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
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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5
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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5
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ARTICLE II THE
MERGER
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10
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Section
2.1
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Merger
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10
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Section
2.2
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Effective
Time
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10
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Section
2.3
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Certificate of
Incorporation
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10
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Section
2.4
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Effects of the
Merger
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11
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Section
2.5
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Closing
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11
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Section
2.6
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Tax-Free
Merger
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12
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ARTICLE III
MERGER CONSIDERATION; CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
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12
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Section
3.1
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Manner and
Basis of Converting and Exchanging Capital Stock
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12
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Section
3.2
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Surrender and
Exchange of Certificates
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13
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Section
3.3
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Options,
Warrants
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10
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Section
3.4
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Parent Common
Stock
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15
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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15
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Section
4.1
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Organization
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15
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Section
4.2
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Authorization;
Validity of Agreement
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15
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Section
4.3
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Capitalization
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15
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Section
4.4
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Consents and
Approvals; No Violations
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16
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Section
4.5
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Financial
Statements
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16
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Section
4.6
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No Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Section
4.7
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Litigation
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Section
4.8
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No Default;
Compliance with Applicable Laws
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17
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Section
4.9
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fees
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17
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Section
4.10
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Contracts
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Section
4.11
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Tax Returns and
Audits
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Section
4.12
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Patents and
Other Intangible Assets
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18
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Section
4.13
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Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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Section
4.14
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Title to
Property and Encumbrances
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Section
4.15
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Condition of
Properties
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20
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Section
4.16
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Insurance
Coverage
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20
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Section
4.17
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Environmental
Matters
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20
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Section
4.18
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Disclosure
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21
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION
CORP.
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Section
5.1
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Organization
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Section
5.2
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Authorization;
Validity of Agreement
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Section
5.3
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Consents and
Approvals; No Violations
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22
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Section
5.4
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Litigation
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22
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Section
5.5
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No Default;
Compliance with Applicable Laws
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22
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Section
5.6
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fees; Broker/Dealer Ownership
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Section
5.7
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Capitalization
of Parent
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Section
5.8
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Acquisition
Corp
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Section
5.9
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Validity of
Shares
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Section
5.10
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SEC Reporting
and Compliance
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23
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Section
5.11
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Financial
Statements
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24
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Section
5.12
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No General
Solicitation
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24
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Section
5.13
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Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
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24
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Section
5.14
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Changes
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25
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Section
5.15
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Tax Returns and
Audits
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26
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Section
5.16
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Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA.
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26
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Section
5.17
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Interested
Party Transactions
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27
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Section
5.18
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Questionable
Payments
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27
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Section
5.19
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Obligations to
or by Stockholders
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27
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Section
5.20
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Schedule of
Assets and Contracts
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27
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Section
5.21
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Environmental
Matters
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28
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Section
5.22
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Employees
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29
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Section
5.23
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Title to
Property and Encumbrances
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29
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Section
5.24
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Condition of
Properties
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29
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Section
5.25
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Insurance
Coverage
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29
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Section
5.26
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Disclosure
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29
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Section
5.27
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No
Liabilities
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29
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ARTICLE VI
CONDUCT OF BUSINESSES PENDING THE MERGER
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30
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Section
6.1
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Conduct of
Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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30
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Section
6.2
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Conduct of
Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp
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30
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ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Section
7.1
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Access and
Information
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32
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Section
7.2
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Additional
Agreements
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32
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Section
7.3
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Publicity
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33
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Section
7.4
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Appointment of
Directors
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33
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Section
7.5
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Name
Changes
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33
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Section
7.6
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Stockholder
Consent
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33
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS OF PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS
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34
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Section
8.1
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Company
Obligations
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Section
8.2
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Parent and
Acquisition Corp. Obligations
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ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION AND RELATED MATTERS
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Section
9.1
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Indemnification
by Parent
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Section
9.2
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Survival
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Section
9.3
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Time
Limitations
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37
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Section
9.4
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Limitation on
Liability
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37
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Section
9.5
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Notice of
Claims
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38
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION PRIOR TO CLOSING
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Section
10.1
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Termination of
Agreement
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Section
10.2
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Termination of
Obligations
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
11.1
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Amendments
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Section
11.2
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Notices
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Section
11.3
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Entire
Agreement
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40
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Section
11.4
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Expenses
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40
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Section
11.5
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Severability
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Section
11.6
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Successors and
Assigns; Assignment
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Section
11.7
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No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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Section
11.8
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Counterparts;
Delivery by Facsimile
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Section
11.9
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Waiver
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Section
11.10
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No Constructive
Waivers
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Section
11.11
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Further
Assurances
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42
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Section
11.12
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Recitals
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42
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Section
11.13
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Headings
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42
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Section
11.14
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Governing
Law
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42
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Section
11.15
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Dispute
Resolution
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42
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Section
11.16
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Interpretation
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Exhibit
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Description
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Exhibit
A
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Certificate of
Incorporation of Surviving Corporation
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Exhibit
B
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By-laws of
Surviving Corporation
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Exhibit
C
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Directors of
Parent Pre-Effective Time and Post-Effective Time
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Exhibit
D
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Certificate of
Incorporation of Parent
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Exhibit
E
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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
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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.
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ 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.
(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 ”).
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.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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.
(a) The Company is not
in violation or breach of any material contract, except such
violations that, in the aggregate, would not result in, or would
not reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse
Effect. There does not exist any event or condition
that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an
event of default or breach under any material Contract on the part
of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
other party thereto or would permit the modification, cancellation
or termination of any material Contract or result in the creation
of any lien upon, or any person acquiring any right to
acquire, any assets of the Company, other than any events or
conditions that, in the aggregate would not result in, or would not
reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has not received in writing any claim or threat
that the Company has breached any of the terms and conditions of
any material Contract, other than any material Contracts the breach
of which, in the aggregate, would not result in, or would not
reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(b)
The consent of, or the delivery of notice to or filing
with, any party to a material Contract is not required for the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated under the
Agreement.. The Company has made available to Parent and
Acquisition Corp. true and complete copies of all Contracts and
other documents requested by Parent or Acquisition
Corp.
