AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 17, 2009 (the
"Effective Date"), is entered into by and among BioPharma
Management Technologies, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
Wound Management Technologies, Inc., a Texas corporation ("WMT"),
BIO Acquisition, Inc., a Texas corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of WMT ("BIO"), and the undersigned shareholders of the
Company (each a "Shareholder," collectively, the
"Shareholders").
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of WMT, the Company and BIO and the
Shareholders have adopted this Agreement and Plan of Merger,
providing for the merger of BIO with and into the Company (the
"Merger") under the Texas Business Organizations Code ("TBOC") in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and have
recommended the Merger to their respective shareholders for
approval;
WHEREAS,
the parties intend for the Merger to qualify as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (as defined
below).
Certain terms used in this Agreement but not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in
Exhibit A attached hereto.
2.1 The
Merger . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
at the Effective Time, BIO will be merged with and into the Company
in accordance with this Agreement, the separate existence of BIO
shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving entity
and wholly owned subsidiary of WMT. The Company as it exists from
and after the Effective Time, is sometimes referred to hereinafter
as the "Surviving Company.”
2.2 Effect of
the Merger . Upon the effectiveness of the Merger, the
Surviving Company shall possess all the rights, privileges,
immunities and franchises, as well of a public as of a private
nature, and be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and
duties, of each of the Constituent Companies; and all property,
real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to any of the
Constituent Companies on whatever account, including subscriptions
to shares, and all other things in action and all and every other
interest, of or belonging to each of the Constituent Companies,
shall be vested in the Surviving Company without further act or
deed and without any transfer or assignment having occurred; and
all property, rights, privileges, immunities and franchises, and
all and every other interest shall be thereafter as effectually the
property of the Surviving Company as they were of the Constituent
Companies, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or
otherwise in either of the Constituent Companies shall not revert
or be in any way impaired by reason of the Merger; but all rights
of creditors and all liens upon any property of either of the
Constituent Companies shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts,
liabilities and duties of the Constituent Companies shall
thenceforth attach to the Surviving Company, and may be enforced
against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and
duties had been incurred or contracted by it; and all other effects
of the Merger specified in the TBOC shall result
therefrom.
2.3 Consummation
of the Merger . As soon as practicable after the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to this Agreement, the
parties hereto will cause the Merger to be consummated by filing
with the appropriate agency of the State of Texas properly executed
Articles of Merger, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit B , incorporating, to the extent required by the
laws of the State of Texas, this Agreement.
2.4 Articles of
Organization; Managers and Officers . The Articles of
Organization of the the Company from and after the Effective Time
shall be the Articles of Organization of the Surviving Company
until thereafter amended in accordance with the provisions therein
and as provided by the TBOC. The managers of the Surviving Company
shall be: Scott A. Haire, until his successors are duly elected and
qualified, and the officers of BIO shall be the officers of the
Surviving Company holding such positions immediately prior to the
Effective Time until their respective successors are duly appointed
and qualified.
2.5 Conversion
of Securities . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of BIO, the Company or
any holder of any interest as a shareholder of BIO or the
Company:
(a) All outstanding
Company Stock shall automatically be converted into the right to
receive a proportionate share of an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares
of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
shares of WMT Common Stock, without interest (the "Merger Price"),
which proportionate share is set forth in Exhibit C attached
hereto.
(b) The outstanding
capital stock in BIO shall be converted into one hundred percent
(100%) of the issued and outstanding Company Stock of the Surviving
Company.
2.6 Closing of
the Company's Books . At the Effective Time, the books of the
Company shall be closed and no transfer of shares of Company Stock
shall thereafter be made.
2.7
Reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code .
The parties intend that the Merger will qualify as a tax-free
reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code and this Agreement
are to be interpreted to that effect. Each party agrees to render
to the other parties reasonable assistance to preserve that tax
treatment, however, no representation is made by any party hereto
as to whether the transactions contemplated hereby will so
qualify.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND
THE
SHAREHOLDERS
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The Company and each of the Shareholders,
jointly but not severally, represent and warrant to BIO and WMT
that the statements contained in this Article III are true and
correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of
the Closing Date as if made on such date, except as set forth in
the Schedules delivered by BIO to WMT concurrently herewith and
which are attached hereto. Any representation or warranty given by
a Shareholder in this Article III with respect to the Shareholders
shall be given only with respect to such Shareholder and not with
respect to any other Shareholder.
