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Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
by and among
GLOBEPAN RESOURCES, INC
INS ACQUISITION, INC.
and
INTELLECT NEUROSCIENCES, INC.
January 25, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1 Definitions
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ARTICLE II THE MERGER
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Section 2.1 Merger
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Section 2.2 Effective Time
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Section 2.3 Certificate of
Incorporation;
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Section 2.4 Effects of the Merger
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Section 2.5 Closing
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Section 2.6 Tax-Free Merger
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ARTICLE III MERGER CONSIDERATION; CONVERSION AND
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
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Section 3.1 Manner and Basis of Converting
and Exchanging Capital Stock
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Section 3.2 Surrender and Exchange of
Certificates
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Section 3.3 Options, Warrants
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Section 3.4 Parent Common Stock
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
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Section 4.1 Organization
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Section 4.2 Authorization; Validity of
Agreement
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Section 4.3 Capitalization
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Section 4.4 Consents and Approvals; No
Violations
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Section 4.5 Financial Statements
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Section 4.6 No Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Section 4.7 Litigation
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Section 4.8 No Default; Compliance with
Applicable Laws
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Section 4.9 Broker’s and
Finder’s Fees
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Section 4.10 Contracts
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Section 4.11 Tax Returns and
Audits
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Section 4.12 Patents and Other Intangible
Assets
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Section 4.13 Employee Benefit Plans;
ERISA
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Section 4.14 Title to Property and
Encumbrances
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Section 4.15 Condition of
Properties
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Section 4.16 Insurance Coverage
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Section 4.17 Environmental
Matters
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Section 4.18 Disclosure
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND ACQUISITION CORP
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Section 5.1 Organization
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Section 5.2 Authorization; Validity of
Agreement
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Section 5.3 Consents and Approvals; No
Violations
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Section 5.4 Litigation
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Section 5.5 No Default; Compliance with
Applicable Laws
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Section 5.6 Broker’s and
Finder’s Fees; Broker/Dealer Ownership
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Section 5.7 Capitalization of
Parent
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Section 5.8 Acquisition Corp.
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Section 5.9 Validity of Shares
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Section 5.10 SEC Reporting and
Compliance
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Section 5.11 Financial Statements
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Section 5.12 No General
Solicitation
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Section 5.13 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Section 5.14 Changes
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Section 5.15 Tax Returns and
Audits
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Section 5.16 Employee Benefit Plans;
ERISA
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Section 5.17 Interested Party
Transactions
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Section 5.18 Questionable
Payments
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Section 5.19 Obligations to or by
Stockholders
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Section 5.20 Schedule of Assets and
Contracts
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Section 5.21 Environmental
Matters
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Section 5.22 Employees
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Section 5.23 Title to Property and
Encumbrances
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Section 5.24 Condition of
Properties
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Section 5.25 Insurance Coverage
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Section 5.26 Disclosure
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ARTICLE VI CONDUCT OF BUSINESSES PENDING THE
MERGER
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Section 6.1 Conduct of Business by the
Company Pending the Merger
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Section 6.2 Conduct of Business by Parent
and Acquisition Corp.
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ARTICLE VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Section 7.1 Access and
Information
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Section 7.2 Additional Agreements
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Section 7.3 Publicity
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Section 7.4 Appointment of
Directors
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Section 7.5 Conversion
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Section 7.6 Sale and Assumption
Agreement
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Section 7.7 Indemnification
Agreement
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Section 7.8 Name Changes
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Section 7.9 Stockholder Consent
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Section 7.10 Parent Stockholder
Consent
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ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS OF PARTIES’
OBLIGATIONS
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Section 8.1 Company Obligations
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Section 8.2 Parent and Acquisition Corp.
