into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) providing for payments by or to Seller in an aggregate amount of $25,000 or more during the fiscal year in which this Agreement is executed; (g) lease agreements for machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, or furniture and office equipment or other personal property by or with any vendor (or any group of related vendors) that had annual aggregate payments exceeding $5,000 in any of the last three (3) calendar years; (h) agreements restricting in any manner the right of Seller to compete with any other person, or restricting the right of Seller to sell to or purchase from any other person; (i) guarantees, letters of credit, performance, bid or completion bonds, surety and appeal bonds, return of money bonds, and surety or indemnification agreements; (j) custom bonds and standby letters of credit; (k) license agreements to which Seller is a party regarding any Intellectual Property of others; (l) agreements, contracts or commitments which cannot be terminated by Seller on notice of thirty (30) days or less and without payment by Seller of less than $10,000 upon such termination; (m) agreements with any manufacturers, distributors or sales representatives, (n) powers of attorney and (o) agreements relating to the acquisition or disposition of any business or division of a business or its assets outside the ordinary course of business, including without limitation any stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, business combination agreements and any earn-out or agreement for the deferred payment of purchase price entered into in connection therewith.
12.5. “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of stock, as trustee or executor, by contract or credit arrangement or otherwise.
12.6. “Debt” means all principal, interest, premiums or other obligations related to (a) all indebtedness of Seller for borrowed money, including without limitation any loans or advances owed to Parent, (b) all obligations of Seller for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice), (c) all obligations of Seller evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments and the amount of all checks drawn in excess of balances, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by Seller, (e) all obligations of Seller as lessee or lessees under leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of Seller under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) all obligations owing pursuant to factoring agreements for accounts receivable, (h) all Debt of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by Seller, (i) all Debt of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by Seller, even though such person has not assumed, become liable for or guaranteed the payment of such Debt, and (j) all accrued but unpaid interest (or interest equivalent) to the date of determination, and all termination costs, prepayment premiums or penalties, related to any items of Debt of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above.
12.7. “Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, security interest, claim, easement, limitation, restriction, charge, mortgage, deed of trust, hypothecation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, preference, priority, encroachment, covenant, right of way, defect of title or other encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever, or any agreement to give any of the foregoing.
12.8. “Environmental Laws” means all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, directives, statutes, codes, rules, regulations, ordinances, the common law, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, orders, consent agreements, work practices, standards and norms relating to (i) the protection of the environment (including air, surface and subsurface water, drinking water supplies, surface and subsurface land, the interior of any building or building component, soil and natural resources) or human health or (ii) the presence, Management, labeling, packaging, distribution, registration, importing, exporting, marketing, Release or threat of Release of or exposure to Hazardous Substances, including those pertaining to the presence of Hazardous Substances in electrical or electronic products, the labeling of products or product packaging with respect to content, health, safety or environmental effects or attributes, or required end-of-life handling or disposition of products or product packaging.
12.9. “Final Closing Statement” means (x) the Closing Statement if no Notice of Disagreement with respect thereto is duly and timely delivered pursuant to Section 1.3(a) or (y) if such a Notice of Disagreement
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is so delivered, the Closing Statement as agreed by Seller and Buyer pursuant to Section 1.3 or (z) if such Notice of Disagreement is so delivered and in the absence of such agreement, the Final Closing Statement as prepared by the Arbiter pursuant to Section 1.3.
12.10. “Final Working Capital” mean the Closing Working Capital (x) as shown in the Closing Statement if no Notice of Disagreement with respect thereto is duly and timely delivered pursuant to Section 1.3(b) or (y) if such a Notice of Disagreement is so delivered, as agreed to in writing between Seller and Buyer pursuant to Section 1.3, if applicable, or (z) if such Notice of Disagreement is so delivered and Seller and Buyer do not reach such an agreement, as shown in the Arbiter’s calculation delivered pursuant to Section 1.3.
12.11. “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
12.12. “GAAP Consistently Applied” means GAAP (A) using the same accounting methods, policies, practices, and procedures, with consistent classification, judgments, and estimation methodology, as were used by Seller in preparing the Balance Sheet to the extent consistent with GAAP, (B) not taking into account any changes in circumstances or events occurring after the opening of business on the Closing Date, except to the extent such changes provide indications of conditions on the Closing Date and (C) in no event reducing the respective amounts or reserves and accruals for Seller from the amounts included in the Balance Sheet except to reflect (i) cash payments made by Seller subsequent to the date of the Balance Sheet and (ii) changes in circumstances or events occurring between the date of the Balance Sheet and the Closing Date, but only if such changes either definitively resolve or otherwise conclusively establish the amount of the liability exposure with respect to which the reserve in question has been established.
12.13. “Hazardous Substances” means any and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or materials, any pollutants or contaminants (including polychlorinated biphenyls, friable asbestos, volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, oil, petroleum products and fractions and radioactive materials), or any other similar substances, wastes or materials regulated under Environmental Laws.
12.14. “Intellectual Property” means all rights arising under any of the following, wherever recognized in the world: (a) inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, patents, patent applications, and patent disclosures, together with any reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions, extensions, and reexaminations thereof; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, domain names and corporate names, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated therewith, and all applications, registrations, and renewals in connection therewith; (c) software (including source code) and other copyrightable works, data, databases, data collections and related documentation, copyrights, and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith; and (d) trade secrets and confidential and proprietary business information (including any such confidential or proprietary customer and subscriber lists, ideas, research and development, know-how, formulas, compositions, technical data, specifications, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals).
12.15. “knowledge”, “to the knowledge” or “known” and words of similar import mean the actual knowledge of a natural person or, with respect to a Person that is not a natural person, the actual knowledge of the executive officers of such Person, after inquiry of appropriate individuals who report to such officer.