3.1
Organization . The Company is a corporation, duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Texas. The Company (a) is qualified or licensed in all
jurisdictions where such qualification or license is required to
own and operate its properties and conduct its business in the
manner and at the places presently conducted; (b) holds all
franchises, grants, licenses, certificates, permits, consents and
orders, all of which are valid and in full force and effect, from
all applicable United States and foreign regulatory authorities
necessary to own and operate its properties and to conduct its
business in the manner and at the places presently conducted; and
(c) has full power and authority (corporate and other) to own,
lease and operate its respective properties and assets and to carry
on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be
conducted, except, in each case, where the failure to be so
qualified or licensed or to hold such franchises, grants, licenses,
certificates, permits, consents and orders or to have such power
and authority would not, when taken together with all other such
failures, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
with respect to the Company, as the case may be. The Company does
not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in,
or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for, any equity or similar interest in, any corporation,
partnership, joint venture or other business association or
entity.
3.2 Capital
Structure .
(a) Schedule 3.2
sets forth the ownership of the outstanding Company Stock as of the
Effective Date. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness having voting rights (or convertible or exchangeable
into securities having such rights) ("Company Voting Debt") of the
Company issued and outstanding. There are no existing (i) options,
warrants, calls, preemptive rights, subscriptions or other rights,
convertible or exchangeable securities, agreements, arrangements or
commitments of any character, relating to the issued or unissued
equity of the Company, obligating the Company to issue, transfer or
sell or cause to be issued, transferred or sold any equity or
Company Voting Debt of, or other equity in, the Company, as the
case may be, (ii) securities convertible into or exchangeable for
such equity, or (iii) obligations of the Company to grant, extend
or enter into any such option, warrant, call, preemptive right,
subscription or other right, convertible security, agreement,
arrangement or commitment.
(b) There are no voting trusts,
proxies or other agreements or understandings to which the Company
is a party with respect to the voting of the equity interest of the
Company. Except as necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated herein, the Company is not a party to any agreement or
obligation, contingent or otherwise, to redeem, repurchase or
otherwise acquire or retire any equity of the Company, whether as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
otherwise.
(c) The Company has not (i) made or
agreed to make any split of its equity or dividend, or issued or
permitted to be issued any equity interests, or securities
exercisable for or convertible into equity, of the Company, (ii),
repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any equity of the
Company, or (iii) declared, set aside, made or paid any dividends
or other distributions on the outstanding equity of the
Company.
3.3
Authorization and Validity . The Company and each
Shareholder has the appropriate power and authority and legal right
to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform their
respective obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by the
Company and each Shareholder of this Agreement and the performance
of their respective obligations hereunder have been duly authorized
by proper corporate or other proceedings, and this Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
and each Shareholder, enforceable against each in accordance with
their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally.
3.4 No
Conflict; Consent . Neither the execution and delivery by
the Company and the Shareholders of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor
compliance with the provisions thereof will violate (a) any law,
rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or
award binding on the Company or such Shareholder, or (b) the
Company's articles of organization or regulations or similar
documents, or (c) the provisions of any indenture, instrument or
agreement to which the Company is a party or is subject, or by
which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute
a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Company
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or
agreement. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license,
authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of
any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision
thereof, which has not been obtained by the Company or a
Shareholder is required to be obtained by the Company or a
Shareholder in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, or the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of any of this Agreement. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.4, no consent, approval or authorization of, or notice
to, any other person or entity, including, without limitation,
parties to loans, contracts, leases or other agreements, is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by WMT or BIO or the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
3.5 The
Company’s Financial Information .
(a) The Company has
delivered to WMT the following financial statements (the "Financial
Statements") of the Company: (i) unaudited balance sheet of the
Company as of December 31, 2008 and the related statements of
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and (ii) unaudited balance sheets of the Company
as of June 30, 2009 (the "Company's Latest Balance Sheet") and the
related statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash
flows for the three months then ended.
(b) Each of the
unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis during the
relevant periods (except as may be disclosed in the notes thereto),
and present fairly the consolidated financial position and
consolidated results of operations and changes in cash flows of the
Company as of the respective dates or for the respective periods
reflected therein, except, in the case of the unaudited interim
financial statements, for normal and recurring year-end adjustments
that are not material.
(c) Except as set
forth in Schedule 3.5(c) and on the Company's Latest Balance Sheet,
or in the notes thereto, the Company does not have any liabilities,
debts, claims or obligations of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, whether due
or to become due), and there is no existing condition or set of
circumstances which would reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to result in such a liability.
3.6 Liabilities
and Obligations . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.6, the
Financial Statements reflect all liabilities of the Company,
accrued, contingent or otherwise (known or unknown and asserted or
unasserted), arising out of transactions effected or events
occurring on or prior to the date hereof. All reserves shown in the
Financial Statements are appropriate, reasonable and sufficient to
provide for losses thereby contemplated. Except as set forth in the
Financial Statements, the Company is not liable upon or with
respect to, or obligated in any other way to provide funds in
respect of or to guarantee or assume in any manner, any debt,
obligation or dividend of any person, corporation, association,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity.
3.7 Employee
Matters .
