MEMBERSHIP PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS MEMBERSHIP
PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, dated as of June 12,
2009 (the “Agreement”), among Minatura Gold, a Nevada
corporation (“MGOL”), Gold Ventures 2008, LLC., a
Nevada Limited Liability Company (the “Company”) and
Flat Holdings, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
(“Seller”). Together MGOL, GV, and the
Seller, are referred to collectively as the
“Parties.”
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, MGOL desires
to acquire from the Seller, and the Seller desires to sell to MGOL,
membership interest of GV representing 40% of GV outstanding
membership interest (the "Membership Interest") as of the Closing
(as defined herein) in exchange (the “Exchange”) for
the issuance by MGOL of its shares of restricted common stock,
$0.001 par value per share (“MGOL Common Stock”), in
exchange for their respective Membership Interest in GV pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth below;
WHEREAS, Gold
Resource Partners, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company owns, or
upon closing, will own Membership Interest representing 60% of the
issued and outstanding Membership Interest of GV.
WHEREAS, Flat
Holdings, LLC, Seller herein, own Membership Interest representing
40% of the issued and outstanding Membership Interest of GV.
WHEREAS, GV, the
Seller and MGOL desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and mutual promises herein made, and
in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Certain Definitions. The following terms
shall, when used in this Agreement, have the following
meanings:
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person: (i) any
Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with
power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
such other Person (other than passive or institutional investors);
(ii) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities
are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to
vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other
Person; and (iv) any officer, director or partner of such other
Person. “Control” for the foregoing purposes shall mean
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities or voting
interests, by contract or otherwise.
“Business
Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in New York are required or authorized
to be closed.
“Code”
means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“GV
Assets” mean all properties, assets, privileges, powers,
rights, interests and claims of every type and description that are
owned, leased, held, used or useful in GV’s business and in
which GV has any right, title or interest or in which GV acquires
any right, title or interest on or before the Closing Date,
wherever located, whether known or unknown, and whether or not now
or on the Closing Date on the books and records of GV, but
excluding any of the foregoing, if any, transferred prior to the
Closing pursuant to this Agreement or any Related Documents.
“GV
Business” means (i) the gold mining operating business and
its related businesses.
“GV Membership
Interest” means the membership interest of GV.
“GV
Members” means, as of any particular date, the holders of GV
Membership Interest on that date.
“Encumbrance” means any material mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance, charge, security interest, security agreement,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, limitation,
option, assessment, restrictive agreement, restriction, adverse
interest, restriction on transfer or exception to or material
defect in title or other ownership interest (including restrictive
covenants, leases and licenses).
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“GAAP”
means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect from time to time.
“MGOL
Assets” mean all properties, assets, privileges, powers,
rights, interests and claims of every type and description that are
owned, leased, held, used or useful in the MGOL Business and in
which MGOL holds title or any interest or in which MGOL acquires
any right, title or interest on or before the Closing Date,
wherever located, whether known or unknown, and whether or not now
or on the Closing Date on the books and records of MGOL.
“MGOL
Business” means the business conducted by MGOL.
“MGOL Common
Stock” means the common shares of MGOL, $0.001 par value,
currently trading on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the
symbol “MGOL”.
“Exchange
Shares” means the shares of MGOL Common Stock deliverable by
MGOL in exchange for Seller’s Membership Interest of GV.
“Legal Requirement” means any
statute, ordinance, law, rule, regulation, code, injunction,
judgment, order, decree, ruling, or other requirement enacted,
adopted or applied by any Regulatory Authority, including judicial
decisions applying common law or interpreting any other Legal
Requirement. Without limiting the foregoing, the laws, rules and
regulations of and pursuant to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as
well as the accounting requirements included in the rules and
regulations of the Commission, are included with in the term Legal
Requirement.
“Losses”
shall mean all damages, awards, judgments, assessments, fines,
sanctions, penalties, charges, costs, expenses, payments,
diminutions in value and other losses, however suffered or
characterized, all interest thereon, all costs and expenses of
investigating any claim, lawsuit or arbitration and any appeal
there from, all actual attorneys’, accountants’,
investment bankers’ and expert witness’ fees incurred
in connection therewith, whether or not such claim, lawsuit or
arbitration is ultimately defeated and, subject to Section 9.4, all
amounts paid incident to any compromise or settlement of any such
claim, lawsuit or arbitration.
