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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Agreement and Plan of Merger

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Title: AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Governing Law: Nevada     Date: 6/22/2009

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, Parties: bright screens acquisition corp , bright screens  inc , parent  acquisition corp , prismone group  inc , surviving corporation
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

by and among

 

PrismOne Group, Inc.,

 

Bright Screens Acquisition Corp.

 

and

 

Bright Screens, Inc.

 

June 16, 2009

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

5

Section 1.1

Definitions

5

 

 

 

ARTICLE II THE MERGER

 

10

Section 2.1

Merger

10

Section 2.2

Effective Time

10

Section 2.3

Certificate of Incorporation

10

Section 2.4

Effects of the Merger

11

Section 2.5

Closing

11

Section 2.6

Tax-Free Merger

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE III MERGER CONSIDERATION; CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

12

Section 3.1

Manner and Basis of Converting and Exchanging Capital Stock

12

Section 3.2

Surrender and Exchange of Certificates

13

Section 3.3

Options, Warrants

10

Section 3.4

Parent Common Stock

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

15

Section 4.1

Organization

15

Section 4.2

Authorization; Validity of Agreement

15

Section 4.3

Capitalization

15

Section 4.4

Consents and Approvals; No Violations

16

Section 4.5

Financial Statements

16

Section 4.6

No Undisclosed Liabilities

16

Section 4.7

Litigation

17

Section 4.8

No Default; Compliance with Applicable Laws

17

Section 4.9

Broker’s and Finder’s Fees

17

Section 4.10

Contracts

17

Section 4.11

Tax Returns and Audits

18

Section 4.12

Patents and Other Intangible Assets

18

Section 4.13

Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA

19

Section 4.14

Title to Property and Encumbrances

19

Section 4.15

Condition of Properties

20

Section 4.16

Insurance Coverage

20

Section 4.17

Environmental Matters

20

Section 4.18

Disclosure

21

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION CORP.

21

Section 5.1

Organization

21

 

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Section 5.2

Authorization; Validity of Agreement

21

Section 5.3

Consents and Approvals; No Violations

22

Section 5.4

Litigation

22

Section 5.5

No Default; Compliance with Applicable Laws

22

Section 5.6

Broker’s and Finder’s Fees; Broker/Dealer Ownership

22

Section 5.7

Capitalization of Parent

23

Section 5.8

Acquisition Corp

18

Section 5.9

Validity of Shares

23

Section 5.10

SEC Reporting and Compliance

23

Section 5.11

Financial Statements

24

Section 5.12

No General Solicitation

24

Section 5.13

Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities

24

Section 5.14

Changes

25

Section 5.15

Tax Returns and Audits

26

Section 5.16

Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA.

26

Section 5.17

Interested Party Transactions

27

Section 5.18

Questionable Payments

27

Section 5.19

Obligations to or by Stockholders

27

Section 5.20

Schedule of Assets and Contracts

27

Section 5.21

Environmental Matters

28

Section 5.22

Employees

29

Section 5.23

Title to Property and Encumbrances

29

Section 5.24

Condition of Properties

29

Section 5.25

Insurance Coverage

29

Section 5.26

Disclosure

29

Section 5.27

No Liabilities

29

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI CONDUCT OF BUSINESSES PENDING THE MERGER

30

Section 6.1

Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger

30

Section 6.2

Conduct of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp

30

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

32

Section 7.1

Access and Information

32

Section 7.2

Additional Agreements

32

Section 7.3

Publicity

33

Section 7.4

Appointment of Directors

33

Section 7.5

 Name Changes

33

Section 7.6

Stockholder Consent

33

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS OF PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS

34

Section 8.1

Company Obligations

34

Section 8.2

Parent and Acquisition Corp. Obligations

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION AND RELATED MATTERS

37

Section 9.1

Indemnification by Parent

37

Section 9.2

Survival

37

 

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Section 9.3

Time Limitations

37

Section 9.4

Limitation on Liability

37

Section 9.5

Notice of Claims

38

 

 

 

