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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
WIZZARD SOFTWARE CORPORATION,
WIZZARD ACQUISITION CORP.,
WEBMAYHEM, INC. (d/b/a LIBERATED SYNDICATION),
DAVID J. CHEKAN, MATTHEW T. HOOPES,
DAVID MANSUETO and MARTIN MULLIGAN
February 27, 2007
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the "Agreement") is dated as
of
February____, 2007, by and among WIZZARD SOFTWARE CORPORATION, a
Colorado
corporation ("Parent"); WIZZARD ACQUISITION CORP., a
Pennsylvania corporation
and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Subsidiary");
WEBMAYHEM, INC.,
a Pennsylvania corporation doing business as LIBERATED
SYNDICATION (the
"Company"), and DAVID J. CHEKAN, MATTHEW T. HOOPES, DAVID
MANSUETO and MARTIN
MULLIGAN (collectively, the "Company Principal
Shareholders").
WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in the podcasting business
(the
"Business");
WHEREAS, the Parent and the Company have executed a Letter of
Intent by
which the Company was to have merged with and into Merger
Subsidiary, with
Merger Subsidiary to be the surviving entity;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Subsidiary
and the
Company, and the shareholders of Merger Subsidiary and the
Company, believe it
would be preferable to merge Merger Subsidiary into the Company,
and have
approved the merger of the Merger Subsidiary with and into the
Company (the
"Merger") upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, for federal income tax purposes, it is intended that
the Merger
will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(a)(1)(A)
and (a)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code");
WHEREAS, (i) all of the outstanding securities of the Company;
and (ii)
all of the cash proceeds and Parent common stock to be paid as
consideration
at Closing for such Company common stock, shall be held in
escrow pending the
Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
pursuant to the
terms of an escrow agreement to be executed by the parties
substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit "A" hereto (the "Escrow Agreement"
); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to make certain
representations,
warranties, and agreements in connection with the Merger and
also to prescribe
various conditions to the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and
the
mutual representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements
contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER; CONVERSION OF SHARES
1.1. The Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2
hereof), the
Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into the Company in
accordance with
the provisions of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (the
"Pennsylvania
Code"), whereupon the separate corporate existence of the Merger
Subsidiary
will cease, and the Company will continue as the surviving
corporation (the
"Surviving Corporation"). From and after the Effective Time, the
Surviving
Corporation will possess all the rights, privileges, powers and
franchises and
be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of
the Company and
Merger Subsidiary, all as more fully described in the
Pennsylvania Code.
1.2. Effective Time. As soon as practicable after each of
the
conditions set forth in Article VI and Article VII has been
satisfied or
waived, the Company and Merger Subsidiary will file, or cause to
be filed,
with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Articles of
Merger for the Merger, which Articles of Merger will be in the
form required
by and executed in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the
Pennsylvania Code. The Merger will become effective at the time
such filing
is made or, if agreed to by Parent, Merger Subsidiary and the
Company, such
later time or date set forth in the Articles of Merger (the
"Effective Time").
1.3. Closing.
(a) Unless this Agreement has been terminated and the
transactions contemplated herein have been abandoned pursuant to
Article IX
hereof, the closing of the Merger (the "Closing") will take
place at a time
and on a date (the "Closing Date") to be specified by the
parties, which will
be no later than March 14, 2007 (the "Termination Date");
provided, however,
that all of the conditions provided for in Articles VI and VII
hereof shall
have been satisfied or waived by such date. The Closing will be
held at the
offices of Burningham & Burningham, Suite 205, 455 East 500
South Street, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84111, or such other place as the parties may
agree, at which
time and place the documents and instruments necessary or
appropriate to
effect the transactions contemplated herein will be exchanged by
the parties.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all actions taken at the
Closing will be
deemed to have been taken simultaneously.
(b) At the Closing, Parent shall issue and exchange with
the Company's shareholders as identified on Exhibit B attached
hereto (the
"Company Shareholders") as consideration for all shares of
Company Common
Stock (as defined in Section (1.4(a)), a total of 5,326,320
"restricted"
shares of Parent Common Stock (as defined in Section (1.4(a))
and cash in the
amount of $250,000 (the "Closing Date Payment" as defined in
Section 1.4(a)).
The Closing Date Payment shall be prorated among the Company
Shareholders as
indicated on Exhibit "B" hereto. The shares of Parent Common
Stock referenced
in this Agreement and exchangeable with the Company Shareholders
shall be
"restricted securities" as defined in Rule 144 promulgated by
the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of
1933, as
amended and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set
forth in a
Lock-Up/Leak-Out Agreement signed by each Company Shareholder in
the form
attached as "Exhibit D" hereto (the "Lock-Up/Leak-Out
Agreement"). Parent
shall assume no Company debt owed to the Company Shareholders.
Upon execution
of this Agreement, Parent shall cause the Closing Date Payment
and shares of
Parent Common Stock issuable as additional consideration
pursuant to Section
1.3(c) to be deposited into an escrow account in accordance with
the terms of
the Escrow Agreement.
(c) Additional Consideration. As further consideration
for the Merger, Parent shall provide the following additional
consideration to
the Company Stockholders:
(i) On that date which is six (6) months after the
Closing Date, Parent shall pay the Company Shareholders a total
of $100,000 in
cash, prorated as indicated on Exhibit "B" attached hereto.