Obligations
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ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION AND RELATED
MATTERS
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Section 9.1 Indemnification by
Parent
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Section 9.2 Survival
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Section 9.3 Time Limitations
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Section 9.4 Limitation on
Liability
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Section 9.5 Notice of Claims
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Section 9.6 Payment of Damages
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ARTICLE X TERMINATION PRIOR TO CLOSING
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Section 10.1 Termination of
Agreement
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Section 10.2 Termination of
Obligations
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 11.1 Amendments
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Section 11.2 Notices
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Section 11.3 Entire Agreement
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Section 11.4 Expenses
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Section 11.5 Severability
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Section 11.6 Successors and Assigns;
Assignment
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Section 11.7 No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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Section 11.8 Counterparts; Delivery by
Facsimile
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Section 11.9 Waiver
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Section 11.10 No Constructive
Waivers
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Section 11.11 Further Assurances
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Section 11.12 Recitals
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Section 11.13 Headings
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Section 11.14 Governing Law
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Section 11.15 Dispute Resolution
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Section 11.16 Interpretation
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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Description
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Exhibit A
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Certificate of Incorporation of Surviving
Corporation
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Exhibit B
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By-laws of Surviving Corporation
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Exhibit C
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Directors of Parent Pre-Effective Time and
Post-Effective Time
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Exhibit D
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Convertible Notes
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Exhibit E
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List of Parent Stockholders
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Exhibit F
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Plan of Conversion
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Exhibit
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Description
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Exhibit G
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Certificate of Incorporation of Parent
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Exhibit H
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Bylaws of Parent
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Exhibit I
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Spin-Out Agreement
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Exhibit J
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2006 Equity Incentive Plan
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
is entered into as of January 25, 2007 by and among GLOBEPAN
RESOURCES, INC, a Delaware corporation (" Parent "), INS
ACQUISITION, INC., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent (" Acquisition Corp. "), and INTELLECT
NEUROSCIENCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the " Company
").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company is a
biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of drugs
to treat Alzheimer’s Disease and other major disorders of the
central nervous system;
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of
Directors of each of Parent, Acquisition Corp. and the Company have
approved, and deem it advisable and in the best interests of their
respective stockholders to consummate, the acquisition of the
Company by Parent, which acquisition is to be effected by the
merger of Acquisition Corp. with and into the Company, with the
Company being the surviving entity (the " Merger "), upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
(as defined herein);
WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend
that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the " Code "), by reason of
Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter set forth, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall
have the following meanings:
" 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan " shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 7.10 hereof.
" Acquisition Corp. " shall
have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
" Acquisition Proposal "
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 6.2
hereof.
" Action " shall mean any
claim, action, suit, proceeding, investigation or order.
" Affiliate " shall mean,
with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such
Person. For the purposes of this definition, " control "
(including, with correlative meaning, the terms "
controlling ," " controlled by " and " under
common control with ") means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of
such Person through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise.
" Agreement " shall mean
this Agreement and Plan of Merger, including the exhibits attached
hereto or referred to herein, as the same may be amended or
modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
" Balance Sheet " shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.5
hereof.
" Balance Sheet Date "
shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 4.5 hereof.
" By-laws " shall have the
meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(b)
hereof.
" Certificate of
Incorporation " shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 2.3(a) hereof.
" Closing " shall have the
meaning given to such term in Section 2.5 hereof.
" Closing Date " shall have
the meaning given to such term in Section 2.5
hereof.
" Code " shall have the
meaning given to such term in the third recital to this
Agreement.
" Commission " shall mean
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
" Company " shall have the
meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
" Company Capital Stock "
shall mean, collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company
Preferred Stock.
" Company Common Stock "
shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
" Company Material Adverse
Effect " shall mean any change, effect or circumstance that is
materially adverse or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse
to the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, other than any such change, effect or circumstance
relating to general economic, regulatory or political conditions,
except to the extent such change, effect or circumstance
disproportionately affects the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
" Company Preferred Stock "
shall mean, collectively, the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock, the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and the
preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company.
" Company Stock Options "
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.3(a)
hereof.
" Contract " shall have the
meaning given to such term in Section 4.4 hereof.
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" Consents " shall mean any
permits, filings, notices, licenses, consents, authorizations,
accreditation, waivers, approvals and the like of, to, with or by
any Person.
" Conversion " shall have
the meaning given to such term in Section 7.5 hereof.
" Convertible Notes " shall
mean the issued and outstanding Convertible Promissory Notes of the
Company, in the aggregate principal amount of $1,980,000.
" DGCL " shall mean the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
" Dissenting Shares " shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2(d)
hereof.
" Effective Time " shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2
hereof.
" Employee Benefit Plans "
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.13
hereof.
" Environmental Law " shall
mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 11001 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.; the Toxic Substances
Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.; the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§
136 et seq. and comparable state statutes dealing with the
registration, labeling and use of pesticides and herbicides; the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.; the Clean Water
Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33 U.S.C. §§
1251 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§
300f et seq.; and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49
U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq., as any of the above referenced
statutes have been amended as of the date hereof, all rules,
regulations and policies promulgated pursuant to any of the above
referenced statutes, and any other foreign, federal, state or local
law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or policy governing
environmental matters, as the same have been amended as of the date
hereof.
" ERISA " shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, as amended, and
the regulations issued thereunder.
" Exchange Act " shall mean
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder.
" GAAP " shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
time in the United States consistently applied.
" Hazardous Material "
means any substance or material meeting any one or more of the
following criteria: (a) it is or contains a substance
designated as or meeting the characteristics of a hazardous waste,
hazardous substance, hazardous material, pollutant, chemical
substance or mixture, contaminant or toxic substance under any
Environmental Law; (b) its presence at some quantity requires
investigation, notification or remediation under any Environmental
Law; (c) it contains, without limiting the foregoing,
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum hydrocarbons,
petroleum derived substances or waste, pesticides, herbicides,
crude oil or any fraction thereof, nuclear fuel, natural gas or
synthetic gas; or (d) mold.
