Exhibit 10.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by
and among
Xedar
Corporation, a Colorado corporation
and
Pixx
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation
and
Pixxures,
Inc., a Delaware corporation
September
26, 2007
Table of Contents
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1.
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THE
MERGER
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1.1
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Merger
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1.2
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Effective
Time
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1
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1.3
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Certificate
of Incorporation, Bylaws, Directors and Officers
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2
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1.4
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Assets
and Liabilities
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2
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1.5
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Manner
and Basis of Converting Shares
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2
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1.6
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Options;
Warrants; Other Rights
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4
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1.7
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Parent
Common Stock
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4
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1.8
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Additional
Shares
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4
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2.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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5
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2.1
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Organization,
Standing, Subsidiaries, Etc
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5
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2.2
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Qualification
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2.3
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Capitalization
of the Company
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5
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2.4
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Company
Stockholders
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2.5
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Corporate
Acts and Proceedings
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2.6
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Compliance
with Laws and Instruments
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2.7
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Binding
Obligations
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6
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2.8
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fees
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7
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2.9
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Financial
Statements
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2.10
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Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities
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7
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2.11
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Changes
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2.12
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Title
to Property and Encumbrances
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2.13
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Litigation
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8
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2.14
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Patents,
Trademarks, Etc
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9
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2.15
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Governmental
Consents
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9
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2.16
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Tax
Returns and Audits
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9
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2.17
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Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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2.18
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Questionable
Payments
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10
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2.19
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Interested
Party Transactions
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10
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2.20
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Assets
and Contracts
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10
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2.21
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Disclosure
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION CORP
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12
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3.1
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Organization
and Standing
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12
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3.2
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Corporate
Authority
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12
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3.3
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fees
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12
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3.4
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Capitalization
of Parent
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12
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3.5
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Acquisition
Corp
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3.6
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Validity
of Shares
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13
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3.7
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SEC
Reporting and Compliance
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3.8
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Financial
Statements
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3.9
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Governmental
Consents
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3.10
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Compliance
with Laws and Instruments
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3.11
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No
General Solicitation
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3.12
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Binding
Obligations
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3.13
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Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.14
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Changes
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3.15
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Tax
Returns and Audits
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3.16
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Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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16
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3.17
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Litigation
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3.18
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Interested
Party Transactions
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17
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3.19
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Questionable
Payments
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3.20
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Assets
and Contracts
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3.21
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Disclosure
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4.
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LETTER
OF TRANSMITTAL
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5.
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CONDUCT
OF BUSINESSES PENDING THE MERGER
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5.1
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Conduct
of Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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5.2
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Conduct
of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp
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6.
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ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
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6.1
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Additional
Agreements
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6.2
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Publicity
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6.3
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Registration
Rights Agreement
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7.
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CONDITIONS
OF PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS
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7.1
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Parent
and Acquisition Corp. Obligations
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7.2
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Company
Obligations
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8.
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SURVIVAL
OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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9.
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AMENDMENT
OF AGREEMENT
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10.
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11.
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12.
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TERMINATION
PRIOR TO CLOSING
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30
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12.1
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Termination
of Agreement
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30
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12.2
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Termination
of Obligations
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13.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1
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Notices
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13.2
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Entire
Agreement
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32
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13.3
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Expenses
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13.4
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Time
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13.5
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Severability
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13.6
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Successors
and Assigns
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13.7
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No
Third Parties Benefited
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13.8
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Counterparts
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13.9
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Governing
Law
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibits
Exhibit
A - Certificate of Merger
Exhibit
B - Certificate of Incorporation of Pixxures,
Inc.
Exhibit
C - Bylaws of Pixxures, Inc.
Exhibit
D - Directors and Officers of Pixxures, Inc.
Exhibit
E - Letter of Transmittal
Exhibit
F - Registration Rights Agreement
Schedules
Company
Disclosure Schedule
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger is made and entered into
effective as of September 26, 2007, by and among Xedar Corporation,
a Colorado corporation (“ Parent
”), Pixx Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“
Acquisition Corp. ”), which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and Pixxures, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company
”). Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms
shall have the meanings set forth in Section 10
hereof.
RECITALS
Whereas , the Board of Directors of each of Acquisition
Corp., Parent and the Company have each determined that it is fair
to and in the best interests of the shareholders of their
respective corporations for Acquisition Corp. to be merged with and
into the Company (the “ Merger
”), with the Company being the Surviving Corporation (as
defined below in Section 1.1), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein; and
Whereas , the Board of Directors of Acquisition Corp. and
the Board of Directors of the Company have approved the Merger in
accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) and
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, in
the Certificate of Merger (the “ Certificate of
Merger ”), attached as Exhibit
A hereto, and the Board of Directors of Parent has also
approved the Merger, this Agreement and the Certificate of
Merger.
Now, Therefore , in consideration of the mutual agreements
and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.1
Merger . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger,
Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into the Company in
accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL. At the
Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), the separate legal
existence of Acquisition Corp. shall cease, and the Company shall
be the surviving corporation in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter
referred to as the “ Surviving
Corporation ”) and shall continue its corporate
existence under the laws of the State of Delaware under the name
Pixxures, Inc.
1.2
Effective Time . The Merger shall
become effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Merger with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with
Section 251 of the DGCL. The time at which the Merger
shall become effective as aforesaid is referred to hereinafter as
the “ Effective Time.
”
1.3
Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, Directors and
Officers .
(a)
The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Acquisition Corp., as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, attached as
Exhibit B hereto, shall be the Certificate
of
Incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time
until further amended in accordance with applicable
law.
(b)
The
Bylaws of the Acquisition Corp., as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time, attached as Exhibit C hereto,
shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation from and after the
Effective Time until amended in accordance with applicable law, the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such
Bylaws.
(c)
The
directors and officers listed in Exhibit D hereto
shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation,
and each shall hold his respective office or offices from and after
the Effective Time, until his successor shall have been elected and
shall have qualified in accordance with applicable law, or as
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation.
1.4
Assets and Liabilities . At the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of a public as well as of
a private nature, and be subject to all the restrictions,
disabilities and duties of each of Acquisition Corp. and the
Company (collectively, the “ Constituent
Corporations ”); and all the rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of each of the Constituent
Corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all
debts due to any of the constituent corporations on whatever
account, as well for stock subscriptions as all other things in
action or belonging to each of the Constituent Corporations, shall
be vested in the Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises, and all and every other interest
shall be thereafter as effectively the property of the Surviving
Corporation as they were of the several and respective Constituent
Corporations, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or
otherwise in either of the such Constituent Corporations shall not
revert or be in any way impaired by the Merger; but all rights of
creditors and all liens upon any property of any of the Constituent
Corporations shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts,
liabilities and duties of the Constituent Corporations shall
thenceforth attach to the Surviving Corporation, and may be
enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts,
liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by
it.
1.5
Manner and Basis of Converting Shares
.
(a)
At
the Effective Time:
(i)
each
share of common stock, no par value per share, of Acquisition Corp.
