SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
BY AND
BETWEEN
DEER INTERNATIONAL GROUP
LIMITED
and
TAG EVENTS
CORP.
Dated as of September 3,
2008
SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
This SHARE EXCHANGE
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (this “
Agreement ”) is entered into as of September
3, 2008, by and among DEER INTERNATIONAL GROUP
LIMITED , a company incorporated under the laws of British
Virgin Islands (“ Deer ”) and
TAG EVENTS CORP. , a Nevada corporation (“
Purchaser ”) and each of the shareholders of
Deer listed on Schedule 2.1 hereto (the “Deer
Shareholders” ).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Deer is a BVI company that is engaged in
manufacture, marketing, distribution and sale of household
appliances (blenders, food processors, choppers, juicers,
etc.);
WHEREAS, Purchaser and Deer have agreed to the
acquisition by Purchaser of all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Deer pursuant to a voluntary share exchange
transaction (the “ Share Exchange ”)
between Purchaser and Deer upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, in furtherance thereof, the Board of Directors
of Purchaser has approved the Share Exchange in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the NGCL and upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, in furtherance thereof, the Board of Directors
and shareholders of Deer have each approved the Share Exchange in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of the BVI
and upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, for United States federal income tax purposes,
the parties intend that the Share Exchange shall constitute a
tax-free reorganization within the meaning of Sections 368 and 1032
of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties do hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
(a) “ Affiliate ”
shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person controlled by, under
the control of, or under common control with, such Person. As used
in this definition, “control” shall mean possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of
securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract
or otherwise), provided that, in any event, any Person which owns
or holds directly or indirectly five per cent (5%) or more of the
voting securities or five per cent (5%) or more of the partnership
or other equity interests of any other Person (other than as a
limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to control
such other Person.
(b) “ Agreement ”
means this Share Exchange Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization.
(c) “ Applicable Law ”
or “ Applicable Laws ” means any and
all laws, ordinances, constitutions, regulations, statutes,
treaties, rules, codes, licenses, certificates, franchises,
permits, principles of common law, requirements and Orders adopted,
enacted, implemented, promulgated, issued, entered or deemed
applicable by or under the authority of any Governmental Body
having jurisdiction over a specified Person or any of such
Person’s properties or assets.
(d) “ Best Efforts ”
means the efforts that a prudent Person desirous of achieving a
result would use in similar circumstances to achieve that result as
expeditiously as possible, provided, however, that a Person
required to use Best Efforts under this Agreement will not be
thereby required to take actions that would result in a Material
Adverse Effect in the benefits to such Person of this Agreement and
the Share Exchange.
(e) “ Breach” means
any breach of, or any inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty
or any breach of, or failure to perform or comply with, any
covenant or obligation, in or of this Agreement or any other
Contract.
(f) “ Business ” means
the manufacture, marketing, distribution and sale of household
appliances (blenders, food processors, choppers, juicers, etc.) as
presently conducted by Deer.
(g) “ Business Day ”
means any day other than (a) Saturday or Sunday or (b) any
other day on which major money center banks in New York, New York
are permitted or required to be
closed.
(h) “ BVI ” shall mean
the British Virgin Islands.
(i) “ Closing ” shall
mean the completion of the Share Exchange and the consummation of
the transactions set forth herein.
(j) “ Closing Date ”
shall mean the date on which the Closing is completed.
(k) “ Code ” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(l) “ Competing Transaction
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6.
(m) “ Confidential
Information ” means any information pertaining to
the business, operations, marketing, customers, financing,
forecasts and plans of any Party provided to or learned by any
other Party during the course of negotiation of the Share Exchange.
Information shall be treated as Confidential Information whether
such information has been marked “confidential” or in a
similar manner.
(n) “ Consent ” means
any approval, consent, license, permits, ratification, waiver or
other authorization.
