such event, a stockholder could be
required to return up to all amounts received as distributions pursuant to the
Plan of Liquidation and ultimately could receive nothing under the Plan of
Liquidation. Moreover, even though a stockholder has paid taxes on amounts
previously received, a repayment of all or a portion of such amount will not
result in a recalculation of the gain or loss on the liquidation. Instead, a
stockholder’s repayment will generally be deductible as a capital loss in the
year in which the contingent liability is paid, and such capital loss cannot be
carried back to offset any liquidation gain recognized earlier. See “Material
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Plan of Liquidation or the Receipt
of Non-liquidating Distributions.” We cannot assure you that the contingency
reserve that we will establish will be adequate to cover all expenses and
liabilities.
Recordation of
transfers of our common stock on our stock transfer books will be restricted as
of the Final Record Date, and thereafter it genera
lly will not be
possible for stockholders to change record ownership of our
stock.
We intend to discontinue recording
transfers of our common stock at the close of business on the Final Record Date.
Thereafter, certificates representing our common stock will be deemed cancelled
and will not be assignable or transferable on the books of the transfer agent
except by will, intestate succession or operation of law, and will no longer be
traded in the open market. After the Final Record Date, we intend to make
liquidation distributions pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation and deregister our
common stock with the SEC thereby discontinuing our reporting obligations under
the Exchange Act. The liquidation distributions under the Plan of Liquidation
shall be in complete cancellation of all of the outstanding shares of our common
stock. From and after the Final Record Date, and subject to applicable law, our
common stock will be treated as no longer being outstanding and each holder of
our common stock shall cease to have any rights in respect thereof, except
the right to receive distributions pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan
of Liquidation. The proportionate interests of all of our stockholders will be
fixed in our books on the basis of their respective stock holdings at the close
of business on the Final Record Date. Further, after the Final Record Date, any
transfers to the Liquidating Trust that we make for eventual distributions to
the beneficiaries of the trust will be made solely to the stockholders of record
at the close of business on the Final Record Date (except as may be necessary to
reflect subsequent transfers recorded on our books as a result of any
assignments by will, intestate succession or operation of law).
We may be
required to c
ontinue to incur
the expenses of complying with public company reporting
requirements.
We have
an obligation to continue to comply with the applicable reporting requirements
of the Exchange Act even though compliance with such reporting requirements is
economically burdensome. In order to curtail expenses and to take advantage of
the SEC’s no-action positions taking by the staff of the SEC in several
No-Action Letters allowing registrants whose securities are registered under
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and who are otherwise not eligible to
deregister under applicable rules of the Exchange Act, to deregister from their
Section 13(a) reporting obligations, we plan to establish a Liquidating Trust
which will exist only for the limited purpose of effecting liquidation of all of
our Remaining Assets and pay off of our Remaining Liabilities within the 10-year
period from the establishment date of the Liquidating Trust. In connection
therewith, the terms of the Liquidating Trust will restrict the ability of the
beneficiaries of the Liquidating Trust to transfer their interests in the
Liquidating Trust. We anticipate that we would continue to file Current Reports
on Form 8-K to disclose material events relating to our dissolution and
liquidation along with any other reports that may be required prior to the
filing of our certificate of dissolution in accordance with the DGCL. However,
if we are required to formally seek appropriate relief with the SEC in order to
take advantage of the SEC’s position contained in such No-Action Letters and/or
the SEC does not grant such relief, we will be required to continue to incur the
costs associated with these reporting requirements which will further reduce the
cash available for distribution, if any, to our stockholders.
Risks
Related to Our Continuing Business Operations
If our
stockholders do not approve the Asset Sale or the Plan of Liquidation, our Board
of Directors believes that we will be forced to discontinue operations and/or
file for bankruptcy. Any such alternative we select will have anticipated and
unanticipated negative consequences. If the Asset Sale is consummated, we will
cease to be an operating entity, and in the event the Asset Sale is not
consummated for whatever reason, we will be required to discontinue operations
and/or consider a liquidation in bankruptcy. Therefore, in either case, as a
result of us ceasing to be an operating or an existing entity, the risks related
to our continuing business operations would likely no longer be applicable to
us. However, for a discussion of such risks please see our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the three, six and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2009, June
30, 2009 and September 30, 2009, respectively, filed with the SEC.
Risks
Related to Our Common Stock
Our
common stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules of the SEC, which makes
transactions in our common stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an
investment in our stock.
The SEC
has adopted Rule 3a51-1 under the Exchange Act which establishes the definition
of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that
has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of
less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction
involving a penny stock, unless exempt, Rule 15g-9 requires:
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that a broker or dealer approve a person's account for
transactions in penny stocks; and
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the broker or dealer receive from
the investor a written agreement to
the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of
the penny stock to be purchased.
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In order
to approve a person's account for transactions in
penny stocks, the broker or dealer must:
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obtain financial information and investment experience
objectives of the person; and
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stocks
are
suitable for that person and the person has
sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be
capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny
stocks.
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The
broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a
penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the SEC relating to
the penny stock market, which, in highlight form:
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sets forth the
basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability
determination; and
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that
the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the
investor prior to the transaction.
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Generally,
brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the
“penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for our investors to
dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our
stock.
Disclosure
also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public
offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the
broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the
securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of
fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent
to investors disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the
account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.
Our
stock price is volatile and accordingly, you could lose all or part of the value
of your shares of our common stock.
Our
common stock is traded on the Pink Sheets and trading volume is often limited
and sporadic. As a result, the trading price of our common stock on Pink Sheets
is not necessarily a reliable indicator of our fair market value. The market
price of our common stock has historically been highly volatile and may continue
to fluctuate significantly due to a number of factors, some of which may be
beyond our control, including:
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the
number of shares available for sale in the
market;
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sales
of our common stock by stockholders because our business profile does not
fit their investment objectives;
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actual
or anticipated fluctuations in our operating
results;
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developments
relating to our products and related proprietary
rights;
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actual
or anticipated announcements of new data and announcements relating to our
operating performance;
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government
regulations and changes thereto and regulatory investigations or
determinations;
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announcements
of our competitors or their success in the biotechnology and healthcare
equipment business, including those in the dialysis
industry;
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recruitment
or departures of key personnel;
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gain or loss of significant
customers;
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operating and stock price performance of other comparable
companies;
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developments
and publicity regarding our industry;
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general
economic and market conditions in our industry and the economy as a
whole.
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addition, the stock market in general has experienced volatility that has often
been unrelated to the operating performance of individual companies. These broad
market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock,
regardless of our actual performance, and could enhance the effect of any
fluctuations that do relate to our operating results.
Over
41% of our stock is controlled by a single stockholder who has the ability to
substantially influence the election of directors and the outcome of matters
submitted to our stockholders.
As of
November 12, 2009, Consolidated National, LLC, a limited liability company, or
“CNL”, of which Terren S. Peizer, a member of our Board of Directors, is the
sole managing member and beneficial owner, directly owned approximately 6.23
million shares, representing approximately 41.4% of our outstanding common
stock. As a result, CNL and Mr. Peizer presently have and are expected to
continue to have the ability to determine the outcome of issues submitted to our
stockholders. The interests of CNL or Mr. Peizer, acting in his capacity as a
stockholder, may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of our
other stockholders and they may act in a manner that advances their best
interests and not necessarily those of our stockholders. The ownership
position of CNL and Mr. Peizer may make it difficult for our stockholders to
remove our management from office should they choose to do so. It could also
deter unsolicited takeovers, including transactions in which our stockholders
might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current market
prices.
Sales
of common stock by our large stockholders, or the perception that such sales may
occur, could depress our stock price.
The
market price of our common stock could decline as a result of sales by, or the
perceived possibility of sales by, our large stockholders. Most of our
outstanding shares were registered on a Form S-4 registration statement in
connection with our merger with pre-merger Xcorporeal, and are eligible for
public resale. As of November 12, 2009, approximately 41.9% of our outstanding
common stock was held by our officers, directors and affiliates and may be sold
pursuant to an effective registration statement or in accordance with Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to other exempt transactions.
Future sales of our common stock by our significant stockholders, including NQCI
if it acquires these shares, or the perception that such sales may occur, could
depress the market price of our common stock.
Investors’
interests in our company will be diluted and investors may suffer dilution in
their net book value per share if we issue additional shares of stock or raise
funds through the sale of equity securities.
In the
event that we are required to issue any additional shares of stock or enter into
private placements to raise financing through the sale of equity securities,
investors’ interests in our company will be diluted and investors may suffer
dilution in their net book value per share depending on the price at which such
securities are sold. If we issue any such additional shares, such issuances also
will cause a reduction in the proportionate ownership and voting power of all of
our other stockholders. Further, any such issuance may result in a change in our
control of our company.
We
have never paid cash dividends and do not intend to do so.
We have
never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently plan to
retain any earnings to finance the growth of our business rather than to pay
cash dividends. Payments of any cash dividends in the future will depend on our
financial condition, results of operations and capital requirements, as well as
other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.
We
became a publicly traded company through a merger with a public shell company,
and we could be liable for unanticipated liabilities of our predecessor
entity.
We became
a publicly traded company through a merger between Xcorporeal, Inc. and CT
Holdings Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded “shell company” that had
previously provided management expertise including consulting on operations,
marketing and strategic planning and a single source of capital to early stage
technology companies. Although we believe the shell company had
substantially no assets and liabilities as of the merger, we may be subject
to claims related to the historical business of the shell, as well as costs and
expenses related to the merger.
BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP
Security Ownership of
Certain
Beneficial
Owners and Management
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the shares of common
stock beneficially owned as of November 12, 2009 by: (i) each person known
to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock,
(ii) each of our directors, (iii) our chief executive officer and the
two most highly compensated executive officers other than the chief executive
officer, who were serving as executive officers at the end of our last fiscal
year (collectively, the “named executive officers”) and other executive officers
named in the Summary Compensation Table set forth in the “Executive
Compensation” section of our 2008 Annual Report, and (iv) all such
directors and executive officers as a group.
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner (1)
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Title of Class of Shares
Owned
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Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
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Percent of
Class
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Terren
S. Peizer (2)
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common
stock
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6,652,596
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42.7%
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Jay
A. Wolf (3)
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common
stock
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40,000
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Victor
Gura (4)
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common
stock
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375,000
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2.4%
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Kelly
J. McCrann (5)
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common
stock
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315,000
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2.0%
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Robert
Weinstein (6)
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common
stock
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170,000
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1.1%
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Hans-Dietrich
Polaschegg
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common
stock
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Marc
G. Cummins (7)(8)
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common
stock
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275,000
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1.8%
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All
current directors and named executive officers as a group (6
persons)
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common
stock
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7,552,596
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46.2%
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* Represents
beneficial ownership of less than 1%.
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(1)
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Unless
otherwise indicated, the address of all of the above named persons is c/o
Xcorporeal, Inc., 80 Empire Drive, Lake Forest, CA
92630.
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Includes
6,232,596 shares held of record by Consolidated National, LLC, of which
Mr. Peizer is the sole managing member and beneficial owner. As of
November 12, 2009, shares of our common stock underlying 420,000 stock
options granted to Mr. Peizer’s were vested and exercisable within 60 days
of November 12, 2009.
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Represents
shares of our common stock underlying stock options issued to Mr. Wolf’s
which were vested and exercisable within 60 days of November 12,
2009.
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Represents
shares of our common stock underlying stock option granted to Dr. Gura
which were vested and exercisable within 60 days of November 12,
2009.
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(5)
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Includes
shares of our common stock underlying 215,000 stock options granted to Mr.
McCrann which were vested and exercisable within 60 days of November 12,
2009.
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Includes
shares of our common stock underlying 150,000 stock options granted to Mr.
Weinstein which were vested and exercisable within 60 days of November 12,
2009.
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Mr.
Cummins resigned as a member of our Board of Directors effective March 6,
2009.
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Represents
shares held of record by Prime Logic Capital, LLC and CPS Opportunities.
Mr. Cummins is a Managing Partner of Prime Capital, LLC. He disclaims
beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of
his pecuniary interest therein. Excludes warrants to purchase 150,000
shares held by OGT, LLC, an affiliate of Prime Logic, over which Mr.
Cummins disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his
pecuniary interest therein.
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Unless
otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the above table have
sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock
beneficially owned by them. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of
securities which may be acquired by such person within 60 days from the
date on which beneficial ownership is to be determined, upon the exercise of
options, warrants or convertible securities. Each beneficial owner’s percentage
ownership is determined by assuming that options, warrants and convertible
securities that are held by such person (but not those held by any other person)
and which are exercisable, convertible or exchangeable within such 60 day
period, have been so exercised, converted or exchanged.
Market
Information
Our
common stock is traded on the Pink Sheets under the symbol “XCRP.PK”. From
December 7, 2007 and until September 3, 2009, our common stock was trading on
the NYSE Amex (formerly American Stock Exchange) under the symbol “XCR” and
prior thereto, our common stock was quoted on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin
Board under the symbol “XCPL”. Immediately prior to our merger with
the pre-merger Xcorporeal on October 12, 2007, a one-for-8.27 reverse split of
our common stock was executed. Historical stock prices prior to October 12,
2007 have been adjusted for this reverse stock split.
Following
is a list by fiscal quarters of the split-adjusted closing sales prices of our
common stock. Such prices represent inter-dealer quotations, do not represent
actual transactions, and do not include retail mark-ups, markdowns or
commissions. Such prices were determined from information provided by a majority
of the market makers for our common stock.
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High
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Low
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Fiscal
Year Ending December 31, 2009
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4th
Quarter (through December 18, 2009)
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$
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0.15
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$
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0.04
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3rd
Quarter
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0.25
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0.11
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2nd
Quarter
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0.38
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0.16
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1st
Quarter
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0.60
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0.12
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Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 2008
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4th
Quarter
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$
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0.50
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$
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0.16
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3rd
Quarter
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1.44
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0.50
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2nd
Quarter
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4.21
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1.00
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1ST
Quarter
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4.94
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2.34
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High
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Low
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Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 2007
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4th
Quarter
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$
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14.06
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$
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4.27
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3rd
Quarter
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17.45
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3.39
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2nd
Quarter
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6.62
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4.30
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1ST
Quarter
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13.89
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2.40
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This table reflects the range of high
and low bid prices for our common stock during the indicated periods. The
quotations for our common stock since September 4, 2009 as published by the Pink
Sheets merely reflect the prices at which transactions were proposed, and do not
necessarily represent actual transactions. Prices do not include retail markup,
markdown or commissions.
As
of December 19, 2009, there were approximately 757 record holders of our common
stock.
Dividend
Policy
We did not pay any cash dividends in
2008 or 2007 and we do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable
future. It is our present intention to utilize all available funds
for the development of our business. Our future dividend policy will depend on
the requirements of financing agreements to which we may be a party. Any future
determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of
Directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations,
financial condition, capital requirements and contractual
restrictions.
STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS
We do not
intend to hold an annual meeting of stockholders if the Asset Sale is completed
and we file our Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. If, however, we do hold an annual meeting of stockholders and
the date of such meeting is changed by more than 30 days from our 2008 annual
meeting, proposals intended to be presented at that meeting would be required to
be received by us at our corporate headquarters, located at Xcorporeal, Inc.,
Investor Relations Department, 80 Empire Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630 or (949)
600-4640, no later than the close of business on the 10
th
day
following the day on which the date of the annual meeting was publicly
announced. To be considered for presentation at our next annual meeting of
stockholders, if held, but not for inclusion in our proxy statement and form of
proxy for that meeting, under our Bylaws no business may be brought before an
annual meeting of stockholders unless it is specified in the notice of the
annual meeting of stockholders or is otherwise brought before the annual meeting
of stockholders by or at the direction of our Board of Directors or by a
stockholder entitled to vote who has delivered written notice to our
corporate Secretary (containing certain information specified in our Bylaws
about the stockholder and the proposed action) not later than 10 days following
the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made
by us. In addition, any stockholder who wishes to submit a nomination to our
Board of Directors must deliver written notice of the nomination within this
time period and comply with the information requirements in our bylaws relating
to stockholder nominations. These requirements are separate from and in addition
to the SEC's requirements that a stockholder must meet in order to have a
stockholder proposal included in our proxy statement.
HOUSEHOLDING
Unless
we have received contrary instructions, we may send a single copy of this Proxy
Statement to any household at which two or more of our stockholders reside if we
believe the stockholders are members of the same family. Each stockholder in the
household will continue to receive a separate proxy card. This process,
known as “householding,” reduces the volume of duplicate information received at
your household and helps to reduce our expenses.
If
you would like to receive your own proxy, follow the instructions described
below. Similarly, if you share an address with another stockholder and together
both of you would like to receive only a single proxy, follow these
instructions: if your shares are registered in your own name, please contact our
transfer agent, Computershare Inc. or if a bank, broker or other nominee holds
your shares, please contact your bank, broker or other nominee
directly.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We
are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and we file
annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC. You may read and copy the reports, proxy statements and other
information that we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street
NE, Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. Information on the operation of
the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
Our filings are also available free of charge at the SEC's website at
http://www.sec.gov.
You should rely
only on the information contained in
this Proxy Statement. No one has been authorized to provide you with information
that is different from what is contained in this Proxy Statement. The date of
this Proxy Statement is
January
___, 2010. You should not
a
ssume that the
information contained in this Proxy Statement is accurate as of any date other
than that date. The mailing of this Proxy Statement will not create any
implication to the contrary.
INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS
The SEC
allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this Proxy Statement,
which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you
to other documents that we have filed separately with the SEC and delivered to
you with this Proxy Statement. This Proxy Statement incorporates by reference
the following documents:
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our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (File
No. 001-33874), as filed with the SEC on March 31,
2009;
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our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009
(File No. 001-33874), for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 (File
No. 001-33874) and for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 (File
No. 001-33874), as filed with the SEC on May 15, 2009 , August 13,
2009 and November 16, 2009, respectively;
and
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our
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2009 (File
No. 001-33874), May 21, 2009 (File No. 001-33874), August 26,
2009 (File No. 001-33874), September 10, 2009 (File
No. 001-33874) and December 18, 2009 (File
No. 001-33874).
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In
addition, all documents we file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of
the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof will be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.
We will
provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of this Proxy Statement is
delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person and by first class
mail or other equally prompt means within one business day of receipt of such
request, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference herein
and not otherwise delivered to such person (not including the exhibits to such
documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in
such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to Investor
Relations Department at Xcorporeal, Inc., 80 Empire Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630
or by calling (949) 600-4640. In addition, see “Where You Can Find More
Information.”
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference into this Proxy
Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this proxy
statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Proxy Statement
modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Proxy Statement.
Copies of
the materials described above can also be obtained by mail at prescribed rates
from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC
20549, or by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains a website that
contains reports, proxy statements, and other information regarding the Company.
The address of the SEC website is http://www.sec.gov.
WHO
CAN HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
If you have additional questions about the asset sale, you should
contact:
Xcorporeal,
Inc.
80 Empire
Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Attention:
Investor Relations Department
Phone
Number: (949) 600-4640
OTHER MATTERS
Our
Board of Directors does not presently intend to bring any other business before
the Special Meeting, and, so far as is known to our Board of Directors, no
matters are to be brought before the Special Meeting except as specified in the
Notice of the Special Meeting. As to any business that may properly come before
the Special Meeting, however, it is intended that proxies, in the form enclosed,
will be voted in respect thereof in accordance with the judgment of the persons
voting such proxies.
IMPORTANT
Whether or not you plan to attend the
Special Meeting, please vote as promptly as possible. If a quorum is not
reached, we will have the added expense of re-issuing these proxy materials. If
you attend the Special Meeting and so desire, you may withdraw your proxy and
vote in person.
Thank
you for acting promptly.
