SCHEDULE OF EXCEPTIONS
In connection with that certain Series 5 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
June 9, 2011, by and among AliphCom (the "Company") and the persons and entities listed on
the Schedule of Purchasers attached thereto (the "Agreement "), the Company hereby delivers
this Schedule of Exceptions to the Company's representations and warranties given in the
Agreement. This Schedule of Exceptions and the information and disclosures contained herein
are intended only to qualify and limit the representations, warranties and covenants of the
Company contained in the Agreement, and shall not be deemed to expand in any way the scope
or effect of any of such representations, warranties or covenants. The section numbers in this
Schedule correspond to the section numbers in the Agreement; provided, however, that any
information disclosed herein under any section number shall be deemed to be disclosed and
incorporated in any other section of the Agreement where such disclosure would be appropriate
and reasonably apparent. Disclosure of any information or document herein is not a statement or
admission that it is material or required to be disclosed herein. References to any document do
not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the document itself. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings given them in the Agreement.
3.2 Subsidiaries.
The Company has a wholly-owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom, Aliph Limited.
In anticipation of a future reincorporation to Delaware, the Company formed a wholly owned
subsidiary in Delaware in 2008, Aliph, Inc., which has no assets.
The Company is in the process of establishing a Wholly-Foreign-Owned Entity ("WFOE") in
Kunshan City, China, for the purpose of employing staff and conducting product development,
manufacturing and operations support, sales and marketing activity in China. The Company
expects the WFOE to be established in the third quarter of 2011.
On February 9, 2011, the Company acquired all of the outstanding membership units of YiqYaq
LLC, a California limited liability company (the "YiqYaq Acquisition").
On February 9, 2011, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Togeni,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Togeni Acquisition").
3.3 Capitalization.
(a)
Due to the exercise of options or warrants outstanding as of the date of the Agreement during the
period between the date of the Agreement and the date of the Initial Closing, the capitalization
numbers set forth in Section 3.3 of the Agreement may not be accurate as of the date of the
Initial Closing.
(c)
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Pursuant to a certain letter agreement, dated as of August 29, 2007, by and between Kindred
Partners, LLC ("Kindred") and the Company (as amended from time to time, the "Kindred
Agreement"), the Company has agreed to issue equity to Kindred or an affiliate of Kindred equal
to 1112th of the stock and/or stock options granted to certain persons hired by the Company that
were sourced by Kindred.
See the disclosure in 3.20 below regarding the Acceleration Provisions (as defined below) and
acceleration to non-employee directors and Board advisors.
As of June 3, 2011, the Company expects the Board will approve the following proposed option
grants at its next meeting (following a third party appraisal of the value of the Company's
Common Stock):
Vesting
Name of Employee or # of Commencement
Proposed Option
Contractor Type Options Date
Grantee
Fass, Jason Employee ISO 20,000 04/18/11
Buck, Billie Employee ISO 10,000 01/31/11
Bosson, Lewis Employee ISO 25,000 04/18/11
Kavrell, Hannah Employee ISO 4,000 04/25/11
Allen, Erica Employee ISO 3,500 04/25/11
Kikuchi, Toshi Employee ISO 45,000 05/02/11
Nadar, Prakash Employee ISO 15,000 05/04/11
Hugo, Dan Employee ISO 25,000 05/09/11
Rhuberg, Adam Employee ISO 25,000 05/09/11
Duran, Melissa Employee ISO 5,000 05/09/11
Middleton, Christian Employee ISO 65,000 05/12/11
Callender, Robin Employee ISO 25,000 05/16/11
Wei, Ed Employee ISO 60,000 05/23/11
Ivie, Chad Employee ISO 20,000 05/23/11
Mena, Oscar Employee ISO 40,000 05/23/11
Gin, Shauna Employee ISO 5,000 05/23/11
Jordan, Stephen Employee ISO 15,000 5/25/2011
Baillie, Cameron Employee ISO 25,000 5/31/2011
Duncan, Charles Employee ISO 40,000 6/1/2011
Herr, Richard Employee ISO 15,000 6/1/2011
Harris, Laurie Employee ISO 15,000 6/1/2011
3.5 Litigation.
The Company is engaged in litigation involving Elizabeth Bastiaanse Hamren, the Company's
former Vice President of Product Management and Marketing. The Company is both pursuing
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claims against Hamren, and defending against cross-claims she has asserted against the
Company, as described below.
Aliph v. Hamren —
On June 26, 2009, the Company filed an action against Hamren for misappropriation of the
Company's trade secrets, in the California Superior Court, County of San Francisco, Case No.
CGC-09-489870 (the "Trade Secrets Action"). The Complaint alleges Hamren retained, without
authorization, various types of Company trade secret information, including but not limited to
valuable marketing information, and was in a position to improperly use such information in
connection with her work for Plantronics, Inc., a direct competitor to the Company. The Trade
Secrets Action contains claims for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, breach
of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of California Penal Code section
502(c), and breach of fiduciary duty. On January 15, 2010, the Company filed a First Amended
Complaint in the Trade Secrets Action, alleging the same claims listed above, and adding new
allegations that Hamren used or disclosed the Company's trade secrets and/or confidential
information in connection with her work for Plantronics as a consultant and subsequently as an
employee. The First Amended Complaint requests an unspecified amount of damages, a
constructive trust, injunctive relief and attorneys fees. Hamren filed an Answer to the First
Amended Complaint, generally denying the allegations therein and asserting various defenses.