(o) “ Contract ” means
any agreement, contract, lease, license, consensual obligation,
promise, undertaking, understanding, commitment, arrangement,
instrument or document (whether written or oral and whether express
or implied), whether or not legally binding.
(p) “ Deer ” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
(q) “ Deer Balance Sheet
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.6(c).
(r) “ Deer Board ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
(s) “ Deer Contracts ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
(t) “ Deer Employee Plans
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.18.
(u) “ Deer Financial
Information ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.6.
(v) “ Deer Intellectual
Property ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.13(a).
(w) “ Deer Shareholders
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
(x) “ Deer Tax Affiliate
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.8(a).
(y) “ Distribution Compliance
Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(e).
(z) “ Employee Benefit Plan
” has the meaning set forth in ERISA
Section 3(3).
(aa) “ Encumbrance ”
means and includes:
(i) with respect to any personal property, any
security or other property interest or right, claim, lien, pledge,
option, charge, security interest, contingent or conditional sale,
or other title claim or retention agreement or lease or use
agreement in the nature thereof, interest or other right or claim
of third parties, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by
operation of law, and including any agreement to grant or submit to
any of the foregoing in the future; and
(ii) with respect to any Real Property (whether and
including owned real estate or Real Estate subject to a Real
Property Lease), any mortgage, lien, easement, interest,
right-of-way, condemnation or eminent domain proceeding,
encroachment, any building, use or other form of restriction,
encumbrance or other claim (including adverse or prescriptive) or
right of Third Parties (including Governmental Bodies), any lease
or sublease, boundary dispute, and agreements with respect to any
real property including: purchase, sale, right of first refusal,
option, construction, building or property service, maintenance,
property management, conditional or contingent sale, use or
occupancy, franchise or concession, whether voluntarily incurred or
arising by operation of law, and including any agreement to grant
or submit to any of the foregoing in the future.
(bb) “ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and the rules and regulations issued by the Department of Labor
pursuant to ERISA or any successor law.
(cc) “ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(dd) “ GAAP ” means at
any particular time generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States, consistently applied on a going concern basis, using
consistent audit scope and materiality standards.
(ee) “ Governing Documents
” means with respect to any particular entity, the articles
or certificate of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent
documents for entities of foreign jurisdictions); all equity
holders’ agreements, voting agreements, voting trust
agreements, joint venture agreements, registration rights
agreements or other agreements or documents relating to the
organization, management or operation of any Person or relating to
the rights, duties and obligations of the equity holders of any
Person; and any amendment or supplement to any of the
foregoing.
(ff) “ Governmental
Authorization ” means any Consent, license,
registration or permit issued, granted, given or otherwise made
available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or
pursuant to any Applicable Law.
(gg) “ Governmental Body
” means: (i) nation, state, county, city, town, borough,
village, district, tribe or other jurisdiction; (ii) federal,
state, local, municipal, foreign, tribal or other government; (iii)
governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any agency, branch, department, board, commission,
court, tribunal or other entity exercising governmental or
quasi-governmental powers); (iv) multinational organization or
body; (v) body exercising, or entitled or purporting to exercise,
any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police,
regulatory or taxing authority or power; or (vi) official of any of
the foregoing.
(hh) “ Improvements ”
means all buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements located
on Land, including those under construction.
(ii) “ IRS ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service and, to the extent relevant,
the United States Department of the Treasury.
(jj) “ Knowledge ”
means actual knowledge without independent
investigation.
(kk) “ Land ” means all
parcels and tracts of land in which any Person has an ownership or
leasehold interest.
(ll) “ Material Adverse
Effect ” or “ Material Adverse
Change ” means, in connection with any Person, any
event, change or effect that is materially adverse, individually or
in the aggregate, to the condition (financial or otherwise),
properties, assets, liabilities, revenues, income, business,
operations, results of operations or prospects of such Person,
taken as a whole.
(mm) “ NGCL ” shall
mean the Nevada General Corporation Law, as amended.