By Order
of the Board of Directors
/s/ Kelly
McCrann
Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Lake
Forest, California
December
24, 2009
EXHIBIT
A
ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Asset Purchase Agreement (the “
Agreement
”) is made and
executed this 14
th
day of
December, 2009 by and among Xcorporeal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Xcorporeal
”), Xcorporeal
Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Xcorporeal (“
Operations
”), National Quality
Care, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
NQCI,
” and together with
Xcorporeal, Operations and NQCI, “
Sellers
”) and Fresenius USA,
Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“
Purchaser
”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS
, Sellers are
development stage companies engaged in the development of technologies related
to portable hemodialysis devices, continuous renal replacement therapy devices,
wearable hemodialysis devices and wearable ultrafiltration devices, including,
the development of the supersorbent renal technology, the “
Business
”);
WHEREAS
, concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition and inducement to
Purchaser’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, each of the stockholders
of the Sellers set forth on
Exhibit A
(the “
Stockholders
”)
is entering into an agreement
with Purchaser in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B
(the
“Voting Agreements”
) to vote
all of the shares of voting stock of the applicable Seller owned by such
Stockholder according to the terms set forth in the Voting
Agreements;
WHEREAS
, on or about the
Closing Date, Xcorporeal and Operations intend to transfer all or substantially
all of their assets (other than the Purchased Asserts) and liabilities to a
liquidating trust established for the benefit of Xcorporeal’s stockholders (the
“
Xcorporeal Trust
”). In
the event of such transfer, references herein to “Xcorporeal” shall thereafter
be deemed to be references to the “
Xcorporeal
Trust
”;
WHEREAS
, in connection with
the execution and delivery of the letter dated September 21, 2009, among the
Sellers and Purchaser, Purchaser paid to Xcorporeal a non-refundable exclusivity
fee in the amount of $200,000, which will be credited against the Purchase Price
(as defined herein);
WHEREAS
, Sellers desire to
sell to Purchaser the Purchased Assets (as defined below) in consideration for
the payment of the Purchase Price, in accordance with the terms hereinafter set
forth; and
WHEREAS
, Purchaser desires to
acquire the Purchased Assets.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
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1.1.
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Assets
To Be Sold and Purchased
. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Sellers agree to sell, convey, assign and deliver to
Purchaser, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and Purchaser
agrees to purchase from Sellers at the Closing (as hereinafter defined),
all of the right, title and interest that Sellers possess as of the
Closing in and to Sellers’ assets set forth in this Section 1.1.
(collectively, the “
Purchased
Assets
”):
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(a)
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Intellectual
Property
. (i) The patents, trademarks, trade names, and other
intellectual property, including domain names incorporating the same, in
each case whether registered or not, and wherever such rights exist,
together with the right to recover for any past infringement thereof (the
“
Business IP
Rights
”) listed on
Schedule
1.1(a)(i)
, that comprise, are used, are held for use, or are
intended for use by the Sellers in connection with or relating to the
designs for portable hemodialysis devices (“
PAK Technology
”), (ii)
the Business IP Rights listed on
Schedule
1.1(a)(ii)
, that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Sellers in connection with or relating to the designs for continuous renal
replacement therapy devices (“
CRRT Technology
”), (iii)
the Business IP Rights listed on
Schedule
1.1(a)(iii)
, that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Sellers in connection with or relating to the designs for wearable
hemodialysis devices (“
HD
WAK Technology
”), (iv) the Business IP Rights listed on
Schedule
1.1(a)(iv)
, that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Sellers in connection with or relating to the designs for wearable
ultrafiltration devices (“
WUD Technology
”), (v)
the Business IP Rights listed on
Schedule
1.1(a)(v)
that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Sellers in connection with or relating to the designs for wearable
continuous renal replacement therapy devices (“
WAK CRRT Technology
”),
(vi) the Business IP Rights listed on
Schedule
1.1(a)(vi)
that comprise, are used or are held for use by the
Sellers in connection with or relating to the development of the
supersorbent technology (“
Supersorbent
Technology
”)
,
(vii) all other intellectual property used in connection with the
Business, other than the domain names listed on
Schedule
1.1(a)(vii)
, whether registered or not, the right to recover for
any past infringement thereof, and the right to protection of interests
therein, and (viii) all software used internally by Sellers, including
external facing software (clauses (i) through (viii) being collectively
called the “
Business
Intellectual Property
”);
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(b)
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Tangible
P&E
. All furniture, fixtures, equipment, computers, computer
hardware, computer peripheral equipment, tools, supplies and other
tangible personal property owned by Sellers, including the tangible
personal property listed on
Schedule 1.1(b)
(the “
Tangible
P&E
”);
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(c)
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Personal
Property Leases
. The leases listed on
Schedule
1.1(c)
, including all Sellers’ rights with respect to the
underlying personal property (the “
Personal Property
Leases
”);
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(d)
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Contracts
.
All contracts or agreements to which any Seller is a party or is bound
listed on
Schedule 1.1(d)
(collectively, the “
Business Contracts
”)
(said Business Contracts, together with the Personal Property Leases,
being collectively called the “
Purchased
Contracts
”);
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(e)
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Permits
.
All permits relating to the Business to the extent that such permits are
transferable;
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(f)
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Books
and Records
. All business records, tangible data, documents, files,
supplier lists, business and marketing plans, creative materials,
advertising, promotional materials, price lists, blueprints,
specifications, designs, drawings, plans, operation or maintenance
manuals, bids, invoices, sales literature, key metrics, data costs
reconciliation and all other books and records (“
Books and Records
”);
and
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(g)
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Goodwill
.
All goodwill associated with the Business and the Business Intellectual
Property.
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1.2.
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Limitations
on Assignability
.
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(a)
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Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any of the
Purchased Assets are not assignable without the consent of a third party,
neither this Agreement, nor any of the instruments or documents executed
and delivered in connection herewith or contemplated hereby, shall
constitute an assignment or assumption thereof, or attempted assignment or
attempted assumption thereof, if such assignment or attempted assignment,
or assumption or attempted assumption, would constitute a breach
thereof.
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(b)
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If,
prior to the Closing, Sellers have not or cannot obtain such consent or
approval necessary for the assignment and assumption of any of the
Purchased Contracts (each a “
Nonassigned Asset
”),
Sellers and Purchaser agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to
secure such assignment as soon as practicable. Unless and until such
Nonassigned Assets are assigned by Sellers and assumed by Purchaser, such
Nonassigned Assets shall
not
constitute
Purchased Assets, nor shall any liabilities related thereto constitute
Assumed Liabilities.
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1.3.
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Excluded
Assets
. All the assets of Sellers which are not specifically
included as Purchased Assets hereunder shall remain the assets of Sellers
and shall not be sold or conveyed hereunder (the “
Excluded Assets
”).
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Purchased Assets
shall not include (a) cash, restricted cash, cash equivalents or accounts
receivable of any Seller, (b) marketable securities held by any Seller,
(c) the capital stock, membership interest or other equity interest of any
Seller, (d) any Seller’s websites, including each such site’s content,
look and feel, verbiage and images, (e) the domain names listed on
Schedule
1.3(e)
, (f) all employment and consultant agreements of either
Seller and (g) the other assets listed on
Schedule
1.3(f)
.
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1.4.
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Assumed
Liabilities
. The “
Assumed Liabilities
”
shall consist solely of the liabilities and obligations arising on or
after Closing under each properly assigned and assumed Purchased Contract.
The Assumed Liabilities shall not include any outstanding liabilities of
Sellers related to Sellers’ performance (or lack thereof) under any such
Purchased Contract prior to Closing. At the Closing and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, Purchaser and Sellers shall execute
an “Assumption Agreement”, in the form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to all of the parties, whereby Purchaser will solely and
exclusively undertake, assume and agree to perform, pay, become liable for
and discharge when due the Assumed
Liabilities.
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1.5.
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Excluded
Liabilities
. Except for the Assumed Liabilities, Purchaser shall
not assume and shall have no responsibility for any liabilities of Sellers
of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, those arising in
connection with, or related to, the Purchased Assets. Sellers shall have
no responsibility for any liabilities arising in connection with, or
related to, the Purchased Assets after the
Closing.
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1.6.
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No
Expansion of Third Party Rights
. The assumption by Purchaser of the
Assumed Liabilities shall in no way expand the rights or remedies of any
third party against Purchaser, Sellers or any affiliate of any of them as
compared to the rights and remedies which such third party would have had
against the Sellers had Purchaser not assumed such obligations (other than
the right to enforce any Assumed Liabilities directly against Purchaser as
a result of the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by
Purchaser).
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2.
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Purchase Price and
Allocation
.
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2.1.
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Purchase
Price
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in
consideration for the sale, conveyance, assignment and delivery of the
Purchased Assets, Purchaser shall deliver to Sellers, to be divided among
the Sellers as set forth on
Schedule 2.1
,
payment by wire transfer to such bank account or bank accounts as shall be
specified by Xcorporeal, in immediately available funds, the sum of
$8,000,000 (the “
Purchase
Price
”) to be paid as
follows:
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(a)
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The
exclusivity fee in the amount of $200,000 previously paid by Purchaser to
Xcorporeal.
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(b)
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$3,800,000
on the date of closing (the “
Closing
Payment
”).
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(c)
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$2,000,000
on April 1, 2010 (the “
First
Installment
”).
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(d)
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$2,000,000
on April 1, 2011 (the “
Second Installment
,” and
together with the First Installment, the “
Installment
Payments
”).
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(e)
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Additional
quarterly payments during the life of the patents included in the HD WAK
Technology (the “
HD WAK
Patents
”), payable not later than the forty-fifth (45
h
)
day following the end of each of Purchaser’s fiscal quarters, in an amount
equal to (A) two percent (2%) of the Net Revenues actually received by
Purchaser from the sale of HD WAK devices in each country where such sales
infringe valid and issued claims of the HD WAK Patents issued in such
country (“
HD WAK
Devices
”) plus (B) $0.75 per treatment for the attendant
disposables that incorporate the HD WAK Technology (“
Attendant Disposables
,”
and
together with
the HD WAK Devices, the “
Acquired Technology
Products
”), not to exceed a maximum of $1.50 per patient per week
in a country where such sales infringe valid and issues claims of the HD
WAK Patents issued in such country, provided, however, that such payment
for Attendant Disposables shall not be payable with regard to Attendant
Disposables that incorporate any technology for which a Supersorbent
Royalty (as defined below) is paid by Purchaser to any Seller or any of
their affiliates (the “
HD
WAK Royalty
”). For purposes of this Section 2.1(e), “
Net Revenues
” shall mean
all gross revenues received by Purchaser from the sale of Acquired
Technology Products or attendant disposables, as the case may be, less:
(1) royalties or the like paid to third parties on the Acquired Technology
Products or attendant disposables, as the case may be, in connection with
intellectual property rights owned or controlled by such third parties
that are necessary to commercialize such Acquired Technology Products or
attendant disposables; (2) discounts, rebates and deductions actually
granted to customers based on volumes and/or revenues commercialized, or
any other deductions or the like allowed (whether in cash or trade) to
wholesalers or distributors or to other customers for quantity purchases,
prompt payments or other special conditions; (3) credits, write-offs,
collection fees, allowances or refunds, not exceeding the original invoice
amount, for claims, returns, collections or bad debts, and any other
allowances made for returned or deficient goods or services; (4)
transportation expenses, including any and all carriage or insurance
charges, packaging, freight, and costs of delivery; (5) expenses and costs
resulting from recalls or product liability claims other than those
arising from the process of manufacturing the Acquired Technology Products
by Purchaser or by third parties (other than Sellers or their affiliates)
on its behalf; and (6) sales and use taxes and other fees or taxes imposed
by any government or governmental agency, including, but not limited to
any import, export or customs duties. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, Purchaser may assign any or all of its
obligations with respect to the Continuing Payments to any joint venture
formed between Purchaser and/or some or all of the Sellers into which the
HD WAK Technology is contributed or otherwise
transferred.
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(f)
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Additional
quarterly payments during the life of any patents included in the
Supersorbent Technology (the “
Supersorbent Patents
”),
payable not later than the forty-fifth (45
h
)
day following the end of each of Purchaser’s fiscal quarters, in an amount
equal to (A) the lesser of $0.75 per supersorbent cartridge or $1.50 per
patient per week in each country where such sales infringe valid and
issued claims of the Supersorbent Patents issued in such country less (B)
any and all royalties payable to The Technion Research and Development
Foundation Ltd. (“
TRDF
”) pursuant to that
certain Research Agreement and Option for License dated June 16, 2005
among NQCI, TRDF and Prof. Moris Eisen (the “
Research
Agreement
”)
or any subsequently executed license agreement between TRDF and
Purchaser substantially reflecting the terms set forth in Appendix C to
the Research Agreement, provided, however, that such payment for
supersorbent cartridges shall not be payable with regard to supersorbent
cartridges that incorporate any HD WAK Technology for which a HD WAK
Royalty is paid by Purchaser to any Seller or any of their affiliates (the
“
Supersorbent
Royalty
,” and together with the HD WAK Royalty, the “
Royalty Payments,
” and
together with the Installment Payments, the “
Continuing
Payments
”).
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2.2.
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Allocation
of Purchase Price
. The parties hereto agree that the Closing
Payment, and the Continuing Payments, shall be allocated among the Sellers
and to the Purchased Assets as provided in
Schedule 2.1
and
Schedule
2.2
hereto. Neither Purchaser nor any Seller shall perform any act
or permit any omission in any tax filing or otherwise which is
inconsistent with the allocation set forth in
Schedule 2.1
or
Schedule
2.2
.
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2.3.
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Record
Keeping Regarding Royalty Payments
.
Purchaser shall keep
complete and accurate records with respect to the amounts to be paid to
Sellers as Royalty Payments hereunder. Purchaser shall provide Sellers
with a statement of the calculation of the applicable amounts due
hereunder, in connection with each payment. Upon reasonable prior written
notice by Sellers, Purchaser shall provide Sellers’ independent third
party accountants with reasonable access to Purchaser’s records necessary
to determine amounts due hereunder, provided, however, that such
accountants shall agree to a standard confidentiality agreement. Such
examination may take place not more than once every twelve (12) months,
unless an error is found in Sellers’ favor in excess of five percent (5%)
of the applicable quarterly payment of the HD WAK Royalty or Supersorbent
Royalty, in which case Sellers may make two (2) examinations within the
subsequent twelve (12) months following discovery of the error. If an
error is discovered as a result of any such examination, the party in
whose favor the error was made shall within 30 days pay the amount in
error. Any such examination shall be at the Sellers’ sole expense unless
errors of accounting in Purchaser’s favor amounting to five percent (5%)
or more of the total Royalty Payments paid to Sellers under this Agreement
for the previous one year period are found in which event all reasonable
and documented out-of pocket examination expenses actually incurred by
Sellers shall be at Purchaser’s
expense.
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3.1.
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Closing
Time and Place
. The closing of the sale and purchase of the
Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement (the “
Closing
”) shall take
place on such date and at such time and place as may be mutually agreed
upon by the parties (the “
Closing
Date
”).
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3.2.
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Deliveries
by Seller
. Sellers shall deliver to Purchaser at the Closing the
following:
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(a)
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One
or more executed Bills of Sale from each Seller in substantially the form
of
Exhibit
C
attached hereto, transferring the Purchased Assets owned by that
Seller to Purchaser.
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(b)
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Any
third party consents required to assign the Purchased Contracts, as noted
on
Schedule
3.2(b)
.
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(c)
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A
copy, certified by the Secretary of each Seller, of resolutions of the
Board of Directors of each Seller authorizing the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
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(d)
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Evidence
of the approval of the stockholders of Xcorporeal and NQCI authorizing the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated
hereby and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
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(e)
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One
or more patent assignments in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
D
, assigning all of Xcorporeal’s and NQCI’s issued patents and
patent applications.
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(f)
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One
or more trademark assignments in substantially the form of
Exhibit E
attached hereto.
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(g)
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The
legal opinions required pursuant to Section 7.2(f)
hereof.
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(h)
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Such
other instruments of conveyance as Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably
request in order to effect the sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment
to Purchaser of valid ownership of the Purchased
Assets.
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3.3.
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Deliveries
by Purchaser
. Purchaser shall deliver to Sellers at the Closing the
following:
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(a)
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The
Closing Payment, payable in cash, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds, to the account or accounts and in the proportions
designated in writing by Sellers.
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(b)
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An
executed Assumption of Liabilities in the form of
Exhibit F
attached hereto.
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(c)
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A
copy, certified by the Secretary of Purchaser, of resolutions of the Board
of Directors of Purchaser and the Management Board of Fresenius Medical
Care Management AG authorizing the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
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3.4.
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Joint
Deliveries
. The parties shall each deliver at the Closing, the
following:
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(a)
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An
executed PAK Technology, WUD Technology and HD WAK Technology assignment
of license in the form of
Exhibit G
attached hereto (
the
“WAK/PAK Technology Assignment of
License
”).
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(b)
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An
executed assignment of any and all rights of NQCI to the Supersorbent
Technology in the form of
Exhibit H
hereto.
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4.
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Representations
and Warranties of Sellers
.
As of the
Closing, Xcorporeal, represents and warrants with respect to itself and
Operations, and NQCI represents and warrants with respect to itself, to
Purchaser as follows:
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4.1.
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Organization
and Standing of Sellers
. Each of Xcorporeal, Operations and NQCI is
a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware.
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4.2.
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Authority
.
Subject to receipt of the Stockholder Approvals, each Seller has all
requisite corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and the agreements contemplated
hereby and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.2
and subject to receipt of the Stockholder Approvals, the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby by each
Seller and the consummation by each Seller of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of such Seller. Subject to receipt of the
Stockholder Approvals, this Agreement and the agreements contemplated
hereby have been duly executed and delivered by each Seller and (assuming
the valid authorization, execution and delivery by Purchaser) constitute
the valid and binding obligations of each Seller enforceable against such
Seller in accordance with their respective
terms.
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4.3.
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Notice
.
Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.3
(the “
Required
Consents
”), no Seller is required to give any notice to, make any
filing with or obtain any authorization, consent or approval of any person
or entity in order for the parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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4.4.
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Claims
.
Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4
,
there are no actions, suits, investigations, claims or demands of any kind
pending or, to the knowledge of any Seller, threatened against any Seller
(i) in relation to the Purchased Assets; (ii) which could materially or
adversely affect the Purchased Assets; or (iii) which could prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or cause such
transactions to be rescinded. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4
,
there are no outstanding injunctions, judgments, orders or decrees of any
kind related to the Purchased
Assets.
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4.5.
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No
Violation
. Except as set forth on
Schedule
4.5(a)
, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and compliance with the provisions hereof will not conflict with
or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any order
of any court or other agency of government or the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws or certificate of organization or operating
agreement of any Seller. Except as set forth on
Schedule
4.5(a)
, no authorization, consent or approval or any order of any
governmental or public authority or agency is required for the execution
by any Seller of this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated
hereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby by any Seller.
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4.6.
|
Purchased
Assets
. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.6
,
Sellers have the right to transfer the Purchased Assets free and clear of
all liens and encumbrances.
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4.7.
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Compliance
with Laws
. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.7
,
the Business is being, and during the thirty-six (36) month period prior
to the Closing has been conducted and operated in compliance in all
material respects with all domestic or foreign, federal, state or local
statute, law, regulation, constitution, code, edict, proclamation, treaty,
ruling, pronouncement, decision, opinion, interpretation, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, writ, injunction, directive, judgment, permit, license,
decree or other requirement (“
Applicable Law
”) issued,
enacted, adopted, passed, approved, promulgated, made, implemented or
otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any applicable
foreign, domestic, federal, territorial, state or local governmental
authority, tribal authority, quasi-governmental authority,
instrumentality, court, government or self-regulatory organization,
commission, tribunal or organization or any regulatory, administrative or
other agency, or any political or other subdivision, department or branch
of any of the foregoing (“
Governmental
Authority
”). During the twenty-four (24) month period prior to the
Closing, no Seller has received written notification from any Governmental
Authority asserting that the conduct of the Business is not in compliance
with any Applicable Law. Sellers have all permits necessary for the
conduct and operation of the Business as currently conducted, such permits
are in full force and effect, to the knowledge of the Sellers no
violations are or have been recorded in respect of any thereof and no
proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of any Seller, threatened to
revoke or limit any such permit.
Schedule 4.7
contains a true and complete list of all such permits under which any
Seller is operating or bound, and Sellers have furnished to Purchaser true
and complete copies thereof.
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4.8.
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Reports
and Financial Statements
. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.8
,
each of Xcorporeal and NQCI has timely (including any applicable
extensions) filed all reports required to be filed by it with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”) pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act
”), or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act
”), since
December 31, 2006 (collectively, the “
Company SEC Reports
”),
and has previously made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of
all such Company SEC Reports. Such Company SEC Reports, as of their
respective dates, complied in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may
be, and none of such Company SEC Reports, as of their respective dates,
contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The consolidated financial statements of Xcorporeal
included in the Company SEC Reports have been prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP
”) consistently
applied throughout the periods indicated (except as otherwise noted
therein or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q
of the SEC) and fairly presented (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal recurring year-end adjustments and any other
adjustments described therein) the consolidated financial position of
Xcorporeal as at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of
operations and cash flows of Xcorporeal for the periods then ended. Since
December 31, 2008, there has been no change in any of the significant
accounting (including tax accounting) policies or procedures of Xcorporeal
or Operations.
