AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 15, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), is
entered into by and between Xxxx.xxx Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Fund”)
and Eastern Services Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the respective boards of directors of Fund and the Company have adopted and
declared advisable this Agreement and Plan of Merger, providing for the merger
of Fund with and into the Company (the “Merger”) under
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and have
determined that the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are fair to, and in the best interests of, their respective
stockholders;
WHEREAS,
Fund and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to prescribe
various conditions to the Merger; and
WHEREAS,
the parties intend for the Merger to qualify as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (as defined below).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
As
used
in this Agreement:
“Agreement”
means
this
agreement, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to
time.
“Article”
means
an
article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“Class
A Common Stock”
means common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
“Class
B Common Stock”
means common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
“Closing”
is
defined
in Section 5.1.
“Closing
Date” is
defined in Section 5.1.
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“Code”
means
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified
from
time to time.
“Company”
is
defined
in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Company
Documents” is
defined in Section 3.4.
“Company
Financial
Statements” is defined in Section 3.6.
“Company
Required Stockholder
Approval” means the approval of at least a majority of the outstanding
shares of Company Stock.
“Company
Stock” means
the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company.
“Company
Voting Debt”
is defined in Section 3.3(a).
“Constituent
Companies” means the Company and Fund.
“Dissenting
Shareholders” is defined in Section 2.9.
“Dissenting
Shares” is
defined in Section 2.9.
“Effective
Date” is
defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Effective
Time” means
the time at which the Certificate of Merger is filed with the Secretary of
State
of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the DGCL.
“Evaluation
Date” is
defined in Section 3.13.
“Exchange
Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any
rule
and regulation issued thereunder.
“Fund
Common Stock” is
defined in Section 2.5(b).
“Fund
Documents” is
defined in Section 4.2.
“Fund
Preferred Stock”
is defined in Section 2.5(c).
“Fund
Required Stockholder
Approval” means the approval of at least a majority of the
outstanding shares of Fund Common Stock and Fund Preferred Stock, voting
together as a class.
“Fund
Stock” means the
Fund Common Stock and the Fund Preferred Stock.
“Fund
Voting Debt” is
defined in Section 4.3(a).
“GAAP”
means
generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied in
a
consistent manner.
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“Lien”
means
any lien
(statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement
or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale,
capitalized lease or other title retention agreement).
“Material
Adverse
Effect” means, with respect to a Person, a material adverse effect on
(i) the business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise), or results
of operations of the Person and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole,
(ii) the ability of the Person to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or the rights or remedies of such Person hereunder.
“Merger”
is
defined in
the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Merger
Price” means
the aggregate amount of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common
Stock
that are issuable pursuant to Section 2.5.
“Person”
means
any
natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited liability
company, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or organization,
or any
government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality
thereof.
“Property”
of
a Person
means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible,
or
mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or operated by such
Person.
“Schedule”
refers
to a
specific schedule to this Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“Section”
means
a
numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“Subsidiary”
of
a
Person means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned
or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or
(b) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture
or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests
having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or
controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references
herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Surviving
Corporation” is defined in Section 2.1.
“Taxes”
means
any and
all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges
or
withholdings, and any and all liabilities with respect to the
foregoing.
The
foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the defined terms.
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ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
2.1 The
Merger. Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in
accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Fund will be merged with
and
into the Company. Following the Effective Time, in
accordance with this Agreement, the separate existence of Fund shall cease,
and
the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation. The Company
as it exists from and after the Effective Time is sometimes referred to
hereinafter as the “Surviving
Corporation.”
2.2 Effect
of the
Merger. Upon
the effectiveness of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation shall possess
all the
rights, privileges, immunities and franchises, and be subject to all the
restrictions, disabilities and duties, of each of the Constituent Companies;
and
all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to any of the
Constituent Companies on whatever account, including subscriptions to shares,
and all other things in action and all and every other interest, of or belonging
to each of the Constituent Companies, shall be vested in the Surviving
Corporation without further act or deed and without any transfer or assignment
having occurred; and all property, rights, privileges, immunities and
franchises, and all and every other interest shall be thereafter as effectually
the property of the Surviving Corporation as they were of the Constituent
Companies, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or otherwise in
either of the Constituent Companies shall not revert or be in any way impaired
by reason of the Merger; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any
property of either of the Constituent Companies shall be preserved unimpaired,
and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Constituent Companies 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; and all other effects of the Merger specified in the DGCL
shall result therefrom.
2.3 Consummation
of the
Merger. As
soon as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to
this
Agreement, the parties hereto will cause the Merger to be consummated by
filing
with the appropriate agency of the State of Delaware a properly executed
Certificate of Merger, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A,
incorporating, to the extent required by the laws of the State of Delaware,
this
Agreement.
2.4 Certificate
of
Incorporation; Bylaws; Directors and Officers.
(a)
At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as
in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and restated
in
the Merger to be in the form of the amended and restated certificate of
incorporation attached hereto to as Exhibit B and, as so amended, such
certificate of incorporation shall be the amended and restated certificate
of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or amended
as provided therein or by applicable law.