Hamren v. Aliph —
On September 18, 2009, Hamren filed a cross-complaint against the Company in the same
Superior Court action as the Trade Secrets Action, alleging claims arising from her employment
with the Company and termination of employment, which was effective December 31, 2008 (the
"Employment Action"). The Cross-Complaint alleged causes of action for sex discrimination;
hostile work environment sexual harassment; retaliation; breach of contract for failing to pay a
bonus, failing to accelerate unvested stock option shares upon Hamren's employment
termination, and terminating Hamren's employment to prevent her from further vesting in such
option; and wrongful termination in violation of public policy. In response to the Company's
demurrers to the Cross-Complaint and the Court's rulings thereon, Hamren filed a First
Amended Cross-Complaint. The Court sustained without leave to amend the Company's
demurrer to Hamren's wrongful termination claim in the First Amended Cross-Complaint.
Hamren subsequently filed a Second Amended Cross-Complaint, after the Court had twice
sustained (with leave to amend) the Company's demurrers to Hamren's sex harassment claim.
The Court overruled the Company's demurrer to the sex harassment claim in the Second
Amended Cross-Complaint. The Second Amended Cross-Complaint requests an unspecified
amount of damages, vesting of certain unvested stock option shares, injunctive relief and
attorneys fees. The Company filed an Answer to the Second Amended Cross-Complaint,
generally denying the allegations therein and asserting various defenses.
The parties have engaged in paper discovery in the Trade Secrets and Employment Actions, and
the Company has also issued document subpoenas to third-party Plantronics in the Trade Secrets
Action as well as to three third-party marketing vendors of Plantronics. The parties have taken
five depositions to date. The parties have scheduled a mediation for the Trade Secrets and
Employment Actions for July 11, 2011, and discovery in both actions is currently on hold until
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the mediation occurs. In light of the pending mediation and at the parties' request, the court
continued the trial date to February 6, 2012.
Plantronics v. Aliph (trade secrets claim) —
The Company recently settled a trade secrets claim filed by Plantronics in 2009 (the
"Plantronics Settlement"). Plantronics claimed that the Company had misappropriated trade
secrets, including information relating to engineering development and manufacturing processes.
The parties had engaged in substantial paper discovery, but no depositions had yet been taken
and no substantive motions had been filed. The terms of the settlement are confidential.
Plantronics v. Aliph (patent infringement claim) —
In January 2009, Plantronics filed a patent infringement claim against the Company in the
Eastern District of Texas. The single patent at issue claims an ear bud for headset stabilization in
the ear. The case was transferred to the Northern District of California (Plantronics v. Aliph,
Case No. 3:2009-CV-01843). In November 2009, the case was stayed pending reexamination of
the patent. The patent recently issued from reexamination and the case began procedure in
Spring 2011, commencing with claim construction procedure. The parties are engaging in paper
discovery; depositions are expected to commence in July 2011. Claim construction is set for
September 2011. Trial is set for Spring 2012.
Wi-LAN, Inc. v. Acer, Inc.-
In January 2010, Wi-LAN commenced a patent infringement action in the Eastern District of
Texas against a number of defendants, including the company and its chip supplier CSR alleging
infringement of certain patents held by Wi-LAN (Wi-LAN, Inc. v. Acer, Inc., Case No. 10-CV-
00124).
Subsequently Wi-LAN sent correspondence to the Company alleging that the Company's
products infringed on the same patents. The Company filed a declaratory judgment action in the
US District Court for the Northern District of California asserting the invalidity of the patents
held by Wi-LAN (Aliphcom v. Wi-LAN, Inc., Case No. CV-10-02337). The action filed by the
Company was subsequently transferred to the Eastern District of Texas to be consolidated with
the already pending action. The Company has entered into an indemnification agreement with
Cambridge Silicon Radio ("CSR"), the manufacturer of bluetooth chips in the Company's
products, with respect to this action (the "CSR Indemnification Agreement").
Wi-LAN has entered a settlement agreement with CSR. The settlement agreement terms extend
to protect CSR's customers. All claims asserted by and against the Company have been
dismissed.
Aliph v. MyTalk —
In January 2011, the Company filed a declaratory judgment action in the Northern District of
California (Aliphcom v. MyTalk, Case No. CIO-04918 EDL) relating to a third party's purported
trademark rights with respect to the "MyTalk" mark. MyTalk answered the complaint in
February 2011 asserting counterclaims including trademark infringement. In March 2011, the
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parties mediated this matter but did not reach a settlement. The Company has served written
discovery and document requests on the defendant. No other procedure beyond initial pleading
has yet taken place. Further mediation is anticipated in Fall 2011.
3.7 Title to Properties; Liens and Encumbrances.
The Company has a capital lease with Bank of America Leasing of approximately $220,000 for
its Oracle ERP license entered into in 2008. As of June 2, 2011 the lease payable balance is less
than $21,421.
The Company entered into a loan agreement with Wells Fargo Bank NA on November 29, 2010
(the "Wells Fargo Loan Agreement") for a Standby Letter of Credit. The Standby Letter of
Credit is secured by a money market account held by the Company.
In connection with the Wells Fargo Loan Agreement the Company entered into a Security
Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank NA on November 29, 2010.
There are currently two outstanding California UCC financing statements, filed by Dell Financial
Services L.L.C. and US Bancorp, which have been provided to counsel for the Purchasers.