(ii) Parent shall issue and deliver a total of
713,150 additional "restricted" shares of Parent Common Stock to
the Company
Shareholders, in the pro rata amounts indicated on Exhibit "B"
attached hereto
if, in December 2007, both (A) the Surviving Corporation's
Podcast Media File
Downloads are greater than 66,546,810 and (B) the number of
Unique IP
Addresses requesting those Podcast Media File Downloads is at
least 5,745,067
("Milestone No. 1"). To protect Parent from any unusual spikes
in downloads
in December 2007, if both the number of monthly Podcast Media
File Downloads
and the number of Unique IP Addresses have reached the amounts
stated above in
December 2007, then they must have achieved at least the levels
stated above
in November 2007 in order for Milestone No. 1 to be achieved. If
the
increased level for Podcast Media File Downloads and Unique IP
Addresses
stated above was not previously achieved in November 2007, then
both the
number of monthly Podcast Media File Downloads and the number of
Unique IP
Addresses must remain at or above these levels during January
2008 in order
for Milestone No. 1 to be achieved. For purposes of determining
whether the
Podcast Media File Downloads element of Milestone No. 1 has been
achieved, the
parties shall use the Surviving Corporation's web logs
collecting requests
from the entire Libsyn media delivery network (including both
the libsyn.com
and libsynpro.com media delivery systems) to count all requests
for media
files received by the Surviving Corporation. The parties shall
utilize the
processing of the web logs for purposes of calculating the
number of Unique IP
Addresses requesting media files by filtering the web logs to
include only one
request per IP address.
(iii) Parent shall issue and deliver a total of
2,281,580 additional "restricted" shares of Parent Common Stock
to the
Company Shareholders, in the pro rata amounts indicated on
Exhibit "B"
attached hereto, once both (A) the Surviving Corporation's gross
revenues
equal or exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) and (B) the
Surviving
Corporation's EBITDA equals or exceeds one and one-half million
dollars
($1,500,000) calculated from the first anniversary of the
Closing Date through
the second anniversary of the Closing Date ("Milestone No. 2")
provided that,
in the event Milestone No. 2 is not satisfied during such
period, then
Milestone No. 2 will be deemed satisfied if its requirements are
met during
the period beginning on the third anniversary of the Closing
Date and ending
on the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date in which case the
additional
shares of Parent Common Stock shall be due to the Company
Shareholders fifteen
(15) days after the beginning of the calendar month after the
month in which
the Surviving Corporation meets these requirements.
(iv) Parent shall issue and deliver a total of
2,281,580 additional "restricted" shares of Parent Common Stock
to the
Company Shareholders, in the pro rata amounts indicated on
Exhibit "B"
attached hereto, once both (A) the Surviving Corporation's gross
revenues
equal or exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) and the
Surviving
Corporation's EBITDA equals or exceeds five million dollars
($5,000,000)
calculated from the second anniversary of the Closing Date
through the third
anniversary of the Closing Date ("Milestone No. 3", collectively
with
Milestone No. 1 and Milestone No. 2, the "Milestones").
(d) Notice and Payment Procedures for Additional
Consideration. When the Company Shareholders believe that the
Surviving
Corporation has satisfied the requirements of a Milestone, the
Surviving
Corporation shall send a written notice to Parent indicating how
the Milestone
has been satisfied and attaching (i) a calculation of Podcast
Media File
Downloads and Unique IP Addresses (with supporting documentation
for each
calculation) with regards to Milestone No. 1 and (ii) financial
statements of
the Surviving Corporation and calculations of EBITDA and gross
revenues with
regards to Milestones No. 2 and No. 3, evidencing satisfaction
of the relevant
Milestone (the "Milestone Satisfaction Notice"). Parent shall
issue the
shares of Parent Common Stock constituting the additional
consideration
associated with the satisfaction of each Milestone to the
Company Shareholders
based on the financial statements of the Surviving Corporation
prepared in
accordance with GAAP for the measurement of each Milestone. The
Surviving
Corporation shall not be obligated to audit such financial
statements unless
so instructed by Parent. These financial statements shall be
used to
calculate gross revenues and EBITDA for the applicable
measurement period in
which the Company Shareholders believe that the Surviving
Corporation has
satisfied the requirements of a Milestone and, accordingly, net
income derived
from such financial statements shall be adjusted to exclude each
of the items
set forth in the definition of EBITDA. Any fees related to the
audit of such
financial statements performed pursuant to Parent's instruction
shall be borne
by Parent and shall not be deemed an expense of the Surviving
Corporation for
purposes of satisfying any of the Milestones or otherwise.
(e) Automatic Vesting Upon Sale of Surviving Corporation
or Parent. In the event that Parent sells (i) at least a
majority of the
capital stock or substantially all of the assets of the
Surviving Corporation
or (ii) at least a majority of the capital stock or all or
substantially all
of the assets of Parent at any time before any of the Milestones
have been
satisfied then, without any further action on the part of the
Surviving
Corporation or the Company Shareholders, all Milestones that
remain eligible
to be satisfied shall automatically be deemed satisfied and all
additional
consideration related to such Milestones shall immediately be
due and payable
to the Company Shareholders and shall be issued to them. In
addition, the
Company Shareholders shall be released from all remaining
obligations under
the Lock-Up/Leakout Agreement. In addition, all obligations of
Parent set
forth in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents shall be
binding on any
third party who purchases at least a majority of the capital
stock or
substantially all of the assets of the Surviving Corporation or
Parent.
