AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER , dated as of October 7, 2009 (the
“Agreement”), among EcoBlu Products, Inc. (formerly N8
Concepts, Inc.) a Colorado Corporation (“ECOB”), EcoBlu
Products, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ECOBLU”), James
H. Watson, Jr., an Individual(“WATSON”). Ken Relyea, an
Individual(“RELYEA”), Steve
Conboy(“CONBOY”), an Individual and Mark Vuozzo, an
Individual(“VUOZZO”). ECOB, ECOBLU, WATSON, RELYEA,
CONBOY and VUOZZO are collectively referred to herein as the
“Parties”.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , this Agreement
and Plan of Merger shall revise supersede and replace in the
entirety any previous agreements executed by and between the
Parties. Including but not limited to the Definitive Merger
Agreement dated as of July 28, 2009, which expired by its’
terms on September 30, 2009. No terms, obligations, references or
inferences of intent shall be implied or drawn in any manner from
the prior agreement/s. The Parties to this Agreement shall rely
exclusively on the terms of this Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
October 7, 2009;
WHEREAS , the respective
boards of directors of each of ECOBLU and ECOB have approved the
merger into ECOB (the “Merger”) upon the terms, and
subject to the conditions, set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS , WATSON and
RELYEA are beneficial shareholders of ECOB and WATSON is a director
of ECOB. CONBOY is a director and President of ECOB; and
WHEREAS , CONBOY and
VUOZZO are beneficial shareholders and directors of ECOBLU; and
WHEREAS , it is intended
that, for federal income tax purposes, the Merger shall qualify as
a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated there under (the “Code”);
and
WHEREAS , ECOBLU and ECOB
desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements in connection with this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises and mutual promises herein made, and
in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the Parties agree as follows:
1.1 Certain Definitions .
The following terms shall, when used in this Agreement, have the
following meanings:
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“Acquisition” means the
acquisition by a Person of any businesses, assets or property other
than in the ordinary course, whether by way of the purchase of
assets or stock, by merger, consolidation or otherwise.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person: (i)
any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding
with power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding
voting securities of such other Person (other than passive or
institutional investors); (ii) any Person ten percent (10%) or more
of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly
owned, controlled or held with power to vote, by such other Person;
(iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by
or under common control with such other Person; and (iv) any
officer, director or partner of such other Person.
“Control” for the foregoing purposes shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities or voting interests, by
contract or otherwise.
“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral Documents” mean the Exhibits and any
other documents, instruments and certificates to be executed and
delivered by the Parties hereunder or there under.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any Regulatory Authority that succeeds to its
functions.
“ECOBLU Assets” mean all properties, assets,
privileges, powers, rights, interests and claims of every type and
description that are owned, leased, held, used or useful in ECOBLU
Business and in which ECOBLU has any right, title or interest or in
which ECOBLU acquires any right, title or interest on or before the
Closing Date, wherever located, whether known or unknown, and
whether or not now or on the Closing Date on the books and records
of ECOBLU, but excluding any of the foregoing, if any, transferred
prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement or any Collateral
Documents.
“Encumbrance” means any material mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance, charge, security interest, security agreement,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, limitation,
option, assessment, restrictive agreement, restriction, adverse
interest, restriction on transfer or exception to or material
defect in title or other ownership interest (including restrictive
covenants, leases and licenses).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations there under.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time.
“Legal Requirement” means any statute, ordinance,
law, rule, regulation, code, injunction, judgment, order, decree,
ruling, or other requirement enacted, adopted or applied by any
Regulatory Authority, including judicial
decisions applying common law or interpreting any other Legal
Requirement.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse
effect on (i) the assets, Liabilities, properties or business of
the Parties, (ii) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of
this Agreement or the Collateral Documents or (iii) the ability of
any Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Collateral Documents; provided, however, that none of the following
shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect on ECOB: (i) the filing,
initiation and subsequent prosecution, by or on behalf of
shareholders of any Party, of litigation that challenges or
otherwise seeks damages with respect to the Merger, this Agreement
and/or transactions contemplated thereby or hereby, (ii)
occurrences due to a disruption of a Party’s business as a
result of the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or
changes caused by the taking of action required by this Agreement,
(iii) general economic conditions, or (iv) any changes generally
affecting the industries in which a Party operates.