that shall be outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of the holder thereof, be converted into one (1) share of common
stock, no par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation, so
that at the Effective Time, Parent shall be the holder of all of
the issued and outstanding shares of the Surviving
Corporation;
(ii)
the
shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company
(the “ Company Common Stock
”) beneficially owned by the Stockholders listed in Section
2.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, which shares at the Closing
will constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock of the Company, shall, by virtue of the Merger and without
any action on the part of the holders thereof, be cancelled and
extinguished;
(iii)
the
shares of preferred stock, designated Series A-1, $.001 par value
per share, of the Company (the “ Series A-1
Preferred Stock ”) beneficially owned by the
Stockholders listed in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, which shares at the Closing will constitute all of the
issued and outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock of the
Company, shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the holders thereof, be cancelled and
extinguished;
(iv)
the
shares of the Company’s Series B-1 Preferred Stock,
$.001 par value per share, (the “
Series B-1 Preferred Stock ”)
beneficially owned by the Stockholders listed in Section 2.4 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, which shares at the Closing will
constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B-1
Preferred Stock of the Company, shall, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holders thereof, each be
converted into the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to
the Series B-1 Conversion Ratio;
(v)
the
shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock, $.001 par
value per share (the “ Series C Preferred
Stock ” and, together with the Series B-1
Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, the “
Company Preferred Stock ”)
beneficially owned by the Stockholders listed in Section 2.4 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, which shares of Series C Preferred
Stock taken together with the Series B-1 Preferred Stock at the
Closing will constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of
preferred stock of the Company, shall, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holders thereof, each be
converted into the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to
the Series C Conversion Ratio;
(vi)
each
share of Company Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in the
Merger and cease to exist and each share of Company Preferred Stock
held in the treasury of the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be cancelled in the Merger and cease to
exist;
(b)
After
the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of
transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation
of the shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock
(referred to collectively herein as “ Company
Stock ”) that were outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time
(c)
Promptly
after the Effective Time and upon (i) surrender of a certificate or
certificates representing shares of Company Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time or an affidavit
and indemnification in form reasonably acceptable to counsel for
the Parent stating that such Stockholder has lost its certificate
or certificates or that such have been destroyed and (ii) delivery
of a Letter of Transmittal (as described in Section 4 hereof),
Parent shall issue to each record holder of the Company Stock
surrendering such certificate or certificates and Letter of
Transmittal, a certificate or certificates registered in the name
of such Stockholder representing the number of shares of Parent
Common Stock that such Stockholder shall be entitled to receive as
set forth in Sections 1.5(a)(iv) and 1.5(a)(v)
hereof. Until the certificate, certificates or affidavit
is or are surrendered together with the Letter of Transmittal as
contemplated by this Section 1.5(c) and Section 4 hereof, each
certificate or affidavit that immediately prior to the Effective
Time represented any outstanding shares of Company Stock shall be
deemed at and after the Effective Time to represent only the right
for the holder thereof.
to
receive upon surrender as aforesaid the Parent Common Stock
into which such Company Stock is converted under Sections
1.5(a)(iv) and 1.5(a)(v) hereof or to perfect any rights of
appraisal which such holder may have pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the DGCL.
1.6
Options; Warrants; Other Rights
. Except as set forth in Section 1.6 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, all options, warrants, and other rights of any
kind to purchase Company Stock outstanding as of the Effective Date
will be exercised or terminated prior to or effective upon the
Effective Time, and neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp., except as
set forth in Section 1.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, shall
assume or have any obligation with respect to such options or
rights.
1.7
Parent Common Stock . Parent agrees
that it will cause the Parent Common Stock into which the Company
Stock is converted at the Effective Time pursuant to Section
1.5(a)(iv) and 1.5(a)(v) to be available for such
purpose.
1.8
Additional Shares .
(a)
Parent
intends to file, or has filed a registration statement with the
Commission pertaining to certain shares of Parent Common Stock
other than the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in
connection with or as a result of the Merger (the “
Initial Registration Statement ”)
and will use best efforts to cause the Commission to declare the
Initial Registration Statement effective as soon as
practicable. For the purposes of this Agreement, “
Trigger Date ” shall be the first
date upon which (i) the Initial Registration statement is declared
effective by the Commission and no stop order or other restriction
on trading the shares has been imposed by the Commission; (ii)
sufficient contractual lockup agreements of the officers, directors
and any significant stockholders (including those associated with
the Initial Registration Statement) have expired such that 50% of
the Parent’s outstanding capital stock is freely tradable and
not subject to restrictions on resale (calculated on a fully
diluted basis, including all options, warrants, and other rights to
acquire capital stock of the Parent outstanding at such time);
(iii) Parent has completed a bona fide arm’s length equity
financing in one or a series of related transactions of at least
$10.0 million; and (iv) at least 50% of the Parent Common Stock
issued in connection with the Merger has been registered with the
Commission for resale and such shares are not subject to any
restrictions on resale; provided that, not withstanding the
foregoing, if the Trigger Date has not occurred prior to March 23,
2008, at any time following the such date a majority in interest of
the Stockholders may establish a Trigger Date by notice to
Parent. In the event that no Trigger Date has occurred
as of March 23, 2009, subject to the remainder of this sentence,
the Trigger Date shall be March 23, 2009 (the “
Trigger Date Limit ”);
provided, however , that such Trigger Date Limit shall be
extended by the sum of (x) the number of days beyond January 15,
2008 the Initial Registration Statement is declared effective by
the Commission, plus (y) the number of days following effectiveness
and prior to the date of calculation of the Trigger Date Limit
during which the use of the Initial Registration Statement is
either suspended by the Commission or is unavailable because the
Initial Registration Statement contains a an untrue statement of
fact or omits to state a fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (such
number of days referred to as the “ Delay
Period ”).
(b)
Beginning
on the Trigger Date, Parent will compute the average daily closing
price for the Parent Common Stock for the 60 trading days following
the Trigger Date during which there is no stop order or similar
prohibition on trading in Parent Common Stock on the applicable
exchange or OTC bulletin board (the “ Subsequent
Market Price ”), and compare that to the
Average Closing Price. If the Subsequent Market Price is
less than the Average Closing Price, then Parent will promptly
issue additional shares (the “ Additional
Shares ”) to the Stockholders, pro-rata, such
that the total dollar value of the Parent Common Stock issued
pursuant to Sections 1.5(a)(iv) and 1.5(a)(v) hereof, plus the
Additional Shares to be issued pursuant to this Section 1.8(b),
equals $5,115,000, calculated based on the Subsequent Market
Price. In the event that the parties disagree as to the
calculation of the Subsequent Market Price, an independent national
accounting firm shall be engaged, and the determination by such
accounting firm shall be binding on all parties absent fraud or
manifest error.
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Representations and Warranties of the Company
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The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and
Acquisition Corp., except as set forth in the “
Company Disclosure Schedule ”
delivered herewith, as follows:
2.1
Organization, Standing, Subsidiaries, Etc
.
(a)
The
Company is a corporation duly organized and existing in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all
requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to carry on its
business, to own or lease its properties and assets, to enter into
this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger and to carry out the
terms hereof and thereof. Copies of the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company that have been delivered to
Parent and Acquisition Corp. prior to the execution of this
Agreement are true and complete and have not since been amended or
repealed.
(b)
The
Company has no subsidiaries or direct or indirect interest (by way
of stock ownership or otherwise) in any firm, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association or
business.
2.2
Qualification . The Company is duly
qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction wherein the nature of its
activities or its properties owned or leased makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business
operations and results of operations of the Company taken as a
whole (the “ Condition of the
Company ”).
2.3
Capitalization of the Company . The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 74,450,000
shares of Company Common Stock, and 64,450,000 shares of preferred
stock, 450,000 shares of which have been designated Series A-1
Preferred Stock, 37,000,000 shares of which have been designated
Series B-1 Preferred Stock, and 27,000,000 shares of which have
been designated Series C Preferred Stock. The Company
has no authority to issue any other capital stock. There
are 791,923 shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding,
and such shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. There are 368,992 shares of Series A-1
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, and such
shares
are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. There are 28,467,138 shares of
Series B-1 Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, and such
shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. There are 18,849,959 shares of
Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, and such
shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. Except as disclosed in Section 1.6
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no
outstanding warrants, stock options, rights or commitments to
issue Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or other
Equity Securities of the Company, and there are no outstanding
securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for
Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or other Equity
Securities of the Company.
2.4
Company Stockholders . Section 2.4 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list
of the names of the record owners of all of the outstanding shares
of Company Stock and other Equity Securities of the Company,
together with the number of securities held. To the
knowledge of the Company, except as described in Section 2.4 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no voting trust, agreement or
arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of Company Common
Stock affecting the exercise of the voting rights of Company
Stock.
2.5
Corporate Acts and Proceedings . The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Certificate of Merger (together, the “ Merger
Documents ”) have been duly authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Company.
2.6
Compliance with Laws and Instruments
. To the knowledge of the Company, the business,
products and operations of the Company have been and are being
conducted in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, except for such violations
thereof for which the penalties, in the aggregate, would not have a
material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Company. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Merger Documents and the consummation by the Company
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement: (a) will not
require any authorization, consent or approval of, or filing or
registration with, any court or governmental agency or
instrumentality, except such as shall have been obtained prior to
the Closing, (b) will not cause the Company to violate or
contravene in any material respect (i) any provision of law, (ii)
any rule or regulation of any agency or government, (iii) any
order, judgment or decree of any court, or (iv) any provision of
the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, (c) will
not violate or be in conflict with, result in a breach of or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a
default under, any indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of
trust, mortgage, security agreement or other contract, agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
or any of its properties is bound or affected, except as would not
have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company, and
(d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any material
Lien upon any property or asset of the Company.