(a) Schedule 3.7(a)
contains a complete and accurate list of the names, titles and cash
compensation, including without limitation wages, salaries, bonuses
(discretionary and formula) and other cash compensation (the "Cash
Compensation") of all employees of the Company who are currently
compensated at a rate in excess of $50,000 per year and who earned
in excess of such amount during the Company's preceding fiscal
year. In addition, Schedule 3.7(a) contains a complete and accurate
description of (i) all increases in Cash Compensation of employees
of the Company during the current and immediately preceding fiscal
years of the Business and (ii) any promised increases in Cash
Compensation of employees of the Company that have not yet been
effected.
(b) Schedule
3.7(b) contains a complete and accurate list of all compensation
plans, arrangements or practices (the "Compensation Plans")
sponsored by the Company or to which the Company contributes on
behalf of its employees, other than Employee Benefit Plans listed
in Schedule 3.7(a). The Compensation Plans include without
limitation plans, arrangements or practices that provide for
severance pay, deferred compensation, incentive, bonus or
performance awards, and stock ownership or stock
options.
(c) Schedule
3.7(c) contains a complete and accurate list of all employment
agreements (the "Employment Agreements") to which the Company is a
party with respect to its employees or is otherwise
obligated.
(d) Schedule 3.7(d)
contains a complete and accurate list of all employee manuals,
policies, procedures and work-related rules (the "Employee Policies
and Procedures") that apply to employees of the Company.
(e) The Company:
(i) has been and is in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations
and ordinances respecting employment and employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours; and (ii) is
not liable for any arrears of wages or penalties for failure to
comply with any of the foregoing. The Company has not engaged in
any unfair labor practice or discriminated on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap in its
employment conditions or practices. There are no: (i) unfair labor
practice charges or complaints or racial, color, religious, sex,
national origin, age or handicap discrimination charges or
complaints pending or threatened against the Company before any
federal, state or local court, board, department, commission or
agency nor does any basis therefor exist; or (ii) existing or
threatened labor strikes, disputes, grievances, controversies or
other labor troubles affecting the Company, nor does any basis
therefor exist.
(f) The Company has
never been a party to any agreement with any union, labor
organization or collective bargaining unit. No employees of the
Company are represented by any union, labor organization or
collective bargaining unit. To the best knowledge of the Company,
the employees of the Company have no intention to and have not
threatened to organize or join a union, labor organization or
collective bargaining unit.
(g) All employees of the
Company are citizens of, or are authorized to be employed in, the
United States.
3.8 Employee
Benefit Plans .
(a) Schedule 3.8(a)
contains a complete and accurate list of all employee benefit plans
(the "Employee Benefit Plans") (within the meaning of Section 3(3)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA")) sponsored by the Company or to which the Company
contributes or may be obligated to contribute on behalf of its
employees and all Employee Benefit Plans previously sponsored or
contributed to on behalf of the Company's or Shareholder's
employees within the three years preceding the date hereof. Each
Employee Benefit Plan has been administered and maintained in
compliance with all laws, rules and regulations. No Employee
Benefit Plan is currently the subject of an audit, investigation,
enforcement action or other similar proceeding conducted by any
state or federal agency. No prohibited transactions (within the
meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) have occurred with respect to
any Employee Benefit Plan. No threatened or pending claims, suits
or other proceedings exist with respect to any Employee Benefit
Plan other than normal benefit claims filed by participants or
beneficiaries.
(b) The Company
has received a favorable determination letter or ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service for each Employee Benefit Plan intended to
be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code
and/or tax-exempt within the meaning of Section 501(a) of the Code.
No proceedings exist or have been threatened that could result in
the revocation of any such favorable determination letter or
ruling. No accumulated funding deficiency (within the meaning of
Section 412 of the Code), whether waived or unwaived, exists with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any plan sponsored by any
member of a controlled group (within the meaning of Section
412(n)(6)(B) of the Code) in which the Company is a member (a
"Controlled Group"). With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA, the assets of each such plan are at
least equal in value to the present value of accrued benefits
determined on an ongoing basis as of the date hereof. With respect
to each Employee Benefit Plan described in Section 501(c)(9) of the
Code, the assets of each such plan are at least equal in value to
the present value of accrued benefits as of the date hereof.
Neither the Company or any member of a Controlled Group has any
liability to pay excise taxes with respect to any Employee Benefit
Plan under applicable provisions of the Code or ERISA. Neither the
Company nor any member of a Controlled Group is or ever has been
obligated to contribute to a multiemployer plan within the meaning
of Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(c) No facts or
circumstances exist that would result in the imposition of
liability against Purchaser by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation as a result of any act or omission by the Company or
any member of a Controlled Group. No reportable event (within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA) for which the notice requirement
has not been waived has occurred with respect to any Employee
Benefit Plan subject to the requirements of Title IV of ERISA. The
Company has no obligation or commitment to provide medical, dental
or life insurance benefits to or on behalf of any of its employees
who may retire or any of its former employees who have retired from
employment with the Company.