(b)
At the Effective Time, the by-laws of Fund, as in effect immediately prior
to
the Effective Time, shall be the by-laws of the Surviving Corporation until
thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable
law.
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(c)
The directors of Fund immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
directors of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their resignation
or
removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified,
as
the case may be.
(d)
The officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be the
officers of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation
or
removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified,
as
the case may be.
2.5 Conversion
of
Securities. At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the
part
of the Company, Fund or any holder of any shares of capital stock of
Fund:
(a) (i)
Each
share of Company Stock that is owned by the Company or held in the treasury
of
the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries shall be canceled and retired and
cease to exist and no consideration shall be paid or delivered in exchange
therefore and (ii) each share of Fund Stock that is owned by Fund or held
in the
treasury of Fund or of any of its Subsidiaries shall be canceled and retired
and
cease to exist and no consideration shall be paid or delivered in exchange
therefore.
(b) Each
share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share of Fund (“Fund Common Stock”)
shall be converted into the right to receive .1278 validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable shares of Class A Common Stock; provided, however,
if a
holder of Fund Common Stock also holds Series A Preferred Stock, par value
$.001
per share, of Fund (“Fund Preferred
Stock”) then each share of Fund Common Stock held by such holder shall be
converted into the right to receive .1278 validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Class B Common Stock (for the avoidance of doubt
the
Fund Preferred Stock held by such holder shall be cancelled).
(c) Each
share of Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be converted into the right to receive one validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock.
(d) At
the
Effective Time, all shares of Company Stock and Fund Stock shall no longer
be
outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease
to
exist, and each holder of a certificate representing such shares of Company
Stock or Fund Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto,
except
the right to receive the portion of the Merger Price payable in respect of
such
holder’s shares of Company Stock or Fund Stock.
2.6 Merger
Payment
Procedure. As
soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will
distribute to each holder of Company Stock or Fund Stock, upon surrender
to the
Surviving Corporation of one or more certificates for such shares of Company
Stock or Fund Stock, as the case may be, for cancellation, a certificate
or
certificates representing the portion of the Merger Price payable in respect
of
such holders shares of Company Stock or Fund Stock, as the case may be, as
a
result of the Merger pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof.
2.7 No
Further Ownership Rights
in Company Common Stock. The
Merger Price paid in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be
deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to
all
shares of Company Stock and Fund Stock, and after the Effective Time there
shall
be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the
Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Stock or Fund Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
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If,
after
the Effective Time, any certificates that immediately prior to the Effective
Time represented outstanding shares of Company Stock or Fund Stuck are presented
to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be cancelled and
exchanged as provided in this Article II. If any certificate
shall not have been surrendered immediately prior to such date on which any
Merger Price with respect thereto would otherwise escheat to or become the
property of any governmental body, any such Merger Price shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation,
free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled
thereto.
2.8 Lost
Certificates. If
any certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented
outstanding shares of Company Stock or Fund Stock shall have been lost, stolen
or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact (and, if required
by
the Surviving Corporation, upon the provision of an unsecured contractual
indemnity against any claims that may be made against the Surviving
Corporation), by the Person claiming to be the holder of the shares of Company
Stock or Fund Stock, as applicable, represented by such lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate, the Surviving Corporation will issue in exchange for
such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Price to which such holder
would be entitled pursuant to Section 2.5 of this Agreement in respect of
the shares represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate.
2.9 Appraisal
Rights. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Stock and Fund
Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time
and are held by stockholders owning Company Stock or Fund Stock, as applicable,
who have not voted in favor of the Merger, consented thereto in writing or
otherwise contractually waived their rights to appraisal and who have duly
demanded and complied with all of the relevant provisions of Section 262 of
the DGCL with respect to appraisal (the “Dissenting
Shareholders” and the shares of Company Stock or Fund Stock, as
applicable, held by such Dissenting Shareholders, the “Dissenting Shares”)
shall not be converted into or be exchangeable for the right to receive the
Merger Price with respect to each such Dissenting Share, unless and until
such
stockholders shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn
or
lost their rights to appraisal under the DGCL. Each of the Company
and Fund shall (i) give prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal
of
any Company Stock or Fund Stock, attempted withdrawals of such demands and
any
other instruments served pursuant to the DGCL and received by the Company
relating to stockholders’ rights of appraisal, and (ii) cooperate in the conduct
of all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal
under
the DGCL. Neither the Company nor Fund shall, except with the prior
written consent of the other party hereto, voluntarily make any payment with
respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demand for
payment. If any Dissenting Shareholder shall fail to perfect or shall
have effectively withdrawn or lost the right to dissent, then as of the
occurrence of such event, such holder’s Dissenting Shares shall cease to be
Dissenting Shares and shall be converted into and represent the right to
receive
the Merger Price with respect to each such Dissenting Share in accordance
with
Section 2.5.
2.10 Fractional
Shares.
