-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NG36TtPFjlmXtUCMoN0YkkH2mg3bv/1b6Ox9yXPz1HIbzI3eo00TZNG0LPD/uf9S tu6qgMnf5+zCND5eo6aHiw== 0000950115-98-001496.txt : 19980831 0000950115-98-001496.hdr.sgml : 19980831 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950115-98-001496 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19980813 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19980828 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ICC TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000756502 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR COND & WARM AIR HEATING EQUIP & COMM & INDL REFRIG EQUIP [3585] IRS NUMBER: 232368845 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-13865 FILM NUMBER: 98700778 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 330 WARMINSTER RD CITY: HATBORO STATE: PA ZIP: 19040 BUSINESS PHONE: 2156826600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 330 SOUTH WARMINSTER RD STREET 2: 441 NORTH FIFTH STREET CITY: HATBORO STATE: PA ZIP: 19040 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL COGENERATION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19891005 8-K 1 CURRENT REPORT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 1998 ICC Technologies, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware ---------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 0-13865 23-368845 ------------------------ --------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 44 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) (215) 682-6600 ------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number) 330 South Warminster Road, Hatboro, PA 19040 -------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets Acquisition of I/O 360, Inc. General On August 13, 1998 (the "Effective Time"), pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 13, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), ICC Technologies, Inc. ("ICC") acquired I/O 360, Inc., a privately held New York corporation ("I/O 36O"), by merger into a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Rare Medium, Inc. ("NewCo"), ICC's wholly-owned subsidiary (the "Merger"). I/O 360 is an Internet professional services company engaged in the design, delivery and implementation of Internet web site applications and strategies. The assets of I/O 360 are comprised generally of cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, work in process, equipment and leasehold improvements. ICC intends to reflect the transaction as a purchase for accounting purposes. At the Effective Time, I/O 360 was merged with NewCo. In consideration for merging with NewCo the stockholders of I/O 360 (the "I/O 360 Stockholders") received at the Effective Time in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of I/O 360 total consideration of 786,559 shares of Common Stock of ICC valued at $3.0 million. The I/O 360 Stockholders constitute a group of 4 individuals. None of the I/O 360 Stockholders was affiliated with ICC, Rare Medium, NewCo or their respective officers or directors, prior to the Merger. The ICC Stock was issued to the I/O 360 Stockholders in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and constitute "restricted securities," as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act. ICC intends to continue the use of the assets of I/O 360 in the same business conducted prior to the Merger. Basic Terms of the Merger Agreement and Related Transactions The Merger. On the Effective Time, Rare Medium exercised its right pursuant to paragraph 9.10 of the Merger Agreement and effected the Merger with NewCo wherein I/O 360 was merged with and into NewCo and I/O 360 was the surviving corporation in the Merger. Each share of voting common stock of I/O 360 issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive a pro rata portion of 786,559 shares of Common Stock of ICC (the "ICC Stock") ("Merger Consideration"). The one issued and outstanding share of NewCo was converted into one share of I/O 360 resulting in Rare Medium being the owner of all outstanding shares of I/O 360. ICC Stock Price Guarantee. In the event that on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the shares received in payment of the Purchase Price, in the aggregate, shall have a value of less than $3,000,000.00 (based on the average last reported sale price per share of ICC Common Stock for the 15 trading days immediately prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date), the Stockholders shall be issued additional shares (the "Additional Shares") in an amount calculated as the difference between $3,000,000.00 and the actual value of the shares as of such first anniversary (the "Difference"). Compensation, Incentive and Benefits. (a) Employment and Consulting Agreements. In connection with the transactions consummated pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Rare Medium entered into Employment Agreements effective August 13, 1998 with Gong Szeto and Nam Szeto. Pursuant to the Employment Agreements, the Messrs. Szeto have been engaged as employees of Rare Medium to serve for terms of 3 years. Each also received a signing bonus. Rare Medium also entered into a six month Consulting Agreement with Robert Clyatt in consideration for the options granted to Mr. Clyatt as set forth below. The Employment Agreements and Consulting Agreement also contain covenants not to compete with ICC or any of its affiliates for the term of the Employment Agreement, plus one additional year. (b) Grant of Stock Options. Concurrently with the execution of the Employment and Consulting Agreements with each of the Messrs. Szeto and Clyatt, ICC granted to each of the Messrs. Szeto stock options to acquire an aggregate of 250,000 shares of common stock of ICC and to Mr. Clyatt options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock of ICC, at exercise prices equal to $5.00 per share, which options will become exercisable ratably on a monthly basis over a period of 60 months from the date of grant. Accounting Treatment. The acquisition of I/O 360 by ICC will be accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Federal Income Tax Consequences. ICC and the I/O 360 Stockholders intend that the Merger Agreement shall constitute a tax-free plan of reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Indemnification. The I/O 360 Stockholders have agreed to indemnify ICC for any losses resulting from a breach of, among other things, their respective representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement. To secure the indemnification obligations of the I/O 360 Stockholders thereunder, 104,874 shares of ICC Stock delivered to the I/O 360 Stockholders as part of the Merger Consideration have been placed in escrow, and the liability of the I/O 360 Stockholders under such indemnification obligations is expressly limited to the value of such shares held in escrow. Acquisition of DigitalFacades Corporation General On August 13, 1998 (the "Effective Time"), pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 13, 1998 (the "DigitalFacades Merger Agreement"), ICC Technologies, Inc. ("ICC") acquired by merger into a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Rare Medium, Inc. ("New Acquisition Co.") DigitalFacades, Inc., a privately held California corporation ("DigitalFacades") (the "Merger"). DigitalFacades is an Internet professional services company engaged in the design, delivery and implementation of Internet web site applications and strategies. The assets of DigitalFacades are comprised generally of cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, work in process, equipment and leasehold improvements. ICC intends to reflect the transaction as a purchase for accounting purposes. At the Effective Time, DigitalFacades was merged with New Acquisition Co. In consideration for merging with New Acquisition Co. the stockholders of DigitalFacades (the "DigitalFacades Stockholders") received at the Effective Time in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of DigitalFacades total consideration of 719,144 shares of Common Stock of ICC valued at $3.0 million and the right to earn additional shares of ICC up to $1.5 million in value if certain revenues and profit margins are achieved. The DigitalFacades Stockholders constitute a group of 13 individuals. None of the DigitalFacades Stockholders was affiliated with ICC, Rare Medium, New Acquisition Co. or their respective officers or directors, prior to the Merger. The ICC Stock was issued to the DigitalFacades Stockholders in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and constitute "restricted securities," as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act. ICC intends to continue the use of the assets of DigitalFacades in the same business conducted prior to the Merger. 2 Basic Terms of the Merger Agreement and Related Transactions The Merger. On the Effective Time, Rare Medium exercised its right pursuant to paragraph 9.12 of the DigitalFacades Merger Agreement and effected the Merger with New Acquisition Co. wherein DigitalFacades was merged with and into New Acquisition Co. and DigitalFacades was the surviving corporation in the Merger. Each share of voting common stock of DigitalFacades issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive a pro rata portion of 719,144 shares of Common Stock of ICC (the "ICC Stock") (the "Merger Consideration"). The one issued and outstanding share of eNew Acquisition Co. was converted into one share of DigitalFacades resulting in Rare Medium being the sole owner of all outstanding shares of DigitalFacades. In addition, the DigitalFacades Stockholders are entitled to receive additional shares of ICC Stock (the "Additional Shares") in an amount not to exceed $1.5 million in value, which shall be contingent upon the amount of net revenue received by DigitalFacades (and after the closing pursuant to the DigitalFacades Merger Agreement (the "Closing"), by Rare Medium) from clients of DigitalFacades during the calendar year 1998 (the "DigitalFacades Revenue"). If the DigitalFacades Revenue shall equal or exceed $2.5 million and the net profit margin for providing the services which produced the DigitalFacades Revenue (the "Profit Margin") equals or exceeds 15%, the DigitalFacades Stockholders shall receive Additional Shares in an amount of $1.5 million. In the event that the DigitalFacades Revenue shall be less than $2.5 million, the Additional Shares to be received by the DigitalFacades Stockholders shall be proportionately reduced; provided, however, that no Additional Shares shall be received by the DigitalFacades Stockholders in the event that the DigitalFacades Revenue shall be less than $1.75 million or if the Profit Margin is less and 15% (regardless of the amount of the DigitalFacades Revenue). The value of the Additional Shares shall be based upn the average closing price per share of ICC Common Stock for the 20 trading day period prior to and including December 31, 1998. For the purposes of the paragraph, the DigitalFacades Revenue shall include all revenue received by DigitalFacades prior to the Closing during the calendar year 1998 and all revenue received by Rare Medium after the Closing (during the calendar year 1998) for services provided to those entities which were clients of DigitalFacades prior to the Closing. Compensation, Incentive and Benefits. (a) Employment Agreement. In connection with the transactions consummated pursuant to the DigitalFacades Merger Agreement, Rare Medium entered into an Employment Agreement effective August 13, 1998 with John Lin. Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr. Lin has been engaged as an employee of Rare Medium to serve for a term of 3 years. The Employment Agreement also contains a covenant not to compete with ICC or any of its affiliates for the term of the Employment Agreement, plus one additional year. (b) Option Grants. ICC will grant to certain employees of DigitalFacades stock options which are approximately equivalent to options held by such employees of DigitalFacades prior to the Effective Time. Accounting Treatment. The acquisition of DigitalFacades by ICC will be accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Federal Income Tax Consequences. ICC and the DigitalFacades Stockholders intend that the DigitalFacades Merger Agreement shall constitute a tax-free plan of reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Indemnification. The DigitalFacades Stockholders have agreed to indemnify ICC for any losses resulting from a breach of, among other things, their respective representations, warranties and covenants contained in the DigitalFacades Merger Agreement. To secure the indemnification 3 obligations of the DigitalFacades Stockholders thereunder, 119,857 shares of ICC Stock delivered to the DigitalFacades Stockholders as part of the Merger Consideration have been pledged to ICC, and the liability of the DigitalFacades Stockholders under such indemnification obligations is expressly limited to the value of such shares pledged. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired. As of the time that this Report on Form 8-K is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), it is impractical for ICC to provide the financial statements required pursuant to Item 7(a) of Form 8-K regarding giving effect to the consummation of the acquisitions of I/O 360 and DigitalFacades contemplated by the respective Merger Agreements. ICC anticipates such financial statements will be filed with the Commission on or before October 27, 1998, at which time ICC will file such financial statements under cover of an amendment to this Form 8-K. (b) Pro forma financial information. As of the time that this Report on Form 8-K is being filed with the Commission, it is impractical for ICC to provide the pro forma financial information required pursuant to Item 7(b) of Form 8-K regarding giving effect to the consummation of the acquisitions of I/O 360 and DigitalFacades contemplated by the respective Merger Agreements. ICC anticipates such pro forma financial information will be filed with the Commission on or before October 27, 1998, at which time the Company will file such pro forma financial information under cover of an amendment to this Form 8-K. (c) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 13, 1998, by and among ICC Technologies, Inc., Rare Medium, Inc., I/O 360, Inc. and the I/O 360 Stockholders named therein. 2.2 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 13, 1998 by and among ICC Technologies, Inc., Rare Medium, Inc., DigitalFacades Corporation and the DigitalFacades Stockholders named therein. 4 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized. ICC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ---------------------- Registrant By: /s/ Glenn S. Meyers ------------------------------- Glenn S. Meyers, President and Chief Executive Officer Date: August 28, 1998 EX-2.1 2 AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of August 13, 1998 by and among Rare Medium, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Rare Medium" or the "Purchaser"), ICC Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("ICC"), I/O 360, Inc., a New York corporation ("I/O 360"), and Robert Clyatt, Gong Szeto, Nam Szeto and Arkadiusz Banasic, the Stockholders of I/O 360 (the "Stockholders"). AGREEMENT In consideration of the terms hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I - THE MERGER 1.1 The Merger Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, (a) on the Effective Date (as defined in Section 1.2 hereof), the separate existence of I/O 360 shall cease and I/O 360 shall merge (the "Merger") with and into Rare Medium (Rare Medium being sometimes referred to herein as the "Surviving Corporation") and (b) from and after the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2 hereto, the Merger shall have all the effects of a merger provided by the laws of the State of New York and other applicable law. 1.2 The Closing; Effective Date and Time of the Merger The closing of this Agreement (the "Closing") shall occur on August 13, 1998 (the "Closing Date") at the offices of Elias, Goodman, Shanks & Zizmor, L.L.P., or such other time or location as the parties hereto shall agree. At the Closing, each of the parties hereto shall deliver all such funds, documents, instruments, certificates and other items as may be required under this Agreement or the Operative Documents (as defined in Section 2.3 hereof) or otherwise. On the Closing Date and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such officers' certificates and certificates of merger (together, the "Certificates of Merger") as are necessary or advisable to accomplish the Merger in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York (the "New York Law"), substantially in the form or forms attached hereto as Exhibit 1.2, and in such form as required by, and executed in duplicate in accordance with, the 1 New York Law, shall be delivered for filing to the Secretary of State of the State of New York (the "Secretary of State"). The Merger shall become effective on the date (the "Effective Date") and at the time (the "Effective Time") that the Certificates of Merger are so filed and a certificate to that effect is issued by the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State requires any changes in the Certificates of Merger as a condition to filing the Certificates of Merger or issuing its certificate, ICC, Rare Medium, I/O 360 and the Stockholders will execute necessary revisions incorporating such changes, provided such changes are not inconsistent with and do not result in any substantial change in the terms of this Agreement. 1.3 Purchase Price Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the purchase price for I/O 360 (the "Purchase Price") will be paid as follows: (a) $3,000,000 shall be paid at Closing by delivery of restricted shares (the "Shares") of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of ICC ("ICC Common Stock"), which the parties agree shall be valued at the average last reported sale price per share of ICC Common Stock for the 15 trading days during the period from August 3, 1998 through August 21, 1998, inclusive (as reported in the Wall Street Journal) (the "Closing Date Value"); provided, however, that shares of ICC Common Stock with an aggregate value of $400,000 shall be held in escrow subject to an Escrow Agreement by and among Rare Medium, the Stockholders and, an escrow agent, as to be mutually agreed to by the parties, as Escrow Agent, in the form set forth as Exhibit 1.3(a) (the "Escrow Agreement"). (b) In the event that on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the shares received in payment of the Purchase Price, in the aggregate, shall have a value of less than $3,000,000.00 (based on the average last reported sale price per share of ICC Common Stock for the 15 trading days immediately prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date), the Stockholders shall be issued additional shares (the "Additional Shares") in an amount calculated as the difference between $3,000,000.00 and the actual value of the shares as of such first anniversary (the "Difference"). Rare Medium and ICC shall use their best efforts to enable the Stockholders to sell Additional Shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act as if they were part of the ICC Common Stock delivered to the Stockholders pursuant to section 1.3(a) above. In the event that the Shares are not eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 (as the result of some act, failure to act or omission on the part of Rare Medium or ICC) or the Additional Shares do not qualify to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 as if they were part of the ICC Common Stock delivered to the Stockholders pursuant to section 1.3(a) above, then in the event that ICC shall determine to proceed with the actual preparation and filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act in 2 connection with the proposed offer and sale of any of either of their securities by it or any of its security holders (other than a registration statement on Form S-4, S-8 or other successor or comparable form), ICC will give written notice of its determination (the "Piggyback Notice") to the Stockholders at least thirty (30) days prior to filing such registration statement. Upon the written request from the holder of any of the Stockholders within twenty (20) days after the giving of the Piggyback Notice, ICC will, except as herein provided, cause such Shares and Additional Shares to be included in such registration statement, all to the extent requisite to permit the sale or other disposition by the prospective seller or sellers of the Shares and Additional Shares to be so registered; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent ICC from, at any time, abandoning or delaying any such registration. If any such registration shall be underwritten in whole or in part, ICC may require that the Additional Shares requested for inclusion pursuant to this Section be included in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the securities otherwise being sold through the underwriter(s). In the event that in the good faith judgment of a managing underwriter of such public offering the inclusion of all of the Additional Shares originally covered by a request for registration would materially adversely affect the successful marketing of the shares of stock offered by ICC, the number of shares of Additional Shares otherwise to be included in the underwritten public offering may be reduced pro rata among all selling security holders requesting such registration (including any selling security holder not a party to this Agreement) as required by the managing underwriter. To the extent only a portion of the Additional Shares are included in the underwritten public offering, those Additional Shares that are excluded from the underwritten public offering shall be withheld from the market by the holders thereof for a period, not to exceed 120 days, which the managing underwriter reasonably determines is necessary to effect the underwritten public offering. In the event that the Shares and/or the Additional Shares are not eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 on the first anniversary of the Closing Date (as the result of some act, failure to act or omission on the part of Rare Medium or ICC), then the number of Shares and Additional Shares issued to the Stockholders shall be increased, but not decreased, to equal the number of shares as would be necessary to make the aggregate value of the Shares and Additional Shares (based on the average last reported sale price per share of ICC Common Stock for the 15 trading days immediately prior to the determination date) equal to $3,000,000 on the earlier of (i) the date on which a registration statement registering all of the Shares and the Additional Shares requested to be included therein is declared effective or (ii) the second anniversary of the Closing Date. (c) In the event that a post-Closing audit conducted by an independent certified public accounting firm shall show that the net worth for I/O 360, as indicated on a Balance Sheet as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Date Balance Sheet"), was less than $250,000.00, the Purchase Price shall be deemed to be reduced 3 in an amount equal to the difference between $250,000.00 and the actual net worth, as shown on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, with such reduction in the Purchase Price offset against the ICC Common Stock held in escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. 1.4 Conversion of Shares 1.4.1 Exchange Ratio As of the Effective Date, by virtue of the Merger and without any action of the holders thereof: (a) All shares of any class of the common stock, no par value, of I/O 360 (the "Common Stock") held by I/O 360, whether as treasury shares or otherwise, shall be canceled; (b) All of the other issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock not held by I/O 360 shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive from ICC a pro rata portion of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1.3 above; (c) Any granted and outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for shares of Common Stock; and (d) Each issued and outstanding share of Rare Medium's capital stock shall be converted into one share of the Surviving Corporation's common stock. 1.4.2 ICC to Make Certificates Available Upon surrender to Rare Medium of one or more certificates representing Common Stock for cancellation, ICC shall make available, and each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to certificates representing the number of shares of ICC Common Stock that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.4.1 (b) hereof, provided, however, that the parties acknowledge that the Escrow Agent shall retain physical possession of the certificates representing shares of ICC Common Stock in the aggregate value of $400,000.00 pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement. 1.4.3 No Fractional Securities No certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of ICC Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of certificates representing Common Stock pursuant to this Article I and no ICC dividend, stock split or interest 4 shall relate to any fractional security, and such fractional interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a security holder. In lieu of any such fractional securities, each holder of Common Stock who would otherwise have been entitled to a fraction of a share of ICC Common Stock upon surrender of certificates representing Common Stock for cancellation pursuant to this Article I will be paid cash upon such surrender or an amount equal to such fraction times the Closing Date Value. 1.4.4 Closing Company Transfer Books Upon the Effective Date, the stock transfer books of I/O 360 shall be closed and no transfer of Common Stock shall thereafter be made. If, after the Effective Date, certificates representing shares of Common Stock are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall be canceled and exchanged for certificates representing ICC Common Stock. 1.5 Assistance in Consummation of the Merger The Stockholders, Rare Medium, ICC and I/O 360 shall provide all reasonable assistance to, and shall cooperate with, each other to bring about the consummation of the Merger as soon as possible in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. ICC shall cause Rare Medium to perform all of Rare Medium's obligations in connection with this Agreement. ARTICLE II - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF I/O 360 AND THE STOCKHOLDERS Except as set forth in the documents provided to Rare Medium and ICC and listed in the I/O 360 Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Schedule II (the "Disclosure Schedule") I/O 360 and the Stockholders jointly and severally represent and warrant to Rare Medium and ICC, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing (which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing to the extent provided in Section 9.3 hereof), all as follows in this Article II: 2.1 Good Title The Stockholders own all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, adverse claim, restriction on sale or transfer (other than restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws), preemptive right or option. 5 2.2 Organization, Good Standing I/O 360 is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted. I/O 360 is duly qualified and licensed as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on the Disclosure Schedule, which jurisdictions constitute all the jurisdictions where the character of I/O 360's properties occupied, owned or held under lease or the nature of the business conducted by I/O 360 makes such qualification necessary and where the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on the business, business prospects, assets or financial condition (a "Material Adverse Effect") of I/O 360. 2.3 Authorization I/O 360 has all requisite corporate power and authority and the Stockholders have all requisite power, right and authority to enter into this Agreement and each of the documents to which it or he is a party, including, without limitation and as applicable, the Employment Agreements (as defined in Section 6.3 hereof), and the Escrow Agreement (collectively, the "Operative Documents"), and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Operative Document to which I/O 360 or the Stockholders are a party will be, on the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by each of I/O 360 and the Stockholders, as applicable, and this Agreement is, and each Operative Document to which I/O 360 or the Stockholders are a party will be, on the Closing Date, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of I/O 360 and the Stockholders, as applicable, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms of this Agreement and each such Operative Document, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditor's rights generally, or by general equitable principles, and to the extent any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws. 2.4 Authorized Capitalization I/O 360's authorized capital stock consists solely of shares of Common Stock of which 200 shares are issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and entirely held by the Stockholders. All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There are no outstanding or authorized subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or other agreements of any character which obligate or may obligate I/O 360 to issue any additional shares of any of its capital stock or any securities convertible into or evidencing the right to subscribe for any shares of any such capital stock. There are 6 no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings with respect to the capital stock of I/O 360 to which I/O 360 or the Stockholders are a party or by which I/O 360 or the Stockholders are bound, nor, in the case of the Stockholders, is there any such agreement or understanding to which the Stockholders are a party or by which he is bound, nor are there any such agreements or understandings to which the Stockholders are a party or by which the Stockholders are bound. The Stockholders are not indebted to I/O 360, and I/O 360 is not indebted to the Stockholders. 