(nn) “ Order ” means
any writ, directive, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling,
assessment or arbitration award of any Governmental Body or
arbitrator.
(oo) “ Ordinary Course of
Business ” means an action taken by a Person will be
deemed to have been taken in the Ordinary Course of Business only
if that action: (i) is consistent in nature, scope and magnitude
with the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary
course of the normal, day-to-day operations of such Person; (ii)
does not require authorization by the board of directors or
shareholders of such Person (or by any Person or group of Persons
exercising similar authority) and does not require any other
separate or special authorization of any nature; and (iii) is
similar in nature, scope and magnitude to actions customarily
taken, without any separate or special authorization, in the
ordinary course of the normal, day-to-day operations of other
Persons that are in the same line of business as such
Person.
(pp) “ Party ” or
“ Parties ” means Deer and/or
Purchaser.
(qq) “ Person ” shall
mean an individual, company, partnership, Limited Liability
Company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust or
unincorporated organization, Joint Stock Corporation or other
similar organization, government or any political subdivision
thereof, or any other legal entity.
(rr) “ Proceeding ”
means any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation,
litigation or suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative,
judicial or investigative, whether formal or informal, whether
public or private) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or
before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Body or
arbitrator.
(ss) “ Purchaser ” has
the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(tt) “ Purchaser Balance
Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.1(f).
(uu) “ Purchaser Business
” means Purchaser’s business in the exploration of
mineral properties.
(vv) “ Purchaser Common Stock
” means the common stock, par value $.001 per share, of
Purchaser.
(ww) “ Purchaser Contracts
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(o).
(xx) “ Purchaser’s
Counsel ” means Diane Dalmy Esq.
(yy) “ Purchaser Employee
Plans ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(r)(i).
(zz) “ Purchaser Financial
Information ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(f).
(aaa) “ Purchaser Intellectual
Property ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(m).
(bbb) “ Purchaser SEC Reports
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(n).
(ccc) “ Real Property ”
means any Land and Improvements and all privileges, rights,
easements, and appurtenances belonging to or for the benefit of any
Land, including all easements appurtenant to and for the benefit of
any Land (a “ Dominant Parcel ”) for,
and as the primary means of access between, the Dominant Parcel and
a public way, or for any other use upon which lawful use of the
Dominant Parcel for the purposes for which it is presently being
used is dependent, and all rights existing in and to any streets,
alleys, passages and other rights-of-way included thereon or
adjacent thereto (before or after vacation thereof) and vaults
beneath any such streets.
(ddd) “ Related Agreements
” means the Return to Treasury Agreement.
(eee) “ Real Property Lease
” means any lease, rental agreement or rights to use land
pertaining to the occupancy of any improved space on any
Land.
(fff) “ Representative ”
means with respect to a particular Person, any director, officer,
manager, employee, agent, consultant, advisor, accountant,
financial advisor, legal counsel or other Representative of that
Person.
(ggg)
“Return to Treasury
Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
(hhh) “ SEC ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(iii) “ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(jjj) “ Security Interest
” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, Encumbrance,
charge, claim, or other lien, other than: (a) mechanic’s,
materialmen’s and similar liens; (b) liens for Taxes not yet
due and payable or for Taxes that the taxpayer is contesting in
good faith through appropriate Proceedings; (c) liens arising under
worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social
security, retirement and similar legislation; (d) liens arising in
connection with sales of foreign receivables; (e) liens on goods in
transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit;
(f) purchase money liens and liens securing rental payments
under capital lease arrangements; and (g) other liens arising in
the Ordinary Course of Business and not incurred in connection with
the borrowing of money.
(kkk) “ Share Exchange ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
(lll) “ Shares ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
(mmm) “ Subsidiary ”
means with respect to any Person (the “ Owner
”), any corporation or other Person of which securities or
other interests having the power to elect a majority of that
corporation’s or other Person’s board of directors or
similar governing body, or otherwise having the power to direct the
business and policies of that corporation or other Person (other
than securities or other interests having such power only upon the
happening of a contingency that has not occurred), are held by the
Owner or one or more of its Subsidiaries.
