AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION By and Among AUTO SEARCH CARS, INC. (a Nevada corporation), AUTO SEARCH CARS ACQUISITION CORP. (a Delaware corporation), and CURAXIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation) February 8, 2010
Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT
OF MERGER AND
PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION
By and
Among
(a Nevada
corporation),
AUTO
SEARCH CARS ACQUISITION CORP.
(a
Delaware corporation), and
CURAXIS
PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
(a
Delaware corporation)
February
8, 2010
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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1. The Merger. |
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1.1
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Merger
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1.2
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Effective
Time
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1.3
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Certificate
of Incorporation, By-laws, Directors and Officers.
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1.4
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Assets
and Liabilities
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1.5
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Manner
and Basis of Converting Shares.
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1.6
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Surrender
and Exchange of Certificates
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1.7
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Fractional Shares | 3 | |
1.8
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Company Options and Warrants | 4 | |
1.9
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Parent
Common Stock
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1.10
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Cancelation of Parent Common Stock | 4 | |
1.11
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Operation
of Surviving Corporation.
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1.12
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Further Assurances |
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2. Representations and Warranties of the Company |
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2.1
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Organization,
Standing, Subsidiaries, Etc.
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2.2
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Qualification
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2.3
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Capitalization
of the Company
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2.4
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Indebtedness
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2.5
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Company
Stockholders
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2.6
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Corporate
Acts and Proceedings
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2.7
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Compliance
with Laws and Instruments
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2.8
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Binding
Obligations
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2.9
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fees
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2.10
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Financial
Statements
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2.11
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Changes
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2.12
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Employees
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2.13
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Tax
Returns and Audits
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2.14
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Title
to Property and Encumbrances
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2.15
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Insurance
Coverage
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2.16
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Litigation
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2.17
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Licenses
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2.18
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Interested
Party Transactions
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2.19
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Environmental
Matters
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3. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp. |
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3.1
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Organization
and Standing
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3.2
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Corporate
Authority
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3.3
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fees
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3.4
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Capitalization
of Parent
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3.5
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Acquisition
Corp.
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3.6
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Validity
of Shares
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3.7
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SEC
Reporting and Compliance
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3.8
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Financial
Statements
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3.9
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Governmental
Consents
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3.10
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Compliance
with Laws and Other Instruments
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3.11
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No
General Solicitation
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3.12
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Binding
Obligations
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3.13
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Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.14
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Changes
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3.15
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Tax
Returns and Audits
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3.16
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Employee
Benefit Plans; ERISA
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3.17
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Litigation
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3.18
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Interested
Party Transactions
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3.19
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Questionable
Payments
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3.20
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Obligations
to or by Stockholders
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3.21
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Assets
and Contracts
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3.22
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Employees
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3.23
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Disclosure
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4. Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Stockholders |
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5. Conduct of Businesses Pending the Merger. |
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5.1
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Conduct
of Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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5.2
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Conduct
of Business by Parent and Acquisition Corp. Pending the
Merger
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6. Additional Agreements. |
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6.1
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Access
and Information
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6.2
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Additional
Agreements
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6.3
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Publicity
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6.4
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Appointment
of Directors
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6.5
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Parent
Name Change and Exchange Listing
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7. Conditions of Parties’ Obligations. |
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7.1
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Parent
and Acquisition Corp. Obligations
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7.2
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Company
Obligations
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8. Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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9. Amendment of Agreement |
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10. Definitions |
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11. Closing |
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12. Termination Prior to Closing. |
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12.1
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Termination
of Agreement
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12.2
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Termination
of Obligations
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13. Miscellaneous. |
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13.1
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Notices
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13.2
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Entire
Agreement
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13.3
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Expenses
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13.4
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Time
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13.5
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Severability
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13.6
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Successors
and Assigns
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13.7
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No
Third Parties Benefited
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13.8
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Counterparts
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13.9
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Recitals,
Schedules and Exhibits
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13.10
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Section
Headings and Gender
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13.11
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Governing
Law
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LIST OF
SCHEDULES
Company Disclosure
Schedules
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2.3
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Capitalization
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2.5
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Voting
Trusts
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2.10
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Financial
Statements
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2.11
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Changes/Indebtedness
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2.14
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Liens
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2.16
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Litigation
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2.18
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Interested
Party Transactions
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Parent Disclosure Schedules
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3.4
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Outstanding
Options and Other Convertible Securities
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3.7
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SEC
Reporting
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3.14
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Changes/Indebtedness
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AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN
OF REORGANIZATION
THIS
AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION is made and entered into on
February 8, 2010, by and among AUTO SEARCH CARS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the
“Parent”), AUTO
SEARCH CARS ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquisition Corp.”),
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent, and CURAXIS PHARMACEUTICAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of each of Acquisition Corp., Parent and the Company have
determined that it is fair to and in the best interests of their respective
corporations and stockholders for Acquisition Corp. to be merged with and into
the Company (the “Merger”) upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the board of directors of Acquisition Corp. and the board of directors of the
Company have approved the Merger in accordance with the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), and upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Certificate of
Merger (the “Certificate of
Merger), and the board of directors of Parent also has approved this
Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the transactions described hereby and
thereby, including without limitation, the Merger;
WHEREAS,
the requisite Stockholders (as such term is defined in Section 10 hereof) have
approved by written consent pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL this Agreement
and the Certificate of Merger and the transactions contemplated and described
hereby and thereby, including without limitation the Merger, and Parent, as the
sole stockholder of Acquisition Corp., has approved this Agreement, the
Certificate of Merger and the transactions contemplated and described hereby and
thereby, including without limitation, the Merger; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The
Merger.
1.1 Merger. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and the Certificate of Merger,
Acquisition Corp. shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance with
Section 251 of the DGCL. At the Effective Time (as hereinafter
defined), the separate legal existence of Acquisition Corp. shall cease, and the
Company shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter
referred to as the “Surviving
Corporation”) and shall continue its corporate existence under the laws
of the state of Delaware under the name Curaxis Pharma
Corporation. For federal income tax purposes, the parties intend that
the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
1.2 Effective
Time. The
Merger shall become effective on the date and at the time the Certificate of
Merger is filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware. The time at
which the Merger shall become effective as aforesaid is referred to hereinafter
as the “Effective Time.”
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1.3 Certificate of
Incorporation, By-laws, Directors and Officers.
(a) The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time until further amended in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) The
By-laws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be the By-laws of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective
Time until amended in accordance with applicable law, the Certificate of
Incorporation and such By-laws.
(c) The
directors, officers and key employees of the Company shall be the directors,
officers and key employees of the Surviving Corporation, and each shall hold his
respective office or offices from and after the Effective Time until his
successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified in accordance with
applicable law, or as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws of the Surviving Corporation.
1.4 Assets and
Liabilities. At
the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of a public as well as of a private nature,
and be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of
Acquisition Corp. and the Company (collectively, the “Constituent
Corporations”); and all the rights, privileges, powers and franchises of
each of the Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and
mixed, and all debts due to any of the constituent corporations on whatever
account, as well for stock subscriptions as all other things in action or
belonging to each of the Constituent Corporations, shall be vested in the
Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers and
franchises, and all and every other interest shall be thereafter as effectively
the property of the Surviving Corporation as they were of the several and
respective constituent corporations, and the title to any real estate vested by
deed or otherwise in either of the such Constituent Corporations shall not
revert or be in any way impaired by the Merger; but all rights of creditors and
all liens upon any property of any of the Constituent Corporations shall be
preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Constituent
Corporations shall thenceforth attach to the Surviving Corporation, and may be
enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties
had been incurred or contracted by it.
1.5 Manner and Basis of
Converting Shares.
(a) At
the Effective Time:
(i) each
share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Acquisition Corp. that
shall be outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of
the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be
converted into the right to receive one (1) share of common stock, par value
$0.001, of the Surviving Corporation, so that at the Effective Time, Parent
shall be the holder of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Surviving
Corporation;
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(ii) each
share of common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company (the “Company Common
Stock”) (other than shares of Company Common Stock as to which appraisal
rights are perfected pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Delaware
General Corporation Law and not withdrawn or otherwise forfeited), that shall be
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, be cancelled
in consideration for the right to receive one (1) share of Parent common stock
(the “Parent Common
Stock”);
(iii) each
share of the Parent Common Stock issued to the Company shareholders pursuant to
the Merger Agreement shall be restricted from trading or resale for a period of
one (1) year commencing at the Effective Time, provided that such restriction
shall not apply to the Parent Common Stock issued in the Company’s Bridge
Financing to participating shareholders (the “Restriction”);
and
(iv) each
share of Company Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in the Merger and cease to
exist.
(b) After
the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on the
stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company
Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time.
