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MERGER
AGREEMENT
by and
among
Seaway Valley
Capital Corporation,
Seaway Valley
Acquisition Corp.,
and
WiseBuys
Stores, Inc.
Dated as of
October 23, 2007
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MERGER
AGREEMENT
Merger Agreement
(the "Agreement") dated as of October 23, 2007 by and
among Seaway Valley Capital Corporation,
a corporation formed under the laws of
the State of Delaware
("SVCC"), Seaway Valley
Acquisition Corp., a corporation
newly formed under
the laws of the State of
Delaware and a wholly
owned
subsidiary of SVCC (the "Merger Sub"), and WiseBuys Stores, Inc., a corporation
formed under the laws of the State of Delaware
("WiseBuys"). Each of
SVCC, the
Merger Sub, and WiseBuys is referred to herein individually as a
"Party" and all
are referred to collectively as the "Parties."
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, WiseBuys
is engaged in
the business of
operating retail
merchandise stores;
WHEREAS, SVCC and WiseBuys have
determined that a business combination
between them is
advisable and in the best
interests of their
respective
companies and stockholders and presents an opportunity
for their respective
companies to achieve long-term strategic and financial benefits;
WHEREAS, SVCC
has proposed to
acquire WiseBuys pursuant
to a merger
transaction whereby, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of
this
Agreement, WiseBuys shall become a
wholly owned subsidiary of SVCC through
the
merger of WiseBuys with and into the Merger Sub (the "Merger"); and
WHEREAS, in the Merger, all issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock
of WiseBuys shall be cancelled and converted into the right to receive shares
of
Series C Convertible Shares (the "Merger Shares") in the ratios
defined herein;
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:
"Applicable Law" means any domestic or foreign
law, statute, regulation,
rule, policy, guideline or ordinance applicable to the businesses of the
Parties
or the Merger.
"DGCL" means Delaware General Corporation Law.
"Knowledge" means, in the case
of SVCC or WiseBuys, 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.
"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.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust or
unincorporated
organization or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Surviving Entity" shall mean
WiseBuys 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
SECTION 1.01 STRUCTURE
Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement
and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time (as hereinafter
defined),
all WiseBuys Shares (as hereinafter
defined) shall be cancelled and converted
into the right to receive the Merger
Shares. In connection
therewith, the
following terms shall apply:
(a)
Exchange Agent. Robert
Brantl, counsel to SVCC,
shall act as the
exchange agent (the
"Exchange Agent") for
the purpose of exchanging
WiseBuys Shares for the Merger Shares.
At or prior to the Closing,
SVCC shall deliver to the Exchange
Agent the Merger Shares.
(b)
Prior to the Closing Date, SVCC shall file with the Secretary of State
of Delaware a
Certificate of Designation
of Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
(the "Series C
Convertible Shares") in the form
annexed hereto as Schedule
1.01(a).
(c)
Conversion of Securities.
(i) Conversion
of WiseBuys Securities. At the
Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of
SVCC,
WiseBuys or the
Merger Sub, or the
holders of any of their
respective securities:
(A) All of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of
WiseBuys (the
"WiseBuys Shares") shall be converted as a
result of the Merger as
follows: Each of the issued
and
outstanding shares of common stock of WiseBuys immediately
prior to the Effective
Time shall be converted
into and
represent the right to receive, and shall be
exchangeable
for, one-eighth
(1/8) of a share of Series C Convertible
stock of SVCC, and
each of the issued and outstanding shares
of Series A Preferred
Stock of WiseBuys immediately prior to
the Effective Time
shall be converted into and represent the
right to
receive, and shall be exchangeable for,
one-fourth
(1/4) of a share of Series C
Convertible stock of SVCC.
(B) All WiseBuys Shares shall no longer be
outstanding and shall
automatically be
canceled and retired 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(c)(i)(A)
upon the
surrender of
such certificate in
accordance with Section
1.07, without
interest. No fractional shares may be
issued;
but each
fractional share that would result from
the Merger
will be rounded to
the nearest number of whole shares.
(ii) Conversion of Merger Sub
Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue
of the Merger and
without any action on the part
of WiseBuys,
SVCC, 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
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 and
the Surviving Entity
shall be a wholly owned
subsidiary of SVCC.