ARTICLE X TERMINATION PRIOR TO CLOSING

38

Section 10.1

Termination of Agreement

38

Section 10.2

Termination of Obligations

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

39

Section 11.1

Amendments

39

Section 11.2

Notices

39

Section 11.3

Entire Agreement

40

Section 11.4

Expenses

40

Section 11.5

Severability

40

Section 11.6

Successors and Assigns; Assignment

41

Section 11.7

No Third Party Beneficiaries

41

Section 11.8

Counterparts; Delivery by Facsimile

41

Section 11.9

Waiver

41

Section 11.10

No Constructive Waivers

41

Section 11.11

Further Assurances

42

Section 11.12

Recitals

42

Section 11.13

Headings

42

Section 11.14

Governing Law

42

Section 11.15

Dispute Resolution

42

Section 11.16

Interpretation

42

 

LIST OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Description

 

 

Exhibit A

Certificate of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation

Exhibit B

By-laws of Surviving Corporation

Exhibit C

Directors of Parent Pre-Effective Time and Post-Effective Time

Exhibit D

Certificate of Incorporation of Parent

Exhibit E

Bylaws of Parent

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is entered into as of June 16, 2009 by and among Bright Screens, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Parent ”),  Bright Screens Acquisition Corp., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Acquisition Corp. ”), and PrismOne Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of each of Parent, Acquisition Corp. and the Company have approved, and deem it advisable and in the best interests of their respective stockholders to consummate, the acquisition of the Company by Parent, which acquisition is to be effected by the merger of the Company with and into the Acquisition Corp., with the Acquisition Corp. being the surviving entity (the “ Merger ”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (as defined herein);

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), by reason of Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1   Definitions .  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

 

Acquisition Corp. ” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Acquisition Proposal ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 6.2 hereof.

 

Action ” shall mean any claim, action, suit, proceeding, investigation or order.

 

Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “ control ” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “ controlling ,” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such Person through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agreement ” shall mean this Agreement and Plan of Merger, including  the exhibits attached hereto or referred to herein, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

Balance Sheet ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.5 hereof.

 

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Balance Sheet Date ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.5 hereof.

 

By-laws ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(b) hereof.

 

Certificate of Incorporation ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(a) hereof.

 

Closing ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.5 hereof.

 

Closing Date ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.5 hereof.

 

Code ” shall have the meaning given to such term in the second recital to this Agreement.

 

Commission ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company ” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Company Capital Stock ” shall mean, collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock, if any.

 

Company Common Stock ” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company.

 

Company Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean any change, effect or circumstance that is materially adverse or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such change, effect or circumstance relating to general economic, regulatory or political conditions, except to the extent such change, effect or circumstance disproportionately affects the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Company Preferred Stock ” shall mean, collectively, all Preferred Stock, if any, issued or issuable by the Company.

 

Company Stock Options ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.3(a) hereof.

 

Contract ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.4 hereof.

 

Consents ” shall mean any permits, filings, notices, licenses, consents, authorizations, accreditation, waivers, approvals and the like of, to, with or by any Person.

 

 “ Determination Date ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.6 hereof.

 

Dissenting Shares ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2(d) hereof.

 

Effective Time ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

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Employee Benefit Plans ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.13 hereof.

 

Environmental Law ” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq. and comparable state statutes dealing with the registration, labeling and use of pesticides and herbicides; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.; the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq.; and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq., as any of the above referenced statutes have been amended as of the date hereof, all rules, regulations and policies promulgated pursuant to any of the above referenced statutes, and any other foreign, federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or policy governing environmental matters, as the same have been amended as of the date hereof.

 

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder.

 

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder.

 

Fair Market Value ” shall mean, with respect to a share of Common Stock on any Determination Date, the average of the daily closing prices for the 10 consecutive business days prior to such date.  The closing price for each day shall be the last sales price or in case no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing high bid and low asked prices, in either case (a) as officially quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the NASDAQ Stock Market or such other market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading or quoted, or (b) if, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent, the OTC Bulletin Board or the NASDAQ Stock Market is no longer the principal United States market for the Common Stock, then as quoted on the principal United States market for the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of Parent, or (c) if, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the Parent, there exists no principal United States market for the Common Stock, then as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent.

 

Federal Securities Laws ” means the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States consistently applied.

 

Hazardous Material ” means any substance or material meeting any one or more of the following criteria:  (a) it is or contains a substance designated as or meeting the characteristics of a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material, pollutant, chemical substance or mixture, contaminant or toxic substance under any Environmental Law; (b) its presence at some quantity requires investigation, notification or remediation under any Environmental Law; (c) it contains, without limiting the foregoing, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, pesticides, herbicides, crude oil or any fraction thereof, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas; or (d) mold.

 

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Incentive Plans ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.3(d) hereof.