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4.9.
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
. Except as set forth in the Company
SEC Reports filed as of the date of this Agreement and except as set forth
on
Schedule
4.9
, since December 31, 2008, (i) Xcorporeal, Operations and NQCI
have each conducted its respective businesses and operations in the
ordinary course of Business and consistent with past practices and has not
taken any actions that, if it had been in effect, (ii) there has not been
any fact, event, circumstance or change affecting or relating to
Xcorporeal, Operations which, individually or, in the aggregate, has had a
material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of
operations of Xcorporeal and Operations, taken as a whole and (iii) there
has not been any fact, event, circumstance or change affecting or relating
to NQCI which, individually or in the aggregate, has had a material
adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of NQCI
(in the case of either (ii) or (iii) a “
Material Adverse
Effect
”).
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4.10.
|
Litigation
.
Except for litigation disclosed in the notes to the financial statements
included in Xcorporeal’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008, or in the Company SEC Reports filed subsequent
thereto, as of the date hereof, there is no suit, action, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of any Seller, threatened
against any Seller or with respect to which any Seller could be required
to provide indemnification or to otherwise contribute to liabilities or
damages relating thereto; nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction,
rule or order of any Governmental Authority outstanding against any
Seller.
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4.11.
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Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities
. Except for liabilities or obligations
which are accrued or reserved against in Xcorporeal’s consolidated
financial statements (or reflected in the notes thereto) included in the
Company SEC Reports or in NQCI’s statement of liabilities as of October
31, 2009, as set forth on
Schedule 4.11
,
or which were incurred after October 31, 2009, in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice, none of the Sellers has any
liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) of a nature required by GAAP to be reflected in a balance sheet
(or reflected in the notes thereto) or which have had or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(a)
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Each
Seller has timely filed all federal, state and local tax returns that it
was required to file. All such tax returns are correct and complete in all
material respects. All taxes owed by any Seller (whether or not shown on
any tax return) have been timely paid, except for those being contested in
good faith. No Seller is currently the beneficiary of any extension of
time within which to file any tax return. No Seller has received any
notice or inquiry from any jurisdiction where such Seller has not filed
tax returns to the effect that such filings may be required or that such
Seller and/or any of such Seller’s properties or assets may otherwise be
subject to taxation by such jurisdiction. There are no liens or other
encumbrances on any of the assets of any Seller that arose in connection
with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any tax. No Seller has waived
any statute of limitations in respect of taxes or agreed to any extension
of time with respect to a tax assessment or deficiency. No Seller is a
party to or bound by any tax allocation or sharing contract. No Seller has
any liability or potential liability for the taxes of any other person or
entity as a transferee or successor, by contract, or
otherwise.
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(b)
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Each
Seller has withheld and paid all taxes required to have been withheld and
paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third
party.
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(c)
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No
domestic or foreign, federal, state, or local tax audits or administrative
or judicial tax proceedings are pending or, to any Seller’s knowledge,
threatened with respect to any Seller. No Seller has received from any
domestic or foreign, federal, state, or local Governmental Authority
(including jurisdictions where such Seller has not filed tax returns) any
(i) written notice indicating an intent to open an audit or other review,
(ii) request for information related to tax matters, or (iii) notice of
deficiency or proposed adjustment for any amount of tax proposed,
asserted, or assessed by any taxing authority against such
Seller.
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(a)
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No
Seller owns any real property.
Schedule
4.13(a)
lists as of the date hereof (i) all written leases,
subleases, licenses, rental or occupancy agreements and other agreements
(including all amendments) to lease, sublease, license or otherwise occupy
or permit occupancy of, and describes all oral leases, subleases,
licenses, rental or occupancy agreements pursuant to which any Seller
leases, subleases, licenses, or otherwise rents or occupies or has agreed
to lease, sublease, license or otherwise occupies or permit occupancy of,
any real property, including all leasehold or subleasehold estates and
other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures,
improvements, fixtures or other interest in real property (each, a “
Real Property Lease
” and
collectively, the “
Leased
Real Property
”), (ii) a schedule of Leased Real Property by street
address and (iii) the identity of the lessor, lessee and current occupant
(if different from lessee) of each such parcel of Leased Real
Property.
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(b)
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The
applicable Seller is the owner and holder of all interests and leasehold
estates purported to be granted by each Real Property Lease, each Real
Property Lease is valid, subsisting, in full force and effect, binding
upon and enforceable against such Seller and the other parties thereto in
accordance with its terms; and the interests and/or leasehold estate
created by each Real Property Lease is free and clear of all liens or
encumbrances except means (i) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’
warehouseman’s, materialman’s, repairman’s, landlords’, or other liens
arising or incurred in the ordinary course of the Business with respect to
charges not yet due and payable, (ii) security interests of equipment
lessors to evidence title retention; (iii) statutory liens for current
taxes or assessments not yet due or payable (collectively, “
Permitted Liens
”). No
Seller has delivered or received written notice of any alleged default by
any party to a Real Property Lease and no Seller is in breach of or
default under any of the Real Property Leases, nor to any Seller’s
knowledge is any other party to any Real Property Lease in breach of or
default under such Real Property Lease, nor does any condition exist that,
with or without notice, lapse of time or the happening or occurrence of
any other event, could result in a breach of or constitute a default under
any Real Property Lease. No proceeding is pending or, to Seller’s
knowledge, threatened for the taking or condemnation of all or any portion
of the property demised under any Real Property Lease. There is no
brokerage commission or finder’s fee due from any Seller and unpaid with
regard to any of the Real Property Leases, or which will become due at any
time in the future with regard to any Real Property Lease. Sellers have
furnished to Purchaser prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement true and complete copies of all Real Property Leases. There are
no subleases or rights of occupancy with respect to the Leased Real
Property.
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4.14.
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Assets
.
Each Seller has good, valid and marketable title to all of their
respective properties and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed and
whether tangible or intangible) included in the Purchased Assets, free and
clear of all liens or encumbrances other than Permitted Liens, and,
subject to Stockholder Approvals, the Sellers have the full right, power
and authority to sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver all of the
Purchased Assets to Purchaser. The applicable Seller has a valid and
enforceable right to use all tangible items of personal property leased by
or licensed to it, free and clear of all liens or encumbrances other than
Permitted Liens. Subject to reasonable wear and tear, all of Sellers’
properties and assets have been maintained in accordance with good
business practice and industry standards, are in good operating condition
and repair, are free from material defects (patent and latent), and are
suitable for the purposes for which they are used and intended to be used.
Schedule
4.14
contains an accurate and complete list of each item of
Tangible P&E having a fair market value on Sellers’ books and records
of at least $10,000 as of the Closing
Date.
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4.15.
|
Extent
of Assets
. The Purchased Assets include, without limitation, all of
the real (immovable) and personal (movable) property, intangible
(incorporeal) property, rights and other assets of every kind and nature
whatsoever owned, leased or used by any Seller for the conduct of the
Business as currently conducted and as conducted during the past twelve
(12) months, excluding the Excluded Assets. The Purchased Assets,
excluding the Excluded Assets and the rights and technology underlying the
WAK/PAK Technology Assignment of License, constitute all the assets
necessary or desirable to conduct the Business in the manner presently
conducted by Sellers.
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4.16.
|
Personal
Property Leases
.
Schedule 4.16
is an accurate and complete list of each Personal Property Lease involving
the payment by Sellers of lease payments that in the aggregate exceed
$10,000 per calendar year. Sellers have provided Purchaser with correct
and complete copies of all Personal Property Leases listed on
Schedule 4.16
.
Each Personal Property Lease is valid and binding upon the applicable
Seller and, to the knowledge of Sellers, enforceable against the other
parties thereto in accordance with its terms. No Seller is in breach of or
default under any Personal Property Lease, and no event has occurred or
circumstance exists which, with the delivery of notice, the passage of
time or both, would constitute such a breach or default by any Seller, or
permit the termination, modification or acceleration of any obligation of
such Seller under such Personal Property Lease. To the knowledge of
Sellers, no other party to any Personal Property Lease is in breach
thereof or default thereunder.
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4.17.
|
Intellectual
Property
.
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(a)
|
Schedule
4.17(a)
sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all
Business Intellectual Property that is owned by any Seller and used in or
related to the Business and identifies which Seller is the owner thereof.
Except for any intellectual property of third parties from which any
Seller has licensed rights pursuant to the agreements listed in
Schedule
4.17(b)
which identifies which Seller is the licensee thereof,
Sellers exclusively own and possess all right, title and interest in and
to the Business Intellectual Property free and clear of all security
interests, liens, or encumbrances. No Business Intellectual Property used
in or related to the Business is involved in any interference, reissue,
re-examination or opposition proceeding. Except for rights acquired
pursuant to the agreements listed in
Schedule
4.17(b)
, the Excluded Assets, the Business Intellectual Property
listed on
Schedule
4.17(a)
constitutes all of the Business Intellectual Property
necessary to conduct the Business as currently being conducted, as
previously conducted, and as currently proposed to be
conducted.
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(b)
|
Schedule
4.17(b)
sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all
agreements pursuant to which any Business Intellectual Property is
licensed to any Seller and identifies to which Seller it is so licensed.
With respect to Business Intellectual Property that is licensed to any
Seller and used or related to the Business, such Seller has a valid and
enforceable right or license to use such Business Intellectual Property,
such right or license is transferable to Purchaser without the consent of
or termination right of any third party, and such right or license is
being transferred under this Agreement. No Seller is in breach of any
agreement pursuant to which any Business Intellectual Property is licensed
to any Seller.
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(c)
|
Schedule
4.17(c)
sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all
agreements pursuant to which any Business Intellectual Property is
licensed to any third party from any Seller and identifies which Seller is
the licensor thereof. Except as set forth in
Schedule
4.17(c)
, no licenses, covenants not to sue, or other rights of use
have been granted to third parties with respect to any of the Business
Intellectual Property, and no Seller is under no obligation to grant any
of the foregoing.
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(d)
|
The
Business Intellectual Property is valid, fully subsisting, and
enforceable. The applicable Seller has maintained all of the Business
Intellectual Property and has paid all registration and maintenance fees
to the extent necessary to validly maintain all registrations with any
regulatory authorities with respect to the Business Intellectual Property.
Except as set forth in
Schedule
4.17(d)
, no fees or actions that fall due within 90 days following
the Closing Date are required to maintain or otherwise avoid the
abandonment of any rights included in the Business Intellectual Property.
To the knowledge of Sellers, no rights in or to any Business Intellectual
Property owned by or licensed to any Seller and used in connection with
the Business are infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any
third party.
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(e)
|
The
conduct of the Business as presently, previously, and presently proposed
to be conducted does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any
third party. None of the Business Intellectual Property is subject to any
outstanding judgment, injunction, order or decree issued against any
Seller which restricts the use thereof by it and there are no pending, or
to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened claims against any Seller or the
Business alleging that the operation of the Business infringes or violates
(or in the past infringed or violated) the rights of any third party or
constitutes a misappropriation of (or in the past constituted a
misappropriation of) and Business Intellectual Property right of any third
party.
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(f)
|
Except
as set forth on
Schedule
4.17(f)
, all personnel of the Business, including employees,
agents, consultants, and contractors who have contributed to or
participated in the conception, creation, and/or development of the
Business Intellectual Property on behalf of any Seller have executed
nondisclosure agreements and have executed appropriate instruments of
assignment in favor of the applicable Seller giving such Seller exclusive
ownership of all tangible and intangible Business Intellectual Property
thereby arising. Each Seller has taken commercially reasonable security
measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all know-how
and trade secrets used in the
Business.
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(g)
|
Each
Seller has obtained and possesses valid licenses from third parties to use
all of the third party software programs present on the computers and
other software-enabled electronic devices that it owns or leases or that
it has otherwise provided to its respective employees for their use.
Schedule
4.17(g)
lists all software or other material that is distributed as
“free software,” “open source software” or under a similar licensing or
distribution model (including the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser
General Public License, Mozilla Public License, BSD licenses, the Artistic
License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License,
the Sun Industry Standards License and the Apache License) (“
Open Source Materials
”)
which is used by the Company, and describes the manner in which such Open
Source Materials are or were used. Sellers’ use of Open Source Materials
included within the Company’s products will not require, as a condition of
use, modification or distribution of such Open Source Materials, that
other software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such
Open Source Materials be (A) disclosed or distributed in source code form,
(B) be licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, or (C) be
redistributable at no charge.
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4.18.
|
Permits
.
The applicable Seller possesses the permits set forth on
Schedule 4.18
.
The permits set forth on
Schedule 4.18
include all of the permits necessary for such Seller to own the respective
Purchased Assets and operate the Business as conducted as of the Closing.
The Business is operated in compliance in all material respects with, all
permits. All of the permits listed on
Schedule 4.18
are in full force and effect, and no Seller has received, during the past
three (3) years, any written notice to the contrary except as set forth on
Schedule
4.18
.
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(a)
|
Set
forth on
Schedule
4.19(a)
is an accurate and complete list of all Material Contracts.
Sellers have delivered or made available to Purchaser a complete copy of
each Material Contract included in the Purchased Contracts and all
amendments thereto. The term “
Material Contract
” means
each of the following contracts included in the Purchased Contracts
relating to the Business:
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(i)
|
Any
contract (or group of related contracts) for the purchase or sale of
commodities, supplies, products or other personal property, or for the
furnishing or receipt of services that involves expenditures or receipts
of the Business in excess of $25,000 annually and which cannot be
terminated on thirty (30) or less days notice without
penalty;
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(ii)
|
Any
contract not made in the ordinary course of the
Business;
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(iii)
|
Any
distribution, franchise, license, sales or commission contract related to
the Business;
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(iv)
|
Any
contract that includes any most favored terms, pricing, or similar
provisions or that contains covenants that in any way purport to restrict
the business activity of the Business (or any part thereof), limit the
freedom of any Seller or the Business (or any part thereof) to engage in
any line of business or to compete with any person, or limit the right of
any Seller to assert claims in litigation, including, but not limited to,
claims of infringement of intellectual property
rights;
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(v)
|
Any
contract (or group of related contracts) involving annual revenues of more
than $25,000 under which any Seller has granted price protection
provisions;
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(vi)
|
Any
contract with an indemnity
obligation;
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(vii)
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Any
purchase, supply or other contract imposing on any Seller confidentiality
covenants;
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(viii)
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Any
purchase, supply or other contract, other than service contracts, imposing
on any Seller nonsolicitation
covenants;
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(ix)
|
Any
purchase, supply or other contract (or group of related contracts) which
provides for warranties or return of product, rebates, sharing of fees,
grant of discounts or similar arrangements involving annual sales by any
Seller in excess of $25,000 or which provides a grant of exclusivity by
any Seller to another contracting
party;
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(x)
|
Any
contract (or group of related contracts) which provides for consignment or
similar arrangement of tangible assets having a fair market value in
excess of $25,000;
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(xi)
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Any
collective bargaining agreement;
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(xii)
|
Any
contract for the employment of any individual on a full-time, part-time or
other basis or providing severance benefits or any consulting agreement
providing annual compensation in excess of
$25,000;
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(xiii)
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Any
contract under which it has advanced or loaned any amount to any of the
employees of the Business;
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(xiv)
|
Any
contract that is a joint venture
agreement;
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(xv)
|
Any
contract establishing any technology escrow or granting any party
manufacturing rights; and
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(xvi)
|
Any
contract that is an amendment, supplement or modification (whether oral or
written) in respect of any of the
foregoing.
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(b)
|
Except
as set forth on
Schedule 4.19(b)
,
with respect to each of the Purchased Contracts, (i) such Purchased
Contract is valid and binding upon the applicable Seller and enforceable
against the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, (ii) the
applicable Seller is not in breach of or default under such Purchased
Contract and no event has occurred or circumstance exists which, with the
delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a breach
or default, or permit the termination, modification or acceleration of any
obligation under such Purchased Contract, and (iii) to the knowledge of
Sellers, no other party to any Purchased Contract is in breach thereof or
default thereunder.
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4.20.
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No
Other Agreement
. No Seller nor any of their affiliates
or representatives has any commitment or legal obligation, absolute or
contingent, to any other person other than Purchaser, to sell, assign,
transfer or effect a sale or other disposition of any of the Purchased
Assets or the Business.
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4.21.
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Employee
Benefit Plans and Contracts
.
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(a)
|
No
liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by any Seller or any
ERISA Affiliate since the effective date of ERISA that has not been
satisfied in full, and no condition exists that presents a material risk
to any Seller or any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that
together with any Seller would be deemed a “single employer” under Section
414 of the Code (an “
ERISA Affiliate
”) of
incurring a liability under such
Title.
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(b)
|
To
Sellers’ knowledge, neither any Seller nor any ERISA Affiliate, nor any
Plan and neither any Seller nor any ERISA Affiliate has any continuing
liability thereunder, nor any trust created thereunder, nor any trustee or
administrator thereof has engaged in a transaction in connection with
which any Seller, any of the Plans, any such trust, or any trustee or
administrator thereof, could, directly or indirectly, be subject to a
civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA, a tax
imposed pursuant to Section 4975, 4976, 4980B, 4980D, 4980E, or 4980F of
the Code, or any other material liability. For purposes of this Section
4.21 the “
Plan
”
shall mean any bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation,
equity incentive, severance pay, medical, life or other health and welfare
benefit, profit-sharing, or pension plan, program, agreement or
arrangement, and each other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or
arrangement, sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be
contributed to by any Seller or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any
employee, independent contractor, or consultant or former employee,
independent contractor, or consultant of any Seller, whether formal or
informal unless such plan, program, agreement or arrangement has been
terminated.
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(c)
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None
of the Plans is a “multiemployer plan,” as such term is defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA, a “multiple employer welfare arrangement,” as such term is
defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA, or a single employer plan that has two
or more contributing sponsors, at least two of whom are not under common
control, within the meaning of Section 4063(a) of
ERISA.
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(d)
|
Neither
any Seller nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever sponsored, maintained or
contributed to a pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code.
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(e)
|
Each
of the Plans that is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination (or IRS
opinion letter) from the IRS in respect of each such Plan. To
the knowledge of Sellers, each of the Plans that is intended to satisfy
the requirements of section 125 or 501(c)(9) of the Code satisfies such
requirements. To the Knowledge of Sellers, each of the Plans
has been operated and administered in accordance with its terms and
Applicable Laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the
Code.
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4.22.
|
Employees;
Labor Relations
.
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(a)
|
Schedule
4.22(a)
contains a true and complete list of all current directors
and officers of each Seller and all current employees, independent
contractors and consultants of each Seller, along with the current
position and current salary and bonus for each such person. No
Seller is delinquent in payments to any of its directors, officers,
employees, independent contractors or consultants for any wages, salaries,
commissions, bonuses or other compensation for any services performed by
them or material amounts required to be reimbursed to such directors,
officers, employees, independent contractors or consultants. To
Sellers’ knowledge, no director, officer or employee of any Seller is in
violation of any term of any material employment contract, independent
contractor agreement for services, patent disclosure agreement,
confidentiality and invention assignment agreement or any other contract
relating to the relationship of such director, officer, employee with any
Seller or any other party because of the nature of the business conducted
or currently proposed to be conducted by Sellers. Each employee
of the Sellers, each consultant to Sellers who in the ordinary performance
of such consultant’s duties on behalf of such Seller has access to
confidential information respecting Sellers’ Business Intellectual
Property, and each officer of each Seller has executed a customary
confidentiality and assignment of inventions agreement, and copies of all
such agreements have been provided to
Purchaser.
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(b)
|
No
Seller is bound by any collective bargaining, labor, or similar
agreements, including material local or side
agreements.
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(c)
|
Each
Seller is in compliance with the requirements of the Workers Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act or any state-law equivalent (collectively,
“
WARN
”) and has no
liabilities pursuant to WARN.