(f) Automatic Vesting Upon Termination Without Cause. In
the event that the employment of any Company Shareholder who is
employed by
the Surviving Corporation is terminated without "Cause" as such
term may be
defined in any employment agreement between the Company
Shareholder and the
Surviving Corporation, then, without any further action on the
part of the
Surviving Corporation or the terminated Company Shareholder, all
Milestones
that remain eligible to be satisfied shall automatically be
deemed satisfied
and all additional consideration related to such Milestones
shall immediately
be due and payable to the terminated Company Shareholder.
However, the
terminated Company Shareholder shall remain subject to all
remaining
obligations under the Lock-Up/Leakout Agreement.
(g) Continued Employment Not a Condition to Earning
Milestones. The parties acknowledge and agree that the
additional
consideration payable to the Company Shareholders upon
achievement of the
Milestones is additional consideration for the Merger and
employment or
continued employment by Parent or the Surviving Corporation is
not a condition
or requirement to any Company Shareholder earning any of the
additional
consideration due upon achievement of the Milestones.
1.4. Conversion of Interests. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue
of the Merger
and without any action on the part of the Company and/or the
Merger
Subsidiary:
(a) All of the shares of the Company (the "Company Common
Stock") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (except
for Company Common Stock referred to in Section 1.4(c) hereof)
will be
converted into an aggregate of 5,326,320 shares of common stock
of the Parent
(the "Parent Common Stock") and Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000)
payable to the Company Shareholders as described in Paragraph
1.3(b) and the
right to receive an aggregate of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000)
payable to the Company Shareholders as described in Paragraph
1.3(c)(i) and an
aggregate of 5,276,310 shares of Parent Common Stock issuable
upon
satisfaction of the applicable Milestones.
(b) All stock options, warrants, convertible debt, other
convertible securities or other rights to acquire shares of the
Company
(collectively the "Company's Convertible Securities")
outstanding at the
Effective Time, whether or not exercisable and whether or not
vested, and all
of which are listed on the "Company Disclosure Schedule" as
defined in Section
2.1 hereof, shall be cancelled.
(c) Each share of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that is then
owned
beneficially or of record by Parent, Merger Subsidiary, or any
direct or
indirect subsidiary of Parent or the Company will be canceled
without payment
of any consideration therefor and without any conversion
thereof.
Furthermore, at the Effective Time, one (1) share of Company
Common Stock
shall be issued to Parent.
(d) Except as expressly set forth herein, each share of
any other equity interest of the Company (other than Company
Common Stock)
will be canceled without payment of any consideration therefor
and without any
conversion thereof.
(e) Each share of common stock of Merger Subsidiary
("Merger Subsidiary Common Stock"), issued and outstanding
immediately prior
to the Effective Time will be canceled as of the Effective
Time.
1.5. Exchange of Company Common Stock.
(a) Immediately prior to Closing, the holders of the
Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall convert
their shares of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Company
Common Stock in
accordance with the terms of the Company's Articles of
Incorporation. At the
Closing, the Company will arrange for each holder of record (a
"Company
Shareholder") of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the
Effective Time to deliver to the Parent appropriate evidence of
such holder's
Company Common Stock ("Company Certificates"), together with an
appropriate
assignment signed by such holders, in exchange for the number of
whole shares
of Parent Common Stock into which such interests have been
converted as
provided in Section 1.4(a), and the Company Certificate(s) so
surrendered will
be canceled.
(b) All shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon the
surrender for exchange of shares of Company Common Stock in
accordance with
the terms hereof will be deemed to have been issued in full
satisfaction of
all rights pertaining to such Company Common Stock.
(c) As of the Effective Time, the holders of Company
Certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock will
cease to have
any rights as a Company Shareholder, except such rights, if any,
as they may
have pursuant to the Pennsylvania Code. Except as provided
above, until such
Company Certificates are surrendered for exchange, each such
Company
Certificate will, after the Effective Time, represent for all
purposes only
the right to receive certificates representing the number of
whole shares of
Parent Common Stock into which Company Common Stock shall have
been converted
pursuant to the Merger as provided in Section 1.4(a).
(d) No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be
issued upon the surrender for exchange of Company Certificates.
Any
fractional share will be rounded up to the next whole share of
Parent Common
Stock.
1.6. Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.
The
Articles of Incorporation of the Company as in effect
immediately prior to the
Effective Time will be the Articles of Incorporation of the
Surviving
Corporation.
1.7. Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. The Bylaws of the
Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
will be the
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in
accordance
with applicable law.
1.8. Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation.
The
directors and officers of the Company, as of the Effective Time,
shall be
designated as the directors and officers of the Surviving
Corporation.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company and the Company Principal Shareholders, severally
and not
jointly, each hereby represent and warrant to Parent and Merger
Subsidiary as
follows:
2.1. Disclosure Schedule. The disclosure schedule attached
hereto as Exhibit 2.1 (the "Company Disclosure Schedule") is
divided into
sections that correspond to the sections of this Article II. The
Company
Disclosure Schedule comprises a list of all exceptions to the
truth and
accuracy of, and of all disclosures or descriptions required by,
the
representations and warranties set forth in the remaining
sections of this
Article II.