 

Indebtedness ” shall mean any obligation of the Company that under GAAP is required to be shown on the Balance Sheet of the Company as a Liability. Any obligation secured by a Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property of the Company shall be deemed to be Indebtedness even though such obligation is not assumed by the Company.

 

Indebtedness for Borrowed Money ” shall mean (a) all Indebtedness in respect of money borrowed including, without limitation, Indebtedness which represents the unpaid amount of the purchase price of any property and is incurred in lieu of borrowing money or using available funds to pay such amounts and not constituting an account payable or expense accrual incurred or assumed in the ordinary course of business of the Company, (b) all Indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note, bond or similar written obligation to pay money, or (c) all such Indebtedness guaranteed by the Company or for which the Company is otherwise contingently liable.

 

Information Statement ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 7.7 hereof.

 

Intellectual Property ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.12(b) hereof.

 

Investment Company Act ” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Letter of Transmittal ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

Liability ” shall mean any and all liability, debt, obligation, deficiency, Tax, penalty, fine, claim, cause of action or other loss, cost or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due and regardless of when asserted.

 

Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction and including any lien or charge arising by statute or other law.

 

Merger ” shall have the meaning given to such term in the second recital to this Agreement.

 

NRS ” shall mean the Nevada Revised Statutes, as amended.

 

 “ Parent ” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Parent Balance Sheet ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13 hereof.

 

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Parent Balance Sheet Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.13 hereof.

 

Parent Common Stock ” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.

 

Parent Employee Benefit Plans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.16 hereof.

 

Parent Financial Statements ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10 hereof.

 

“Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means any change, effect or circumstance that is materially adverse or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such change, effect or circumstance relating to general economic, regulatory or political conditions, except to the extent such change, effect or circumstance disproportionately affects Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Parent Preferred Stock ” shall mean the preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.

 

Parent SEC Documents ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.9 hereof.

 

Permitted Liens ” shall mean (a) Liens for taxes and assessments or governmental charges or levies not at the time due or in respect of which the validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (b) Liens in respect of pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation laws or similar legislation, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, laborers’ and materialmens’ and similar Liens, if the obligations secured by such Liens are not then delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and (c) Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company that were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credits and which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its property or materially impair the use made thereof by the Company in its business.

 

Parent Stockholder Consent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.6 hereof.

 

Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or organization, including any government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder.

 

 “ Stockholder ” shall mean any record holder of Company Capital Stock.

 

Surviving Corporation ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

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Tax ” or “ Taxes ” shall mean (a) any and all taxes, assessments, customs, duties, levies, fees, tariffs, imposts, deficiencies and other governmental charges of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, taxes on or with respect to net or gross income, franchise, profits, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, real property transfer, transfer gains, transfer taxes, inventory, capital stock, license, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment, severance, occupation, real or personal property, estimated taxes, rent, excise, occupancy, recordation, bulk transfer, intangibles, alternative minimum, doing business, withholding and stamp), together with any interest thereon, penalties, fines, damages costs, fees, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto, imposed by the United States (federal, state or local) or other applicable jurisdiction; (b) any liability for the payment of any amounts described in clause (a) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group or as a result of transferor or successor liability, including, without limitation, by reason of Code Section 1.1502-6; and (c) any liability for the payments of any amounts as a result of being a party to any Tax Sharing Agreement or as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person with respect to the payment of any amounts of the type described in either clauses (a) or (b).

 

Tax Return ” shall include all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns (including Form 1099 and partnership returns filed on Form 1065)) required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes.

 

Tax Sharing Agreements ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.15 hereof.

 

ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

 

Section 2.1   Merger .  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company shall be merged with and into Acquisition Corp. in accordance with the Nevada Revised Statutes (“ NRS ”).  Following the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of the Company shall cease, and Acquisition Corp. shall continue as the corporation surviving the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “ Surviving Corporation ”).

 

Section 2.2   Effective Time .  The Parent, the Company and Acquisition Corp. shall cause a certificate of merger to be filed on the Closing Date (or on such other date as the Company and Parent may agree in writing) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada as provided in the NRS, and shall make all other filings or recordings required by the NRS in connection with the Merger.  The Merger shall become effective at such time as the certificate of merger is duly filed in accordance with the NRS and the Secretary of State of Nevada or such later time as specified in the certificate of merger, and such time is hereinafter referred to as the “ Effective Time .”

 

Section 2.3   Certificate of Incorporation; By-laws; Directors and Officers .

