Filed
by the Registrant x
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Filed
by a Party other than the Registrant ¨
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Check
the appropriate box:
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x
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Preliminary
Proxy Statement
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o
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Confidential,
for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
14a-6(e)(2))
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¨
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Definitive
Proxy Statement
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¨
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Definitive
Additional Materials
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¨
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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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¨
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No
fee required.
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x
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Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
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1)
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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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2)
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Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction applies:
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15,154,687
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3)
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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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4)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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$4,171,430
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5)
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Total
fee paid:
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$834.29
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¨
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Fee
previously paid with preliminary materials.
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Check
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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1)
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Amount
Previously Paid:
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2)
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Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement No.
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3)
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Filing
Party:
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4)
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Date
Filed:
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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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1.
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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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2.
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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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3.
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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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4.
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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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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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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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16
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SPECIAL
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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28
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PROPOSAL
NO. 1: Approval of the Sale of Substantially All of the Assets of
Xcorporeal
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29
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General
Overview
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29
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Background
of the Asset Sale
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29
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Description
of the Asset Purchase Agreement
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32
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Purchase
and Sale of Assets
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32
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Purchase
Price
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32
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Assets
to be Retained by the Company
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33
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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33
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Representations
and Warranties of FUSA
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34
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Conduct
Prior to Closing
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34
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligations
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35
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Conditions
Precedent to FUSA’s Obligations
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35
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Conditions
Precedent to Xcorporeal’s Obligations
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35
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The
Closing
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35
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties and Indemnification
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35
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Exclusivity
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36
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Termination
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36
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Side
Agreement
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37
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Voting
Agreement
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37
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Description
of the Arbitration Proceeding and Other Agreements Entered into with
NQCI
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37
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Payments
of a Portion of the Aggregate Consideration to NQCI
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38
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No
Opinion of Financial Advisor
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39
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Interests
of Our Executive Officers and/or Directors in the Asset Sale and Plan of
Liquidation
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39
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Accounting
Treatment
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40
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Certain
Federal Income Tax Consequences to the Company
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40
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Votes
Required for the Approval of the Sale of Substantially All of the Assets
of Xcorporeal
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40
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Recommendation
of Our Board of Directors
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40
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PROPOSAL
NO. 2: Approval of the Plan of Liquidation of Xcorporeal
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41
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General
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41
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Background
and Reasons for the Proposed Liquidation and Dissolution
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41
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Transfers
to the Liquidating Trust; Nature; Amount; Timing
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42
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Terms
of the Liquidating Trust
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43
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Trading
of Interests in the Liquidating Trust
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44
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Nature,
Amount and Timing of Liquidating Distributions
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44
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The
Plan of Liquidation is Contingent Upon the Approval and Consummation of
the Asset Sale
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45
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Estimated
Distributions to Stockholders
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46
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Sale
of Our Assets
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46
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Principal
Provisions of the Plan of Liquidation
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46
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Conduct
Following Adoption of the Plan of Liquidation
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48
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Contingent
Liabilities; Contingent Reserves
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48
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Abandonment
and Amendment
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49
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Plan
of Liquidation Expenses and Indemnification
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49
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Trading
of Our Common Stock
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49
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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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49
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Regulatory
Approvals
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50
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Absence
of Appraisal Rights
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50
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Material
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
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50
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Tax
Consequences to the Company
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50
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Tax
Consequences to Our Stockholders
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50
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Liquidating
Trust
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51
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Back-Up
Withholding
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51
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Taxation
of Non-U.S. Stockholders
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51
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State
and Local Income Taxes
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51
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Votes
Required for the Approval of the Plan of Liquidation
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51
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Recommendation
of Our Board of Directors
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51
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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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52
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RISK
FACTORS
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53
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Risks
Related to Dual Proposals No. 1 and No. 2
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53
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Risks
Related to the Asset Sale
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53
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Risks
Related to the Plan of Liquidation
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55
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Risks
Related to Our Continuing Business Operations
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57
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BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP
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60
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Stock
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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60
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Market
Information
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60
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Dividend
Policy
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61
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STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS
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62
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HOUSEHOLDING
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62
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WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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62
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INCORPORATION
OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
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62
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WHO
CAN HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
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63
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OTHER
MATTERS
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IMPORTANT
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63
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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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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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·
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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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·
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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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·
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that
certain third party consents are obtained by the
Sellers;
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·
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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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·
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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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·
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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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·
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by
the mutual agreement of FUSA and the
Sellers;
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·
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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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·
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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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·
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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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·
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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. | ||
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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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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Q:
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What
is the purpose of the Special
Meeting?
