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Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND
REORGANIZATION
by and among
Ecash, Inc., a Delaware
corporation,
and
ECSI Acquisition Corp., a Florida
corporation,
and
Clarity Imaging International, Inc., a
Texas corporation
March 1, 2007
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
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1. The Merger
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1.1 Merger
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1.2 Effective Time
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1.3 Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Directors
and Officers
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1.4 Assets and Liabilities
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1.5 Manner and Basis of Converting
Shares
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1.6 Surrender and Exchange of
Certificates
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1.8 Parent Common Stock
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2. Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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2.1 Organization, Standing,
Subsidiaries
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2.2 Qualification
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2.3 Capitalization of the Company
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2.4 Company Stockholders
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2.5 Corporate Acts and Proceedings
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2.6 Compliance with Laws and
Instruments
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2.7 Binding Obligations
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2.8 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fees
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2.9 Financial Statements
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2.10 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities
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2.11 Changes
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2.12 Title to Property and
Encumbrances
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2.13 Litigation
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3.23 Disclosure
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3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and
Acquisition Corp
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3.1 Organization and Standing
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3.2 Corporate Authority
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3.3 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fees
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3.4 Capitalization of Parent
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3.5 Acquisition Corp
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3.6 Validity of Shares
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3.7 SEC Reporting and Compliance
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3.8 Financial Statements
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3.9 Governmental Consents
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3.10 Compliance with Laws and
Instruments
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3.11 No General Solicitation
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3.12 Binding Obligations
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3.13 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities
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3.14 Changes
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3.15 Tax Returns and Audits
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3.16 Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA
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3.17 Litigation
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3.18 Interested Party Transactions
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3.19 Questionable Payments
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3.20 Obligations to or by Stockholders
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3.21 Assets and Contracts
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3.22 Employees
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3.23 Disclosure
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4. Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants
of the Stockholders
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5. Conduct of Businesses Pending the Merger
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5.1 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending
the Merger
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5.2 Conduct of Business by Parent and Acquisition
Corp
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6. Additional Agreements
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6.1 Access and Information
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6.2 Additional Agreements
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6.3 Publicity
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6.4 Appointment of Directors
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7. Conditions of Parties’ Obligations
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7.1 Company Obligations
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7.2 Parent and Acquisition Corp.
Obligations
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8. Non-Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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9. Amendment of Agreement
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10. Definitions
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11. Closing
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12. Termination Prior to Closing
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12.1 Termination of Agreement
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12.2 Termination of Obligations
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13. Miscellaneous
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13.1 Notices
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13.2 Entire Agreement
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13.3 Expenses
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13.4 Time
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13.5 Severability
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13.6 Successors and Assigns
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13.7 No Third Parties Benefited
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13.8 Counterparts
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13.9 Governing Law
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AND REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is made and
entered into effective as of March 1, 2007, by and among Ecash,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), ECSI Acquisition Corp., a
Florida corporation ("Acquisition Corp."), which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent, and Clarity Imaging International, a Texas
corporation (the "Company").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of
Acquisition Corp., Parent and the Company have determined that it
is fair and in the best interests of their respective corporations
and shareholders for Acquisition Corp. to be merged with and into
the Company (the "First Merger"), with the Company surviving the
First Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Acquisition
Corp. and the Board of Directors of the Company have approved the
First Merger in accordance with the corporate laws of their
respective states (the "State Law"), and upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein, in the Articles of Merger
attached as Exhibit A hereto (the "First Articles of
Merger") and the Board of Directors of Parent has also approved the
First Merger, this Agreement, and the Articles of
Merger;
WHEREAS, the requisite shareholders of
Acquisition Corp. and the Company have approved, by written consent
and to the extent required by the State Law, this Agreement, the
Articles of Merger, and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including without limitation, the First Merger;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of Parent
and the Company have determined that it is fair and in the best
interests of their respective corporations and shareholders for the
Company to be merged with and into the Parent immediately following
the First Merger (the "Merger"), with the Parent surviving the
Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of the
Company and Parent have approved the Merger in accordance with
State Law, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, in the Articles of Merger attached as Exhibit
B hereto ("Articles of Merger");
WHEREAS, the requisite shareholders of Parent and
the Company have approved, by written consent and to the extent
required by the State Law, this Agreement, the Articles of Merger,
and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including
without limitation, the Merger;
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
agreements and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. The Mergers.