(i)
Fractional shares of Company Stock and Fund Stock shall be entitled to the
Merger Price on the same basis as whole shares of Company Stock and Fund
Stock,
except that any amounts payable with respect to such fractional shares
(including the Merger Price) shall be the amount otherwise payable with respect
to a whole share of Company Stock or Fund Stock, as applicable, multiplied
by
the applicable fraction of a share of Company Stock or Fund Stock, as
applicable, represented by such fractional share.
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(ii) No
certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Class A Common Stock
or
Class B Common Stock shall be issued to former Company or Fund stockholders
upon
the surrender for exchange of certificates, and such former Company or Fund
stockholders shall not be entitled to any voting rights, rights to receive
any
dividends or distributions or other rights as a stockholder of the Surviving
Corporation with respect to any fractional shares that would have otherwise
been
issued to such former Company or Fund stockholders. Rather, the
number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock issuable
to any
former Company or Fund stockholder in payment of the portion of the Merger
Price
payable in respect of such former stockholder’s shares of shall in all cases be
rounded up to the nearest whole share.
2.10 Reorganization
under Section
368(a) of the Code. The
parties intend that the Merger will qualify as a tax-free reorganization
under
Section 368(a) of the Code and this Agreement is to be interpreted to that
effect. Each party agrees to render to the other parties reasonable
assistance to preserve that tax treatment, however, no representation is
made by
any party hereto as to whether the transactions contemplated hereby will
so
qualify.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to Fund that the statements contained
in
this Article III are true and correct, except as set forth in the Schedules
delivered by the Company to Fund concurrently herewith and which are attached
hereto:
3.1 Organization. The
Company is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company (a) is
qualified or licensed in all jurisdictions where such qualification or license
is required to own and operate its properties and conduct its business in
the
manner and at the places presently conducted; (b) holds all franchises,
grants, licenses, certificates, permits, consents and orders, all of which
are
valid and in full force and effect, from all applicable United States and
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to own and operate its properties
and
to conduct its business in the manner and at the places presently conducted;
and
(c) has full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease
and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except, in the case of (a) and
(b),
where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or to hold such franchises,
grants, licenses, certificates, permits, consents and orders or to have such
power and authority would not, when taken together with all other such failures,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
the
Company.
3.2 Subsidiaries. The
Company has no Subsidiaries.
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3.3 Capital
Structure.
(a) As
of the
Effective Date, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
100,000,000 shares of Company Stock, and no shares of preferred
stock. Schedule 3.3(a) hereto sets forth each shareholder who owns
more than 5% of the shares of Company Stock issued and outstanding on the
Effective Date. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness having voting rights (or convertible or exchangeable into
securities having such rights) (“Company Voting
Debt”) of the Company issued and outstanding. There are
no existing (i) options, warrants, calls, preemptive rights, subscriptions
or other rights, convertible or exchangeable securities, agreements,
arrangements or commitments of any character, relating to the issued or unissued
equity or membership interests of the Company, obligating the Company to
issue,
transfer or sell or cause to be issued, transferred or sold any equity or
membership interest or Company Voting Debt of, or other equity or membership
interest in, the Company, as the case may be, (ii) securities convertible
into or exchangeable for such equity or membership interests, or
(iii) obligations of the Company to grant, extend or enter into any such
option, warrant, call, preemptive right, subscription or other right,
convertible security, agreement, arrangement or commitment.
(b) There
are
no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings to which
the
Company is a party with respect to the voting of any equity interest of the
Company. The Company is not a party to any agreement or obligation,
contingent or otherwise, to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire
any equity or membership interests of the Company, whether as a result of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise.
3.4 Authorization
and
Validity. Subject
to obtaining the Company Required Stockholder Approval, the Company has all
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each
other agreement, document, or instrument or certificate contemplated by this
Agreement or to be executed by the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (the “Company Documents”),
to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Subject to obtaining
the Company Required Stockholder Approval, the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and each of the Company Documents,
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and
thereby, have been duly authorized and approved by all required action on
the
part of the Company, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the
Company and no stockholder votes are necessary to authorize this Agreement
or to
consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby. This Agreement has been, and, Subject to obtaining the
Company Required Stockholder Approval, each of the Company Documents required
to
be delivered at the Closing will be at or prior to the Closing, duly and
validly
executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by Fund) this Agreement constitutes, and each of the Company
Documents when so executed and delivered will constitute, legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other equivalent laws affecting
the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
at law or in equity).
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3.5 No
Conflict;
Consent. Neither
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with
the
provisions hereof will violate (a) any law, rule, regulation, order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Company, or (b) the
Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or (c) the provisions of
any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Company is a party or
is
subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or
constitute a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Company pursuant
to the
terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order,
consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of,
or
filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action
in
respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision
thereof, which has not been obtained by the Company is required to be obtained
by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this
Agreement. No consent, approval or authorization of, or notice to,
any other person or entity, including, without limitation, parties to loans,
contracts, leases or other agreements, is required in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company or the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.6 Company
Information. The
Company files reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. The Company has included in its Exchange Act filings all
material information regarding the Company required to be disclosed therein
by
the Exchange Act. The Company financial statements included in its
Exchange Act filings (the “Company Financial
Statements”) have been prepared on a consistent basis during the relevant
periods, and present fairly the financial position and results of operations
and
changes in cash flows of the Company as of the respective dates or for the
respective periods reflected therein.
