AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
DATED AS OF
_____________________________, 2008
BY AND AMONG
WORLD PEACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
LTH ACQUISITION, CORP.,
AND
LEGACY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of May 29, 2008 (this
"Agreement"),
by and among Legacy Technology Holdings, inc., a Colorado corporation
("Legacy"), LTH
Acquisition Corp., a Colorado corporation ("LTH"), and World
Peace Technologies, Inc., a Colorado corporation ("WPC").
WHEREAS, the boards of directors of Legacy, LTH and WPC,
respectively,
have each approved, as being in the best interests of the respective
corporations and their
stockholders, the
merger (the "Merger") of WPC with and
into LTH, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Colorado
Business
Corporation Act (the "CBCA");
WHEREAS, pursuant to
the Merger, all of the
outstanding shares of
common
stock of WPC ("WPC Common Stock") shall, in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement,
be converted into 10
million shares of
Legacy's common
stock
("Legacy's Common Stock") allocated pro-rata among the WPC
shareholders;
WHEREAS, for federal
income tax purposes,
it is intended that
the Merger
shall qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the provisions of Section
368
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code");
WHEREAS, Legacy,
LTH and WPC
desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants
and agreements in connection with the merger and also to
prescribe various conditions to the Merger; and
WHEREAS, this
Agreement is intended
to set forth the terms upon which WPC
will merge with and into LTH;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing and the respective
representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for
other good and
valuable consideration
the receipt
and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged,
and intending to be
legally bound hereby,
the parties do
hereby agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
SECTION 1.01. Filing of
Certificate of Merger; Effective Time
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, a certificate of
merger in
the forms approved by the parties hereto (the "Certificate of Merger") shall
be
duly prepared,
executed and acknowledged in accordance with the CBCA and
thereafter delivered
to the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado
for
filing as provided in
the CBCA
simultaneously with
the Closing (as defined in
Section 2.01).
The Merger shall become effective upon the filing of the
Certificate of Merger
with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado
filing as provided in the CBCA, respectively (the "Effective
Times").
SECTION 1.02. Effects of the
Merger.
(a) At the Effective
Time and by virtue of the Merger, (i) the separate
corporate existence
of WPC shall
cease and WPC shall be
merged with and
into
LTH, and LTH shall be the surviving corporation (the "Surviving
Corporation");
(ii) all of the issued and outstanding WPC Common Stock shall be converted as
provided in Section 1.03; (iii) the certificate of
incorporation
of LTH as in
effect immediately
prior to the
Effective Time shall be the certificate of
incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation;
and (iv) the by-laws
of LTH as in
effect immediately
prior to the
Effective Time shall be the by-laws of the
Surviving Corporation.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject
thereto and to
any other applicable
laws, at the Effective
Time, all the properties, rights,
privileges, powers and
franchises
of WPC and LTH shall
vest in the
Surviving
Corporation,
and, subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all debts,
liabilities,
restrictions,
disabilities and duties of WPC and LTH shall become
the debts, liabilities, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the
Surviving
Corporation.
SECTION 1.03. Conversion of
Securities.
As of the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of any holder thereof:
(a) Each share of WPC Common Stock that is issued and
outstanding
immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall, except as set forth below, be
converted into
that number of shares of Legacy Common Stock equal to the
Conversion Amount such
that 9 million shares of common stock are issued to WPC
shareholders
allocated
pro-rata among them in accordance with their ownership of WPC. All such
shares
of WPC Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be
canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a
certificate
representing such shares of WPC Common Stock shall cease to have
any rights with
respect thereto,
except the right to receive the number of shares of Legacy
Common Stock to be
issued in
consideration
therefore upon
surrender of such
certificate in accordance with Section 1.04, without interest;
and
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(b) Each share of capital stock of LTH that is issued and outstanding
immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be canceled and be converted into
one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation, and each certificate
evidencing ownership
of any such shares of LTH shall thereupon evidence
ownership of the same number of shares of the Surviving
Corporation.