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4.23.
|
Regulatory
Compliance
. Sellers have delivered true and correct
copies of the registrations, pre-market notifications, pre-market
applications, pre-market approvals, and investigational device exemption
applications (and any amendments or supplements thereto) related to the
Business and has delivered copies of all material written communications
between any Seller and the United States Food and Drug Administration
(“
FDA
”) or any
other applicable Governmental Authority regulating medical products and
any existing written summaries of material discussions between such
parties that describe matters that are material to assessing compliance of
the Business. The operation of the Business is in compliance in
all material respects with all FDA and other comparable state and local
Applicable Laws applicable to the Business, including FDA and comparable
state and local rules and regulations relating to clinical studies or
investigations, Good Practices, advertising and promotion, pre- and
post-marketing adverse device experience and adverse device experience
reporting, and all other pre- and post-marketing reporting requirements,
as applicable.
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4.24.
|
Hazardous
Substances
. Each Seller is in compliance in all material
respects with all Applicable Laws governing or related to environmental
matters. There are no claims pending or, to the knowledge of
Sellers, threatened against any Seller or the Leased Real Property
relating to any Applicable Laws governing or related to environmental
matters. Sellers have no actual or alleged liability, whether
fixed or contingent, under any Environmental
Law.
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4.25.
|
Brokers
. Except
for William Blair & Company, no broker, investment banker or other
person or entity engaged by Seller is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s
or other similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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(a)
|
Xcorporeal
. The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
Xcorporeal’s common stock (the “
Xcorporeal Stockholder
Approval
”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series
of Xcorporeal’s capital stock necessary to approve the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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(b)
|
NQCI
. The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
NQCI’s common stock (the “
NQCI Stockholder
Approval,
” and together with the Xcorporeal Stockholder Approval,
the “
Stockholder
Approvals
”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series
of NQCI’s capital stock necessary to approve the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
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4.27.
|
Sufficiency
of Purchase Price
. Sellers have marketed the assets
being sold and otherwise considered their value and have determined that
the consideration being received by each Seller from Purchaser herein
constitutes fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for the
assets being conveyed. This transaction was negotiated at arms
length between unrelated parties with each side represented by independent
counsel. The proceeds to be received by each Seller from the
Purchase Price are sufficient to satisfy in full all of the liabilities of
such Seller.
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4.28.
|
Disclosure
. No
representation or warranty made by Sellers in this Agreement and no
statement contained in any document or other writing furnished or to be
furnished to Purchaser or its representatives pursuant to the provisions
hereof contains any untrue statement of fact or omits to state any fact
necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein not
misleading.
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5.
|
Representations
and Warranties of Purchaser.
As
of the Closing, Purchaser represents and warrants to Sellers as
follows:
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5.1.
|
Organization
and Standing of Purchaser
. Purchaser is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the state of Massachusetts.
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5.2.
|
Authority
. Purchaser
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby by
Purchaser and the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action by Purchaser. This Agreement and the
agreements contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered by
Purchaser and (assuming the valid authorization, execution and delivery by
Sellers) constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Purchaser
enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with their respective
terms.
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5.3.
|
No
Violation
. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and compliance with the provisions hereof
will not conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, any order of any court or other agency of government or the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Purchaser. No
authorization, consent or approval or any order of any governmental or
public authority or agency is required for the execution by Purchaser of
this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated hereby or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby by
Purchaser.
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5.4.
|
Financing
. The
Purchaser has sufficient immediately available funds to pay, in cash, the
Purchase Price and all other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise necessary to enter into this Agreement and the agreements
contemplated hereby and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. Upon the consummation of such transactions, (a) the
Purchaser will not be insolvent, (b) the Purchaser will not be left
with unreasonably small capital, (c) the Purchaser will not have
incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature and
(d) the capital of the Purchaser will not be
impaired.
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5.5.
|
Litigation
. As
of the Closing, no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or,
to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser, which
could affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the agreements contemplated hereby and to consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
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5.6.
|
Brokers
. No
broker, investment banker or other person or entity engaged by Purchaser
is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s or other similar fee or commission
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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6.
|
Survival
of Representations and Warranties;
Indemnification
.
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6.1.
|
Survival
of Representations and Warranties
. The representations and
warranties in this Agreement shall survive consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby for a period ending on April 1, 2011,
except that the representations and warranties included in Section 4.1,
4.2, 4.6, 4.14, 4.17 and 4.25 shall survive as long as Purchaser is
required to pay the Royalty Payments to the Sellers hereunder (the “
Survival Period
”), or
upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01, and,
following the Survival Period or the termination of this Agreement, as the
case may be, no party shall make any claim whatsoever for any breach of
any representation or warranty hereunder, subject to this Section 6.1 and
Section 10.
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6.2.
|
Indemnification
by Sellers
. Sellers shall, jointly and severally,
indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser and its affiliates for any loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
(collectively, “
Damages
”) incurred by or
suffered to Purchaser or its affiliates by reason
of: (a) any liability or obligation relating to any Seller
or the Purchased Assets, other than Assumed Liabilities; and (b) any
breach of any representation or warranty of Sellers contained
herein. In the event of the final determination of any
liability under this Section 6.2 from Sellers to Purchaser, Purchaser may,
upon written notice to Sellers, setoff or recoup, in whole or in part,
such amounts from the Continuing
Payments.
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6.3.
|
Indemnification
by Purchaser
. Purchaser shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Seller and its affiliates for any Damages incurred by or
suffered to Sellers or its affiliates by reason
of: (a) any of the Assumed Liabilities, including the
failure of Purchaser to pay, discharge or perform any of the Assumed
Liabilities as and when due; and (b) any breach of any representation
or warranty of Purchaser contained
herein.
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6.4.
|
Notice
and Opportunity to Defend
. Each party agrees to give the
other party prompt written notice of any potential claim under this
Section 6 and, if such potential claim arises out of a claim or
demand of a third party, agrees to give the other party full opportunity,
at its expenses, to defend against such third party claim or
demand.
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6.5.
|
Limitation
on Indemnification
. The obligations of Sellers to
indemnify, save and hold harmless Purchaser from and against Damages
pursuant to this Section 6 shall at all times and in all events be limited
to an aggregate amount equal to $2,000,000 plus the amount of Royalty
Payments that have been paid, or are due and payable, to Sellers
hereunder. In addition, neither Seller will have any liability
(for indemnification or otherwise) under this Section 6 until the
aggregate amount of all Damages actually incurred or suffered by Purchaser
hereunder exceeds $50,000 (the “
Threshold Amount
”) and
then only for the amount of the damages exceeding the Threshold
Amount.
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7.
|
Conditions to
Closing
.
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|
7.1.
|
Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
. The
respective obligations of each party to effect the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to
the Closing of the following
conditions:
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(a)
|
Stockholder
Approvals
. The Stockholder Approvals shall have been
obtained.
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(b)
|
No Order
. No
Governmental Authority (including a federal or state court) of competent
jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered
any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or
other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in
effect and having the effect of making the transactions contemplated
hereby illegal or otherwise prohibiting or materially restricting
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however,
that the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such
decree, judgment, injunction or other order to be vacated or
lifted.
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(c)
|
Required
Consents
. All of the Required Consents shall have been
obtained.
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7.2.
|
Conditions
to Obligations of Purchaser
. The obligations of
Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following
additional conditions, unless waived in writing by
Purchaser:
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(a)
|
Representations and
Warranties
. The representations and warranties of the
Sellers shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect
to any limitation as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” or any
similar limitation set forth therein), as of date hereof, and except to
the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier
date, as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the
Closing.
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(b)
|
Performance of Obligations of
the Sellers
. Sellers shall have performed in all
material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under
this Agreement at or prior to the
Closing.
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(c)
|
No Material Adverse
Effect
. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred
with respect to the Purchased Assets or, recognizing the constraints of
Sellers’ financial situation, the Business since the date of this
Agreement and no fact or circumstance shall have occurred or arisen since
the date of this Agreement that would reasonably be expected to have such
a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d)
|
Impairment of
Title
. No fact or condition shall have arisen that would
preclude in any material respect the Purchaser from taking title in the
Purchased Assets.
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(e)
|
WAK/PAK Technology Assignment
of License
. Prior to or concurrently with the Closing,
Purchaser and Xcorporeal shall have negotiated and delivered a WAK/PAK
Technology Assignment of License assigning to Purchaser all of
Xcorporeal’s licensed rights to current and future intellectual property
comprised of certain U.S. patents and patent applications relating to PAK
Technology and WAK HD Technology.
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(f)
|
Sellers’ Counsel
Opinions
. The Purchaser shall have received from counsel
to the Sellers, one or more legal opinions in substantially the form of
Exhibit I
attached hereto, addressed to the Purchaser and dated as of the Closing
Date.
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(g)
|
Supersorbent
Rights
. The Research Agreement shall have been validly
assigned to Purchaser and the exclusive license for use of the
Supersorbent Technology in any and all medical applications, as
contemplated by the Research Agreement, shall have been executed and
delivered on terms and conditions substantially as set forth in Appendix C
to the Research Agreement and otherwise on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to Purchaser; such license shall be in the name of and for
the benefit of Purchaser or shall be in the name of and for the benefit of
NQCI and shall be assigned to Purchaser at the Closing with the written
consent of TRDF.
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7.3.
|
Conditions
to Obligation of the Sellers
. The obligation of the
Sellers to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the
following additional conditions, unless waived in writing by the
Sellers:
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(a)
|
Representations and
Warranties
. The representations and warranties of
Purchaser shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect
to any limitation as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” or any
similar limitation set forth therein) as of the date hereof, and except to
the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier
date, as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the
Closing.
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(b)
|
Performance of Obligations of
Purchaser
. Purchaser shall have performed in all
material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under
this Agreement at or prior to
Closing.
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8.1.
|
Proxy
Statement; Stockholder
Approvals
.
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(a)
|
Unless
the Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Section 10.1(c),
Xcorporeal, acting through its board of directors, shall, subject to and
in accordance with applicable law and its certificate of incorporation and
by-laws, promptly and duly call, give notice of, convene and hold as soon
as practicable, a meeting of the holders of its stockholders (or solicit
the written consent of stockholders) for the purpose of voting to approve
and adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and,
subject to the fiduciary duties of its board of directors under applicable
law based on advice by outside legal counsel, (i) recommend approval
and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by
the stockholders of Xcorporeal and include in any proxy or information
statement (“
Proxy
Statement
”) such recommendation and (ii) take all reasonable
and lawful action to solicit and obtain such
approval.
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(b)
|
NQCI,
acting through its board of directors, shall, subject to and in accordance
with applicable law and its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, as
soon as practicable, solicit the written consent of its stockholders to
approve and adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby,
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(c)
|
Xcorporeal,
as promptly as practicable shall cause any required Proxy Statement to be
developed and shall allow Purchaser two business days to review such Proxy
Statement prior to it being delivered to its
stockholders.
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(d)
|
At
or prior to the Closing, Xcorporeal shall deliver to the Purchaser a
certificate of its Secretary setting forth the voting results from its
stockholder meeting.
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(e)
|
Xcorporeal
shall use all reasonable best efforts to hold its stockholders meeting as
soon as practicable after the date
hereof.
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8.2.
|
Conduct
of Business of the Companies Prior to the Closing
Date
. During the period from the date of this Agreement
and continuing through the Closing Date, each of the Sellers agrees that
except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or to the
extent that Purchaser shall otherwise consent in writing, each of the
Sellers shall use its best efforts to carry on the Business and its
affairs in such a manner so that the representations, warranties and
covenants contained herein shall continue to be accurate and correct
throughout such period, and on and as of the Closing Date as if made by
each Seller on the Closing Date, and throughout such period, each Seller
shall (a) carry on the Business in the ordinary course in substantially
the same manner as previously conducted immediately prior to the execution
of this Agreement, (b) promptly notify Purchaser, in writing, of any
material development with respect to the Business or any assets or
properties of such Seller, (c) confer with Purchaser concerning
operational matters of a material nature, and (d) use best efforts,
recognizing the constraints of its financial condition, (i) to
preserve intact its present business organization, (ii) keep
available the services of its present officers and employees,
(iii) preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others
having business dealings with it, and (iv) not do or permit to be done any
action that would result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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8.3.
|
Public
Announcements
. None of the parties to this Agreement shall issue or
make any press release or other public statements or otherwise announce
the transactions described herein to employees, customers or suppliers
except and unless such release, statement or announcement has been jointly
approved by Purchaser and Sellers (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as may be required
by applicable law or by obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with
any securities market or any securities market regulations. If
either party is so required to issue or make a press release, public
statement or other announcement, it shall inform the other party prior to
the issuance or making thereof and shall reasonably consult with the other
party regarding the content
thereof.
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8.4.
|
Protection
of Trade Secrets
. Each Seller shall take efforts that
are reasonable under the circumstances to prevent the unauthorized
disclosure to any other person or entity of any of the Trade Secrets used
in or related to the Business. Each Seller shall take all steps
reasonably necessary to protect and preserve the confidentiality of the
Trade Secrets and other confidential information of the Business. “
Trade Secrets
” means
business or technical information including, but not limited to, formulas
or methods of manufacturing and production and Know-How, that is not
generally known to other persons or entities who are not subject to an
obligation of nondisclosure and that derives actual or potential
commercial value from not being generally known to other persons or
entities. “
Know-How
” means ideas,
designs, concepts, compilations of information, methods, techniques,
procedures and processes, inventions and discoveries, whether or not
patentable.
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8.5.
|
Bulk
Sales Compliance
. Except with respect to each of the
Sellers’ obligations which comprise the Assumed Liabilities, each Seller
shall pay in full from the Purchase Price all sums due and owing its
creditors. Purchaser and each of the Sellers hereby waive
compliance with any “bulk sales” law under any applicable uniform
commercial code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sellers
shall indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless as provided for any
claim, liability or expense arising from or in connection with
non-compliance with any applicable bulk sales law as it pertains to the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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8.6.
|
Access
to Information
. Between the date of this Agreement and
the Closing Date, upon reasonable notice and at reasonable times without
undue disruption to the Business, each Seller will give Purchaser and its
authorized representatives full access to all personnel, offices and other
facilities and to all Books and Records of each Seller (including tax
returns and accounting work papers) and will permit Purchaser to make
copies thereof and will fully cooperate with regard to such inspections as
it may reasonably request for any purpose, including verification that the
representations and warranties were true when made and continue to be true
through and including the Closing Date and will cause its officers to
furnish Purchaser such financial and operating data and other information
with respect to the business and properties of each Company which
Purchaser may from time to time reasonably
request.
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8.7.
|
All
Reasonable Effort
s
. Subject
to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto
agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions, and to do, or cause to be done as promptly as practicable, all
things necessary, proper and advisable under applicable laws and
regulations to consummate and make effective as promptly as practicable
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Additional
Documents and to cause the conditions to the Closing set forth herein to
be satisfied.
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8.8.
|
Consents
and Approvals
. Sellers shall use reasonable efforts to
obtain all of the Required
Consents.
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8.9.
|
Other
Negotiations by Sellers
. During the period from the date
hereof to the Closing Date or the date this Agreement is terminated in
accordance with provisions hereof, no Seller shall directly, or indirectly
through representatives, enter into any agreement, discussion, negotiation
with or provide any information to, any other corporation, firm, entity or
other persons or solicit, encourage, entertain or consider any inquiries
or proposals, with respect to (i) the possible disposition of any of
the Business (including any of the Purchased Assets), (ii) any
business combination involving any Seller, whether by way of merger,
consolidation, share exchange or other transactions, or (iii) the
sale of any shares of the capital stock of any Seller (an “
Acquisition Proposal
”);
provided,
however
, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit
the board of directors of any Seller from complying with the requirements
of Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act, if applicable, with respect to an
Acquisition Proposal or any other applicable law or furnishing any
information to, or entering into discussions or negotiations with, any
person that makes an unsolicited bona fide Acquisition Proposal if, (A)
the board of directors of applicable Seller, after consultation with its
outside legal counsel, determines in good faith that the failure to take
such action would be a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable law
and (B) the board of directors of applicable Seller determines in good
faith that such Acquisition Proposal may lead to a transaction that would,
if consummated, result in a transaction more favorable to such Seller’s
stockholders from a financial point of view than the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby
(any such more favorable Acquisition Proposal, a “
Superior Proposal
”).
Such Seller shall promptly communicate to Purchaser the terms of any
proposal which it may receive in respect of an Acquisition Proposal and
any request by or indication of interest on the part of any third party
with respect to initiation of any Acquisition Proposal or discussions with
respect thereto (the “
Notice
”). Such Seller
shall keep Purchaser informed of any material changes (including material
amendments) to any such Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, neither Seller shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section 8.9 unless and until (i) three business days have elapsed
following the delivery to Purchaser of a written notice of such
determination by the board of directors of such Seller and (x) such Seller
has delivered the Notice and (y) during such three business day
period, such Seller otherwise cooperates with Purchaser with respect to
the Acquisition Proposal that constitutes a Superior Proposal with the
intent of enabling Purchaser to engage in good faith negotiations to make
such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement as would
enable such Seller to proceed with the transactions contemplated hereby on
such adjusted terms and conditions and (ii) at the end of such three
business day period the board of directors of the applicable Seller
continues reasonably to believe that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes
a Superior Proposal.
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8.10.
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Supersorbent
Option
. Purchaser hereby grants to Sellers an option to
license/sublicense from Purchaser the perpetual worldwide exclusive rights
to utilize and develop the Supersorbent Technology, with the right to
sublicense (without any additional consideration (other than the royalties
provided for below) due to Purchaser), in the healthcare fields other than
renal, including the right to manufacture any products resulting therefrom
(the “
Option
”). Such
Option shall be exercisable only during the twelve (12) month period
immediately following Sellers’ receipt of written notice from Purchaser of
Purchaser’s receipt of applicable regulatory approval for the sale of a
product in the United States or European Union utilizing the Supersorbent
Technology. Contemporaneously with such notice, Purchaser shall
provide reasonable written evidence to Sellers of its receipt of such
approval. In order to exercise the Option, a Seller shall
provide written notice of such election to Purchaser (the “
Election
Notice
”). Purchaser and Sellers (or Seller, as
applicable) shall negotiate in good faith and shall, within thirty (30)
days of Purchaser’s receipt of the Election Notice, execute a license
agreement the terms and conditions of which shall include the
following:
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(a)
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An
initial royalty payment equal to $7,500,000 in immediately available
funds;
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(b)
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An
ongoing royalty, payable quarterly along with the delivery of reasonable
sales reports and data, in an amount equal to the lesser of $0.75 per
supersorbent cartridge or $1.50 per patient per week in each country where
such sales infringe valid and issued claims of the Supersorbent Patents
issued in such country;
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(c)
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That
Sellers (or Seller, as applicable) shall be entitled to transfer or
sublicense its rights under such license without any additional
consideration due to Purchaser, provided that such transfer or sublicense
is limited to the healthcare fields other than
renal;
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(d)
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That
such license shall consist of the perpetual worldwide exclusive rights to
utilize and develop the Supersorbent Technology, with the right to
sublicense (without any additional consideration (other than the royalties
provided for above) due to Purchaser), in the healthcare fields other than
renal, including the right to manufacture any products resulting
therefrom; and
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(e)
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Other
usual and customary terms found in similar license
agreements.
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9.
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Restrictive
Covenants
.
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9.1.
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Non-Compete
. As
a material inducement for Purchaser to enter into this Agreement, each of
the Sellers hereby agrees that none of them nor any of their affiliates or
subsidiaries shall, effective as of the Closing and continuing until the
second (2
nd
)
anniversary of the date of Closing (the “
Restricted Period
”),
directly or indirectly, run, own an equity interest in, manage, consult
with, be employed by, furnish services to, operate or control any
business, venture or activity that is directly or indirectly competitive
with Business, provided, however, that any joint venture among Purchaser
and any or all of the Sellers shall not be violation
hereof.
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9.2.
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Nonsolicitation
. As
a material inducement for Purchaser to enter into this Agreement, each of
the Sellers hereby agree that none of them nor any of their affiliates or
subsidiaries shall, during the Restricted Period, directly or indirectly,
take any action that is intended to, or could reasonably be expected to,
result in any customer, employee or vendor of the Purchaser or of the
Business from discontinuing or limiting its affiliation with Purchaser or
the Business.
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10.1.
