AMENDED AND RESTATED
MERGER AGREEMENT
by
and among
Wincroft, Inc.
and
Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. (a Nevada corporation)
and
Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. (a Delaware corporation)
Dated as of October 14, 2008
MERGER AGREEMENT
This Amended
and Restated Merger Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is made
and entered into as of October 14, 2008 by and among Wincroft,
Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Nevada
(“ WCRF ”), Apollo Solar Energy, Inc, a
corporation newly formed under the laws of the State of Nevada and
a wholly owned subsidiary of WCRF (the “ Merger Sub
”), and Apollo Solar Energy, Inc., a corporation formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware (“ Apollo
”). Each of WCRF, the Merger Sub and Apollo is
referred to herein individually as a “ Party ”
and all are referred to collectively as the “ Parties
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PREAMBLE
WHEREAS , the parties hereto entered into that certain
merger agreement (the “ Prior Agreement ”) dated
as of August 8, 2008 in connection with the Merger and wish to
amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety by virtue of
this Agreement;
WHEREAS , Apollo owns 100% of the equity of Sichuan
Apollo Solar Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (“ Sichuan
Apollo ”), a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WOFE)
organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China
(“ Sichuan Apollo ”);
WHEREAS , the Boards of Directors of each of WCRF,
Merger Sub and Apollo have determined that a business combination
between Apollo and Merger Sub through the statutory merger of
Merger Sub with and into Apollo (the “ Merger
”), is advisable and in the best interests of their
respective companies and stockholders and in furtherance thereof
have approved the Merger; and
WHEREAS , pursuant to the Merger, all issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of Apollo, $0.0001 par value
(the “ Apollo Shares ”), shall be cancelled and
converted into the right to receive shares of WCRF Common Stock,
$0.001 par value (“ Merger Shares ”), at the
rate set forth herein, which shall represent 96.87% of the voting
stock of WCRF after the Merger;
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants,
representations and warranties contained herein, the Parties,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“
Acquired Entities ” means Apollo and Sichuan Apollo
collectively.
“
Applicable Law ” means any domestic or foreign law,
statute, regulation, rule, policy, guideline or ordinance
applicable to the businesses of the Parties, the Merger and/or the
Parties.
“
Apollo Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“
Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section
1.02.
“
Dissenting Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.01(c)(ii).
“
DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
“
Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in Section
1.03.
“Knowledge” means, in the case of WCRF or Apollo, a
particular fact or other matter of which its Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer is actually aware or which a
prudent individual serving in such capacity could be expected to
discover or otherwise become aware of in the course of conducting a
reasonable review or investigation of the corporation and its
business and affairs.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any property or asset,
any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, claim,
encumbrance, royalty interest, any other adverse claim of any kind
in respect of such property or asset, or any other restrictions or
limitations of any nature whatsoever.
“
Merger ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“
Merger Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” with respect to any entity
or group of entities means any event, change or effect that has or
would have a materially adverse effect on the financial condition,
business or results of operations of such entity or group of
entities, taken as a whole.
“
NGCL” means the Nevada General Corporation
Law.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, trust or unincorporated organization or a government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“
Surviving Entity ” shall mean Apollo as the surviving
entity in the Merger as provided in Section 1.03.
“
Tax ” (and, with correlative meaning, “
Taxes ” and “ Taxable ”)
means:
(i) any income,
alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross receipts tax, sales tax,
use tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, franchise tax, profits tax,
license tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, employment tax, excise
tax, severance tax, stamp tax, occupation tax, property tax,
environmental or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or other tax,
impost, levy, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge
of any kind whatsoever together with any interest or any penalty,
addition to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto
by any governmental or Tax authority responsible for the imposition
of any such tax (domestic or foreign), and
(ii) any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause (i) above as a result of being a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group for any taxable period,
and
(iii) any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clauses (i) or (ii) above as a result of any express or implied
obligation to indemnify any other person.
“ Tax
Return ” means any return, declaration, form, claim for
refund or information return or statement relating to Taxes,
including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any
amendment thereof.
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement and in accordance with applicable provisions the
DGCL and the NGCL, at the Effective Time, all Apollo Shares shall
be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Merger
Shares. In connection therewith, the following terms shall
apply:
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(a)
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Conversion
of Securities.
