Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “
Merger Agreement ”), dated as of September 3, 2008, is
made and entered into by and between RadNet, Inc., a New York
corporation (the “ Company ”) and RadNet, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
(the “ Subsidiary ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of New York with
authorized capital stock consisting of 200,000,000 shares of common
stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“ New York Common
Stock ”), and 30,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par
value $0.0001 per share;
WHEREAS, the
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with
authorized capital stock consisting of 200,000,000 shares of common
stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“ Delaware Common
Stock ”), and 30,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par
value $0.0001 per share;
WHEREAS, the
Board of Directors of the Company has determined that, for purposes
of effecting the reincorporation of the Company in the State of
Delaware, it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company
and the holders of shares of the New York Common Stock (the “
Company Shareholders ”) for the Company to merge with
and into the Subsidiary upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, the
respective Boards of Directors of the Company and the Subsidiary
have authorized and approved the merger of the Company with and
into the Subsidiary (the “ Merger ”) subject to
and upon the terms and conditions of this Merger Agreement, and
have approved the terms of this Merger Agreement and directed that
it be executed by the undersigned officers and submitted to the
Company Shareholders and the stockholder of the Subsidiary for
their approval; and
WHEREAS, it is
the intention of the Company and the Subsidiary that the merger be
a tax-free reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for and in consideration of the mutual premises contained herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1.1 Merger
of the Company into Subsidiary . At the Effective
Time (as defined in Section 2.1 ), the Company shall merge
with and into the Subsidiary in accordance with the New York
Business Corporation Law (the “ New York Law ”)
and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“ Delaware Law ”). The separate
existence of the Company shall thereupon cease and the Subsidiary
shall be the surviving corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
“ Surviving Corporation ”) and 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 the Company and the Subsidiary
(together referred to as 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 either of
the Constituent Corporations, on whatever account, as well as for
stock subscriptions and 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 effectually the property of the Surviving Corporation
as they had been of the several and respective Constituent
Corporations, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or
otherwise, under the laws of the State of Delaware, in either of
such Constituent Corporations shall not revert or be in any way
impaired by reason of the Delaware Law; 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 respective Constituent Corporations
shall thereafter attach to the Surviving Corporation and may be
enforced against it to the same extent as if those debts,
liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by
it. All corporate acts, plans, policies, agreements,
arrangements, approvals and authorizations of the Company, the
Company Shareholders, the Board of Directors of the Company and
committees thereof, and the officers and agents thereof, which were
valid and effective immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall
be taken for all purposes as acts, plans, policies, agreements,
arrangements, approvals and authorizations of the Surviving
Corporation and shall be as effective and binding thereon as the
same were with respect to the Company. The employees and
agents of the Company shall become the employees and agents of the
Subsidiary and continue to be entitled to the same rights and
benefits which they enjoyed as employees and agents of the
Company. The requirements of any plans or agreements of
the Company involving the issuance or purchase by the Company of
certain shares of its capital stock shall be satisfied by the
issuance or purchase of a like number of shares of the Surviving
Corporation. The subsidiaries of the Company shall
become the subsidiaries of the Surviving Corporation.
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ARTICLE II
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EFFECTIVE TIME; EFFECT OF
MERGER
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SECTION 2.1
Effective Time .