1.6 Surrender and Exchange of
Certificates. Promptly
after the Effective Time and upon surrender of a certificate or certificates
representing shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time or an affidavit and indemnification in form
reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Parent stating that such Stockholder
has lost their certificate or certificates or that such have been destroyed and
(ii) delivery of a Letter of Transmittal (as described in Section 4 hereof),
Parent shall issue to each record holder of Company Common Stock
surrendering such certificate or certificates and Letter of Transmittal, a
certificate or certificates registered in the name of such Stockholder
representing the number of shares of Parent Common Stock that such Stockholder
shall be entitled to receive as set forth in Section 1.5(a)(ii)
hereof. Until the certificate, certificates or affidavit is or are
surrendered together with the Letter of Transmittal as contemplated by this
Section 1.6 and Section 4 hereof, each certificate or affidavit that immediately
prior to the Effective Time represented any outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock shall be deemed at and after the Effective Time to represent only the
right to receive upon surrender as aforesaid the Parent Common Stock specified
in Section 1.5 (a)(ii) hereof for the holder thereof or to perfect any rights of
appraisal which such holder may have pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the DGCL.
1.7 Fractional Shares. No
certificates or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued to the
Stockholders on the surrender for exchange of certificates that, immediately
prior to the Effective Time, represented Company Common Stock converted into
Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii) (“Certificates”) and
such Stockholders shall not be entitled to any voting rights, rights to receive
any dividends or distributions or other rights as a stockholder of the Parent
with respect to any fractional shares that would have otherwise been issued to
such Stockholders. In lieu of any fractional shares that would have
otherwise been issued, each former Stockholder that would have been entitled to
receive a fractional share shall, on proper surrender of such person’s
Certificates, receive such whole number of Parent Common Stock as is equal to
the precise number of Parent Common Stock to which such Stockholder would be
entitled, rounded up or down to the nearest whole number (with a fractional
interest equal to 0.5 rounded upward to the nearest whole number); provided that
each such Stockholder shall receive at least one share of Parent Common
Stock.
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1.8 Company Options and
Warrants. At the Effective Time:
(a) all outstanding options to purchase
Company Common Stock issued by the Company (the “Company Options”),
whether vested or unvested, shall be canceled and exchanged for options to
purchase shares of Parent Common Stock (“Parent Options”)
without further action by the holder thereof. Each Parent Option
shall constitute an option to acquire such number of shares of Parent Common
Stock as is equal to the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the
unexercised portion of the Company Option. The exercise price per
share of each Parent Option shall be equal to the exercise price of the Company
Option prior to conversion. The existing Company Options shall be
those options listed on Schedule
2.3.
(b) As soon as practicable after the
Effective Time, the Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall take appropriate
actions to collect the Options and the agreements evidencing the Options, which
shall be deemed to be canceled and shall entitle the holder to exchange the
Options for the Parent Options in the Parent.
(c) The Company shall cause the
termination, as of the Effective Time, of any and all outstanding warrants to
purchase capital stock of the Company (the “Company Warrants”)
which remain unexercised and the Parent shall, at Closing, issue new warrants
(the “Parent
Warrants”) in substitution of the Company Warrants, on substantially the
same terms and conditions of the Company Warrants. The existing
Company Warrants shall be those warrants listed on Schedule
2.3.
(d) The Parent shall take all corporate
action necessary to reserve for issuance of a sufficient number of shares of
Parent Common Stock for delivery upon exercise of (i) the Parent Options to be
issued for the Options and (ii) the Parent Warrants to be issued for the Company
Warrants, in accordance with this Section 1.8.
1.9 Parent Common
Stock. Parent
agrees that it will cause the Parent Common Stock into which the Company Common
Stock is converted at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii), to be
available for such purpose. Parent further covenants that immediately
prior to the Effective Time there will be no more than 7,694,700 shares of
Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding and that, except as set forth on
Schedule 3.4 no other common or preferred stock or equity securities or any
options, warrants, rights or other agreements or instruments convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable into common or preferred stock or other equity
securities shall be issued or outstanding, except as described
herein.
1.10 Cancelation of Parent Common
Stock. Upon the cancelation of 181,285,000 shares of Parent
Common Stock, (i) the Company shall deliver to Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) via wire transfer at Closing and (ii) Parent shall
issue to Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx 3,589,460 warrants on the same terms as the Parent
Warrants.
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1.11 Operation of Surviving
Corporation. The
Company acknowledges that upon the effectiveness of the Merger, and the
compliance by the Parent and Acquisition Corp. of its duties and obligations
hereunder, Parent shall have the absolute and unqualified right to deal with the
assets and business of the Surviving Corporation as its own property without
limitation on the disposition or use of such assets or the conduct of such
business.
1.12 Further
Assurances. From
time to time, from and after the Effective Time, as and when reasonably
requested by Parent, the proper officers and directors of the Company as of the
Effective Time shall, for and on behalf and in the name of the Company or
otherwise, execute and deliver all such deeds, bills of sale,
assignments and other instruments and shall take or cause to be taken such
further actions as Parent, Acquisition Corp. or their respective successors or
assigns reasonably may deem necessary or desirable in order to confirm or record
or otherwise transfer to the Surviving Corporation title to and possession of
all of the properties, rights, privileges, powers, franchises and immunities of
the Company or otherwise to carry out fully the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement and the Certificate of Merger.
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Acquisition Corp. as
follows:
2.1 Organization, Standing,
Subsidiaries, Etc.
(a) The
Company is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the
laws of the state of Delaware, and has all requisite power and authority
(corporate and other) to carry on its business, to own or lease its properties
and assets, to enter into this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger and to
carry out the terms hereof and thereof. Copies of the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws of the Company that have been delivered to Parent and
Acquisition Corp. prior to the execution of this Agreement are true and complete
and have not since been amended or repealed.
(b) The
Company has no subsidiaries or direct or indirect interest (by way of stock
ownership or otherwise) in any firm, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association or business.
2.2 Qualification. The
Company is duly qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction wherein the nature of its activities or its
properties owned or leased makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business
operations, results of operations or prospects of the Company taken as a whole
(the “Condition of the
Company”).
2.3 Capitalization of the
Company. The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of
Company Common Stock, and the Company has no authority to issue any other
capital stock. As of February 8, 2010, there were 63,943,574 shares
of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding, and such issued shares are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and none of such
shares have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any
person. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.3, the
Company has no outstanding options, warrants, rights or commitments to issue
Company Common Stock or other Equity Securities of the Company, and there are no
outstanding securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for
Company Common Stock or other Equity Securities of the Company.
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2.4 Indebtedness. The
Company has no Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, except as disclosed on the
Balance Sheet.
2.5 Company
Stockholders. To
the knowledge of the Company, except as described in Schedule 2.5, there
is no voting trust, agreement or arrangement among any of the beneficial holders
of Common Stock affecting the nomination or election of directors or the
exercise of the voting rights of Company Stock.
2.6 Corporate Acts and
Proceedings. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger
and any other agreements delivered in connection herewith (together, the “Merger Documents”)
have been duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company and have been
approved by the requisite vote of the Stockholders, and all of the corporate
acts and other proceedings required for the due and valid authorization,
execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Documents and the consummation
of the Merger have been validly and appropriately taken, except for the filing
referenced in Section 1.2.
2.7 Compliance with Laws and
Instruments. The
business, products and operations of the Company have been and are being
conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules
and regulations, except for such violations thereof for which the penalties, in
the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Company. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
the Merger Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement: (a) will not require any authorization, consent
or approval of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency
or instrumentality, except such as shall have been obtained prior to the
Closing, (b) will not cause the Company to violate or contravene (i) any
provision of law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any agency or government, (iii)
any order, judgment or decree of any court, or (iv) any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, (c) will not violate or
be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time, or both) a default under, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement or other contract,
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
or any of its properties is bound or affected, except as would not have a
material adverse effect on the Condition of the Company and (d) will not result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or asset of the
Company. The Company is not in violation of, or (with or without
notice or lapse of time, or both) in default under, any term or provision of its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or of any indenture, loan or credit
agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement or, except as would not
materially and adversely affect the Condition of the Company, or any other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company or any of its properties is bound or affected.
2.8 Binding
Obligations. The
Merger Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforcement is limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity.
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2.9 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fees. No
Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated or described herein
will have, any right or valid claim against the Company, Parent, Acquisition
Corp. or any Stockholder for any commission, fee or other compensation as a
finder or broker, or in any similar capacity. Parent and Acquisition Corp. on
the one hand and the Company on the other, hereby indemnify and hold each other
harmless from and against any and all claims, losses or liabilities for any such
commission, fee or other compensation as a result of the claim by any other
Person that the indemnifying party or parties introduced or assisted them in
connection with the transactions contemplated or described here.
2.10 Financial
Statements. Attached
hereto as Schedule
2.10 are the Company’s unaudited balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) as of
September 30, 2009 (the “Balance Sheet Date”)
and the Statement of Operations for the nine month period ended September 30,
2009. Such financial statements (i) are in accordance with the books
and records of the Company, (ii) present fairly in all material respects the
financial condition of the Company at the dates therein specified and the
results of its operations and changes in financial position for the periods
therein specified and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a
basis consistent with prior accounting periods.
