AGREEMENT OF MERGER

AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND

PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

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FARRIER RESOURCES CORP,

FARRIER ACQUISITION, INC. and

NUANCE RESOURCES CORP.

December 29, 2006

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

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AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

THIS AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION is made and entered into on December 29, 2006, by and among FARRIER RESOURCES CORP, a Nevada corporation (" Parent "), FARRIER ACQUISITION, INC., a Nevada corporation (" Acquisition Corp ."), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and NUANCE RESOURCES CORP., a Nevada corporation (the " Company ").

W   I   T   N   E   S   S   E   T   H :

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of Acquisition Corp., Parent and the Company have each determined that it is fair to and in the best interests of their respective corporations and stockholders for Acquisition Corp. to be merged with and into the Company (the " 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 Merger in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada (the " NGCL "), and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Certificate of Merger (the " Certificate of Merger ") attached as Exhibit A hereto; and the Board of Directors of Parent also has approved this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger;

WHEREAS, the requisite Stockholders (as such term is defined in Section 10 hereof) have approved by written consent this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger and the transactions contemplated and described hereby and thereby, including without limitation the Merger, and Parent, as the sole stockholder of Acquisition Corp., has approved this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the transactions contemplated and described hereby and thereby, including without limitation the Merger;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend that the Merger contemplated herein shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), by reason of Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    The Merger.

1.1    Merger . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger, Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into the Company. At the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), the separate legal existence of Acquisition Corp. shall cease, and the Company shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the " Surviving Corporation ") and shall continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Nevada under the name "Nuance Resources Corp."

1.2    Effective Time . The Merger shall become effective on the date and at the time the Certificate of Merger is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. The

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time at which the Merger shall become effective as aforesaid is referred to hereinafter as the "Effective Time."

1.3    Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws, Directors and Officers .

(a)    The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, attached as Exhibit B hereto, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time until amended in accordance with applicable law and such Certificate of Incorporation.

(b)    The By-laws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, attached as Exhibit C hereto, shall be the By-laws of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time until amended in accordance with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and such By-laws.

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.

1.5    Manner and Basis of Converting Shares .

(a)    At the Effective Time:

(i)    each share of common stock, $0.001 par value, of Acquisition Corp. that shall be outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into the right to receive one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, so that at the Effective Time, Parent shall be the holder of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Surviving Corporation;

(ii)    the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the " Company Common Stock ") (other than shares of Company Common Stock as to which appraisal rights are perfected pursuant to the applicable provisions of the NGCL and not withdrawn or otherwise forfeited and shares of Company Common Stock set forth in Section 1.5(a)(iv) hereof), shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holders

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thereof, be converted into the right to receive an equal number of shares of Parent Common Stock, which shall be equal to one share of Parent Common Stock for each share of Company Stock;

(iii)    the right to acquire any shares of Company Common Stock under any options granted by the Company prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, be converted into the right to receive the number of shares of Parent Common Stock specified in such option for each share of Company Common Stock, at the exercise price per share and pursuant to the same conditions as stated in such option of the Company; and

(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 Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company 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 their certificate or certificates or that such have been destroyed and (ii) delivery of a Letter of Transmittal (as described in Section 4 hereof), Parent 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 Section 1.5(a)(ii) 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 the NGCL.

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) and which Parent Common Stock may be issued following the Effective Time pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iii) pursuant to options to be available for such purposes. Parent further covenants that immediately following the Effective Time that there will be no more than 44,354,000 shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding (except for giving effect to any fractional shares rounded up with respect to any reverse split), and that no other common or preferred stock or equity securities or any options, warrants, rights or other agreements or instruments convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into common or preferred stock or other

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equity securities shall be issued or outstanding to the holders of Parent Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, except as described herein.

1.8    Operation of Surviving Corporation . The Company acknowledges that upon the effectiveness of the Merger, and the material compliance by the Parent and Acquisition Corp. of its duties and obligations hereunder, Parent shall have the absolute and unqualified right to deal with the assets and business of the Surviving Corporation as its own property without limitation on the disposition or use of such assets or the conduct of such business. 