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(i) Conversion of Apollo
Securities . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of WCRF, Apollo or the Merger Sub,
or the holders of any of their respective securities:
(A) Each of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of Apollo immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished and each
shall be converted automatically into the right to receive Four
Thousand (4,000) Merger Shares. The allocation of the
Merger Shares among the shareholders of Apollo is set forth in
Schedule 1.01 hereto.
(B) All Apollo Shares shall no
longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and
extinguished and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a
certificate representing any such shares shall cease to have any
rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger
Shares to be issued pursuant to this Section 1.01(a)(i) upon the
surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section
1.07.
(C) The Merger Shares shall
represent 96.87%, on a fully diluted basis, of the voting stock of
all classes of issued and outstanding stock of WCRF at the
Effective Time.
(ii) Conversion of Merger
Sub Stock . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of Apollo, WCRF, the Merger Sub, or
the holders of any of their respective securities, each share of
capital stock of Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be converted into one share of the common
stock of the Surviving Entity and the Surviving Entity shall be a
wholly owned subsidiary of WCRF. The shares of
common stock of the Surviving Entity so issued in such conversion
shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Surviving Entity.
(b) Exemption from
Registration . The Parties intend that the issuance of the
Merger Shares to Apollo shall be exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(c)
Shares Subject to Appraisal Rights .
(i) Notwithstanding
Section 1.01, Dissenting Shares shall not be converted into a right
to receive Merger Shares and the holders thereof shall be entitled
only to such rights as are granted by Delaware Law. Each holder of
Dissenting Shares who becomes entitled to payment for such shares
pursuant to Delaware Law shall receive payment therefor from the
Surviving Entity in accordance with the Delaware Law, provided,
however, that (i) if any stockholder of Company who
asserts appraisal rights in connection with the Merger (a “
Dissenter ”) has failed to establish his entitlement
to such rights as provided in Delaware Law, or (ii) if any
such Dissenter has effectively withdrawn his demand for payment for
such shares or waived or lost his right to payment for his shares
under the appraisal rights process under Delaware Law the Apollo
Shares held by such Dissenter shall be treated as if they had been
converted, as of the Effective Time, into a right to receive Merger
Shares and as provided in Section 1.01. Apollo shall give WCRF
prompt notice of any demands for payment received by Apollo from a
person asserting appraisal rights, and WCRF shall have the right to
participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to
such demands. Apollo shall not, except with the prior written
consent of WCRF, make any payment with respect to, or settlement or
offer to settle, any such demands.
(ii) As used herein,
“ Dissenting Shares ” means any shares of Apollo
Common Apollo held by stockholders of Apollo who are entitled to
appraisal rights under Delaware Law, and who have properly
exercised, perfected and not subsequently withdrawn or lost or
waived their rights to demand payment with respect to their shares
in accordance with Delaware Law.
The closing of
the Merger (the “ Closing ”) will take place as
soon as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions precedent set forth in Article V or at such other date
as WCRF and Apollo shall agree (the “ Closing Date
”), but in any event no later than October 31, 2008, unless
extended by a written agreement of WCRF and
Apollo. The Closing shall take place at the
offices of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, 1177 Avenue of
the Americas, New York, New York 10036, or at such other location
as the parties hereto agree.
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SECTION
1.03
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MERGER;
EFFECTIVE TIME
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At the
Effective Time, and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Merger Sub shall merge with and into Apollo in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the NGCL,
the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and
Apollo shall continue as the Surviving Entity. The Effective Time
shall occur upon the later of (a) the filing with the Secretary of
State of the State of Nevada of a Certificate of Merger, executed
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the NGCL and (b)
the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of
a Certificate of Merger, executed in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the DGCL (the “ Effective Time ”).
The date on which the Effective Time occurs is referred to as the
“ Effective Date .” Provided that this Agreement
has not been terminated pursuant to Article VI, the Parties will
cause the Certificates of Merger to be filed as soon as practicable
after the Closing.
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SECTION
1.04
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EFFECT OF
THE MERGER
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The Merger
shall have the effect set forth in Section 92A.250 of the Nevada
Revised Statutes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the properties,
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Apollo and Merger Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Entity, and all debts, liabilities and
duties of Apollo and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities
and duties of the Surviving Entity.
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SECTION
1.05
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CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS; DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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Pursuant to the Merger:
(a) The Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Entity immediately
following the Merger.
(b) The directors and officers
of Apollo immediately prior to the Merger shall be the directors
and officers of the Surviving Entity subsequent to the
Merger.