Pursuant to the DCL Contract Services Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2009 with
DisCopyLabs, Inc. (the "DCL Contract"), DisCopyLabs has a warehouse lien on any and all of
the Company's property that is stored with DisCopyLabs for storage and other charges, costs and
expense relating to such property.
3.8 Financial Statements.
The Financial Statements for 2008 and 2009 are currently being audited by Pricewaterhouse
Coopers and are therefore in draft form and subject to change. The Company's 2010 financial
statements have not been audited and are not entirely GAAP compliant. Final GAAP entries to
the 2010 financials will be completed as part of the audit scheduled for the middle of 2011.
Modifications may be made to the Financial Statements as more data becomes available and
further investigations are made. Although certain aspects of the Financial Statements are
currently in draft form, to the best knowledge of the Company no future adjustments or
modifications to the Financial Statements will materially adversely affect the financial position
of the Company's business.
[3.9 Changes.]
3.11 Status of Proprietary Assets.
(a)
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Reference is made to the disclosures in Section 3.11(b) of this Schedule of Exceptions.
(h)
The Company received letters alleging that the Company was infringing on the "MyTalk" mark,
which led to the Aliph v. MyTalk action disclosed in Section 3.5 of this Schedule of Exceptions.
See the two Plantronics v. Aliph matters disclosed in Section 3.5 of this Schedule of Exceptions.
(c)
The following former employees, officers and/or consultants of the Company have not entered
into proprietary information and inventions assignment agreements with the Company: Dinesh
Raghavan, Christina Boyle, John McKenna, Dmitri Krakovsky, Andy Sims, James Russell,
Edmund Moulton, Gerald Durand, Ginger Holt, James Carol, John Holzichler and Penny Yao.
None of such former employees were involved in the creation of Proprietary Assets (other than
with respect to copyrightable works of authorship developed within the scope and during the
period of their employment with the Company). None of such former consultants were involved
in the creation of Proprietary Assets.
Elizabeth Hamren did not enter into a proprietary information and inventions assignment
agreement with the Company.
Five employees, Greg Burnett, Michael Luna, Richard Drysdale, John O'Brien and Rich Coulter,
and one former employee, Gordon Simmons, have excluded prior inventions from their
proprietary information and inventions assignment agreements with the Company. Such
excluded prior inventions are not materially related to the Proprietary Assets, other than patents
identified by Greg Burnett and in existence as of the entry by Burnett into his agreement in May
2003. However, none of Bumett's excluded patents cover the Company's commercial products
or current technology.
Clayton Williamson, Remi Adams, Christopher Anderson, Derek Barrentine, Aditya Bhasin,
Roderic Campbell, Jason Fass, Steve Forestieri, Scott Fullam, Travis Geiselbrecht, Laurie Harris,
Joost Kemink, Bernard Kerr, Joel Krauska, Edmund Ku, Sam Lee, Christopher McKillop, Alex
Mille, Skip Orvis, Wayne Ouchida, Loren Roy, Corey Tabaka, Anil Ubale and Chris Wiebe have
excluded prior inventions from their proprietary information and inventions assignment
agreements with the Company. Such excluded prior inventions are not incorporated in any of the
Company's current products or technology.
The Company entered into two consulting agreements, the first dated as of September 18, 2005,
with Andrew Einaudi, and the second dated as of January 3, 2007, with Richard Drysdale (d/b/a
Pronovus Consulting LLC). Neither of these agreements contain a provision whereby the
consultant assigns intellectual property rights to the Company. Andrew Einaudi was not
involved in the creation of any Propriety Assets, and Richard Drysdale later assigned any
inventions to the Company in his proprietary information and inventions agreement. In addition,
Pronovus Consulting LLC executed a confirmatory assignment, dated March 3, 2011, in favor of
the Company.
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(d)
The Company has the following issued patent and pending patent applications:
ISSUED PATENTS:
United States
Detecting Voiced and Unvoiced Speech Using Both Acoustic and Nonacoustic Sensors.
Reference P009. Application Number: 10/159,770.
Acoustic Vibration Sensor. Reference P028.
Application Number : 10/769,302.
Fabric Case Carry Accessory For A Mobile Phone Device, Patent No. D609901
Fabric Pouch Carry Accessory For A Mobile Phone Device. Patent No. D6I0579
Hard Case Carry Accessory For A Mobile Phone Device, Patent No. D609900
Compact Hard Case Carry Accessory For A Mobile Phone Device, Patent No. D620247
Headset, Patent No. D632674
Headset, Patent No. D632675
Headset, Patent No. D632676
Earpiece Assembly, Reference D001.
Application Number: 29/299,133.
Earpiece. Reference D002.
Application Number: 29/299,134.
Earpiece Shield. Reference D003.
Application Number: 29/299,135.
Ear Loop. Reference D004.
Application Number: 29/299,139.
Back Plate with Fabric Pouch for a Mobile Phone Device. Reference 027673-002500US.
Application Number: 29/333,430.
China:
Earpiece Assembly. Reference DOO1CN. Application Number: 200830129807.0.
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Earpiece. Reference DOO2CN. Application Number: 200830129806.6.
Earpiece Shield. Reference D003CN. Application Number: 200830129805.1.
Ear Loop. Reference DOO4CN. Application Number: 200830129808.5.
European Union
Earpiece Assembly. Reference DOOIEM. Application Number: 0009562300001.
Earpiece. Reference D002EM. Application Number: 0009562300002.
Earpiece Shield. Reference D003EM. Application Number: 0009562300003.
Earpiece Loop. Reference D004EM Application Number: 0009562300004.