2.2. Corporate Organization, etc. The Company is a
corporation
duly organized, validly existing and duly subsisting under the
laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with the requisite corporate power
and authority
to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to
own, operate and
lease its properties and assets and is duly qualified or
licensed to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in every
other jurisdiction
in which the character or location of the properties and assets
owned, leased
or operated by it or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification
or licensing, except in such jurisdictions in which the failure
to be so
qualified or licensed and in good standing would not,
individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) on
the Company.
The Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all
jurisdictions in which
the Company is qualified or licensed to do business and includes
complete and
correct copies of the Company's articles of incorporation and
bylaws. The
Company does not own or control any capital stock of any
corporation or any
interest in any partnership, joint venture or other entity.
2.3. Capitalization. The authorized capital securities of
the
Company is set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule. The
number of shares
of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
outstanding, as of the date of this Agreement and as set forth
in the Company
Disclosure Schedule, represent all of the issued and outstanding
capital
securities of the Company. All issued and outstanding shares of
Company
Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable
and are without, and were not issued in violation of, preemptive
rights.
Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, there
are no shares of
Company Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company
outstanding or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for such
interests, securities
or rights. Other than as set forth on the Company Disclosure
Schedule and
pursuant to this Agreement, there is no subscription, option,
warrant, call,
right, contract, agreement, commitment, understanding or
arrangement to which
the Company is a party, or by which it is bound, with respect to
the issuance,
sale, delivery or transfer of the capital securities of the
Company, including
any right of conversion or exchange under any security or other
instrument.
The Company has no subsidiaries.
2.4. Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform
its
obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and is the valid and
binding legal
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with
its terms, subject to bankruptcy, moratorium, principles of
equity and other
limitations limiting the rights of creditors generally.
2.5. Non-Contravention. Except as set forth in the Company
Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution, delivery and
performance of this
Agreement or the Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated herein or therein will:
(a) violate, contravene or be in conflict with any
provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company;
(b) be in conflict with, or constitute a default, however
defined (or an event which, with the giving of due notice or
lapse of time,
or both, would constitute such a default), under, or cause or
permit the
acceleration of the maturity of, or give rise to any right of
termination,
cancellation, imposition of fees or penalties under any debt,
note, bond,
lease, mortgage, indenture, license, obligation, contract,
commitment,
franchise, permit, instrument or other agreement or obligation
to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company or any of the
Company's properties
or assets is or may be bound that would have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) result in the creation or imposition of any pledge,
lien, security interest, restriction, option, claim or charge of
any kind
whatsoever ("Encumbrances") upon any property or assets of the
Company under
any debt, obligation, contract, agreement or commitment to which
the Company
is a party or by which the Company or any of the Company's
assets or
properties are bound; or
(d) violate any statute, treaty, law, judgment, writ,
injunction, decision, decree, order, regulation, ordinance or
other similar
authoritative matters (referred to herein individually as a
"Law" and
collectively as "Laws") of any foreign, federal, state or local
governmental
or quasi-governmental, administrative, regulatory or judicial
court,
department, commission, agency, board, bureau, instrumentality
or other
authority (referred to herein individually as an "Authority" and
collectively
as "Authorities") in a manner that will have a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.6. Consents and Approvals. Except as set forth in the
Company
Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the Company, no consent,
approval, order
or authorization of or from, or registration, notification,
declaration or
filing with ("Consent") any individual or entity, including
without limitation
any Authority, is required in connection with the execution,
delivery or
performance of this Agreement by the Company or the consummation
by the
Company of the transactions contemplated herein.
2.7. Financial Statements. The Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a copy of each of the balance sheet and statement of
income of the
Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2005 (the
"Financial
Statements") and each of the balance sheet as of December 31,
2006 (the
"Latest Balance Sheet") and income statement for the year ended
December 31,
2006 (together with the Latest Balance Sheet, the "Latest
Financial
Statements"). Except as disclosed therein or in the Company
Disclosure
Schedule, the aforesaid Financial Statements and Latest
Financial Statements:
(i) are based upon the books and records of the Company; and
(ii) are true,
complete and accurate in all material respects and fairly
present the
financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof, and
the income or
loss of the Company for the periods then ended, provided that,
the Financial
Statements and Latest Financial Statements were not prepared in
accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and
significant
adjusting journal entries and accruals may be necessary to
convert the
Financial Statements and Latest Financial Statements from a cash
basis to be
GAAP compliant.