2.11 Changes. Since
the Balance Sheet Date, except as disclosed in Schedule 2.11 hereto,
the Company has not (a) incurred any debts, obligations or liabilities,
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether due or to become due, except
for fees, expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with the Merger and
related transactions and current liabilities incurred in the usual and ordinary
course of business, (b) discharged or satisfied any Liens other than those
securing, or paid any obligation or liability other than, current liabilities
shown on the Balance Sheet and current liabilities incurred since the Balance
Sheet Date, in each case in the usual and ordinary course of business, (c)
mortgaged, pledged or subjected to Lien any of its assets, tangible or
intangible other than in the usual and ordinary course of business, (d) sold,
transferred or leased any of its assets, except in the usual and ordinary course
of business, (e) cancelled or compromised any debt or claim, or waived or
released any right, of material value, (f) suffered any physical damage,
destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) materially and
adversely affecting the Condition of the Company, (g) entered into any
transaction other than in the usual and ordinary course of business, (h)
encountered any labor union difficulties, (i) declared or paid any dividends on
or made any other distributions with respect to, or purchased or redeemed, any
of its outstanding capital stock, (j) suffered or experienced any change in, or
condition affecting, the Condition of the Company other than changes, events or
conditions in the usual and ordinary course of its business, none of which
(either by itself or in conjunction with all such other changes, events and
conditions) has been materially adverse, (k) made any change in the accounting
principles, methods or practices followed by it or depreciation or amortization
policies or rates theretofore adopted, (l) made or permitted any amendment or
termination of any material contract, agreement or license to which it is a
party, (m) suffered any material loss not reflected in the Balance Sheet or its
statement of income for the year ended on the Balance Sheet Date, or (n) entered
into any agreement, or otherwise obligated itself, to do any of the
foregoing.
2.12 Employees. The
Company has complied in all material respects with all laws relating to the
employment of labor, and the Company has encountered no material labor union
difficulties. Other than pursuant to ordinary arrangements of
employment compensation, the Company is not under any obligation or liability to
any officer, director or employee of the Company.
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2.13 Tax Returns and
Audits. All
required federal, state and local Tax Returns of the Company have been
accurately prepared and duly and timely filed or extensions with respect thereto
have been granted, and all federal, state and local Taxes required to be paid
with respect to the periods covered by such returns have been
paid. The Company is not and has not been delinquent in the payment
of any Tax.
2.14 Title to Property and
Encumbrances. The
Company has good, valid and indefeasible marketable title to all properties and
assets used in the conduct of its business (except for property held under valid
and subsisting leases which are in full force and effect and which are not in
default) free of all Liens (except as set forth in Schedule 2.14) and
other encumbrances, except Permitted Liens and such ordinary and customary
imperfections of title, restrictions and encumbrances as do not, individually or
in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the property or assets or
materially impair the use made thereof by the Company in its business. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company has good and indefeasible
title to all of its properties and assets reflected in the Balance Sheet, except
for property disposed of in the usual and ordinary course of business since the
Balance Sheet Date and for property held under valid and subsisting leases which
are in full force and effect and which are not in default.
2.15 Insurance
Coverage. Prior
to the Effective Date, the Company will have in full force and effect one or
more policies of insurance issued by insurers of recognized responsibility,
insuring the Company and its properties, products and business against such
losses and risks, and in such amounts, as are customary for corporations engaged
in the same or similar business and similarly situated.
2.16 Litigation. Except
as disclosed in Schedule 2.16 hereto,
there is no legal action, suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or
other governmental proceeding pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company or its properties, assets or
business, and after reasonable investigation, the Company is not aware of any
incident, transaction, occurrence or circumstance that might reasonably be
expected to result in or form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration
or other proceeding and the Company is not in default with respect to any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court or any
governmental agency or instrumentality or arbitration authority.
2.17 Licenses. The
Company possesses from all appropriate governmental authorities all licenses,
permits, authorizations, approvals, franchises and rights necessary for the
Company to engage in the business currently conducted by it, all of which are in
full force and effect.
2.18 Interested Party
Transactions. Except
as disclosed in Schedule 2.18 hereto,
no officer or director of the Company or any Affiliate or “associate” (as such
term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of any such Person or the
Company has or has had, either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any
Person that (i) furnishes or sells services or products that are furnished or
sold or are proposed to be furnished or sold by the Company or (ii) purchases
from or sells or furnishes to the Company any goods or services, or (b) a
beneficial interest in any contract or agreement to which the Company is a party
or by which it may be bound or affected.
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2.19 Environmental
Matters
(a) To
the knowledge of the Company, the Company has never generated, used, handled,
treated, released, stored or disposed of any Hazardous Materials on any real
property on which it now has or previously had any leasehold or ownership
interest, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws.
(b) To
the knowledge of the Company, the historical and present operations of the
business of the Company are in compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws, except where any non-compliance has not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Company.
(c) There
are no material pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened,
demands, claims, information requests or notices of noncompliance or violation
against or to the Company relating to any Environmental Law; and, to the
knowledge of the Company, there are no conditions or occurrences on any of the
real property used by the Company in connection with its business that would
reasonably be expected to lead to any such demands, claims or notices against or
to the Company, except such as have not had, and would not reasonably be
expected to have, a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Company.
(d) To
the knowledge of the Company, (i) the Company has not, sent or disposed of,
otherwise had taken or transported, arranged for the taking or disposal of (on
behalf of itself, a customer or any other party) or in any other manner
participated or been involved in the taking of or disposal or release of a
Hazardous Material to or at a site that is contaminated by any Hazardous
Material or that, pursuant to any Environmental Law, (A) has been placed on the
“National Priorities List”, the “CERCLIS” list, or any similar state or federal
list, or (B) is subject to or the source of a claim, an administrative order or
other request to take “removal,” “remedial,” “corrective” or any other
“response” action, as defined in any Environmental Law, or to pay for the costs
of any such action at the site; (ii) the Company is not involved in (and has no
basis to reasonably expect to be involved in) any suit or proceeding and has not
received (and has no basis to reasonably expect to receive) any notice, request
for information or other communication from any governmental authority or other
third party with respect to a release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Material or a violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, and has
not received (and has no basis to reasonably expect to receive) notice of any
claims from any Person relating to property damage, natural resource damage or
to personal injuries from exposure to any Hazardous Material; and (iii) the
Company has timely filed every report required to be filed, acquired all
necessary certificates, approvals and permits, and generated and maintained all
required data, documentation and records under all Environmental Laws, in all
such instances except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on
the Condition of the Company.
3. Representations and
Warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp. Parent
and Acquisition Corp. represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
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3.1 Organization and
Standing. Parent
is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of
the state of Nevada. Acquisition Corp. is a corporation duly
organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the state of
Delaware. Parent and Acquisition Corp. have heretofore delivered to
the Company complete and correct copies of their respective Certificates of
Incorporation and By-laws as now in effect. Parent and Acquisition
Corp. have full corporate power and authority to carry on their respective
businesses as they are now being conducted and as now proposed to be conducted
and to own or lease their respective properties and assets. Neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp. has any subsidiaries (except Parent’s ownership of
Acquisition Corp.) or direct or indirect interest (by way of stock ownership or
otherwise) in any firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or business. Parent owns all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Acquisition Corp. free and clear of all Liens, and
Acquisition Corp. has no outstanding options, warrants or rights to purchase
capital stock or other equity securities of Acquisition Corp., other than the
capital stock owned by Parent. Unless the content otherwise requires,
all references in this Section 3 to the “Parent” shall be treated as being a
reference to the Parent and Acquisition Corp. taken together as one
enterprise.
3.2 Corporate
Authority. Each
of Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the case may be) has full corporate power
and authority to enter into the Merger Documents and the other agreements to be
made pursuant to the Merger Documents and to carry out the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. All corporate acts and proceedings required for
the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Documents
and such other agreements and documents by Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as
the case may be) have been duly and validly taken or will have been so taken
prior to the Closing. Each of the Merger Documents constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. (as the
case may be), each enforceable against them in accordance with their respective
terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
by general principles of equity.
3.3 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fees. No
person, firm, corporation or other entity is entitled by reason of any act or
omission of Parent or Acquisition Corp. to any broker’s or finder’s fees,
commission or other similar compensation with respect to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Certificate of Merger, or with respect to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Parent and
Acquisition Corp. jointly and severally indemnify and hold Company harmless from
and against any and all loss, claim or liability arising out of any such claim
from any other Person who claim they introduced Parent or Acquisition Corp. to,
or assisted them with the transactions contemplated by or described
herein.
