Exhibit 2.1
REINCORPORATION AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
This REINCORPORATION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER (this “AGREEMENT”), dated as of March 30
, 2007, is entered into between APPLIED DIGITAL
SOLUTIONS, INC., a Missouri corporation (“APPLIED
MISSOURI”) and APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applied Missouri
(“APPLIED DELAWARE”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, following approval by the Board of
Directors of each of Applied Missouri and Applied Delaware, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions herein stated, Applied
Missouri shall be merged with and into Applied Delaware, and that
Applied Delaware be the surviving corporation (the
“REINCORPORATION MERGER”);
WHEREAS, Applied Delaware is the wholly-owned
subsidiary corporation of Applied Missouri;
WHEREAS, the Reincorporation Merger is effected
pursuant to Section 351.447 of the Missouri General and Business
Corporations Law (RSMo. § 351.447) and Section 253 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law (8 Del. C. § 253);
WHEREAS, the Reincorporation Merger is intended
to qualify as a corporate reorganization pursuant to Section
368(a)(l)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(“Code”); and
WHEREAS, it is intended that as of the Effective
Time of the REINCORPORATION MERGER, Applied Delaware shall have
substantially the same capitalization, officers and directors as
Applied Missouri immediately prior to the Effective Time of the
REINCORPORATION MERGER.
NOW, THEREFORE, with the intent to be legally
bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
REINCORPORATION MERGER;
EFFECTIVE TIME
1.1 Reincorporation
Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in
Section 1.2), Applied Missouri shall be merged with and into
Applied Delaware whereupon the separate existence of Applied
Missouri shall cease. Applied Delaware shall be the surviving
corporation (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the
“SURVIVING CORPORATION”) in the Reincorporation Merger
and shall continue to be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Reincorporation Merger shall have the effects
specified in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
as amended (the “DGCL”) and in the General and Business
Corporation Law of the State of Missouri, as amended (the
“MGBCL”) and the Surviving Corporation shall succeed,
without other transfer, to
all of the
assets and property (whether real, personal or mixed), rights,
privileges, franchises, immunities and powers of Applied Missouri,
and shall assume and be subject to all of the duties, liabilities,
obligations and restrictions of every kind and description of
Applied Missouri, including, without limitation, all outstanding
indebtedness of Applied Missouri.
1.2 Effective
Time. Provided that the condition set forth in Section
5.1 has been fulfilled or waived in accordance with this Agreement
and that this Agreement has not been terminated or abandoned
pursuant to Section 6.1, on the date of the closing of the
Reincorporation Merger, Applied Missouri and Applied Delaware shall
cause this Agreement or a certificate of merger to be executed and
filed with the Delaware Secretary of State (the “DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF MERGER"), and the Delaware-certified certificate of
merger together with articles of merger shall then be filed with
the Missouri Secretary of State (the “MISSOURI CERTIFICATE OF
MERGER”). The Reincoiporation Merger shall become effective
upon the date and time specified in the Delaware Certificate of
Merger and the Missouri Articles of Merger (the “EFFECTIVE
TIME”).
ARTICLE
II
CHARTER AND BYLAWS OF THE
SURVIVING CORPORATION
2.1 Certificate of
Incorporation. The certificate of incorporation of Applied
Delaware in effect at the Effective Time shall be the certificate
of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, until amended in
accordance with the provisions provided therein or applicable
law.
2.2 Bylaws.
The bylaws of
Applied Delaware in effect at the Effective Time shall be the
bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until amended in accordance
with the provisions provided therein or applicable law.
ARTICLE
III
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF
THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
3.1 Officers.
The officers
of Applied Delaware at the Effective Time (which are the identical
officers of Applied Missouri prior to the REINCORPORATION MERGER)
shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation, until their successors have been duly
elected or appointed and qualified, or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal.
3.2 Directors.
The directors
and the members of the various committees of the Board of Directors
of Applied Delaware at the Effective Time (which are the identical
directors and board committee members of Applied Missouri prior to
the REINCORPORATION MERGER) shall, from and after the Effective
Time, be the directors and members of such committees of the
Surviving Corporation, until their successors have been duly
elected or appointed and qualified, or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal.
ARTICLE
IV
EFFECT OF MERGER ON CAPITAL
STOCK
4.1 Effect of
Merger on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, as a result of the
Rcincorporation Merger and without any action on the part of
Applied Missouri, Applied Delaware or the shareholders of Applied
Missouri:
(a) Each share of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Applied Missouri
(“MISSOURI COMMON STOCK”) issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted (without
the surrender of stock certificates or any other action)