(c) Each share of Legacy Common Stock that is issued and
outstanding immediately
prior to the
Effective Time and held by WPC shall be canceled and each
certificate evidencing ownership of any such shares shall thereupon
be canceled.
SECTION 1.04. Exchange
Procedures.
(a) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time,
Legacy shall mail to
each
WPC Stockholder a
letter of transmittal and instructions for use in effecting
the surrender
of certificates representing shares of WPC Common Stock
outstanding
immediately prior to
the Effective Time
(the "Certificates")
in
appropriate and customary form with such provisions as the board of
directors of
Legacy after the Merger may reasonably specify. Upon surrender of a
Certificate
for cancellation to Legacy, together with such letter of
transmittal, duly
and
properly executed,
the holder of such
Certificate shall be entitled to receive
in exchange therefore a certificate representing that number of
shares of Legacy
Common Stock as is
equal to the product
of the number of
shares of WPC Common
Stock represented
by the certificate multiplied by the Conversion Amount,
together with any
dividends and other
distributions payable
hereof, and the
Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as
contemplated
by this Section 1.04, each Certificate shall, at and after the Effective
Time,
be deemed to
represent only the right to receive, upon surrender of such
Certificate, Legacy
Common Stock as
contemplated by this Section 1.04, and the
holders thereof
shall have no rights
whatsoever
as stockholders of Legacy.
Shares of Legacy
Common Stock
issued in the Merger
shall be issued, and be
deemed to be outstanding, as of the Effective Time. Legacy
shall cause all such
shares of Legacy Common Stock issued pursuant to the Merger to be duly
authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and
non-assessable
and not subject to
preemptive rights.
(b) If any certificate
representing
shares of Legacy Common Stock is to be
issued in a name
other than that in which the Certificate surrendered in
exchange therefore is registered, it shall be a condition of such
exchange that
the Certificate
so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in
proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange shall
pay
any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance
of certificates
for such shares
of Legacy Common Stock in a name other than that of the
registered holder of the Certificate so surrendered.
(c) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon
the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such
Certificate
to be lost, stolen or destroyed and upon the posting by such person
of a bond in
such amount as Legacy may reasonably direct as an indemnity
against any claim
that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate,
Legacy will issue
in respect
of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate one or more
certificates
representing shares of Legacy Common Stock as contemplated by
this
Section 1.04.
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(d) If any
Certificates shall not
have been surrendered
prior to three
years
after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date
on which any
payment in respect hereof would otherwise escheat or become the property of
any
governmental unit or agency), the payment in respect of such
Certificates shall,
to the extent
permitted by applicable law, become the property of the
Surviving
Corporation, free and
clear of all claims or interests of any person previously
entitled thereto.
(e) Legacy shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration
otherwise payable
pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder of a Certificate
surrendered for shares
of Legacy Common Stock such amount as Legacy is required
to deduct and withhold
with respect to the making of such
payment under the
Code, or provisions of
any state, local or
foreign tax law. To the extent that
amounts are so deducted and withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of
this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of such
Certificate.
SECTION 1.05. Directors.
Subject to applicable law, the directors designated by WPC shall be
the
directors of the
Surviving Corporation and shall hold office until their
respective successors
are duly elected and
qualified, or their
earlier death,
resignation or
removal, in accordance
with applicable law and the Surviving
Corporation's
certificate of incorporation and bylaws. David Kutchiniski shall
be appointed
Director, effective immediately and others later appointed.
Immediately after the
Effective Time, the
directors of Legacy shall resign and
the directors
designated by WPC
shall be appointed as the directors of Legacy,
subject to mailing of Shareholder's Notice under Section 14(f) of
the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
The directors of Legacy prior to the Effective Time shall
remain entitled to indemnification for acts and omissions prior to
the Effective
Time to the fullest extent permitted under Colorado law and the
certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of Legacy in effect prior to the Effective
Time.