(d)
Exemption from Registration. The Parties intend that the issuance of
the Merger Shares to the WiseBuys Shareholders
shall be exempt from
the registration
requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act")
pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 1.02 CLOSING.
The closing of the Merger (the
"Closing") will take place at the offices of
Robert Brantl, Esq. within one (1) business day following
the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions precedent set
forth in Article V or at such other date
as SVCC and WiseBuys shall agree (the "Closing Date"), but in any
event no later
than October 31,
2007 unless extended
by a written agreement of SVCC and
WiseBuys.
SECTION 1.03 MERGER;
EFFECTIVE TIME.
At the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms
and conditions of
this Agreement, Merger Sub shall, and SVCC shall cause Merger Sub to, merge
with
and into WiseBuys in accordance with
the provisions of the DGCL, the separate
corporate existence of WiseBuys shall cease and the Merger Sub shall continue
as
the Surviving Entity. The Effective
Time shall occur upon 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 Certificate
of Merger to be filed as soon as
practicable after the Closing.
SECTION 1.04 EFFECT OF THE MERGER.
The Merger shall have the effect set forth in Title
8, Section 259 of the
DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at
the Effective Time,
all the properties,
rights, privileges, powers
and
franchises of WiseBuys and Merger Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Entity, and
all debts, liabilities and duties of WiseBuys and Merger Sub shall become the
debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Entity.
SECTION 1.05 CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS; DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS.
Pursuant to the Merger:
(a)
The Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws of the 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, provided that the Certificate
of
Merger shall declare that the name of the Surviving
Entity shall be
WiseBuys Stores, Inc.
(b)
The directors and officers of the
WiseBuys immediately prior to the
Merger shall be the directors
and officers of the
Surviving Entity
subsequent to the Merger.
SECTION 1.06 RESTRICTIONS
ON RESALE
(a)
The Merger Shares 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) SVCC receives an
opinion of counsel for
SVCC that an
exemption from the registration
requirements of the
Securities Act is available.
The
certificates representing the
Merger Shares which are being issued to
the WiseBuys Shareholders 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 SEAWAY
VALLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION
RECEIVES AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL
FOR SEAWAY VALLEY CAPITAL
CORPORATION THAT AN
EXEMPTION FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
SUCH ACT IS
AVAILABLE."
SECTION 1.07 EXCHANGE OF
CERTIFICATES.
(a)
Exchange of Certificates. After the
Effective Time, the
WiseBuys
Shareholders shall be required to surrender all their
WiseBuys Shares
to the Exchange Agent, and the
WiseBuys Shareholders shall be entitled
upon such surrender
to receive in exchange
therefor certificates
representing the proportionate number of Merger Shares into which the
WiseBuys Shares theretofore
represented by the stock transfer forms so
surrendered shall have been exchanged
pursuant to this Agreement.
Until so surrendered, each
outstanding certificate which, prior to the
Effective Time,
represented WiseBuys 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 WiseBuys 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 WiseBuys Shares, until such
certificate or certificates
representing all the
relevant WiseBuys
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)
Full Satisfaction of Rights. All
Merger Shares for which the WiseBuys
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 WiseBuys
Shares.
(c)
Closing of Transfer Books. On the Effective Date, the stock transfer
book of WiseBuys
shall be deemed to be closed and no
transfer of
WiseBuys Shares shall
thereafter be recorded thereon.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SVCC
SVCC and, where
applicable, the Merger Sub
hereby jointly and severally
represent and warrant to WiseBuys and to the Shareholders of WiseBuys, as of
the
date of this Agreement, as of the
Closing Date and as of the Effective Time, as
follows:
SECTION 2.01 ORGANIZATION, STANDING
AND POWER.
SVCC is a corporation
duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, 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 Delaware, and has corporate
power and authority to enter into and
perform this Agreement and to carry out
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 2.02 SUBSIDIARIES
Except as described specifically
in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB
filed by SVCC on August 14, 2007 (the "10-QSB"), SVCC 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 shall not conduct
any
operating business, become a party to
any agreements, or incur any liabilities
or obligations.
SECTION 2.03 CAPITALIZATION.
