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Gundaker/Jordan American Holdings Inc – ‘10KSB40’ for 12/31/00 – EX-10.3

On:  Monday, 4/2/01, at 4:54pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/00   ·   Accession #:  1012709-1-500045   ·   File #:  0-18974

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 4/02/01  Gundaker/Jordan American Hol… Inc 10KSB40    12/31/00    6:206K                                   FilePoint EDGAR Sv… 2/FA

Annual Report — Small Business — [x] Reg. S-B Item 405   —   Form 10-KSB
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10KSB40     Jordan American Holdings                              27    129K 
 2: EX-3.1      Articles of Incorporaton and Amendments               45    145K 
 3: EX-4.5      Specimen Stock Certificate                             2      8K 
 4: EX-10.3     Assets Purchase Agreement                             15     64K 
 5: EX-21       Subsidiaries of the Company                            1      4K 
 6: EX-23.1     Auditor's Consent                                      1      6K 


EX-10.3   —   Assets Purchase Agreement
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41. Agreement to Purchase and Sell
"1.1 Agreement
"1.2 Purchased Assets
51.3 Excluded Assets
"1.4 No Assumption of Obligations and Liabilities
"2. Purchase Price
63. Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Member
"3.1 Organization and Standing of the Seller
"3.2 Company Action
"3.3 Subsidiaries and Affiliates
"3.4 Financial Information
"3.5 Ownership of Purchased Assets; Consents
73.6 Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information and Know-How
"3.7 Litigation and Investigations
"3.8 Taxes
"3.9 Contracts and Commitments
83.10 No Default
93.11 Fees and Commissions
"3.12 Sensitive Transactions
"3.13 Misstatement or Omission
"4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser
"4.1 Organization and Standing of the Purchaser
"4.2 Corporate Action
104.3 Litigation and Investigations
"4.4 Fees and Commissions
"4.5 Misstatement or Omission
"5. Covenants of the Seller
"5.1 Investor's Representation Letter
"6. Post Closing
"7. Survival of Representations and Warranties
"8. Indemnification
118.2 Indemnification by the Purchaser
128.3 Claims Procedure
"9. Fees and Expenses
1310. Notices
"A.J. Elko & Associates, LLC
"11. Miscellaneous
"11.1 Time
"11.2 Entire Agreement
"11.3 Amendment
"11.4 Assignment
1411.5 Choice of Law
"11.6 Headings
"11.7 Pronouns
"11.8 Number and Gender
"11.9 Construction
"11.10 Effect of Waiver
"11.11 Severability
"11.12 Enforcement
"11.13 Binding Nature
"11.14 Counterpart
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ASSETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG IMPACT TAX AND BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.; A. J. ELKO & ASSOCIATES, LLC; AND A.J. ELKO, INDIVIDUALLY DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL............................................1 1.1 Agreement..........................................................1 1.2 Purchased Assets...................................................1 1.3 Excluded Assets....................................................2 1.4 NO ASSUMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES.......................2 2. PURCHASE PRICE............................................................2 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE MEMBER...............3 3.1 Organization and Standing of the Seller............................3 3.2 Company Action.....................................................3 3.3 Subsidiaries and Affiliates........................................3 3.4 Financial Information..............................................3 3.5 Ownership of Purchased Assets; Consents............................3 3.6 Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information and Know-How................3 3.7 Litigation and Investigations......................................4 3.8 Taxes..............................................................4 3.9 Contracts and Commitments..........................................4 3.10 No Default.........................................................5 3.11 Fees and Commissions...............................................6 3.12 Sensitive Transactions.............................................6 3.13 Misstatement or Omission...........................................6 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER...........................6 4.1 Organization and Standing of the Purchaser.........................6 4.2 Corporate Action...................................................6 4.3 Litigation and Investigations......................................6 4.4 Fees and Commissions...............................................7 4.5 Misstatement or Omission...........................................7 5. COVENANTS OF THE SELLER...................................................7 5.1 Investor's Representation Letter...................................7 6. POST CLOSING..............................................................7 -i-