2.5 Subsidiaries and Affiliates I/O 360 has no Subsidiaries. As used in this Agreement, "Subsidiaries," when used in reference to any Person (as defined in Section 2.6 of this Agreement), shall mean corporations of which outstanding securities having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporations are owned directly or indirectly by such Person. I/O 360 does not own, directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in, or otherwise control, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, and has no agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest. 2.6 No Approvals or Notices Required; No Conflicts With Instruments The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Operative Documents by I/O 360 and the Stockholders and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (a) constitute a violation (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) of any provision of law or any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any court or other governmental authority applicable to I/O 360 or the Stockholders which violation would have a Material Adverse Effect on I/O 360, (b) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, organization, other entity or governmental or regulatory authority (a "Person"), except for compliance with applicable securities laws and the filing of all documents necessary to consummate the Merger with the Secretaries of State (the consent of all such Persons to be duly obtained by I/O 360 and the Stockholders at or prior to the Closing), (c) result in a default (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) under, acceleration or termination of, or the creation in any party of the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any agreement, lease, note or other restriction, encumbrance, obligation or liability to which I/O 360 or the Stockholders are a party or by which either of them is bound or to which any of their assets are subject, (d) result in the creation of any lien or encumbrance upon any material assets of I/O 360 or upon the Common Stock which default, acceleration or termination would have a Material Adverse Effect on I/O 360, (e) violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of I/O 360, or (f) invalidate or adversely affect any permit, 7 license, authorization or status used in the conduct of the business of I/O 360 which would have a Material Adverse Effect on I/O 360. 2.7 Financial Statements I/O 360 has delivered to Rare Medium (a) an audited balance sheet and statement of income of I/O 360 as of or for each of the two fiscal years ending December 31, 1996 and 1997 prepared by Richard Eisner & Sons, Inc., independent certified public accountants, (b) a trial balance of I/O 360's accounts as of and for the one-month period ended June 30, 1998 (the balance sheet as of June 30, 1998 being herein referred to as the "Company Balance Sheet") and (c) balance sheet and income statement which accurately reflect, as of June 30, 1998, the business of I/O 360 without including any of the assets, liabilities or operations of Horizon Distance Learning, Inc. All of the foregoing financial statements are herein referred to as the "Financial Statements." The Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, other than the June 30, 1998 trial balance, which has been so prepared, and on a basis consistent with prior accounting periods, and present fairly the financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position of I/O 360 as of the dates and for the periods indicated. I/O 360 has no liability or obligation of any nature (absolute, contingent or otherwise) which is not fully reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet, except for liability reserves or obligations incurred since the date of the Company Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice and not in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate or $5,000 individually. 2.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, since December 31, 1997, neither I/O 360 nor any of its officers or directors in their representative capacity on behalf of I/O 360 has: (a) taken any action or entered into or agreed to enter into any transaction, agreement or commitment other than in the ordinary course of business; (b) forgiven or canceled any indebtedness or waived any claims or rights of material value (including, without limitation, any indebtedness owing by the Stockholders or any officer, director or employee of I/O 360); (c) granted any material increase in the compensation of directors, officers or employees (including any such increase pursuant to any bonus, pension, profit-sharing, lease payment or other plan or commitment) or any material increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any director, officer or employee; 8 (d) suffered any material adverse change in its working capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), earnings or reserves or in its financial condition, business, business prospects or operations; (e) borrowed or agreed to borrow any funds, assumed or become subject to, whether directly or by way of guarantee or otherwise, any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), or incurred any liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) which exceed in the aggregate $7,500 (counting obligations or liabilities arising from one transaction or a series of similar transactions, and all periodic installments or payments under any lease or other agreement providing for periodic installments or payments, as a single obligation or liability), except liabilities and obligations reflected in the Company Balance Sheet or incurred since the date of the Company Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice which do not exceed $5,000 in the aggregate, or increased, or experienced any change in any assumptions underlying or methods of calculating, any bad debt, contingency or other reserves; (f) paid, discharged or satisfied any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice of claims, liabilities and obligations reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, or prepaid any obligation having a fixed maturity of more than 90 days from the date such obligation was issued or incurred; (g) permitted or allowed any of its property or assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) to be subjected to any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, restriction or charge, except for (i) assessments for current taxes not yet due and payable, (ii) landlord's liens for rental payments and other lease-related performance incurred in the ordinary course of business and not yet due and payable, and (iii) mechanics', materialmen's, carriers' and other similar liens securing indebtedness that was incurred in the ordinary course of business and is not yet due and payable; (h) written down the value of any inventory (including write-downs by reason of shrinkage or markdown) or written off as uncollectible any notes or accounts receivable in excess of $5,000.00; (i) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of any of its properties or assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible), except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (j) disposed of or permitted to lapse any rights to the use of any trademark, trade name, patent or copyright, or disposed of or disclosed to any Person other than representatives of Rare Medium any trade secret, formula, process or know-how not theretofore a matter of public knowledge, other than pursuant to confidentiality agreements that are adequate to protect the business, business prospects, assets, operations and condition (financial and other) of I/O 360; 9 (k) made any capital expenditure or commitment to make a capital expenditure for additions to property, plant, equipment or intangible capital assets in excess of $5,000.00; (l) made any material change in any method of accounting or accounting practice; (m) declared, paid or set aside for payment any dividend or other distribution in respect of its capital stock or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock or other securities of I/O 360, or otherwise permitted the withdrawal by any of the holders of capital stock of I/O 360 of any cash or other assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible), in compensation, indebtedness or otherwise, other than payments of compensation in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (n) paid, loaned or advanced any amount to, or sold, transferred or leased any properties or assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) to, or entered into any agreement or arrangement with, any of the holders of capital stock of I/O 360, or any affiliate of such holder or any of its officers or directors, except for compensation paid to officers at rates not exceeding the rate of compensation as of December 31, 1997; (o) entered into or agreed to enter into, or otherwise suffered to be outstanding, any power of attorney of I/O 360 or any obligations or liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of I/O 360, as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, indemnitor or otherwise in respect of the obligation of any other Person; (p) received notice of, or otherwise obtained knowledge of: (i) any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation involving, pending against or threatened against I/O 360 before or by any court or governmental or non-governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any other Person; (ii) any valid basis for any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, investigation or the application of any fine or penalty adverse to I/O 360 before or by any Person; or (iii) any outstanding or unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees or stipulations to which I/O 360 is a party which relate directly to the transactions contemplated herein or which would otherwise have an adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets or financial condition of I/O 360, or 10 (q) agreed, whether in writing or otherwise, to take any action described in this Section 2.8 not otherwise specifically disclosed pursuant to this Section 2.8. 2.9 Taxes I/O 360 has (a) duly and timely filed, including valid extensions, with the appropriate governmental agencies (domestic and foreign) all tax returns, information returns and reports for all Taxes (as defined below) required to have been filed with respect to I/O 360 prior to the Effective Date and (b) paid in full or provided for all Taxes, interest and other governmental charges which are shown to be due on such returns or reports. "Taxes" shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, including, but not limited to, income, excise, gross receipts, property, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profit, license, withholding, payroll, employment, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profit, social security and unemployment or other taxes imposed by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, any state, county, local or foreign government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any interest or fines, and any and all penalties or additions relating to such taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments. Furthermore, (i) the reserves and provisions for Taxes reflected in the Company Balance Sheet are adequate, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied; (ii) no unresolved claim for assessment or collection of Taxes has been asserted or threatened against I/O 360, and no audit or investigation by governmental authorities is under way with respect to Taxes, interest or other governmental charges; (iii) no state of facts exists or has existed which would constitute a reasonable basis for the assessment against I/O 360 of any additional tax liability with respect to any period for which tax returns have been filed; (iv) I/O 360 has not filed or entered into any election, consent or extension agreement or any waiver that extends any applicable statute of limitations; (v) any Taxes incurred by I/O 360 or accrued by it since the date of the Company Balance Sheet have arisen in the ordinary course of business; and (vi) I/O 360 has not filed any consent to the application of Section 341(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), to any assets held, acquired or to be acquired by it. I/O 360 has furnished Rare Medium with complete and correct copies of all returns of Taxes, except for returns of Taxes for periods as to which the applicable statutory period of limitations has expired. I/O 360 has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. I/O 360 is a "small business corporation" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code. 11 2.10 Property (a) I/O 360 owns no real property other than the leasehold interests described in the Disclosure Schedule. Schedule 2.10 is a complete and accurate list of all real property of I/O 360 which is leased, rented or used by I/O 360 (the "Real Property"). I/O 360 has delivered to Rare Medium true and complete copies of all leases, subleases, rental agreements, contracts of sale, tenancies or licenses of any portion of the Real Property. The Disclosure Schedule sets forth the basis, for tax purposes, of I/O 360 in its assets. (b) I/O 360 has provided to Rare Medium a complete and accurate list of each item of personal property having a fair market value in excess of $500 which is owned, leased, rented or used by I/O 360 (the "Personal Property"); provided, however, that such list need not describe the Listed Intellectual Property or the Intellectual Property Licenses (both terms as defined in Section 2.17 hereof). I/O 360 has delivered to Rare Medium true and complete copies of all leases, subleases, rental agreements, contracts of sale, tenancies or licenses of any portion of the Personal Property. The Real Property and the Personal Property include all properties and assets (whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) (other than, in the case of the Personal Property, property rights with an individual value of less than $500, the Listed Intellectual Property and the Intellectual Property Licenses) (i) reflected in I/O 360 Balance Sheet purchased by I/O 360 since the date of I/O 360 Balance Sheet (except for such properties or assets sold since the date of I/O 360 Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice) or (ii) used in the business of I/O 360 as presently conducted. (c) I/O 360's leasehold interest in each parcel of the Real Property is free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges, deeds of trust, security interests, conditional sales agreements, charges, encumbrances and other adverse claims or interests of any kind, except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(c), each lease of any portion of the Real Property is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the parties thereto and against any other Person with an interest in such Real Property. I/O 360 has performed all obligations imposed upon it thereunder; and neither I/O 360 nor any other party thereto is in default thereunder nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. No consent is required from any Person under any lease of the Real Property in connection with the consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement and the Operative Documents, and I/O 360 has not received notice that any party to any such lease intends to cancel, terminate or refuse to renew the same or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or other right thereunder. I/O 360 has not granted any lease, sublease, tenancy or license of, or entered into any rental agreement or Contract of sale with respect to, any portion of the Real Property. 12 (d) I/O 360's plant, structures and Personal Property are in good operating condition and repair, normal wear and tear excepted, are adequate for the uses to which they are being put and comply in all material respects with applicable safety and other laws and regulations. (e) Except for (i) assessments for current taxes not yet due and payable, (ii) landlord's liens for rental payments and other lease-related performance in respect of the Real Property incurred in the ordinary course of business and not yet due and payable, and (iii) mechanics', materialmen's, carrier's' and other similar liens securing indebtedness that was incurred in the ordinary course of business and is not yet due and payable, the Personal Property is free and clear of all liens, and, other than leased Personal Property which is so noted on the list supplied pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.10, I/O 360 owns such Personal Property. (f) Each lease, license, rental agreement, contract of sale or other agreement to which the Personal Property is subject is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against I/O 360 (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditor's rights generally, or by general equitable principles), I/O 360 has performed all obligations imposed upon it thereunder, and neither I/O 360 nor any other party thereto is in default thereunder, nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. No consent is required from the owner or lessor under any lease of Personal Property in connection with the consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement and the Operative Documents, and I/O 360 has not received notice that any party to any such lease, license, rental agreement, contract of sale or other agreement intends to cancel, terminate or refuse to renew the same or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or other fight thereunder. I/O 360 has not granted any leases, subleases, tenancies or licenses of any portion of the Personal Property, except as described in the Disclosure Schedule. (g) Neither the whole nor any portion of the leaseholds or any other assets or property of I/O 360 is subject to any currently outstanding governmental decree or order to be sold or is being condemned, expropriated or otherwise taken by any public authority with or without payment of compensation therefor, nor, to the knowledge of the Stockholders, has any such condemnation, expropriation or taking been proposed. 2.11 Contracts The Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all material contracts, oral or written, to which I/O 360 is a party or by which I/O 360 is bound, including, without limitation, security agreements, conditional sales agreements, instruments relating to the borrowing of money, and broker or distributorship 13 agreements; provided, however, that the Disclosure Schedule need not include: (a) purchase orders received by I/O 360 in the ordinary course of its business from its customers; (b) purchase orders issued by I/O 360 in the ordinary course of its business to its suppliers and subcontractors involving less than $ 1,000 individually and $5,000 in the aggregate; or (c) other contracts cancelable within 30 days without penalty or involving less than $1,000 individually and $5,000 in the aggregate. All contracts set forth in such Schedule are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms against I/O 360, are in full force and effect (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditor's rights generally, or by general equitable principles), I/O 360 has performed all material obligations imposed upon it thereunder, and neither I/O 360 nor any other party thereto is in default thereunder, nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. True and complete copies of each such contract have been heretofore delivered to Rare Medium. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, I/O 360 has no: (i) restriction by agreement from carrying on its business anywhere in the world, or restriction by agreement from providing services to any customer or potential customer; (ii) notice of or any knowledge that any party to a contract to which it is a party intends to cancel, terminate or refuse to renew such contract or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or right thereunder; and (iii) material disagreement with any of its suppliers or customers. 2.12 Customers and Suppliers The Disclosure Schedule sets forth: (a) a list of the customers of I/O 360 accounting for 5% or more of I/O 360's sales during the fiscal year last ended showing the approximate total sales by I/O 360 to each such customer during the fiscal year last ended and (b) a current list of the suppliers of I/O 360 from whom I/O 360 has purchased more than 5% of the goods purchased by I/O 360 in the fiscal year last ended. I/O 360 has no reasonable basis to expect any material modification to its relationship with any customer or supplier named on the Disclosure Schedule. I/O 360 has not had any customer who accounted, directly or indirectly, for more than 5% of its sales during the last two fiscal years, and I/O 360 has no supplier from whom it has purchased more than 5% of the goods or services which it purchased during the last two fiscal years. I/O 360 is not a party to or bound by, any contract which prohibits the use or publication by I/O 360, Rare Medium or ICC of the name of any party to such contract and I/O 360 is not a party to or bound by, any contract which prohibits or in any way restricts I/O 360 from freely providing services to any 14 other customer of I/O 360 or any potential customer of I/O 360, Rare Medium or ICC. None of I/O 360's customers has canceled or substantially reduced or, to the knowledge of I/O 360, is currently attempting or threatening to cancel a contract or substantially reduce utilization of the services provided by I/O 360. The Disclosure Schedule sets forth all of I/O 360's vendor authorizations and vendor relationships. 2.13 Orders, Commitments and Returns I/O 360 has no backlog. There were no outstanding claims against I/O 360 as of the date hereof to return merchandise with an aggregate retail value in excess of $5,000 by reason of alleged overshipments, defective merchandise, missed delivery dates, incorrect quantities or otherwise, or of merchandise in the hands of customers under an understanding that such merchandise would be returnable. 2.14 Claims and Legal Proceedings There are no claims, actions, suits, arbitrations or proceedings pending or involving or threatened against, or investigations involving, I/O 360 before or by any court or governmental or nongovernmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any other Person. There is no valid basis for any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation (other than as noted on the Disclosure Schedule) adverse to the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of I/O 360 before or by any Person. There are no outstanding or unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees or stipulations to which I/O 360 is a party which, if determined adversely to I/O 360, would have a Material Adverse Effect. 2.15 Labor Matters There are no disputes, employee grievances or disciplinary actions pending or to the knowledge of I/O 360 or the Stockholders threatened or involving I/O 360 or any of its present or former employees. I/O 360 has complied with all provisions of law relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of I/O 360. I/O 360 is not engaged in any unfair labor practice and has no liability for any arrears of wages or Taxes or penalties for failure to comply with any such provisions of law. There is no labor strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or threatened against or affecting I/O 360, and I/O 360 has not experienced any work stoppage or other labor difficulty. No collective bargaining agreement is binding on I/O 360. I/O 360 has no knowledge of any organizational efforts presently being made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to employees of I/O 360, and I/O 360 has not been requested by any group of employees or others to enter into any collective bargaining 15 agreement or other agreement with any labor union or other employee organization. 2.16 Employee Benefit Plans (a) Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, I/O 360 has no bonus, deferred compensation, incentive, severance pay, pension, profit-sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option or any other employee benefit plan, employee fringe benefit plan, arrangement or practice with regard to present or former employees as to which I/O 360 has any liability ("Employee Benefit Plan"), whether formal or informal. The aggregate amount paid by I/O 360 during the fiscal year last ended pursuant to all Employee Benefit Plans, whether formal or informal, did not exceed $50,000.00. I/O 360 has no agreement, arrangement or commitment, whether formal or informal and whether legally binding or not, to create any additional plan or arrangement or to modify or amend any existing Employee Benefit Plan. (b) I/O 360 has delivered to Rare Medium true, correct and complete copies of all written Employee Benefit Plans of I/O 360, all contracts related thereto and the most recently available annual reports, summary plan descriptions, Internal Revenue Service Form 5500s (or 5500-C or 5500-R) and favorable determination letters for such plans to the extent applicable. I/O 360 is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of its Employee Benefit Plans and with all applicable laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and the Code. I/O 360 has extinguished any liabilities to participants, beneficiaries and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation which may have arisen under any such plans previously maintained by them and expects to incur no future liabilities with regard to such plans. Neither I/O 360 nor any "affiliate" of I/O 360 is a party to, has ever made any contributions to, or is subject to any liability with respect to any multi-employer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or any defined benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(35)of ERISA. The term "affiliate" means any company,trade or business which is a member of the same control group, as defined in Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code, with the Company, or any company, trade or business which is a member of an affiliated service group, as defined in Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code, with I/O 360. (c) No prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or failure to meet the requirements of Section 4980B(f) of the Code has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan which would have a Material Adverse Effect on I/O 360. (d) There are no actions, suits or claims pending (other than routine claims for benefits) or, to the knowledge of I/O 360 and the Stockholders threatened, 16 against any Employee Benefit Plan or the assets of any such plan which would have a Material Adverse Effect. 2.17 Patents, Trademarks (a) I/O 360 has a valid license to use each copy of mass-market third-party software used by it. Set forth on the Disclosure Schedule is a true and complete list of all inventions, patents, trademarks, trade names, brand names, copyrights, Software Products (as defined in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.17), trade secrets and formulae (collectively, the "Listed Intellectual Property") of any kind now used or reasonably anticipated to be used in the business of I/O 360 except the mass-market third-party software described in the first sentence of this Section 2.17. The Disclosure Schedule contains a complete list of all licenses or agreements which in any way affect the rights of I/O 360 to any of the Listed Intellectual Property (the "Intellectual Property Licenses"); such list indicates the specific Listed Intellectual Property affected by each such Intellectual Property License. Neither I/O 360's operations nor any Listed Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property License infringes or provides any basis to believe that I/O 360's operations or any Listed Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property License would infringe upon any validly issued or to the knowledge of I/O 360 or the Stockholders any pending trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright or, any validly issued or pending patent or other right of any other Person, nor is there any infringement by any other Person of any of the Listed Intellectual Property or of the intellectual property to which the Intellectual Property Licenses relate. Except as specifically set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Operative Documents will not alter or impair I/O 360's rights to any of the Listed Intellectual Property or under any Intellectual Property License. The manner in which I/O 360 has manufactured, packaged, shipped, advertised, labeled and sold its products complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of I/O 360. (b) I/O 360 is the sole and exclusive owner or licensee of: (i) the Listed Intellectual Property, the Intellectual Property Licenses and the technology, know-how and processes now used by I/O 360, or used in connection with any product now being manufactured and sold by I/O 360, in the manner that such product is now being manufactured and sold; and (ii) all right, title and interest of whatever kind or nature throughout the world in and to the fully or partially developed computer software products listed on the Disclosure Schedule, with all modifications, enhancements and additions thereto, including, without limitation, all rights in and to all versions 17 thereof and all source code, object code, manuals and other documentation and related materials thereof (collectively, the "Software Products"). Without limiting the generality of the above, the Software Products shall also include all of I/O 360's related programs, trade secrets, algorithms and processes relating to the Software Products or such programs, I/O 360's copyright in and to each of the Software Products and all works derivative therefrom (including the registrations of copyright listed on the Disclosure Schedule), all current, previous, enhanced and developmental versions of the source and object code and any variations thereof, all user and programmer documentation, all design specifications, all maintenance and installation job control language, all system documentation (including all flow charts, systems procedures and program component descriptions), all procedures for modification and preparation for the release of enhanced versions and all test data available (excluding all proprietary information of third parties) with respect to the Software Products. (c) Each of the Intellectual Property Licenses is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against I/O 360 (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditor's rights generally, or by general equitable principles), I/O 360 has performed all obligations imposed upon it thereunder, and neither I/O 360 nor any other party thereto is in default thereunder, nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. I/O 360 has not received notice that any party to any of the Intellectual Property Licenses intends to cancel, terminate or refuse to renew the same or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or other right thereunder. No licenses, sublicenses, covenants or agreements have been granted or entered into by I/O 360 in respect of any of the Listed Intellectual Property except the Intellectual Property Licenses. No director, officer, Stockholders or employee of I/O 360 owns, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any of the Listed Intellectual Property. Neither I/O 360 nor the Stockholders know or have any reason to believe that there exists any new developments in the creation, publication or marketing of the products of I/O 360 or any new or improved products or processes useful in connection with the business of I/O 360 as now conducted or as presently anticipated to be conducted, except such developments, products and processes as would not have a material adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of I/O 360. None of the officers of I/O 360 and none of I/O 360's employees, consultants, distributors, agents, representatives or advisers has entered into any agreement regarding know-how, trade secrets, assignment of rights in inventions, or prohibition or restriction of competition or solicitation of customers, or any other similar restrictive agreement or covenant, whether written or oral, with any Person other than I/O 360. (d) To I/O 360's knowledge, since January 1, 1991 no Person has asserted any claim of infringement or other interference with third-party rights with respect 18 to the Listed Intellectual Property. I/O 360 has not disclosed any source code regarding the Software Products to any Person other than to an employee of I/O 360, to ICC or to Rare Medium. I/O 360 has at all times maintained reasonable procedures to protect and has enforced all trade secrets of I/O 360. Neither I/O 360 nor any escrow agent is under any contractual or other obligation to disclose the source code or any other proprietary information included in or relating to the Software Products, nor is any other party to the Intellectual Property Licenses or any escrow agent under any such obligation to disclose any source code or other proprietary information included in or relating to Software Products, if any, that are licensed to I/O 360, or to any Person, and no event has taken place, including the execution of this Agreement or any related change in I/O 360's business activities, which would give rise to such obligation, and (iv) I/O 360 has not deposited any source code regarding the Software Products into any source code escrows or similar arrangements. I/O 360 has not deposited any source code to Software Products into source code escrows or similar arrangements. (e) The Software Products currently being marketed by I/O 360 are free from known significant defects and substantially conform to the specifications, documentation and sample demonstration furnished to Rare Medium. 