 

(a)   The certificate of incorporation of Acquisition Corp. as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) from and after the Effective Time until thereafter changed or amended as provide therein or in accordance with applicable law.

 

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(b)   The by-laws of Acquisition Corp. as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto, shall be the by-laws of the Surviving Corporation (the “ By-laws ”) from and after the Effective Time until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or in accordance with applicable law.

 

(c)   One or more of the directors of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office from the Effective Time until their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws.  The officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office from the Effective Time until their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws.

 

(d)   At the Effective Time as contemplated by Section 2.2 hereof, the officers and directors of the Parent designated on Exhibit C hereto shall resign, to be replaced by the officers and directors designated on Exhibit C hereto, who shall immediately take such offices or who shall take such offices upon compliance with the Federal Securities Laws, as the case may be.  The appointment of new directors in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.3(d) shall be accomplished through the filling of vacancies in the Board of Directors of the Parent in compliance with the applicable provisions of the NRS and the by-laws of the Parent and without the vote (by written consent or otherwise) of the shareholders of the Parent.

 

Section 2.4   Effects of the Merger .  The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the NRS.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time, except as otherwise provided herein, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Acquisition Corp. shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Acquisition Corp. shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation. The Company acknowledges that, from and after the Effective Time, Parent shall have the absolute and unqualified right to deal with the assets and business of the Surviving Corporation as its own property without limitation on the disposition or use of such assets or the conduct of such business.

 

Section 2.5   Closing .  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger (the “ Closing ”), shall take place: (a) at the offices of Cane Clark LLP, 3273 E. Warm Springs Rd., Las Vegas, NV at 10:00 a.m. local time on the date on which all of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VIII hereof shall be fulfilled or waived in accordance with this Agreement (other than conditions that can be satisfied only at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions at the Closing); or (b) at such other place, time and date as the Company and Parent may agree in writing (the “ Closing Date ”).

 

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Section 2.6   Tax-Free Merger .  The parties hereto intend that the Merger will be treated as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.

 

ARTICLE III

MERGER CONSIDERATION; CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

 

Section 3.1   Manner and Basis of Converting and Exchanging Capital Stock .  At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp. or the holders of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company, Parent or Acquisition Corp.:

 

(a)   Acquisition Corp. Stock .  Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Acquisition Corp. issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of capital stock, no par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation, such that Parent shall be the holder of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation following the Merger.

 

(b)   Company Common Stock . Shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including all shares of Company Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Company Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time) shall be exchanged for the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock at the ratio of 0.4:1, or (0.4) shares of Parent Common Stock per every one (1) shares of Company Common Stock.

 

(c)   Company Preferred Stock .  Shares of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be exchanged for the right to receive shares of Parent Preferred Stock at the ratio of 1:1, or one (1) shares of Parent Preferred Stock per every one (1) shares of Company Preferred Stock. All Parent Preferred Stock exchanged for Company Preferred Stock shall give Preferred Stock holders rights in the Parent Company which mirror the rights granted by way of ownership of Company Preferred Stock prior to the merger, with the exception that the Parent Preferred Stock shall have 50 votes per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the common stockholders of Parent and shall be convertible at a rate of 50 shares of common stock of the Parent for each share of preferred stock, subject to adjustment as set forth in the relevant Certificate of Designation.

 

(d)   Treasury Stock . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each share of Company Capital Stock held in the treasury of the Company and each share of Company Capital Stock, if any, owned by Parent or any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled in the Merger and shall not be converted or exchanged into the right to receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of Parent.

 

(e)   No Fractional Shares .  No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in, or as a result of, the Merger.  Any fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that a holder of record of Company Capital Stock would otherwise be entitled to receive as a result of the Merger shall be aggregated.  If a fractional share of Parent Common Stock results from such aggregation, the number of shares required to be issued to such record holder shall be rounded to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock.

 

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Section 3.2   Surrender and Exchange of Certificates

 

(a)   Letter of Transmittal .  Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall mail, or cause to be mailed, to each record holder of certificate(s) formerly representing ownership of Company Capital Stock that was converted into the right to receive Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof (i) a letter of transmittal (“ Letter of Transmittal ”) for delivery of such certificate(s) to Parent and (ii) instruction for use in effecting the surrender of certificate(s), in each case in form and substance mutually agreeable to the Company and Parent.  Delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Parent Common Stock shall pass, only upon delivery to the Parent (or a duly authorized agent of Parent) of certificate(s) formerly representing ownership of Company Capital Stock (or an affidavit of lost certificate and indemnification or surety bond) and a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, as described in Section 3.2(b) hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall not be required to mail, or cause to be mailed, a Letter of Transmittal to any record holder of certificate(s) formerly representing ownership of Company Capital Stock if such holder has previously agreed or consented to the exchange of certificates that are held in custody by the Company for the benefit of such holder.

