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AGREEMENT OF MERGER PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

Agreement and Plan of Merger

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Title: AGREEMENT OF MERGER PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
Governing Law: Colorado     Date: 11/21/2008

AGREEMENT OF MERGER PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, Parties: across america financial services  inc. , across america acquisition corp , apro bio pharmaceutical corporation
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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 


 

 

 

AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND

 

 

PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 

among

 

ACROSS AMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ACROSS AMERICA ACQUISITION CORP. and

 

APRO BIO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION

 

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

1.

The Merger

1

1.1

Merger

1

1.2

Effective Time

2

1.3

Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, Directors and Officers.

2

1.4

Assets and Liabilities

2

1.5

Manner and Basis of Converting Shares.

3

1.6

Surrender and Exchange of Certificates

3

1.7

Warrants.

4

1.8

Parent Common Stock

4

2.

Representations and Warranties of the Company

4

2.1

Organization, Standing, Subsidiaries, Etc.

5

2.2

Qualification

5

2.3

Capitalization of the Company

5

2.4

Company Stockholders

5

2.5

Corporate Acts and Proceedings

5

2.6

Compliance with Laws and Instruments

6

2.7

Binding Obligations

6

2.8

Broker’s and Finder’s Fees

6

2.9

Financial Statements

6

2.10

Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities

6

2.11

Changes/Indebtedness

7

2.12

Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA

7

2.13

Title to Property and Encumbrances

7

2.14

Litigation

8

2.15

Patents, Trademarks, Etc.

8

2.16

Disclosure.

8

3.

Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp.

8

3.1

Organization and Standing

8

3.2

Corporate Authority

9

3.3

Broker’s and Finder’s Fees

9

3.4

Capitalization of Parent

9

3.5

Acquisition Corp.

9

3.6

Validity of Shares

9

3.7

SEC Reporting and Compliance

10

3.8

Financial Statements

10

3.9

Governmental Consents

11

3.10

Compliance with Laws and Instruments

11

3.11

No General Solicitation

11

3.12

Binding Obligations

11

3.13

Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities

11

3.14

Changes

11

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

3.15

Tax Returns and Audits

12

3.16

Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA

13

3.17

Litigation

13

4.

Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Stockholders

13

5.

Conduct of Businesses Pending the Merger.

13

5.1

Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger

13

5.2

Conduct of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp. Pending the Merger

14

6.

Additional Agreements.

15

6.1

Access and Information

15

6.2

Additional Agreements

16

6.3

Publicity

16

6.4

Appointment of Directors

16

6.5

Parent Name Change and Exchange Listing

17

6.6

Reserved

17

6.7

Reserved

17

6.8

Private Offering

17

7.

Conditions of Parties’ Obligations.

17

7.1

Company Obligations

17

7.2

Parent and Acquisition Corp. Obligations

18

8.

Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties

20

9.

Amendment of Agreement

20

10.

Definitions

21

11.

Closing

25

12.

Termination Prior to Closing.

25

12.1

Termination of Agreement

25

12.2

Termination of Obligations

26

13.

Miscellaneous.

26

13.1

Notices

26

13.2

Entire Agreement

27

13.3

Expenses

27

13.4

Time

27

13.5

Severability

27

13.6

Successors and Assigns

27

13.7

No Third Parties Benefited

27

13.8

Counterparts

28

13.9

Governing Law

28

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

 

 

Exhibits

 

A

Statement of Merger

 

B

Articles of Incorporation of the Company

 

C

By-laws of the Company

 

D

Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation

 

E

Subscription and Lock Up agreement

 

F

Indemnification Agreement of Parent Director

 

 

 

 

 

Company Disclosure Schedules

 

 

1.5

Holders of Parent Common Stock Post-Merger

 

1.7 (a)(i)

Treatment of Company Warrants

 

2.4

Company Stockholders

 

2.9

Financial Statements

 

2.10

Undisclosed Liabilities

 

2.11

Changes/Indebtedness

 

2.12

Schedule of Employee Benefit Plans

 

2.13

Title to Properties and Encumbrances

 

2.14

Litigation

 

2.15

Patents, Trademarks, Etc.