2.18 Accounts Receivable All accounts receivable of I/O 360 reflected in the Company Balance Sheet, or existing at the Effective Time, represent sales actually made in the ordinary course of business. I/O 360 has no reason to believe that any such account receivable is not or shall not, be collected in the amounts shown. I/O 360's bad debt reserves and sales return allowances as reflected in the Company Balance Sheet are adequate based on I/O 360's bad debts and sales returns experience to date. Set forth on the Disclosure Schedule is a full and complete list of all accounts receivable of I/O 360 existing as of May 31, 1998 and as of the Closing Date. 2.19 Inventory Subject to such reserves and write-downs as may be reflected in the Financial Statements, all items in the inventory reflected in the Company Balance Sheet or as currently owned by I/O 360 are of a quality and quantity usable and saleable in the ordinary course of business. Such inventory consists of materials and supplies used or sold in the business of I/O 360. 2.20 Corporate Books and Records I/O 360 has furnished to Rare Medium or its representatives for their examination true and complete copies of (a) the Certificate of Incorporation and By- 19 Laws of I/O 360, including all amendments thereto, (b) the minute books of I/O 360, and (c) the stock transfer books of I/O 360. 2.21 Licenses, Permits, Authorizations, Etc. I/O 360 has received all currently required governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, orders, registrations and permits of all agencies, whether federal, state, local or foreign, the failure to obtain which would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on I/O 360's. I/O 360 has not received any notification of any failure by it to have obtained any of such governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, orders, registrations or permits. 2.22 Applicable Laws (a) I/O 360 has complied, and is in compliance with, all federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders applicable to the operation of its business, to its employees, or to the Real Property and the Personal Property, the failure to comply with which would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on I/O 360, including, without limitation, all such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders relating to antitrust, consumer protection, currency exchange, environmental protection, equal opportunity, health, occupational safety, pension, securities and trading-with-the-enemy matters. I/O 360 has not received any notification of any asserted present or past unremedied failure by I/O 360 to comply with any of such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees or orders. (b) I/O 360 is not currently in violation of any applicable building, zoning, environmental or other law, ordinance or regulation in respect of the Real Property or its plant, structures or operations. No such law, ordinance or regulation would reasonably be expected to prevent the use of substantially all the Real Property for the conduct thereon of the business of I/O 360 as currently conducted. (c) I/O 360 is not in violation of, and has not violated, in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of the Real Property or the Personal Property or the conduct of its business, any applicable federal, state, county or local statutes, laws, regulations, guidances, rules, ordinances, codes, licenses, permits, judgments, writs, decrees, injunctions or orders of any governmental entity relating to environmental (air, water, groundwater, soil, noise and odor) matters, including, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the Clean Air Act, the Water Pollution Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.6901 et. seq.) and the regulations issued thereunder, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.9601 et. seq.), the Clean Water Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Hazardous Waste Control Act, comparable State of New York laws, 20 and the regulations issued thereunder, and all other applicable federal, state, county, local and foreign environmental requirements. 2.23 Insurance (a) I/O 360 maintains insurance as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule. (b) All insurance policies and binders of I/O 360 are in full force and effect, all premiums with respect thereto covering all periods up to and including the date this representation is made have been paid, and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any such policy or binder. Such policies and binders are sufficient for compliance with all requirements of law currently applicable to I/O 360. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, all agreements to which I/O 360 is a party, will remain in full force and effect through the respective expiration dates of such policies or binders without the payment of additional premiums, and will not in any way be affected by, or terminate or lapse by reason of, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. I/O 360 has not been refused any insurance with respect to its assets or operations, nor has its coverage been limited, by any insurance carrier to which it has applied for any such insurance or with which it has carried insurance. (c) I/O 360 has no pending insurance claims. 2.24 Brokers and Finders Neither the Stockholders nor any director, officer, agent or employee acting on behalf of I/O 360 or the Stockholders has retained any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Operative Documents. 2.25 Government Contracts I/O 360 has never been, nor as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is it reasonable to expect that it will be, suspended or debarred from bidding on contracts or subcontracts for any agency of the United States government, nor has such suspension or debarment been threatened or action for such suspension or debarment been commenced. I/O 360 has not been nor is it now being audited or investigated by the United States Government Accounting Office, the United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Defense or any of its agencies, the Defense Contract Audit Agency or the inspector general of any agency of the United States government, nor has such audit or investigation been threatened. There is no valid basis for I/O 360's suspension or debarment from bidding on contracts or subcontracts for any agency of the United States government and there is no valid basis for a claim pursuant to 21 an audit or investigation by the United States Government Accounting Office, the United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Defense or any of its agencies, the Defense Contract Audit Agency or the inspector general of any agency of the United States government, or any prime contractor. 2.26 Absence of Questionable Payments Neither I/O 360 nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of I/O 360 has used any I/O 360 funds for improper or unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or entertainment, or made any improper or unlawful expenditures relating to political activity to government officials or others. Neither I/O 360 nor any current director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of I/O 360 has accepted or received any improper or unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or expenditures. 2.27 Personnel The Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of: (a) the names and current rates of pay of all directors and elected and appointed officers of I/O 360 and the family relationships, if any, among such persons; (b) the current rates of pay for all nonexecutive employees of I/O 360 by classification, and all labor union contracts (if any); and (c) all group insurance programs in effect for employees of I/O 360. I/O 360 is not in material default with respect to any of its obligations referred to in clause (a) or (b) above. 2.28 Bank Accounts The Disclosure Schedule sets forth the names and locations of all banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and other financial institutions at which I/O 360 maintains safe deposit boxes or accounts of any nature and the names of all Persons authorized to draw thereon, make withdrawals therefrom or have access thereto. 2.29 Insider Interests Neither the Stockholders nor any officer of I/O 360 has any interest (other than as Stockholders of I/O 360) (a) in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, used in or directly pertaining to the business of I/O 360, including, without limitation, inventions, patents, trademarks or trade names, or (b) in any 22 agreement, contract, arrangement or obligation relating to I/O 360, its present or prospective business or its operations, except for the Employment Agreements, to be entered into between Stockholders and Rare Medium at the Closing. 2.30 Full Disclosure No information furnished by I/O 360 or the Stockholders to ICC or Rare Medium in this Agreement (including, but not limited to, the Financial Statements and all information in the Schedules and the other Exhibits hereto) and the Operative Documents is false or misleading in any material respect in light of the circumstances pursuant to which such information was provided. Neither the Stockholders nor I/O 360 has made any untrue statement of a material fact nor omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or information delivered in or pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, or in or pursuant to the Operative Documents, or in or pursuant to closing certificates executed or delivered by the Stockholders or I/O 360, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. 2.31 No Commission Registration (a) Investment. The Stockholders shall receive the ICC Common Stock with no intention of distributing or reselling the ICC Common Stock or any part thereof, or interest therein, in any transaction which would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof, without prejudice, however, to the Stockholders' right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the ICC Common Stock under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under an exemption from such registration requirements available under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. (b) No Public Market. The Stockholders understand that the ICC Common Stock received or to be received by the Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement has not been registered under the Securities Act by reason of its sale in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof, and that Stockholders will have to hold the ICC Common Stock and bear the economic risk of such investment indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. (c) Experience. The Stockholders acknowledge that the Stockholders and the Stockholders' representatives are experienced in, and capable of, evaluating the financial condition and prospects of corporations like ICC. The Stockholders has had access to the records of ICC and has had the opportunity to ask questions concerning ICC and an investment in the ICC Common Stock. The Stockholders are residents of the State of New York. 23 2.32 Misrepresentation To the knowledge of the Stockholders and I/O 360, none of the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and in any of the certificates, schedules, exhibits, lists, documents, or other instruments delivered, or to be delivered, by I/O 360 or the Stockholders as contemplated by any provision hereof, contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, misleading. ARTICLE III - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RARE MEDIUM AND ICC Except as is otherwise described in the applicable Schedules, Rare Medium and ICC jointly and severally represent and warrant to I/O 360 and the Stockholders, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing (which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing to the extent provided in Section 9.3 hereto, all as follows in this Article III: 3.1 Organization, Good Standing Rare Medium and ICC are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the States of New York and Delaware, respectively, and have all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease their properties and assets and to carry on their businesses as now conducted. Rare Medium is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICC. Rare Medium and ICC are duly qualified and licensed as a foreign corporation to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on Schedule 3.1, which jurisdictions constitute all the jurisdictions where the character of Rare Medium's and ICC's properties occupied, owned or held under lease or the nature of the business conducted by Rare Medium and ICC the failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on Rare Medium and ICC. 3.2 Authority Each of Rare Medium and ICC has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Operative Documents to which either is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Operative Document to which Rare Medium is a party will be, on the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by Rare Medium, and this Agreement is, and each Operative Document to which Rare Medium is a party will be, on the Closing Date, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Rare Medium, enforceable against Rare Medium in accordance with its terms. This Agreement has been, and each Operative Document to which ICC is a party will be, on the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by ICC, and 24 this Agreement is, and each Operative Document to which ICC is a party will be, on the Closing Date, a legal, valid and binding obligation of ICC, enforceable against ICC in accordance with its terms. 3.3 No Approvals or Notices Required; No Conflicts With Instruments The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Operative Documents by Rare Medium and by ICC, the issuance of the ICC Common Stock to the Stockholders and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Operative Documents will not (a) constitute a violation (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) of any provision of law or any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any court or other governmental authority applicable to Rare Medium or to ICC, (b) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any Person, except for compliance with applicable securities laws and the filing of all documents necessary to consummate the Merger with the Secretary of State, (c) result in a default (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) under, acceleration or termination of, or the creation in any party of the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any agreement, lease, note or other restriction, encumbrance, obligation or liability to which Rare Medium or ICC is a party or by which either is bound or to which any of their assets are subject, (d) result in the creation of any material lien or encumbrance upon the assets of Rare Medium or ICC, the ICC Common Stock or the funds being delivered in connection herewith, (e) conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any provision of the charter documents of Rare Medium or ICC, or (f) invalidate or adversely affect any permit, license, authorization or status used in the conduct of the business of ICC. 3.4 Authorized Shares All of the shares of ICC Common Stock issuable in exchange for Common Stock in accordance with this Agreement will be, when so issued, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will be issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and will be free and clear of any lien, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest and not preemptive right, right of first refusal or other rights of shareholders exists with respect to such shares or the issuance thereof. 3.5 Reports ICC has delivered to I/O 360 a complete and accurate copy of each report, schedule, document, statement and proxy statement filed with the SEC on or after December 31, 1997 (the "ICC SEC Documents"). Each of the ICC SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and none of the ICC SEC Documents contained any 25 untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 3.6 Legal Proceedings There are no claims, actions, suits, arbitrations, proceedings or investigations involving, pending or, to the knowledge of Rare Medium or ICC, threatened against Rare Medium or ICC before or by any court or governmental or nongovernmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any other Person, which questions the validity of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by Rare Medium or ICC pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and, to the knowledge of Rare Medium or ICC, there is no valid basis for any such claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation. 3.7 Brokers and Finders Neither Rare Medium nor ICC, nor any director, officer, agent or employee acting on behalf of Rare Medium or ICC, has retained any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Operative Documents. 3.8 No Commission Registration (a) Investment. Rare Medium shall receive the Common Stock of I/O 360 with no intention of distributing or reselling such Common Stock or any part thereof, or interest therein, in any transaction which would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof, without prejudice, however, to Rare Medium's right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Common Stock under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration requirements available under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. (b) No Public Market. Rare Medium understands that such Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act by reason of its sale in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof, and that Rare Medium will have to hold such Common Stock and bear the economic risk of such investment indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. (c) Experience. Rare Medium acknowledges that Rare Medium and its representatives are experienced in, and capable of, evaluating the financial condition and prospects of corporations like I/O 360. Rare Medium has had access 26 to the records of I/O 360 and has had the opportunity to ask questions concerning I/O 360 and an investment in I/O 360's Common Stock. ARTICLE IV - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE PURCHASER AND ICC The obligations of Rare Medium and ICC to perform and observe the covenants, agreements and conditions hereof to be performed and observed by them at or prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date, which conditions may be expressly waived in writing by Rare Medium or ICC. 4.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties The representations and warranties of I/O 360 and the Stockholders contained herein (including applicable Exhibits or Schedules) and in the Operative Documents shall have been true in all material respects when made and shall be true in all material respects as of the Closing Date as though made on that date, except as affected by transactions contemplated hereby and except to the extent that such representations and warranties are made as of a specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true in all material respects as of the specified date. 4.2 Performance of Agreement I/O 360 and the Stockholders shall have performed all obligations and agreements and complied in all material respects with all covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement or any Operative Document to be performed and complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date. 4.3 Opinion of Counsel for I/O 360 I/O 360 and the Stockholders shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to ICC and Rare Medium an opinion letter of counsel for I/O 360 and the Stockholders, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3. 4.4 Stockholders' Approval The Stockholders shall have executed a valid consent approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the applicable provisions of the New York Law concerning Stockholders consents in lieu of Stockholders meetings. 27 4.5 Resignations Rare Medium shall have received resignations effective as of the Effective Date of all the officers and directors of I/O 360. 4.6 Consents to Merger I/O 360 shall have received written consents to the Merger from each of the parties (other than I/O 360) to those agreements, leases, notes or other documents identified on the Disclosure Schedule to require such consents, which consents shall in all respects be reasonably satisfactory to ICC in its sole and absolute discretion. 4.7 Officers' Certificate ICC and Rare Medium shall have received a certificate of the President and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of I/O 360, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.7, certifying that all of the conditions to the obligations of ICC and Rare Medium (other than the condition of Section 4.9 hereof) have been fulfilled. 4.8 Stockholders' Certificates ICC and Rare Medium shall have received a certificate from the Stockholders, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.8, certifying that all of the conditions to the obligations of ICC and Rare Medium (other than the condition of Section 4.9 hereof) have been fulfilled. 4.9 Intentionally Deleted 4.10 Material Change From March 31, 1998 to the Closing Date, I/O 360 shall not have suffered any material adverse change in its business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other). 4.11 Intentionally Deleted. 4.12 Firpta Certification Rare Medium shall receive from the Stockholders a properly completed and executed Foreign Investment and Real Property Tax Act of 1980 Certification in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.12, stating under penalty of perjury, the Stockholders' taxpayer identification number and that the Stockholders are not a foreign person. 28 4.13 Good Standing Certificate I/O 360 shall have delivered to Rare Medium a certificate dated as of no earlier than five (5) days preceding the Closing Date, duly issued by the Secretary of State of the State of New York, and unless waived by Rare Medium, from the appropriate governmental authority in each state in which I/O 360 is authorized to do business, showing I/O 360 in good standing and authorized to do business and that all state franchise and/or income tax returns and taxes for I/O 360 for all periods prior to the Closing have been filed and paid. ARTICLE V - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE STOCKHOLDER AND I/O 360 The obligations of the Stockholders and I/O 360 to perform and observe the covenants, agreements and conditions hereof to be performed and observed by them at or prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date, which conditions may be expressly waived in writing by Stockholders and, on behalf of I/O 360, by the President of I/O 360. 5.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties The representations and warranties of Rare Medium and ICC contained herein and in the Operative Documents shall have been true when made and shall be true as of the Closing Date as though made on that date, except as affected by transactions contemplated hereby and except and to the extent that such representations and warranties are made as of a specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true as of the specified date. 5.2 Performance of Agreement Rare Medium shall have performed all obligations and agreements and complied with all covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement or any Operative Document to be performed and complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date. 5.3 Opinion of Counsel for Rare Medium Rare Medium shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to I/O 360 and the Stockholders an opinion letter of Rare Medium's general counsel, Elias, Goodman, Shanks & Zizmor, L.L.P., dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 5.3. 29 5.4 Stockholders' Approval ICC, as sole stockholder of Rare Medium, shall have executed a valid consent approving the Merger in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware Law concerning shareholder consents in lieu of stockholder meetings. 5.5 Officers' Certificate I/O 360 shall have received a certificate of a President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Rare Medium, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 5.5, certifying that the conditions to the obligations of I/O 360 and the Stockholders has been fulfilled. ARTICLE VI - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF ALL PARTIES The obligations of all parties to perform and observe the covenants, agreements and conditions hereof to be performed and observed by them at or prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date, which conditions may be expressly waived in writing by Rare Medium, ICC, I/O 360 and the Stockholders. 6.1 Legal Proceedings No order of any court or administrative agency shall be in effect which enjoins, restrains, conditions or prohibits consummation of this Agreement or any Operative Document, and no litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding shall be pending or threatened which would enjoin, restrain, condition or prevent consummation of this Agreement or any Operative Document. 6.2 Approvals and Consents All transfers of permits or licenses, all approvals, applications or notices to public agencies, federal, state, local or foreign, the granting or delivery of which is necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or for the continued operation of I/O 360, shall have been obtained, and all waiting periods specified by law shall have passed. All other consents, approvals and notices referred to in this Agreement shall have been obtained or delivered. 6.3 Employment Agreements Gong Szeto and Nam Szeto shall have each entered into an employment agreements with Rare Medium in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6.3(a) (the "Employment Agreements") and Robert Clyatt shall have executed a consulting agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6.3(b) (the "Consulting 30 Agreement"). At the Closing, Gong Szeto and Nam Szeto shall each receive a signing bonus in the amount of $50,000.00. 6.4 Escrow Agreement The Stockholders and Rare Medium shall have entered into the Escrow Agreement. 6.5 Loans to Robert Clyatt At the Closing, Rare Medium shall satisfy the loan to I/O 360 made by Robert Clyatt in the amount shown on the Company Balance Sheet, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00. ARTICLE VII - COVENANTS 7.1 Intentionally Deleted. 7.2 Intentionally Deleted. 7.3 Intentionally Deleted. 7.4 Cooperation Each party hereto will fully cooperate with the other parties, their counsel and accountants in connection with any steps required to be taken as part of its obligations under this Agreement. Each party will use its best efforts to cause all conditions to this Agreement to be satisfied as promptly as possible and to obtain all consents and approvals necessary for the due and punctual performance of this Agreement and for the satisfaction of the conditions hereof. No party will undertake any course of action inconsistent with this Agreement or which would make any representations, warranties or agreements made by such party in this Agreement or any of the Operative Documents untrue or any conditions precedent to this Agreement unable to be satisfied at or prior to the Closing. 7.5 Information in Disclosure Documents I/O 360 covenants that, other than with respect to information furnished by Rare Medium and ICC to I/O 360 for use therein, none of the information to be included in the materials to be furnished to the Stockholders by or on behalf of the Board of Directors or management of I/O 360 in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the Merger by the Stockholders will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to 31 make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading. 7.6 Intentionally Deleted. 