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A:
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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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2.
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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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3.
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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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4.
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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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A:
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Our
Board of Directors (the “Board of
Directors”):
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•
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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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•
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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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•
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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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•
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approved
and adopted in all respects the Plan of Liquidation and the transactions
contemplated thereby; and
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•
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determined
that the adoption of the Adjournment Proposal is advisable and in the best
interests of us and our
stockholders.
|
Q:
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Are there risks I should
consider before deciding on the
proposals?
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A:
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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’s current
business?
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A:
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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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A
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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•
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A
PAK for home hemodialysis for patients suffering from End Stage Renal
Disease, or “ESRD”
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•
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A
Wearable Artificial Kidney, or “WAK”, for continuous ambulatory
hemodialysis for treatment of ESRD
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Q:
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What
assets are we proposing to sell?
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A:
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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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Q:
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Why
has the Board of Directors recommended the Asset Sale and the Plan of
Liquidation?
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A:
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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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A:
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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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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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A:
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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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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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A:
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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: |
What
is the Liquidating Trust?
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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: |
Should
I send in my stock certificates now?
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A: |
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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A:
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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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Does
the Plan of Liquidation involve any risk of liability to
stockholders?
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A:
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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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Q:
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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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A:
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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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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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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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Purchase
Price
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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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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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organization,
standing and power, and authority;
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financial
statements;
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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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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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that
certain third party consents are obtained by the
Sellers.
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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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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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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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the
Cash Purchase Price shall be paid to the Sellers as
follows:
|
|
o
|
an
exclusivity fee in the amount of $200,000 previously paid by FUSA to the
Company,
|
|
o
|
$3,800,000
on the Closing Date (the “Initial
Payment”),
|
|
o
|
$2,000,000
on April 1, 2010 as the First
Installment,
|
|
o
|
$2,000,000
on April 1, 2011 as the Second
Installment,
|
|
§
|
from
the Initial Payment, we and NQCI shall receive $1,650,000 and $2,150,000,
respectively,
|
|
§
|
from
the First Installment, we and NQCI shall receive $375,000 and $1,625,000,
respectively, and
|
|
§
|
from
the Second Installment, we and NQCI shall receive $75,000 and $1,925,000,
respectively,
|
|
·
|
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
|
|
·
|
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.
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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
|
|
·
|
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.
|
|
·
|
the
uncertainty of the timing, nature and amount of any Royalty Payments and
resulting liquidating distributions to
stockholders;
|
|
·
|
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
|
|
·
|
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.
|
High (1)
|
Low (2)
|
|||||||
(in
thousands, except per share)
|
||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Net
Proceeds of Asset Sale (3)
|
$
|
2,262
|
$
|
2,262
|
||||
Cash
& cash equivalents at closing
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||
All
other assets
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
2,262
|
$
|
2,262
|
||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
1,096
|
$
|
584
|
||||
Accrued
expenses (4)
|
$
|
401
|
$
|
329
|
||||
Asset
Sale expenses (5)
|
$
|
1,016
|
$
|
616
|
||||
Wind
down liabilities (6)
|
$
|
3,095
|
$
|
1,040
|
||||
Total
Liabilities
|
$
|
5,608
|
$
|
2,569
|
||||
Net
negative balance of cash available as a result of the Asset
Sale
|
$
|
(3,346)
|
$
|
(307)
|
||||
Net
cash available for transfer to the Liquidating Trust as of the Closing
Date
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||
($
per share based on 15,154,687 shares outstanding as of December 18,
2009)
|
$
|
N/A
|
$
|
N/A
|
(1)
|
The
low estimate assumes the highest amount of our contractual liabilities
that we would expect to be liable for as of the Closing
Date.
|
(2)
|
The
high estimate assumes the most favorable resolution of our known
contractual liabilities existing as of the Closing
Date.
|
(3)
|
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.
|
(4)
|
Includes
$261,144 of deferred compensation payable to our executive
officers.
|
(5)
|
Includes
$432,500 of sale transaction success bonus payable to our Chief Executive
Officer.
|
(6)
|
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.