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" Incentive Plans " shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.3(d)
hereof.
" Indebtedness " shall mean
any obligation of the Company that under GAAP is required to be
shown on the Balance Sheet of the Company as a Liability. Any
obligation secured by a Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of
production from, property of the Company shall be deemed to be
Indebtedness even though such obligation is not assumed by the
Company.
" Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money " shall mean (a) all Indebtedness in respect of
money borrowed including, without limitation, Indebtedness which
represents the unpaid amount of the purchase price of any property
and is incurred in lieu of borrowing money or using available funds
to pay such amounts and not constituting an account payable or
expense accrual incurred or assumed in the ordinary course of
business of the Company, (b) all Indebtedness evidenced by a
promissory note, bond or similar written obligation to pay money,
or (c) all such Indebtedness guaranteed by the Company or for
which the Company is otherwise contingently liable.
" Information Statement "
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 7.7
hereof.
" Intellectual Property "
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.12(b)
hereof.
" Investment Company Act "
shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
" Letter of Transmittal "
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.2
hereof.
" Liability " shall mean
any and all liability, debt, obligation, deficiency, Tax, penalty,
fine, claim, cause of action or other loss, cost or expense of any
kind or nature whatsoever, whether asserted or unasserted, absolute
or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated,
and whether due or to become due and regardless of when
asserted.
" Lien " shall mean any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of
any kind, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof
and the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement
under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction and including
any lien or charge arising by statute or other law.
" Merger " shall have the
meaning given to such term in the second recital to this
Agreement.
" NGCL " shall mean the
General Corporation Law of Nevada, as amended.
" Parent " shall have the
meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
" Parent Balance Sheet "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13
hereof.
" Parent Balance Sheet Date
" shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.13
hereof.
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" Parent Common Stock "
shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
Parent.
" Parent Employee Benefit
Plans " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.16 hereof.
" Parent Financial
Statements " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.11 hereof.
"Parent Material Adverse
Effect " means any change, effect or circumstance that is
materially adverse or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse
to the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations of Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, other than any such change, effect or circumstance relating
to general economic, regulatory or political conditions, except to
the extent such change, effect or circumstance disproportionately
affects Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
" Parent Preferred Stock "
shall mean the preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
Parent.
" Parent SEC Documents "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
5.10(b) hereof.
" Permitted Liens " shall
mean (a) Liens for taxes and assessments or governmental
charges or levies not at the time due or in respect of which the
validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; (b) Liens in respect of pledges or
deposits under workmen’s compensation laws or similar
legislation, carriers’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, laborers’ and materialmens’ and
similar Liens, if the obligations secured by such Liens are not
then delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings; and (c) Liens incidental to the conduct of the
business of the Company that were not incurred in connection with
the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credits and
which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of
its property or materially impair the use made thereof by the
Company in its business.
" Parent Stockholder
Consent " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.10 hereof.
" Person " shall mean any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other entity or organization, including any
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
thereof.
" Securities Act " shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder.
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" Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock " shall mean the Company’s Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share.
" Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock " shall mean the Company’s Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share.
" Spin-Out Agreement "
shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.6 hereof.
" Stockholder " shall mean
any record holder of Company Capital Stock.
" Surviving Corporation "
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.1
hereof.
" Tax " or " Taxes "
shall mean (a) any and all taxes, assessments, customs,
duties, levies, fees, tariffs, imposts, deficiencies and other
governmental charges of any kind whatsoever (including, but not
limited to, taxes on or with respect to net or gross income,
franchise, profits, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad
valorem, value added, transfer, real property transfer, transfer
gains, transfer taxes, inventory, capital stock, license, payroll,
employment, social security, unemployment, severance, occupation,
real or personal property, estimated taxes, rent, excise,
occupancy, recordation, bulk transfer, intangibles, alternative
minimum, doing business, withholding and stamp), together with any
interest thereon, penalties, fines, damages costs, fees, additions
to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto, imposed by the
United States (federal, state or local) or other applicable
jurisdiction; (b) any liability for the payment of any amounts
described in clause (a) as a result of being a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group or as
a result of transferor or successor liability, including, without
limitation, by reason of Code Section 1.1502-6; and
(c) any liability for the payments of any amounts as a result
of being a party to any Tax Sharing Agreement or as a result of any
express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person with
respect to the payment of any amounts of the type described in
either clauses (a) or (b).
" Tax Return " shall
include all returns and reports (including elections, declarations,
disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns
(including Form 1099 and partnership returns filed on
Form 1065)) required to be supplied to a Tax authority
relating to Taxes.
" Tax Sharing Agreements "
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.15
hereof.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
Section 2.1 Merger .