(nnn) “ Tangible Personal
Property ” means all machinery, equipment, tools,
furniture, office equipment, computer hardware, supplies,
materials, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property
of every kind owned or leased by a Party (wherever located and
whether or not carried on a Party’s books), together with any
express or implied warranty by the manufacturers or sellers or
lessors of any item or component part thereof and all maintenance
records and other documents relating thereto.
(ooo) “ Tax ” or “
Taxes ” means, with respect to any Person,
(i) all income taxes (including any tax on or based upon net
income, gross income, gross receipts, income as specially defined,
earnings, profits or selected items of income, earnings or profits)
and all gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer,
franchise, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise,
severance, stamp, occupation, commercial rent, premium, property or
windfall profit taxes, alternative or add-on minimum taxes, customs
duties and other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind
whatsoever, together with all interest and penalties, additions to
tax and other additional amounts imposed by any taxing authority
(domestic or foreign) on such person (if any), (ii) all value added
taxes and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amount of the
type described in clauses (i) or (ii) above as a result of (A)
being a “transferee” (within the meaning of Section
6901 of the Code or any Applicable Law) of another person, (B)
being a member of an affiliated, combined or consolidated group or
(C) a contractual arrangement or otherwise.
(ppp) “ Tax Return ”
means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or
information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any
schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
(qqq) “ Third Party ”
means a Person that is not a Party to this Agreement.
ARTICLE II. THE SHARE
EXCHANGE
2.1 The Share Exchange
. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement and in accordance with the NGCL, at the Closing, the
parties shall cause the Share Exchange to be consummated by taking
all appropriate actions to ensure that all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of Deer are delivered to
Purchaser duly executed and endorsed in blank (or accompanied by
duly executed stock powers duly endorsed in blank), in proper form
for transfer, in exchange for the issuance of an aggregate of
18,050,000 shares of Purchaser Common Stock (the
“Shares” ) to the shareholders of Deer
listed on Schedule 2.1 .
2.2 Tax Free
Reorganization . The Parties each hereby agree to
use their Best Efforts and to cooperate with each other to cause
the Share Exchange to be a tax-free reorganization within the
meaning of Sections 368 and 1032 of the Code.
2.3 Closing . The
Closing will occur via e-mail and facsimile on September 3, 2008 at
10:00 a.m. EST or such later date and time to be agreed upon by the
parties (the “ Closing Date ”),
following satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VIII.
(a) As of the Closing, Crescent Liu shall resign
from the board of directors of the Purchaser and Ying He and Man
Wai James Chiu shall be appointed as the directors of the Purchaser
until their respective successors have been duly elected or
appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation
or removal in accordance with Purchaser’s Articles of
Incorporation and By-laws.
(b) The nominees of Deer shall, as of the Closing,
be appointed as the officers of the Purchaser until their
successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or
until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the Purchaser’s Articles of Incorporation and By-laws.
As of the Closing, Crescent Liu and Art Balykin shall resign from
all positions as an officer of Purchaser.
(c) If at any time after the Closing, any party
shall consider that any further deeds, assignments, conveyances,
agreements, documents, instruments or assurances in law or any
other things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect, confirm
or record in the Purchaser the title to any property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of Deer by reason of, or as a
result of, the Share Exchange, or otherwise to carry out the
provisions of this Agreement, the remaining parties, as applicable,
shall execute and deliver, upon request, any instruments or
assurances, and do all other things necessary or proper to vest,
perfect, confirm or record title to such property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises in the Purchaser, and otherwise
to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
2.5 Cancellation of Purchaser Common
Stock . At the Closing, immediately after consummation
of the Share Exchange, Purchaser shall, pursuant to the terms and
conditions of that certain Return to Treasury Agreement dated of
even date herewith entered into by and between Purchaser and
Crescent Liu (the “ Return to Treasury
Agreement ”) which shall be substantially in the
form attached hereto as Attachment 2.5 , cause 5,950,000
shares of the Purchaser’s Common Stock held by Crescent Liu
to be cancelled and extinguished.