2.7
Binding Obligations . This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
and are 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. The Certificate of Merger, when executed by the
Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Company and are 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.
2.8
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees
. No Person has, or as a result of the transactions
contemplated herein will have, any right or valid claim against the
Company, Parent, Acquisition Corp. or any Stockholder for any
commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker, or in
any similar capacity, except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
2.9
Financial Statements . The Company has
previously delivered to the Parent the Company’s audited
Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of operations,
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows as of and for the years ended
December 31, 2006, December, 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004, and
the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet (the
“ Balance Sheet ”) as of July
31, 2007 (the “ Balance Sheet Date
”) and related Statement of Operations, Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows as of and for the six months ended June 30,
2007. Such financial statements (i) are in accordance
with the books and records of the Company, (ii) present fairly in
all material respects the financial condition of the Company at the
dates therein specified and the results of its operations and
changes in financial position for the periods therein specified and
(iii) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (“ GAAP
”) applied on a basis consistent with prior accounting
periods.
2.10
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities . As
of the date hereof, the Company has no material obligation or
liability (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, liquidated or
otherwise, whether due or to become due), arising out of any
transaction entered into at or prior to the Closing, except (a) as
disclosed in Section 2.10 or 2.11 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, (b) to the extent set forth on or reserved against in the
Balance Sheet, (c) current liabilities incurred and obligations
under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
since the Balance Sheet Date, none of which (individually or in the
aggregate) has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company and (d) by
the specific terms of any written agreement, document or
arrangement identified in the Company Disclosure
Schedule.
2.11
Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date,
as of the date hereof and except as disclosed in Section 2.11 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not (a) incurred
any debts, obligations or liabilities, absolute, accrued or, to the
Company’s knowledge, contingent, whether due or to become
due, except for current liabilities incurred in the usual and
ordinary course of business, (b) discharged or satisfied any Liens
other than those securing, or paid any obligation or liability
other than, current liabilities shown on the Balance Sheet and
current liabilities incurred since the Balance Sheet Date, in each
case in the ordinary course of business, (c) mortgaged, pledged or
subjected to Lien any of its assets, tangible or intangible, other
than in the ordinary course of business, (d) sold, transferred or
leased any of its assets, except in the ordinary course of
business, (e) cancelled or compromised any debt or claim, or waived
or released any right of material value, (f) suffered any physical
damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance)
which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Condition of the Company, (g) entered into any
transaction other
than
in the ordinary course of business, (h) encountered any labor
union difficulties, (i) made or granted any wage or salary
increase or made any increase in the amounts payable under any
profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, severance pay,
insurance, pension, retirement or other employee benefit plan,
agreement or arrangement, other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, or entered into any
employment agreement, (j) issued or sold any shares of capital
stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or granted
any options (including employee stock options), warrants or
other rights with respect thereto, (k) declared or paid any
dividends on or made any other distributions with respect to,
or purchased or redeemed, any of its outstanding capital
stock, (l) suffered or experienced any change in, or condition
affecting, the financial condition of the Company other than
changes, events or conditions in the usual and ordinary course
of its business, none of which (either by itself or in
conjunction with all such other changes, events and
conditions) could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Condition of the Company, (m) made any
change in the accounting principles, methods or practices
followed by it or depreciation or amortization policies or
rates theretofore adopted, (n) made or permitted any amendment
or termination of any material contract, agreement or license
to which it is a party, (o) suffered any material loss not
reflected in the Balance Sheet or its statement of income for
the period ended on the Balance Sheet Date, (p) paid, or made
any accrual or arrangement for payment of, bonuses or special
compensation of any kind or any severance or termination pay
to any present or former officer, director, employee,
stockholder or consultant, or (q) entered into any agreement,
or otherwise obligated itself, to do any of the foregoing
other than in the ordinary course of its business, none of
which (either by itself or in conjunction with all such other
changes, events and conditions) could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Company.
2.12
Title to Property and Encumbrances
. Except as disclosed in Section 2.12 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has good, valid and marketable
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 and other encumbrances, except Permitted
Liens and such ordinary and customary imperfections of title,
restrictions and encumbrances as do not, individually or in the
aggregate, materially detract from the value of the property or
assets or materially impair the use made thereof by the Company in
its business. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company has good and marketable title to all of its
properties and assets reflected in the Balance Sheet, except for
property disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the
Balance Sheet Date and for property held under valid and subsisting
leases which are in full force and effect and which are not in
default.
2.13
Litigation . Except as set forth on
Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no legal
action, suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or other
governmental proceeding pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or its
properties, assets or business, and after reasonable investigation,
the Company is not aware of any incident, transaction, occurrence
or circumstance that might reasonably be expected to result in or
form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration or other
proceeding. The Company is not in default with respect
to any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or
award of any court or any governmental agency or instrumentality or
arbitration authority.
2.14
Patents, Trademarks, Etc . Section 2.14
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all United
States and foreign patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
and applications therefor used by the Company exclusively in and
material to the conduct of its business (the “
Patent and Trademark Rights
”). Except as disclosed in Section 2.14 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, (a) the Company owns or possesses
adequate licenses or other valid rights to use all Patent and
Trademark Rights; and (b) to the Company’s knowledge, the
conduct of its business as now being conducted does not conflict
with any valid patents, trademarks, trade names or copyrights of
others in any way which could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of
the Company or its business.
2.15
Governmental Consents . All consents,
approvals, orders, or authorizations of, or registrations,
qualifications, designations, declarations, or filings with any
federal or state governmental authority on the part of the Company
required in connection with the consummation of the Merger shall
have been obtained prior to, and be effective as of, the
Closing.
2.16
Tax Returns and Audits . All required
federal, state and local Tax Returns of the Company have been
accurately prepared in all material respects 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
to the extent that the same are material and have become due,
except where the failure so to file or pay could not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Condition of
the Company. The Company is not and has not been
delinquent in the payment of any Tax. The Company has
not had a Tax deficiency assessed against it. 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 sufficient for the payment of
all unpaid Taxes payable by the Company with respect to the period
ended on the Balance Sheet Date. 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.
2.17
Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA .
(a)
Except
as disclosed in Section 2.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
there are no “employee benefit plans” (within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA
”) nor any other employee benefit or fringe benefit
arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or programs other than
programs merely involving the regular payment of wages,
commissions, or bonuses established, maintained or contributed to
by the Company. Any plans listed in Section 2.17 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule are hereinafter referred to as the
“ Company Employee Benefit Plans.
”
(b)
Any
current and prior material documents, including all amendments
thereto, with respect to each Company Employee Benefit Plan have
been provided to the Parent or its advisors.
(c)
All
Company Employee Benefit Plans are in material compliance with the
applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable
state, federal or foreign law.
(d)
There
are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened,
claims or lawsuits which have been asserted or instituted against
any Company Employee Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts
or funds under the Company Employee Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor
or the plan administrator of any of the Company Employee Benefit
Plans or against any fiduciary of a Company Employee Benefit Plan
with respect to the operation of such plan.
(e)
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 Company Employee Benefit Plan.
(f)
No
actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, contingent liability
exists with respect to the funding of any Company Employee Benefit
Plan or for any other expense or obligation of any Company Employee
Benefit Plan, except as disclosed on the financial statements of
the Company or in Section 2.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
and to the knowledge of the Company, 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.
2.18
Questionable Payments . The Company has
not, nor to the knowledge of the Company, has any director,
officer, agent, employee or other Person associated with or acting
on behalf of the Company, used any corporate funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect
unlawful payments to government officials or employees from
corporate funds; established or maintained any unlawful or
unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; made any false
or fictitious entries on the books of record of any such
corporations; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other unlawful payment.
2.19
Interested Party Transactions . Except
as disclosed in Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as
of the date hereof, no officer, director or stockholder of the
Company or any Affiliate or “associate” (as such term
is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of any such Person
or the Company has or has had, either directly or indirectly, (a)
an interest in any Person that (i) furnishes or sells services or
products that are furnished or sold or are proposed to be furnished
or sold by the Company or (ii) purchases from or sells or furnishes
to the Company any goods or services, or (b) a beneficial interest
in any contract or agreement to which the Company is a party or by
which it may be bound or affected.