|
|
·
|
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.
|
|
·
|
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.
|
|
·
|
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.
|
|
·
|
that a broker or dealer approve a person's account for
transactions in penny stocks; and
|
|
·
|
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.
|
|
·
|
obtain financial information and investment experience
objectives of the person; and
|
|
·
|
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.
|
|
·
|
sets forth the
basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability
determination; and
|
|
·
|
that
the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the
investor prior to the transaction.
|
·
|
the
number of shares available for sale in the
market;
|
·
|
sales
of our common stock by stockholders because our business profile does not
fit their investment objectives;
|
·
|
actual
or anticipated fluctuations in our operating
results;
|
·
|
developments
relating to our products and related proprietary
rights;
|
·
|
actual
or anticipated announcements of new data and announcements relating to our
operating performance;
|
·
|
government
regulations and changes thereto and regulatory investigations or
determinations;
|
·
|
announcements
of our competitors or their success in the biotechnology and healthcare
equipment business, including those in the dialysis
industry;
|
·
|
recruitment
or departures of key personnel;
|
·
|
the
gain or loss of significant
customers;
|
·
|
the
operating and stock price performance of other comparable
companies;
|
·
|
developments
and publicity regarding our industry;
and
|
·
|
general
economic and market conditions in our industry and the economy as a
whole.
|
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner (1)
|
Title of Class of Shares
Owned
|
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
|
Percent of
Class
|
|||||||
Terren
S. Peizer (2)
|
common
stock
|
6,652,596
|
42.7%
|
|
||||||
Jay
A. Wolf (3)
|
common
stock
|
40,000
|
*
|
|
||||||
Victor
Gura (4)
|
common
stock
|
375,000
|
2.4%
|
|
||||||
Kelly
J. McCrann (5)
|
common
stock
|
315,000
|
2.0%
|
|
||||||
Robert
Weinstein (6)
|
common
stock
|
170,000
|
1.1%
|
|
||||||
Hans-Dietrich
Polaschegg
|
common
stock
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Marc
G. Cummins (7)(8)
|
common
stock
|
275,000
|
1.8%
|
|
||||||
All
current directors and named executive officers as a group (6
persons)
|
common
stock
|
7,552,596
|
46.2%
|
|
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise indicated, the address of all of the above named persons is c/o
Xcorporeal, Inc., 80 Empire Drive, Lake Forest, CA
92630.
|
(2)
|
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.
|
(3)
|
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.
|
(4)
|
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.
|
(5)
|
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.
|
(6)
|
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.
|
(7)
|
Mr.
Cummins resigned as a member of our Board of Directors effective March 6,
2009.
|
(8)
|
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.
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||||
Fiscal
Year Ending December 31, 2009
|
||||||||
4th
Quarter (through December 18, 2009)
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.04
|
||||
3rd
Quarter
|
0.25
|
0.11
|
||||||
2nd
Quarter
|
0.38
|
0.16
|
||||||
1st
Quarter
|
0.60
|
0.12
|
Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 2008
|
||||||||
4th
Quarter
|
$
|
0.50
|
$
|
0.16
|
||||
3rd
Quarter
|
1.44
|
0.50
|
||||||
2nd
Quarter
|
4.21
|
1.00
|
||||||
1ST
Quarter
|
4.94
|
2.34
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||||
Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 2007
|
||||||||
4th
Quarter
|
$
|
14.06
|
$
|
4.27
|
||||
3rd
Quarter
|
17.45
|
3.39
|
||||||
2nd
Quarter
|
6.62
|
4.30
|
||||||
1ST
Quarter
|
13.89
|
2.40
|
|
·
|
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;
|
|
·
|
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
|
|
·
|
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).
|
1.
|
Purchase and
Sale.
|
|
1.1.
|
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”):
|
|
(a)
|
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”);
|
|
(b)
|
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”);
|
|
(c)
|
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”);
|
|
(d)
|
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”);
|
|
(e)
|
Permits.
All permits relating to the Business to the extent that such permits are
transferable;
|
|
(f)
|
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
|
|
(g)
|
Goodwill.