12.16. “Loss” or “Losses” means any and all losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, obligations, loss of profits, awards, fines, deficiencies, diminution in value, demands, interest, claims (including third party claims whether or not meritorious), costs and expenses whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’, consultants’ and other professional fees and disbursements of every kind, nature and description) resulting from, arising out of or incident to any matter for which indemnification is provided under this Agreement; provided, that Losses shall not include speculative, special or punitive damages or other damages that are otherwise not actual damages unless payable to third parties.
12.17. “Majority Stockholders” means (i) Development Capital Ventures, LP; (ii) William Roberts; (iii) James Bole; and (iv) Steven Runkel.
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12.18. “Management” or “Managed” in the context of Hazardous Substances means the use, possession, generation, treatment, manufacture, processing, managing, handling, storing, recycling, transporting or disposing.
12.19. “Material Adverse Effect” means any circumstance or event which, individually or in the aggregate with any other circumstance or event, is or would be reasonably expected to be material and adverse to the business, properties, operations, earnings, condition (financial or otherwise), products, assets, results of operations or liabilities of Seller provided, however, that the following shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect for purposes of Sections 3.7(a) and 6.9: (a) changes in applicable law or interpretations thereof by courts or any governmental authority, (b) changes in GAAP, (c) general economic conditions, changes in the economy or financial markets generally in the United States and events or conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Seller or Parent operates, (d) national or international hostilities, acts of terror or acts of war, or (e) any reasonable fees or expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; but in the case of each of clauses “(a),” “(b),” “(c)” and “(d)” above, only to the extent such effects, occurrences, facts, conditions, changes or effects do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a materially disproportionate impact on Seller or Parent relative to other persons in the industries in which Seller or Parent operates.
12.20. “Person” or “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as group is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act).
12.21. “Reference Amount” shall mean $710,000.
12.22. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, depositing, disposing, dispersing, or migrating into or through the environment or within any building, structure, facility or fixture (including the abandonment or discarding of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Substance).
12.23. “Working Capital” means an amount for Seller equal to “current assets”, excluding cash and cash equivalents, minus “current liabilities” of Seller, in each case as such “current assets” and “current liabilities” are (or should be) properly accrued and reflected on the books and records of Seller in accordance with GAAP Consistently Applied, except that all Debt of Seller will be excluded from “current liabilities” and, for purposes of determining Closing Working Capital and Final Working Capital, all Excluded Assets and Excluded Liabilities shall be excluded.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf as of the date first above written.
| | | | QUATECH, INC. |
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| | | | By: /s/ Steven D. Runkel
Name: Steven D. Runkel Title: President & Chief Executive Officer |
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| | | | DPAC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. |
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| | | | By: /s/ Steven D. Runkel
Name: Steven D. Runkel Title: President & Chief Executive Officer |
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| | | | Q-TECH ACQUISITION, LLC |
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| | | | By: /s/ Sean Harrigan
Name: Sean Harrigan Title: President & Chief Executive Officer |
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| | | | B&B ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
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| | | | By: /s/ Sean Harrigan
Name: Sean Harrigan Title: President & Chief Executive Officer |
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PLAN OF COMPLETE LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION OF
DPAC Technologies Corp.
This Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution (the “Plan”) is intended to effect the complete liquidation and dissolution of DPAC Technologies Corp., a California corporation (the “Company”), in accordance with the California Corporation Law (the “CCL”) and Section 331 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as follows:
1. Approval of the Plan. The Company, together with its wholly owned subsidiary Quatech, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Quatech”), intends to enter into an Asset Purchase Agreement with B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation (“B&B”), and Q-Tech Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of B&B (the “Buyer”) on or around the date of adoption hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which all or substantially all of the assets of Quatech (which assets constitute indirectly all or substantially all of the assets of the Company) would be sold to the Buyer at the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has adopted this Plan as of July 27, 2011, to be effective upon the Closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and Company’s receipt of the approval pursuant to Section 1900(a) of the CCL of shareholders of the Company holding shares representing more than 50 percent of the voting power, acting via written consent thereof pursuant to Section 603(a) of the of the CCL (the “Approval”). In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Company intends to file an Information Statement on Schedule 14C (the “Information Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and cause the definitive version thereof to be sent or given to all security holders of record at least 20 calendar days prior to the earliest date on which the adoption of this Plan may become effective (such twentieth calendar day, or the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, if later than such date, the “Adoption Date”).
2. Cessation of Business Activities. After the Adoption Date, the Company shall not engage in any business activities, except to the extent necessary to preserve the value or dispose of its assets, provide for satisfaction of its obligations, adjust and wind up its business and affairs and distribute the proceeds from the disposition of its assets in accordance with this Plan. The Board then in office shall continue in office solely for that purpose. The Board shall dissolve the Company as soon as it deems feasible. The Board shall cause to be executed and filed with the Internal Revenue Service Treasury Department Form 966 (“Form 966”) with a certified copy of the Plan and any other required attachments no later than thirty (30) days following the Adoption Date. The Board shall also cause to be executed and timely filed with the appropriate federal or state agencies all other tax returns, certificates, documents, and information returns, including without limitation supplemental Forms 966, Treasury Department Forms 1099 Div. (“Forms 1099”) and 1096, required to be filed by reason of the liquidation and dissolution of the Company. The Board shall cause to be timely disseminated to, as appropriate, all or any shareholders all returns, certificates, documents, and information returns, including without limitation Forms 1099 Div., required by federal or state agencies to be so disseminated by reason of the liquidation and dissolution of the Company.
3. Continuing Employees and Consultants. For the purpose of effecting the dissolution of the Company, the Company may hire or retain, at the sole discretion of the Board, such employees and consultants as the Board deems necessary or desirable to supervise the dissolution.