The Merger
Shares issued pursuant to the Merger will not be registered under
the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state, and cannot
be transferred, hypothecated, sold or otherwise disposed of until:
(i) a registration statement with respect to such securities is
declared effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) WCRF receives
an opinion of counsel for the holders of the shares proposed to be
transferred, reasonably satisfactory to counsel for WCRF, that an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
is available.
The
certificates representing the Merger Shares which are being issued
hereunder shall contain a legend substantially as
follows:
“THE
SECURITIES WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY
NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
UNTIL A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS DECLARED
EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT, OR WINCROFT, INC. RECEIVES AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR
WINCROFT, INC. THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.”
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SECTION
1.07
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EXCHANGE OF
CERTIFICATES
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(a)
Exchange of Certificates . After the Effective
Time, the holders of the Apollo Shares shall be required to
surrender all their Apollo Shares to the Exchange Agent, and the
holders shall be entitled upon such surrender to receive in
exchange therefor certificates representing the proportionate
number of Merger Shares into which the Apollo Shares theretofore
represented by the stock certificates so surrendered. Until so
surrendered, each outstanding certificate that, prior to the
Effective Time, represented Apollo Shares shall be deemed for all
corporate purposes, subject to the further provisions of this
Article I, to evidence the ownership of the number of whole Merger
Shares for which such Apollo Shares have been so exchanged. No
dividend payable to holders of Merger Shares of record as of any
date subsequent to the Effective Time shall be paid to the owner of
any certificate which, prior to the Effective Time, represented
Apollo Shares, until such certificate or certificates representing
all the relevant Apollo Shares, together with a stock transfer
form, are surrendered as provided in this Article I or pursuant to
letters of transmittal or other instructions with respect to lost
certificates provided by the Exchange Agent.
(b)
Exchange Procedures.
(i) Empire
Stock Transfer, Inc., WCRF’s transfer agent,
shall act as exchange agent (the “
Exchange Agent ”) in the Merger.
(ii) Promptly
after the Effective Time, WCRF shall make available to the Exchange
Agent for exchange in accordance with this Article I, through
such reasonable procedures as WCRF may adopt, the Merger Shares
issuable pursuant to Section 1.01(a) in exchange for Apollo
Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time.
(iii) Promptly after the
Effective Time, WCRF shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each
holder of record of a certificate or certificates (the “
Certificates ”) which immediately prior to the
Effective Time represented outstanding Apollo Shares, whose shares
were converted into the right to receive shares of Merger Shares
pursuant to Section 1.01, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title
to the Certificates shall pass, only upon receipt of the
Certificates by the Exchange Agent, and shall be in such form and
have such other provisions as WCRF may reasonably specify) and (ii)
instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates
in exchange for certificates representing Merger Shares. Upon
surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent
or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by WCRF,
together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and
validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, the
holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange
therefor a certificate representing the number of Merger Shares
which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section
1.01, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be
canceled.
(iv) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 1.07, none of the Exchange
Agent, the Surviving Entity, WCRF or any party hereto shall be
liable to any person for any amount properly paid to a public
official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or
similar law.
(c) Full Satisfaction of
Rights . All Merger Shares for which the Apollo Shares shall
have been exchanged pursuant to this Article I shall be deemed to
have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to
the Apollo Shares.
(d) Exchange of
Certificates . All certificates representing Apollo Shares
converted into the right to receive Merger Shares pursuant to this
Article I shall be furnished to WCRF subsequent to delivery thereof
to the Exchange Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) Closing of Transfer
Books . On the Effective Date, the stock transfer book of
Apollo shall be deemed to be closed and no transfer of Apollo
Shares shall thereafter be recorded thereon.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
WCRF AND MERGER SUB
WCRF and, where
applicable, the Merger Sub hereby jointly and severally represent
and warrant to Apollo, as of the date of this Agreement, as of the
Closing Date and as of the Effective Time except at otherwise
indicated, and except in each case as disclosed in the WCRF
disclosure letter delivered as of the date hereof, as
follows:
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SECTION
2.01
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ORGANIZATION, STANDING AND POWER
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WCRF is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and has corporate
power and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted
by it and to enter into and perform this Agreement and to carry out
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Merger Sub is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and has corporate
power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and to
carry out the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Each of WCRF and Merger Sub has the
power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now
being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted and is
duly authorized and qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing would have a Material Adverse Effect
on WCRF. WCRF has delivered or made available to Apollo a true and
correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation (the “
Articles of Incorporation ”), and the Bylaws, or other
charter documents, as applicable, of WCRF and Merger Sub, each as
amended to date. Neither WCRF nor Merger Sub is in violation of any
of the provisions of its respective charter or bylaws or equivalent
organization documents. There are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, puts, calls, rights, exchangeable or convertible
securities or other commitments or agreements of any character
relating to the issued or unissued capital stock or other
securities of WCRF or Merger Sub, or otherwise obligating WCRF or
Merger Sub to issue, transfer, sell, purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any such securities. WCRF does not directly or indirectly
own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible
or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar interest
in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business
association or entity.
