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Indemnification Notice
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a).
Indemnified Party
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a).
Indemnifying Party
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a).
Information Statement
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
Intellectual Property
shall mean all intangible assets used in or necessary to the conduct of the business of Seller, including, without limitation: the name Tralliance and all derivations thereof, all trade names, domain names, websites, service marks names, trade dress, logos, trade secrets, copyrights and registrations and applications therefore, designs, technical information, know-how, processes and techniques, research and development information, and supplies, plans, proposals, technical data, computer software, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing
plans, formulas, devices, software or compilations of information; patents, license rights and sublicense rights to all patents and trademarks, and other intangible assets registered in the name of Seller and currently used by Seller in connection with, or necessary for the Business of Seller, all applications therefore and all licenses (as licensee or licensor) and other agreements related thereto as described on Schedule 3.8 hereto, and all of Sellers rights to use or allow others to use such names, all registrations and applications for registration and all claims for infringement of any intellectual property and intangible rights relating thereto.
IRS
shall man the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Laws
shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational or other administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law, rule, regulation, statute or treaty or any order of any Governmental Authority, or any license, franchise, consent, approval, permit or similar right granted under any of the foregoing including, without limitation, all federal, state and local privacy laws, rules and regulations, and all other applicable laws of similar tenor and effect, all laws relating to occupational health and safety, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices and
discrimination, privacy, security and exchange of information, the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, the Childrens Online Protection Act, the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act, the Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act, rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, and other laws, rules, and regulations, applicable to the Business or the Purchased Assets.
Losses
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.
Material Adverse Effect
shall mean circumstance, change in, or effect on the Business, or the Parent that, individually or in the aggregate is, or would reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, operations, assets or liabilities, results of operations or the financial condition of the Parent.
Non-Competition Period
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(b).
Ordinary Course
shall mean the normal day to day operations of the Seller consistent with past practices.
Parent Financial Statements
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b).
Parent Transaction Documents
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
Permits
shall mean all franchises, licenses, permits, consents, authorizations, approvals and certificates, or any waiver of the foregoing, required by any person or organization including any Governmental Authority (as defined herein), and held, used or otherwise possessed by Seller in connection with and/or necessary to the operation of the business of Seller, to the extent transferable to Buyer under applicable Laws as listed on Schedule 3.9.
Permitted Encumbrances
means (i) liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established; (ii) rights reserved to any Governmental Authority to regulate the affected property; (iii) statutory liens of banks and rights of set-off; (iv) as to leased assets, interests of the lessors and sublessors thereof and liens affecting the interests of the lessors and sublessors thereof; (v) inchoate materialmens, mechanics, workmens, repairmens
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or other like liens arising in the Ordinary Course; (vi) liens incurred or deposits made in the Ordinary Course in connection with workers compensation and other types of social security; (vii) licenses of trademarks or other intellectual property rights granted by the Seller in the Ordinary Course and not interfering in any material respect with the Ordinary Course of the Business of Seller; and (viii) as to real property, any encumbrance, adverse interest, constructive or other trust, claim, attachment, exception to or defect in title or other ownership interest (including, but not limited to, reservations, rights of entry, rights of first
refusal, possibilities of reverter, encroachments, easement, rights of way, restrictive covenants, leases, and licenses) of any kind, which otherwise constitutes an interest in or claim against property, whether arising pursuant to any Laws, under any contract or otherwise, that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on Sellers use thereof as currently used in the Ordinary Course.
Person
shall mean a corporation, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a limited liability company, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency (including without limitation, any federal, state, local or municipal regulatory or administrative body).
Purchase Price
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b).
Related Party
shall mean, with respect to the Buyer, any of the holders of the Convertible Notes, Certified Vacations Group, Inc., Labigroup Holdings, LLC and their respective subsidiaries, if any. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, neither the Seller, the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries shall be considered Related Parties of the Buyer hereunder.
Relevant Group
shall mean any combined, consolidated, affiliated, unitary or similar group of which either Parent or Seller is or was a member.
SEC
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
SEC Documents
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
SEC Financial Statements
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
Seller Indemnified Group
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.
Shares
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Tax
shall mean any federal, state, local, foreign and other income, profits, franchise, capital, withholding, unemployment insurance, social security, occupational, production, severance, gross receipts, value added, sales, use, excise, real and personal property, ad valorem, occupancy, transfer, employment, disability, workers compensation or other similar tax, duty or other governmental charge (including all interest and penalties thereon and additions thereto).
Tax Return
shall mean any return (including any information return), report, statement, schedule, notice, form, declaration, claim for refund or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any Laws relating to any Tax.
Terminating Party
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a)(ii).
Third-Party Claim
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(b).
