AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
among
FARRIER RESOURCES CORP,
FARRIER ACQUISITION, INC.
and
NUANCE RESOURCES CORP.
December 29, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. The
Merger
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1
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1
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1
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1.3 Certificate
of Incorporation, By-laws, Directors and Officers
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2
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1.4 Assets and
Liabilities
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2
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1.5 Manner and
Basis of Converting Shares
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2
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1.6 Surrender
and Exchange of Certificates
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3
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3
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1.8 Operation
of Surviving Corporation
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4
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4
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2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
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4
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2.1
Organization, Standing, Subsidiaries, Etc
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4
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4
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2.3
Capitalization of the Company
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5
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5
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5
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2.6 Corporate
Acts and Proceedings
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5
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2.7 Compliance
with Laws and Instruments
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5
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6
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2.9
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees
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6
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2.10 Financial
Statements
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6
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2.11 Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
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6
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7
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2.13 Assets and
Contracts
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7
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9
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2.15 Tax
Returns and Audits
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9
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2.16 Patents
and Other Intangible Assets
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10
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2.17 Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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10
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2.18 Title to
Property and Encumbrances
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11
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2.19 Condition
of Properties
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12
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12
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12
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12
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2.23 Interested
Party Transactions
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12
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2.24
Environmental Matters
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12
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2.25
Questionable Payments
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13
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2.26
Obligations to or by Stockholders
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14
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2.27 Duty to
Make Inquiry
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14
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14
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3.
Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition
Corp
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14
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3.1
Organization and Standing
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14
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14
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3.3
Broker’s and Finder’s Fees
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15
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3.4
Capitalization of Parent
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15
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15
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3.7 SEC
Reporting and Compliance
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3.9
Governmental Consents
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3.10 Compliance
with Laws and Other Instruments
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3.11 No General
Solicitation
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3.13 Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.15 Tax
Returns and Audits
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3.16 Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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3.18 Interested
Party Transactions
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20
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3.19
Questionable Payments
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20
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3.20
Obligations to or by Stockholders
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3.21 Assets and
Contracts
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20
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3.23
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
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3.24 Notice of
Appraisal Rights
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4. Additional Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of the Stockholders
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5. Conduct of
Businesses Pending the Merger
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5.1 Conduct of
Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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22
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5.2 Conduct of
Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp
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23
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6. Additional
Agreements
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6.1 Access and
Information
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6.2 Additional
Agreements
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24
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6.4 Appointment
of Directors and Officers
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6.5 Parent
Exchange Listing
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25
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7. Conditions
of Parties’ Obligations
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7.1 Parent and
Acquisition Corp
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27
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8. Non-Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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28
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9. Amendment of
Agreement
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28
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10.
Definitions
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28
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11.
Closing
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33
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12.
Indemnification and Related Matters
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12.1
Indemnification by Parent
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33
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12.4 Limitation
on Liability
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34
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13. Termination
Prior to Closing
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13.1
Termination of Agreement
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13.2
Termination of Obligations
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14.
Miscellaneous
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14.1
Notices
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14.2 Entire
Agreement
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36
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14.3
Expenses
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37
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14.4 Dispute
Resolution
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37
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14.5
Time
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14.6
Severability
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14.7 Successors
and Assigns
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14.8 No Third
Parties Benefited
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14.9
Counterparts
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14.10 Recitals,
Schedules and Exhibits
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38
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14.11 Section
Headings and Gender
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38
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14.12 Governing
Law
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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Exhibits
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A
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Certificate of
Merger
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B
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Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company
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C
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By-laws of the
Company
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D
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Directors and
Officers
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Company
Disclosure Schedules
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1.5
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List of
Stockholders of Nuance Resources Corp.
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1.5A
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Options
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2.4
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Indebtedness
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2.5
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Voting
Agreements
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2.12
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Changes
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2.13(b)
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Contracts
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2.13(c)
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Intellectual
Property
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2.17
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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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:
1.1
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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.
(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
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 .”
(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.
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
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.
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 C
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