3.7 Material
Adverse
Effect. Since
September 30, 2007, there has been no change in the business, property,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company.
3.8 Taxes. The
Company has timely filed all United States federal Tax returns and reports
and
all other applicable foreign, state and local Tax returns and reports that
are
required by law to be filed and all such Tax returns and reports are complete
and correct. The Company has paid when due all Taxes, assessments and
governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property,
except those, if any, that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which adequate reserves have been provided on the Company
Financial Statements and as to which no Lien exists. No Tax liens
have been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any such
Taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company
in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are adequate.
3.9 Litigation. There
is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or
inquiry
pending or, to the best knowledge of any of the Company’s officers, threatened
against or affecting the Company which could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company.
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3.10 Compliance
With
Laws. The
Company has complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders
and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality
or
agency thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of its businesses or
the
ownership of its Property except for any failure to comply with any of the
foregoing which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Company.
3.11 Broker’s
or Finder’s
Commissions. No
broker’s or finder’s or placement fee or commission will be payable to any
broker or agent engaged by the Company or any of its officers, directors
or
agents with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.12 Disclosure. Neither
this Agreement nor any of the schedules, attachments, written statements,
documents, certificates or other items prepared or supplied to Fund by or
on
behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement contain any untrue statement
of
a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make each statement
contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they
were
made, not misleading.
3.13 Internal
Accounting
Controls. The
Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability,
(iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s Form 10-KSB or
10-QSB, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers
have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures in
accordance with Item 307 of Regulation S-B under the Exchange Act for the
Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter or fiscal year-end (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The
Company presented in its most recently filed Form 10-KSB or Form 10-QSB the
conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the
Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 308(c) of
Regulation S-B under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other
factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal
controls.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF FUND
Fund
hereby represents and warrants to Company that the statements contained in
the
Article IV are true and correct, except as set forth in the Schedules delivered
by Fund to the Company concurrently herewith:
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4.1 Organization. Fund
is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdictions of incorporation. Fund (a) is
qualified or licensed in all jurisdictions where such qualification or license
is required to own and operate its properties and conduct its business in
the
manner and at the places presently conducted; (b) holds all franchises,
grants, licenses, certificates, permits, consents and orders, all of which
are
valid and in full force and effect, from all applicable United States and
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to own and operate its properties
and
to conduct its business in the manner and at the places presently conducted;
and
(c) has full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease
and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except, in each case, where the
failure to be so qualified or licensed or to hold such franchises, grants,
licenses, certificates, permits, consents and orders or to have such power
and
authority would not, when taken together with all other such failures,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
Fund. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1 hereto, Fund does not
directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar
interest in, any Person.
4.2 Authorization
and
Validity. Subject
to obtaining the Fund Required Stockholder Approval, Fund has all requisite
power, and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other
agreement, document, or instrument or certificate contemplated by this Agreement
or to be executed by Fund in connection with the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement (the “Fund Documents”), to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Subject to obtaining
the Fund Required Stockholder Approval, the execution, delivery and performance
by Fund of this Agreement and each of the Fund Documents, and the consummation
by Fund of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly
authorized and approved by all required action on the part of
Fund. This Agreement has been, and, Subject to obtaining the Fund
Required Stockholder Approval, each of the Fund Documents required to be
delivered at the Closing will be at or prior to the Closing, duly and validly
executed and delivered by Fund and (assuming due authorization, execution
and
delivery by the Company) this Agreement constitutes, and each of the Fund
Documents when so executed and delivered will constitute, legal, valid and
binding obligations of Fund, enforceable against Fund in accordance with
their
respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or other equivalent laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights in general and subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
at law
or in equity).
4.3 Capital
Structure.
(a) As
of the Effective Date, the authorized
capital stock of Fund consists of Stock 110,000,000 shares
of capital
stock, consisting of 105,000,000 shares of $.00001 par value common stock, and 5,000,000
shares of
$.001 par value preferred stock. Each shareholder
set forth on Schedule
4.3(a) hereto is the record owner on Fund’s books and records of the number of
shares of Fund Stock set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name, which such
number of shares in the aggregate constitutes one hundred percent (100%) of
the Fund Stock issued and outstanding on the Effective Date. There are no bonds,
debentures, notes or
other indebtedness having voting rights (or convertible or exchangeable into
securities having such rights) (“Fund
Voting
Debt”) of Fund issued
and outstanding. Other
than
Fund’s stock incentive
plan and options previously granted or committed to be granted thereunder, thereare
no existing (i) options,
warrants, calls, preemptive rights, subscriptions or other rights, convertible
or exchangeable securities, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any
character, relating to the issued or unissued equity or membership interests
of
Fund, obligating the Fund to issue, transfer or sell or cause to be issued,
transferred or sold any equity or membership interest or Fund Voting Debt
of, or
other equity or membership interest in, Fund, as the case may be,
(ii) securities convertible into or exchangeable for such equity or
membership interests, or (iii) obligations of Fund to grant, extend or
enter into any such option, warrant, call, preemptive right, subscription
or
other right, convertible security, agreement, arrangement or
commitment
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(b) There
are
no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings to which
Fund is
a party with respect to the voting of any equity interest of
Fund. Fund is not a party to any agreement or obligation, contingent
or otherwise, to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any equity
or
membership interests of Fund, whether as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise.