SECTION 1.06. Officers.
David Kutchinski shall be appointed President and Michael Pick
shall be
appointed
Secretary/Treasurer
and the prior officers
shall resign
effective
immediately and Mr.
Kutchinski
and Mr. Pick shall hold office until their
respective successors
are duly elected and
qualified, or their
earlier death,
resignation or removal. The officers of Legacy prior to the
Effective Time shall
remain entitled to indemnification for acts and omissions prior to
the Effective
Time to the fullest extent permitted under Colorado law and the
certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of Legacy in effect prior to the Effective
Time.
SECTION 1.07. No
Liability.
Neither Legacy
nor WPC shall be
liable to any holder of shares of WPC
Common Stock or Legacy
Common Stock, as the case may be, for such
shares (or
dividends or
distributions with
respect thereto) or cash delivered to a public
official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or
similar law.
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ARTICLE II
THE CLOSING
SECTION 2.01. Closing.
Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated and the transactions
herein contemplated
shall have been
abandoned pursuant to Article VIII,
and
subject to the
satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions
set forth in
Article
VII, the closing of the Merger (the "Closing") shall take place as soon as
reasonably practicable
(but in no event on
written notice of less than two (2)
business days)
after all of the conditions set forth in Article VII are
satisfied or, to the
extent permitted
thereunder,
waived, at the offices of
Michael A. Littman,
located at 7609 Ralston road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 or at
such other time and place as may be agreed to in writing by the
parties hereto
(the date of such Closing being referred to herein as the "Closing
Date").
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF Legacy
Except as set forth in the applicable section of the disclosure
schedule delivered by
Legacy to WPC prior to the execution of this Agreement
(the "Legacy
Disclosure Schedule"),
Legacy represents and warrants to WPC
as
follows:
SECTION 3.01. Organization of
Legacy and LTH; Authority.
Legacy is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the
laws of the State of
Colorado. LTH is a
corporation
duly
organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Colorado. Each of Legacy and LTH has all requisite corporate power
and corporate
authority to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, to own, lease
and
operate its properties
and to conduct its
business. Subject to
the receipt of
stockholder approval, the execution, delivery and performance by each
of Legacy
and LTH of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of Legacy and LTH,
including, without
limitation the
approval of the board of directors of Legacy. The Transaction
Documents have been
duly executed and
delivered by each of Legacy and LTH and,
assuming that
the Transaction Documents constitute a valid and binding
obligation of the
other parties thereto, constitute a valid and binding
obligation of each of
Legacy and LTH,
enforceable
against Legacy and LTH in
accordance with its terms. Each of Legacy and LTH is duly
qualified or licensed
to do business
as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by it
or the nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary,
except where
the failure to obtain such qualification or license would
not, individually
or
in the aggregate, have
a Legacy Material Adverse Effect. Legacy has heretofore
delivered or
made available to WPC complete and correct copies of the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of Legacy and LTH, the
minute books and
stock transfer
records of Legacy and
LTH, as in effect as
of the date of this
Agreement. Neither
Legacy nor LTH is in violation of its organizational
documents.
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SECTION 3.02.
Capitalization.
The authorized capital
stock of Legacy consists of 200,000,000 shares
of Legacy Common Stock, no par value, of which 10,060,534 shares
are outstanding
on the date hereof (pre reverse split). The authorized capital stock of LTH
consists of 1,000
shares of common
stock, par value $.001 per share of
which
1,000 shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof.
Immediately prior to
the Effective
Time and after giving
effect to the Reverse
Stock Split, the
authorized capital
stock of Legacy shall consist of 50,000,000 shares of Legacy
Common Stock,
of which approximately 1,007,003 shares shall be issued and
outstanding. No other shares of any other class or series of Legacy
Common Stock
or securities
exercisable or convertible into or exchangeable for Legacy
Common
Stock ("Legacy Common Stock Equivalents") are authorized,
issued or
outstanding
except that Legacy is in the process of renegotiating approximately $700,000 in
notes payable to provide conversions to common shares,
at the market over a
24
month period.