4. Liquidation Process. From and after the Adoption Date, the Company shall complete the following corporate actions:
(a) Liquidation of Assets. The Company shall determine whether and when to (i) transfer any of the Company’s assets to a liquidating trust (permitted to be established pursuant to Section 7 hereof), and (ii) collect, sell, exchange, distribute or otherwise dispose of all its property and assets in one or more transactions upon such terms and conditions as the Board, in its absolute discretion, deems expedient and in the best interests of the Company and the shareholders, without any further vote or action by the shareholders. The Company’s assets and properties may be sold to one buyer or to a small number of buyers or on a piecemeal basis to numerous buyers. The Company will not be required to, but may, in its discretion, obtain appraisals or other third party opinions as to the value of its properties and assets in connection with the liquidation. In connection with such collection, sale, exchange, distribution and other disposition, the Company shall collect or make provision for the collection (such as through operation of a liquidating trust established pursuant to Section 7 hereto) of all accounts receivable, debts and claims owing to the Company.
(b) Payment of Obligations. The Company shall pay or, as determined by the Board, make adequate provision for the payment of, all debts and liabilities of the Company, including the payment of any severance, retention and other compensation claims, all contingent, conditional or unmatured claims known to the Company and all claims which are known to the Company but for which the identity of the claimant is unknown.
(c) Distributions to Shareholders. As promptly as practicable after the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, and assuming compliance with the provisions of Section 4(b) above and the CCL, the Company shall, notwithstanding the provisions of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), to the extent authorized pursuant to that Allocation Agreement among the Company, Quatech, Development Capital Ventures, L.P., Canal Mezzanine Partners, L.P., The Hillstreet Fund, L.P. and the Management Shareholders and Officer Employees (as defined therein) dated on or about the date hereof and in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the “Allocation Agreement”), make or cause to be made a liquidating distribution from the cash consideration received in connection with the Closing and the sale of assets to the Buyer, and the available cash otherwise held by the Company (including the cash proceeds of any sale, exchange or disposition of assets other than under the Purchase Agreement), except such cash that is (i) transferred by the Company for the benefit of the shareholders of the Company to the Trust (as defined below), or (ii) retained by the Company as a Contingency Reserve (as defined below) for paying or making adequate provision for the known debts and liabilities of the Company, equal to $0.05 per share of common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”) that is, as of the record date established by the Board following the Adoption Date for such distributions (the “Record Date”), beneficially owned by any person (1) who is not as of, and has not been within 90 days prior to, the Record Date, an officer or director or employee of the Company or Quatech, or (2) who is not a party to the Allocation Agreement (the “Nonaffiliated Shareholders”) (the aggregate of such liquidating distribution, the “Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions”). Following payment of the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions, the Company shall distribute cash or assets held by the Company, and any cash or other assets from time to time held by the Company following the Closing under the Purchase Agreement (including in connection with any receipt of consideration under the Purchase Agreement deferred or delayed after the Closing as a result of the deposit thereof into an escrow account for post-closing indemnification obligations of the Company and Quatech) to the parties to the Allocation Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Allocation Agreement (collectively, the “Affiliate Distributions”). The Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions and the Affiliate Distributions may occur all at once or in a series of distributions and shall be in cash or assets, in such amounts, and at such time or times, as the Board in its absolute discretion may determine (except as otherwise set forth in the Allocation Agreement). In the event that the Aggregate Maximum Distribution Amount (as defined in the Allocation Agreement) shall have been fully satisfied, and the Company shall have any remaining assets legally available for distribution to its shareholders thereafter as determined under applicable law and this Plan, then any such assets shall be distributed in accordance with the terms of the Charter as in effect as of the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, first to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock up to the full amount entitled to be received thereby under the Charter (after giving effect to any liquidating distribution previously made pursuant to this Section 4(c) and the Allocation Agreement), and thereafter, to the holders of Common Stock pro rata (net of any amounts paid to the holders of Common Stock pursuant to the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions and after giving effect to any liquidating distribution previously made pursuant to this Section 4(c) and the Allocation Agreement). If and to the extent deemed necessary, appropriate or desirable by the Board or the Trustees (as defined below), in their absolute discretion, the Company may establish and set aside a reasonable amount of cash and/or property (the “Contingency Reserve”) to pay debts and liabilities of the Company, including, without limitation, tax obligations, all expenses related to the sale of the Company’s property and assets, all expenses related to the collection and defense of the Company’s property and assets and the liquidation and dissolution provided for in this Plan.
5. Cancellation of Stock. The distributions to the shareholders pursuant to Sections 4(c), 7 and 8 hereof shall be in complete redemption and cancellation of all of the outstanding Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Company. As a condition to receipt of any distribution, including but not limited to any final distribution, to the Nonaffiliated Shareholders and the parties to the Allocation Agreement who are shareholders of the Company as of the Record Date (the “Affiliated Shareholders”, and together with the Nonaffiliated Shareholders, the “Shareholders”), the Board or the Trustees, in their absolute discretion, may require the Shareholders to (i) surrender their certificates evidencing Common Stock and Preferred Stock to the Company or its agents for recording of such distributions thereon or (ii) furnish the Company with evidence satisfactory to the Board or the Trustees of the loss, theft or destruction of their certificates evidencing the Common Stock and Preferred Stock, together with such surety bond or other security or indemnity as may be
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required by and satisfactory to the Board or Trustees. The Company will close its stock transfer books and discontinue recording transfers of Common Stock and Preferred Stock on the date on which the Company files its Certificate of Dissolution in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of California as set forth in Sections 1901 and 1905 of the CCL, and thereafter certificates representing Common Stock and Preferred Stock will not be assignable or transferable on the books of the Company except by will, intestate succession, or operation of law.