(a)
SVCC is authorized to issue Two Billion, Five Hundred and Five Million
(2,505,000,000) shares of capital stock,
consisting of Two Billion,
Five Hundred Million
(2,500,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value
$.0001 per share, One Hundred
Thousand (100,000) shares of
Series A
Preferred
Stock, $.0001 per share, One Hundred
Thousand (100,000)
shares of
Series B Preferred Stock,
$.0001 per share,
and Four
Million, Eight Hundred Thousand
(4,800,000) shares of Preferred Stock,
par value $.0001 per share. As
of the date of this Agreement and as of
the Closing Date,
there are and will be more than
421,577,063 SVCC
Common Shares
and 78,250 Series
B Preferred Shares
issued and
outstanding. The Series B
Preferred Shares are entitled to cast 80% of
the votes at any meeting of the
SVCC shareholders.
(b)
No SVCC Common Shares or SVCC Preferred
Shares have been reserved for
issuance to any Person, and
there are no outstanding rights, warrants,
options or agreements
for the purchase of SVCC Common
or Preferred
Shares except as
provided in this Agreement,
and except for the
instruments in favor of Cornell Capital
Partners, LP granting the
right to convert certain
debentures into shares of common stock.
(c)
All outstanding SVCC 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.
The Series C Convertible
Shares issuable to the
WiseBuys Shareholders
pursuant to the
Merger will, when
issued
pursuant to this Agreement, be
duly and validly authorized and issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
SECTION 2.04 AUTHORITY FOR
AGREEMENT.
The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement
by each of SVCC
and Merger Sub have
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 SVCC 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 SVCC 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, SVCC's or Merger Sub's
Certificate 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 SVCC 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 SVCC or Merger Sub.
SECTION 2.05 FINANCIAL
CONDITION
The financial statements of SVCC and
the additional information regarding
the financial condition of SVCC contained in the 10-QSB are true, correct and
complete in all material respects, are not misleading and do not omit to state
any material fact which is necessary to make the statements
and information
contained therein misleading in any material respect. The financial
statements
included in the 10-QSB were prepared in
accordance with generally
accepted
accounting principles and fairly reflect
the financial condition of SVCC as of
the dates stated and the results of its operations for the periods presented.
SECTION 2.06 ABSENCE OF
CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS.
Since June 30,
2007, except as reported
in the 10-QSB and
except as
contemplated by this Agreement:
(a)
there has not been any
Material Adverse Change
in the business,
operations, properties, assets,
or condition of SVCC;
(b)
SVCC has not (i) amended its Certificate of Incorporation, except for
an amendment
filed to change the name of the corporation
from GS
Carbon Corporation to Seaway
Valley Capital Corporation; (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
purchased or
redeemed, or agreed
to purchase 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)
SVCC 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 SVCC 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.
SECTION 2.07 GOVERNMENTAL AND THIRD
PARTY CONSENTS
No consent, waiver,
approval, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any
court, administrative agency or commission or
other federal, state, county, local or other foreign governmental
authority,
instrumentality, agency or commission or
any third party, including a party to
any agreement with SVCC or Merger Sub, is required by or with respect to SVCC
or
Merger Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or
the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby,
except for such
consents, waivers, approvals,
orders, authorizations, registrations,
declarations and filings as may be required
under (i) applicable securities
laws, or (ii) the DGCL.
SECTION 2.08 LITIGATION
There is no
action, suit, investigation, audit or
proceeding pending
against, or to the Knowledge of SVCC,
threatened against or affecting,
SVCC or
the Merger Sub or any of their respective
assets or properties before any court
or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official.
SECTION 2.09 COMPLIANCE
WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.
To the Knowledge of SVCC, the business of each of SVCC and the Merger
Sub
has not been, and is not being, conducted in violation of any Applicable Law.
SECTION 2.10 TAX RETURNS
AND PAYMENT
SVCC has duly and timely filed all
material Tax Returns
required to be
filed by it and has duly and timely paid all Taxes shown
thereon to be due.
Except as disclosed in financial
statements filed with the 10-KSB,
there is no
material claim for Taxes that is a Lien
against the property of SVCC other than
Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, none of which is material. SVCC has
not
received written notification
of any audit of any Tax
Return of SVCC being
conducted or pending by a Tax
authority, no extension or waiver
of the statute
of limitations on the assessment of any
Taxes has been granted by SVCC which is
currently in effect,
and SVCC is not a party to any
agreement, contract or
arrangement with any Tax auth