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) PAGE 7. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................7 8. INDEMNIFICATION...........................................................7 8.1 Indemnification by the Seller and the Members......................7 8.2 Indemnification by the Purchaser...................................8 8.3 Claims Procedure...................................................9 9. FEES AND EXPENSES.........................................................9 10. NOTICES...................................................................9 11. MISCELLANEOUS............................................................10 11.1 Time..............................................................10 11.2 Entire Agreement..................................................10 11.3 Amendment.........................................................10 11.4 Assignment........................................................10 11.5 Choice of Law.....................................................10 11.6 Headings..........................................................11 11.7 Pronouns..........................................................11 11.8 Number and Gender.................................................11 11.9 Construction......................................................11 11.10 Effect of Waiver..................................................11 11.11 Severability......................................................11 11.12 Enforcement.......................................................11 11.13 Binding Nature....................................................11 11.14 Counterpart.......................................................11 -ii-
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ASSETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT ------------------------- THIS ASSETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of this 30th day of November, 2000, by and among IMPACT Tax and Business Services, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Purchaser"); A. J. Elko & Associates, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (the "Seller"); and A.J. Elko, the owner of all the outstanding interests in the Seller (the "Member"). WITNESSETH: ----------- WHEREAS, the Seller engaged in the business of tax and business planning (the "Seller's Business"); and WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase and the Seller desires to sell certain of the assets and all of the Seller's Business upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these promises and subject to the representations, warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein and for the consideration provided herein, the parties agree as follows: 1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL. ------------------------------ 1.1 AGREEMENT. As of the date hereof (the "Closing Date"), the Seller hereby sells, conveys, transfers, assigns and delivers to the Purchaser the Seller's Business and certain of the assets of the Seller, such business and assets being referred to as the "Purchased Assets." 1.2 PURCHASED ASSETS. The Purchased Assets shall consist of all assets, properties, rights, privileges, claims and licenses owned by Seller and used in or relating to the Seller's Business, including without limitation, the following, but excluding those specific assets described in Section 1.3 (the "Excluded Assets"): (a) SCHEDULE OF NET ASSETS. All assets, tangible and intangible, other than Excluded Assets, reflected on Seller's Schedule of Net Assets as of September 30, 2000, which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT A. (b) INTANGIBLE ASSETS. All trademark registrations and applications therefor, trade name and names (whether or not registered or registerable), including, without limitation, the names "A.J. Elko & Associates, LLC," and the good will pertaining to any thereof. (c) CONTRACT RIGHTS. All leases, franchises, sales and other contract rights of whatever nature or description.
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(d) BOOKS AND RECORDS. All books and records (copies of which shall be delivered to Purchaser and originals of which shall be retained by Seller), customers lists and all other data relating to the Purchased Assets. (e) OTHER. All other assets related to the Seller's Business of every kind, nature and description, wherever located, whether tangible or intangible, including the Seller's goodwill and all rights and causes of action thereto, except for the Excluded Assets. 1.3 EXCLUDED ASSETS. Purchaser is not purchasing, and Seller is not selling, any of the following assets of the Seller, which are referred to in this Agreement as the "Excluded Assets:" (a) Cash and bank accounts. (b) Loans to Members. (c) Minute books, stock transfer records and financial records. (d) Clients listed in Exhibit A-1 as "Client Data Base Not To Be Purchased." 1.4 NO ASSUMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES. The Purchaser shall not assume any of the obligations or liabilities of the Seller. 2. PURCHASE PRICE. Upon the sale, transfer and conveyance to the Purchaser of the Assets at the Closing, and in consideration therefore, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller the total sum of One Hundred and Five Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($105,100) (the "Purchase Price"). The Buyer shall pay the Seller for the Assets a purchase price consisting of $75,000 in cash, stock options and earn-out consideration. The Purchaser had already delivered to the Seller a cash deposit of $60,000. The additional purchase price shall be payable as follows: (a) Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Buyer is paying the Seller an additional $15,000 in cash. (b) The earn-out consideration shall consist of payment to the Seller of an additional $10,000 from the first $10,000 of revenue from the Business received by the Buyer. Buyer shall pay Seller the earn-out consideration on a monthly basis within 30 calendar days after the end of the month of the Buyer's receipt until paid in full. (c) Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Jordan American Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation ("JAHI") and the sole shareholder of the Buyer, is issuing to the Seller options to purchase 100,500 shares of JAHI's common stock (the "Option Shares") with an 2