7.7 Confidentiality (a) In connection with the Merger, ICC, Rare Medium and I/O 360 are furnishing each other and the Stockholders with certain information which is either nonpublic, confidential or proprietary in nature. The Stockholders recognize and acknowledge that they will have access to certain confidential information of Rare Medium and ICC, and that such information constitutes valuable, special and unique property of Rare Medium and ICC. The Stockholders agree that they will not, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, use any of such confidential information or disclose any of such confidential information to any party without express authorization of the Rare Medium and ICC. (b) Without the prior written consent of the other parties to this Agreement, no party or any of its representatives will disclose to any other Person the fact that the Confidential Information has been made available, or any of the terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the Merger, including the status thereof, except as required by law or permitted under the terms of this Agreement. (c) This Section 7.7 shall be inoperative as to such portions of the Confidential Information which (i) are or become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the receiving party or its representatives which is not required by law; (ii) become available to the receiving party from a source with no obligation of confidentiality to the other party; (iii) describe technology independently developed by the receiving party; or (iv) were known to the receiving party on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure to the receiving party by the supplying party or one of its representatives. (d) In the event that a receiving party or any of its representatives is requested or becomes legally compelled (by written or oral interrogatories, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information for purposes not permitted by this Agreement, the receiving party will provide the supplying party with prompt written notice so that the supplying party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or that the supplying party waives compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, the receiving party will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required, and will exercise good-faith efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information. 32 (e) Each party agrees that the other parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, in the event of any breach of the provisions of clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 7.7. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Section 7.7 by any party or its representatives but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity. (f) It is further understood and agreed that no failure or delay by any party in exercising any fight, power or privilege under this Section 7.7 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder. 7.8 Payment of Brokerage Fees Any brokerage, finder's or other fee or expense due in violation of Section 2.24 hereof shall be paid by the Stockholders. 7.9 Further Acts After the Closing Date, each party hereto, at the request of and without any further cost or expense to the other parties, will take any further actions necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or any Operative Document, to vest in the Surviving Corporation full title to all properties, assets and rights of I/O 360 and/or to effect the issuance of the ICC Common Stock to the Stockholders. 7.10 Intentionally Deleted 7.11 Intentionally Deleted 7.12 Restrictions on Transfer For a period of one year from the Closing Date, none of the Stockholders shall (i) sell, assign, exchange, transfer, encumber, pledge, distribute, appoint or otherwise dispose of (a) any shares of ICC Common Stock received by the Stockholders at the Closing or (b) any interest (including, without limitation, an option to buy or sell) in any such shares of ICC Common Stock, in whole or in part, and no such attempted transfer shall be treated as effective for any purpose; or (ii) engage in any transaction, whether or not with respect to any shares of ICC Common Stock or any interest herein, the intent or effect of which is to reduce the risk of owning the shares of ICC Common Stock acquired hereunder (including, by way of example and not limitation, engaging in put, call, short-sale, straddle or similar market transactions). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholders may (x) transfer shares of ICC Common Stock to immediate family members (or trusts for the benefit of the Stockholders or family members, the trustees of which so agree) or (y) encumber or 33 pledge any of such shares of ICC Common Stock; provided, that, the family member, trust, trustee, pledgee or other beneficiary of such transfer, encumbrance or pledge, as the case may be, agrees in writing prior to such transaction to be bound by (1) the provisions of this Section as if a Stockholders and party hereto and (2) the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement as if a Stockholders and party hereto. The provisions of this Section shall apply to the shares paid to the Stockholders at the Closing and to any Additional Shares paid to the Stockholders; provided that the restrictions contained herein shall only apply to the Additional Shares for the balance of the one (1) year period commencing upon the Closing Date. The certificates evidencing the ICC Common Stock delivered to the Stockholders hereunder will bear a legend substantially in the form set forth below and containing such other information as Rare Medium may deem necessary or appropriate: EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY THAT CERTAIN MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NO BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, EXCHANGED, TRANSFERRED, ENCUMBERED, PLEDGED, DISTRIBUTED, APPOINTED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, AND THE ISSUER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO GIVE EFFECT TO ANY ATTEMPTED SALE, ASSIGNMENT, EXCHANGE, TRANSFER, ENCUMBRANCE, PLEDGE, DISTRIBUTION, APPOINTMENT OR OTHER DISPOSITION PRIOR TO THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLOSING DATE. UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, THE ISSUER AGREES TO REMOVE THIS RESTRICTIVE LEGEND (AND ANY STOP ORDER PLACED WITH THE TRANSFER AGENT) AFTER THE DATE SPECIFIED ABOVE. 7.13 Intentionally Deleted 7.14 "Woo Art" Litigation I/O 360 and the Stockholders hereby agree that Rare Medium's aggregate liability with regard to the litigation in which I/O 360 is contributing one-half of the costs of litigation, settlement and damages relating to I/O 360's dispute with Woo Art shall not exceed $40,000.00 which shall include, but not be limited to, attorneys fees, costs, expenses, settlement payments and damage awards (the "Woo Art Expenses"). In the event that the Woo Art Expenses shall exceed such $40,000.00 amount, the Stockholders shall pay all such additional Woo Art Expenses directly and shall indemnify Rare Medium against all such additional Woo Art Expenses. In the event that the Woo Art shall not be finally determined or settled by the date on 34 which the shares placed in escrow are to be released to the Stockholders pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, shares in an amount reasonably sufficient to indemnify Rare Medium against any additional pending Woo Art Expenses shall be maintained in escrow until the final determination or settlement of the Woo Art litigation. 7.15 Reports Under the 1934 Act. With a view to making available to the Stockholders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the, Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a holder to sell securities of ICC to the public without registration, ICC and Rare Medium agree to use their best efforts to: (a) make and keep public information regarding ICC available, within the-meaning of Rule 144, so long as the Stockholders own restricted securities of ICC; (b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of ICC under the Act and the 1934 Act; and (c) furnish to any Stockholder upon request (a) a written statement by ICC that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, and of the Act and the 1934 Act, and (b) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of, and such other reports and documents filed by ICC with the SEC as may be reasonably requested in availing any such Stockholder to take advantage of any rule or regulation of the SEC permitting the selling of any such securities without registration. 7.16 Nasdaq Listing ICC agrees to authorize for listing on Nasdaq the shares of ICC Common Stock issuable, and those required to be reserved for issuance, in connection with this Agreement, upon official notice of issuance. 7.17 Blue Sky Laws ICC and Rare Medium shall take, such steps as may be reasonably necessary to comply with the securities and blue sky laws of all jurisdictions which are applicable to the issuance of ICC Common Stock pursuant hereto provided, however, that this shall not require ICC to file a consent to service of process in any jurisdiction. The Stockholder shall use their best efforts to assist ICC and Rare Medium as may be necessary to comply with the securities and blue, sky laws of all jurisdictions which are applicable in connection with the issuance of ICC Common Stock ICC and Rare Medium pursuant hereto. 35 ARTICLE VIII - TERMINATION This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing: (a) by the mutual consent of I/O 360 and Rare Medium; (b) by either I/O 360 or Rare Medium if the other parties shall have breached their agreements hereunder; provided, however, that I/O 360 may not terminate this Agreement for a breach by the Stockholders, and Rare Medium may not terminate this Agreement for a breach by ICC; or (c) by either I/O 360 or Rare Medium if the Closing has not occurred by September 30, 1998. In the event of any termination pursuant to this Article VIII (other than pursuant to clause (a) above), written notice setting forth the reasons therefor shall forthwith be given by the terminating party to the other parties hereto. Such termination shall not prejudice any party's right to seek remedies for another party's breach of this Agreement. ARTICLE IX - GENERAL 9.1 Expenses Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, each party shall pay its own fees and expenses incident to the negotiation, preparation and carrying out of this Agreement and the Operative Documents (including legal and accounting fees and expenses), provided that, should any action be brought hereunder, the attorneys' fees and expenses of the prevailing party shall be paid by the other party to such action. The Stockholders shall pay any transfer or similar taxes which may be payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 9.2 Amendment Rare Medium, ICC, I/O 360 and the Stockholders may amend, modify or supplement this Agreement at any time, but only in writing duly executed on behalf of each of the parties to be bound thereby. 9.3 Indemnification and Survival of Warranties 9.3.1 (a) Except for as expressly provided herein, for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date, the Stockholders agree to indemnify Rare Medium, ICC, the Surviving Corporation, their successors and assigns, and the officers, directors, affiliates, employees, controlling Persons and agents of the foregoing, and to hold each of them harmless against and in 36 respect of any and all losses, damages, Taxes, penalties or other additions to Taxes, costs and expenses, including attorneys' and accountants' fees incurred by any of them by reason of (i) a breach of any of the representations or warranties made by I/O 360 or the Stockholders in this Agreement or the Operative Documents or (ii) the nonperformance (whether partial or total) of any covenants or agreements made by I/O 360 or the Stockholders in this Agreement or the Operative Documents. (b) Except for as expressly provided herein, for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date, ICC agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the Stockholders and his successors, assigns heirs, and legatees against and in respect of all losses, damages, Taxes, penalties or other additions to Taxes, costs and expenses, including attorneys' and accountants' fees incurred by any of them by reason of (i) a breach of any of the representations or warranties made by ICC or Rare Medium in this Agreement or the Operative Documents or (ii) the nonperformance (whether partial or total) of any covenants or agreements made by ICC or Rare Medium in this Agreement or the Operative Documents. 9.3.2 If any Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.3.1 hereof (an "Indemnitee") is threatened in writing with any claim, or any claim is presented in writing to, or any action or proceeding is formally commenced against, any of the Indemnitees which may give rise to the right of indemnification hereunder, the Indemnitee will promptly give written notice thereof to each indemnifying party; provided, however, that any delay by an Indemnitee in so notifying the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party of any liability to any of the Indemnitees hereunder except to the extent that the indemnifying party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. 9.3.3 The indemnifying party or parties, by delivery of written notice to an Indemnitee within 30 days of notice of claim to indemnity from an Indemnitee, may elect to assume the defense of such claim, action or proceeding at the expense of the indemnifying party; provided, however, that (a) unless such written notice shall be accompanied by a written agreement of each indemnifying party acknowledging the liability of the indemnifying parties to the Indemnitees as a result of this Agreement for any indemnified damage which any Indemnitee might incur or suffer as a result of such claim, action or proceeding or the contesting thereof, each indemnifying party shall be jointly and severally liable for the attorneys' fees and expenses of the Indemnitee, if any, incurred in connection with defending such claim; (b) counsel undertaking such defense shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee; (c) the indemnifying parties shall mutually elect to contest such claim, action or proceeding and shall conduct and settle such contest in a joint manner, and if the indemnifying parties shall fail at any time to agree, the Indemnitee shall have no obligation to contest such claim, action or proceeding and (d) if the Indemnitee requests in writing that such claim, action or proceeding 37 not to be contested, then it shall not be contested but shall not be covered by the indemnities provided herein. The indemnifying parties may settle an indemnifiable matter after delivering a written description of the proposed settlement to and receiving consent from the Indemnitee. In the event the Indemnitee unreasonably declines to consent to such settlement, then the Indemnitee shall have no right to indemnification beyond the amount of the proposed settlement. In the event the indemnifying parties jointly elect to contest an indemnifiable matter, the Surviving Corporation, ICC and the Stockholders shall permit each other reasonable access, subject to the provisions of Section 7.7 hereof, to their respective books and records and shall otherwise cooperate in connection with such claim. If the indemnifying parties do not jointly elect to contest an indemnifiable matter, they shall cooperate with the Indemnitee to the extent any of them has knowledge of facts or circumstances relating to such matter, and the Indemnitee shall have the exclusive right to prosecute, defend, compromise, settle or pay any claim, but the Indemnitee shall not be obligated to do so; provided, however, that, should the Indemnitee elect not to exercise its right exclusively to prosecute, defend, compromise, settle or pay such claim, any indemnifying party may elect to do so at its sole expense. 9.3.4 The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing until the first anniversary of the Closing. 9.3.5 To secure their obligations pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.3.l hereof, the Stockholders agree to escrow shares of ICC Common Stock issued or issuable to them in the Merger with an aggregate value of $400,000.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement. Indemnity obligations hereunder shall be satisfied, in the case of indemnification of Rare Medium and ICC through the release of ICC Common Stock pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, such shares to be valued as of the last reported sale on the last trading day prior to the release as reported in The Wall Street Journal. 9.3.6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any limitations of indemnity set forth above shall not apply to any breach of any of the representations or warranties made by I/O 360 or the Stockholders in this Agreement or the Operative Documents as they may be related to any claim made by any former shareholders of I/O 360. 9.4 Counterparts This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 38 9.5 Headings The headings preceding the text of Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed parts thereof. 9.6 Applicable Law This Agreement, including all matters of construction, validity and performance, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of New York, as applied to contracts executed and to be fully performed in such state by citizens of such state. 9.7 Parties in Interest All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto, whether herein so expressed or not, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder of any party hereto shall be assigned without the prior written consent of the other parties. This Agreement is not intended, nor shall it be construed, to confer any enforceable rights on any Person not a party hereto. 9.8 Notices Any notice or demand desired or required to be given hereunder shall be in writing given by personal delivery or certified or registered mail, reputable overnight courier service, telegram or confirmed facsimile transmission, addressed as respectively set forth below or to such other address as any party shall have previously designated by such a notice, The effective date of any notice or request shall be three days from the date it is mailed by the addressor, upon delivery of the courier package if it is sent by courier, upon delivery to a telegraph company properly addressed with charges prepaid, upon confirmation of a successful facsimile transmission, or in any event upon personal delivery. Notices to Rare Medium, ICC, the Stockholders and I/O 360 shall be sent as follows: Rare Medium, Inc. 44 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 Fax: (212) 634-6951 Attention: Glenn Meyers, President 39 ICC Technologies, Inc. 44 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 Fax: (212) 634-6951 Attention: Glenn Meyers, President with copies to: Elias, Goodman Shanks & Zizmor, L.L.P. 444 Madison Avenue 22nd Floor New York, NY 10022 Attention: Paul Goodman, Esq. To I/O 360 and the Stockholders: Horizon Live Distance Learning 841 Broadway New York, NY 10003 Attention: Robert Clyatt with copies to: Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP 1633 Broadway 47th Floor New York, NY 10019 Attention: Alexander D. Lynch, Esq. 9.9 Publicity Neither I/O 360 nor the Stockholders shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any announcement or written statement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby for dissemination to the general public without the prior consent of Rare Medium except as required by law. 9.10 Right of Rare Medium to Effect Merger with Newly Formed Subsidiary Rare Medium shall have the right and option, at its discretion, prior to the Closing, to effect the Merger with a newly formed corporation ("NewCo"), wholly-owned by Rare Medium in the stead of Rare Medium with I/O 360 being the surviving entity), provided that such election by Rare Medium shall not affect the representations and warranties or duties and obligations (other than altering the parties to the Merger) made by Rare Medium and ICC to I/O 360 and the 40 Stockholders. Rare Medium shall exercise such right by providing notice thereof to I/O 360, prior to the Closing, in accordance with the notice provisions herein. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into and signed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. RARE MEDIUM, INC. By: /s/ Glenn S. Meyers --------------------------- Its ICC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ Glenn S. Meyers --------------------------- Its I/O 360, INC. By: /s/ Robert Clyatt --------------------------- Its 41 THE STOCKHOLDERS: /s/ Robert Clyatt ------------------------------ Robert Clyatt /s/ Gong Szeto ------------------------------ Gong Szeto /s/ Nam Szeto ------------------------------ Nam Szeto /s/ Arkadiusz Banasic ------------------------------ Arkadiusz Banasic 42 Exhibit 1.2 Certificate of Merger 43 Exhibit 1.3(a) Form of Escrow Agreement 44 Exhibit 4.7 Form of I/O 360 Officer's Certificate 45 Exhibit 4.8 Form of I/O 360 Stockholder's Certificate 46 Exhibit 4.12 Form of FIRPTA Certificate 47 Exhibit 6.3(a) Form of Employment Agreements 48 Exhibit 6.3(b) Form of Consulting Agreement 49 EX-2.2 3 AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and among RARE MEDIUM, INC., ICC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., DIGITALFACADES CORPORATION and the STOCKHOLDERS OF DIGITALFACADES CORPORATION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of August 13, 1998 by and among Rare Medium, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Rare Medium" or the "Purchaser"), ICC Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("ICC"), DigitalFacades Corporation, a California corporation ("DigitalFacades"), and the stockholders of DigitalFacades identified in Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the "Stockholders"). AGREEMENT In consideration of the terms hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I - THE MERGER 1.1 The Merger Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, (a) on the Effective Date (as defined in Section 1.2 hereof), the separate existence of DigitalFacades shall cease and DigitalFacades shall merge (the "Merger") with and into Rare Medium (Rare Medium being sometimes referred to herein as the "Surviving Corporation") and (b) from and after the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2 hereto, the Merger shall have all the effects of a merger provided by the laws of the State of New York, the State of California and other applicable law. It is intended that the Merger shall qualify as a "reorganization" under Sections 368(a)(1)(A) and 368(a)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). 1.2 The Closing; Effective Date and Time of the Merger The closing of this Agreement (the "Closing") shall occur on August 13, 1998 (the "Closing Date") at 10:00 a.m. local time at the offices of Elias, Goodman, Shanks & Zizmor, L.L.P., or such other time or location as the parties hereto shall agree. At the Closing, each of the parties hereto shall deliver all such funds, documents, instruments, certificates and other items as may be required under this Agreement or the Operative Agreements (as defined in Section 2.33 hereof) or otherwise. On the Closing Date and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such officers' certificates and certificates of merger (together, the "Certificates of Merger") 1 as are necessary or advisable to accomplish the Merger in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York (the "New York Law") and the California Corporations Code (the "California Law"), substantially in the form or forms attached hereto as Exhibit 1.2, and in such form as required by, and executed in duplicate in accordance with, the New York Law, shall be delivered for filing to the Secretary of State of the State of New York (the "New York Secretary of State") and to the Secretary of State of the State of California pursuant to Section 1108 of the California Law. The Merger shall become effective on the date (the "Effective Date") and at the time (the "Effective Time") that the Certificates of Merger are so filed and a certificate to that effect is issued by the New York Secretary of State, subject to Section 1108 (e) of the California Law. If either the New York or California Secretaries of State require any changes in the Certificates of Merger as a condition to filing the Certificates of Merger or issuing its certificate, ICC, Rare Medium, DigitalFacades and the Stockholders will execute necessary revisions incorporating such changes, provided such changes are not inconsistent with and do not result in any substantive change in the terms of this Agreement. 1.3 Purchase Price Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the purchase price for DigitalFacades (the "Purchase Price") will be paid as follows: (a) $3,000,000 shall be paid at Closing by delivery of restricted shares of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of ICC ("ICC Common Stock"), which the parties agree shall be valued at the average closing price per share of ICC Common Stock for the 20 trading days prior to the Closing Date (as reported in the Wall Street Journal) (the "Closing Date Value"); provided, however, that shares of ICC Common Stock in the aggregate value of $500,000 shall be subject to a Stock Pledge Agreement by and between Rare Medium and the Stockholders in the form set forth as Exhibit 1.3(a) (the "Stock Pledge Agreement"). (b) In addition to the foregoing, the Stockholders shall be entitled to receive additional shares of Stock (the "Additional Shares") in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00 in value, which shall be contingent upon the amount of revenue earned (based upon the accrual method) by DigitalFacades (and after the Closing Date, by Rare Medium) during calendar year 1998 (the "DigitalFacades Revenue"). If the DigitalFacades Revenue shall equal or exceed $2,500,000.00 and the net profit margin for 1998 for providing the services which produced the DigitalFacades Revenue (the "Profit Margin") equals or exceeds fifteen percent (15%), the Stockholders shall receive Additional Shares in the amount of $1,500,000.00. In the event that the DigitalFacades Revenue shall be less than $2,500,000.00, the Additional Shares to be received by the Stockholders shall be proportionately reduced; provided, however, that no Additional Shares shall be received by the Stockholders in the event that the DigitalFacades Revenue shall be 2 less than $1,750,000.00 or if the Profit Margin is less than fifteen percent (15%) (regardless of the amount of the DigitalFacades Revenue). For purposes of illustration and not in limitation hereof, in the event that the DigitalFacades Revenue shall be $2,000,000.00 (and the Profit Margin exceeded 15%), the amount of Additional Shares earned shall be $500,000.00, which is one-third of the Additional Shares since the $2,000,000.00 DigitalFacades Revenue was one-third of the difference between $1,750,000.00 and $2,500,000.00 The value of the Additional Shares shall be based upon the average closing price per share of ICC Common Stock for the 20 trading day period prior to and including December 31, 1998 (as reported in the Wall Street Journal) (the "Year End Value"). For the purposes of this paragraph, the DigitalFacades Revenue shall include: (i) all revenue actually received by DigitalFacades on or prior to the Closing Date during calendar year 1998; and (ii) all revenue (earned, based upon the accrual method) by ICC, Rare Medium or other affiliates (collectively, "Affiliated Companies") after the Closing Date during calendar year 1998 which is attributable to work performed in or work procured by the Southern California offices of the Affiliated Companies, excluding only (1) such revenue attributable to contracts or projects of the Affiliated Companies existing as of the Closing Date (except the existing DigitalFacades contracts and projects shall be included; (2) such revenue with respect to which individuals who, prior to the Closing were DigitalFacades employess, did not have any material participation in procuring (through business promotion or otherwise) and (3) such revenue specifically and mutually agreed upon on a case-by-case basis among the parties. For the purposes of this paragraph, Profit Margin shall mean the excess of DigitalFacades Revenue over the Direct Costs, as defined below, of producing the DigitalFacades Revenue. Direct Costs shall be computed in a manner consistent with the 1996 and 1997 income tax returns of DigitalFacades and shall not include the following: (i) an allocation of corporate overhead in excess of the corporate overhead experienced by DigitalFacades prior to the Closing, (ii) a charge for increased employee benefits in excess of DigitalFacades' current benefit structure (that is, if the cost of the post-Closing Date benefit structure exceeds the cost of the pre-Closing Date benefit structure, the excess cost shall not be taken into account in determining the Profit Margin for the purposes of this paragraph); or (iii) all costs associated with work performed which does not contribute to the DigitalFacades Revenue. (c) In the event that a post-Closing audit conducted by an independent certified public accounting firm shall show that the net worth for DigitalFacades, as indicated on a Balance Sheet as of the Closing Date, was less than $750,000.00, the Purchase Price shall be deemed to be reduced in an amount equal to the difference between $750,000.00 and the actual net worth, as shown on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, with such reduction in the Purchase Price offset against the ICC Common 3 Stock pledged pursuant to the Stock Pledge Agreement and/or the Additional Shares only. 1.4 Conversion of Shares 1.4.1 Exchange Ratio As of the Effective Date, by virtue of the Merger and without any action of the holders thereof: (a) All shares of any class of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of DigitalFacades (the "Common Stock") held by DigitalFacades, whether as treasury shares or otherwise, shall be canceled; (b) All of the other issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock not held by DigitalFacades shall be canceled and converted into the right of each holder to receive from ICC a pro rata portion (based upon the number of shares of DigitalFacades Common Stock held by each Stockholder immediately prior to the Closing) of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1.3 above; (c) Any granted and outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for shares of Common Stock shall be canceled subject to the provisions of Section 7.10 below; and (d) Each issued and outstanding share of Rare Medium's capital stock shall be converted into one share of the Surviving Corporation's common stock. 