2.8. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. To the knowledge of
the
Company Principal Shareholders, the Company does not have any
material
liabilities, obligations or claims, whether secured or
unsecured, accrued or
unaccrued, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, direct or
indirect,
contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due
(referred to herein
individually as a "Liability" and collectively as
"Liabilities"), other than:
(a) Liabilities that are fully reflected or reserved for in the
Latest Balance
Sheet; (b) Liabilities that are set forth on the Company
Disclosure Schedule;
(c) Liabilities incurred by the Company in the ordinary course
of business
after the date of the Latest Balance Sheet and consistent with
past practice;
(d) Liabilities in an amount not to exceed $10,000 individually
or in the
aggregate unless such amounts are disclosed on the Company
Disclosure
Schedule; or (e) Liabilities for express executory obligations
to be performed
after the Closing under the contracts described in Section 2.14
of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
2.9. Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth in the
Company Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2006, the
Company has owned
and operated its assets, properties and business in the ordinary
course of
business and consistent with past practice. Without limiting the
generality
of the foregoing, subject to the aforesaid exceptions:
(a) the Company has not experienced any change that has
had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the
Company; and
(b) the Company has not suffered (i) any loss, damage,
destruction or other property or casualty (whether or not
covered by
insurance) or (ii) any loss of officers, employees, dealers,
distributors,
independent contractors, customers or suppliers, which had or
may reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
2.10. Assets. Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company has good and marketable title to, or a
valid leasehold
interest in, all of its assets and properties, whether or not
reflected in the
Latest Balance Sheet or acquired after the date thereof (except
for properties
sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the
ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practices), that relate to or
are necessary
for the Company to conduct its business and operations as
currently conducted
(collectively, the "Assets"), free and clear of any mortgage,
pledge, lien,
security interest, conditional or installment sales agreement,
encumbrance,
claim, easement, right of way, tenancy, covenant, encroachment,
restriction or
charge of any kind or nature (whether or not of record) (a
"Lien"), other than
(i) liens securing specific Liabilities shown on the balance
sheet with
respect to which no breach, violation or default exists; (ii)
mechanics,'
carriers,' workers' or other like liens arising in the ordinary
course of
business; (iii) minor imperfections of title that do not
individually or in
the aggregate, impair the continued use and operation of the
Assets to which
they relate in the operation of the Company as currently
conducted; and (iv)
liens for current taxes not yet due and payable or being
contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings ("Permitted Liens").
2.11. Receivables and Payables.
(a) Except as set forth on the Company Disclosure
Schedule, all accounts receivable of the Company represent sales
in the
ordinary course of business and, to the knowledge of the Company
Principal
Shareholders, are current and collectible net of any reserves
shown on the
Latest Balance Sheet and none of such receivables is subject to
any Lien other
than a Permitted Lien.
(b) Except as set forth on the Latest Balance Sheet or
elsewhere in Exhibit 2.1, there are no liabilities and there
will be no
liabilities in an amount greater than $10,000 at the time of
Closing.
2.12. Intellectual Property Rights. The Company Disclosure
Schedule contains a detailed listing of all patents, patent
applications,
patent rights, registered and unregistered trademarks, trademark
applications,
trade names, service marks, service mark applications,
copyrights, internet
domain names, computer programs and other computer software,
inventions, know-
how, trade secrets, technology, proprietary processes, trade
dress, software
and formulae (collectively, "Intellectual Property Rights") used
in the
operation of its Business as currently conducted. Except as set
forth on the
Company Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of the Company
Principal
Shareholders, the use of all Intellectual Property Rights in the
Business of
the Company as presently conducted does not infringe or violate
the
Intellectual Property Rights of any person or entity. Except as
described on
the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of the Company
Principal
Shareholders: (a) the Company does not own or use any
Intellectual Property
Rights pursuant to any written license agreement; (b) the
Company has not
granted any person or entity any rights, pursuant to a written
license
agreement or otherwise, to use the Intellectual Property Rights;
(c) the
Company owns, has unrestricted right to use and has sole and
exclusive
possession of and has good and valid title to, all of the
Intellectual
Property Rights, free and clear of all Liens and Encumbrances;
and (d) all
application, maintenance and other necessary fees are fully paid
with the
United States Patent Office and any corresponding foreign
agencies. All
license agreements relating to Intellectual Property Rights are
binding and
there is not, under any of such licenses, any existing default
or event of
default (or event which with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would
constitute a default, or would constitute a basis for a claim of
non-
performance) on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of
the Company
Principal Shareholders, any other party thereto that would cause
a Material
Adverse Effect.
2.13. Litigation. Except as set forth in the Company
Disclosure
Schedule, there is no legal, administrative, arbitration, or
other proceeding,
suit, claim or action of any nature or investigation, review or
audit of any
kind, or any judgment, decree, decision, injunction, writ or
order pending,
noticed, scheduled, or, to the knowledge of the Company
Principal
Shareholders, threatened or contemplated by or against or
involving the
Company, its assets, properties or business or its directors,
officers, agents
or employees (but only in their capacity as such), whether at
law or in
equity, before or by any person or entity or Authority, which
could result in
a loss of at least $10,000, or which questions or challenges the
validity of
this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by the parties
hereto
pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the
transactions contemplated
herein.
2.14. Contracts and Commitments; No Default.
(a) Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company is not a party to, nor are any of the
Assets bound by,
any written or oral:
(i) employment, non-competition, consulting or
severance agreement, collective bargaining agreement, or
pension, profit-
sharing, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, stock
purchase, stock
option, stock appreciation right, group insurance, severance pay
or retirement
plan or agreement;
(ii) indenture, mortgage, note, installment
obligation, agreement or other instrument relating to the
borrowing of money
by the Company;
(iii) contract, agreement, lease (real or personal
property) or arrangement that (A) is not terminable on less than
30 days'
notice without penalty, (B) is not over one year in length of
obligation of
the Company, or (C) involves an obligation of more than $10,000
over its term;
(iv) contract, agreement, commitment or license
relating to Intellectual Property Rights or contract, agreement
or commitment
of any other type, whether or not fully performed, not otherwise
disclosed
pursuant to this Section 2.14;
(v) obligation or requirement to provide funds to or
make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution
or otherwise)
in any person or entity; or
(vi) outstanding sales contracts, commitments or
proposals that will result in any material loss upon completion
or performance
thereof after allowance for direct distribution expenses, or
bound by any
outstanding contracts, bids, sales or service proposals quoting
prices that
are reasonably expected to result in a loss in excess of
$10,000.