Jawbone 11 Headset Textured Design. Reference 027673-010601EU. Application
Number: 1657990-0001.
India
Method and Apparatusfor Removing Noise from Electronic Signals. Reference P011IN.
Application Serial No. 0032/DELNP/03.
Detecting Voiced and Unvoiced Speech Using Both Acoustic and Nonacoustic Sensors.
Reference P009IN. Application Serial Number: 1982/DELNP/03.
Taiwan
Voice Activity Detector (VAD) —Based Multiple-Microphone Acoustic Noise Suppression.
Reference POIOXTW. U.S. Application Number: 10/667,207.
Korea
Detecting Voiced and Unvoiced Speech using Both Acoustic and Nonacoustic Sensors.
Reference P009ICR. Application Number: 2003-7015511.
Method and Apparatusfor Removing Noise From Electronic Signals. Reference P027KR.
Application Number: 2004-7007752.
Japan
Earpiece Assembly. Reference D0001). Application Number: 2008-15644.
Earpiece. Reference D002.IP. Application Number: 2008-15645.
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PATENT APPLICATIONS:
United States
Microphone Array with Rear Venting. Reference P034. Application Number:
12/163,952.
Microphone Array with Rear Venting. Reference P034D1. Application Number:
12/163,617.
Microphone Array with Rear Venting. Reference P034D2. Application Number:
12/163,647.
Microphone Array with Rear Venting. Reference P034D3. Application Number:
12/163,675.
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array (DOMA). Reference P035. Application
Number: 12/139,333.
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array (DOMA). Reference P035D1.
Application Number: 12/139,344.
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array (DOMA). Reference P035D2.
Application Number: 12/139,355.
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array (DOMA). Reference P035D3.
Application Number: 12/139,361.
Wireless Handsfree Headset Method and System with Handsfree Applications.
Reference P037. Application Number: 12./039,718.
Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD)for Electronic Systems. Reference P039.
Application Number: 12/606,140.
Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD)for Electronic Systems. Reference P039D1.
Application Number: 12/606,146.
Vibration Sensor and Acoustic Voice Activity Detection System (VADS)for Use with
Electronic Systems. Reference P040. Application Number: 12/772,947.
Wind Suppression/Replacement Component for Use with Electronic Systems.
Reference P041. Application Number: 12/772,963.
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Wind Suppression/Replacement Component for Use with Electronic Systems.
Reference P041D1. Application Number: 12/772,975.
Calibrating a Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array (DOMA). Reference P042.
Application Number: 12/826,643.
Calibrated Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array (DOMA). Reference P042D1.
Application Number: 12/826,658.
Apparatus and Methodfor Using Speech Detection to Improve Operation of Voice
Recognition User Interface. Reference 027673-001110US. Application Number:
12/649,170.
Headset and Audio Gateway Systemfor Execution of Voice Input Driven
Applications. Reference 027673-001600US. Application Number: 12/354,689.
Spatial User Interface for Audio System. Reference 027673-002110US.
Application Number: 12/756,051.
Pipe Calibration of Omnidirectional Microphones. Reference P043P.
Application Number: 61/316,269.
Wireless Conference Call Telephone. Reference P044P.
Application Number: 61/364,675.
Calibration Headset Clamping System. Reference P045P.
Application Number: 61/373,071.
Dynamic Enhancement of Audio (DAE) in Headset Systems. Reference P046P.
Application Number: 61/431,395.
Improved Acoustic Voice Activity (AVAD)for Use with Electronic Systems. Reference
P047P. Application Number: 61/431,397.
System and Methodfor Controlling Access to Network Services using Biometric
Authentication. Reference 027673-016800US. Application Number: 61/355,958.
Bluetooth Pairing for Networked Devices. Reference 027673-016900US. Application
Number: 61/358,610.
Headset. Application Number 29/354,212. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number 29/353,843. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number 29/353,844. (Design Patent Application).
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Headset. Application Number 29/353,846. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number 29/353,847. (Design Patent Application).
Speaker. Application Number 29/378,325. (Design Patent Application).
Speaker. Application Number 29/378,327. (Design Patent Application).
Speaker. Application Number: 29/378,328. (Design Patent Application).
Speaker. Application Number: 29/378,329. (Design Patent Application)
Dongle. Application Number: 29/377,628. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number: 29/377,627. (Design Patent Application).
System and Method of Enabling Additional Functions or Services of Device by Use of
Transparent Gateway or Proxy, Serial No. 12886919
Apparatus And Method For Using Speech. Detection To Improve Operation Of Voice
Recognition User Intaface, Serial No. 12649170
Headset And Audio Gateway System For Execution Of Voice Input Driven
Applications, Serial No. 12354689
Spatial User Interface For Audio System, Serial No. 12756051
Multi-Modal Audio System With Automatic Usage Mode Detection And
Configuration Capability, Serial No. 12882482
System And Method For Controlling Access To Network Services Using Biometric
Authentication, Serial No. 61355958
Acoustic Transducer Including Airfoil For Generating Sound, Serial No. 61392813
Antenna Optimization Dependent On User Context, Serial No. 61439742
Portion of an Electronic Device (Design Patent Application) Serial No. 29383495
Detecting Voice and Unvoiced Speech Using Both Acoustic and Nonacoustic Sensors.
Reference P009C1. Application Number: 11/805,987.
Voice Activity Detector (VAD)-Based Multiple-Microphone Acoustic Noise
Suppression. Reference POIOX. Application Number: 10/667,207.