3.4 Capitalization of
Parent. The
authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (a) 480,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which not more than 7,694,700 shares will
be, prior to the Effective Time, issued and outstanding after taking into
consideration the cancellation of certain shares of Parent Common Stock, as
indicated in Section 7.2(f)(4) hereof, and (b) 20,000,000 shares of “blank
check” preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share, of which no shares are
issued and outstanding on the date hereof. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 3.4,
Parent has no outstanding options, rights or commitments to issue shares of
Parent Common Stock or any other Equity Security of Parent or Acquisition Corp.,
and there are no outstanding securities convertible or exercisable into or
exchangeable for shares of Parent Common Stock or any other Equity Security of
Parent or Acquisition Corp. There is no voting trust, agreement or
arrangement among any of the beneficial holders of Parent Common Stock affecting
the nomination or election of directors or the exercise of the voting rights of
Parent Common Stock. All outstanding shares of the capital stock of
Parent are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and
none of such shares have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of
any person.
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3.5 Acquisition
Corp. Acquisition
Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent that was formed specifically for
the purpose of the Merger and that has not conducted any business or acquired
any property, and will not conduct any business or acquire any property prior to
the Closing Date, except in preparation for and otherwise in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the
other agreements to be made pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and
the Certificate of Merger.
3.6 Validity of
Shares. The
shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued at the Closing pursuant to Section
1.5(a)(ii) hereof, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and of the Certificate of Merger shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable. Based in part on the representations and
warranties of the Stockholders as contemplated by Section 4 hereof and assuming
the accuracy thereof, the issuance of the Parent Common Stock upon the Merger
pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii) shall be validly registered on Form S-4 (“Form
S-4”).
3.7 SEC Reporting and
Compliance.
(a) Parent filed a registration
statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act which became effective on May 27,
2008. Since that date, Parent has filed with the Commission all
registration statements, proxy statements, information statements and reports
required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act. Parent has not
filed with the Commission a certificate on Form 15 pursuant to Rule 12h-3 of the
Exchange Act.
(b) Parent
has delivered to the Company true and complete copies of the registration
statements, information statements and other reports (collectively, the “Parent SEC
Documents”) filed by the Parent with the Commission. Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.7, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and
other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the
two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was
required by law or regulation to file such material) on a timely basis or has
received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC
Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none
of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.7, Parent
has not filed, and nothing has occurred with respect to which Parent would be
required to file, any report on Form 8-K since November 20,
2009. Prior to and until the Closing, Parent will provide to the
Company copies of any and all amendments or supplements to the Parent SEC
Documents filed with the Commission since November 20, 2009, and all subsequent
registration statements and reports filed by Parent subsequent to the filing of
the Parent SEC Documents with the Commission and any and all subsequent
information statements, proxy statements, reports or notices filed by the Parent
with the Commission or delivered to the stockholders of Parent.
(d) Parent
is not an investment company within the meaning of Section 3 of the Investment
Company Act.
(e) The
shares of Parent Common Stock are quoted on the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Bulletin
Board under the symbol “ASCH,” and Parent is in compliance in all material
respects with all rules and regulations of the OTC Bulletin Board applicable to
it and the Parent Stock.
(f) Between
the date hereof and the Closing Date, Parent shall continue to timely satisfy
the filing requirements of the Exchange Act and all other requirements of
applicable securities laws and the OTC Bulletin Board including, but not limited
to the timely filing of notices required by Rule 10b-17 under the Securities
Act.
(g) To
the best knowledge of the Parent, the Parent has otherwise complied with the
Securities Act, Exchange Act and all other applicable federal and state
securities laws.
(h) Parent
is not a “blank check company” subject to the requirements of Rule 419 of the
Securities Act.
3.8 Financial
Statements. The
balance sheets, and statements of income, changes in financial position and
stockholders’ equity contained in the Parent SEC Documents (the “Parent Financial
Statements”) (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
basis consistent with prior periods (and, in the case of unaudited financial
information, on a basis consistent with year-end audits), (ii) are in accordance
with the books and records of the Parent, and (iii) present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition of the Parent at the dates therein
specified and the results of its operations and changes in financial position
for the periods therein specified. The financial statements included
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008,
are as audited by, and include the related opinions of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
LLP, Parent’s independent certified public accountants. The financial
information included in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, and September 30, 2009, are unaudited, but
reflect all adjustments (including normally recurring accounts) that Parent
considers necessary for a fair presentation of such information and have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied.
3.9 Governmental
Consents. All
material consents, approvals, orders, or authorizations of, or registrations,
qualifications, designations, declarations, or filings with any federal or state
governmental authority on the part of Parent or Acquisition Corp. required in
connection with the consummation of the Merger shall have been obtained prior
to, and be effective as of, the Closing.
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3.10 Compliance with Laws and
Other Instruments. The
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. of this
Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the other agreements to be made by
Parent or Acquisition Corp. pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or
the Certificate of Merger and the consummation by Parent and/or Acquisition
Corp. of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Documents will not cause
Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. to violate or contravene (i) any provision of
law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any agency or government, (iii) any order,
judgment or decree of any court, or (v) any provision of their respective
certificates of incorporation or by-laws as amended and in effect on and as of
the Closing Date and will not violate or be in conflict with, result in a breach
of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default
under any material indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage,
security agreement or other agreement or contract to which Parent or Acquisition
Corp. is a party or by which Parent and/or Acquisition Corp. or any of their
respective properties is bound.
3.11 No General
Solicitation. In
issuing Parent Common Stock in the Merger hereunder, neither Parent nor anyone
acting on its behalf has offered to sell the Parent Common Stock by any form of
general solicitation or advertising.
3.12 Binding
Obligations. The
Merger Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Parent and Acquisition Corp., and are enforceable against the Parent and
Acquisition Corp., in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
3.13 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities. Neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp, has any material obligation or liability
(whether accrued, absolute, contingent, liquidated or otherwise, whether due or
to become due), arising out of any transaction entered into at or prior to the
Closing, except (a) as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, (b) to the extent
set forth on or reserved against in the balance sheet of Parent as of September
30, 2009 (the “Parent
Balance Sheet”) or the Notes to the Parent Financial Statements, (c)
current liabilities incurred and obligations under agreements entered into in
the usual and ordinary course of business since September 30, 2009 (the “Parent Balance Sheet
Date”), none of which (individually or in the aggregate) materially and
adversely affects the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets,
liabilities, business operations, results of operations or prospects of the
Parent or Acquisition Corp., taken as a whole (the “Condition of the
Parent”), and (d) by the specific terms of any written agreement,
document or arrangement attached as an exhibit to the Parent SEC
Documents.
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3.14 Changes. Since
the Parent Balance Sheet Date, except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents
or in Schedule
3.14, the Parent has not (a) incurred any debts, obligations or
liabilities, absolute, accrued or, to the Parent’s knowledge, contingent,
whether due or to become due, (b) discharged or satisfied any Liens other than
those securing, or paid any obligation or liability other than, current
liabilities shown on the Parent Balance Sheet and current liabilities incurred
since the Parent Balance Sheet Date, in each case in the usual and ordinary
course of business, (c) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to Lien any of its
assets, tangible or intangible, other than in the usual and ordinary course of
business, (d) sold, transferred or leased any of its assets, except in the usual
and ordinary course of business, (e) cancelled or compromised any debt or claim,
or waived or released any right of material value, (f) suffered any physical
damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Condition of the
Parent, (g) entered into any transaction other than in the usual and ordinary
course of business, (h) encountered any labor union difficulties, (i) made or
granted any wage or salary increase or made any increase in the amounts payable
under any profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, severance pay,
insurance, pension, retirement or other employee benefit plan, agreement or
arrangement, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, or entered into any employment agreement, (j) issued or sold any
shares of capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or granted
any options (including employee stock options), warrants or other rights with
respect thereto, (k) declared or paid any dividends on or made any other
distributions with respect to, or purchased or redeemed, any of its outstanding
capital stock, (l) suffered or experienced any change in, or condition
affecting, the financial condition of the Parent other than changes, events or
conditions in the usual and ordinary course of its business, none of which
(either by itself or in conjunction with all such other changes, events and
conditions) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the Condition of the Parent, (m) made any change in the accounting principles,
methods or practices followed by it or depreciation or amortization policies or
rates theretofore adopted, (n) made or permitted any amendment or termination of
any material contract, agreement or license to which it is a party, (o) suffered
any material loss not reflected in the Parent Balance Sheet or its statement of
income for the year ended on the Parent Balance Sheet Date, (p) paid, or 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,
director, employee, stockholder or consultant, (q) made or agreed to make any
charitable contributions or incurred any non-business expenses in excess of
$5,000 in the aggregate, or (r) entered into any agreement, or otherwise
obligated itself, to do any of the foregoing.