(b) True and complete copies (or summaries, in the case of
oral items) of all agreements disclosed pursuant to this Section
2.14 (the
"Company Contracts") have been provided to Parent for review.
Except as set
forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, all of the Company
Contracts items
are valid and enforceable by and against the Company in
accordance with their
terms, and are in full force and effect. The Company is not in
any breach,
violation or default, however defined, in the performance of any
of its
obligations under any of the Company Contracts that would result
in a Material
Adverse Effect, and no facts and circumstances exist which,
whether with the
giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute
such breach,
violation or default thereunder or thereof, that would result in
a loss in
excess of $10,000, and, to the knowledge of the Company
Principal
Shareholders, no other parties thereto are in a breach,
violation or default,
however defined, thereunder or thereof, that would result in a
Material
Adverse Effect and no facts or circumstances exist which,
whether with the
giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute
such a breach,
violation or default thereunder or thereof.
2.15. Compliance with Law; Permits and Other Operating
Rights.
Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
knowledge of
the Company Principal Shareholders, the Assets, properties,
business and
operations of the Company are and have been in compliance in all
respects with
all Laws applicable to the Company's assets, properties,
business and
operations, except where the failure to comply would not have a
Material
Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company Principal
Shareholders, the
Company possesses all material permits, licenses and other
authorizations from
all Authorities necessary to permit it to operate the Business
in the manner
in which it presently is conducted and the consummation of the
transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not prevent the Company from
being able to
continue to use such permits and operating rights. The Company
has not
received notice of any violation of any such applicable Law, and
is not in
default with respect to any order, writ, judgment, award,
injunction or decree
of any Authority.
2.16. Brokers. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of
the
Company Principal Shareholders, any of the its directors,
officers or
employees, has employed any broker, finder, investment banker or
financial
advisor or incurred any liability for any brokerage fee or
commission,
finder's fee or financial advisory fee, in connection with the
transactions
contemplated hereby, nor is there any basis known to the Company
for any such
fee or commission to be claimed by any person or entity as a
result of the
Company's actions. Any such fees payable shall be paid by the
Company
Shareholders from the Closing Date Payment or the cash paid to
the Company
Shareholders as outlined in Section 1.3(b), or otherwise, by the
Company
Shareholders.
2.17. Books and Records. The books of account, minute books,
stock record books, and other material records of the Company,
all of which
have been made available to Parent, are complete and correct in
all material
respects and have been maintained in accordance with reasonable
business
practices. The minute books of the Company contain accurate and
complete
records of all formal meetings held of, and corporate action
taken by, the
directors and officers, the managers and committees of the
managers of the
Company. At the Closing, all of those books and records will be
in the
possession of the Company.
2.18. Tax Matters.
(a) Except as set forth on the Company Disclosure
Schedule: (i) the Company and (ii) each other Person included in
any
consolidated or combined Tax Return and part of an affiliated
group, within
the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code, of which the Company is
or has been a
member ("Company Tax Affiliate"), for the years that it was a
Company Tax
Affiliate:
(i) has timely paid or caused to be paid all Taxes
required to be paid by it though the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date
(including any Taxes shown due on any Tax Return);
(ii) has filed or caused to be filed in a timely and
proper manner (within any applicable extension periods) all Tax
Returns
required to be filed by it with the appropriate Authority in all
jurisdictions
in which such Tax Returns are required to be filed; and all tax
returns filed
on behalf of the Company and each Company Tax Affiliate were
complete and
correct in all material respects; and
(iii) has not requested or caused to be requested any
extension of time within which to file any Tax Return, which Tax
Return has
not since been filed.
(b) The Company has previously delivered true, correct and
complete copies of all Federal Tax Returns filed by or on behalf
of the
Company through the date hereof for the periods ending after
December 31,
2004.