“Liability” means any liability or obligation (whether
known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute
or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or
unliquidated, and whether due or to become due), including any
liability for Taxes.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect
on (i) the assets, Liabilities, or properties of the
Parties, (ii) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of
this Agreement or the Related Documents or (iii) the ability of any
Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Related Documents; provided, however, that none of the following
shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect on GV: (i) the filing,
initiation and subsequent prosecution, by or on behalf of
shareholders of any Party, of litigation that challenges or
otherwise seeks damages with respect to the Exchange, this
Agreement and/or transactions contemplated thereby or hereby, (ii)
occurrences due to a disruption of a Party’s business as a
result of the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or
changes caused by the taking of action required by this Agreement,
(iii) general economic conditions, or (iv) any changes generally
affecting the industries in which a Party operates.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, partnership, trust,
unincorporated organization, association, limited liability
company, Regulatory Authority or other entity.
“Regulatory
Authority” means: (i) the United States of America; (ii) any
state, commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States
of America and any political subdivision thereof (including
counties, municipalities and the like); (iii) any foreign (as to
the United States of America) sovereign entity and any political
subdivision thereof; or (iv) any agency, authority or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any court,
tribunal, department, bureau, commission or board.
“Representative” means any director, officer, employee,
agent, consultant, advisor or other representative of a Person,
including legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors.
“Related
Documents” mean the Exhibits and any other documents,
instruments and certificates to be executed and delivered by the
Parties hereunder.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations there under.
“Subsidiary” of a specified Person means (a) any Person
if securities having ordinary voting power (at the time in question
and without regard to the happening of any contingency) to elect a
majority of the directors, trustees, managers or other governing
body of such Person are held or controlled by the specified Person
or a Subsidiary of the specified Person; (b) any Person in which
the specified Person and its subsidiaries collectively hold a 50%
or greater equity interest; (c) any partnership or similar
organization in which the specified Person or subsidiary of the
specified Person is a general partner; or (d) any Person the
management of which is directly or indirectly controlled by the
specified Person and its Subsidiaries through the exercise of
voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Tax”
means any U.S. or non U.S. federal, state, provincial, local or
foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits,
environmental, customs duties, capital, franchise, profits,
withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment,
disability, real property, personal property, intangible property,
recording, occupancy, sales, use, transfer, registration, value
added minimum, estimated or other tax of any kind whatsoever,
including any interest, additions to tax, penalties, fees,
deficiencies, assessments, additions or other charges of any nature
with respect thereto, whether disputed or not.
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Other Definitions. The following terms shall,
when used in this Agreement, have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Sections indicated.
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ARTICLE II
EXCHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
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Exchange of Membership Interest. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined), MGOL shall issue and deliver to Seller, or
its designees, Four Hundred Thirteen Thousand, Thirty-nine
(416,645) shares of MGOL common stock, (“Exchange
Shares”) in exchange for their respective Forty Percent (40%)
Membership Interest in GV, together with appropriately executed
transfer documents relative to the membership interest in favor of
MGOL, which MGOL will hold and retain so that GV is a partially
owned subsidiary of MGOL.
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Restrictive Legend. All certificates
representing the Exchange Shares shall contain the following legend
in customary form restricting transfer under the 1933 Act absent
registration with the Commission therefore, or available exemption,
to which the Seller hereby consent:
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THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”) OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND ARE BEING
OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES
OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PASSED
UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO
THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THESE ARE SPECULATIVE
SECURITIES.
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Closing. The closing of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Documents
(“Closing”) shall take place at the offices of GV, or
at such other location as the parties may agree on or before
September 1, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Time,. The date on which
the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the
“Closing Date.” The Closing may occur by exchange of
documents and instruments, without personal attendance of
representatives of the parties. !