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Methods
of Termination
. This Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the
Closing:
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(a)
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by
the mutual written consent of Purchaser and the
Sellers;
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(b)
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by
Purchaser or by Sellers if any Governmental Authority shall have issued an
order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, which such order,
decree, ruling or action has become final and nonappealable and which has
the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting
the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(c)
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by
Sellers, subject to complying with the terms of this Agreement, upon the
decision by the board of directors of any Seller to enter into an
agreement concerning a transaction that constitutes a Superior Proposal,
if such Seller notifies Purchaser in writing that it intends to enter into
such an agreement;
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(d)
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by
Purchaser if the Stockholder Approvals have not been obtained on or before
February 28, 2010;
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(e)
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upon
written notice to the other party by Purchaser or any Seller, if the
Closing has not occurred on or before February 28, 2010 and this Agreement
has not previously been terminated, provided, however that the right to
terminate the Agreement under this Section 10.1(e) shall not be available
to any party if the failure of such party to fulfill any of its
obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in,
the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such
date.
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10.2.
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Procedure
Upon Termination
. In the event of termination of this
Agreement by the Sellers or Purchaser, written notice thereof shall
promptly be given to the other parties and this Agreement shall terminate
and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be abandoned, without
further action by any party to this Agreement. If this
Agreement is so terminated, no party to this Agreement shall have any
right or claim against another party on account of such termination unless
this Agreement is terminated by a party on account of the breach of any
representation, warranty, term or covenant herein by the other party or
parties in which event the non-breaching party shall have all rights and
remedies available to it at law or in
equity.
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10.3.
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Breakup
Fee
. Contemporaneously with the closing of a
transaction contemplated by a Superior Proposal, the Seller party to such
transaction (or if applicable, the Sellers) shall pay to Purchaser, in
immediately available funds, a breakup fee in the amount of
$2,500,000.
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11.1.
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Taxes
. Purchaser
shall pay when due and as required by law all sales and/or use taxes,
recording fees and all other taxes and fees on the transfer of the
Purchased Assets imposed upon it and arising by virtue of the sale of the
Purchased Assets. Sellers shall be responsible for any and all
taxes due in connection with its activities in relation to the Purchased
Assets prior to Closing and Purchaser shall be responsible for any and all
taxes due in connection with its activities in relation to the Purchased
Assets following Closing.
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11.2.
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Notice
. All
notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed duly given to any party (a) upon delivery
to the address of such party set forth below if delivered in person or by
courier or if sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt
requested), postage prepaid, (b) upon dispatch if transmitted by
telecopy or other means of facsimile or electronic mail, in any case to
the parties at the following addresses, telecopy numbers or email
addresses, as the case may be, provided that e-mail and facsimile notices
are confirmed telephonically or by depositing a copy of such notice in the
mail:
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If to
Xcorporeal or Operations:
12121
Wilshire Blvd, Suite 350
Los
Angeles, CA 890025
Attn: Kelly
J. McCrann
Facsimile
No. 310.923.9969
Email:
kmccrann@xcorporeal.com
If to
NQCI:
National
Quality Care, Inc.
2431 Hill
Drive
Los
Angeles, California 90041
Attention: Chief
Executive Officer
Facsimile
No. 323.254.1015
Email:
nqcinc@sbcglobal.net
If to
Purchaser:
Fresenius
USA, Inc.
920
Winter Street
Waltham,
MA 02451-1457
Attn: Douglas
Kott
Facsimile
No. (781) 699-9698
Email:
doug.kott@fmc-na.com
or to
such other address or telecopy number as any party may designate by written
notice in the aforesaid manner.
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11.3.
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Assignability
. Other
than as expressly herein, this Agreement and the rights and obligations
hereunder shall not be assignable by any of the parties hereto without the
prior written consent of the other parties; provided that Xcorporeal and
NQCI (if applicable) may assign its respective rights and obligations
hereunder, including under any agreements contemplated by this Agreement,
to the Xcorporeal Trust or a liquidating trust established for the benefit
of NQCI’s stockholders (the “
NQCI Trust
”), as
applicable, and the Xcorporeal Trust and/or the NQCI Trust may assign any
or all of it respective rights and obligations hereunder to any purchaser
of a part or all of such trust’s rights, assets and/or obligations,
without the prior written consent of any other party. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors
and any permitted assigns of Purchaser, Sellers, the Xcorporeal Trust and
the NQCI Trust.
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11.4.
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Governing
Law
. The internal law, not the law of conflicts, of the State of
Delaware will govern all questions concerning the construction, validity
and interpretation of this Agreement and the performance of the
obligations imposed by this
Agreement.
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11.5.
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Entire
Agreement
. This Agreement, the Schedules and Exhibits
hereto, and other documents delivered or to be delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, together with the side agreement dated as of the date hereof
among Xcorporeal, Operations and Purchaser, contain or will contain the
entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the transactions
contemplated herein and supersede all previous oral and written
agreements. The Schedules to this Agreement constitute a part of this
Agreement and are incorporated into this Agreement for all purposes as if
fully set forth herein.
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11.6.
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Waiver
. Any
failure of any Seller or Purchaser to comply with any obligation,
covenant, agreement or condition herein may be waived in writing by
Purchaser or Sellers, respectively, but such waiver or failure to insist
upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or
condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to,
any subsequent or other
failure.
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11.7.
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Amendment
. This
Agreement may be amended, modified, or supplemented only by written
agreement of Purchaser and each
Seller.
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11.8.
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Headings
. The
section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect the interpretation or meaning of this
Agreement.
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11.9.
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Counterparts
. This
Agreement shall be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same Agreement. A signature page of this Agreement executed
and transmitted via facsimile or electronic mail shall be deemed an
original for all purposes.
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11.10.
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Further
Assurances
. At any time after the Closing Date, each
Seller will, at Purchaser’s request and without further consideration,
promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver any other assurances or
documents reasonably requested by Purchaser in order to complete the
conveyance of the Purchased Assets.
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11.11.
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Payment
of Expenses
. All fees, costs and expenses, including
legal and accounting fees, incurred in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party hereto
incurring said fees, costs or
expenses.
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11.12.
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No
Strict Construction
. The language used in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express
their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction will be applied
against any party.
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11.13.
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No
Third Party Beneficiary
. Except for the Xcorporeal
Trust, the NQCI Trust and their successors and any permitted assigns, no
third party shall be deemed to benefit from the terms of this Agreement
nor shall any such third party be deemed a beneficiary
hereof.
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[Signature
Page Follows]
[Signature
Page to Asset Purchase Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date first
above written.
SELLERS:
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PURCHASER:
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XCORPOREAL,
INC.
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FRESENIUS
USA, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Kelly J.
McCrann
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By:
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/s/
Mohsen Reihany
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Name:
Kelly J. McCrann
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Name:
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Mohsen
Reihany
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Its:
Chairman and CEO
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Its:
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Senior
Advisor To Chairman of The Board
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XCORPOREAL
OPERATIONS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Kelly J.
McCrann
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Name:
Kelly J. McCrann
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Its:
Chairman and CEO
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NATIONAL
QUALITY CARE, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Robert
Snukal
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Name:
Robert Snukal
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Its: CEO
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Exhibit
A
See
Schedule A annexed to the Shareholder Voting Agreement, dated December 14, 2009
, which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Xcorporeal, Inc.’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2009 and is incorporated by
reference herein.
Exhibit
B
A copy of
the Shareholder Voting Agreement, dated December 14, 2009, was filed as
Exhibit 4.1 to Xcorporeal, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
SEC on December 18, 2009 and is incorporated by reference
herein.
EXHIBIT
B
PLAN
OF LIQUIDATION AND
DISSOLUTION
OF XCORPOREAL, INC.
This Plan
of Liquidation and Dissolution (the “
Plan
”) is intended to
accomplish the dissolution and liquidation of Xcorporeal, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “
Company
”), in
accordance with Section 275 and other applicable provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“
DGCL
”).
1. Approval
and Adoption of Plan.
This Plan
shall be effective when all of the following steps have been
completed:
(a)
Resolutions of t
he Company
’
s Board of
Directors:
The Company’s Board of Directors (the “
Board
”) shall have
adopted a resolution or resolutions with respect to the following:
(i)
Complete
Liquidation
and
Dissolution
:
The Board shall
deem it advisable for the Company to be dissolved and liquidated
completely.
(ii)
Adoption of the
Plan:
The Board shall approve this Plan as the appropriate
means for carrying out the complete dissolution and liquidation of the
Company.
(iii)
Sale and Distribution of
Assets:
The Board shall determine that, as part of the Plan
(but not as a separate matter arising under Section 271 of the DGCL), it is
deemed expedient and in the best interests of the Company (x) subject to the
approval of the Company’s stockholders at a special or annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Company called for such purpose by the Board (the “
S
tockholder
Approval
”), to sell all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets to Fresenius USA, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. (the “
Asset Sale
”), and
transfer the proceeds of the Asset Sale and any of the Company’s assets
remaining after the Asset Sale (collectively, the “
Remaining Assets
”)
and all liabilities and obligations of the Company remaining on the date of
dissolution of the Company (collectively, the “
Remaining
Liabilities
”) to the
Liquidating Trust (as defined below) or (y) if Stockholder Approval is not
obtained, to sell or distribute to stockholders all or substantially all of the
Company’s property and assets, if any, in order to facilitate liquidation and
distribution to the Company’s creditors and stockholders, as
appropriate.
(b)
Adoption of this Plan by the
Company
’
s
Stockholders.
This Plan, including the dissolution of the
Company and those provisions authorizing the Board (x) subject to Stockholder
Approval, to proceed with the Asset Sale and transfer to the Liquidating
Trust of the Remaining Assets or (y) to sell or distribute to stockholders all
or substantially all of the Company’s assets in connection therewith, shall have
been approved by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the
outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon bat a special
or annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company called for such purpose by
the Board. The date of such approval shall be referred to in this Plan as the
“
Approval
Date
.”
2. Dissolution
and Liquidation Period.
Once the
Plan is effective, the steps set forth below shall be completed at such times as
the Board, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary, appropriate or
advisable:
(a) the
filing of a Certificate of Dissolution of the Company (the “
Certificate of
Dissolution
”) pursuant to Section 275 of the DGCL specifying the date (no
later than ninety (90) days after the filing) upon which the Certificate of
Dissolution shall become effective (the “
Effective Date
”), and
the completion of all actions that may be necessary, appropriate or desirable to
dissolve the Company;
(b) the
cessation of all of the Company’s business activities and the withdrawal of the
Company from any jurisdiction in which it is qualified to do business, except
and insofar as necessary for the sale of its assets and for the proper winding
up of the Company pursuant to Section 278 of the DGCL;
(c) the
negotiation and consummation of sales and conversion of all of the assets and
properties of the Company remaining after the Asset Sale into cash and/or other
distribution form, including the assumption by the purchaser or purchasers of
any or all liabilities of the Company;
(d) the
taking of all actions required or permitted under the dissolution procedures of
Section 281(b) of the DGCL; and
(e) the
(i) payment or making reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of
the Company, including all contingent, conditional or unmatured claims known to
the Company; and (ii) making of such provision as will be reasonably likely to
be sufficient to provide compensation for any claim against the Company which is
the subject of a pending action, suit or proceeding to which the Company is a
party; and (iii) making of such provision as shall be reasonably likely to be
sufficient to provide compensation for claims that have not been made known to
the Company or that have not arisen but that, based on facts known to the
Company, are likely to arise or to become known to the Company within ten years
after the date of dissolution. Provided that (x) the Stockholder Approval
shall have been obtained, the Approval Date shall have occurred and a
Certificate of Dissolution shall have been filed with respect to the Company as
provided in Section 275(d) of the DGCL, the Remaining Assets and all Remaining
Liabilities and any unexpended amounts remaining in the Contingency Reserve (as
defined below) shall be transferred to the Liquidating Trust described in
Section 8 below no later than 90 calendar days of the Approval Date for purposes
of satisfying such Remaining Liabilities and the distribution of the funds and
assets of the Company, if any, to its stockholders pursuant to the terms of the
Liquidating Trust, this Plan and the DGCL or (y) if the Stockholder Approval is
not obtained, the Approval Date shall have occurred and a Certificate of
Dissolution shall have been filed with respect to the Company as provided in
Section 275(d) of the DGCL, any unexpended amounts remaining in the Contingency
Reserve (defined below) and the distribution of the remaining funds, assets and
properties of the Company, if any, to its stockholders no later than the tenth
anniversary of the Approval Date (the “
Final Distribution
Date
”).
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board may instruct the officers of
the Company to delay the taking of any of the foregoing steps until the Company
has performed such actions as the Board or such officers determine to be
necessary, appropriate or advisable for the Company to maximize the value of the
Company’s assets upon liquidation; provided, that such steps may not be delayed
longer than is permitted by applicable law.
In
addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to
follow the procedures described in Section 281(b) of the DGCL, and the adoption
of the Plan by the stockholder of the Company as provided in Section 1 above
shall constitute full and complete authority for the Board and the officers of
the Company, without further stockholder action, to proceed with the dissolution
and liquidation of the Company in accordance with any applicable provision of
the DGCL, including, without limitation, Sections 280 and 281(a)
thereof.
3. Authority
of Officers and Directors.
After the
Effective Date, the Board and the officers of the Company shall continue in
their positions for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Company as
contemplated by Delaware law. The Board may appoint officers, hire employees and
retain independent contractors and advisors in connection with the winding up
process, and is authorized to pay to the Company’s officers, directors and
employees, or any of them, compensation or additional compensation above their
regular compensation, in money or other property, in recognition of the
extraordinary efforts they, or any of them, shall be required to undertake, or
actually undertake, in connection with the successful implementation of this
Plan. Adoption of this Plan by the stockholders of the Company as provided in
Section 1 above shall constitute the approval by the Company’s stockholders of
the Board’s authorization of the payment of any such compensation.
The
adoption of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company as provided in Section 1
above shall constitute full and complete authority for the Board and the
officers of the Company, without further stockholder action, to do and perform
any and all acts and to make, execute and deliver any and all agreements,
conveyances, assignments, transfers, certificates and other documents of any
kind and character that the Board or such officers deem necessary, appropriate
or advisable: (i) to dissolve the Company in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware and cause its withdrawal from all jurisdictions in which it is
authorized to do business; (ii) (x) subject to Stockholder Approval, to proceed
with the Asset Sale and to transfer the Remaining Assets and Remaining
Liabilities to the Liquidating Trust or (y) otherwise to sell, dispose, convey,
transfer and deliver all of the assets and properties of the Company; (iii) to
satisfy or provide for the satisfaction of the Company’s obligations in
accordance with Sections 280 and 281 of the DGCL; and (iv) (x) for the Trustee
or for the Board, as applicable, to distribute any properties and assets of the
Company and all remaining funds
pro rata
to the stockholders
of the Company’s common stock in accordance with the respective number of shares
then held of record as of Effective Date.
4. Conversion
of Assets Into Cash and/or Other Distributable Form.
Subject
to approval by the Board and the consummation of the Asset Sale, the officers,
employees and agents of the Company shall, as promptly as feasible, proceed to
(i) collect all sums due or owing to the Company, (ii) sell and convert into
cash and/or other distributable form of all the remaining assets and properties
of the Company, if any, and (iii) out of the assets and properties of the
Company, pay, satisfy and discharge or make adequate provision for the payment,
satisfaction and discharge of all debts and liabilities of the Company pursuant
to Section 2 above, including all expenses of the sales of assets and of the
dissolution and liquidation provided for by the Plan.
The
adoption of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company as provided in Section 1
above shall constitute full and complete authority for the Asset Sale, subject
to Stockholder Approval, or for any sale, exchange or other disposition of the
properties and assets of the Company contemplated by the Plan, whether such
sale, exchange or other disposition occurs in one transaction or a series of
transactions, and shall constitute ratification of all such contracts for sale,
exchange or other disposition. The Company may invest in such interim assets as
determined by the Board in its discretion, pending conversion to cash or other
distributable forms.
5. Professional
Fees and Expenses.
It is
specifically contemplated that the Board may authorize the payment of a retainer
fee to a law firm or law firms selected by the Board for legal fees and expenses
of the Company, including, among other things, to cover any costs payable
pursuant to the indemnification of the Company’s officers or members of the
Board provided by the Company pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws, as amended and/or restated, or the DGCL or otherwise.
In
addition, in connection with and for the purpose of implementing and assuring
completion of this Plan, the Company may, in the sole and absolute discretion of
the Board, pay any brokerage, agency and other fees and expenses of persons
rendering services, including accountants and tax advisors, to the Company in
connection with the Asset Sale, subject to Stockholder Approval, and the
collection, sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company’s property and
assets and the implementation of this Plan.
6. Indemnification.
The
Company shall continue to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and
agents in accordance with its Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and
Restated Bylaws and any contractual arrangements, for actions taken in
connection with this Plan and the winding up of the affairs of the Company. The
Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, is authorized to obtain and maintain
insurance as may be necessary, appropriate or advisable to cover the Company’s
obligations hereunder, including without limitation directors’ and officers’
liability coverage.
7. Liquidating
Distributions.
Subject
to the terms of Section 8 of this Plan in the event Stockholder Approval is
obtained and the Asset Sale is consummated, liquidating distributions, if any,
shall be made from time to time after the filing of the Certificate of
Dissolution as provided in Section 2 above and adoption of this Plan by the
stockholders to the stockholders of record, at the close of business on such
date (or pursuant to the terms of the Liquidating Trust, to the stockholders of
record as of the close of business on the Effective Date),
pro rata
to stockholders of
the Company’s common stock in accordance with the respective number of shares
then held of record; provided that in the opinion of the Board or the Trustee,
as applicable, adequate provision has been made for the payment, satisfaction
and discharge of all known, unascertained or contingent debts, obligations and
liabilities of the Company (including costs and expenses incurred and
anticipated to be incurred in connection with the sale and distribution of
assets and liquidation of the Company). Liquidation distributions shall be made
in cash or in kind, including in stock of, or ownership interests in,
subsidiaries of the Company and remaining assets of the Company, if any. Such
distributions may occur in a single distribution or in a series of
distributions, in such amounts and at such time or times as the Board or the
Trustee, as applicable, in its absolute discretion, and in accordance with
Section 281 of the DGCL, may determine; provided, however, that the Company
shall complete the distribution of all its properties and assets to its
stockholders as provided in this Section 7 or to the Liquidating Trust as
provided in Section 8 below as soon as practicable following the filing of its
Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
and in any event on or prior to the Final Distribution Date.
If and to
the extent deemed necessary, appropriate or desirable by the Board or the
Trustee, as applicable, in its absolute discretion, the Company may establish
and set aside a reasonable amount of cash and/or property to satisfy claims
against the Company and other obligations of the Company (a “
Contingency
Reserve
”), including, without limitations, (i) tax obligations, (ii) all
expenses of the sale of the Company’s property and assets, if any, (iii) the
salary, fees and expenses of members of the Board, management and employees,
(iv) expenses for the collection and defense of the Company’s property and
assets, (v) the expenses described in Sections 3, 5 and 6 above and (vi) all
other expenses related to the dissolution and liquidation of the Company and the
winding-up of its affairs. Any unexpended amounts remaining in a Contingency
Reserve shall be transferred to the Liquidating Trust described in Section 8
below or distributed to the Company’s stockholders no later than the Final
Distribution Date.
As
provided in Section 12 below, distributions made pursuant to this Plan shall be
treated as made in complete liquidation of the Company within the meaning of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code
”) and the
regulations promulgated thereunder. Subject to Stockholder Approval, the
adoption of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company as provided in
Section 1 above shall constitute full and complete authority for the making by
the Board of all distributions contemplated in this Section 7.
8. Liquidating
Trusts.
Subject
to Stockholder Approval and the consummation of the Asset Sale, the Company will
transfer the Remaining Assets and all Remaining Liabilities to a
liquidating trust established for the benefit of the Company’s stockholders (the
“Liquidating Trust”), which assets, subject to the satisfaction of all Remaining
Liabilities, would thereafter be sold or distributed on terms approved by the
Trustee (as defined below). In addition, in the event the Company has not
completed the distribution of its assets and properties to stockholders as
provided in Section 7 above on or prior to the Final Distribution Date, all the
remaining funds, properties, and assets of the Company and all interests therein
including any Contingency Reserve shall be transferred to one or more
liquidating trusts. Any liquidating trusts established pursuant to this Section
8 shall exist for the principal purpose of liquidating and distributing the
assets and properties transferred to them, and for the sole benefit of the
Company’s stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a
distribution or transfer of any asset or property cannot be effected without the
consent of a governmental authority or third party, no such distribution or
transfer shall be effected without such consent.