(c) Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure
Schedule:
(i) since January 1, 2004, neither the Company nor
any Company Tax Affiliate (for the years that it was a Company
Tax Affiliate)
has been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") or
any other
Authority that any issues have been raised (and no such issues
are currently
pending) by the IRS or any other Authority in connection with
any Tax Return
filed by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Tax
Affiliate; there are
no pending Tax audits and no waivers of statutes of limitations
have been
given or requested with respect to the Company or any Company
Tax Affiliate
(for years that it was a Company Tax Affiliate); no Tax liens
have been filed
against the Company or unresolved deficiencies or additions to
Taxes have been
proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company or any
Company Tax
Affiliate (for the years that it was a Company Tax
Affiliate);
(ii) full and adequate accrual has been made (A) on
the Latest Balance Sheet, and the books and records of the
Company for all
income taxes currently due and all accrued Taxes not yet due and
payable by
the Company for all periods ending on or prior to the date of
the Latest
Balance Sheet, and (B) on the books and records of the Company
for all Taxes
payable by the Company for all periods beginning after the date
of the Latest
Balance Sheet;
(iii) The Company has not incurred any liability for
Taxes from and after the date of the Latest Balance Sheet other
than Taxes
incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past
practices;
(iv) The Company has not (A) made an election (or had
an election made on its behalf by another person) to be treated
as a
"consenting corporation" under Section 341(f) of the Code or (B)
a "personal
holding company" within the meaning of Section 542 of the
Code;
(v) The Company has complied in all material
respects with all applicable Laws relating to the collection or
withholding of
Taxes (such as Taxes or withholding of Taxes from the wages of
employees);
(vi) The Company has no liability in respect of any
Tax sharing agreement with any Person and all Tax sharing
agreements to which
the Company has been bound have been terminated;
(vii) The Company has not incurred any liability to
make any payments either alone or in conjunction with any other
payments that:
(A) shall be non-deductible under, or would
otherwise constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of
Section 280G
of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state local or
foreign
Applicable Law related to Taxes); or
(B) are or may be subject to the imposition of
an excise Tax under Section 4999 of the Code;
(viii) The Company has not agreed to (nor has any other
Person agreed to on its behalf) and is not required to make any
adjustments or
changes on, before or after the Closing Date, to its accounting
methods
pursuant to Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code, and the
IRS has not
proposed any such adjustments or changes in the accounting
methods of the
Company;
(ix) no claim has been made within the last three
years by any taxing authority in a jurisdiction in which the
Company does not
file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to
taxation by that
jurisdiction;
(x) the consummation of the Merger will not trigger
the realization or recognition of intercompany gain or income to
the Company
under the Federal consolidated return regulations with respect
to Federal,
state or local taxes; and
(xi) The Company is not currently, nor has it been at
any time during the previous five years, a "U.S. real property
holding
corporation" and, therefore, the shares of Company Common Stock
are not "U.S.
real property interests," as such terms are defined in Section
897 of the
Code.
2.19. Reorganization.
(a) Fair Market Value. The fair market value of the
Parent Common Stock and other consideration received by each
Company
Shareholder will be approximately equal to the fair market value
of the
Company Common Stock surrendered in the exchange.
(b) Expenses. Other than reorganization expenses set
forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and the
Company
Shareholders will pay their own expenses, if any, incurred in
connection with
the transaction.
(c) Assets Exceed Liabilities. The fair market value of
the assets of the Company will equal or exceed the sum of its
liabilities plus
the amount of liabilities, if any, to which the assets are
subject.
(d) Additional Shares. Following the Merger, the Company
will not issue additional shares of its stock that would result
in Parent
losing control of the Company within the meaning of I.R.C.
Section 368(c)(1).
(e) No Plan or Intention. To the knowledge of the
Company, there is no plan or intention by the Company
Shareholders to sell,
exchange, or otherwise dispose of a number of shares of stock
received in the
transaction to any person related to Parent that would reduce
the
shareholders' ownership of Parent to a number of shares having a
value, as of
the date of the transaction, of less than 50 percent of the
value of all of
the formerly outstanding stock of the Company as of the same
date. For
purposes of this representation, shares of the Company Common
Stock exchanged
for cash or other property, surrendered by dissenters, or
exchanged for cash
in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Stock will be treated as
outstanding
Company Common Stock on the date of the transaction. Moreover,
shares of
Company Common Stock and shares of Parent Common Stock held by
Company
shareholders and otherwise sold, redeemed, or disposed of prior
or subsequent
to the transaction will be considered in making this
representation.
(f) Intercorporate Debt. Except as set forth in the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no intercorporate
indebtedness existing
between the Company and Parent that was issued, acquired, or
will be settled
at a discount.
(g) Liabilities. The liabilities of Company and the
liabilities to which the assets of Company are subject were
incurred by
Company in the ordinary course of its business.
(h) Bankruptcy Proceedings. The Company is not under the
jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the
meaning of
I.R.C. Section 368(a)(3)(A).
(i) Assets Transferred. Following the transaction, the
Company will hold at least ninety percent (90%) of the fair
market value of
its net assets and at least seventy percent (70%) of the fair
market of its
gross assets and at least ninety percent (90%) of the fair
market value of
Merger Subsidiary's net assets and at least seventy percent
(70%) of the fair
market of Merger Subsidiary's gross assets immediately prior to
the Merger.
For purposes of this representation, amounts paid by the Company
or Merger
Subsidiary to dissenters, amounts paid by the Company or Merger
Subsidiary to
shareholders who receive cash or other property, amounts paid by
the Company
or Merger Subsidiary to pay reorganization expenses, and all
redemptions and
distributions (except for regular, normal dividends) made by the
Company
immediately preceding the transfer, will be included as assets
of the Company
or Merger Subsidiary, respectively, immediately prior to the
Merger.
(j) Voting Stock. In the Merger, shares of Company Common
Stock representing control of the Company, as defined in I.R.C.
Section
368(c)(1), will be exchanged solely for voting stock of Parent.
For purposes
of this representation, shares of Company Common Stock exchanged
for cash or
other property originating with Parent will be treated as
outstanding Company
Common Stock on the date of the Merger.
(k) Options. At the time of the Merger, the Company will
not have outstanding any warrants, options, convertible
securities, or any
other type of right pursuant to which any person could acquire
stock in the
Company that, if exercised or converted, would effect Parent's
acquisition or
retention of control of the Company, as defined in I.R.C.
Section 368(c)(1) of
the Code.