4.4 No
Conflict;
Consent. Neither
the execution and delivery by Fund of this Agreement, nor the consummation
of
the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions
hereof
will violate (a) any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree or award binding on Fund, or (b) Fund’s certificate of
incorporation or bylaws, or (c) the provisions of any indenture, instrument
or agreement to which Fund is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its
Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder,
or
result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on
the
Property of Fund pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument
or
agreement. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license,
authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with,
or
exemption by, or other action in respect of any governmental or public body
or
authority, or any subdivision thereof, which has not been obtained by Fund
is
required to be obtained by Fund in connection with the execution and delivery
of
this Agreement, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
of
any of this Agreement. No consent, approval or authorization of, or
notice to, any other person or entity, including, without limitation, parties
to
loans, contracts, leases or other agreements, is required in connection with
the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Fund or the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.5 Litigation. There
is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or
inquiry
pending or, to best knowledge of any of its officers, threatened against
or
affecting Fund that is reasonably likely to affect Fund’s ability to enter into
this Agreement or any of the Fund Documents or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
4.6 Broker’s
or Finder’s
Commissions. No
broker’s or finder’s or placement fee or commission will be payable to any
broker or agent engaged by Fund or any of its officers, directors or agents
with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE
V
CLOSING
5.1 The
Closing. The
closing of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall
take place at the offices of Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP as
soon as reasonably practicable following the satisfaction of the conditions
set
forth in this Article V, or such other date as mutually agreed to by the
parties
(the “Closing
Date”).
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5.2 Fund
Conditions. The
obligation of Fund to consummate the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of
the
following conditions (any of which may be waived by Fund in whole or in party
to
the extent permitted by applicable law):
(a) Representations
and
Warranties True. The representations and warranties of the
Company contained in Article III shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of the Closing as though made at and as of the Closing (except
to
the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such
earlier date) and the covenants and agreements set forth in Section 6.1 shall
have been complied with in all material respects, and Fund shall have received
a
certificate to such effect from an appropriate officer of the
Company.
(b) No
Injunctions. There shall be no effective injunction, writ,
preliminary restraining order or any order of any nature issued by a court
of
competent jurisdiction prohibiting or imposing any condition on the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Approval
of
Merger. The Fund Required Stockholder Approval and the Company
Required Stockholder Approval shall each have been obtained and not been
rescinded.
(d) Contribution
of
Shares. Mulsanne Enterprises Limited shall have irrevocably
contributed 750,000 shares of Company Stock to the Company without consideration
therefor.
(e) Investor
Representations. Each holder of Company Stock or Fund Stock shall have
delivered to the Company an Investor Representation Letter in form reasonably
acceptable to counsel to Fund and counsel to the Company.
5.3 Company
Conditions. The
obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated under
this
Agreement is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of
the
following conditions (any of which may be waived by the Company in whole
or in
party to the extent permitted by applicable law):
(a) Representations
and
Warranties True. The representations and warranties of Fund
contained in Article IV hereof shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of the Closing as though made at and as of the Closing (except
to
the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such
earlier date) and the covenants and agreements set forth in Section 6.2 shall
have been complied with in all material respects, and the Company shall have
received a certificate to such effect from an appropriate officer of
Fund.
(b) No
Injunctions. There shall be no effective injunction, writ,
preliminary restraining order or any order of any nature issued by a court
of
competent jurisdiction prohibiting or imposing any condition on the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(c) Approval
of
Merger. The Fund Required Stockholder Approval and the Company
Required Stockholder Approval shall each have been obtained and not been
rescinded.
(d) Contribution
of
Shares. Mulsanne Enterprises Limited shall have irrevocably
contributed 750,000 shares of Company Stock to the Company without consideration
therefor.
(e) Investor
Representations. Each holder of Company Stock or Fund Stock shall have
delivered to the Company an Investor Representation Letter in form reasonably
acceptable to counsel to Fund and counsel to the Company.
5.4 Frustration
of Closing
Conditions. Neither
Fund nor the Company may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in
Sections 5.2 or 5.3, as the case may be, if such failure was caused by such
party’s failure to comply with any provision of this Agreement.
5.5 Closing
Deliverables.