1.9    Further Assurances . From time to time, from and after the Effective Time, as and when reasonably requested by Parent, the proper officers and directors of the Company as of the Effective Time shall, for and on behalf and in the name of the Company or otherwise, execute and deliver all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and other instruments and shall take or cause to be taken such further actions as Parent, Acquisition Corp. or their respective successors or assignees reasonably may deem necessary or desirable in order to confirm or record or otherwise transfer to the Surviving Corporation title to and possession of all of the properties, rights, privileges, powers, franchises and immunities of the Company or otherwise to carry out fully the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger. 

2.    Representations and Warranties of the Company.

The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Acquisition Corp. as follows. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, disclosure of items in the Offering Memorandum, dated November 6, 2006, of the Company (as supplemented by the draft Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company) (collectively, the " Disclosures ") shall be deemed to be disclosure of such items for all purposes under this Agreement, including, without limitation, for all applicable representations and warranties of the Company:

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 Nevada, 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 this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger and to carry out the terms hereof and thereof. Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company that have been delivered to Parent and Acquisition Corp. prior to the execution of this Agreement are true and complete and have not since been amended or repealed.

(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

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Company taken as a whole (the " Condition of the Company "). The Company is not qualified to conduct business in any jurisdiction other than the State of Nevada.

2.3    Capitalization of the Company . The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000   shares of Company Common Stock and the Company has no authority to issue any other capital stock. There are 23,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding and such shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and none of such shares have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any person. The offer, issuance and sale of such shares of Company Common Stock were (a) exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) registered or qualified (or were exempt from registration or qualification) under the registration or qualification requirements of all applicable state securities laws and (c) accomplished in conformity with all other applicable securities laws. None of such shares of Company Common Stock are subject to a right of withdrawal or a right of rescission under any federal or state securities or blue-sky law. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Company has no outstanding 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    Indebtedness . The Company has no Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 2.4 attached hereto, in the Agreement or disclosed on the Balance Sheet.

2.5    Company Stockholders . Schedule 1.5 and Schedule 1.5A hereto contain a true and complete list of the names of the record owners of all of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and other Equity Securities of the Company, together with the number of securities held or to which such Person has rights to acquire. Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 2.5 attached hereto, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no voting trust, agreement or arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of Company Common Stock affecting the nomination or election of directors or the exercise of the voting rights of Company Stock.

2.6    Corporate Acts and Proceedings . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger (together, the " Merger Documents ") have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and have been approved by the requisite vote of the Stockholders, 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 filings referred to in Section 1.2.

2.7    Compliance with Laws and Instruments . 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

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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 (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 Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws 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 Lien upon any property or asset of the Company. The Company is not in violation of, or (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in default under, any term or provision of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or of any indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement or, except as would not materially and adversely affect the Condition of the Company, any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound or affected.

2.8    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.

2.9    Broker’s and Finder’s Fees . No Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated or described herein will have, any right or valid claim against the Company, Parent, Acquisition Corp. or any Stockholder for any commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker, or in any similar capacity. Parent and Acquisition Corp. on the one hand and the Company on the other, hereby indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against any and all claims, losses or liabilities for any such commission, fee or other compensation as a result of the claim by any other Person that the indemnifying party or parties introduced or assisted them in connection with the transactions contemplated or described here. 

2.10    Financial Statements . Parent has previously been provided with the audited balance sheet as of March 31, 2006, and the audited statements of operations and cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2006 of the Company; and the unaudited balance sheet (the " Balance Sheet ") and statements of operations and cash flows as at and for the six months ended September 30, 2006 (the " Balance Sheet Date "). Such financial statements are collectively referred to as 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 cash flows 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.