(l) No Prior Stock Holdings. Parent does not own, nor has
it owned during the past five (5) years any shares of stock of
the Company.
(m) Investment Company. The Company is not an investment
company as defined in I.R.C. Sections 368(a)(2)(F)(iii) and
368(a)(2)(F)(iv).
2.20. Business Generally; Accuracy of Information. No
representation or warranty made by the Company in this
Agreement, the Company
Disclosure Schedule or in any document, agreement or certificate
furnished or
to be furnished to Parent at the Closing by or on behalf of the
Company in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement
contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact
or omit or will
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements
herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances
in which they
are made, and all of the foregoing completely and correctly
present the
information required or purported to be set forth herein or
therein.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT
AND THE MERGER SUBSIDIARY
Parent and the Merger Subsidiary represent and warrant to the
Company
and the Company Shareholders as follows:
3.1. Disclosure Schedule. The disclosure schedule attached
hereto as Exhibit 3.1 (the "Parent Disclosure Schedule") is
divided into
sections that correspond to the sections of this Article III.
The Parent
Disclosure Schedule comprises a list of all exceptions to the
truth and
accuracy of, and of all disclosures or descriptions required by,
the
representations and warranties set forth in the remaining
sections of this
Article III.
3.2. Corporate Organization, Standing and Power. Parent is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the
laws of the State of Colorado; and Merger Subsidiary is a
corporation duly
organized, validly existing and duly subsisting under the laws
of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of Parent and Merger
Subsidiary has all
corporate power and authority to own its properties and to carry
on its
business as now being conducted and is duly qualified to do
business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so
qualified
would have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and Merger
Subsidiary. The
Parent Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all jurisdictions
in which each
of Parent and Merger Subsidiary is qualified or licensed to do
business.
Parent owns all of the outstanding capital stock of Merger
Subsidiary.
3.3. Authorization. Each of Parent and the Merger Subsidiary
has
all the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement
and to carry out the transactions contemplated herein. The Board
of Directors
of Parent and the Merger Subsidiary, and Parent as the sole
shareholder of the
Merger Subsidiary, have taken all action required by law, their
respective
articles of incorporation and bylaws or otherwise to authorize
the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation
of the
transactions contemplated herein. This Agreement is the valid
and binding
legal obligation of Parent and the Merger Subsidiary enforceable
against each
of them in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar laws
that affect creditors' rights generally.
3.4. Capitalization. The authorized capital securities of
the
Parent and Merger Subsidiary are set forth in the Parent
Disclosure Schedule.
The number of shares of Parent Common Stock, as of the date of
this Agreement
and as set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, represent
all of the
issued and outstanding capital securities of the Parent. All
issued and
outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are duly authorized,
validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and are without, and were not
issued in violation
of, preemptive rights. Other than as set forth on the Parent
Disclosure
Schedule, there are no shares of Parent Common Stock or other
equity
securities of Parent outstanding or any securities convertible
into or
exchangeable for such interests, securities or rights. Other
than as set
forth on the Parent Disclosure Schedule and pursuant to this
Agreement, there
is no subscription, option, warrant, call, right, contract,
agreement,
commitment, understanding or arrangement to which Parent is a
party, or by
which it is bound, with respect to the issuance, sale, delivery
or transfer of
the capital securities of Parent, including any right of
conversion or
exchange under any security or other instrument.
3.5. Non-Contravention. Neither the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, nor
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein
will:
(a) violate any provision of the articles of incorporation
or bylaws of Parent or the Merger Subsidiary; or
(b) be in conflict with, or constitute a default, however
defined (or an event which, with the giving of due notice or
lapse of time, or
both, would constitute such a default), under, or cause or
permit the
acceleration of the maturity of, or give rise to, any right of
termination,
cancellation, imposition of fees or penalties under, any debt,
note, bond,
lease, mortgage, indenture, license, obligation, contract,
commitment,
franchise, permit, instrument or other agreement or obligation
to which Parent
or the Merger Subsidiary is a party or by which Parent or the
Merger
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets is or
may be bound;
(c) result in the creation or imposition of any
Encumbrance upon any property or assets of Parent or the Merger
Subsidiary
under any debt, obligation, contract, agreement or commitment to
which Parent
or the Merger Subsidiary is a party or by which Parent or the
Merger
Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or properties is or
may be bound;
or
(d) violate any Law of any Authority.
3.6. Consents and Approvals. No Consent is required by any
person or entity, including without limitation any Authority, in
connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by Parent or Merger
Subsidiary of
this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein,
other than any Consent which, if not made or obtained, will not,
individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
business of Parent
or Merger Subsidiary.
3.7. Valid Issuance. The Parent Common Stock to be issued in
connection with the Merger will be duly authorized and, when
issued, delivered
and paid for as provided in this Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.
3.8. SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) Parent has delivered, or made available to the Company
via the Securities and Exchange Commission's web site
www.sec.gov, accurate
and complete copies (excluding copies of exhibits) of each
report,
registration statement and definitive proxy and information
statements filed
by Parent with the SEC (collectively, with all information
incorporated by
reference therein or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein, the
"Parent SEC Documents"). All statements, reports, schedules,
forms and other
documents required to have been filed by Parent with the SEC
have been so
filed. Except as set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, as
of the time
it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a
filing prior to
the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing):
(i) each of the
Parent SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the
applicable
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
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