Transaction Documents
shall mean this Agreement and such other documents and agreements of even date herewith or delivered at Closing.
Transferred Employee
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as the date first provided above.
PARENT:
theglobe.com, inc.
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By:
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/s/ Edward A. Cespedes
Title: President
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SELLER:
TRALLIANCE CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Edward A. Cespedes
Title: President
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BUYER:
THE REGISTRY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC.
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By:
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/s/ Michael S. Egan
Title: Manager
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ANNEX B
(the Earnout Agreement)
EARNOUT AGREEMENT
This Earnout Agreement (Agreement) is entered into this 10th day of June, 2008, by and between theglobe.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent), and The Registry Management Company, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (Buyer).
RECITALS
A. Parent has this date sold to Buyer substantially all of the assets of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tralliance Corporation, a New York corporation (Tralliance), which assets also constitute substantially all of the assets of the Parent on a consolidated basis with its subsidiaries, pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated as of June 10, 2008, by and among Tralliance, the Parent and Buyer (the Purchase Agreement). Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
B. The Purchase Agreement provides that a portion of the purchase price will be calculated and paid as an earnout based upon the Net Revenues (as hereinafter defined) generated by the Buyer over the Term (hereinafter defined).
C. Parent and Buyer have agreed that determination and payment of the earnout contemplated by the Purchase Agreement shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and of the respective covenants and provisions herein contained, Parent and Buyer agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Business
shall have the meaning of such term as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
1.2
Cumulative Minimum Payment Amount
shall mean the sum of Two Million One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($2,175,000), plus an amount equal to the number of effective days in the final Earnout Period divided by 365 multiplied by Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000).
1.3
Earnout Amount
means with respect to any particular time period, an amount equal to ten percent (10.0%) of the Net Revenues of the Buyer for such period.
1.4
Earnout Period
shall mean the one year period commencing on the Closing Date and all succeeding one year periods thereafter (or portion thereof with respect to the last such year) during the Term.
1.5
Fiscal Quarter
shall mean the calendar quarters ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
1.6
Net Revenue
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 below with respect to the Company and any subsidiary thereof.
1.7
Term
shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the close of business on May 5, 2015.
ARTICLE II
EARNOUT PAYMENT
2.1
Minimum Earnout Payments.
The minimum Earnout Amount that shall be paid to the Parent with respect to the initial Earnout Period shall be Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000). Thereafter, the minimum Earnout Amount that shall be paid to the Parent shall increase by $25,000 in each subsequent Earnout Period until the end of the Term, with the minimum Earnout Amount for the last Earnout Period prorated based upon the effective number of days in that period. The minimum aggregate Earnout Payments that shall be paid to the Parent over the Term shall be equal to the Cumulative Minimum Payment Amount. Within ten (10) Business
Days following the end of each Fiscal Quarter during the Term, Buyer shall pay to
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the Parent an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the minimum Earnout Amount due for that Earnout Period, except that the quarterly payments due during the final Earnout Period shall be equal to thirty three and one-third percent (33 1/3
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%) of the minimum Earnout Amount due for such final Earnout Period.
2.2. Yearly Earnout Payments.
As further provided in Section 3.2(a) below, within twenty (20) Business Days following the end of each Earnout Period (or May 5, 2015 with respect to the last such Earnout Period) during the Term, Buyer shall pay to Parent an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Net Revenue of the Buyer for such period multiplied by ten percent (10.0%) (the Yearly Earnout Payment) over the sum of all Minimum Earnout payments made and attributable to such Earnout Period.
2.3
Interest
. Unless such payment is not timely made, Parent shall not be entitled to any interest on any payments under this Agreement. Any minimum Earnout Amount or Yearly Earnout Payment that is not made on a timely basis shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month from the date due until paid in full.
2.4
Right to Operate the Business
. The Parent acknowledges that following the Closing of the Purchase Agreement Buyer will have the right to operate the Business of the Buyer in a manner that Buyer deems appropriate in Buyers sole discretion, but subject to the provisions of Section 2.5 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times during the Term, the Buyer shall diligently proceed with commercially reasonable efforts to develop and market the Business.
2.5
Segregation of Business within the Buyer.
The Parties acknowledge and agree that the earn-out calculations under this Agreement assume that the Buyer acts as a single purpose entity and continues to operate the Business of the Tralliance solely within the Buyer. During the Term, the Buyer covenants that it will only own and operate the Business (together will such other business as is related or incidental thereto) through the Buyer or a subsidiary thereof, or will implement appropriate procedures to accurately track Net Revenues as contemplated by this Agreement, which procedures will be subject to the approval of Parent which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE III
COMPUTATION OF NET REVENUE; PAYMENT
3.1
Manner of Computation.