2.20
Assets and Contracts . Except as
expressly set forth in Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the financial statements referenced in Section 2.10 above
or the notes thereto, as of the date hereof, the Company (a) is not
a party to any written or oral agreement not made in the ordinary
course of business that is material to the Company; (b) the Company
does not own any real property; and (c) the Company is not a party
to, or otherwise barred by, any written or oral (i) agreement with
any labor union, (ii) agreement for the purchase
of
fixed assets or for the purchase of materials, supplies or
equipment in excess of normal operating requirements, (iii)
agreement for the employment of any officer, individual
employee or other Person on a full-time basis or any agreement
with any Person for consulting services, (iv) bonus, pension,
profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option,
deferred compensation, medical, hospitalization or life
insurance or similar plan, contract or understanding with
respect to any or all of the employees of the Company or any
other Person, (v) indenture, loan or credit agreement, note
agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement,
promissory note or other agreement or instrument relating to
or evidencing Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or subjecting
any asset or property of the Company to any Lien or evidencing
any Indebtedness, (vi) guaranty of any Indebtedness, (vii)
lease or agreement under which the Company is lessee of or
holds or operates any property, real or personal, owned by any
other Person, (viii) lease or agreement under which the
Company is lessor or permits any Person to hold or operate any
property, real or personal, owned or controlled by the
Company, (ix) agreement granting any preemptive right, right
of first refusal or similar right to any Person, (x) agreement
or arrangement with any Affiliate or any
“associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) of the Company or any present or
former officer, director or stockholder of the Company, (xi)
agreement obligating the Company to pay any royalty or similar
charge for the use or exploitation of any tangible or
intangible property, (xii) covenant not to compete or other
restriction on its ability to conduct a business or engage in
any other activity, (xiii) distributor, dealer,
manufacturer’s representative, sales agency, franchise
or advertising contract or commitment, (xiv) or agreement to
register securities under the Securities Act, or (xv)
collective bargaining agreement. Section 2.20 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth and describes each
insurance policy and coverage of any kind maintained with
respect to the Company, its business, premises, properties,
assets, employees and agents. Section 2.20 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list
and description of each bank account, savings account, other
deposit relationship and safety deposit box of the Company,
including the name of the bank or other depository, the
account number and the names of the individuals having
signature or other withdrawal authority with respect
thereto. Except as disclosed on Section 2.20 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no consent of any bank or other
depository or Person is required to maintain any bank account,
other deposit relationship or safety deposit box of the
Company. The Company has furnished to Parent true
and complete copies of all agreements and other documents
disclosed or referred to in Section 2.20 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule or in the financial statements or the
notes thereto, as well as any additional agreements or
documents, reasonably requested by Parent.
2.21
Disclosure . There is no fact relating
to the Company that the Company has not disclosed to the Parent in
writing that materially and adversely affects nor, insofar as the
Company can now foresee, will materially and adversely affect, the
condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets,
liabilities, business operations, results of operations or
prospects of the Company. No representation or warranty
by the Company herein and no information disclosed in the schedules
or exhibits hereto by the Company contains any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements contained herein or therein not
misleading.
3. Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp.
Parent
and Acquisition Corp. jointly and severally represent and
warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1
Organization and Standing .
(a)
Parent
is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under
the laws of the State of Colorado. Acquisition Corp. is
a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under
the laws of the State of Colorado. Parent and
Acquisition Corp. have heretofore delivered to the Company complete
and correct copies of their respective Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws as now in effect. Parent and Acquisition
Corp. have full corporate power and authority to carry on their
respective businesses as they are now being conducted and as now
proposed to be conducted and to own or lease their respective
properties and assets.
(b)
Except
for FuGEN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Premiere Data Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, PDS/GIS, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Land Links Company, LTD., a New Mexico limited
liability company, Atlantic Systems Corporation, a
Virginia corporation, Point One, L.L.C., a Virginia limited
liability company, and Acquisition Corp. (collectively, the “
Subsidiaries ”), neither Parent nor
Acquisition Corp. has any subsidiaries or direct or indirect
interest (by way of stock ownership or otherwise) in any firm,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
business. Parent owns all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens, and
none of the Subsidiaries has any outstanding options, warrants or
rights to purchase capital stock or other equity securities, other
than the capital stock owned by Parent. Each of the
Subsidiaries is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing in its respective state of organization. Unless
the context otherwise requires, all references in this Section 3 to
the “Parent” shall be treated as being a reference to
the Parent and Acquisition Corp. taken together as one
enterprise.
3.2
Corporate Authority . Each of Parent
and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) has full corporate
power and authority to enter into the Merger Documents and the
other agreements to be made pursuant to the Merger Documents, and
to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. All corporate acts and proceedings required for
the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the
Merger Documents and such other agreements and documents by Parent
and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) have been duly and
validly taken or will have been so taken prior to the
Closing. Each of the Merger Documents constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and/or Acquisition
Corp. (as the case may be), each enforceable against them in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by
general principles of equity. @
3.3
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees
. No person, firm, corporation or other entity is
entitled by reason of any act or omission of Parent or Acquisition
Corp. to any broker’s or finder’s fees, commission or
other similar compensation with respect to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Certificate of Merger, or with
respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby.
3.4
Capitalization of Parent . The
authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (a) 50,000,000
shares of common stock, no par value per share (the “
Parent Common Stock ”), of which
22,650,518 shares were issued and outstanding as of August 15,
2005. There is no voting trust, agreement or arrangement
among any of the beneficial holders of Parent Common Stock
affecting the nomination or election of directors or the exercise
of the voting rights of Parent Common Stock. All
outstanding shares of the capital stock of Parent are validly
issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and none of
such shares have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights
of any person. Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC
Documents (as defined in Section 3.7(b) below), the Company has no
outstanding warrants, stock options, rights or commitments to issue
common stock, preferred stock or other Equity Securities, and there
are no outstanding securities convertible or exercisable into or
exchangeable for common stock, preferred Stock or other Equity
Securities of the Parent.
3.5
Acquisition Corp . Acquisition Corp. is
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent that was formed specifically
for the purpose of the Merger and that has not conducted any
business or acquired any property, and will not conduct any
business or acquire any property prior to the Closing Date, except
in preparation for and otherwise in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Certificate of
Merger and the other agreements to be made pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement and the Certificate of
Merger.
3.6
Validity of Shares . The shares of
Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, when
issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and the
Certificate of Merger shall be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
3.7
SEC Reporting and Compliance .
(a)
Parent
filed a registration statement on Form 10-SB under the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), on April 17, 2006,
which became effective sixty (60) days thereafter in accordance
with Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the rule promulgated
thereunder. Since that date, Parent has filed with the
Commission all statements, reports and filings required to be filed
by companies registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act.
(b)
Parent
has provided to the Company true and complete copies of the
registration statement on Form 10-SB referred to in section 3.7(a)
above, and all annual reports on Form 10-KSB, quarterly reports on
Form 10-QSB, current reports on Form 8-K, the Initial Registration
Statement, and all amendments thereto, and other statements,
reports and filings (collectively, the “ Parent
SEC Documents ”) filed by the Parent with the
Commission. As of their respective dates, the Parent SEC
Documents (i) were prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case
may be, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
applicable to such Parent SEC Documents, and (ii) did not at
the time they were filed (or if amended or superseded by a filing
before the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing)
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. None of
Parent’s subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports
or other documents with the SEC.
(c)
As
of the date hereof, Parent has not filed, and nothing has occurred
with respect to which Parent would be required to file, any report
on Form 8-K since August 13, 2007. Prior to and until
the Closing, Parent will provide to the Company copies of any and
all amendments or supplements to the Parent SEC Documents filed
with the Commission since August 13, 2007, and any and all
subsequent statements, reports and filings filed by the Parent with
the Commission or delivered to the stockholders of
Parent.
(d)
Parent
is not an investment company within the meaning of Section 3 of the
Investment Company Act.
(e)
The
shares of Parent Common Stock are quoted on the Over-the-Counter
(OTC) Bulletin Board under the symbol “
XDRC.OB ” and Parent is in
compliance in all material respects with all rules and regulations
of the OTC Bulletin Board applicable to it and the Parent
Stock. The OTC Bulletin Board has cleared the Form 211
filed by Parent pursuant to Rule 15c2-11(a)(5) of the Exchange
Act.
(f)
Between
the date hereof and the Closing Date, Parent shall continue to
satisfy the filing requirements of the Exchange Act and all other
requirements of applicable securities laws and the OTC Bulletin
Board.
(g)
Parent
has otherwise complied with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “ Securities Act ”),
Exchange Act and all other applicable federal and state securities
laws.