 

 

 

 

 

Parent Disclosure Schedules

 

 

3.1

Subsidiaries

 

3.21

Schedule of Parent Bank Accounts

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION is made and entered into on NOVEMBER 17, 2008, by and among ACROSS AMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Colorado corporation (“ Parent ”), ACROSS AMERICA ACQUISITION CORP., a Colorado corporation (“ Acquisition Corp. ”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and APRO BIO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION, a Colorado 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 shareholders 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 Colorado Business Corporation Act (the “ BCA ”), and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Statement of Merger (the “ Statement of Merger ”) attached as Exhibit A hereto; and the Board of Directors of Parent has also approved this Agreement and the Statement of Merger;

 

WHEREAS, the requisite Stockholders have approved, by written consent pursuant to the BCA, this Agreement and the Statement of Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including without limitation, the Merger, and Parent, as the sole stockholder of Acquisition Corp., has approved this Agreement, the Statement of Merger and the transactions contemplated and described hereby and thereby, including without limitation, the Merger; and

 

WHEREAS, immediately following the Closing (as such term is defined herein), Parent (as it will exist as of the closing of the Merger) will sell shares of its common stock, par value $.001 per share, in a private offering (the “ Private Offering ”) to accredited investors, pursuant to the terms of Subscription Agreements for the purpose of financing the ongoing business and operations of the Surviving Corporation (as defined below) following the Merger.

 

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 Statement of Merger, Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance with the BCA.  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 Colorado under the name Aztech Bioscience, Inc., or some derivation thereof.

 

 

 

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1.2                       Effective Time

 

.  The Merger shall become effective on the date and at the time the Statement of Merger is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado in accordance with the BCA.  The time at which the Merger shall become effective as aforesaid is referred to hereinafter as the “ Effective Time .”

 

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

 

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

 

(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 Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such By-laws.

 

(c)           The directors and officers listed in Exhibit D hereto shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, and each shall hold his respective office or offices from and after the Effective Time (except, in the case of directors, as described in Section 6.4) until his successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified in accordance with applicable law, or as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Surviving Corporation.

 

1.4                       Assets and Liabilities

 

.  At the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights, privileges, powers and franchises of a public as well as of a private nature, and be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of Acquisition Corp. and the Company (collectively, the “ Constituent Corporations ”); and all the rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of the Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to any of the constituent corporations on whatever account, as well for stock subscriptions as all other things in action or belonging to each of the Constituent Corporations, shall be vested in the Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, and all and every other interest shall be thereafter as effectively the property of the Surviving Corporation as they were of the several and respective constituent corporations, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or otherwise in either of the such Constituent Corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired by the Merger; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of any of the Constituent Corporations shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Constituent Corporations shall thenceforth attach to the Surviving Corporation, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.

 

 

 

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1.5                       Manner and Basis of Converting Shares .

 

(a)           At the Effective Time:

 

(i)           each share of common stock, par value $.001 per share, 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  ten  (10) shares of common stock, par value $.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 $.001 per share, of the Company (the “ Company Common Stock ”), which shares at the Closing will constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, beneficially owned by the Stockholders listed in Schedule 2.4 (other than shares of Company Common Stock as to which appraisal rights are perfected pursuant to the applicable provisions of the BCA and not withdrawn or otherwise forfeited), 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 Schedule 1.5 for each of the Stockholders, which shall be equal to one share of Parent Common Stock for each share of Company Common Stock (based on 20,146,962 shares of Company Common Stock pre-Merger and 2,773,200 shares of Parent Common Stock on a fully diluted basis allocated to the Stockholders post-Merger); and

 

(iii)                      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 Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

1.6                       Surrender and Exchange of Certificates

 

.  Promptly after the Effective Time and upon (i) surrender of a certificate or certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time or an affidavit and indemnification in form reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Parent stating that such Stockholder has lost its certificate or certificates or that such have been destroyed and (ii) delivery of a Subscription and Lock Up agreement (as described in Section 4 hereof), Parent shall issue to each  record holder of the Company Common Stock surrendering such certificate or certificates and Subscription and Lock Up agreement, 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 Subscription and Lock Up agreement 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 BCA.

 

 

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1.7                       Warrants .