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at
the Effective Time, Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into
the Company in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL.
Following the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of
Acquisition Corp. shall cease, and the Company shall continue as
the corporation surviving the Merger (sometimes hereinafter
referred to as the " Surviving Corporation ").
Section 2.2 Effective
Time . The Parent, the Company and Acquisition Corp. shall
cause a certificate of merger to be filed on the Closing Date (or
on such other date as the
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Company and Parent may agree in writing) with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware as provided in Section 251 of
the DGCL, and shall make all other filings or recordings required
by the DGCL in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become
effective at such time as the certificate of merger is duly filed
in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware or such later time as specified
in the certificate of merger, and such time is hereinafter referred
to as the " Effective Time ."
Section 2.3 Certificate of
Incorporation; By-laws; Directors and Officers .
(a) The
certificate of incorporation of Acquisition Corp. as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit A hereto, shall be the certificate
of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (the " Certificate
of Incorporation ") from and after the Effective Time until
thereafter changed or amended as provide therein or in accordance
with applicable law.
(b) The
by-laws of Acquisition Corp. as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, a copy of which is attached as
Exhibit B hereto, shall be the by-laws of the Surviving
Corporation (the " By-laws ") from and after the Effective
Time until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or in
accordance with applicable law.
(c) One
or more of the directors of the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving
Corporation and shall hold office from the Effective Time until
their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in
accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws. The
officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation and
shall hold office from the Effective Time until their respective
successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or
until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws.
(d) Upon
the filing of the certificate of merger with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware as contemplated by Section 2.2
hereof, the officers and directors of the Parent designated on
Exhibit C hereto shall resign, to be replaced by the
officers and directors designated on Exhibit C hereto,
who shall immediately take such offices. The appointment of new
directors in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.3(d)
shall be accomplished through the filling of vacancies in the Board
of Directors of the Parent in compliance with the applicable
provisions of the DGCL and the by-laws of the Parent and without
the vote (by written consent or otherwise) of the shareholders of
the Parent.
Section 2.4 Effects of the
Merger . The Merger shall have the effects set forth in
Section 259 of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, at the Effective Time, except as otherwise provided
herein, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and
franchises of the Company and Acquisition Corp. shall vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the
Company and Acquisition Corp. shall become the debts, liabilities
and duties of the Surviving Corporation. The Company acknowledges
that, from and after the Effective Time, Parent shall have the
absolute and unqualified right to deal with the
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assets and business of the Surviving Corporation as its own
property without limitation on the disposition or use of such
assets or the conduct of such business.
Section 2.5 Closing .
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including the Merger (the " Closing "), shall
take place: (a) at the offices of Brown Rudnick Berlack
Israels LLP, Seven Times Square, New York, New York at
10:00 a.m. local time on the date on which all of the
conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VIII
hereof shall be fulfilled or waived in accordance with this
Agreement (other than conditions that can be satisfied only at the
Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those
conditions at the Closing); or (b) at such other place, time
and date as the Company and Parent may agree in writing (the "
Closing Date ").
Section 2.6 Tax-Free
Merger . The parties hereto intend that the Merger will be
treated as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368 of the
Code.
ARTICLE III
MERGER CONSIDERATION; CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Manner and
Basis of Converting and Exchanging Capital Stock . At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp. or the holders
of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of
the Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp.:
(a)
Acquisition Corp. Stock . Each share of common stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of Acquisition Corp. issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and
become one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of
capital stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation, such that Parent shall be the holder of all of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation following the Merger.
(b)
Company Common Stock . Except as provided in
Section 3.1(f) , Section 3.1(g) and
Section 3.2(d) hereof, each share of Company Common
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be exchanged for the right to receive one (1) share
of Parent Common Stock.
(c)
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock . Except as
provided in Section 3.1(f) , Section 3.1(g) and
Section 3.2(d) hereof, each share of Series A
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be exchanged for the right to receive fifty
seven and fourteen hundredths (57.14) shares of Parent Common
Stock.
(d)
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock . Except as
provided in Section 3.1(f) , Section 3.1(g) and
Section 3.2(d) hereof, each share of Series B
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be exchanged for the right to receive one
(1) share of Parent Common Stock.
(e)
Convertible Notes . The Convertible Notes shall become
convertible, in accordance with their terms, into shares of Parent
Common Stock. Exhibit D hereto sets forth
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the number of shares of Parent Common Stock into which each
Convertible Note issued and outstanding on the date hereof shall
become convertible at the Effective Time.
(f)
Treasury Stock . Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, each share of Company Capital Stock held
in the treasury of the Company and each share of Company Capital
Stock, if any, owned by Parent or any direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be canceled in the Merger and shall not be
converted or exchanged into the right to receive any shares of
capital stock or other securities of Parent.