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GV AND THE SELLER
GV, as to the
representations and warranties made in Sections 3.1 through
3.13, and Seller as to representations and warranties
made in Sections 3.14 and 3.20, (to the best knowledge of such
Seller) represent and warrant to MGOL that the statements contained
in this ARTICLE III, as applicable to each of GV and Seller as
hereinabove described, are correct and complete as of the date of
this Agreement and, except as provided in Section 7.1, will be
correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as though made then
and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of
this Agreement throughout this ARTICLE III, except in the case of
representations and warranties stated to be made as of the date of
this Agreement or as of another date and except for changes
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement).
Representations and
Warranties as to GV:
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Organization and Qualification. GV is a
limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of Nevada. GV has all requisite power
and authority to own, lease and use its assets as they are
currently owned, leased and used and to conduct its business as it
is currently conducted. GV is duly qualified or licensed to do
business in and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the character of the properties owned, leased or used by it or the
nature of the activities conducted by it make such qualification
necessary, except any such jurisdiction where the failure to be so
qualified or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
GV or a material adverse effect on the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Related Documents or the
ability of GV to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
any of the Related Documents.
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As of the Closing, the authorized, issued and
outstanding Membership Interest will be listed on Exhibit 2.1(a)
hereto.
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As of the Closing, there will be no
outstanding or authorized options, warrants, purchase rights,
preemptive rights or other contracts or commitments that could
require GV to issue, sell, or otherwise cause to become outstanding
any of its Membership Interests or other ownership interests
(collectively “Options”).
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As of the Closing, all of the issued and
outstanding Membership Interests of Company will be duly authorized
and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable. As of the Closing, all the Options will
have been duly authorized and validly issued and
outstanding. As of the Closing, the capital stock and
the Options will have been issued in compliance with applicable
securities laws and other applicable Legal Requirements or transfer
restrictions under applicable securities laws.
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All of the Membership Interests of GV to be
issued between the date of this Agreement and the Closing will be
duly authorized and will be validly issued and outstanding as of
the Closing, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be issued in
compliance with applicable securities laws and other applicable
Legal Requirements or transfer restrictions under applicable
securities laws.
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Authority and Validity. GV has all requisite
power to execute and deliver, to perform its obligations under, and
to consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement
(subject to receipt of any consents, approvals, authorizations or
other matters). The execution and delivery by GV of, the
performance by GV under, and the consummation by GV of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all requisite action of GV. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by GV and, as of the Closing (assuming
due execution and delivery by MGOL) is the legal, valid, and
binding obligation of GV, enforceable against GV in accordance with
its terms. Upon the execution and delivery of the Related Documents
by each Person (other than MGOL) that is required by this Agreement
to execute, or that does execute, this Agreement or any of the
Related Documents, and assuming due execution and delivery thereof
by MGOL, the Related Documents will be the legal, valid and binding
obligations of GV, enforceable against such GV in accordance with
their respective terms.
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No Breach or Violation. Subject to obtaining
the consents, approvals, authorizations, and orders of and making
the registrations or filings with or giving notices to Regulatory
Authorities and Persons identified herein, the execution, delivery
and performance by GV and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof and thereof, do not and will not conflict with,
constitute a violation or breach of, constitute a default or give
rise to any right of termination or acceleration of any right or
obligation of GV result in the creation or imposition of any
Encumbrance upon GV, GV Assets, GV Business or GV Membership
Interest.
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Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval,
authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice
to, any Regulatory Authority or any other Person is necessary to be
obtained, made or given by GV in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by GV of this Agreement or any Related
Document or for the consummation by GV of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent the failure to
obtain any such consent, approval, authorization or order or to
make any such registration or filing would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on GV or a material adverse effect on the validity,
binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the Related
Documents or the ability of GV to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or any of the Related Documents.
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Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of GV,
GV has good title to or the right to use all material company
intellectual property rights and all material inventions,
processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets and know-how necessary
for the operation of GV Business without the payment of any royalty
or similar payment.
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Compliance with Legal Requirements. GV has
operated GV Business in compliance with all Legal Requirements
applicable to GV except to the extent the failure to operate in
compliance with all material Legal Requirements would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on GV or Material Adverse Effect on the
validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Related Documents.
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Litigation. There are no outstanding judgments
or orders against or otherwise affecting or related to GV, GV
Business or GV Assets; and (ii) there is no action, suit,
complaint, proceeding or investigation, judicial, administrative or
otherwise, that is pending or, to GV’s knowledge, threatened
that, if adversely determined, would have Material Adverse Effect
on GV or a material adverse effect on the validity, binding effect
or enforceability of this Agreement or the Related Documents.