Section 4.11 Tax Returns and
Audits . All required federal, state and local Tax
Returns of the Company have been accurately prepared and duly and
timely filed, and all federal, state and local Taxes required to be
paid with respect to the periods covered by such returns have been
paid. The Company is not and has not been delinquent in
the payment of any Tax. The Company has not had a Tax
deficiency proposed or assessed against it and has not executed a
waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or
collection of any Tax. None of the Company’s
federal income Tax Returns nor any state or local income or
franchise Tax Returns has been audited by governmental
authorities. The reserves for Taxes reflected on the
Balance Sheet are and will be sufficient for the payment of all
unpaid Taxes payable by the Company as of the Balance Sheet
Date. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has made
adequate provisions on its books of account for all Taxes with
respect to its business, properties and operations for such
period. The Company has withheld or collected from each
payment made to each of its employees the amount of all Taxes
(including, but not limited to, federal, state and local income
taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes and Federal
Unemployment Tax Act taxes) required to be withheld or collected
therefrom, and has paid the same to the proper Tax receiving
officers or authorized depositaries. There are no
federal, state, local or foreign audits, actions, suits,
proceedings, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings
relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns of the Company now pending,
and the Company has not received any notice of any proposed audits,
investigations, claims or administrative proceedings relating to
Taxes or any Tax Returns. The Company is not obligated
to make a payment, nor is it a party to any agreement that under
certain circumstances could obligate it to make a payment, that
would not be deductible under Section 280G of the
Code. The Company has not agreed nor is required to make
any adjustments under Section 481(a) of the Code (or any similar
provision of state, local and foreign law) by reason of a change in
accounting method or otherwise for any Tax period for which the
applicable statute of limitations has not yet
expired. The Company is not a party to, is not bound by
and does not have any obligation under, any Tax sharing agreement,
Tax indemnification agreement or similar contract or arrangement,
whether written or unwritten (collectively, “ Tax Sharing
Agreements ”), nor does it have any potential liability
or obligation to any Person as a result of, or pursuant to, any Tax
Sharing Agreements.
Section 4.12 Patents and
Other Intangible Assets .
(a) To the knowledge
of the Company, the Company (i) owns or has the right to use,
pursuant to a valid license, sublicense, agreement, or permission,
free and clear of all Liens, all patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect to
the foregoing used in or necessary for the conduct of its business
as now conducted or proposed to be conducted without infringing
upon or otherwise acting adversely to the right or claimed right of
any Person under or with respect to any of the
foregoing.
(b) To the knowledge
of the Company, the Company owns and has the right to use all trade
secrets, if any, including know-how, negative know-how, formulas,
patterns, programs, devices, methods, techniques, inventions,
designs, processes, computer programs and technical data and all
information that derives independent economic value, actual or
potential, from not being generally known or known by competitors
(collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”)
required for or incident to the development, operation and sale of
all products and services sold by the Company, free and clear of
any right, Lien or claim of others. All Intellectual
Property can and will be transferred by the Company to the
Surviving Corporation as a result of the Merger and without the
consent of any Person other than the Company.
Section 4.13 Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA .
(a) All
“employee benefit plans” (within the meaning of Section
3(3) of the ERISA) of the Company and other employee benefit or
fringe benefit arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or
programs of every type, other than programs merely involving the
regular payment of wages, commissions, or bonuses established,
maintained or contributed to by the Company, whether written or
unwritten and whether or not funded, are in material compliance
with the applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other
applicable state, federal or foreign law.
(b) There are no
pending claims or lawsuits that have been asserted or instituted
against any Employee Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts
or funds under the Employee Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor or the
plan administrator of any of the Employee Benefit Plans or against
any fiduciary of an Employee Benefit Plan with respect to the
operation of such plan, nor does the Company have any knowledge of
any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance which might
reasonably be expected to form the basis of any such claim or
lawsuit.
(c) There is no
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
investigation, or pending or possible enforcement action by the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Department of Labor, the
Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan and the Company has no
knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance
which might reasonably be expected to trigger such an investigation
or enforcement action.
(d) No actual or, to
the knowledge of the Company, contingent Liability exists with
respect to the funding of any Employee Benefit Plan or for any
other expense or obligation of any Employee Benefit Plan, except as
disclosed on the Balance Sheet, and no contingent Liability exists
under ERISA with respect to any “multi-employer plan,”
as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
(e) No events have
occurred or are reasonably expected to occur with respect to any
Employee Benefit Plan that would cause a material change in the
costs of providing benefits under such Employee Benefit Plan or
would cause a material change in the cost of providing such
Employee Benefit Plan.
Section 4.14 Title to
Property and Encumbrances . The Company has good and
valid title to all properties and assets used in the conduct of its
business (except for property held under valid and subsisting
leases which are in full force and effect and which are not in
default) free of all Liens except Permitted Liens and such ordinary
and customary imperfections of title, restrictions and encumbrances
as do not in the aggregate constitute a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 4.15 Condition of
Properties . All facilities, machinery, equipment,
fixtures and other properties owned, leased or used by the Company
are in operating condition, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and
are adequate and sufficient for the Company’s existing
business.
Section 4.16 Insurance
Coverage . There is in full force and effect one or
more policies of insurance issued by insurers of recognized
responsibility insuring the Company and its properties, products
and busine
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