6. Abandoned Property. If any distribution to a Shareholder cannot be made, whether because the Shareholder cannot be located, has not surrendered its certificates evidencing the Common Stock or Preferred Stock as required hereunder or for any other reason, the distribution to which such Shareholder is entitled shall be reserved for distribution to such Shareholder. Such reserve shall be maintained until the earlier of such time as (i) the factor(s) preventing the distribution have been resolved to the satisfaction of the Company and the distribution is made; or (ii) the distribution may be disposed of as “abandoned property” pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure section 1500 et seq. (the “Civil Code”). If any such distributions cannot be so disposed of prior to the filing of the Certificate of Dissolution pursuant to Section 9 hereto, the Board shall provide for the maintenance of such reserve until such time as it may be disposed of pursuant to the Civil Code. In no event shall the proceeds of any such distribution revert to or become the property of the Company.
7. Liquidating Trust. If deemed necessary, appropriate or desirable by the Board, in its absolute discretion, in furtherance of the liquidation and distribution of the Company’s assets to the Shareholders, the Company shall transfer to one or more liquidating trustees, for the benefit of the Shareholders (the “Trustees”), under a Liquidating Trust (the “Trust”), all of the Company’s assets as set forth in a liquidating trust agreement between the Trustees and the Company. Pursuant to Section 6 hereto, at the sole discretion of the Board, the Company may also transfer to the Trust, assets to be held on behalf of the Shareholders who cannot be located or who do not tender their certificates evidencing the Common Stock or Preferred Stock to the Company or its agent as required herein. The Board is hereby authorized to appoint one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships or other persons, or any combination thereof, including, without limitation, any one or more officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of the Company, to act as the initial Trustees for the benefit of the Shareholders and to receive any assets of the Company. Any Trustees appointed as provided in the preceding sentence shall succeed to all right, title and interest of the Company of any kind and character with respect to such transferred assets and, to the extent of the assets so transferred and (solely in their capacity as Trustees), shall assume all of the liabilities and obligations of the Company, including, without limitation, any unpaid debts or liabilities and any unsatisfied claims and unascertained or contingent liabilities. Further, any conveyance of assets to the Trustees shall be deemed to be a distribution of property and assets by the Company to the Shareholders for the purposes of Section 4 of this Plan. Any such conveyance to the Trustees shall be in trust for the Shareholders of the Company. The Company, subject to this Section, may enter into a liquidating trust agreement with the Trustees, on such terms and conditions as the Board, in its absolute discretion, may deem necessary, appropriate or desirable. The Approval of the adoption of this Plan shall constitute the approval of the Shareholders of any such appointment, any such liquidating trust agreement, and any transfer of assets by the Company to the Trust as their act and as a part hereto as if herein written.
8. Liquidation Period. The actions provided for in this Plan shall be commenced as soon as practicable after the Adoption Date, and any transfer of assets to the Trust shall be completed as soon as practicable in a manner consistent with the orderly liquidation and distribution of the Company’s assets.
9. Certificate of Dissolution. After the Adoption Date, the officers of the Company shall, at such time as the Board, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary, appropriate or desirable, obtain any certificates required from the California tax authorities and, upon obtaining such certificates, the Company shall file Certificates of Election to Wind Up and Dissolve and a Certificate of Dissolution pursuant to Sections 1900 et seq. of the CCL with the Secretary of the State of the State of California and make such other filings and undertake such additional steps as are deemed necessary or convenient to achieve the dissolution of the Company.
10. Shareholder Consent to Sale of Assets. Subject to compliance with Rule 14c-2 under the Exchange Act with respect to the delivery of the Information Statement, the Approval of the adoption of this Plan shall constitute the approval of the Shareholders of the sale, exchange, distribution or other disposition in liquidation of all of the property and assets of the Company not otherwise approved by the shareholders of the Company in connection with the Purchase Agreement, whether such sale, exchange, distribution or other disposition occurs in one transaction or a series of transactions, and shall constitute ratification of all contracts for sale, exchange or other disposition which are conditioned on adoption of this Plan.
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11. Expenses of Dissolution. In connection with and for the purposes of implementing and assuring completion of this Plan, the Company may, in the absolute discretion of the Board, pay any brokerage, agency, professional and other fees and expenses of persons rendering services to the Company in connection with the collection, sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company’s property and assets and the implementation of this Plan.
12. Indemnification. The Company shall continue to indemnify its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives in accordance with its Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws and any contractual arrangements, for the actions taken in connection with this Plan and the winding up of the affairs of the Company. The Company’s obligation to indemnify such persons may also be satisfied out of the assets of the Trust. The Board and the Trustees, in their absolute discretion, are authorized to obtain and maintain insurance as may be necessary or appropriate to cover the Company’s obligations hereunder.
13. Amendment or Termination of the Plan. Notwithstanding the Approval, the Board may modify, amend or terminate this Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby without further action by the Shareholders to the extent permitted by the CCL.
14. Authorization. The Board is hereby authorized, from and after the Adoption Date, without further action by the Shareholders, to do and perform or cause the officers of the Company, subject to approval of the Board, to do and perform, any and all acts, and to make, execute, deliver or adopt any and all agreements, resolutions, conveyances, certificates and other documents of every kind which are deemed necessary, appropriate or desirable, in the absolute discretion of the Board, to implement this Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, all filings or acts required by any state or federal law or regulation to wind up its affairs.