“ECOBLU Assets” mean all properties, assets,
privileges, powers, rights, interests and claims of every type and
description that are owned, leased, held, used or useful in the
ECOBLU Business and in which ECOBLU or any of its Subsidiaries has
any right, title or interest or in which ECOBLU or any of its
Subsidiaries acquires any right, title or interest on or before the
Closing Date, wherever located, whether known or unknown, and
whether or not now or on the Closing Date on the books and records
of ECOBLU or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ECOB Securities Filings” means ECOB’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and all
other reports filed and to be filed with the Commission prior to
the Effective Time.
“Proposed Acquisition” means any of the following
transactions (other than the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement): (i) a merger, consolidation, business combination,
recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction
involving ECOB pursuant to which the shareholders of ECOB
immediately preceding such transaction hold less than fifty percent
(50%) of the aggregate equity interests in the surviving or
resulting entity of such transaction, (ii) a sale or other
disposition by ECOB of assets representing in excess of fifty
percent (50%) of the aggregate fair market value of ECOB Business
immediately prior to such sale or (iii) the acquisition by any
person or group (including by way of a tender offer or an exchange
offer or issuance by ECOB), directly or indirectly, of beneficial
ownership or a right to acquire beneficial ownership of shares
representing in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting power
of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of ECOB.
“Representative” means any director, officer,
employee, agent, consultant, advisor or other representative of a
Person, including legal counsel, accountants and financial
advisors.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations there under.
“Subsidiary” of a specified Person means (a) any
Person if securities having ordinary voting power (at the time in
question and without regard to the happening of any contingency) to
elect a majority of the directors, trustees, managers or other
governing body of such Person are held or
controlled by the specified Person or a
Subsidiary of the specified Person; (b) any Person in which the
specified Person and its subsidiaries collectively hold a fifty
percent (50%) or greater equity interest; (c) any partnership or
similar organization in which the specified Person or subsidiary of
the specified Person is a general partner; or (d) any Person the
management of which is directly or indirectly controlled by the
specified Person and its Subsidiaries through the exercise of
voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Treasury Regulations” means regulations promulgated
by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code.
2.1 Merger; Surviving
Corporation . In accordance with and subject to the provisions
of this Agreement and the Colorado Corporations Code
(“CCC”), at the Effective Time ECOBLU shall be merged
with and into ECOB (the “Merger”), and ECOB shall be
the surviving corporation in the Merger (hereinafter sometimes
called the “Surviving Corporation”) and shall continue
its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Colorado. At
the Effective Time, the separate existence of ECOBLU shall cease.
All properties, franchises and rights belonging to ECOB and ECOBLU,
by virtue of the Merger and without further act or deed, shall be
vested in the Surviving Corporation, which shall thenceforth be
responsible for all the liabilities and obligations of each of
ECOBLU and ECOB.
2.2 Articles of
Incorporation . ECOB’s articles of incorporation, as in
effect at the Effective Time, shall continue in full force and
effect as the articles of incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until altered or amended as provided therein or by
law.
2.3 By Laws . ECOB’s
bylaws, as in effect at the Effective Time, shall be the bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation until altered, amended or repealed as
provided therein or by law.
2.4 ECOB Assets. Upon
completion of the business combination, ECOB’s assets as of
July 28, 2009 shall be sold to Mr. James H. Watson, Jr. for the sum
of one dollar ($1.00) . These assets shall include the name
“N8 Concepts, Inc.” The Parties hereby agree to
cooperate in taking the necessary steps to transfer the right,
title and interest in the assets of ECOB to Mr. James H. Watson,
Jr.
2.5 Share Exchange and Merger
of ECOBLU. It is hereby agreed that ECOB shall acquire ALL
(100%) of the issued and outstanding equity of ECOBLU consisting
entirely of 50,000 common shares held by CONBOY and 10,000 common
shares held by VUOZZO in a one for one share exchange resulting in
the issuance of 60,000 common shares of ECOB common stock. These
exchange shares shall bear a restrictive legend. Concurrent with
the share exchange the Parties shall take all necessary steps to
complete the Merger as indicated in 2.1 of this Agreement.
2.6 Mr. James H. Watson,
Jr. It is hereby agreed that Mr. Watson’s stock, totaling
forty million (40,000,000) common shares shall be purchased by
CONBOY and VUOZZO for one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars
($125,000). WATSON hereby agrees to cooperate in
taking the necessary steps to transfer all
right, title and interest in his shares as designated by CONBOY and
VUOZZO.