3.15 Tax Returns and
Audits. All
required federal, state and local Tax Returns of the Parent have been accurately
prepared in all material respects and duly and timely filed, and all federal,
state and local Taxes required to be paid with respect to the periods covered by
such returns have been paid to the extent that the same are material and have
become due, except where the failure so to file or pay could not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Condition of the
Parent. The Parent is not and has not been delinquent in the payment
of any Tax. The Parent has not had a Tax deficiency assessed against
it. None of the Parent’s federal income tax returns nor any state or
local income or franchise tax returns has been audited by governmental
authorities. The reserves for Taxes reflected on the Parent Balance
Sheet are sufficient for the payment of all unpaid Taxes payable by the Parent
with respect to the period ended on the Parent Balance Sheet
Date. There are no federal, state, local or foreign audits, actions,
suits, proceedings, investigations, claims or administrative proceedings
relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns of the Parent now pending, and the Parent
has not received any notice of any proposed audits, investigations, claims or
administrative proceedings relating to Taxes or any Tax Returns.
3.16 Employee Benefit Plans;
ERISA. (a)
Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, there are no “employee benefit
plans” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) nor any other employee
benefit or fringe benefit arrangements, practices, contracts, policies or
programs other than programs merely involving the regular payment of wages,
commissions, or bonuses established, maintained or contributed to by the
Parent. Any plans listed in the Parent SEC Documents are hereinafter
referred to as the “Parent Employee Benefit
Plans.”
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(b) Any
current and prior material documents, including all amendments thereto, with
respect to each Parent Employee Benefit Plan have been given to the Company or
its advisors.
(c) All
Parent Employee Benefit Plans are in material compliance with the applicable
requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable state, federal or
foreign law.
(d) There
are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened, claims or
lawsuits which have been asserted or instituted against any Parent Employee
Benefit Plan, the assets of any of the trusts or funds under the Parent Employee
Benefit Plans, the plan sponsor or the plan administrator of any of the Parent
Employee Benefit Plans or against any fiduciary of a Parent Employee Benefit
Plan with respect to the operation of such plan.
(e) There
is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened, investigation or
pending or possible enforcement action by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or any other
government agency with respect to any Parent Employee Benefit Plan.
(f) No
actual or, to the knowledge of Parent, contingent liability exists with respect
to the funding of any Parent Employee Benefit Plan or for any other expense or
obligation of any Parent Employee Benefit Plan, except as disclosed on the
financial statements of the Parent or the Parent SEC Documents, and to the
knowledge of the Parent, no contingent liability exists under ERISA with respect
to any “multi-employer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA.
3.17 Litigation. Except
as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, there is no legal action, suit,
arbitration or other legal, administrative or other governmental proceeding
pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened against or affecting the
Parent or Acquisition Corp. or their properties, assets or
business. To the knowledge of the Parent, neither Parent nor
Acquisition Corp. is in default with respect to any order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award of any court or any governmental
agency or instrumentality or arbitration authority.
3.18 Interested Party
Transactions. Except
as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, no officer, director or stockholder of
the Parent or any Affiliate or “associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) of any such Person or the Parent has or has had,
either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any Person that (i) furnishes
or sells services or products that are furnished or sold or are proposed to be
furnished or sold by the Parent or (ii) purchases from or sells or furnishes to
the Parent any goods or services, or (b) a beneficial interest in any contract
or agreement to which the Parent is a party or by which it may be bound or
affected.
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3.19 Questionable
Payments. Neither
the Parent, Acquisition Corp. nor to the knowledge of the Parent, any director,
officer, agent, employee or other Person associated with or acting on behalf of
the Parent or Acquisition Corp., has used any corporate funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to government
officials or employees from corporate funds; established or maintained any
unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; made any false
or fictitious entries on the books of record of any such corporations; or made
any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
3.20 Obligations to or by
Stockholders. Except
as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, the Parent has no liability or
obligation or commitment to any stockholder of Parent or any Affiliate or
“associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of
any stockholder of Parent, nor does any stockholder of Parent or any such
Affiliate or associate have any liability, obligation or commitment to the
Parent.
3.21 Assets and
Contracts. Except
as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Parent Balance Sheet or the notes
thereto, the Parent is not a party to any written or oral agreement not made in
the ordinary course of business that is material to the
Parent. Parent does not own any real property. Parent is
not a party to or otherwise barred by any written or oral (a) agreement with any
labor union, (b) agreement for the purchase of fixed assets or for the purchase
of materials, supplies or equipment in excess of normal operating requirements,
(c) agreement for the employment of any officer, individual employee or other
Person on a full-time basis or any agreement with any Person for consulting
services, (d) bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock
option, deferred compensation, medical, hospitalization or life insurance or
similar plan, contract or understanding with respect to any or all of the
employees of Parent or any other Person, (e) indenture, loan or credit
agreement, note agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement,
promissory note or other agreement or instrument relating to or evidencing
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or subjecting any asset or property of Parent to
any Lien or evidencing any Indebtedness, (f) guaranty of any Indebtedness, (g)
lease or agreement under which Parent is lessee of or holds or operates any
property, real or personal, owned by any other Person, (h) lease or agreement
under which Parent is lessor or permits any Person to hold or operate any
property, real or personal, owned or controlled by Parent, (i) agreement
granting any preemptive right, right of first refusal or similar right to any
Person, (j) agreement or arrangement with any Affiliate or any “associate” (as
such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of Parent or any
present or former officer, director or stockholder of Parent, (k) agreement
obligating Parent to pay any royalty or similar charge for the use or
exploitation of any tangible or intangible property, (1) covenant not to compete
or other restriction on its ability to conduct a business or engage in any other
activity, (m) distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, sales agency,
franchise or advertising contract or commitment, (n) agreement to register
securities under the Securities Act, (o) collective bargaining agreement, or (p)
agreement or other commitment or arrangement with any Person continuing for a
period of more than three months from the Closing Date that involves an
expenditure or receipt by Parent in excess of $1,000. The Parent
maintains no insurance policies and insurance coverage of any kind with respect
to Parent, its business, premises, properties, assets, employees and
agents.
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3.22 Employees. Other
than pursuant to ordinary arrangements of employment compensation, Parent is not
under any obligation or liability to any officer, director, employee or
Affiliate of Parent.
3.23 Disclosure. There
is no fact relating to Parent that Parent has not disclosed to the Company in
writing that materially and adversely affects nor, insofar as Parent can now
foresee, will materially and adversely affect, the condition (financial or
otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business operations, results of
operations or prospects of Parent. No representation or warranty by
Parent herein and no information disclosed in the schedules or exhibits hereto
by Parent contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein
misleading.
3.24 Information
Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied
by Parent or Acquisition Corp. in writing for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in (i) the registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC
by Parent in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger
shall, at the time the Form S-4 becomes effective under the Securities Act,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading or (ii) the Information Statement (as defined herein) shall, (A)
at the date it is first mailed to the Company's stockholders and/or (B) at the
time of the Stockholder Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 shall comply as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, except that no representation is made by
Parent or Acquisition Corp. with respect to statements made or incorporated by
reference therein based on information supplied in writing by the Company
specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
4. Additional Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Stockholders. Promptly
after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be mailed to each holder of
record of Company Common Stock that was converted pursuant to Section 1.5 hereof
into the right to receive Parent Common Stock a letter of transmittal (“Letter
of Transmittal”) which shall contain additional representations, warranties and
covenants of such Stockholder, including without limitation, that (i) such
Stockholder has full right, power and authority to deliver such Company Common
Stock and Letter of Transmittal; (ii) the delivery of such Company Common Stock
will not violate or be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a
default under, any indenture, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, mortgage,
security agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Stockholder is
bound or affected; (iii) such Stockholder has good, valid and marketable title
to all shares of Company Common Stock indicated in such Letter of Transmittal
and that such Stockholder is not affected by any voting trust, agreement or
arrangement affecting the voting rights of such Company Common Stock; (iv) such
Stockholder is acquiring Parent Common Stock for investment purposes, and not
with a view to selling or otherwise distributing such Parent Common Stock in
violation of the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state; (v) such
Stockholder is bound by the Restriction except with respect to shares acquired
by the Stockholder in the Bridge Financing; and (vi) such Stockholder has had an
opportunity to ask and receive answers to any questions such Stockholder may
have had concerning the terms and conditions of the Merger and the Parent Common
Stock and has obtained any additional information that such Stockholder has
requested. Delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to
the Parent Common Stock shall pass, only upon delivery to the Parent (or an
agent of the Parent) of (x) certificates evidencing ownership thereof as
contemplated by Section 1.6 hereof (or affidavit of lost certificate), and (y)
the Letter of Transmittal containing the representations, warranties and
covenants contemplated by this Section 4.
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5. Conduct of Businesses
Pending the Merger.
5.1 Conduct of Business by the
Company Pending the Merger. Prior
to the Effective Time, unless Parent or Acquisition Corp. shall otherwise agree
in writing or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(i) the
business of the Company shall be conducted only in the ordinary
course;
(ii) the
Company shall not (A) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its
capital stock; (B) amend its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws; or (C)
split, combine or reclassify the outstanding Company Stock or declare, set aside
or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property or make any distribution
with respect to any such stock.