The
liquidating trusts shall be established pursuant to trust agreements to be
entered into with one or more directors, officers or third party individuals or
entities appointed by the Board on behalf of the stockholders to act as trustees
thereunder (the “
Trustee
”) in a form
approved by the Board and compliant in all material respects with applicable
Internal Revenue Service guidelines treating such liquidating trusts as
liquidating trusts for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any Trustee so
appointed, in its capacity as trustee, shall assume all of the obligations and
liabilities of the Company with respect to the transferred assets, including,
without limitation, any unsatisfied claims and unascertained or contingent
liabilities relating to these transferred assets, and any such conveyances to
the Trustee shall be in trust for the stockholders of the Company. Further, any
conveyance of assets to any liquidating trust established pursuant to this
Section 8 shall be deemed to be a distribution of property and assets by the
Company to the stockholders holding a beneficial interest in the liquidating
trust for the purposes of Section 7 of this Plan. Any such conveyance to any
liquidating trust shall be in trust for the stockholders of the Company holding
a beneficial interest in the liquidating trust. Upon a determination by the
Trustee of such liquidating trust that all of the trust’s liabilities have been
satisfied, but in any event, not more than ten years from the date of its
creation, such liquidating trust shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
make a final distribution of any remaining assets to the holders of the
beneficial interests of the trust.
(x) With
the exception of the Company having not completed the distribution of its assets
and properties to stockholders as provided in Section 7 above on or prior to the
Final Distribution Date, in which case the adoption of the Plan by approval of
the stockholders of the Company as provided in Section 1 above, or (y) the
adoption of the Plan and the Asset Sale by approval of the stockholders of the
Company as provided in Section 1 above, if applicable, shall constitute
full and complete appointment of the Trustee and the transfer of any assets by
the Company to the liquidating trusts as contemplated in this Section
8.
9. Unallocated
Stockholders.
Any cash
or other property held for distribution to stockholders of the Company who have
not, at the time of the final liquidation distribution, whether made to
stockholders pursuant to Section 7 above or to the Liquidating Trustees pursuant
to Section 8 above, been located shall be transferred to the official of
such state or other jurisdiction authorized by applicable law to receive the
proceeds of such distribution. Such cash or other property shall thereafter be
held by such person(s) solely for the benefit of and ultimate distribution, but
without interest thereon, to such former stockholder or stockholders
entitled to receive such assets, who shall constitute the sole equitable owners
thereof, subject only to such escheat or other laws as may be applicable to
unclaimed funds or property, and thereupon all responsibilities and liabilities
of the Company or any Trustee with respect thereto shall be satisfied and
exhausted. In no event shall any of such assets revert to or become the property
of the Company.
10. Amendment,
Modification or Abandonment of Plan.
If for
any reason the Board determines that such action would be in the best interests
of the Company, it may amend, modify or abandon the Plan and all actions
contemplated thereunder, including the Asset Sale or the proposed dissolution of
the Company, notwithstanding stockholder approval of the Asset Sale or the Plan,
to the extent permitted by the DGCL; provided, however, that the Board shall not
abandon the Plan following the filing of the Certificate of Dissolution without
first obtaining stockholder consent. Upon the abandonment of the Plan, the Plan
shall be void.
11. Cancellation
of Stock and Stock Certificates.
At the
time of the final liquidating distribution, whether made to stockholders of the
Company pursuant to Section 7 above or to the Trustees pursuant to Section 8
above, the Company may call upon the stockholders to surrender to the Company
the certificates that represented their shares of stock. In the event that the
final liquidating distribution is made to a Trustee pursuant to Section 8 above,
at the time of such final liquidating distribution, the Trustee shall generally
notify the record holders of shares of stock on the Effective Date of their
respective percentage beneficial interests in the assets held by the Trustee.
Following the Effective Date, the Company shall no longer permit or effect
transfers of any of its stock.
12. Liquidation
under Code Sections 331 and 336.
It is
intended that this Plan shall be a plan of complete liquidation of the Company
in accordance with the terms of Sections 331 and 336 of the Code. The Plan shall
be deemed to authorize the taking of such action as, in the opinion of counsel
to the Company, may be necessary to conform with the provisions of said Sections
331 and 336 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
13. Filing
of Tax Forms.
The
appropriate officers of the Company are authorized and directed, within thirty
(30) days after the effective date of the Plan, to execute and file a United
States Treasury Form 966 pursuant to Section 6043 of the Code and such
additional forms and reports with the Internal Revenue Service as may be
necessary or appropriate in connection with this Plan and the carrying out
thereof.
EXHIBIT
C
LIQUIDATING
TRUST AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT
AND DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of _________, 2010, by and among Xcorporeal,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Xcorporeal”), Xcorporeal Operations, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Operations”,
and together with Xcorporeal, the “Company”), and _____________, a California
limited liability company (the “Trustee”).
WHEREAS,
on _________, 2010, each of Xcorporeal’s and Operations’ stockholders approved a
plan of complete liquidation and dissolution of the Company (the “Plan”),
including creation of the Trust (as defined below) pursuant to Section 275 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
WHEREAS,
the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has approved the dissolution of
the Company pursuant to the Plan;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Plan, each of Xcorporeal and Operations has filed a Certificate
of Dissolution, effective as of [________], 2010 (the “Final Record Date”),
with the Delaware Secretary of State;
WHEREAS,
the Plan provides, among other things, that the Board will cause the Company to
dispose of all of its Retained Assets, wind up its affairs, pay or adequately
provide for the payment of all of its liabilities and distribute to or for the
benefit of Xcorporeal’s stockholders all of the Company’s assets, including
interests in any liquidating trust established in connection with the complete
liquidation of the Company;
WHEREAS,
the Board believes it to be in the best interest of the Company to complete the
liquidation of the Company by transferring all Retained Assets of the
Company to a liquidating trust (the “Trust”), to be held, administered and
distributed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
for the benefit of the stockholders of record of the Company as of the close of
business on the Final Record Date; and
WHEREAS,
the Trust is intended and shall be deemed to be a “successor entity” as defined
in Section 280(e) of the DGCL, and the assignment of the Retained Assets to the
Trust shall not be subject to the consent of any third party, unless otherwise
required by applicable law.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and other valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
NAMES
AND DEFINITIONS
1.1
Name
. The Trust shall
be known as the Xcorporeal, Inc. Liquidating Trust.
1.2
Defined Terms
. For
all purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the
following defined terms shall have the meanings as follows:
(a) “Affiliate”
of any Person means any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with such Person. As used herein, “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such entity, whether through ownership of voting
securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise.
(b) “Agreement”
shall mean this agreement as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be amended pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) “Asset
Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as
of December 14, 2009, by and among Fresenius, the Company, Operations and
NQCI, as it may from time to time be amended pursuant to the terms
thereof.
(d) “Beneficial
Interest” shall mean each Beneficiary’s proportionate share of the Trust Assets
initially determined by the ratio of the number of Shares held of record by the
Initial Beneficiary as of the close of business on the Final Record Date over
the total number of Shares issued and outstanding on such Final Record Date and
thereafter shall be determined by the ratio of the number of Units held by such
Beneficiary to the total number of Units held by all Beneficiaries.
(e) “Beneficiary”
shall mean, initially, each Initial Beneficiary and, thereafter, each Initial
Beneficiary who holds Units and each transferee of Units initially held by an
Initial Beneficiary and subsequently transferred to such transferee pursuant to
and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
(f) “Initial
Beneficiary” shall mean each of the Stockholders.
(g) “Liabilities”
shall mean all of the Company’s unsatisfied debts, claims, liabilities,
commitments, suits and other obligations, whether contingent, fixed or
otherwise, known or unknown arising out of or in connection with the business or
affairs of the Company (including, without limitation, any costs and
expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with the liquidation of the
Company).
(h) “NQCI”
shall mean National Quality Care, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
(i) “Person”
shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint
stock company, a limited liability company, a trust, a joint venture, any
unincorporated organization, or a government or political subdivision
thereof.
(j) “Retained
Assets” shall mean all of the Company’s right, title and interest in, to and
under, all of the Company’s assets remaining after the sale of substantially all
of the Company’s assets to Fresenius USA, Inc. (“Fresenius”) pursuant to the
Asset Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, its cash and cash
equivalents, marketable and other securities, the Company’s rights under the
Asset Purchase Agreement, claims, causes of action, contingent claims and
reserves distributed to the Trustee.
(k) “Shares”
shall mean the shares of common stock of Xcorporeal, $0.0001 par value
per share.
(l) “Stockholders”
shall mean the holders of record of the outstanding Shares of Xcorporeal at
the close of business on the Final Record Date.
(m) “Transfer
Date” shall mean [__________], 2010.
(n) “Trust”
shall mean the liquidating trust created by this Agreement.
(o) “Trust
Assets” shall mean all the property held from time to time by the Trust under
this Agreement, which initially shall consist of the Retained Assets (excluding
any liquidating distributions declared, but unpaid, having a record date prior
to the Transfer Date), and in addition, shall thereafter include all dividends,
distributions, rents, royalties, income, payments and recoveries of claims,
proceeds and other receipts of, from, or attributable to any assets held by the
Trust, less any of the foregoing utilized by the Trustee to pay expenses of the
Trust, satisfy Liabilities or to make distributions to the Beneficiaries
pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.
(p) “Trustee”
shall mean the original Trustee under this Agreement and any successors thereto,
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(q) “Units”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.1(a).
ARTICLE
II
GRANT
TO TRUST AND NATURE OF TRANSFER
2.1
Grant
. Effective on
and as of the Transfer Date, the Company grants, delivers, releases, assigns and
conveys to the Trust (as a “successor entity” as defined in Section 280(e) of
the DGCL), to be held in trust and administered and distributed by the Trustee
for the benefit of the Beneficiaries, all of the Company’s right, title,
interest in, to and under, the Retained Assets, for the uses and purposes stated
herein, subject to the terms and provisions set out below, and the Trust hereby
accepts such Retained Assets, subject to the following terms and
provisions.
2.2
Purpose of
Trust
.
(a) The
primary purpose of this Agreement and of the appointment of the Trustee
hereunder is to facilitate the dissolution and termination of the Company and
the disposition of the Retained Assets. Nothing contained herein shall be
construed as to constitute the Beneficiaries or their successors in interest as
members of an association. The purposes of the Trust are to hold, manage,
administer and liquidate the Trust Assets, and to collect and distribute to the
Beneficiaries the income and the proceeds of the disposition of the Trust
Assets, to collect amounts owed to the Company, and to pay any Liabilities
of the Company.
(b) The
Trust is established for the sole purpose of winding up the Company’s affairs
and the liquidation of the Retained Assets with no objective to continue the
business of the Company or engage in the conduct of a trade or business, except
as necessary for the orderly liquidation of the Trust Assets.
(c) It
is expected that the Company shall liquidate and dissolve prior to fully winding
up its affairs, including, but not limited to, the collection of its receivables
and payments under the Asset Purchase Agreement and the payment of any
unsatisfied Liabilities of the Company.
(d) The
Retained Assets granted, assigned and conveyed to the Trust shall be held in the
Trust, and the Trustee will (i) further liquidate the Trust Assets to carry out
the purpose of the Trust and facilitate distribution of the Trust Assets, (ii)
allocate, protect, conserve and manage the Trust Assets in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, (iii) complete the winding up of the Company’s
affairs, (iv) act for the benefit of the Beneficiaries and (v) distribute the
Trust Assets in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
(e) It
is intended that the granting, assignment and conveyance of the Retained Assets
by the Company to the Trust pursuant to the terms hereof shall be treated for
all tax purposes as if the Company made such distributions directly to the
Stockholders who then transferred the Retained Assets to the Trust
pursuant to the terms herein. It is further intended that for Federal,
state and local income tax purposes the Trust shall be treated as a liquidating
trust under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(d) and any analogous
provision of state or local law, and the Beneficiaries shall be treated as the
owners of their respective share of the Trust pursuant to Sections 671 through
677 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and any
analogous provision of state or local law, and shall be taxed on their
respective share of the Trust’s taxable income (including both ordinary income
and capital gains) pursuant to Section 671 of the Code and any analogous
provision of state or local law. The Trustee shall file all tax returns required
to be filed with any governmental agency consistent with this position,
including, but not limited to, any returns required of grantor trusts pursuant
to Section 1.671-4(b) of the Income Tax Regulations.
2.3
No Reversion to the
Company
. In no event shall any part of the Trust Assets revert to or be
distributed to the Company.
2.4
Instruments of Further
Assurance
. Prior to the dissolution of the Company, such Person as shall
have the right and power to so act, will, upon reasonable request of the
Trustee, execute, acknowledge, and deliver such further instruments and do such
further acts as may be necessary or proper to carry out effectively the purposes
of this Agreement, to confirm or effectuate the transfer to the Trust of any
property intended to be held, administered and distributed in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement, and to vest in the Trustee and its successors
and assigns, the estate, powers, instruments or funds in trust hereunder. Title
to Trust assets may be held in the name of the Trust.
2.5
Payment of
Liabilities
. Effective on and as of the Transfer Date, the Trust assumes
all Liabilities and agrees hereafter to pay, discharge and perform when due all
of the Liabilities. Should any Liability be asserted against the Trust as the
transferee of the Trust Assets or as a result of the assumption made in this
Section 2.5, the Trustee may use such part of the Trust Assets as may be
necessary in contesting any such
Liability or in
payment thereof, but in no event shall the Trustee, Beneficiaries or employees,
agents or representatives of the Trust be personally liable, nor shall resort be
had to the private property of such Persons, in the event that the Trust Assets
are not sufficient to satisfy the Liabilities.
2.6
Notice to Unlocated
Stockholders
. If the
Trust holds Trust Assets for unlocated Stockholders, due notice shall be given
to such Stockholders in accordance with Delaware law.
ARTICLE
III
BENEFICIARIES
3.1
Beneficial
Interests
.
(a) The
Beneficial Interest of each Initial Beneficiary shall be determined
in accordance with a certified copy of the Company’s stockholder list as of
the Final Record Date, to be attached as
Exhibit B
hereto. The
Company’s transfer agent will deliver such a certified copy of the Company’s
stockholder list to the Trustee within a reasonable time after such date. For
ease of administration, the Trustee shall express the Beneficial Interest of
each Beneficiary in terms of units (“Units”). Each record owner of Shares as of
the close of business on the Final Record Date shall receive one Unit for each
Share then held of record. Each record owner of Shares shall have the same pro
rata interest in the Trust Assets as such holder’s pro rata interest in the
aggregate outstanding Shares on the Final Record Date.
(b) All
outstanding Shares shall be deemed cancelled as of the close of business on the
Transfer Date. The rights of Beneficiaries in, to and under the Trust Assets and
the Trust shall not be represented by any form of certificate or other
instrument, and no Beneficiary shall be entitled to such a certificate. The
Trustee shall maintain at its place of business, or at the office of a transfer
agent retained for such purpose, a record of the name and address of each
Beneficiary and such Beneficiary’s aggregate Units in the Trust.
(c) If
any conflicting claims or demands are made or asserted with respect to the
ownership of any Units, or if there is any disagreement between the transferees,
assignees, heirs, representatives or legatees succeeding to all or part of the
interest of any Beneficiary resulting in adverse claims or demands being made in
connection with such Units, then, in any of such events, the Trustee shall be
entitled, at its sole election, to refuse to comply with any such conflicting
claims or demands. In so refusing, the Trustee may elect to make no payment or
distribution with respect to such Units, or to make such payment to a court of
competent jurisdiction or an escrow agent, and in so doing, the Trustee shall
not be or become liable to any of such parties for their failure or refusal
to comply with any of such conflicting claims or demands or to take any other
action with respect thereto, nor shall the Trustee be liable for interest on any
funds which it may so withhold. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in this Section 3.1(c), the Trustee shall be entitled to refrain and
refuse to act until either (i) the rights of the adverse claimants have been
adjudicated by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) all
differences have been settled by a valid written agreement among all of such
parties, and the Trustee shall have been furnished with an executed counterpart
of such agreement, or (iii) there is furnished to the Trustee a surety bond or
other security satisfactory to the Trustee, as it shall deem appropriate, to
fully indemnify it and the Trust from all such conflicting claims or
demands.
3.2
Rights of
Beneficiaries
. Each Beneficiary shall be entitled to participate in the
rights and benefits due to a Beneficiary hereunder according to the
Beneficiary’s Beneficial Interest. Each Beneficiary shall take and hold the
same subject to all the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The interest of
each Beneficiary hereunder is declared, and shall be in all respects, personal
property and upon the death of an individual Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s
Beneficial Interest shall pass as personal property to the Beneficiary’s legal
representative and such death shall in no way terminate or affect the validity
of this Agreement. A Beneficiary shall have no title to, right to, possession
of, management of, or control of, the Trust Assets except as expressly provided
herein. No widower, widow, heir or devisee of any individual who may be a
Beneficiary shall have any right of dower, homestead, or inheritance, or of
partition, marital property right or any other right, statutory or otherwise, in
any property forming a part of
the Trust Assets but the
whole title to all the Trust Assets shall be vested in the Trustee and the sole
interest of the Beneficiaries shall be the rights and benefits given to such
Persons under this Agreement.
3.3
Limitations on Transfer of
Interests of Beneficiaries
.
(a) THE
BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF A BENEFICIARY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED; PROVIDED THAT (i)
THE BENEFICIAL INTERESTS SHALL BE ASSIGNABLE OR TRANSFERABLE BY WILL, INTESTATE
SUCCESSION, OR OPERATION OF LAW AND (ii) THE EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ESTATE OF A BENEFICIARY MAY MORTGAGE, PLEDGE, GRANT A SECURITY INTEREST IN,
HYPOTHECATE OR OTHERWISE ENCUMBER, THE BENEFICIAL INTEREST HELD BY THE ESTATE OF
SUCH BENEFICIARY IF NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BORROW MONEY TO PAY ESTATE, SUCCESSION
OR INHERITANCE TAXES OR THE EXPENSES OF ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE OF THE
BENEFICIARY, UPON WRITTEN NOTICE TO, AND WRITTEN CONSENT OF, THE TRUSTEE, WHICH
CONSENT MAY NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD.
(b) Except
as may be otherwise required by law, the Beneficial Interests of the
Beneficiaries hereunder shall not be subject to attachment, execution,
sequestration or any order of a court, nor shall such interests be subject to
the contracts, debts, obligations, engagements or liabilities of any
Beneficiary, but the interest of a Beneficiary shall be paid by the Trustee to
the Beneficiary free and clear of all assignments, attachments, anticipations,
levies, executions, decrees and sequestrations and shall become the property of
the Beneficiary only when actually distributed by the Trustee to, and received
by such Beneficiary.
3.4
Trustee as
a
Beneficiary
.
The Trustee or successor Trustee may be a Beneficiary or hold a Beneficial
Interest.
ARTICLE
IV
DURATION
AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST
4.1
Duration
. The Trust
shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) such time as termination is required by
the applicable laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) the final distribution of all
the Trust Assets as provided in Section 5.9, and (iii) the expiration of a
period of ten (10) years from the Transfer Date; provided that the Trustee, in
its discretion, may extend the termination of the Trust pursuant to this
subparagraph (iii) of this Section 4.1 to such later date as it may designate,
if it determines that an extension is reasonably necessary to fulfill the
purpose of the Trust, as specified in this Agreement, and, prior to such
extension, the Trustee shall have requested and received no-action assurance
from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the registration and
reporting requirements of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other
applicable Federal securities act. The Trust shall not in any event terminate
pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 4.1 prior to the date on which
the Trustee is permitted to make a final distribution in accordance with Section
5.8.
4.2
Other Obligations of Trustee
upon Termination
. Upon termination of the Trust, the Trustee shall
provide for the retention of the books, records, lists of Beneficiaries,
certificates for Shares and files which shall have been delivered to or created
by the Trustee. At the Trustee’s discretion, all of such records and documents
may be destroyed at any time after seven years from the distribution of all the
Trust Assets. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, upon the
distribution of all the Trust Assets, the Trustee shall have no further duties
or obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE
V
ADMINISTRATION
AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRUST ASSETS
5.1
Sale
of Trust Assets
.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Trustee may, at such
times as the Trustee deems appropriate, collect, liquidate, reduce to cash,
transfer, assign, or
otherwise dispose of all or any
part of the Trust Assets as it deems appropriate at public auction or at private
sale for cash, securities or other property, or upon credit (either secured or
unsecured as the Trustee shall determine).