ARTICLE III. COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS
3.1 Covenants, Representations and
Warranties of the Deer Shareholders .
(a) The Deer Shareholders acknowledge and agree
that they are acquiring the Shares for investment purposes and will
not offer, sell or otherwise transfer, pledge or hypothecate any of
the Shares issued to them (other than pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement under the Securities Act) directly or
indirectly unless:
(i) The sale is to Purchaser;
(ii) the sale is made pursuant to the exemption from
registration under the Securities Act, provided by Regulation S
thereunder; or
(iii) the Shares are sold in a transaction that does
not require registration under the Securities Act, or any
applicable United States state laws and regulations governing the
offer and sale of securities, and the vendor has furnished to
Purchaser an opinion of counsel to that effect or such other
written opinion as may be reasonably required by
Purchaser.
(b) The Deer Shareholders acknowledge and agree
that the certificates representing the Shares shall bear the
following legend:
“THESE SECURITIES WERE ISSUED IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS (AS
DEFINED HEREIN) PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”).
ACCORDINGLY, NONE OF THE SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE
RELATES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR ANY U.S. STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, NONE MAY BE OFFERED OR
SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO U.S.
PERSONS (AS DEFINED HEREIN) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
1933 ACT AN IN EACH CASE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1933
ACT.”
(c) The Deer Shareholders represent and warrant
that:
(i) the Deer Shareholders are located outside the
United States;
(ii) the Deer Shareholders are not aware of any
advertisement of any of the shares being issued
hereunder;
(iii) the Deer Shareholders will not acquire the
shares as a result of, and will not itself engage in, any
“directed selling efforts: (as defined in Regulation S under
the Securities Act) in the United States in respect of the shares
which would include any activities undertaken for the purpose of,
or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of,
conditioning the market in the United States for the resale of the
shares; provided, however, that the Deer Shareholders may sell or
otherwise dispose of the shares pursuant to registration of the
shares pursuant to the Securities Act and any applicable state and
provincial securities laws or under an exemption from such
registration requirements and as otherwise provided
herein.
(d) The Deer Shareholders acknowledge and agree
that Purchaser will refuse to register any transfer of the shares
not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S,
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance
with applicable state and provincial securities laws;
(e) The Deer Shareholders acknowledge and agree
that offers and sales of any of the Shares, prior to the expiration
of a period of one year after the date of transfer of the shares
(the “ Distribution Compliance Period
”), shall only be made in compliance with the safe harbor
provisions set forth in Regulation S, pursuant to the registration
provisions of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom, and
that all offers and sales after the Distribution Compliance Period
shall be made only in compliance with the registration provisions
of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom and in each case
only in accordance with all applicable securities laws;
(f) The Deer Shareholders acknowledge and agree not
to engage in any hedging transactions involving the Shares prior to
the end of the Distribution Compliance Period unless such
transactions are in compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Act; and
(g) The Deer Shareholders hereby acknowledge and
agree to Purchaser making a notation on its records or giving
instructions to the registrar and transfer agent of Purchaser in
order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth and
described herein.
ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF DEER
As a material inducement for Purchaser to enter
into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, Deer makes the following representations and warranties as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, each of which is
relied upon by Purchaser regardless of any investigation made or
information obtained by Purchaser (unless and to the extent
specifically and expressly waived in writing by Purchaser on or
before the Closing Date):
4.1 Organization and Good
Standing .
(a) Deer is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of BVI. Deer is duly
qualified to do business in China and is in good standing under the
laws of each jurisdiction in which either the ownership or use of
the properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities
conducted by it, requires such qualification and the failure to be
so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on
Deer.