The outstanding shares of Legacy Common Stock have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable
and were not
issued in violation of, and are not subject to, any preemptive,
subscription or
similar rights. To Legacy's knowledge, none of the outstanding shares of
Legacy
Common Stock was issued in violation of any Law, including without limitation,
federal and state securities laws. There are no outstanding
warrants, options,
subscriptions, calls, rights, agreements, convertible or
exchangeable securities
or other commitments or arrangements relating to the issuance,
sale, purchase,
return or redemption,
and, to Legacy' knowledge, voting or transfer of any
shares, whether issued or un-issued, of Legacy Common Stock, Legacy
Common Stock
Equivalents or other
securities of Legacy.
On the Closing Date,
the shares of
Legacy Common
Stock for which shares
of WPC Common Stock shall be exchanged in
the Merger will have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in
accordance with this
Agreement,
such shares of Legacy Common Stock will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
SECTION 3.03. No Violation;
Consents and Approvals.
The execution and delivery by Legacy of the Transaction
Documents does
not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
and compliance
with the terms
hereof and thereof
will not, conflict
with or
result in any
violation of or default (or an event which, with notice or lapse
of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (a) the terms
and conditions
or provisions of the
certificate of
incorporation or
by-laws of Legacy or any
Legacy Subsidiary, (b)
any Law applicable to Legacy or any Legacy Subsidiary or
the property or assets of Legacy or any Legacy Subsidiary, or (c) give rise to
any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration
under, or result in
the
creation of any
Lien upon any of the properties of Legacy or any Legacy
Subsidiary under any
Contract to which
Legacy or any Legacy
Subsidiary
is a
party or by which Legacy or any Legacy Subsidiary or any assets of
Legacy or any
Legacy Subsidiary may be bound, except, in the case of clauses (b)
and (c), for
such conflicts,
violations or defaults
which are set forth in
Section 3.04 of
the Legacy Disclosure
Schedule and as to
which requisite
waivers or
consents
will have been obtained prior to the Closing or which,
individually
or in the
aggregate, would not
have a Legacy Material
Adverse Effect. No Governmental
Approval is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to Legacy or any
Legacy Subsidiary
in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the consummation by Legacy of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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SECTION 3.04. Litigation;
Compliance with Laws.
(a) There are: (i) no claims, actions, suits, investigations or proceedings
pending or, to the
knowledge of Legacy, threatened against, relating to or
affecting Legacy or the Legacy Subsidiaries, the business, the assets, or any
employee, officer, director, stockholder, or independent contractor
of Legacy or
the Legacy
Subsidiaries in their
capacities as such, and (ii) no orders of any
Governmental Entity or
arbitrator
outstanding
against Legacy or the Legacy
Subsidiaries, the
business, the assets,
or any employee,
officer, director,
stockholder, or
independent contractor
of Legacy or the Legacy Subsidiaries in
their capacities
as such, or that could prevent or enjoin, or delay in any
respect, consummation
of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Section 3.12 of
the Legacy
Disclosure
Schedule includes a description of all pending or
threatened claims,
actions, suits, investigations or proceedings involving
Legacy or the Legacy
Subsidiaries, the
business, the assets,
or any employee,
officer, director, stockholder or independent contractor of Legacy
or the Legacy
Subsidiaries in their capacities as such.