For purposes of this Agreement, Net Revenue for any period shall mean the total cash received by the Buyer and its subsidiaries related to registrations of .travel domain names, net of third-party registry operator fees, if applicable, and exclusive of any cash received from a Bulk Purchase Program. Bulk Purchase Program means any agreement or program of Buyer or its subsidiaries pursuant to which a single purchaser or affiliated group of purchasers registers or renews more than twenty five thousand (25,000) .travel domain names.
3.2
Time of Determination and Payment
(a) Within twenty (20) Business Days after the end of each Earnout Period during the Term, the Buyer shall provide the Parent a complete and accurate statement of its Net Revenues for such Earnout Period (the Earnout Statements). Each Earnout Statement shall be certified as accurate by an officer of the Buyer and shall be accompanied by payment of the amounts shown as due on such Earnout Statement. All payments made hereunder shall be in United States currency drawn on a United States bank, unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by the parties.
(b) The Buyer shall retain records relating to all of its Net Revenue and its Earnout Statements for at least one (1) year after the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Parent, directly or through its representative, shall be entitled to inspect the Buyers books and records relating to said Net Revenue and Earnout Statements for purposes of verifying the accuracy of the Earnout Statements delivered to it pursuant to 3.2(a) of this Agreement.
(c) Such inspection and access will be available to Parent upon not less than five (5) days written notice to the Buyer, not more than once each calendar year of the Term, during normal business hours, and once a year for one (1) year after the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Should such inspection reveal with reasonable certainty a discrepancy in reporting and payment of amounts due to the Parents detriment, then the Buyer shall promptly pay to the Parent the amount of such discrepancy. In
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addition, if the discrepancy in reporting and payment is the greater of (i) five percent (5%) and (ii) twenty thousand dollar ($20,000) over the course of any consecutive four quarters, Buyer shall also pay to Parent the reasonable and necessary costs of such inspection plus interest on the amount due from the date that it should have been paid until the date of actual payment at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
4.1
Benefit of Parties and Assignment
. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement shall not be assignable by either party without the prior written consent of the other party.
4.2
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect thereto.
4.3
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instruments.
4.4
Notices
. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
4.5
Waiver of Compliance.
The party for whose benefit a warranty, representation, covenant or condition is intended may, in writing, waive any inaccuracies in the warranties, representations, covenants or conditions contained in this Agreement or waive compliance with any of the foregoing and so waive performance of any of the obligations of the other party hereto and any defaults hereunder, provided, however, that such waiver shall not affect or impair the waiving partys rights in respect to any other warranty, representation, covenant, condition or default hereunder.
4.6
Index and Captions.
The captions of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are solely for convenient reference and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or interpretation of any Article or Section hereof.
4.7
Governing Law; Venue
. This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Florida without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law. Each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agrees that any suit, action or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be brought in the courts of record of the State of Florida in Broward County or the court of the United States, Southern District of Florida; (b) consents to the jurisdiction of each such court in any suit, action or proceeding; (c) waives any objection
which it may have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any of such courts; and (d) agrees that service of any court paper may be effected on such party by mail, as provided in this Agreement, or in such other manner as may be provided under applicable laws or court rules in said state.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto caused this Agreement to be executed in multiple original counterparts as of the date set forth above.
PARENT:
theglobe.com, inc.
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By:
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/s/ Edward A. Cespedes
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Print Name:
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Edward A. Cespedes
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BUYER:
The Registry Management Company, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Michael S. Egan
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Print Name:
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Michael S. Egan
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ANNEX C
(Fairness Opinion)
June 20, 2008
The Board of Directors
theglobe.com, Inc.
110 E. Broward Blvd., 14th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
re: Opinion of Financial Advisor
Dear Members of the Board:
You have requested Hatcher/Johnson Valuation, Inc. (HJV) to render its opinion (the Opinion) as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, to the existing public shareholders of theglobe.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (theglobe or the Seller), relative to the sale of substantially all of the assets of Tralliance Corporation, a New York corporation (Tralliance), plus the issuance of 229 million shares of common stock of the Seller, to The Registry Management Company, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, under the terms of the Purchase Agreement dated June 10, 2008 by and between
theglobe, Tralliance and the Buyer. As a result of this sale, the Seller will no longer have any remaining operating subsidiaries, and the number of shares of theglobe common stock issued will increase significantly. Additionally, the Buyer is owned and controlled by a member of theglobes Board, giving the perception of insider conflicts of interest.
Regardless, the Opinion does not address the Sellers underlying business decision to complete this sale. Also, HJV has not been requested to, and has not, solicited third party indications of interest in acquiring all or part of Tralliance or its assets. Further HJV has not solicited third party indications of interest regarding large blocks of common stock of the Seller.