 

(b)   Exchange Procedures .  Parent shall issue to each former record holder of Company Capital Stock or Company Preferred Stock, upon delivery to Parent (or a duly authorized agent of Parent) of (i) certificate(s) formerly representing ownership of Company Capital Stock or Company Preferred Stock, as the case may be, endorsed in blank or accompanied by duly executed stock powers (or an affidavit of lost certificate and indemnification in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent stating that, among other things, the former record holder has lost his or her certificate(s) or that such certificate(s) have been destroyed) and (ii) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, a certificate or certificates registered in the name of such former record holder representing the number of shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock that such former record holder is entitled to receive in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof.  Subject to Section 3.2(d) hereof, until the certificate(s) (or affidavit) is delivered together with the Letter of Transmittal in the manner contemplated by this Section 3.2(b) , each certificate (or affidavit) previously representing ownership of Company Capital Stock shall be deemed at and after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock and the former record holders thereof shall cease to have any other rights with respect to his or her Company Capital Stock.

 

(c)   Termination of Exchange Process .  Any Parent Common Stock that remains unclaimed by a former record holder of Company Capital Stock at the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be deemed “abandoned property” subject to applicable abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws in the State in which the former record holder resides.  None of the Company, Parent, Acquisition Corp. or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any person in respect of any Parent Company Stock delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

 

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(d)   Dissenting Shares .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a Stockholder who has not voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing and who has demanded appraisal for such shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the NRS (“ Dissenting Shares ”) shall not be entitled to vote for any purpose or receive dividends, shall not be converted into the right to receive Parent Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof, and shall only be entitled to receive such consideration as shall be determined pursuant to the NRS; provided , however , that if, after the Effective Time, such Stockholder fails to perfect or withdraws or loses his or her right to appraisal or otherwise fails to establish the right to be paid the value of such Stockholder’s shares of Company Capital Stock under the NRS, such shares of Company Capital Stock shall be treated as if they had converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive Parent Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof, and such shares of Company Capital Stock shall no longer be Dissenting Shares.  All negotiations with respect to payment for Dissenting Shares shall be handled jointly by Parent and the Company prior to the Closing and exclusively by Parent thereafter.  In the event that one percent (1%) or more of the outstanding shares of the Company are Dissenting Shares, the Parent has the sole discretion to terminate this Agreement, which shall forthwith become void and of no further force and effect and the parties hereto shall be released from any and all obligations hereunder; provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve any party hereto from liability for the breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.

 

(e)   Approval of Company Preferred Stockholders .  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Company shall obtain, before the Effective Time, votes approving of the Merger from one hundred percent (100%) of all holders of Company Preferred Stock.

 

(f)   Stock Transfer Books .  At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company will be closed and there will be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Capital Stock thereafter on the records of the Company.  If, after the Effective Time, certificates formerly representing Company Capital Stock are presented to the Surviving Corporation, these certificates shall be canceled and exchanged for the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to which the former record holder may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof.

 

(g)   Further Rights in Company Stock .  All shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon exchange of shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Capital Stock.

 

Section 3.3   Options, Warrants .

 

(a)   As of the Effective Time, the Company warrants that no options to purchase Company Common Stock issued by the Company, shall exist, and that further, with the sole exception of Company Preferred Stock and the common stock and warrants issuable upon conversion thereof, no convertible securities or other rights to purchase the Company Common Stock shall exist.

 

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(b)   The Parent shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock for delivery upon conversion the Parent Preferred Stock and upon exercise of any warrants issuable thereupon.

 

Section 3.4   Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock .  Parent shall reserve a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock to complete the conversion and exchange of Company Capital Stock into Parent Capital Stock contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof.  Parent covenants and agrees that immediately prior to the Effective Time there will be 53,400,000 shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding, and that no other common or preferred stock or equity securities of the Parent, or any options, warrants, rights or other agreements or instruments convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into common or preferred stock or equity securities of the Parent, shall be issued or outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, except as disclosed herein.