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exercise price of $0.20 per share and an exercise period of ten years after the Closing (the "Options"). 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE MEMBER. The Seller and the Member hereby represent, warrant and covenant severally to the Purchaser, on and as of the date hereof, as follows: 3.1 ORGANIZATION AND STANDING OF THE SELLER. The Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Pennsylvania with full power and authority and all requisite and sufficient licenses, franchises, permits and authorizations to own and lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted. The Member is the record and beneficial owner of 100% of the issued and outstanding interests in the Seller. 3.2 COMPANY ACTION. The Seller has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser. All member and other proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of the Seller to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and to authorize the Seller to sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser have been duly and properly taken. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller, nor compliance with its terms, results in the breach or violation of the Articles of Organization or Operating Agreement of the Seller, or of any agreement, indenture, mortgage, lease or other obligation or instrument, or any judgment, order or decree to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or any of its property or assets may otherwise be subject. 3.3 SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES. The Seller owns no interests, directly or indirectly, in any other corporation or entity. 3.4 FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Attached hereto as EXHIBIT A is the Schedule of Net Assets of the Seller as of September 30, 2000. The Schedule of Net Assets discloses all liabilities and obligations of the Seller as of the date thereof, whether accrued, unliquidated, ordinary, extraordinary, absolute, contingent or otherwise. There are not any material changes to the information presented in the Schedule of Net Assets through the date of this Agreement, except for changes in the ordinary course of business. 3.5 OWNERSHIP OF PURCHASED ASSETS; CONSENTS. The Seller owns, and will transfer to the Purchaser, all of the Purchased Assets, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, conditional sale agreement, encumbrance, restriction or charge of any kind. The execution of this Agreement and the performance of the covenants herein contemplated do not result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance of any kind upon any of the Purchased Assets including, without limitation, pursuant to any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is bound or by which the Purchased Assets may be affected. All of the Purchased Assets, including claims, contracts, orders, leases, licenses and rights, are assignable without the prior consent of any third party. 3
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3.6 TRADE SECRETS, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND KNOW-HOW. The Seller does not possess any rights with respect to patents, patent applications, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets (whether registered or not) and applications therefor and other documented intellectual property relating to the Seller's Business. Neither the Seller nor any Member is a party to any agreement or arrangement providing for the payment of license fees or royalties in connection with the Seller's Business or has any knowledge of any claim or obligation to pay any such license fee or royalty. 3.7 LITIGATION AND INVESTIGATIONS. There are no actions, suits, legal or administrative proceedings or governmental investigations existing or, to the knowledge of the Seller or the Member, threatened against or affecting the Seller or any of its property or assets, nor any judgments, decrees, orders, rulings, writs or injunctions specifically referring to the Seller which (either by reason of adherence or default) may materially and adversely affect its business, properties or financial condition or relate in any way to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 3.8 TAXES. All tax returns, including, without limitation, income, sales and personal property tax returns, required to be filed by the Seller with the United States or any state or any other governmental agency or authority have been or will be duly prepared and filed, and were or will be true and correct and complete. All taxes due or to become due by reason of the operations conducted by the Seller prior to the Closing Date have been or will be paid when due. The Seller has not received any notice of assessment of additional taxes and has not executed or filed with any taxing authority any agreement extending the period for assessment of any income or other taxes. The Purchaser will have no liability whatsoever for any federal, state or local tax payments based upon or measured by the income of the Seller, the ownership of its property or the conduct of the Seller's Business prior to the Closing Date or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. Except for taxes not yet due and payable, there are no tax liens upon any of the properties or assets, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible of the Seller; there are no pending claims, examinations or proceedings by any authority or agency relating to the assessment of any taxes, interest or penalty on such properties or assets; and there is no basis for any such claim or assessment. The Seller has not been audited by the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental agency or authority. 3.9 CONTRACTS AND COMMITMENTS. ------------------------- (a) IDENTIFICATION. Except as set forth as Excluded Assets in Section 1.3 of this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, the Seller is not a party or subject to any: (i) Pension, profit sharing, stock option, employee stock purchase or other plan providing for deferred or other compensation to employees or any other employee benefit plan, or any Contract (as defined below) with any labor union; (ii) Contract with any current or former officer, director or affiliate; 4