As part of our normal ongoing advisory activities, HJV engages in the valuation of businesses, business interests and securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, public and private reporting, private placements, reorganizations, litigation support, estate and tax appraisals and other related purposes. Additionally, HJV advises clients on a wide range of strategic, operational and financial topics. As part of the above work, we have issued opinions on numerous occasions similar in nature to that requested by you.
In rendering its opinion, HJV reviewed information furnished by theglobe and its legal counsel and completed independent research which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
1. theglobe and Tralliance financial statements from 2005 up through March of 2008 (the most current available) as well as available tax returns and other internal financial preparations;
2. Public SEC filings with special emphasis on the Sellers year-end 2007 10-K annual report and the March, 2008 10-Q quarterly report;
3. Internally prepared Seller pro forma financial statements and other statements;
4. Tralliance forecasts and budgets prepared prior to December 2007;
5. Documents prepared as part of the sale including the Purchase Agreement, Earnout Agreement, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Bill of Sale (collectively, the Purchase Documents) and the Written Consent of Stockholders in the completed format as of the date of this letter;
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theglobe.com, Inc.
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6. Review and analysis of theglobes public stock price over the last three years, including any noted announcements and pertinent analyst comments;
7. Review and analysis of published industry performance information as it may relate to Tralliance or theglobe plus business sale transactions economically similar to theglobe and Tralliance;
8. Review and analysis of the performance and stock prices of publicly trading guideline businesses similar to the Seller and Tralliance;
9. Attendance at meetings at the Sellers offices with discussions with certain board members and management plus ongoing phone conversations and electronic transfers of relevant information;
10. The completion of outside independent research and analyses as deemed appropriate to complete the assignment and render the Opinion.
In rendering its conclusions and opinion, HJV relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the financial and other information given to us by the parties to this sale or obtained by us from various outside reliable sources, and we have assumed no responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of this information. Additionally, we have neither verified nor audited any financial information beyond reasonable reviews of its presentation. Company pro forma data and business forecasts and plans were reviewed but not relied upon directly in any HJV analysis. All financial forecasts that were used by HJV in reaching its conclusions were ultimately
prepared by HJV and as such, do not necessarily represent those of either theglobe, Tralliance or any of the parties to the sale. Additionally, our opinion is necessarily based to some degree upon an assessment of current economic, industry, regulatory, market and financial conditions which cannot be made with certainty. As such, subsequent developments can and may affect our Opinion. The Sellers/Tralliance management has informed HJV that it knows of no additional information that would have a material effect on our overall conclusions and opinion.
HJVs opinion does not address the relative merits of this sale transaction or any business strategy issues, nor does it include any analysis of other alternatives to this sale that theglobes Board and management may have considered. HJV has also made no input to the Boards decision to complete or not complete the transaction at hand.
HJV has employed the quantitative and qualitative methodologies deemed appropriate relative to completing the necessary financial analyses to issue its opinion of financial fairness. Such an opinion is not readily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. Accordingly HJV did not assign any weight to its individual analyses but rather made qualitative judgements as to the significance and relevance of each analysis or factor. Therefore HJVs analyses should be considered as a whole; to do otherwise could create a misleading or incomplete view of the process of HJVs underlying opinion.
HJV first determined, based upon the most current financial statements, the effective consideration given by the Buyer for the Tralliance assets and theglobe common stock. Next HJV determined the value of these assets and theglobe common stock using several different methodologies and approaches and compared them to the consideration given. Additionally, HJV considered and prepared analyses of certain financial alternatives to the transaction and assessed their relevance to the issue of overall fairness to theglobes public shareholders. Also, none of the analyses in and of themselves or collectively support an independent appraisal of the
assets of Tralliance or reflect the price at which the business might actually be sold. This can only be determined in arms length negotiations between a willing buyer and seller.
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theglobe.com, Inc.
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HJV is being compensated on a fixed fee arrangement only, and no employee of HJV has any past, present or contemplated future interest in the assets sold or stock issued or in any insider relationship to the parties to this sale. HJV is also aware of no reasons which might prevent it from making a fair and unbiased opinion. The specific details of HJVs analyses can be found in a full written report attached to the closing documents. This letter is solely for the use of you as the Board of Directors of theglobe.com, Inc. and may not be relied upon by any other person or entity or used for any other purpose, reproduced, disseminated, quoted from
or referred to without HJVs prior written consent.
Therefore, based on the consideration received and such other factors as HJV considered relevant, and reliance thereon, it is Hatcher/Johnson Valuation, Inc. opinion as of the date of this letter, that the sale of the Tralliance assets and issuance of common stock of theglobe.com, Inc. to the Buyer pursuant to the Purchase Documents is fair to the public shareholders of theglobe.com, Inc. from a financial point of view.
Respectfully submitted,
Hatcher/Johnson Valuation, Inc.
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