(g)
No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Parent Common
Stock shall be issued in, or as a result of, the Merger. Any
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that a holder of record of
Company Capital Stock would otherwise be entitled to receive as a
result of the Merger shall be aggregated. If a fractional share of
Parent Common Stock results from such aggregation, the number of
shares required to be issued to such record holder shall be rounded
up to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common
Stock.
Section 3.2 Surrender and
Exchange of Certificates .
(a)
Letter of Transmittal . Promptly after the Effective Time,
Parent shall mail, or cause to be mailed, to each record holder of
certificate(s) formerly representing ownership of Company Capital
Stock that was converted into the right to receive Parent Common
Stock pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof (i) a letter
of transmittal (" Letter of Transmittal ") for delivery of
such certificate(s) to Parent and (ii) instruction for use in
effecting the surrender of certificate(s), in each case in form and
substance mutually agreeable to the Company and Parent. Delivery
shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Parent Common
Stock shall pass, only upon delivery to the Parent (or a duly
authorized agent of Parent) of certificate(s) formerly representing
ownership of Company Capital Stock (or an affidavit of lost
certificate and indemnification or surety bond) and a properly
completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, as described in
Section 3.2(b) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Parent shall not be required to mail, or cause to be mailed, a
Letter of Transmittal to any record holder of certificate(s)
formerly representing ownership of Company Capital Stock if such
holder has previously agreed or consented to the exchange of
certificates that are held in custody by the Company for the
benefit of such holder.
(b)
Exchange Procedures . Parent shall issue to each former
record holder of Company Capital Stock, upon delivery to Parent (or
a duly authorized agent of Parent) of (i) certificate(s)
formerly representing ownership of Company Capital Stock endorsed
in blank or accompanied by duly executed stock powers (or an
affidavit of lost certificate and indemnification in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Parent stating that, among other
things, the former record holder has lost his or her certificate(s)
or that such certificate(s) have been destroyed) and (ii) a
properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, a certificate or
certificates registered in the name of such former record holder
representing the number of shares of Parent Common Stock that such
former record holder is entitled to receive in accordance with
Section 3.1 hereof. Subject to Section 3.2(d)
hereof, until the certificate(s) (or affidavit) is delivered
together with the Letter of
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Transmittal in the manner contemplated by this
Section 3.2(b) , each certificate (or affidavit)
previously representing ownership of Company Capital Stock shall be
deemed at and after the Effective Time to represent only the right
to receive Parent Common Stock and the former record holders
thereof shall cease to have any other rights with respect to his or
her Company Capital Stock.
(c)
Termination of Exchange Process . Any Parent Common Stock
that remains unclaimed by a former record holder of Company Capital
Stock at the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be deemed
"abandoned property" subject to applicable abandoned property,
escheat and other similar laws in the State in which the former
record holder resides. None of the Company, Parent, Acquisition
Corp. or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any person in
respect of any Parent Company Stock delivered to a public official
pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
(d)
Dissenting Shares . Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Capital Stock issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by
a Stockholder who has not voted in favor of the Merger or consented
thereto in writing and who has demanded appraisal for such shares
of Company Capital Stock in accordance with Section 262 of the
DGCL (" Dissenting Shares ") shall not be entitled to vote
for any purpose or receive dividends, shall not be converted into
the right to receive Parent Common Stock in accordance with
Section 3.1 hereof, and shall only be entitled to
receive such consideration as shall be determined pursuant to
Section 262 of the DGCL; provided , however ,
that if, after the Effective Time, such Stockholder fails to
perfect or withdraws or loses his or her right to appraisal or
otherwise fails to establish the right to be paid the value of such
Stockholder’s shares of Company Capital Stock under the DGCL,
such shares of Company Capital Stock shall be treated as if they
had converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive
Parent Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.1
hereof, and such shares of Company Capital Stock shall no longer be
Dissenting Shares. All negotiations with respect to payment for
Dissenting Shares shall be handled jointly by Parent and the
Company prior to the Closing and exclusively by Parent thereafter.
In the event that one percent (1%) or more of the outstanding
shares of the Company are Dissenting Shares, the Company has the
sole discretion to terminate this Agreement, which shall forthwith
become void and of no further force and effect and the parties
hereto shall be released from any and all obligations hereunder;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve any party
hereto from liability for the breach of any of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this
Agreement.
(e)
Stock Transfer Books . At the Effective Time, the stock
transfer books of the Company will be closed and there will be no
further registration of transfers of shares of Company Capital
Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. If, after the
Effective Time, certificates formerly representing Company Capital
Stock are presented to the Surviving Corporation, these
certificates shall be canceled and exchanged for the number of
shares of Parent Common Stock to which the former record holder may
be entitled pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof.
(f)
Further Rights in Company Stock . All shares of Parent
Common Stock issued upon exchange of shares of Company Capital
Stock in accordance with the terms hereof
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shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all
rights pertaining to such shares of Company Capital Stock.