2.7 Mr. Ken Relyea. It is
hereby agreed that Mr. Ken Relyea’s stock, totaling ten
million (10,000,000) common shares shall be purchased by CONBOY and
VUOZZO for thirty-one thousand dollars ($31,000). RELYEA hereby
agrees to cooperate in taking the necessary steps to transfer all
right, title and interest in his shares as designated by CONBOY and
VUOZZO.
2.8 Effective Time . The
Merger shall become effective at the time and date that the
certificate of merger of each of ECOBLU and ECOB (the
“Certificate of Merger”), in form and substance
acceptable to the Parties, is accepted for filing by the Secretary
of State of the State of Colorado in accordance with the provisions
related thereto. The Certificate of Merger shall be executed by
ECOBLU and ECOB and delivered to the Secretary of State of the
State of Colorado for filing on the Closing Date. The date and time
when the Merger becomes effective are referred to herein as the
“Effective Time.”
2.9 Reverse Split. It is
hereby agreed that neither Party shall agree to a reverse split of
the shares of the public company for a period of two (2) years from
the Closing.
2.10 Surrender of Company Certificates .
(a) Exchange Procedures .
Promptly after the Effective Time, ECOBLU or its appointed designee
shall mail to each holder of a certificate or certificates of its
Common Stock (“Company Certificates”) whose shares are
converted into the right to receive the Merger Shares, (i) a letter
of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to ECOB Certificates shall
pass to ECOBLU, only upon delivery of ECOB Certificates to ECOBLU
and which shall be in such form and have such other provisions as
ECOBLU may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in
effecting the surrender of ECOBLU Certificates in exchange for the
Merger Shares. Upon surrender of ECOBLU Certificates for
cancellation to ECOB, together with such letter of transmittal,
duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the
instructions thereto, the holders of such ECOBLU Certificates shall
be entitled to receive the Merger Shares in exchange therefore and
ECOBLU Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any ECOBLU Certificate is lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated, such holder shall provide evidence
reasonably satisfactory to ECOB as to such loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation and an affidavit in form and substance satisfactory
to ECOB, and, thereupon, such holder shall be entitled to receive
the Merger Shares in exchange therefore and ECOB Certificates so
surrendered shall forthwith be canceled.
(b) Required Withholding .
In connection with any payment to any holder or former holder of
ECOB Common Stock, each of ECOBLU and the Surviving Corporation
shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration
payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any
holder or former holder of ECOBLU Common Stock such amounts as may
be required to be deducted or withheld there from under the Code or
under any provision of state, local or foreign tax law or under any
other applicable laws. To the extent such amounts are so deducted
or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under
this
Agreement as having been paid to the
person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(c) No Liability .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.10,
neither ECOBLU, the Surviving Corporation nor any party hereto
shall be liable to any Person for any amount properly paid to a
public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar law. If any ECOBLU Certificate shall not have
been surrendered prior to the date immediately prior to the date on
which such property would otherwise escheat to or become the
property of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, any such
property, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall become
the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all
claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.
(d) Termination . Any
holders of ECOBLU Certificates who have not complied with this
ARTICLE II shall look only to ECOBLU or the Surviving Corporation
for, and ECOBLU and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable
for, payment of their claim for Merger Shares distributions with
respect to ECOB Common Stock, without interest thereon.
2.11 Stock Transfer Books .
At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of ECOBLU shall be
closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of
shares of ECOBLU Common Stock thereafter on the records of
ECOB.
2.12 Dissenting Shares .
Shares of ECOBLU Common Stock which are issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held by
persons who have properly exercised, and not withdrawn or waived,
appraisal rights with respect thereto in accordance with the CCC
(the “Dissenting Shares”), will not be converted into
the right to receive the Merger Shares, and holders of such shares
of ECOBLU Common Stock will be entitled, in lieu thereof, to
receive payment of the appraised value of such shares of ECOBLU
Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the CCC unless
and until such holders fail to perfect or effectively withdraw or
lose their rights to appraisal and payment under the CCC. If, after
the Effective Time, any such holder fails to perfect or effectively
withdraws or loses such right, such shares of ECOBLU Common Stock
will thereupon be treated as if they had been converted at the
Effective Time into the right to receive the Merger Shares, without
any interest thereon. ECOB will give ECOBLU prompt notice of any
demands received by ECOB for appraisal of shares of ECOBLU Common
Stock. Prior to the Effective Time, ECOB will not, except with the
prior written consent of ECOBLU make any payment with respect to,
or settle or offer to settle, any such demands.