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SECTION
2.02
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SUBSIDIARIES
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WCRF owns all
of the outstanding capital stock of the Merger Sub . All of
the outstanding shares of capital stock of Merger Sub are owned by
WCRF free and clear of all liens, charges, claims or encumbrances
or rights of others. Other than its ownership of
the Merger Sub, WCRF does not have an ownership interest in any
Person. Merger Sub is a recently formed corporation
and prior to the date hereof and through the Effective Date, Merger
Sub has not and shall not have conducted any business operations,
become a party to any agreements, or incurred any liabilities or
obligations.
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SECTION
2.03
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CAPITALIZATION
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(a) There are 125,000,000
shares of capital stock of WCRF authorized, consisting of
100,000,000 shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share (the
“ WCRF Common Shares ”), and 25,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (“ WCRF
Preferred Shares”). As of the date of this Agreement,
there are 555,013 WCRF Common Shares issued and outstanding, and no
WCRF Preferred Shares outstanding.
(b) No WCRF Common Shares or
WCRF Preferred Shares have been reserved for issuance to any
Person. There are no contracts, commitments or
agreements relating to voting, purchase or sale of WCRF’s
capital stock (i) between or among WCRF and any of its stockholders
and (ii) to the best of WCRF’s knowledge, between or among
any of WCRF’s stockholders.
(c) All outstanding WCRF Common
Shares are validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, not subject
to pre-emptive rights and have been issued in compliance with all
state and federal securities laws or other Applicable
Law.
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SECTION
2.04
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AUTHORITY
FOR AGREEMENT
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The execution,
delivery, and performance of this Agreement by each of WCRF and
Merger Sub has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and
shareholder action, and this Agreement, upon its execution by the
Parties, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of each
of WCRF and the Merger Sub, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with and subject to its terms, except as enforceability
may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general
application affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights. The
execution and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and compliance with its provisions by WCRF and Merger Sub
will not violate any provision of Applicable Law and will not
conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms,
conditions, or provisions of, or constitute a default under, WCRF's
or Merger Sub’s Articles of Incorporation, or either of their
Bylaws, in each case as amended, or, in any material respect, any
indenture, lease, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which WCRF is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound, or any decree, judgment, order, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to WCRF or Merger Sub. No consent, approval,
order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing
with, any court, administrative agency or commission or other
governmental authority or instrumentality (“ Governmental
Entity ”) is required by or with respect to WCRF or
Merger Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, except for (i) the filing of the Certificate of
Merger as provided in Section 1.03; (ii) such consents,
approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and
filings as may be required under applicable state securities laws
and the securities laws of any foreign country; (iii) such filings,
if any, as may be required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“ HSR ”);
and (iv) such other consents, authorizations, filings,
approvals and registrations which, if not obtained or made, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on WCRF and would not prevent,
or materially alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
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SECTION
2.05
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SEC
DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL CONDITION
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WCRF has made
available to Apollo a true and complete copy of each statement,
report, registration statement (with the prospectus in the form
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act), definitive
proxy statement, and other filings filed with the SEC by WCRF since
July 11, 2008, and, prior to the Effective Time, WCRF will have
furnished or made available to Apollo true and complete copies of
any additional documents filed with the SEC by WCRF prior to the
Effective Time (collectively, the “ WCRF SEC Documents
”). WCRF has timely filed all forms, statements and documents
required to be filed by it with the SEC since July 11, 2008. In
addition, WCRF has made available to Apollo all exhibits to the
WCRF SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, and will
promptly make available to Apollo all exhibits to any additional
WCRF SEC Documents filed prior to the Effective Time. All documents
required to be filed as exhibits to the WCRF SEC Documents have
been so filed, and all material contracts so filed as exhibits are
in full force and effect, except those that have expired in
accordance with their terms, and neither WCRF nor any of its
subsidiaries is in material default thereunder. As of their
respective filing dates, the WCRF SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
Securities Act, and none of the WCRF SEC Documents contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which
they were made, not misleading, except to the extent corrected by a
subsequently filed WCRF SEC Document. The financial statements of
WCRF, including the notes thereto, included in the WCRF SEC
Documents (the “ WCRF Financial Statements ”)
were complete and correct in all material respects as of their
respective dates, complied as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as of their respective
dates, and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
basis consistent throughout the periods indicated and consistent
with each other (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto
or, in the case of unaudited statements included in Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-QSB, as permitted by Form 10-QSB of the SEC).