(b) Legacy and the Legacy Subsidiaries have complied and are in compliance
in
all material respects
with all Laws
applicable to Legacy,
any Subsidiary of
Legacy, its business or its assets. Neither Legacy nor the Legacy
Subsidiaries
has received notice from any Governmental Entity or other Person of
any material
violation of Law
applicable to Legacy,
any of the Legacy
Subsidiaries,
their
business or their assets. Legacy and the Legacy Subsidiaries have obtained and
hold all required
Licenses (all of which are in full force and effect) from all
Government Entities
applicable
to Legacy, the Legacy Subsidiaries, their
business or their assets. No violations are or have been
recorded in respect of
any such License and no proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of
Legacy,
threatened to revoke or limit any such License.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF WPC
Except as set forth in the applicable section of the disclosure
schedule delivered
by WPC to Legacy prior
to the execution of
this Agreement
(the "WPC Disclosure
Schedule"),
WPC represents and warrants to Legacy as
follows:
SECTION 4.01. Organization of
WPC; Authority.
WPC is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Colorado and has all
requisite corporate
power and corporate
authority to enter into the Transaction Documents, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, to own, lease
and
operate its properties
and to conduct its
business. Subject to
the receipt of
stockholder approval
by WPC, the execution,
delivery and performance by WPC of
the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action
on the part of WPC, including, without limitation, the approval
of the board of
directors of WPC.
The Transaction Documents have been duly executed and
delivered by WPC and, assuming that the Transaction Documents
constitute a valid
and binding
obligation
of Legacy and LTH, constitute a valid and binding
obligation of WPC. WPC is duly qualified or licensed to do business
as a foreign
corporation and is in
good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the property
owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it
makes such
qualification
necessary, except
where the failure to obtain such
qualification or license would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a WPC
Material Adverse
Effect. WPC has heretofore delivered or made available to
Legacy complete and correct copies of the articles of incorporation
and by-laws
of WPC, the minute books and stock transfer records of WPC, as in effect as
of
the date of
this Agreement. WPC is not in violation of its organizational
documents.
SECTION 4.02.
Capitalization.
(a) The authorized and outstanding capital stock of WPC is set forth
in Section
4.02(a) of the WPC
Disclosure Schedule
(the "WPC Capital
Stock"). All of
the
outstanding shares of
the WPC Capital Stock are validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable. To
WPC's knowledge, none of the outstanding shares of WPC
Capital Stock or other
securities
of WPC was issued in
violation of any
Law,
including, without
limitation, state and
federal securities laws. There are no
Liens on or with respect to any outstanding shares of WPC Capital
Stock.
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(b) There are no outstanding: (i) securities convertible into or exchangeable
for WPC Capital Stock;
(ii) options, warrants or other rights to
purchase or
subscribe for WPC Capital Stock; or (iii) contracts, commitments, agreements,
understandings or
arrangements of any
kind relating to the issuance of any WPC
Capital Stock,
any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such
options, warrants or
rights. There is no
outstanding
right, option or other
agreement of any kind
to purchase
or otherwise to receive from WPC, or any
stockholder of WPC,
any ownership interest
in WPC, and there is no outstanding
right or security of any kind convertible into such ownership
interest. To WPC's
knowledge, there are
no voting trusts,
proxies or other similar agreements or
understandings with
respect to the shares
of WPC Capital Stock.
There are no
obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of WPC to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise
acquire any
shares of WPC
Capital Stock or to provide funds to or make any
investment (in the
form of a loan,
capital contribution
or otherwise) in
any
other Person.
There are no accrued
and unpaid dividends
with respect to any
outstanding shares of WPC Capital Stock.
SECTION 4.03. No Violation;
Consents and Approvals.
The execution and
delivery by WPC of the
Transaction Documents
does
not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
and compliance
with the terms hereof
and thereof will not
conflict with,
or
result in any
violation of or default (or an event which, with notice or lapse
of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (a) the terms
and conditions
or provisions of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of WPC, (b) any
Laws
applicable to WPC or
the property
or assets of WPC, or (c) give rise to any
right of termination,
cancellation
or acceleration under, or result in the
creation of any Lien upon any of the properties of WPC under,
any Contracts to
which WPC is a party or by which WPC or any of its assets may be
bound, except,
in the case of clauses (b) and (c), for such conflicts, violations or defaults
as to which requisite
waivers or consents
will have been obtained prior to the
Closing or
which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have an WPC
Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth in Section 4.04 of the WPC
Disclosure Schedule, no Governmental Approval is required to be
obtained or made
by or with respect to WPC or any WPC Subsidiary in connection with
the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation by WPC of the transactions
contemplated hereby,
except where the failure to obtain such Governmental
Approval would not,
individually
or in the aggregate, have an WPC Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.04. Litigation;
Compliance with Laws.