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(iii)Contract relating to any indebtedness or the mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing a lien on any of the Purchased Assets; (iv) Guarantee of any obligation; (v) Contract under which the Seller has advanced or loaned any person any amounts in the aggregate exceeding $1,000.00; (vi) Contract under which the Seller is lessee of or holds or operates any property, real or personal, owned by any other party; (vii) Contract under which the Seller is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate any property, real or personal, owned or controlled by the Seller; (viii) Assignment, license, indemnification or contract with respect to any intangible property (including, without limitation, any patents, patent applications, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets (whether registered or not) and applications therefor and any other proprietary rights); (ix) Contract with or relating to any applicable federal, state, or local governmental entities; (x) Contract prohibiting it from freely engaging in any business or competing anywhere in the world; (xi) Employment Contracts; (xii) Contracts providing for "take or pay" or similar unconditional purchase or payment obligations; or (xiii) any other Contract which is material to its operations and business prospects. (b) PERFORMANCE AND DEFAULT. The Seller has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it and is not in default in any material respect under or in breach of nor in receipt of any claim of default or breach under any Contract; no event has occurred which with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would result in such default or breach; the Seller has no present expectation or intention of not fully performing all such obligations in all material respects; and, to the Seller's knowledge, there exists no breach or anticipated breach by the other parties to any such Contract to which it is a party. (c) DEFINITION. As used in this Agreement, the term "Contract" means any written agreement, contract, commitment or instrument. 3.10 NO DEFAULT. Compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not in any material respect violate or 5
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result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, the Articles of Organization or the Operating Agreement of the Seller, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, or constitute a default of, any contract, agreement, commitment, indenture, mortgage, note, bond, license, deed of trust or other instrument or obligation to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or any of its property may otherwise be subject. 3.11 FEES AND COMMISSIONS. Neither the Seller nor any Member has agreed to pay or become liable to pay any broker's, finder's or originator's fee or commission for which the Purchaser shall have liability by reason of services alleged to have been rendered for or at the instance of the Seller or any Member in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. 3.12 SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS. Neither the Seller nor any Member, nor any employee, agent or representative of any of them, has directly or indirectly used funds or other assets of the Seller for illegal contributions, gifts, or payments to or for the benefit of any governmental official or employee, or any other person or entity. 3.13 MISSTATEMENT OR OMISSION. No representation or warranty by the Seller or the Member in this Agreement, and no exhibit, schedule, written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished by the Seller or the Member pursuant hereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, contains or will contain any untrue statement or a material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Seller and the Member, on and as of the date hereof, as follows: 4.1 ORGANIZATION AND STANDING OF THE PURCHASER. The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida. The Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to carry on the business in which it is engaged, to own the property owned by it, to acquire the Purchased Assets and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. 4.2 CORPORATE ACTION. All corporate and other proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of the Purchaser to authorize it to execute, deliver and carry out this Agreement have been duly and properly taken. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser, nor compliance with its terms, results in the breach or violation of the Purchaser's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or any agreement, instrument, judgment or decree to which the Purchaser is a party or may otherwise be subject. There is no violation or breach of, or default under, any of the foregoing that materially and adversely affects, or that may materially and adversely affect, the business, properties, assets, liabilities, consolidated operations or consolidated condition, financial or otherwise, of the Purchaser. The Purchaser is not a party to any agreement, instrument, judgment or decree that materially and adversely affects its business, properties, assets, liabilities, consolidated operations or consolidated condition, financial or otherwise. 6