2.11    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,

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except (a) as disclosed in the Balance Sheet, (b) to the extent set forth on or reserved against in the Balance Sheet or the Notes to the Financial Statements, (c) current liabilities incurred and obligations under agreements entered into in the usual and ordinary course of business since the Balance Sheet Date, none of which (individually or in the aggregate) has had or will have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company, and (d) by the specific terms of any written agreement, document or arrangement identified in the Disclosures.

2.12    Changes . Except as set forth on Schedule 2.12 attached hereto, in the Notes to the Financial Statements, since the Balance Sheet Date, 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, (g) entered into any transaction other than in the usual and ordinary course of business, (h) encountered any labor union difficulties, (i) made or granted any wage or salary increase or made any increase in the amounts payable under any profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, severance pay, insurance, pension, retirement or other employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or entered into any employment agreement, (j) issued or sold any shares of capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or granted any options (including employee stock options), warrants or other rights with respect thereto, (k) declared or paid any dividends on or made any other distributions with respect to, or purchased or redeemed, any of its outstanding capital stock, (l) suffered or experienced any change in, or condition affecting, the Condition of the Company other than changes, events or conditions in the usual and ordinary course of its business, none of which (either by itself or in conjunction with all such other changes, events and conditions) has been materially adverse, (m) made any change in the accounting principles, methods or practices followed by it or depreciation or amortization policies or rates theretofore adopted, (n) made or permitted any amendment or termination of any material contract, agreement or license to which it is a party, (o) suffered any material loss not reflected in the Balance Sheet or its statement of income for the period ended on the Balance Sheet Date, (p) paid, or made any accrual or arrangement for payment of, bonuses or special compensation of any kind or any severance or termination pay to any present or former officer, director, employee, stockholder or consultant, (q) made or agreed to make any charitable contributions or incurred any non-business expenses in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate, or (r) entered into any agreement, or otherwise obligated itself, to do any of the foregoing.

2.13    Assets and Contracts .

(a)    The Disclosures contain a true and complete list of all real property leased by the Company, including a brief description of each item thereof and of the nature of the

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Company’s interest therein, and of all tangible personal property owned or leased by the Company having a cost or fair market value of greater than $200,000, including a brief description of each item and of the nature of the interest of the Company therein. All the real property listed in the Disclosures is leased by the Company under valid and enforceable leases having the rental terms, termination dates and renewal and purchase options described in the Disclosures; such leases are enforceable in accordance with their terms, and there is not, under any such lease, any existing default or event of default or event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by the Company, and the Company has not received any notice or claim of any such default. The Company does not own any real property.

(b)    Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Disclosures, the Balance Sheet or the notes thereto or as set forth on Schedule 2.13(b) attached hereto , the Company is not a party to any written or oral agreement not made in the ordinary course of business that is material to the Company. The Company is not a party to or otherwise barred by any written or oral (a) agreement with any labor union, (b) agreement for the purchase of fixed assets or for the purchase of materials, supplies or equipment in excess of normal operating requirements, (c) agreement for the employment of any officer, individual employee or other Person on a full-time basis or any agreement with any Person for consulting services, (d) bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option, deferred compensation, medical, hospitalization or life insurance or similar plan, contract or understanding with respect to any or all of the employees of the Company or any other Person, (e) indenture, loan or credit agreement, note agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, promissory note or other agreement or instrument relating to or evidencing Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or subjecting any asset or property of the Company to any Lien or evidencing any Indebtedness, (f) guaranty of any Indebtedness, (g) lease or agreement under which the Company is lessee of or holds or operates any property, real or personal, owned by any other Person under which payments to such Person exceed $200,000 per year or with an unexpired term (including any period covered by an option to renew exercisable by any other party) of more than 60 days, (h) lease or agreement under which the Company is lessor or permits any Person to hold or operate any property, real or personal, owned or controlled by the Company, (i) agreement granting any preemptive right, right of first refusal or similar right to any Person, (j) agreement or arrangement with any Affiliate or any "associate" (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or any present or former officer, director or stockholder of the Company, (k) agreement obligating the Company to pay any royalty or similar charge for the use or exploitation of any tangible or intangible property, (1) covenant not to compete or other restriction on its ability to conduct a business or engage in any other activity, (m) material distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, sales agency, franchise or advertising contract or commitment, (n) agreement to register securities under the Securities Act, (o) collective bargaining agreement, or (p) agreement or other commitment or arrangement with any Person continuing for a period of more than three months from the Closing Date which involves an expenditure or receipt by the Company in excess of $200,000. None of the agreements, contracts, leases, instruments or other documents or arrangements described in the Disclosures requires the consent of any of the parties thereto other than the Company to permit the contract, agreement, lease, instrument or other document or arrangement to remain effective following consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby.

