EXHIBIT
10.1
STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of September
29, 2009 (this “ Agreement ”), between the
parties listed on Exhibit A (each, a “ Seller
” and together, the “ Sellers ”) and Wits
Basin Precious Minerals Inc. (the “ Purchaser
”).
BACKGROUND
A. Each
Seller is the record holder of the shares of common stock, $0.001
par value per share, of Princeton Acquisitions, Inc., a Colorado
corporation (the “ Company ”), set forth next to
such Sellers name on Exhibit A (the “ Shares ”),
which Shares collectively total 1,383,543 shares of the
Company’s common stock and which represent approximately 81%
of the issued and outstanding capital stock as of the date hereof
calculated on a fully diluted basis pursuant to the terms
hereof.
B. On
September 11, 2009, the Company entered into a share exchange
agreement with Hunter Bates Mining Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation (“ Hunter Bates ”), and certain
shareholders of Hunter Bates (the “ Share Exchange
Agreement ”), pursuant to which Hunter Bates’
shareholders are exchanging all of the issued and outstanding stock
of Hunter Bates for newly issued shares of the Company’s
capital stock on a one-for-one basis, resulting in the shareholders
of Hunter Bates holding approximately 99% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company, on a fully diluted basis,
immediately following effectiveness of the share exchange (the
“ Share Exchange ”).
C. As
a condition precedent to the completion of the Share Exchange, the
Purchasers desire to purchase the Shares from the Sellers, and the
Sellers desire to sell the Shares to the Purchasers, on the terms
and conditions set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and of the mutual promises set forth herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Purchasers and the Sellers hereby agree as
follows:
AGREEMENT
1.
Purchase and Sale.
The Sellers shall sell, transfer, convey and
deliver unto the Purchasers the Shares and the Purchasers shall
acquire and purchase from the Sellers the Shares.
(a)
General . The purchase price (the “
Purchase Price ”) for the Shares, in the aggregate, is
Two Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($262,500.00) payable as specified in this Section 2
subject to the other terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
(b)
Cash Deposit. Pursuant to the terms of that
certain Letter of Intent dated July 13, 2009 by and between the
Purchaser and the Company (the “LOI”), the Purchaser
made a cash deposit into the trust account of the Law Office of
Gary Agron (“ Agron ”), counsel for the Sellers,
in the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) (the “
Cash Deposit ”) which shall be fully credited against
the Purchase Price at the Closing (as defined below).
(c)
Adjustment for Outstanding Liabilities . In the
event that the Company shall have any liability (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 (“ Liability ”), as of the
Closing, at Purchaser’s option, the portion of the Purchase
Price payable at the Closing shall be reduced on a dollar for
dollar basis by the amount of such Liability.
(a)
General . The closing of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”)
shall take place by exchange of documents among the parties by fax
or courier, as appropriate, following the satisfaction or waiver of
all conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (other than conditions with
respect to actions the respective parties will take at the Closing
itself) on September 29, 2009, the closing date of the Share
Exchange Agreement (the “ Closing Date
”).
(b)
Deliveries on Closing Date .
(i) On
the Closing Date, the Sellers shall deliver (or cause to be
delivered) to the Purchasers:
(A) Certificates
evidencing all of the Shares together with duly executed,
medallion-guaranteed stock powers with respect thereto;
and
(B) Releases
in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser signed by the
Sellers, and by each officer and director of the
Company.
(ii) On
the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver by Federal funds wire
transfer, the Purchase Price less the Cash Deposit (and less any
Liability, if applicable) to the Sellers.
4.
Representations and Warranties of Seller . Each
Seller jointly and severally represents and warrants to the
Purchaser that:
(a) The
Seller is the record owner of the number of Shares set forth next
to such Seller’s name on Exhibit A, free and clear of all
liens, claims, charges, security interests, and encumbrances of any
kind whatsoever. The Seller has sole control over such
Shares or sole discretionary authority over any account in which
they are held.