(a) Except as would not have a WPC Material Adverse Effect, there are: (i) no
claims, actions,
suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of
WPC, threatened against, relating to or affecting WPC, its
business, its assets,
or any employee, officer, director, stockholder, or
independent contractor of WPC in their capacities as such, and (ii)
no orders of
any Governmental Entity or arbitrator are outstanding against WPC,
its business,
its assets, or any
employee, officer,
director, stockholder, or independent
contractor of WPC in their capacities as such, or that could
prevent or enjoin,
or delay in any respect, consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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(b) Except as would not have an WPC Material Adverse Effect, WPC has complied
and is in compliance in all material respects with all Laws
applicable to WPC,
its business or its assets. WPC has not received notice from any Governmental
Entity or other Person of any material violation of Law applicable to it, its
business or its assets. WPC has obtained and holds all required
Licenses (all of
which are in full force and effect) from all Government
Entities applicable to
it, its business
or its assets.
No violations are or have been recorded in
respect of any such License and no proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge
of WPC threatened to revoke or limit any such License.
SECTION 4.05.
Subsidiaries.
WPC
owns 3 subsidiaries,
which hold its proprietary technology, Plasteel,
Inc., Air 2 Water, Inc. and Targeted Weather, Inc., each of which is a
Colorado
corporation and for
each of which WPC owns 100% of the issued and outstanding
common stock.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
SECTION 5.01. Conduct of the
Business Pending the Merger.
(a) During the period from the date of this Agreement and
continuing
until the
Effective Time,
Legacy agrees as to
itself and the Legacy
Subsidiaries, that
Legacy shall not, and shall cause the Legacy Subsidiaries not to, engage in
any
business whatsoever
other than in connection with the consummation of the
transactions
contemplated by
this Agreement, and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to
preserve intact its
business and assets, maintain its
assets in good operating condition and repair (ordinary wear and
tear excepted),
retain the services of its officers, employees and independent
contractors and
use reasonable
commercial
efforts to keep in
full force and effect
liability
insurance and bonds comparable in amount and scope of coverage to
that currently
maintained with
respect to its
business, unless, in any case, WPC consents
otherwise in writing.
(b) During the period from the date of this Agreement and
continuing
until the
Effective Time, WPC agrees that, other than in connection with the
consummation
of the transactions
contemplated hereby, it shall carry on its business only in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
use commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business and assets and
use reasonable
commercial efforts
to keep in full force
and effect liability
insurance and
bonds comparable in
amount and scope of coverage to that currently maintained
with respect to its business, unless, in any case, Legacy
consents otherwise in
writing; provided
that WPC may take any and all of the actions listed in
Schedule 5.01(b) of
the WPC Disclosure
Schedules at any time prior to or after
the date of this Agreement without the consent of Legacy.
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(c) During the period from the date of this Agreement and
continuing
until the
Effective Time, each
of WPC and Legacy agrees as to itself and, with respect to
Legacy, the
Legacy Subsidiaries, respectively, that except as expressly
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, as disclosed in Section 5.01(c)
of
the WPC Disclosure Schedule or the Legacy Disclosure Schedule, as
applicable, or
to the extent that the other party shall otherwise consent in
writing:
(i) It shall not amend or propose to amend its certificate of
incorporation
or
by-laws or equivalent
organizational
documents except as
contemplated in this
Agreement.