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(c)    Schedule 2.13(c) attached hereto contains a true and complete list of all patents, patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, trademark and service mark registrations and applications, copyrights, and copyright registrations and applications, presently owned, possessed, used or held by the Company; and the Company owns the entire right, title and interest in and to the same, free and clear of all Liens and restrictions. The Disclosures also contain a true and complete list of all licenses granted to or by the Company. All patents, patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, trademark and service mark registrations and applications, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and grants of licenses set forth are subject to no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened challenge. Neither the execution nor delivery of the Merger Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will give any licensor or licensee of the Company any right to change the terms or provisions of, terminate or cancel, any license to which the Company is a party.

(d)    The Company has made available to Parent and Acquisition Corp. true and complete copies of all agreements and other documents and a description of all applicable oral agreements disclosed or referred to in the Disclosures, as well as any additional agreements or documents, requested by Parent or Acquisition Corp. The Company has in all material respects performed all obligations required to be performed by it to date and is not in default in any respect under any of the contracts, agreements, leases, documents, commitments or other arrangements to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is otherwise bound or affected. To the knowledge of the Company, all parties having material contractual arrangements with the Company are in substantial compliance therewith and none are in material default thereunder. The Company does not have outstanding any power of attorney.

2.14    Employees . The Company has complied in all material respects with all laws relating to the employment of labor, and the Company has encountered no material labor union difficulties. Other than pursuant to ordinary arrangements of employment compensation, the Company is not under any obligation or liability to any officer, director or employee of the Company.

2.15    Tax Returns and Audits . All required federal, state and local Tax Returns of the Company have been accurately prepared and duly and timely filed, and all federal, state and local Taxes required to be paid with respect to the periods covered by such returns have been paid. The Company is not and has not been delinquent in the payment of any Tax. The Company has not had a Tax deficiency proposed or assessed against it and has not executed a waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any Tax. None of the Company’s federal income tax returns nor any state or local income or franchise tax returns has been audited by governmental authorities. The reserves for Taxes reflected on the Balance Sheet, if any, are and will be sufficient for the payment of all unpaid Taxes payable by the Company as of the Balance Sheet Date. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has made adequate provisions on its books of account for all Taxes with respect to its business, properties and operations for such period. The Company has withheld or collected from each payment made to each of its employees the amount of all taxes (including, but not limited to, federal, state and local income taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes and Federal Unemployment Tax Act taxes) required to be withheld or collected therefrom, and has paid the same to the proper Tax receiving officers or authorized depositaries. There are no federal, state, local or

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foreign audits, actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns of the Company now pending, and the Company has not received any notice of any proposed audits, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns. The Company is not obligated to make a payment, or is a party to an agreement that under certain circumstances could obligate it to make a payment, that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. The Company has not agreed nor is required to make any adjustments under Section 481(a) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local and foreign law) by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise for any Tax period for which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired. The Company (i) is not a party to, is bound by or has any obligation under, any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement or similar contract or arrangement, whether written or unwritten (collectively, " Tax Sharing Agreements "), or (ii) does not have any potential liability or obligation to any person as a result of, or pursuant to, any such Tax Sharing Agreements.