5.2
Efforts to Resolve Claims
and Liabilities
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Trustee will make appropriate efforts to resolve any contingent or
unliquidated claims and outstanding contingent Liabilities for which the Trust
may be responsible, dispose of the Trust Assets, make timely distributions and
not unduly prolong the administration of the Trust.
5.3
Continued Collection of
Property of Trust Assets
. All property that is determined to be a part of
the Trust Assets shall continue to be collected by the Trustee and held,
administered and distributed as a part of the Trust, without obligations to
provide for or pay any interest thereon to any Beneficiary, except to the extent
of such Beneficiary’s share of interest actually earned by the Trust after
payment of the Trust’s liabilities and expenses as provided in Section
5.6.
5.4
Transactions w
ith Related Persons
.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, other than distributions
to the Beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not knowingly, directly or indirectly, sell or otherwise transfer all or
any part of the Trust Assets to, or contract with, (i) any Trustee, agent or
employee (acting in their individual capacities) of the Trust or the Trustee; or
(ii) any Person of which any Trustee, agent or employee of the Trust or the
Trustee is an Affiliate by reason of being a trustee, director, officer, partner
or direct or indirect beneficial owner of 5% or more of the outstanding capital
stock, shares or other equity interest of such Person unless in each such case,
after disclosure of such interest or affiliation such transaction is approved by
the Trustee, if any, who is not interested in the transaction and the Trustee
determines that such transaction is on its terms fair and reasonable to, and in
the best interests of the Beneficiaries, and in no event less favorable to the
Beneficiaries than terms available for a comparable transaction with unrelated
Persons.
5.5
Restriction on Trust
Assets
. The Trust shall not receive transfers of any assets prohibited by
Revenue Procedure 82-58, as the same has been and may be amended, supplemented,
or modified (“Revenue Procedure 82-58”), including, but not limited to, any
listed stocks or securities, any readily-marketable assets, any operating assets
of a going business, any unlisted stock of a single issuer that represents
80% or more of the stock of such issuer or any general or limited partnership
interest. The Trustee shall not retain cash in excess of a reasonable amount to
meet expenses, charges and obligations of the Trust, the Trust Assets and all
Liabilities.
5.6
Payment of Expenses and
Liabilities
. The Trustee shall pay from the Trust Assets all expenses,
charges, and obligations of the Trust and of the Trust Assets and all
Liabilities and obligations which the Trust specifically assumes and agrees to
pay pursuant to this Agreement and such transferee liabilities which the Trust
may be obligated to pay as transferee of the Trust Assets, including, but not
limited to, interest, penalties, taxes, assessments and public charges of any
kind or nature and the costs, charges and expenses related to the execution or
administration of the Trust and such other payments and disbursements as are
provided in this Agreement or which may be determined to be a proper charge
against the Trust Assets by the Trustee.
5.7
Interim
Distributions
. At such time as may be determined by it in its sole
discretion, the Trustee shall distribute, or cause to be distributed to the
Beneficiaries, in proportion to the number of Units held by each Beneficiary on
the record date for such distribution as determined by the Trustee in its sole
discretion, such cash or other property comprising a portion of the Trust Assets
as the Trustee in its sole discretion determines may be distributed without
detriment to the conservation and protection of the Trust Assets. Consistent
with Revenue Procedure 82-58, the Trustee shall distribute to the Beneficiaries
during each calendar year, in proportion to the number of Units held by each
Beneficiary on the record date(s) for such distribution(s), any proceeds from
the sale of assets and income from investments not needed to be retained to meet
claims and contingent liabilities.
5.8
Final Distribution
.
If the Trustee determines that the Liabilities and all other claims, expenses,
charges, and obligations of the Trust have been paid or discharged or if the
Trust shall terminate
pursuant to Section 4.1, the
Trustee shall, as expeditiously as is consistent with the conservation and
protection of the Trust Assets, distribute the remaining Trust Assets, if any,
to the Beneficiaries in proportion to the number of Units held by each
Beneficiary. The Trustee shall hold in the Trust and thereafter make disposition
of all liquidating distributions and other payments due any Beneficiaries who
have not been located, in accordance with Delaware law, subject to applicable
state laws regarding escheat and abandoned property.
5.9
Reports to Beneficiaries and
Others
.
(a) As
soon as practicable after the Transfer Date, the Trustee shall mail to each
Beneficiary a notice indicating how many Units such Person beneficially owns and
the contact details of the Trustee. As soon as practicable after the end of each
calendar year and after termination of the Trust, but in any event within 90
days after each such event, the Trustee shall submit a written report and
account to the Beneficiaries showing (i) the assets and liabilities of the Trust
at the end of such calendar year or upon termination and the receipts and
disbursements of the Trustee for such calendar year or period, (ii) any
changes in the Trust Assets and Liabilities that it has not previously reported,
and (iii) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties under
this Agreement that it has not previously reported, and which, in its opinion,
materially affects the Trust Assets or Liabilities.
(b) The
fiscal year of the Trust shall end on December 31 of each year unless the
Trustee deems it advisable to establish some other date as the date on which the
fiscal year of the Trust shall end.
(c) Whenever
a material event relating to the Trust’s Assets occurs, the Trustee shall,
within a reasonable period of time after such occurrence, prepare and mail to
the Beneficiaries an interim report describing such event; provided, that the
Trustee may alternatively use any other means reasonably calculated to
disseminate such interim report to the Beneficiaries, including, without
limitation, use of the Trust’s website. The occurrence of a material event need
not be reported on an interim report if an annual report pursuant to Section
5.9(a) will be issued at approximately the same time that such interim report
would be issued and such annual report describes the material event as it would
be discussed in an interim report. The occurrence of a material event will be
determined solely by the Trustee.
5.10
Federal Income Tax
Information
. As soon as practicable after the close of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall mail to each Person who was a Beneficiary at the close
of the year, a statement showing, on a per Unit basis the dates and amount of
all distributions made by the Trustee, income earned on assets held by the
Trust, if any, such other information as is reasonably available to the Trustee
which may be helpful in determining the amount of gross income and expenses
attributable to the Trust that such Beneficiary should include in such Person’s
Federal income tax return, if any, for such year and any other information as
may be required to be furnished under applicable law. In addition, after receipt
of a request in good faith, the Trustee shall furnish to any Person who has been
a Beneficiary at any time during the current or preceding year, at the expense
of such Person and at no cost to the Trust, a statement containing such further
information as is reasonably available to the Trustee which shall be helpful in
determining the amount of taxable income which such Person should include in
such Person’s Federal income tax return.
5.11
Books and Records
.
The Trustee shall maintain in respect of the Trust and the holders of Units
books and records relating to the Trust Assets, income and liabilities of the
Trust in such detail and for such period of time as may be necessary to enable
it to make full and proper accounting in respect thereof in accordance with this
Article V and to comply with applicable law. Such books and records shall be
maintained on a basis or bases of accounting necessary to facilitate compliance
with the tax reporting requirements of the Trust and the reporting obligations
of the Trustee under Section 5.9. Except as provided in Section 5.9, nothing in
this Agreement requires the Trustee to file any accounting or seek approval of
any court with respect to the administration of the Trust or as a condition for
managing any payment or distribution out of the Trust Assets. Beneficiaries
shall have the right upon 30 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Trustee
to inspect during normal business hours such books and records (including
financial statements) for a reasonable length of time; provided that, if so
requested, such
Beneficiaries shall have entered into a
confidentiality agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee. For
the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted to
require the Trustee to mail or otherwise periodically provide audited financial
statements of the Trust to the Beneficiaries.
5.12
Employment of Agents,
etc.
(a) The
Trustee shall be responsible for the general administration of the Trust
and for the general supervision of the activities conducted by all agents,
representatives, employees, advisors or managers of the Trust. The Trustee shall
have the power to appoint, employ or contract with any Person or Persons as the
Trustee may deem necessary or proper for the administration of the
Trust.
(b) The
Trustee shall have the power to determine the terms and compensation of any
Person whom it may employ or with whom it may contract pursuant to Section
5.12(a), subject to the provisions of Section 5.4.
(c) The
Trustee shall not be required to administer the Trust as its sole and exclusive
function and the Trustee may have other business interests and may engage in
other activities similar or in addition to those relating to the Trust,
including the rendering of advice or services of any kind to investors or any
other Persons and the management of other investments, subject to such Trustee’s
obligations under this Agreement and applicable law.
ARTICLE
VI
POWERS
OF AND LIMITATIONS ON THE TRUSTEE
6.1
Limitations on
Trustee
. The Trustee shall not at any time, on behalf of the Trust or
Beneficiaries enter into or engage in any trade or business except as necessary
for the orderly liquidation of the Trust Assets. The Trustee shall be restricted
to the holding, collection and sale of the Trust Assets and the payment and
distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Agreement and to the
conservation and protection of the Trust Assets and the administration thereof
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In no event shall the
Trustee take any action which would jeopardize the status of the Trust as a
“liquidating trust” for Federal income tax purposes within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(d). The Trustee shall not invest any of
the cash held as Trust Assets, except that the Trustee may invest in (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or obligations of any agency or
instrumentality thereof which mature not later than one year from the date
of acquisition thereof, (ii) money market deposit accounts, checking accounts,
savings accounts, or certificates of deposit, or other time deposit accounts
which mature not later than one year from the date of acquisition thereof which
are issued by a commercial bank or savings institution organized under the laws
of the United States of America or any state thereof, or (iii) other temporary
investments not inconsistent with the Trust’s status as a liquidating trust for
tax purposes. Neither the Trustee nor any Affiliate of the Trustee shall take
any action to facilitate or encourage trading in the Beneficial Interests or in
any instrument tied to the value of the Beneficial Interests such as due bill
trading.
6.2
Specific Powers
of
Trustee
. Subject to the provisions of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall have the following specific powers in addition to
any powers conferred upon it by any other Section or provision of this Agreement
or any statutory laws of the State of Delaware; provided that the enumeration of
the following powers shall not be considered in any way to limit or control the
power of the Trustee to act as specifically authorized by any other Section or
provision of this Agreement and to act in such a manner as the Trustee may deem
necessary or appropriate to conserve and protect the Trust Assets or to confer
on the Beneficiaries the benefits intended to be conferred upon them by this
Agreement:
(a) to
determine the nature and amount of the consideration to be received with respect
to the sale or other disposition of, or the grant of interest in, the Trust
Assets;
(b) to
collect, liquidate or otherwise convert into cash, or such other property as it
deems appropriate, all property, assets and rights in the Trust Assets, and to
pay, discharge, and satisfy all other claims, expenses, charges, Liabilities and
obligations existing with respect to the Trust Assets, the Trust or the Trustee
including paying the Trustee fees under this Agreement;
(c) to
elect, appoint, engage, retain or employ any Persons as agents, representatives,
employees, or independent contractors (including without limitation real estate
advisors, investment advisors, accountants, transfer agents, attorneys,
managers, appraisers, brokers, or otherwise) in one or more capacities, and to
pay reasonable compensation from the Trust Assets for services in as many
capacities as such Person may be so elected, appointed, engaged, retained or
employed (provided that any such agreements or arrangements with a person
or entity affiliated with the Trustee shall be on terms no less favorable to the
Trust than those available to the Trust in similar agreements or arrangements
with unaffiliated third parties, and such agreements or arrangements shall be
terminable, without penalty, on no more than 60 days prior written notice by the
Trustee), to prescribe the titles, powers and duties, terms of service and other
terms and conditions of the election, appointment, engagement, retention or
employment of such Persons and, except as prohibited by law, to delegate any of
the powers and duties of the Trustee to agents, representatives, employers,
independent contractors or other Persons;
(d) to
retain and set aside such funds out of the Trust Assets as the Trustee shall
deem necessary or expedient to pay, or provide for the payment of (i) unpaid
claims, expenses, charges, Liabilities and obligations of the Trust or the
Company; and (ii) the expenses of administering the Trust Assets;
(e) to
do and perform any and all acts necessary or appropriate for the conservation
and protection of the Trust Assets, including acts or things necessary or
appropriate to maintain the Trust Assets pending sale or disposition thereof or
distribution thereof to the Beneficiaries;
(f) to
institute or defend actions or judgments for declaratory relief or other actions
or judgments and to take such other action, in the name of the Trust or the
Company or as otherwise required, as the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable
to enforce any instruments, contracts, agreements, causes of action, or rights
relating to or forming a part of the Trust Assets;
(g) to
determine conclusively from time to time the value of and to revalue the
securities and other property of the Trust, in accordance with independent
appraisals or other information as it deems necessary or
appropriate;
(h) to
cancel, terminate, enforce, perform under (provided that such performance is
consistent with the purpose of the Trust set forth in Section 2.2(a) and Section
2.2(b) hereof), or amend any instruments, contracts, agreements, obligations, or
causes of action relating to or forming a part of the Trust Assets, and to
execute new instruments, contracts, agreements, obligations or causes of action
notwithstanding that the terms of any such instruments, contracts, agreements,
obligations, or causes of action may extend beyond the term of the
Trust;
(i) in
the event any of the property which is or may become a part of the Trust Assets
is situated in any state or other jurisdiction in which the Trustee is not
qualified to act as Trustee, to nominate and appoint an individual or corporate
trustee qualified to act in such state or other jurisdiction in connection with
the property situated in that state or other jurisdiction as a trustee of such
property and require from such trustee such security as may be designated by the
Trustee. The trustee so appointed shall have all the rights, powers, privileges
and duties and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations of this
Agreement, except as limited by the Trustee and except where the same may be
modified by the laws of such state or other jurisdiction (in which case, the
laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which such trustee is acting shall
prevail to the extent necessary). Such trustee shall be answerable to the
Trustee herein appointed for all monies, assets and other property which may be
received by it in connection with the administration of such property. The
Trustee hereunder may remove such trustee, with or without cause, and appoint a
successor trustee at any time by the execution by the Trustee of a written
instrument declaring such trustee removed from office, and specifying the
effective date of removal;
(j) to
cause any investments of any part of the Trust Assets to be registered and held
in its name or in the names of a nominee or nominees without increase or
decrease of liability with respect thereto;
(k) to
vote by proxy or otherwise on behalf of the Beneficiaries and with full power of
substitution all shares of stock and all securities held as Trust Assets
hereunder and to exercise every power, election, discretion, option and
subscription right and give every notice, make every demand, and to do every act
or thing in respect of any shares of stock or any securities held as Trust
Assets which the Trustee might or could do if it were the absolute owner
thereof;
(l) to
undertake or join in any merger, plan of reorganization, consolidation,
liquidation, dissolution, readjustment or other transaction of any corporation,
any of whose shares of stock or other securities, obligations, or properties may
at any time constitute a part of the Trust Assets and to accept
the substituted shares of stock, bonds, securities, obligations and
properties and to hold the same in trust in accordance with the provisions
hereof;
(m) to
authorize transactions between corporations or other entities whose securities,
or other interests therein (either in the nature of debt or equity) are held as
part of the Trust Assets;
(n) in
connection with the sale or other disposition or distribution of any securities
held by the Trustee, to comply with applicable Federal and state securities
laws, and to enter into agreements relating to the sale or other disposition or
distribution thereof;
(o) to
do and perform any and all acts necessary or appropriate to comply with the
registration and reporting requirements of the Trust under Federal and state
securities laws, if any;
(p) to
terminate and dissolve any entities held as part of the Trust; and
(q) to
perform any act authorized, permitted, or required under any instrument,
contract, agreement, right, obligation, or cause of action relating to or
forming a part of the Trust Assets whether in the nature of an approval,
consent, demand, or notice thereunder or otherwise, unless such act would
require the consent of the Beneficiaries in accordance with the express
provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
VII
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE, BENEFICIARIES, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
7.1
Generally
. The
Trustee accepts and undertakes to discharge the trust created by this Agreement,
upon the terms and conditions hereof, for the benefit of the Beneficiaries. The
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement in accordance with applicable law and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. No provision of this Agreement
shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own grossly
negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own fraud or
willful misconduct, except that:
(a) the
Trustee shall not be liable to the Beneficiaries for the acts or omissions of an
agent, representative, employee, advisor or manager appointed by the Trustee
hereunder, except where the Trustee specifically directs the act of such Person,
delegates the authority to such Person to act where the Trustee was under a duty
not to delegate, does not use reasonable prudence in the selection or retention
of such Person, does not periodically review such person’s overall performance
and compliance with the terms of such delegation, conceals the act or omission
of such Person or neglects to take reasonable steps to redress any wrong
committed by such Person when the Trustee is aware of such Person’s act or
omission;
(b) the
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the
Trustee;
(c) in
the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement, but in the case of
any such certificates or opinions which are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee by any provision hereof, the Trustee shall be under a
duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Agreement;
(d) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any reasonable error of judgment made in good
faith; and
(e) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by such Trustee in good faith in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and at the direction of Beneficiaries having aggregate Units
constituting at least two-thirds of the total Units held by all Beneficiaries
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any right or power conferred upon
the Trustee under this Agreement.
7.2
Reliance by Trustee
.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.1:
(a) The
Trustee may consult with legal counsel, auditors or other experts to
be selected by it, and the advice or opinion of such counsel, auditors or
other experts shall be full and complete personal protection to the Trustee and
agents of the Trust in respect of any action taken or suffered by the Trustee in
good faith and in reliance on, or in accordance with, such advice or
opinion.
(b) Persons
dealing with the Trustee shall look only to the Trust Assets to satisfy any
liability incurred by the Trustee to such Person in carrying out the terms of
the Trust and the Trustee shall have no personal or individual obligation
whatsoever to satisfy any such liability.
(c) As
far as reasonably practicable, the Trustee shall cause any written instrument
creating an obligation of the Trust Assets to include a reference to this
Agreement and to provide that neither the Beneficiaries, the Trustee nor its
agents, representative, advisors nor employees shall be liable thereunder, and
that the other parties to such instrument shall look solely to the Trust Assets
for the payment of any claim thereunder or the performance thereof; provided
that the omission of such provision from any such instrument shall not render
the Beneficiaries, the Trustee or its agents, representatives, advisors or
employees liable, nor shall the Trustee be liable to anyone for such
omission.
7.3
Limitation on Liability to
Third Persons
. No Beneficiary shall be subject to any personal liability
whatsoever, in tort, contract, or otherwise, to any Person in connection with
the Trust Assets or the affairs of the Trust, and neither the Trustee, nor any
employee, agent, representatives or advisor of the Trust shall be subject
to any personal liability whatsoever in tort, contract, or otherwise, to any
Beneficiary or any other Person in connection with the Trust Assets or the
affairs of the Trust, except for gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct
knowingly and intentionally committed in bad faith by such Trustee, employee,
agent, representative or advisor of the Trust, and all such other Persons
shall look solely to the Trust Assets for satisfaction of claims of any nature
arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust. The Trustee shall at its
sole discretion, at the expense of the Trust, maintain insurance for the
protection of the Trust Assets, the Beneficiaries, the Trustee, employees,
agents, representatives and advisors of the Trust in such amount as the
Trustee shall deem adequate to cover all foreseeable liability to the extent
available at reasonable rates.
7.4
Written Instruments of
Trustee
. Any written instrument creating an obligation of the Trust
Assets shall be conclusively taken to have been executed or done by the Trustee,
employee or agent of the Trust only in its capacity as Trustee under this
Agreement, or in its capacity as an employee or agent of the Trust or
Trustee.