All goodwill associated with the Business and the Business Intellectual
Property.
|
|
1.2.
|
Limitations
on Assignability.
|
|
(a)
|
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.
|
|
(b)
|
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.
|
|
1.3.
|
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).
|
|
1.4.
|
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.
|
|
1.5.
|
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.
|
|
1.6.
|
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).
|
2.
|
Purchase Price and
Allocation.
|
|
2.1.
|
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:
|
|
(a)
|
The
exclusivity fee in the amount of $200,000 previously paid by Purchaser to
Xcorporeal.
|
|
(b)
|
$3,800,000
on the date of closing (the “Closing
Payment”).
|
|
(c)
|
$2,000,000
on April 1, 2010 (the “First
Installment”).
|
|
(d)
|
$2,000,000
on April 1, 2011 (the “Second Installment,” and
together with the First Installment, the “Installment
Payments”).
|
|
(e)
|
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 (45h)
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 (45h)
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.
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Closing.
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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.
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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.
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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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4.12.
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Payment
of Taxes.
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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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4.13.
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Real
Property.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Intellectual
Property.
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(a)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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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4.19.
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Contracts.
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(a)
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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)
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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)
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Any
contract not made in the ordinary course of the
Business;
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(iii)
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Any
distribution, franchise, license, sales or commission contract related to
the Business;
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(iv)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Any
contract that is a joint venture
agreement;
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(xv)
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Any
contract establishing any technology escrow or granting any party
manufacturing rights; and
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(xvi)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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Employees;
Labor Relations.
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(a)
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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)
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No
Seller is bound by any collective bargaining, labor, or similar
agreements, including material local or side
agreements.
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(c)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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4.26.
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Votes
Required.
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(a)
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Representations
and Warranties of Purchaser. As
of the Closing, Purchaser represents and warrants to Sellers as
follows:
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5.1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties;
Indemnification.
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6.1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Conditions to
Closing.
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7.1.
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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)
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Stockholder
Approvals. The Stockholder Approvals shall have been
obtained.
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(b)
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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)
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Required
Consents. All of the Required Consents shall have been
obtained.
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7.2.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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.
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Covenants.
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8.1.
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Proxy
Statement; Stockholder
Approvals.
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(a)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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All
Reasonable Efforts. 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.
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Consents
and Approvals. Sellers shall use reasonable efforts to
obtain all of the Required
Consents.
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8.9.
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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 (2nd)
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.
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Termination.
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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.
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Miscellaneous.
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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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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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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 | ||
Name:
Kelly J. McCrann
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Name:
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Mohsen Reihany | |||
Its:
Chairman and CEO
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Its:
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Senior Advisor To Chairman of The Board | |||
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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[Signatures
follow]
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XCORPOREAL, INC. | |||
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By:
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Name: Kelly J. McCrannName | |||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||
XCORPOREAL OPERATIONS, INC. | |||
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By:
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Name: Kelly J. McCrannName | |||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||
, TRUSTEE | |||
Name:
Kelly J. McCrann
Title:
Authorized Signatory
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·
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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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·
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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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·
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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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·
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the
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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·
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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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·
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document
storage costs required to maintain Company and Trust records;
and
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·
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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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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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VOTE-BY-INTERNET
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OR
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VOTE-BY-TELEPHONE
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Log
on to the Internet
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Call
toll-free
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and
go to [______________] -
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1-800-[___]-[____]
(_____) within the
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follow
the steps outlined on the
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United
States, Canada and Puerto Rico
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secured
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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Follow
the instructions provided by the
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recorded
message.
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PLEASE o
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MARK VOTE
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AS IN THIS
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EXAMPLE
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1.
To approve the sale of substantially all of the assets
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN
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of
Xcorporeal, Inc. pursuant to the Asset Purchase
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o
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o
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o
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Agreement,
dated December 14, 2009.
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2.
To approve the voluntary liquidation and
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN
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dissolution
of Xcorporeal, Inc. pursuant to a Plan
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o
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o
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of
Liquidation and Dissolution.
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3.
To approve any proposal to adjourn the Special
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN
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|||||||||
Meeting
to solicit additional proxies in favor of the
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o
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o
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o
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approval
of either or all of the foregoing
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proposals,
if there are insufficient votes for such
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approval
at time of the Special Meeting.
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This
proxy is solicited on behalf of the
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Board
of Directors of
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XCORPOREAL,
Inc. Whether or not you
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plan
to attend the meeting in person, you are
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urged
to sign and promptly mail this proxy
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in
the return envelope so that your stock
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may
be represented at the Special Meeting.
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Signature
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Signature
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Date
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