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Microphone and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Configurationsfor Use with
Portable Communication Systems. Reference P020. Application Number:
10/400,282.
Acoustic Vibration Sensor. Reference P028. Application Number: 10/769,302.
Noise Suppressing Multi-Microphone Headset. Reference P030. Application
Number: 11/199,856.
Advanced Speech Encoding Dual Microphone Configuration. Reference P032P.
Application Number 60/931,637.
Canada:
Wireless Handsfree Headset Method and System with Handsfree Applications.
Reference 027673-001600CA. International Application Number:
PCT/US2009/031195.
Headset. Application Number: 136334. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number: 136330. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number: 136332. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number: 136333. (Design Patent Application).
Headset. Application Number: 136331. (Design Patent Application).
European Union:
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array. Reference P035P. Application Number
08771095.0.
Headset and Audio Gatewayfor Execution of Voice Input Driven Applications.
Reference 027673-001600EP. Application Number 09701950.9.
Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD)for Electronic Systems. Reference
P039WO. International Application Number: PCT/US2009/062129.
Calibrating a Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array (DOMA). Reference
P042WO. International Application Number: PCT/US2010/040501.
Spatial User Interface for Audio System. Reference 027673-002110PC.
International Application Number: PCT/US2010/030421.
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System and Method of Enabling Additional Functions or Services of Device by Use of
Transparent Gateway or Proxy, Serial No. PCTUS2010049796
Wireless Handsfree Headset Method And System With Handsfree Applications, Serial
No. PCTUS2009031195
Multi-Modal Audio System With Automatic Usage Mode Detection And
Configuration Capability, Serial No. PCTUS2010049174
Headset (Various Design Patent Applications Covering Jawbone Headset Designs),
Serial Nos. 0012267810001, 0012267810002, 0012267810003, 0012267810004,
0012267810005
China:
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array. Reference P035CN. Application Number
200880103073.6.
Microphone and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Configurationsfor Use with
Portable Comnumication Systems. Reference P020CN. International Application
Number: PCT/US03/09280.
India:
Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Devices and Methodsfor Use with Noise Suppression
Systems. Reference P015IN. Application Serial Number: 2426/DELNP/2004.
Microphone and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Configurationsfor Use with
Portable Comnumication Systems. Reference P020IN. Application Serial Number:
2605/DELNP/2004.
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array. Reference P035IN. Application Serial
Number: 104/DELNP/2010.
Japan:
Method and Apparatusfor Removing Noise from Electronic Signals. Reference
POI1JP. Application Number: 2002-512971.
Earpiece Shield. Application Number:15646/2008. (Design Patent Application).
Ear Loop. Application Number:15647/2008. (Design Patent Application).
Korea:
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Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Devices and Methodsfor Use with. Noise Suppression
Systems. Reference P015KR. Application Number: 2004-7013890.
Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Devices and Methodsfor Use with. Noise Suppression
Systems. Reference P015KRD1. Application Number: 2010-7028265.
Microphone and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Configurationsfor Use with
Portable Communication Systems. Reference P020KR. Application Number 2004-
7015441.
Microphone and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Configurationsfor Use with
Portable Communication Systems. Reference P020KRD1. International Application
Number: PCT/US2003/009280.
Method and Apparatusfor Removing Noise From Electronic Signals. Reference
P027KR. International Application Number: PCT/US02/37399.
Hong Kong:
Dual Omnidirectional Microphone Array. Reference P035HK. Application Number:
10109116.8.
TRADEMARKS:
The Company has the following issued trade dress, trademarks and trademarks applications
pending:
Country Trademark Classes App No. Red No. Status
Filing Date Issue Date
Canada EARCANDY WA 1435661 TMA768172 Registered
04/23/2009 05/31/2010
China EARCANDY 9 7391552 Pending • Pu shed
05113/2009 N/A
European Union EARCANDY 9 008242174 008242174 Registered
04/24/2009 11/22/2009
Hong Kong EARCANDY 9 301331289 Pending
04/24/2009 N/A
Taiwan EARCANDY 9 98017131 01391805 Registered
04/24/2009 01/01/2010
Canada WINDASSASSIN WA 1433351 N/A Pending -Published
04/032009
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Country Trademark Classes App No. Reg No. Status
Filing Date Issue Date
China WINDASSASSIN 9 7329735 Pending - Published
04/16/2009 N/A
European Union WINDASSASSIN 9.35. 42 008197519 008197519 Registered
04/03/2009 10/232009
Hong Kong WINDASSASSIN 9 301320236 301320236 Registered
04/07/2009 04/07/2009
Taiwan WINDASSASSIN 9 98014035 01399873 Registered
04/06/2009 03/162010
United Stales of WINDASSASSIN 9 77/723466 Pending - Allowed
America 04/27/2009 NA
Canada Museum Case Packaging WA 1437730 Pending
Design (3-Dimensional) 05/112009 A
China MUSEUM CASE 9 7329734 Pending
PACKAGING Design (3- 04, 162009 WA
Dimensional)
Hong Kong MUSEUM CASE 9 301322225 Pending
PACKAGING Design (3- 04/09/2009 WA
Dimensional)
United Stales of MUSEUM CASE 9 77/693761 3884763 Registered
America PACKAGING Design (3- 03/18/2009 12/)7/2010
Dimensional)
European Union Museum Case Packaging 9. 35. 42 8221856 8221855 Registered
(with JAWBONE) 04/162009 11/13/2009
Taiwan Museum Case Packaging 9 99048317 N/A Pending - Awaiting
09/29/2010 examination
European Union Museum Case Packaging 9.35. 42 008697484 008697484 Registered
Design (3-Dimensional) 11/19/2009 0524:2010
Brazil ALIPH 9 902500368 Pending - Published
04/15/2010 Na
Canada ALIPH NA 1434404 TMA767816 Registered
04/14/2009 0626.2010
China ALIPH 9 7329738 Pending
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3.12 Licenses; Other Agreements.