 

(a)           (i)  At the Effective Time, all outstanding warrants issued by the Company to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (the “ Company Warrants ”) that have not been surrendered by the holder thereof in exchange for Company Common Stock, will, at the Effective Time, be deemed be a warrant (the “ Parent Warrants ”) to acquire the same number of shares of Parent Common Stock as the holder of such Company Warrants would have been entitled to receive pursuant to the Merger had such holder exercised such Company Warrants in full immediately prior to the Effective Time at a price per share of Parent Common Stock equal to the exercise price for the shares of Company Common Stock otherwise purchasable pursuant to such Company Warrant.   Schedules 2.10 and 1.7(a)(i) attached hereto set forth the name of each holder of Company Warrants, the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock that each such person may purchase pursuant to the exercise of his or her Company Warrants and the aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock that each such person may purchase upon exercise of Parent Warrants acquired pursuant to this Section 1.7(a)(i).  By its signature hereunder, Parent expressly assumes the obligation to issue Parent Common Stock to the holders of Parent Warrants upon exercise thereof, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.7(a)(i).

 

(ii)                      Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and the Parent shall take all corporate actions as may be necessary and desirable in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Section 1.7(a).

 

(b)           Parent shall take all action necessary and appropriate, on or prior to the Effective Time, to authorize and reserve a number of shares of Parent Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon the exercise of Parent Warrants following the Effective Time as contemplated by this Section 1.7.

 

(c)           Other than the Company Warrants, all options, warrants and rights to purchase Company Common Stock outstanding as of the Effective Date will be exercised or terminated prior to or effective upon the Effective Time, and neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall assume or have any obligation with respect to such options, warrants or rights.

 

1.8                       Parent Common Stock

 

.  Parent agrees that it will cause the Parent Common Stock into which the Company Common Stock is converted at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii) to be available for such purpose.  Parent further covenants that immediately prior to the Effective Time there will be no more than 1,961,200 shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding, and that, with the exception of 812,000 additional  shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to various warrant, option and other contractual arrangements, 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.

 

 

 

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2.             Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

. The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Acquisition Corp. as follows:

 

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 Colorado, 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 Statement of Merger and to carry out the terms hereof and thereof.  Copies of the Articles 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.  The Company owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or membership interests of the Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens, and the Subsidiaries have no outstanding options, warrants or rights to purchase capital stock or other equity securities of such Subsidiaries, other than the capital stock or membership interests owned by the Company.  Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Section 2 to the “Company” shall be treated as being a reference to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken together as one enterprise.

 

2.2                       Qualification

 

.  The Company is duly qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing the State of Colorado and in each other jurisdiction wherein the nature of its activities or its properties owned or leased makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business operations, results of operations or prospects of the Company taken as a whole (the “ Condition of the Company ”).

 

2.3                       Capitalization of the Company

 

.  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 210,000,000 shares of Company Capital Stock, $0.001 par value, and the Company has no authority to issue any other capital stock.  There are 18,189,462 shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding, and such shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Except as disclosed in Schedules 2.10 and 1.7(a)(i) , the Company has no outstanding warrants, stock options, rights or commitments to issue Company Common Stock or other Equity Securities of the Company, and there are no outstanding securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for Company Common Stock or other Equity Securities of the Company.

 

2.4                       Company Stockholders

 

.   Schedule 2.4 hereto contains a true and complete list of the names and addresses of the record owner of all of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and other Equity Securities of the Company, together with the number and percentage (on a fully-diluted basis) of securities held.  To the knowledge of the Company, except as described in Schedule 2.4 , there is no voting trust, agreement or arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of Company Common Stock affecting the exercise of the voting rights of Company Common Stock.

 

 

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2.5                       Corporate Acts and Proceedings

 

.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Statement 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 filing of the Statement of Merger referred to in Section 1.2.

 

2.6                       Compliance with Laws and Instruments

 

.  To the knowledge of the Company, the business, products and operations of the Company have been and are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, except for such violations thereof for which the penalties, in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Merger Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement: (a) will not require any authorization, consent or approval of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or instrumentality, except such as shall have been obtained prior to the Closing, (b) will not cause the Company to violate or contravene in any material respect (i) any provision of law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any agency or government, (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court, or (iv) any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or 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 material Lien upon any property or asset of the Company.

 

2.7                       Binding Obligations

 

.  The Merger Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

2.8                       Broker’s and Finder’s Fees

 

.  No Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated 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, except as an advisory fee payable to Bathgate Capital Parnters, LLC (“BCP”) of 1,750,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Parent at $0.001 per share.  In addition, BCP is entitled to receive a six (6%) percent cash commission and six (6%) warrant coverage pursuant to a private placement agent agreement with the Parent for the Private Offering.