 

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:

 

Section 4.1   Organization .  The Company (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or its equivalent) under the laws of the State of Nevada, (ii) has all licenses, permits, authorizations and other Consents necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and (iii) has all requisite corporate or other applicable power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and presently proposed to be conducted, except where such failure would not have, or be reasonably likely to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is duly qualified or authorized to conduct business and is in good standing (or its equivalent) as a foreign corporation or other entity in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or use of its assets or nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or authorization necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified, authorized and in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.  

 

Section 4.2   Authorization; Validity of Agreement .  The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and no other action (except the approval of the requisite Stockholders solely with respect to consummation of the Merger) on the part of the Company or any of its Stockholders or subsidiaries is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by Parent and Acquisition Corp.) is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

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Section 4.3   Capitalization .  As of the Effective Date the authorized and issued capital stock of the Company shall consist of 13,700,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 274,000 shares of the Company Preferred Stock designated Series A and 0 shares of Company Preferred Stock designated Series B.  All the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  As of the Effective Time, there shall be no rights in favor of any person to purchase any Company Capital Stock, except as such rights are set forth in the Company Preferred Stock already issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date.

 

Section 4.4   Consents and Approvals; No Violations .  Except for (a) approval of the Merger by the requisite Stockholders and (b) filing of the certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) violate any provision of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws; (ii) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, require the consent of or result in the creation of any encumbrance upon any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, franchise, permit, lease, contract, agreement or other instrument (collectively, “ Contract ”) to which the Company or any its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound; (iii) require any Consent, approval or authorization of, or notice to, or declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental entity by or with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (iv) violate any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets; except, in the cases of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), any such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults or encumbrances, or any failure to receive any such Consent, approval or authorization, or to make any such notice, declaration, filing or registration as will not result in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.5   Financial Statements .  The Company has delivered or made available as of the date hereof or shall, prior to the Closing Date, deliver or make available to Parent (x) the audited comparative balance sheet of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (hereinafter, December 31, 2008 shall be referred to as the “ Balance Sheet Date ”), and (y) the related audited consolidated and consolidating statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.  The foregoing financial statements (including any notes thereto) (i) have been prepared based upon the books and records of the Company, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise noted therein), and (iii) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as at their respective dates and for the periods then ended.  To the knowledge of the Company, since the Balance Sheet Date, no fact or condition exists that has not been disclosed to Parent that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.6   No Undisclosed Liabilities .  As of the date hereof, except (a) for Liabilities reflected on the face of the balance sheet dated December 31, 2008 (the “ Balance Sheet ”) and (b) Liabilities of the same type, magnitude and scope as those reflected on the Balance Sheet which have arisen since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, and which would not, in the aggregate, result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company does not have any Liability.

 

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Section 4.7   Litigation .  There is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, involving the Company or its subsidiaries or affecting any of the officers, directors or employees of the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to the Company’s or any subsidiary’s business by or before any governmental entity or by any third party that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received written notice that any such Action is threatened.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default under any judgment, order or decree of any governmental entity applicable to its business, which default could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.8   No Default; Compliance with Applicable Laws .  The Company is not in default or violation of any material term, condition or provision of (i) its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, any law applicable to the Company or its property and assets, and the Company has not received written notice of any violation of or Liability under any of the foregoing (whether material or not).

 

Section 4.9   Broker’s and Finder’s Fees .  To the knowledge of the Company, no Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated or described herein will have, any right or valid claim against the Company for any commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker, or in any similar capacity.

 

Section 4.10   Contracts .

 

(a)   The Company is not in violation or breach of any material contract, except such violations that, in the aggregate, would not result in, or would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse Effect.  There does not exist any event or condition that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default or breach under any material Contract on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company,  any other party thereto or would permit the modification, cancellation or termination of any material Contract or result in the creation of any lien upon, or any person  acquiring any right to acquire, any assets of the Company, other than any events or conditions that, in the aggregate would not result in, or would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received in writing any claim or threat that the Company has breached any of the terms and conditions of any material Contract, other than any material Contracts the breach of which, in the aggregate, would not result in, or would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)   The  consent of, or the delivery of notice to or filing with, any party to a material Contract is not required for the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Agreement..  The Company has made available to Parent and Acquisition Corp. true and complete copies of all Contracts and other documents requested by Parent or Acquisition Corp. 