(a)
The Company has entered into a Distributorship Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2006, with
Brightpoint North America L.P (the 'Brightpoint Agreement").
The Company has entered into a Distribution Agreement (Nonexclusive), dated as of February
22, 2011, with TESSCO, Incorporated (the "TESSCO Agreement").
The Company has entered into a Master Services Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2007, with
Foxlink International, Inc. (the "Foxlink Agreement").
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The Company has entered into a Design Consulting Services Agreement, dated as of May 16,
2007, with Fuse Project, LLC, and Yves Behar Studio, LLC, as amended on November 29, 2007
(the "Fuse Agreement").
The Company enters into employee confidentiality and inventions assignment agreements with
its employees, the standard form of which has been provided to counsel to the Purchasers.
The Company entered into a new Sales Representative Agreement, dated as of September I,
2009, with Nirala Partners Ltd (significant shareholder of Aliphcom) for certain developing
countries (the "Nirala Sales Representative Agreement).
The Company entered into a Sales Representative Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2010,
with Griffin International Companies, Inc. (the "Griffin Agreement")
The Company entered into a Sales Representative Agreement, dated as of January I, 2011, with
Bhavesh Dattani (update and renewal of prior contract). (the "Dattani Agreement")
The Company entered into a Sales Representative Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2009, with
Business Development Services SARL, which was cancelled in late 2010 (the "Business
Development Services Agreement").
The Company entered into an Apple Third Party Product Reseller Agreement on August I, 2008,
with Apple Inc. (the "Apple Agreement").
The Company entered into an OEM-In Hardware with Firmware agreement, dated as of August
10, 2010 with Cisco Systems (the "Cisco Agreement).
The Company entered into a Hosted Reseller Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2009 with DR
globalTech, Inc., as amended by that Amendment No. 1 to DR globalTech Hosted Reseller
Agreement (the "Digital River Agreement").
See the DCL Agreement.
Reference is made to the Terms and Conditions of the Amazon 2010 Reseller program (the
"Amazon Terms and Conditions").
The Company entered into a Membership and License Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2011
with RPX Corporation (the "RPX Agreement").
The Company has entered into a License Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2011, with The Trustees
of Princeton University (the "Princeton Agreement").
The Company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, dated as of March 22, 2011,
with Sound Matters Inc. (the "Soundmatters MOU").
(b)
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See Foxlink Agreement.
The Company has entered into a Manufacturing Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2008, with
Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (the "Foxlink Manufacturing Agreement")
The Company has entered into a Manufacturing Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2009, with
Superior Communications, Inc. (the "Superior Manufacturing Agreement")
The Company has entered into a Distributor Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2010, with
Superior Communications, Inc. (the "Superior Distributor Agreement").
The Company has entered into a Co-marketing and License Agreement, dated as of September
23, 2005, with Skype Communications, S.A. (the "Skype Agreement").
The Company has entered into a Royalty Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2011, with Freebit to
license an earbud design to be used on Aliph headsets and other products (the "Freebit
Agreement").
The Company enters into standard confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements in the ordinary
course of business that are not the Company's standard form of agreement.
OEM Agreement between the Company and Fullpower Technologies, Inc. dated as of October 5,
2009.
The Company has entered into an Oracle License and Services Agreement, dated as of
September 29, 2008, as amended by Amendment One to the Oracle License and Services
Agreement dated September 29, 2008 (the "Oracle License").
See the Apple Agreement.
See the Cisco Agreement.
See the TESSCO Agreement.
The Company has, in the ordinary course of business, agreed to indemnify certain of its
distributors for damages arising out of claims that Aliph's intellectual property infringes on a
third party's intellectual property.
See the Fuse Agreement.
See the Griffin Agreement.
See the Digital River Agreement.
See the DCL Agreement.
See the Amazon Terms and Conditions.
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Letter Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2006, with Circuit City Stores, Inc (the "Circuit City
Agreement")
The Company has entered into a Costco Wholesale Basic Vendor Agreement, dated as of
September 28, 2009, with Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd (the "Costco Canada Agreement").
The Company has entered into a Costco Wholesale Basic Vendor Agreement, dated as of July
15, 2009, with Costco Wholesale Corporation (the "Costco U.S. Agreement").
The Company entered into a Services and Consulting Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2011 with
Edgar Choueiri (the "Choueiri Agreement").
See the Princeton Agreement.
3.15 Employees and Independent Contractors.
(a)
Reference is made to the Plans.
The Company has established a 401(k) Plan pursuant to the Nonstandardized Prototype Profit
Sharing/401(k) Plan Adoption Agreement.
The Company enters into offer letters with its employees in the ordinary course of business, the
standard form of which has been provided to counsel to the Purchasers.
The Company acts as guarantor for Imogen Griffiths in connection with that certain Residential
Rental Agreement by and among the Company, Trinity Management Services and Imogen
Griffiths dated as of July 6, 2010 (the "Trinity Management Agreement").
See the disclosure in 3.20 below regarding the Acceleration Provisions (as defined below) and
acceleration to non-employee directors and Board advisors.