3.8
Financial Statements . The consolidated
balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of changes in
shareholders’ equity and statements of cash flows contained
in the Parent SEC Documents (the “ Parent
Financial Statements ”) (i) have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior
periods (and, in the case of unaudited financial information, on a
basis consistent with year-end audits), (ii) are in accordance with
the books and records of the Parent, and (iii) present fairly in
all material respects the financial condition of the Parent at the
dates therein specified and the results of its operations and
changes in financial position for the periods therein
specified. The financial statements included in the
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal years ended December
31, 2005 and December 31, 2006, are audited by, and include the
related report of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC,
Parent’s independent certified public
accountants. The financial information included in the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June, 30,
2007, is unaudited, but reflects all adjustments (including
normally recurring accounts) that Parent considers necessary for a
fair presentation of such information and have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied.
3.9
Governmental Consents . All consents,
approvals, orders, or authorizations of, or registrations,
qualifications, designations, declarations, or filings with any
federal or state governmental authority on the part of Parent or
Acquisition Corp. required in connection with the consummation of
the Merger shall have been obtained prior to, or be effective as
of, the Closing.
3.10
Compliance with Laws and Instruments
. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent
and/or Acquisition Corp. of this Agreement, the Certificate of
Merger and the other agreements to be made by Parent or Acquisition
Corp. pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the
Certificate of Merger and the consummation by Parent and/or
Acquisition Corp. of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Documents will not cause Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. to violate
or contravene (i) any provision of law, (ii) any rule or regulation
of any agency or government, (iii) any order, judgment or decree of
any court, or (v) any provision of their respective articles or
certificate of incorporation or Bylaws as amended and in effect on
and as of the Closing Date and will not violate or be in conflict
with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time, or both) a default under any indenture, loan or
credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement or
other agreement or contract to which Parent or Acquisition Corp. is
a party or by which Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. or any of their
respective properties is bound.
3.11
No General Solicitation . In issuing
Parent Common Stock in the Merger hereunder, neither Parent nor
anyone acting on its behalf has offered to sell the Parent Common
Stock by any form of general solicitation or
advertising.
3.12
Binding Obligations . The Merger
Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Parent and Acquisition Corp., and are enforceable against the
Parent and Acquisition Corp., in accordance with their respective
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.
3.13
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
. Neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. has any
obligation or liability (whether accrued, absolute, contingent,
liquidated or otherwise, whether due or to become due), arising out
of any transaction entered into at or prior to the Closing, except
(a) as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, (b) to the extent set
forth on or reserved against in the audited balance sheet of Parent
as of June 30, 2007 (the “ Parent Balance
Sheet ”) or the Notes to the Parent Financial
Statements, (c) current liabilities incurred and obligations under
agreements entered into in the usual and ordinary course of
business since June 30, 2007 (the “ Parent
Balance Sheet Date ”), none of which
(individually or in the aggregate) materially and adversely affects
the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets,
liabilities, business operations, results of operations or
prospects of the Parent or Acquisition Corp., taken as a whole (the
“ Condition of the Parent ”),
and (d) by the specific terms of any written agreement, document or
arrangement attached as an exhibit to the Parent SEC
Documents.
3.14
Changes . Since the Parent Balance
Sheet Date, except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, or in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Parent has not (a)
incurred any debts, obligations or liabilities, absolute, accrued
or, to the Parent’s knowledge, contingent, whether due or to
become due, except for current liabilities incurred in the usual
and ordinary course of business, (b) discharged or satisfied any
Liens other than those securing, or paid any obligation or
liability other than, current liabilities shown on the Parent
Balance Sheet and current liabilities incurred since the Parent
Balance Sheet Date, in each case in the usual and ordinary course
of business, (c) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to Lien any of its
assets, tangible or intangible, other than in the usual and
ordinary course of business, (d) sold,
transferred
or leased any of its assets, except in the usual and ordinary
course of business, (e) cancelled or compromised any debt or
claim, or waived or released any right of material value, (f)
suffered any physical damage, destruction or loss (whether or
not covered by insurance) which could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Parent, (g) entered into any transaction other than in the
usual and ordinary course of business, (h) encountered any
labor union difficulties, (i) made or granted any wage or
salary increase or made any increase in the amounts payable
under any profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation,
severance pay, insurance, pension, retirement or other
employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement, other than in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
or entered into any employment agreement, (j) issued or sold
any shares of capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other
securities or granted any options (including employee stock
options), warrants or other rights with respect thereto, (k)
declared or paid any dividends on or made any other
distributions with respect to, or purchased or redeemed, any
of its outstanding capital stock, (l) suffered or experienced
any change in, or condition affecting, the financial condition
of the Parent other than changes, events or conditions in the
usual and ordinary course of its business, none of which
(either by itself or in conjunction with all such other
changes, events and conditions) could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Parent, (m) made any change in the accounting principles,
methods or practices followed by it or depreciation or
amortization policies or rates theretofore adopted, (n) made
or permitted any amendment or termination of any material
contract, agreement or license to which it is a party, (o)
suffered any material loss not reflected in the Parent Balance
Sheet or its statement of income for the period ended on the
Parent Balance Sheet Date, (p) paid, or made any accrual or
arrangement for payment of, bonuses or special compensation of
any kind or any severance or termination pay to any present or
former officer, director, employee, stockholder or consultant,
or (q) entered into any agreement, or otherwise obligated
itself, to do any of the foregoing.
3.15
Tax Returns and Audits . All required
federal, state and local Tax Returns of the Parent have been
accurately prepared in all material respects 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
to the extent that the same are material and have become due,
except where the failure so to file or pay could not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Condition of
the Parent. The Parent is not and has not been
delinquent in the payment of any Tax. The Parent has not
had a Tax deficiency assessed against it. None of the
Parent’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
Parent Balance Sheet are sufficient for the payment of all unpaid
Taxes payable by the Parent with respect to the period ended on the
Parent Balance Sheet Date. 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 Parent now pending, and the Parent
has not received any notice of any proposed audits, investigations,
claims or administrative proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax
Returns.
3.16
Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA .
(a)
Except
as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, there are no
“employee benefit plans” (within the meaning of Section
3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act
of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA
”) nor any other employee benefit or fringe benefit
arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or programs other
than programs merely involving the regular payment of wages,
commissions, or bonuses established, maintained or contributed
to by the Parent. Any plans listed in the Parent
SEC Documents are hereinafter referred to as the “Parent
Employee Benefit Plans.”
(b)
Any
current and prior material documents, including all amendments
thereto, with respect to each Parent Employee Benefit Plan have
been given to the Company or its advisors.
(c)
All
Parent Employee Benefit Plans are in material compliance with the
applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable
state, federal or foreign law.
(d)
There
are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened,
claims or lawsuits which have been asserted or instituted against
any Parent Employee Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts
or funds under the Parent Employee Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor
or the plan administrator of any of the Parent Employee Benefit
Plans or against any fiduciary of a Parent Employee Benefit Plan
with respect to the operation of such plan.
(e)
There
is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Parent, 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 Parent Employee Benefit Plan.
(f)
No
actual or, to the knowledge of Parent, contingent liability exists
with respect to the funding of any Parent Employee Benefit Plan or
for any other expense or obligation of any Parent Employee Benefit
Plan, except as disclosed on the financial statements of the Parent
or the Parent SEC Documents, and to the knowledge of the Parent, 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.
3.17
Litigation . Except as disclosed in the
Parent SEC Documents, there is no legal action, suit, arbitration
or other legal, administrative or other governmental proceeding
pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened against or
affecting the Parent or Acquisition Corp. or their properties,
assets or business. To the knowledge of the Parent,
neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. is in default with respect to
any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or
award of any court or any governmental agency or instrumentality or
arbitration authority.
3.18
Interested Party Transactions . Except
as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, no officer, director or
stockholder of the Parent or any Affiliate or
“associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act) of any such Person or the Parent has or has
had, either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any Person
that (i) furnishes or sells services or products that are furnished
or sold or are proposed to be furnished or sold by the Parent or
(ii) purchases from or sells or furnishes to the Parent any goods
or services, or (b) a
beneficial
interest in any contract or agreement to which the Parent is a
party or by which it may be bound or affected.