1.4.2 ICC to Make Certificates Available Upon surrender to Rare Medium of one or more certificates representing Common Stock for cancellation, ICC shall make available, and each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to certificates representing the number of shares of ICC Common Stock that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.4.1 (b) hereof, provided, however, that the parties acknowledge that Rare Medium shall retain physical possession of the certificates representing shares of ICC Common Stock in the aggregate value of $500,000.00 pursuant to the terms of the Stock Pledge Agreement. 1.4.3 No Fractional Securities No certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of ICC Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of certificates representing Common Stock pursuant to this Article I and no ICC dividend, stock split or interest 4 shall relate to any fractional security, and such fractional interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a security holder. In lieu of any such fractional securities, each holder of Common Stock who would otherwise have been entitled to a fraction of a share of ICC Common Stock upon surrender of certificates representing Common Stock for cancellation pursuant to this Article I will be paid cash upon such surrender in an amount equal to such fraction times, with respect to the stock issued under Section 1.3(a), the Closing Date Value and, with respect to stock issued under Section 1.3(b), the Year End Value. 1.4.4 Closing Company Transfer Books Upon the Effective Date, the stock transfer books of DigitalFacades shall be closed and no transfer of Common Stock shall thereafter be made. If, after the Effective Date, certificates representing shares of Common Stock are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall be canceled and exchanged for certificates representing ICC Common Stock. 1.5 Assistance in Consummation of the Merger The Stockholders, Rare Medium, ICC and DigitalFacades shall provide all reasonable assistance to, and shall cooperate with, each other to bring about the consummation of the Merger as soon as possible in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. ICC shall cause Rare Medium to perform all of Rare Medium's obligations in connection with this Agreement. ARTICLE II - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DIGITALFACADES AND THE STOCKHOLDERS A. Except as otherwise disclosed in the applicable Schedules, DigitalFacades and the Stockholders jointly and severally represent and warrant to Rare Medium and ICC, as of the date of this Agreement (which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing to the extent provided in Section 9.3 hereof), all as follows in this Article II: 2.1 Intentionally Deleted/Moved 2.2 Organization, Good Standing DigitalFacades is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted. DigitalFacades is duly qualified and licensed as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction listed 5 on Schedule 2.2, which jurisdictions constitute all the jurisdictions where because of the character of DigitalFacades' properties occupied, owned or held under lease or the nature of the business conducted by DigitalFacades the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on DigitalFacades. 2.3 Authorization DigitalFacades has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been and will be, on the Closing Date, duty executed and delivered by DigitalFacades and except as set forth on Schedule 2.3, this Agreement is, and will be, on the Closing Date, a legal, valid and binding obligation of DigitalFacades, enforceable against DigitalFacades in accordance with the respective terms of this Agreement. 2.4 Authorized Capitalization DigitalFacades' authorized capital stock consists solely of shares of Common Stock of which 1,444,500 shares are issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and entirely held by the Stockholders. All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.4, there are no outstanding or authorized subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or other agreements of any character which obligate or may obligate DigitalFacades to issue any additional shares of any of its capital stock or any securities convertible into or evidencing the right to subscribe for any shares of any such capital stock. 2.5 Subsidiaries and Affiliates DigitalFacades has no Subsidiary. As used in this Agreement, "Subsidiary," when used in reference to any Person (as defined in Section 2.6 of this Agreement), shall mean any corporation of which outstanding securities having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation are owned directly or indirectly by such Person. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.5, DigitalFacades does not own, directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in, or otherwise control, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, and has no agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest. 2.6 No Approvals or Notices Required; No Conflicts With Instruments Except as set forth on Schedule 2.6, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements, as defined below, by DigitalFacades and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (a) constitute a violation (with or without the giving of notice or 6 lapse of time, or both) of any provision of law or any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any court or other governmental authority applicable to DigitalFacades, (b) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, organization, other entity or governmental or regulatory authority (a "Person"), except for compliance with applicable securities laws and the filing of all documents necessary to consummate the Merger with the Secretaries of State, (c) result in a default (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) under, acceleration or termination of, or the creation in any party of the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any agreement, lease, note or other restriction, encumbrance, obligation or liability to which DigitalFacades is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets are subject, (d) result in the creation of any lien or encumbrance upon the assets of DigitalFacades or upon the Common Stock, (e) conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of DigitalFacades, or (f) invalidate or adversely affect any permit, license, or authorization used in the conduct of the business of DigitalFacades. 2.7 Financial Statements DigitalFacades has delivered to Rare Medium (a) an internally prepared balance sheet and statement of income of DigitalFacades as of or for each of the three fiscal years ending December 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and (b) an internally prepared trial balance of DigitalFacades' accounts as of and for the one-month period ended May 31, 1998 (the balance sheet as of May 31, 1998 being herein referred to as the "Company Balance Sheet"). All the foregoing financial statements are herein referred to as the "Financial Statements." The Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, and on a basis consistent with prior accounting periods, and present fairly the financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position of DigitalFacades as of the dates and for the periods indicated. DigitalFacades has no liability or obligation of any nature (absolute, contingent or otherwise) of a type which is customarily reflected or reserved against on a balance sheet which is not fully reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet, except for liability reserves or obligations incurred since the date of the Company Balance Sheet (i) in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice and not in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate or $5,000 individually or (ii) specifically set forth on Schedule 2.7. 2.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events Except as specifically set forth on Schedule 2.8 or as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, since May 31, 1998, neither DigitalFacades nor any of its officers or directors in their representative capacity on behalf of DigitalFacades has: 7 (a) taken any action or entered into or agreed to enter into any transaction, agreement or commitment other than in the ordinary course of business; (b) forgiven or canceled any indebtedness or waived any claims or rights of material value (including, without limitation, any indebtedness owing by the Stockholders or any officer, director or employee of DigitalFacades); (c) granted any increase in the compensation of directors, officers or employees (including any such increase pursuant to any bonus, pension, profit-sharing, lease payment or other plan or commitment) or any increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any director, officer or employee; (d) suffered any material adverse change in its working capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), earnings or reserves or in its financial condition, business, business prospects or operations; (e) borrowed or agreed to borrow any funds, assumed or become subject to, whether directly or by way of guarantee or otherwise, any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), or incurred any liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) which exceed in the aggregate $7,500 (counting obligations or liabilities arising from one transaction or a series of similar transactions, and all periodic installments or payments under any lease or other agreement providing for periodic installments or payments, as a single obligation or liability), except liabilities and obligations reflected in the Company Balance Sheet or incurred since the date of the Company Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice which do not exceed $5,000 in the aggregate, or increased, or experienced any change in any assumptions underlying or methods of calculating, any bad debt, contingency or other reserves; (f) paid, discharged or satisfied any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice of claims, liabilities and obligations reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, or prepaid any obligation having a fixed maturity of more than 90 days from the date such obligation was issued or incurred; (g) permitted or allowed any of its property or assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) to be subjected to any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, restriction or charge, except for (i) assessments for current taxes not yet due and payable, (ii) landlord's liens for rental payments and 8 other lease-related performance incurred in the ordinary course of business and not yet due and payable, and (iii) mechanics', materialmen's, carriers' and other similar liens securing indebtedness that was incurred in the ordinary course of business and is not yet due and payable; (h) written down the value of any inventory (including write-downs by reason of shrinkage or markdown) or written off as uncollectible any notes or accounts receivable; (i) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of any of its properties or assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible), except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (j) intentionally deleted; (k) made any capital expenditure or commitment to make a capital expenditure for additions to property, plant, equipment or intangible capital assets; (l) made any change in any method of accounting or accounting practice; (m) issued any capital stock or other securities or declared, paid or set aside for payment any dividend or other distribution in respect of its capital stock or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock or other securities of DigitalFacades, or otherwise permitted the withdrawal by any of the holders of capital stock of DigitalFacades of any cash or other assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible), in compensation, indebtedness or otherwise, other than payments of compensation in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (n) paid, loaned or advanced any amount to, or sold, transferred or leased any properties or assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) to, or entered into any agreement or arrangement with, any of the holders of capital stock of DigitalFacades, or any affiliate of such holder or any of its officers or directors, except for compensation paid to officers at rates not exceeding the rate of compensation as of May 31, 1998; (o) entered into or agreed to enter into, or otherwise suffered to be outstanding, any power of attorney of DigitalFacades or any obligations or liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of DigitalFacades as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, indemnitor or otherwise in respect of the obligation of any other Person; 9 (p) received notice of, or otherwise obtained knowledge of: (i) any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation involving, pending against or threatened against DigitalFacades before or by any court or governmental or non-governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any other Person; (ii) any valid basis for any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, investigation or the application of any fine or penalty adverse to DigitalFacades before or by any Person; or (iii) any outstanding or unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees or stipulations to which DigitalFacades is a party which relate directly to the transactions contemplated herein or which would otherwise have an adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets or financial condition of DigitalFacades, or (q) agreed, whether in writing or otherwise, to take any action described in this Section 2.8 not otherwise specifically disclosed pursuant to this Section 2.8. 2.9 Taxes Except as described on Schedule 2.9, DigitalFacades has (a) duly and timely filed, including valid extensions, with the appropriate governmental agencies (domestic and foreign) all tax returns, information returns and reports for all Taxes (as defined below) required to have been filed with respect to DigitalFacades and (b) paid in full or provided for all Taxes, interest and other governmental charges which are shown to be due on such returns or reports. All accrued taxes have been properly reserved for in the Company Balance Sheet. "Taxes" shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, including, but not limited to, income, excise, gross receipts, property, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profit, license, withholding, payroll, employment, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profit, social security and unemployment or other taxes imposed by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, any state, county, local or foreign government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any interest or fines, and any and all penalties or additions relating to such taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments. Furthermore, except as described on Schedule 2.9, (i) the reserves and provisions for Taxes reflected in the Company Balance Sheet are adequate, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied; (ii) no unresolved claim for assessment or collection of Taxes has been asserted or to DigitalFacades' and the Stockholders' actual knowledge threatened against DigitalFacades, and to DigitalFacades' and the Stockholders' actual knowledge no audit or investigation by governmental authorities is under way with respect to Taxes, interest or other governmental charges; (iii) no state of facts exists or has existed which would constitute a reasonable basis for the assessment against DigitalFacades of any additional tax liability with respect to any period for which tax returns have been filed; (iv) DigitalFacades has not filed or entered into any election, consent or extension agreement or any waiver that extends any 10 applicable statute of limitations; (v) any Taxes incurred by DigitalFacades or accrued by it since the date of the Company Balance Sheet have arisen in the ordinary course of business; and (vi) DigitalFacades has not filed any consent to the application of Section 341(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), to any assets held, acquired or to be acquired by it. DigitalFacades has furnished Rare Medium with complete and correct copies of all returns, of Taxes, except for returns of Taxes for periods as to which the applicable statutory period of limitations has expired. DigitalFacades has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. DigitalFacades is a "small business corporation" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code. 2.10 Property (a) DigitalFacades owns no real property other than the leasehold interests described herein. Schedule 2.10 is a complete and accurate list of all real property of DigitalFacades which is leased, rented or used by DigitalFacades (the "Real Property"). DigitalFacades has delivered to Rare Medium true and complete copies of all leases, subleases, rental agreements, contracts of sale, tenancies or licenses of any portion of the Real Property. (b) DigitalFacades has provided to Rare Medium a complete and accurate list of each item of personal property having a fair market value in excess of $2,500 which is owned, leased, rented or used by DigitalFacades (the "Personal Property"); provided, however, that such list need not describe the Listed Intellectual Property or the Intellectual Property Licenses (both terms as defined in Section 2.17 hereof). DigitalFacades has delivered to Rare Medium true and complete copies of all leases, subleases, rental agreements, contracts of sale, tenancies or licenses of any portion of the Personal Property. The Real Property and the Personal Property include all properties and assets (whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) (other than, in the case of the Personal Property, property rights with an individual value of less than $2,500, the Listed Intellectual Property and the Intellectual Property Licenses) (i) reflected in DigitalFacades Balance Sheet or purchased by DigitalFacades since the date of DigitalFacades Balance Sheet (except for such properties or assets sold since the date of DigitalFacades Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice) or (ii) used in the business of DigitalFacades as presently conducted. (c) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(c), DigitalFacades' leasehold interest in each parcel of the Real Property is free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges, deeds of trust, security interests, conditional sales agreements, charges, encumbrances and other adverse claims or interests of any kind. Each lease of any 11 portion of the Real Property is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the parties thereto. DigitalFacades has performed all obligations imposed upon it thereunder; and neither DigitalFacades nor any other party thereto is in default thereunder nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by DigitalFacades thereunder, or to the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, would constitute a default by any other party. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.6, no consent is required from any Person under any lease of the Real Property in connection with the consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement and the Operative Agreements, and DigitalFacades has not received notice that any party to any such lease intends to cancel, terminate or refuse to renew the same or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or other right thereunder. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.10(c) DigitalFacades has not granted any lease, sublease, tenancy or license of, or entered into any rental agreement or contract of sale with respect to, any portion of the Real Property. (d) Except as described on Schedule 2.10(d), DigitalFacades' plant, structures and Personal Property are in good operating condition and repair, normal wear and tear excepted, are adequate for the uses to which they are being put and comply in all material respects with applicable safety and other laws and regulations. (e) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(e), and except for (i) assessments for current taxes not yet due and payable, (ii) landlord's liens for rental payments and other lease-related performance in respect of the Real Property incurred in the ordinary course of business and not yet due and payable, and (iii) mechanics', materialmen's, carrier's' and other similar liens securing indebtedness that was incurred in the ordinary course of business and is not yet due and payable, the Personal Property is free and clear of all liens, and, other than leased Personal Property which is so noted on the list supplied pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.10, DigitalFacades owns such Personal Property. (f) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(f), each lease, license, rental agreement, contract of sale or other agreement to which the Personal Property is subject is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the parties thereto, DigitalFacades has performed all obligations imposed upon it thereunder, and neither DigitalFacades nor any other party thereto is in default thereunder, nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by DigitalFacades thereunder, or to the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, would constitute a default by any other party. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.6, no consent is required from the owner or lessor under any lease of Personal Property in connection with the consummation of the transactions described in this Agreement and the Operative Agreements, and DigitalFacades has not received notice that any party to any such lease, license, rental agreement, contract of sale or other agreement intends to cancel, terminate or refuse 12 to renew the same or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or other right thereunder. DigitalFacades has not granted any leases, subleases, tenancies or licenses of any portion of the Personal Property, except as described in Schedule 2.10(f) or Schedule 2.17. (g) Neither the whole nor any portion of the leaseholds or any other assets or property of DigitalFacades is subject to any currently outstanding governmental decree or order to be sold or is being condemned, expropriated or otherwise taken by any public authority with or without payment of compensation therefor, nor, to the knowledge of the Stockholders, has any such condemnation, expropriation or taking been proposed. 2.11 Contracts Schedule 2.11 contains a complete and accurate list of all material contracts, oral or written, to which DigitalFacades is a party or by which DigitalFacades is bound, including, without limitation, security agreements, conditional sales agreements, instruments relating to the borrowing of money, and broker or distributorship agreements; provided, however, that Schedule 2.11 need not include: (a) purchase orders received by DigitalFacades in the ordinary course of its business from its customers; (b) purchase orders issued by DigitalFacades in the ordinary course of its business to its suppliers and subcontractors involving less than $3,500 individually and $15,000 in the aggregate; or (c) other contracts cancelable within 30 days without penalty or involving less than $ 3,500 individually and $15,000 in the aggregate. Except as set forth on such Schedule 2.11, all contracts set forth in such Schedule are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms against each party thereto, are in full force and effect, DigitalFacades has performed all material obligations imposed upon it thereunder, neither DigitalFacades nor any other party thereto is in default thereunder, nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by DigitalFacades thereunder, or to the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, would constitute a default by any other party and none of the contracts have been modified or amended. True and complete copies of each such contract have been heretofore delivered to Rare Medium. Except as specifically set forth on such Schedule 2.11, DigitalFacades has no contracts, agreements, indentures, instruments, commitments or understandings, of any nature, either oral or written. Except as specifically set forth on such Schedule 2.11, DigitalFacades has no: (i) restriction by agreement from carrying on its business anywhere in the world, or restriction by agreement from providing services to any customer or potential customer; 13 (ii) notice of or any knowledge that any party to a contract to which it is a party intends to cancel, terminate or refuse to renew such contract or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or right thereunder; and (iii) material disagreement with any of its suppliers or customers. 2.12 Customers and Suppliers Schedule 2.12 sets forth: (a) a list of the customers of DigitalFacades accounting for 5% or more of DigitalFacades' sales during the fiscal year last ended showing the approximate total sales by DigitalFacades to each such customer during the fiscal year last ended and (b) a current list of the suppliers of DigitalFacades from whom DigitalFacades has purchased more than 5% of the goods purchased by DigitalFacades in the fiscal year last ended. DigitalFacades has no reasonable basis to expect any material modification to its relationship with any customer or supplier named on Schedule 2.12, other than in the normal course of business. Except as set forth on such Schedule 2.12, DigitalFacades has not had any customer who accounted, directly or indirectly, for more than 5% of its sales during the last two fiscal years, and DigitalFacades has no supplier from whom it has purchased more than 5% of the goods or services which it purchased during the last two fiscal years. Except as set forth on such Schedule 2.12, DigitalFacades is not a party to or bound by, any contract which prohibits the use or publication by DigitalFacades, Rare Medium or ICC of the name of any party to such contract and DigitalFacades is not a party to or bound by, any contract which prohibits or in any way restricts DigitalFacades from freely providing services to any other customer of DigitalFacades or any potential customer of DigitalFacades, Rare Medium or ICC. Except as set forth on such Schedule 2.12, none of DigitalFacades' customers has canceled or has notified DigitalFacades that it plans to cancel a contract or to substantially reduce utilization of the services provided by DigitalFacades. Schedule 2.12 sets forth all of DigitalFacades' vendor authorizations for the resale of goods and services. 2.13 Intentionally Deleted 2.14 Claims and Legal Proceedings Except as set forth on Schedule 2.14 and Schedule 2.17, there are no claims, actions, suits, arbitrations, proceedings or to the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders investigations pending or involving or threatened against, DigitalFacades before or by any court or governmental or nongovernmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality. There is no valid basis for any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation (other than as noted on Schedule 2.14 or Schedule 2.17) adverse to the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of DigitalFacades before 14 or by any Person. There are no outstanding or unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees or stipulations to which DigitalFacades is a party which involve the transactions contemplated herein or which would have an adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of DigitalFacades. 2.15 Labor Matters Except as set forth in Schedule 2.15, there are no disputes, employee grievances or disciplinary actions pending or to the knowledge of DigitalFacades or the Stockholders threatened or involving DigitalFacades or any of its present or former employees. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.15, DigitalFacades has complied with all provisions of law relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of DigitalFacades. DigitalFacades is not engaged in any unfair labor practice and has no liability for any arrears of wages or Taxes or penalties for failure to comply with any such provisions of law. There is no labor strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or to DigitalFacades' and the Stockholders' actual knowledge threatened against or affecting DigitalFacades, and DigitalFacades has not experienced any work stoppage or other labor difficulty. No collective bargaining agreement is binding on DigitalFacades. DigitalFacades has no knowledge of any organizational efforts presently being made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to employees of DigitalFacades, and DigitalFacades has not been requested by any group of employees or others to enter into any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with any labor union or other employee organization. 2.16 Employee Benefit Plans (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.16, DigitalFacades has no bonus, deferred compensation, incentive, severance pay, pension, profit-sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option or any other employee benefit plan, employee fringe benefit plan, arrangement or payroll practice with regard to present or former employees as to which DigitalFacades has any liability ("Employee Benefit Plan"). The aggregate contributions made by DigitalFacades during the fiscal year last ended pursuant to all Employee Benefit Plans, did not exceed $25,000. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.16, DigitalFacades has no current agreement, arrangement or commitment, to adopt any additional Employee Benefit Plan or to modify or amend any existing Employee Benefit Plan. (b) DigitalFacades has delivered to Rare Medium true, correct and complete copies of all written Employee Benefit Plans of DigitalFacades, all contracts 15 related thereto and the most recently available annual reports, summary plan descriptions, Internal Revenue Service Form 5500s (or 5500-C or 5500-R) and the most recent favorable determination letters for such plans to the extent applicable. DigitalFacades is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of its Employee Benefit Plans and with all applicable laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and the Code. DigitalFacades has satisfied any benefit payments or amounts due to participants, beneficiaries and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation which may have arisen under any such plans previously maintained by them and does not anticipate any future claims for benefits with regard to such plans. Neither DigitalFacades nor any "affiliate" of DigitalFacades is a party to, has ever made any contributions to, or is subject to any liability with respect to any multi-employer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or any defined benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(35)of ERISA. The term "affiliate" means any company,trade or business which is a member of the same control group, as defined in Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code, with the Company, or any company, trade or business which is a member of an affiliated service group, as defined in Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code, with DigitalFacades. (c) No prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or failure to meet the requirements of Section 4980B(f) of the Code has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan which could subject DigitalFacades to any liability. (d) There are no actions, suits or claims pending (other than routine claims for benefits) or which could reasonably be expected to be asserted against any Employee Benefit Plan or the assets of any such plan which would have a material adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of DigitalFacades. 2.17 Patents, Trademarks (a) DigitalFacades has a valid license to use each copy of mass-market third-party software used by it. Set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) is a true and complete list of all material inventions, patents, trademarks, trade names, brand names, copyrights, and Software Products (as defined in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.17), (collectively, the "Listed Intellectual Property") of any kind now used or reasonably anticipated to be used in the business of DigitalFacades except the mass-market third-party software described in the first sentence of this Section 2.17. Schedule 2.17(b) contains a complete list of all licenses or agreements which relate to the Listed Intellectual Property (the "Intellectual Property Licenses"); such list indicates the specific Listed Intellectual Property affected by each such Intellectual Property License. Except as set forth on Schedules 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), neither DigitalFacades' operations nor any Listed Intellectual Property owned by 16 DigitalFacades or to the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades or the Stockholders, any Intellectual Property License would infringe upon any validly issued or to the knowledge of DigitalFacades, any pending trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright or, any validly issued patent or other right of any other Person, nor, to the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, is there any infringement by any other Person of any of the Listed Intellectual Property or of the intellectual property to which the Intellectual Property Licenses relate. Except as specifically set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or 2.17(b), consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Operative Agreements will not alter or impair DigitalFacades' rights to any of the Listed Intellectual Property or under any Intellectual Property License. The manner in which DigitalFacades has manufactured, packaged, shipped, advertised, labeled and sold its products complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of DigitalFacades. (b) Except as specifically set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), DigitalFacades is the sole and exclusive owner or licensee of: (i) the Listed Intellectual Property, the Intellectual Property Licenses and the technology, know-how and processes now used by DigitalFacades, or used in connection with any product now being manufactured and sold by DigitalFacades, in the manner that such product is now being manufactured and sold; and (ii) all rights, title and interest of whatever kind or nature throughout the world in and to the fully or partially developed computer software products listed on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), with all modifications, enhancements and additions thereto, including, without limitation, all rights in and to all versions thereof and all source code, object code, manuals and other documentation and related materials thereof (collectively, the "Software Products"). Without limiting the generality of the above, the Software Products shall also include all of DigitalFacades' related programs, trade secrets, algorithms and processes relating to the Software Products or such programs, DigitalFacades' copyright in and to each of the Software Products and all works derivative therefrom (including the registrations of copyright listed on Schedule 2.17(a)), all current, previous, enhanced and developmental versions of the source and object code and any variations thereof, all user and programmer documentation, all design specifications, all maintenance and installation job control language, all system documentation (including all flow charts, systems procedures and program component descriptions), all procedures for modification and preparation for the release of enhanced versions and all test data available (excluding all proprietary information of third parties) with respect to the Software Products. 17 (c) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), each of the Intellectual Property Licenses is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the parties thereto, DigitalFacades has performed all obligations imposed upon it thereunder, and neither DigitalFacades nor to the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders any other party thereto is in default thereunder, nor is there any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by DigitalFacades thereunder nor, to the the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, a default thereunder by any other party thereunder. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), DigitalFacades has not received notice that any party to any of the Intellectual Property Licenses intends to cancel, terminate or refuse to renew the same or to exercise or decline to exercise any option or other right thereunder. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), no licenses, sublicenses, covenants or agreements have been granted or entered into by DigitalFacades in respect of any of the Listed Intellectual Property except the Intellectual Property Licenses. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), no director, officer, Stockholders or employee of DigitalFacades owns, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any of the Listed Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), none of the employees or consultants of DigitalFacades is a party to any currently effective agreement regarding know-how, trade secrets, assignment of rights in inventions, or prohibition or restriction of competition or solicitation of customers, or any other similar restrictive agreement or covenant, whether written or oral, with any Person other than DigitalFacades. (d) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), since January 1, 1991 no Person has asserted to DigitalFacades any claim of infringement or other interference with third-party rights with respect to the Listed Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), (i) DigitalFacades has not disclosed any source code regarding the Software Products to any Person other than to an employee of DigitalFacades, to ICC or to Rare Medium, (ii) DigitalFacades has at all times maintained reasonable procedures to protect and has enforced all material trade secrets of DigitalFacades; (iii) neither DigitalFacades nor any escrow agent is under any contractual or other obligation to disclose the source code or any other proprietary information included in or relating to the Software Products, nor is any other party to the Intellectual Property Licenses or any escrow agent under any such obligation to disclose any source code or other proprietary information included in or relating to Software Products, if any, that are licensed to DigitalFacades, or to any Person, and no event has taken place, including the execution of this Agreement or any related change in DigitalFacades' business activities, which would give rise to such obligation, and (iv) DigitalFacades has not deposited any source code regarding the Software Products into any source code escrows or similar arrangements. If, as disclosed on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), DigitalFacades has deposited any source code to Software Products into 18 source code escrows or similar arrangements, no event has occurred that has or could reasonably form the basis for a release of such source code from such escrows or arrangements. (e) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(a) or Schedule 2.17(b), the Software Products currently being marketed by DigitalFacades are free from known significant defects and substantially conform to the specifications, documentation and sample demonstration furnished to Rare Medium. 2.18 Accounts Receivable All accounts receivable of DigitalFacades reflected in the Company Balance Sheet, or existing at the Effective Time, represent sales actually made in the ordinary course of business. Except as described on Schedule 2.18, DigitalFacades has no reason to believe that any such account receivable shall not be collected in the amounts shown. Except as described on Schedule 2.18, DigitalFacades' bad debt reserves and sales return allowances as reflected in the Company Balance Sheet are adequate based on DigitalFacades' bad debts and sales returns experience to date. Set forth on Schedule 2.18 is a full and complete list of all accounts receivable of DigitalFacades existing as of May 31, 1998 and as of the Closing Date. 2.19 Inventory DigitalFacades maintains no inventory. 2.20 Corporate Books and Records DigitalFacades has furnished to Rare Medium or its representatives for their examination true and complete copies of (a) the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of DigitalFacades, including all amendments thereto, (b) the minute books of DigitalFacades, and (c) the stock transfer books of DigitalFacades. 2.21 Licenses, Permits, Authorizations, Etc. Except as identified on Schedule 2.21, DigitalFacades has received all currently required governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, orders, registrations and permits of all agencies, whether federal, state, local or foreign, the failure to obtain which would, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on DigitalFacades' business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other). DigitalFacades has not received any notification of any failure by it to have obtained any of such governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, orders, registrations or permits. 19 2.22 Applicable Laws (a) Except as described on Schedule 2.22, DigitalFacades has complied, and is in compliance with, all federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders applicable to the operation of its business, to its employees, or to the Real Property and the Personal Property, the failure to comply with which would, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, assets or operations of DigitalFacades, including, without limitation, all such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders relating to antitrust, consumer protection, currency exchange, environmental protection, equal opportunity, health, occupational safety, pension, securities and trading-with-the-enemy matters. DigitalFacades has not received any notification of any asserted present or past unremedied failure by DigitalFacades to comply with any of such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees or orders. (b) To the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, DigitalFacades is not currently in violation of any applicable building, zoning, environmental or other law, ordinance or regulation in respect of the Real Property or its plant, structures or operations. To the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, no such law, ordinance or regulation would reasonably be expected to prevent the use of substantially all the Real Property for the conduct thereon of the business of DigitalFacades as currently conducted. (c) To the actual knowledge of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, DigitalFacades is not in violation of, and has not violated, in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of the Real Property or the Personal Property or the conduct of its business, any applicable federal, state, county or local statutes, laws, regulations, guidances, rules, ordinances, codes, licenses, permits, judgments, writs, decrees, injunctions or orders of any governmental entity relating to environmental (air, water, groundwater, soil, noise and odor) matters, including, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the Clean Air Act, the Water Pollution Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.6901 et. seq.) and the regulations issued thereunder, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.9601 et. seq.), the Clean Water Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Hazardous Waste Control Act, comparable State of California laws, and the regulations issued thereunder, and all other applicable federal, state, county, local and foreign environmental requirements. 2.23 Insurance (a) DigitalFacades maintains insurance as set forth on Schedule 2.23. 20 (b) All insurance policies and binders of DigitalFacades are in full force and effect, all premiums with respect thereto covering all periods up to and including the date this representation is made have been paid, and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any such policy or binder. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.23 all insurance agreements to which DigitalFacades is a party, will remain in full force and effect through the respective expiration dates of such policies or binders without the payment of additional premiums, and except as set forth on Schedule 2.23 will not in any way be affected by, or terminate or lapse by reason of, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. DigitalFacades has not been refused any insurance with respect to its assets or operations, nor has its coverage been limited, by any insurance carrier to which it has applied for any such insurance or with which it has carried insurance. (c) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.23, DigitalFacades has no pending insurance claims. 2.24 Brokers and Finders Neither DigitalFacades, nor the Stockholders nor any director, officer, agent or employee acting on behalf of DigitalFacades or the Stockholders have retained any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Operative Agreements. 2.25 Government Contracts DigitalFacades has never been suspended or debarred from bidding on contracts or subcontracts for any agency of the United States government, nor has DigitalFacades received notice that such suspension or debarment has been threatened or action for such suspension or debarment been commenced. DigitalFacades has not been nor is it now being audited or investigated by the United States Government Accounting Office, the United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Defense or any of its agencies, the Defense Contract Audit Agency or the inspector general of any agency of the United States government, nor has DigitalFacades received notice that such audit or investigation been threatened. There is no valid basis for DigitalFacades' suspension or debarment from bidding on contracts or subcontracts for any agency of the United States government and there is no valid basis for a claim pursuant to an audit or investigation by the United States Government Accounting Office, the United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Defense or any of its agencies, the Defense Contract Audit Agency or the inspector general of any agency of the United States government, or any prime contractor. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.25, DigitalFacades has never had a contract or subcontract terminated for default, nor has it ever been determined to be non-responsible, by any agency of the 21 United States government. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.25, DigitalFacades has no outstanding agreements, contracts or commitments which require it to obtain or maintain a government security clearance. 2.26 Absence of Questionable Payments Neither DigitalFacades nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of DigitalFacades has used any DigitalFacades funds for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or entertainment, or made any unlawful expenditures relating to political activity to government officials or others. Neither DigitalFacades nor any current director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of DigitalFacades has accepted or received unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or expenditures. 2.27 Personnel Schedule 2.27 sets forth a true and complete list of: (a) the names and current rates of pay of all directors and elected and appointed officers of DigitalFacades and the family relationships, if any, among such persons; and (b) the current rates of pay for all nonexecutive employees of DigitalFacades by classification, and all labor union contracts (if any). DigitalFacades is not in material default with respect to any of its obligations referred to in clause (a) or (b) above. 2.28 Bank Accounts Schedule 2.28 sets forth the names and locations of all banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and other financial institutions at which DigitalFacades maintains safe deposit boxes or accounts of any nature and the names of all Persons authorized to draw thereon, make withdrawals therefrom or have access thereto. 2.29 Insider Interests Except as set forth on Schedule 2.29 neither the Stockholders nor any officer of DigitalFacades has any interest (other than as a stockholder of DigitalFacades) (a) in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, used in or directly pertaining to the business of DigitalFacades, including, without limitation, inventions, patents, trademarks or trade names, or (b) in any agreement, contract, arrangement or obligation relating to DigitalFacades, its present or prospective business or its 22 operations, except for the Employment Agreement, if any, to be entered into between Stockholders and Rare Medium at the Closing. 2.30 Full Disclosure No information furnished by DigitalFacades to ICC or Rare Medium in this Agreement, the Financial Statements, the Schedules and the other Exhibits to this Agreement) is false or misleading in any material respect in light of the circumstances pursuant to which such information was provided. DigitalFacades has not made any untrue statement of a material fact nor omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or information delivered in or pursuant to this Agreement, and all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, or in or pursuant to closing certificates executed or delivered by the Stockholders or DigitalFacades, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. 2.31 No Commission Registration (a) Investment. The Stockholders shall receive the ICC Common Stock with no intention of distributing or reselling the ICC Common Stock or any part thereof, or interest therein, in any transaction which would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof, without prejudice, however, to the Stockholders' right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the ICC Common Stock under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under an exemption from such registration requirements available under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. (b) No Public Market. The Stockholders understand that the ICC Common Stock received or to be received by the Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement has not been registered under the Securities Act by reason of its sale in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof, and that Stockholders will have to hold the ICC Common Stock and bear the economic risk of such investment indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. (c) Experience. The Stockholders acknowledge that each Stockholder, either alone, or together with such Stockholder's representatives, are experienced in, and capable of, evaluating the financial condition and prospects of corporations like ICC. The Stockholders have had access to the records of ICC and has had the opportunity to ask questions concerning ICC and an investment in the ICC Common Stock. The Stockholders are residents of the states set forth in Exhibit A hereto. 23 (d) No Intention to Dispose of Stock. No Stockholder has any current plan or intention, or is under any binding commitment or contract, to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the ICC Common Stock received hereunder. B. Except as otherwise disclosed in the applicable Schedules, each Stockholder represents and warrants, severally andnot jointly, to Rare Medium and ICC with respect to themselves only and John Lin represents and warrants to Rare Medium and ICC with respect to himself and jointly with the other Stockholders, as of the date of this Agreement (which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing to the extent provided in Section 9.3 hereof), the following: 2.32 Good Title Each Stockholder represents that such Stockholder owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shown to be owned by such Stockholder on Schedule 2.32, free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, adverse claim, restriction on sale or transfer (other than restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws), preemptive right or option. 2.33 Due Authorization The Stockholders have full power, right and authority to enter into this Agreement and each of the documents to which he or she is a party, including, as applicable, the Employment Agreement (as defined in Section 6.3 hereof), and the Stock Pledge Agreement (the Employment Agreement and the Stock Pledge Agreement are sometimes collectively, referred to herein as the "Operative Agreements"), and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Operative Agreement to which the Stockholders are a party will be, on the Closing Date, duty executed and delivered by the Stockholders, and this Agreement is, and each Operative Agreement to which the Stockholders are a party will be, on the Closing Date, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Stockholders, as applicable, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms of this Agreement and each such Operative Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.33, there are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings with respect to the capital stock of DigitalFacades to which the Stockholders are a party or by which the Stockholders are bound, nor, is there any such agreement or understanding to which the Stockholders are a party or by which he or she is bound, nor are there any such agreements or understandings to which the Stockholders are a party or by which the Stockholders are bound. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.33, the Stockholders are not indebted to DigitalFacades, and DigitalFacades is not indebted to the Stockholders. 24 2.34 No Approvals or Notices Required; No Conflicts With Instruments Except as set forth on Schedule 2.34, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements by the Stockholders and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (a) constitute a violation (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) of any provision of law or any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any court or other governmental authority applicable to the Stockholders, (b) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, organization, other entity or governmental or regulatory authority (a "Person"), except for compliance with applicable securities laws and the filing of all documents necessary to consummate the Merger with the Secretaries of State (the consent of all such Persons to be duly obtained by the Stockholders at or prior to the Closing), (c) result in a default (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) under, acceleration or termination of, or the creation in any party of the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any agreement, lease, note or other restriction, encumbrance, obligation or liability to which the Stockholders are a party or by which either of them is bound or to which any of their assets are subject, (d) result in the creation of any lien or encumbrance upon the assets of DigitalFacades or upon the Common Stock, (e) conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of DigitalFacades, or (f) invalidate or adversely affect any permit, license, or authorization used in the conduct of the business of DigitalFacades. 2.35 Disclosure No information furnished by the Stockholders to ICC or Rare Medium in this Agreement, the Financial Statements, the Schedules and the other Exhibits to this Agreement is false or misleading in any material respect in light of the circumstances pursuant to which such information was provided. The Stockholders have not made any untrue statement of a material fact nor omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or information delivered in or pursuant to this Agreement, and all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, or in or pursuant to closing certificates executed or delivered by the Stockholders, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. ARTICLE III - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RARE MEDIUM AND ICC Except as is otherwise described in the applicable Schedules, Rare Medium and ICC jointly and severally represent and warrant to DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing (which 25 representations and warranties shall survive the Closing to the extent provided in Section 9.3 hereto, all as follows in this Article III: 3.1 Organization, Good Standing Rare Medium and ICC are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the States of New York and Delaware, respectively, and have all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease their properties and assets and to carry on their businesses as now conducted. Rare Medium is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICC. Rare Medium and ICC are duly qualified and licensed as a foreign corporation to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on Schedule 3.1, which jurisdictions constitute all the jurisdictions where the character of Rare Medium's and ICC's properties occupied, owned or held under lease or the nature of the business conducted by Rare Medium and ICC the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on Rare Medium and ICC. 3.2 Authority Each of Rare Medium and ICC has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which either is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Operative Agreements to which Rare Medium is a party will be, on the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by Rare Medium, and this Agreement is, and each Operative Agreements to which Rare Medium is a party will be, on the Closing Date, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Rare Medium, enforceable against Rare Medium in accordance with its terms. This Agreement has been, and each Operative Agreement to which ICC is a party will be, on the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by ICC, and this Agreement is, and each Operative Agreement to which ICC is a party will be, on the Closing Date, a legal, valid and binding obligation of ICC, enforceable against ICC in accordance with its terms. 3.3 No Approvals or Notices Required; No Conflicts With Instruments The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements by Rare Medium and by ICC, the issuance of the ICC Common Stock to the Stockholders and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Operative Agreements will not (a) constitute a violation (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) of any provision of law or any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any court or other governmental authority applicable to Rare Medium or to ICC, (b) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any Person, except for compliance with applicable securities laws and the filing of all 26 documents necessary to consummate the Merger with the Secretaries of State, (c) result in a default (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) under, acceleration or termination of, or the creation in any party of the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any agreement, lease, note or other restriction, encumbrance, obligation or liability to which Rare Medium or ICC is a party or by which either is bound or to which any of their assets are subject, (d) result in the creation of any material lien or encumbrance upon the assets of Rare Medium or ICC, the ICC Common Stock or the funds being delivered in connection herewith, (e) conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any provision of the charter documents of Rare Medium or ICC, or (f) invalidate or adversely affect any permit, license, authorization or status used in the conduct of the business of ICC. 3.4 Authorized Shares All of the shares of ICC Common Stock issuable in exchange for Common Stock in accordance with this Agreement will be, when so issued, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will be delivered in accordance with all applicable State and Federal securities laws. 3.5 Reports ICC has delivered to DigitalFacades its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 (the "Annual Report") which complies with the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act in all material respects. 3.6 Legal Proceedings There are no claims, actions, suits, arbitrations, proceedings or investigations involving, pending or, to the knowledge of Rare Medium or ICC, threatened against Rare Medium or ICC before or by any court or governmental or nongovernmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any other Person, which questions the validity of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by Rare Medium or ICC pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and, to the knowledge of Rare Medium or ICC, there is no valid basis for any such claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation. There are no outstanding or unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees or stipulations to which Rare Medium or ICC is a party which involve the transactions contemplated herein or which would have an adverse effect upon the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of Rare Medium or ICC. 27 3.7 Brokers and Finders Neither Rare Medium nor ICC, nor any director, officer, agent or employee acting on behalf of Rare Medium or ICC, has retained any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Operative Agreements. 