3.16 Agreements; Action.
(a)
Hosain Rahman, an officer and director of the Company, issued a Recourse Promissory Note on
September 17, 2007, to the Company in the principal amount of $179,940.24 (as amended from
time to time, the "Rahman Note"). Currently the maturity date of the Rahman Note is
September 17, 2011.
The Company enters into indemnification agreements with each of its directors. In addition, the
Company enters into advisory agreements with each of its advisors to the Company's Board of
Directors.
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(b)
The Company entered into a Production Share agreement for Mexico, dated as of June 9, 2010
with North American Production Sharing, Inc.
See the Cisco Agreement.
The Company entered into an OEM agreement with Full Power, dated as of October 5, 2009,
which includes large dollar amount annual exclusivity and royalty payments.
Reference is made to the Griffin Agreement, Dattani Agreement and Business Development
Services Agreement.
The Company entered into a significant number of distribution agreements in 2009, 2010 and
2011 in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Asia regions.
The Company entered into a Real Property Sublease Agreement for the Sunnyvale product
development location, dated as of December 22, 2008, as amended by that certain First
Amendment, Second Amendment dated as of September 27, 2010, and Third Lease Amendment
dated April 28, 2011.
The Company entered into a Real Property Lease Agreement for office space on the 3`11 floor of
99 Rhode Island, which was superseded by a new lease for all three floors of 99 Rhode Island,
by and between the Company and Oelsner Commercial Properties, LP, dated as of November 22,
2010 (the "99 Rhode Island Lease") The Company entered into three-year sublease for the
second floor with Air BnB in March 2011 (the "Air BnB Sublease"). Sequoia Capital, one of
the Company's shareholders, is a major investor of Air BnB.
See the Freebit Agreement
See the Superior Manufacturing Agreement.
See the Foxlink Manufacturing Agreement.
The Company entered into a Subscription Terms and Conditions Agreement for its ERP system,
dated as of May 28, 2010, with NetSuite, Inc. and The Danville Group.
Reference is made to the Wells Fargo Loan Agreement.
The Company entered into Stock Purchase Agreements in February of 2011 to purchase the
capital stock of Togeru, Inc.
The Company entered into Unit Purchase Agreements, each dated as of February 9, 2011, to
purchase the outstanding membership units of YiqYaq LLC.
See the Soundmatters MOU.
The Company is currently negotiating a product development and royalty agreement with Full
Power.
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See the Fuse Agreement.
See the Foxlink Agreement.
The Company has entered into a Letter of Intent, dated as of March 22, 2007, with Fuse Project,
LLC.
See the TESSCO Agreement.
The Company has entered into a Services Agreement, dated October 31, 2007, with
WarmingTrend PR LLC.
See the Circuit City Agreement
The Company may enter into a contract manufacturing agreement with i.Tech.
See the Skype Agreement.
See the Superior Distributor Agreement.
The Company has entered into a Master Services Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2007, with
Info Partners, Inc.
The Company has entered into a letter agreement, dated as of October 4, 2007, with Lefeber &
Associates.
The Company has entered into a letter agreement, dated as of November 2, 2007, with Frank,
Rimerman & Co. LLP.
The Company has entered into a Master Services Agreement, dated November 26, 2007, with
BDS Marketing, Inc.
See the Renovata Agreement.
See the Kindred Agreement.
See the Oracle License.
See the Digital River Agreement.
See the DCL Agreement.
See the Amazon Terms and Conditions.
The Company has entered into a Service Support Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2009,
with Headsets.com.
See the Costco Canada Agreement.
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See the Costco U.S. Agreement.
The Company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding , dated as of February 3, 2011,
with Deutsche Telekom AG.
The Company has entered into a Marketing Agreement, dated as of May 27, 2011 with Deutsche
Telekom AG.
The Company has entered into a Distributor Agreement with STRAX GmbH, dated as of May
31, 2011.
See the Princeton Agreement.
See the Choueiri Agreement.
The Company has entered into an Agreement with First Call Resolution, dated as of May 24,
2011.
The Company has entered into a Master Services Agreement for Contract Center Services with
Grupo Telvista, S.A. de C.V., dated as of March 16, 2011.
The Company has entered into a Software and Evaluation Board Evaluation Agreement with
Cirrus Logic, Inc., dated as of March 9, 2011.
The Company has entered into a Non-Exclusive Distributor Agreement with The Music People,
Inc., dated as of May 12, 2011.
The Company has entered into a Distributor Agreement with Dugotech Co., LTD, dated as of
May 23, 2011.
The Company has entered into a Distributor Agreement with The Douglas Stewart Company,
Inc., dated as of March 8, 2011.
The Company has entered into a Non Exclusive Distributor Agreement with Almo Corporation,
dated as of March 9, 2011.
The Company regularly enters into Distributor and Distribution Agreements or Purchase
Agreements that may result in receivables or payment obligations in excess of $250,000.
The Company intends to enter into approximately three or four distribution agreements within
the next couple of weeks each of which may result in receivables or payment obligations in
excess of $250,000.
The Company has the following additional material payment obligations as of May 31, 2010,
that involve payments of $250,000 or greater, or in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate:
Aliphcom liabilities greater than
$250,000 at 5/31/11
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Comment_
60 and 80 day payment term for primary inventory
$5,857,571.42
Foxlink International Inc. supplier
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges $608,606.23 law firm representing Aliphcom on Plantronics case
Fuse Project LLC $274,386.85 industrial design and engineering firm
Schenker Inc. $258.674.33 Primary freight lowarder for transporting inventory
See the Plantronics Settlement.