Section 3.3 Options,
Warrants . The Company has issued and outstanding warrants and
options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (collectively,
the " Company Stock Options "). At the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp., or the holders of any
outstanding Company Stock Options, each Company Stock Option shall,
in accordance with its terms, thereafter be deemed to constitute an
option or warrant, as the case may be, to acquire, on the terms and
conditions as were applicable under such Company Stock Option, the
same number of shares of Parent Common Stock as the holder of such
Company Stock Option would have been entitled to receive pursuant
to the Merger had such holder exercised or converted, as the case
may be, such Company Stock Option in full immediately prior to the
Effective Time (not taking into account whether such Company Stock
Option was in fact exercisable or convertible at such time), and
the exercise or conversion price thereof shall be proportionately
adjusted. As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent
shall deliver to each holder of a Company Stock Option an option or
warrant, as the case may be, in Parent, having substantially
identical terms as the original Company Stock Option.
Section 3.4 Parent Common
Stock . Parent shall reserve a sufficient number of shares of
Parent Common Stock to complete the conversion and exchange of
Company Capital Stock into Parent Common Stock contemplated by
Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof, and the issuance of
any Parent Common Stock underlying options and warrants to acquire
Parent Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.3
hereof. Parent covenants and agrees that immediately following the
Conversion and immediately prior to the Effective Time there will
be 20,545,780 shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding,
and that no other common or preferred stock or equity securities of
the Parent, or any options, warrants, rights or other agreements or
instruments convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into common or
preferred stock or equity securities of the Parent, shall be issued
or outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and
warrants to Parent as follows:
Section 4.1
Organization . The Company (i) is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing (or its equivalent) under the
laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has all licenses, permits,
authorizations and other Consents necessary to own, lease and
operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as
it is now being conducted and (iii) has all requisite
corporate or other applicable power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as
it is now being conducted and presently proposed to be conducted,
except where such failure would not have, or be reasonably likely
to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company is duly
qualified or authorized to conduct business and is in good standing
(or its equivalent) as a foreign corporation or other entity in all
jurisdictions in which the ownership or use of its assets or nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or
authorization necessary, except where the failure to be so duly
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qualified, authorized and in good standing would not have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has one subsidiary,
Intellect Neurosciences (Israel), Ltd., an Israeli company.
Section 4.2 Authorization;
Validity of Agreement . The Company has all requisite corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and no other
action (except the approval of the requisite Stockholders solely
with respect to consummation of the Merger) on the part of the
Company or any of its Stockholders or subsidiaries is necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
(assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery
hereof by Parent and Acquisition Corp.) is a valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement is limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
Section 4.3
Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of
Company Common Stock and 15,000,000 shares of Company Preferred
Stock. Of the 15,000,000 authorized shares of Company Preferred
Stock, 2,225 shares are designated as Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock and 7,164,445 shares are designated as
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof,
there are 21,353,500 shares of Company Common Stock, 2,225 shares
of Company Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 4,593,091
of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding. As of the date hereof, shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible into 128,857 shares of
Company Common Stock in the aggregate and shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible into 4,593,091 shares
of Company Common Stock in the aggregate. As of the date hereof,
the Company has Convertible Notes issued and outstanding in the
aggregate principal amount of $1,980,000, which are convertible
into 1,155,973 shares of Company Common Stock as of the date
hereof. All the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. As
of the date hereof, there are issued and outstanding Company Stock
Options to purchase 6,973,974 shares of Company Common Stock, which
Company Stock Options are comprised of 1,207,501 options and
5,766,473 warrants.
Section 4.4 Consents and
Approvals; No Violations . Except for (a) approval of the
Merger by the requisite Stockholders and (b) filing of the
certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement by the Company nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (i) violate any provision of its
certificate of incorporation or by-laws; (ii) violate,
conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of, or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute a default) under, require the
consent of or result in the creation of any encumbrance upon any of
the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any
material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license,
franchise, permit, lease, contract, agreement or other instrument
(collectively, " Contract ") to which the Company or any its
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound;
(iii) require
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any Consent, approval or authorization of, or notice to, or
declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental entity
by or with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(iv) violate any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
assets; except, in the cases of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv),
any such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults or encumbrances,
or any failure to receive any such Consent, approval or
authorization, or to make any such notice, declaration, filing or
registration as will not result in, or could reasonably be expected
to result in, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.5 Financial
Statements . The Company has delivered or made available as of
the date hereof or shall, prior to the Closing Date, deliver or
make available to Parent the balance sheets of the Company for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and the nine month period
ended September 30, 2006 (the " Balance Sheet Date ")
and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of
income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and the nine month
period ended September 30, 2006. The foregoing financial
statements (including any notes thereto) (i) have been
prepared based upon the books and records of the Company,
(ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as
otherwise noted therein), and (iii) present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position, results of operations
and cash flows of the Company as at their respective dates and for
the periods then ended. To the knowledge of the Company, since the
Balance Sheet Date, no fact or condition exists that has not been
disclosed to Parent that has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.6 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . As of the date hereof, except (a) for
Liabilities reflected on the face of the balance sheet for the nine
month period ended September 30, 2006 (the " Balance Sheet
") and (b) Liabilities of the same type, magnitude and scope
as those reflected on the Balance Sheet which have arisen since the
Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, and which
would not, in the aggregate, result in a Company Material Adverse
Effect, the Company does not have any Liability.