 

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Section 4.11   Tax Returns and Audits .  All required federal, state and local Tax Returns of the Company have been accurately prepared and duly and timely filed, and all federal, state and local Taxes required to be paid with respect to the periods covered by such returns have been paid.  The Company is not and has not been delinquent in the payment of any Tax.  The Company has not had a Tax deficiency proposed or assessed against it and has not executed a waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any Tax.  None of the Company’s federal income Tax Returns nor any state or local income or franchise Tax Returns has been audited by governmental authorities.  The reserves for Taxes reflected on the Balance Sheet are and will be sufficient for the payment of all unpaid Taxes payable by the Company as of the Balance Sheet Date.  Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has made adequate provisions on its books of account for all Taxes with respect to its business, properties and operations for such period.  The Company has withheld or collected from each payment made to each of its employees the amount of all Taxes (including, but not limited to, federal, state and local income taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes and Federal Unemployment Tax Act taxes) required to be withheld or collected therefrom, and has paid the same to the proper Tax receiving officers or authorized depositaries.  There are no federal, state, local or foreign audits, actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns of the Company now pending, and the Company has not received any notice of any proposed audits, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns.  The Company is not obligated to make a payment, nor is it a party to any agreement that under certain circumstances could obligate it to make a payment, that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code.  The Company has not agreed nor is required to make any adjustments under Section 481(a) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local and foreign law) by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise for any Tax period for which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired.  The Company is not a party to, is not bound by and does not have any obligation under, any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement or similar contract or arrangement, whether written or unwritten (collectively, “ Tax Sharing Agreements ”), nor does it have any potential liability or obligation to any Person as a result of, or pursuant to, any Tax Sharing Agreements.

 

Section 4.12   Patents and Other Intangible Assets .  

 

(a)   To the knowledge of the Company, the Company (i) owns or has the right to use, pursuant to a valid license, sublicense, agreement, or permission, free and clear of all Liens, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing used in or necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted without infringing upon or otherwise acting adversely to the right or claimed right of any Person under or with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

(b)   To the knowledge of the Company, the Company owns and has the right to use all trade secrets, if any, including know-how, negative know-how, formulas, patterns, programs, devices, methods, techniques, inventions, designs, processes, computer programs and technical data and all information that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known or known by competitors (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) required for or incident to the development, operation and sale of all products and services sold by the Company, free and clear of any right, Lien or claim of others.  All Intellectual Property can and will be transferred by the Company to the Surviving Corporation as a result of the Merger and without the consent of any Person other than the Company.

 

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Section 4.13   Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA .  

 

(a)   All “employee benefit plans” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the ERISA) of the Company and other employee benefit or fringe benefit arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or programs of every type, other than programs merely involving the regular payment of wages, commissions, or bonuses established, maintained or contributed to by the Company, whether written or unwritten and whether or not funded, are in material compliance with the applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable state, federal or foreign law.

 

(b)   There are no pending claims or lawsuits that have been asserted or instituted against any Employee Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts or funds under the Employee Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor or the plan administrator of any of the Employee Benefit Plans or against any fiduciary of an Employee Benefit Plan with respect to the operation of such plan, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to form the basis of any such claim or lawsuit.

 

(c)   There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened investigation, or pending or possible enforcement action by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan and the Company has no knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to trigger such an investigation or enforcement action.

 

(d)   No actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, contingent Liability exists with respect to the funding of any Employee Benefit Plan or for any other expense or obligation of any Employee Benefit Plan, except as disclosed on the Balance Sheet, and no contingent Liability exists under ERISA with respect to any “multi-employer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

(e)   No events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that would cause a material change in the costs of providing benefits under such Employee Benefit Plan or would cause a material change in the cost of providing such Employee Benefit Plan.

 

Section 4.14   Title to Property and Encumbrances .  The Company has good and valid title to all properties and assets used in the conduct of its business (except for property held under valid and subsisting leases which are in full force and effect and which are not in default) free of all Liens except Permitted Liens and such ordinary and customary imperfections of title, restrictions and encumbrances as do not in the aggregate constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.15   Condition of Properties .  All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures and other properties owned, leased or used by the Company are in operating condition, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and are adequate and sufficient for the Company’s existing business.

 

Section 4.16   Insurance Coverage .  There is in full force and effect one or more policies of insurance issued by insurers of recognized responsibility insuring the Company and its properties, products and busine


 
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