1.1 Mergers . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the First Articles of Merger,
Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into the Company in
accordance with State Law. At the effective time of the First
Merger, the separate legal existence of Acquisition Corp. shall
cease, and the Company shall be the surviving corporation in the
First Merger. The Company shall then merge with and into Parent
(sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Corporation"),
and thereafter the separate existence of the Company will cease. As
of the Effective Date, Parent shall succeed to all of the rights,
privileges, powers and property, including, without limitation, all
rights, privileges, franchises, patents, trademarks, licenses,
registrations, bank accounts, contracts, patents, copyrights and
other assets of every kind and description of the Company and shall
continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of
Delaware.
1.2 Effective Time . The Merger shall
become effective upon the filing of the Articles of Merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The time at which the
Merger shall become effective as aforesaid is referred to
hereinafter as the "Effective Time."
1.3 Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws,
Directors and Officers .
(a) The Articles of Incorporation of the Parent,
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall
continue as the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time until further amended
in accordance with applicable law.
(b) The Bylaws of the Parent, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, attached as Exhibit
C hereto, shall continue as the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time until amended in
accordance with applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation of
the Surviving Corporation and such Bylaws.
(c) The directors and officers listed in
Exhibit D shall be the directors and officers of the
Surviving Corporation, and each shall hold his respective office or
offices from and after the Effective Time, until his successor
shall have been elected and shall have qualified in accordance with
applicable law, or as otherwise provided in the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
1.4 Assets and Liabilities . At the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of a public as well as of
a private nature, and be subject to all the restrictions,
disabilities and duties of each of Acquisition Corp. and the
Company (collectively, the "Constituent Corporations"); and all the
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of the
Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and
mixed, and all debts due to any of the constituent corporations on
whatever account, as well for stock subscriptions as all other
things in action or belonging to each of the Constituent
Corporations, shall be vested in the Surviving Corporation; and all
property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, and all and
every other interest shall be thereafter as effectively the
property of the Surviving Corporation as they were of the several
and respective Constituent Corporations, and the title to any real
estate vested by deed or otherwise in either of such Constituent
Corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired by the
Merger; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property
of any of the Constituent Corporations shall be preserved
unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the
Constituent Corporations shall thenceforth attach to the Surviving
Corporation, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as
if said debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or
contracted by it.
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1.5 Manner and Basis of Converting
Shares .
(a) At the Effective Time:
(i) each share of common stock, $0.001 par value
per share, of Acquisition Corp. that shall be outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
First Merger and without any action on the part of the holder
thereof, be converted into one (1) share of common stock, $0.10 par
value per share, of the Company, so that at the effective time of
the First Merger, Parent shall be the holder of all of the issued
and outstanding shares of the Company;
(ii) the shares of common stock, $0.10 par value
per share, of the Company (the "Company Common Stock"), which
shares at the Closing will constitute all of the issued and
outstanding Equity Securities of Company, beneficially owned by the
Company Stockholder, shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of the holders thereof, be converted into
52,260,000 [equal to 87.1% of the issued and outstanding shares of
the Parent] so that the number of shares of Parent Common Stock
specified in Schedule 1.5 will be issued to each of the
Company Stockholder, which shall be equal to 52,260,000 shares of
Parent Common Stock for each (1) share of Company Common Stock (the
"Merger Consideration"). Each certificate evidencing shares
represented by the Merger Consideration issued pursuant to this
Section 1.5(a)(ii) shall bear the following legend (in addition to
any legend required under applicable state securities
laws):
"THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR
HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT, OR THE CORPORATION RECEIVES
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER,
ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION AND
PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT."
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(iii) there will be no Equity Security that
converts into shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding or issuable
at the Effective Time;
(iv) each share of Company Common Stock held in
the treasury of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be cancelled in the Merger and cease to exist.
(b) After the Effective Time, there shall be no
further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of
the Company of the shares of Company Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
1.6 Surrender and Exchange of
Certificates . Promptly after the Effective Time and upon
(i) surrender of a certificate or certificates representing shares
of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time or an affidavit and indemnification in form
reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Parent stating that such
Stockholder has lost its certificate or certificates or that such
certificates have been destroyed and (ii) delivery of a Letter of
Transmittal (as described in Section 4 hereof), Parent (directly or
through its transfer agent) shall issue to each record holder of
the Company Common Stock surrendering such certificate or
certificates and Letter of Transmittal, a certificate or
certificates registered in the name of such Stockholder
representing the number of shares of Parent Common Stock that such
Stockholder shall be entitled to receive as set forth in Sections
1.5(a)(ii) and 1.5(a)(iii) hereof. Until the certificate,
certificates or affidavit is or are surrendered together with the
Letter of Transmittal as contemplated by this Section 1.6 and
Section 4 hereof, each certificate or affidavit that immediately
prior to the Effective Time represented any outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock shall be deemed at and after the Effective
Time to represent only the right to receive upon surrender as
aforesaid the Parent Common Stock specified in Schedule 1.5
hereof for the holder thereof or to perfect any rights of appraisal
which such holder may have pursuant to the applicable provisions of
State Law.