 

 

 

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2.9             Financial Statements

 

.  Attached hereto as Schedule 2.9 are the Company’s audited Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Operations, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows as of and for the year ended March 31, 2007, and the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet (the “ Balance Sheet ”) as of September 30, 2008 (the “ Balance Sheet Date ”) and related Statement of Operations, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.  Such financial statements (i) are in accordance with the books and records of the Company, (ii) present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Company at the dates therein specified and the results of its operations and changes in financial position for the periods therein specified and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a basis consistent with prior accounting periods.

 

2.10                       Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities

 

.  The Company has no material obligation or liability (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, liquidated or otherwise, whether due or to become due), arising out of any transaction entered into at or prior to the Closing, except (a) as disclosed in Schedule 2.10 and/or Schedule 2.11 hereto, (b) to the extent set forth on or reserved against in the Balance Sheet, (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 Schedules.

 

2.11                       Changes/Indebtness

 

.  Since the Balance Sheet Date, except as disclosed in Schedule 2.11 hereto, the Company has not (a) incurred any debts, obligations or liabilities, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether due or to become due, except for fees, expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with the Merger and related transactions and current liabilities incurred in the usual and ordinary course of business, (b) discharged or satisfied any Liens other than those securing, or paid any obligation or liability other than, current liabilities shown on the Balance Sheet and current liabilities incurred since the Balance Sheet Date, in each case in the usual and ordinary course of business, (c) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to Lien any of its assets, tangible or intangible, other than in the usual and ordinary course of business, (d) sold, transferred or leased any of its assets, except in the usual and ordinary course of business, (e) cancelled or compromised any debt or claim, or waived or released any right, of material value, (f) suffered any physical damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) materially and adversely affecting the Condition of the Company, or (g) entered into any transaction other than in the usual and ordinary course of business.  

 

2.12                       Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA

 

.   Schedule 2.12 lists all:  (i)  "employee benefit plans" as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), maintained or contributed to by the Company and covering employees of the Company, including (i) any such plans that are "employee welfare benefit plans" as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA and (ii) any such plans that are "employee pension benefit plans" as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (collectively, the “ Company Benefit Plans ”); and (ii) life and health insurance, hospitalization, savings, bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, holiday, vacation, severance pay, sick pay, sick leave, disability, tuition refund, service award, company car, scholarship, relocation, patent award, fringe benefit and other employee benefit plans, contracts (other than individual employment, consultancy or severance contracts), policies or practices of the Company providing employee or executive compensation or benefits to its employees, other than the Company Benefit Plans (collectively, the “ Benefit Arrangements ”).  Each Company Benefit Plan and Benefit Arrangement has been maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance with applicable law.

 

 

 

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2.13                       Title to Property and Encumbrances

 

.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.13 hereto, 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.

 

2.14                       Litigation

 

.  Except as set forth on Schedule 2.14 , there is no legal action, suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or other governmental proceeding pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or its properties, assets or business, and after reasonable investigation, the Company is not aware of any incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance that might reasonably be expected to result in or form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding.  The Company is not in default with respect to any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court or any governmental agency or instrumentality or arbitration authority.

 

2.15                       Patents, Trademarks, Etc.

 

   Schedule 2.15 sets forth a list of all United States and foreign patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, and applications therefor used by the Company exclusively in and material to the conduct of its business (the “ Patent and Trademark Rights ”).  Such Patent and Trademark Rights are used by the Company pursuant to licenses as described on Schedule 2.15 , and are not owned directly by the Company.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.15 , (a) the Company owns or possesses adequate licenses or other valid rights to use all Patent and Trademark Rights; and (b) to the Company’s knowledge, the conduct of its business as now being conducted does not conflict with any valid patents, trademarks, trade names or copyrights of others in any way which has a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company or its business.

 

2.16                       Disclosure .

 

  There is no fact relating to the Company that the Company has not disclosed to Parent that materially and adversely affects or, insofar as the Company can now foresee, will materially and adversely affect, the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business operations or results of operations 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.

 

 

 

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3.            Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp .

 

  Parent and Acquisition Corp. jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company, as follows:

 

3.1                       Organization and Standing

 

.  Parent is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado.  Acquisition Corp. is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado.  Parent and Acquisition Corp. have heretofore delivered to the Company complete and correct copies of their respective Articles or Certificates of Incorporation and By-laws as now in effect.  Parent and Acquisition Corp. have full corporate power and authority to carry on their respective businesses as they are now being conducted and as now proposed to be conducted and to own or lease their respective properties and assets.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1 hereto, neither Parent nor Acquisition Corp. has any subsidiaries (except Parent as the sole stockholder of Acquisition Corp.) or direct or indirect interest (by way of stock ownership or otherwise) in any firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business.  Parent owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Acquisition Corp. free and clear of all Liens, and Acquisition Corp. has no outstanding options, warrants or rights to purchase capital stock or other equity securities of Acquisition Corp., other than the capital stock owned by Parent.  Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Section 3 to the “Parent” shall be treated as being a reference to the Parent and Acquisition Corp. taken together as one enterprise.

 

3.2                       Corporate Authority

 

.  Each of Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) has full corporate power and authority to enter into the Merger Documents and the other agreements to be made pursuant to the Merger Documents, and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. All corporate acts and proceedings required for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Documents and such other agreements and documents by Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) have been duly and validly taken or will have been so taken prior to the Closing.  Each of the Merger Documents constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be), each enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

3.3                       Broker’s and Finder’s Fees

 

.  Except for the firms engaged by the Company described in Section 2.8, no person, firm, corporation or other entity is entitled by reason of any act or omission of Parent or Acquisition Corp. to any broker’s or finder’s fees, commission or other similar compensation with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Statement of Merger, or with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.  Parent and Acquisition Corp. jointly and severally indemnify and hold Company harmless from and against any and all loss, claim or liability arising out of any such claim from any other Person who claims he, she or it introduced Parent or Acquisition Corp. to, or assisted them with, the transactions contemplated by or described herein.

 

 

 

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3.4                       Capitalization of Parent

 

.  The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (a) 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “ Parent Common Stock ”), of which not more than 1,961,200 shares will be, prior to the Effective Time, issued and outstanding, and (b) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of which no shares are issued or outstanding.  Other than 812,000 additional  shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to various warrant, option and other contractual arrangements,, Parent has no outstanding options, rights or commitments to issue shares of Parent Common Stock or any other Equity Security of Parent or Acquisition Corp., and there are no outstanding securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for shares of Parent Common Stock or any other Equity Security of Parent or Acquisition Corp.  There is no voting trust, agreement or arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of Parent Common Stock affecting the nomination or election of directors or the exercise of the voting rights of Parent Common Stock.  All outstanding shares of the capital stock of Parent are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and none of such shares have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any person.

 

3.5                       Acquisition Corp .

 

 Acquisition Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent that was formed specifically for the purpose of the Merger and that has not conducted any business or acquired any property, and will not conduct any business or acquire any property prior to the Closing Date, except in preparation for and otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Statement of Merger and the other agreements to be made pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the Statement of Merger.

 

3.6                       Validity of Shares

 

.  The 17,919,733 shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii) hereof, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Statement of Merger, shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Stockholders as contemplated by Section 4 hereof and assuming the accuracy thereof, the issuance of the Parent Common Stock upon the Merger pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii) will be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and from the qualification or registration requirements of any applicable state blue sky or securities laws.

 

3.7                       SEC Reporting and Compliance

 

.  (a)  Parent filed a registration statement on Form SB-2 under the Exchange Act which became effective on March 19, 2007, Parent has filed with the Commission all reports required to be filed by companies registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

(b)           Parent has delivered to the Company true and complete copies of all annual reports on Form 10-KSB, quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB and Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and other statements reports and filings (collectively, the “ Parent SEC Documents ”) filed by the Parent with the Commission.

 

 

 

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(c)           Parent has not filed, and nothing has occurred with respect to which Parent would be required to file, any report on Form 8-K since November 7, 2008.  Prior to and until the Closing, Parent will provide to the Company copies of any and all amendments or supplements to the Parent SEC Documents filed with the Commission since November 7, 2008 and any and all subsequent statements, reports and filings filed by the Parent with the Commission or delivered to the stockholders of Parent.

 

 (d)           The shares of Parent Common Stock are quoted on the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Bulletin Board under the symbol “AAFS.OB,” and Parent is in compliance in all material respects with all rules and regulations of the OTC Bulletin Board applicable to it and the Parent Stock.

 

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