(ii) It shall
not, nor in the case of Legacy shall it permit the Legacy
Subsidiaries to, issue, deliver, sell, redeem, acquire,
authorize or propose
to
issue, deliver, sell,
redeem, acquire or
authorize, any shares
of its capital
stock of any class or any securities convertible into, or any rights,
warrants
or options to
acquire, any such shares or convertible securities or other
ownership interest,
provided that: (1) Legacy shall be
permitted to issue the
shares of Legacy Common Stock to be issued to WPC Stockholders hereunder, and
(2) each party shall be permitted to issue shares of its common
stock pursuant
to the exercise of
stock options,
warrants and other
convertible
securities
outstanding as of the date hereof and listed on the WPC
Disclosure
Schedule or
the Legacy Disclosure Schedule, as the case may be.
(iii) It shall not,
nor in the case of Legacy shall it permit any of the Legacy
Subsidiaries to, nor
shall it propose to: (a) declare, set aside, make or pay
any dividend
or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or
otherwise, with
respect to any of its capital stock or (b) except with
respect
to the Reverse Stock Split, reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its
capital stock.
(iv) Other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business
consistent with
past practice which
would not cause a Legacy Material Adverse Effect or a WPC
Material Adverse Effect (as applicable), individually or in the
aggregate, to it
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, it shall not, nor shall it
permit any of
its subsidiaries to, sell, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of,
or agree to
sell, lease (whether
such lease is an operating or capital lease), encumber or
otherwise dispose of its assets.
(v) It shall promptly
advise the other party hereto in writing of any change in
the condition (financial or otherwise), operations or properties,
businesses or
business prospects of
such party or any of its subsidiaries which would result
in a Legacy Material Adverse Effect or WPC Material Adverse Effect,
as the case
may be.
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(vi) It shall not
permit to occur any
(a) change
in accounting principles,
methods or practices,
investment
practices,
claims, payment and processing
practices or policies regarding inter-company transactions, (b) incurrence of
Indebtedness or any
commitment
to incur Indebtedness, any incurrence of a
contingent liability,
Contingent
Obligation
or other liability of any type,
except for,
with respect to WPC, other than obligations related to the
acquisition of Inventory in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past
practices, (c)
cancellation
of any debt or waiver
or release of any contract,
right or claim, except
for cancellations,
waivers and releases in the ordinary
course of business consistent with its past practice which do not
exceed $50,000
in the aggregate, (d)
amendment, termination
or revocation of, or a failure to
perform obligations or
the occurrence of any default under, (i) any contract or
agreement (including,
without limitation, leases) to which it is or, as of
December 31, 2006, was
a party, other than in
the ordinary course of
business
consistent with
past practice, or (ii) any License, (e) execution of
termination,
severance or
similar agreements with any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents or independent contractors or (f)
entering into any
leases of real property or agreement to acquire real property.
SECTION 5.02. No Action.
During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing
until
the Effective Time, each of WPC and Legacy agrees as to itself and,
with respect
to Legacy, the Legacy Subsidiaries, respectively, that it shall not,
and Legacy
shall not permit any of the Legacy Subsidiaries to, take or agree or commit to
take any action, (i) that is reasonably likely to make any of its
representations or warranties hereunder inaccurate; or (ii) that is prohibited
pursuant to the provisions of this Article V.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 6.01. Access to
Information.
From the date hereof until the Effective Time or the earlier
termination of this
Agreement,
each party
shall give the other
party and its
respective counsel,
accountants,
representatives and
agents full access, upon
reasonable notice and
during normal business hours, to such party's facilities
and the financial,
legal, accounting and
other representatives
of such party
with knowledge of the business and the assets of such party and,
upon reasonable
notice, shall be furnished all relevant documents, records and
other information
concerning the
business, finances and properties of such party and its
subsidiaries that the
other party
and its respective counsel, accountants,
representatives and agents, may reasonably request. No
investigation pursuant to
this Section 6.02 shall affect or be deemed to modify any of the