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Taxes. GV has duly and timely filed in proper
form all Tax Returns for all Taxes required to be filed with the
appropriate Regulatory Authority, except where such failure would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on GV.
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Books and Records. The books and records of GV
accurately and fairly represent GV Business and Company Assets and
its results of operations in all material respects. All accounts
receivable and inventory of GV Business are reflected properly on
such books and records in all material respects.
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Brokers or Finders. No broker or finder has
acted directly or indirectly for GV or any of its Affiliates in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and neither GV, nor any of its Affiliates has incurred any
obligation to pay any brokerage or finder’s fee or other
commission in connection with the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement.
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Liabilities. The liabilities and continuing
obligations of GV, as of the date of this Agreement, will be listed
on Schedule 3.12.
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Disclosure. No representation or warranty of
GV in this Agreement or in the Related Documents and no statement
in any certificate furnished or to be furnished by GV pursuant to
this Agreement contained, contains or will contain on the date such
agreement or certificate was or is delivered, or on the Closing
Date, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omitted, omits or
will omit on such date to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
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Representations and Warranties as to
Seller:
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Each Seller is acquiring the Exchange Shares
for investment, for such Seller’s own account and not as a
nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution
of any part thereof, and such Seller has no present intention of
selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing
the same. Each Seller further represents that such Seller does not
have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any
person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such person or
to any third person, with respect to any of GV Shares.
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Each Seller understands that the Exchange
Shares are not registered under the Securities Act, that
MGOL’s sale and the issuance of its securities hereunder is
exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to
Section 4(2) thereof, and that MGOL’s reliance on such
exemption is predicated on such Seller’s representations set
forth herein. Such Seller is an “accredited investor”
as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the
Act.
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Investment Experience. Each Seller
acknowledges that such Seller can bear the economic risk of its
investment in the Exchange Shares, and has such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in MGOL.
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Information. The Seller has carefully reviewed
such information as each Seller deemed necessary to evaluate an
investment in the Exchange Shares. To the full satisfaction of each
Seller, such Seller has been furnished all materials that such
Seller has requested relating to MGOL and the issuance of the
Exchange Shares hereunder, and Seller has been afforded the
opportunity to ask questions of representatives of MGOL to obtain
any information necessary to verify the accuracy of any
representations or information made or given to the Seller.
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Restricted Securities. Each Seller understands
that the Exchange Shares may not be sold, transferred, or otherwise
disposed of without registration under the Act or an exemption
there from, and that in the absence of an effective registration
statement covering the Exchange Shares or any available exemption
from registration under the Act, the Exchange Shares must be held
indefinitely. Each Seller is aware that the Exchange Shares may not
be sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Act unless all
of the conditions of that Rule are met. Among the conditions for
use of Rule 144 is the availability of current information to the
public about MGOL.
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Organization and Qualification. Seller is a
limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of Nevada. Seller has all requisite
power and authority to own, lease and use its assets as they are
currently owned, leased and used and to conduct its business as it
is currently conducted. Seller is duly qualified or licensed to do
business in and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the character of the properties owned, leased or used by it or the
nature of the activities conducted by it make such qualification
necessary, except any such jurisdiction where the failure to be so
qualified or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
Seller or a material adverse effect on the validity, binding effect
or enforceability of this Agreement or the Related Documents or the
ability of Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or any of the Related Documents.
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Authority and Validity. Seller has all
requisite power to execute and deliver, to perform its obligations
under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, this
Agreement (subject to receipt of any consents, approvals,
authorizations or other matters). The execution and delivery by
Seller of, the performance by Seller under, and the consummation by
Seller of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been
duly authorized by all requisite action of Seller. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and, as of the
Closing (assuming due execution and delivery by MGOL) is the legal,
valid, and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller
in accordance with its terms. Upon the execution and delivery of
the Related Documents by each Person (other than MGOL) that is
required by this Agreement to execute, or that does execute, this
Agreement or any of the Related Documents, and assuming due
execution and delivery thereo
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