2.16    Patents and Other Intangible Assets . (a) The Company (i) owns or has the right to use, free and clear of all Liens, claims and restrictions, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing used in or necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted without infringing upon or otherwise acting adversely to the right or claimed right of any Person under or with respect to any of the foregoing and (ii) is not obligated or under any liability to make any payments by way of royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner or licensor of, or other claimant to, any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright or other intangible asset, with respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of its business or otherwise.

(b)    To the knowledge of the Company, the Company owns and has the unrestricted right to use all trade secrets, if any, including know-how, negative know-how, formulas, patterns, programs, devices, methods, techniques, inventions, designs, processes, computer programs and technical data and all information that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known or known by competitors (collectively, "intellectual property") required for or incident to the development, operation and sale of all products and services sold by the Company, free and clear of any right, Lien or claim of others; provided, however, the possibility exists that other Persons, completely independent of the Company or its employees or agents, could have developed intellectual property similar or identical to that of the Company. The Company is not aware of any such development of substantially identical trade secrets or technical information by others. All intellectual property can and will be transferred by the Company to the Surviving Corporation as a result of the Merger and without the consent of any Person other than the Company.

2.17    Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA . (a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.17 attached hereto, there are no "employee benefit plans" (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the ERISA) nor any other employee benefit or fringe benefit arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or programs of every type other than programs merely involving the regular payment of wages, commissions, or bonuses established, maintained or contributed to by the Company, whether written or unwritten and whether or not funded. The plans listed in Schedule 2.17 hereto are hereinafter referred to as the " Employee Benefit Plans ."

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(b)    All current and prior material documents, including all amendments thereto, with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan have been made available to Parent and Acquisition Corp. or their advisors.

(c)    To the knowledge of the Company, all Employee Benefit Plans are in material compliance with the applicable requirements of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and any other applicable state, federal or foreign law.

(d)    There are no pending claims or lawsuits which have been asserted or instituted against any Employee Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts or funds under the Employee Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor or the plan administrator of any of the Employee Benefit Plans or against any fiduciary of an Employee Benefit Plan with respect to the operation of such plan, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to form the basis of any such claim or lawsuit.

(e)    There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated investigation, or pending or possible enforcement action by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan and the Company has no knowledge of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to trigger such an investigation or enforcement action.

(f)    No actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, contingent liability exists with respect to the funding of any Employee Benefit Plan or for any other expense or obligation of any Employee Benefit Plan, except as disclosed on the financial statements of the Company, and no contingent liability exists under ERISA with respect to any "multi-employer plan," as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

(g)    No events have occurred or are expected to occur with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that would cause a material change in the costs of providing benefits under such Employee Benefit Plan or would cause a material change in the cost of providing for other liabilities of such Employee Benefit Plan.

2.18    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 Balance Sheet, except for property disposed of in the usual and ordinary course of business since the Balance Sheet Date and for property held under valid and subsisting leases which are in full force and effect and which are not in default.

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2.19    Condition of Properties . All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures and other properties owned, leased or used by the Company are in reasonably good operating condition and repair, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and are adequate and sufficient for the Company’s business.

2.20    Insurance Coverage . There is in full force and effect one or more policies of insurance issued by insurers of recognized responsibility, insuring the Company and its properties, products and business against such losses and risks, and in such amounts, as are customary for corporations of established reputation engaged in the same or similar business and similarly situated. The Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and the Company has no reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when the same shall expire upon terms at least as favorable to those currently in effect, other than possible increases in premiums that do not result from any act or omission of the Company. No suit, proceeding or action or, to the best current actual knowledge of the Company, threat of suit, proceeding or action has been asserted or made against the Company within the last five years due to alleged bodily injury, disease, medical condition, death or property damage arising out of the function or malfunction of a product, procedure or service designed, manufactured, sold or distributed by the Company.

2.21    Litigation . There is no legal action, suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or other governmental proceeding pending or, to the 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.