The WCRF Financial Statements fairly present the financial
condition and operating results of WCRF at the dates and during the
periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal, recurring year-end adjustments).
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SECTION
2.06
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SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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There has been no change in WCRF
accounting policies since June 30, 2008 except as described in the
notes to the WCRF Financial Statements. Each required form, report
and document containing financial statements that has been filed
with or submitted to the SEC since August 31, 2002, was accompanied
by the certifications required to be filed or submitted by
WCRF’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “
Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), and at the time of filing or
submission of each such certification, such certification was true
and accurate and materially complied with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Since June
30, 2008, neither WCRF nor, to the knowledge of the WCRF, any
director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative
of WCRF or any of its subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or
obtained knowledge of any complaint, allegation, assertion or
claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or
auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of WCRF or
their respective internal accounting controls, including any
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that WCRF has engaged in
questionable accounting or auditing practices, except for (A) any
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim as has been resolved
without any resulting change to WCRF’s accounting or auditing
practices, procedures methodologies or methods of WCRF or its
internal accounting controls and (b) questions regarding such
matters raised and resolved in the ordinary course in connection
with the preparation and review of WCRF’s financial
statements and periodic reports. To the knowledge of WCRF, no
attorney representing WCRF, whether or not employed by WCRF, has
reported evidence of a material violation of securities laws,
breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by WCRF or any of its
officers, directors, employees or agents to the Board of Directors
of WCRF or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of
WCRF. To the knowledge of WCRF, no employee of WCRF has provided or
is providing information to any law enforcement agency regarding
the commission or possible commission of any crime or the violation
or possible violation of any applicable law.
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SECTION
2.07
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ABSENCE OF
CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS
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Since June 30,
2008,
(a) there has not been any
Material Adverse Change in the business, operations, properties,
assets, or condition of WCRF;
(b) WCRF has not (i) amended
its Articles of Incorporation; (ii) declared or made, or agreed to
declare or make, any payment of dividends or distributions of any
assets of any kind whatsoever to stockholders or exchanged or
redeemed, or agreed to exchange or redeem, any outstanding capital
stock; (iii) made any material change in its method of management,
operation, or accounting; (iv) entered into any material
transaction; or (v) 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 or
employee;
(c) WCRF has not (i) borrowed
or agreed to borrow any funds or incurred, or become subject to,
any material obligation or liability (absolute or contingent)
except liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) paid any material obligation or liability (absolute or
contingent) other than current liabilities reflected in or shown on
the most recent WCRF balance sheet, and current liabilities
incurred since that date in the ordinary course of business; (iii)
sold or transferred, or agreed to sell or transfer, any material
assets, properties, or rights, or canceled, or agreed to cancel,
any material debts or claims; or (iv) made or permitted any
material amendment or termination of any contract, agreement, or
license to which it is a party.
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SECTION
2.08
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ABSENCE OF
UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES
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WCRF has no
material obligations or liabilities of any nature (matured or
unmatured, fixed or contingent) other than (i) those set forth or
adequately provided for in the Balance Sheet included in
WCRF’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended June 30, 2008 (the “ WCRF Balance Sheet
”), (ii) those incurred in the ordinary course of business
and not required to be set forth in the WCRF Balance Sheet under
GAAP, (iii) those incurred in the ordinary course of business since
the WCRF Balance Sheet date and not reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect on WCRF, and (iv) those incurred in
connection with this Agreement.
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SECTION
2.09
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GOVERNMENTAL
AND THIRD PARTY CONSENTS
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No consent,
waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any court, administrative agency or
commission or other federal, state, c