(a) At
the
Closing, the Company will have delivered or caused to be delivered to Fund
all
of the following in form and substance satisfactory to Fund:
(i) a
certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company, certifying
(A) as to the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company
authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered
by the
Company hereunder, (B) that a true, correct and complete copy of the
certificate of incorporation of the Company is attached, and (C) that a
true, correct and complete copy of the bylaws of the Company is
attached;
(ii) copies
of
the resolutions unanimously and duly adopted by the Company authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and
the
consummation of all of the other transactions contemplated hereunder, certified
as of the Closing Date by the secretary or assistant secretary of the
Company;
(iii) a
certificate dated as of the Closing Date from an officer of the Company stating
that the conditions specified in Section 5.3 have been fully satisfied or
have
been waived by the Company;
(iv) a
certificate of good standing and existence from the Secretary of State of
the
State of Delaware, as of a recent date, with respect to the
Company.
(b) At
the
Closing, Fund will have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Company
of
the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Company:
(i) a
certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of Fund certifying
(A) as to the names and true signatures of the officers of Fund authorized
to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by Fund
hereunder, (B) that a true, correct and complete copy of the certificate of
incorporation of Fund is attached, and (C) that a true, correct and
complete copy of the bylaws of Fund is attached;
(ii) copies
of
the resolutions unanimously and duly adopted by Fund’s boards of directors
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by Fund of this Agreement,
and the consummation of all of the other transactions hereunder contemplated,
certified as of the Closing Date by the secretary or assistant secretary
of
Fund;
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(iii) a
certificate dated as of the Closing Date from an officer of Fund stating
that
the conditions specified in section 5.2 have been fully satisfied or have
been
waived by Fund; and
(iv) a
certificate of existence and good standing from the Secretary of State of
the
State of Delaware, as of a recent date, with respect to Fund.
ARTICLE
VI
OTHER
AGREEMENTS
6.1 Covenants
of
Company.
After
the Effective Date and until the earlier of (a) the Closing Date or
(b) the termination of this Agreement, unless Fund shall otherwise consent
in writing:
(a) Conduct
of Business.
The Company will carry on and conduct its businesses in substantially the
same
manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently
conducted and do all things necessary to remain duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization and maintain all
requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which
its
business is conducted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the
Company will not: (i) take any action to change the board of directors or
executive management; (ii) declare, pay or set aside for payment any
dividend or other distribution payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise
in
respect of its equity ownership; or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase,
repurchase (except as required to consummate the transactions contemplated
herein) or otherwise acquire any Company Stock or any securities or
obligations convertible into or exchangeable for any of its Company Stock,
as
the case may be; (iii) enter into any new lines of business or otherwise
make material changes to the operation of its business or (iv) take any
action or agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions
or any action which would make any representation or warranty in Article
III
hereof materially untrue or incorrect.
(b) Taxes.
The Company
will timely file complete and correct United States federal and applicable
foreign, state and local Tax returns required by law and pay when due all
Taxes,
assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits
or Property, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside
on
the Company’s Financial Statements.
(c) Compliance
with Laws.
The Company will comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs,
judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be
subject.
(d) Merger.
Except as
contemplated by this Agreement, the Company will not merge or consolidate
with
or into any other Person.
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(e) Dilution
of
Ownership. The Company will not consent to or approve of the issuance of
(i) any additional equity securities, (ii) any instrument convertible
voluntarily by the Company or automatically upon the occurrence or
non-occurrence of any event or condition into, or exchangeable for, any such
securities, or (iii) any warrants, options, contracts or other commitments
entitling any third party to purchase or otherwise acquire any such
securities.
(f) Exclusivity. The
Company shall not, and the Company shall require each of its Subsidiaries
and
each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives
and agents not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, encourage
or otherwise facilitate any inquiry, proposal, offer or discussion with any
party (other than Fund) concerning any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
recapitalization, business combination, liquidation, dissolution, share
exchange, sale of stock, sale of material assets or similar business transaction
involving the Company or any division of the Company, (ii) furnish any
non-public information concerning the business, properties or assets of the
Company, any Subsidiary or any division of the Company to any party (other
than
Fund) or (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any party (other
than Fund) concerning any such transaction described in clause (i) above.
The
Company shall immediately notify any party with which discussions or
negotiations of the nature described in paragraph (a) above were pending
that the Company is terminating such discussions or negotiations. If
the Company receives any inquiry, proposal or offer of the nature described
in
paragraph (a) above, the Company shall, within one business day after such
receipt, notify Fund of such inquiry, proposal or offer, including the identity
of the other party and the terms of such inquiry, proposal or
offer.
6.2 Covenants
of
Fund.
After
the Effective Date and until the earlier of (a) the Closing Date, or
(b) the expiration or termination of this Agreement, unless the Company
shall otherwise consent in writing;
(a) Conduct
of Business.