3.19
Questionable Payments . Neither the
Parent, Acquisition Corp. nor to the knowledge of the Parent, any
director, officer, agent, employee or other Person associated with
or acting on behalf of the Parent or Acquisition Corp., has used
any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political
activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to
government officials or employees from corporate funds; established
or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies
or other assets; made any false or fictitious entries on the books
of record of any such corporations; or made any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
3.20
Assets and Contracts . Except as
expressly set forth in the Parent SEC Documents (a) the Parent is
not a party to any written or oral agreement not made in the
ordinary course of business that is material to the Parent; and (b)
Parent does not own any real property.
3.21
Disclosure . There is no fact relating
to Parent that Parent has not disclosed to the Company in writing
that materially and adversely affects nor, insofar as Parent can
now foresee, will materially and adversely affect, the condition
(financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business
operations, results of operations or prospects of
Parent. No representation or warranty by Parent herein
and no information disclosed in the schedules or exhibits hereto by
Parent contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
herein or therein not misleading.
Promptly
after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be mailed to
each holder of record of Company Stock that was converted
pursuant to Section 1.5 hereof into the right to receive
Parent Common Stock a letter of transmittal (“
Letter of Transmittal ”), in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E , which shall contain additional representations,
warranties and covenants of such Stockholder, including,
without limitation, that (i) such Stockholder has full right,
power and authority to deliver such Company Common Stock and
Letter of Transmittal, (ii) the delivery of such Company
Common Stock will not violate or be in conflict with, result
in a breach of or constitute a default under, any indenture,
loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such
Stockholder is bound or affected, (iii) such Stockholder has
good, valid and marketable title to all shares of Company
Common Stock indicated in such Letter of Transmittal and that
such Stockholder is not affected by any voting trust,
agreement or arrangement affecting the voting rights of such
Company Common Stock, (iv) such Stockholder is acquiring
Parent Common Stock for investment purposes, and not with a
view to selling or otherwise distributing such Parent Common
Stock in violation of the Securities Act or the securities
laws of any state, (v) that it has adequate net worth and
means of providing for its current needs and contingencies to
sustain a complete loss of its investment in the Parent Common
Stock, (vi) that it has such knowledge and experience in
business and financial matters and with respect to investments
in securities so as to enable it to understand and evaluate
the risks of its investment in the Parent Common Stock and
form an investment decision with respect thereto, (vii) such
Stockholder has had an opportunity to ask and receive answers
to any questions such Stockholder may have had
concerning
the terms and conditions of the Merger and the Parent Common
Stock and has obtained any additional information that such
Stockholder has requested. Delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Parent Common
Stock shall pass, only upon delivery to the Parent (or an
agent of the Parent) of (x) certificates evidencing ownership
thereof as contemplated by Section 1.5(c) hereof (or affidavit
of lost certificate), and (y) the Letter of
Transmittal.
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5.
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Conduct of Businesses Pending the Merger .
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5.1
Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the
Merger . Prior to the Effective Time, unless
Parent or Acquisition Corp. shall otherwise agree in writing or as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(a)
the
business of the Company shall be conducted only in the ordinary
course;
(b)
the
Company shall not (i) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or
otherwise acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire
any shares of its capital stock; (ii) amend its Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws; or (iii) split, combine or reclassify the
outstanding Company Common Stock or declare, set aside or pay any
dividend payable in cash, stock or property or make any
distribution with respect to any such stock;
(c)
the
Company shall not (i) issue or agree to issue any additional shares
of, or options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire any
shares of, Company Common Stock; (ii) acquire or dispose of any
fixed assets or acquire or dispose of any other substantial assets
other than in the ordinary course of business; (iii) incur
additional Indebtedness or any other liabilities or enter into any
other transaction other than in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement
with respect to any of the foregoing; or (v) except as contemplated
by this Agreement, enter into any contract, agreement, commitment
or arrangement to dissolve, merge, consolidate or enter into any
other material business combination;
(d)
the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve
intact the business organization of the Company, to keep available
the service of its present officers and key employees, and to
preserve the good will of those having business relationships with
it;
(e)
the
Company will not, nor will it authorize any director or authorize
or permit any officer or employee or any attorney, accountant or
other representative retained by it to, make, solicit, encourage
any inquiries with respect to, or engage in any negotiations
concerning, any Acquisition Proposal (as defined
below). The Company will promptly advise Parent orally
and in writing of any such inquiries or proposals (or requests for
information) and the substance thereof. As used in this
paragraph, “ Acquisition Proposal
” shall mean any proposal for a merger or other business
combination involving the Company or for the acquisition of a
substantial equity interest in it or all or a significant portion
of the assets of it other than as contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company will immediately cease and
cause
to
be terminated any existing activities, discussions or
negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect
to any of the foregoing; and
(f)
the
Company will not enter into any new employment agreements with any
of its officers or employees or grant any increases in the
compensation or benefits of its officers and employees other than
increases in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practice or amend any employee benefit plan or
arrangement.
5.2
Conduct of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp
. Pending the Merger, prior to the Effective Time,
unless the Company shall otherwise agree in writing or as otherwise
contemplated by this Agreement:
(a)
the
business of Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall be conducted only in
the ordinary course;
(b)
neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall (i) directly or indirectly
redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or agree to redeem, purchase
or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock; (ii) amend
its articles or certificate of incorporation or Bylaws; (iii)
split, combine or reclassify its capital stock or declare, set
aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property or
make any distribution with respect to such stock, or (iv) enter
into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to
dissolve; and
(c)
neither
the Parent nor Acquisition Corp. will enter into any new employment
agreements with any of their officers or employees or grant any
increases in the compensation or benefits of their officers or
employees.
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6.
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Additional Agreements .
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6.1
Additional Covenants . Subject to the
terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto
agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause
to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and
regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including using its commercially
reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions precedent to the
obligations of any of the parties hereto to obtain all necessary
waivers, and to lift any injunction or other legal bar to the
Merger (and, in such case, to proceed with the Merger as
expeditiously as possible). In order to obtain any
necessary governmental or regulatory action or non-action, waiver,
consent, extension or approval, each of Parent, Acquisition Corp.
and the Company agrees to take all reasonable actions and to enter
into all reasonable agreements as may be necessary to obtain timely
governmental or regulatory approvals and to take such further
action in connection therewith as may be necessary. In
case at any time after the Effective Time any further action is
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement,
the proper officers and/or directors of Parent, Acquisition Corp.
and the Company shall take all such necessary action.
6.2
Publicity . No party shall issue any
press release or public announcement pertaining to the Merger that
has not been agreed upon in advance by Parent and the Company,
except as Parent reasonably determines to be necessary in order to
comply with the rules of the Commission or of the principal trading
exchange or market for Parent Common Stock; provided,
that
in such case Parent will use its best efforts to allow the
Company to review and reasonably approve any press release or
public announcement prior to its release.
6.3
Registration Rights Agreement . As of
the Effective Time, Parent shall enter into a Registration Rights
Agreement with each of the Stockholders on substantially the terms
set forth in the form of agreement attached as Exhibit
F .
6.4
Indemnification of Officers and Directors . From
and after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation and the Subsidiaries (if applicable) to fulfill and
honor in all respects the obligations of Company pursuant to any
indemnification provisions under the certificate of incorporation
and bylaws of the Company as each is in effect on the date of this
Agreement (the persons entitled to be indemnified pursuant to such
provisions, and all other current and former directors and officers
of Target and its Subsidiaries, being referred to collectively as
the “ Indemnified Parties
”). Parent shall cause the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation to contain
the provisions with respect to indemnification and exculpation from
liability set forth in Company’s certificate of incorporation
and bylaws on the date of this Agreement, which provisions shall
not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified after the Effective
Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights
thereunder of any Indemnified Party.
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7.
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Conditions of Parties’ Obligations .
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7.1
Parent and Acquisition Corp. Obligations
. The obligations of Parent and Acquisition Corp. under
this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the Statement of
Merger are subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of
the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in whole or
in part, by Parent.
(a)
Accuracy of Representations . The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this
Agreement (excluding any representation or warranty that
refers specifically to “the date of this Agreement,”
“the date hereof” or any other date other than the
Closing Date) shall be accurate in all material respects as of the
Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (it being
understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such
representations and warranties, (i) any update of or
modification to the Company Disclosure Schedule made or purported
to have been made after the date of this Agreement shall be
disregarded, (ii) any inaccuracy that does not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company shall be disregarded, (iii) any
inaccuracy that results from or relates to general business or
economic conditions shall be disregarded, (iv) any inaccuracy that
results from or relates to conditions generally affecting the
industry in which the Company competes shall be disregarded, (v)
any inaccuracy that results from or relates to the announcement or
pendency of the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be disregarded, and (vi) any
inaccuracy that results from or relates to the taking of any action
contemplated by this Agreement shall be disregarded).