Section 4.7 Litigation
. There is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, involving the Company or its subsidiaries or affecting
any of the officers, directors or employees of the Company or its
subsidiaries with respect to the Company’s or any
subsidiary’s business by or before any governmental entity or
by any third party that has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect and neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries have received written notice that any such
Action is threatened. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in default under any judgment, order or decree of
any governmental entity applicable to its business, which default
could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 4.8 No Default;
Compliance with Applicable Laws . The Company is not in default
or violation of any material term, condition or provision of
(i) its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or
(ii) to the Company’s knowledge, any law applicable to
the Company or its property and assets, and the Company has not
received written notice of any violation of or Liability under any
of the foregoing (whether material or not).
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Section 4.9 Broker’s
and Finder’s Fees . To the knowledge of the Company, no
Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated or
described herein will have, any right or valid claim against the
Company for any commission, fee or other compensation as a finder
or broker, or in any similar capacity.
Section 4.10 Contracts
.
(a) The
Company is not in violation or breach of any material contract,
except such violations that, in the aggregate, would not result in,
or would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Company
Material Adverse Effect. There does not exist any event or
condition that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute an event of default or breach under any material
Contract on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any other party thereto or would permit the modification,
cancellation or termination of any material Contract or result in
the creation of any lien upon, or any person acquiring any right to
acquire, any assets of the Company, other than any events or
conditions that, in the aggregate would not result in, or would not
reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has not received in writing any claim or threat
that the Company has breached any of the terms and conditions of
any material Contract, other than any material Contracts the breach
of which, in the aggregate, would not result in, or would not
reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) The
consent of, or the delivery of notice to or filing with, any party
to a material Contract is not required for the execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated under the Agreement.. The Company has
made available to Parent and Acquisition Corp. true and complete
copies of all Contracts and other documents requested by Parent or
Acquisition Corp.
Section 4.11 Tax Returns
and Audits . All required federal, state and local Tax Returns
of the Company have been accurately prepared and duly and timely
filed, and all federal, state and local Taxes required to be paid
with respect to the periods covered by such returns have been paid.
The Company is not and has not been delinquent in the payment of
any Tax. The Company has not had a Tax deficiency proposed or
assessed against it and has not executed a waiver of any statute of
limitations on the assessment or collection of any Tax. None of the
Company’s federal income Tax Returns nor any state or local
income or franchise Tax Returns has been audited by governmental
authorities. The reserves for Taxes reflected on the Balance Sheet
are and will be sufficient for the payment of all unpaid Taxes
payable by the Company as of the Balance Sheet Date. Since the
Balance Sheet Date, the Company has made adequate provisions on its
books of account for all Taxes with respect to its business,
properties and operations for such period. The Company has withheld
or collected from each payment made to each of its employees the
amount of all Taxes (including, but not limited to, federal, state
and local income taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes
and Federal Unemployment Tax Act taxes) required to be withheld or
collected therefrom, and has paid the same to the proper Tax
receiving officers or authorized depositaries. There are no
federal, state, local or foreign audits, actions, suits,
proceedings, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings
relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns of the Company now pending,
and the Company has not received any notice of any proposed audits,
investigations, claims or administrative proceedings relating to
Taxes or any Tax Returns. The Company is not obligated to make a
payment, nor is it a party
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to any agreement that under certain circumstances could obligate
it to make a payment, that would not be deductible under
Section 280G of the Code. The Company has not agreed nor is
required to make any adjustments under Section 481(a) of the Code
(or any similar provision of state, local and foreign law) by
reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise for any Tax
period for which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet
expired. The Company is not a party to, is not bound by and does
not have any obligation under, any Tax sharing agreement, Tax
indemnification agreement or similar contract or arrangement,
whether written or unwritten (collectively, " Tax Sharing
Agreements "), nor does it have any potential liability or
obligation to any Person as a result of, or pursuant to, any Tax
Sharing Agreements.
Section 4.12 Patents and
Other Intangible Assets .