Fund will carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same fields
of
enterprise as it is presently conducted and do all things necessary to remain
duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing in
its
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and maintain all requisite
authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business
is
conducted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Fund will not:
(i) take any action to change its board of directors or executive
management; (ii) declare, pay or set aside for payment any dividend or
other distribution payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise in respect
of
its equity ownership, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, repurchase
(except as required to consummate the transactions contemplated herein) or
otherwise acquire any common stock of Fund or any securities or obligations
convertible into or exchangeable for any of its common stock, as the case
may
be; (iii) enter into any new lines of business or otherwise make material
changes to the operation of its business; or (iv) take any action or agree,
in writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions or any action
which would make any representation or warranty in Article IV hereof materially
untrue or incorrect.
(b) Taxes.
Fund will
timely file complete and correct United States federal and applicable foreign,
state and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits
or Property, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set
aside.
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(c) Compliance
with Laws.
Fund will comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments,
injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject.
(d) Merger.
Except as
contemplated by this Agreement, Fund will not merge or consolidate with or
into
any other Person.
(e) Dilution
of
Ownership. Fund will not consent to or approve of the issuance of
(i) any additional equity securities, (ii) any instrument convertible
voluntarily by Fund or automatically upon the occurrence or non-occurrence
of
any event or condition into, or exchangeable for, any such securities, or
(iii) any warrants, options, contracts or other commitments entitling any
third party to purchase or otherwise acquire any such securities.
6.3 Access.
From
the Effective Date until the Closing Date (or the termination of this
Agreement), each party shall afford to the other party and such other party’s
representatives reasonable access, upon reasonable notice during normal business
hours, to all its properties, books, contracts, commitments, personnel and
records and shall furnish promptly to such other party all information
concerning its business, properties and personnel as may reasonably be
requested. All such information as may be furnished by or on behalf of a
party
to another party or such other party’s representatives pursuant to this Section
6.3 shall be and remain confidential. No investigation pursuant to this Section
6.3 shall affect any representation or warranty in this Agreement of any
party
hereto or any condition to the obligations of the parties hereto.
6.4 Notification
of Certain
Matters.
Each of
the Company and Fund shall promptly advise the other parties orally and in
writing (a) if any representation or warranty made by it contained in this
Agreement becomes untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (b) of
the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any
covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under
this Agreement or (c) of any event or change or impending occurrence of any
event or change of which it has knowledge and which has resulted, or which,
insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, is likely to result, in any of the
conditions to the transactions contemplated hereby set forth in Article V
not
being satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect
the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the
conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.
6.5 Closing
Efforts.
Each
of
the parties hereto shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to take all
actions and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using its reasonable
commercial efforts to ensure that (i) its representations and warranties
remain true and correct in all material respects through the Closing Date
and
(ii) the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto to consummate
the Merger are satisfied.
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ARTICLE
VII
NONSURVIVAL;
TERMINATION
7.1 Nonsurvival
of
Representations and Warranties.
None of
the representations and warranties made by the Company or Fund in this Agreement
or in any certificate or schedule furnished hereunder shall survive the
Effective Time. None of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement
shall survive the Effective Time, except for those covenants and agreements
contained herein or therein that by their terms apply or are to be performed
in
whole or in part after the Effective Time.
7.2 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated, and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned,
prior to the Closing as follows:
(a) by
mutual
written consent of Fund and the Company;
(b) by
either
Fund or the Company if the Closing shall not have been consummated by January
31, 2008; provided, however,
that the
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.02(b) shall
not be
available to any party hereto whose failure to perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement results in the failure of the Closing to be consummated
by
such date;
(c) by
Fund,
if the Company shall have breached or failed to perform in any material respect
any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained
in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) would give rise
to the
failure of a condition set forth in Section 5.2(a) and (B) is incapable of
being
cured by the Company or is not cured by the Company within 30 days following
receipt of written notice from Fund of such breach or failure to perform;
and
(d) by
the
Company, if Fund shall have breached or failed to perform in any material
respect any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements
contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) would
give
rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 5.3(a) and (B) is
incapable of being cured by Fund or is not cured by Fund within 30 days
following receipt of written notice from the Company of such breach or failure
to perform.
7.3 Procedure
Upon
Termination
(a)
In the
event of termination and abandonment pursuant to Section 7.2(a), (b) or (c),
written notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other parties hereto
and
this Agreement shall terminate and the transactions contemplated hereby shall
be
abandoned without further action by any of the parties hereto.
7.4 Effect
of
Termination.
In the
event that this Agreement is validly terminated as provided herein, then
each of
the parties shall be relieved of their duties and obligations arising under
this
Agreement after the date of such termination and such termination shall be
without liability to Fund or the Company; provided that (i)
no
such termination shall relieve any party hereto from liability for any willful
breach of this Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any
party
hereto failing to close the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on
the
date for the Closing determined pursuant to Section 5.1 of this
Agreement and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and (ii) the
obligations of the parties set forth in Article VIII hereof
shall survive any such termination and shall be enforceable
hereunder. The damages recoverable by the non-breaching party shall
include all attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
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ARTICLE
VIII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.1 Headings.
Section
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall
not
govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
8.2 Expenses.
Each
party hereto shall bear its own out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and time charges of attorneys) paid or incurred by such
party in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery,
review, amendment, modification, and administration of this Agreement and
the
Merger.