(d) Schedule
3.8(d) contains a complete and accurate list of all claims made
(without identifying specific individuals) under any medical or
dental care plan or commitment offered by the Company to its
employees involving hospitalization, medical or dental care claims
that have exceeded $5,000 per year for an individual during the
Company's current fiscal year or any of Shareholder three fiscal
years preceding the date hereof.
3.9 Title;
Leased Assets . A description of all interests in real property
owned by the Company (collectively, the "Real Property") is set
forth in Schedule 3.9(a). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(a),
the Company has good, valid and marketable title to all the Real
Property. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(b), the Company has
good, valid and marketable title to all tangible and intangible
personal property owned by it (collectively, the "Personal
Property"). A list of all leases of real and personal property to
which the Company is a party, either as lessor or lessee, are set
forth in Schedule 3.9(c). All such leases are valid and enforceable
in accordance with their respective terms except as may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally or the availability of equitable
remedies. Except for those assets acquired since September 30,
2008, all tangible and intangible assets used in the conduct of the
business of the Company are reflected in the Financial Statements
in a manner that is in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis with prior
periods. The Company owns, leases or otherwise possesses a right to
use all assets used in the conduct of the business of the Company,
which will not be impaired by the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
3.10
Commitments .
(a) Except as set
forth in Schedule 3.10, the Company has not entered into, nor are
the Company Stock, or the assets of the Company bound by, whether
or not in writing, any (i) partnership or joint venture agreement;
(ii) deed of trust or other security agreement; (iii) guaranty or
suretyship, indemnification or contribution agreement or
performance bond; (iv) employment, consulting or compensation
agreement or arrangement, including the election or retention in
office of any director or officer; (v) labor or collective
bargaining agreement; (vi) debt instrument, loan agreement or other
obligation relating to indebtedness for borrowed money or money
lent or to be lent to another; (vii) deed or other document
evidencing an interest in or contract to purchase or sell real
property; (viii) agreement with dealers or sales or commission
agents, public relations or advertising agencies, accountants or
attorneys; (ix) lease of real or personal property, whether as
lessor, lessee, sublessor or sublessee; (x) agreement between the
Company and any affiliate of the Company; (xi) agreement relating
to any material matter or transaction in which an interest is held
by a person or entity that is an affiliate of the Company; (xii)
any agreement for the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment
or other personal property and involving more than $25,000 in the
aggregate; (xiii) powers of attorney; (xiv) contracts containing
noncompetition covenants; (xv) any other agreement or commitment
not made in the ordinary course of business or that is material to
the business or financial condition of the Company.
All of the foregoing are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Commitments." There are no
existing defaults, events of default or events, occurrences, acts
or omissions that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute defaults by the Company, and no penalties
have been incurred nor are amendments pending, with respect to the
Commitments, except as described in Schedule 3.10. The Commitments
are in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable
obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with their
respective terms, and no defenses, off-sets or counterclaims have
been asserted or, to the best knowledge of the Company and
Shareholders, may be made by any party thereto, nor has the Company
waived any rights thereunder. The Company has not received notice
of any default with respect to any Commitment.
(b) Except as
contemplated hereby, neither the Company nor the Shareholders have
received notice of any plan or intention of any other party to any
Commitment to exercise any right to cancel or terminate any
Commitment, and neither the Company nor the Shareholders know of
any fact that would justify the exercise of such a right. Neither
the Company nor the MajorityShareholder currently contemplate, or
have reason to believe any other person or entity currently
contemplates, any amendment or change to any Commitment. Except as
listed in Schedule 3.10, none of the customers or suppliers of the
Company has refused, or communicated that it will or may refuse, to
purchase or supply goods or services, as the case may be, or has
communicated that it will or may substantially reduce the amounts
of goods or services that it is willing to purchase from, or sell
to, the Company.
3.11 Adverse
Agreements . The Company is not a party to any agreement or
instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction
or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, rule or
regulation that materially and adversely affects, or so far as the
Company or Shareholders can now foresee, may in the future
materially and adversely affect, the condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, assets, liabilities, business or prospects
of the Company.
3.12
Insurance . A list of all insurance policies of
the Company are set forth in Schedule 3.12. All of such policies
are valid and enforceable policies, issued by insurers of
recognized responsibility in amounts and against such risks and
losses as is customary in the industry of the insured. Such
insurance shall be outstanding and duly in force without
interruption up to and including the Closing Date.
3.13 Patents,
Trade-marks, Service Marks and Copyrights .
(a) The Company
owns all patents, trade-marks, service marks and copyrights, if
any, necessary to conduct its business, or possesses adequate
licenses or other rights, if any, th