3.8 No Commission Registration (a) Investment. Rare Medium shall receive the Common Stock of DigitalFacades with no intention of distributing or reselling such Common Stock or any part thereof, or interest therein, in any transaction which would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof, without prejudice, however, to Rare Medium's right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Common Stock under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration requirements available under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. (b) No Public Market. Rare Medium understands that such Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act by reason of its sale in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof, and that Rare Medium will have to hold such Common Stock and bear the economic risk of such investment indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. (c) Experience. Rare Medium acknowledges that Rare Medium and its representatives are experienced in, and capable of, evaluating the financial condition and prospects of corporations like DigitalFacades. Rare Medium has had access to the records of DigitalFacades and has had the opportunity to ask questions concerning DigitalFacades and an investment in DigitalFacades' Common Stock. Rare Medium has its principal place of business in the State of New York. 3.9 Licenses, Permits, Authorizations, Etc. ICC and Rare Medium have each received all currently required governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, orders, registrations and permits of all agencies, whether federal, state, local or foreign, the failure to obtain which would, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on Rare Medium's or ICC's (as the case may be) business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other). Neither Rare Medium nor ICC has received any notification of any failure by it to have obtained any of such 28 governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, orders, registrations or permits. 3.10 Financial Statements Rare Medium has delivered to DigitalFacades (a) an audited balance sheet and statement of income of Rare Medium as of or for each of the two fiscal years ending December 31, 1996 and 1997 and an interim, unaudited for the three months ending March 31, 1998 (the "Company Balance Sheet"). All the foregoing financial statements are herein referred to as the "Rare Medium Financial Statements." The Rare Medium Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, and on a basis consistent with prior accounting periods, and present fairly the financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position of Rare Medium. The financial statements included in or incorporated by reference in the Annual Report (including the related notes and schedules) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and present fairly the financial condition of ICC as of the indicated dates and the results of operations of ICC for the indicated periods. 3.11 Taxes Except as described on Schedule 3.11, Rare Medium and ICC have (a) duly and timely filed, including valid extensions, with the appropriate governmental agencies (domestic and foreign) all tax returns, information returns and reports for all Taxes (as defined below) required to have been filed with respect to Rare Medium and ICC and (b) paid in full or provided for all Taxes, interest and other governmental charges which are shown to be due on such returns or reports. "Taxes" shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, including, but not limited to, income, excise, gross receipts, property, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profit, license, withholding, payroll, employment, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profit, social security and unemployment or other taxes imposed by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, any state, county, local or foreign government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any interest or fines, and any and all penalties or additions relating to such taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments. Furthermore, except as described on Schedule 3.11, (i) the reserves and provisions for Taxes reflected in the Company Balance Sheet are adequate, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied; (ii) no unresolved claim for assessment or collection of Taxes has been asserted or threatened (to Rare Medium and ICC's actual knowledge) against Rare Medium or ICC, and no audit or investigation by governmental authorities is under way with respect to Taxes, interest or other 29 governmental charges; (iii) no state of facts exists or has existed which would constitute a reasonable basis for the assessment against Rare Medium or ICC of any additional tax liability with respect to any period for which tax returns have been filed; (iv) Rare Medium and ICC have not filed or entered into any election, consent or extension agreement or any waiver that extends any applicable statute of limitations; (v) any Taxes incurred by Rare Medium or ICC or accrued by it since the date of the Company Balance Sheet have arisen in the ordinary course of business; and (vi) Rare Medium or ICC has not filed any consent to the application of Section 341(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), to any assets held, acquired or to be acquired by it. 3.12 Applicable Laws (a) Except as described on Schedule 3.12, Rare Medium has complied, and is in compliance with, all federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders applicable to the operation of its business, to its employees, or to any real property ("Rare Medium Real Property") and personal property ("Rare Medium Personal Property") used in the operation of Rare Medium's business, the failure to comply with which would, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, assets or operations of Rare Medium, including, without limitation, all such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders relating to antitrust, consumer protection, currency exchange, environmental protection, equal opportunity, health, occupational safety, pension, securities and trading-with-the-enemy matters. Rare Medium has not received any notification of any asserted present or past unremedied failure by Rare Medium to comply with any of such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees or orders. (b) Except as described on Schedule 3.12, ICC has complied, and is in compliance with, all federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders applicable to the operation of its business, to its employees, or to any real property ("ICC Real Property") and personal property ("ICC Personal Property") used in the operation of ICC's business, the failure to comply with which would, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, assets or operations of ICC, including, without limitation, all such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees and orders relating to antitrust, consumer protection, currency exchange, environmental protection, equal opportunity, health, occupational safety, pension, securities and trading-with-the-enemy matters. ICC has not received any notification of any asserted present or past unremedied failure by ICC to comply with any of such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, decrees or orders. (c) Rare Medium is not currently in violation of any applicable building, zoning, environmental or other law, ordinance or regulation in respect of the Rare Medium Real Property or its plant, structures or operations. No such law, ordinance or regulation would reasonably be expected to prevent the use of substantially the 30 Rare Medium Real Property for the conduct thereon of the business of Rare Medium as currently conducted. (d) ICC is not currently in violation of any applicable building, zoning, environmental or other law, ordinance or regulation in respect of the ICC Real Property or its plant, structures or operations. No such law, ordinance or regulation would reasonably be expected to prevent the use of substantially the ICC Real Property for the conduct thereon of the business of ICC as currently conducted. (e) Rare Medium is not in violation of, and has not violated, in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of the Rare Medium Real Property or the Rare Medium Personal Property or the conduct of its business, any applicable federal, state, county or local statutes, laws, regulations, guidances, rules, ordinances, codes, licenses, permits, judgments, writs, decrees, injunctions or orders of any governmental entity relating to environmental (air, water, groundwater, soil, noise and odor) matters, including, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the Clean Air Act, the Water Pollution Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.6901 et. seq.) and the regulations issued thereunder, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.9601 et. seq.), the Clean Water Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Hazardous Waste Control Act, comparable State of New York laws, and the regulations issued thereunder, and all other applicable federal, state, county, local and foreign environmental requirements. (f) ICC is not in violation of, and has not violated, in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of the ICC Real Property or the ICC Personal Property or the conduct of its business, any applicable federal, state, county or local statutes, laws, regulations, guidances, rules, ordinances, codes, licenses, permits, judgments, writs, decrees, injunctions or orders of any governmental entity relating to environmental (air, water, groundwater, soil, noise and odor) matters, including, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the Clean Air Act, the Water Pollution Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.6901 et. seq.) and the regulations issued thereunder, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. ss.ss.9601 et. seq.), the Clean Water Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Hazardous Waste Control Act, comparable State of New York laws, and the regulations issued thereunder, and all other applicable federal, state, county, local and foreign environmental requirements. 3.13 Full Disclosure No information furnished by Rare Medium or ICC in this Agreement, the Rare Medium Financial Statements, the Schedules and the other Exhibits to this 31 Agreement is false or misleading in any material respect in light of the circumstances pursuant to which such information was provided. Neither Rare Medium nor ICC has made any untrue statement of a material fact nor omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or information delivered in or pursuant to this Agreement, all Schedules and Exhibits hereto or in or pursuant to closing certificates executed or delivered by Rare Medium or ICC, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. ARTICLE IV - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF RARE MEDIUM AND ICC The obligations of Rare Medium and ICC to perform and observe the covenants, agreements and conditions hereof to be performed and observed by them at or prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date, which condition may be expressly waived in writing by Rare Medium or ICC. 4.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties The representations and warranties of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders contained herein (including applicable Exhibits or Schedules) and in the Operative Agreements shall have been true in all material respects when made and shall be true as of the Closing Date as though made on that date, except as affected by transactions contemplated hereby and except to the extent that such representations and warranties are made as of a specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true as of the specified date. 4.2 Performance of Agreement DigitalFacades and the Stockholders shall have performed all obligations and agreements and complied with all covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement or any Operative Agreement to be performed and complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date. 4.3 Opinion of Counsel for DigitalFacades DigitalFacades and the Stockholders shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to ICC and Rare Medium an opinion letter of counsel for DigitalFacades and the Stockholders, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3. 32 4.4 Stockholder Approval The Stockholders shall have approved the principal terms of the Merger in accordance with the applicable provisions of the California Law concerning stockholder approval of mergers. 4.5 Resignations Rare Medium shall have received resignations effective as of the Effective Date of all the officers and directors of DigitalFacades. 4.6 Consents to Merger DigitalFacades shall have received written consents to the Merger from each of the parties (other than DigitalFacades) to those agreements, leases, notes or other documents identified on Schedule 2.6 and Schedule 2.17 as requiring such consents, which consents shall be reasonably satisfactory to ICC. 4.7 Officers' Certificate ICC and Rare Medium shall have received a certificate of the President and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of DigitalFacades, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.7, certifying that all of the conditions to the obligations of Rare Medium and ICC (other than the condition of Section 4.9 and 4.11 hereof) have been fulfilled. 4.8 Stockholders' Certificates ICC and Rare Medium shall have received a certificate from the Stockholders, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.8, certifying that all of the conditions to the obligations of ICC and Rare Medium (other than the condition of Section 4.9 and 4.11 hereof) have been fulfilled and that all representations and warranties made by the Stockholders pursuant to Section 2 hereunder shall still be true and correct as of the date of such certificate. 4.9 Due Diligence ICC and Rare Medium shall have completed their due diligence review to their satisfaction, and their investigations shall not have revealed any facts or circumstances which, in their sole and absolute judgment, reflect in a material adverse way on the business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other) of DigitalFacades. 33 4.10 Material Change From May 31, 1998 to the Closing Date, DigitalFacades shall not have suffered any material adverse change in its business, business prospects, assets, operations or condition (financial or other). 4.11 Board Approvals The Board of Directors of ICC and Rare Medium shall have approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. 4.12 Firpta Certification Rare Medium shall receive from the Stockholders a properly completed and executed Foreign Investment and Real Property Tax Act of 1980 Certification in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4.12, stating under penalty of perjury, the Stockholders' taxpayer identification number and that the Stockholders are not a foreign person. 4.13 Good Standing Certificate DigitalFacades shall have delivered to Rare Medium a certificate dated as of no earlier than five (5) days preceding the Closing Date, duly issued by the Secretary of State of the State of California, and unless waived by Rare Medium, from the appropriate governmental authority in each state in which DigitalFacades is authorized to do business, showing DigitalFacades in good standing and authorized to do business and that all state franchise and/or income tax returns and taxes for DigitalFacades for all periods prior to the Closing have been filed and paid. ARTICLE V - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AND DIGITALFACADES The obligations of the Stockholders and DigitalFacades to perform and observe the covenants, agreements and conditions hereof to be performed and observed by them at or prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date, which conditions may be expressly waived in writing by Stockholders and, on behalf of DigitalFacades, by the President of DigitalFacades. 5.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties The representations and warranties of Rare Medium and ICC contained herein (including the Exhibits and the Schedules) in the Operative Agreements 34 shall have been true when made and shall be true as of the Closing Date as though made on that date, except as affected by transactions contemplated hereby and except and to the extent that such representations and warranties are made as of a specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true as of the specified date. 5.2 Performance of Agreement Rare Medium and ICC shall have performed all obligations and agreements and complied with all covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement or any Operative Agreement to be performed and complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date. 5.3 Opinion of Counsel for Rare Medium Rare Medium and ICC shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to DigitalFacades and the Stockholders an opinion letter of Rare Medium's and ICC's counsel, Elias, Goodman, Shanks & Zizmor, L.L.P., dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 5.3. 5.4 Stockholder Approval ICC, as sole stockholder of Rare Medium, shall have executed a valid consent approving the Merger in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware Law concerning stockholder consents in lieu of stockholder meetings. 5.5 Officers' Certificate DigitalFacades shall have received a certificate of the President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Rare Medium and of ICC, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 5.5, certifying that the conditions to the obligations of DigitalFacades and the Stockholders have been fulfilled. 5.6 Personal Guarantees Rare Medium shall have obtained releases of all guarantees on any indebtedness of DigitalFacades made by John Lin and Yvonne Lin or agreed in writing to indemnify John Lin and Yvonne Lin, in writing, if such guarantees will not be released by the guaranteed party or cannot be obtained by the Closing Date. 5.7 Good Standing Certificate Rare Medium and ICC shall have delivered to DigitalFacades a certificate dated as of no earlier than five (5) days preceding the Closing Date, duly issued by 35 the Secretary of State of the State of New York for Rare Medium and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware for ICC, and unless waived by DigitalFacades, from the appropriate governmental authority in each state in which Rare Medium and ICC is authorized to do business, showing Rare Medium and ICC in good standing and authorized to do business and that all state franchise and/or income tax returns and taxes for Rare Medium and ICC for all periods prior to the Closing have been filed and paid. ARTICLE VI - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF ALL PARTIES The obligations of all parties to perform and observe the covenants, agreements and conditions hereof to be performed and observed by them at or prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date, which conditions may be expressly waived in writing by Rare Medium, ICC, DigitalFacades and the Stockholders. 6.1 Legal Proceedings No order of any court or administrative agency shall be in effect which enjoins, restrains, conditions or prohibits consummation of this Agreement or any Operative Agreement, and no litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding shall be pending or threatened which would enjoin, restrain, condition or prevent consummation of this Agreement or any Operative Agreement. 6.2 Approvals and Consents Except as set forth in Schedule 6.2, all transfers of permits or licenses, all approvals, applications or notices to public agencies, federal, state, local or foreign, the granting or delivery of which is necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or for the continued operation of DigitalFacades, shall have been obtained, and all waiting periods specified by law shall have passed. All other consents, approvals and notices referred to in this Agreement shall have been obtained or delivered. 6.3 Employment Agreement Rare Medium and John Lin shall have entered into an employment agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6.3 (the "Employment Agreement"). 6.4 Stock Pledge Agreement The Stockholders and Rare Medium shall have entered into the Stock Pledge Agreement. 36 6.5 Lease Agreement Rare Medium shall have assumed the obligations of DigitalFacades pursuant to the terms of that certain Lease Agreement dated as of February 11, 1998 and the lessor pursuant to such lease agreement shall have consented to such assumption of the lease. ARTICLE VII - COVENANTS 7.1 Conduct of Business by DigitalFacades Pending the Merger Prior to the Effective Date, unless Rare Medium and ICC shall otherwise agree or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement: (a) DigitalFacades shall conduct its business only in the ordinary course and shall not materially change its operations; (b) DigitalFacades shall not (i) amend its Articles of Incorporation or By- Laws or (ii) split, combine, reclassify, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire its outstanding capital stock or declare, set aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property; (c) DigitalFacades shall not (i) issue or agree to issue any additional shares of, or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, its capital stock of any class, (ii) acquire or dispose of any fixed assets or acquire or dispose of any other assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (iii) incur a material amount of additional indebtedness or any other material liabilities or enter into any other material transaction, (iv) take any other of the actions listed in Section 2.8 hereof, or (v) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing; (d) DigitalFacades shall use its best efforts to preserve its business organization and distribution network, to keep available the services of its present officers and key employees, to preserve the good will of those having business relationships with it and to continue its existing relationships with its lenders, suppliers, customers and key employees; and (e) DigitalFacades shall promptly notify Rare Medium of any material adverse change in the assets, properties, business, results of operations, properties or financial condition of DigitalFacades. (f) Rare Medium shall promptly notify DigitalFacades of any material adverse change in the assets, properties, business, results of operations, properties or financial condition of Rare Medium. 37 7.2 Access and Information Subject to ICC's and Rare Medium's compliance with Section 7.7 hereof, DigitalFacades shall afford ICC and Rare Medium and their respective accountants, counsel and other representatives full access during normal business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Date to all of DigitalFacades' properties, books, contracts, commitments and records (including, but not limited to, tax returns), and, during such period, DigitalFacades shall furnish promptly to ICC and Rare Medium all information concerning DigitalFacades' business, properties and personnel as ICC or Rare Medium may reasonably request; provided, however, that no investigation pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall affect any representations or warranties made herein or the conditions to the obligations of Rare Medium and ICC to consummate the Merger. Subject to their compliance with Section 7.7 hereof, Rare Medium shall and shall cause ICC to make available to DigitalFacades and its authorized representatives, information regarding its assets, liabilities, contracts, operations and business. 7.3 Advice of Claims From the date of this Agreement to and including the Closing Date, DigitalFacades shall promptly advise Rare Medium in writing of the commencement or threat of any claims, litigation or proceedings against or affecting DigitalFacades of which DigitalFacades has knowledge. From the date of this Agreement to and including the Closing Date, Rare Medium shall promptly advise DigitalFacades in writing of the commencement or threat of any material claims, litigation or proceedings against or affecting Rare Medium or ICC of which Rare Medium or ICC has knowledge. 7.4 Cooperation Each party hereto will fully cooperate with the other parties, their counsel and accountants in connection with any steps required to be taken as part of its obligations under this Agreement. Each party will use its reasonable best efforts to cause all conditions to this Agreement to be satisfied as promptly as possible and to obtain all consents and approvals necessary for the due and punctual performance of this Agreement and for the satisfaction of the conditions hereof. No party will undertake any course of action inconsistent with this Agreement or which would make any representations, warranties or agreements made by such party in this Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements untrue or any conditions precedent to this Agreement unable to be satisfied at or prior to the Closing. 7.5 Intentionally Deleted 38 7.6 No Offers Unless this Agreement terminates pursuant to Article VIII hereof, neither DigitalFacades nor the Stockholder shall, directly or indirectly, take (nor allow its officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other agents or affiliates to take) any action to encourage, solicit, initiate or otherwise facilitate the submission by a third party of, or negotiate or enter into any agreement with a third party with respect to, a proposal to acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the capital stock of DigitalFacades or substantially all the assets of DigitalFacades or the business of DigitalFacades, and DigitalFacades shall immediately cease any current negotiations. 7.7 Confidentiality In connection with the Merger, ICC, Rare Medium and DigitalFacades are furnishing each other and the Stockholders with certain information which is either nonpublic, confidential or proprietary in nature. All such information furnished by one party to the other or its representatives is hereinafter referred to as the "Confidential Information." As used in this Agreement, the "representatives" of any party shall mean such party's officers, employees, agents or other representatives, including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants, consultants and financial advisors. In consideration of each party's being furnished with the Confidential Information of the other, each party agrees that: (a) The Confidential Information will be kept confidential and except as required by law will not, without the prior written consent of the party supplying the information, be disclosed by the receiving party or its representatives during such three-year period in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, and will not be used by the receiving party or its representatives directly or indirectly for any purpose other than evaluating and facilitating the Merger; provided, however, that upon the execution of this Agreement by ICC, Rare Medium, the Stockholders and DigitalFacades, ICC and Rare Medium and their representatives will be free to use the Confidential Information to the extent required by law in any subsequent filings with federal or state authorities relating to the Merger. Each party agrees to transmit the Confidential Information only to those of its representatives who need to know the Confidential Information for the purpose of advising it regarding any of the purposes for which it is permitted to use the Confidential Information under the terms of this Agreement, who are informed by the party supplying such information of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information and who are directed by such party to comply with the terms of this Agreement. Each party will be responsible for any material breach of this Agreement by its representatives. (b) Without the prior written consent of the other parties to this Agreement, no party or any of its representatives will disclose to any other Person the fact that the Confidential Information has been made available, or any of the 39 terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the Merger, including the status thereof, except as required by law or permitted under the terms of this Agreement. (c) In the event the parties do not proceed with the Merger, the Confidential Information and all copies thereof will be destroyed or returned promptly without retaining any copies thereof. Analyses, studies or other documents prepared by any party or its representatives for the purpose of assisting it in connection with the Merger will be held by the receiving party and kept confidential and subject to the terms of this Agreement or, at the election of the other party, destroyed. (d) This Section 7.7 shall be inoperative as to such portions of the Confidential Information which (i) are or become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the receiving party or its representatives which is not required by law; (ii) become available to the receiving party from a source with no obligation of confidentiality to the other party; (iii) describe technology independently developed by the receiving party; or (iv) were known to the receiving party on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure to the receiving party by the supplying party or one of its representatives. (e) In the event that a receiving party or any of its representatives is requested or becomes legally compelled (by written or oral interrogatories, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information for purposes not permitted by this Agreement, the receiving party will provide the supplying party with prompt written notice so that the supplying party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or that the supplying party waives compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, the receiving party will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required, and will exercise good-faith efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information. (f) Each party agrees that the other parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, in the event of any breach of the provisions of clause (a), (b), (c) or (e) of this Section 7.7. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Section 7.7 by any party or its representatives but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity. (g) It is further understood and agreed that no failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Section 7.7 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder. 40 7.8 Payment of Brokerage Fees Any brokerage, finder's or other fee or expense due in violation of Section 2.24 hereof shall be paid by the Stockholders. Any brokerage, finder's or other fee or expense due in violation of Section 3.7 hereof shall be paid by Rare Medium. 7.9 Further Acts After the Closing Date, each party hereto, at the request of and without any further cost or expense to the other parties, will take any further actions reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or any Operative Agreement, to vest in the Surviving Corporation full title to all properties, assets and rights of DigitalFacades and/or to effect the issuance of the ICC Common Stock to the Stockholders. 7.10 Options All currently outstanding options to purchase shares of DigitalFacades granted to employees of DigitalFacades shall be canceled at the Closing in lieu of options for the purchase of ICC Common Stock being granted to such employees, on an equivalent basis, and on the specific terms set forth in Schedule 7.10. Schedule 7.10 sets forth the outstanding options to purchase shares of DigitalFacades granted to employees of DigitalFacades as of the date hereof. 7.11 Intentionally Deleted 7.12 Restrictions on Transfer For a period of one year from the Closing Date, none of the Stockholders set forth on Schedule 7.12 shall (i) sell, assign, exchange, transfer, encumber, pledge, distribute, appoint or otherwise dispose of (a) any shares of ICC Common Stock received by the Stockholders at the Closing or (b) any interest (including, without limitation, an option to buy or sell) in any such shares of ICC Common Stock, in whole or in part, and no such attempted transfer shall be treated as effective for any purpose; or (ii) engage in any transaction, whether or not with respect to any shares of ICC Common Stock or any interest herein, the intent or effect of which is to reduce the risk of owning the shares of ICC Common Stock acquired hereunder (including, by way of example and not limitation, engaging in put, call, short-sale, straddle or similar market transactions). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholders may (x) transfer shares of ICC Common Stock to immediate family members (or trusts for the benefit of the Stockholders or family members, the trustees of which so agree); (y) encumber or pledge any of such shares of ICC Common Stock; provided, that, the family member, trust, trustee, pledgee or other beneficiary of such transfer, encumbrance or pledge, as the case may be, agrees in 41 writing prior to such transaction to be bound by (1) the provisions of this Section as if a Stockholders and party hereto and (2) the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement as if a Stockholder and party hereto or (z) pledge such shares of ICC Common Stock as additional security in connection with any real property loans obtained by such Stockholders for their personal residence. The provisions of this Section shall apply to the shares paid to the Stockholders at the Closing and to any Additional Shares paid to the Stockholders; provided that the restrictions contained herein shall only apply to the Additional Shares for the balance of the one (1) year period commencing upon the Closing Date. The certificates evidencing the ICC Common Stock delivered to the Stockholders hereunder will bear a legend substantially in the form set forth below and containing such other information as Rare Medium may deem necessary or appropriate: EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY THAT CERTAIN MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, EXCHANGED, TRANSFERRED, ENCUMBERED, PLEDGED, DISTRIBUTED, APPOINTED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, AND THE ISSUER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO GIVE EFFECT TO ANY ATTEMPTED SALE, ASSIGNMENT, EXCHANGE, TRANSFER, ENCUMBRANCE, PLEDGE, DISTRIBUTION, APPOINTMENT OR OTHER DISPOSITION PRIOR TO THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLOSING DATE. UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, THE ISSUER AGREES TO REMOVE THIS RESTRICTIVE LEGEND (AND ANY STOP ORDER PLACED WITH THE TRANSFER AGENT) AFTER THE DATE SPECIFIED ABOVE. 7.13 Personal Guarantees Rare Medium shall use its best efforts to have John Lin and Yvonne Lin released from any and all guarantees on any indebtedness that they personally guaranteed and from any and all pledges of assets that they pledged to secure such indebtedness for the benefit of DigitalFacades, with all such guarantees being assumed by Rare Medium if necessary to achieve such releases. In the event that any such guarantees will not be released by the guaranteed party, Rare Medium shall, in writing to indemnify John Lin and Yvonne Lin, against such any liability pursuant to such guarantees. 42 7.14 Restrictive Covenant (a) Prohibited Activities. The Stockholders set forth in Schedule 7.14 (the "Restricted Stockholders" will not, for a period of four (4) years following the Closing Date, for any reason whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for themselves or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person, company, partnership, corporation or business of whatever nature: (i) engage, as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, joint venturer, or in a managerial capacity, whether as an employee, independent contractor, consultant or advisor, or as a sales representative, in any business selling any products or services in direct competition with Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries), within 100 miles of where DigitalFacades or any of its subsidiaries conducted business prior to the effectiveness of the Merger (the "Territory"); (ii) call upon any person who is, at that time, within the Territory, an employee of Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries) in a sales representative or managerial capacity for the purpose or with the intent of enticing such employee away from or out of the employ of Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries), provided that each Restricted Stockholder shall be permitted to call upon and hire any member of his or her immediate family; (iii) call upon any person or entity which is, at that time, or which has been, within one (1) year prior to the Closing Date, a customer of Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries), of DigitalFacades within the Territory for the purpose of soliciting or selling products or services in direct competition with Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries) within the Territory; (iv) call upon any prospective acquisition candidate, on any Restricted Stockholder's own behalf or on behalf of any competitor in similar or incidental businesses or activities, which candidate, to the actual knowledge of such Restricted Stockholder after due inquiry, was called upon by Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries) or for which, to the actual knowledge of such Restricted Stockholders after due inquiry, Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries) made an acquisition analysis, for the purpose of acquiring such entity; or (v) disclose customers, whether in existence or proposed, of DigitalFacades to any person, firm, partnership, corporation or business for any reason or purpose whatsoever except to the extent that DigitalFacades has in the past disclosed such information to the public for valid business reasons. Notwithstanding the above, the foregoing covenant shall not be deemed to prohibit any Restricted Stockholder from acquiring as an investment not more than one 43 percent (1%) of the capital stock of a competing business whose stock is traded on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter so long as the Restricted Stockholder does not consult with or is not employed by such competitor. (b) Damages. Because of the difficulty of measuring economic losses to Rare Medium as a result of a breach of the foregoing covenant, and because of the immediate and irreparable damage that could be caused to Rare Medium for which it would have no other adequate remedy, each Restricted Stockholder agrees that, in the event of breach by such Restricted Stockholder, the foregoing covenant may be enforced by Rare Medium by injunctions and restraining orders. (c) Reasonable Restraint. It is agreed by the parties hereto that the foregoing covenants in this Section 7.14 impose a reasonable restraint on the Restricted Stockholders in light of the activities and business of Rare Medium (including its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries) on the date of the execution of this Agreement and the current plans of Rare Medium; but it is also the intent of Rare Medium and the Restricted Stockholders that such covenants be construed and enforced in accordance with the changing activities and business of Rare Medium (including its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries) throughout the term of this covenant. It is further agreed by the parties hereto that, in the event that any Restricted Stockholder who has entered into an employment agreement with Rare Medium as set forth herein, shall thereafter cease to be employed thereunder, and such Restricted Stockholder shall enter into a business or pursue other activities not in competition with Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries), or similar activities or business in locations the operations of which, under such circumstances, does not violate this Section and in any event such new business, activities or location are not in violation of this Section or such Restricted Stockholder's obligations under this Section, such Restricted Stockholder shall not be chargeable with a violation of this Section if Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries) shall thereafter enter the same, similar or a competitive (i) business (ii) course of activities, or (iii) location, as applicable. (d) Severability; Reformation. The covenants in this Section 7.14 are severable and separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant shall not affect the provisions of any other covenant. Moreover, in the event any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the scope, time or territorial restrictions set forth are unreasonable, then it is the intention of the parties that such restrictions be enforced to the fullest extent which the court deems reasonable, and this Agreement shall thereby be reformed. (e) Independent Covenant. All of the covenants in this Section 7.14 shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of any Restricted Stockholders against Rare Medium (or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries), whether 44 predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Rare Medium of such covenants. It is specifically agreed that the period of four (4) years stated at the beginning of this Section, during which the agreements and covenants of each Restricted Stockholder made in this Section shall be effective, shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which such Restricted Stockholder is in violation of any provision of this Section. The covenants contained in Section shall not be affected by any breach of any other provision hereof by any party hereto and shall have no effect if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated. (f) Materiality. DigitalFacades and the Restricted Stockholders hereby agree that this covenant is a material and substantial part of this transaction. (g) Breach by Other Stockholders. Nothing to the contrary contained herein, no Restricted Stockholder shall be liable for any breach of this Section 7.14 by any other Restricted Stockholder. 7.15 DigitalFacades' Business Except as otherwise agreed to by DigitalFacades (or, after the Closing by John Lin), neither Rare Medium, nor ICC shall, until January 1, 1999, take any action which would materially, adversely affect the ability of DigitalFacades to earn and realize the DigitalFacades Revenue, including, but not limited to, not properly staffing projects which would accrue revenue to the DigitalFacades Revenue in lieu of other projects which would not accrue revenue to the DigitalFacades Revenue or refusing projects which would accrue revenue to the DigitalFacades Revenue. ARTICLE VIII - TERMINATION This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing: (a) by the mutual consent of DigitalFacades and Rare Medium; (b) by either DigitalFacades or Rare Medium if the other parties shall have breached their agreements hereunder; provided, however, that DigitalFacades may not terminate this Agreement for a breach by the Stockholders, and Rare Medium may not terminate this Agreement for a breach by ICC; or (c) by either DigitalFacades or Rare Medium if the Closing has not occurred by August 31, 1998. 45 In the event of any termination pursuant to this Article VIII (other than pursuant to clause (a) above), written notice setting forth the reasons therefor shall forthwith be given by the terminating party to the other parties hereto. Such termination shall not prejudice any party's right to seek remedies for another party's breach of this Agreement. ARTICLE IX - GENERAL 9.1 Expenses Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, each party shall pay its own fees and expenses incident to the negotiation, preparation and carrying out of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements (including legal and accounting fees and expenses), provided that, should any action be brought hereunder, the attorneys' fees and expenses of the prevailing party shall be paid by the other party to such action. The Stockholders shall pay any transfer or similar taxes which may be payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 9.2 Amendment Rare Medium, ICC, DigitalFacades and the Stockholders may amend, modify or supplement this Agreement at any time, but only in writing duly executed on behalf of each of the parties to be bound thereby. 9.3 Indemnification and Survival of Warranties 9.3.1 (a) The Stockholders agree to indemnify Rare Medium, ICC, the Surviving Corporation, their successors and assigns, and the officers, directors, affiliates, employees, controlling Persons and agents of the foregoing, and to hold each of them harmless against and in respect of any and all losses, damages, Taxes, penalties or other additions to Taxes, costs and expenses, including attorneys' and accountants' fees incurred by any of them by reason of (i) a breach of any of the representations or warranties made by DigitalFacades or the Stockholders in this Agreement (except Section 7.14 above) or the Stock Pledge Agreement or (ii) the nonperformance (whether partial or total) of any covenants or agreements made by DigitalFacades or the Stockholders in this Agreement (except Section 7.14 above) or the Stock Pledge Agreement. (b) ICC, Rare Medium and the Surviving Corporation, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and to hold harmless DigitalFacades and the Stockholders and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, and legatees against and in respect of all losses, damages, Taxes, penalties or other additions to Taxes, costs 46 and expenses, including attorneys' and accountants' fees incurred by any of them by reason of (i) a breach of any of the representations or warranties made by ICC or Rare Medium in this Agreement or the Operative Agreements or (ii) the nonperformance (whether partial or total) of any covenants or agreements made by ICC or Rare Medium in this Agreement or the Operative Agreements. 9.3.2 If any Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.3.1 hereof (an "Indemnitee") is threatened in writing with any claim, or any claim is presented in writing to, or any action or proceeding is formally commenced against, any of the Indemnitees which may give rise to the right of indemnification hereunder, the Indemnitee will promptly give written notice thereof to each indemnifying party; provided, however, that any delay by an Indemnitee in so notifying the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party of any liability to any of the Indemnitees hereunder except to the extent that the indemnifying party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. 9.3.3 The indemnifying party or parties, by delivery of written notice to an Indemnitee within 30 days of notice of claim to indemnity from an Indemnitee, may elect to assume the defense of such claim, action or proceeding at the expense of the indemnifying party; provided, however, that (a) unless such written notice shall be accompanied by a written agreement of each indemnifying party acknowledging the liability of the indemnifying parties to the Indemnitees as a result of this Agreement for any indemnified damage which any Indemnitee might incur or suffer as a result of such claim, action or proceeding or the contesting thereof, each indemnifying party shall be jointly and severally liable for the reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of the Indemnitee, if any, incurred in connection with defending such claim; (b) counsel undertaking such defense shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee; (c) the indemnifying parties shall mutually elect to contest such claim, action or proceeding and shall conduct and settle such contest in a joint manner, and if the indemnifying parties shall fail at any time to agree, the Indemnitee shall have no obligation to contest such claim, action or proceeding and (d) if the Indemnitee requests in writing that such claim, action or proceeding not to be contested, then it shall not be contested but shall not be covered by the indemnities provided herein. The indemnifying parties may settle an indemnifiable matter after delivering a written description of the proposed settlement to and receiving consent from the Indemnitee. In the event the Indemnitee unreasonably declines to consent to such settlement, then the Indemnitee shall have no right to indemnification beyond the amount of the proposed settlement. In the event the indemnifying parties jointly elect to contest an indemnifiable matter, the Surviving Corporation, ICC, Rare Medium and the Stockholders shall permit each other reasonable access, subject to the provisions of Section 7.7 hereof, to their respective books and records and shall otherwise cooperate in connection with such claim. If the indemnifying parties do not jointly elect to contest an indemnifiable matter, they shall cooperate with the Indemnitee to 47 the extent any of them has knowledge of facts or circumstances relating to such matter, and the Indemnitee shall have the exclusive right to prosecute, defend, compromise, settle or pay any claim, but the Indemnitee shall not be obligated to do so; provided, however, that, should the Indemnitee elect not to exercise its right exclusively to prosecute, defend, compromise, settle or pay such claim, any indemnifying party may elect to do so at its sole expense. 9.3.4 The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for a period of twelve (12) months. 9.3.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the indemnification obligations of the Stockholders contained in Section 9.3.1(a), as limited by this Section 9.3.5 and 9.3.6, is the sole and exclusive remedy of Rare Medium, ICC, the Surviving Corporation, their successors and assigns, and the officers, directors, affiliates, employees, controlling Persons and agents of the foregoing (collectively, the "Rare Medium Indemnitees") against DigitalFacades and/or the Stockholders, in any action or proceeding of any kind or nature seeking damages or any other form of monetary relief brought by or behalf of Rare Medium Indemnitees and related to or involving (i) this Agreement, including, without limitation, its negotiation, performance, interpretation, breach or alleged or threatened breach, (ii) any agreement, instrument or document required by or related to or referred to in this Agreement, or (iii) any representation or warranty or promise or covenant contained in this Agreement or any agreement, instrument or document referred to in clause (ii); provided that nothing herein shall be construed to limit the right of a Rare Medium Indemnitee, in a proper case, to seek injunctive relief. (b) The indemnification obligation of the Stockholders in this Agreement shall terminate on that date which is twelve (12) months from the Closing Date, except with regard to claims made for indemnification prior to such date. (c) The indemnification obligation of the Stockholders under this Agreement shall be satisfied from, and shall be solely limited to, the value of the ICC Common Stock pledged pursuant to the Stock Pledge Agreement ("Pledged Shares"). No Stockholder shall be liable under this Agreement for an amount which exceeds his or her pro rata portion (based upon the percentage ownership of DigitalFacades prior to the Merger) of the Pledged Shares. The limitations set forth in this Section 9.3.5(c), however, shall not apply to an indemnity claim related to representations and warranties made by DigitalFacades in Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and by the Stockholders in Sections 2.32, 2.33 or 2.34. For the purposes of this paragraph, the value of the Pledged Shares shall be the closing asking price of ICC Common Stock (as reported in The Wall Street Journal) on the last trading day prior to the tender of the indemnification claim. 48 9.3.6 Rare Medium, ICC and the other persons or entities indemnified pursuant to Section 9.3.1 shall not assert any claim other than a Third Person claim for indemnification hereunder against the Stockholders until such time as, and solely to the extent that, the aggregate of all claims which such persons may have against the Stockholders shall exceed $25,000 (the "Indemnification Threshold"), and then only for the amount which the aggregate of all claims exceeds the Indemnification Threshold, provided, however, that Rare Medium, ICC and the other persons or entities indemnified pursuant to Section 9.3.1 may assert and shall be indemnified for any claim regarding Taxes at any time, regardless of whether the aggregate of all claims which such persons may have against any Stockholders or all Stockholders exceeds the Indemnification Threshold, it being understood that the amount of any such claim regarding Taxes shall not be counted towards the Indemnification Threshold. The Stockholders shall not assert any claim for indemnification hereunder against Rare Medium or ICC until such time as, and solely to the extent that, the aggregate of all claims which Stockholders may have against Rare Medium or ICC shall exceed the Indemnification Threshold. No person shall be entitled to indemnification under this Section 9.3 to the extent that such person's claim for indemnification is directly or indirectly related to a breach by such person of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement set forth in this Agreement. 9.4 Rule 144 Availability ICC and Rare Medium covenant that they will use their best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by ICC under Rule 144 under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, so as to enable any Stockholders to sell ICC Common stock pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act and ICC shall cooperate with such Stockholder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery after such sale of stock certificates not bearing any 1933 Act restrictive legend. This covenant shall survive the Closing. 9.5 Counterparts This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 9.6 Headings The headings preceding the text of Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed parts hereof. 49 9.7 Applicable Law This Agreement, including all matters of construction, validity and performance, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of New York, as applied to contracts executed and to be fully performed in such state by citizens of such state. 9.8 Parties in Interest All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto, whether herein so expressed or not, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder of any party hereto shall be assigned without the prior written consent of the other parties. This Agreement is not intended, nor shall it be construed, to confer any enforceable rights on any Person not a party hereto. 9.9 Notices Any notice or demand desired or required to be given hereunder shall be in writing given by personal delivery or certified or registered mail, reputable overnight courier service, telegram or confirmed facsimile transmission, addressed as respectively set forth below or to such other address as any party shall have previously designated by such a notice. The effective date of any notice or request shall be three days from the date it is mailed by the addressor, upon delivery of the courier package if it is sent by courier, upon delivery to a telegraph company properly addressed with charges prepaid, upon confirmation of a successful facsimile transmission, or in any event upon personal delivery. Notices to Rare Medium, ICC, the Stockholders and DigitalFacades shall be sent as follows: Rare Medium, Inc. 44 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 Fax: (212) 634-6951 Attention: Glenn Meyers, President ICC Technologies, Inc. 44 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 Fax: (212) 634-6951 Attention: Glenn Meyers, President 50 with copies to: Elias, Goodman Shanks & Zizmor, L.L.P. 444 Madison Avenue 22nd Floor New York, NY 10022 Attention: Paul Goodman To DigitalFacades: DigitalFacades Corporation 4081 Redwood Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90066 Attention: John Lin with copies to: Arter & Hadden, LLP 5959 Topanga Canyon Boulevard Suite 244 Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Attention:Tomoko Aoyama, Esq. To the Stockholders: To their respective addresses set forth in Exhibit A 9.10 Publicity Until the Closing, neither Digital nor the Stockholders shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any announcement or written statement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby for dissemination to the general public without the prior consent of Rare Medium except as required by law. 9.11 Tax Free Reorganization The parties hereto intend for the Merger to qualify as a tax free reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 and related sections of the Code and the Regulations thereunder. Nevertheless, notwithstanding anything contained herein or the Merger Agreement to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) such qualification shall not be a condition to the obligations of any of the parties hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Merger Agreement, and (ii) ICC and Rare Medium shall have no obligation to take any action (except as expressly provided under the terms of this Agreement) to cause the Merger to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code. 51 9.12 Right of Rare Medium to Effect Merger with Newly Formed Subsidiary Rare Medium shall have the right and option, at its discretion, prior to the Closing, to effect the Merger with a newly formed corporation ("NewCo"), wholly-owned by Rare Medium in the stead of Rare Medium with DigitalFacades being the surviving entity), provided that such election by Rare Medium shall not affect the representations and warranties or duties and obligations (other than altering the parties to the Merger) made by Rare Medium and ICC to DigitalFacades and the Stockholders. Rare Medium shall exercise such right by providing notice thereof to DigitalFacades, prior to the Closing, in accordance with the notice provisions herein. In the event that Rare Medium shall exercise such right, the obligations of the Stockholders and DigitalFacades to perform and observe the covenants, agreements and conditions hereto to be performed and observed by them at or prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to receipt by the Stockholders and DigitalFacades, of representations and warranties of Rare Medium, ICC and NewCo, jointly and severally, covering, with respect to NewCo, those matters covered by the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.12 and 3.13 herein. In addition, (a) the matters covered by Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 and 5.7 shall be construed to include NewCo (by way of example and not limitation, the legal opinion required by Section 5.3 shall include opinions with respect to NewCo and a good standing certificate of NewCo shall be required under Section 5.7); (b) NewCo shall, in addition to Rare Medium, provide the indemnities required by Sections 5.6 and 7.13; (c) NewCo shall make the promises contained in Section 6.6; and (d) Section 1.3(b) shall be revised as the parties to this Agreement may mutually agree to reflect the foregoing exercise of right by Rare Medium. 52 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into and signed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. RARE MEDIUM, INC. By: /s/ Glenn S. Meyers ------------------------------- Its ICC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ Glenn S. Meyers ------------------------------- Its DIGITALFACADES CORPORATION By: /s/ John Lin ------------------------------- Its The Stockholders: /s/ John Lin ----------------------------------- John Lin /s/ Yvonne S. Tsai ----------------------------------- Yvonne S. Tsai /s/ Oliver Chan ----------------------------------- Oliver Chan 53 /s/ Gregory Holland ----------------------------------- Gregory Holland /s/ William Kessler ----------------------------------- William Kessler /s/ Steven B. Klinenberg ----------------------------------- Steven B. Klinenberg /s/ Ching-Shen Lin ----------------------------------- Ching-Shen Lin /s/ Lily R. C. Lin ----------------------------------- Lily R. C. Lin /s/ Judith C. Lin ----------------------------------- Judith C. Lin /s/ Jane Lin ----------------------------------- Jane Lin /s/ Jeanette Perez ----------------------------------- Jeanette Perez /s/ Stephen Rowe ----------------------------------- Stephen Rowe /s/ Rosemary Scarzoni ----------------------------------- Rosemary Scarzoni 54 Exhibit A The DigitalFacades Shareholders 55 Exhibit 1.2 Form of Certificates of Merger 56 Exhibit 1.3(a) Form of Stock Pledge Agreement 57 Exhibit 4.3 Form of Opinion of Counsel for DigitalFacades 58 Exhibit 4.7 Form of DigitalFacades Officers Certificate 59 Exhibit 4.8 Form of DigitalFacades Stockholders Certificate 60 Exhibit 4.12 Form of FIRPTA Certificate 61 Exhibit 5.3 Form of Opinion of Counsel for Rare Medium 62 Exhibit 5.5 Form of Rare Medium Officer's Certificate 63 Exhibit 6.3 Form of John Lin Employment Agreement 64 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----