The Company paid, on behalf of certain employees, tax amounts due for such employees in
connection with the Company's amendment of its tax filings for the 2005/2006 tax year. The
Company is attempting to collect such amounts from the applicable employees. As of May 31,
2011, the approximate amount owed to the Company was $21,000 (the "Tax Loans").
See the Rahman Note.
The Company enters into non-disclosure agreements in the ordinary course of business. The
Company's form of non-disclosure agreement has been provided to counsel to the Purchasers.
(c)
See the Rahman Note.
See the Tax Loans.
(e)
See the Trinity Management Agreement.
3.17 Related Party Transactions.
See 3.16(a).
See disclosure re 99 Rhode Island Lease and Air BnB Sublease.
See the Nirala Sales Representative Agreement.
Alex Asseily, a founder, director and a shareholder of the Company and the Company's
Chairman and Managing Director of Europe, is related as to both George Asseily (father) and
Tony Asseily (uncle), both of whom are officers and equity holders of Howard Rhodes, Ltd. In
addition, both George Asseily and Tony Asseily are affiliated with Meribel, Multitrading
International Ltd. and Getraco, entities the Company currently does business with or has done
business with in the past.
A stockholder has a direct ownership interest in Renovata Partners Ltd, which is a contracting
party with the Company under that certain Engagement Letter agreement, dated October 4, 2007
(the "Renovate Agreement").
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A stockholder has a direct ownership interest in Fuse Project, LLC, and Yves Behar Studio,
LLC, and, thus, has an interest in the Fuse Agreement.
3.18 Tax Matters.
The Company received a letter from the California State Board of Equalization, dated November
27, 2007, requesting a sales and use tax audit for the period from October 12, 2004 through
September 30, 2007. This audit was completed in July of 2009 and the matter was closed.
On March 1, 2010 the Company received a notice from the IRS requiring that the Company
schedule an audit of Aliphcom's 2008 and 2009 tax returns. As of June 2, 2011, the audit is still
in progress and the Company is awaiting further instructions from the IRS auditor.
In January of 2011, the State of New Jersey filed a levy of $58,685 against the Company's bank
account for amounts that the NJ Division of Taxation claims are owed for past due sales tax
remittances. The levy was removed in April 2011 and a Warrant of Satisfaction for the judgment
has been issued (the Company is awaiting a copy).
3.19 Insurance.
See the attached Annex 3.19.
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Annex 3.19
Insurance
Policy description Policy Number Underwriter Dollar Coverage Policy Effective Dates
Directors & Officers/Employ Prattles Liab 00KB0244950-09 Hartford/Twin City Fire $5M D&O, $2M EPL 8/15/10 - 8/15/11
Excess Directors & Officers Liab DO3S-837390.002 Liberty $5M excess on D&O 8/15/10.8/15/11
Calif Workers Compensation HKUB-3864M87-1-10 Travelers Indemnity Co 6/6/10 - 6/6/11
Out of State Workers' Compensation HKUB-3864M87.1.10 Travelers Indemnity Co 6/6/10 • 6/6/11
Commercial General Liability H-630-4009R039-TIL-10 Travelers Property Casualty $2M aggregate, $1M occurrence 7/1/10 - 6/6/11
Umbrella Liability HSM-CUP-4009R039-TIL-10 Travelers Property Casualty $20M aggregate, $20M occurrence 7/1/10 • 6/6/11
Commercial Auto H-630-4009R039-TIL-10 Travelers Property Casualty under commercial and umbrella liab 7/1/10 - 6/6/11
Cargo MC•2409 Falvey 7/1/10 • 6/6/11
Foreign Commercial Liability H-630-4009R039-TIL-10 Travelers Property Casualty under commercial and umbrella liab 7/1/10 - 6/6/11
Kidnap & Ransom 8222.4052 Federal Insurance Co S3M limit 7/13/10 - 6/6/11
Building Coverage H-630-4009R039-TIL-10 Travelers Property Casualty under commercial and umbrella liab
Difference in Conditions - SF building DC260030 Colony Insurance Co Earthquake policy up to S10M coverage 12/6/10 - 12/6/11
Difference in Conditions - excess coverage SF bldg LHQ416828 Landmark American Insurance Earthquake policy excess of $5M coverage 12/6/10 - 12/6/11
Trade Receivables Insurance N06524837 ACE American Insurance Co Up to $8.5M 1/1/11• 12/31/11
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3.20 Labor Matters.
The Company's Board of Directors has approved "double-trigger" acceleration of any unvested
stock options upon involuntary termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason within
three (3) months prior to or within twelve (12) months following an acquisition or asset transfer,
(as defined in Exhibit C of the December 3, 2007 minutes of a meeting of the Company's Board
of Directors), for the following current employees of the Company (the "Acceleration
Provisions"): Alex Asseily, Travis Bogard, Raul Corella, Richard Drysdale, Robert Levine, Sean
Ludick, Chris McKillop, Hosain Rahman, Jeremiah Robison, Scott Shillington and Michael
Tamaru.
The Board has also approved full acceleration upon a Change in Control of the Company (as
defined in the Plans) for non-employee directors and Board advisors.
3.21 Corporate Documents.
The Company's board minutes from its December 9, 2010, February 3, 2011, February 12, 2011
and April 12, 2011 meetings are still in draft form and have not been approved and ratified by
the Board of Directors.
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