Adopted by the Board of Directors
on July 27, 2011
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EXHIBIT A
ALLOCATION AGREEMENT
This Allocation Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 3, 2011, by and among DPAC Technologies Corp., a California corporation (“DPAC”), Quatech, Inc., an Ohio corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of DPAC (“Quatech”), Development Capital Ventures, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the record and beneficial owner of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, no par value per share of DPAC (the “Common Stock”) and Series A Preferred Stock, $100 par value per share of DPAC (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) of DPAC (together with its successors and assigns, “DCV”), Canal Mezzanine Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Canal”), The Hillstreet Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Hillstreet”) (each of Canal and Hillstreet a “Warrant Holder” and collectively, the “Warrant Holders”), the individuals set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement each of whom are officers, and/or members of the Board of Directors, of DPAC and the record or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock and/or Series A Preferred Stock as of the date hereof (each a “Management Shareholder” and collectively, the “Management Shareholders”) and the individuals set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement, each of whom are officers and employees of DPAC (each an “Officer Employee” and collectively, the “Officer Employees”). Each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
1. DPAC and Quatech are entering into an Asset Purchase Agreement simultaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement with QT-Tech Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”) and its parent company B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation (“B&B”) (the “Purchase Agreement”). Additionally, DCV and certain of the Management Shareholders have (1) entered into voting and support agreements as of the date hereof in respect of the asset sale contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and (2) consented in writing pursuant to the California Corporation Law in respect of the asset sale contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and a Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution of DPAC which has been approved by the Board of Directors of DPAC to become effective upon the closing under the Purchase Agreement (the “Plan of Dissolution”). Any capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
2. Canal is the holder of warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock of DPAC, dated respectively January 31, 2008 and October 10, 2008 (together with all rights under the Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated January 31, 2008 among Canal, DPAC and Quatech, as amended, and each other agreement, document and instrument incorporated therein, collectively, the “Canal Warrant Documents”) and Hillstreet is the holder of a warrant to acquire shares of Common Stock of DPAC dated February 28, 2006 (together with all rights under the Warrant Agreement among DPAC and Hillstreet dated February 28, 2006, and each other agreement, document and instrument incorporated therein, the “Hillstreet Warrant Documents”). Simultaneous with the execution and delivery by the Warrant Holders of this Agreement, each of them has executed and delivered a Warrant Standstill Agreement to DPAC in substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule C (collectively, the “Warrant Standstills”).
3. Each holder of an option to purchase Common Stock pursuant to DPAC’s 1996 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) that is exercisable as of the Closing under the Purchase Agreement and that has an exercise price per share of Common Stock that is less than $0.05 (other than holders of options who are Management Shareholders) (each, an “Optionholder” and collectively, the “Optionholders”).
4. Each of the Officer Employees is party to an employment agreement with DPAC, pursuant to which such Officer Employee would otherwise be entitled to payments in the form of severance upon the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, and each Officer Employee desires to defer such obligation and/or reduce the amount of such payment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
5. The Plan of Dissolution, as well as the form of Information Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within two (2) Business Days after the date of the Purchase Agreement, contemplates a liquidating distribution to the Nonaffiliated Shareholders (as defined in the Plan of Dissolution) of DPAC of an amount equal to $0.05 per share following the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, at such time as it shall determine (the “Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions”), notwithstanding the applicable terms of DPAC’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, including the terms of the Certificate of Determination (collectively, the “Charter”) with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, and the Parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement
to set forth their respective rights in connection with further liquidating distributions by DPAC following the Closing under the Purchase Agreement and the payment of the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions.
6. Additionally, Quatech and DPAC have agreed to indemnify the Buyer and B&B pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 10 of the Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the obligation to indemnify under Sections 10.2(a)(i) (with respect to the representations and warranties of DPAC and Quatech contained in Section 3.2, 3.8(a) and 3.23), and 10.2(a)(ii) through (iv) of the Purchase Agreement are not limited by the Threshold, the Maximum or the time limitations set forth in Section 10 of the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnity Obligations”), and the Parties desire to waive certain rights of contribution from the Nonaffiliated Shareholders in respect of any liability any Party hereto may have to return any portion of any distribution made to them by DPAC pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Plan of Dissolution.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledges, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1 Allocation.
1.1 Acknowledgment of and Consent to Payment of Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions.
Each of DCV, Canal, Hillstreet and each of the Management Shareholders and Officer Employees hereby acknowledges and irrevocably consents (assuming that the Closing under the Purchase Agreement shall have occurred) to the payment of the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions pursuant to the terms of the Plan of Dissolution, and agrees that none of the Parties hereto shall have any liability to any other Party hereunder for the approval or payment of the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions, or any action taken in furtherance thereof, to the furthest extent permitted by applicable law.
1.2 Allocation of Distributions following the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions.
(a) Notwithstanding the terms of, or any rights provided under, the California Corporation Law, the Charter, the Canal Warrant Documents, the Hillstreet Warrant Documents, the Plan or any agreement thereunder, or under any other agreement, instrument or document to which any of the Parties are a party, each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, any distributions of cash or other property of DPAC legally permitted to be made following the Closing under the Purchase Agreement and the payment of the Purchase Price by the Buyer (as adjusted pursuant to the terms thereof), the payment of the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions, and the retention of any amounts by DPAC pursuant to applicable law to make adequate provision for all of the known debts and liabilities of DPAC, shall be allocated among DCV, Canal, Hillstreet, the Management Shareholders, the Officer Employees and the Optionholders, based upon the percentage amounts set forth on Schedule D to this Agreement adjacent to each such Party’s name (and based, in the case of the Optionholders, on a pro rata distribution to each of the Optionholders based on the number of options held by them, net of the applicable exercise prices payable pursuant to such options), in pari passu as between each of them, up to the maximum amounts set forth on Schedule D to this Agreement adjacent to each such Party’s name on such schedule and in respect of the matters noted on such Schedule D (respectively, each Party’s and the Optionholders’ (in the aggregate) “Maximum Distribution Amount”, and the aggregate of all such maximum amounts on Schedule D, the “Aggregate Maximum Distribution Amount”), which shall be in full satisfaction of the terms of or other rights provided under any of the instruments described in the introductory clause of this sentence. In the event that any liquidating distribution by DPAC is insufficient to permit the payment of the Aggregate Maximum Distribution Amount, then such liquidating distribution shall be allocated ratably among DCV, Canal, Hillstreet, the Management Shareholders, the Officer Employees and the Optionholders based on the percentage amounts set forth on Schedule D, until the Aggregate Maximum Distribution Amount shall have been fully satisfied.