2.22    Licenses . The Company possesses from all appropriate governmental authorities all licenses, permits, authorizations, approvals, franchises and rights necessary for the Company to engage in the business currently conducted by it, all of which are in full force and effect.

2.23    Interested Party Transactions . Except as set forth in the Disclosures, no officer, director or stockholder of the Company or any Affiliate or "associate" (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of any such Person or the Company has or has had, either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any Person that (i) furnishes or sells services or products that are furnished or sold or are proposed to be furnished or sold by the Company or (ii) purchases from or sells or furnishes to the Company any goods or services, or (b) a beneficial interest in any contract or agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected, that would require disclosure pursuant to Section 404 of Regulation S-B as promulgated under the Securities Act.

2.24    Environmental Matters .

(a)    To the knowledge of the Company, the Company has never generated, used, handled, treated, released, stored or disposed of any Hazardous Materials on any real

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property on which it now has or previously had any leasehold or ownership interest, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

(b)    To the knowledge of the Company, the historical and present operations of the business of the Company are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except where any non-compliance has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company.

(c)    There are no material pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, demands, claims, information requests or notices of noncompliance or violation against or to the Company relating to any Environmental Law; and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no conditions or occurrences on any of the real property used by the Company in connection with its business that would reasonably be expected to lead to any such demands, claims or notices against or to the Company, except such as have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company.

(d)    To the knowledge of the Company, (i) the Company has not sent or disposed of, otherwise had taken or transported, arranged for the taking or disposal of (on behalf of itself, a customer or any other party) or in any other manner participated or been involved in the taking of or disposal or release of a Hazardous Material to or at a site that is contaminated by any Hazardous Material or that, pursuant to any Environmental Law, (A) has been placed on the "National Priorities List", the "CERCLIS" list, or any similar state or federal list, or (B) is subject to or the source of a claim, an administrative order or other request to take "removal", "remedial", "corrective" or any other "response" action, as defined in any Environmental Law, or to pay for the costs of any such action at the site; (ii) the Company is not involved in (and has no basis to reasonably expect to be involved in) any suit or proceeding and has not received (and has no basis to reasonably expect to receive) any notice, request for information or other communication from any governmental authority or other third party with respect to a release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or a violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, and has not received (and has no basis to reasonably expect to receive) notice of any claims from any Person relating to property damage, natural resource damage or to personal injuries from exposure to any Hazardous Material; and (iii) the Company has timely filed every report required to be filed, acquired all necessary certificates, approvals and permits, and generated and maintained all required data, documentation and records under all Environmental Laws, in all such instances except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company.

2.25    Questionable Payments . To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, has used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to government officials or employees from corporate funds; established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; made any false or fictitious entries on the books of record of any such corporations; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

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2.26    Obligations to or by Stockholders . The Company has no liability or obligation or commitment to any Stockholder or any Affiliate or "associate" (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of any Stockholder, nor does any Stockholder or any such Affiliate or associate have any liability, obligation or commitment to the Company.

2.27    Duty to Make Inquiry . To the extent that any of the representations or warranties in this Section 2 are qualified by "knowledge" or "belief," the Company represents and warrants that it has made due and reasonable inquiry and investigation concerning the matters to which such representations and warranties relate, including, but not limited to, diligent inquiry of its directors, officers and key personnel.

2.28    Disclosure . There is no fact relating to the Company that the Company has not disclosed to Parent and Acquisition Corp. in writing which has had or is currently having a material and adverse effect nor, insofar as the Company can now foresee, will materially and adversely affect, the Condition of the Company. No representation or warranty by the Company herein and no information disclosed in the schedules or exhibits hereto by the 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.

3.    Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp. 

Parent and Acquisition Corp. represent and warrant to the Company as follows. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, disclosure of items in the Parent SEC Documents (as defined below) shall be deemed to be disclosure of such items for all purposes under this Agreement, including, without limitation, for all applicable representations and warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp.:

3.1    Organization and Standing . Parent is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. Acquisition Corp. is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. Parent and Acquisition Corp.