7.5
Indemnification
. The
Trustee and each Person appointed or employed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
5.13 or Section 5.14 (including, without limitation, the directors, officers,
employees, agents, representatives and advisors of each such Person (each an
“Indemnified Person” and collectively the “Indemnified
Persons”)), shall be indemnified out of the Trust Assets against all liabilities
and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise
or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees, reasonably incurred by the
Indemnified Persons in connection with the defense or disposition of any action,
suit or other proceeding by the Trustee or any other Person, whether civil or
criminal, in which the Indemnified Person may be involved or with which the
Indemnified Person may be threatened: (i) in the case of a Trustee or Person
appointed or employed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.13 or 5.14, while in
office or thereafter, by reason of his being or having been such a Trustee,
employee, agent, representative or advisor, including, without limitation, in
connection with or arising out of any action, suit or other proceeding based on
any alleged breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement,
omission or act of any such Trustee or Person in such capacity; and (ii) in the
case of any director, officer, employee, agent, representative or advisor of any
such Person, by reason of any such Person exercising or failing to exercise any
right or power hereunder; provided that the Indemnified Person shall not be
entitled to such indemnification with respect to any matter as to which the
Indemnified Person shall have been found pursuant to a final non-appealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have acted with gross
negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. The rights accruing to any Indemnified
Person under these provisions shall not exclude any other right to which the
Indemnified Person may be lawfully entitled; provided, that no Indemnified
Person may satisfy any right of indemnity or reimbursement granted herein or to
which the Indemnified Person may be otherwise entitled, except out of the Trust
Assets, and no Beneficiary shall be personally liable to any person with respect
to any claim for indemnity or reimbursement or otherwise. The Trustee may make
advance payments in connection with indemnification under this Section 7.5,
provided that the Indemnified Person shall have given a written undertaking to
repay any amount advanced to the Indemnified Person and to reimburse the Trust
in the event that it is subsequently and finally determined that the Indemnified
Person is not entitled to such indemnification. The Trustee shall
purchase such insurance as it believes, in the exercise of its discretion,
adequately insures that each Indemnified Person shall be indemnified against any
such loss, liability, or damage pursuant to this Section 7.5. Nothing contained
herein shall restrict the right of the Trustee to indemnify or reimburse such
Indemnified Person in any proper case, even though not specifically provided for
herein, nor shall anything contained herein restrict the right of any such
Indemnified Person to contribution under applicable law.
7.6
No Duty Not to
Compete
. Subject to applicable law, the Trustee, in its individual
capacity, or through Persons that it controls or in which it has an interest,
may directly or indirectly engage in or possess any interest in any business
venture, including, but not limited to, the ownership, financing, management of
or the investment in securities, or the provision of any services in connection
with such activities, whether or not such activities are similar to or in
competition with the business activities of the Company. The Trustee shall have
no duty to present any business opportunity to the Trust before taking advantage
of such opportunity either in such Trustee’s individual capacity or through
participation in any Person.
ARTICLE
VIII
PROTECTION
OF PERSONS DEALING WITH THE TRUSTEE
8.1
Reliance on Statements by
Trustee
. Any Person dealing with the Trustee shall be fully protected in
relying upon the Trustee’s certificate, signed by the Trustee, with respect to
the authority that the Trustee has to take any action under this Agreement. Any
Person dealing with the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the
Trustee’s certificate setting forth the facts concerning the action taken by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, including the aggregate number of Units
held by the Beneficiaries causing such action to be taken.
8.2
Application of Money Paid or
Transferred to Trustee
. No person dealing with the Trustee shall be
required to follow the application by the Trustee of any money or property which
may be paid or transferred to the Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
COMPENSATION
OF TRUSTEE
9.1
Amount of
Compensation
. In lieu of commissions or other compensation fixed by law
for trustees, the Trustee shall receive as reasonable compensation for services
as Trustee hereunder the amounts set forth in
Exhibit
A
attached
hereto.
9.2
Dates of Payment
. The
compensation payable to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.1
shall be paid for the time period set forth in
Sch
edule A
attached
hereto.
9.3
Expenses
. The Trustee
shall be reimbursed from the Trust Assets for all expenses reasonably incurred,
and appropriately documented, by such Trustee in the performance of its duties
in accordance with this Agreement.
ARTICLE
X
TRUSTEES
AND SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES
10.1
Number and Qualification of
Trustees
.
(a) Subject
to Section 10.3, there shall be one (1) Trustee of the Trust, who need not
be a citizen or resident of, or a corporation which is incorporated under,
or a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware.
(b) The
Trustee represents that it possesses every license, permit, charter and
authorization (collectively, “Authorizations”) necessary to execute and deliver
this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder and has given every notice
and taken every action required by applicable law or governmental authorities
and regulatory bodies to perform its obligations hereunder; except where the
failure to possess such Authorizations or the failure to give such notice or
take such action would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of
Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) If
a corporate (or its equivalent) Trustee shall ever change its name, or shall
reorganize or reincorporate or shall merge with or into or consolidate with any
other company, such corporate (or its equivalent) trustee shall be deemed to be
a continuing entity and shall continue to act as a trustee hereunder with the
same liabilities, duties, powers, titles, discretions and privileges as are
herein specified for a Trustee.
10.2
Resignation and
Removal
. Any Trustee may resign and be discharged from the Trust hereby
created by giving written notice to the Beneficiaries at their respective
addresses as they appear on the records of the Trustee. Such resignation shall
become effective on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be at
least 30 days after the date of such notice, or upon the appointment of such
Trustee’s successor, and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment,
whichever is earlier. Any Trustee may be removed at any time, with cause, by
Beneficiaries having aggregate Units of at least a two-thirds of the total Units
held by all Beneficiaries. Any Trustee may be removed at any time, without
cause, by Beneficiaries having aggregate Units of at least two-thirds of the
total Units held by all Beneficiaries.
10.3
Appointment of
Successor
. Should at any time the Trustee die, resign or be removed, or
be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, a vacancy shall be deemed to exist and the
Beneficiaries may, pursuant to Article XII hereof, call a meeting in order that
Beneficiaries holding at least a majority of the Units represented at the
meeting may appoint a successor Trustee. In the event that the Beneficiaries do
not elect a successor Trustee within 30 days of the resignation, removal,
bankruptcy or insolvency of such Trustee, the successor Trustee shall be
appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction upon application of any
Beneficiary or known creditor of the Trust.
10.4
Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor Trustee
. Any successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall
execute an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and shall deliver one
counterpart, in case of a resignation, to the resigning Trustee. Thereupon such
successor Trustee shall, without any further act, become vested with all the
rights, powers, and duties of its predecessor in the Trust hereunder with like
effect as if originally named therein; but the resigning Trustee shall
nevertheless, when requested in writing by the successor Trustee, execute
and deliver an instrument or instruments conveying and transferring to such
successor Trustee upon the trust herein expressed, all the rights, powers, and
trusts of such resigning Trustee.
10.5
Bond
. Unless required
by the Board prior to the Transfer Date or unless a bond is required by law, no
bond shall be required of the original Trustee hereunder. Unless a bond is
required by law and such requirement cannot be waived by or with approval of the
Beneficiaries holding aggregate Units constituting at least a majority of the
total Units held by all Beneficiaries, no bond shall be required of any
successor trustee hereunder. If a bond is required by law, no surety or security
with respect to such bond shall be required unless required by law and such
requirement cannot be waived by or with approval of the Beneficiaries or unless
required by the Board. If a bond is required by the Board or by law, the Board
or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall determine whether, and to what extent,
a surety or security with respect to such bond shall be required. The cost of
any such bond shall be borne by the Trust.
ARTICLE
XI
CONCERNING
THE BENEFICIARIES
11.1
Evidence of Action by
Beneficiaries
. Whenever in this Agreement it is provided that the
Beneficiaries may take any action (including the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice, consent, or waiver, the removal of a Trustee,
the appointment of a successor Trustee, or the taking of any other action), the
fact that at the time of taking any such action such Beneficiaries have joined
therein may be evidenced: (i) by any instrument or any number of instruments of
similar tenor executed by the Beneficiaries in person or by agent or attorney
appointed in writing or (ii) by the record of the Beneficiaries voting in favor
thereof at any meeting of Beneficiaries duly called and held in accordance with
the provisions of Article XII.
11.2
Limitation on Suits by
Beneficiaries
. No Beneficiary shall have any right by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to institute any action or proceeding at law or in
equity against any party other than the Trustee upon or under or with respect to
the Trust Assets or the agreements relating to or forming part of the Trust
Assets, and the Beneficiaries (by their acceptance of any distribution made to
them pursuant to this Agreement) waive any such right.
11.3
Requirement of
Undertaking
. The Trustee may request any court to require, and any court
may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Agreement, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that
the provisions of this Section 11.3 shall not apply to any suit by the
Trustee.
ARTICLE
XII
MEETING
OF BENEFICIARIES
12.1
Purpose of Meetings
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A meeting of the Beneficiaries may be called at any time and from time to time
pursuant to the provisions of this Article for the purposes of taking any action
which the terms of this Agreement permit Beneficiaries having a specified
aggregate Beneficial Interest to take either acting alone or with the
Trustee.
12.2
Meeting Called by
Trustee
. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of the Beneficiaries
to be held at such time and at such place within or without the State of
Delaware as the Trustee shall determine. Written notice of every meeting of the
Beneficiaries shall be given by the Trustee (except as provided in Section
12.3), which written notice shall set forth the time and place of such meeting
and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, and
shall be mailed not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before such meeting is to
be held to all of the Beneficiaries of record not more than 60 days before the
date of such meeting. The notice shall be directed to the Beneficiaries
at their respective addresses as they appear in the records of the
Trust.
12.3
Meeting Called on Request of
Beneficiaries
. Within 45 days after written request to the Trustee by
Beneficiaries holding an aggregate of at least a majority of the total Units
held by all Beneficiaries to call a meeting of all Beneficiaries, which written
request shall specify in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken, the
Trustee shall proceed under the provisions of Section 12.2 to call a meeting of
the Beneficiaries, and if the Trustee fails to call such meeting within such 45
day period then such meeting may be called by such Beneficiaries, or their
designated representatives, requesting such meeting.
12.4
Persons Entitled to Vote at
Meeting of Beneficiari
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. Each Beneficiary
shall be entitled to vote at a meeting of the Beneficiaries either in person or
by his proxy duly authorized in writing. The signature of the Beneficiary on
such written authorization need not be witnessed or notarized. Each Beneficiary
shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of Units held by such
Beneficiary as of the applicable record date.
12.5
Quorum
. At any
meeting of Beneficiaries, the presence of Beneficiaries having aggregate Units
sufficient to take action on any matter for the transaction of which such
meeting was called shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, but if less than a
quorum be present, Beneficiaries having aggregate Units of at least a majority
of the total Units held by all Beneficiaries represented at the meeting may
adjourn such meeting with the same effect and for all intents and purposes as
though a quorum had been present. Except to the extent a different percentage is
specified in this Agreement for a particular matter or is required by law, the
approval of Beneficiaries having aggregate Units of at least a majority of the
total Units held by all Beneficiaries shall be required for taking action on any
matter voted on by the Beneficiaries.
12.6
Adjournment of
Meeting
. Subject to Section 12.5, any meeting of Beneficiaries may be
adjourned from time to time and a meeting may be held at such adjourned time and
place without further notice.
12.7
Conduct of Meetings
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The Trustee shall appoint the Chairman (or may serve as the Chairman) and the
Secretary of the meeting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting
of Beneficiaries shall be by written ballot. An Inspector of Votes, appointed by
the Chairman of the meeting, shall count all votes cast at the meeting
for or against any resolution and shall make and file with the Secretary of
the meeting their verified written report.
12.8
Record of Meeting
. A
record of the proceedings of each meeting of Beneficiaries shall be prepared by
the Secretary of the meeting. The record shall be signed and verified by the
Secretary of the meeting and shall be delivered to the Trustee to be preserved
by it. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of all of
the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE
XIII
AMENDMENTS
13.1
Consent of
Beneficiaries
. At the written direction or with the written consent of
Beneficiaries holding at least a majority of the total Units held by all
Beneficiaries or such greater or lesser percentage as shall be specified in this
Agreement for the taking of an action by the Beneficiaries under the affected
provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall promptly make and execute a
declaration amending this Agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement
or amendments thereto; provided that no such amendment shall increase the duties
or potential liability of the Trustee hereunder without the written consent of
the Trustee nor reduce the compensation to the Trustee for services
rendered; provided, further, that no such amendment shall permit the Trustee to
engage in any activity prohibited by Section 6.1 hereof or affect the
Beneficiaries’ rights to receive their pro rata shares of the Trust Assets at
the time of any distribution, and that no such amendment shall cause the Trust,
in the opinion of counsel, to be treated for all tax purposes, as other than a
liquidating trust under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(d), or cause the
Beneficiaries to be treated as other than the owners of their respective shares
of the Trust’s taxable income pursuant to Section 671 through 677 of the Code
and any analogous provision of state or local law.
13.2
Notice and Effect of
Amendment
. Promptly after the execution by the Trustee of any such
declaration of amendment, the Trustee shall give notice of the substance of such
amendment to the Beneficiaries or, in lieu thereof, the Trustee may send a copy
of the amendment to each Beneficiary. Upon the execution of any such declaration
of amendment by the Trustee, this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified and
amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties, and immunities of the Trustee and the Beneficiaries
under this Agreement shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced
hereunder subject in all respects to such modification and amendments, and all
the terms and conditions of any such amendment shall thereby be deemed to be
part of the terms and conditions of this Agreement for any and all
purposes.
ARTICLE
XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
14.1
Filing Documents
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This Agreement shall be filed or recorded in such office or offices as the
Trustee may determine to be necessary or desirable. A copy of this Agreement and
all amendments thereof shall be maintained in the office of the Trustee and
shall be available at all times during regular business hours for inspection by
any Beneficiary or his duly authorized representative. The Trustee shall file or
record any amendment of this Agreement in the same places where the
original Agreement is filed or recorded. The Trustee shall file or record any
instrument which relates to any change in the office of a Trustee in the same
places where the original Agreement is filed or recorded.
14.2
Intention of Parties to
Establish Trust
. This Agreement is intended to create a liquidating trust
and is not intended to create, a corporation, association, partnership or joint
venture of any kind for purposes of Federal income taxation or for any other
purpose.
14.3
Beneficiaries Have No Rights
or Privileges as Stockholders of the Company
. Except as expressly
provided in this Agreement or under applicable law, the Beneficiaries (by their
vote with respect to the Plan and/or their acceptance of any distributions made
to them pursuant to this Agreement) shall have no rights or privileges
attributable to their former status as stockholders of the Company.
14.4
Laws as to
Construction
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the
conflicts of law principles thereof. The Trustee, the Company and the
Beneficiaries (by their vote with respect to the Plan and/or their acceptance of
any distributions made to them pursuant to this Agreement) consent and agree
that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with such
laws.
14.5
Severability
. In the
event any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person
or circumstances shall be finally determined by a court of proper jurisdiction
to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement,
or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than
those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected
thereby, and each provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
14.6
Notices
. Any notice
or other communication by the Trustee to any Beneficiary shall be deemed to have
been sufficiently given, for all purposes, if deposited, postage prepaid, in the
post office or letter box addressed to such Person at his address as shown in
the records of the Trust.
All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or sent by cable,
telegram, facsimile to the parties at the following addresses, provided that
facsimile notices are confirmed telephonically or by depositing a copy of such
notice in the mail, or at such other addresses as shall be specified by the
parties by like notice:
(a) If
to the Trustee:
[_________]
[_________]
[_________]
Attn:
[_________]
(b) If
to the Company:
Xcorporeal,
Inc.
80 Empire
Drive
Lake
Forest, CA 92630
Attn: Kelly
J. McCrann
Facsimile
No. (949) ___-____
with a copy to:
[_________]
[_________]
[_________]
Attn:
[_________]
14.7
Counterparts
. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and
the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Xcorporeal, Inc. and Xcorporeal
Operations, Inc. has each caused this Agreement to be executed by its President
and Chief Executive Officer, and the Trustee herein has executed this
Agreement on this ___ day of ________________, 2010.
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Chief Executive Officer
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XCORPOREAL
OPERATIONS, INC.
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Name:
Kelly J. McCrann
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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TRUSTEE
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Name:
Kelly J. McCrann
Title:
Authorized Signatory
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EXHIBIT
A
Compensation
of Trustee
A1. The
Trustee shall receive the following compensation for its services as Trustee
hereunder (the “Services”):
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ten
(10%) percent of the aggregate Royalty Payments (as defined in the Asset
Purchase Agreement) up to 10 million dollars ($10,000,000) received
by the Trust pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement;
and
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five
(5%) percent of the aggregate distributions to Beneficiaries in excess of
10 million dollars ($10,000,000) received by the Trust pursuant to the
terms of the Asset Purchase
Agreement.
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A2. Subject
to Section A1 hereof, the Trustee shall invoice the Trust on a quarterly basis
for Services rendered during the prior month. Payment by the Trust for such
Services, if applicable, relating to such period shall be due as of the date of
receipt by the Trust of its share of the Royalty Payments pursuant the terms of
the Asset Purchase Agreement. Payment by the Trust for such applicable Expenses
(as defined below) relating to such period shall be due as of the date of such
invoice.
A3. In
addition to the compensation to the Trustee set forth above, the Trustee shall
be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (“Expenses”) incurred by
Trustee in connection with providing the Services. Expenses shall include,
without limitation:
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fees
and expenses of independent professionals and consultants (such as
attorneys, accountants, environmental experts, etc.) incurred by or on
behalf of the Trust;
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costs associated with obtaining the services of certain current directors
and executive and administrative personnel of the Company, as determined
by the Trustee;
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the
costs associated with obtaining the services of accounts receivable
collection personnel, as determined by the
Trustee;
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document
storage costs required to maintain Company and Trust records;
and
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reasonable
out-of-pocket, third party expenses incurred by the Trustee, including
copying, faxes, messenger, postage, costs of forwarding Company phone and
email lines and other direct out-of-pocket
costs.
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Any and
all Expenses incurred in any month by the Trustee shall be included and itemized
in the invoice prepared by the Trustee with respect to such month.
EXHIBIT
B
The
Company’s Stockholder List as of the Final Record Date
PROXY
XCORPOREAL,
INC.
PROXY
FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
SOLICITED
BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The
undersigned hereby appoints Kelly J. McCrann and Robert Weinstein as proxies
with full power of substitution to vote and act on and consent in respect to any
and all shares of the stock of XCORPOREAL, Inc. (the “Company”) held or owned by
or standing in the name of the undersigned on the Company’s books on January
___, 2010 at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held
____________________________ on January ___, 2010, at ____ a.m. local time, and
any continuation or adjournment thereof, with all power the undersigned would
possess if personally present at the meeting.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY DIRECTS AND
AUTHORIZES SAID PROXIES, AND EACH OF THEM, OR THEIR SUBSTITUTES, TO VOTE AS
SPECIFIED BELOW WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSALS LISTED IN THE PARAGRAPH ON THE
REVERSE SIDE, OR IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, T
O VOTE IN FAVOR
THEREOF.
The
undersigned hereby further confers upon said proxies, and each of them, or their
substitutes, discretionary authority to vote in respect to all other matters
which may properly come before the meeting or any continuation or adjournment
thereof.
The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of: (1) Notice of Special Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company and (2) accompanying Proxy Statement.
XCORPOREAL,
INC.
ELECTRONIC
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
YOU CAN
VOTE BY INTERNET OR TELEPHONE!
AVAILABLE
24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK
Instead
of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the two voting methods outlined
below to vote your proxy.
VALIDATION
DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE TITLE BAR
PROXIES
SUBMITTED BY THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59 P.M.,
EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, ON JANUARY__ , 2010.
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toll-free
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go to [______________] -
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1-800-[___]-[____]
(_____) within the
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the steps outlined on the
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United
States, Canada and Puerto Rico
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website.
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any
time on a touch tone telephone
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There
is no charge to you for the call.
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the instructions provided by the
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message.
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__________________
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for Xcorporeal,
Inc.’s
Special
Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on January ___, 2010
The Proxy
Statement and a form of a proxy card are available at
http://www.xcorporeal.com/htmls/sec_filings.html.
Information on Xcorporeal’s
website
does not constitute a part of this Proxy Statement.
__________________
(Continued
and to be signed on reverse side)
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MARK VOTE
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EXAMPLE
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To approve the sale of substantially all of the assets
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Xcorporeal, Inc. pursuant to the Asset Purchase
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dated December 14, 2009.
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To approve the voluntary liquidation and
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dissolution
of Xcorporeal, Inc. pursuant to a Plan
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at time of the Special Meeting.
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proxy is solicited on behalf of the
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XCORPOREAL,
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in
the return envelope so that your stock
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NOTE:
Sign exactly as your name(s) appears on your stock certificate. If shares of
stock stand of record in the names of two or more persons or in the name of
husband and wife, whether as joint tenants or otherwise, both or all of such
persons should sign the above proxy. If shares of stock are held of record by a
corporation, the proxy should be executed by the President or Vice President and
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary. Executors or administrators or other
fiduciaries who execute the above proxy for a deceased stockholder should give
their full title. Please date the proxy.
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