(i) In the event that the Aggregate Maximum Distribution Amount shall have been fully satisfied, and DPAC shall have any remaining assets legally available for distribution to its shareholders thereafter as determined under applicable law and the Plan of Dissolution, then any such assets shall be distributed in accordance with the terms of the Charter as in effect as of the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, notwithstanding this Agreement, first to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock up to the full amount entitled to be received thereby under the Charter (after giving effect to any liquidating distribution previously made pursuant to this Section 1.2), and
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thereafter, to the holders of Common Stock pro rata (net of any amounts paid to the holders of Common Stock pursuant to the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions and after giving effect to any liquidating distribution previously made pursuant to this Section 1.2).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided for in this Agreement, DPAC shall not be required to distribute any amount to the extent that such distribution would cause DPAC to be unable to fully pay any known debt or liability, or to make adequate provision for the payment thereof.
Section 2 Waiver of Contribution.
2.1 In connection with the Indemnity Obligations, in the event of an obligation by any Party to repay to DPAC any portion of any distribution made following the Closing on the basis that any amount distributed to such Party was improperly distributed under Section 2009(a) of the California Corporation Law or under any similar provision, or any other theory upon which such Party may be required to return all or any portion of such distribution), notwithstanding any provision of the California Corporation Law to the contrary (including, without limitation, Section 2009 of the California Corporation Code), each Party hereto hereby waives any right of ratable contribution from any of the Nonaffiliated Shareholders. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing set forth herein shall constitute any obligation of any Party to indemnify any person who is a Nonaffiliated Shareholder.
Section 3 Other Matters.
3.1 Each of DCV, Canal, Hillstreet, each Management Shareholder and each Officer Employee hereby represents, acknowledges and agrees that he, she or it not and shall not constitute a “Nonaffiliated Shareholder” and further, agrees that it shall not tender or otherwise submit for payment any Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock, owned beneficially or of record thereby, in connection with the Nonaffiliated Shareholder Distributions, and that any distribution to any of the foregoing contemplated by this Agreement shall be made directly by DPAC, or pursuant to such terms as DPAC shall reasonably require.
3.2 Notwithstanding any provision of the Canal Warrant Documents or the Hillstreet Warrant Documents, and the terms of the Warrant Standstills, each of Canal and Hillstreet acknowledge and agree that upon the Closing under the Purchase Agreement, each of the Canal Warrant Documents and Hillstreet Warrant Documents shall terminate, without any further action of any Party hereto, or any party thereto, and shall be of no further force or effect, and that each of the Warrant Holders’ sole entitlement to any distribution or consideration therefor shall be pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Further, each Warrant Holder agrees to return all instruments representing the Canal Warrant Documents or Hillstreet Warrant Documents, as applicable, upon the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, marked “cancelled.”
Section 4 General
4.1 Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each Party hereto reserves all rights, privileges and defenses with respect to any Indemnity Obligation arising under applicable law or the Purchase Agreement, except to the extent specifically waived herein.
4.2 If the Purchase Agreement shall have terminated pursuant to its terms, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect. In the event the closing contemplated by the Purchase Agreement occurs, this Agreement shall survive and remain in full force and effect so long as any Indemnity Obligations remain in effect under the Purchase Agreement or until the fourth anniversary of the filing of a certificate of dissolution under the California Corporation Law by DPAC, whichever is later.
4.3 Whenever in this Agreement any of the Parties is referred to, the reference shall include the successors and assigns of the party (including transferees of any shares of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock); and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Parties that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
4.4 This Agreement shall not be amended or terminated, nor any provision herein waived, and no party hereto may assign or delegate any of their obligations under this Agreement (and any attempted assignment or delegation shall be null and void), without in each case the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, provided, that DPAC may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any liquidating trust established pursuant to the Plan of Dissolution, and DCV may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to the United States Small Business Administration.
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4.5 To the extent that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party shall be required to comply with the provision for so long as the provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
4.6 This Agreement may be executed by facsimile and in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one instrument. The counterpart signature pages may be detached and assembled to form a single original document.
4.7 This Agreement is intended and agreed to be solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns, and, other than any of the Optionholders and any of the Nonaffiliated Shareholders, no other party shall be entitled to rely on this Agreement or accrue any benefit, claim, or right of any kind whatsoever pursuant to, under, by, or through this Agreement.
4.8 This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its provisions concerning conflict of laws, choice of law, choice of forum, or principles that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction, provided that, the law of the State of California shall apply to the matters set forth herein relating to the right to any distribution from a corporation incorporated in California or the waiver of any right otherwise provided under the California Corporation Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Allocation Agreement as of the date first written above.
| | | | DPAC Technologies Corp. |
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| | | | By: /s/ Steven D. Runkel Name: Steven D. Runkel Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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| | | | Quatech, Inc. |
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| | | | By: /s/ Steven D. Runkel Name: Steven D. Runkel Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Pages of other Parties follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Allocation Agreement as of the date first written above.
| | | | U.S. Small Business Administration as Receiver for Development Capital Ventures, L.P. |
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| | | | By: /s/ Thomas G. Morris Name: Thomas G. Morris Title: Director, Office of Liquidation |
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| | | | Canal Mezzanine Partners, L.P. |
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| | | | By: Canal Mezzanine Management, LLC Its: General Partner |
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| | | | By: Canal Holdings, LLC Its: Managing Member |
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| | | | By: /s/ Kevin Coyne Name: Kevin Coyne Title: President |
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| | | | The HillStreet Fund, L.P. |
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| | | | By: HillStreet Capital Inc. Its: Investment Manager |
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| | | | By: /s/ Chris Meininger Name: Chris Meininger Title: President |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Allocation Agreement as of the date first written above.