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4.3 LITIGATION AND INVESTIGATIONS. There are no actions, suits, legal or administrative proceedings or governmental investigations existing or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against or affecting the Purchaser or any of its property or assets, nor any judgments, decrees, orders, rulings, writs or injunctions specifically referring to the Purchaser which (either by reason of adherence or default) may materially and adversely affect its business, properties or financial condition or relate in any way to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 4.4 FEES AND COMMISSIONS. The Purchaser has not agreed to pay or become liable to pay any broker's, finder's or originator's fee or commission by reason of services alleged to have been rendered for or at the instance of the Purchaser in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. 4.5 MISSTATEMENT OR OMISSION. No representation or warranty by the Purchaser in this Agreement, and no written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished by the Purchaser pursuant hereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. 5. COVENANTS OF THE SELLER. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees with the Purchaser as follows: 5.1 INVESTOR'S REPRESENTATION LETTER. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Seller is executing and delivering to the Purchaser a letter substantially in the same form and of the same substance as the letter attached hereto as EXHIBIT B, in which the Seller acknowledges that the Options or the Option Shares have not been registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that restrictions on the transferability of the Options and the Option Shares result from the absence of such registration. 6. POST CLOSING. The Seller and the Purchaser agree that each of them will, from time to time after the Closing Date when so requested by the other, perform, execute, acknowledge or deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged or delivered, all such further acts, deeds, assignments, transfers, conveyances and assurances as may be required for the better assigning, transferring, granting, conveying, selling, assuring and confirming to the Purchaser and its successors and assigns, and for aiding and assisting in reducing to possession, the Purchased Assets transferred to the Purchaser as herein contemplated. 7. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and warranties contained herein shall be continuing representations and warranties that shall survive the Closing Date. 8. INDEMNIFICATION. --------------- 7
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8.1 INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SELLER AND THE MEMBER. The Seller and the Member, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, its successors and assigns, against any and all loss, injury, liability, claim, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees), court costs and amounts paid in settlement of claims, incurred or sustained by the Purchaser, or its successors or assigns resulting from any of the following: (a) any inaccuracy in, or breach or violation of, the representations and warranties made by the Seller and the Member and the covenants undertaken by them, whether or not such inaccuracy or breach or violation was known to, or should have been known by, the Purchaser, the Seller or the Member on the date of this Agreement, it being the acknowledged intention of the parties hereto that the Seller and the Member shall be completely responsible for, and the Purchaser shall be conclusively deemed to have relied upon, such representations, warranties and covenants in the consummation of the purchase and sale transactions herein contemplated; (b) any suits, actions or claims relating to sales or other transactions or activities of the Seller prior to the Closing Date; (c) any inaccuracy or misrepresentation (whether negligent or otherwise) in any certificate or affidavit delivered by the Seller in accordance with the provisions of any section hereof, (d) any claim or claims made against the Purchaser arising out of the Seller's ownership, use, sale or operation of the Purchased Assets or the Seller's Business prior to the Closing Date, including, but not limited to, any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred or sustained by the Purchaser due to Seller's failure to pay any liability of Seller. 8.2 INDEMNIFICATION BY THE PURCHASER. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and the Member, their respective successors and assigns, against any and all loss, injury, liability, claim, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred or sustained by the Seller or Member or their respective successors and assigns resulting from any of the following: (a) any inaccuracy in, or breach or violation of, the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser and the covenants undertaken by it, whether or not such inaccuracy or breach or violation was known to, or should have been known by, the Purchaser, the Seller or the Member on the date of this Agreement, it being the acknowledged intention of the parties hereto that the Purchaser shall be completely responsible for, and the Seller and the Member shall be conclusively deemed to have relied upon, such representations, warranties and covenants in the consummation of the purchase and sale transactions herein contemplated; (b) any suits, actions or claims relating to sales or other transactions or activities of the Purchaser after the Closing Date; and 8