1.7 Parent Common Stock . Parent agrees
that it will cause the Parent Common Stock into which the Company
Common Stock is converted at the Effective Time pursuant to Section
1.5(a)(ii) to be available for such purpose. Parent further
covenants that immediately prior to the Effective Time there will
be no more than 21,244,114 shares of Parent Common Stock issued and
outstanding, and that no other Equity Securities shall be issued,
issuable or outstanding.
2. Representations and Warranties of the
Company. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to Parent and Acquisition Corp. as follows:
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2.1 Organization, Standing, Subsidiaries,
Etc .
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized
and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas,
and has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to
carry on its business, to own or lease its properties and assets,
to enter into the Merger Documents and to carry out the terms
thereof. The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company
are in full force and effect.
(b) The Company has no subsidiaries or direct or
indirect interest (by way of stock ownership or otherwise) in any
firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or business.
2.2 Qualification . The Company is duly
qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction wherein the nature of its
activities or its properties owned or leased makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business
operations, results of operations or prospects of the Company taken
as a whole (the "Condition of the Company").
2.3 Capitalization of the Company . The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 1,000,000. The
Company has no authority to issue any other capital stock. There
are 1,000 shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding,
and such shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. The Company has no outstanding warrants, stock
options, rights or commitments to issue Company Common Stock, or
other Equity Securities of the Company, and there are no
outstanding securities convertible or exercisable into or
exchangeable for Company Common Stock or other Equity Securities of
the Company.
2.4 Company Stockholders . The Company
Stockholder is the sole record owner of all of the outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock and there are no other outstanding
Equity Securities of the Company. There is no voting trust,
agreement or arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of
Company Common Stock affecting the exercise of the voting rights of
Company Common Stock.
2.5 Corporate Acts and Proceedings .
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
First Articles of Merger and the Articles of Merger (together, the
"Merger Documents") have been duly authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Company and, to the extent required by the State
Law, have been approved by the requisite vote of the Company
Stockholder, and all of the corporate acts and other proceedings
required for the due and valid authorization, execution, delivery
and performance of the Merger Documents and the consummation of the
Merger have been validly and appropriately taken, except for the
filing of the Articles of Merger and the First Articles of Merger,
which shall be filed upon or promptly after the Closing.
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2.6 Compliance with Laws and
Instruments . To the knowledge of the Company, the business,
products and operations of the Company have been and are being
conducted in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, except for such violations
thereof for which the penalties, in the aggregate, would not have a
material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Merger
Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement: (a) will not require any
authorization, consent or approval of, or filing or registration
with, any court or governmental agency or instrumentality, except
such as shall have been obtained prior to the Closing, (b) will not
cause the Company to violate or contravene in any material respect
(i) any provision of law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any agency
or government, (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court, or
(iv) any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Company, (c) will not violate or be in conflict with, result in
a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time,
or both) a default under, any indenture, loan or credit agreement,
deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement or other contract,
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which
the Company or any of its properties is bound or affected, except
as would not have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Company, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of
any material Lien upon any property or asset of the
Company.
2.7 Binding Obligations . The Merger
Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Company and are enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their respective 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.
2.8 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fees . No commission, fee or other compensation as a finder
or broker, or in any similar capacity, is payable as a result of
the transactions contemplated herein.
2.9 Financial Statements . Attached
hereto as Schedule 2.9 are the Company’s Balance Sheet,
Consolidated Statement of operations, Consolidated Statement of
Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Consolidated Statement of
Cash Flows as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 and
December 31, 2005 (the "Financial Statements"). Such financial
statements (i) are in accordance with the books and records of the
Company, (ii) present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition of the Company at the dates therein specified and the
results of its operations and changes in financial position for the
periods therein specified and (iii) have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
applied on a basis consistent with prior accounting periods.
2.10 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
. The Company has no material obligation or liability (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent, liquidated or otherwise, whether due
or to become due), arising out of any transaction entered into at
or prior to the Closing, except (a) as disclosed in the Financial
Statements or arising in the ordinary course of business.