| | | | Management Shareholder: |
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| | | | Name: Steven D. Runkel
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| | | | Signature: /s/ Steven D. Runkel
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| | | | Management Shareholder: |
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| | | | Name: William Roberts |
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| | | | Signature: /s/ William Roberts
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| | | | Management Shareholder: |
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| | | | Name: James Bole |
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| | | | Signature: /s/ James Bole
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| | | | Officer Employee: |
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| | | | Name: Stephen Vukadinovich |
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| | | | Signature: /s/ Stephen Vukadinovich
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Schedule A
Management Shareholders
William Roberts
James Bole
Steven Runkel
Schedule B
Officer Employees
Stephen Vukadinovich
Schedule C
FORM OF WARRANT STANDSTILL AGREEMENT
This WARRANT STANDSTILL AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of [_____________ __, 2011], between DPAC Technologies Corp., a California corporation (the “Company”), and [____________] (“Holder”), in connection with Holder’s ownership of that certain [Warrant] dated ____________] (the “Warrant”) to purchase shares of Common Stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.
a. Holder is the holder of the Warrant to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock as determined under such Warrant.
b. Holder acknowledges that the Company has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement of even date herewith among the Company, its wholly owned subsidiary Quatech, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Quatech”), Q-Tech Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its parent company, B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Purchase Agreement”). Additionally, in connection with the execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company, Quatech, Holder and other shareholders and warrant holders of the Company have entered into that certain Allocation Agreement of even date herewith (the “Allocation Agreement”). Holder understands that, as an inducement to the other parties to the Allocation Agreement to enter into the Allocation Agreement, Holder has agreed to refrain from exercising or transferring the Warrant owned by Holder from the date of the Purchase Agreement until the later of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) thereunder or its termination pursuant to its terms (the “Restriction Period”).
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, Holder and the Company agree as follows:
1. Warrant Restrictions.
a. Holder hereby agrees not to exercise the Warrant during the Restriction Period, whether for cash or on a cashless basis.
a. Holder hereby agrees that during the Restriction Period, Holder will not sell, transfer, hypothecate, tender, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Warrant.
2. Miscellaneous.
a. This Agreement shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction, except to the extent that the securities laws of the state in which Holder resides and federal securities laws may apply. Any proceeding brought to enforce this Agreement may be brought exclusively in courts sitting in Summit County, Ohio.
b. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of Holder and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof.
c. This Agreement shall be binding upon Holder, its legal representatives, successors and assigns.
d. This Agreement may be executed in counterpart and by facsimile.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Holder and the Company have executed this Warrant Standstill Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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| | | | DPAC Technologies Corp. |
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| | | | By: Name: Steven D. Runkel Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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Schedule D
Distribution Amounts
Name
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| | Maximum Distribution Amount
| | Percentage Allocation of Distribution (up to Maximum Distribution Amount)
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Development Capital Ventures, L.P. | | | | Series A Preferred and Common | | $ | 1,534,352 | | | | 50.32 | % |
Canal Mezzanine Partners, L.P. | | | | Canal Warrant Documents | | $ | 145,000 | | | | 4.76 | % |
The Hillstreet Fund, L.P. | | | | Hillstreet Warrant Documents | | $ | 170,000 | | | | 5.58 | % |
William Roberts | | | | Series A Preferred and Common Stock | | $ | 414,617 | | | | 13.60 | % |
William Roberts | | | | Stock Options — Board | | $ | 7,450 | | | | 0.24 | % |
James Bole | | | | Series A Preferred and Common Stock | | $ | 80,489 | | | | 2.64 | % |
James Bole | | | | Stock Options — Board | | $ | 7,450 | | | | 0.24 | % |
Steven Runkel | | | | Common Stock | | $ | 59,326 | | | | 1.95 | % |
Steven Runkel | | | | Stock Options — Board | | $ | 53,984 | | | | 1.77 | % |
Steven Runkel | | | | Severance | | $ | 180,000 | | | | 5.90 | % |
Sam Tishler | | | | Stock Options — Board | | $ | 7,450 | | | | 0.24 | % |
Dennis Leibel | | | | Stock Options — Board | | $ | 8,450 | | | | 0.28 | % |
Mark Chapman | | | | Stock Options — Board | | $ | 7,450 | | | | 0.24 | % |
Stephen Vukadinovich | | | | Severance | | $ | 173,900 | | | | 5.70 | % |
Optionholders | | | | Stock Options | | $ | 199,091 | | | | 6.53 | % |
| | | | | | $ | 3,049,009 | | | | 100.00 | % |
July 27, 2011
Board of Directors
DPAC Technologies Corp.
5675 Hudson Industrial Parkway
Hudson, OH 44236-5012
Members of the Board of Directors:
You have requested our opinion as to the fairness to DPAC Technologies Corp., a California corporation (“DPAC”), from a financial point of view, of the Consideration (as defined below) to be paid to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Quatech, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Quatech” and, together with DPAC, the “Company”), for the sale of substantially all of the assets and the assumption of certain liabilities of Quatech, pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) proposed to be entered into by and among DPAC, Quatech, QT Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”), and B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”).
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Purchaser will acquire substantially all of the assets and assume certain liabilities of Quatech at closing for a purchase price of $10.5 million, plus or minus a working capital adjustment described in the Agreement, payable in cash, and the assumption of certain specified liabilities (the “Consideration”). Nine hundred thousand dollars of the cash purchase price will be escrowed at closing as an indemnity holdback and to provide for the settlement of the working capital adjustment, and to the extent of any indemnity claims by the Purchaser or that the final working capital adjustment is less than the working capital adjustment estimated as of closing, the Consideration will be reduced thereby. Proceeds received will be used, among other matters, to discharge certain debts and liabilities not assumed by the Purchaser. The closing and related transactions contemplated by the Agreement are collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Transaction.” The specific terms and conditions of the Transaction are more fully set forth in the Agreement.