(b) Deer does not presently own or control,
directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation,
partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other
entity.
4.2 Corporate Documents
. Schedule 4.2 consists of a true and
correct copy of a shareholder list setting forth all owners of the
capital stock of Deer.
4.3 Capitalization of Deer
. The entire authorized capital stock of Deer
consists of 50,000 shares of common stock having a par value of
US$1 per share, of which 50,000 shares are issued and outstanding.
All of Deer’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock
have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and are held of record by the stockholders listed on
the shareholder list attached as Schedule 4.2 . .
4.4 Authorization of
Transaction . Deer has full power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder. This Agreement has be duly and validly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of Deer in
accordance with Applicable Laws and Deer’s Governing
Documents. This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding
obligation of Deer, enforceable in accordance with its terms and
conditions. The Board of Directors of Deer (the “Deer
Board”) has duly and validly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and approved the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and has taken
all corporate actions required to be taken by the Deer Board for
the consummation of the Share Exchange.
4.5 Noncontravention .
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor
consummation of the Share Exchange, by Deer will:
(a) violate any Applicable Law, Order,
stipulation, charge or other restriction of any Governmental Body
to which Deer is subject or any provision of its Governing
Documents; or
(b) conflict with, result in a Breach of,
constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create
in any Person the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel,
or require any notice under any contract, lease, sublease, license,
sublicense, franchise, permit, indenture, agreement or mortgage for
borrowed money, instrument of indebtedness, Security Interest or
other arrangement to which Deer is a party or by which it is bound
or to which any of its assets is subject (or result in the
imposition of any Security Interest upon any of its assets), except
where the violation, conflict, Breach, default, acceleration,
termination, modification, cancellation, failure to give notice, or
Security Interest would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
financial condition of Deer or on the ability of the Parties to
consummate the Share Exchange.
4.6 Deer Financial
Information . Schedule 4.6 shall
include the following financial information (collectively, the
“ Deer Financial Information
”):
(a) audited combined balance sheets and statements
of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow as of and for
the year ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2007 for
Deer;
4.7 Events Subsequent to Deer Balance
Sheet . Since the date of the Deer 2007 Balance
Sheet, there has not been, occurred or arisen, with respect to any
member of the Deer:
(a) any change or amendment in its Governing
Documents;
(b) any reclassification, split up or other change
in, or amendment of or modification to, the rights of the holders
of any of its capital stock;
(c) any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or
acquisition by any Person of any of its capital stock or of any
interest in or right to acquire any such stock;
(d) any issuance, sale, or other disposition of any
capital stock, or any grant of any options, warrants, or other
rights to purchase or obtain (including upon conversion, exchange,
or exercise) any capital stock;
(e) any declaration, set aside, or payment of any
dividend or any distribution with respect to its capital stock
(whether in cash or in kind) or any redemption, purchase, or other
acquisition of any of its capital stock;
(f) the organization of any Subsidiary or the
acquisition of any shares of capital stock by any Person or any
equity or ownership interest in any business;
(g) any damage, destruction or loss of any of the
its properties or assets whether or not covered by
insurance;
(h) any material sale, lease, transfer, or
assignment of any of its assets, tangible or intangible, other than
for a fair consideration in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(i) the execution of, or any other commitment to
any agreement, contract, lease, or license (or series of related
agreements, contracts, leases, and licenses) outside the Ordinary
Course of Business;
(j) any acceleration, termination, modification, or
cancellation of any agreement, contract, lease, or license (or
series of related agreements, contracts, leases, and licenses)
involving more than $10,000 to which it is a party or by which it
is bound;
(k) any Security Interest or Encumbrance imposed
upon any of its assets, tangible or intangible;
(l) any grant of any license or sublicense of any
rights under or with respect to any material Deer Intellectual
Property;
(m) any sale, assignment or transfer (including
transfers to any employees, Affiliates or shareholders) of any
material Deer Intellectual Property;
(n) any capital expenditure (or series of related
capital expenditures) involving more than $25,000 and outside the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(o) any capital investment in, any loan to, or any