(b)
Compliance with Agreement . The Company
shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all
agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing Date and
this Agreement and the Merger shall have been duly authorized by
the Board of Directors of the Company and, to the
extent
required by the DGCL, have been approved by the requisite vote
of the Stockholders, and all of the corporate acts and other
proceedings required for the due and valid authorization,
execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Documents
and the consummation of the Merger have been validly and
appropriately taken, except for the filing of the Certificate
of Merger, which shall be filed upon or promptly after the
Closing.
(c)
No Default or Adverse Change . There
shall not exist on the Closing Date any Default or Event of Default
or any event or condition that, with the giving of notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a Default or Event of Default,
and since the Balance Sheet Date, there shall have been no Material
Adverse Change in the Condition of the Company.
(d)
The
Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate dated the
Closing Date, executed on its behalf by Charles Killpack, the
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifying
the satisfaction of the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b)
and (c) of this Section 7.1.
(e)
No Restraining Action . No action or
proceeding before any court, governmental body or agency shall have
been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain or prohibit, or
to obtain substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the
Certificate of Merger or the carrying out of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Documents.
(f)
Supporting Documents . Parent and
Acquisition Corp. shall have received the following:
(i)
Copies
of resolutions of the Board of Directors and the Stockholders of
the Company, certified by the Secretary of the Company, authorizing
and approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger
Documents and all other documents and instruments to be delivered
pursuant hereto and thereto.
(ii)
A
certificate of incumbency executed by the Secretary of the Company
certifying the names, titles and signatures of the officers
authorized to execute any documents referred to in this Agreement
and further certifying that the Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws of the Company delivered to Parent and Acquisition Corp. at
the time of the execution of this Agreement have been validly
adopted and have not been amended or modified.
(iii)
A
certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the
Company’s Secretary, certifying that, except for the filing
of the Statement of Merger and Certificate of Merger: (i) all
consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and filings and
registrations with, any court, governmental body or instrumentality
that are required for the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Certificate of Merger and the consummation of the Merger shall
have been duly made or obtained, and all material consents by third
parties that are required for the Merger have been obtained; and
(ii) no action or proceeding before any court, governmental body or
agency has been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain or
prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, this
Agreement, the Statement of Merger, the Certificate of Merger or
the carrying out of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Documents.
(iv)
Evidence
as of a recent date of the good standing and corporate existence of
the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware and evidence that the Company is qualified to transact
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each
other state of the United States and in each other jurisdiction
where the character of the property owned or leased by it or the
nature of its activities makes such qualification
necessary.
(v)
No
more than 15% of the Stockholders of the Company shall have voted
against the Merger or shall have demanded or exercised their
appraisal rights pursuant Section 262 of the DGCL.
(vi)
Termination
Agreements in the form previously delivered to Parent causing the
termination of all warrants to purchase shares of the
Company’s Series B-1 Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred
Stock.
(vii)
Such
additional supporting documentation and other information with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as Parent and
Acquisition Corp. may reasonably request.
(g)
Registration Rights Agreement . Parent
shall have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with each
of the Stockholders on substantially the terms set forth in the
form of agreement attached as Exhibit F
.
(h)
Proceedings and Documents . All
corporate and other proceedings and actions taken in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby and all certificates,
opinions, agreements, instruments and documents mentioned herein or
incident to any such transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to Parent and Acquisition
Corp. The Company shall furnish to Parent and
Acquisition Corp. such supporting documentation and evidence of the
satisfaction of any or all of the conditions precedent specified in
this Section 7.1 as Parent or its counsel may reasonably
request.
7.2
Company Obligations . The obligations
of the Company under this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and
the Statement of Merger are subject to the fulfillment at or prior
to the Closing of the following conditions, and of which may be
waived, in whole or in part, by the Company:
(a)
Accuracy of Representations . The
representations and warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp. set
forth in this Agreement (excluding any representation or warranty
that refers specifically to “the date of this
Agreement,” “the date hereof” or any other date
other than the Closing Date) shall be accurate in all material
respects as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing
Date (it being understood that, for purposes of determining the
accuracy of such representations and warranties, (i) any
update of or modification to the Parent Company Disclosure Schedule
made or purported to have been made after the date of this
Agreement shall be disregarded, (ii) any inaccuracy that does not
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent or any subsidiary of
the Parent shall be disregarded, (iii) any inaccuracy that results
from or relates to general business or economic conditions shall be
disregarded, (iv) any inaccuracy that results from or relates to
conditions generally affecting the industry in which
the
Parent
competes shall be disregarded, and (v) any inaccuracy that
results from or relates to the taking of any action
contemplated by this Agreement shall be
disregarded)
(b)
Compliance with Agreement . Parent and
Acquisition Corp. shall have performed and complied in all material
respects with all agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement and the Certificate of Merger to be performed or complied
with by them on or before the Closing Date.
(c)
No Default or Adverse Change . There
shall not exist on the Closing Date any Default or Event of Default
or any event or condition, that with the giving of notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a Default of Event of Default,
and since the Parent Balance Sheet Date, there shall have been no
Material Adverse Change in the Condition of the
Parent.
(d)
Certificate of Officer . Parent and
Acquisition Corp. shall have delivered to the Company a certificate
dated the Closing Date, executed on their behalf by their
respective President and CEO, certifying the satisfaction of the
conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this
Section 7.2.
(e)
Supporting Documents . The Company
shall have received the following:
(1)
Copies
of resolutions of Parent’s and Acquisition Corp.’s
respective boards of directors and the sole shareholder of
Acquisition Corp., certified by their respective Secretaries,
authorizing and approving, to the extent applicable, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Statement of
Merger, the Certificate of Merger, the Certificate of Amendment and
all other documents and instruments to be delivered by them
pursuant hereto and thereto.
(2)
A
certificate of incumbency executed by the respective Secretaries of
Parent and Acquisition Corp. certifying the names, titles and
signatures of the officers authorized to execute the documents
referred to in paragraph (1) above and further certifying that the
articles or certificates of incorporation and Bylaws of Parent and
Acquisition Corp. appended thereto have not been amended or
modified.
(3)
A
certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the Secretary of
each of the Parent and Acquisition Corp., certifying that, except
for the filing of the Certificate of Merger: (i) all consents,
authorizations, orders and approvals of, and filings and
registrations with, any court, governmental body or instrumentality
that are required for the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Certificate of Merger, the Certificate of Merger, the
Certificate of Amendment and the consummation of the Merger shall
have been duly made or obtained, and all material consents by third
parties required for the Merger have been obtained; and (ii) no
action or proceeding before any court, governmental body or agency
has been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain or
prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, this
Agreement or the Certificate of Merger or the carrying out of the
transactions contemplated by any of the Merger
Documents.
(4)
Evidence
as of a recent date of the good standing and corporate existence of
the Parent made available to the Company by the Secretary of State
of Colorado.
(5)
Evidence
as of a recent date of the good standing and corporate existence of
Acquisition Corp. issued by the Secretary of State of
Colorado.
(6)
No
more than 15% of the Stockholders of the Company shall have voted
against the Merger or shall have demanded or exercised their
appraisal rights pursuant Section 262 of the DGCL.
(7)
Such
additional supporting documentation and other information with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as the Company may
reasonably request.
(f)
Registration Rights Agreement . Each of
the Stockholders shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement
on substantially the terms set forth in the form of agreement
attached as Exhibit F .
(g)
Proceedings and Documents . All
corporate and other proceedings and actions taken in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby and all certificates,
opinions, agreements, instruments and documents mentioned herein or
incident to any such transactions shall be satisfactory in form and
substance to the Company. Parent and Acquisition Corp.
shall furnish to the Company such supporting documentation and
evidence of satisfaction of any or all of the conditions specified
in this Section 7.2 as the Company may reasonably
request.
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8.
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Survival of Representations and Warranties;
Indemnification .
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(a)
Company Representations . Except as set forth
below, the representations and warranties of the Company made in
Section 2 of this Agreement (including the applicable Company
Disclosure Schedules to the Agreement which are hereby incorporated
by reference) shall survive for one (1) year beyond the Effective
Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1, 2.3 and
2.5 shall survive until the date that is 60 trading days following
the Trigger Date.