(iii) the
Company shall not (A) issue or agree to issue any additional shares of, or
options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, Company Stock,
except to issue shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the exercise
of stock options and warrants outstanding on the date hereof; (B) acquire or
dispose of any fixed assets or acquire or dispose of any other substantial
assets other than in the ordinary course of business; (C) incur additional
Indebtedness or any other liabilities or enter into any other transaction other
than in the ordinary course of business; (D) enter into any contract, agreement,
commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing; or (E) except as
contemplated by this Agreement, enter into any contract, agreement, commitment
or arrangement to dissolve, merge, consolidate or enter into any other material
business combination;
(iv) the
Company shall use its best efforts to preserve intact the business organization
of the Company, to keep available the service of its present officers and key
employees, and to preserve the good will of those having business relationships
with it; and
(v) the
Company will not, nor will it authorize any director or authorize or permit any
officer or employee or any attorney, accountant or other representative retained
by it to, make, solicit, encourage any inquiries with respect to, or engage in
any negotiations concerning, any Acquisition Proposal (as defined
below). The Company will promptly advise Parent orally and in writing
of any such inquiries or proposals (or requests for information) and the
substance thereof. As used in this paragraph, “Acquisition Proposal”
shall mean any proposal for a merger or other business combination involving the
Company or for the acquisition of a substantial equity interest in it or any
material assets of it other than as contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company will immediately cease and cause to be
terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any person
conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing.
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5.2 Conduct of Business by
Parent and Acquisition Corp. Pending the Merger. Prior
to the Effective Time, unless the Company shall otherwise agree in writing or as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(i) the
business of Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall be conducted only in the ordinary
course; provided, however, that Parent
shall take the steps necessary to have discontinued its existing business
without liability to Parent or Acquisition Corp. as of the Closing
Date;
(ii) neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall (A) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase
or otherwise acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any
shares of its capital stock; (B) amend its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws, and as reasonably request by the company; or (C) split, combine or
reclassify its capital stock or declare, set aside or pay any dividend payable
in cash, stock or property or make any distribution with respect to such stock;
and
(iii) neither
Parent nor Acquisition Corp. shall (A) issue or agree to issue any additional
shares of, or options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire shares of, its
capital stock; (B) acquire or dispose of any assets other than in the ordinary
course of business (except for dispositions in connection with Section 5.2(i)
hereof); (C) incur additional Indebtedness or any other liabilities or enter
into any other transaction except in the ordinary course of business; (D) enter
into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of
the foregoing, or (E) except as contemplated by this Agreement, enter into any
contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to dissolve, merge; consolidate
or enter into any other material business contract or enter into any
negotiations in connection therewith.
(iv) neither
the Parent nor Acquisition will, nor will they authorize any director
or authorize or permit any officer or employee or any attorney, accountant or
other representative retained by them to, make, solicit, encourage any inquiries
with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, any Acquisition
Proposal (as defined below for purposes of this paragraph). Parent
will promptly advise the Company orally and in writing of any such inquiries or
proposals (or requests for information) and the substance thereof. As
used in this paragraph, “Acquisition Proposal”
shall mean any proposal for a merger or other business combination involving the
Parent or Acquisition Corp or for the acquisition of a substantial equity
interest in either of them or any material assets of either of them other than
as contemplated by this Agreement. The Parent will immediately cease
and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations
with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing;
and
(v) neither
the Parent nor Acquisition Corp. will enter into any new employment agreements
with any of their officers or employees or grant any increases in the
compensation or benefits of their officers and employees.
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6. Additional
Agreements.
6.1 Access and
Information. As
soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, Parent and the Company
shall prepare an information statement (the “Information
Statement”) and the Form S-4, and Parent shall file with the SEC the Form
S-4, in which the Information Statement shall be included. Each party shall
notify the other party promptly upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or
its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff or any government officials
for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Information Statement, or
for any other filing or for additional information and shall supply the other
party with copies of all correspondence between such party or any of its
representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, or its staff or any other
government officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4, the
Information Statement, the Merger or any other filing. Parent and the
Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared
effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such
filing. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause
the Information Statement to be mailed to the Company's stockholders as promptly
as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities
Act. Parent shall also take any action (other than qualifying to do
business in any state in which it is not now so qualified or filing a general
consent to service of process) required to be taken under any applicable state
securities laws in connection with the registration and qualification of the
Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish
all information relating to the Company and its stockholders as may be
reasonably requested in connection with any such action. The board of directors
of the Company may withdraw or modify such recommendation if the board of
directors of the Company shall have concluded in good faith on the basis of
advice from outside counsel that such action is required in order to satisfy its
fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable
law. Any such recommendation shall be included in the Information
Statement.
6.2 Additional
Agreements. Subject
to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto agrees
to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable
under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using its commercially
reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions precedent to the obligations of any
of the parties hereto to obtain all necessary waivers, and to lift any
injunction or other legal bar to the Merger (and, in such case, to proceed with
the Merger as expeditiously as possible). In order to obtain any
necessary governmental or regulatory action or non-action, waiver, consent,
extension or approval, each of Parent, Acquisition Corp. and the Company agrees
to take all reasonable actions and to enter into all reasonable agreements as
may be necessary to obtain timely governmental or regulatory approvals and to
take such further action in connection therewith as may be
necessary. In case at any time after the Effective Time any further
action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement,
the proper officers and/or directors of Parent, Acquisition Corp. and the
Company shall take all such necessary action.
6.3 Publicity. No
party shall issue any press release or public announcement pertaining to the
Merger that has not been agreed upon in advance by Parent and the Company,
except as Parent reasonably determines to be necessary in order to comply with
the rules of the Commission or of the principal trading exchange or market for
Parent Common Stock, provided that in such case Parent will use its best efforts
to allow Company to review and reasonably approve any same prior to its
release.
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6.4 Appointment of
Directors. Immediately
upon the Effective Time, Parent shall accept the resignations of the current
officers and directors of Parent as provided by Section 7.2(f)(6) hereof, and
shall cause the following persons to be elected to the board of directors of
Parent:
Name
|
Position
|
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
Director
|
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
Director
|
|
Xxxxxxx
XxXxxxxxxx
|
Director
|
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
|
Director
|
|
Xxxx Xxxxxx | Director |
At the
first annual meeting of Parent stockholders and thereafter, the election of
members of the board of directors of Parent shall be accomplished in accordance
with the By-Laws of Parent.
6.5 Parent Name
Change. In
connection with the approval of this Merger Agreement, Parent’s Board of
Directors and stockholders have taken all required corporate action to change
its corporate name to Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corporation at the Effective
Time.
7. Conditions of Parties’
Obligations.
7.1 Parent and Acquisition Corp.
Obligations. The
obligations of Parent and Acquisition Corp. under this Agreement are subject to
the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, any of
which may be waived in whole or in part by Parent.
(a) No Errors, etc. The
representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement shall be
deemed to have been made again on the Closing Date and shall then be true and
correct in all material respects.
(b) Compliance with
Agreement. The Company shall have performed and complied in
all material respects with all agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or before the Closing
Date.
(c) No Default or Adverse
Change. There shall not exist on the Closing Date any Default
or Event of Default or any event or condition that, with the giving of notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Default or Event of Default, and
since the Balance Sheet Date, there shall have been no material adverse change
in the Condition of the Company.
(d) Certificate of
Officers. The Company shall have delivered to Parent and
Acquisition Corp. a certificate dated the Closing Date, executed on its behalf
by the President of the Company, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions
specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.1.
(e) Form
S-4. The Form S-4 shall have become effective under the
Securities Act and shall not be the subject of any stop order or proceedings
seeking a stop order, and any material “blue sky” and other state securities
laws applicable to the registration and qualification of Parent Common Stock
issuable or required to be reserved for issuance pursuant to this Agreement
shall have been complied with.
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(f) No Restraining
Action. No action or proceeding before any court, governmental
body or agency shall have been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain or
prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the
Certificate of Merger or the carrying out of the transactions contemplated by
the Merger Documents.
(g) Supporting
Documents. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall have received
the following:
(1) Copies
of resolutions of the board of directors and the stockholders of the Company,
certified by the Secretary of the Company, authorizing and approving the
execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Documents and all other
documents and instruments to be delivered pursuant hereto and
thereto.
(2) A
certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the Company’s Secretary,
certifying that, except for the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the
Secretary of State of Delaware: (i) all consents, authorizations,
orders and approvals of, and filings and registrations with, any court,
governmental body or instrumentality that are required for the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger and the consummation of
the Merger shall have been duly made or obtained, and all material consents by
third parties that are required for the Merger have been obtained; and (ii) no
action or proceeding before any court, governmental body or agency has been
threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain or prohibit, or to obtain
substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the Certificate of Merger
or the carrying out of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Documents.