acquisition of the securities or assets of, any other Person (or
series of related capital investments, loans, and acquisitions)
involving more than $25,000 and outside the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(p) any issuance of any note, bond, or other debt
security or created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed any
indebtedness for borrowed money or capitalized lease obligation
involving more than $25,000;
(q) any delay or postponement of the payment of
accounts payable or other liabilities, other than those being
contested in good faith;
(r) any cancellation, compromise, waiver, or
release of any right or claim (or series of related rights and
claims) involving more than $25,000 and outside the Ordinary Course
of Business;
(s) any loan to, or any entrance into any other
transaction with, any of its directors, officers, and employees
either involving more than $1,000 individually or $5,000 in the
aggregate;
(t) the adoption, amendment, modification, or
termination of any bonus, profit-sharing, incentive, severance, or
other plan, contract, or commitment for the benefit of any of its
directors, officers, and employees (or taken away any such action
with respect to any other Employee Benefit Plan);
(u) any employment contract or collective
bargaining agreement, written or oral, or modified the terms of any
existing such contract or agreement;
(v) any increase in the base compensation of any of
its directors, officers, and employees that is greater than Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) per annum;
(w) any charitable or other capital contribution in
excess of $2,500;
(x) any taking of other action or entrance into any
other transaction other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, or
entrance into any transaction with any insider of Deer, except as
disclosed in this Agreement and the Disclosure
Schedules;
(y) any other event or occurrence that may have or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Deer or any member of the Deer (whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing); or
(z) any agreement or commitment, whether in writing
or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing.
(i) has timely paid or caused to be paid all
material Taxes required to be paid by it though the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date (including any Taxes shown due on any Tax
Return);
(ii) has filed or caused to be filed in a timely and
proper manner (within any applicable extension periods) all Tax
Returns required to be filed by it with the appropriate
Governmental Body in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns
are required to be filed; and all tax returns filed on behalf of
Deer were complete and correct in all material respects;
and
(iii) has not requested or caused to be requested any
extension of time within which to file any Tax Return, which Tax
Return has not since been filed.
(i) since January 1, 2006, Deer has not been
notified by any Governmental Body that any material issues have
been raised (and no such issues are currently pending) by any
Governmental Body in connection with any Tax Return filed by or on
behalf of Deer; there are no pending Tax audits and no waivers of
statutes of limitations have been given or requested with respect
to Deer; no Tax liens have been filed against Deer or unresolved
deficiencies or additions to Taxes have been proposed, asserted or
assessed against Deer;
(ii) full and adequate accrual has been made (A) on
the Deer Balance Sheet, and the books and records of Deer for all
income taxes currently due and all accrued Taxes not yet due and
payable by Deer for all periods ending on or prior to the Deer
Balance Sheet Date, and (B) on the books and records of Deer for
all Taxes payable by Deer for all periods beginning after the Deer
Balance Sheet Date;
(iii) No member of the Deer has incurred any
liability for Taxes from and after the Deer Balance Sheet Date
other than Taxes incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and
consistent with past practices;
(iv) Deer has complied in all material respects with
all Applicable Laws relating to the collection or withholding of
Taxes (such as Taxes or withholding of Taxes from the wages of
employees);
(v) Deer does not have any liability in respect of
any Tax sharing agreement with any Person;
(vi) No member of the Deer has incurred any
liability to make any payments either alone or in conjunction with
any other payments that would constitute a “parachute
payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code
(or any corresponding provision of state local or foreign
Applicable Law related to Taxes);
(vii) no claim has been made within the last three
years by any taxing authority in a jurisdiction in which Deer does
not file Tax Returns that Deer is or may be subject to taxation by
that jurisdiction;
(viii) the consummation of the Share Exchange will not
trigger the realization or recognition of intercompany gain or
income to Deer or any Deer Tax Affiliate under the Federal
consolidated return regulations with respect to Federal, state or
local taxes; and
(ix) Deer is not currently, nor has it been at any
time during the previous five years, a “U.S. real property
holding corporation” and, therefore, the Shares are not
“U.S. real property interests,” as such terms are
defined in Section 897 of the Code.