2.13 Restriction on
Transfer . The Merger Shares may not be sold, transferred, or
otherwise disposed of without registration under the Act or an
exemption there from, and that in the absence of an effective
registration statement covering the Merger Shares or any available
exemption from registration under the Act, the Merger Shares must
be held indefinitely. ECOBLU Shareholders are aware that the Merger
Shares may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the
Act unless all of the conditions of that Rule are met. Among the
conditions for use of Rule 144 may be the availability of current
information to the public about the Surviving Company.
2.14
Restrictive Legend . All certificates representing the
Merger Shares shall contain the following legend:
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“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE, ARE
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 7, 2009, BETWEEN ECOBLU
PRODUCS, INC.(formerly N8 CONCEPTS, INC.), a Colorado
Corporation AND ECOBLU PRODUCTS, INC., a Nevada Corporation, A
COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE IN THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE
ISSUER. FURTHER, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER
THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.”
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Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Collateral Documents (the
“Closing”) shall take place at the offices of ECOBLU,
or at such other location as the parties may agree at 11:00 a.m.,
Pacific Time on the agreed date, which, shall be within sixty (30)
days of the signing hereof (the “Closing Date”).
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ECOB
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ECOB represents and warrants to
ECOBLU that the statements contained in this ARTICLE III are
correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be
correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as though made then
and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of
this Agreement throughout this ARTICLE III, except in the case of
representations and warranties stated to be made as of the date of
this Agreement or as of another date and except for changes
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement).
3.1 Organization and
Qualification . ECOB is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective
jurisdiction of organization. ECOB has all requisite power and
authority to own, lease and use its assets as they are currently
owned, leased and used and to conduct its business as it is
currently conducted. ECOB is duly qualified or licensed to do
business in and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the character of the properties owned, leased or used by it or the
nature of the activities conducted by it make such qualification
necessary, except any such jurisdiction where the failure to be so
qualified or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
ECOB or a material adverse effect on the validity, binding effect
or enforceability of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents or
the ability of ECOB to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or any of the Collateral Documents.
3.2 Capitalization .
(a) The authorized capital stock
and other ownership interests of ECOB consist of 100,000,000 shares
of common stock, of which sixty-five million (66,137,944) shares
were issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, and ZERO (0)
shares of Preferred Stock, none of which are outstanding. All of
the outstanding ECOB Common Stock have been duly
authorized and are validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable. It is anticipated that the number of
shares of common stock will increase as a result of private
placements to be conducted after the date hereof.
(b) There are ZERO (0) outstanding
or authorized options, warrants, purchase rights, preemptive rights
or other contracts or commitments that could require ECOB to issue,
sell, or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its capital
stock or other ownership interests (collectively
“Options”).
(c) All of the issued and
outstanding shares of ECOB Common Stock have been duly authorized
and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with applicable
securities laws and other applicable Legal Requirements or transfer
restrictions under applicable securities laws.
3.3 Authority and Validity
. ECOB has all requisite corporate power to execute and deliver, to
perform its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by, this Agreement (subject to the approval of ECOB
Shareholders as contemplated in this agreement. and to receipt of
any consents, approvals, authorizations or other matters referred
to in this Agreement). The execution and delivery by ECOB of, the
performance by ECOB of its obligations under, and the consummation
by ECOB of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement have
been duly authorized by all requisite action of ECOB (subject to
the approval of ECOB Shareholders as contemplated by this
Agreement). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
ECOB and (assuming due execution and delivery by the ECOBLU Parties
and approval by ECOB Shareholders) is the legal, valid, and binding
obligation of ECOB, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to (i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting or relating to enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles. Upon the
execution and delivery of the Collateral Documents by each Person
(other than by the ECOBLU Parties) that is required by this
Agreement to execute, or that does execute, this Agreement or any
of the Collateral Documents, and assuming due execution and
delivery thereof by the ECOBLU Parties, the Collateral Documents
will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of ECOB,
enforceable against ECOB in accordance with their respective terms,
except that such enforcement may be subject to (i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting or relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and (ii) general equitable principles.