(a) To
the knowledge of the Company, the Company (i) owns or has the
right to use, pursuant to a valid license, sublicense, agreement,
or permission, free and clear of all Liens, all patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and
rights with respect to the foregoing used in or necessary for the
conduct of its business as now conducted or proposed to be
conducted without infringing upon or otherwise acting adversely to
the right or claimed right of any Person under or with respect to
any of the foregoing.
(b) To
the knowledge of the Company, the Company owns and has the right to
use all trade secrets, if any, including know-how, negative
know-how, formulas, patterns, programs, devices, methods,
techniques, inventions, designs, processes, computer programs and
technical data and all information that derives independent
economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known
or known by competitors (collectively, " Intellectual
Property ") required for or incident to the development,
operation and sale of all products and services sold by the
Company, free and clear of any right, Lien or claim of others. All
Intellectual Property can and will be transferred by the Company to
the Surviving Corporation as a result of the Merger and without the
consent of any Person other than the Company.
Section 4.13 Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA .
(a) All
"employee benefit plans" (within the meaning of Section 3(3)
of the ERISA) of the Company and other employee benefit or fringe
benefit arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or programs of
every type, other than programs merely involving the regular
payment of wages, commissions, or bonuses established, maintained
or contributed to by the Company, whether written or unwritten and
whether or not funded, are in material compliance with the
applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable
state, federal or foreign law.
(b) There
are no pending claims or lawsuits that have been asserted or
instituted against any Employee Benefit Plan, the assets of any of
the trusts or funds under the Employee Benefit Plans, the plan
sponsor or the plan administrator of any of the Employee Benefit
Plans or against any fiduciary of an Employee Benefit Plan with
respect to the operation of such plan, nor does the Company have
any knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or
circumstance which might reasonably be expected to form the basis
of any such claim or lawsuit.
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(c) There
is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
investigation, or pending or possible enforcement action by the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Department of Labor, the
Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan and the Company has no
knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance
which might reasonably be expected to trigger such an investigation
or enforcement action.
(d) No
actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, contingent Liability
exists with respect to the funding of any Employee Benefit Plan or
for any other expense or obligation of any Employee Benefit Plan,
except as disclosed on the Balance Sheet, and no contingent
Liability exists under ERISA with respect to any "multi-employer
plan," as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA.
(e) No
events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that would cause a material
change in the costs of providing benefits under such Employee
Benefit Plan or would cause a material change in the cost of
providing such Employee Benefit Plan.
Section 4.14 Title to
Property and Encumbrances . The Company has good and valid
title to all properties and assets used in the conduct of its
business (except for property held under valid and subsisting
leases which are in full force and effect and which are not in
default) free of all Liens except Permitted Liens and such ordinary
and customary imperfections of title, restrictions and encumbrances
as do not in the aggregate constitute a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 4.15 Condition of
Properties . All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures and
other properties owned, leased or used by the Company are in
operating condition, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and are
adequate and sufficient for the Company’s existing
business.
Section 4.16 Insurance
Coverage . There is in full force and effect one or more
policies of insurance issued by insurers of recognized
responsibility insuring the Company and its properties, products
and business against such losses and risks, and in such amounts, as
are customary for corporations of established reputation engaged in
the same or similar business and similarly situated. The Company
has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for,
and the Company has no reason to believe that it will be unable to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when the same shall
expire upon terms at least as favorable to those currently in
effect, other than possible increases in premiums that do not
result from any act or omission of the Company. No suit, proceeding
or action or, to the knowledge of the Company, threat of suit,
proceeding or action has been asserted or made against the Company
due to alleged bodily injury, disease, medical condition, death or
property damage arising out of the function or malfunction of a
product, procedure or service designed, manufactured, sold or
distributed by the Company.
Section 4.17 Environmental
Matters .
(a) To
the knowledge of the Company, the Company has never generated,
used, handled, treated, released, stored or disposed of any
Hazardous Materials on any real
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property on which it now has or previously had any leasehold or
ownership interest, except in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws.
(b) To
the knowledge of the Company, the historical and present operations
of the business of the Company are in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws, except where any non-compliance has
not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) There
are no material pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, demands, claims, information requests or notices of
noncompliance or violation against or to the Company relating to
any Environmental Law; and, to the knowledge of the Company, there
are no conditions or occurrences on any of the real property used
by the Company in connection with its business that would
reasonably be expected to lead to any such demands, claims or
notices against or to the Company, except such as have not had, and
would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) To
the knowledge of the Company, (i) the Company has not, sent or
disposed of, otherwise had taken or transported, arranged for the
taking or disposal of (on behalf of itself, a customer or any other
party) or in any other manner participated or been involved in the
taking of or disposal or release of a Hazardous Material to or at a
site that is contaminated by any Hazardous Material or that,
pursuant to any Environmental Law, (A) has been placed on the
"National Priorities List", the "CERCLIS" list, or any similar
state or federal list, or (B) is subject to or t
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