4.9 Title to Assets
. Deer has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold
interest in, the properties and assets owned or leased and used by
it to operate the Business in the manner presently operated by it,
as reflected in the Deer Financial Information.
4.10 Leased Real
Property . Except as disclosed on Schedule
4.10 , Deer does not own or holds any leasehold interest in or
right to use any Real Property.
4.11 Condition of
Facilities .
(a) Use of the Real Property of Deer for the
various purposes for which it is presently being used is permitted
as of right under all Applicable Laws related to zoning and is not
subject to “permitted nonconforming” use or structure
classifications. All Improvements are in compliance with all
Applicable Laws, including those pertaining to zoning, building and
the disabled, are in good repair and in good condition, ordinary
wear and tear excepted, and are free from latent and patent
defects. No part of any Improvement encroaches on any real property
not included in the Real Property of Deer or the Deer, and there
are no buildings, structures, fixtures or other Improvements
primarily situated on adjoining property which encroach on any part
of the Land.
(b) Each item of Tangible Personal Property is in
good repair and good operating condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, is suitable for immediate use in the Ordinary Course of
Business and is free from latent and patent defects. No item of
Tangible Personal Property is in need of repair or replacement
other than as part of routine maintenance in the Ordinary Course of
Business. All Tangible Personal Property used in the Business is in
the possession of Deer.
4.12 Deer Intellectual
Property .
(a) Deer owns, or is licensed or otherwise
possesses legal enforceable rights to use all: (i) trademarks and
service marks (registered or unregistered), trade dress, trade
names and other names and slogans embodying business goodwill or
indications of origin, all applications or registrations in any
jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing and all goodwill
associated therewith; (ii) material patentable inventions,
technology, computer programs and software (including password
unprotected interpretive code or source code, object code,
development documentation, programming tools, drawings,
specifications and data) and all applications and patents in any
jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing, including re-issues,
continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or
extensions; (iii) trade secrets, including confidential and other
non-public information (iv) copyrights in writings, designs,
software programs, mask works or other works, applications or
registrations in any jurisdiction for the foregoing and all moral
rights related thereto; (v) databases and all database rights; and
(vi) Internet web sites, domain names and applications and
registrations pertaining thereto (collectively, “
Deer Intellectual Property ”) that are used
in the Business except for any such failures to own, be licensed or
process that would not be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as may be evidenced by patents issued
after the date hereof, there are no conflicts with or infringements
of any material Deer Intellectual Property by any third party and
the conduct of the Business as currently conducted does not
conflict with or infringe any proprietary right of a third
party.
(c) Deer owns or has the right to use all software
currently used in and material to the Business.
4.13 Affiliate
Transactions . No officer, director, or employee
of Deer or any member of the immediate family of any such officer,
director or employee, or any entity in which any of such persons
owns any beneficial interest (other than any publicly-held
corporation whose stock is traded on a national securities exchange
or in the over-the-counter market and less than one percent of the
stock of which is beneficially owned by any of such persons), has
any agreement with a member of the Deer or any interest in any of
their property of any nature, used in or pertaining to the Business
(other than the ownership of capital stock of the corporation as
disclosed in Section 4.3). None of the foregoing Persons has
any direct or indirect interest in any competitor, supplier or
customer of Deer or in any Person from whom or to whom the Deer
leases any property or transacts business of any nature.
4.14 Powers of Attorney
. There