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(c) any inaccuracy or misrepresentation (whether negligent or otherwise) in any certificate or affidavit delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with the provisions of any section hereof. 8.3 CLAIMS PROCEDURE. ---------------- (a) NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST. If any action, claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8, the party seeking indemnification shall promptly notify the parties from whom indemnification is to be sought, stating the name and address of any claimant and of counsel to any claimant (if known), the amount claimed to be due and payable, the basis of the claim as alleged by any claimant and the provision or provisions of this Agreement under which such claim for indemnity is asserted. The notice shall be accompanied by copies of any documents relied on by any claimant and furnished to the party seeking indemnification. (b) RESPONSE TO REQUEST. Within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such notice, the parties from whom indemnification is sought shall by written notice either: (i) concede liability in whole as to the amount claimed in such notice; (ii) deny liability in whole as to such amount; (iii)concede liability in part and deny liability as to the balance; or (iv) in the case of claims by third parties, assume the defense thereof, provided that if the notice required hereunder is properly given, failure by such parties to assume the defense of a third party claim for which a party is entitled to indemnity under this Agreement shall cause the indemnity obligations of the parties from whom indemnification is sought to extend to whatever outcome results from such third party claim. (c) SETTLEMENT OR COMPROMISE. Any settlement or compromise of a claim shall be agreed upon by all parties. If the party seeking indemnification declines to accept a bona fide offer of settlement which is recommended by the party from whom indemnification is sought, the maximum liability of the party from whom indemnification is sought shall not exceed that amount which it would have been liable for had such settlement been accepted. If the party from whom indemnification is sought declines to accept a bona fide offer of settlement recommended by the party seeking indemnification, the party from whom indemnification is sought shall be liable for whatever outcome results from such third party claim. 9. FEES AND EXPENSES. The Purchaser and the Seller shall each bear any and all of their respective fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal, accounting, consulting and other professional fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein, regardless of whether such consummation occurs. 9
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10. NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered in person or sent by overnight delivery, confirmed telecopy or prepaid first class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the following addresses, or such other addresses as are given to other parties in the manner set forth herein: (a) If to the Purchaser, to: IMPACT Tax and Business Services, Inc. 333 W. Vine Street, Suite 206 Lexington, Kentucky 40507 Telecopier Number: (859) 971-7683 with a courtesy copy to: William C. Phillippi, P.A. Broad and Cassel 500 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1130 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394 Telecopier Number: (954) 761-8135 (b) If to the Seller or the Member, to: A. J. Elko & Associates, LLC 2993 Jacks Run Road White Oak, Pennsylvania 15131 Telecopier Number: (412) 664-0450 11. MISCELLANEOUS. ------------- 11.1 TIME. Time is of the essence. 11.2 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. It supersedes all prior negotiations, letters and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 11.3 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or modified in whole or in part except by an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties against whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement or modification is sought. 11.4 ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party. 10
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11.5 CHOICE OF LAW. This Agreement will be interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida without giving effect to the application of the principles pertaining to conflicts of laws. 11.6 HEADINGS. The section and subsection headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 11.7 PRONOUNS. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the context may require. 11.8 NUMBER AND GENDER. Words used in this Agreement, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context indicates is appropriate. 11.9 CONSTRUCTION. This Agreement shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any of the parties hereto, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof. 11.10 EFFECT OF WAIVER. The failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any provision of this Agreement will in no manner affect the right to enforce the same. The waiver by any party of any breach of any provision of this Agreement will not be construed to be a waiver by any such party of any succeeding breach of that provision or a waiver by such party of any breach of any other provision. 11.11 SEVERABILITY. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this Agreement will not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect, nor will the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of a portion of any provision of this Agreement affect the balance of such provision. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or any portion thereof shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. 11.12 ENFORCEMENT. Should it become necessary for any party to institute legal action to enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the successful party will be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees at all trial and appellate levels, expenses and costs. 11.13 BINDING NATURE. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the parties hereto. 11.14 COUNTERPART. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 11
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. IMPACT TAX AND BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., a Florida corporation By: /s/ W. Neal Jordan ------------------------------------- W. Neal Jordan, Vice President A. J. ELKO & ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company By: /s/ A.J. Elko ------------------------------------- A. J. Elko, President A.J. Elko ------------------------------------- A. J. ELKO, MEMBER 12

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