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2.11 Changes . Since December 31, 2006,
except as otherwise disclosed in the Financial Statements, the
Company has not (a) incurred any debts, obligations or liabilities,
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether due or to
become due, except for fees, expenses and liabilities incurred in
connection with the Merger and related transactions and current
liabilities incurred in the usual and ordinary course of business,
(b) discharged or satisfied any Liens other than those securing, or
paid any obligation or liability other than, current liabilities
shown on the Balance Sheet and current liabilities incurred since
the Balance Sheet Date, in each case in the usual and ordinary
course of business, (c) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to Lien any
of its assets, tangible or intangible, other than in the usual and
ordinary course of business, (d) sold, transferred or leased any of
its assets, except in the usual and ordinary course of business,
(e) cancelled or compromised any debt or claim, or waived or
released any right, of material value, (f) suffered any physical
damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance)
materially and adversely affecting the Condition of the Company, or
(g) entered into any transaction other than in the usual and
ordinary course of business.
2.12 Title to Property and Encumbrances
. The Company has good, valid and indefeasible marketable 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 and other encumbrances, except Permitted Liens and such
ordinary and customary imperfections of title, restrictions and
encumbrances as do not, individually or in the aggregate,
materially detract from the value of the property or assets or
materially impair the use made thereof by the Company in its
business. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company has good and indefeasible title to all of its properties
and assets reflected in the Financial Statements, except for
property disposed of in the usual and ordinary course of business
since December 31, 2006 and for property held under valid and
subsisting leases which are in full force and effect and which are
not in default.
2.13 Litigation . There is no legal
action, suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or other
governmental proceeding pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or its
properties, assets or business, and after reasonable investigation,
the Company is not aware of any incident, transaction, occurrence
or circumstance that might reasonably be expected to result in or
form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration or other
proceeding. The Company is not in default with respect to any
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award
of any court or any governmental agency or instrumentality or
arbitration authority.
2.14 Disclosure . There is no fact
relating to the Company that the Company has not disclosed to
Parent in writing that materially and adversely affects nor,
insofar as the Company can now foresee, will materially and
adversely affect, the condition (financial or otherwise),
properties, assets, liabilities, business operations, results of
operations or prospects of the Company. No representation or
warranty by Company herein and no information disclosed in the
schedules or exhibits hereto by Company contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not
misleading.
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3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and
Acquisition Corp. Parent and Acquisition
Corp. jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company,
as follows:
3.1 Organization and Standing . Parent
is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware. Acquisition Corp. is a
corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the
laws of the State of Florida. Parent and Acquisition Corp. have
heretofore delivered to the Company complete and correct copies of
their respective Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as now in
effect. Parent and Acquisition Corp. have full corporate power and
authority to carry on their respective businesses as they are now
being conducted and as now proposed to be conducted and to own or
lease their respective properties and assets. Except as disclosed
in the Parent SEC Documents, neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp.
has any subsidiaries (except Parent as the sole stockholder of
Acquisition Corp.) or direct or indirect interest (by way of stock
ownership or otherwise) in any firm, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or business. Parent owns all of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of Acquisition Corp. free
and clear of all Liens, and Acquisition Corp. has no outstanding
options, warrants or rights to purchase capital stock or other
Equity Securities of Acquisition Corp., other than the capital
stock owned by Parent. Unless the context otherwise requires, all
references in this Section 3 to the "Parent" shall be treated as
being a reference to the Parent and Acquisition Corp. taken
together as one enterprise.
3.2 Corporate Authority . Each of
Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) has full
corporate power and authority to enter into the Merger Documents
and the other agreements to be made pursuant to the Merger
Documents, and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. All corporate acts and proceedings required for the
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Merger
Documents and such other agreements and documents by Parent and/or
Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) have been duly and validly
taken or will have been so taken prior to the Closing. Each of the
Merger Documents constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be), each
enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
3.3 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fees . No person, firm, corporation or other entity is
entitled by reason of any act or omission of Parent or Acquisition
Corp. to any broker’s or finder’s fees, commission or
other similar compensation with respect to the execution and
delivery of the Merger Documents, or with respect to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. Parent and
Acquisition Corp. jointly and severally indemnify and hold Company
harmless from and against any and all loss, claim or liability
arising out of any such claim from any other Person who claims he,
she or it introduced Parent or Acquisition Corp. to, or assisted
them with, the transactions contemplated by or described
herein.