(b)
Company Indemnification
. Notwithstanding Section 8(a) above, the aggregate
maximum amount of damages that may be recovered by the Parent or
Acquisition Corp. arising out of or in connection with
the breach of any of the representations and warranties of the
Company made in Section 2 of this Agreement shall not exceed
$550,000. This Section 8 shall not limit any claim for
fraud or for breach of any covenant or agreement of the parties
which by its terms contemplates performance after the Effective
Time. In the event of a breach for which indemnity if
available pursuant to this Section 8(b), the Company shall be
entitled to compensate Parent or Acquisition Corp. either with cash
or by returning shares of common stock of the Parent issued
pursuant to this Agreement, which shares shall be valued for
purposes of such indemnification claim at the Parent Stock
Value.
(c)
Parent and Acquisition Corp. Representations .
Except as set forth below, the representations and warranties of
the Parent and the Acquisition Corp. made in Section 3 of this
Agreement shall survive for one (1) year beyond the Effective Time;
provided, however, that the one-year survival period shall
be extended by the Delay Period (as defined in Section 1.8(a)
above). Notwithstanding the foregoing , the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4,
and 3.6 shall survive until the date that is 60 trading days
following the Trigger Date.
(d)
Parent and Acquisition Corp. Indemnification
. Notwithstanding Section 8(c) above, the aggregate
maximum amount of damages that may be recovered by the Company
arising out of or in connection with the breach of any of the
representations and warranties of the parties made in Section 3 of
this Agreement shall not exceed $550,000. This Section
8(d) shall not limit any claim for fraud or for breach of any
covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms
contemplates performance after the Effective Time.
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9.
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Amendment of Agreement .
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This
Agreement, the Certificate of Merger, and the Statement of
Merger may be amended or modified at any time in all respects
by an instrument in writing executed (i) in the case of this
Agreement by the parties hereto; and (ii) in the case of the
Certificate of Merger and Statement of Merger by the parties
thereto.
Unless
the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this
Section 10 shall have the meanings herein specified for all
purposes of this Agreement, applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of any of the terms herein
defined.
“
Acquisition Corp. ” means Pixx
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation.
“
Acquisition Proposal ” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in each of Section
5.1(e) hereof.
“
Affiliate ” shall mean any
Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the indicated
Person.
“
Agreement ” shall mean this
Agreement.
“
Average Closing Price ” shall
mean the average daily closing price of the Parent Common
Stock for the 20 trading days ending two days prior to the
Closing.
“
Balance Sheet ” and “
Balance Sheet Date ” shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 2.9
hereof.
“
CBCA ” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in the second recital hereof.
“
Certificate of Merger ” shall
have the meaning assigned to it in the second recital
hereof.
“
Closing ” and “
Closing Date ” shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in Section 11
hereof.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“
Commission ” shall mean the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Company ” shall mean Pixxures,
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“
Company Common Stock ” shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.5(a)(ii)
hereof.
Company Disclosure Schedule shall have the
meaning assigned to it in Section 2 hereof.
“
Company Employee Benefit Plans
” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.17
hereof.
“
Company Preferred Stock ”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.5(a)(iii)
hereof.
“
Company Stock ” shall have the
meaning assigned to it in Section 1.5(b).
“
Condition of the Company ”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.2
hereof.
“
Condition of the Parent ”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.13
hereof.
“
Constituent Corporations ”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.4
hereof.
“
Default ” shall mean a default
or failure in the due observance or performance of any
covenant, condition or agreement on the part of the Company,
Parent, or Acquisition Corp. to be observed or performed under
the terms of this Agreement, or any Merger
Document, if such default or failure in performance shall
remain unremedied for five (5) days (or such longer period if
otherwise specified in this Agreement).
“
DGCL ” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in the second recital hereof.
“
Effective Time ” shall have
the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.2 hereof.
“
Equity Security ” shall mean
any stock or similar security of an issuer or any security
(whether stock or Indebtedness for Borrowed Money)
convertible, with or without consideration, into any stock or
similar equity security, or any security (whether stock or
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money) carrying any warrant or right
to subscribe to or purchase any stock or similar security, or
any such warrant or right.
“
ERISA ” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.17 hereof.
“
Exchange Act ” shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Event of Default ” shall mean
(a) the failure of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp.
to pay any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, or any interest or
premium thereon, within five (5) days after the same shall
become due, whether such Indebtedness shall become due by
scheduled maturity, by required prepayment, by acceleration,
by demand or otherwise, (b) an event of default under any
agreement or instrument evidencing or securing or relating to
any such Indebtedness, or (c) the failure of the Company,
Parent, or Acquisition Corp. to perform or observe any
material term, covenant, agreement or condition on its part to
be performed or observed under any agreement or instrument
evidencing or securing or relating to any such Indebtedness
when such term, covenant or agreement is required to be
performed or observed.
“
GAAP ” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.9 hereof.
“
Indebtedness ” shall mean any
obligation of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp. which
under generally accepted accounting principles is required to
be shown on the balance sheet of the Company, Parent, or
Acquisition Corp., respectively, as a liability. Any
obligation secured by a Lien on, or payable out of the
proceeds of production from, property of the Company, Parent,
or Acquisition Corp., shall be deemed to be Indebtedness of
the respective entity even though such obligation is not
assumed by the such entity.
“
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, Parent, or
Acquisition Corp., respectively, (b) all Indebtedness
evidenced by a promissory note, bond or similar written
obligation to pay money of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition
Corp., respectively ,or (c) all such Indebtedness guaranteed
by the of the Company, Parent, or Acquisition Corp.,
respectively, or for which the of the Company, Parent, or
Acquisition Corp., respectively, is otherwise contingently
liable.
“
Initial Registration Statement
” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
1.8(a) hereof.
“
Investment Company Act ” shall
mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
“
knowledge ” and “
know ” means, when referring
to any person or entity, the actual knowledge of such person
or entity of a particular matter or fact, and what that person
or entity would have reasonably known after due inquiry. An
entity will be deemed to have “knowledge” of a
particular fact or other matter if any individual who is
serving, or who has served, as an executive officer of such
entity has actual “knowledge” of such fact or
other matter, or had actual “knowledge” during the
time of such service of such fact or other matter, or would
have had “knowledge” of such particular fact or
matter after due inquiry.
“
Letter of Transmittal ” shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4
hereof.
“
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.
“
Material Adverse Change ”
means, with respect to any Person, an adverse change in the
financial condition or results of operations of the Person
since the date of this Agreement; pr ovided, however
, that for purposes of determining whether there shall have
been any such material adverse change, (i) any adverse change
resulting from or relating to general business or economic
conditions shall be disregarded, (ii) any adverse change
resulting from or relating to conditions generally affecting
the industry in which the Person competes shall be
disregarded, (iii) any adverse change resulting from or
relating to the announcement or pendency of the Merger or any
of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall
be disregarded, and (iv) any adverse change resulting from or
relating to the taking of any action contemplated by this
Agreement shall be disregarded.
“
Merger ” shall have the
meaning assigned to it in the first recital
hereof.
“
Merger Documents ” shall have
the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.5 hereof.
“
Parent ” shall mean Xedar
Corporation, a Colorado corporation.
“
Parent Balance Sheet ” and
“ Parent Balance Sheet Date
” shall have the meanings assigned to them in Section
3.13 hereof.
“
Parent Common Stock ” shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.4
hereof.
“
Parent Employee Benefit Plans
” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.16
hereof.
“
Parent Financial Statements ”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.8
hereof.
“
Parent SEC Documents ” shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.7(b)
hereof.
“ Parent
Stock Value ” shall mean the average
daily closing price of the Parent Common Stock for the 20
trading days ending two days prior to the
Closing.
“
Patent and Trademark Rights ”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.15
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.
“
Person ” shall include all
natural persons, corporations, business trusts, associations,
limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures and
other entities and governments and agencies and political
subdivisions.
“
Securities Act ” shall mean
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“
Series B-1 Conversion Ratio ”
shall mean the quotient obtained by dividing (a)(i)
$1,943,607.10 divided by (ii) the Average Closing Price, by
(b) the number of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock
outstanding as of the Closing Date [28,467,138].
“
Series C Conversion Ratio ”
shall mean the quotient obtained by dividing (a)(i)
$3,171,392.90 divided by (ii) the Average Closing Price,
by
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