(3) Evidence
as of a recent date of the good standing and corporate existence of the Company
issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware and evidence that the Company is
qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing
in each state of the United States and in each other jurisdiction where the
character of the property owned or leased by it or the nature of its activities
makes such qualification necessary.
(4) Such
additional supporting documentation and other information with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby as Parent and Acquisition Corp. may reasonably
request.
(h) Proceedings and
Documents. All corporate and other proceedings and actions
taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all
certificates, opinions, agreements, instruments and documents mentioned herein
or incident to any such transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to Parent and Acquisition Corp. The Company shall
furnish to Parent and Acquisition Corp. such supporting documentation and
evidence of the satisfaction of any or all of the conditions precedent specified
in this Section 7.1 as Parent or its counsel may reasonably
request.
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7.2 Company
Obligations. The
obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger
are subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following
conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the
Company.
(a) No Errors,
etc. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Acquisition Corp. under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made again
on the Closing Date and shall then be true and correct in all material
respects.
(b) Compliance with
Agreement. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall have performed
and complied in all material respects with all agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger to be performed or
complied with by them on or before the Closing Date.
(c) No Default or Adverse
Change. There shall not exist on the Closing Date any Default
or Event of Default or any event or condition, that with the giving of notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Default of Event of Default, and
since the Parent Balance Sheet Date, there shall have been no material adverse
change in the Condition of the Parent.
(d) Certificate of
Officers. Parent and Acquisition Corp. shall have delivered to
the Company a certificate dated the Closing Date, executed on their behalf by
their respective Presidents or other duly authorized officers, certifying the
satisfaction of the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this
Section 7.2.
(e) Opinion of Parent’s
Counsel. The Company shall have received from counsel for Parent, a
favorable opinion dated the Closing Date with respect to such matters as are
customary in transactions of the type contemplated by this
Agreement.
(f) Supporting
Documents. The Company shall have received the
following:
(1) Copies
of resolutions of Parent’s and Acquisition Corp.’s respective board of directors
and the sole stockholder of Acquisition Corp., certified by their respective
Secretaries, authorizing and approving, to the extent applicable, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and all
other documents and instruments to be delivered by them pursuant hereto and
thereto.
(2) A
certificate of incumbency executed by the respective Secretaries of Parent and
Acquisition Corp. certifying the names, titles and signatures of the officers
authorized to execute the documents referred to in paragraph (i) above and
further certifying that the certificates of incorporation and by-laws of Parent
and Acquisition Corp. appended thereto have not been amended or
modified.
(3) A
certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the Secretary of each of the
Parent and Acquisition Corp., certifying that, except for the filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State: (i) all
consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and filings and registrations
with, any court, governmental body or instrumentality that are required for the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger and the
consummation of the Merger shall have been duly made or obtained, and all
material consents by third parties required for the Merger have been obtained;
and (ii) no action or proceeding before any court, governmental body or agency
has been threatened, asserted or instituted to restrain or prohibit, or to
obtain substantial damages in respect of, this Agreement or the Certificate of
Merger or the carrying out of the transactions contemplated by any of the Merger
Documents.
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(4) A
certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by the Secretary of the Parent,
setting forth that the number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued and
outstanding as of the Closing Date is no more than 7,694,000 shares of Parent
Common Stock.
(5) An
agreement in writing from Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to deliver copies of the audit opinions
with respect to any and all financial statements of Parent that had been audited
by such firm.
(6) (i)
The executed resignation of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, as sole director and officer of
Parent, with the resignation to take effect at the Effective Time and
(ii) stock powers executed in blank evidencing the cancellation of an
aggregate of 181,285,000 shares of Parent Common Stock owned by Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx.
(7) Evidence
as of a recent date of the good standing and corporate existence of each of the
Parent and Acquisition Corp. issued by the Secretary of State of their
respective states of incorporation and evidence that the Parent and Acquisition
Corp. are qualified to transact business as foreign corporations and are in good
standing in each state of the United States and in each other jurisdiction where
the character of the property owned or leased by them or the nature of their
activities makes such qualification necessary.
(8) Evidence
that Parent has all tax returns required to be filed in the states of
Connecticut and Nevada and that Parent has no liabilities for taxes or penalties
for failure to timely file tax returns.
(9) Such
additional supporting documentation and other information with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby as the Company may reasonably
request.
(g) Proceedings and
Documents. All corporate and other proceedings and actions
taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all
certificates, opinions, agreements, instruments and documents mentioned herein
or incident to any such transactions shall be mutually satisfactory in form and
substance to the Company, Parent and Acquisition Corp. Parent and Acquisition
Corp. shall furnish to the Company such supporting documentation and evidence of
satisfaction of any or all of the conditions specified in this Section 7.2 as
the Company may reasonably request.
(h) Form
S-4. The Form S-4 shall have become effective under the
Securities Act and shall not be the subject of any stop order or proceedings
seeking a stop order, and any material “blue sky” and other state securities
laws applicable to the registration and qualification of Parent Common Stock
issuable or required to be reserved for issuance pursuant to this Agreement
shall have been complied with.
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8. Non-Survival of
Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties of the parties made in Sections 2 and 3 of this
Agreement (including any Schedules to the Agreement which are hereby
incorporated by reference) shall not survive beyond the Effective
Time. This Section 8 shall not limit any claim for fraud or any
covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance
after the Effective Time.
9. Amendment of
Agreement. This
Agreement and the Certificate of Merger may be amended or modified at any time
in all respects by an instrument in writing executed (i) in the case of this
Agreement by the parties hereto and (ii) in the case of the Certificate of
Merger by the parties thereto.
10. Definitions. Unless
the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 10 shall have
the meanings herein specified for all purposes of this Agreement, applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms herein
defined.
“Acquisition Corp.”
means Auto Search Cars Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation.
“Affiliate” shall mean
any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, the indicated Person.
“Agreement” shall mean
this Agreement.
“Balance Sheet” and
“Balance Sheet
Date” shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 2.10
hereof.
“Bridge Financing”
shall mean the Company’s private offering of an aggregate subscription amount of
up to $2,000,000 through the issuance of common stock to certain accredited
investors from June through February 2010.
“Certificate of
Merger” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the second recital of
this Agreement.
“Closing” and “Closing Date” shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 11 hereof.
“Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission” shall
mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company” shall mean
Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Company Common Stock”
shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.
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“Condition of the
Company” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.2
hereof.
“Condition of the
Parent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.13
hereof.
“Default” shall mean a
default or failure in the due observance or performance of any covenant,
condition or agreement on the part of the Company to be observed or performed
under the terms of this Agreement or the Certificate of Merger, if such default
or failure in performance shall remain unremedied for five (5)
days.
“Effective Time” shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.2 hereof.
“Employee Benefit
Plans” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.17
hereof.
“Environmental Laws”
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C. §§ 9601, et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001, et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901, et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§
2601 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C.
§§ 136, et seq. and comparable state statutes dealing with the registration,
labeling and use of pesticides and herbicides; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§
7401 et seq.; the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33
U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f, et seq.;
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 1801, et seq.; as any
of the above statutes have been amended as of the date hereof, all rules,
regulations and policies promulgated pursuant to any of the above statutes, and
any other foreign, federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation or policy governing environmental matters, as the same have been
amended as of the date hereof.
“Equity Security”
shall mean any stock or similar security of an issuer or any security (whether
stock or Indebtedness for Borrowed Money) convertible, with or without
consideration, into any stock or similar equity security, or any security
(whether stock or Indebtedness for Borrowed Money) carrying any warrant or right
to subscribe to or purchase any stock or similar security, or any such warrant
or right.
“ERISA” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, as amended.
“Exchange Act” shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Event of Default”
shall mean (a) the failure of the Company to pay any Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money, or any interest or premium thereon, within five (5) days after the same
shall become due, whether such Indebtedness shall become due by scheduled
maturity, by required prepayment, by acceleration, by demand or otherwise, (b)
an event of default under any agreement or instrument evidencing or securing or
relating to any such Indebtedness, or (c) the failure of the Company to perform
or observe any material term, covenant, agreement or condition on its part to be
performed or observed under any agreement or instrument evidencing or securing
or relating to any such Indebtedness when such term, covenant or agreement is
required to be performed or observed.
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“DGCL” means the
Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.
“GAAP” shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from
time to time.
“Hazardous Material”
means any substance or material meeting any one or more of the following
criteria: (a) it is or contains a substance designated as or meeting
the characteristics of a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous
material, pollutant, contaminant or toxic substance under any Environmental Law;
(b) its presence at some quantity requires investigation, notification or
remediation under any Environmental Law; or (c) it contains, without limiting
the foregoing, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum hydrocarbons,
petroleum derived substances or waste, pesticides, herbicides, crude oil or any
fraction thereof, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
“Indebtedness” shall
mean any obligation of the Company which under generally accepted accounting
principles is required to be shown on the balance sheet of the Company as a
liability. Any obligation secured by a Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds
of production from, property of the Company shall be deemed to be Indebtedness
even though such obligation is not assumed by the Company.
“Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money” shall mean (a) all Indebtedness in respect of money borrowed
including, without limitation, Indebtedness which represents the unpaid amount
of the purchase price of any property and is incurred in lieu of borrowing money
or using available funds to pay such amounts and not constituting an account
payable or expense accrual incurred or assumed in the ordinary course of
business of the Company, (b) all Indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note,
bond or similar written obligation to pay money, or (c) all such Indebtedness
guaranteed by the Company or for which the Company is otherwise contingently
liable.
“Investment Company
Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
“knowledge” and “know” means, when
referring to any person or entity, the actual knowledge of such person or entity
of a particular matter or fact, and what that person or entity would have
reasonably known after due inquiry. An entity will be deemed to have
“knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if any individual who is
serving, or who has served, as an executive officer of such entity has actual
“knowledge” of such fact or other matter, or had actual “knowledge” during the
time of such service of such fact or other matter, or would have had “knowledge”
of such particular fact or matter after due inquiry.
“Letter of
Transmittal” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4
hereof.
“Lien” shall mean any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind,
including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and the filing of or agreement to
give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any
jurisdiction and including any lien or charge arising by statute or other
law.
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“Merger” shall have
the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1 hereof.
“Merger Documents”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.6 hereof.
“Parent” shall mean
Auto Search Cars, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
“Parent Balance Sheet”
and “Parent Balance
Sheet Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.13
hereof.
“Parent Common Stock”
shall mean the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of
Parent.
“Parent Employee Benefit
Plans” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.16
hereof.
“Parent Financial
Statements” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.8
hereof.
“Parent SEC Documents”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.7 hereof.
“Permitted Liens”
shall mean (a) Liens for taxes and assessments or governmental charges or levies
not at the time due or in respect of which the validity thereof shall currently
be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (b) Liens in respect of
pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation laws or similar legislation,
carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, laborers’ and materialmens’ and similar
Liens, if the obligations secured by such Liens are not then delinquent or are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and (c) Liens
incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company that were not incurred
in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or
credits and which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of
its property or materially impair the use made thereof by the Company in its
business.
“Person” shall include
all natural persons, corporations, business trusts, associations, limited
liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures and other entities and
governments and agencies and political subdivisions.
“Securities Act” shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Stockholders” shall
mean the stockholders of the Company.
“Surviving
Corporation” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1
hereof.
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“Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean (a)
any and all taxes, assessments, customs, duties, levies, fees, tariffs, imposts,
deficiencies and other governmental charges of any kind whatsoever (including,
but not limited to, taxes on or with respect to net or gross income, franchise,
profits, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer,
real property transfer, transfer gains, transfer taxes, inventory, capital
stock, license, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment, severance,
occupation, real or personal property, estimated taxes, rent, excise, occupancy,
recordation, bulk transfer, intangibles, alternative minimum, doing business,
withholding and stamp), together with any interest thereon, penalties, fines,
damages costs, fees, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect
thereto, imposed by the United States (federal, state or local) or other
applicable jurisdiction; (b) any liability for the payment of any amounts
described in clause (a) as a result of being a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group or as a result of transferor or
successor liability, including, without limitation, by reason of Regulation
section 1.1502-6; and (c) any liability for the payments of any amounts as a
result of being a party to any Tax Sharing Agreement or as a result of any
express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person with respect to the
payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) or (b).
“Tax Return” shall
include all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures,
schedules, estimates and information returns (including Form 1099 and
partnership returns filed on Form 1065) required to be supplied to a Tax
authority relating to Taxes.
11. Closing. The
closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall occur
concurrently with the Effective Time (the “Closing
Date”). The Closing shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, LLP, 000 Xxxxx 0 Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000. At the Closing,
Parent shall present for delivery to each Stockholder the certificate
representing the Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(ii)
hereof to them pursuant to Sections 1.6 and 4 hereof. Such
presentment for delivery shall be against delivery to Parent and Acquisition
Corp. of the certificates, opinions, agreements and other instruments referred
to in Section 7.1 hereof, and the certificates representing all of the Common
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. Parent
will deliver at such Closing to the Company the officers’ certificate and
opinion referred to in Section 7.2 hereof. All of the other documents and
certificates and agreements referenced in Section 7 will also be executed as
described therein. At the Effective Time, all actions to be taken at the Closing
shall be deemed to be taken simultaneously.
12. Termination Prior to
Closing.
12.1 Termination of
Agreement. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(a) By
the mutual written consent of the Company, Acquisition Corp. and
Parent;
(b) By
the Company, if Parent or Acquisition Corp. (i) fails to perform in any material
respect any of its agreements contained herein required to be performed by it on
or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) materially breaches any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which failure or
breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after the Company has notified
Parent and Acquisition Corp. of its intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this paragraph (b);
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(c) By
Parent and Acquisition Corp., if the Company (i) fails to perform in any
material respect any of its agreements contained herein required to be performed
by it on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) materially breach any of its
representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which failure or
breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after Parent or Acquisition Corp.
has notified the Company of its intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this paragraph (c);
(d) By
either the Company, on the one hand, or Parent and Acquisition Corp., on the
other hand, if there shall be any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court
or governmental or regulatory agency binding on Parent, Acquisition Corp. or the
Company, which prohibits or materially restrains any of them from consummating
the transactions contemplated hereby, provided that the
parties hereto shall have used their best efforts to have any such order, writ,
injunction or decree lifted and the same shall not have been lifted within
ninety (90) days after entry, by any such court or governmental or regulatory
agency; or
12.2 Termination of
Obligations. Termination
of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12 shall terminate all obligations of
the parties hereunder, except for the obligations under Sections 6.1, 13.3 and
13.11; provided, however, that
termination pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c) of Section 12.1 shall not relieve
the defaulting or breaching party or parties from any liability to the other
parties hereto.
13. Miscellaneous.
13.1 Notices. Any
notice, request or other communication hereunder shall be given in writing and
shall be served either personally by overnight delivery or delivered by mail,
certified return receipt and addressed to the following addresses:
If to
Parent
or
Acquisition Corp.:
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Attn: Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
If
to the Company:
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Curaxis
Pharmaceutical Corporation
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Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000)000-0000
With a copy to: | Xxxxxx & Jaclin, LLP |
Attn: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxx
0 Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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Notices
shall be deemed received at the earlier of actual receipt or three (3) business
days following mailing or facsimile transfer. Counsel for a party (or
any authorized representative) shall have authority to accept delivery of any
notice on behalf of such party.
13.2 Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement, including the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and other
documents referred to herein, contains the entire understanding of the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings between the parties with
respect to such subject matter.
13.3 Expenses. In
addition to the provisions in Section 12.3 hereof, each party shall bear and pay
all of the legal, accounting and other expenses incurred by it in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Expenses of
Parent prior to the effective time shall be satisfied by Parent immediately
prior to the effective time and Parent shall not be liable for such expenses
after the effective date.
13.4 Time. Time
is of the essence in the performance of the parties’ respective obligations
herein contained.
13.5 Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
13.6 Successors and
Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors, assigns and heirs; provided, however, that neither
party shall directly or indirectly transfer or assign any of its rights
hereunder in whole or in part without the written consent of the others, which
may be withheld in its sole discretion, and any such transfer or assignment
without said consent shall be void.
13.7 No Third Parties
Benefited. This
Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the
parties hereto, their successors, assigns and heirs, and no other Person shall
have any right or action under this Agreement.
13.8 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, with the same effect as
if all parties had signed the same document. Each such counterpart shall be an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute a single
agreement.
13.9 Recitals, Schedules and
Exhibits. The
Recitals, Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement are incorporated herein and,
by this reference, made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein.
13.10 Section Headings and
Gender. The
Section headings used herein are inserted for reference purposes only and shall
not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All
personal pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the other genders,
whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, and the singular shall
include the plural, and vice versa, whenever and as often as may be
appropriate.
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13.11 Governing
Law. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the state of Delaware. This Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of Xxxxxx County, Alpharetta, Georgia. The parties to this Agreement
agree that any breach of any term or condition of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be a breach occurring in the
state of Delaware by virtue of a failure to perform an act required to be
performed in the state of Delaware. The parties to this Agreement
irrevocably and expressly agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of
the state of Georgia for the purpose of resolving any disputes among the parties
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the
laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, or any judgment entered
by any court in prospect hereof brought in Xxxxxx County, Georgia, and further
irrevocably waive any claim that any suit, action or proceeding brought in
Xxxxxx County, Georgia has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. With respect to any action before the above courts, the
parties hereto agree to service of process by certified or registered United
States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the party in question.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be binding
and effective as of the day and year first above written.
PARENT: | |||
AUTO SEARCH CARS, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||
ACQUISITION CORP.: | |||
AUTO SEARCH CARS ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||
THE COMPANY: | |||
CURAXIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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