8.3 Further
Assurances.
From
time to time, as and when required by the Surviving Corporation or by its
successors or assigns, there shall be executed and delivered on behalf of
the
Company or the Fund such deeds, assignments and other instruments, and there
shall be taken or caused to be taken by it all such further action as shall
be
appropriate, advisable or necessary in order to vest, perfect or confirm,
of
record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation the title to and possession
of
all property, interests, assets, rights, privileges, immunities, powers,
franchises and authority of the Company and Fund, and otherwise to carry
out the
purposes of this Agreement.
8.4 Entire
Agreement; Amendments
and Waivers.
This
Agreement (including the schedules and exhibits hereto), the Company Documents
and Fund Documents represent the entire understanding and agreement between
the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and
can be
amended, supplemented or changed, and any provision hereof can be waived,
only
by written instrument making specific reference to this Agreement signed
by the
party against whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, modification
or waiver is sought. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of
any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further
or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach. No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise, and
no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate
as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power
or
remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or remedy. All remedies hereunder
are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by
law
8.5 Binding
Effect;
Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this
Agreement shall create or be deemed to create any third party beneficiary
rights
in any Person not a party to this Agreement. No assignment of this
Agreement or of any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by any party
hereto (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent
of
the other parties hereto and any attempted assignment without the required
consent shall be void. No assignment of any obligations hereunder
shall relieve the parties hereto of any such obligations. Upon any
such permitted assignment, the references in this Agreement to such assigning
party shall also apply to any such assignee unless the context otherwise
requires
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8.6 Severability.
If any
term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable
of
being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms or provisions
of
this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long
as the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not
affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such
determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable
of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify
this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely
as
possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated
hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent
possible.
8.7 Notices.
All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be
in
writing (including electronic transmission, facsimile transmission or similar
writing) and shall be given to such party at (a) its address or
facsimile number set forth on the signature pages hereof or (b) such other
address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify. Each
such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given
by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the facsimile number specified
on
the signature pages hereof and confirmation of receipt is received, (ii) if
given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mail,
certified or registered with first class postage prepaid, addressed as
aforesaid, or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered (or, in the
case of electronic transmission, received) at the address specified on the
signature pages hereof.
8.8 Choice
of
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT, AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT)
THAT
MAY BE BASED UPON, ARISE OUT OF OR RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NEGOTIATION,
EXECUTION OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE
OF
ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY
MADE IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR AS AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER
THIS
AGREEMENT) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE
(OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION
OF
THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.9 Submission
to Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process.
(a) The
parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of
any
federal or state court located within the borough of Manhattan of the City,
County and State of New York, over any dispute arising out of or relating
to
this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby and each party
hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such dispute (whether
in
contract or tort) or any suit, action proceeding related thereto may be heard
and determined in such courts. The parties hereby irrevocably waive,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they
may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute brought
in such
court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such
dispute. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a judgment in any
such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or
in any other manner provided by law.
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(b) Each
of
the parties hereto hereby consents to process being served by any party to
this
Agreement in any suit, action or proceeding by delivery of a copy thereof
in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.7.
8.10 Waiver
of Jury
Trial.
EACH
PARTY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM OR PROCEEDING RELATED TO
OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY TRANSACTION OR CONDUCT IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH
8.11 Counterparts;
Facsimile.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may
execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement may
be
executed and delivered by facsimile copy.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date
first written above.
XXXX.XXX
INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Acting Chief Executive
Officer
Address: 000 Xxxxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
EASTERN
SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Chief Executive
Officer
Address:
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx #0000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Schedule
3.3(a)
Mulsanne
Enterprises Limited
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Schedule
4.1
None.
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Schedule
4.3(a)
Shareholder
|
Number
of Shares of Fund Common Stock
|
MKL
Consulting
|
3,400,000
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
4,250,000
|
Xxxxx
Xxxx
|
4,250,000
|
FYV
Consulting Inc.
|
1,700,000
|
IP
Global Investors, Ltd.
|
1,700,000
|
Devermont
Communications, Ltd.
|
1,700,000
|
Orvius
Corporation
|
1,700,000
|
Equities
Media Acquisition Corp Inc.
|
5,000,000
|
Jamsfield
Investments, Inc.
|
600,000
|
Global
Asset Fund Ltd.
|
1,700,000
|
GBC
Wealth Management Limited
|
2,000,000
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Media Ltd.
|
2,000,000
|
Stanwich
Absolute Return Ltd.
|
2,000,000
|
Asia
Capital Markets Limited
|
350,000
|
Taurus
Global Opportunities Fund Ltd.
|
1,700,000
|
Total
|
34,050,000
|
Shareholder
|
Number
of Shares of Fund Preferred Stock
|
Equities
Media Acquisition Corp.
|
2,500,000
|
Total
|
2,500,000
|
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EXHIBIT
A
CERTIFICATE
OF MERGER
26
EXHIBIT
B
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EASTERN SERVICES HOLDINGS,
INC.
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