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3.4 Capitalization of Parent . The
authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (a) 500,000,000
shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Parent
Common Stock"), of which not more than 21,244,114 shares will be,
prior to the Effective Time, issued and outstanding. There are no
shares of preferred stock authorized. Parent has no outstanding
options, rights or commitments, contingent or otherwise, to issue
shares of Parent Common Stock or any other Equity Security of
Parent or Acquisition Corp., and there are no outstanding
securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for
shares of Parent Common Stock or any other Equity Security of
Parent or Acquisition Corp. There is no voting trust, agreement or
arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of Parent Common
Stock affecting the nomination or election of directors or the
exercise of the voting rights of Parent Common Stock. All
outstanding shares of the capital stock of Parent are validly
issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and none of
such shares have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights
of any person.
3.5 Acquisition Corp . Acquisition
Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent that was formed
specifically for the purpose of the Merger and that has not
conducted any business or acquired any property, and will not
conduct any business or acquire any property prior to the Closing
Date, except in preparation for and otherwise in connection with
the transactions contemplated by the Merger Documents. Except for
Acquisition Corp., Parent has no other subsidiary that is required
to be reported on Exhibit 21 to Parent’s Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB.
3.6 Validity of Shares . The shares of
Parent Common Stock to be issued at the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms
of the Merger Documents shall be duly and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable. Based in part on the representations and
warranties of the Company Stockholder as contemplated by Section 4
hereof and assuming the accuracy thereof, the issuance of the
Parent Common Stock upon the Merger pursuant to this Agreement will
be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act and from the qualification or
registration requirements of any applicable state blue sky or
securities laws.
3.7 SEC Reporting and Compliance
.
(a) Parent filed a registration statement on Form
10-SB under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), which became effective on February 10, 2005
in accordance with Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the rule
promulgated thereunder. Since that date, Parent has filed with the
Commission all reports required to be filed by companies registered
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
(b) Parent has timely filed all forms, reports
and documents required to be filed by Parent with the SEC since
April 12, 2005 and provided to the Company (on sec.gov) true and
complete copies of all such forms, reports and documents
(collectively, the "Parent SEC Documents") filed by the Parent with
the Commission. None of the Parent SEC Documents, as of their
respective dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein not misleading.
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(c) Parent has not filed, and nothing has
occurred with respect to which Parent would be required to file,
any report on Form 8-K since February 28, 2007.
(d) Parent is not an investment company within
the meaning of Section 3 of the Investment Company Act.
(e)Parent’s common stock is listed on the
OTCBB under the symbol ECSI.OB .
(f) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date,
Parent shall continue to satisfy the filing requirements of the
Exchange Act and all other requirements of applicable securities
laws and the OTC Bulletin Board.
(g) To the best knowledge of Parent, Parent has
otherwise complied with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), Exchange Act and all other applicable federal
and state securities laws.
3.8 Financial Statements . The balance
sheets, and statements of operations, statements of changes in
shareholders’ equity and statements of cash flows contained
in the Parent SEC Documents (the "Parent Financial Statements") (i)
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis
consistent with prior periods (and, in the case of unaudited
financial information, on a basis consistent with year-end audits),
(ii) are in accordance with the books and records of the Parent,
and (iii) present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition of the Parent at the dates therein specified and the
results of its operations and changes in financial position for the
periods therein specified. The financial statements included in the
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal years ended September
30, 2006 and September 30, 2005, were audited by, and include the
related report of Parent’s independent certified public
accountants.
3.9 Governmental Consents . All
consents, approvals, orders, or authorizations of, or
registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations, or
filings with any federal or state governmental authority on the
part of Parent or Acquisition Corp. required in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall have been obtained prior to, and be effective as of, the
Closing.
3.10 Compliance with Laws and
Instruments . The execution, delivery and performance by
Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. of the Merger Documents and the
consummation by Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Documents will not cause Parent and/or
Acquisition Corp. to violate or contravene (i) any provision of
law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any agency or government, (iii)
any order, judgment or decree of any court, or (v) any provision of
their respective articles or certificate of incorporation or Bylaws
as amended and in effect on and as of the Closing Date and will not
violate or be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default under
any indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage,
security agreement or other agreement or contract to which Parent
or Acquisition Corp. is a party or by which Parent and/or
Acquisition Corp. or any of their respective properties is
bound.
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3.11 No General Solicitation . In
issuing Parent Common Stock in the Merger hereunder, neither Parent
nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered to sell the Parent
Common Stock by any form of general solicitation or
advertising.
3.12 Binding Obligations . The Merger
Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Parent and Acquisition Corp., and are enforceable against the
Parent and Acquisition Corp., in accordance with their respective
terms, except as such enforcement is limited by bankr
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