(b) The
Seller has not, since acquiring the Shares to be sold by such
Seller hereunder, ever granted to any person an option or right to
purchase or otherwise acquire such Shares, by contract of sale or
otherwise, nor had any “short position in” with respect
to such Shares. The Seller has never effected nor
attempted to effect any distribution or public offering of such
Shares.
(c) The
Seller has full right, power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Seller and the consummation by Seller of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller and no further
action is required by the Seller in connection
therewith. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes a valid,
binding obligation of the Seller; enforceable against the Seller in
accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general
equitable principles).
(d) The
Seller has, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
and all aspects thereof, dealt directly with the Purchaser and has
no arrangement or understanding with or obligation to any broker
(except with respect to ministerial functions, if any) or other
intermediary that would result in the payment of a brokerage fee or
other similar remuneration by anyone other than the Seller except
as set forth on Schedule 4(d) hereof.
(e) Since
November 1, 2007, the Company has filed or furnished (i) all
reports, schedules, forms, statements, prospectuses and other
documents required to be filed with, or furnished to, the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the
Company (all such documents, as amended or supplemented, are
referred to collectively as, the “Company SEC
Documents”) and (ii) all certifications and statements
required by (x) Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act, or
(y) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of
2002) with respect to any applicable Company SEC Document
(collectively, the “SOX
Certifications”). The Company has made available
to the Purchaser all SOX Certifications and comment letters
received by the Company from the staff of the SEC and all responses
to such comment letters by or on behalf of the
Company. Since November 1, 2007, the Company complied in
all respects with its SEC filing obligations under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities
Act”). Each of the audited financial statements
and related schedules and notes thereto and unaudited interim
financial statements of the Company (collectively, the
“Company Financial Statements”) contained in the
Company SEC Documents (or incorporated therein by reference) were
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
(“GAAP”) (except in the case of interim unaudited
financial statements) except as noted therein, and fairly present
in all respects the consolidated financial position of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the
consolidated results of their operations, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity for the periods then ended, subject (in
the case of interim unaudited financial statements) to normal
year-end audit adjustments (the effect of which will not,
individually or in the aggregate, be adverse) and, such financial
statements complied as to form as of their respective dates in all
respects with applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC. The financial statements referred to herein reflect
the consistent application of such accounting principles throughout
the periods involved, except as disclosed in the notes to such
financial statements. No financial statements of any
person not already included in such financial statements are
required by GAAP to be included in the consolidated financial
statements of the Company. As of their respective dates,
each Company SEC Document was prepared in accordance with and
complied with the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and the Company SEC Documents (including all financial
statements included therein and all exhibits and schedules thereto
and all documents incorporated by reference therein) did not, as of
the date of effectiveness in the case of a registration statement,
the date of mailing in the case of a proxy or information statement
and the date of filing in the case of other Company SEC Documents,
contain any untrue statement of a fact or omit to state a fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. Neither the Company nor, to the
Seller’s knowledge, any of the Company’s officers has
received notice from the SEC or any other governmental authority
questioning or challenging the accuracy, completeness, content,
form or manner of filing or furnishing of the SOX
Certifications.
(f) Since
July 1, 2003, and to the best knowledge of Seller prior to July 1,
2003, the Company has timely filed, or has caused to be timely
filed on its behalf, all tax returns required to be filed by it,
and all such tax returns are true, complete and accurate, except to
the extent any failure to file, any delinquency in filing or any
inaccuracies in any filed tax returns, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect to the Company. All taxes
shown to be due on such tax returns, or otherwise owed, and all
assessments and penalties due, have been timely paid, except to the
extent that any failure to pay, individually or in the aggregate,
has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect to the Company. All such tax returns were
complete and correct in all respects as filed, and no claims have
been assessed with respect to such returns. There are no
present, pending, or threatened audit, investigations, assessments
or disputes as to taxes of any nature payable by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, nor any tax liens whether existing or inchoate
on any of
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