3.4 No Breach or Violation
. Subject to obtaining the consents, approvals, authorizations, and
orders of and making the registrations or filings with or giving
notices to Regulatory Authorities and Persons identified herein,
the execution, delivery and performance by ECOB of this Agreement
and the Collateral Documents to which it is a party, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof, do not
and will not conflict with, constitute a violation or breach of,
constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination or
acceleration of any right or obligation of ECOB under, or result in
the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon ECOB, ECOB
Assets, ECOB Business or ECOB Common Stock by reason of the terms
of (i) the articles of incorporation, by laws or other charter or
organizational document of ECOB or any Subsidiary of ECOB, (ii) any
material contract, agreement, lease, indenture or other
instrument to which ECOB is a party or by
or to which ECOB, or the Assets may be bound or subject and a
violation of which would result in a Material Adverse Effect on
ECOB, (iii) any order, judgment, injunction, award or decree of any
arbitrator or Regulatory Authority or any statute, law, rule or
regulation applicable to ECOB or (iv) any Permit of ECOB, which in
the case of (ii), (iii) or (iv) above would have a Material Adverse
Effect on ECOB or a material adverse effect on the validity,
binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Collateral Documents or the ability of ECOB to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any of the Collateral
Documents.
3.5 Consents and Approvals
. Except for requirements under applicable United States or state
securities laws, no consent, approval, authorization or order of,
registration or filing with, or notice to, any Regulatory Authority
or any other Person is necessary to be obtained, made or given by
ECOB in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
ECOB of this Agreement or any Collateral Document or for the
consummation by ECOB of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, except to the extent the failure to obtain any such
consent, approval, authorization or order or to make any such
registration or filing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
ECOB or a material adverse effect on the validity, binding effect
or enforceability of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents or
the ability of ECOB to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or any of the Collateral Documents.
3.6 Intellectual Property .
To the knowledge of ECOB, ECOB has good title to or the right to
use all material company intellectual property rights and all
material inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets
and know how necessary for the operation of ECOB Business without
the payment of any royalty or similar payment.
3.7 Compliance with Legal
Requirements . ECOB has operated ECOB Business in compliance
with all Legal Requirements applicable to ECOB except to the extent
the failure to operate in compliance with all material Legal
Requirements would not have a Material Adverse Effect on ECOB or
Material Adverse Effect on the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
3.8 Financial Statements .
Prior to the Closing Date ECOB shall provide ECOBLU with audited
financial statements of ECOB as of June 30, 2009 and statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year
then ended. Such financial statements (“Company Financial
Statements”) have or will have been prepared in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”) applied on a basis consistent throughout all
periods presented, present fairly in all material respects the
financial condition of ECOB and its results of operations as of the
date and for the periods indicated.
3.9 Litigation . There are
no outstanding judgments or orders against or otherwise affecting
or related to ECOB, ECOB Business or ECOB Assets and there is no
action, suit, complaint, proceeding or investigation, judicial,
administrative or otherwise, that is pending or, to ECOB’s
knowledge, threatened that, if adversely determined, would have a
Material Adverse Effect on ECOB or a material adverse effect on the
validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Collateral Documents, except as noted in the audited Company
Financial Statements or documented by ECOB to ECOBLU.
3.10
Taxes . ECOB has duly and timely filed in proper form all
Tax Returns for all Taxes required to be filed with the appropriate
Regulatory Authority, and has paid all taxes required to be paid in
respect thereof except where such failure would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on ECOB, except where, if not filed or paid, the
exception(s) have been documented by ECOB to ECOBLU.
3.11 Books and Records .
The books and records of ECOB accurately and fairly represent ECOB
Business and its results of operations in all material
respects.
3.12 Brokers or Finders .
All negotiations relative to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby have been carried out by ECOB and/or its
Affiliates/Representatives in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, neither ECOB, nor any of its
Affiliates/Representatives have incurred any obligation to pay any
brokerage or finder’s fee or other commission in connection
with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
3.13 Proxies . ECOB
management holds, or prior to the Closing will hold, irrevocable
proxies from ECOB Shareholders adequate to ensure Company
Shareholder approval of the Merger as required by applicable
law.
3.14 Disclosure . No
representation or warranty of ECOB in this Agreement or in the
Collateral Documents and no statement in any certificate furnished
or to be furnished by ECOB pursuant to this Agreement contained,
contains or will contain on the date such agreement or certificate
was or is delivered, or on the Closing Date, any untrue statement
of a material fact, or omitted, omits or will omit on such date to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
3.15 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . ECOB is not subject to any material liability
(including unasserted claims), absolute or contingent, which is not
shown or wh