In connection with rendering this opinion, we have reviewed and analyzed, among other things, the following: (i) the most recent draft of the Agreement, dated July 25, 2011, which we understand to be in substantially final form; (ii) SEC filings related to DPAC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011; (iii) certain other internal information, primarily financial in nature, including financial projections and other projections concerning the business and operations of Quatech furnished to us by the Company for purposes of our analysis; (iv) publicly available information concerning the Company, its industry and end-markets (e.g., websites, associations); (v) publicly available information concerning certain other companies we believe to be comparable to Quatech and the trading markets for certain of such other companies’ securities; (vi) publicly available information concerning the nature and financial terms of certain transactions that we consider relevant to the Transaction; (vii) interviews with members of the Company’s management to discuss the business and prospects of Quatech and other matters we believe to be relevant; (viii) our assessment of general economic, market and financial conditions and our experience in connection with similar transactions and securities valuation generally; and (ix) other information we deemed relevant for purposes of our analysis. Additionally, we have visited Quatech’s facilities in Hudson, Ohio, met or had conversations and exchanged correspondence with certain officers and employees of the Company to discuss the business and prospects of Quatech as well as other matters we believe relevant to our inquiry, and considered such other data and information we judged necessary or appropriate to render our opinion. In addition to the foregoing, following execution of a letter of intent concerning the Transaction on May 9, 2011, we conducted a marketing process to solicit additional acquisition proposals for Quatech during a thirty-day “go-shop” period that concluded on June 8, 2011.
In our review and analysis and in arriving at our opinion, we have assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all financial and other information that was provided to us or was publicly available and have assumed and relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Agreement. We have not been engaged to, and have not independently attempted to, verify any of such information. We have also relied upon the management of the Company as to the reasonableness and achievability of the financial and operating projections (and the assumptions and bases therefor) provided to us and, with your consent, we have assumed that such projections were reasonably prepared and reflect the best currently available estimates and judgments of the
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Company. We have not been engaged to assess the reasonableness or achievability of such projections or the assumptions on which they were based, and express no view as to such projections or assumptions. Also, we have not been engaged to, nor have we, conducted an appraisal or inspection of any of the assets, properties or facilities of Quatech.
We have not been asked to, nor do we, offer any opinion as to the material terms of the Agreement or the form of the Transaction. In rendering our opinion, we have assumed, with your consent, that the final executed form of the Agreement will not differ in any material respect from the last draft that we received. In addition, we have assumed that all governmental, regulatory or other consents and approvals necessary for the consummation of the Transaction will be obtained, all other conditions to the Transaction as set forth in the Agreement will be satisfied and that the Transaction will be consummated on a timely basis in the manner contemplated by the Agreement.
It should be noted that this opinion is based upon economic and market conditions and other circumstances existing on, and information made available as of, the date hereof and does not address any matters subsequent to such date. Also, our opinion is, in any event, limited to the fairness to DPAC, as of the date hereof, from a financial point of view, of the Consideration to be paid pursuant to the Agreement, and does not address the underlying business decision to effect the Transaction, the relative merits of the Transaction as compared to any alternative business strategies that might exist for the Company or the effect of any other transaction in which the Company may engage, or any other terms of the Agreement, including without limitation, the form or structure of the Transaction or any voting or other agreement, arrangement or understanding to be entered into in connection with or contemplated by the Transaction or otherwise. In that regard, we further express no opinion concerning the fairness of the amount or nature of any compensation to be paid to any of the officers, directors or employees of the Company, or to any class of such persons, or of any amounts to be distributed to the holders of DPAC’s common stock or preferred stock in connection with the Transaction or otherwise. In addition, it should be noted that although subsequent developments may affect this opinion, we do not have any obligation to update, revise or reaffirm our opinion.
It is understood that this opinion was prepared solely for the use of the Board of Directors of DPAC (in its capacity as such) in evaluating the proposed Transaction. This opinion may not be disclosed, summarized, excerpted from or otherwise publicly referred to without our prior written consent; provided, however, that we understand that this opinion, and a summary thereof which we will prepare, will be included in the Information Statement prepared by DPAC to be distributed to the holders of its common stock in connection with the Transaction, and that a copy of this opinion is required to be delivered to the Purchaser and the Parent, each of which we hereby consent to.
Our opinion does not constitute a recommendation to any shareholder of the Company as to how such shareholder should vote at any shareholders’ meeting held or any written consent provided in connection with the Transaction. We have advised the Board of Directors that we do not believe that any person (including a shareholder of the Company) other than the directors has the legal right to rely on this opinion for any claim arising under state law and that, should any such claim be brought against us, this assertion will be raised as a defense. In the absence of governing authority, this assertion will be resolved by the final adjudication of such issue by a court of competent jurisdiction. Resolution of this matter under state law, however, will have no effect on the rights and responsibilities of Western Reserve Partners LLC under the federal securities laws or on the rights and responsibilities of the Board of Directors under applicable law.
We will receive a fee from DPAC for our services related to the delivery of this opinion. We also served as a financial advisor to DPAC in connection with the Transaction and will receive a separate fee from DPAC for such services, a portion of which was paid upon our engagement as a retainer and a significant portion of which is contingent upon consummation of the Transaction. DPAC has also agreed to indemnify us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the federal securities laws. During the two years preceding the date of this Opinion, we have not received any other form of compensation from the Company. It should be disclosed that we are a current shareholder of DPAC. We were engaged by Quatech to provide financial advisory services in 2005 in connection with its merger with DPAC, and a portion of our fee for services rendered therein was paid in the form of equity in DPAC.
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July 27, 2011
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This opinion has been approved by the Valuation and Fairness Opinion Committee of Western Reserve Partners LLC.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and such other matters as we considered relevant, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Consideration to be paid by the Purchaser pursuant to the Agreement is fair to DPAC, from a financial point of view.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Western Reserve Partners LLC
Western Reserve Partners LLC
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